A/N: My first Hidan x Hinata fic. This story has nothing to do with the Akatsuki or any of the plots in the Naruto universe so expect a slightly OOC Hidan/Hinata in here. Either way, I hope you guys would like it.

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Taming the Demon

Chapter One

A chill settled in the air as the shadows darkened near the palace, the celebrations within its thick walls continued undisturbed, but those people scurrying outside the courtyard abruptly stopped with a sense of dread.

"The Demon has returned…" muttered a shinobi guard, gripping his kunai holster tightly.

Whispers of the Demon echoed in the still night air, fear eminent in hushed voices.

The people quickly withdrew towards safety, mouthing prayers of protection from the upcoming scourge of the Land of Fire that will certainly bring death to those who witness it.

"Fucking cowards…"

Standing outside the open gate, Hidan watched the frantic chaos with cold amusement. He rarely allowed his presence to be felt, he took pleasure in leaving his lair and hunt using stealth as much as possible.

However, this night, he decided to let all to feel his dark chakra.

After all, it was a most special evening.

Within the great hall the head of the Hyuuga clan was celebrating the goddess' day for his youngest daughter. The clan gathered as they toasted for the maiden and led to the hall as an honored guest.

And a proper sacrifice for the Demon.

The girl turned eighteen tonight. A smirk appeared on his face. The age he would mark her and lead her to his lair. The curse would hold her in an enchantment, and she would do everything to come to his side. Not that any would stand in her way, he acknowledged mockingly. All knew the ancient legend and the price demanded to keep the Hyuuga clan from a certain bloody death.

For all their generous displays of sympathy for the poor girl, they would willingly thrust her into his glen as their sacrifice.

He knew such cowardice, although it had been almost a century, he could still clearly recall the clansmen who led him to his doom. No one had willingly risked the wrath of their lord to offer a warning or lift a kunai to his defense.

Honor and loyalty sold for no more than a bid to gain favor.

The pale, elegant features hardened with disdain as to the recollection of what happened at the past, that, of course, had only been the painful beginning of such treachery.

In the distance Hidan could hear laughter and heavy thud of goblets brought down against the wooden tables, fucking drunks the lot of them. The celebration would come to an end, and he would claim his sacrifice.

Indifferent to the shinobis guarding the place, he moved silently toward the gate. Does he fucking need to fear? He was impermeable to mortal threats. Heck, he once had a kunai stuck through his throat and heart and still lived, it was just annoying though.

Hidan stilled as the sound of footsteps caught his attention. He melted into the shadows with ease, curious to discover who would be daring enough to go out and ignore the thick menace surrounding the palace. They must be utterly stupid or desperate.

The smirk returned once again as he tilted his head to sniff the air. Yes… it was a young Hyuuga female. The stench of her blood unmistakable. It wasn't surprising, this would not be the first occasion his sacrifice attempted to flee. More than one of the women would have condemned their clan just to save their own skin. Bitches.

Content to wait for the girl to walk to her doom, Hidan absently stroked the silver necklace that hung on his neck, a circle with a triangle in it.

As the footsteps neared, a scowl marred his smooth countenance. He sniffed the air again, there were two females approaching. One an older woman, and the other…

A Hyuuga female, without doubt, but not the one he was seeking.

He watched them pass through the gate with narrowed gaze. What the hell would lead the bitch out at such an hour?! Any woman would be smart enough to stay at their homes at night.

Intrigued, Hidan studied the slender form shrouded in moonlight.

Although wrapped in a heavy cloak, he could tell that she was created in delicate lines. Far more delicate and fragile than most of her clan, with a gentle spirit showing in her pale lilac colored eyes. And unlike the rest of her kin, her hair was not the usual black, but rather a deep blue that tumbled in her ivory skin like the smooth flow of water.

There was little to remind him of the woman who deceived him centuries ago. Only the smell of her blood.

Despite his urge to complete his revenge and return to his place, Hidan watched as the older woman with jet black hair and crimson eyes reached out to grasp the female's cloak.

"Hinata, this is foolish and you know it. You should return to the palace."

With a slight obvious impatience the girl tugged at her cloak gently but firmly from the other's clinging grip. "Kurenai-sensei, p-please l-let m-me be."

"No. I can't let you," The woman looked worriedly at the younger girl. "Something terrible lingers in the air tonight."

Hinata clenched her hands digging her nails on her palms, Hidan did not miss the faint shiver in her slender form.

"I'm t-tired of cowering b-behind these walls and w-wait for the D-demon to come a-and t-take away my s-sister as d-do those who claim t-to be n-noblemen and s-shinobis!"

Her tone was gentle yet fierce despite her constant stuttering, and Hidan lifted a fine brow in surprise. So it wasn't only her appearance that was different with her clan.

Kurenai shook her head.

"There's nothing that can be done Hinata. The curse is unbreakable. If Hanabi does not offer herself to the Demon, every one… men, women and children will all be killed. Is that what you would prefer to happen?"

"O-of course not. But I-I won't just sit here c-crying and w-waiting Hanabi's fate. T-there must be s-some m-means to stop this c-curse." The girl wrapped her cloak tighter around herself as she glanced around the trees. "There must be…"

"There is none…all who tried to find it are already dead, if not worse…"

"S-so we've been t-told… we've been held too long b-by the c-clutches of f-fear that we do not a-attempt to end this p-plague in o-our land."

