The way to your heart Ch.17
24 hours that's all they had, 24 hours to get everything together while still maintaining the element of surprise. The day after their mission was announced was hectic, Konan was on the phone practically the entire time making the arrangement for who knows what while Pein was by her side the whole time doing (I repeat) who knows what.
Kisame and Itachi all but locked themselves in their office, they knew the risks they were about to take and if this was going to be their last day together they wanted to make it count. The only reason they even showed up to the station was so they could help out when needed (which wasn't very much seeing as no wanted to go near their office) XD
Zetsu was gone the whole day although he was due to show up when it came time to leave. At first Deidara thought he'd gone to be with Tobi but said Uchiha showed up around mid-day asking where he was. When they went to ask Pein his only response was that he was doing something crucial for the mission. Although the blonde was really busy he asked if Tobi would like to stay, he'd smiled and said no he knew what was going on and he didn't want to get in the way. Deidara accepted this and told the boy to at least come back before they left, if their mission was really as dangerous as everyone said it was then he at least wanted one last goodbye glomp from the boy for good luck.
Hidan had been acting weird all day, he seemed so…distant. Several times Deidara had walked into a room only to find Hidan staring off into space. When the blonde would call his attention he would jump as if he'd been shocked, then he'd laugh and say he's fine until finally leaving the room. Deidara was officially worried he'd asked Sasori about it but the red head wasn't much help.
"He's fine Dei, the last time we went to the place we're going we all had a very bad experience."
"What happened, un?"
"I'm sorry but I can't tell you that, it was never made verbal but we all agreed never to tell someone else's nightmare."
Nightmare.
There was that word again 'nightmare' Deidara didn't know much about what happened but that was the word that everyone used to describe it, nightmare. It must've been something truly terrifying.
"But don't worry Deidara this time we're not going in blind, we're ready and we're going to win I'll die before I let you get hurt."
"Don't say that!"
"What? What's wrong Dei?" Sasori asked confused.
"I don't want you to get hurt protecting me, I want you to focus on yourself if it wasn't for me your hand wouldn't have been destroyed."
"Deidara if you hadn't been there things might have been much worse in a way I owe you my life."
Deidara blinked. "…I don't know about tha-" He was silenced as a pair of lips crashed into his own, Deidara moaned wrapping his arms around the red heads neck, if Sasori thought Deidara had saved his life who was he to disagree?
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Later on Deidara had wondered into the kitchen, he had just finished re-doing his pony tail (wonder why XD) and was feeling rather hungry. He walked over to the fridge hoping to find something decent. Expired, moldy, expired, really expired, pretty sure that shouldn't be moving, expired. Deidara sighed they really needed to clean out that fridge. He turned around thinking about just going out to eat.
"GAH!" He hadn't noticed that someone else was in the room.
"What's wrong Dei?"
"GEEZE HIDAN, UN! You gave me a freaking heart attack!"
"Oh sorry."
Deidara was amazed, Hidan wasn't shouting, cursing, or preaching about his god…or cursing and to top it all off he said sorry. Deidara might have had his suspicions before but now he knew something was wrong.
"Ok Hidan start talking, un."
Hidan blinked. "What?"
"You know what, all day you've been moping around the place acting very un…Hidanish…un. well I'm tired of worrying I want to know what the hell's wrong right now!"
"Fine if you really want to know so badly I'll tell you."
"Don't give me that I want to kno…wait did you just say fine?"
"Yeah if you wanted to know so badly you should've just asked."
Deidara faced palm. "Ok then, so what's up why are you acting like this?"
"I'll give you one guess."
Deidara sighed. "I can't believe you haven't told him yet, un."
"I've tried several times today but each time I end up chickening out."
"Chickening out? I had no idea you were capable of such a thing, un."
"Oh shut it, you've got it easy you already have your lover."
"Do you want to know why that is, un?"
"Because you were dressed as a fucking slutty stripper causing your red head to drool all over you and fuck you right then and there?"
"…No, I have him because I was willing to fight for him I told Sasori how I felt and he accepted me…and then started to take me (damn pedochimaru) but you, you of all people should be able to march up to your love and tell them I LOVE YOU!"
"Deidara?"
Said blonde froze. "H-Hey Danna, un I was just chatting with Hidan here."
Hidan waved. "Hey puppet fucker."
"Deidara did I just hear you say 'I love you'?"
"D-Danna it's not what it looks like I was just telling Hidan-"
"He was just giving me a pep talk trying to get me to confess my feelings to the person I'm in love with."
Sasori chuckled wrapping his arms around Deidaras waist and giving him a light kiss on the cheek. "I know Kakuzu right?"
"H-How did you know, un?"
"Because it's obvious, everyone here can tell that this idiot is still in love with him."
Hidan sighed "Everyone except Kakuzu."
"How did you two break up in the first place, un?" The room grew cold. "What's wrong?"
