A/N: Now I get to watch Naruto episodes with Kakuzu! *Pumps fist in the air* hmm. I guess Kakuzu is somewhere after he and Hidan captured the Two Tails Jinchuriki. Waaay before his death. And waaay before Naruto started going down the drain. I mean seriously, WHAT HAPPENED TO BEING ACTUALL NINJAS! Heroes are not ninjas, there is no sneakiness about that! AND WHY IS EVERY ONE TURNING INTO GODS! THIS IS NOT BLEACH! Hehe. Sorry for the small rant, not happy with the storyline lately.
Any who… Kakuzu is maaad! And… I bit him! Ahhhhhh!
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)
Anger radiated off of the man in waves, he obviously didn't know about his death. I wonder where he is in the manga…. It had to have been before his demise by the Leaf shinobi.
"Kakuzu, just calm down." I stood up and got between him and my best friend protectively. "We can show you everything we know. But you can't get all upset and try to kill us. The laws out here are vastly different than they are in your world and without your chakra or even slight knowledge of this place, you will not get very far before you're caught."
His jaw was tightly clenched and his knuckles were turning white but I could see the furry slowly slide into a dull annoyance as he contemplated the situation.
I felt Milyssa's arm brush mine as she got up to stand next to me.
"We want to help. Will you let us?"
The Akatsuki member took a deep breath and pointed in my direction, "as long as she doesn't bite me again."
A touch of heat gathered in my cheeks and I prayed that neither of the two could see me blushing. Why was I even blushing?
Milyssa looked me over and grabbed my wrist. I winced as her skin touched mine. "Both of you need a bit of medical attention."
"Good thing your boyfriend is a medic in training." I laughed to myself as I remembered the huge box of bandages and ointments he pulled out when I had taken a rather... pleasant fall on the sidewalk.
"Milyssa." All the playfulness drained from my voice. "Exactly how do we go about telling everyone? How could they ever believe us? And if they do…. How can this be kept a secret…?"
Milyssa's gaze dropped back to the dusty floor as she bit her nail in concentration. "It would probably be easier to tell Humberto first, using him as practice for telling someone more… energetic as Ian."
"I don't think we should tell Virginia."
Milyssa frowned and a look of confusion spread across her face. "Why?"
"Because she is not 'need to know.' Ian is because he needs a ride home with us, mom and dad are… because… we need to keep Kakuzu close so were not running back and forth from your house to these woods. Humberto, because we need someone to sneak Kakuzu into the house so he and I can get bandaged up. Virginia is just not part of that plan, she's a good friend but this is already a growing group of 'need to know' people."
"So that explains the blood on your shirt… I guess it would be easier with him at my house…" Milyssa said quietly. "As long as he keeps his temper under control."
"There the deal is set. You keep your temper under control and we will be glad to help you." I said with a huge grin on my face as I reached my hand out toward him. Kakuzu grunted but he took my hand into his.
I swear on everything sacred that I was being electrocuted. I jerked my hand away from him and held it to my chest, eyes wide like a deer in headlights. Kakuzu shook out his hand and cracked his knuckles, a more minor version of my expression played across his face. The feeling faded but my shock didn't. Did some of his powers come back and he shocked me to scare me away from the agreement? No Kakuzu never looks surprised. If this had been part of the plan he would have not made himself look caught off guard.
Kakuzu quickly gathered his composure and looked at Milyssa who was looking a bit worried. "Where's the brat with the bandages."
"He's at home. And we can't just bring you to him, shit doesn't work out like that. We need a plan…." I looked over at Milyssa, sat down and nodded my head for her to follow.
"Seriously though, how do we tell anyone about this?" I whispered quietly as she sat down.
"We have to break it to them slowly, how would you react if you saw an anime character in real life? We have to judge their response to see if they could be calm in a situation like this."
"Well… considering that I beat him with a stick and pretty much bit a chunk out of his shoulder… They'll freak."
Milyssa opened her mouth, paused, "Good point." She said with a slight giggle.
"Yeah… about that bite on his shoulder, we need to sneak him into the house so we can get that taken care of."
Milyssa nods. "Wait no! We can't bring him inside, that won't work. I'll have to go inside and get that bandages. I'll be easier than sneaking him in. A first aid kit is a lot less noticeable compared to a 6'4 living being."
