In the hospital of Hanatul, Hidan had been sitting on the chair beside his wife who was lying in bed while being connected with a heart beating machine. He had been silently praying to Lord Jashin that she would be all right. But he had no doubt that Thanerah will live, but he still couldn't believe that he couldn't protect her again from his little brother.
Hidan had his hands together and they were holding each other tightly as he was blaming himself for Thanerah to be in the state she was in. How could he be so stupid? Letting Thanerah be harmed AGAIN?
He had tried so hard over the years to protect her, but he failed last night. But at least she'll be alive. Fortunately Koruko had missed her heart and even if he had, Lord Jashin would have revived her like he did before.
But Hidan still blamed himself for getting her in harm. He reached a hand out and squeezed her hand tightly. "I'm so sorry, Tha..." he whispered to her in the quiet private hospital room. He suddenly felt his hand being squeezed.
"It's all right..." Thanerah whispered back as she opened her eyes and slowly turned her head to him with a soft smile. Her smile dropped when he didn't smile back, just looked at her sadly.
"But I f**king let you get in harm...My job is to f**king prevent that."
She squeezed his hand softly "Hey, we all sometimes make mistakes. Not all of us are perfect."
"But I made a f**king promise to myself that I won't let anything bad happen to you..." He sighed heavily "Some f**king husband I am..." he muttered sadly.
She softly glared at him and tugged his hand towards her "Come here." He narrowed his eyes at her but he obeyed. He came to her and she quickly wrapped her arms around his neck so she could bring him in a warm embrace with his head resting on her chest.
He was surprised by this but he returned the embrace and listen to her heartbeat. She whispered to him in his ear "Hidan, you're everything I want and nothing is going to change that. And you're a wonderful husband. And believe me, the pain was worth it."
He sighed heavily and mumbled "You're too good for me..."
She softly pushed him away so she could smile at him in the face "But I wouldn't wish for anyone else."
He stared into her eyes with a blank expression until he suddenly crashed his lips against hers into a passionate kiss. She muffled in surprise but she smiled as she kissed him back. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped his around her waist to bring her body pressed against his.
As they kissed, they could hear Thanerah's heart rate increasingly. Suddenly the door was banged open and then the couple heard a loud gasp. Hidan refused to pull away so he continued to kiss Thanerah passionately.
"Oh my..." muttered whoever entered which Thanerah guessed was the nurse. Soon they both heard the door being closed and the nurse probably told the rest of the staff that it was a...innocent alarm.
Thanerah had to pull away in need of air and they both panted heavily. They leaned on each other's foreheads with heavy lidded eyes. She smiled at him and gave him a small peck. After she pulled away Hidan sat on the edge of the bed while holding both of her hands.
He grabbed something from the counter and showed her a stuff grey wolf "Soran thought it would be appropriate to give you this," Hidan said as he waved the stuff animal to her.
Thanerah giggled and accepted the stuff grey wolf. "I think it's adorable," she complimented with a smile as she observed the stuff animal.
Hidan then grabbed a big box and gave it to Thanerah "This is from Claw."
"Oh?" she placed the stuff wolf by her side and opened the box. She gasped softly when she saw many different chocolates inside. She quickly grabbed one and shoved it in her mouth. She squealed in delight when the sweetness hit her tongue. She offered one to Hidan but he shook his head.
He grabbed another and showed her a small bouquet of lilies "And this is from Fenora."
"Oh, how sweet of her," she complimented with her mouth half full with Claw's chocolate. Then she asked him with a solemn expression "Hidan, what happened to the helmet? Tagor? Eddy?"
Hidan sighed heavily and explained to her "We lost the f**king helmet. It's now in the f**king Natoku hands. As for Tagor and Eddy: they're safe. They're both here. Tagor came to visit you just an hour ago. And the kids had been worried sick since you've been sleeping in for two days."
"I've been sleeping for two days?" asked Thanerah in shock and Hidan nodded.
"But now you're awake, this should lighten up everyone's mood." He pulled out his phone and sent a message to everyone about Thanerah's recovery. Afterwards he put his phone away.
"And what are we going to do about the sword? We need to get it before the Natoku does."
"We're not going to go. I've told my father that this job should be assigned to the GRIMs. I don't want to risk my family again," he said to her sternly.
She sighed softly in relief and replied "That's a good idea...Are the GRIMs retrieving the sword right now?" Hidan nodded.
"As for now, you rest. I'll sign the papers for your release," he quickly bent down to kiss her on the forehead and then left the room.
"Mom!" cried out Soran as he tackled Thanerah in a tight hug when she was walking out of the hospital with Hidan. She groaned but she smiled and hugged her elder son back.
