Suddenly, Kakuzu and Hidan leaped into the trees and she couldn't see her family anymore. Jumping from tree branch to tree branch, Mitsuko had to wrap her arms around Kakuzu's chest so she wouldn't fall off. She could smell the embalming fluid they had put in him to preserve his body. It made her sick, combined with the random leaping and landing heavily on branches that vibrated when you stood on them.
Shikamaru picked up the sheet Kakuzu had been wearing and ripped it in several pieces with his kunai. He handed a couple pieces to his son. "Spread these around, it'll confuse the dogs," Shikamaru explained before they both disappeared in thin air.
Haru hopped over the buildings dropping a cloth here and there. He wondered what his mother was thinking right now about Mitsuko. Surely everything will turn out alright, after all, Mitsuko was the light to their family. He couldn't believe his little sister would have committed crimes knowingly. That's not like Mitsuko. It was all Hidan's fault. She was in love with him and tended to his every whim. Haru gazed out over the forest that surrounded Konoha. One day, he would kill Hidan as his father had done and this time, no unlucky, innocent girl will dig him up.
"Doing alright back there?" Hidan asked Mitsuko as he leaped near Kakuzu. She looked at him, her face pale, and nodded. Lie.
He grinned, showing off his pearly white teeth as he jumped. "Hey, Kakuzu. How long will it take until we enter another country?"
Kakuzu gazed at him out of the corner of his eye. "A couple hours," he replied.
"Aw, man!" Hidan whined, "I'm going to be hurting when we finally reach another country."
"Stop complaining or we can trade cargo," Kakuzu growled. Hidan frowned.
"It's good to have you back though," he told his former partner.
"You too," Kakuzu grimaced as he said it.
"You guys are so gay," Mitsuko said to try to distance herself from Hidan.
Hidan looked at her crossly but saw that she had quickly passed out. He smirked and gazed forward. It would be hard to prevent Kakuzu from killing her when he gets angry.
