Summary
It always seems that Kagome and men of the silver-haired persuasion never get along in the beginning...
A/N: Yes, I've done it. It's time for Kagome to meet someone else from the Akatsuki. Hope you all enjoy this. It was slightly a bitch to write. Despite my computer being on the fritz right now, I did manage to get this typed up... on my husband's computer... And he's looking over my shoulder right now while tapping his foot. Now he's laughing at me because I'm typing about it. I love him. He's da best!
At over 400 reviews, I am feeling very awesome indeed. But then, I probably wouldn't have made it this far without my readers out there! You guys are absolutely amazing. I don't think I can stress that enough. But it's true.
Warning- Not an actual warning. Just typical Hidan.
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Itachi had no idea what Leader-sama was thinking, pairing him up with Hidan for this particular assignment. He was, for the most part, indifferent to the Jashinist... when he wasn't being a pain in the ass with his rituals. That... was constantly happening.
It had taken them nearly twice as long to complete their mission due to these circumstances. The Uchiha was ready to strangle the silver-haired man for being such an ass. He really had to wonder at how Kakuzu was able to deal with him on a near daily basis. The other missing nin had to be insane by now. He sure felt like he was headed in that direction.
"Hey." If Hidan asked one more time if they could stop to do one of his damn rituals, he would leave the idiot behind. Sans his head.
"What," the former heir hissed, Sharingan blazing in annoyance. He was at his limit, as far as tolerance went. Because if the next words out of the Jashinist's mouth were 'ritual' or something incredibly lewd, he was going to snap.
"Let's stop at the village. I want to get some shit and restock on some supplies," Hidan commented, then added off-handedly, "Then we can go see that girl of yours that everyone's shittin' bricks about."
To his credit, he did not trip and run into the nearest tree in shock. Instead, he snarled and leveled a heated glare at the silver-haired missing nin. "There is no girl! Stop. Asking!"
"I think your fuckin' partner would say otherwise, bastard," the other male countered cheekily, smirking in victory when Itachi twitched quite violently.
He was going to turn Kisame into sushi.
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He sincerely hoped that they wouldn't see Kagome today. That, maybe, she was outside the village running some kind of errand. Karma was having a good laugh at him though, because shortly after restocking on supplies, they ran into her.
Literally, ran in to her. Hidan smirked and caught her before she hit the ground.
"Aww, gee, sorry about that," he said, not meaning his words at all. Meanwhile, Itachi's face had been leeched of most of its color the moment Hidan had purposely bumped into the girl.
'Please don't say anything to me. Please don't say that-'
"Itachi? Is that you?"
'-you know me. I hate ESP. It never works.' Hidan took one look at the pretty girl and clicked things together immediately.
"You're the chick everyone else has been screamin' around about, ain't 'cha?" he asked, grinning manically when she gave him a deadpan stare. She had to be. Only someone this naive would be so fuckin' nice to Itachi.
"Ummm... I guess... so?" Kagome replied, glancing at the horror-struck Uchiha in a 'help me' kind of way. Itachi merely closed his eyes and actually pinched the bridge of his nose. He knew this was bound to happen at some point or another, but he'd hoped that the first Akatsuki member he was there to introduce her to was a little more... sane than Hidan's particular brand of crazy. Like Kisame. Or Konan. But definitely not Pein or Deidara. He inwardly shuddered at the thought of the sweet girl meeting the blonde bomb's expert, or their brightly colored 'fearless leader'.
Hell, the guy would probably try to recruit her if he ever found out what she was. A prietess to monitor demon-vessels. Just what they needed. Not.
'Like hell I'd ever let them talk her into joining the Akatsuki willingly. I'd kill her myself before I'd let that happen.'
"This is... Hidan," the Uchiha finally ground out, restraining the urge to punch the Jashinist when he leered at the young priestess, "Don't give him your blood because he'll kill you with it."
"You're a fuckin' spoiled sport, Uchiha," the silver-haired man sighed, rubbing his hair lazily before sticking a hand out, "I ain't gonna kill her." Kagome awkwardly took the hand and shook it. "Yet."
"I'll have you know, I don't die easily," the priestess growled out, glaring heatedly at the much taller male, "The last time someone tried to, I purified him."
Hidan blinked in shock, registered her words, then grinned in a completely different way at her. "Well, what do you know. We already got a shit ton in common, girl. I'm a priest."
"Of what? Voodoo? And it's Kagome, thank you," she mumbled, eyeing the enormous scythe he carried warily. At least, if Itachi carried weapons, they weren't visible.
... Did Itachi carry weapons? In the village? She glanced at the stoic male in consternation, then brought her attention back to Hidan.
"Jashin. I'm a messenger for His Holiness."
"You sure you didn't just make that up? I've never even heard of a Jashin. And I've read about all sorts of religions," Kagome deadpanned, not expecting the fire to light Hidan's eyes.
