Kakuzu stood in front of Pein's desk. Konan handed Pein the scroll and he glanced through the contents briefly before passing it to Kakuzu. "Your next target and all their information is within the scroll. Do not take too long on this mission as the Akatsuki can't afford to be stretched so thin" the pierced man stated. "Dismissed" he said with a wave of his hand. Konan escorted him from the room.

Once in the hallway, Kakuzu opened the scroll so see what the information on his next target was. A sadistic smile made its way to his lips as he called out "Hidan! Let's go! We have a mission" while grabbing his briefcase and cloak, not bother to wait for the man scrambling to get ready and catch up to him.

"OI you miserable zombie! What's got you so fired up?!" asked Hidan with scorn in his voice. "Just a chance to catch someone I've been wanting for a while" came the reply. Hidan looked up at Kakuzu's face, or rather his eyes, and noted the gleam in them. He wasn't sure if the gleam was a good thing or a bad thing. To stay on the safe side, he ignored it and went back to verbally abusing Kakuzu as they left the hideout.

Jumping through the treetops, she laughed to herself as she thought back on her recent information gathering mission. After using a Transformation Jutsu and infiltrating the house staff, she learned a lot of compromising information about the Daimyo particularly his penchant for leather and whips.

She heard the wind whistle near her and she jumped back. "DAMMIT!" she heard as a triple bladed scythe swing centimetres from her face. "Calm down Hidan. We need this one intact to get the bounty. Don't cause any unnecessary damage" a deep voice grumbled.

She regained her footing and dropped down into battle stance. Hidan landed on the branch she was standing on, twirling his scythe in his right hand, watching her. "You fucking bitch! You fucking left me passed out, ALONE, where I could've been raped or some fucked up shit! And if that wasn't bad enough, you fucking covered me in stupid pictures and words! What the fuck?!" The angered man ranted. "It doesn't fucking matter anymore because YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING DIE!" He laughed maniacally as he charged towards her.

His scythe swung into a water clone and he stopped in confusion. "WATER STYLE: WATER BULLETS!" He heard from above and behind him. He jumped down by Kakuzu who uses his tendrils to deflect the bullets. "NINJA ART: HIDDEN MIST JUTSU!" was heard as thick mist began to cover the forest, making it difficult to see. The two men stood back to back, focusing to sense where her chakra was.

Kakuzu noticed a faint movement from the corner of his eye. His hands shot out tendrils and an angered shriek was heard. "Gotcha" he chuckled. Bringing his tendrils back to him, he pulled the kunoichi towards him as Hidan looked on. Murder shone in her eyes as she looked at Kakuzu. His hand gripped her throat and she struggled a little, looking away from him.

"WATER STYLE: WATER NEEDLES!" a female voice shouted as hundreds of needles flew towards Kakuzu's back. He quickly looked at the woman in his grip. She smiled and drained away, a simple water clone. Kakuzu turned around ready to block the needles until he heard a grunt and saw that Hidan had stepped in to protect Kakuzu from the volley of needles. "We need to take this bitch down" Hidan said, panting heavily. Kakuzu nodded and leap into the branches above them.

The mist had dissipated and he could see clearly around him. She was over on the other branch, crouched down and breathing heavily. She saw him and tensed and reached into her weapon pouch for kunais. Kakuzu sent his tendrils to grab her but she cut through them, leaping, ducking, dodging and cutting. Anything to avoid being caught by the tendrils! She knew if she was caught she would be in big trouble.

She had managed to dodge the tendrils and thought she might get out of this fight alive, when a scythe cut into the ground near her. She flipped back and when she stood upright, her back was against a tree and she was breathing heavily. "I'm at my limit" she thought. "I've got one more left".

Kakuzu joined Hidan on the ground and they began walking towards her. "Hidan, take her left side" he spoke as Hidan nodded, moving to the left and out of her peripheral vision. All she could see was Kakuzu advancing on her. "If I can take him, I might be able to negotiate" she thought. "SEALING JU-" her words were cut off as Hidan landed a blow with his scythe. She collapsed and Kakuzu wrapped his tendrils around her and threw her over his shoulder.

"Let's head to the inn. I'm tired" Kakuzu said. Hidan sheathed his scythe and followed after the big man.

"Hey Kakuzu. Want to know why Jashin is going to love me even more now?" he asked and received a grunt in return. "Because I'm more holy now" Hidan said with a snicker. Kakuzu roller his eyes and focused on the path ahead.

They reached the inn and booked a single room with two futons. Tossing his cloak and briefcase aside, Kakuzu used his tendrils to bind her wrists and ankles as she sat on the floor. He gave the tendrils some chakra and cut them free from his body. The bindings held.

Hidan threw himself onto a futon. "Hey old man. What are you going to do with her?" he asked with his eyes closed. Kakuzu didn't answer so Hidan opened one eye to see the immortal tenderly tuck some loose strands behind her ear. "OI! I'M TALKING TO YOU!" He sat up angrily. Kakuzu remained silent. "Fuck this! You stay with the bitch. I'm going to find someone to sacrifice!" He exclaimed, grabbing his scythe and leaving the room. Kakuzu sighed, picked her up and put her on the bed and then locked the door.

After some time, a moan escaped her lips as she opened her eyes. She sat up and her eyes widened at the bindings. Struggling to break them, she looked around for a means of escape.

"You're not going anywhere" Kakuzu said approaching her. She glared at him but said nothing. Kakuzu bent down until he was face to face to face with her. "You're mine to do with as I please. No one is looking for you. No one cares that you're here" he growled. Before she could retort a smart ass answer his lips crashed onto hers. After a hard, bruising kiss he pulled away. "Scream all you want, no one can hear you" he said with an evil smile on his lips. She could only look at him in terror and pray to Jashin that she would survive the night.