"And when the fuck were you going to tell us this?" Hidan hissed.

   "Settle down." Sasori ordered calmly. Hidan gave him the finger and glared daggers at their so called leader.

   "You're fucking dragging innocent people into this!!" he growled as he pounded the table with his fist. "Look, I joined the Akatsuki knowing the consequences, but no one fucking told me millions of civilians, as well as shinobi were going to die!!" 

   "Hidan is correct." Itachi inputed, shocking every single person in the meeting room, "This organization had a goal- and that was to achieve world peace. What's the point of having peace if we all go out on a killing spree that provides us with no benefit?"

   "Says the man that murdered his entire clan in cold blood."

   "Do not speak of things you do not understand, Kakuzu. They had a reason to die."

   "Yeah, right. All two-hundred of them had a reason."

   "Stop it, both of you!" Tobi blurted out.

   "Why should they, hm?" Deidara questioned, "I absolutely hate to say this, but I'm on Hidan and Itachi's side on this one. No matter what you guys do or say, I'm not going to kill all those innocent people, yeah."

   "But you will because it's your duty to the organization."

   "Fuck you, Sasori, yeah! I'm not murdering those people!"

   Sasori growled and turned his head towards Kisame.

   "And you. What is your entire view of this predicament, Monster of the Hidden Mist?" he hissed. Kisame scoffed and leaned back into his chair.

   "Sure I love a good fight, but what makes you think I'll walk up to an innocent man and kill him because he's done nothing wrong?"

   The room suddenly filled with loud arguements between the members of the Akatsuki. Pein's eyes scanned the room. Things were getting violent very, very quickly. His eyes then turned to source of all the trouble: Hidan. Hidan voiced his unnecessary opinion, causing half of the Akatsuki to go against his will. We couldn't have that, now could we?

   Pein called the Asura Path over to him and gave him a simple order that made Konan's eyes grow wide.

   "Destroy Hidan and make sure he has no way of recovering."

~

   If you told someone that the Akatsuki had driven themselves to ruin, the chance of that person believing you was very, very slim. But that's exactly how the Akatsuki disappeared off the face of the earth. The organization split themselves down the middle and fought to the death.

   The first to go was Sasori.

   His battle became art against art- eternity against explosion. Him and Deidara finally had the battle between who's art style was better. Deidara was running low on clay, and in a last attempt, he set a simple C1 bomb to attach itself to Sasori's heart. It killed the puppetmaster immediately, but victory was short-lived for the young blonde. His danna was gone, and a large dose of lethal poison was pumping through his veins.

   He collapsed five minutes later.

   Tobi, Zetsu, and Itachi faced off Pein and his Paths, and were winning even when the odds seemed against their favor. Hidan had gone against Kakuzu, and Kisame fought against Konan. Those four were in the same area and were susceptible to any attacks between them. Towers of water pelted the earth, tendrils shot out from every angle, blood painted what used to be beautiful green grass, crisp white paper flew like a hurricane around the battlefield-- it was pure chaos. Disaster. Catastrophe.

   To Hidan, everything was a blur. Things were moving so quickly that he barely had time to react to anything. He didn't even have the time to draw Jashin's symbol on the ground because of the relentless attacks Kakuzu was forcing onto him. Thankfully for him, he was given an opportunity when Kisame's Samehada collided with Kakuzu's side, forcing him through a couple of trees. Kisame called out to him before bolting towards the broken bark.

   "Hidan! Behind you!"

   On impulse, he swung his scythe backwards, sharpened tips impaling whoever was behind him. 

   A few slips of paper fell to his feet.

~

   The sky had darkened to its darkest blue hue by the time the Akatsuki War was over. Ten dead bodies littered what was left of the ground, and five members were left barely alive. Kisame was helping Itachi to stand up, both of them covered in deep cuts with their clothes soaked with blood. They were standing off to the side, staring at the aftermath of everything. Tobi and Zetsu had disappeared and were nowhere to be found, not even their traces. And Hidan...

   Hidan's scythe was discarded on the ground and his eyes were glued to the dead body before him. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. Even in death, she was so beautiful. She deserved so much more... Yet all it took was him to swing without knowing who was behind him.

   You know that I cannot revive the dead.

   Hidan exhaled through his nose.

   "I know Jashin-sama." he murmured softly. It was silent for a while.

   Then let your sorrow go, Hidan. You can do nothing further, and you have yet to present me with a sacrifice.

   Hidan picked up his blood-encrusted scythe and took one last look at Konan.

   "See you later, chickadee."