Betting for Sweetness

Chapter One

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Forgot to mention that . . . .;;

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"Hey, Hidan! I heard something really amusing from Kazuku not to long ago, yeah."

Hidan could feel his entire body tense up. His jaw clenched as Deidara, a member of the Akatsuki, came up behind him. He was two years Deidara's senior but that was no shock. After all, Deidara was the youngest official member of the Akatsuki.

He already regretted coming to the abandoned ally where they normally hung out. Seeing that smug expression on the young boy's face only made Hidan's mood worse. Which, truth be told, seemed impossible.

Hidan glared annoyingly at the young blond. The boy's long hair was usually laid loosely on his shoulders and it normally covered one part of his face but this time he had it pushed away in a low ponytail. He smirked widely at Hidan's glare.

"So, hmmm?" he pushed.

For a moment, Hidan didn't response. He didn't want to response but if he didn't say anything now, Deidara was only going to push harder. He let out an irritated growl. "Okay, dumbass, if you want to know so badly, then I'll tell you. I made a bet with that greedy son of a bitch to see if I could sag a chick, better?" he growled as he explained himself.

"Why…would you want to do that?" another familiar voice asked.

Hidan glanced behind Deidara to see Sasori with an eyebrow arched up. Unlike Deidara, Sasori had short crimson hair and he didn't have a smug expression across his face. In fact, not much of an expression was on the boy's face to begin with.

"What the hell does it matter, Sasori?" Hidan sighed, leaning against the wall, his arms crossed against his chest. Soon the others would be here too and he'd have to deal with a tons of questions.

Why couldn't that stupid greedy bastard just keep his fucking mouth shut? he thought angrily. However, even if Kazuku kept it to himself, the others would have learned of the truth sooner or later. After all, Kazuku never betted his own money on anything, so this was probably just another way to amuse the Akatsuki gang.

Sasori's mouth formed into a thin line. "Matters a lot, especially who the girl is," he answered, although his voice showed little care at all.

Deidara snickered, "I already know who it is, and man! I can't believe its her of all people! I mean, I've never met the girl but I heard some rumors about her. Rumor has it, she's a virgin, hmmmm. And did you see the way the girl freaked out when you started walking towards her, yeah?"

Suddenly Itachi and Kisame turned into the empty ally before Hidan could snap at Deidara for even speaking of that. One of them had long dark hair that was pulled into a low ponytail while the other had blue short spiky hair. The one with spiky hair, Kisame, snickered when he spotted Hidan.

"I just got the news. Hinata, huh? And here I thought Kazuku was only crazy when he blew his fuse," Kisame snickered.

Itachi's eyes narrowed. "Hn, are you really going through this Hidan? Do you realize who your playing with? Especially after the way the girl reacted to your 'flirting'."

Itachi was one of those men who didn't like to get innocent people involved with them unless there was no choice. Sometimes the other Akatsuki members wondered twice about him.

Hidan winced slightly at that. When were they just going to let it go already? It wasn't as if Kazuku betting his money was that of a big deal! Okay . . . maybe a little. Hidan opened his mouth when another voice interrupted him.

"Tobi can't believe it!"

He twitched. Why him? Oh, this was exactly what he needed! The idiot of all idiots to bother the hell out of him.

"Is it truuuuuuuuue?" his voice drawled out. The boy had on an orange mask, which annoyed the hell out of not just Hidan , but the other members as well. They had asked him before why he wasted his time wearing a silly mask like that. Tobi has answered with, well, a silly answer.

Pulling his glare away from Itachi to now Tobi, he could feel his temper rising by the second. "Yes, damn it! Its fuckin' true, hundred percent fuckin' true! So shut up already and stop asking me!" Hidan snapped. What? The poor teenager could keep his temper under control for so long.

"Calm down, Hidan…"

Finally the rest had showed up. This time to speak was none other then Pein himself. The leader of the Akatsuki. Luckily for Hidan, Pein didn't show any interest in the topic like the other Akatsuki members did. Instead, he was more aggravated by all the yelling.