"Hi, honey. I'm fine, really," she managed to say.
Hidan cleared his throat to get Soran's attention "You're f**king suffocating your mother, Soran. She's turning blue."
Soran quickly released his mother and apologized to her "Sorry about that, mom. But you had us all worried."
Thanerah smiled up at him "But I'm all right now. There's nothing to worry about."
Claw said to her "But we lost the f**king shield. Now we have to find the other f**king piece."
Hidan said to him "We're not going after it. I'll leave this to the GRIMs."
Claw and Soran started to protest "B-But, Da-!"
They were both cut off by Hidan who looked a bit pissed off "No buts, ifs or ands. I'm not going to endanger our family again!"
The kids went silent and they glanced at each other. Thanerah quickly said to them "Perhaps this is for the best. The GRIMs can handle something like this. So don't worry. Besides, I won't be able to travel as much with a wound like this," she mentioned towards her wounded chest.
Soran sighed heavily and said to his siblings "Mom's right. I believe we all do deserve a break from this. What do you guys think?"
Claw and Fenora glanced at each other and then they both sighed heavily in defeat. Fenora said "I didn't want to tell any of you, but my body is aching to sleep."
"I'm with her in this," Claw commented as he pointed at her with his thumb while using his free hand to rub the back of his neck.
"Then let's go home," said Thanerah as she felt Hidan wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
A few days later...
Hidan and Thanerah were eating some breakfast together in their apartment until they suddenly heard one of their phones ringing. Hidan stopped eating and quickly grabbed his phone that was ringing. "What?" he asked as he answered the phone.
Thanerah was staring at him as he had an easy expression while listening to whoever he was talking with. He suddenly shouted as he sat up "What!? You got to be f**king kidding me!" He suddenly slammed his phone on the table which made the things to jolt from the impact.
"F**k!" he shouted in anger. Then he started to pace back and forth in the room.
Thanerah asked him "What's wrong?"
Hidan stopped pacing and answered her gravely "The unit we sent to retrieve the third f**king piece was found dead near the borders. Yesterday they sent me a message that they've found the f**king piece. But if they're dead now and the piece is missing there's only one answer to that."
"The Natoku," she answered gravely.
He nodded "Exactly." He sat on the chair again and sighed heavily. "We're f**ked up. I didn't expect the f**king Natoku to move so sudden after all these f**king years."
She reached her hand out to touch his arm "None of us expected this. But we'll find a way to stop them." Then an idea struck in her head "Hidan, after we're done here. Could you come with me to check the helmet? I believe I saw those markings before in one of the books..."
Hidan said to her "We could go there right now."
Odan opened the vault which had the golden shield safe inside. He gestured for Thanerah to enter first. She nodded to him and entered the vault. She was also holding a book which she believed had the same marking images as the markings on the shield.
The shield was protected by an electrified barrier which can only be opened by a code only Odan knew. She looked at the shield closer and clicked her fingers "I knew it..."
Hidan appeared behind her and asked "Found what you want, babe?"
She nodded to him with a wide grin "Yeah..." She quickly opened the book she brought and flipped the pages until she stopped at the page she wanted. She showed it to Hidan and asked him "Doesn't it look similar? The markings?"
Hidan carefully looked at the weird markings in the book and then glanced at the shied. He kept glancing between the two and nodded in agreement. He looked at the next page and read out the title "Natoku..."
She nodded to him "Yes. These pieces are going to bring Natoku back to this world from his prison. Apparently, there's another way out. And it's through these armours which were believed to be lost forever."
He read through some more of the content in the book and stated "These f**king armours belong to him. The armour was made by the Gods but they were f**king lost when he was battling with your father."
She nodded "Yes."
Hidan glanced at the shield and shut the book "And we're f**king holding his final piece to set him free...No doubt the Natoku would try to take it back." Hidan turned his head to his father who was standing behind him. "You need to double the security here, old man. No doubt the f**king Natoku will try to get their hands on this f**king thing." He pointed the golden shield with his thumb.
Odan nodded and walked back to his office to double the security. Hidan turned his attention to Thanerah who was staring at the shield intently. He quietly walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Hey, you okay?"
Thanerah placed her hands on his arms and gladly leaned against him. She answered him "I'm just worried, Hidan. I just hope the business with this Natoku would end smoothly."
His jaw tightened and he leaned his head against hers, "Me too..." He pulled away and grabbed her hand "Come on. Let's head back home."
She nodded and gladly followed him out of the vault to their apartment.
Later that night...
Four GRIMs were in Odan's office as they were ordered to. Especially they were guarding the vault where it held the final piece to the Natoku's goal. Suddenly one of the GRIMs heard a sound like something dashing through the shadows.
