A/N: Just want to let ya'll know…. That the verbal fight with this random old woman really happened. Though Kakuzu wasn't involved. Duh. But she was literally yelling at us and threatening to get Humberto's mother out here. It was really annoying, I didn't put her in her place as much as I did in the story… sadly. I think the woman deserved a good yelling at, since she had nothing better to do with her time. Enjoy me yelling at an old person in this chapter (; probably won't be the last time. I'm horrible I know. *Hides behind laptop*
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)
"What do you hooligans think you're doin' out here this late at night in front of my house?!"
Anger and adrenaline coursed through my veins as my brain recognized whose voice that was. I threw the cotton balls and the bloody hanky to the ground then whipped around and stomped up to the house. The rain ceased like it was closely watching the scene unfold down below.
"Look old bat, were not doing anything illegal so go back in your damn house and mind your own fucking business." Venom dripped in my words.
"Humberto, dear. Could you and your little friends run along home now? It's way past curfew, your mother wouldn't like that."
"Excuse me?! Do you NOT see ME standing right in front of you? Did Humberto say any fucking words to you just now? No. So why the fuck are you trying to drag him into this. Like I have previously fucking stated, if you have something you want to say, say it to me. Don't pussy foot around and be an ole' bitch by trying to bring parents into something that doesn't even concern them. Let alone concern your lonely ass. Now get a fucking life and stop trying to mess with something that is WAY out of your control."
"Young lady. Did your mother teach you to speak like that?"
"No, but my father did. Yet again, something you just gotta stick your nose in. If you're so concerned about our parents I'd bet you would want his number? He'd be more than happy to cuss you out as well. Its 7083-"
"Jenny Lynn, let's just go before we get into trouble." Milyssa was at my right and Ian was at my left. Both trying to herd me away from this mess.
I just shook them off and turned and walked back to the lady. "See this black top? This is fucking public land and you can't do shit about what I do on it. What you're standing on is your property. DO I need to draw it out for you or do you just believe you own everything now? And as for curfew, ya wanna see our driver's licenses because I'll be more than happy to prove to you that I'm over 18."
"Humberto I know your-"
"Mom?" In quickly interrupted. "Is that what you were going to say? Then why don't you walk your happy ass over there and tell her what we were doing. '"These kids were doing terrible things. They were sitting in the gazebo and on the sidewalk at ten o'clock at night. I'm pretty sure they need some professional help for that. Maybe even get a doctors subscription for some Ritalin."'
The woman just looked at me in fear and I held her gaze in defiance.
"Look lady, there's about five cops living in this neighborhood and not one of them could do anything against me in this situation. We're not trespassing or doing anything even remotely illegal. So why don't you take this down in your book as a lesson. Learn from it. And don't mess with me again."
I walked off feeling high from the adrenalin and the steam I was able to let off. I picked up the blood stained material and shoved it into my pocket. I walked up to another street light further away from her house and set the box down on the curb as I waited for Kakuzu to walk up here. I smiled in triumph as I saw the old lady walking back up to her house.
"That was quite the entertaining little show. Happened before?" Kakuzu sneered.
"Yeah, but at least it won't happen again. She'd be stupid to try and threaten an arrest on me again." The anger was consuming me still, causing me to shake. I tried to open up a large sterile bandage but my hands were quivering so bad I couldn't get a hold of the seal.
"Fuck you then!" I yelled at the bandage as I threw it to the ground and madly stomped on it.
When I was done I brushed the tangled mess of blonde hair out of my eyes and sat on the street. Milyssa calmly walked up to Kakuzu as he was sliding the material off of his shoulder. I watched as she pulled out more cotton balls and covered them in alcohol. She proceeded to tend to his wounds and I got bored and looked at Ian and Humberto, who were both looking equally shocked at me and at Kakuzu still.
"Where's Virginia?"
Nothing.
"Humberto."
"Oh! S-she jumped in her car panicked and crying. My mom asked what had happened and I told her that you and Ian had tried to scare us and it really worked on Virginia. Then she asked why you weren't here and why I was carrying a first aid kit. I just told her you fell on the way back up from the path in the dark."
"Good lie. Virginia alright?" Did I sound caveman enough? I was definitely crashing hard from my high.
"She's mad, but I think she's okay." Ian chimed in.
"Uhhhhh. Bet she really hates me. How long do ya'll think it'll be before she talks to me again?"
No one replied. Probably because they think I'll freak out on them. But I don't care. I have more pressing matters right in front of me.
I lazily watched as Milyssa was doing the finishing touches to Kakuzu's dressing and then moved to clean off the box of any last traces of blood... I watched the way he watched her, eyes hard as stone and muscles tensed up. If it were anyone else reacting in that strange way to Milyssa I would probably yell at them and try to punch their teeth in. But this was Kakuzu. His face always looked like that.
Except for when he touched you. The dark side of my brain reminded me. Don't make me think grudge on you. I threatened my consciousness. It's cool, don't worry about me. Blondes are supposed to have conversations in their heads, right?
I got up off the street and brushed myself off. "We should probably do something about these." I said as I reached out my wrists to Milyssa.
