Chapter 1

A big car slowed in and stopped in front of a pretty big villa in a small community 10 minutes outside of town. An orange haired man stepped out and stretched himself.

Pain opened the trunk of his car where a large box was standing. A small whimper was heard from in side and the pierced man opened it slightly and gently said; "I know you don't like this but just what a little longer. You don't have to be scared, okay?"

Pain took out his phone and wrote a quick text, and about 2 minutes later a big blue skinned man were coming the house with a big smile on his face.

"Did it go alright?" he asked as he helped the other to lift the box.

"Yeah Kisuke, but I still can't believe how someone can treat such a cute creature so badly"

Soon the two men were inside and gently sat down the box on the living room floor. There were already a few persons in the room. Sasori was reading a book but looked up when he heard Pain and Kisuke. Deidara, a small blond neko, was playing on the floor and quickly got up and went over to investigate the box. He jumped back when it moved slightly.

"Konan, Itachi, Zetsu, Tobi, Kakuzu, come here for a moment!" Pain yelled. Soon all of the members of the household were sitting in their living room, eagerly watching the box. The nekos, Tobi, Deidara and Itachi, were all sniffing trying to identify what was inside.

"I have a little surprise for you guys. About a month ago I was contacted by a friend of mine. She's working at the neko shelter in town and she said that they had one that was in serious need of a good and safe home." Both Deidara's and Tobi's eyes lit up. "You brought a new neko?" the yelled with excitement. "Sh!" Pain said before continuing;

"Yes I have. His name is Hidan and I want all of you to treat his as well as you can. He hasn't had an easy life full of abuse and pain" he said and he could see the shock in all of their eyes.

"Well, isn't it about time we met the newcomer?" Sasori asked and the rest nodded.

Pain, slowly opened the box and they saw a pair of silver eyes peak up. A pair of magenta eyes soon followed, slightly covered by silver hair as the neko carefully looked around the room from inside the box. When he saw all the people he quickly hid inside again but Pain reached down and gently lifted him up and sat him down on the rug. Hidan curled up tightly and wrapped his tail around himself, clearly scared. "Hidan?" a soft voice said close to him, causing him to jump. Konan was kneeling down next to him with a big smile on his face. "Easy now, we won't hurt you. I'm Konan, and this is Sasori, Kakuzu, Kisame, Itachi, Deidara, Tobi, Zetsu, he has a lighter syndrome of split personalities, and Pain" she said as he pointed at them all in order.

Hidan didn't say anything; he only looked at them with big eyes. Deidara slowly crawled forward and was now sitting in front of the other neko with a big smile. "Hi I'm Deidara as you know. Welcome to our house" Hidan still didn't make a sound but he gave the blond a quick smile before looking down. "Well, aren't you gonna say anything?" Kakuzu said impatiently causing Hidan to recoil from the harsh voice, Konan glaring angrily. Hidan slowly lifted his head and with a shaking hand he pointed towards a ling scar across his neck. "Oh that's right. Hidan's past owner tried to strangle him, crushing his windpipe in the process" Pain said in a low and sad voice. This made all of their eyes to widen, had they really heard that right?

"So you can't talk at all?" Itachi asked and walked closer to Hidan who shook his head without raising his eyes. "Well, maybe not now but my friend said that there might be a chance for you to talk again" Pain said and laid a hand on the neko's shoulder, trying to calm him a bit. But this only made Hidan shake even more. "Damn, what did that bastard do to you?" Pain thought as he carefully scooped up the shaking neko. "Don't worry; I'm just going to show you your room okay?" Hidan slowly nodded and so they left the living room, leaving the other to talk over what they just had found out.

"How exciting. A new neko" Deidara and Tobi said together, almost jumping.

"Oh poor thing, I can't imagine what he had been through" Sasori said to Kisame across the room.

"I think it's unnecessary to get another neko, but I have to admit I don't like the idée of someone abusing a neko" Kakuzu said as he leaned against the wall, not really talking to any of them. This caused Tobi and Deidara to stick their tongues out at him before going back to talking about how they could welcome Hidan the in the best way. They continued to talk before they were interrupted by Konan who called them all to the kitchen for dinner.

With Pain and Hidan upstairs

Hidan was curled up in Pain's arms, ears flat on his head and tail wrapped around his own arm. They soon reached the room and Pain gently sat Hidan down on one of the two beds, carefully covering him with a blanket. "You'll have to share room with Kakuzu. Hi seems like a scary guy at first but he is really nice once you get to know him" Pain said with a little smile. "You should get some rest. I'll come up with dinner later" he said before exiting the room. Hidan laid awake for another 10 minutes, thinking about the day. It started with him being at ht shelter, and then this strange man came in and said that he was going to move in with him and his family. The neko was a bit scared since he still remembered living with his last owner, Orochimaru. That man had done so many cruel and sick things to him that he had made Hidan lose all trust in other people. In his eyes they were all just like him.

"They seem nice enough. But then again so did he in the beginning" the neko thought to himself before falling asleep in the soft, warm bed. It had been quite some time since he had slept in a bed, in peace. Orochimaru just to make him sleep in either a basket without any blankets or anything, which made it very hard or in his bed after they had some "fun" as he called it. Hidan didn't know what this family wanted in return for being so kind but right now sleep was overtaking him.

Meanwhile down stairs the rest of the family was now having dinner. They laughed and talked loudly. The topic at the table was still the new neko. "Do you know who was Hidan's former owner?" Kisame asked Konan before shoving more food into his mouth. "Yes. Orochimaru" Konan said with a calm voice. The room when silent, everybody starred at her. "Are you sure?" Kakuzu asked with a raised eyebrow. She nodded. "Wow, no wonder he is so scared" Zetsu said with a sad look on his face. "You know him?" Deidara asked, biting down on a piece of bread. The black and with man nodded. "Used to work for him. Sick man"

Pain soon walked in and sat down with a sigh. They all looked at him with a kind of well, tell us the details-look on their faces. "Well, he's in pretty bad shape. We'll have to take him to the vet soon and we all have to work on gaining his trust, okay?" he said with a firm voice. Everyone nodded, even Kakuzu. "Oh and Kakuzu" Pain said to the banker who looked up from his plate. "Be nice to him okay? He's been through a lot" Kakuzu just nodded and went back to eating.

When they all had eaten, Pain put together a tray with food for Hidan and with Konan; they walked up to see how Hidan was doing. When they opened the door they heard a pained whimper from Hidan's bed. The neko was having a nightmare. Konan quickly kneeled down next to him and gently shook him trying to wake him but the neko just fought against her touch. "Hidan, Hidan sweetie, wake up" she called out and finally managed to wake him up. He was looking at the two with terrified eyes, shaking like crazy. Konan slowly pulled the frightened neko into a tight embrace, hearing a gasp when her hands touch Hidan's arms, as if he was expecting her to hit him. "I'm not going to hurt you okay? No one here is. We all want you to feel safe" It was clear that Hidan didn't believe her. They sat like that until the neko had calmed down and when Konan finally let go of him, Pain placed the tray in front of him on the bed. Hidan sniffed on it with a skeptical look but he finally took a bite and soon the all of the food was gone.

Konan gently smile at him before taking the tray and heading out the door. Just before Pain left he turned around and softly said "If there is anything you need, we'll be downstairs okay?" Hidan didn't answer, he just curled but under the blanked and looked away. "Well, that could have gone worse." Pain thought as he walked into his study to get some work done.

TBC

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