Three days was blissful to the couple, but it had to last. Three days of enjoying each other's company with romantic settings here and there. Thanerah wished it would never end, but her wish was never granted. The couple stopped in front of the grand rich doors of Wraith's office and they checked themselves to be certain that they appear proper, because they were making love about an hour ago and lost track of time. So overall, they're late.

Hidan blew his lips as he huffed while telling himself mentally to calm himself. He asked his wife for double checking "Do I look okay?"

Thanerah arched a perfect brow at him "Should I be asking that?"

Hidan gave her a soft glare "Thanerah." He growled at her as a warning.

Thanerah softly smirked at him for hitting his nerve; she just like to play with him like that. She honestly replied while placing her hands on his hard shoulders. "You're fine, love. Although..." she reached her hand out to smooth his gelled hair. She expected him to push her away but he didn't move an inch. He watched her expression as she smoothed his hair until she nodded with satisfaction and rested her hands on his shoulders once again. "There." When she caught Hidan's blank stare, she asked him while tilting her head to the right side "Hidan?"

She could see that he was eyeing her lips then he flicked his eyes to her own. "Give me a kiss." It was more like a demand than a suggestion. But before she could breath, Hidan bent down quickly to capture her lips with his.

She moaned softly as she felt him wrapping his arms around her waist and she wrapped an arm around his neck as she kissed him back with equal hunger. Thanerah painfully pulled away from the heated kiss but stayed close to him as her inner self whined for more of the kiss. She said to him while feeling a little dizzy from the kiss. "Hidan, they're waiting for us inside."

Hidan simply shrugged his shoulders in an uncaring fashion. "So? I don't give a fuck."

Thanerah let out a small laugh, since she expected this from him. "Now love, we have to be vigilant. Your father has already given us three days off after we returned from the last mission. So, let's just get this over and done with."

Hidan sighed heavily once more. "If you insist..." He pulled an arm away from Thanerah but kept the other one around her waist and then breathed in deeply "Come on. Let's see what my old man has to fucking say."

When the couple entered the office, they saw Odan and Wraith drinking brandy together while Wraith was sitting behind his desk and Odan sitting on the edge of the desk near his older brother. When the doors were opened, they turned their heads. "Finally!" groaned Odan as he gently put his glass of brandy on the desk as he stood up from the edge of the desk. "You two are about an hour late. What the hell happened?" But before Hidan could answer him, he put a hand up to stop him "Actually, don't answer that!" Hidan closed his mouth but a smirk was on his face as he shoved his free hand in his pants pocket.

"So...how can we be in fucking service this time?"

Odan and Wraith glanced at each other then Odan looked straight into Hidan's eyes and mentioned towards the doors. Hidan understood what he meant so he pulled away from Thanerah to quickly close the double doors and locked it. After that, he returned to Thanerah's side and put his arm around her again. Thanerah smiled and gladly leaned on her husband. In response, he tightened his hold around her.

Thanerah politely asked the two elders "So, what do you need of us?"

Odan glanced at his older brother and Wraith nodded. "Don't worry. The room is sound proof."

"Are there any peek holes around here?"

Wraith smirked "Oh please. I built this fortress by scratch and I am the only one who knows its secrets. Trust me."

"Right..." Odan mumbled under his breath. He sighed softly as he turned his attention back to the couple. "Someone in our ranks is a traitor, but we don't know which."

"A traitor?" asked Hidan with an arched brow. "Who's your prime suspect?"

"We don't know, but we know that someone has sent in secret documents through a very discreet route through the network."

"Then interrogate the fucking engineer."

Wraith spoke "We've already interrogated him. He's innocent."

"How can you be so fucking sure, uncle?"

"We look through his mind for 7 hours straight. I did it myself. He is truly loyal to the order so I've given him 3 days off to get his mind cleared since I may have gone...rough on him a few times."

Odan rolled his eyes "You were torturing the poor man!"

"Hey! We're Jashinists, brother! Surely you must know of this!"

Hidan shouted to stop their ridiculous argument. "Enough already, you two!"

The brother jerked their eyes to Hidan with an annoying glance, but they stopped their argument. Odan then said to his son "Anyway, I have a few more suspects that I want you to interrogate. You just have to interrogate three suspects."

"What? That's fucking it? Just three fucking suspects?"

Odan arched a brow and asked him with a small smirk. "What? Do you want to interrogate the entire army, son? I'll be more than happy to give you the task."

