After the Kyuubi

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Characters: Hidan, Tobi

Setting: Road to Konoha

Rating: We'll say PG-13 for Hidan's mouth (and that's only because I'm toning it down. Seriously. I'm restricting my use of the 'f' word.).

Summary: Hidan and Tobi head towards Konoha in search of the Kyuubi.

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Tobi was largely unfazed by Hidan's tone any further than noting Hidan-san did not like him very much, but he was animated by the remark about his abilities.

"You won't need to look after me, Hidan-san!" he assured emphatically, "I can look after myself. Don't you worry. I'll set that jinchuuriki straight!" He gave a punch to the air for emphasis. Hah! Out goes the jinchuuriki.

His confidence was not entirely misplaced, but either way he wouldn't have let his temporary partner see anything other than self-assurance, even if Hidan might dismiss it as foolish. There were indeed many things Tobi did fear, but jinchuuriki and Hidan were not them.

Tobi addressed his partner once more, "What are we going to do right when we get there, Hidan-san?" Tobi did have ideas of his own, but Hidan had been in Akatsuki longer and that must be respected.

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"Tch." Hidan looked away, unconvinced by the pep talk.

He was so used to following Kakuzu's lead most of the time--complaining the whole while, yes, but still following--that having Tobi look to him for direction was something of a new experience. Even so, there was no reason to handle this situation any differently than the others.

No less snappish, Hidan replied in an impatient tone, "We're gonna go inside, find this guy, and take him out. Considering we don't even know what this bastard looks like, finding him'll be the hard part." He rolled his shoulder, irritated, shifting his scythe's cord out of the indent it had made in his skin. He just wanted to get this damn thing over with.

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"We're just gonna walk right in?" Tobi asked curiously. "Can we do that?" It didn't seem like the two of them would get very far if they waltzed in the front door. Hidan must have a more complicated plan he wasn't sharing. Oh well. Tobi trusted him.

"Do we know how old the jinchuuriki is? Gender?" Tobi figured he should get some information. He wanted to find the demon first.

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"Damn it, that's what I meant when I said, 'we don't know what this bastard looks like,'" he retorted. "It's a kid and it's a boy. That's all I know.

"And why the hell can't we just go in? Ain't anything special about this village, is there?" The way Hidan said it didn't imply that he wanted an answer. That was how he and Kakuzu did their jobs--go in, get it done, get out. Anyone in the way was dealt with easily enough.

But then again...impatient as he could be with anything that didn't revolve around himself, even Hidan could see the flaw in this way of thinking. Barging right in might be fine with Kakuzu, who was a one-man army and could handle himself, but he wasn't with Kakuzu at the moment.

The last thing he wanted was to go to anyone else for an opinion, least of all Tobi. Still, maybe the kid was onto something. "You got any better ideas?" he spat.