A/N: Okay, so I had a major science project due yesterday and was scrambling to finish it. I've also been really busy with getting ready for finals. But, I'll upload as quickly as possible with the next chapters so that everyone is introduced. In this chapter, I'm going to pretend that Getsu and Taki are close to each other because I can't find the exact locations on Google ^.^'

I still want someone for Orochimaru… No one's replied yet…

Enjoy! R&R!

Getsugakure and Takigakure: Why Kakuzu and Kisame have been single up until now

Kakuzu's POV:

I woke up as the sun was rising. I could tell that Hidan and Tobi weren't up yet because it was pretty quiet. That was good. I didn't want to be the last one to leave, because that meant fewer bounties-I mean fewer girls to pick from.

I didn't really need to pack anything, except my bounty book of course, which I tucked away in my shuriken holster. I walked calmly out of my room and came face to face with Kisame.

Apparently he didn't want to be one of the last to leave either. He smirked at me and nudged me out of his way before trudging down the hallway. I glared at the back of his head and stalked after him. We had more in common than we thought.

Kisame's POV:

Kakuzu followed me out of the lair and we both continued to walk down the same path. It didn't really bother me at first, but after a couple hours I was getting annoyed.

"Were you planning on following me all the way to Getsugakure?" I asked, spinning around and facing Kakuzu full on. Kakuzu stopped walking and narrowed his eyes at me.

"No. I'm going to Takigakure, if you couldn't remember that I just told you this yesterday." My frown was erased from my face and was replaced by an 'O.'

"Oh… Wait, isn't Taki the opposite direction from Getsu?" Kakuzu sighed impatiently and rubbed his temples.

"No. It's about 93 kilometers from Getsugakure."

"Oh… Well, isn't-Oh look! I can see Getsugakure from here!" With that being said I ran down the rest of the path and across a bridge to escape Kakuzu's evil-eyes.

When I reached the town, I slowed my pace to a nice walking speed and took in my surroundings. It was a lively and quaint town. The streets were very crowded and loud music was blaring, which lead me to believe that there was a parade of some sort going on.

Suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder. Out of habit, I spun around and hit them over the head. Hard. The masked girl hit the pavement with a loud thud. I froze and looked around to see if anyone had noticed that I had just taken out the lady who was now sprawled in the middle of the street. Apparently not.

I scooped her up into my arms and really looked at her. She was about "5' 7", had peach-colored hair that went down to her chest, looked petit, and had nicely tanned skin. I licked my lips. She was only wearing a mesh top with a black sports bra looking tank top and dark blue capris that had square cutouts at each hip. She was absolutely gorgeous. I carried her bridal style back to the Akatsuki base while trying extremely hard to blush.

Kakuzu's POV:

After Kisame ran away across the bride to Getsugakure, I sighed and continued down the path to Takigakure. Taking out the guards was easy enough and the rest of the anbu probably wouldn't realize that I was here for another 27 minutes. The villagers stopped and stared at me whenever I passed by, so I glared menacingly at each and every one of them. This caused them to turn away in fear. I smirked.

I then pulled out my pocket-size bingo book and flipped through the pages. I finally came to one that I liked. Her name was Koukyo Houtai; she was 25, a jounin, used mostly taijutsu (strangling opponents to death with bandages) and made her own poison laced weapons. Most importantly, she had a $61,000 bounty on her head.

I closed my book and put it away. I looked around at the villagers and approached the smartest-looking one.

"Do you know where Koukyo Houtai lives?" I asked. He looked around nervously as the other villagers stared at both of us.

"Yeah. She lives on top of that hill," he said, pointing to a small cottage, "but I wouldn't go to see her. She's kind of creepy."

I frowned. He wasn't even worth killing. I walked away without saying anything and started up the small hill. When I got to the cottage, I knocked on the wooden door a few times and waited.

After about 10 minutes of waiting, I became impatient and broke the door down. It was completely dark in the cottage and it was hard to see anything, but I could hear the calm, steady rhythm of a single heartbeat several feet away.

"You know, they said I'd die a terrible death. I guess dying by an Akatsuki member's hand isn't too terrible, compared to some other things," a stoical voice rasped. I froze.

"I'm not here to kill you. I'm actually here to…" I paused. What was I supposed to say? "I'm here to make babies"?

"That's alright. You don't have to take pity on me or tell white lies to make me feel better. Just please make my death quick. I'd rather not suffer too much," she said with a sad smile.

"I… I'm actually here to… Take you to mate…?" That didn't sound too bad, right?

"Hmmm. Maybe the prophets were right. Dying of rape is more terrible than dying in a battle. No, that can't be right. The visions I had involved throwing up blood and a man crying. I don't know any men who would cry over me. At least, not yet," she mumbled to herself, but I was able to hear very word clearly.

"You have visions?" I asked, not believing my luck. A powerful girl with a large bounty on her head who could also tell the future? Lucky!

"Oh yes. Ever since the dying prophets' blood was mixed with my own during the ceremony of life I've had visions. Of course, this repels most people and is the reason why I live a distance from the village," she replied emotionlessly. Again, I froze.

"Come back with me to the Akatsuki lair. I promise I won't kill you," I said in a voice that I hoped sounded sincere. Awkward silence filled the air. I was perfectly willing to knock her out and drag her away if she didn't say yes within 5 minutes, because that's the time I estimated that the kage would realize that I had killed the border patrol.

"Alright…" she sighed after some thought, standing up shakily and walking calmly towards me. She had dark brown hair that covered one of her gold-flecked brown eyes. Bandages wrapped her entire body except her right eye (the one that wasn't covered by her hair). From the slight amount of skin that wasn't covered by her right eye, I could tell that she had a nice tan. Her curves weren't very noticeable, but it didn't detract from her overall beauty.

Once I was sure that she would follow me, we walked back to the Akatsuki base. Along the way, we met up with Kisame and a knocked out masked girl that he was carrying in his arms.

"What's her name?" I asked him.

"Erm… Funny story, actually. I have no idea," he replied with a half grin. I sighed and told him to remove her mask. Kisame removed her mask slowly. She looked familiar, but I checked my bingo book just to be sure that she was who I thought she was.

"Yuzuki Asai. Age: 20. Rank: Hunter Ninja," I raised my eyebrows at Kisame before continuing, "Chakra type: Wind. Summons: Bats. Weapons: Kusarigma. Fighting Style: Taijutsu and Ninjutsu."

"Ha! Lucky! So that's why she's wearing the mask! I can't believe
I knocked out a hunter ninja," Kisame gloated like a small child who had won a stuffed animal at a fair. I rolled my eyes and continued walking back to the base with Koukyo, Kisame boasting happily all the way back.

Yeah, so we were both lucky and managed to pick abnormally strong girls. Of course, I didn't need to tell him this. He was already happy and annoying enough.

A/N: Finally done! After I introduce everyone, I'm going to have a part of the plot where I'm going to need catch phrases for the OCs. I'm also going to need to know how mature you want your "all the way" scene (if you chose 'all the way' in the application form). Kthnxbye!