My Pain is Yours
Chapter 22: Religious Bounties and Conversion
Jashin-sama? Aiko mused, staring up at the sky following their battle with Yugito. I'm doing everything right, aren't I?
It was odd, an alien feeling; the feeling that there is someone listening to you from the heavens and watching over you. The strangest part about all of it was that Aiko was starting to believe, she, who was formerly an atheist, was actually starting to believe. Her hand brushed against her forehead to reassure herself that she wasn't running a temperature in the rising Konohagakure heat. Was she losing her mind?
Aiko tossed her gaze over her shoulder to Hidan, who was whining about the temperature.
Could I really just be imagining Jashin's existence? No, if anything, Hidan is proof that Jashin-sama really does exist, Aiko thought to herself. But still, I have the weirdest feeling that as I continue participating in these Jashinist rituals that there's someone else watching me…it's kind of frightening…vindicating…
Urging his comrades to continue, Kakuzu led Aiko and Hidan up the steep, never-ending steps towards their destination, the Konohagakure temple. Hidan griped with each step, mumbling that they just finished subduing the two-tailed cat and how another assignment was overkill. Kakuzu paid him no attention, focusing intently on the map outstretched in front of him.
"Here we are," Kakuzu grumbled when they reached the summit.
Aiko looked up at the looming entryway towering over her and took a step back, reading the sign. "The fire temple? I've heard of this place; it's a Shinobi temple, isn't it? Where all of the monks wield a special power called The Gift of the Holy Folk?" Kakuzu nodded, impressed, and Hidan arched a silvery eyebrow in arrogance as they climbed the final stairs.
"Seriously?" he smoothed back his hair, clicking his tongue. "We have to fight monks?"
Heaving out a sigh riddled with frustration, Kakuzu wisely chose not to answer. Hidan's complaints continued as they ascended, muttering about how glad he was going to be when Kakuzu was rotting in hell for his sins and he wasn't. Kakuzu then looked over at Aiko, unable to help noticing the Jashin triangle bouncing against her chest.
"Is that…Hidan's rosary?" Kakuzu asked, disgusted, as the trio stopped before the closed doors leading into the temple.
"Hm?" Aiko touched the metallic Jashin triangle. "No, it's mine."
"Oh," Kakuzu growled, casting Hidan a suspicious glare. "Is he forcing you to convert?"
Aiko smiled calmly. "No, I'm doing this on my own; it's my choice."
Returning her statement with a curt eye roll, Kakuzu looked readily to the doors in front of him, drawing back his fist as it turned green, hardening, and released it to pummel into the gate. Aiko shielded her eyes as the entire entryway collapsed, crumbling in a sea of dust that choked her as she automatically reached to clutch her Jashin necklace.
When the dust subsided, she followed Hidan and Kakuzu in, clambering over the rubble.
Within the imprisonment of the temple, monks scurried about, shouting orders to one another as the three Akatsuki members appeared in their crimson-clouded glory. Aiko felt an upsurge of power rip through her veins as they entered, Hidan and Kakuzu flanking her sides.
"Here we are," Aiko grinned, hazel eyes flashing.
Hidan snorted at the monks readying themselves in fighting positions. "They don't look very willing to convert to Jashin."
Agreeing, Aiko sensed a powerful presence suddenly approaching them and flicked her stare up to settle upon an advancing monk donning the same, monk-like white robes; his aura, however, possessed more potency than the others and she could immediately tell that he was Chiriku, their target. She tensed, preparing for an attack. Hidan and Kakuzu remained undaunted.
"I don't know what business brings you here," Chiriku declared, "but turn around and go home!"
"Hah! Is that really supposed to scare us?" Hidan withdrew his scythe, psyched for the battle.
"Aiko," Kakuzu growled, "go eliminate some of the surrounding monks; Hidan and I have this."
