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[kakuhidaweek]

We're Back with KakuHida Week '26!

KakuHida week is a 14-day long celebration of the fan favorite Akatsuki pairing of - you guessed it! Kakuzu and Hidan. 

Note: Previous weeks were hosted in early October. To give content creators more time to create, this KakuHida Week will take place late October/early November. Exact posting dates for 2026 are 10/19 - 11/1, with a late-entry period 11/2 - 11/8.

For 2026, we will again hold our posting period for TWO FULL WEEKS. This means more prompts, more flexibility, more breathing space for all the busy people out there to participate! 

♡GUIDELINES & FAQS♡ 

• Prompt Submissions: 8/2 - 8/14

• Prompt Voting: 8/15 ~ 8/21

• Prompt Release: by 8/24

• Creation Period: 8/24 - 10/19

• Posting: 10/19 - 11/1 (yes two weeks!)

• Late Period: 11/2 - 11/8

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For more detailed information (guidelines/FAQs, general information), please go to here on our main page! Links added as we go.

[kakuhidaweek]

2026 Prompt Submissions

Prompts Submissions for KakuHida Week 2026

Responses will be recorded from August 2~ August 14th; closes @ 11 PM CST

You are entitled to fill as many as you desire! Before voting, similar-sounding entries will be compiled into combined categories.

Mod Note: Apologies for the later date; a loved one was rushed to the ER during the 8/01 initial release date and that took top priority. To accommodate, suggestions period will end before midnight on 8/14, rather than the typical early afternoon deadline.

Return to Masterpost

[kakuhidaweek]

      “Oi, oi! Pay attention to me, here!”

     KakuHida week is a 14-day long celebration of the fan favorite Akatsuki pairing of - you guessed it! Kakuzu and Hidan. Previously hosted by @syndellwins and @hoppspindels-artblog, @thatshipcat and @kakuzuisabigidiotwholoveshidan, this year will again be hosted by @foriamproud. 

Note: Previous weeks were hosted in early October. To give content creators more time to create, this KakuHida Week will take place late October/early November. Exact posting dates for 2026 are 10/19 - 11/1, with a late-entry period 11/2 - 11/8.

For 2026, we will again hold our posting period for TWO FULL WEEKS. This means more prompts, more flexibility, more breathing space for all the busy people out there to participate! 

♡GUIDELINES & FAQS♡ 

•  2025 PROMPTS  

• 2024 PROMPTS

•  2023 PROMPTS

• 2022 PROMPTS    

• 2021 PROMPTS       

• 2020 PROMPTS

• 2019 PROMPTS 

[kakuhidaweek]

2026 Season has been finalized and is in production! Mark your calys as we head into the next month with prompts!

[narutoverse-event-reblogs]

Naruto Events Calendar 2026!

Tag us in event posts for a boost!

Check out our list of known Narutoverse Event Blogs!

July

Naruto Calendar 2027 - Sign Ups - 30th of May to the 31st of July

Fest No Jutsu - Prompt Claiming and Submission Creation - 6th of June to the 12th of September

Tenten Art Collab - Art Claims and Participation - 10th of June to the 10th of October

Secret Santa SNS - Gift Exchange Sign Ups - 27th of June to the 5th of July

Genma Week 2026 - Event Week - 11th of July to the 17th of July

A Team 7 Zine - Interest Check - 13th of June to the 11th of July

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of July - July Prompts

NejiTen Month 2026 - Event Month - All of July

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Neji Week - Event Week - 1st of July to the 7th of July

Tobiizu Summer - Event Week - 5th of July to the 11th of July

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Haku Yuki Week - Event Week - 12th of July to the 18th of July

NaraClan2026 - Event Week - 12th of July to the 18th of July

KisameWeek2026 - Event Week - 19th of July to the 26th of July

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Sasuke Rarepair Shipping Challenge - 20th of July to the 26th of July

A Team 7 Zine - Contributor Applications Open - 26th of July to the 23rd of August

AkaSaku Summer Vacation 2026 - Event Weekend - 30th of July to the 2nd of August

August

Tenten Art Collab - Art Claims and Participation - 10th of June to the 10th of October

