Everyone Has A Dark Side [NejixOC]

Acceptance

It was quite easy to convince Shizune to let me take a longer lunch break so I could go into the village and run an errand. She had a hard-enough time making me go home at night as it was. I figured that I would swing by the Nara compound in case he was there. If not, someone would be able to tell me where he had gone off too. Since it sat on the edge of the Nara forest not too much of it had been hit in the attack but the damage that had been taken prevented anyone from living in it until it had been repaired.

"Makoto! Where do you think you're going?" A woman shrieked from behind me. I stopped mid step. Oh no. "We've been expecting you for dinner every night now and you have yet to show up – what do you have to say for yourself."

I turned around slowly, just enough to see Yoshino standing on the porch with her arms crossed. "I'm looking for Shika –"

"Oh, he's out in the clearing training with Ino and Choji." Yoshino replied. I quickly snuck off into the forest. I followed the worn dirt path deeper into the woods until I reached our old spot. When he was just starting the academy, we would train together out here with our Dads learning how our Kekkai Genkai's could work together as they were both based in Yin chakra.

"Makoto?" Choji was the first to see me. "It's been a while since we've seen you out of the office."

"Really?" I shrugged, slipping my arm over Shikamaru's shoulder, "can I steal you away for a moment?" Ino and Choji gave a me a curious look. "Half hour max – we need to talk about one of your old mission reports." He looked at me curiously.

"You two alright working alone for a bit?" He asked. They nodded. "Alright." I took my arm off of his shoulder as we walked deeper into the Nara forest. Once we were out of earshot, he spoke again. "Why the surprise visit?"

"A little birdie told me that you buried Hidan's head around here." I said simply.

Shikamaru stopped walking. "What do you need with him?"

I sighed. I guess that now I'm Hokage I can do whatever I wanted now, sort of? "I never left the village to train." His gaze hardened as he looked at me. "I was sent on a long-term mission under that guise. It was a failure. The person that was my informant was recently killed. Unfortunately, it seems to be connected, partially, to what's happening now."

"And why do you need to speak with a member of the Akatsuki?" He asked, the gears moving in his brain.

"This Madara was part of the Akatsuki. I want to see how much the members were privy too." I explained. He nodded, leading me through the forest.

"Who knows about the real reason why you left the village?"

"Just the two of us. Everyone else is dead." Shikamaru sent me a nervous glance. "Well, Tsunade too now."

"So why did you...?"

"Take the mission?"

"Yeah."

I shrugged. "It was perfect timing after my teammates and parents died. I was the perfect candidate for it. Even after all these years, no one suspected any different." Shikamaru stopped abruptly at the base of a tree.

"We're here." He tapped the spot with his heel. I used a basic earth technique to open up his grave.

"Makoto – come too free me?" Hidan smiled, sending me a wink.

I reached into the hole and pulled him up by the hair. "Lovely to see you too. Remember Shikamaru here? If you cooperate you may get a nicer spot to spend the rest of eternity."