I still don't own Naruto- VZ
Hidan was whistling a happy tune on his way to the training grounds. Usually, there wasn't any reason for the jashin worshipper to be in such a good mood. But that had changed just last night. Each step brought the silver haired nin closer to a certain medic-nin, who he was dying to spar with. His blood red scythe glinted under the florescent lights of the base. He had sharpened the blade with delight. Once this morning and twice the night before. Oh yes, he was very much excited for their battle.
Hidan opened the door that led him to their training facility, only to realize that he wasn't the only one itching for a good battle.
"The hell are you doing here fish face?!" He yelled to the mist-nin who was sparring with Deidara.
Hidan was seriously annoyed.
He wanted the entire area free of any person other than the pinkette and himself. It was much more fun that way, her not bothering to hold back in fear for any casualties and crushing everything in sight. Him laughing manically and matching her strength with his blade. Unfortunately, all those plans flew straight out the window with the presence of his two fellow Akatsuki members.
Kisame didn't bother facing the silver haired nin he only replied in his usual loud and gruff voice.
"Baking a pie…No you dumb ass! What does it look like?! I'm training with blondie here!"
After finishing his statement, the mist-nin swung his large sword, fully intent on hitting the bomber square in the chest. But Deidara didn't let him get that far, He dodged the swing with skill and thrust his body into the air. Landing several yards away from his opponent.
Kisame grunted at his failed attempt and proceeded to hunt down Deidara. Who only smirked at the raging nin before him. Hidan watched as the blonde spread his arms wide and the palms on his hands opened gleefully. Smiling before letting loose hundreds of clay spiders and birds. They all crawled and flew towards their target. Which, sadly for Kisame, was him.
Hidan practically guffawed at the sight of the mist-nin diving, lunging and evading the many bombs out to get him. Deidara himself laughed as he detonated the explosives closest to his adversary. Loud bursts of sound and smoke followed a second later.
"Wow, that looks intense." A low whistle followed the statement. Hidan turned and found no one there.
Fuck…. maybe I'm going insane… He thought.
"Um…. down here."
Purple eyes followed where the voice was coming from.
Only to meet with a very vivid green, shining with mirth.
Hidan couldn't help the grin forming on his face.
"Tch…Bout' fucking time you got here Sakura-chan."
Sakura didn't fail to notice the way he stressed her name, sweetening his tone while pronouncing each syllable. But of course, She wouldn't let him know of her discomfort.
"So sorry to make you wait, Hidan-kun." She practically crooned, her eyes were now glinting with mischief. The man before her simply smirked at her boldness.
"Yeah, you should be. " He muttered while walking around the pair who were still going at it. It seemed like Kisame wasn't going down so easily.
"Aw, miss me that much huh?"
Sakura had no intention of acting this bold to tease the missing-nin. But it was too much to resist. If he was going to make her feel uneasy or awkward, she might as well do the same. Weirdly enough, he didn't seem put off by her comments. More like amused or engaged by their banter.
Before the pinkette could further ponder on these strange thoughts, Hidan replied with a saucy wink.
"Who freaking wouldn't?"
Sakura was stunned for a moment.
"What? Lost your nerve Sa-ku-ra-chan?" He taunted.
Just like the night before, Hidan poked her forehead with each syllable of her name.
And each time he did, She could feel herself getting angrier.
"Never Hidan-kun." She swatted his large hand away.
"Right, could have fooled me. So, you fucking ready to let loose all that anger?" The Akatsuki member started walking backwards. Putting some distance between them in preparation for their battle.
Green eyes rolled in response to his words.
"Like I said before, I don't have any anger."
"Ha! Like hell you don't, each time I look into those eyes of yours. I can see all the rage in em'. Just begging to be set free! " Hidan yelled, already far away from her.
One pink brow rose at his declaration. It was true, she had quite the temper. But Sakura tried to not let it control her most of the time. It made her judgment cloudy and her common sense foggy. Needless to say, when dealing with a shinobi, It wouldn't be wise to free all her pent up rage.
