A/N: I decided to rewrite some of this chapter because I didn't like it at all. Not only that but I was having trouble writing the fourth chapter, so I needed to change this one. Don't know when the new chapter will be out, but please review and give me your thoughts. I'd also like to know what you'd like to see happen in this story.


Chapter 3

I opened my eyes, only to see darkness. I tried to touch my face to feel what was covering my eyes, but my hands were tied behind my back. How long have I been knocked out? Where am I?

"Hello?" I called out. "Hello?"

"Oh good, you're up." A male voice answered me.

"Who's there?"

"Does it really matter?"

"I…guess not." It went quiet for a moment and I could feel the person looking down at me. "Did you need me for something?" I asked, wondering what the guy was doing standing there.

"Leader-sama wants to speak with you."

"Leader-sama?" Leader? Leader of what?

"Yes, now get up," he ordered. I shifted in my position and tried to stand. For some reason my leg felt weak and I couldn't stand.

I tried again, failing a second time. "Uh…I don't think I can stand…"

The man sighed, "I told Sasori that injecting a drug wouldn't be necessary…"

The next thing I knew, I was lifted up and carried out of the room. From what I could tell, he was kind of carrying me like a groom would carry his bride. "H-hey, put me down!" The man ignored me and continued walking. I felt a blush rise to my cheeks and felt very stupid. I couldn't even see the man who was carrying me. He could be as pretty as a…donkey's…butt for all I know.

I allowed my head to slump against the man's chest; I could hear his heart beat…but there was more than one. How could there be more than one…?

I then felt the man lower me down and hold onto my shoulders as my feet touched the ground. "Can you stand now?"After being sure that I wasn't about to collapse under my weight, I nodded. He released my shoulders from his strong grip and I could hear him moving away. "Wait, where are you going?"

"You're in his office now. My job's done."

"Hello Bitch," said a man's voice, my head snapped in his general direction. It sounded like that white-haired man…Hidan. That was his name wasn't it? "How have you been?" He whispered in my ear, making me jump. When did he get there? Hidan laughed.

"Hidan, stop," ordered a cold voice. By simply hearing this new man speak, I could tell he was very powerful. Could this be Leader-sama? "You girl…are not who I expected Hidan and Kakuzu to bring back. What's your name?"

"A-Aiko."

"Aiko," the man repeated and remained silent for a moment. "Hidan, you better pray to that 'god' of yours this is the right person."

"Of course I'm sure. I'm tellin' you that damned old bag was a fraud."

"Just to be sure…" I heard a swish slice through the air and hit something. Then something fell to the floor.

"What the fuck!" Hidan yelled. "I just got my head sewed back on by that greedy bastard! What you cut it off for?"

I think the Leader decided to ignore him, because he spoke to me without answering Hidan's question. "Girl, I am the leader of the Akatsuki, an organization of S-ranked criminals. Right now I am going to remove that cloth covering your eyes and untie you. I want you to heal Hidan. You try to run and I won't hesitate to kill you, understand?"

I could feel my knees trembling as I answered, "Yes." I felt the cloth slide off and my hands being released. I opened my eyes to see myself in a dimly lit room. Across from me, I could see a desk. I could make out a figure sitting behind it, who I assumed to be Leader-sama. I couldn't see anything, except for his strange eyes. I looked around for Hidan and my stomach dropped to the floor. On the ground I see Hidan's body, with his head laying a few ways from it, face down. I looked back at Leader-sama, who nodded for me to heal Hidan.

Not quite understanding how I could heal someone who's dead, I carefully picked up Hidan's bleeding head and turned it over so I could see his face, only to have his pinkish-violet eyes blinking up at me.


The stupid bitch screamed and dropped me on the floor. "Holy fuck! What the hell is wrong with you woman!"

"Y-You're head…."

"Yes my head has been chopped off! Now put it back on my damn body!" I barked at her. She nodded and quickly swopped up my head in her arms, hurrying back to my body. She carefully placed my head as close to my neck as possible. Then she just sat there chewing on her thumb nail. "Will ya get to it!"

She jumped where she stood. "I'm sorry…I just never tried something like this before…"

I rolled my eyes, women… "Just get on with it, damn it!"

She nodded and sat on top of my body, holding my neck and head together as though she was trying to choke me. She closed her periwinkle eyes and bows her head slightly. It seems that she's murmuring something and strange warmth grows at my neck and spreads throughout my body. She stays there, unmoving for a few moments and I just stare up at her…not like I could do anything else.