Sasori looked at Hidan. "It's your story to tell."
Hidan nodded. "Deidara in order for you to completely understand I'm going to have to explain just what kind of situation we were going through, which will also help you prepare for tonight. Up until about a year ago Tokyo was plagued with a large number of disappearances, it was absolutely horrific nobody knew what was going on."
"I heard about that, un. Everyone was freaked out because the police said they had no leads and it seemed that most of the people who disappeared went missing during the day."
"Exactly and that's why everyone was so freaked out, nobody felt safe and who could blame them? It had been going on for so long and the body count was making its way to the triple digits."
Deidara shivered he remembered that time all too well at first nobody really thought anything of it people went missing everyday and so far only a few people were missing and the police said they were on it and would catch the criminal any day now. But days turned into weeks and week into months, then when the 1 year date arrived the body count was over 100.
"We were all baffled no leads, no whiteness the only thing even remotely helpful was the fact that some of the missing's cars were found abandoned on the sides of roads, but there were no signs of struggles, no finger prints, absolutely nothing."
Sasori nodded. "Needless to say we were all confused *dramatic pause* but then one night everything changed."
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(flash back)
"Ah! Kakuzu that hurts!"
"Quite whining and taking it like a man Hidan."
"But it's so deep."
"Hold still and I'll be able to go further."
"Hurry I don't know how much longer I'll be able to hold!" Hidans face was covered in sweat his back was arched at a near 45 degree angle.
"A-Almost." Kakuzu huffed tightening his grip on Hidan's arm.
"Ahh right there, it's right there."
"Almost."
"Dammit it's so far in."
"You're telling me…GOT IT!"
"Ahh that's feels so much better."
Kakuzu sighed putting down the tweezers and the large splinter of wood. "Ok now please explain to me how you managed to get a chopstick shoved into your arm while you were at a petting zoo?"
"That goat was asking for it."
"Hidan!"
"Fine! I'm not going to go into detail but I will tell you that rabbits all not all fluff and carrots, they have a dark side."
"Hidan…"
Suddenly Zetsu walked into the room. "Hidan, Kakuzu Konan wants to see you guys in her office right now."
"What for?" Kakuzu asked standing.
"It involves the case." They didn't have to say which one, the nearly two year long case was so involved that they didn't give it any other name.
"Ah, well that's just great and here I thought we were going to get at least one fucking day without hearing about it."
"Quite you're whining and get moving." Kakuzu growled walking ahead of the Jashinist. Hidan huffed but followed, Kakuzu sighed reaching back with his right hand taking Hidan's in his own. Immediately the silver haired man snuggled up Kakuzu's arm causing him to stumble but not say anything he'd never admit it but he actually loved when Hidan would nuzzle his face into his shoulder, Hidan would kill him if he ever said it but it made him look rather cute.
"Ok Konan so what new shit have you gathered today?"
"Good afternoon to you to Hidan."
"Ow! What was that for?" Hidan hissed rubbing the spot on his head that Kakuzu had just thumped.
"Just shut up and listen idiot." Frowning Hidan released his hold on Kakuzu's arm and crossed his own over his chest ignoring the snickers the rest of the team was making. Kakuzu sighed lacing his fingers through the shorter mans hair, making him lean over to he could kiss the spot he'd hit. Hidan blushed like man removing Kakuzu's hand from his head all while frantically trying to smooth his hair back down.
"If you two are done can we please get back to business?"
"Yeah if you two love birds insist on being all over each other can you at least get a room?"
"Shut up puppet fucker you and Orochimaru are no better, at least when Kakuzu and I make out we have the decency to close our door, OW what was that one for?" Hidan said rubbing his head. "Where is the pedo anyway?"
"He has the day off now Konan if you please what news do you have for us?" Sasori said.
"It seems that for the first time in months we have a real lead, at 11:54 last night a call was made saying that someone witnessed a tall dark figure dragging something very large into an alley way. They described the item to be a body."
"Well how do we know that this pertains to the case?" Itachi asked.
"Because the location where the call was made centers around an area that hosts a large majority of the abandoned cars."
"In English please?"
"A lot of stuff has happened around that place." Kisame translated.
"So what do we do now?" Sasori asked.
"LET'S FUCKIN GO! I'm sick and tired of not doing anything, I say we go out there and if we see anyone suspicious then we blow their f-ing brains out."
"Hidan…"
"I'm kidding…" Sort of.
"Hidans right." 7 pairs of eyes stared at Itachi clearly questioning his sanity. "What?"
"You just agreed with Hidan." Pein gasped.
"Yeah I know the worlds about to end but I have to agree with him on this, for weeks we've done absolutely nothing and it's killing me to just stand by and let this continue."
"Alright." All eyes switched to Konan. "We'll go and just check the place out, it's been calm around here lately so we'll all go I can understand that you've all been wanting to get out you're not the only ones who've been frustrated by this case."
