Bounty Thief

Chapter 8

Kakuzu and I waited down stairs for Hidan to join us. Guess he was trying to find some cloths since his were blown to bits and not exactly public or travel worthy. He finally showed his face after about ten minutes wearing simple villager clothes that looked like something the inn keeper would have owned. Just thinking about that man made my stomach drop. I didn't even get to ask for his name.

With his body together again I could now tell just how built this man was. Not as much as Kakuzu's of course, but I had to look away to the ground to stop my hormonal thoughts. The cloths didn't fit him well, in fact they were a bit too tight.

"This sucks! My cloak is ruined, my scythe is Jashin knows where, and my pendent is missing! That fucking leaf brat is dead!" He ranted all the way down the stairs till he spotted me standing by Kakuzu. "Still alive? Kakuzu must of gotten soft with being dominated by a little bitch" I glared at him and was about to retort till I saw Kakuzu instead step forward, his face full of rage. He lunged his fist as if to punch Hidan again. He flinched, closing his eyes tight in anticipation, but opened his eyes when the impact never came. In Kakuzu's fist was Hidan's Jashinist pendent. He must have salvaged it from the rubble when I wasn't paying attention.

"Stop your whining and let's get moving" Kakuzu then turned and left the building. I was shocked he didn't lay him out on his ass. Was this his way of showing comradeship to Hidan? "What the fuck did you do to his head?" He draped the necklace back around his neck then kissed the triangle symbol. He must be really attached to that thing, looked like he was kissing his girlfriend or something. "Well I did drug him twice, maybe his brain is scrambled?" I shrugged and followed Kakuzu out with Hidan right behind me. I was a bit nervous with him tailing so close to me, but what was I going to do with two S-ranked criminals now? fight them both? HA! Might as well lay down and play dead for them too.

All three of us froze as soon as we were on the streets. "Uhhh..." I shifted on my feet nervously. The whole village was gathered around the inn. They were scared and were whispering about us. This was obviously not a ninja village, which would explain why they didn't know who the Akatsuki were when I was parading Kakuzu around town. He didn't seem fazed by the weird reactions and started to push his way through the crowd toward the exit. "Hey Kakuzu, I don't like the way these people are looking at us, and I need to sacrifice for Jashin..." He grinned like a maniac which I felt uncomfortable around and started to scoot away from him and ran to catch up with Kakuzu. At least with him I had common ground.

"Move it Hidan, we don't have time for your stupid God." He didn't even look back and kept walking. I could hear him groan loudly "you have all been spared this time...Heathens." This guy was a nut case for sure. If I survived Kakuzu's anger then this man's bloodlust was second in line. We walked down the path out of the village with Kakuzu first, myself, then Hidan. I felt sandwiched in, and trapped. I was defiantly the one being escorted around now. I might have a chance to regain control over this at night once they were asleep. I still had my binds, hand crafted ninja tools, and my tranquilizers. I really wish Naruto was here now though. It just wasn't the same without his bubbly attitude and his contagious optimistic outlook. "Geez you're just as quiet as Kakuzu, this is going to be boring as ever" Hidan sighed loudly, scratching his chest in boredom.

"Sorry just thinking of different ways to put you back in that hole." I sneered over my shoulder.

"What did you just say!? Do you want to fucking die!?" I stuck my tongue out at him. Sure it was childish, but it just came naturally.

"Why you!" he stomped up to me and gripped the collar of my shirt.

"Just because your Kakuzu's bitch and I can't kill you yet doesn't mean I won't let you get away with whatever you want." He tossed me back down to my feet and I scoffed at him "I'm no one's bitch...Bitch!"