I do not own Naruto but I DO own all of the OCs and this fanfiction.
Chapter 37: Answers Are Imminent
The place was dark where the girl stood. The curtains were closed and the only light was that of a flickering candle. The light of the candle illuminated the black and green dress of the woman sitting in front of her, in her elaborate chair. The girl gave a bow a smiled to her higher-up.
"Mistress," the girl said.
The woman's face could not be seen due to the darkness but her foreboding voice could be heard clearly. "You are our last bit of pride, Kaori."
The girl looked directly in front of her and smiled. "Yes, Mistress. I will not fail you, as the sole bit of pride left. I will be nothing like those fools before me who dared to let you down."
"Good. Now go."
The girl turned and swiftly left. Her brunette bangs swayed in the wind as she stepped on into the night air, put on her witch cap and took flight on her broom.
But even an hour before, three other witch girls had set out way before her with a plan of their own…
At that exact moment, Kakuzu woke to a beeping sound. He opened his eyes and was puzzled as to what could be beeping, as the clock by his bed read 1:45 a.m. He sat upright and figured out that it was his phone, beeping continuosly…signaling that witches were nearby. He picked it up and looked at the screen. They were close. Very close. He put the phone on vibrate and went, quickly but softly towards the signal; towards Hidan's room. When he opened the door he saw nothing but Hidan sleeping, rather restlessly. He went over to his bed, looking around for a sign that anyone had been there. He saw nothing. At that exact moment Hidan grabbed him.
What in the world?
Kakuzu looked at Hidan; his eyes shone a lavender hue in the dark but he seemed to still be in a daze looking slightly terrified and a little disoriented.
Kakuzu shook his shoulder gently. "Hidan."
Hidan seemed to snap into reality. "Huh? What?"
"What were you dreaming about?"
"Oh, it's no big deal."
He was lying, of course. It was "that dream". "That dream" had been haunting him for years. The thing was, usually something would trigger his memory before he drempt about "that". So then what could've set his mind into that sought of mode. He couldn't think straight. Was it normally this hot in the apartment? He felt Kakuzu's cool hand on his forehead.
This was odd. Kakuzu knew that they had got rid of the fever Hidan had had before. He laid Hidan back down before getting a cool rag for Hidan's forehead. That's when it clicked. Everything seemed so familiar and the same things seemed to happen under the same circumstances. The reoccurring fever, the pale color in Hidan's eyes, the emotional instability and last but not least the position of the witches.
"Sasori!" he called.
Sasori appeared in the doorway almost immediately. "What?"
"I found a connection," Kakuzu whispered into Sasori's ear.
"What, how?"
"Because-wait a moment, what do you mean how? I'm capable of-"
"Never mind, just get on with it."
As Kakuzu told Sasori about his thoughts, Hidan was thinking through his own thoughts. Most of all, he was wondering if he would regret what he was about to say.
"You don't have to dodge the subject and all that," Hidan said.
"Huh?" Sasori asked.
"I soughta know about what you've been hiding from me, I mean about the witches and what they did."
Kakuzu crossed his arms. "Hidan, how did you find out?"
"Oh, uh, that's not even important," Hidan tried.
"You know, the way you look all guilty made me curious now," Sasori said, humored.
Hidan shook his head, feeling sought of angry with himself, to be truthful.
"I spied on you guys," he blurted.
"What?" Kakuzu exchanged glances with Sasori before he turned his angry eyes back to Hidan. "Are you honestly that stupid?"
"Thanks a lot," Hidan murmured. "I just wanted to know what you were talking about."
"It took me this long to realize what Hidan reminds me of," Kakuzu mused to Sasori.
"What?" Sasori asked.
"A 5-year-old."
Sasori chuckled; Hidan was ticked.
"Regardless, as I was saying," Kakuzu said, getting back on track. "It's highly probable that the witches have a lot to do with this fever Hidan keeps getting. If you think about it, it happens every time they're within range of our tracker. Not to metion the unstable emotions and the changing color of his eyes."
"But what does it help them gain?"