Hidan grimaced with a deep frown and quickly said as he shook his head. "No thanks!"

Odan's smirk widened and he muttered under his breath as he crossed his arms on his chest. "I didn't think so..." He turned around to get a small piece of metal rod. He tossed it to Hidan and he caught it swiftly. Thanerah arched a brow as she wondered what this metal rod could do, but she was taken back when Hidan activate the rod that formed a holographic data-report. Hidan looked through the date and information of the suspects thoroughly then closed it, but he put the metal rod device in his coat inner pocket.

"All right. We'll see you later then." The couple turned around to face the closed doors but Odan called out to them at the last minute.

"Wait!" The couple stopped to glance at him over their shoulders. He continued "Thanerah, Dr Raze wants to see you as soon as possible. He told me that he has finished the combinations of the spirits so he should have the cure."

Thanerah beamed and thanked him before leaving the office with her husband.

Thanerah sat on the comfortable chair with Dr Raze by her side. Hidan stood by her other side while observing Dr Raze connecting Thanerah's arm device with a machine that has a tube of the mixed Spirits inside. Thanerah asked the doctor a bit nervously "A-Are you certain that this will work...?"

Dr Raze nodded with a confident smile. "I'm certain, Thanerah. Trust me."

She breathed in deeply to calm himself. "I'll try."

Dr Raze nodded and turned his attention to the machine to activate it. Soon, the Spirits energy was swarming through the connection to Thanerah, but she didn't feel anything until she felt something like a heavy burden being lifted off from her shoulders and saw herself glowing a bit as if her soul was being ignited. She sighed softly as she felt herself being lighted as the glow faded.

Dr Raze didn't hesitate to ask Thanerah "How do you feel?"

"I feel..." she glanced at her hands as she clenched her fists to test them "...lighter. Better than ever."

"So the fucking cure works..."

"Apparently so..." Dr Raze mumbled in amusement. Then he turned off the machine and pulled the wires out of Thanerah's arm device. "But we have to be certain that there are no Ukrah cells left in you. Get on the table, please."

Thanerah obeyed as Dr Raze went behind a desk of holographic screens with Hidan at his side. They did a quick scan on Thanerah and Dr Raze happily said to her "You're entirely clean out of the Ukrah cells. The Spirit solution works after all."

"Now, we have to work out how the fuck we're persuading the Council with this. I heard Pierce has already gotten the Council on their knees to give him the fucking permission to fire the fucking weapon of his." Dr Raze didn't say anything and he was staring out into space. Hidan arched a brow at the old man so he asked him "Doc?"

Dr Raze didn't answer but he suddenly faced Hidan and said "You have been a good friend. Better than I deserve."

Hidan didn't like it of where this was going and he was bringing his hand slowly to his gun "Raze...?"

Dr Raze suddenly pulled out an injection and injected something in Hidan's exposed neck. Hidan cursed under his breath as he aimed his gun at him but his vision was already starting t go blurry. He tried to pull the trigger but his body didn't respond. "S-Shit..." Hidan muttered as he got on his knees.

Thanerah was shocked of what she was seeing and she cried out "Hidan!" Before she could get out of the metal bed, Dr Raze pressed someone on the holographic screen and suddenly metal ropes tied around Thanerah to keep her down on the metal bed.

Thanerah struggled and groaned as the metal ropes tightened around her. She shouted at Dr Raze as he walked towards the small machine that held the Spirits. "Wha-What are you doing! Let me go!"

Dr Raze glanced at her sadly before he turned his attention back to the machine and take out the tube of Spirits. "I'm terribly sorry, Thanerah. Truly." He turned to face her and she could see sadness in his eyes "I never wanted this but I have no choice." Thanerah could see his white knuckles as he tightened his grip on the Spirits. "They threaten to kill her..."

"Who? Who's threatening to kill who!"

His lips trembled as he spoke "The Natoku. They kidnapped by daughter who is having a baby. They threaten to kill her if I don't do this."

Thanerah was absolutely speechless but she could understand why he had to do this. But she asked him "Why didn't you tell us this? We could help you!"

Dr Raze looked at the ground sadly and mumbled "You can't help me. I don't want them to kill you, too. I don't want to bring any more lives to be taken because for my personal needs..." He turned around and simply opened the doors. "Goodbye, my dear. It has been an honour knowing you."

Just as the doors closed behind him, Thanerah shouted "Dr Raze!"