The GRIM turned his head to the direction but saw nothing. "Hmm...that's strange..." the other three GRIMs looked at him.
"What?"
"I just heard something."
The GRIMs looked at the same direction. One of them commented "Well, I don't see anythi-!" Suddenly a small dart hit his neck which made him to stop his sentence. Then he suddenly fell to the ground.
"Victo-!" one of the GRIMs was cut off again when another dart hit his neck and then did the same with the other two. Once the three bodies fell to the ground, a portal of shadows appeared in the room. A figure covered in black clothes came out of the portal and looked at the direction of the vault.
Koruko smirked under his hood and walked towards the vault. He easily used another portal to enter the vault. He reappeared in front of the container that held the shield. Koruko reached his hand out to the code and pulled out the cover. He cut through some wires and connected some until the container cancelled its force field.
Koruko smirked in victory and grabbed the shield. He traced the carnation on it with a victorious smirk. Soon he summoned a portal and entered it. He reappeared in Hidan's apartment and heard water running from the kitchen. He hid behind a pillar and glanced to see Thanerah drinking some water.
Koruko smirked softly. He quickly pulled out a new dart and quickly shot it at her neck. She gasped in surprise but she soon fell to the ground limp. The glass was near to the ground but Koruko quickly caught it before it could shatter and Thanerah with his other arm.
He placed the glass on the counter and slung Thanerah over his shoulder. He went to the bedroom and saw his big brother sleeping in the double size bed. He mumbled "Find me, big brother. Or you'll never see your wife again."
Hidan shot his eyes open and sat up quickly while panting heavily. He quickly scanned the area but found nothing out of the ordinary. But he quickly glanced at his side to see Thanerah wasn't there. His eyes widened in disbelief "Oh no..."
He quickly shot out of bed and rushed through the apartment to be doubly certain. But when he found no sign of Thanerah he stood in the middle with his heart beating rapidly in his chest. He could feel his blood boiling underneath his skin and his hands turned into tight fists.
Suddenly he punched a nearby wall and it crumbled from its punch "F**K!" He rushed to his alarm and pressed the code for red alert. Soon he heard the loud alarm and it woke everyone up.
"WHAT!? MUM'S BEEN F**KING KIDNAPPED!? AND THE SHIELD IS GONE AS WELL!?" Soran asked his father and grandfather frantically in sheer panic, especially with his mother being kidnapped by Hidan's little brother.
They found the four GRIMs dead with darts in their necks. And the vault wasn't opened but Koruko had gotten in somehow. Hidan was angrier about Thanerah being kidnapped by the Natoku. Before he thought he couldn't hate the Natoku more. But he was wrong. Now he wanted nothing more to do but to give them a slow and painful death for touching his wife.
Claw asked them "But why did they take mother of all people?"
Hidan glanced at Odan and said to him "Go on. Tell them what you f**king told me. They have the f**king right to know."
Odan sighed heavily and said to the children "I had another vision with Lord Jashin just a few moments ago. Apparently, the Natoku need Thanerah's blood to gain the armour's power to bring Natoku back. It can only bestow its powers to descendants with Gods. Those that aren't need to drink Gods' blood. And since Thanerah is a child of Lord Jashin who is a God..."
Fenora finished it gravely "So they'll use mother's blood to summon Natoku."
Odan nodded "Exactly." He turned his eyes to Hidan "You have the best leads now. You're the only one that can track Thanerah down. You have to get there before it's too late."
Hidan nodded and rushed out of the office. But Soran called out to him "Wait! Take us with you, Dad!"
Hidan turned around sharply to send Soran a dangerous glare "No! You're f**king not coming! This is my business!"
Claw came to Soran's side "But Dad, she's our mother! You have to take us with you!"
Fenora joined them "Please, Dad! We're begging you!"
Hidan looked at his children while debating with himself. He sighed heavily in defeat and said to them angrily "If you f**king pissed me off, I'll send you back here immediately." The three children nodded and followed their father out of the office.
Thanerah opened her eyes weakly and tried to move but she couldn't. She realized that she was strapped onto a metal bed tightly and was in some sort of laboratory. She also saw a skinny man with his back facing her.
He wore a lab coat that was stained with blood with black pants, leather boots and gloves. She also noticed that they have injected a tube through her vein in her arm and drawing out her blood in a golden fancy goblet that had skeletons heads with red diamonds.
"W-What the hell...?" she muttered as she stared at the goblet weirdly.
She suddenly heard a voice from the other side "Glad to see you're finally awake. You wouldn't want to miss the ceremony when Lord Natoku arises."