Konan stood beside him. The woman, like Kisame, had blue hair. Unlike Kisame though, her hair wasn't spiky at all. It was short and straight. Also near them was Zetsu, who had green hair. Some of the Akatsuki members liked to change up the normal hair wear.

The only one who wasn't present at the time was Kazuku, which was probably for the best. The man was probably robbing some poor store or something.

Hidan simply glared at Pein. He never really cared whether or not the man was the leader. To him, he was just another foolish red head who dared to challenge his "awesomeness".

He snorted, "I'll calm down once you get all this fagots to leave me the hell-"

His sentence was unfortunately interrupted by what seemed like a Tobi squeal. All Akatsuki members brought their attention to the masked man. There was probably a large grin on his face if it weren't for the mask that hid it. His knees were crunched down, a hand was below his chin and his other arm was outstretch pointing to something.

Hidan wished he hadn't looked.

He heard another snicker from Deidara. "Looks like lady faith has something in store for you, yeah."

There stood, staring at the display of clothing through the store's windows, was none other then Hinata Hyuga herself. Judging by the fact that she was standing there alone, no one was there to a company her.

Kisame grinned and lightly patted Hidan on the back. Of course he received a none to happy growl. The blue haired boy didn't seem to mind though, instead, he pointed to the girl. "Now's your chance, lover boy, make your move," he snickered.

Hidan let out a large sigh. "And scare her away again? Honest, the girl is fuckin' terrified of me. You all seen her reaction when I went up to her!"

A frown grew across Konan's face. "Yeah, I did. The poor girl…" she replied, shaking her head a bit.

"Weeeeeeeeeeell, Tobi has an idea!"

Everyone, once again, glanced at Tobi. Why? Sometimes, even if he did annoy them most of the time, he could be quite amusing at times.

Hidan frowned. He seemed to be the only one who didn't want to hear it.

"Go on, Tobi," Zetsu instructed.

Tobi grinned widely and spread his arms out dramatically. "Tobi says that Hidan should play as a good guy and saaaaaaaaave Hinata-chan!!" he announced proudly.

Deidara snorted, "That's a stupid idea, Tobi. Of course, you always come up with stupid ideas."

A look of hurt might have crossed Tobi's face but since he worn that mask, it was hard to tell. "But-But! it's a perfect idea!" he insisted. He glanced at Hidan. "Don't you think it's a smart idea?" he asked, his voice coming out as a whine.

How could Hidan explain this? Simple. "Fuck no, its stupid and one of the oldest tricks in the book." Ouch, that gotta hurt.

However, Tobi didn't give up right there and then. "Zetsu-kun! You think it's a good idea, don't you?"

The green haired man paused for a moment. Not sure what to really say, then just as he was about to answer, Kisame interrupts him.

"Of course it is, Tobi," he snickered. "In fact, I'll volunteer to be the 'bad guy'. It's been a while since I've had some action."

Hidan's eyes widen. They weren't seriously going to do something this . . . this stupid! He clenched his jaw together. "You listen here, I can get her to be unafraid of me without your fuckin' help! So why don't you retards mind your own damn business!"

Even as he said all that, Hidan was simply wasting his breath.. Because Kisame had already snagged off Tobi's mask. Which, surprisingly had another mask on. And this easily caused the bewilderment expression from all his teammates. After all, who the hell worn a mask underneath another mask?

Kisame slipped the mask on his face and began to marched his way to Hinata, who was currently closer to them now. Kisame smirked. She had just made his job easier, seeing as how not many people came near their territory. Though it seemed Hidan's "little princess" didn't get the message. In fact, she looked a little lost.

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Hinata chewed nervously on her lips. Who's bright idea was it to go into town by herself? Oh, that's right. It was her "bright" idea. The young girl let out a deep sigh. She had so desperately wanted to escaped her own closed up room that she ventured off into town all by herself. Luckily for her, her father wouldn't be home until nightfall, so if she could just get back home by then, tshe wouldn't get in trouble. There was just one problem that stood in her way. She wasn't sure how to get back home, for she was lost.