"ALRIGHT SO LET'S GO FUCKERS!" Hidan yelled running out the door.
"Hidan!"
"Hold on Kakuzu, count to 3."
"Why?"
"Just count." Itachi sighed.
Kakuzu raised an eyebrow but did as asked. "1….2…3…"
"Hey guys where are we going anyway?" Itachi smirked and made his way out of the room the others following closely behind
"Are you sure this is the place?"
"Yeah the call was tracked back to this location."
"Ok so where do we start?" Itachi asked.
"The lady said the alley was right next to the street sign of 'Kuro Avenue' and 'Shitsuji Dr'" Konan answered. (A/N: I LOVE KUROSHITSUJI! Grell is so funny!)
"There it is." Kakuzu pointed out. The group walked over to the sign seeing that there right by it was the alley, it was between two large brick buildings one was an apartment building while the other was…well they didn't really know what it was for it was too dark to really make it out.
"What's this other building?" Kisame asked.
"It used to be part of a meat packing company until one day we discovered that there was an illegal ring of drug sellers who'd been contaminating the meat. It was shut down shortly after." Pein explained walking forward keeping his left hand against the wall.
"Pein what are you doing?" Sasori asked.
"I was a part of the team that did the bust. We had to stay hidden so we went in through a side door it's the only way in other than the front I know this because my team looked all over and if I'm correct it was somewhere right…around…here….AH HA!" Pein stood before a large gate like door, immediately he tried to pull it open but it refused to move. "Damn it's locked."
"No shit Sherlock." Hidan mumbled.
"Let me take a look at it." Itachi said walking forward. He knelt down near the base of the gate his eyes intent on the large bulky lock surrounded by a decent length of chain. He took the lock in his hand running a finger over its smooth surface and with a small 'click' it came undone.
"H-How did you do that?" Hidan asked. But Itachi just ignored him quickly setting to unwinding the chains and seconds later the gate was up.
"Ok everyone stay quiet and move quickly I don't want any sudden movements understood?" Konan ordered drawing her gun. She was met with silent nods of agreement as the others all quickly drew their guns. Staying together they swiftly and quietly made their way inside Konan and Pein at the spear points. They had to move very carefully because the entire place was pitch black one false move could alert someone to their presents.
"Dear Jashin what the hell is that smell?" Hidan hissed covering his nose.
"This place used to be a meat plant, there must still be some carcasses left over." Pein whispered his foot accidently coming in contact with something very large and very heavy. But before he could express his pain his mouth was quickly covered by Konan's hand.
"Hey look by those windows." Kakuzu said.
"What are those?" Kisame asked.
"I don't know maybe cow bodies?" Itachi said studying the outline of the silhouettes in the moon light. It was so dark that they had no way of know what was hanging on the end of those hooks all they could tell was that they were very large and smelled terrible like they'd been there for a while. Suddenly the lights flickered on the mysterious shapes became real.
No one said a word, all eyes were wide in complete horror at the sight before them, Hidan had to quickly turn his head as he violently threw up, Kisame blowing seconds later. Both their partners were by their sides in an instant holding them tight then helping them stand when they finished.
"W-Who could do something so terrible." Konan whispered taking an involuntary step back, her gun almost falling from her grasp.
"I-I….there's no words to describe this." Sasori said clutching desperately at his stomach, praying that he didn't get sick.
When the light was turned on it brightly illuminated the entire room, it was large at least 3 stories tall with huge glass windows set near the top although most of them had long since been boarded up blocking all view from the outside world but leaving just enough space for the moon light to shine in. Bodies, dozens upon dozens on bodies hung from chains at if they were mere animals. Each one of them was completely stripped naked revealing that each individual was completely covered with various markings. Burns, cuts, stitches, missing parts you name it. It looked as if they'd been tortured and then hung for display so that the sick twist monster who did this could admire their work.
And although the place was supposed to have long been out of business there were huge machines everywhere but they didn't seem out of place, they were exactly what you'd expect to find in a meat plant, there were conveyer belts, grinders, just hundreds of things that looked like it could slice you up in a second.
"Should we call someone?" Sasori asked weakly, sweat covering his face as he became deathly pale.
"I already did." The group's eyes turned to see the final member of their team running up to them a look of worry on his face.
"Orochimaru what are you doing here?" Konan asked.
"I dropped by the station to pick up something I'd forgotten and when I saw the place empty I activated a tracker for one of the cruisers (note: all cruisers come with a tracking device) and hurried over as fast as I could."
"How long ago did you get here?"
"Just now, I found a door on the other side but I was having trouble getting around because it was so dark but when the lights came on I saw you guys and came right over." Orochimaru then seemed to do a double take on his surroundings. "What the hell happened here?"
