I'm still alive! Lookie, an update! :D Well, it kinda matters if you guys are still here too…Well; hopefully I can pick this back up since I've gotten interested in Fanfiction again along with Naruto. I kinda strayed away from Fanfiction along with the manga series and just…stopped. Well here's the eighth chapter to Speaking Doggish. Enjoy :)
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"Jump the damn hurdle you stupid dog!" Hidan wailed in frustration, angrily staring at his dogified partner who stared back in what looked and seemed like amusement before lying down with a yawn. "Fuck you!" Hidan turned to Konan with a pleading look on his face after yelling at Kakuzu. Konan sighed and shook her head before whistling for Pein to come.
"How about I go first?" she offered. Hidan huffed and with an aggravated 'fine' he walked over to his partner. Konan pat the large Labrador on the head before sitting him in front of the hurdle Hidan had tried to get Kakuzu to go over. Looking over at Zetsu who was having huge trouble with calming Tobi down, Konan took a deep breath before calling Pein towards her. Pein barked and leapt over the hurdle easily, twirling around in front of Konan after that, barking happily as he received attention from the only woman in the Akatsuki gang. Hidan muttered something, unscrewing the cap to his water bottle.
"Is he being stubborn un?" Deidara questioned as he sat down next to his best friend, Sasori not too far behind. The tiny Pinscher settling down next to Deidara, watching contently as Pein jumped the hurdle again. Hidan finished drinking his water and dumped the rest of it on Kakuzu.
"Pfft! Hell yeah! Damn Fucker's a-oof!" Hidan was interrupted as a large, don't forget wet, dog knocked him over, paws on each shoulder as an angry snarl was erupting from his partner. Sasori started barking before quieting down eventually as Hidan angrily started cussing at Kakuzu. Hidan stopped when Tobi started barking rather viciously for…well…being Tobi. The Husky knocked Kakuzu off of Hidan, his eyes barely turning red, the larger dog growled, low and threatening and preparing to attack Tobi. Before a dangerous fight could ensue, Pein barked out, loud and commanding, just like his human self.
Both dogs looked over at Pein his piercing stare forced them to back down. Deidara held Sasori close, tiny growl emitting from the small dog.
Off in the distance, Kisame and Itachi had just calmly watched the scene unfold, Itachi calculating and evaluating what had just happened more than Kisame since he was just a spectator instead of someone who demanded why it happened.
"Crazy dogs eh?" Kisame questioned, patting Itachi on the back of the head. Itachi simply blinked.
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"Okay, now what are we gonna do un?" Deidara questioned as he watched Konan play with Sasori, tossing a ball to the other end of the large room. "Kakuzu, Itachi and Sasori don't seem to have much interest in this agility thing un…" Deidara added, watching Sasori scamper back with the tennis ball that had to be sized down to the size of a medium sized gum ball.
"I'm not sure, but we'll figure something out, Sasori seems to like fetch," Konan pointed out, tugging the ball out of the small dog's jaws and tossed it once more. Deidara itched the back of his head. Yeah he like playing fetch, but it got boring; agility looked so much fun too… "I guess Kakuzu and Itachi would like dock jumping."
"What's that un?"
"Well, you basically throw something and try to get them to jump as high and far as they can. Remember when Hidan threw tennis balls into the lake? That's similar to dock jumping, only that there's a measuring thing and it's one dog at a time," Konan explained, Deidara huffed.
"Still, what about Sasori un?" all Konan could do was shrug her shoulders.
Hidan smirked.
"Dock jumping eh? Sounds like a lot of fun, might as well get a wad of cash and throw it into the lake," that made Deidara's day. It took him a good ten minutes to recover, earning strange stares from the Pein and Itachi who were lying on the kitchen floor at their feet.
"Dude, that was really funny but still, I think you could do that un," Deidara chuckled. "Might as well go back to the lake pretty soon, can't wait to watch you and Kisame un," Deidara finished and whistled for Sasori as he left. Hidan started searching the base for his partner. It couldn't be that hard right?
"Where the fuck is Kakuzu?" Hidan growled as he walked past Kisame and Itachi.
"I think I saw him with Konan, Tobi, Zetsu and Pein," Kisame answered. Hidan quickly uttered a 'thanks' and trotted off.
"Hey Konan, wanna come to the lake with us?" Hidan offered, as he opened the door. The woman looked up and nodded, a smile on her face.
"Sure, Zetsu, would you like to come?"
"Sure. Whatever."
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Hidan tossed the tennis ball as far as he could into the lake, which was pretty far, the four large dogs diving after it, Pein comically tripping and tumbling down into the lake, though acting unharmed after doing so. Kakuzu managed to get the ball and dog paddled back to shore, shaking water off before trotting over to Hidan, though stopping five feet from the silver haired man.
Hidan sighed in aggravation and simply whistled for his dogified partner to at least come closer so he could get the ball. Kakuzu didn't seem to want to give the ball back without a deal.
