Kakuzu's POV
He didn't plan on such an encounter from Yutaka, being outnumbered and bribed with such a great amount of money, but he had to come up with a plan within those few, short minutes.
Yutaka was emitting a lot of chakra showing he's much stronger than he looks and the other shinobi waiting to strike wasn't in Kakuzu's favor, but he could handle them all without any remorse, however, he needed to ensure her safety first.
He regretted saying those words that made Hitomi feel so betrayed, but he had no choice; he needed Yutaka to believe he was serious on giving her up so he would let his guard down, plus he knew once the deal was done they would take her away and then he could easily track them down once he's through here.
He tried to ignore her pleading words when she was led away and it took all his strength not to kill that bastard Keizo on the spot when he struck her face. Forgive me Hitmoni; I'm only doing this to guarantee your safety before I engage in battle.
The carriage soon set off and eventually disappeared over the hill; it's time to end this.
Yutaka walked back to him again, "You've made a wise choice, but now I'll take my leave. We have nothing further to discuss correct?" "Precisely." Just as Yutaka turned he sprang into action.
He grabbed him around the throat and binded him with his tendrils. "You conniving bastard!" The other shinobi leaped out and came at him at full speed, but not before he released the masks on his back.
Such a battle commenced, shinobi fighting against his ninjutsu and himself, along with using Yutaka as a shield to protect himself from certain attacks. He didn't know how long the battle lasted but it was almost over. The terrain spoke of the aftermath, the whole area was now a desolate pile of dirt, rubble, and dead corpses.
The hired shinobi were all dead so that leaves only one…Yutaka. He was alive, bloody, beaten up from the attacks from his own hired help. Kakuzu lifted him up off the ground and punched him in the face, thus breaking his nose.
Yutaka spat at a lot of blood and muttered, "Such a coward." "How so?" He smirked, "You're afraid to fight me; why else would you ensure your victory by binding me up?"
"Show's what you know. I was simply at a disadvantage being outnumbered due to your fear of me." He pierced him all over with his threads, purposefully hitting almost every vital body part except for his heart. He's saving that for himself. Yutaka groaned from the immense pain as a lot of blood pooled onto the ground from his new injuries.
Kakuzu took one last action and jerked his head back by his hair. He leaned in and whispered maliciously, "Time to learn your place."
He hardened his arm and pierced straight through his heart before ripping it out of his chest. He watched him die before tossing him and the unwanted heart on the ground; that's one major problem he won't have to deal with ever again.
Now, to more important matters.
He ran like the wind as he followed the tracks of the carriage Hitomi was taken in, even though he was low on chakra. It doesn't matter, he doesn't tire out so easily and he'll get there before the hour is up.
He overheard something about an hour for that vile Yutaka was referring to, so they'll reach their destination within that time.
The tracks led him to a mansion and saw the stagecoach out front. He didn't hesitate when he burst in the mansion, searching blindly around the place until he saw Mr. Ishida come out of a room. He looked terrified to see him here and gasped, "Kakuzu!"
He darted at him, hardening his arm, and decapitated him right there before Mr. Ishida knew what happened.
He watched the head roll off to the side and muttered, "That's what you deserve from giving out classified information and causing me trouble from Yutaka. I hope you two meet each other in hell!" He stared at the door and kicked it down with ease.
She has to be in here. He rushed about looking and went to the last spot to search, the bathroom.
He burst in and clenched his fists from the horrific scene, "Hitomi!" He rushed to her, lifted her up out of the pool of blood and found the injury. It was deep and he quickly sewed it up with ease, "You fool! Why couldn't you have just waited a little longer Hitmoni?" He warily checked her pulse….she's alive, but barely.
She needs a blood transfusion immediately, but he doesn't know her blood type or he would go ahead and make a quick set up to do it himself; he's not taking the chance. He quickly carried her outside and demanded from a servant to tell him their whereabouts or where the nearest hospital is.
The boy was terrified, but told him what he wanted to know and the distance. Ten minutes walk, he could get there in five. Once he got there, they took her in the emergency room and he had to wait until someone gave him some news. He sat there impatiently tapping his foot for more than thirty minutes and could only think of her.
She better not die on me. What was she thinking? Did she do it because of me or was it something else? Surely she didn't get raped again that quickly. Why didn't she use her head? Why in hell would I go through all that drama and shit if I didn't care? Did she believe it to be all a lie after I hurt her?
"Mr. Kakuzu?" "Yes." The doctor sighed, "Ms. Hitomi is going to live thankfully, but she'll need a lot of rest and won't wake up for another few hours." "Right." "Do you know how her wrist was slit open by any chance or for what reason? She doesn't look like the kind of woman to commit suicide." Kakuzu flinched but shook his head, "No, that's the way I found her."
The doctor left it at that and curtly nodded his head before leaving. Kakuzu found the room she was in and entered. A nurse was just about to leave the room when she saw him, "Are you the husband?" He pulled a chair next to her bed and sat in it, "No." "Are you a relative then?" "No."