Fest No Jutsu - Prompt Claiming and Submission Creation - 6th of June to the 12th of September

A Team 7 Zine - Contributor Applications Open - 26th of July to the 23rd of August

AkaSaku Summer Vacation 2026 - Event Weekend - 30th of July to the 2nd of August

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of August - August Prompts

SasuHina Month 2026 - Event Month - All of August

Kkobsummer2026 - Event Weekend - 1st of August to the 3rd of August

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Jinchūriki Shipping Week - Event Week - 1st of August to the 7th of August

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - MLM Week - Event Week - 1st of August to the 7th of August

HashiMada Week 2026 - Event Week - 2nd of August to the 8th of August

KakaIru Prank Week 2026 - Event Week - 1st of August to the 7th of August

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Yamato Week - Event Week - 16th of August to the 19th of August

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Temari Shipping Week - Event Week - 23rd of August to the 30th of August

September

Tenten Art Collab - Art Claims and Participation - 10th of June to the 10th of October

Fest No Jutsu - Prompt Claiming and Submission Creation - 6th of June to the 12th of September

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of September - September Prompts

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Sensei Appreciation Week - Event Week - 1st of September to the 7th of September

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Kakashi Day - Event Day - 15th of September

MadaGaiWeek2026 - Event Week - 15th of September to the 19th of September

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Shikamaru Appreciation Weekend - 18th of September to the 20th of September

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Ino Week - Event Week - 23rd of September to the 30th of September

October

Tenten Art Collab - Art Claims and Participation - 10th of June to the 10th of October

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of October - October Prompts

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Juugo Day - Event Day - 1st of October

MinatoWeek2026 - Event Week - 4th of October to the 10th of October

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Naruto Uzumaki Week - Event Week - 10th of October to the 16th of October

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Shisui Day - Event Day - 19th of October

ShiitaWeek2026 - Event Week - 19th of October to the 25th of October

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Orochimaru Day - Event Day - 27th of October

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - RarePair Halloween Fest - Event Weekend - 29th of October to the 31st of October

November

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of November - November Prompts

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Naruto OC x Canon Week - Event Week - 1st of November to the 8th of November

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Jiraiya Day - Event Day - 11th of November

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Shizune Day - Event Day - 18th of November

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Sai Day - Event Day - 25th of November

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Rock Lee Weekend - 27th of November to the 30th of November

December

Naruto AU Year 2026 - Event Year - All of December - December Prompts

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Uchiha Appreciation Week - Event Week - 1st of December to the 7th of December

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Madara Week - Event Week - 17th of December to the 24th of December

NarutoRarePairEventHUB - Multi Hinata Shipping Challenge - Event Week - 26th of December to the 31st of December

PSA: Listed events are subject to change. Please check the event hosting blog for the latest details. Please reblog event posts you are interested in to spread the news that the event is taking place. Events promoted on this blog do not reflect the views, preferences or opinions of the mods.

[kakuhidaweek]

KakuHida Week will return this year 10/19 - 11/1 (yes two weeks!); timeline is linked here!

[kakuhidaweek]

It's Time to Get Spooky!

❣️KakuHida Timeline 2026❣️

• Prompt Submissions: 8/1 - 8/14

• Prompt Voting: 8/15 ~ 8/21

• Prompt Release: by 8/24

• Creation Period: 8/24 - 10/19

• Posting: 10/19 - 11/1 (yes two weeks!)

• Late Period: 11/2 - 11/8

more detailed information (guidelines/FAQs, general information), please go to here on our main page! Links added as we go.

~ mod G-P 🍄

[kakuhidaweek]

      “Oi, oi! Pay attention to me, here!”

     KakuHida week is a 14-day long celebration of the fan favorite Akatsuki pairing of - you guessed it! Kakuzu and Hidan. Previously hosted by @syndellwins and @hoppspindels-artblog, @thatshipcat and @kakuzuisabigidiotwholoveshidan, this year will again be hosted by @foriamproud. 

Note: Previous weeks were hosted in early October. To give content creators more time to create, this KakuHida Week will take place late October/early November. Exact posting dates for 2026 are 10/19 - 11/1, with a late-entry period 11/2 - 11/8.

