Yay for another chapter, hm. Everything that's in italics are thoughts. Hm, Naruto and Care Bears don't belong to me. Thankies to Xarkun's Shadow, Checkers467, Panda-chan101 and AlexPwnsJoo (my hand is better, thanks...now, it just looks like I got stabbed with a marker somehow! xD) . Yay times two, hm. Happy you're all enjoying it.

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No one had answered his question just to mess around with him. Now, they were back home and still no one had told him if they got back change. "No, we didn't get any change back!" Zetsu whined when he couldn't take Kakuzu's constantly questioning. It really wasn't one that he wanted to hear as he threw up his hands and yelled, "Fucking lord, no change? Dammit!" With those final words, he stomped to his bedroom.

Once there, he continued with his little tantrum and threw himself on the bed. Facing the ceiling, he wore a furious expression as he recalled all the events that day. Fuck, man! This day has been total shit! I think someone's out to get me. After some thinking had been done, the silver colored ring had been removed from Kakuzu's pocket as he deathly glared at it. Ugh, don't even get me started on this piece of shit! He thought to himself as his expression changed to one of disgust. Turning his eyes to the ceiling, he angrily threw the ring and didn't even bother to see where it went.

As the silver ring flew the short distance, it still shimmered in the light of the room and fell to the floor with a metallic clink. Kakuzu didn't even bother to look at the ring or make an effort to get it back. The sound just made him blink as his eyes were still focused on the ceiling of his room. The clinking noise wasn't the end of it as it began to roll across the floor much like a coin on its side would. It began to go in circling, creating a very low rolling noise but eventually got lower and lower as it rolled under the door and into the hall.

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The Akatsuki's proud Jashinist rushed down the hall, eager to start his praying and maybe even get a sacrifice or something in. Hidan picked up the pace, as his smile slowly grew bigger as he saw his room wasn't very far. He suddenly paused though when he felt like he had kicked something. Looking down, he saw something rolling down the hallway. From the accidental kick, he could tell it was small and hard, most likely metal or something. Chasing after it, he swiped it up and looked at it. Seeing that it was just a ring, he got a bit curious about whom it could belong to. Hidan quickly let the question go as he continued to his room to pray but now with the ring in hand.

Hidan rushed into his bedroom and threw the ring onto his dresser. Nothing could pull him away from his religion, which was something the Akatsuki knew too well. Sadly, Tobi found it out the hard way but in the end learned why the arm is meant to only bend so much. Clapping his hands around the rosary that he had on, his eyes were closed as he began to mouth out some words. This went on for a good amount of time until he sighed loudly and looked down to the rosary with a smile.

Leaving his spot, he began to pace around a bit, in though of what to do next to serve Jashin. Maybe he could stab himself a few times but he did that last time and was left back at square one. Hidan made a small 'U' turn in his room as he turned to complete his wandering circle. As he past his dresser, he paused and saw the newly found ring that seemed to have been watching him.

Stepping over to it, he picked up and looked at the gray color. There wasn't much to look at though since the entire band was gray. A second more of looking at it and a thought came to Hidan's mind. Could this be from Jashin? Yes, it started to look like everyone there had their own batch of issues and one of Hidan's was his obsession with his religion. Who would have thought that the great Akatsuki was so superstitious? Ha! It must be how else could I have found it? I know I'll use it to help continue serving him. This should really please him.

He wasn't too sure how such a ring could aid him in it but then again... he wasn't in the Akatsuki for nothing. Looking at the inside of the band, Hidan frowned when he saw nothing that looked like it could cut him or even do anything more than minimal damage. Taking a desperate attempt at harming himself, he dragged the smooth band across his arm. It just glided over his arm, which disappointed him. "You must be fuckin' kidding me!" he whispered with a shake of the head when he saw what had happened. This was slowly annoying him and he couldn't keep the rest of his Jashinist business on hold. "Oh, fuck it." Hidan sighed as he tossed it back onto his dresser and left his room.

Over in the living room, the others were there. "No way! You mean to tell me you'd be Surprise Bear?!" Konan asked with a hand on her stomach from laughing. In some twisted way, they got into a conversation about Care Bears and if you were watching, you'd think they were pretty drunk, too. Almost everyone soon joined her in the laughter. They eventually stopped when they heard Kisame began to speak, "I'd be... FunShine Bear!" while everyone roared with more laughter. Someone even threw in a random, "Get the fuck outta here!" into it.

