A few days had passed, and Hideki was finally being allowed out of the hospital for short periods of time. Many of the residents, of the leaf village, who had lost family to Orochimaru were rude, saying she shouldn't have survived, save for a few of the older ones, such as Kakashi, and Tsunade.
"The fuck is your problem?" Hidan shouted as a rock was thrown at Hideki, turning to find a young boy no older than ten.
"Monster!" the child yelled "Murderer!"
She looked down at the ground as the child continued to yell at her.
Hidan glared at the child, grabbing his scythe and whirling it through the air. Much to Hidan's surprise, this caught the child's interest as opposed to scaring him away.
"Wow mister, you sure are able to use such a heavy weapon well."
Sasori caught up to them, passing the child on the dirt path just outside the Western gates of Konoha.
"Where are you guys going?" the red head asked.
Hideki looked up and waved quietly to the red head. " We cant go to far... so we're just taking a walk.."
Sasori nodded and looked from Hidan and the boy, who were now talking, to Hideki. "Who's the kid?"
"How can you even lift this?" the child exclaimed, attempting to pick up Hidan's scythe that was now on the ground. He lifted the handle off the ground and over his head, but couldn't go any farther. "You sure are strong."
Sasori sighed at Hideki who was watching the child and Hidan, shaking his head. "I'll be practicing battle..." he mumbled before starting to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Hidan asked Sasori, temporarily removing his attention from the young boy.
"To challenge Hatake Kakashi." he replied, a slight grin stretching up the right side of his face.
Hideki looked at the kid and crouched down smiling softly. " What's your name kiddo?"
"Delarr", the boy answered with a smile, "sorry for throwing the rock, my friends dared me to." He looked over to the tree line several feet away and sighed. "They ditched me."
She gave his hair a soft ruffle and shook her head" You know you shouldn't have to do things like that to impress your friends Delarr." she paused. " They shouldn't dare you to do stuff like that."
"You don't have to go all adult on me..." Delarr looked at the ground and crossed his arms over his middle.
"Have fun." Hidan called after Sasori, turning back to the boy.
"What did you do?" Hidan asked Hideki with a smile.
She looked back at him " I just told him, he shouldn't have to do daring things to impress his friends"
Hidan grinned.
She reached in her pocket and turned back to Delarr and handed him a shiny red apple.
"I dare you to..." Hidan began when the kid took the apple with glee.
She looked at Hidan and gave him a glare " Be nice."
Delarr smiled. "What's you guys names?"
Hideki stood up and brushed her hands off on her pants. " I'm Hideki"
"Hidan." the immortal nodded, picking up his scythe and putting it over his back.
"Are you two a couple? Both your names start with 'H'." the boy asked before biting into the apple.
Hideki's cheeks tinged pink.
Hidan pursed his lips and looked at her. The kid looked from Hidan to Hideki in confusion.
"Explain what you mean by 'couple'." Hidan stalled.
"Oh, like, going out and stuff." he said, chewing the apple with his mouth open.
Delarr sniffed then wiped his nose on the shoulder of his green shirt.
Hideki looked at the child and laughed before looking back to Hidan. " He means do we love each other."
"Yeah, we love each other." Hidan said as the kid blinked at Hidan then smiled slyly.
Hideki blushed and squeaked when Hidan started to kiss her neck.
"Ewww..." Delarr mumbled, glancing from his apple to Hidan.
Hideki gave a soft sigh as the bracelet on her arm started to glow, alerting her it was time to return to the hospital.
Bidding their farewells, the immortal duo returned to the hospital.
Once they got there Hideki started to shake when Sakura came in the room holding a syringe that was going to be used to draw blood. " D..do you have to d..draw blood?"
"It's easier this way, to make sure you're healing properly." she answered.
Hidan shook his head and Sakura sighed. "Very well," she said before leaving the room.
"Are you okay?" Hidan asked.
She nodded once and allowed him to help her into the bed. " Yeah.. I just don't like needles."
Hidan exhaled softly through his nose. "I don't blame you." He paused "We will hunt him down and kill him for good." he promised.
She moved over as far on the bed as she could. " Hidan... lay down with me please?"
Without another word, he leaned towards the bed and placed his left knee on it when there was a rustle from the hallway.
"Told you she was here," Delarr whispered from the hallway, "that scythe there weighs a ton too."
"She's evil." an older boy whispered.
"Shut up Cylo. She isn't evil, you don't know what you're talking about."
"She tried to fight Lee-Sama." the second voice
Hideki blinked once and looked at Hidan with a sigh.
He returned her look. "What?"
She winced as she got out of the bed and walked over to the door opening it " Cylo.. Delarr.. what are you doing here?"