"I'm sorry sir, but only family members are allowed in here." He glared and then growled, "Mind your own damn business lady, she's with me!" The woman trembled in fear and quickly left the room without a word.
He crossed his arms and looked at Hitomi. She actually looked fine and wasn't ghostly pale like when he found her in that condition. "When you wake up, I have a bone to pick with you."
He waited almost all day before she finally came to; it's about time.
My POV
I felt like I just woke up from a nap, but weak. Where am I? It appeared to be a patient's room at a hospital. Wait, didn't I die? I weakly pushed myself up and looked around until my eyes fell on Kakuzu.
All the memories came flooding back and the cruel words he said to me. I was severely pissed, "What brings you here?"
"You of course." "Let me guess, you sewed me up and brought me here right?" He nodded. "Why didn't you mind your own damn business, I wanted to die!"
He snapped, "Yes, just die and take the easy way out like you tried before. I don't want you to die you idiot! Did it even come across that thick head of yours that I want you to be with me?"
"Really? From my understanding, you let those fucking bastards take me away!" "Let me explain." "I don't want to hear your damn excuses so go away. I don't ever want to see you again!" He glared and sat next to me, "Hitomi!"
I flinched from the harsh tone; he hasn't lost his skill of intimidating me. His expression softened, "Hitomi, please let me explain." I stared at him in shock; he's NEVER said the 'please' word before.
This must be an important explanation for him to use that word. I let out a heavy sigh and faced him, "Ok."
"I didn't mean to hurt you so terribly, but I had no choice. We were outnumbered and I knew they were going to fight me one way or another. If I didn't make the deal, you'd be caught in the middle of a battle and I wasn't going to risk you getting injured. I knew they'd take you away once I agreed, but at least you'd be safe."
"Then why did you say those words to me?" "I had to hurt you to make Yutaka believe that I didn't care so he'd let his guard down. Although, I about lost my pretenses when you were hit." I rubbed my cheek on the recollection; it still was a little sore. "So, what happened after that?"
"We fought and I killed all the shinobi, including Yutaka, so we won't have to worry about him hunting you anymore or Ishida for that matter."
"When did that happen?" "Once I tracked you down, I ran into him just coming out of the room you were in and killed him. He caused us all that trouble with Yutaka to begin with." "Good riddance, I never liked him." I stared intently at him, "Is that it?" "Well, yes." "Fine, you can leave now."
"Wait a minute! You're not going to forgive me?" I tried to hold back my tears, "I don't know if I should." "Why?"
I flared up, "WHY? Let's see, you made me feel betrayed! I trusted you and you pulled a stunt like that. You have NO IDEA how bad I felt, the one person in my life I thought loved me, didn't give a shit in the first place. You LIED to me!" I wasn't trying to yell, but I was indeed getting awful vocal.
I let the tears fall and took a few quick breaths before I continued, "Not to mention, getting groped on the way there and almost raped by him again! I wasn't going to let that happen again and death was the only way out."
He grabbed me by the shoulders, "Why couldn't you have just waited a little longer for me to get there Hitomi?"
"He was going to rape me again! You'd have gotten there too late to do anything!" "You were only bleeding, not even five minutes! I would've gotten there just in time to stop you from getting raped you idiot." "Whatever! If Keizo didn't have to go on some errand I'd been raped regardless!"
We stopped fussing and both tried to calm down when he suddenly hugged me. I was sort of taken by surprise and tried to push him away, "Don't touch me, I hate you!" "I'm sorry." "What?"
He's never apologized to me before either. "Hitomi, I didn't mean for you to get hurt and I never lied to you. Everything I told you about how I feel about you is the truth, please believe me."
I choked back from sobbing but it wasn't out well, "Give me one more chance, trust me again. I promise you won't get hurt by anyone ever again, including me." He took my face in his hands and spoke softly, "Please forgive me, Hitomi," then gave me a gentle kiss on the lips. I kissed him back, knowing deep in my heart he was telling the honest truth.
Our passionate kissing seemed to last an eternity and all past incidents were forgiven. I managed to break the kiss so I could get the box of tissues to wipe my eyes and blow my nose. I couldn't stop crying; nothing was said until I cleaned my face of my tears.
Kakuzu was tenderly stroking my hair when I asked, "Kakuzu?" "Yes?" "Um, did you kill Keizo also?"
"I never ran into him." "That's weird, he should've been there." "He might have hightailed it out of there when I came." I shrugged. It doesn't seem right that he'd just left. He leaned down and kissed my forehead, "Don't worry about it. He's next on my list anyway."
I gave him a small smile, "Yeah, two down and only one more to go." "Right." I took his hand and held it before getting serious, "By the way, don't you EVER do that shit to me again!" He gently gripped my hand and chuckled, "Never again Hitomi."
To be continued: