"Leader-Sama I know this is unorthodox but I would like to request to lead a mission of 5 members alongside myself and Tobi. When I joined I was informed that I would be given the opportunity to take my revenge on Orochimaru and to do this in a timely manner I need other members to aid me. Orochimaru has been a thorn in everyone's side and killing him now with help will be more beneficial than letting Tobi and I do it on our own over a longer span of time." Pain was sitting with his hands interlocked in front of his face as I kneeled below him, my eyes staying locked onto his Rinnegan.

"You have three weeks, if your mission is not accomplished by this time everyone else is to return home at once." Pain's deep voice boomed throughout my shoddy lit room. Konan was standing by his side and I flashed her a smile before turning back to cadaver of sorts and gave a quick bow.

"Thank you Leader-Sama!" Their chakra made holograms faded the slight buzzing on my Akatsuki ring faded signaling the meeting is over. Everyone was gathered in the Hideout for the first time in a few months, perfect for me to gather my allies. Me, Kisame, Kakuzu (who I bribed to give him the bounty off of Orochimaru if he came), Hidan, Tobi, Itachi, and Deidara were sitting around the floor staring at a map of the continent.

"So from the intel Sasori gave me and everything I have gathered myself, Orochimaru has more or less of 20 hideouts scattered throughout every land. If you find Orochimaru in your area, alert me immediately and I will be there. Same goes for me, I will let whoever's closest to aid me when I find him. If you are the one to find Hiashi Hyuga drop whatever you are doing and get him to safety, bring him to the gate of the leaf village and I will give you whatever you want in return. He is not to be harmed by you under any circumstances if I find out otherwise I will kill you in the most brutal ways possible. Shark Boy." I circled the area between Kiri and the land of waves. "You are going to be here, water is your strong suit and you know the layout of the area surrounding Kirigakure better than the rest of us so you will find the hideouts in this area and if they are empty destroy them. One hideout I know of in that area is being ran by a girl not much older than me named Karin. Orochimaru never goes to that hideout so don't worry about finding him, just destroy it. Karin can sense chakra at an inhuman level, being able to distinguish chakra up to 80 kilometers away, she's not much of a combatant though so be warned. If possible get her to join but if she refuses do whatever necessary to stop her and anyone else that stands in your way. I want the prisoners from that area to be released and to spread the news that Orochimaru is going to meet his end."

"Sounds intriguing." Kisame flashed me a grin and tightened his straps holding Samehada in place.

"Dei."

"Hmm?" I circled around the Land of Wind and marked the areas that known hideouts were located.

"You have the largest search radius to look. When you find a hideout if Orochimaru is not there you are to light it up. I want it to be known that you were the one who took down the hideouts, make it big and flashy. We're sending a message."

"Sounds like a blast, un." Deidara had large bags of clay strapped to each of his sides, an excited and maniacal grin on his face. He was one of the most ready to kill Orochimaru, they have some kind of score to settle for reasons he wont tell me.

"Kakuzu and Hidan, you are taking the Land of Fire together, it's Orochimaru's home so there are many hideouts in the surrounding area. There are also a lot of Orochimaru's willing subordinates hanging out in these hideouts so your job is to slaughter them all. Sacrifice them, keep them for bounty I don't care they're all gone. You two are probably the ones who wouldn't die on what should be a suicide mission."

"Fuck yeah, Lord Jashin is going to love this!"

"Hear that idiot, don't die. I'm not going to come save your ass." Kakuzu stated gruffly, smacking Hidan on the back of the head.

"Every damn time... That's not something you say to me you greedy old fucker... If they can kill me, I couldn't be happier. Although... they can't!" Hidan gave me a proud boastful grin promising to fulfill my wishes making me smile and roll my eyes.

"'Tachi." His blazing red eyes turned to meet mine and he was pissed. He wanted to join me as protection but I need him elsewhere and we had an argument about it for the longest time so I changed his positioning to make him the closest to my location. The stubborn ass. "You are Taking care of The Land of Earth outside of Iwagakure. This one is a stealth mission, we do not need the Tsuchikage on our asses for any reason, take down the hideouts and if you don't find Orochimaru as soon as you can get out and join me in Otogakure. There is one hideout there filled with curse mark experiments and a boy by the name Jūgo. Kill the experiments, put them out of their misery Orochimaru casued but make sure you save Jūgo, you can only calm him with your Sharingan and make sure he knows you can."

