Chapter 23: Nagareboshi

Hidan sighs.

"I am TIRED of this."

No one at the table but Kakuzu turns to him. The others had stopped giving him the satisfaction of their attention about the third time Hidan had said this sentence. Only Kakuzu paid attention. He rolls his eyes at Hidan and asks,

"What's so bad about it?"

"It's weird. As fuck."

Kakuzu sighs.

"It should only be a few more weeks. A month at most."

"It's already been like, a YEAR." Hidan replies.

"8 months, Hidan. The normal time a pregnancy lasts is 9 months. You are on time. Stop complaining."

Hidan sticks his tongue out at Kakuzu and Kakuzu just rolls his eyes at him. Hidan sulks then says loudly,

"You know, I REALLY shouldn't be having this baby. It goes against EVERYTHING Jashin is all about. We are supposed to take life, not make it. It's in the rules."

"Shut up Hidan." Kakuzu says back.

Hidan stares at his husband with wide eyes and a comically open mouth. When Kakuzu says nothing more, Hidan stomps away angrily.

Suddenly Pein looks up from the book he is reading and clears his throat. Everyone looks up from whatever they are doing. Pein motions for Kisame, Sasuke, and even Hidan to come over to the table. Hidan sits down next to Kakuzu reluctantly and Kakuzu places a hand on his leg as Leader-Sama starts speaking,

"I've gotten together enough money for all of us to get 2 hours in the white room. We're going in tomorrow at 6. I want everyone to focus so we can use our time wisely."

Only Hidan looks confused. He turns to Kakuzu and asks,

"Why're we going to the White room?"

"Shhh." Kakuzu replies, placing a finger on Hidan's lips. "Yamada already doesn't trust us. We'll talk about it in the white room."

Hidan nods then starts taking small bites of his grilled cheese, trying to ignore the sharp pain in his lower back he's had all day and the increasingly uncomfortable stomachache.

The next night all the Akatsuki members file down the hall and into a room only a select few of them have been in before. Everyone who had been in it before seems to exhale as if they can breathe freely Hidan glances around and raises an eyebrow. As the door slams shut he mutters,

"When they said White room... they really meant it."

Kakuzu smirks as Hidan looks around. The walls are white. Each piece of furniture is white. The room is mostly empty besides a few couches and a small bed in the corner. There is also a white sink with a white faucet and next to it, a white toilet with white towels hanging near it. It doesn't look as if it is used very often. Hidan takes a seat on Kakuzu's lap and groans, holding his stomach. Kakuzu frowns and asks worriedly,

"What's wrong?"

Hidan huffs angrily. "Nothing. Just a stomachache. No big deal."

Kakuzu nods but his eyes don't leave Hidan as Pein begins to talk,

"Just in case not everyone is aware of why we are here today: the reason is so we can freely discuss our escape, without worry of being overheard. There are no camera's in this room."

Sasuke interjects, "Are you sure? How do you know?"

Leader-sama's expression doesn't change as he replies, "Look around. I think we would see them if there were camera's here."

Hidan glances around the room and quietly agrees. There is no where to hide camera's, or anything really, in this room. It is white as far as the eye can see. Sasuke nods and Leader-sama continues,

"We need to make a plan for escape. There's 12 of us so..."

Leader-sama's voice seems to trail off as Hidan's stomach explodes in pain. He hunches over in Kakuzu's lap and holds his stomach. He feels like he can't breathe for about 2 minutes. Only Kakuzu seems to notice. Once the pain is gone he is panting but remains quiet through everyone else talking. Kakuzu leans forward and whispers in his ear,

"Are you sure you're ok?"

Hidan has sweat pouring down his face as he nods. Konan glances at him and Hidan smiles lightly. He tries to listen to Pein but keeps fading in and out. In a few minutes the sharp pain in his stomach comes back. This time he can't handle it as much and he whimpers loudly. Half the room turns to him now and Kakuzu growls,

"Hidan. How bad is it? Tell me how bad the pain is on a scale of one to ten."

"Five." Hidan gasps.

Kakuzu's eyes widen. Kisame looks nervous as he says,

"Five? That's not so bad, right?"

Kakuzu picks Hidan up and lays him down on the floor as he replies,

"On Hidan's pain scale, that's like a twenty."

Hidan moans as the pain intensifies. Kakuzu tries to lay him flat on his back and Hidan almost screams. He claws at Kakuzu's jumpsuit as he yells,

"Seven!"

"God dammit!" Kakuzu curses. "This is bad!"

"What happens if the pain gets to 10?" Sasori asks. Everyone is now surrounding Hidan and Kakuzu on the floor.

"Hidan might die."