"It's the missing." All eyes turned to Konan. "There." She pointed out. "I recognize that body from one of the files, her name was Iyame she disappeared 3 weeks ago her car was one of the ones discovered around this area."
"Is that how you found this place?" Orochimaru asked.
"Sort of, we-"
"Yeah that's how we found the place." Hidan said cutting Sasori off. "We did a search on the missings abandoned cars and found that most of them were discovered in this area."
"Hmm, interesting…so what do we do from here, backup should be here soon but until then we have to do something."
"We need to look around this place see if there are any survivors." "Konan ordered. "I want you all in pairs, I don't care with who but if you see anything call out to alert the others."
Immediately Hidan moved almost knocking Sasori out of the way as he linked his arm with Orochimaru's. "Hey snaky I'm searching with you." He said with a big grin on his face.
Sasori looked like he was ready to kill, he started moving towards Hidan but Orochimaru put up a hand to stop him. "It's ok Sasori I don't mind searching with him." Sasori clearly was not happy with the new arrangement but nodded walking over to a clearly confused Kakuzu.
"Looks like it's us." Sasori said walking right past him. Kakuzu looked at Hidan clearly wanting some sort of explanation but the Jashinist merely smiled then quickly walked away Orochimaru in tow.
"So snaky how's life been treating you?"
"Good my nose finally fished healing."
"Hmm that's good to hear." Hidan said walking over to a large stack of crates, lifting up the lid only to see that they were empty. "Sooo, I've been wondering what did you leave at the station that you had to go back for?"
"My wallet, why?"
"Oh just wondering." Hidan mumbled. "Oh shit!"
"What is it?" Orochimaru said coming over quickly to see what was wrong.
"I forgot that I have to call my mom and I completely forgot my cell phone."
"You're an idiot." Hidan's eyes narrowed. "But if you really need to call, I don't have my cell phone but there's an office over there, it might have a phone."
"Thanks but never mind, I can just wait until I get back."
"HEY GUYS I FOUND SOMETHING!" "Immediately everyone went running over to where Kisame and Itachi stood, only they weren't the only ones there…sort of.
"Oh fucking shit that's disgusting." Hidan said covering his nose. There lying on the floor was another body but this one was different from the others. She wore a hospital gown and blonde hair so short it looked like it had just been shave with a razor, which would explain all the nicks and cut that littered her head, but the most disgusting feature was that wherever her skin was exposed it was green and black completely defiled it hung off her body in strips. It gave the appearance of rotted flesh as if she'd been buried in the earth for months and then recently dug up. Itachi knelt down beside the body placing his ear near the girl's mouth.
Suddenly he shot up his eyes wide. "She's breathing!"
"What?" Konan moved placing her hand on the girls shoulder gently only for the shoulder to give way and fall lifelessly to the floor with a sickening splat. The girl gave a soft whimper.
Konan looked like she was about to be sick the girls arm had just fallen off and she'd barely even touched her. "Hello can you hear me?" Konan yelled clearly wanting to help but being too afraid to touch her fearing that some other limb might give way.
"Ye….ye…"
"What are you trying to say?" Konan asked moving closer to the girls' face.
"She looks to be in an incredible amount of pain, maybe we should just put her out of her misery." Orochimaru suggested taking a few steps back.
"Shhh." Konan hushed trying to listen.
"Ye…ye…."
"Help is right her honey just tell me what you're trying to say."
"Ye….ye….yellow eyes." And then she moved no more.
"Oh my god." Konan whispered. "Please hold on just a little bit longer help is here and we're going to get you to a hospital." She put a hand on the girl's waist only for the top half of her body to seemingly slide away from the bottom half and land in a gooey heap next to her legs. Konan jumped back complete horror in her eyes, tears silently starting to form.
"That's…that's so terrible." She whimpered clinging desperately to Pein as he wrapped his arms firmly around her.
Hidan grabbed a large blue tarp that way laying the floor nearby and covered the sad form. "We need to find out who did this." Hidan said his voice deep and dangerous.
"Where should we start?" Kisame asked.
"How about right here?" Hidan said pulling out his gun and pointing it straight at Orochimaru's head.
"Hidan what the hell are you doing?" Konan yelled.
"Him he's responsible for all this!" Hidan roared never once taking his eyes off the snake man who didn't seem the least bit surprised by the Jashinist's outburst.
"What are you talking about how on earth could any of this be my doing?" Orochimaru asked with a smug expression.
Hidan gave a vicious sneer. "Lets review first you ran in here saying that you entered through a side door but the one we came in along with the front door are the only entrances to this place which means the only way you could've come in the way you did was for you to have already been here."
"I must've gotten turned around and came in the same way you guys did, the place was dark how could I have known where I was?" Orochimaru shrugged although his stance was tense.
