Akatsuki Origins: Religion

(This is the last time I'm doing this. If you forget after this, you're on your own. Konan ..... Nagato .... Hope you understand now.)

I'm sorry Nagato. I didn't mean...

No need to apologize Konan. Let's just continue, who is next?

Hmmmm....well, let's see....Hidan. I've always wondered what that "Jashin" stuff was about.

Yes, well I have a copy of The Jashin Testaments in 1 of my bookcases. I'll find it later so you can read it.

Thank you, but could you tell me what you know at least, to satisfy my curiousity?

Ok Konan. Jashin is a god that the Jashinists pray to. It's said that many decades ago, he ploted to rule the heavens. However, his brother Mashin stood up to him. They fought for years, until finally they stopped & agreed that neither could beat the other. Jashin spread his influence to the earth, hoping to someday take over this realm. The people that follow him, pray to him, are the Jashinists.

It sounds like a cult to me. Then again most organized religions do.

Yes, it essentially is a cult. Before every battle they pray for a good kill, & strive for nothing less than total dominance, destruction & death.

That's kind of disturbing.

Indeed it is Konan. What's even more disturbing is the experimentation they employ, creating jutsus that they can use to spread their influence & destroy. That is how Hidan is unable to die.

They created an immortality jutsu?

I'm not exactly sure how it works, but it's tied to his bloodlust somehow. As long as he can keep killing, he'll live. Even through decapitation, heart failure, he'll still live.

So he lives to destroy then?

Pretty much. He lives off of his faith in Jashin & what his god decrees, that the only way to live is to destroy others & anything less is weakness; weakness isn't tolerated in the Jashin faith.

I know I said this already, but that's distrubing.

Very much so Konan, but it is what led him to us, to Akatsuki. His need to satisfy his god, & without meaning to, we allow that.

At least he can follow orders then.

Yes, I'm thankful he isn't so blinded by religion that he isn't a help to us. I know 1 thing, if I have to watch that Curse Jutsu he does again, well I'm not sure but I won't like it.

Why do you say that Nagato?

He injests blood Konan, human blood. He swallows blood, turns into a skeletal voodoo doll & tortures people until they die. It has its uses, but it's sick.

Yeah, I'm glad I haven't had to see it. I'd rather not see it altogether.

That religion is disgusting.

(The stuff about Jashinism & what it is... the story behind it, I made all that up. Lol)

Ninja Facts: Hidan

Oh like it'd be somebody else!

Age: 22
Birthday: April 2nd
Weight: 125.2 lbs
Height: 5'10" (approx.)
Signature Jutsu: Curse Jutsu - Ceremony of Death

Random Points of Interest

Hidan's name is based of the term "hisha" the bishop in shogi.

His favorite food is spare ribs, while he hates vegetables or any kind of vegetarian cooking. (he loves his meats!)

Hidan hails from the former ninja village known as the Village Hidden in Hot Water. (I kid you not.)

The symbol for Jashinism is an equilateral triangle inside a circle.

Notable Quotes

(After using his curse to kill Asuma) "Oh yeah, that hits the spot."

"As the other dies, their agony radiates through my body, & living through it is pure ecstasy!"

"Hey Kakuzu! What do you mean 'unlike my partner'?!"

"Whoa, whoa, don't put me in the same boat as you Deidara! I'm not the pussy who had to have his arms reattached by Kakuzu."

Crazy....foul mouthed....impatient. That's pretty much Hidan in a nutshell! Hope you enjoyed it & if not, why'd you read it?! Either way, come back soon for more Ninja Facts!