"Yay it's finally Tobi's turn what does Hinata-chan want?"

"Tobi you are out wild card, you can sneak in and out of places unseen when you want to and are the only person I think can escape if somehow the Raikage somehow gets wind of us being near the borders of Kumogakure. Like the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning has few hideouts but they still need to be stripped and destroyed."

"Tobi will do his best Hinata-chan!"

"And last but not least, when you go into the hideouts, if you come across a boy named Suigetsu Hozuki, bring him to me or the hideout. If I find out you killed him I will shove your balls so far up you, they'll come out your throat." Everyone was packed and ready to go, my entire body was humming in anticipation. It's time I'm finally going to get my dad back and Orochimaru is going to lose everything he worked for as well as his life. Kabuto has been off the grid. As much as I want to shove a kunai in his chest, he is even more elusive than Orochimaru, his skills as a spy are no joke and he has all but disappeared doing whatever it is he does, he is not my target for now.

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After searching endlessly with my Byakugan I found the entrance to Otogakure. The people here were dressed like civilians but their chakra flow, even when suppressed, was not able to hide from my vision. I was wearing Shisui's clothing still but this time I had my Akatsuki cloak on and unbuttoned, it billowed behind me like a menacing cape as I walked straight into the village. When the people who seemed to be hidden guards caught sight of my cloak they landed in front of me blocking my pathway, weapons at the ready.

"What do you want puny Akatsuki scum?" My lips turned into a vicious smirk as I circulated chakra into my hands.

"Where is Orochimaru?" The men in front of me scoffed and narrowed their eyes.

"If you think we'd betray out Lord like that-" Without giving any more time to respond my hand was punctured through the both of their chests. I sharpened my chakra to that of a blade and enhanced it to break through the bones shredding through their weak frames and piercing their hearts. Blood came dripping out of their mouthes before they were both limp on my arms. I tossed their lifeless bodies to the side carelessly and wiped the blood against my cloak, continuing my walk into the village, Byakugan still activated to see where a hideout would be located. The underground here was filled with catacombs that at some point should lead me to the various hideouts scattered throughout. Each and every person that got in my way was cut down, my kunai supply was already running low but it didn't matter, I just continued on my blood ridden path further and further into the elusive village.

Every slash filled me with guilt of all the lives taken by my hand, the further I went into the village the more my nightmares came flooding forward but I pushed them down and locked them, letting the overwhelming rage take over. Rage for everything that happened, for losing my father, for not being able to help Orochimaru change, for all the pain and fear that still lingers.

Finally I saw a point in the underground catacombs that had a drop off and chakra suppressant seal. I slammed my heel into the ground and let it shatter at the entrance where I took off the seal and entered the hideout. The lights were dim and the walls were uniform in the deep brown of the soil that was packed and hardened. There were small lanterns lighting up the way in the small hideout. There were two rooms, both of them devoid of any human chakra. There were papers scattered around the room all with failed chemical equations that I had never seen before. There was nothing of use anywhere so I attached one of the paper-bombs to the celling and continued my journey through the tunnel. When I was far enough away, I activated the paper bomb and choked a bit on the large burst of dirt and dust from the total annihilation of the hideout.

I repeated the process a few times over until I reached the largest Hideout I had been inside of. My heart was racing and when I looked inside of the hideout, there was a massive chakra just waiting behind the wall. The familiar and intense slither of the chakra as well as the crushing bloodlust coming from it heightened my senses to the extreme and my body was trembling in a mix of anger and fear. I sent 4 small bursts of chakra into my ring to let everyone know I found him.

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(3d POV)

When Hinata's chakra flared out the intensity of her rage was felt in a crushing force as the walls around her shook. Behind the closed door, Orochimaru's tongue ran languidly over his lips and fangs, his mouth stretching out into a smirk of sadistic amusement. Oh how much he loved her anger, he didn't have to do anything. Keeping her father was a perfect plan in getting his little pet to come finding him. Even better, she didn't try to sneak and attempt to assassinate him, she took out his finest men and busted through his front door alerting him of his presence. This game was fun for him and the snake-like human was ready for the next stage. He already brought the darkness into her, all he had to do was bring out that darkness and she'd be his little pet. Breaking a few of her bones now will be beneficial to fully make her obedient. She was so close last time, all he wanted to do was give that little push off the deep end and into insanity.

His long pale fingers clasped together in the snake seal and the walls surrounding them collapsed. The sunlight flooded in the makeshift battle ground illuminating the two competitors. Orochimaru was calm and composed, his yellow eyes were staring at the girl in front of him with no attempt to mask his excited thrill at her state. Hinata was glaring daggers at Orochimaru, her teeth were bared in an aggressive snarl and her lavender eyes were narrowed dangerously, the veins from her Byakugan bulging from her face.

"Oh my darling little Hyuga how I've waited for you to come back to me. You've been such a bad girl I'm afraid I'll have to punish you again." At the slight mention of what he had Kabuto do, the navy haired girl took a step back, her eyes flashing with fear before she grit her teeth and let out a growl. That bit of fear in her eyes had Orochimaru letting out a little laugh, oh how entertaining this was going to be indeed.

"Fuck off." She snarled.

"Oh you're still so uncouth, I would have thought your father would have taught you better by now. Oh... wait." He spoke with such fake sympathy all of her fear was gone an Hinata was raging, gripping her fists to tightly together blood began to drip down her fingers and onto the ground below.

"Where. is. he, WHERE THE HELL IS MY DAD!" The low growl turned into a pained and angry scream

"He's not here if that's what you're wondering. He's locked up in another one of my hideouts, if only you had found him instead of me, you'd get to see your loving father once again. He's really been strong, none of the experiments we've done have managed to break him. He was being so strong for you, pity." The snake bastard teased, trying to rile the already entertaining girl up. The madness, the rage in her expression was fueling him. He loved it, he thrived on it, he was going to break her completely and she'd submit to him wholly just like the rest of them.

(With Itachi)

When Itachi felt his ring pulse with Hinata's 4 beat code his heart started beating faster and his speed increased that much more through the Northern Hideout. He didn't want her to be the one to find Orochimaru, he had seen the darkness that the monster forced upon Hinata, he had been there to help calm her after her nightmares. The Uchiha prodigy didn't know if Hinata would be able to face him alone. Sure, she was strong enough but sometimes its those who are strong that are mentally the weakest. He could see her struggling with herself, pushing down all of her feelings and masking them. Itachi should know, he has been doing it for years. Seeing Orochimaru is going to make that gate burst and he didn't know if she could handle it alone.

All the boy wanted to do was turn around and head to Otogakure as backup, he didn't like not being there to protect her. If she got hurt or worse, he would be breaking his brothers one wish and Itachi couldn't live with himself if that happened. But he'd be damned if he didn't save this Jūgo guy, Hinata begged him and as much as he wanted to say no, if she felt like the boy deserved a better life, Itachi would comply to her and help save him. If he's the only one she's saving, there's something special about him and that was enough to have Itachi rush into a hideout filled with half human half monster people who were begging for their painful lives to end. Even as a pacifist at heart, the amount of killing has numbed Itachi, each person whose life he ended did nothing to phase him, at least this time they weren't crying in anguish because of him.

When Itachi reached the top floor, he opened each room and when Jūgo wasn't there, he killed the 'prisoner.' It was finally a room locked heavily in the right wing of the hideout that he knew he had found his target. With a small fireball, he melted the locks and opened the door ready for whatever is behind this heavily guarded door in a place full of monsters. Instead of a half morphed person like he was expecting, there was a large broad teenager with bright orange hair. He was sitting with his knees pressed up to his chest and he was trembling, staring at his own hands in fear. Jūgo's orange eyes met Itachi's burning red ones and Itachi watched in interest as the fear dulled and they became clouded over. Red markings spread from his left hand covering half of his body and turning his skin grey and hard like stone. The Uchiha recognized this as the curse mark, but it had no remnants of Orochimaru's chakra. Jūgo's face morphed into a wild grin and he let out a booming cackle.