For 2026, we will again hold our posting period for TWO FULL WEEKS. This means more prompts, more flexibility, more breathing space for all the busy people out there to participate! 

♡GUIDELINES & FAQS♡ 

•  2025 PROMPTS  

• 2024 PROMPTS

•  2023 PROMPTS

• 2022 PROMPTS    

• 2021 PROMPTS       

• 2020 PROMPTS

• 2019 PROMPTS 

[kakuhidaweek]

Will there be a KakuHida Week 2026?

Yes! I should have formalised information posted in early June while I assist with the Kisame Week planning.

I currently am going back to school from my Master's and am not as early on this as previous years, so I appreciate the patience. ;)

[rukosband]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Naruto (Anime & Manga) Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Hidan/Kakuzu (Naruto) Characters: Hidan (Naruto), Kakuzu (Naruto) Additional Tags: violence but not really, they fight and bicker, not really graphic but I tagged it just in case, POV Kakuzu (Naruto), very light sex scene near the end, Kakuzu is catching feelings, but he won’t admit that, Hidan thinks fighting it out solves problems Summary:

Kakuzu’s past is catching up to him (or at least tries to) and Hidan takes it upon himself to try and make him feel better. It ends up making things worse and Kakuzu’s past trauma begins resurfacing stronger than ever. Yet Hidan doesn’t give up, and reminds Kakuzu that not everyone is his enemy.

Happy Gift Exchange @likorys-shimenawa !!!

@akatsuki-gift-exchange

[eroshoneycrispapple]

@akatsuki-gift-exchange gift for @rukosband

I really enjoyed drawing it!

[kisskisame]

Artwork originally meant for @kakuhidaweek's Retro-Space prompt!

Is it very late? Yes, but it's finished now so I'm sharing it. I'm just glad to have it done finally, lmao...my concept here was cyborg Kakuzu and alien Hidan. Have some alternate versions without the lighting pass in the final below:

[kakuhidaweek]

KakuHida Week(s) '25 Season Form

Open indefinitely! As always, I love feedback to improve and tweak our events but this is entirely optional ;)

KakuHida Fest '25 Season Wrap-Up

Open indefinitely! As always, I love feedback to improve and tweak our events but this is entirely optional ;)

Note: Tumblr and Twitter were screwy with notifications this season, so I recognize that some folks had to wait longer for reblogs. 

I cannot stress how helpful it is to spam me with tags and @mes...next year you can also @ my main blog (@foriamproud). If I missed something this year, too, please do the same! My goal is to share/support writers and artists however I can as times continue to get tough for a lot of us.

[kisskisame]

Late Period submission for @kakuhidaweek's prompt "pre-history"

Yeah I'll take any excuse to go bronze age with a submission. The notes on this one get a bit long, so I'll put all that under the cut:

When coming up for my design for Kakuzu here, I decided I wanted to go with a "came back wrong" kind of theme. So for that, I decided to take inspiration from what we have surrounding the egyptian god Osiris, or Usire as he's also known by.

Mainly, I chose that slant of inspiration because of texts where Osiris seems to be more than a little bit angry in the underworld:

Text Source: The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (Have an Internet Archive Link)

"Anger" seems to be putting it mildly here. The concept of having this anger after being brought back from 'death' felt like a good fit for where I wanted to take Kakuzu here, so I went with that and took in some of Osiris' more vegetation aspects into Kakuzu's design.

This led to some really fun ideas for the mask critters Kakuzu has - notably created with hearts Kakuzu rips out of those unfortunate to come across him. Well we also have a group of four figures represented in the Book of Caverns, who decapitate, slaughter, and notably here, tear the hearts out of the enemies of Osiris.

Source: The Slaughterers: A Study of the Ḫꜣ.tyw as Liminal Beings in Ancient Egyptian Thought (freely accessible!)

The above source is actually part of a larger freely accessible collection of articles on such figures known as 'duatlings' for those interested. Check out their database too!

Anyway, if you'd like to see the tableau referenced:

Source: Aspects of Iconography and Transmission in the Book of Caverns (freely accessible!)

