He leant against a fence in one of the back streets gasping and holding a hand to his heart.
If he weren't immortal, he was sure he would have had a heart attack and died from all that running.
Hidan scowled slightly, wishing it were Kakuzu in his shoes instead…
That asshole COULD have a heart attack…
Five of them.
Hidan sniggered at the thought of Kakuzu writhing on the ground in pain.
Stupid fucker…

"Kakashi-sensei!"

Hidan groaned.
For Jashins sake, he had only just gotten his breath back…
A blonde haired kid with blue eyes and a bouncy sort of look to him raced towards Hidan at lightning speed.
Hidan didn't bat an eyelid as the boy just about bowled him over in his attempt to catch up to him.
Panting slightly, the boy looked up at him and scowled.

"Kakashi-sensei, you said you'd help train me today! I've been waiting for hours!"

Wait…
Hidan paused and looked the boy up and down.
Blonde hair… Blue eyes… Orange jumpsuit…
Orange jumpsuit…?
Was this…
A prison escapee?
Hidan raised an eyebrow and looked down at the boy.

"Seriously, who are you again?"

The boy growled at him.

"I'm serious, dattebayo! You aren't getting out of it again with your lame excuses! Why were you late this time!?"

"Because I had to drastically change my appearance in order to sneak into a rival village because my partner is too much of a lazy ass to do it himsel-"

"LIAR!"

Hidan raised an eyebrow.
Actually he had been telling the truth that time…
Oh well.
The boy grabbed his sleeve and started trying to drag him towards wherever the training ground was.
Hidan stood fast, barely having to move.
As he watched the boy struggle to pull him, a girl with pink hair, green eyes and an assortment of red clothing turned the corner.
Upon seeing the two she sighed, pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head.

"Honestly Kakashi-sensei… Just do what Naruto wants for once… If you do then he wont bother me."

Wait…
Hidan paused and looked the girl up and down.
Pink hair… Green eyes… Red clothes…
Was this…
…Who the fuck was this?

He shrugged.
At least he knew the other kid was Naruto, even though he probably should have recognized him in the first place.
During the weekly meetings at the Akatsuki, Pein often replayed images of the different shinobi teams that inhabited the various villages along with their strengths and weaknesses, providing they were known.
Hidan usually fell asleep during said meetings but was sure he could remember some of the names.

"Uhhh… Hello Ino."

The pink haired girl frowned, looked at Naruto, then back at Hidan.
She narrowed her eyes and took a threatening step closer.
Hidan faltered.
Oops… Wrong name?

"Hello Kakashi-sensei, Sakura, Naruto."

A person with long blonde hair, done up in a ponytail at the back with half of their fringe covering their face appeared behind them.
Hidan squinted and looked at the person sideways before establishing that it was in fact a girl and therefore NOT Deidara.
Not that there is much of a difference, he sniggered inwardly.
The girl in pink – Sakura – looked behind her and raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Hi Ino. I didn't see you. For a second I thought Kakashi-sensei was an imposter!"

The two girls laughed heartily while Hidan thanked Jashin that he hadn't been caught…
Kunoichi were scary to fight…
Seriously…
Naruto narrowed his eyes.

"Trust me, he isn't an imposter! Only Kakashi-sensei could come up with such stupid excuses for being late…"

Sakura shrugged her shoulders and nodded in agreement while Hidan scowled at being called a liar.
Ino giggled and waved a hand at them all in farewell before grumbling something about being late to work at the flower shop.
Hidan didn't mind.
The less people around, the less he had to talk, the less chance he had of being caught.
He glanced at Naruto.
It couldn't hurt to train him a little bit…
What could one kid possibly do?

Hidan ate his words when they arrived at the training ground.
Trying not to gape in shock and horror, he looked on silently as the field around him swarmed with thousands and thousands of Narutos.
They all chattered aimlessly amongst themselves in a meaningless mass of noise, some doing tricks and handstands whilst others had Rasengan wars.
One of them (Hidan assumed it was the real one) stepped forward and grinned.

"So same as last week, Kakashi-sensei? Us against you?"

Hidan shook his head violently and waved his hands dismissively.
No way in hell was he doing that.
Sure he was cocky in battle against a single enemy but sometimes when it came to ninja, quantity won over quality.
Sometimes…
If there was one thing being in the Akatsuki had taught him, it was to never underestimate stupid people in large numbers.
Especially when there is one-fucking-million of them!

"Actually uhh, Naruto… I thought we could practice something different today…"

Hidan rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly as a large puff of smoke appeared accompanied by a popping noise.
The real Naruto stepped forward out of the cloud with his arms crossed and eyes narrowed.

"What kind of things?"

Hidan paused for a moment.
In the back of his head he swore he heard Kakuzus voice…
Yeah, Hidan… What kind of things?

"Oh well… Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-"

Naruto raised an eyebrow as his sensei stroked a wisdom beard that may or may not exist under his mask.

"-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm-"

By this point Sakura had glanced up and was watching Hidan as well.
Naruto rested a hand on each hip and narrowed his eyes.

"-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm… I got it!"

Hidan had to credit his own genius with this one.

"I want you to demonstrate all the jutsus I have ever taught you, in doing this I can make sure you are doing them right or some shit…"

He mumbled the last part under his breath in hopes that Naruto wouldn't hear it… Which he didn't.
Instead, the hyperactive blonde gave his sensei the thumbs up.
Naruto grinned.

"How about we start off with 1000 Years of Death? I've been practicing on Konohamaru!"

A sweat broke on Hidans forehead as he rubbed the back of his neck and asked uneasily,

"O-okay. Before we start, what does this entail and how is it done?"

Naruto frowned and his arms recrossed themselves over his chest.

"Aghh, Kakashi-sensei you know I learn things better by practice, I don't want to explain it."

Hidan started getting nervous.
1000 Years of Death didn't sound good.
I mean, it would be no sweat as an immortal.
But Hidan couldn't let Naruto know he wasn't able to die.
Even the famous Copy Nin had his weaknesses.
Hidan glimpsed a person out of the corner of his eye and pointed him out to Naruto.

"Practice on that person over there then, I'll be back in 20 minutes to check up on you."

Naruto glanced over his shoulder at Neji Hyuuga who had just rounded the corner for practice, followed by Ten-ten.
He looked back at Hidan uneasily.
1000 Years of Death was funny to do to people like Konohamaru and the younger gennin, but there was no WAY Naruto was sticking his fingers up Nejis butt…
He wouldn't want to compete with the stick up the Hyuugas ass after all.
Although…
Naruto looked back at his rival who was currently activating his Byakugan and beginning training.
It would definitely be a challenge.
Grinning cheekily, Naruto looked back up to his sensei stuck out his hand and replied,

"Ok Kakashi-sensei. Promise you will be back in 20 minutes and won't be late this time?"

Hidan grasped Narutos hand with his own in a handshake and replied, "Sure, I-"
The priest faltered as he glanced at his 'student', the blonde haired boy was glaring up at him dangerously, his hand stiff and not moving.
The undercover Akatsuki gulped, "I promise I wont be late…"
Narutos hand became lax again and he smiled happily.

"Okay see you in 20 minutes!"