Hidan's eyes abruptly flashed at the comment, whipping around, lavender orbs ablaze, "Whoa, wait a minute Kakuzu! Why don't you go and eliminate the monks and leave Aiko and me here, eh?" Aiko blushed at Hidan's blatant defensive temper to Kakuzu's suggestion, flattered that he was so unsettled by the thought of her fighting alone.
Placing her hand on his arm, Aiko reassured, "I can fight my own battles, Hidan." Her eyes sifted through her potential targets, voice growing persuasive, "I can sacrifice these people to Jashin, no?" At this, Hidan was left speechless, realizing that this was a good chance for her to complete her first offering, though he still wasn't fond of the idea.
After a couple long minutes, he gave in, flushing. "Yeesh! Okay, okay…"
Smiling, Aiko disappeared in a flash, lashing out at her opponents and beginning her attacks. The monks were taken aback by the young girl wielding medical ninjutsu and brute strength with such ferocity that they soon found themselves helpless to resist. While Aiko picked her way through the many robed men of God, Hidan and Kakuzu were fighting Chiriku.
The battle lasted no longer than ten minutes.
"Hah!" Aiko rammed her fist into the last monk, pummeling him backwards into the wreckage.
Kakuzu stepped out from behind a fallen pillar, carrying Chiriku. "Are you finished?"
Panting, physically exhausted, Aiko replied, "Yes…that was the last one, I think." She admired the carnage surrounding her, corpses littering the temple like a battlefield. Kakuzu couldn't help but to respect Aiko's caliber as a ninja; she was more powerful than he gave her credit for.
Hidan stepped over numerous cadavers to appear beside Kakuzu, blood gushing from his chest. Upon seeing his blood-stained angel defiled with the blood of her victims, however, Hidan found himself silently agreeing with Kakuzu.
"W-whoa," Hidan muttered, scratching the back of his head as he approached Aiko.
She turned to him immediately, a smile splitting across her lips. "Is Jashin-sama proud of me?"
Hidan hesitated and then chuckled deeply. "Yes, Jashin-sama is very proud of you."
Once the prayers were finished, Aiko, Hidan, and Kakuzu retreated to a hotel for the night, dragging Chiriku's body along with them. Kakuzu kept the corpse with him; refusing to allow it anywhere near Hidan in case the immortal tried using it for some absurd ritual. When Kakuzu had gone to bed, however, Aiko crept into Hidan's room to talk more about their God, hoping that soon she too would be accepted as a Jashinist.
When Aiko found Hidan, he was in the midst of praying, so she quietly sat down beside him.
Hidan continued his praying, unperturbed and unaware of Aiko's arrival. He conversed with Jashin, asking that he convert Aiko as quickly as possibly, stating within the realms of his mind that she would be the perfect Jashinist, her earlier sacrifices and rapidity to convert clear evidence of that. Once he was finished, he felt a head resting against his shoulder.
He looked down to find that Aiko had fallen asleep against him.
"Hey," Hidan murmured, shifting his shoulder. "Aiko, are you awake? Eh?"
Pressing her eyelids together, the kunoichi stirred and woke up. "Hidan?" She pulled herself into a sitting position, only to be dragged back down by Hidan who yanked her onto his bed, pinning her down. Aiko blushed furiously as the leering Jashinist straddled her prone figure, nuzzling his nose into her cheek and whispering words of seductive nothingness into her ear.
"So," Hidan weighed a finger down on her chest. "Jashin tells me that there's one more requirement."
Aiko's eyelids fluttered. "Requirement?"
Hidan chuckled lowly, making Aiko shiver. "That's right, to be a Jashinist there's one final thing you have to do."
Aiko swallowed hard, perspiration sliding down the back of her neck. "W-what?"
Hidan's lascivious smirk widened. "In order to officially become a Jashinist, you have to sleep with me."
Eyes snapping open, Aiko went rigid. The Jashinist burst into a howl of laughter at her expression, resting his body upon hers and kissing her lips warmly to calm her back down. Aiko resisted at first, but melted when Hidan's hot mouth nipped over to her ear, nibbling on her earlobe. She relaxed a little, gradually slipping her arms around his neck, fingers gravitating towards his silvery hair.