"Good thinking…. I'll stay here and you go and get the bandages and talk to Humberto and Ian."
"No, you have to come with me I can't leave you here alone!"
"He's here! And I can't just drag a fully dressed Akatsuki member through the streets at ten o'clock at night!"
"That, um… True. We can't bring him. Just come with me!"
"If we leave him here you know how high of a chance it'll be that he won't be here when we get back?!"
"You said he was fighting someone before he appeared here! What if they show up too? They could kill you!" her voice raising.
"I-I didn't think of that!" I look through the openings in the gazebo and out into the darkness of the forest suddenly very scared to be sitting so out in the open.
"If he was here I would know." Kakuzu said flatly.
"Are you sure?" Milyssa questioned as she too glanced in to the darkness then looked back at Kakuzu who was now glaring at her.
"Stupid question…" I see her flinch.
"Sissy, just go get the bandages!"
"I'm not going to let you stay here alone!"
"Like I said, he is with me! Not like he'd let anyone fuck up his chance to figure out what the hell is going on!" I blurted, sounding pretty unsure of myself.
"WE don't really know what's going on. Do you REALLY know if he'd save you?"
"I want to say yes… But….. I DON'T KNOW, if it's someone from here they probably would just look at us weird and keep going. And if it's the person he's fighting…. Id hope they would continue where they left off and leave me alone while I make a run for it to Humberto's house."
"I still don't like it." Whispered Milyssa as she shifted uncomfortably.
"Just get the fucking bandages. I'll watch the damn blonde."
"WUUAHHHH!"
"Eeeep!" squeaked Milyssa.
Kakuzu was standing less than two feet away. How the hell does he do that!
Milyssa jumps to her feet with a mixture of fear and concern clouding her face. "I'll be right back sissy!" Then she turns and sprints along the side walk and to the street.
Oh shit. I carefully glance at the man that was still standing dangerously close. So close that his presence was making me weak. My breathing quickens and my heart rate speeds up. Why is he still so close! Is he waiting for me to say something?
"H-how's your shoulder…?"
Kakuzu just glared at me as he sat down across from me again. After a while he stopped looking at me and closed his eyes and leaned his head back against the railing.
I mustered up some courage and walked over to him. He opened one eye and watched as I sat on his left side, on the side I had bitten him on. He didn't say anything or even move away so I figured it would be okay…
I slowly moved my hand in the direction of his shoulder. He opened both of his eyes and turned his head to look at me. His movements caused me to freeze for a moment but I encouraged myself to keep going. I was after all responsible for the wound and I just wanted to see how badly I got him.
Yet again he didn't say anything or move as my hand hovered inches away from his cloak zipper. My eyes trailed on the little metal piece knowing that Kakuzu was watching my every move, reading every emotion splayed on my face like a book.
Is he all of a sudden going to punch me the moment I touch him? Is he going to yell at me?
I shook my head to try and clear the thoughts away. I just need to unzip his cloak a bit, and see what I can do until Milyssa gets here with the first aid kit. I knew that the wound must be pretty bad for this much blood to be everywhere. I looked down at my "I love guns and coffee" tee shirt. The logo had droplets of blood here and there.
Badass. I thought as I smiled to myself.
Kakuzu glared at me still but I ignored it and continued reaching for the zipper. My fingers connected with the cool metal and I shivered to myself as I started unzipping. Oh god, I bet this looks so damn wrong. I hope Milyssa doesn't show up during this. It looks like I'm trying to take his shirt off and lick his abs….
Without meaning to my thoughts drifted toward…. A darker place, which caused me to blush furiously. I frowned and tried to think about anything but the muscular, tan, and extremely hot man that was sitting so very close.
I started getting mad. What the hell! Why am I freaking out so damn bad? I'm just trying to see how bad his wound is and all I can think of is his body…. Uhhh no! No! Kittens. Uhh…. Poison ivy… Uhhh pond scum. The grudge. Wow. Did I really just go there?
I noticeably shivered as I imagined the freaky ass movie I had been scared of for years. But I had to hand it to the dead bitch, she's a good scape goat when your mind starts drifting toward more… dirty things.
I carefully pulled the cloak away from the wound and guided it down his arm. Desperately trying not to pay to close attention to his well build arms… Of course… My teeth had perfectly missed the black tank top like thing that Kakuzu wore. Dark crimson coated his large bronze shoulder.