"Come here you damn bastard," Hidan growled. "Come damn it!" Kakuzu's ears pricked and he charged at Hidan, though dropping the ball, jumping up and snatching his Jashin pendant right off of his neck, the tiny silver beads flying in all directions as the lace broke free from its loop. "What the hell you damn bastard, give it back!" Hidan wailed as Kakuzu turned and leapt over the edge, into the lake. "Fuck you!" Hidan wailed, jumping after his partner, bent on getting his pendant back. Deidara started laughing hysterically again. This was so his day. Konan simply watched in amusement as Kisame and Zetsu were doing the same as Deidara.
"Fucking mutt!" Hidan growled once he got ahold of Kakuzu, even though he wasn't that far from the dog, and tried to pry the dog's mouth open. The large dog growled and dropped the pendant, letting it sink into the water. "Argh! Damn animal!" Hidan hissed, grasping one of Kakuzu's ears and pulling harshly, a sharp yelp erupting from the dog before he turned and bit Hidan. Hidan then remembered, he couldn't swim that well, and with a dog placing one hundred fifty pounds on him, it wasn't exactly helping out that much.
Deidara noticed and remembered that Hidan couldn't swim, strictly telling Sasori to sit and stay before dashing into the water, Kakuzu swimming back to shore, growling lightly. Konan watched as Deidara swam out into the lake, wanting to help desperately, but knew that she couldn't expose herself to water. Zetsu couldn't get an overdose of water either and Kisame wasn't there at the moment, he had left to get some refreshments.
Deidara dove under, only to resurface a little sooner than expected, the water was too murky.
"A little help would be nice un," Deidara called before remembering that Konan and Zetsu couldn't tolerate water very well and Kisame had left. Grumbling to himself, Deidara was about to dive under once more only to have loud barking halt his actions. Looking up, Deidara watched Hidan's dogified partner take a running start leap into the water, flying further than Deidara was into the water. Sasori was barking endlessly at the shoreline as Kakuzu dove underwater. "Make sure you bring your partner back un!" Deidara called, knowing that the dog couldn't hear him.
It took a moment for the two to resurface, Hidan somehow still conscious and coughing up lake water, adding a few curses here and there. Once the two, along with Deidara made it to the shore, Deidara helped Hidan to his feet while Kakuzu flopped onto his side as if getting ready for a nap. Sasori jumped up, making it as high as Deidara's hip before repeating the action many times over until Deidara picked him up.
"Damn dog!" Hidan wailed, almost kicking Kakuzu if it weren't for Deidara who pulled him by the collar of his fishnet shirt. It took Deidara a moment to notice that Hidan was wearing one of Itachi's fishnet shirts.
"Why in the name of Kami are you wearing one of Itachi's shirts un?" Deidara questioned, quirking an eyebrow in question.
"Because I can and what are you doing? Bastard deserves it!" Hidan wailed, narrowing his eyes at his best friend.
"Well, the bastard saved you though, I don't think I would've been able to un," Deidara argued. Hidan huffed wrung his hair out, trying to get it as dry as he could at the moment. Sasori licked Deidara's thumb before wiggling in an attempt to be let back down. Deidara set the tiny dog back down and watched as his partner pawed at Kakuzu's nose, earning a big huff from the dog.
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The Akatsuki, both human and animal, had decided to just hang out. Itachi, Tobi and Sasori all wrestled over a rope toy that Kisame had made out of random strands of string hanging around the base courtesy of Tobi. How he made it, nobody knew, but they didn't bother asking. Hidan lay on his back, twirling a stick of Pocky in between his fingers like a small bow staff before taking a bite of it. Deidara had taken out his small stash of Pocky treats and shared it with his colleagues, yes, even the dogs, because it was dark chocolate only that killed dogs (it's true). Itachi would always play around and then return to Deidara's side, licking his nose, awaiting a Pocky stick.
Each dog would 'ask' Deidara for a Pocky stick, it was kind of funny too, Itachi would lick his nose, Tobi would do a little dance, Sasori would leap into Deidara's lap and bark, Kakuzu would bark from his spot next to Hidan and Pein would ram his head onto Deidara's knee.
Like explained earlier, Itachi, Tobi and Sasori were roughhousing with a rope toy made by Kisame, while the other two were lying down next to their partners. Finally finishing their game of tug-o-war, Sasori, Tobi and Itachi joined their partners. The sun was starting to set, but none of them bothered to go back to the base, it was so nice out that they had decided to stay outside overnight. If Tobi was a human, he'd be going on and on about this being like a family camping trip or something.
"Alright guys, I'm gonna crash," Konan yawned, laying down onto her back as Pein rolled from one side onto the other, tail thumping in content.
"Same," Zetsu agreed, pulling Tobi off of Kakuzu. Tobi had decided to start gnawing on the other's ear, earning plenty of warning growls, but never got bitten. "Tobi hush," Zetsu's black half growled as Tobi started flailing. Itachi barked and started digging before running over to Kisame and digging over there as well. The remaining that had decided to stay awake just silently chatted among each other.
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Crappy, but hopefully that will tide you guys over for a while. I'm off to Florida on Sunday, so I can't update for a week :( I'll try to get back into the updating routine, though I can't continue all of my stories :( So please review, it's motivation, we all know that. Peace.