Fingering Aiko's collar, Hidan began undoing the buttons on her cloak, noticing that Aiko was shyer than usual when it came to taking it off; he soon found out why as the lower he unbuttoned, the more skin he was seeing. Underneath her cloak, Aiko had worn only her bra, skirt, tank top and panties due to the heat; her skirt and tank top already removed when they got to the hotel. Hidan could not help but to smirk as Aiko pulled herself against him, ankles locking tightly around his back when he tried to open up her cloak.
"What's wrong?" he teased, licking her cheek. "Are you shy?"
Aiko's voice hitched with her breath as she croaked, "I don't…know if I can…" she mumbled the last part, voice nearly inaudible, "…sleep with you."
Hidan held back a laugh. "Yeesh, I was only kidding about that part, seriously."
"Hidan!"
A defiant flash sparked in Aiko's eyes, but Hidan remained positioned over her, beginning to unbutton the buttons on his own cloak. He leaned closer to her, the bed springs whining. "I don't see why we can't do anything with each other anyways." Hidan tugged his cloak off, tossing it into a heap on the floor, Aiko struggling to breathe as he leaned into her, pressing his muscled chest against hers, enthrallingly murmuring, "I want you so damn badly."
Aiko's throat tightened.
Conceding to Hidan, Aiko loosened her grip on him, permitting her back to brush against the mattress as he attempted opening her cloak again. He pressed his mouth against hers to distract her, tongue slipping between her lips as her cloak slid off her shoulders. Hidan was pleased and crammed his lips tighter against Aiko's, making her head spin with visions of circles as his tongue circled around hers.
His strong, virile taste was so overwhelming, his breathing so heavy that Aiko hadn't heard the distinct thump of her cloak and his landing in a heap on the floor behind him. She felt the cold air brush against her revealed skin and it made her slightly queasy as Hidan separated his lips from hers to stare at her body.
Despite having her bra and panties, Aiko felt completely naked.
Hidan's searching gaze made her stomach knot as his hands swept over her bra, eyebrows rising as her chest swelled with anticipation. He smirked, eyes following her pale skin to her thighs, fingertips tugging coyly at the side of her panties. Aiko could feel herself leaking buckets as the fearless Jashinist rested his head against her chest, his hair tickling and making her quiver amid her trepidation.
Then, a cold sweat pricked her neck as he ran his tongue around the shell of her bra.
"Mmm," Hidan grinned, hands holding her hips firmly. "You taste so sweet."
Insides writhing, Aiko said nothing as Hidan's damp tongue trailed up to her collar bones, nipping at them until they bled, she tossing her head back with a disclosed groan. He simpered lasciviously at her, tongue eagerly lapping up her blood, which he found tasted sweeter than his victims, though it harbored a compelling flavor.
Aiko's hands fell from around his neck to the sheets beneath her, curling in fists as she grabbed handfuls of the white linen. Hidan reached around her to unhook her bra as he continued licking her bleeding neck, following the trail of blood between her breasts. Aiko arched her back, a bead of sweat tumbling down her cheek when she heard the click.
Self-conscious of her bust size, Aiko twisted the sheets tighter in her grasp as Hidan removed her bra, tossing it onto the floor. The brunette sucked in her stomach, lungs filling with the cold, crisp air as Hidan admired her slight figure, smirking with satisfaction.
"H-Hidan!" Aiko voice trembled with her body.
He silenced her with a kiss, a hand running up her stomach to knead her breast, nipple hardening in the palm of his hand. He pulled away after a moment, murmuring, "You're going to enjoy this…trust me." Aiko said nothing until she felt his hot mouth closing around her opposite breast, tongue playing with her nipple. Warmth spark at her core and she gasped.
"Hidan!" Aiko cried out, unable to suppress her taut squeaks as he rolled her rigid peak with his tongue.