That's when Kakuzu noticed Hidan falling into a haze again and heard Erena's voice calling.
"Kakuzu-sama! Sasori-sama! Where are you?"
Erena's worried face lit up as she saw them standing in Hidan's room, but as she made her way towards them she was intercepted by three familiar witches.
Not again!
Shinzouko, Kanjou and Seishin stood happily between them. Erena pulled out her latest illegal gun.
"Let's end this now," Shinzouko smiled. "We've had enough of this!"
"Indeed," Kanjou growled. "Thanks to you guys we've been ridiculed to no end. Now you're going to pay."
Kanjou raised her wand above her head but then, everyone was startled as a violent kick sent her smashing into the wall. A brunette witch with her hair braided into two, long twintails and an all black traditional witch's ensenble-save for the short dress-stood over her.
The brunette grabbed Kanjou by the collar.
Kanjou's eyes widened. "Kaori?"
The brunette, seemingly named Kaori, just smiled and then kicked Kanjou again who slumped to the floor.
"Onee-chan!" Seishin cried, alarmed.
Kaori was easily able to smash Seishin on top of her sister and grab Shinzouko in one swift motion.
"You had your moment to shine, now it's my turn." Kaori gave a last smile before throwing Shinzouko to the ground and stepping on her, grindind her foot violently into her. Then she turned her malevolent eyes to Kakuzu and gave an evil smirk.
"I'm not impressed. This is droll; entertain me."
"Entertain you, huh?" Kakuzu cracked his knuckles.
"Wait, wait," Kaori said.
She went back over to Kanjou and grabbed a string of beads out Kanjou's pocket. Then she smashed the under her feet.
Hidan seemed to snap out of his haze and his eyes regained their original color.
"These beads were the cause of his problems," Kaori explained. "Now you can fight me without any interference."
So that was it.
"Fine by me," Kakuzu said, punching Kaori.
Kaori easily broke the force of the punch and landed on her feet. She ran back and kicked Kakuzu into the wall.
Kakuzu was surprised; that was a huge blast of power from a little body. Kakuzu had to admit, the girl had strong looking thighs, but still, it didn't look like she had that much power. Kakuzu came back at her, punching her but she was able to dodge his violent punches. Then she aimed a punch, directly at the wall. It blasted a gaping hole in it. Sasori used one of his puppets to knock her backwards.
"Are you retarded?" Hidan yelled at Kaori. "You could knock the entire building down!"
"Aw, really?" Kaori punched another hole into the wall. "That would be tragic, hmm?"
She wound up her fist again, but Kakuzu met her fists and pushed her backwards. Kaori raised her hands.
"Maybe I should stop messing around," a tiny whirlwind was swirling in her hand. "I could just destroy this entire complex in one blow."
Kakuzu froze.
She wasn't bluffing. Was she mad?
With all this, no one noticed Shinzouko sneaking into the kitchen and grabbing a knife.
Kakuzu stood still, in fighting position. "What is it that you want?"
"Give me Hidan and I'll leave," Kaori smiled.
"You know nothing about bargaining, do you?"
"Make your choice."
Kakuzu had no idea what to do. He needed time to plan. Should he just rip her heart out? No, she was too fast. Maybe Sasori could poison her with poisonous gas? No, that would hurt all of them.
That when Shinzouko appeared, knife in hand, and brought the knife deep into Kaori's side.
Kaori cried out. "You fool! What are you doing?"
Shinzouko ripped the knife out of Kaori and forced her to the ground.
"You were not meant to live, Kaori," Shinzouko growled. "I can't let you roam around anymore. Not on Earth, not in the Witches' Realm!"
"You have no idea what you're doing! The Mistress will be angry! You'll pay for this! For your very existence!"
"Then that's a chance I have to take!"
With this she plunged the knife deep into Kaori's heart.
A/N: I don't know about you guys but this chapter was really enjoyable for me. It was uber fun to put the scenes in my mind up here and bring 'em to life. ^v^ Hope the surprise got you. Okay, this is a two part thingy, one for now and one for tommorrow (I think). So, thanks everyone! ;)