I began to regain feeling in the rest of my body and could now feel her weight upon me. She slowly opens her eyes, as she lessens her hold around my neck, and look at me. That strange warmth she was emitting from her hands faded away and I waited for her to move, but she continued to sit on top of me, as though she I was of interest to her. Her eyes…I'd really like to gouge them out.

"Will you get the fuck off now!"

She blinks down at me, as if she had come out of a trance, and nods. She slowly gets off me, giving me the privilege of looking down her shirt.

Standing in front of the fucking Leader, she waits to see what he has to say. "It looks like you weren't wrong after all Hidan. That's quite surprising."

"You bastard…!" I started, but he ignored me.

"I've decided that you'll be watching over her."

"What the fuck!" I yelled, a bit shocked he even considered me for the job. "I don't want to baby sit this…kid!"

"Umm…I'm 18," said the bitch, causing me and Leader to look over at her. She quickly looks down. "I mean…I'm 18 years old…uh…I'm not a child."

I open my mouth to say something, but Leader cuts me off. "Regardless…we can't have you running off…can we? Hidan, take her to your room."

"Why the hell does she have to stay in my fucking room! Aren't you afraid I'm going to rape her or something! Why can't the little fucker sleep somewhere else!"

"Fine just go find her a place to sleep then."

"Why?"

"Because I said so…now go."

"But…"

"Shouldn't you just do as he says?" The little bitch speaks again and I turn to her and glare. She quickly panics. "I-I mean, he's your leader. S-shouldn't you do as he says?"

"You little bitch! Don't order me around! I'm your fucking senior!"

"I-I wasn't I was only suggesting that…"

"Don't suggest me around either! Now let's go!" I stormed out of the room and the girl followed me into the hall. Stupid girl…can't she just keep her mouth shut? Is it really that fucking hard? She should learn her to stay out of things…

"H-Hidan-san…" the girl spoke in her quiet voice.

"What?" I grumbled.

"I'm sorry."

"What the hell for?"

"For…making you angry," she sort of whispered. I sighed and turned around to look at her. She was about a half a head shorter than me…but she seemed much smaller and frail. "Look Bitch, there's nothing for you to feel fucking sorry for. So you better not start crying…"

"My name is Aiko."

"What?"

"My name isn't Bitch. It's Aiko."

My eye twitched. "I can call you whatever the fuck I want!"

"A-Alright," She said looking down.

"What?" I looked at her a bit confused. "You're not gonna object or anything?"

"If it makes you happy, then you can call me that if you want."

"What the hell is wrong with you!"

"E-excuse me?" she asks, staring back up at me as if she had no idea what I was talking about.

"Why the hell if you'd care if I'm happy or not?"

Oddly enough, she smiles up at me. "Because Kami-sama always wants you to make sure other people are happy and serve others. So I'll do anything you ask me to."

"Is that so?" I said between my teeth, trying to resist the urge to lash out at her.

"Yes. If you're good to others, that goodness comes back to you. You know? Karma, that's one of Kami-sama's basic teachings! I think everyone should worship…"

"Will you shut the fuck up! Jashin is the only God there is! I don't want to hear anymore about your make believe God!"

"You know, you should be more respectful towards another person's beliefs," she said calmly.

"What about you! Talking about how great your fucking God is, when I obviously have my own religion!"

"I was only sharing with you my beliefs. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but if it upsets you I won't talk about it anymore," She sort of curtsied apologetically, before saying, "Besides that, you're an 'adult' aren't you? I would think you'd be more respectful towards others…"

"You…"


"…little fuck face!" Hidan yelled at me and pinned me to a wall. I looked at him wide eyed wondering what she said wrong. "You need to learn to keep your damned mouth shut!" He started to laugh insanely. "What should I do to shut you up? Maybe I should rip out your throat? Or you know what would be better? Torture! I should slowly penetrate you with large sharp objects and listen to your cries. Ah, that would be wonderful, wouldn't it Jashin-sama!" He began to pull me by my hair, still talking about how he'd torture me and present me to his god Jashin.

"H-Hidan!" I shrieked out, trying to make his hand release my locks of hair.

"Huhhh? Did you say something bitch!" He looked back down at me.