Even when Hidan entered did the laughter not stop and he just ignored them. They seemed drunk anyway and when your drunk, everything is funny... even the stupidest thing so he didn't even want to know what it was they was talking and laughing about. Fuckin' drunk retards. He sighed to himself as he went into the kitchen and searched for a good enough knife to use.

The first stab was always a quick little one to see how the knife was and just to be a little warm up. To Hidan, it was only the best for Jashin. Finding the knife to be good enough, he continued with the stabbing on his arm and eventually to his chest. He couldn't help but laugh when he began to feel his shirt grow heavy from absorbing so much of the blood. When it began to soak up more blood, Hidan frown and threw it to the floor. He always liked to see his flood running down his skin so he knew it was for his beloved God and not some stupid shirt. Besides, the shirt got in the way of the stabbing and just got in the way of everything in general if it was religion, cleaning, anything. If it were up to him, he'd trot around without a shirt on in the middle of winter.

More laughing could be heard from Hidan though he didn't even know it, being so wrapped up in his rituals. It was then a curious head poked it's way into the kitchen through the entrance way and watched him. "Clean it up when you're done." the voice said like a parent would remind a child. Once he looked to see who it was, it was too late and he was alone again.

Seeing how the stabs have been good enough, he stopped to patch himself up. Looking down to the blood stained floor, he sighed and got the mop. It had been used to cleanup bloody messes so much, the once bright yellow sponge was now bloody red. As Hidan mopped up the blood, his thoughts went back to the ring he had found. It couldn't cut him or do any type of harm to him so what was the point? He truly believed it to be a gift from Jashin but why send a useless gift? Jashin works in mysterious ways. Maybe I'm just not thinking right about it. Nah.

Finally, he was finished and put away the mop. His torn and blooded shirt was in the trash since even if it had been washed... it still would have been torn. Scanning the kitchen for anything else, his violet eyes fell to the ring he had put on the counter while mopping. Taking it into his hands, he just put it into his pocket to deal with for later. I'll solve Jashin's puzzle. He determinedly thought to himself.

Hidan wasn't really amazed to see his friends still crowded in the common room talking about Care Bears. Though he didn't know much about them, he was learning some things through the conversation. As he sat down, he heard Deidara call him Grumpy Bear. He wasn't very sure who Grumpy Bear was but he could tell from the name, it wasn't something good. "Fuck off!" Hidan almost yelled but just got an, "Ah? See?" from Deidara who just pointed to him as though all he had been told flew over his head.

"Aw, it's okay, Grumpy Bear. You get a rain cloud on your stomach." Zetsu said with a mock comfort tone. It actually scared Hidan since he began to wonder if his friend actually knew what was on the animal's stomachs or if it was another joke. Still, it didn't stop him from snapped back, "And you'll get a fist on your gut if you don't shut the fuck up!"

After his words were yelled, they began to laugh while Itachi shook his head. It looked like he and Hidan were the only sober ones while the others were drunk. Seeing how they were the only ones not laughing, the Uchiha looked to the other and said in a low voice, "They called me... Amigo Bear." Though Itachi had spoken low and there was so much noise from the laughing, Hidan still heard him. Maybe it was another gift that he had. Amigo Bear? How did they... is that even... never mind. His expression morphed into a thoughtful and slightly confused one. Looking back at Itachi, he saw him shrug. That's it. My ass is getting out of here. With that final thought, Hidan left before the loud group could go on.

The silver haired member sighed once he reached the safety of his room. Once there, he looked at the ring he had found again. He'd figure out what the purpose of it was if it was the last thing he did. If it can't cut me... can it crush my fingers? He bizarrely wondered as he put it on one finger to see it turned orange. Not even caring for the color change, he saw it fit and tried to put it on two fingers at once.

There was no way it would fit but Hidan tried anyway and it did kind of hurt but not enough to do for a ritual. Fuck, man. Throwing the ring to his bed, he sat beside it and began to think of some ways to harm himself with it. If that didn't work... maybe I should... jump on it with a barefoot? The ideas were getting weirder and weirder though it all ended the same. With pain but as much as he had wanted so it was back to the drawing board. After two hours, Hidan got nowhere and ended up cursing for it. Leaving he ring in his room, he went back to the living room out of random boredom.

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Yeah, Hidan's a nut but that's why we love him. Hm, I hope no one got offended somehow by the little praying part. I don't pray or even know how if there's a specific way to so I just typed what I see other's do. Besides that... the story is moving more to the ending and out of the middle so we're somewhere in between. Hm, hugs to all!