She spasmed beneath him, eyelids clamping shut as he sucked hungrily at her breast, the tickling sensations burning into flaming commotions that made her body pulse with heated adrenalin. He fondled her other breast hard with his hand, switching and making Aiko's head spin uncontrollably, body convulsing underneath his.
The kunoichi couldn't bear to conceal her moans, allowing them to flow freely from her lips as Hidan squeezed pants out of her, twisted groans out of her, and suckled squeaks from her.
Aiko was at his mercy.
Hearing her sexual noises aroused by his actions made Hidan go completely hard and he wanted even more of her, biting down just hard enough on her nipple to create a pleasure-pain that made her cry out his name in ecstasy. He licked around her stiff peak again, teasing it before his tongue met hers, anxiously waiting within the confinements of her mouth.
Tackling Hidan onto his back, Aiko thanked him for the pleasure with a barrage of kisses, her breasts pressing into his chest to create a tantalizing sensation that she hungered for more of, pressing her body against his as he trapped her in his crushing embrace. They rolled around in the disheveled sheets, legs tangled as Hidan wiggled out of his pants, ramming his body against Aiko's and slamming her onto her back.
"Aiko!" Hidan panted, sweat pouring from his forehead.
Just looking at her got him going and he crashed his lips against hers, hands groping her thighs and straying behind her to her rear as she rolled on top of him. He pecked at her lips, fingers fumbling to remove her panties as Aiko toppled off him, her lips always after his.
The silver-haired Jashinist successfully removed the remnants of their clothing and grinded his hips against hers, soliciting groans from both of them. Aiko tightly gripped his shoulders with her hands as his rigid arousal grated against the inside of her leg, making her shudder amidst her weak pants. They were going to go all the way.
Aiko pinched her eyes shut as Hidan towered over her, struggling to breathe. "H-Hidan!"
Wrapping Aiko in his arms, Hidan hushed her with growled whispers as he slowly started to slide into her, length disappearing between her legs. Aiko winced at the beginning pain as Hidan's cock penetrated her wet folds, making her squirm uncomfortably as the unbearable agony made her want to scream bloody murder. She wrapped her legs around his waist, arms fastening around his neck as she groaned, holding tight to him.
Then, when the pain was at its worst, it peaked, becoming pleasure.
Aiko gasped as Hidan glided into her, his mouth breathing hot pants against her ear.
"Aiko…oh…fuck yes…yes…"
"Faster! Oh Jashin, faster! Hidan! Faster!"
"Mmm…Jashin…dear fucking Jashin…"
Aiko felt her body climaxing, womanhood aching, as Hidan's length completely entered her, releasing within her tight hole and making Aiko throw her head back, expelling his name amid her pleasured groans. Her nails clawed into his shoulder blades as he began to pull out, both his face and hers drenched with sweat as they slowly separated, Hidan falling to his side.
The quivering kunoichi gasped for breath, shaking. "H-Hidan…H-H-Hidan…"
Huffing, Hidan glanced over at Aiko and extended a hand to her flushed cheek, caressing her face and drawing her into his arms. She nestled herself against his chest, eyelids closing as she snuggled against his warm body. Hidan drew the sheets over them in case Kakuzu didn't have the decency to knock the next morning, because he sure as hell wasn't waking up anytime soon.
Author's Note: Uh…yeah…that was an unexpected lemon on my part. When I wrote this chapter, that was not what I had planned, seriously. But, there's Aiko and Hidan's first lemon together, no? And Aiko's still working on becoming a Jashinist! Yay! Next Aiko, Hidan, and Kakuzu are going to enter the battlefield yet again…this time against the ninja of Konohagakure!
I am so excited for that chapter. ^_^
I would also, while I'm here, like to send out thanks to my barrage of reviewers on the last chapter; yoyshaia-chan, cheeky half-demon, Kakashi Forever, So Cool, mirambagirl1993, , and Cold Fyre. Thank you so much, all of you! I'm almost at 100 reviews for this story too…I'm so excited! :D
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-Aiko of the Akatsuki