I gulped and stared in wonder at the injury I had inflicted with my teeth. I cautiously pulled up the cloak to check it for holes but came to no avail. Just the pressure from my bite did this?
I brought my hand to my mouth as I envisioned myself as a zombie ripping out chunks of skin and muscle with my teeth. Even though The Walking Dead is my favorite show… This is still pretty fucking disturbing.
Kakuzu grunted, "That was the first time someone had bitten me in a fight."
I opened my mouth and closed it, tilted my head and looked at him. I have no clue how to respond to that. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a navy blue handkerchief and carefully held it up against the injured skin. The bleeding had almost stopped but I wanted to keep a compress on it just to be on the safe side. Who am I kidding?! I don't know what I'm doing. What if I'm just irritating the area more and causing the blood to flow out again… Shit, hurry up Milyssa!
Silence dragged on until I couldn't stand it anymore. "Kakuzu."
"What." Kakuzu sounded annoyed as he leaned his head back once more and watched me with narrowed eyes. I took my eyes away from him and just looked down at my quickly bruising wrists.
"There's so much I want to show you about my world, and so many questions I have for you about yours. Every time I blink I'm expecting you to be gone, I'm expecting this to be just a crazy hallucination..."
Kakuzu just grunted and shifted his weight.
"I still can't see how this is real, but now that I'm involved… I want to see it through. I need to know how you got here, I need to know how I can help get you back home."
He opened his mouth to say something then paused and tilted his head toward the street. Shoes pounded against the cement and I heard Milyssa's voice. And I stiffen. Here it goes.
"Okay guys, so umm… Something real interesting happened while we were out in the woods. And I really don't want you guys to freak out, but we found…. a living anime character. I know you think I'm joking, that this is one of our games, like were playing around. But this is really happening. We ask that you keep an open mind and try not to freak out when you see him, okay?"
"Uhhhh…. Okay?" Humberto said warily.
Ian just stood there quietly for the first time ever.
Milyssa walked around the little bend in the sidewalk where they could get a better view of the gazebo. "Guys, I want you to meet Kakuzu."
"What are you talking about? Kakuzu? Stop with the games, let's just go home." Ian said grumpily.
"Uhhh… That's the guy from Naruto right?" Humberto questioned jokingly.
"Yeah Jenny Lynn is obsessed with him. This is obviously a joke. Please let's just go home already." Ian said more grumpily.
"No this isn't a joke. Don't you see that there's two people over there. If you don't believe me just go have a look for yourself." Milyssa argued.
I jump slightly when I hear the little argument going on but I try my best to keep my cool. I carefully take away the hanky from the injury. See that the blood has completely stopped, then pull the cloak back to its original place. Well that worked better than I thought. Now I have his blood all over my hanky and hands. Cool.
"Come on." I say quietly to Kakuzu, trying not to let my fear show.
Kakuzu and I walk up the path slowly, toward my three friends.
Ian's jaw visibly dropped as we got closer. Kakuzu does look pretty intimidating. I think to myself while grinning.
"Soooooo, guys. This is Kakuzu. Yeah I know his stitches aren't there. It has something to do with the fact that there is no chakra here." Milyssa explained.
Ian and Humberto just looked up at the man next to me in absolute shock and disbelief.
"This… this…" Ian didn't even finish his sentence, obviously not even knowing what to say.
"Yeah, I was freaked out too. It took me some pain and convincing," I glanced down at my wrists, "But it's all real. He is really here and I have no clue how or why."
Humberto's gaze followed mine when I looked at my hands, his face visibly paled. "That's blood."
"Uhhh. Yeah, it is. Kind of why I needed the first aid kit?" I remarked.
"Uhh huhh." Humberto squeaked.
No one was moving so I took it as my cue to step forward and take the box out of Humberto's hands. Then I walked over to Kakuzu, grabbed his sleeve and lead him to edge of the curb where he could sit down in the light while I tend to his wounds.
I pull down the top of his cloak once more, then take out a bottle of rubbing alcohol and douse a few cotton balls. "This is gonna hurt, but it'll clean out the wound."
"To bad it won't kill the infectious disease I've contracted from your mouth."
I punch him in his good shoulder. "Watch out, I might just bite yo-"
"What do you hooligans think you're doin' out here this late at night in front of my house?!"