"Fine then that brings me to reason number 2. Earlier I told you I needed a phone, you said that there was an office nearby that had one HOW COULD YOU POSSBILY KNOW THAT IF YOU HADN'T BEEN HERE BEFORE?" By now the rest of the group was giving Orochimaru confused looks, how could he have known?
"And then to top it all off while that poor girl was trying to speak you suggested we put her out of her misery. WHAT KIND OF MONSTER WOULD SUGGEST WE KILL A KID?"
"A KIND WHO DID WANT TO SEE HER SUFFER ANY MORE!"
"THEN WHY DID SHE SAY YELLOW EYES HMM?" Hidan's voice became a deep malicious growl. "I say this was all you from the start the reason so many people were missing and the reason nobody ever saw anything was because it was a police officer was behind it all!"
Everyone's eyes went wide. "Hidan what would make you say that?" Pein asked his hand slowly moving towards his gun.
"Think about it this guy here pulls people over to the side of the road and arrests them for some unknown reason. Who would report a cop doing their job? But instead of bringing them back to the station he brings them here to do who knows what with his freaky experiments. We all know Orochimaru is a scientist what makes you think he wouldn't use human beginnings as test subjects?"
"Hidan…" Sasori said.
"And that completely explains why all those cars were turning up, after he arrested the people he didn't call them in because then they would expect him to bring in a person. He just left them there he had no use for them he had what he wanted."
"Hidan SHUT UP!" Sasori yelled punching him square in the face making him lose his grip on the gun sending it flying. "Quite making up stories! What's going on here is sick and horrifically disturbing we don't need you trying to pin the blame on one of our own!" Sasori said a murderous look on his face.
"Ahhh Sasori thank you for trying to defend me."
"It's no problem I just don't like that idiot telling lies about you."
"Oh there not lies." Everyone went deathly silent.
"W-What?" Pein asked barely able to speak.
"He right it was all me, everybody, every death, everything that has to do with this case was all me."
"Y-You're joking right, please tell me this is all some sick joke." Sasori begged his eyes wide as took a fist full of the snake's shirt and shook him harshly as if trying to shake some since into him.
"Nope." Orochimaru smiled removing Sasori's hand from his shirt. "It was all me and Hidan was completely right I did it all for science, Humans really are the best test subjects."
"You're not even going to try denying it?" Pein asked still to shocked to move.
"Neh, I grow tired of living a lie I've actually been looking forward to getting this off my chest ahhh (he raised his arms high as he stretched his muscles) I feel like a new man."
"You're gonna be a dead man when I get through with you." Hidan said.
"Hmmm interesting thought but I'm not quite ready to leave this world yet, but you on the other hand most certainly are in fact all of you have lived long wonderful lives how about moving on and donating yourselves to some worthwhile cause say…my research."
"FORGET IT!" Itachi yelled stepping forward his gun clutched tightly between his hands.
"Ahh so I see the young Uchiha dares to go against me eh?"
"Not just him." Kisame said as both he and Kakuzu stepped forward their guns raised and ready.
"Aww, is everyone really against me now and I thought we were such good friends."
"Friends don't go and do…THIS!" Pein yelled. "I hereby place you under arrest you have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will-"
"You don't need to read me my rights, after all I've read them enough time to know full well what they are."
"YOU BASTARD!" Hidan yelled charging forward.
"HIDAN STOP!" Kakuzu yelled trying to grab him but it was too late, Hidan swung with the full force of his fist but Orochimaru was too quick he dodged Hidan's punch and swung his leg out swiftly knock the other man to the floor effectively knocking the air out of him.
Next thing everyone knew they were completely surrounded. The room was filled dozens of men each one vicious and dangerous looking. "Orochimaru what's going on here?" Konan demanded.
"Well its very simply my dear blue hair, you expect me to come with you but you see I can't do that for I've still got lot of research to do and I can't have you all messing it up."
"OROCHIMARU YOU TRAITOR!" Kisame yelled stepping in front of Itachi not daring to take his eyes off the men surrounding them.
"Oh really Kisame come now a traitor? That's so harsh I don't think I'm a traitor I'm merely expanding my horizon to pursue more options." He then looked around at all the people in the room and then back at his old team. "The years I've spent with you guys has been wonderful but now I must say goodbye."
"STOP HIM!" Pein tried to run forward but before he could take one step a bullet whizzed through the air right past where his face would've been. He looked over only to see Orochimaru's goons grinning evilly, clearly they had one hell of a fight ahead of them if they wanted to get to the snake
"Goodbye old friends I don't think we'll be meeting again." As if those words were some silent signal all the men sprung into action while Orochimaru ran the opposite direction.
"YOU'RE NOT GETTING AWAY SO EASILY!" Hidan yelled chasing after the snake man.
"HIDAN DON'T!" Kakuzu ordered firing his gun three times effectively taking out one of the goons.
