Chapter 2

Hidan woke up the next day when he heard the door open. He peaked towards the door and saw a large, dark figure approaching him. He immediately thought it was Orochimaru and tried to get as far away from him as he could. He covered his head to protect himself if his master would hit him. "Hey, hey kid. Calm down. I won't hit you" the voice was different. It wasn't the hissing, snakelike voice he was used to but a warmer yet firmer voice. He dared to peak up and saw a mask and a pair of red and green eyes. He slowly lowered his hands bur he didn't let his guard down just yet.

"It's me Kakuzu, remember?" Hidan slowly nodded, not taking his eyes of him. "Well, Konan wanted me to tell you that they are going to get you some new clothes and they wanted to know what colors you liked and that kind of stuff" the banker said with a slightly annoyed voice. Hidan just looked at him. "WELL!" Kakuzu yelled making the neko jump and once again cover his head. They the other remembered that the newcomer couldn't speak. "Look I'm sorry okay, but could you come downstairs?"

Hidan slowly got out of bed, lightly biting the sleeve of his too-big shirt and holding his tail with the other hand. When Kakuzu took a better look at him it was clear that he was way too skinny. The black pants that he wore were also hanging to loosely on his hips. If there hadn't been a belt they would have fallen right of. Kakuzu opened the door and gestured for the neko to follow him. When they got downstairs they saw Deidara jumping in front of Konan, waving something in her face, ears standing up and tail lightly waging in excitement. "I had an awesome idée" he said and ran over the Hidan, who looked kind of scared of the blond neko. "Since he can't talk, he can use this notebook to write what he wants to say, un"

Konan and Kakuzu just starred at him, making the blond blush slightly. "Um, well it seemed like a good idée in my head at least, un" he said with a sad look. "Deidara, that's a great idée. That way we'll be able to communicate much better with Hidan" Konan said and gave Deidara a big hug. When she let go of him, Deidara calmly walked back to Hidan, giving him the notebook which had a pen and a rope attached to it. "So you can keep it around your neck" the blond said with a big smile. Hidan looked at him with big eyes before bowing slightly. All three looked at confused at him. Why did he bow to them? Did he think that they were above him?

"Hidan sweetie, you don't have to bow to us. We're your friends" Konan said and placed a hand on his head, slightly scratching his cat ears. A purr was heard from the silver neko as he closed his eyes in pleasure. This made Konan smile, since it was the first time Hidan had actually relaxed in their present. When seeing this, Deidara began to sulk; he also wanted a scratch so he quickly moved to Konan's side and poked her with his head. She got the hit and began to scratch him as well.

They stood like that for a little while until Kakuzu made a little fake cough to end this sweet moment. Hidan blushed slightly and went back to nibble the sleeve of his shirt. Deidara on the other hand looked at the banker with a rather sour look. "Now we'd better get going. Hidan, do you want to come with me to buy some new clothes?" Konan said with a happy voice. Hidan gently took the pen and began to write on in the note book. When finished he held it up so she could read it. "You don't have to waste your money on clothes for me. I'm fine, miss" Konan blushed a little when being called miss. "Sweetie, it's not a waste. And you don't have to call me miss. You can call us all by name" she said and opened the front door. The silver neko hesitated for a moment but soon followed her to the car. He opened the door but didn't get in. He wasn't really sure what to do. Orochimaru never let him sit on the seats in his car; he would just stuff him into the trunk. Konan noticed the insecure look on the neko's face. She walked around and lifted the surprisingly light neko and placed him in the car seat. She then positioned herself behind the steering wheel and they were of.

The ride wasn't long, only 10 minutes. Konan smiled to herself when she saw the neko excitingly looking out the window at all the houses and people. They soon drove in at a big mall, as soon as they got out Konan noticed that Hidan seemed a little uncomfortable since there was a lot of people and nekos there. As Konan began to walk, Hidan gave her a questioning look. He wrote something very quickly and held it up, "Leash?" Konan just looked at him. She then gave him a sad smile as she walked over to him, placing her hands on his shoulders and guiding him towards the mall. "There is no reason for you to wear a leash"

Hidan couldn't believe these people. Why were they being so nice to him? He insecurely followed the woman, making sure to keep close to her arm, big crowed scared him a bit. They walked through the mall, walking into a few shops while Konan asked a few questions.

