Chapter 19

Silver : I hope you guys are liking the story so far and the quick updates. OwO Perhaps we could get your opinions on the story? Do you like it? Is it going downhill- getting bad- in your mind? Anything, Productive Criticism is always good! :3 Do we need to update quicker? Well, I can't really do anything about that considering I have to get up to get ready for class in about 4 hours (I stayed up all night just to finish this chapter for you ^.^ And right now it's 1 a.m. x.x )
Something brought me to rage earlier, and I'm still pretty upset about it.
There is ANOTHER addition to the Eeveelutions. -.- … Why? Just..why?
I love pokemon Gen. 1-3, afterwards it just became sloppy and the designs are- in my opinion- terrible and desperate. Generation 5 is the worst so far to me; I mean, come on a trashbag for a pokemon? Icecream? Lamps? Candles? Even the starters are crappy.
I'm sorry if you enjoy the new pokemon, but I grew up with the original and I'm not going to succumb to the quickly-drawn-up crap that they are now calling pokemon.
As for the Eeveelutions – The Final Five are the ones for me, not the three sloppy add-ons.

Crillix says "Fuck you, leave me alone and let me sleep." Ahh Friend Love at it's finest 3

ONTO THE STORY!

We do not own Naruto or any Original Characters.

Kage walked into the Akatsuki Headquarters in Amegakure with Hidan's head in her arm and the body limbs that were protected by diamond followed in closely. The common room was filled with the members save for Pein and Zetsu. Everyone turned to greet them; Kisame held his hand up and smiled. "Took you three long enough."

Konan jumped, as well as Deidara and Tobi at the sight of the newly arrivals. "What in the hell happened to you?" The blue haired woman asked with slight shock.

"Where is Kakuzu?" Itachi perked a curious brow.

"He probably met a cash cow and went to another collection office." Kisame snickered.

Deidara leaned on his hand and pointed to Kage. "And what happened to that pink haired girl, Yeah?"

The group of five waited for the correct answer; when they saw the blonde frown and Hidan's head create an expression close to a scowl it was then they realized.

"He's not dead is he, Yeah?"

Kage nodded and began walking to the opposite side of the room. "We should get to," She paused for a moment, biting her lip. "Leader."

Hidan's limbs followed her and earned more shocking expressions from some of the people. Itatchi frowned tightly, looking to Kisame.

Thanks to her memory, Kage managed to find Pein's office without much detour or wasted time. She opened the wooden door and closed it; Hidan's head in hand and his limbs waiting on the other side.

"Ah, good. You're back." Pein lifted his head from paperwork and set down his pen. "Where is Kakuzu?"

"Dead." Hidan said looking of to the side with a tightened jaw. He was so tired of it being brought up. "Fucking Leaf ninja killed him. That's all I fucking know."

Pein raised a brow, laced his fingers together and rested his chin on them. His elbows supported the weight easily. "I see. What exactly happened to you Hidan?"

"Fucking Shadow Kid fucking split me and Kakuzu up, fucking tricked me into killing one of Kakuzu's damn hearts, fucking tied me up with fucking paper bombs, somehow created a deep fucking hole, blew my damn body to pieces, fell into the fucking hole and then fucking buried me."

Pein sighed and then looked to Kage. "And you. Where is Cyn?"

Kage tensed slightly; his voice was mono-toned and it seemed like he didn't care for the death of his subordinate. "We just switched places. It will be a while before we can again."

"I know." He raised his head and leaned back in his chair with a straight posture. "Alright. You did bring in the Two-Tails and the extraction went without flaw. You've completed your mission." Pein opened a drawer in his desk and pulled out three bleach-white envelopes. After closing the compartment he then held out the paper-made holders. "Here is your payment for completion. You can split Kakuzu's share in half. You two are dismissed."

Kage frowned and stood quietly, though after a bit she moved forward to his desk and gently took the payments in hand. "Oh!" She crammed the envelopes into Hidan's mouth and dug around in her bag. Hidan's cursing was muffled by the paper, though it was still noticeable he was confused and angry at her sudden action.

"Here." She held out her hand containing the ring Kakuzu had owned. The symbol meaning North within the white stone of the ring shone brightly in the light, catching Pein's eyes quickly.

"Hold on to it." He closed his eyes for a moment, then opened them to see her shocked face. "We will be needing someone to help with sealings. It goes on your left, middle finger if you didn't know already."

Kage gulped silently and nodded. "Yes sir." She then turned and walked to the door, turned the knob and stepped out. She began to close it slowly afterwards.

"Two more things." Pein grabbing both Kage's and Hidan's attention quickly and making her open the door a bit more. "The medical room is the door on the right of the kitchen, and you will be Hidan's partner now."

Both of them shared stunned faces; large eyes, gaping mouths and tensed muscles. Before the Jashinist and the Diamond-Ninja could object or get a single word out, the door was slammed shut.

Kage made her way down the stairs grumbling and slowly tightening a death-like squeeze on Hidan's head.

"What's so fucking bad about being partnered up with me? I mean I don't fucking like it either, you're a total bitch and shit but Pein's word is law." Hidan clenched his jaw. "Stop fucking squeezing so hard!"

"You're immortal you idiot! What does it matter?" Kage raised his head to hers, looked him directly in the eyes and yelled. "I hate this!" She shook him. "I miss being alone and unbothered by people like you calling me names! I had a nice little quiet place to stay in and you Akatsuki ruined it for me! I'll never be able to actually be with my friends anymore! I'm wanted now!"

The Jashinist growled, having one eye shut. He was dizzy from all of the shaking, and annoyed from her voice. "I don't really think a cave is a nice place."