But Hidan completely ignored him, running forward as fast as he could he knew he was on his own the others were too busy fighting for their lives to help him. He was throwing punches everywhere he could and dodging twice as many. He was determined to keep Orochimaru in his sights. By the time he'd gotten through he'd emptied his gun forcing him to hide behind one of the machines as he exchanged the clip.
"Hello my dear Jashinst." Hidan looked over only to see Orochimaru smile and wink at him as he disappeared around a corner. Hidan was quick to pursue when he turned the corner he found himself in a long dark hallway barely illuminated by the single line of bulbs overhead. He knew he shouldn't follow, he knew it was probably a trap but then the face of that deformed girl popped into his mind and he took off as fast as he could.
A deep cackling could be heard from down the hall. "Run run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the ginger bread man!"
"Shut up!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"I said shut up!" Hidan continued down the long dark hallway, as far as he could tell it had no end the lights just seemed to continue into and endless pattern. After what seemed like an eternity of running a bright light suddenly flooded the hallway from up ahead, Hidan was forced to momentarily stop as he was temporarily blinded. When his eyes finally adjusted he could see that the light was coming from a door another 20ft ahead. He moved quickly but more cautiously, he kept his gun pointed low ready to fire at a moment's notice. When he got to the room he slowly looked around the corner only to see that the room was empty.
He walked inside looking left and right knowing Orochimaru there was bound to be some sort of trap waiting for him.
"Looking for me?" Hidan spun around only to see Orochimaru mere inches from his face. He raised his gun prepared to fire only to Orochimaru to disappear.
"Where'd you go?" Hidan spun around his eyes searching wildly.
"I'm right here." Hidan turned back around and there stood Orochimaru it was as if he'd never moved.
"Quite playing games!"
A look of false innocents came into the snake mans eyes. "Games? What games?"
"Don't mess with me right now I want nothing more than to blow your fucking brains out but my better sense is telling me not to, you need to be brought in for questioning and for that to happen you need to be alive."
"What makes you think you can take me?"
"I don't have to, I just have to last long enough for the others to catch up."
"Hmm yes can't have that now can I? My men aren't going to last very long against them after all they are the best of the best so It's only a matter of time before they finished my men off."
Hidan was stunned. "So you knew that your goon would never win but you still sent them out there?"
"Yes of course you see now that you've found this place I have to move on and the fewer people who knew about what went on here the better."
"So in other words my team is just doing your dirty work for you?"
"Preciously."
"The Akatsuki will stop you, and chance are they'll try to kill as few as possible so when this is all over we'll have plenty of witnesses to testify against you."
"Well if that be the case then I better get moving."
"FREEZE!" Hidan fired the bullet whizzing through the air and lodging itself into Orochimaru's shoulder who gave a loud animal like howl of pain. He then fell to one knee clutching his bleeding limb. Hidan pulled the trigger again but it gave a small click signaling that it was empty.
"Ahahaha." A small chuckle came from the man.
"What so funny?" Hidan asked warily he was out of bullets.
"This just reminded me I owe you some major pay back for that punch to the face."
"Bring it on I'll fight you with one hand tied behind my back."
"Oh no my dear Jashinist I'm not going to fight you that's what my hired help is for." Orochimaru then snapped his finger and as if evaporation out of nowhere at least 10 men appeared each one sporting a very large and very sharp looking sword.
"What's with the blades? How come they don't have guns?"
"I don't know just felt like (he gave a shrug) now enough talk kill him!" And with that the men charged, Hidan threw his gun to the floor ready to fight these guys' hands on when an ear shattering bang ripped through the air. All movement seized and all eyes turned to the door way where Kakuzu stood looking out of breath but ok.
"Kakuzu what are you doing here?" Hidan asked.
"Oh joy the idiots' lover is here now you can die together!"
"Hidan take this!" Kakuzu yelled tossing Hidan a gun. As soon as that pistol was in the silver haired mans hands he gave a vicious maniacal grin. Things were about to get and whole lot more interesting. The fight was an intense one there was a reason these guys were equipped with swords, they were good with them. Nearly every bullet the Akatsuki duo shot at them was deflected by the blades Hidan was having an ok time dodging the swords when they were swung at him but that was because he was small and quick on his feet but Kakuzu was having a harder time he already had several lovely cut on his left arm that were definitely going to be needing stitches but other than that he looked ok.
It wasn't until one of the men snuck up behind the miser that they pulled a cheap shot and nailed him in the back of his head with the hilt of their sword affectively knocking him unconscious.
"Kakuzu!" Hidan yelled frustrated that he could help his fallen partner, his shots were becoming more affective now he'd already too serious wound 4 of the men and it looks like another 2 of them were either dead or on their way. Just when he was about to finish off another he was suddenly grabbed from the back of his collar and yanked roughly backwards. He looked up to see that he was surrounded by 5 evilly smirking faces Orochimaru being one of them. Orochimaru raised a sword pointing the tip right between Hidans eyes.