"Perfect, it's a man. I'll KILL YOU!" The massive frame of the boy hurdled speedily at Itahci, his fist quadrupled in size and spiked protruded from his skin. With a swift counter, Jugo's hand implanted itself into the uncut granite wall behind Itachi, cracks forming and crumbling around the impact point. Itachi flickered in front of the raging and mentally unstable boy, he brought their heads together, gripping the back of the cursed boy's neck and locking eyes.

"Calm Down." His Sharingan bore into the orange and yellow eyes of Jūgo, persuading his mind to relax. The scaled markings covering the boy faded and he was released. His orange eyes were open wide in shock as he took in the appearance of Itachi.

"H-how?"

"Jūgo-san my name is Itachi Uchiha and I have been sent to rescue you from Orochimaru."

"You can't just lock me back up, I-I don't want to hurt anyone else." The orange hared male turned to walk back into his cage but Itachi stopped him. This boy was like him, he didn't want to hurt people but had no choice; no wonder Hinata wanted to save him. He was a pure soul.

"You wont, I can promise that. I calmed you down, I will do it again. You will be able to be free, experience the beauty of nature, find people who care about you. I will be your cage, you won't have to accidentally hurt anybody anymore." The taller teen looked over Itachi and when he found no hint of insincerity, he relaxed. Itachi didn't hold the same dark harshness Kimimaro had but his eyes were just as sincere at wanting to help Jūgo he wanted to follow him. Kimimaro was gone but Itachi was here, he'd be able to live again without the fear of snapping and rampaging.

"Ok, I will follow you Itachi-sama." Together they left, rushing to Hinata's side as Itachi informed his new companion what was going on and how Hinata was the one to want him to be saved.

(With Kisame)

When Kisame felt Hinata's chakra code pulse his teeth spread into a grin. He was glad she found him, although he wanted to be the one to crush Orochimaru her vendetta was interesting and he wanted to see if she truly could take him out, from what Itachi said it's possible but Kisame wanted to see what the small fry had in her. And he was having fun destroying things and Samehada was enjoying the chakra meals he was getting from the people who tried to fight them both. They were at the last hideout, the one where the Karin girl was in charge of and damn she was annoying. Her chakra sensory skills were no joke though, she sensed Kisame's unreal chakra from miles away and knew id they fought, she would lose so she was buying her time until she could find a way to escape.

"I just got the signal, Orochimaru is as good as dead now that he's facing her. Eh, brat are you going to join us or what, I'm itching for a fight if you say no."

"Lord Orochimaru wouldn't lose to some stupid girl. Hmph, you should just leave me to my business." Karin pouted, crossing her arms in annoyance. This was bad, he was expecting a response sooner than later and if she said she'd leave with them she was dead and if she said she wouldn't, she was dead. It was a matter of the lesser of two evils, face Orochimaru's wrath or this large shark man. "And as for leaving, it's impossible. I'm the warden here I keep these lowlives in charge, I can't leave my post." She was going to hightail it out of there, if she moved quick enough and held him down with chakra chains she should be able to escape, and releasing an inmate or two to distract the sword wielder would be better than having Orochimaru find her after leaving, the torture she would ensue would break her. She's done it enough to others to know her horrific fate.

"Suit yourself, Samehada is going to have fun shredding you." Kisame swung his sword down at the redhead but with nimble movements she managed to dodge and make her way out the door, bursting open a jail cell, yelling at the inmate to attack. Before he could do anything, he was shoved back into the cell and they all watched in extreme fear and mild fascination as Karin tried to use her chakra chains only to fail and have her chakra drained before her body was sliced to ribbons and thrown in the water, staining it red for the sharks to devour her. Kisame stalked back into the 'prison' and grinned menacingly at all the cowering men.

"Ah what a waste of time, at least the brat had a large supply of chakra for Samehada." He swung his sword with ease, knocking the metal barred doors off their hinges and standing in front of it, his large frame towering over the trembling men who were accepting their deaths. "You are free to go from this crap hole, unless you want to fight that is. I'm itching for a good opponent." Everyone shook their heads in hasty no's, their wide and fearful eyes looking up at Kisame like he was insane.

