A/N: Gaaah! I bit Kakuzu! I'm so sorry! *cries and trembles* is this really happening?! Or is it just a dream (; I wonder how I am going to explain this to Milyssa and her friends :0 is Kakuzu going to stay?! What would Milyssa's parents say?! Gahh I'm the author and I don't even know what's going to happen! HALP
Disclaimer: I own everything but Kakuzu in this story *Cries* (Well maybe not my friends. They actually help me with their own character in the story, so they should get some credit.) *Claps* If I did so happen to own Naruto and the associated characters, I am sure there would be some people that I would like to bet some sense into. And others that I would give more screen time and avoid their deaths. I understand why Masashi Kishimoto did it, I just kind of wish he hadn't. (Mumbling about writers who kill off the good characters way too quickly)
I lost myself in the day dream. Maybe what ever really happened knocked me unconscious and caused me to see and feel things that could never happen in a million years. I held onto the dream, I ignored the false taste of blood in my mouth as I clung to the make believe man underneath me.
Could the animal have held some kind of disease that was causing me to hallucinate? Causing me to believe that a made up character could actually come to this world. I really hope I haven't gone rabid and I'm not actually chasing my friends around trying to rip their throat open...
My tongue trailed across my lips, fresh coppery liquid met my taste buds again. Please, please don't let this really be blood.
The weight underneath me shifted and I felt myself being lifted, a moment later I was soaring through the air and hit the ground with a thud. The air rushed out of my lungs leaving me gasping, pine needles and leaves tickling my face as I inhaled. Oww.
I lay there on my side looking up at this strange man, this figment of my imagination. Wait. His... His stitches! They aren't there! Moon light dully shined on the side of his face, exposing his unscarred cheek.
I push myself off the ground and sloppily stand. "Wait. If you're Kakuzu from the Waterfall... Why don't you have stitches!?" Did I just imagine his stiches to be there earlier? Ah. Oh well... This is just a dream so it doesn't matter.
I couldn't see his expression to save my life, but I heard his weight shift on the dead leaves.
"How do you know this about me, brat."
His voice sounded so smooth and dangerous and I longed more than anything to have it whisper in my ear once more. This has honestly got to be the best hallucination, or daydream, I have ever had.
My wrists started to ache and I tried to bring them to my face to see what the problem was but of course, it was too damn dark.
Realization hit me as I remembered I had my phone in my picket still! I reached down and yanked it out of my pink camo pants, hit the home button and almost squeaked at the brightness of the screen.
I fought with my phone until I was able to turn on the flash light mechanism. Then shined it on my wrists. Oh damn. Huge angry red marks wrapped around my wrists, definitely matching that of a hand.
Great… like that's going to disappear anytime soon… Wait. This is all in my head…. Sadness filled my heart. This wasn't and never will be real no matter how much I wished it to be. I looked at the figure longingly before me and pushed myself up off of the decaying leaves and branches. I turned my head and looked for my friends… Who seemed to have ran away because I could hear them loudly yelling from the direction of the lake. Great…. I freak out for five minutes and they run for the hills.
I used my phones bright light as a guide as I made my way back to the creak. I didn't even hear the footsteps come up behind me but I whirled around when I felt something touch my arm.
"Wuuahhh!"
The Kakuzu daydream cocked his head and looked at me in all seriousness. "Just tell me where the fuck I am, brat." His tone dropped dangerously at the last word.
He looked so angry to have asked me and shown even a slimmer of weakness. I shrugged and pointed at him, "You are fake, and this is some kind of crazy induced illusion." Then I turned and walked away again. But that didn't work for him.
"Fake? Well I could agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong. I am Kakuzu an S-rank Akatsuki member, formally from the Waterfall. I want to know how you knew that and tell me where the fuck I am." His voice picked up speed at the last sentence, absolutely dripping with anger.
I turned around to face him, and angled the light on the ground so I could still see his face. "You were created by a man named Masashi Kishimoto who lives somewhere in Japan." His face was blank. "You are not real, just a drawing some guy made up to make money. I know all of this because I am completely in love with your character in the manga. Plus, if by some great chance you actually did come to this world, I don't see why you wouldn't be without your stiches. You cannot do your forbidden jutsus without it. Wait, that means you don't even possess Earth Grudge Fear any longer, do you?"
Kakuzu just started at me in awe. Then a deep scowl crossed his face. "Take me to this man, I must… have a word with him." In all of my nineteen years I had never heard someone sound so angry, it kind of frightened me.
"You are not going anywhere ya fake. But I am going home, now fuck off." I turned around and started stomping away.
A large dark shape flashed in front of me, which caused me to shriek and drop my phone. It landed face down with the strong light still shining brightly from the back, illuminating the face before me.
"I am not a figment of your imagination. I was in a fight against someone and somehow I ended up in this strange place, surrounded by unfamiliar things. I somehow lost all of my jutsu causing the stiches covering my body to disappear."
I looked him up and down, then reached for his arm. He didn't object to me touching him but he didn't help me either. His large muscular arm hung limply but I took his left hand into mine. His silver Akatsuki ring shone in the light and I angled his hand to look at the symbol in the light. A kanji for north was carefully engraved on it, and perfectly painted in with black, the whole setting on a dark green back ground. The craftsmanship of it was pretty amazing. Before I could look at it any longer he brought his other hand up to cover the ring.
I looked at him in shock as he took off the ring and placed it into my hand. My gaze trailed his face before I looked back down to inspect the perfectly crafted jewelry.