Now that she thought about. She never went for far down into town and when she did, she went with Sakura and the other girls.

A voice suddenly broke though her worrying.

"Hey sweetheart."

Hinata froze. She was afraid to see the owner of the voice. Maybe if she was lucky the voice wasn't talking to her. She kept going forward but she heard soft footsteps behind her. Fear began to cling onto her. She walked even faster but the footsteps were getting louder. Finally, someone appeared in front of her.

It was a man. The man had dark blue spiky hair and an unusual orange mask on. A terrified gasp escaped Hinata's lips as she backed away. The man, however, only came closer.

Suddenly she heard another set of footsteps and her heart pounded loudly against her chest. What if they were going to rape her?

No! Hinata thought in horror. She was never going let them do that to her. She parted her lips to let out a scream. However, she hadn't just let out an ear piercing scream but she lifted her leg up, swinging it into a place where men weren't suppose to hit at.

The blue haired man fell immediately to the ground, groaning in pain. She just stood there as she watched the man gasping for air.

Suddenly she felt something touch her shoulder and she snapped around. She heard the man say something along the lines of 'are you okay?' but her mind hadn't quite catch it. Once again she was kicked her leg up high. And once again, another man fell to the ground.

"That FUCKING HURTS!!!"

A hand flew up to Hinata's mouth when she recognized the silver haired man crouching on the ground, howling in pain. Her mind was going dizzy from just the words he was speaking. Was there even such a language?

"H-Hidan?" she finally squeaked out.

Hidan had to gasp for air. He hadn't thought she'd be the type to attack back! So when he saw her kick at Kisame, he was shocked beyond belief. Not only that, but she even kicked at him! He couldn't believe how much she had proved him wrong but he had to play it cool. Judging from the fear in her eyes, she was still afraid. He had to force a painful smile across his face.

"H-Hey princess," he sputtered out.

A horrified gasp escaped her lips. "Oh, m-my! I-I'm so so so sorry, Hidan, I-I-I th-thought you…and h"-She glanced back at the man but he was gone already-"him…?"

Slowly Hidan looked up. Damn, Kisame. Ran away already. Hidan sighed. He couldn't blame the spiky haired man at all. That girl could really kick. If she could just attack someone when she was under a threat instead of running away, who knew what she'd do if he just got back up.

He found himself chuckling slightly through his pain. He had to admit, "princess" wasn't as weak as he thought.

"H-Hidan…?"

He blinked his eyes and gazed up at her. His eyes widen. Where those tears in her eyes!? He cursed softly to himself and struggled to pull himself up only slightly. "Whoa, there Princess, no need to start crying now," he said, lightly touching her shoulder.

"I-I feel so horrible! Y-You were c-coming to s-s-save me and-and I h-hurt you!"

Once again, she surprised him. He thought she was crying because she was afraid or something. But it seemed that wasn't on that little girl's mind.

He shook his head and forced a small smile on his face. "No, I'm fine see?"

Disbelief appeared clearly on her face. Hidan thought for a moment, then smiled. "How about this? Why don't you and me go to McDonalds or something. You can pay, that way, you can make it up for hitting me…uh, you know where," he offered.

Her face immediately lit up. "W-Will you f-forgive me?" she asked, still a hint of worry in her voice.

Hidan couldn't help but chuckle. She looked . . . kind of adorable like that. He nodded his head. "Yeah, I will, why the hell do you think I'm even suggesting, huh, Princess?"

She flushed and nodded her head. "D-Deal th-then!"

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Hinata must had been going out of her mind. Here she was, sitting inside of McDonalds eating chicken nuggets with Hidan. The same Hidan who had been the reason of her embarrassment with Naruto. The same Hidan who came to rescue her. She still felt horrible about kicking him there. Still, no matter how horrible she felt about that, it still didn't give her a good enough reason to spend lunch with him. For all she knew, he could easily turn on her. He was after all, a gang member. She had to make sure she kept that in mind.

"Hey, Princess, whatcha spacing out about?"