"W-We're free to g-go?"

"Yep! Make sure you spread the news that Orochimaru is dead, killed by the Akatsuki." Kisame had faith the snake Sanin who had been a thorn in everyone's side was going to die, whose hand to do the job he was unsure but he knew Itachi wouldn't let him live even if Hinata failed. The creep pushed his luck one too many times, nobody gives a more deadly wrath than a woman scorned, or an Uchiha who is protecting someone they love. Kisame strapped Samehada onto his back and strutted out of the hideout deciding to meet up with Itachi back at the hideout, by the time he reached Hinata's position the deed would be finished. Although he wouldn't admit it, he was hoping the little Hyuga won her battle, he'd finally accept that she's a hell of a fighter if she beats someone on his caliber plus the kid is entertaining and Itachi's his friend and first comrade he doesn't want to shred so having her lose would make their often quiet travel that much more unbearable.

(Deidara)

Deidara was highly disappointed, he wanted to be the one to blow Orochimaru to high hell. That snake freak has been pissing him off since their first meeting, Deidara was the better partner for Sasori and he'd kill anyone who said otherwise. He respected his elder, he had a narrow-minded and convoluted view on what art was but Sasori is a respectable man and Orochimaru is a prick, a prick who was obsessed with the clan he hated most. He praised the Uchiha's eyes like it was true art, something sent from the heavens above when the eyes were truly nothing more then cursed. A man with such views, someone who every interaction had made Deidara blow his top deserved to be blown to bits. Unfortunately for him, Hinata got lucky and was the one to find the bastard. At least the one to end Orochimaru's life was Hinata and not Hidan or god-forbid Itachi, he would get over it since she's his friend. She respects his art and even sees the beauty in it, she's pretty fun and he can tease her without getting almost-decapitated. Plus she's interesting, like a puzzle he wants to figure out, her personality is fiery and erratic but intelligent and he never know's what she's gonna do or say. Unlike Sasori who is aggravated with the girl, Deidara enjoys her company more than anyone else he's ever met.

The blonde bomber grinned wildly as he watched the followers of Orochimaru finally become beautiful, he released an array of small C2 bombs, letting them all attach onto people and watching in glee as their bodies were blown apart. Each hideout was a beautiful sight when he finally turned the areas into his art, the bright flashes of yellows and oranges as his bombs went off in vivid and beautiful art. It was nothing short of spectacular, the intense and fleeting moment of the explosion, the heat from the blasts, the aftermath of there being nothing left. He got to let loose and destroy the property of a man he hated, it was amazing. He took out the sentinels then the bases, if he gave nobody a chance for them to spot him, there would be no chance for survivors. After taking down all of the bases he could find, he flew full speed to Otogakure, maybe he'd be able to deliver the finishing blow and if not, he'd take the surely exhausted girl home and make Itachi walk, the only time he can make the 'too cool for any-fucking-thing' Uchiha is when Hinata is involved and Deidara will continue to exploit that to it's fullest until he can finally rid the world of those dreaded eyes.

(Tobi)

Tobi's job was easy for him, almost hilariously so. He slipped in and out of each hideout around Kumo with little to no effort. All of the people there were not worth his time, they had nothing that would benefit him so when he destroyed each hideout, he let them parish too. When he got Hinata's notification he was amused and intrigued. Orochimaru was no joke of an opponent, he was a difficult to kill snake that was getting closer and closer to needing to be taken out. Tobi fought Hinata when she was young, she was extremely skilled as a child, and had a loudmouth with information that she shouldn't have had and Tobi wanted to see how this one would turn out. If Hinata had not grown since childhood she would parish but from the information Zetsu had given, her abilities have grown exponentially putting her in the upper half of strength in the Akatsuki so hopefully she'd win.