Itachi, for the most part, was somewhat stunned. This was the most civilized he'd ever seen Hidan be to someone that wasn't in the Akatsuki. Maybe, this wasn't such a bad idea?
The silver-haired priest let loose a verbal storm of curses on the priestess at her comment, and the Uchiha took back his earlier thought. No, this had 'Bad Idea' written all over it. He'd step in if the idiot decided to start swinging his scythe around. He absolutely refused to let the priestess become one of His Nutiness's sacred sacrifices. Otherwise, it looked like Kagome was holding her own against the crazy religious fanatic fairly well.
"-and further more, you ungratefull hell-bound wench, what's to say the shit you believe in is even true? Why I oughta' stab you now and let your blood be the next sacrifice to my Master Jashin! He'd like a fuckin' virgin, after all! They're the sweetest-!" The dark-haired girl flushed deep red. Whether from embarrassment or anger, the Sharingan weilder wasn't quite sure. But then, he was feeling a little warm himself from that particular comment.
... Did that mean she was a virgin? Okay, that had 'Bad Idea' written all over it too. As in, Stop. Thinking. About. It.
'I am so screwed.' The screaming match finally got his attention back when Kagome looked ready to throttle the Jashinist.
"I've got one word for you pal," Kagome growled, glaring visciously at the silver-haired man. Before Itachi even had the chance to stop her, she grabbed the rosary hanging around Hidan's neck and yanked him face-first down on to the ground. Definitely anger.
"SIT BOY!" The Jashinist crashed to the floor in an inelegant heap, spewing curses the whole way. The Uchiha blinked in surprise at his temporary partner then glanced back at Kagome. She looked incredibly smug.
"That felt great," she sighed, cracking her knuckles and smirking before turning to Itachi with an innocent smile on her face. He sweat dropped.
"That was actually... two words." The Uchiha snapped his mouth shut at the glare she sent him.
'Note to self: Don't make her angry. There will be consequences.' How was it that she still managed to surprise him with displays of unusual strength?
"You... fuckin'... bitch," Hidan muttered, groaning as he picked himself up off the ground and glaring hatefully at the priestess. She merely smiled sweetly and put her small hand on top of his head. She then shoved his face in the dirt again.
"Save it. I've heard worse."
"Are you... serious?" Itachi asked, more curious than angry at the moment. Kagome nodded, messing up Hidan's silver hair in retaliation to him using more swear words. She just knew the ground was getting a great educational lesson today.
"I had a... friend. He had a mouth as bad as this one here," she pointed at the Jashinist, stepping away from him when he moved to trip her with his hand, "He called me all sorts of rude names. I just got used to it after a while."
"You're idea of friends must be real shitty, whore," Hidan spat, wiping his mouth and grinning evilly when Kagome sneered at him. Itachi, however, beat her to the punch. Literally. The silver-haired man groaned as he laid sprawled out on the floor, now with a serious headache. Courtesy of one angry Uchiha.
"Call her names again, Hidan, and I will find a way to kill you," the Sharingan user hissed, red eyes swirling in agitation. Kagome put a hand on his arm and shook her head.
"It's no big deal, Itachi. I don't really care if he calls me stupid names," the priestess soothed, patting his arm and smiling brightly. Again, he felt his face heat up, and he looked away. How had they not attracted a crowd by now?
"Regardless. It's rude and disrespectful," he replied, huffing at the fact that she wasn't angry at all. This friend of hers really must have put her through a lot. He'd happily incapacitate said friend too, if the dark-haired girl would just point him in the right direction.
"Well... I gotta get going. Stop by when you don't have this nut with you, okay?" Kagome finally decided to take a little mercy on Hidan, and let him up. She then patted Itachi contentedly on the top of his head, waved goodbye, and spun away to return to whatever it was she'd been up to today. Face heating in embarrassment, he proceeded to drag a smirking Hidan back to base.
"... You let her get away with shit like that?" he muttered, watching the Uchiha intently this time before adding belatedly, "And I'm not a fuckin' nut." His answer was merely a string of unintelligable words that sounded vaguely murderous.
"I will kill you if you say one word to anyone about that."
The two Akatsuki members were surprisingly silent for most of the return trip back to base and their report to their leader. Just before they parted ways, Itachi to find Kisame and Hidan to do... whatever the hell it was he did in his spare time, though, the Jashinist couldn't resist one last jibe.
"If she dumps your crazy ass, I can kill her for you. Master Jashin would still enjoy her, even if you fuckin' defile her and shit."
It earned him a beautiful black eye.
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A/N: Not quite sure if this turned out the way I wanted it to, but I put the part in that I really wanted to do. The 'sit' part. I'm sure you would all agree with me on it.
Kisame better freakin' run like hell. Itachi's on a war path. And he wants fish for dinner. Hahaha!
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