"I'm not even close to being mad, let alone seething with rage. I'm completely calm and level headed." The pinkette commented while straightening her spine. Stretching a few of her limbs as she did so. The last thing she wanted was to have cramps or sore muscles the next day.
Hidan swung his scythe expertly, eyeing the kunoichi in front of him. He knew she was lying. Obviously, he could already see her tense form. And he didn't want to fight calm and level headed. Hell no, He wanted vicious and ruthless.
The girl just needed to be provoked. However not with teasing, but with real barbs with words that will push her off the edge.
"Level headed my sexy ass. I bet you're just fucking scared. Or maybe you can't really do much with those tiny little fists of yours."
Sakura's jaw almost dropped at his words.
Oh no he didn't ! Inner shrieked in fury.
"I'm not scared! And these 'tiny fists' can punch a hole straight through your anatomy!"
The medic-nin waved her fists in the air, glowing with chakra.
Hidan chuckled at her reaction. Just a bit more….
"Then why don't you? Oh wait! You-" The jashin worshipper couldn't finish his sentence, well it was hard to. When you have two hands strangling you and pining you to a hard concrete wall.
"Finally!" He choked out as he brandished his blood red weapon.
Sakura pulled back and ruthlessly and jamming his skull back to the hard surface.
"I was itching for a fight like this. Damn!-" His words were once again cut off when the pinkette launched his large body into the air. Only to jump gracefully over his prone body in mid air and deliver a powerful kick to his gut.
Hidan smiled like a mad man the entire time.
"You call this a fight? more like a beating Hidan-kun." Even in battle, Sakura maintained her saccharine tone. After kicking his abdomen once more, the little girl leaped away. Setting a few yards distance between them and settling into a battle stance.
The missing-nin twisted his body so that he could land on his feet not on his face. In truth, the only reason why she had gotten a hit was because she had the element of surprise. The silver haired nin didn't think she would pin him to a wall while he was conversing with her. But then again, His intention was to provoke her.
"Tch...watch and learn Sakura-chan." With that said, Hidan readied his triple bladed scythe. Already lunging after the pinkette.
For the next five minutes, Sakura dodged, lunged and generally avoided each and every attack he's made. Hidan only grinned like the manic that he was and kept on going at it. She huffed in frustration, executing a back flip and landing a good distance away. She panted a bit from the exhaustion and effort of having to practically run away from his unpredictable assaults with that scythe of his. Good thing he was slower than Kisame, most probably due to the fact his choice of weapon was fairly large and looked just as heavy.
"Pay attention Sakura-chan! Wouldn't want you to lose that pretty head of yours!" Hidan suddenly appeared with a wicked smile plastered to his face. Just because he wasn't as fast as her other opponents, didn't mean he was slow. The Akatsuki member hurled the weight of his blade towards her and swung with both arms. Putting strength into that blow as much as possible. Sakura ducked just before he had the chance to decapitate her. Rolling away slightly out of breath. She reminded herself to breathe and think. With that deadly weapon, they weren't on equal ground. She was unarmed.
Wait...ground...
That's it!
Sakura stopped sprinting away from her enemy and planted her feet firmly on the ground.
"Tired of running?" Hidan faced her and licked his blade. Uncaring of the dark substance that bled from his self inflicted wound. He hummed in pleasure and looked straight into her eyes. Sakura narrowed her own and primed herself, gathering chakra into her hands.
The medic-nin allowed herself to smile just as wickedly to her opponent, then thrust her body high into the air. Once she decided it was a good enough distance from the ground, she dived for the hard surface of the floor.
Hidan, confused by her actions, didn't act until it was too late.
Sakura had plunged into the ground, her tiny fist meeting the exterior of the concrete.
"Oh Fuck." Were his last words before the ground underneath his feet split and crumbled. Leaving a large fissure in the earth.