If she died it wouldn't be bad but Tobi was rooting for her to win, she was a very nice girl if nothing else. When they'd met the first time, she was so loving and determined, that fire to protect Shisui reminded him how Rin always had that burning desire to help him and her wild personality that didn't fit the norm reminded him slightly of his younger self, the person he was going to become once more. Hinata was also the only person in the Akatsuki (who didn't know who he was) who was always kind to him, it showed how she was a nice person even though she was slightly lost in the darkness. He wouldn't lie and say he wasn't fond of the girl the more time he spent with her the more he grew to like her presence, she was strong, kind, smart, weird, and beautiful but she was also something he had to watch. She knew who he was when she was a child and how she knew plagued his mind sometimes and if she were to find out again it would make things more difficult, only time will tell what he has to do to the Hyuga.

(Hidan and Kakuzu)

Hidan nor Kakuzu cared when they weren't the ones to find the Sanin. The Jashinist had the fullest faith in Hinata, she was his girl and wouldn't go down to some shitty atheist, false immortality bastard like Orochimaru. They fought and there was no way she wouldn't kill Orochimaru too, a girl like her, one who slaughtered the sound 4 wouldn't lose. Kakuzu was getting the bounty either way so at least he didn't have to go through the time of using his resources to get to Orochimaru himself, this way he was able to find other men with bounties on their heads while Hinata was getting the largest bounty he'd ever gain on her own.

Besides, fighting Orochimaru would only be one worthy sacrifice for his lord but her sending him to the most populated hideouts at the moment has allowed Hidan to rack up sacrifices and not have to go against his commandments by only doing half-kills like the fucking Akatsuki leader has been making him do. His lord was pleased and it pleased Hidan, Lord Jashin deserved his sacrifices, deserved to see slaughter and this was filled with it, the floors were stained red.

"Ahh do you feel that, lets experience the upmost suffering together. Let me your agony as you become Lord Jashin's. Dying feels amazing but living through your pain feels even better!" His body was almost overwhelmed in pleasure as he completed his ritual at the hideout, the mutual pain coursing though his and his victims bodies was mouthwateringly savory. Their agony radiating through his body felt euphoric, it was amazing. If only he didn't have the antisocial old fucker Kakuzu with him, he always rushed his rituals and stooped so low as to defile a persons death by killing them for money.

At the last hideout after all the people willing to fight were dead, they entered the underground labyrinth and checked in each room, Kakuzu only taking things of value. There were a few prisoners that they released (much to Hidan's dismay) until Hidan reached a cell not only locked normally, but with seals to block the usage of Chakra within the room as well. Who or whatever was in there was important enough to be locked up with such high security and with no hesitation, Hidan cut the door down and went in seeing a malnourished brunette man.

"Hey, Kakuzu is this the man the hot bitch was talking about? He looks pathetic for a clan leader." Kakuzu went over to the room and looked inside. He looked at his bingo book and although the man looked frail and he was littered in scars it was no doubt Hiashi Hyuga. The man had a bounty of over 800 million Ryo but Orochimaru's was more than double, as well as the gift she was promising, and he knew it would be more profitable for him to save the man for Hinata and gain her reward than to cash Hiashi's head for money.

"You did something right for once. Let Hinata know and we'll bring him close to Konohagakure." Kakuzu slung the man over his broad shoulder and started walking out, ignoring the annoyed shouts of his companion. Hiashi didn't even groan as he was carried like a rag-doll, his body was barely functioning at this point and his chakra was weak to borderline death, he didn't even know what was happening, being carried he just assumed it was for another experiment. Little did he know, his staying strong would end well, he would finally see his daughters again and return home away from this hellhole.

"Oh man, hot bitch is gonna fucking love me for this." He grinned, his magenta orbs glowing as he pulsed his chakra in tow sets of 3 letting them know he had found and is returning Hiashi to Konohagakure.

A/N: Sorry if it's kinda wild I wrote this at like 2 am... this is the chapter before the big fight so you could see what is happening for every other member while Hinata is fighting Orochimaru and yay Hidan found Hiashi! The next chapter I'm so excited for because it's turning out really well and we finally get to meet Suigetsu and co. Sorry not sorry about killing Karin, she's like not my fav or least fav and I couldn't find a reason to keep her in so I have a better plan for her dead. Only a few more chapters until we get so see some of our OG lovers and stuff! Thanks for reading, I love you all!

Question: Who do you ship Hinata with the most so far? and who do you want more interactions with

My answer: Hidan for sure