The young man was on the phone negotiating shares and selling prices with his client. Gomenshi Pharmaceuticals was a rising star on the stock market and the young man stood to make a decent commission. As he was on the phone he noticed a flashing red triangle next to the Gomenshi share prices. "I'll call you back" he said hurriedly as he slammed the phone down.

He looked at the screen. The red icon was still flashing and the neon green line on the graph that showed the company's financial health began to be drawn on a down slope as the icon flickered faster. No no no! he thought as he pulled his chair to his keyboard and began typing. 

No matter which command he entered or how frantically he fed new investor's money into the system, the graph's line still went down. He loosened his tie, gulped audibly and thought about his career which was surely gone now that $300 million ryo was now gone from the company.

Shinju deftly typed commands and subverted the attempt at taking the money back from her. She smiled as she watched the flow of funds into Mother's account, a percentage of each ryo being diverted to the group's account.

Once all of the money had been successfully transferred, she hit a few more keys and sent her malware to the financial institution.

The young man watched as his screen, and every other screen on his floor, turn black and then a red symbol appeared. It was an 'X' that looked hastily slashed and was dripping blood. Soon their entire network was shut down and panic ensued.

Shinju left her command center and moved into the great room, sitting herself on the overstuffed couch and snatching the remote from the coffee table. She turned on her favourite show and settled down to watch.

Tenno was dusting in the room and when he saw Shinju enter, he walked over and stood next to her with his hands clasped behind his back. "Is there anything I can do for you, Mistress?" he asked. "Actually, yes. I would kill for a foot massage" she said to him. He bowed and said "please, allow me to clean my hands. Nothing should defile your skin. I shall be back shortly" as he turned and left.

Several minutes later, he returned with freshly cleaned hands and a selection of oils. He removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves while sitting on his knees on the floor in front of her feet. "Please pick a scent, Mistress, so that I may begin to ease your tension" he asked as he held the bottles up for her to see. His crisp white shirt was slightly stretched over his muscular chest and his biceps and Shinju had a brief fantasy of ripping his shirt off.

She chose a scent and Tenno placed some of the oil in his hands, rubbing his hands together to warm the oil before he reached out and began massaging her foot. She let out little "hmmm" and "'mmm" sounds as Tenno's strong, yet soft, hands deftly worked the ache and tiredness from her feet.

"Mistress..." Tenno started to say but stopped. Shinju looked at him with a curious look on her face. "Forgive me if I am out of line but you, and the others, mustn't overwork yourselves. You are too precious to Mother...and to me" he said, the last part almost too quiet to hear.

"We'll do our best to not worry you, Tenno" she said as she caressed his face with her hand. He briefly pressed his cheek into her hand before returning to his task.

The front door slammed, startling Shinju and Tenno who had been used to the silence. "Honey, I'm hooooooome" a familiar voice called out. "In here" Shinju replied.

Kay entered the great room, running her hand through her hair and sat down heavily into a chair. "Fuck me sideways but I managed to find a good dump spot. He'll be found in a few days and then we can move on" she said tiredly. "Where are Umiko and Yukiko?" Kay asked.

Tenno finished massaging one of Shinju's feet and he gently placed it down and picked up the other. "Umiko is working at the hospital and Yukiko is in her room. She doesn't want to be disturbed" Shinju said as she relaxed under Tenno's skilled and kind hands. "The dry run of the money transfer went off without a hitch so I think in a few days I'm going to crash that institution". Kay didn't say anything as she had curled up in the chair and fallen asleep.

The phone rang shrilly, it's illumined screen temporarily blinding Kakuzu as his hand searched the top of the nightstand. His fingers wrapped around the annoying device and he brought it to his ear. "Hello" he rasped out, his normally sexy voice even raspier from sleep. He listened and then hung up and dialled a number.

Several hang ups and redials later a voice finally spoke on the other end. "What the fuck do you want at balls a.m.?!" Hidan groaned onto the phone. "Body. East Block. Get dressed, I'll be there in 30 minutes to get your ass". Hidan huffed and muttered "ok" before hanging up.

The two detectives scanned the scene, sipping their coffee and Hidan badgering the beat cops about crime scene preservation and traffic logs. Kakuzu squatted down, looking at the mutilated head, it's top half obliterated but it still has its lower jaw and tongue. Except the tongue looked...well...odd to him.

"Hidan!" He called, standing up. Hidan walked over, still fuming about what he considered "idiot cops". Kakuzu pointed to the victim's face and Hidan put on gloves and knelt down. Using a long handled swab he had gotten from a CSI tech, he lifted what was thought to be the victim's tongue. Kakuzu shined his flashlight on the area and the full horror became apparent to both men.

Hidan stood up quickly, an inhuman screech coming from his mouth. "It wasn't a fucking tongue! IT WASN'T A FUCKING TONGUE!" he chanted, almost like a mantra. Kakuzu frowned, they were clearly dealing with a psychotic and sadistic killer.

"Gentlemen" Sasori said as he approached the body. Hidan was still in such a state of shock about the discovery that he didn't insult the coroner. Sasori put on gloves, knelt down and shined a light on the severed penis that was stitched to the severed nub of a tongue. He smiled and said "interesting".

"WHO THE FUCK WOULD DO THAT?!" Hidan yelled. "I don't know. You might have to bring him in. I haven't seen a body this messed up in years" Sasori said as he began his preliminary examination. "I'll have the autopsy report for you in 24 hours but I recommend that you get any other evidence you have processed as quickly as you can. You need to catch this guy before panic spreads to the whole city".

"Thanks Captain Obvious but we have it under control" Kakuzu said as he turned to his CSI's. "You know what to do. Don't fuck it up" was all he said before walking to his car. Hidan slid into the passenger seat, "where to now, boss?"  "Time to see if Hoshigaki has anything for us." he said as the high performance car pulled away from the crime scene and entered the highway, heading back to their offices.