"You know I feel merciful right now so I'm not going to kill you." Hidan could tell there was more. "I'm simply going to slice you up so bad that you'll be begging for me to."
"OROCHIMARU!"
"Oh so you're awake I was going to get to you next."
"Do it to me instead!"
"KAKUZU SHUT UP!" Hidan yelled horror struck at his loves words.
Orochimaru seemed intrigued by the man's words. "I'm intrigued by your words please go on." (Did I not just say that?)
"We both know what a masochist Hidan is if anything he'll enjoy the pain but if you cut me up he'll be forced to suffer watching me in pain."
"KAKUZU I TOLD YOU TO-" But a hit to the back of the head silenced Hidan making him crumble to the floor in pain.
"You know what? I like your idea much better. (he snapped his fingers) boys tie Hidan up and place him in a comfortable position we'll be putting on a show he just won't be able to miss."
"Are we ready?" Orochimaru sneered. Hidan had effectively been tied up and gagged although that didn't stop him from trying to curse Orochimaru's very being. "Shut up!" He ordered taking a sword and slicing it across Hidan's left arm making him howl in pain.
"Hey you're supposed to be doing that to me!"
"Right right of course, my apologies." Orochimaru walked over to the man who'd been tied up like Hidan only his shirt had been ripped off so his smooth and muscular chest was exposed for the world to see. "Hmm you know you skin really is too beautiful to mess up."
"Just do it and get it over with!" Kakuzu roared.
"Fine if you wish. Let the carving of the turkey commence!" Kakuzu's screams filled the air as he was sliced from head to toe all while Hidan looked on in horror tears of frustration coming to his eyes as he desperately struggled to get out of his bonds but it seemed the harder he pulled the tighter they became. "You know I've never seen you smile before not even since you started dating that freak over there."
"You're the only freak here!" Kakuzu spat wincing as his stomach was sliced.
Orochimaru smiled. "Now about that smile." He took his blade and made two deep lines that connect to his mouth making it look like a large bloody smile. By now Kakuzu was in so much pain he couldn't even feel anymore he dropped to the floor his skin no longer visible for every inch of him was dripping with crimson.
While Kakuzu was being tortured Hidan managed to get the gag off his mouth he stared in horror at the sight before him. "K…Kakuzu…" Hidan's voice was barely above a whisper. "Kuzu please answer me." He asked using Kakuzu's pet name. When no answer came Hidan felt his heart literally shatter. "KAKUZU!" Hidan thrashed violently against his bindings trying desperately to get free.
BOOOOOOOOM
A sudden explosion rocked through the entire building forcing light pieces of ceiling to fall to the floor.
"What's going on here?" Orochimaru demanded. When he was met with no answer his eyes narrowed horrifically. "We're leaving, leave those two." They ran out of the room probably to find out what caused the explosion. Hidan continued to struggle against his bonds until finally managing to get one arm free and then it was only a matter of seconds before he was running over to his fallen partner.
"Kakuzu! Kakuzu please speak to me!" Hidan cried taking the man into the circle of his arms. But there was no response. "KAKUZU!"
"Hey I heard something in there!"
"Let's move!"
"Kakuzu help has arrived just hang on a little longer, just please hang on!"
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"He finally woke up 3 days later, then entire time the hospital had kept him on life support naturally I was terrified it seemed like any second his heart would just stop beating. It was there that we separated."
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"Sir maybe you should take a walk we'll be sure to alter you when your partner wakes up." But Hidan didn't respond to the nurse he was too busy watching Kakuzu's heart monitor the steady beep…beep…beep seeming to the only thing that kept him from going crazy. He held tight to Kakuzu's hand barely even registering the fact that the nurse had left the room. He'd been like that the entire time the only time he ever moved was when he needed to use the bathroom and that was only if he was about to burst.
Hidan was scared that he'd never wake up but it wasn't until a light squeeze on his hand that he finally snapped out of his trance. "Hi-Hidan…." Came a light whisper.
He jumped up from his chair. "I'm right here!"
"Doctor!" Hidan turned his head just as a group of doctors and nurses came rushing in. "Sir I'm sorry but I'm going to have to ask you to leave." One of the nurses said ushering Hidan out.
As worried as the Jashinist was he turned the left the room, normally someone in his situation would have thrown a fit but if Kakuzu was going to get the help he needed then it was best to just listen to the professionals, even if every second away from his lover just ripped another hole in his heart.
After 30 long painful, excruciating minutes the doctors and nurses finally exited the room saying that Hidan was allowed back in. He didn't hesitate. Hidan rushed back into the room and in his haste to avoid one of the last nurses he tripped over his own feet sending him flat to the floor.
"Ow…" Hidan grumbled standing up and brushing off his clothes.
"Hey Hidan." Said Jashinist looked over remembering the reason he had hurried into the room.
