Hello again, HidanAi fans :D Here's the Alternate Ending of Reverse This Curse! Sorry it took me forever to write it. XD

Thanks to Deidara-Kun-Fangirl for giving me this idea!

What sounded like thunder rumbled above the head—and only the head—of a certain silver haired ninja as he tried to come to terms with being buried beneath 30 or more feet of rock for the rest of eternity. The thunder grew louder, and seemingly closer, until it began to annoy him.

"Damnit…" He muttered, wincing as the rock squishing his head shifted slightly, "What the hell is that noise?" The thunder above him stopped for a moment, but quickly resumed.

"I swear if it's that Nara kid digging me up…!" He remembered the threat he screamed at the smoking Jounin before he was buried. He would keep his word! He'd kill him, even if he only had his teeth! He swore to Jashin he would!

Suddenly, light flooded into his eyes, burning his darkness-adjusted retinas.

"H-Hidan!"

Hidan opened his eyes and looked in disbelief at the familiar face he was somehow relieved to see. Her golden eyes were filled with tears, something he'd never seen before.

"Wha…Ai!?" He said, all his previous thoughts abolished, "What the hell are you doing here?" He took a moment to examine the blood and bruises on Ai's face, making him frown in slight concern, "And…what the hell happened to your face?"

He stared on as Ai laughed joyfully, more tears pouring from her eyes. "Oh, my god…I can't believe I actually found you!" She almost sobbed.

"Wha…" Hidan reached out to grab her with arms and hands he did not have. "Are—are you…crying?" She laughed again, and Hidan had wished she didn't. Her laugh sounded more like a sob, and he didn't want to hear that.

"I guess so…" She said, making a poor attempt to wipe her tears away. "Stupid, huh? Jashin is gonna kill m--…uh, never mind." Hidan frowned at her. Was she…crying for him? No way…

"What are you crying for? And you never answered the question of what are you DOING here?" Ai smiled through her tears at him.

"Oh, yeah," She said, "Leader said you and Kakuzu were killed so—" Hidan's anger flared and he interrupted her sentence.

"That asshole!" He shouted, "He knows I can't die!"

"That's what I said!" Ai chuckled, and Hidan found that slightly reassuring, as it no longer sounded like a sob. "Anyway, I went to leave and he threatened me by saying…" She paused, clearing her throat, making her voice deep in an attempt to imitate Leader, "If you leave you will be removed from the Akatsuki as well~!" She laughed a bit, "So I said 'up yours', threw my ring at him, and came here to…find…you…" Hidan could see a tiny bit of a blush on her cheeks as she looked away.

He was silent as his eyes traveled away from Ai, before he finally found his voice, "Why?" Ai looked at him in confusion. "What's the point of actually coming all the way out here just to dig me out of a fucking ditch?" He felt slightly bad about bitching at her when she went out of her way to save him…but how long had he been trying to die? He finally had a chance at death…and she took it away.

"What's your problem?" Ai asked; hurt barely surfaced in her voice. "I just saved you, why are you being so—" Hidan snapped against his will, unable to bite back the words he didn't want to shout at her.

"I never asked you to 'save' me! I could actually have managed to die here! Why the hell would you even bother—"

"Because, I-I love you, damnit!" Ai's words echoed in Hidan's ears, and he couldn't quite grasp their meaning. He watched absently as she covered her mouth and lowered her bright pink face in an attempt to hide her embarrassment.

Hidan tried hard to absorb the words she shouted at him. He definitely understood them, but he couldn't quite believe that she just…told him that.

"I-I'm…going to get you out of here, s-so…just shut up and stop complaining…" Ai said, not looking at him as she pulled one of Hidan's limbs from beneath a nearby rock.

He was silent as she continued to carry his limbs to the surface of the hole, going over in his head she could possibly feel that way about him.
Not that he never suspected it, but he never really thought she did…love him.

He was pulled from his thoughts as he felt Ai's warm hands, compared to the fairly cold night air, touch his face and pull him up. He frowned and closed his eyes as Ai held him tightly in the crook of her elbow. He listened to her heavy, labored breathing, feeling a bit bad that she went through all that trouble to 'save' him and he just bitched at her…

He felt himself be set down, and opened his eyes to see Ai collapse onto the ground. He continued to stay silent as she regained her breath and energy.

It gained his attention, though, when Ai sat up and pulled a familiar thick black thread from her cloak and began to sew his abdomen to his lower body.

A certain asshole partner of his flashed through his mind quickly.

"Where is Kakuzu?" He asked, looking at Ai. She twitched slightly, then turned to face him, sympathy gracing her face.

"He…" She paused, and Hidan quirked an eyebrow. "He's dead, Hidan."

Silence hung between them for a moment, and Hidan slowly allowed his lips to curve upwards as he snickered.

"And that asshole kept on telling me not to let my guard own or I'd die!" He laughed, "Bastard." Ai stared at him, almost in disbelief. Hidan sighed slightly as he calmed himself down, realizing that Ai had returned to sewing him together.

It took her a while, but eventually Ai finished sewing up Hidan's body, and started sewing his head to his neck.

"Ow," He muttered as the sharp thread pierced his skin, a tiny bit of pleasure mixed in with the pain. Ai ignored his quiet protest and continued sewing him together until she was finished.

Hidan sighed and cracked his neck. "Aaah, that's much better." He muttered.

"Be careful doing that. I have no idea how strong those threads are, or if I even sewed you up right. It'll be a pain to re-sew you," Ai scolded, and Hidan had to restrain rolling his eyes. She better not become like Kakuzu. That'd piss him off.