"I had a house you idiot!" Tears began to form from her eyes and threatened to spill over. "I had friends that didn't want to use me, I had a peaceful life. I even had Tamiko! Do you understand how hard and painful it is when I go to talk to him and then I realize I'm talking to myself? No! You don't!"

They made their way into the medical room Pein had allowed her to know about, oblivious to the faces that were being made at their backs.

Deidara and Kisame held one of shock and Itatchi's eyes blinked quickly. Tobi was standing in a monkey-like position with his head looking over his own shoulder to where the two disappeared into.

"I didn't expect that, Un." Deidara said when she slammed the door, earning a scream from Hidan. Her diamond wasn't protecting his limbs anymore, and a finger twitched at the Akatsuki in the common room that was wedged into the door. It disappeared though, after the wooden door opened a tiny crack.

Deidara listened to Hidan cursing and yelling at the woman to be careful, followed by feminine yells, a loud smack and a groan of pain.

"Hidan-san is going to kill her!" Tobi said playfully, dancing around.

Kisame chuckled and looked to the masked man with a gleam in his shark-like eyes that returned the playfulness. "That woman managed to sneak in here, trick us all into thinking she was a cat, almost clawed your face in half and made a getaway without any problems Tobi. If anyone is going to die it's that dumb Jashinist."

"My bet is on Hidan, Un." Deidara piped in. "He's immortal after all, and she can be killed. Plus she doesn't have a weapon, Hm."

Itatchi couldn't resist the small bet that was about to happen. "She's the only person in the world with the Diamond-Style Kekkei Genkai. Hidan would have to get some of her blood to kill her, and that diamond she defends with can't be broken unless he managed to get a piece of it. Not to mention when we fought her last we couldn't match her speed, and she was going easy. I would think Kage would win in a battle between the two."

"So it's a bet, Yeah? For if they fight, Un." Deidara stood with a clenched fist and a smile that reached from ear to ear.

"Yep." Kisame snickered. "How much are we betting?"

The blonde terrorist rubbed his chin in thought. When he came up with an amount a sly smile came across his face. "Half of the next payment the loser gets, plus the losers have to do whatever the winner says for one hour, Hm!"

"Deal." Kisame smirked

A frown set into Kage's lips as her eyes clouded with sadness as she re-attached Hidan's legs to his torso. She didn't want to be here, helping an organization that kills people and was using her. She didn't understand why she was without a second thought though, maybe it was because Pein didn't make her fight or battle for his sake. Perhaps it was because these people didn't see her as a weapon? No, that's the reason they wanted her in the first place.

What was really bothering her was how she suddenly lashed out at the Jashinist with anger. She never got that angry; usually when she did she was calm, collected and handled the matter in a simple, calm and collected way.

Kage didn't understand what made her change her mind so quickly. After all, when they first brought her here Cyn had taken her place because she didn't want to hurt anyone. Something in the back of her mind was pushing her to help them, but she didn't know what that something was exactly.

All she knew, is that now she wanted to help them.

Not by killing or going to war, nothing like that. She wanted to help them turn their lives around for the better. Maybe?

The blonde moved her green glowing hands to his chest- which was blown into two separate pieces, and began mending the tissue together. The bones that had lost shards began to regenerate and become whole again while the muscles knitted together in perfect condition. Once she had connected the skin and finished that area, she worked on mending the arms back together.

A small smile cracked from her frown as she remembered when she learned how to mend such things.

** FLASHBACK **

"Alright." A woman pointed to a dead fish that was cut in half. "Heal it."

Kage, only nine years old, looked at her sensei with shock. "It's dead Sensei. You can't bring back those who have died." Her face grew sad.

"No Kage mend its body back to its original form, now try it!"

"Yes Sensei."

After only two hours of nonstop trying, both halves of the fish had been successfully connected; bone, muscle, blood vessels and all.

"Good job." The woman patted her on the head. "It took me a week to learn how to do that, you little fast learner."

Kage smiled widely at the praise and giggled. "Thank you Sensei!"

** END FLASHBACK **

Her smile had died when she remembered how her and her old teacher had parted though.

The small town the two of them had been staying in was under attack, her teacher went to fight and she never came back.

By now the only part she had to assemble was his head, and within a few seconds she was completely finished.

Kage took a step back, allowing the Jashinist to have room to sit up and stretch.

"I thought I'd be stiff as hell and shit, but I feel better than I did before." Hidan smiled and cracked his neck. "Even that embarrassing cut is gone!"

"Yeah." She said tiredly. Kage hadn't used much chakra on him, but she didn't really want to be here. Without another word, she turned and left the room.

The blonde turned to the right and walked down a long hallway before going up a set of stone stairs. At the top was the familiar corridor that she enjoyed the most out of the place. She walked past the doors with different colored flowers and stopped at her room. The flowers had been changed to a stunning white color. How did the blue-haired woman knew her favorite color was beyond her knowledge or even her favorite flower, but she did like it.

Her hand was on the knob, but before she stepped into her room her eyes were directed across the hall. Two rooms that would soon cover in dust and never be occupied again had fresh, crisp new flowers. Upon closer inspection she noticed a white carnation in the dead center of the red and grey flowers; Sasori's were red Gladioli and Kakuzu's grey-dyed marigolds. The blonde smiled at the meanings of the flowers. Even the meaning matched Kakuzu's personality; Desire for riches and the white flower that stood out meant Remembrance.

"Konan is such a thoughtful woman." She spoke quietly with a soft smile.

Kage slipped into her room without another word and closed the door quietly behind her.