Hidan groans and tries to sit up a little, the pain had gone down enough so he could speak clearly, "As if..."

Kakuzu pushes down on his shoulders so he can't sit up. Hidan glares at him through heavy panting. Kakuzu ignores the glare and asks firmly,

"Where is the pain?"

"This retarded stomach of course." Hidan answers, slapping his bulge, "And the thing is moving like an epileptic fish in there."

"Shit..." Kakuzu says, holding his head in his hand. He then grabs Hidan by the shoulders and says in a thick voice,

"Hidan... You are having the baby."

Just as he says this Hidan convulses in his arms again, screaming this time.

"FUCKING ASSCOCKS!!!"

He nearly breaks the bone in Kakuzu's hand that he is holding. Kakuzu turns to Deidara who is looking terrified and asks,

"How long was it between Hidan's last contraction and this one?"

Deidara looks lost and Karin speaks up from the back of the room, "Not even a minute."

Kakuzu motions to her.

"Do you have any medical history?"

She steps forward and pushes her glasses back onto her nose as she says, "A little but I don't know if it'll be helpful."

Kisame's eyes widen and he almost yells, "Wait, Kakuzu! Are you thinking about taking the baby out in here!?"

"What other choice do we have?" he growls angrily as Hidan screams again.

"MOTHER-FUCKING DICK-SUCKERS!"

Kisame sighs and steps forward. "Alright... If you're gonna do this you're gonna need my help."

Sasori also steps forward saying flatly, "I might be useful. I know my way around the human body pretty well."

Kakuzu nods as Hidan screams again.

"BASTARD COCK LOVING ASSHOLE!!! GET THIS THING OUT OF ME!"

Kakuzu hands Hidan's hand to Konan who grips it nervously. He then looks around asking,

"Does anyone have a knife or something sharp?"

"A KNIFE!? WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU GONNA DO TO BE KAKUZU YOU BASTARD!? JASHIN DAMMIT THIS SHIT HURTS LIKE A MOTHER FUCKER!!!"

Suigetsu reaches in his pocket and pulls out his knife, handing it to Kakuzu swiftly. Kakuzu then instructs Tobi, Deidara, and Zetsu to go around the room and find any clothe they can and bring it to him. He, Kisame, and Sasori lean around Hidan as he screams and rolls around in pain.

"Hidan! Fucking stop moving!" Kakuzu yells at him.

Hidan's eyes widen in a furious glare as he opens his mouth to yell back,

"YOU SHIT-FACE THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU AND YOUR DAMN BABY! I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU SO BAD WHEN THIS IS OVER YOU ASSHOLE, JUST WAIT! THIS IS LIKE HELL!!!!"

"You can kill me all you want once I'm done with this but just stop moving for now!" Kakuzu replies. He then tells Pain, Sasuke, and Suigetsu to work at holding Hidan to the floor. They do as their told and Hidan ends up laying flat on his back on top of a bunch of towels and sheets.

"The room will open in about an hour and half. Maybe we should just wait?" Leader-sama says helpfully.

"Yeah, 'cuz we all want to sit here for and hour and half listening to Hidan scream." Kisame rolls his eyes. "Come on. Let's do this."

Kakuzu grips Suigetsu's knife tightly as Sasori draws a line with a sharpie marker vertically along Hidan's lower abdomen. Kakuzu places the tip of the knife on the line and Hidan screams before Zetsu hits him over the head and he blacks out.

Everyone in the room stares at Zetsu blankly. He shrugs.

"He was too damn loud."

Kakuzu sighs.

"Ok then... Um, we should just do this then. I REALLY hope that didn't do anything to the baby. If it did, you owe me a baby, Zetsu."

Zetsu shrugs again. "Whatever."

Kakuzu just shakes his head as he cuts into Hidan's fragile skin. Almost as soon as he does he can feel movement beneath the skin. Despite himself, he smiles. His baby is alive.

He continues the procedure until a slimy red hand pops out into the cool air. Nearly everyone gasps and Tobi practically faints. Kakuzu and Kisame laugh as Kakuzu finishes the procedure, pulling the wiggling baby out of Hidan's open stomach.

He cuts the umbilical cord and Deidara leans over and slaps the baby's bottom. When she starts screaming, somehow louder than even Hidan was before, Kakuzu smiles at Deidara. Deidara smiles back saying cheerfully over the screams,

"Well I had to be useful for something, un."

Kisame and Sasori start sewing Hidan up but Kakuzu stops them saying firmly, "I'll do it. I'm an old pro, remember." He motions to his many scars.

He hands the wiggling baby to Konan and Karin and instructs them,

"Wash her off."