She turned her head slowly to the side to see a man clocked in black and had some similar features with Hidan. She asked him "W-Who are you...?"
"...He didn't tell you about me, didn't he?" She stared at him weirdly. He sighed heavily and said "I am Koruko, Hidan's little brother." He said that with such venom.
She stared at him surprisingly and she said to him "Hidan had told me about you. He still kept the picture of the family portrait with you, Hidan and your mother."
Koruko flinched and stared at her with a hint of disbelief. He scoffed a bit and turned his face away from her "It's too late to turn back now."
"...Everyone makes mistakes. It's never too late."
Koruko glared at her "To me. It is too f**king late."
Hidan adjusted himself on the rear of the yacht they borrowed. Apparently Hidan brought them to the ocean and miles before them were an island that wasn't on the map. But he could sense Thanerah to be in there. And thank Jashin that she was still alive.
Claw was coming with him after he had a small argument with Soran. They agreed that Soran would stay back with Fenora on the yacht to keep an eye out while waiting for the backups. Just in case if the Natoku would plan to flee.
Hidan zipped up the swimming full suit and checked on his weapons and oxygen mask. Claw was already ready but he looked displease at the water. Hidan noticed this and said to him "You could have let Soran to come. I know you don't like the f**king water."
Claw shook his head "No. The only thing I have in my mind right now is to get mother out of there and get rid of the Natoku once and for all. I have enough of their bullshit."
Hidan sighed heavily "Me too." He nodded towards the water as he brought his goggles down "Come on. Let's go." He brought his oxygen mask into his mouth and jumped into the water. Claw sighed heavily, but he brought his swimming goggles down and put the oxygen mask in his mouth. He jumped into the water and saw his father already swimming towards the island.
Under the island's secret harbour – 3.12 AM
A few number of Natoku volunteers were patrolling the harbour but there were one or two thankfully. Hidan and Claw had swum through for two hours but at least they made it without bumping into any trouble. They swam deeper so they wouldn't be spotted from above.
They reached the edge of the harbour and took their oxygen tank and masks off and let them sink to the bottom. Hidan swam first to the surface slowly and check the surroundings. Once he saw no guards passing by he carefully pulled himself up to the harbour with Claw following him.
They quickly hid behind a wall while a guard was taking patrol down the hallway with his back facing them. Hidan whispered to Claw "Okay, you head to the Control Room to secure no alarms off to alert the entire f**king army."
"What about you?"
"I'm going to the core system room to blow this f**king island up. It's time to give them a f**king lesson about pissing me off by taking what is not theirs."
Claw protested a bit "But don't you think-!"
Hidan cut him off by pointing at Claw with stern eyes "There's no ifs, buts or whys, Claw. You got forty-five minutes till blast off. Make them f**king count. Once you deal with the f**kers in the control room, find your mother and get the f**k out of here. If I don't make it, go with your mother and don't look back."
Claw stared at his father in disbelief. "You got to be f**king kidding me, dad. Mother will kill you if you're dead."
Hidan smirked with a soft laugh "You're probably right about that."
Claw punched Hidan's shoulder softly "So you better make it out, or else I'll help mum killing you." Hidan nodded and then went to another direction. Claw watched his father until he was gone. Claw breathed in deeply and glanced at the guard down the hallway to see he was still there.
Claw carefully snuck behind the guard with utter silence until he grabbed the back of the guard's uniform and pushed him against the wall. The guard grunted and was going to scream but Claw quickly turned him around so he could grab his throat. Claw lifted the guard up from the ground and pushed him against the wall.
Claw demanded him as low as possible "Where the f**k is she!?"
The guard tried to loosen Claw's tight grip but Claw was stronger. The guard managed to say through struggle breathing "W-Where is...argh...who!?"
Claw answered with his patients getting thin "The hostage! Thanerah Kross, wife of General Hidan!"
The guard weakly said as he was slowly losing his conscious "C-Cell 3...nghh...4th floor..." Then finally he went unconscious. Claw released the guard and let him fell to the ground flat.
Claw said to the unconscious guard "Thanks for the info, f**ker."
Hidan found the core system room and he only passed through two guards but he killed them quickly. He quickly entered the room and went to the controlling system. He pressed a few buttons and summoned a holographic screen.
He adjusted a few things quickly and set the time for the core to blow up in forty-five minutes. Hidan made a new password so none of the others could hack in to disarm it. Hidan nodded as he felt satisfied. He asked for Claw through his ear piece "Claw, do you f**king read me?"
Claw replied "Yeah, I f**king read ya. I got the info of mum's whereabouts but there are so many f**king cameras down there."
"Okay, change of f**king plans. I'll head to the control room to get rid of the f**kers. I'll tell you when you can get your mother."
