It was already around 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
The sun decided to rest early today, and that's why almost every single thing in Konoha had a little touch of orange. The leaves looked like that they were entering the season of autumn, and the raging waters slowed down their pace to get a clear view of the scenery.
The animals of the forest scurried back to their little homes, and everything seemed peaceful this orange afternoon.
Well, at least ALMOST everything seemed peaceful.
"THIS AIN'T THE SONG FOR THE BROKENHEARTED! (guitar sounds: DENG DENG... dedededeng deng...)"
"Hideki..."
"NO SILENT PRAYER FOR THE FAITH DEPARTED! (Dengdeng... dedededeng... deng...)"
"Please..."
"WELL I AIN'T GONNA BE JUST A FACE IN THE CROWD, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR MY VOICE WHEN I SHOUT IT OUT LOOOOUUUD..."
"Shut up, moron!"
"IT'S MY LIIIIIIIIIIII – "
"HIDAN!"
That shocked him.
"IIIIIIFE ... Uh ... Oi! Don't you f****** say my name like that! It could be heard by others, and that b**** 'Naoko' won't like it."
Kakuzu sighed inwardly. "Jeez, well sorry for breaking up your moment, but really... you were too loud and off tune."
Hideki looked at Kazu with a shocked expression.
"Are you telling me that I the f*** don't know how to sing?"
"Well," he said in a calm tone, "based on my observations and hearing a while ago... yes. Yes, you do NOT know how to sing."
Both boys were still hanging from a branch of a tree, and it's almost dinner time, so both were getting a bit frustrated.
Well, at least Kakuzu's frustrated, cause Hidan's getting crazier by the minute.
"How dare you say that, a******! I'm going to prove to you that I do know how to sing a f****** song!"
"Oh boy. Better stop this before he continues..."
"IT'S MY LIIIIIIII – "
"Hideki! I have an idea!"
Hidan looked at his partner with a drunk-looking face.
"What is it, b****?"
"Um... let's play I spy. It's a game wherein I would describe something in our surroundings, and you would guess what it is."
"Alright, but you start, f*****."
Kazu breathed a sigh of relief, for he was saved from minutes of Hidan's high pitced and off tuned singing voice. He was one lucky guy.
So, he started their little game. I mean, nothing bad could come out of it, right?
"I spy with my little eye... something tall..."
"Mountains?"
"Nope."
"Give me another d*** clue!"
"Alright... it's... green..."
"Ah! It's a f****** tree!"
"Correction, it's a tree. Trees do not f***."
"Yes they do!"
"Not they don't. They go through some natural processes like – "
"Cut the talk! Jeez ... anyway, my turn! I spy something... full of bark..."
"Let me guess," said Kakuzu, "tree?"
"Dang it!"
The dark haired boy was smirking to himself. He was actually enjoying their silly game.
"My turn," said Hidan's partner. "I spy with my little eye... something... leafy – "
"A f****** tree!"
"I made it clear a while ago..." said an annoyed Kakuzu. "Trees DO NOT f***."
"Whatever, d*******."
The game they were playing somehow calmed both kids, and they were beginning to feel that they were starting a new relationship with each other. How do you call it... uh... friendship?
Hidan smiled widely at Kakuzu.
"It's my turn, b****! Alright here goes... I spy with my little eye – "
"Tree."
The silver haired nin just looked at his partner with disbelief, and mumbled: "F***."
"Hehe. Well, I spy – "
"A tree, bastard. And this time it ain't f******!"
Kazu-chan made a face and looked at his partner.
But his companion did something he never exected.
Hideki laughed hard.
Funny though. It was the first time that his laugh wasn't maniacally evil. This time, it was somehow an innocent kid's laugh, the ones you hear when the kids watch Dora or Blue's Clues or something.
And Kakuzu liked how it echoed through the forests.
Because of this, he began to make a little chuckle under his mask. Even he wasn't expecting the action that he himself has done.
"HAHAHA! I can't believe that I said that trees could f***!"