"Wish we had some duct tape so we could make some duct tape bracelets like we used to." Milyssa said half-jokingly.
I looked at Humberto questioningly.
He just shrugged and shook his head.
"Guess we just gotta make do with what we got." I said sadly.
"You could just put on the camo jacket." Humberto pointed out.
"Very true. But what do we do after that, am I just going to wear long sleeves the whole time I'm here? My wardrobe is set for summer. Not winter…." I sigh.
"Make up! You could try to cover up the bruises with that!" Milyssa said enthusiastically.
"Why didn't I think of that?! Sissy, you're brilliant!" I beamed.
"Thank you. Now what…." Milyssa questioned unsurely.
"Now we bring Kakuzu home with us and try to explain to mom and dad that we want to help a murderous criminal that walked straight out of an anime and into our world." I said over my shoulder as I started walking back to Humberto's house.
Kakuzu walked beside me and looked around the neighborhood warily.
"What kind of village is this?" Kakuzu said angrily.
I laughed, "We don't call them villages here. Well at least in America. Were in a neighborhood."
Kakuzu's reply was just a grunt. "I'll explain everything once we get back to Milyssa's place."
The sound of crickets chirping filled the silence all the way until we came into view of Humberto's house.
"Okay. So the game plan is this." I said while turning around to face everyone. "Kakuzu you get in the back seat, Ian you sit in the passenger seat. Milyssa go up with Humberto and explain to his mom that Ian is sick and my leg hurts to bad to come inside. Milyssa say your goodbyes and hightail it back to the car without giving her to much of a chance to say anything. And if she so happens to come out of the house, Kakuzu you will need to duck and try not to be seen and Ian hold your stomach and act like you're about to throw up. Turn on your acting skills. Places everyone."
I walked forward to Milyssa's Honda CRV opened the back door for Kakuzu. He just stood there and crossed his arms. "Kakuzu please just get in the fucking car. I do not have patience right now." Wow did I really just say that to him. I still can't believe he is here… and now I'm trying to boss him around. I must be looking for a death wish or something.
With a bit of glaring between the both of us Kakuzu finally gave in and hopped into the back seat and I watched as the car sunk a little lower under his weight. Damn… all that muscle... He's got to weight a ton. I thought as a touch of heat gathered in my cheeks.
I shut the door behind him and climb into the driver's seat, Ian was already next to me pretending to be sick. I put on Ian's camo jacket that I had left in my seat. The three of us watched as Milyssa and her boyfriend walked up to the front door.
Humberto's mom had a kind of crazy obsession about having all the doors locked probably because there were almost always younger children in the house. So they had to wait until someone came to the front door.
"Kakuzu, duck."
The front door swung open. It was just Humberto's ten year old sister. I let out the breath I had been holding. "Never mind. You can get up, it's just his sister."
We silently watched as the two disappeared into the house, the door shutting behind them.
"Kakuzu." I turned around in my seat. The 6'4 burly man took up pretty much the whole back seat. "Can you tell me about the fight?"
"Trying to collect a bounty on a Sound ninja. Something went wrong. And here I am."
I was about to reply but was cut off by Ian. "There coming outside."
Milyssa hugged Humberto while his mom stood in the door way behind them waving. I waved back and dared to look over at Ian. He had his head up against the door clutching his belly and out of the corner of my eye, Kakuzu was crouched down.
Perfect.
Milyssa walked up to the car and opened the door behind me, carefully got in without sitting on Kakuzu and shut the door behind her.
I quickly threw the car in reverse, scared that Humberto's mom might have seen someone else in the vehicle when Milyssa got in. The car didn't have really have bright lights when you opened the door, but at night it just might have been enough to see someone else in the backseat. I backed the car down the driveway, switched gears then drove down the street five miles above the speed limit.
"Milyssa, tell Kakuzu about cars while I try to drive and not think about an actual Akatsuki member sitting in my back seat."
"Umm… Okay. These are machines that don't run on chakra. They run on a chemical called gasoline. We use them to get places faster, and you can control everything they do. They have pedals to speed up and slow down, and that wheel you see there is to control direction. Got it?"
"Mhmm." Kakuzu grumbled.
"There's a more complexity to driving. See all the signs on the side of the road in all the many colors. Each one describes something about the road, wither it be the speed you need to go, if you need to stop, and little changes about the road such as merges and sharp turns." I added.
"See all of those little numbers and stuff behind the wheel? Those tell you important things about the car. Things like how fast you're going and how much gas is still in the car." Milyssa chimed in. "Those dials and button in the middle right there control the radio, so we can listen to music, and air condition and heating to make it warmer or cooler in here."
I turned up the sound just enough so we could hear the song that was playing and still be able to talk over the music. Kakuzu didn't respond, and Milyssa stopped explaining. I bet it's so weird being in his situation right now… If there's not a way for him to get back to his world he's going to have to learn everything about our world… I pitied the man. He's got a long road ahead of him.
Seether's Weak was playing on the current radio station and I turned it up since no one was talking, and got lost in the music as I drove us all home.
'No more love to purchase
I've invested in myself
You know nothing about me
Keep opinions to yourself
No more complications
Everything's just swell
No more obligations
There's nothing more to tell…'