"Copy that."
Hidan managed to find the controlling room and saw the doors to be locked with the access code machine beside him. He sighed heavily and opened the hatch of the machine. He quickly adjusted a few wires and cut some until the security light turned from red to green.
Hidan brought his gun out that was by his side beside his scythe. He saw three men who were sitting in the camera controlling machines. Hidan smirked widely when they hadn't turned their heads to the door. That just made things easier. Hidan quickly shot the three men and they all screamed in pain before falling to the ground in a limp.
Hidan went to the nearest seat and pushed the dead man off. He quickly tapped into the keyboard to the security cameras and said to Claw through the ear piece "Claw, I'm in the controlling room now. Now go get your mother."
"Roger that!"
Thanerah sat at the corner of her cell while a guard was standing in front of her cell. She had hoped that Hidan would find her soon. She missed him so much. Suddenly a sound was heard from down the corridor.
The guard turned his head towards the corridor but he was rewarded with a dagger through his head. Thanerah looked up in surprise as the guard fell to the ground dead. She quickly stood up and went to the bars to see if it was Hidan.
"Hidan?" she asked with hope in her voice to see him again. But instead of Hidan, it was her second son.
"Um...close enough, I guess..."
She beamed at the sight of him "Claw!"
"The one and only," he said with a relief smile. He bent down to collect the cell keys from the belt of the dead guard. He quickly opened her cell and he was immediately hugged by his mother. "It's good to see you're safe, mum," he said as he hugged her back.
Thanerah pulled away from the hug and asked him "Where's your father?"
"He's in the controlling room so there wouldn't be any alarms while I break you out." He grabbed her arm softly and dragged her down the hallway towards the exit "Come on, we got to get out of here."
Thanerah shook her head "W-We can't! We have to stop them before Natoku comes! Or else it's the end of the world!"
"Dad's already going to blow up this place. It'll kill them!"
"No! It won't be enough to kill Natoku when he's revived! Did you bring the sword?"
Claw stopped and slapped his forehead "F**k! I knew we were forgetting something!"
Thanerah's eyes widened "Please don't tell me you forgot the damn sword! Now we're doomed to be sure!"
Suddenly they heard a voice "Not unless we find another f**king way to get rid of Natoku before he could destroy the f**king world." Thanerah froze from the sound of Hidan's voice. She turned her head down the corridor to see Hidan standing there.
"Hidan!" she beamed happily. She quickly ran towards him and he gladly spread his arms out to her. Hidan spun her around as he lifted her up from the ground and then quickly crashed his lips against hers into a passionate kiss.
Claw blushed at the sight of his parents making-out like they haven't seen each other for decades. Claw looked at the side and waited for his parents to finish. After they pulled away Hidan placed her on her feet but didn't remove his arms around her "Are you hurt? Did they touch you?"
Thanerah shook her head "They didn't do anything...bad to me but they did take some of my blood for some reason."
Claw turned his head to his mother "You don't know it then? About whoever wears Natoku's armour would have to drink a Gods' blood? You have part of Gods' blood through your veins so that's why they took your blood."
Thanerah arched a brow at Claw "When did you hear about this?"
"A few hours ago," answered Hidan. He pulled away and quickly grabbed her hand "Come on. We got to make it to the surface. No doubt the f**king ceremony will begin in a few minutes. And we can't get the sword to be here in time. We would have to find another f**king way to get rid of Natoku."
"There had better be or else we're f**ked up," Thanerah said.
Claw said to her "Thank positive thoughts, mum. Thank positive thoughts." Thanerah glared at her second son over her shoulder but she didn't say a word.
At the surface of the island
Thanerah, Hidan and Claw were at a far distant from the army down below. They could see a small group standing in some fake ruins while holding Natoku's armour to their superior which was an old man that was wearing a grand red cloak with a wrapper around his waist.
There was also a Natoku priest there holding the goblet that held Thanerah's blood. Hidan asked Thanerah as she was seeing through binoculars "How many do you see, Tha?"
Thanerah pulled her eyes away from the binoculars and answered him "Many. The whole army is probably down there."
Hidan glanced down at the ceremony and said to them "I'm going down there to check it out."
Thanerah and Claw stared at him in disbelief. Thanerah asked him "Are you insane!? It's clear that we're outnumbered, Hidan! Even you can't handle something as this!"
Hidan cupped her chin which made her to stop and he quickly leaned forward to kiss her. It was a simple kiss but she feared that it would be the last one. He pulled away from the kiss as Thanerah stared at him sadly.
He said to her softly "Don't give me that look, Tha. You're just making this harder." He held her hand tightly "Look, I f**king promise to come back alive, okay? So don't f**king cry."