They nod, Konan bringing her over the sink as Kakuzu bites off some string and begins sewing Hidan's stomach. The others watch with baited breath as Kakuzu ties the knot at the end and the bleedings stops. Only a few moments later does the door open with a loud creeeeak. Everyone glances at Kakuzu and Pein reluctantly asks,

"Should one of us go get Yamada?"

Kakuzu sighs, looking down at Hidan.

"I'll take him to Yamada. I have a bad feeling about what he'll do to my daughter once he gets his hands on her. I am a little worried about Hidan, though. This wasn't a very sanitary procedure. I can't believe we had to do it in here."

He turns to Pein and says sympathetically, "Sorry about the meeting. Maybe we can try again another time."

Leader-sama nods then whispers to Konan,

"So what are my chances of getting him to pay me back for this?"

She just stares at him like he's crazy and replies quietly, "Less than zero, Nagato, less than zero."

He smiles lightly and kisses her. He then leans in and whispers in her ear,

"When we get out and I can get back to the real me... we'll have a kid, right?"

She smiles. "Yes. Please tell me you're serious, I really do want kids."

"Kids? Plural?" Pein asks nervously.

She smiles menacingly. "I want 7. I already have names picked out."

He shudders slightly at the thought of so many of his children running around but the smile on her face makes him forget about it. He kisses her again as he says,

"You can have as many as you want. I love you, Konan."

Kisame smirks. "Now that's something you don't see every day."

Suigetsu raises an eyebrow and Kisame laughs.

"Leader-sama being loving."

Suigetsu rolls his eyes as he mutters, "Yeah I guess love is in the air or whatever..."

He glances as Kakuzu hands his daughter to Karin and Sasuke for safe-keeping then he picks Hidan up gently and walks out of the room. Kisame smiles and places a hand on Suigetsu's shoulder.

"Love, huh? What do you say?"

Suigetsu blushes a bit as he stutters, "W-what are you talking about you pervy old fish!?"

Kisame laughs and leans in to try and kiss Suigetsu who just punches him and walks out of the room looking annoyed. Kisame rubs his jaw and mutters, "feisty..." as he follows after his new toy.

Karin is still working at cleaning off the baby as she asks Zetsu,

"Um... where are we supposed to hide this thing until Kakuzu gets back?"

Zetsu sighs and sits down on the couch as he replies, "You should probably just stay here. We're sure he'll be back soon."

"This thing?" Sasuke asks, raising an eyebrow.

Karin laughs. "What do you want me to call it?"

"It's a her, see?" Sasuke says flatly. "She's kinda cute too."

"How can you tell, she was just born? And she's way too noisy to be cute." Karin says back.

"I think she just wants her daddies, un." Deidara says cheerfully.

"She will see them in good time." a voice says from the door. They all turn around to see Yamada smiling widely, his eyes resting greedily on the child in Sasuke's arms. He walks a step forward and Sasuke moves back, his own eyes wary. Yamada flinches then smiles and says,

"Give her here, Sasuke. Now."

Sasuke shakes his head. Karin looks from Sasuke to Yamada then says,

"Um, Kakuzu told us to keep her safe. I think he would get mad at us if we passed her on to someone else."

Deidara and Sasori move closer in, surrounding Sasuke as Yamada replies,

"I don't think Kakuzu would mind me just taking her to the infirmary to make sure the birth wasn't too traumatic for her. Don't you think she would be safe with me?"

Karin looks nervous as Yamada directs his attention to Sasuke again and says,

"Sasuke, you know your friend Mr. Uzumaki is here to see you again..."

Sasuke eyes narrow dangerously but he holds the quietly screaming baby closer. Yamada continues,

"It would be a shame if something happened to him..."

"That's dirty!' Karin shrieks. Yamada ignores her and continues,

"Now, if I could please have that child, Sasuke. I'm sure you could go have a nice chat with Naruto."

"Tat won't be necessary." Kakuzu says from behind Yamada. Yamada turns around and Kakuzu glares. "We can all go to the infirmary, to check on Mei and Hidan."

Yamada purses his lips. "Fine, but don't forget our arrangement, Kakuzu. That baby needs to be monitored very carefully."

"Yeah, yeah..." Kakuzu mutters as he goes over to Sasuke and the Uchiha hands him his child. Mei doesn't stop crying, but she quiets down a lot. Kakuzu then walks out the door of the white room and Yamada follows him. Sasuke suddenly asks,

"Can I really see Naruto?"

Yamada smirks. "You could if he were actually here. He hasn't come back since you sent him away that one time. He said something about staying at a friends house. What was his friend's name again? Sai, I think it was..."

Sasuke's eyes widen and he curses quietly as Yamada turns away with a content smirk still on his face.

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