"Kakuzu!" Hidan walked to the side of the bed looking at the wrapped up body of his boyfriend, only his eyes shown through the bright white bandaging apparently they'd replaced the old ones while he was out of the room it was a good thing to, the first time they'd changed his wrappings Hidan had seen the full extent of the damage and he knew the chances of him fully healing from it were slim. Hidan had always marveled at how perfect Kakuzu's skin was so soft, smooth, and just perfect. But Hidan didn't care about looks that's why he was bi gender didn't matter to him just give him a good personality and a kind heart and he was sold. "Hey Kuzu how ya doing?" He said taking as seat in his usual chair.
Kakuzu sighed. "Been better, what about you?"
Hidan held up his bandaged arm. "I got lucky just some pretty nasty slices on my arm but the doctors said that they would heal….they said they weren't as deep as yours so there shouldn't even be a scar." Hidan's voice started to crack "…Kakuzu I'm so sorry…" and then he did something he swore he'd never do in front of other people, he buried his face in his arms atop the bed and cried. At first Kakuzu was shocked he'd never seen Hidan show any emotion other than love and jackassery (it's a word now!) he hesitantly reached out with his hand only to be stopped by one of the many IV's implanted in his arm, he silently cursed to himself not being able to comfort Hidan right now it was just going to make everything that much harder.
"Hidan…" Kakuzu's usual deep authoritive voice was now weak but he still managed to get the other mans attention. Hidan managed to get himself under control long enough to stopped the sobs but the tears still fell freely. "Why are you crying?"
Hidan's eyes widened incredulously. "You're kidding me right? I'm the reason you're like this and you're asking me why I'm crying? Did Orochimaru slice up your brain to?"
"Hidan I want to break up." Kakuzu said suddenly.
"….wh…..what?"
"Hidan this whole event has opened my eyes now of all times I can't be playing around in a relationship that is never going to go anywhere."
"Y-You don't mean that you've only just woken up, you need time to adjust you can't-"
"Hidan I'm serious! Your nothing more than a kid who got a lucky break by getting his ass saved at the last second and…I can't deal with that anymore."
"I-I don't believe you…AFTER ALL WE'VE DONE! AFTER ALL THE TIMES WE'VE KISSED, TOUCHED, BEEN THROUGH TOGETHER….all those time you told me you loved me your just going to throw it away on a whim?"
"It's not a whim Hidan I've been thinking about this for a quite some time and I've just chosen now to act it out."
"I-I still don't believe you."
"Hidan! Quite acting like a baby and get over it! WE'RE OVER!" Kakuzu sudden outburst set his heart monitor off causing two nurses to come running into the room.
"I'm sorry sir but we're going to have to ask you to leave we can't have the patient getting worked up in his condition."
Hidan couldn't speak so many emotions had been running through him all day worry, relief, more worry, happiness, disbelief, and now….now he didn't know what to feel. So he just settled for running from the room not even caring who saw his red eyed face he didn't even register the fact that Pein had seen him and was now calling to him, he just kept running not daring to look back.
(End flash back)
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"So what happened after that, un? Weren't things awkward after that?" Deidara asked completely mesmerized.
Hidan laughed. "Oh hell yeah, I was allowed to go back to work after a few days, Kakuzu a few weeks after that. At first I'm ashamed to say I acted like a kid, every time he would enter a room I would leave even if I was discussing important information with Konan, needless to say she didn't like that very much.
"So what happened how did you become friends again, un?"
Sasori chuckled giving Deidara a light squeeze (he's still in Sasori's arms...awww) "It's actually quite funny everyone got so sick of their attitude I mean you can't really blame them first the whole incident with Orochimaru and now this. Long story short tempers were running high."
"So what happened, un?" Deidara demanded impatiently.
"What happened is none of your business." Came a deep voice from the doorway. All three heads turn to see Kakuzu standing there in full police uniform completed by the deep black bullet proof vest we wore. "You all need to finish getting ready Konan says we're leaving in 15 minutes." Everyone gave a small nod and one by one they all filed out of the kitchen Hidan was the last to leave.
"You know why I had to do what I did." Kakuzu said staring straight ahead.
"Because you couldn't handle my sexiness anymore." Hidan chuckled putting a hand on his hip and striking a pose.
You could practically hear Kakuzu's eyes rolling. "Hidan be serious."
"Awe come on Kakuzu you know I was just kidding beside we're just friend now and I can accept that."
Kakuzu nodded saying no more he left the room probably off to take care of any last minute arrangements. Hidan watched him go his body slumping against the door frame deep in thought.
"Hidan?" Hidan looked up to see Deidara staring at him, worry clear in his crystal blue eyes. "Are you ok, un?"
Hidan smiled. "Yeah I'm fine Dei, now let's go get ready we've got some snake ass to kick."