"You can't get something this well made from a mere cosplay store. The quality between the two is unmeasurable." I said in awe.
Kakuzu grunted and out of the corner of my eye I saw his head tilt in confusion. "I am the real damn thing. Now, just tell me what I need to know before I beat you to a bloody pulp, get my answers, then fucking kill you." I don't think I had ever heard someone sound so angry and so desperate in my entire life. I had no reply, nothing to say or do but just stare intently at his face in the almost complete darkness as I tried to sort through all of this bull shit.
Milyssa and I had spent all of our lives so far, dreaming that something like this would actually happen. But right now… I still can't figure out what is real and what is false. I wanted to laugh and turn away or run and jump into his arms.
I fought with myself mentally for a little bit and then turned away from him. A couple of steps further then I looked back.
"Look I'm all for things like this. But it's taking me a bit for all of this," I wave my hand in his direction, "to sink in. So follow me and let's get out of these woods, preferably a spot sheltered from the rain and with light." My shirt stuck to my torso and my pants dragged heavily at my waist. I used the rain to wash my face off. If this really was Kakuzu… I had bitten him and got away practically unscathed. Wow. With that I turned away and headed in the direction of the lake, my mind swirling with crazy thoughts and emotions.
My phone started buzzing in my hand and lit up, absolutely blinding me. Milyssa's picture lit up the screen. I stopped walking and hit the green button.
"Sissy. Before you say anything let me talk. I know you're scared. I am too, but it's okay. I'm not in a life threatening situation. Well…. Sort of." I shot a glare into the darkness behind me as I barely heard his soft footsteps. For a man that size he sure can walk quietly.
My best friend's voice sounded in my ear, but I hadn't heard what she said. "Sorry sissy, didn't catch that but no, don't repeat it. Just hear me out. Tell everyone else to go back to Humberto's house and not to panic, I'm okay. Ughhh, just put me on speaker."
"O-okay..." Milyssa fiddled with her phone until I heard a beep.
"Alright. Ian, Virginia, Humberto, I am so sorry I scared ya'll so bad, but the whole thing was carefully orchestrated. Ian and Humberto, take Virginia back to your house. And DON'T eat all the damn chicken. This whole plan has made me ravenous again. And please, when you see me, please pull your punches. That goes for you too, Milyssa. At least until after I eat.
"Milyssa are you okay with waiting at the lake for me? I don't want to walk the whole way alone." I let the tiniest hit of dismay leak through my words, knowing only my best friend would be able to pick up on it and see through the façade. She agreed and I hung up the phone.
"Alright big guy, let's get moving." I said as I shivered.
Moonlight mixed with the streetlights as they danced across the surface of the little lake.
"So you mean to tell me that this is the actual Kakuzu. The murderous S-class criminal. That somehow got sent to our world. And… Lost his stiches."
"Yes, it's all true. I have no idea how, but this is him. Just like that picture, he doesn't have stiches, exactly how we imagined it." Kakuzu grunted from the other side of the wooden gazebo.
"I'm sure he's a fast learner and all, but our worlds are as different as night and day. Planes, cars, customs, electronics, cultures… The list goes on. And if someone isn't there to guide him, he will undoubtedly get into trouble and end up in jail or some lab being experimented on. He doesn't have chakra to back him up, plus he pretty much looks exactly as he would in the anime, some people are bound to recognize that." I added.
Milyssa just looked down at the ground with her hands in her lap and a scowl on her face, deep in thought. Kakuzu sat the furthest away possible from us in the little gazebo, with this arms crossed and legs spread out. Expression unreadable in this gloom.
"Milyssa." My voice startled her out of her concentration, her head whipping up to look at me.
"Milyssa." I repeated. "We have been dreaming about something like this since the moment we watched this anime. Hell, even before then we have wanted something crazy, impossible, and even dangerous to happen just for the thrill of it. And here it is, right up in our faces, we can't just let it slip away, he needs us." I pointed at Kakuzu and I was almost positive I saw them flinch from the panic rising in my voice. "Think of the regret we will have later on if we don't do something."
I continued. "I'm scared. Hell I don't even know what to tell Ian, let alone our parents. This isn't some crazy fan fiction, this is real. How do I show him this strange world? I need you. You're the better brains here. Please help, Milyssa. Please."
"Off course ill help." Determination rung out straight and clear in her voice. It brought a smile to my face and let out a breath of relief. I wouldn't have to go on this road alone, where ever it is going to lead.
"First things first. We need to figure out if this is really you. Tell us about your childhood, or something personal that not many people would know." I directed at the man sitting across from me.
Silence.
"If it's really you, you should have no problem recalling your past, a little bit of information isn't going to hurt you, it'll just be in your benefit in the long run." I encouraged.
"How about we tell you what we know and you fill in the blanks? Waterfall village ninja, mission to kill Hashirama Senju, the failure, your village turning on you," She paused and I searched what I could see of his face. What met us was surprise, distrust and anger. Typical Kakuzu. "And that you slaughtered the village elders when you escaped imprisonment. Latter joined up with the Akatsuki, became their treasurer, and killed previous teammates until you got partnered up with Hidan. Throughout your time with the organization you collected bounties and sold them to Zangei and a couple of other bounty officers. You fought and killed Asuma. And was later taken out by Shikamaru, Kakashi, Naruto and a couple of others. After that-"
"What did you just say, brat?!" one minute he was sitting down across from us, and the next he was looming over us like an angry grizzly. Oh shit…