Soooo sorry for the late update... I can't believe I almost forgot about this story 0_o if I didn't get the reviews in my email I probably would've never finished this… I'm so sorry :( I'll work harder next time! I hope yall didn't get sick of this story yet! (A little Hidan OOCness, but its fanfiction so I don't think it's that big a deal :) thanks! R&R!)

After a few moments of a staring contest, Hidan began to tell her of his abnormal nightmare.

"A long time ago, I lived in Yugakure with my mother. We didn't have a lot of money, and we struggled to be able to buy necessities..." He took a short pause to curse to himself, wondering why he was explaining to the medic about his problems. "…One day we went to the market, hoping to find a cheap dinner. I passed a shinobi with one of these Jashin medallions around his neck-" he wrapped a hand around his silver necklace, "-and I thought nothing of it until we went back home. He was waiting for us."

Sakura could feel her stomach twisting into knots. Something about this was familiar, and the look in Hidan's eyes proved that it was the same…

"My father, who had died a few months before, was a skilled shinobi in Yugakure. He was sent on the hardest of missions: spying, assassination of leaders and such. He had information that the average shinobi couldn't even imagine." Hidan stopped to take a deep breath. "…and the man in our house wanted it."

"We didn't have any of the information he asked for, seeing that it was confidential. So… he killed my mother right in front of me." Sakura inhaled sharply, but silently. She tried to cover it up by rubbing her upper arm in a way of imitating being cold. Her own heart was pounding, wanting to beg him to stop his story and to crawl back into her sleeping bag. But she couldn't…her mouth wouldn't produce sound.

Hidan's eyes were unfocused- lost in his story. "He… cut her deep into her shoulder. The blood just wouldn't stop. He swallowed a drop and drew the symbol of Jashin under him. When he stabbed himself, my mother cried out and fell to the floor. She never moved again." Hidan shook his head slightly, trying to focus his eyes on something. "He knew I didn't have any information. I was too young to understand most of the Japanese language… so he took me in. he raised me until I was 18, then he gave me my medallion. I became a Jashinist like him."

Sakura sat in silence, absorbing every word that came from the silver-haired man's mouth. She resisted the urge to cry for him and held it back, sitting up straight, trying her hardest to lock with his unfocused eyes.

"The dream was of the day my mother died. It was all so vivid… every scream, every drop of blood…the look in her eyes as she begged to whatever gods there were that I would be safe…"

"You loved her." Sakura's eyebrows scrunched in grief. Hidan lifted his head that had been falling down more and more as the story went on. When their eyes met, he felt himself frown deeply.

"It's late. We should get to bed." He stood up slowly and walked over to his sleeping bag. Sakura just sat where she was, watching in silence. "Don't you dare tell anyone what I said tonight. If you do, I'll have to kick your ass."

Sakura shook her head and smiled slightly. Serious conversation or not, he was still the foul-mouthed Akatsuki immortal. Hidan just smirked in reply as he slicked his hair back once again. "Oh, and one more thing…"

"Yeah?"

"There's something damn fishy going on. That nightmare was… I'd be careful if I were you." Sakura tried to find a joke in his face, but his eyes proved that he was dead serious. It caused her to shiver slightly.

"Okay." With that, the two returned to their beds.

Though it was late and they had a lot of traveling to do in the morning, no one dared to close their eyes.

"So this is Takigakure?" Sakura was standing before a giant tree, and by giant, we're talking colossal.

"You've never been here?" asked Hidan, amused at the medic's surprised behavior.

"N-No… Well I don't think I have. How old is this tree?"

"It's been there since the beginning of time itself."

"Really?"

"How the hell should I know?"

Sakura punched the immortal's shoulder, causing him to wince slightly. "So where do you think this guy is?"

"Most likely sneaking around the village in disguise. We're gonna' have to check it out."

Sakura's jaw dropped. "You can't be serious! How can we possibly get in?"

"The same way our little missing-nin friend did. This was Kakuzu's village before he joined Akatsuki, so I know the way in." Hidan started removing his cloak.

Sakura mimicked his actions, removing her cloak, hitae-ate, and her kunai pouch. They placed their equipment, including Hidan's enormous scythe, in a medium sized bush. "Someone is going to find those, you know." She paused and thought for a moment. "Got it." Sakura squatted down by the bush and placed a hand on it. Focusing for a minute, she was able to create a barrier for it.

"Alright. Let's go." Hidan led the way to the back of the tree, where there was a giant waterfall coming off of a cliff. Sakura seemed confused when he started to slink behind the rushing water and onto a ledge. Sakura followed him, curiosity burning her mind. There was a passage that the two followed until they saw light, and then the village came into view.

"The village was hidden behind the waterfall?" asked Sakura, looking around at the houses.

"Hence the name: hidden waterfall village." Hidan rolled his eyes, causing the medic to glare.

"You're such a- ugh! If I wasn't sent on this stupid assas-"

"Can this wait until after we find cousin Laurence?" Sakura got quiet, giving him a "what the hell…?" stare. "Maybe some of the NINJA here can help us find a QUIETER PLACE where we talk about his WHEREABOUTS." The realization dawned on her quickly when she noticed a few Takigakure shinobi eyeing them carefully.

"Oh. Well, I'm sure we can find an inn or something." Hidan rolled his eyes and the two of them made their way to the nearest inn, which was a little run down and run by an old couple.

Hidan had asked for only one room, and when Sakura objected to this, he had whispered to her that they were supposed to undercover as a married couple.

When the door shut behind them and they were in the privacy of their room, Sakura exploded. "Whose bright idea was it for me to be married to you? Why couldn't we have been siblings? I'm not sleeping in the same bed as you."

"One: it was Leader's bright idea. Two: we look nothing alike. Three: That's fine with me because I wouldn't want to be sleeping either if I was in a bed with a sexy beast like myself."

Sakura grimaced. "You're disgusting."

"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn. We probably won't be spending the night here anyway if we're lucky. We need to search for our guy right away. I've got other missions in this area lined up after this one."

"So, what- I'm walking back alone?"

"Yeah. What's the matter? Is wittle Sakuwa scawed?"

"I really hate you." The malice that dripped from the girl's mouth would make any man that wasn't an immortal Akatsuki piss himself.

"Well, the feeling's mutual,"

Sakura tripped over her words. "If you hate me, why did you tell me about your dream?"

"Why did you listen?" Sakura stopped talking there. She couldn't tell him the real reason. "So, you wanna know why the hell I told you? Hm?" Hidan took an angry step towards the medic, causing her to flinch and take a step back. "Because I knew you would listen. Because you understand what the hell I went through that day in Yugakure, don't you? You know how the hell you understand? Don't think I don't know. I'm not as stupid as you think I am! It's obvious- It's because we're the same! You've felt that pain; you went through the same thing-!"

SMACK!I did a brief review of this, doing a little bit of editing here and there. There are probably some mistakes still in there, but i guess i just didn't see them :) I'll try harder to get this story moving! It's summer, so i'll be able to update more often. i hope you'll stick with it :D reviews keep me going! R&R!