"L-Let go!"

He laughed again. "Why would I do something like that!" He pulled on my hair again and my face contorted in pain. Smirking, he whispered in my ear, "This is nothing compared to what I can do to you. Your pain is my pleasure." I looked at this man, who held onto my hair, and concluded that he was crazy.

"Hidan," A very cool voice called out and a feeling of joy surged through me. Hidan and I turned to his left to see a man with dark hair, pulled back in a ponytail, and onyx eyes, walking towards us. It was Uchiha Itachi. Hidan released me from his grip and I ran almost immediately to Uchiha-san, clinging onto his arm. He ignored me and asked Hidan, "What were you doing?" His voice was cold and demanding, but it made me feel safe.

"I was…petting her hair," Hidan lied, obviously.

"Petting her hair…" Uchiha-san repeated.

"Yeah… it was so soft that I couldn't help myself…you know, like when you see a really hot babe walking down the street? You can't help but drag her away and rape her." Hidan said as though raping someone was no big deal.

Uchiha-san's expression remained emotionless. "Don't compare entirely different things to make a point. It makes you look stupid." Hidan began to open and close his mouth like a gaping fish. "And you…" Itachi directed his attention to me. "Let go." I blushed a bright red and quickly released his arm from my embrace.

He looked at me, with his coal eyes. When I looked into them, I could tell his soul was almost empty, but there was something else about his soul that stood out to me. It seemed to have a very faint warm feeling as well… "Hidan, shouldn't you be taking her somewhere?"

Hidan mumbled something that sounded like, "Yeah….to find some place for her to sleep…"

"Then shouldn't you take her then?"

"Yeah yeah…" Hidan sort of stomped over to me and grabbed my wrist, trying to pull me away from Uchiha-san, but I didn't want to go anywhere with Hidan. "C'mon Bitch! Will you move your fucking ass!"

"Aiko-san," Uchiha-san said calmly, looking down at me with his dark colored eyes. "It will be all right. Hidan won't be doing anything like that to you again."

"O-okay, Uchiha-san."

"Itachi is just fine," he said, his face still showing no emotion. "And don't do anything Hidan wants that makes you feel uncomfortable." He looked down into my eyes, to be sure I understood his orders.

I nodded and I let go of his arm, allowing Hidan to pull me away. I looked back to see Itachi-san go into to one of the rooms in the hallway, which I assumed was his. "Damn, you'll listen to that bastard but you won't listen to me?"

"His soul…is different from yours."

Hidan laughed. "How? That bastard is a heartless killer, like me."

I shook my head. "His soul…was empty. He doesn't seem to have many feelings."

"How the hell does that make him better than me?"

"I'd rather be around someone with no emotions than someone who's always yelling at me," I said, quickly covering my mouth with my own hand. I didn't mean to say that out loud. I quickly looked over at Hidan, a bit scared he'd start shouting again, but instead he continued walking down the hall.

For some reason I was glaring after she said what she said. Why the hell would she like that pretty boy more than me? He isn't that good looking is he? And she admits he doesn't have much feeling! What the fuck is up with that? How the hell could she fall in love with an emotionless guy? I don't know why, but it just pisses me the fuck off. The damned bitch obviously likes Itachi more than me…but then again I really shouldn't give a fuck, one way or the other. Still, I was curious. "Hey, Bitch."

"Yes, Hidan-san?"

I noted how polite she sounded. "What does my soul look like?"

"Excuse me?"

For some reason I felt glad that she couldn't see my face. "What does my fucking soul look like?"

"You'll have to turn around so I can see it."

I stopped and turned around. "Can't you see it from anywhere?"

She shook her head. "No…the only way to see someone's soul is to look into their eyes," she said, her eyes boring into mine. We stood there for a minute or so, staring at each other….or at least I was. "Your soul…" she said after long last. "…is wild."

"Wild?"

"Wild and crazy," she confirmed.

"Is that it?" I asked, resisting the urge to hit her for suggesting that I, Hidan, was crazy.

"Well…there's something else about it…but I can't really put my finger on what it is," she bowed her head slightly. "I'm very sorry."

I don't know why, but I wanted her to say something else about my soul. I don't know what the hell that something was, but I know I wanted her to say something different. I decided not to think about what it was I wanted her to say and I looked away from her. "Stop apologizing for nothing. Now follow me, I think I know where you can sleep."