She grabbed the back of his head "You had better not!" She quickly brought him down to crash her lips against his into another passionate kiss. He didn't hesitate to kiss her back and he kissed her just as passionately as she was.
After they pulled away they leaned their foreheads against each others. Hidan pulled away a bit more and then climbed down the steep sharp rocky hill to get a closer look at the ceremony. Thanerah covered her face while tears were already building up which was making her vision to be blurry.
Claw saw this and brought his mother into a comforting hug. She didn't protest and gladly cried in his shirt while Claw stayed silent.
Hidan hid behind some tall sharp rocks and he could see the ceremony had already begun. The leader held the sword and the shield while wearing the helmet. The priest walked forward and pressed the lips of the goblet to the Leader's mouth.
The Leader slowly drank the blood until it was gone. The Leader coughed a bit and waited for a moment for the power to come. But after 3 minutes, nothing happened. The army glanced at each other with uncertain glances.
The Leader himself looked confused so he shouted at the priest "Did you speak the damn words!?"
The priest nodded "Yes I did, but perhaps I should do it again."
The Leader sighed heavily in annoyance "Then do it..." The priest quickly brought out his little book from his robes and started to chant the long sacred words.
Hidan stared at the ceremony dully "Are you f**king serious...?" What he didn't expect was a response from behind.
"Yes, he's f**king serious." Hidan quickly turned his head to see Koruko standing behind him while wearing armour of the Natoku which looked specially designed. "Hello, big brother." But there was venom in his greeting.
Hidan glared at his little brother and turned around to face him "Glad you could show me your f**king face again to me after kidnapping my wife again."
Koruko smirked "It was the only way to get you here. I wouldn't want you to miss this glorious day of Lord Natoku to rise again. Once he's resurrected he'll destroy your God Lord Jashin. It's time for the Natoku to rule this world."
Koruko slowly pulled out two long daggers from his back "But perhaps its better that you're dead before the Lord arises. So let's end this as...clean as possible." He suddenly lunged forward while screaming "NOW DIE!"
Hidan had shot one of his daggers off with his gun shot "You first, asshole." He shot Koruko a few times but he managed to dodge them fast. Koruko quickly tackled Hidan down to the ground while trying to bring the dagger down to his face.
But Hidan grabbed hold of his wrist tightly so the dagger was trembling close to Hidan's face. Hidan had tried to shoot Koruko in the head but Koruko was holding his wrist as well. They both glared at each other while they struggled at each other' strengths.
Koruko said through struggling "C-Come on, big brother. Let's make this as painless and quick as possible! I promise no tears!"
Hidan replied with the same struggled "Hmf! F-Fine by me! Just let me pull the f**king trigger first!"
Koruko's eyes turned wicked and he shouted down at Hidan's face "Hidan, you're going to die tonight! Either quickly or cleanly by my blade, or slowly and painfully by Lord Natoku's armour!"
Hidan groaned "N-No!"
"Just give me the f**king pleasure and I promise to be just as merciful to your family!" The dagger was getting closer and closer to Hidan's nose.
He growled "F**k!" as he stared at the sharp point of the blade.
Suddenly a ring of great energy spread through the entire area. It made the brothers to be separated along with their weapons. They collapsed on the ground and they both panted heavily. Hidan could sense the air to be heavy and tense by something powerful.
He quickly went to the edge and saw where the Leader once was to be replaced by a masculine warrior wearing the armour with ghosts of old flying around him with a mist spreading from him. Hidan could sense Koruko standing beside him but they didn't fight each other...yet.
Hidan could also hear some unknown language floating in the air as ghosts continued to fly around. "Lord Natoku..." muttered Koruko in disbelief.
Lord Natoku growled as he stared at his surroundings. He said in such a booming voice that even Hidan could hear him clearly "My fellow followers...'Tis a glorious night indeed..." The entire army bowed down to him on their knees.
Lord Natoku grinned wickedly with his eyes glowing and raised his sharp clawed hands towards the army "So it would be an honour to have some sacrifices as demanded..." He chuckled wickedly. Suddenly he spread through some powerful energy through the entire army and they all screamed in pain.
He then raised his hands up as a summoning "I have no use for the living. My own army has been waiting for 'tis glorious moment. In fact, they have been dying to rise to the occasion."
The air shifted unpleasantly which made Hidan to shiver. He then suddenly saw skeleton corpses rising from the ground and eating the living. Hidan could hear the screams of the living in pain while Lord Natoku was laughing wickedly.
"WHAT IS HE DOING!? NO! THIS IS NOT WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!" Koruko shouted as he stared at the scene in disbelief.
