A/N: Part three of the whole short oneshot Partner series I've got going on :)

This time its...Hidan and Kakuzu! Obviously.

^v^

Warning: Language, slight violence, OOC?

Disclaimer: All characters do not belong to me. Only the plot.

Kakuzu had a slight problem.

Ever since he had been running low on money, he had resorted to other criminal-like hobbies to go make some. Unfortunately babysitting wasn't his forte and being a bank teller was too dangerous of a task to give to a green-loving man like him. But he didn't want to lose his money either.

Because money was love and love equaled richness!

Or at least to him anyway.

So as of late, whenever Pein assigned him missions to nearby villages, he sort of- kind of- jacked a few things from the stores he visited. Every time. No one ever caught him, and Pein never really bothered to correct him.

Until a chance meeting did that for him.

One day in a convenience store, he had been smoothly tucking things into his giant Akatsuki cloak (you'd be surprised what could fit in there) quicker than the normal eye could see. He was in a mostly civilian village anyway so he thought he'd take a gamble and try and stuff a giant bag of chocolate coins inside his cloak. Kakuzu thought he was doing a very good job of not being seen, until a silver-haired teen brushed by with a swagger and said in a sing-song voice-

"Klep~to~"

Kakuzu blinked in surprise and turned to see who had spoke.

The teen with slicked back hair and violet eyes smirked and waggled his fingers from the other end of the aisle.

Kakuzu snorted and acted like he didn't care. But when the teen was out of sight, Kakuzu dumped his cloak of all stolen items and quickly left.

Che.

Stupid kid making him self-conscious.

He made a point of gathering as much money as possible after that- so he wouldn't have to steal anymore.

Pein even made him a trophy saying 'Most Changed Member'.

Imagine the heart attacks he had when Akatsuki received their newest recruit.

Pein waved a hand towards a smirking silver-haired man who looked too familiar for Kakuzu's liking. "This will be your new partner Kakuzu. His name is Hidan- treat him well."

Kakuzu was silent.

Hidan's smirk grew and a look of pleasant surprise spread on his pale face. "Well hey- look who it fuckin' is! How've you been kelpto? Still shoplifting from all those stores?"

All the other members stared at Kakuzu, unable to believe what they had just heard.

And the Kakuzu started to scream. "NOO! GODDAMMIT WHY AM I STUCK WITH THIS IDIOT!"

Hidan cocked his head. "What's wrong-"

Kakuzu stabbed him in the gut. "SILENCE! DIE, DIE, DIE!"

Hidan looked down and then frowned. "Hey that hurt bitch!"

"What? Why aren't you dead?" Kakuzu said.

Pein felt the nerve under his left eye twitch. "Kakuzu. Hidan is immortal- therefore he cannot die."

"Damn straight," Hidan huffed, stuffing his insides back…inside.

"NOOOOOOOO!"

"Kakuzu SHUT UP!" Pein shouted before he Rinnegan-ed him into the wall.

…Yeah. Hence the lovely partnership between Hidan and Kakuzu.

A/N: I tried ^v^

R&R if you'd like!