You'll notice I also used this register depicting these figures into the border decoration elements of this piece.

For the way I dressed Kakuzu, I took some inspiration for his headpiece from depictions of nobility wearing this headcone piece, like you see for example in this met museum piece: Ipuy and Wife Receive Offerings from Their Children

Although the design of the headband itself takes more from this Relief of a Nobleman from the Brooklyn Museum collection, which is where I also got the idea for stylizing the braids in the way that I did.

Special mention on designing the headband for Standard-bearing statue of Ramose from the Museo Egizio collection.

Anyway, I thought I'd make the cone piece look more like a literal lotus, similar to how Nefertem tends to be depicted I suppose, given the lotus' symbolism with rebirth and renewal. I also put the lotus motif into his eyes as well, as a bonus feature, and in the bloodied waters surrounding them. The water itself is stylized similar to how it is in this tomb painting depicting Nebamun fowling and fishing in the marshes, courtesy of the British Museum collection.

Further references used:

Necklace Piece from the Louvre Collection

Hinged Cuff Bracelet from the Met Museum Collection

Hidan though, I noticeably did NOT go egyptian! I wanted to pick a bronze age location that felt more fitting given his backstory, and I decided somewhere in the levant would fit best. The area is sandwiched between two big regional powers of the time, the egyptians and the hittites, similar to how the Land of Steam was. Well known city-states like Ugarit here were mainly known for their economic importance, which also felt fitting for where Hidan came from. It felt like the right choice for a myriad of reasons there.

I initially considered making Anat the deity he worshipped here by him; a war goddess from Ugarit makes sense on paper. She's from the right region, and she is quite enthusiastic about her war aspect to put it mildly, if you've ever read anything where she cameos. She's also described as wearing the severed heads and hands of her enemies on her person, which is quite fun of her. I actually took inspiration from that idea with Anat for the heads on the coils attached to Hidan's spear.

I wanted it to kind of look like they were attached to the belt by the hair forming into the spear's rope coil, with the heads themselves based on glass beads meant to depict human faces you also find from the region. Most of the examples you'll see online are actually from the iron age, like this glass pendant from the met, but you do get some cases from the bronze age, like this much scrunglier example from the louvre's collection that was found in Ugarit.

One of the faces specifically though is based more on a specific piece of pottery shaped like a woman's head from Ugarit, in the same collection from the Louvre. The way the nose is chipped off almost looks like that of a skull's, and that got stuck in my mind.

Would I go for Anat though with Hidan if it's really down to the wire? I'm not sure! She was quite popular and I feel it would be more fitting given his backstory to go with a way more obscure Z lister. Still, I do like using her as a design influence on that end regardless.

For Hidan's kilt design, I went with cues from the louvre's baal stele. It's a bit faint, but I liked the wrapping and main pattern there. Although the way it was layered, I couldn't depict the fringe end you kind of also see here, but if I were to draw Hidan again like this, you probably would see the fringe in a different posing.

I thought it would be fun to give him a prominent curl to his braid, which is something you do see quite a lot in depictions of deities from this region. You see it in the Baal Stele I linked above, but some other examples:

If I took the time to hunt where I got these screenshots from I will be here forever, but I'll update this post with the information when I refind it I guess. The perks of putting all your design yapping under the cut! Anyway, have a fun little paper on the hathoric curl which is mildly related here, might as well share it.

If you made it this far, drop in the tags or replies who I should bronze age-ify next, lmaoooooooo

[ladykissingfish]

*Pein talking to the Akatsuki*

Pein: … And so Itachi and Kisame, you will meet our contact there and retrieve the scroll. Be wary of the weather and not to let the item be damaged by the rain.

Kisame and Itachi: Yes, Leader.

Pein: Now, Deidara, I would like for you to accompany Kakuzu and Hidan, to —

Deidara: No fuckin’ way, hm! 

Pein: … Pardon?

Deidara: I’m not going anywhere with those two! Not after last time!

Kakuzu: Deidara. I assure you that Hidan and I have strengthened our partnership since you last came on a mission with us. 