Slowly, Hinata pulled her gaze away from her french-fries and met Hidan's gaze, which she quickly turned away in a second. "N-Nothing…" she muttered her reply. "B-But really….I'm sorry."

From the corner of her eye, she saw him wave his hand. "Forget it already, Princess."

There was it again. That nickname. Why did he keep calling her that? She fidgeted with her chicken nuggets. It wasn't as if she really were a princess. And she wasn't a heiress either. Anymore at least.

Finally she spoke again. "Wh…Why do you call me Princess?" she asked curiously. There, she said it. That didn't seem so hard to do but for her, it took all her courage.

She heard a chuckle and she looked up. She was met with a smug grin. "Because I want to, nothing else to it, Princess."

A frown formed on her light skinned face. "W-Well…I don't like it."

Another chuckle. "That's to fuckin' bad then, cause I do."

She frowned and opened her mouth to object but just as she was about to, he stuffed a french-fry into her mouth before her first word even came out. A look of surprise crossed her face. Slowly she chewed it and swallowed.

"What was that f-for?" she demanded, her eyes narrowing slightly.

"Just didn't want to hear your annoying bitching, is all," he answered with a smirk.

Hinata's eyes widen. Didn't he have any manners at all!? Popping another chicken nugget in her mouth, she refused to comment on what he said. In fact, this was all a bad idea. She should have just said sorry and left him there. But noooooo, she was to nice for that!

Suddenly a yellow object flew at her face and hit her the right side of her face. She gasped in surprise. What was that? Those pale lavender eyes glanced around until they settled on a yellow french-fry in a certain silver haired man's hands.

Hidan grinned and threw another french-fry at the girl. It was quite amusing with the way she huffed up like that. "Well, Princess, you just gonna sit there and let me hit you with french-fries or are you gonna fight back like you did back with the other guy?"

"I-" Another french-fry. "H-Hey stop that!" Soon she was getting abused by millions of cold salted french-fries. She puffed out her cheeks angrily. Fine, she thought, if he wants to play games with me then fine! She picked up her own french-fry and threw it at Hidan. She was satisfied by the surprise expression that slipped across his face. Picking up another french-fry she flew it at him again.

Surprised as he was, he smiled. Good, at least he got her to relax a little. He picked up another french-fry and threw it back at her. Suddenly it turned into a war of who could fly the most french-fries at each other. Laughter and french-fries filled the air.

Sadly it didn't last to long when an angry shrilled voice appeared from possibly nowhere.

"Hey, you two!"

Hinata immediately froze and dropped her french-fry. Hidan, however, merely chew his last french-fry at her. Which caused a look of bewilderment on her face for even daring to throw it at her. Wasn't he at all afraid of what was going to happen? From the look on his face, she doubted it.

"Hey! What are you two doing? You kids do realize this is a restaurant, not a playground."

She was to afraid to even look behind her. Instead she focused her attention on her hands. Her face was growing brighter and brighter in embarrassment.

Hidan made a clicking sound with his tongue. "Weeeeeell, dickass, I don't care if it's a restaurant or not, can't you see I'm trying to have some fun with Princess over there?"

A gasp escaped not only Hinata's lips. She could also hear a gasp from the older man. The man glared angrily at Hidan and folded his arms across his chest. "Call me a dickass again, kid, I dare you," he fired back.

"You don't have to dare me, dickass, cause I'll call you a dickass without your permission, dickass."

Hinata's head was getting dizzy again and before she knew it, she was outside. Her mouth hung open as she tried to recall what had just happened. Hidan called the manager, the manager, a dickass and they got thrown out. She got thrown out!

"I-I never b-been kicked out b-before…" she said softly, mostly to herself though.

"Really, now?" She heard him chuckle. "I forgot how many times I got kicked out."

Her eyes widen in shock and she zipped around to face him. "Wh-What do you m-mean by th-that!?" she asked, surprised drenched in her voice.

He merely shrugged his shoulders. "Exactly what I said, Princess, you should listen more,"-She choice to ignore that-"I don't remember how many times I ever got kicked out but that definitely wasn't my first time. In fact, I got kicked out just two days ago."

Now there's a shocker. "T-Two d-d-days ago?"

"Yep at Game Stop."

"What d-did you d-do?"

"Does it matter, Princess?"

She frowned. "W-Well…"

"Geeeeez, you like to ask a lot of questions, ya know that?"

Hinata's face flushed. "I-I….s-s-s-sorry! Is i-it bothering y-you…?"

A slow smug smirk spread across his face. Hinata couldn't stop herself from blushing even more. She had to admit, when he smiled like that, it made him look dangerous . . . and very irresistible. Not a good sign at all for that pale lavender eyed gal.

"Not at all…in fact, its kinda cute," he said, huskily.

Warning signs flashed inside her head as he moved closer to her. She froze and squeezed her eyes tightly together.

Second passed by but nothing happened.

When nothing still didn't happen, Hinata's eyelids fluttered open. Hidan smiled at her innocently and held up a small tiny lady bug on his hand. She redden. Once again, she had excepted the worst from him and she felt ashamed of herself. She had to stop thinking that he was such a bad guy. Maybe he was really a good person after all. Just a little, well, rebellious.

Make that really rebellious, she thought, thinking of that woman killer smile he gave her a few moments ago.

Suddenly his voice cut through her thoughts. "Say Princess, what time do you have to go home?" he asked her. For a moment, she didn't say anything. Instead she watched him carefully as he placed the black red spotted lady bug on a large green leaf.

Catching his grin when he noticed her watching him, Hinata flushed and looked away. Instead she focused on his question. She glanced up at the sky. Her heart nearly stopped. The sun was already going down!

"I-I…oh no!"

Hidan watched as the panic shown visibly on her face. He chuckled silently in his head as she began to pace a bit. He was guessing that she was suppose to be home by now. Which was good news for him. It gave him the opportunity to walk her home.

"Well, then, why don'tcha stop that irritating shit your doing right at this moment and so I can get you home," his voice came out more of a matter-of-factly. As if, whether she liked it or not. He was going to walk her home himself.

Hinata chewed on her lip nervously. Would that really be a good idea? What if he tried to . . . She shook her head and stopped herself. She really needed to stop doing that. Slowly she met his gaze. For a moment she said nothing, hesitant, then she finally spoke.

"Okay…"

He grinned and gave her a small pat on the head. "That's my Princess!"

The look of surprise, disbelief, and then anger made him chuckle.

"I-I'm not your princess!" she snapped, folding her arms across her chest.

He, however, shrugged his shoulders and gave her a cocky grin. He quickly changed the subject. "Well then, why don't you lead the way Princess? Or unless you like to stand there and stare at my awesomeness all day, that's fine by me."

Hinata flushed. How could someone be so cocky!? She heard him laugh again. Glaring at him, which was hard for her to do, she began to walk off. That was when she realized she had no idea where she was going. She stopped and flushed even more.

"What's the matter Princess?"

"I…d-don't know my w-way through th-this part of town," she answered.

A thick silver eyebrow rose. "Your serious?"

When she nodded her head, Hidan groaned. "Where do you live? You do know your address, dontcha?"

Her eyes widen. "O-Of course I-I do!!" she said, sounding very offended. "I l-live more u-up in town. So if you ca-can get me o-out of here, I c-can find m-my way out th-the rest of the w-way."

He paused for a moment, then slowly nodded his head. "Alright, lets get going then, Princess," he told her. He knew his way through this part of town. So he could already guess where she lived.

Probably with those high-class snobs, he thought to himself.

For a while, they didn't say anything to each other. Hinata wondered why. If she didn't know better, she'd guess Hidan was possible annoyed. Her eyes narrowed slightly. Why would he be annoyed? He was the one who offered in the first place!

"H-Hidan…Hidan-san?"

Hidan stopped in his tracks. Since when did she call him Hidan-san. He shrugged his shoulders not really caring whether she did or not. He turned to gaze at her, an silver eyebrow rising up.

"Yeah?"

"Are y-you angry w-with me?" she asked, innocently.

He gave her an blank expression. Why would she think that? He shook his head. "Nah, its hard getting mad at someone like you," he answered.

She sighed in relief. Thank god he wasn't mad at her. Though she was slightly confused with herself that she was feeling worry if he was at all.

"I-I'm glad…"

Once again they didn't say anything. They just walked and said nothing. However, once they got more farther into town, Hidan spoke up.

"So Princess, I heard this one rumor about you from a friend."

Hinata gazed up at him as she walked forward. She already knew where to go now and this time she was leading the way.

"Soooooooo, you really a virgin?"

She stopped dead in her tracks. This time not only her face turned the bright color of red but her whole body as well. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Only but a small squeak.

Hidan chuckled. Now that was a real cute reaction. "Don't worry about it Princess, I'm sure you'll lose it soon," he said with a smirk. "Maybe with-"

He was surprised with the way she quickly cut his line. But not just that, but the way she had done so. She had let out a loud shrilling scream. Her hands waved drastically in front of her.

"S-S-Stop r-right th-there!! N-No m-m-m-more!!!"

He smirked. "Awwwww, fine." When she sighed in relief, however, Hidan knew he couldn't stop his fun just yet. "How about a first kiss?"

Hinata couldn't believe he was even asking her these questions! What kind of man was he!? He was cocky, rude, and rebellious, that was what kind of man he was! He was the exact kind of man Hinata couldn't stand!

Suddenly she felt him patting her head once again. "I was only kidding Princess, so calm down will ya?"

Calm down!? How could she possibly calm down? This man was just to much for her!

"C-Calm down…? I-I can't calm d-down! Th…That's p-personal q-questions and-and your n-not suppose to-to a-ask someone p-personal q-questions!" She shook her head and folded her arms across her chest. No matter what he said now, she was going to ignore him! After all, it was probably for the best.

Hidan gazed at her with amusement. She really knew how to keep him entertained. "Okay, okay, I won't tell you to calm down, happy?"

For a moment she said not a thing to him, which only amused him more. Was she giving him the silent treatment now?

"Awwwwww, come on Princess, don't ignore me."

Again, not a single word from her. She only kept forward. He sighed and shrugged his shoulders. Fine, if she didn't want to say anything to him, then he wasn't going to say anything to her.

As they grew nearer to Hinata's house, no one still didn't exchange words. Hidan was starting to worry. What if he really ruined his chances with her already? Now how the hell was he going to get his money? Damn it, he really wanted his money. And in order to get that money, he was going to have to do something really rare. Apologize. Just saying that in his head made him want to wince. He was a proud man and apologizing wasn't something he liked to do. But if he didn't do anything now, he'd ruin his chances of beating the bet for good.

Just a bit farther, she thought to herself. She couldn't wait to get home and escape that horrible man! Of course she knew she was being a bit bratty about this. She knew he wasn't that horrible. But he really got on her nerves for the last time.

As they neared closer to her house, it didn't take long until she picked up her pace. Which Hidan had easily been able to match her pace.

Once she had made it to her lawn, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She flinched at his touch and was glad he had quickly removed his hand from her shoulder.

"L…" She gazed up at him, her head tilting to the side. He looked like he was fighting something. Maybe himself? Finally she heard a deep sigh. "Look, I'm….sorry, okay? I didn't mean to say that, I was just…being silly."

Those pale lavender eyes widen in surprise. Did all the salt from the french-fries get into her head and messed up her hearing or did Hidan actually apologize to her? She had to be dreaming. She had too. And just to prove her point, she pinched herself.

"Ouch…" Okay, so she wasn't dreaming. She flushed at seeing the slight shock expression on his face due to her pinching herself.

Finally she opened her mouth. "N-No…its fine," she told him. "I…h-have to g-get going now…th-thank you, Hidan-san." And with that, she ran across her lawn and ran inside the house.

For a moment Hidan seemed lost, then slowly a cocky smirk slipped across his face. "That was just to easy," he chuckled as he turned around and began to head back into his part of town.

And that's the end of chapter one ! Hope it was long enough for you guys ~ Oh and thanks to all the people who reviewed !