"Yeah, yeah, I know," He said, cracking his shoulder, "Kakuzu's given me this rant too many times to count, these stitches haven't broken once."

He noticed Ai frown. "If you say so." She said. Hidan stood up, and Ai did the same. He stretched his legs, making sure everything was where it was supposed to be and it did its job right.

Hidan paused as Ai turned away from him. He looked over at her, observing her nervous and slightly panicked posture. He frowned, knowing the problem.

He cast his eyes away from her, not quite sure what to do. He had been alive many, many years; of course he had fallen in love before. The only thing that kept him from doing that again was the mortality of the women he might grow to care for.

But Ai was different.

Ai was immortal now, like he was. Thinking about it, that may have been the only reason he had grown feelings for her, in some odd subconscious need for affection that wouldn't put him through all the pain when it died.

In the back of his mind, the very back of his mind, he knew that wasn't the case, though.

Of course, Jashin also held him back from pleasures like that. He couldn't allow himself to fall in love with someone.

Little did he know it wasn't his choice.

"Ai," Hidan said, getting the attention of the woman he was afraid he loved. She turned to look at him, and what he had planned to say disappeared from his mind. His body took over, and grabbed Ai, pulling her towards him and pressing their lips together. He could feel her tense and try to push him away before she gave in slightly.

Hidan knew Jashin would hate him for this, but he was willing to make that sacrifice. If he couldn't have Ai forever, he at least wanted to have a taste of what it would be like.

Their lips were together for only a moment before Hidan made them part. He could sense Ai's disappointment. Hidan swallowed slightly, before he remembered what he meant to say.

"…You can't feel that way about me," He said. Ai froze, and he knew she didn't like that. He had to force the rest of the words from his mouth; otherwise he wouldn't be able to say them. "Your…love is impossible, so don't bother with it." Please…

Ai was quiet as he moved away from her, and he pushed the guilt back down into his would-be emotionless body.

"I…see…" Ai muttered, and Hidan thought she was crying. She didn't look up at him, and that bothered Hidan. "I…" The sorrowed pause was hardly noticeable, but Hidan heard it. "Kinda saw that comin' actually. I dunno what else I expected you to say." Hidan held his body back from trying to console her, her façade easily see-through.

"Don't go thinking I'm unhappy, asshole." She lifted her eyes to him and glared, but their eyes never met. Hidan frowned. "It's a sin, after all, isn't it? To love, I mean. Jashin wouldn't be too happy if it was any other way."

That is the case, but…

"…Yeah," Hidan said. She stretched and turned away. He could see her trembling slightly.

"So, what do we do now?" She asked. "Neither one of us is in the Akatsuki anymore, and I don't have any particular place to be—oh crap!"

Hidan quirked an eyebrow as Ai smacked a fist into her palm. Apparently she just remembered something important.

"I still have to bury Kakuzu!" She stated.

"…What?"

"I saw his corpse on the way here," Ah, so that's how she knew he was dead. "And I promised I'd bury him before I left the area. I need to do that." She still refused to look in his eyes. "Let's go."

"Ai…" He tried. He couldn't stand it when someone acted like they were okay, but really weren't (making him a hypocrite).

"Can't waste any time," Ai laughed a bit, but it was extremely obvious that it was fake, "The sun will rise soon I'm sure, and if anyone shows up we are screwed."

"Ai…!" Hidan tried again, but she turned and started to walk away.

"Hurry it up, Hidan!" Hidan frowned. "You're slowin' me down!"

"Ai, god damnit!" He shouted, finally getting Ai to stop walking away from him.

"Geez, what is so important that you need to scream?" She asked, but still didn't look at him.

"Look at me." He ordered. Ai didn't do so.

"…What? Why? I've looked at you before…"

"Look at me." He grabbed Ai's shoulders and forced her around, but she looked at the ground instead of him. "You aren't looking…!" He was really irritated now.

""Why do you want me to look at you so badly, anyway?" She muttered, trying to change the subject. He wouldn't allow her to get out of this.

"You haven't looked at my eyes once," He said, squeezing her shoulders, noticing she was still trembling. "I know what's wrong and, frankly, it's pissing me off."

She scoffed at him, but still didn't raise her head. "Oh, it pisses you off, eh? So if it pisses you off I immediately have to stop it, huh? Just for that, I'm not going to stop it."

Hidan frowned deeper and clenched his jaw. Fine, he'd just resort to pissing her off.

"Dumbass bitch," He said, smacking the back of her head. "You're nothing more than a kid, getting upset over shit like this." He restrained a smirk as she glared up at him, unintentionally meeting his eyes.

"You fucking asshole!" She hissed. "Who the hell said I was fucking upset—"

"You're looking," Hidan couldn't restrain the smirk any longer, and let it form on his lips as realization dawned on Ai's face.

"…SHIT!" She stomped her foot in anger. "You tricked me!"

"Hardly," Hidan replied. Okay, maybe he did.

"You did too!" Ai flailed unhappily. "You pissed me off knowing I'd look at you in the eyes if you got me mad enough!"

Hidan snickered, and changed the subject. "You want to bury Kakuzu right? Let's get moving before the sun rises, like you said."

"Don't ignore me damnit!" Ai shouted after him. He grinned as he walked away.

"'Hurry it up, Ai! You're slowin' me down!'"

"And don't mock me either! Damnit, you son of a bitch, get BACK here!!"

Hidan smiled to himself as Ai chased after him. He knew he cared about her, but sin or not, that wouldn't change.