"So how old are you?"

"16"

"How long did you stay with Orochimaru?" the question caught the neko totally of guard, causing him to almost trip. He took a deep breath and wrote down the answer with a shaking hand. This did not go unnoticed by Konan who eminently regretted asking the question.

"Since I was about 9" Konan covered her mouth with her hand. 7 years? Did Hidan put up with that creep for 7 whole years? Hidan saw the way she reacted and turned his head away in shame. Konan's heart just broke when she saw how the memories pained the young neko. They staid silent until Konan finally decided to break the ice.

"So what do you like to do?"

"Well I like being outside and reading, but if it displeases you all I don't need any of that"

Konan sigh to herself before pulling Hidan it a store with clothes for nekos.

As soon as they stepped inside the store came a young blonde man up to them with a big smile on his face. "Hi and welcome to Neko Wear. Can I help you?" Hidan quickly hid behind Konan who just chuckled. "Hi Naruto. How are you?"

"Great. I was actually gonna call you tonight. Sasuke and I were planning on coming over this weekend. Would that be alright?"

"Of course. Oh I almost forgot, Naruto this is the newest member to our family, Hidan" the blue haired said and stepped aside.

"Hello Hidan I'm Naruto. So you're a newcomer. Itachi told me" Hidan tilted his head to the side with a confused look on his face. Did Itachi know them? Naruto chuckled and continued "Itachi's younger brother Sasuke is my boyfriend" the neko gave the young man a quick smile before bringing his sleeve up to his mouth and gently biting on it.

"Not much of a talker is he?" Naruto said to Konan as the two watched the nervous neko.

"He can't Naruto. Orochimaru hurt his throat so he can't talk anymore" the blonde's eyes widened in shock. "You're serious?" Konan nodded.

"Well we can talk about that later. Now, you need some new clothes right?" Naruto said and walked over to Hidan. The neko gave a small nod and looked at Konan who smiled back.

"Hidan you can pick out anything you want from here okay?" Hidan looked at her with shocked eyes. He quickly wrote "Anything?" and held it up to her. Konan nodded and let Naruto guide thought the store. Here and there Hidan would carefully reach out of a shirt or a pair of jeans but each time he looked at the other two as to ask there promotion to pick it. After about 15 minutes Hidan had picked out 2 pair of pants, 3 sweaters and a hooded shirt. The three moved along to the dressing room where Konan and Naruto sat down in two air chairs and started to chat while the neko tried on the clothes.

The other two's conversation was interrupted when the neko gently cleared his throat. They looked up to se Hidan standing in front of them in a pair of black jeans and a red and black sweater. "That looks great Hidan" Naruto happily said making the neko to slightly blush. Hidan went back inside and a few minutes later he came out with a new outfit.

Just as Hidan was putting on the last sweater, Konan gently knocked and slid the door opened. "Hidan I found this and I think you might like it" she looked up and was faced by the scared and torn back of the neko. It looked like he had been whipped, repeatedly. Hidan looked over his shoulder when he heard Konan's voice and when seeing her face, he quickly backed up against the wall to hide his back. He didn't want to displease her. "Hidan, did he do that?" the neko's entire body tensed but he nodded, looking down. Not wanting to make Hidan anymore uncomfortable then he already was, she handed him the shirt and giving him a smile.

"Right we're ready? You got all that you wanted?" Naruto said when Hidan got out with his old clothes on. Hidan nodded and gave him a small smile. Konan took the clothes and went to pay for them with Naruto. The neko quietly followed, a bit more relaxed now. They said good bye to Naruto and walked back to the car. Just as Hidan was about to climb the car he heard a familiar, cold voice that made his skin crawl. "Well hello there little Hidan"

TBC

Oh my who might it be? ^_^

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