Hidan: Yeah, blondie! We ain’t fightin’ so much anymore, so ya ain’t gotta fuckin’ worry about —

Deidara: “Strengthened” is putting it mildly, hm. Don’t forget MY room is next to Hidan’s. If I’m going to have to listen to … to those things you guys do every single night? Again, no fuckin’ way, hm!

Pein:

Everyone else:

[ladykissingfish]

Kakuzu: Er, Sasori … do you have a moment?

Sasori: Of course. What can I do for you?

Kakuzu, sweating: The thing is … well … y-you’re aware of my … my situation with H-Hidan, correct?

Sasori: Mm. Really it’s obvious to anyone who looks. Why?

Kakuzu, trying not to blush: Well. Well, last night we may have been … engaging in a few things. And his … his hand may have come off at the wrist, while it was wrapped around … a certain part of me. And the fingers may have locked up so that I can’t remove it. Do you suppose —

Sasori, sighing and laying medical tools on his bench: As sad as this is, I’ve been through this with myself and Deidara.

[ladykissingfish]

*Hidan walking into a small house in the woods*

Hidan: Oi, I’m back, old man.

Kakuzu, laying in bed: Mm. Did you find anything?

Hidan: *walks to the bed* I was lucky this time … *pulls a sack out of his cloak pocket* Found a huge wild strawberry patch. *helps Kakuzu to sit up* C’mon, start eating. And don’t hold back; I ate a bunch on the way here so I’m good.

*Kakuzu very slowly starts chewing on the berries* 

Kakuzu, softly: Mm, so sweet. You’re sure you ate enough?

Hidan: Yes, old fuck. Stop worrying about me.

Kakuzu: Can’t help it. You haven’t made a sacrifice in so long … 

Hidan: Yeah, but Lord Jashin seems to be favoring me anyway. And anyways, maybe we’ll find some fuckers in the next place we go to. I hate to say it but we need to move again, probably in a couple of days.

Kakuzu: *groans* Let me guess; that creek is just about dried out?

Hidan: You guessed it. *sits down next to Kakuzu* Heh, who would have thought I’d miss the rain? Remember back when we used to camp out and it seemed like it always poured on the tent?

Kakuzu: I remember. I was just thinking earlier, that I actually miss those guys. You know, the Akatsuki.

Hidan: It’s been so damn long, I can’t believe you still remember them! Oi, remember that dipshit Tobi? 

Kakuzu: You’re not one to talk, brat. You, him and the blonde made up a formidable trio of idiots. *chuckles* I don’t think one day passed when I didn’t pop a vein in my neck chewing you guys out.

Hidan: *sighs* Yeah, but … I’d probably give anything to go back two hundred years and see them all again.

Kakuzu: Mm. *reaches over and takes hold of Hidan’s hand* But I’m grateful that the most important person in the world is still with me. I should have married you quite some time ago.

Hidan: Ah, you’re damned lucky that we live like we do now because if this was a hundred years back? I’d make you pay for a huge fucking wedding and a big-ass reception with every meat under the sun. There’d be music, and we’d eat off of gold plates, and drink expensive champagne, and —

Kakuzu, sweating bullets: It’s been a long time since I’ve had any dreams but you’re about to push me right into a nightmare, brat.

[ladykissingfish]

Hidan: Ah! There he is! There’s the most handsome, sexy, sensual, strongest son of a bitch in the whole world—

Kakuzu: What the hell did you do??

Hidan: D-do? What do ya mean? I ain’t done nothin’! *wraps himself around Kakuzu’s body* But I know what I want to do, big boy. How ‘bout we go to your bedroom and —

*from the other room*

Deidara: Hidan! Did you tell Kakuzu yet about losing his wallet?

Itachi: Or accidentally putting dish soap over the meat Konan had thawing for tonight and ruining it?

Tobi: Or sacrificing that man that turned out to be the highest “Wanted-Alive” bounty in the bingo book?

Kakuzu:

[ladykissingfish]

Hidan: I heard you were talking a lot of shit about me to everyone else.

Kakuzu: Do you want to hear it again, or did you catch it all the first time?

Hidan: You must really think I’m stupid if —

Kakuzu: Ah, you’re up to speed. That’s good; I hate repeating myself.

Hidan: