The handsome boy with silver hair and violet eyes walked through the marketplace with Mitsuko Nara, the quiet shadow of her father, clinging lovingly to his arm. She really didn't want to but she felt that the more that she kissed up to him, the less likely he would be to kill her.
He didn't like the fact that she was clinging to his arm and giggling occassionally. He didn't like how everyone was watching them. He only wanted to get Mitsuko out of the house, to forget about the other night and embrace a life without Ken. She changed his life, he could return the favor.
Mitsuko stopped at a stand where a middle aged man sold clothes of various styles. She smiled and browsed through the fabric and the hand-sewn clothes while the man watched her happily.
"Haven't seen you in awhile, Mitsuko-chan," he said. Hidan watched him suspiciously.
The man was not very pleasing to look at. He was obese and he wore clothes that could not contain him. Hidan was glad the man stood behind the stand so he wouldn't be gagged by the rest of the man's body. Double chin, greasy short hair and a pocked face. Was Mitsuko actually wasted her time talking to this guy? Hidan began to wonder if she was wasting her time with him.
"Yeah, I have been really busy with my chores," Mitsuko replied holding a dress up to herself.
"Your dad keeps you busy, eh?" the man laughed. "That sure does look good on you, Mitsuko-chan."
"Really?" Mitsuko put it up to herself again and looked at it. "What do you think, Hidan?"
"I don't have taste in clothes, sorry," Hidan apologized sincerely. He really didn't want to say anything to make her buy the dress and make the man happy.
"I can't afford it right now, I'll have to ask papa to buy it for me. Thanks, Taro-san!" Mitsuko smiled and waved as she trotted off with Hidan.
As they walked through the shops and stalls, Hidan remembered the look in the man, Taro's eyes when he looked at Mitsuko. He had seen the look in eyes before. Greed. Lust. Hidan watched Taro when Mitsuko held the dress up to her, his body reacted. If this man would go so far as to follow Mitsuko home... Hidan smirked when he thought of killing again.
"Hidan, hold this for me, please?" Mitusko asked as she handed him a basket of bread. He accepted it obediantly and shook his self from his scheming.
That night as they walked home together, Mitsuko happily skipping along the wall above Hidan, he decided he would protect Mitsuko from the sins of the world. That was his purpose.