The jashin worshipper was able to avoid the majority of the earth collapsing under his feet and the several sizable chunks of earth headed for him.
"Who's running now?!" A pleased shout echoed around him.
"Ha! Not for long Sakura-chan!" After his reply, he swung his weapon. Not blindly of course, he could feel her chakra signature. The smoke from the flying debris had fogged his vision enough to wonder where the pinkette was. But he also wondered why she hadn't concealed her chakra.
"Yes! I fucking Got you!" He screamed in absolute delight. Although, his joy immediately diminished when a 'pop' was heard.
"The hell-" For the third time that day, he was interrupted. This time though, with a kunai poised over his neck.
"I win." Sakura whispered in Hidan's ear. who was still shocked at the moment. Where did she get a kunai? When did she make a clone? How did a mere clone have the exact chakra signature she had?
While Hidan was busy considering how she won their spar, The pinkette was laughing in the inside. It was simple really, all she did was use the dust cloud as a distraction. Skillfully creating a clone with her chackra signature and masking her own. Hopefully her opponent would take the bait and fight with her clone instead of herself. Once she finished, Sakura was ready to throw another chakra laden punch. This time, her target was no longer the ground, but Hidan's head. But before she could, a gruff yet friendly and thoroughly amused voice reached her ears.
Flashback
"Here's a little gift for ya kid. It wouldn't be fair if you empty handed would it?" Kisame whispered and flashed his insanely sharp teeth at her in a grin. His large blue hand grabbed her own tiny ones and dropped a blade in them.
"No, it wouldn't be fair." Sakura smiled at the mist-nin who ruffled her long pink head of hair and disappeared into the fog of dirt.
"You better win yeah." Deidara came into view and smiled at the little girl before him.
"Oh, I plan to." She smirked and skillfully twisted and turned the kunai with her fingers.
End of Flashback
"Tch...I still can't fucking believe you beat me." Hidan hung his head in shame for a brief moment. Then suddenly his confidence was back, as if it never gone.
"Well, whatever. I'm gonna kick your sorry little ass of yours next time we spar." He brought his hands to slick back a few silver strands that were out of place.
"Like you could even come close to touching this fine piece of ass, let alone fucking kick it." Sakura said, making her way to the exit of the training grounds. Where Kisame and Deidara were waiting, matching grins on both their faces.
Hidan let out a bark of laughter at her statement, which he had recently said.
"Nice job kid."
"yeah, never seen Hidan get his ass handed to him like that."
Sakura was glowing with pride by the time they both finished their complements.
"Why you fucker! I'm going to chop off all that girly hair of yours when you sleep!"
Deidara held his palms up in surrender, a pout on his handsome features. But it's hard to look sorry when the mouths on his palms were grinning like crazy.
"Hey hey, break it up. C'mon, I just came back from a good mission from leader. Which means I just bought some seriously good food. Anyone want some?" Kisame called out, already walking towards the kitchen with Sakura.
Deidara looked at Hidan. Who stared back.
"Wait for us yeah!" The blonde rushed, wanting to catch up the pinkette and the mist-nin. Hidan quickly followed after his fellow Akasuki member.
Sakura was hidden away in her blankets, cuddling with her pillow and contemplating the events of today. In truth, the spar was great. She was able to get exercise and a rush from fighting with Hidan...and that's what's frightening her. Each day she spent with the organization that imprisoned her, she was less hostile towards them. Which was not good, at all. She still needed to escape, but first, undo the jutsu that got her here in the first place. The pinkette grumbled and burrowed deeper into the blankets.
The whole friendly thing with these criminals were getting worse. How? Well, the had lunch together. Lunch! From what she's noticed, the Akatsuki didn't eat together. So why were they now? THe more she thought about it, the more her temples started throbbing.
Sakura felt a headache coming on. With a sigh and a promise to formulate a full proof escape plan tomorrow morning, She let herself sleep.
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