"Hehehe... well, that's exactly what I expect from a moron like you."
The silver haired nin then looked intently at his partner, but Kazu just smiled a bit under his mask.
And that was rare.
"Ah! Kazu-chan! You f******* smiled!" screamed Hideki while pointing towards his companion.
"What...? No, I didn't smile – "
"Yes, you did, b****! I saw it with my own f****** eyes!"
"First trees f***, and now eyes?"
"Don't change the subject, dumb***!"
Hidan looked at Kakuzu's face with an evil smirk.
And Kazu-chan didn't like it.
"What?" he asked with a little frustration.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that I swear you chuckled a while ago... and you even smiled..."
"Oh come on..." he said. "It was just a teensy weensy – "
"AHA! So you do admit it, b****!"
Kakuzu just looked away from his Hideki.
"Shut your mouth, moron. Besides, why do you care?"
"!"
That caught Hidan.
"Yeah... Why do I f****** care?" he asked himself.
Maybe it was because, never in his life did he see his dude being happy. He was always so serious, and so annoyed in Hidan's presence. All he ever cared about is money, but even that couldn't make him smile to his hearts' content.
But maybe... maybe he does smile under the mask he wears all the time.
Maybe... Kakuzu can actually become happy for at least once.
"Hey moron, why are you staring at me like that?"
"Heh, it's nothing you b****!"
There was a long pause in between their conversation.
And that was rare, for whenever Hidan's a part of it,there are no pauses.
Suddenly, both heard a voice from afar:
"Hideki!... Kazu-chan!..."
Hidan quickly turned arouond to see his Ino-nee, bringing a basket.
"Ah! Ino-neechan!"
"About time..." thought Kazu.
"There you are!" cried Ino from the ground. She observed the situation of her two little boys. "And what in the world are you guys doing up there?"
"Uh... Just... hanging around with each other," replied Kazu.
"Hehe,... hanging around... that's a good one, a******!"
Ino, becoming all motherly, jumped up the tree and got the two boys. After that, she placed them on the ground.
"Oh, sweet f****** earth!" cried Hidan as he kissed the ground.
"How long have you been up there?" asked Ino.
"Oh, about two hours..."
"Two hours?"
She hurriedly went to her basket, and got two pieces of bread. She gave each to the boys.
"Here, eat up. You guys are probably so hungry!"
They accepted the bread, and began to enter in a little chat, cause the silence was too intimidating.
"So... what happened?" asked Ino. "All Chouji said to me was that your training didn't go so well, and you guys would probably be stuck here if I didn't confront you. Well, I guess he was right!"
Kakuzu replied her, for Hideki was busy chewing on his bread.
"Well, they probably got pissed cause I wasn't very good at swimming, and Hideki here cheated."
"No I DID NOT!"
"Shut up."
"Oh... but why recieve such a harsh punishment?"
"I... I don't know."
There was a long pause, and when both were finally finished eating, Ino told them to get ready to leave the forests.
"Alright! I'm going home to get me some money from my f****** daddy!" cried Hidan. He turned back to both Kazu and Ino. "Bye, b*****! I'll go ahead!"
And with that, he sped off.
"Jeez... that moron..."
Ino smiled inwardly. Then, she remembered something.
"Ah! Kazu! There's something I want to give you!"
She looked into her basket, and pulled out a clothe bag.
Kakuzu's money bag.
"Ah... you fixed it, Ino-nee!" he said as he inspected the thing.
"Yup! And I added something to it."
The dark-haired lad tossed it around to see a smiley face patch on its torned part.
"What's this?" he asked sternly.
But Ino didn't notice the change in his mood.
"It's a reminder for you, Ka-zu-chan!"
He looked straight into her eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Heehee... Since you're so fond of your money bag, I figured that this little smiley face could remind you of something important that you must do everyday."
"What?"
Ino just smiled at the little kid.
"Despite the various problems happening around you," she stated, "you always need to smile to your heart's content."
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