Hidan glared at him and suddenly punched him across the face. Before he could tumble down to the ground Hidan grabbed his shoulders and shouted at his face "Open your f**king eyes, Koruko! You've summoned a f**king demon! Lord Natoku has no mercy for the f**king living! You should know better than this! He won't stop until the whole f**king world is nothing but ash! We have to f**king stop him! Together!"
Hidan glanced at the side and noticed a chopper with missals and long range guns on it. Hidan quickly grabbed Koruko's arm and dragged him towards the chopper. This time, Koruko followed while not trying to kill Hidan. He actually felt like they were a family in good terms, but it would only be temporally.
Hidan said to Koruko "Turn on the chopper!" Koruko quickly went to the backseat, put on the headgear and switched on the chopper. Hidan glanced at the spot to where he last saw Thanerah and Claw.
He saw them not too far away and said to Claw through his ear piece "Claw! Take your mother out of here! Head back to the f**king yacht!"
"But what about you!?" asked Claw frantically through the ear piece.
"Just go!"
"..." Claw didn't reply at all.
Hidan gulped and said to Claw more calmly "Claw..."
"Yeah?"
Hidan breathed in deeply to hold back some tears that were threatening to come up "I love you and Soran and Fenora."
Claw's jaw tightened but he replied as he shut his eyes tightly "Love you too, dad..."
"And tell your mother..." he let out a shaky sigh "...that I love her so much, too..."
"...Y-Yeah..."
Hidan stared at his family from the distant. He could tell that Claw was giving Thanerah the message. Her eyes widened in disbelief and she stared down at Hidan shockingly. She then suddenly started to climb down towards him.
Hidan's eyes widened and he shouted at Thanerah "No! Go back, Tha! Go back!"
Claw quickly went after her and wrapped his arms around her waist. Thanerah screamed and tried to get out of her son's arms. She screamed at Hidan "Hidan! Please don't! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! HIDAN!" her screamed echoed as Claw quickly dragged her out towards the harbour where they could catch a boat to go back to the yacht.
Hidan gulped the sadness in his chest and thankfully Koruko stayed quiet. Hidan snapped back into reality when he heard the booming voice of Lord Natoku "My fellow warriors! Now is our time to conquer this world! The time of a new era begins!"
Hidan shook his head to get his mind back in the game. He quickly jumped to the front of the chopper and closed the cover. He put the headgear on and said to Koruko "Let's go!"
Koruko quickly brought the chopper up and they flew towards Lord Natoku. When they were near Koruko shouted at Hidan "There he is! Take the shot now!"
Hidan grabbed the controller but he said to Koruko "I don't think shooting the f**ker will finish him off!"
Lord Natoku breathed in deeply and sent a blast of green fire at them. Hidan covered his eyes from the brightness of the flames and the chopper shifted uncontrollably. After Koruko gained control of the chopper, Hidan aimed at a certain spot which would be possible to get rid of Natoku.
Hidan said to Koruko "Okay, I got a bad f**king feeling that this is going to be our one shot! Because I know this f**ker won't give us another f**king chance!"
Koruko shouted "Do it, Hidan! Fire now!"
Hidan fired the two missals and they aimed towards Lord Natoku. Lord Natoku laughed in amusement and said to them "Only a mortal would put so much faith such mere machines! But this will show you the reason to bow down to my..." the missals didn't go to him but behind walls "...invincibility!?"
Koruko looked at Hidan in disbelief and shouted "Hidan, you missed!"
Hidan smirked at Koruko over his shoulder "Did I, Koruko?" Suddenly the walls began to crumble and water was slowly flowing through strongly.
Lord Natoku shouted "Fools! What have you..." he trailed off when he saw the rushing water coming towards him. He screamed in disbelief "NO!" The rush of the flood washed away Natoku, thus taking his armour away.
The glow of him disappeared within the depths and Natoku's spirit faded along with his vessel – the Leader – that wasn't invincible to drowning. Hidan cheered "Yes! It's f**king over!"
Koruko's eyes turned wicked as he stared at Hidan from behind. "Yes...It is over..." He suddenly head locked Hidan from behind while grinning wickedly "But you're forgetting about me, big brother!" Hidan gasped in surprise and already had some struggling to breathe.
Hidan glared at Koruko from the corner of his eyes as he tried to loosen Koruko's grip while gritting his teeth. Koruko said to him quite crazily and ambitiously "This story has a different ending, Hidan...THIS TIME, THE ASSHOLE WINS!"
Suddenly the island below blasted off which gave Hidan the perfect opportunity while Koruko was distracted by the unexpected explosion. Hidan quickly kicked off the roof and groaned deeply while pulling Koruko over his head so Koruko flipped over.