"No, Hinata." The older woman glanced at the trees as well. "Many have entered the cursed glen never to return."

Hinata shook her head disapprovingly. "P-people who blunder f-forward s-seeking glory, w-where stealth is n-needed. No one e-even attempted t-to d-discover the D-demon's weakness so i-it could be k-killed…"

Kurenai's eyes widened with worry. "You intend to do that?"

The delicate features hardened in the moonlight. "What e-else can I do? I cannot hide h-here a-and do n-nothing."

Hidan, caught in an odd sense of fascination, was still as an unmoving mountain.

"There's no telling when the Demon will appear and come for Hanabi on this night, it is said that in the past he would wait for days even weeks before claiming his prize."

"But the D-demon will come…" Hinata frowned.

The older woman sighed. "Yes… the Demon will come."

"I've waited for F-father to d-do w-what is n-necessary…I hoped in v-vain… Now i-it's up t-to me…"

"No."

"Yes. P-please go b-back t-to the great h-hall Kurenai-sensei. Stay w-with Hanabi for me."

Although the command was said in a gentle manner, there was no mistaking the authority in the girl's voice.

Trying not to shed a tear, the crimson eyed woman bowed before walking back through the gate. On her own now, Hinata paused for a moment, glancing in the darkness with unease, then, with a tilt of her chin, she quickly moved toward the nearby trees.

Hidan found himself hesitating. He had one purpose as to why he approached the palace. To claim his sacrifice.

However, he could not deny the strange compulsion within him. The girl had done something to him that no one managed in a century.

She had piqued his interest.

Following behind the slender form through the darkness, Hidan didn't bother to think about his distraction. Hell, did it fucking matter? It was enough to know more about the bitch.

With unnatural ease, he managed to pass through the woods without even a leaf rustling or a twig snapping. His presence, however, remained thick in the air, making the girl quicken her step in mounting apprehension. She could feel him following and closing in on her. Still she continued forward, trying to convince herself that the prickles on her skin were merely her imagination.

Hidan grinned faintly at the girl's courage. Or perhaps her stupidity. They traveled closer to the glen which hid his lair. Few had attempted to wander close.

Changing her path, Hinata stepped into a small opening, then, spinning about, pressed her back to a tree and quickly pulled out a kunai from beneath her cloak.

"W-who's there? She demanded, trying hard not to stutter. "Show y-yourself!"

Hidan studied the frantic pulse beating at the base of her throat. Jashin-sama… she stirred his instincts. Bloodlust. And…more. A distant sensation somewhere in his forgotten memory.

Hiding in the shadows still, Hidan folded his arms over his chest.

"Who are you to fucking command me, bitch?"

The pulse fluttered even more, a slight blush appeared on her face, but surprisingly she remained poised to fight rather than flee.

"I-it is my r-right." Her voice rang through out the clearing. "T-this is Hyuuga land, and I am the lord's d-daughter."

He smirked. "How proudly spoken."

"Not p-proudly, m-merely the truth."

"I know who you are," he said with a cool disdain. "I can smell the taint of your father's fucking blood in the air."

The pale lilac eyes widened with anger. "Y-you seek t-to insult m-me while y-you h-hide behind the t-trees? W-why do you l-lurk in the s-shadows, a-are you a-ashamed to show your f-face?"

"I don't have any fucking shame." Hidan allowed a faint pause. "Can you say the same, Hyuuga?"

A slight blush marred her skin. Hidan narrowed his gaze. So, the bitch felt the sting of her family disgrace.

"E-excuse me, but I d-do not d-desire foolish g-games." Clutching the kunai harder in anger she gritted.

Hidan smirked. "Then what is it you do desire alone in the darkness?"

"Merely to be on my w-way."

"On your way to where?" Hidan silently shifted through the trees, coming ever closer.

"N-none of y-your business." Hinata frowned, sensing his movement but unable to see him.

"Shouldn't you be fucking staying home and tucked at your virginal blankets like any goddamn virgins at this hour? The dark is a dangerous place for such a beautiful girl." there was a pause before Hidan smirked. "You are, still a virgin, right? "

Hinata blushed furiously at the man's audacity, with a determined motion she lifted the kunai to brandish it at the shadows.

Hidan gave a rasping laugh. "You believe that fucking blade can protect you? Or is it that sharp tongue of yours that keeps those fucking demons at bay?"

Her lips thinned. "I am p-protected by m-my f-father and his m-men. S-should any harm b-befall me, t-there would be n-nowhere enough f-for you to hide."

Hidan stilled, age old-fury flowing through his body. It was in this spot that he had been surrounded by Hyuuga shinobis and brutally attacked, all for the love of a woman.

"The same father who drinks in his hall and waits to fucking toss her daughter to the Demon?" he mocked. "I'm so fucking scared."

Hinata's face flushed even more with anger and shame. "I will not talk to s-shadows, s-show yourself or b-be on your w-way, sir."

Hidan hesitated. He should be on his way. To claim his sacrifice or to return to his lair. To linger was to satisfy a passing curiosity. Oddly, he already had made his decision. He would be lingering. It had been centuries since he had considered a woman more than a sacrifice for his revenge.

Or food.

He wasn't anxious to return to his solitary brooding.

Ignoring the small warning in the back of his mind, Hidan stepped forward, allowing the moonlight to reveal his shrouded form.

"Sure."

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A/N: Hope you guys liked this one~