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Chapter 12: I Forgot?

Song of the Chapter:
Last Resort – Papa Roach
Reason: Highlights a portion of Kiyoko's life and her thoughts prior to meeting Hidan and Kakuzu.

After finally seeing Hidan get serious, Pain told the two immortals to fight in the training room. Good thing because within five minutes, the whole area was torn up with deep grooves in the earth and most of the greenery had slashes. Hidan had not managed to get a single hit on Kiyoko while Kiyoko had not been able to get close enough to the Jashinist to scratch him due to the rope attached to the scythe with which he could halfway launch long distance attacks. She cursed when she managed to avoid a rain of kunai that she did expect him to launch, but tripped on a root. She saw the scythe going towards her and managed to avoid the brunt of the blow as it scratched her cheek.

Hidan yanked the scythe back and licked the blood off. Her blood… It is as sweet as I thought it would be… He immediately began to trace the Jashin symbol on the ground and Kiyoko's eyes widened.

I do not know of any ninjutsu that Hidan is capable of, but whatever he is doing... I cannot let him finish. She charged and swung her scythe at Hidan's head just as he finished the symbol. She heard shouts, but ignored them, grinning when her blade connected with the surprised Jashinist's neck.

"Uh… Kiyoko-chan… Just a warning, but you are going to be very pissed in a few seconds…" His head flew cleanly off the neck, but now Kiyoko was confused until her head began to fly off of her neck, eyes wide. Her body planted the scythe in the ground to stop her from falling over, but her head flew and landed a few feet away.

"Hidan-kun… is this one of the abilities that comes with being a Jashinist?" Cautiously, he confirmed it and she glared at Kakuzu. "Kakuzu-kun… why did you not inform me of this ability before I decided to cut off his head?"

He walked over to her head and put gloves on when he gently picked up her head. "Well, in all honesty, I forgot."

Deidara and Tobi thought laughing at this moment was funny until Kiyoko shot them a death glare. "So… Let me get this straight… You knew this could happen, but you did not FUCKING TELL ME BECAUSE YOU FUCKING FORGOT?!?"

Hidan's eyes widened as this was usually his reaction to having his head chopped off, but inside, he was pleased at the spunk that Kiyoko could display. Kakuzu was not very sympathetic. "Be more polite or you are not getting your head sewed back on…"

Kiyoko's eyes narrowed, but she lowered her eyes. "Sorry Kakuzu-kun, but you do not have to sew my head back; just place my head back onto my neck and the skin will repair the damage." He nodded and almost immediately, her body began to regenerate the lost tissue.

Pain came forth. "I officially welcome you to the Akatsuki Kiyoko. Make yourself comfortable and prepare yourself for any and all missions I set forth." Kiyoko nodded as Pain and Konan took their leave.

Zetsu came forth and both halves congratulated her before retreating into the ground to locate their next dinner. Kisame promptly poked fun at Hidan for getting beheaded and at Kiyoko for getting beheaded also. Itachi merely nodded and gave a half smirk before dragging the fishlike ninja off to a mission. Deidara kicked Hidan's head into a tree. "You got owned, un." Sasori rolled his eyes and after nodding at Kiyoko, dragged an overenthusiastic Tobi to the mission that he unfortunately had to 'train' the hyperactive ninja on.

Hidan's head began to shout various profanities. "Kakuzu, drag your ass over here and stitch my head back so I can fucking sacrifice that blonde idiot!" Kakuzu's eyes narrowed and he made his way to Hidan's head when he felt Kiyoko poke him. Upon seeing a glint in her eyes, he nodded. Picking up Hidan's headless body none too gently, he used a teleportation jutsu and vanished in a puff of smoke. Hidan's eyes widened and he was angry. "What the fuck!?! Kakuzu you bastard!" Deidara began laugh when Kiyoko glanced at him sideways.

"Deidara-san… shut up please…" The blonde raised an eyebrow as Kiyoko walked to the Jashinist's head and gently picked him up. "Hidan-kun… Sorry that I was being… well…"

Hidan sighed and stared at the kunoichi. "It's ok Kiyoko-chan. You had to do something since I really didn't want to fight you…" She cradled the head gently in her arms and began to walk back to the base, Deidara following her.

"He's enjoying this too much, un…" Kiyoko looked down and noticed exactly where Hidan's gaze was held, not that he had a choice with the way he was being held, and she immediately redirected his gaze. Hidan was about to retort when Kiyoko ran her right hand through his hair and traced his jaw line.

When they entered, Deidara bid them farewell and told them about the art he was preparing for when Sasori and Tobi returned from their mission. Hidan sweat dropped and looked at Kiyoko. "So… why does Kakuzu have my body? I'm not exactly fucking happy with that…"

They entered Kiyoko's room where Kiyoko placed Hidan's head on a pillow. "He will fully heal your body and tomorrow reattach your head." He frowned but remained silent as he watched Kiyoko remove various yukatas from her dresser. Grumbling she yanked out two yukatas. "Which one looks better?"

Hidan stared at the outfits not knowing which response will result in a happy kunoichi. His eyes swayed from the light purple with a red obi to a black with a white obi. "Um… the black and white one?"

Kiyoko raised her eyebrow and strode over to the body-less Jashinist. She gently ran her hand through his hair and stroked his face, making him look directly into her eyes. "I asked you which one I would look better in… I did not want a question in response to my question Hidan-koi."

"Neither!" He shouted out, red faced. She raised her eyebrow but laughed.

"If I cannot wear either, what am I supposed to wear? I will not leave this room not clothed." Hidan blushed as motioned towards the black and white one. Kiyoko smirked and stroked his cheek. "Was that really hard?" Turning to her bathroom to change, she barely caught Hidan's whispered words.

"You have no fucking idea…"