But Hidan grabbed Koruko's wrists at the last minute from Koruko falling into his death while the island was still exploding. Koruko screamed at Hidan "DON'T LET GO, HIDAN!"
Hidan stared down at his little brother who he had loved so much in the past. He remembered those times when he and Koruko were getting along really well. And especially those years before the burning tower. No matter how much he hated him, he'll always be his little brother and he can't kill him.
"I-I f**king won't...! I can't!"
Koruko stared up at Hidan in disbelief "Big brother...I..." He was cut off when Hidan accidently released one of Koruko's wrists.
Hidan quickly said to him "Koruko, give me your other hand!"
"I...!" Koruko was cut off when Hidan lost his grip on Koruko's wrist. "No!" Koruko screamed as he fell towards the exploding island.
Hidan watched his little brother falling with shock clear in his eyes "Koruko..." and his little brother disappeared within the explosion.
At the yacht
Thanerah was staring at the exploding island with sad eyes while the reinforcement had finally come. She covered her face with her hands as her shoulders shuddered as she cried for her husband who could be dead.
Her children were standing behind her and they were also in grief in loss of their father. Fenora was crying in Soran's shoulder and Soran had a sad expression on his face.
Claw was a bit far away from his siblings and he was staring at the distant of the sea, but he couldn't hold it any longer and led small rivers of his tears sliding down from the corner of his eyes to his chin, but he refused to let out a sound but he gritted his teeth to prevent that with his eyes shut tightly.
Other ships stopped by their yacht as they were the reinforcements. Everyone came out to see the exploding island. Odan quickly came to the yacht and found Thanerah crying. He stared at his grand children to see their sad expressions as well.
He looked around but saw no sign of Hidan. That gave him the idea why. He stared at Thanerah pitifully and walked to her side as she was still crying. He rested a hand on her shoulder as a reassuring comfort.
Odan was going to say something but suddenly they heard a loud cry "Natoku chopper! Bring it down before they escape!" Everyone looked up to see a Natoku chopper flying towards them. But one of the ships quickly aimed one of their fires to it.
It fired at the chopper. But the hood of the chopper was quickly opened and someone dived down towards the sea before the chopper exploded. One of the small boats was already going to the diver who resurfaced.
Thanerah didn't care and continued to cry uncontrollably with her hands covering her face. Suddenly she heard a loud shout that made her heart to skip a beat "It's the General! General Hidan's alive!"
She pulled her hands away from her face as she stared at the small boat that was supposed to collect the diver but the diver was Hidan! She looked back at her children to see that they had surprised expressions as well and had stopped their tears.
Thanerah sat the small boat going towards the yacht and she saw a glimpse of Hidan sitting on the edge of it. "H-Hidan..." she mumbled his name in disbelief as happy tears slid down from the corner of her eyes.
The small boat came and Hidan smiled at her "Tha..." He took only one step on the yacht before he was suddenly tackled in a deep kiss by Thanerah with her arms wrapped around his neck. He stumbled back and lost his balance so they both fell into the cold water with a loud splash.
Even after they crashed into the water and resurfaced Thanerah continued to kiss Hidan deeply and passionately. Hidan smirked against her lips and gladly kissed her back. After Thanerah pulled away she said to him sternly "Don't ever, EVER do that again!"
Hidan chuckled "I love you, too."
Later
Hidan had cleaned up afterwards and the whole family decided to celebrate. Hidan got into the living room and went to Thanerah's side. He wrapped an arm around her shoulder while holding a glass of champagne in his free hand. The others were holding a glass f champagne as well.
Soran said "I'm glad that's f**king over." He nodded towards Hidan "And I'm glad you're still alive, Dad. We thought we lost you there for a moment."
Hidan shrugged his shoulders as Thanerah leaned her head against his chest with a soft smile on her face. Hidan said to Soran "I'm not that f**king easy to get rid of."
"Do you think it's the last time we'll hear from the Natoku?" asked Claw.
Odan answered him "I saw no Natoku in the future so the answer would be yes."
Claw raised his glass "Then I'll f**king cheer to that."
Odan nodded "Indeed." He smiled at Thanerah and Hidan proudly "Well done, you two. You've done a magnificent work for the world. Thanks to you two, everyone can sleep in ease." Odan grinned and rose his glass of champagne to the couple "I would like to propose a toast to a victorious night and to our Champions."
Everyone cheered but Thanerah and Hidan who were grinning at each other "To Hidan and Thanerah!"
The End
I'm finally done! Been working on this for over a year now! Phew! But it was DEFINITELY WORTH IT! PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT! THANK YOU MY DEVOTED READERS!