Chihiro's Point of View

"Woohoo! Another jackpot!" I scream joyfully and smile innocently at my Jinchuriki friend, "Pretty damn cool, huh Naruto?" He nods, his jaw dropped down almost to his feet. I laugh. I guess I forgot to tell him that I'm pretty good at gambling. Tanzaku Town has a building – a rather small building – that me and Lady Tsunade go to every once in a while, and what do we do there? Well, I'm busy winning while she's losing; she's never been good at gambling. That's why the village won't let her get a slot machine for her mansion, because she's so far in debt as it is.

"You should teach Grandma Tsunade how to do that!" Naruto gasps. Like I hadn't already thought of that! Of course, I tried, but the old bag is IMPOSSIBLE to teach. You can't teach an old dog new tricks…

"Nah," I shake my head and smile, "It's like a Kekkei Genkai; it runs in my family. You'd have to work hard, young grasshopper, if you want to be as strong as me!" Naruto laughs at the motions I make when I call him 'Young Grasshopper'. It's something my oldest brother used to call me before he left when I was young. He had a secret rendezvous with… bad people, and he left us.

Remembering that swirls me into a slight phase of depression, but I'm soon brought back to my usual hyper self by the smell of food, meat to be precise. I look at my ninja cat then at Naruto, who rolls his eyes.

"Yes Chihiro. I smell the food," he sighs. He's one of my closer friends who know almost everything there is to know about me. And when I smell food – it doesn't matter if anyone else with me is hungry – I'm going to go get some, as long as it's not vegetables. That's something me and Naruto can agree on. I bat cute kitty eyes at Naruto, hoping he can pay. Another sigh is shoved from his throat and he nods.

"Hurray! Food!" I bellow, making my way to where the smell was coming from, Naruto and Yui on my heels. Just my luck! I think excitedly with a lick to my lips, a steakhouse! We sit down at a table and I order as much as Naruto's wallet will allow – he has more money than you'd think. I get a small plate of fish and a saucer of milk for Yui and once our food arrives, I chow down. Table etiquette is not something I care about, at all. I have never used a fork, spoon, or knife in my entire life – though I've used napkins. We get stares, well more of horrified looks, from the people in the restaurant, but I ignore them. I finish my food quickly, getting a tired look from Naruto.

"Can we look from those damn Akatsuki now, Chihiro?" he whines and I nod.

"Yeah! I just wanted to make sure I wasn't getting rusty at the slots and I was hungry!" I pat my tummy like a drum. Oh yeah, I'm definitely full.Naruto rolls his eyes and smile, pays the waitress who served us our food and leads me and Yui out to the town's square.

"Well, since we're here, we might as well look around," Naruto says and I nod, "Be back here in about an hour if you can't find them." I nod again. Tanzaku Town is small; it doesn't take that long to see the whole town. The Genin takes off in a west direction and I go east with Yui.

"This shouldn't take too long, Yui," I tell her and she mews, "Just keep your nose out for stinky thugs in black robes with red clouds on them."

"Stinky thugs?" a low voice asks. I swiftly pick up Yui and cautiously turn around. Before me is a tall man, his face is covered with a mask similar to Kakashi Hatake's and has a Hidden Waterfall headband on his forehead. But the symbol is crossed out, and around him is a robe, a BLACK robe, with red clouds. I swallow hard and stare up at the man.

"Uh, I think I should be going now," I say quietly, but before I can turn around, a hand is around my throat.

"Chihiro Byoki, you're coming with me."

Hidan's Point of View

"Ugh, we've been here for three hours!" I growl to myself as I lean against the side of a building. Toraichi and Kakuzu left without me a couple hours ago and I don't know where they went. I hate being left behind. "Jashin, you have to let me kill them when they get back," I raise a fist to the sky and start walking. It's still dark, so not many people are out and I'm wearing black so how could they see me? Well, someone did. And it just so happens that it's someone we're looking for.

"You're Akatsuki!" The voice growls and I laugh, slowly moving closer to the person.

"That's right, heathen!" I laugh again as step in front of the person. Yup, no mistaking him. This is Naruto Uzumaki. I smile wickedly down at him, waiting for him to attack me. Instead, he just stands there, looking me over. Once again, I laugh. I raise my hands up in a ruse of surrender. He takes it. With claws he seemed to have grown in seconds, he slices at my stomach. I moan in pleasure. It's been a while since my stomach has been bleeding like this…

"Die!" screams the Jinchuriki and propels a kunai into my chest, piercing my heart. I moan again as I watch him jump back at least ten feet.

"Oh the pain…" I sigh contently as I pull the kunai from my chest. I watch the Jinchuriki's eyes widen as I lick the sticky liquid from the weapon. "Delicious," My eyes roll into the back of my head at the taste, "It's been a while since I've tasted blood." Naruto Uzumaki still stares, sweat rolling down his face. I could kill him now. So slowly and painfully, but I need some of his blood first. Then it hits me. We need him alive. I curse under my breath and smile my best fake smile.

"Why the hell won't you die?" he yells and I can't help but laugh. The stupid kid is so confused, it's fucking sad.

"Isn't it obvious?" I chuckle, smiling wickedly, "I'm fucking immortal, baby! That means you can't kill me!" I yell it to the heavens, laughing manically to add emphasis. It scares the shit out of him. Just what I like.

"You can't be immortal!" He scoffs, bearing razor-sharp demon teeth at me. I keep laughing. I can't help it. It's just too fucking funny! I nod in disagreement to his statement and repeat that I'm immortal, and then I show him by taking my scythe and stabbing myself in the heart. The pain…it's exquisite. The pain makes me just want to kill him. What's one measly little Jinchuriki out of ten? I lift my scythe in front of me, waiting for the right time to pounce on my new prey.

"C'mon, heathen, let's enjoy some wonderful pain together," I growl, waiting for him to start running. I smile when he doesn't. I can kill him faster this way. But as I crouch down to run at him…

"Hidan, just grab him and let's go!" That annoying voice of Toraichi's bellows and I groan, slapping my forehead.

"Just get the fuck away from me!" I scream, throwing my scythe in the direction of his voice. It crashes into something and the half-cat ninja chuckles.

"Missed me, you prink," he taunts, and I know he's waving a mocking index finger at my back. Dear Jashin, that pisses me off! I turn to him.

"Shut the fuck up, Toraichi! I swear one of these days, I'm going to kill you!" His response is a laugh, a rather irritating laugh. There's a thumping sound behind me and I turn again. Naruto Uzumaki is under Kakuzu's foot, struggling with all his might, with no luck getting free of course. Over his shoulder is another ninja, most likely that other Jinchuriki, Chihiro Byoki? Yeah, that's it. As I look her over, I notice she looks like Toraichi. A LOT like Toraichi. I pull my scythe back to me, attach it to its usual spot on my back, and keep looking her over.

"Jeez, Hidan, remind me not to leave you alone with her!" Toraichi laughs, and jumps down to meet us with Minoru, his ninja cat.

"W-what?" I screech, feeling my face get red, "Why would you say that?" Before Toraichi can reply, Kakuzu slams his foot into Naruto Uzumaki's head, knocking him unconscious.

"Help me," Kakuzu says emotionlessly and I pick up the Jinchuriki. Fuck he's heavy! You wouldn't think he weighs as much as he does! "Let's go," Kakuzu says with equal emotion as earlier and we follow him out of the town and we make our way to the hideout…