Delarr shrieked quietly and Cylo scowled and glared at her. Hidan wandered over to Hideki's side, wrapping an arm around her middle.
She looked at the two young genin. " Cylo... my alliance's are with the leaf, you don't have to worry about me attacking.."
The boy placed his arms on his hips, shaking his head and making his dark brown, frizzy hair dance in the air. "You tried to kill me." he growled, Delarr looked to the other boy in shock.
"Onii-san, is that true?"
Hideki looked down, ashamed of that day that had occurred over three years ago.
"These two and another monster tried to kill me when I was training." Cylo answered through clenched teeth.
Tears dripped down her cheeks and landed on the cold tiled floor.
Delarr's white eyes widened. "She wouldn't... why would you... I mean..."
She shook her head and sat down in a chair. " That was the past... " more tears dripped from her eyes, and she looked up her face holding remorse.
"You might not be able to see it yet..." Cylo said, before his eyes widened and the skin on the outside of his eyes seemed to form veins, "but they're monsters.
"I don't believe you..." the younger boy countered before pushing past his older brother and hugging Hideki. "She wouldn't hurt us, I just know it."
Hideki blinked once and wrapped her arms around the young boy in a gentle embrace as tears dripped from her eyes.
Cylo's jaw clenched and he glared at Hideki as he turned to face her sideways, before lowering the hand closest to Hideki and raising the one behind him. "I won't let you hurt my little brother."
Hidan blinked in confusion.
Hideki only had time to move Delarr out of the way before Cylo's open palm connected with the center of her chest causing her to fall to her knees coughing.
Delarr shoved his older brother in anger. Judging by how suddenly Cylo lost his balance and fell, he didn't expect it. "She isn't a murderer!" he shouted at his older brother, who just stared at him in shock. Cylo's eyebrows pinched and he clenched his jaw, this time in sadness instead of anger. His eyes returned to normal and they welled up in memory. "I don't want to see you get hurt again..."
"I'm not a little boy anymore!" the ten year old screamed, "I can take care of myself!"
Hideki's soft voice interrupted them. " You should be glad your older brother wants to protect you..."
Cylo blinked several times before hiding his real emotions with a snarl. "Ungrateful brat."
Delarr looked from Hideki to Cylo, unsure of what to do.
"I'm not a brat..." he muttered.
With a soft cough she pushed herself to her feet. " Cylo, Your brother, he's still young he still needs you, but you shouldn't call him names, cherish the time you have with him... because you never know when it could be taken away.." she turned her head to the side and clenched her fists as tears rolled down her pale cheeks once again.
The Hyuuga brothers made eye contact and said nothing. Cylo stood and broke the stare first by rubbing at his eyes, Delarr ran and tackled his older brother, hugging him tightly. "I'm sorry..." he whimpered, as the older boy started wrapping his arms around him.
Hideki looked at the two of them and gave a soft smile.
Hidan sighed quietly. "What's going on?" he asked under his breath.
"She's still a monster." Cylo insisted, breaking the hug.
"No she's not. You're different from before too."
Cylo said nothing.
"I don't hold it against you when you couldn't stop that scary snake guy from getting me. You're stronger now. She's nicer now."
Cylo blinked several times before hugging his little brother again.
Hideki clenched her fists and growled " Orochimaru... that bastard..."
Delarr turned, Cylo still holding him. "He didn't do much, he just wanted something to do with my eyes. He was a bit scary, but .."
"Orochimaru is the reason why he might never unlock his Byakugan." Cylo interrupted.
Hideki shook her head " Believe me kid.. I know how fucking twisted that snake is
In the period of two hours," Cylo continued, "he may have stolen by brother's eyes."
Delarr gasped. "Fuck is a bad word."
Hidan chuckled.
"I'm fine," Delarr told his brother, bending his neck back so his head was leaning on Cylo's chest, "that lady with the big boobs said most of the damage was fixable."
Cylo hugged his brother tighter, remaining silent.
Hideki walked over and wrapped her arms around both of the boys. " I promise you guys... I'll protect you. I refuse to let that snake hurt anyone else.."
"If he comes near this village, I will use my life to make things difficult." Neji promised, appearing from around the corner with a pink haired girl beside him.
"And you should be resting." she added.
"Neji!" both of the boys said in different tones.
Sakura glared at Hidan and he raised his hands in front of him. "I told her it was a bad idea!"
"Lets go." Neji ordered and the boys complied, saying their goodbyes and leaving seconds later.
Hideki complained as Sakura put her back in the bed and froze when she noticed her taking something out of her medical pouch. " W...whats that?"
Hidan grabbed Hideki's hand, drawing her attention to him. Sakura swiftly injected a fluid into Hideki's arm.
She jumped when she felt the injection, but with in a matter of seconds her mind was fuzzy.