The black haired girl switched on her I-pod. Gimmie More blasted out and she walked down the long, dim hall in time with the music. She hummed as she scribbled on the clipboard, carefully examining the various creatures in the glass cages in front of her. "Who's a good little guinea pig?" She said sadly.
"Itia!"
"Hmm?" The eighteen year old looked at the white haired man that was hurrying to her. "What is it, Kabuto?"
"Orochimaru wanted me to give this to you." He opened his hands to reveal a dark purple orogami fox. Itia gingerly took it.
"It's pretty, but what's it for?"
"To tell others that you belong to Orochimaru-sama."
"Ah. Okay. But- ahh..." Her eyes flashed that familiar gold.
"What's wrong, Itia?"
"This fox... ahh..." She bit her lip as the fox started to glow. "It wants to- come to- agh!" Suddenly, the dark purple paper came to life, trotting about happily, yet staying close to the dark haired woman. She fell backwards. "Agh. That fucking hurt." Itia closed her eyes and rested, falling asleep within minutes. Kabuto sighed and picked the sleeping woman up. The fox paper looked at him expectantly.
"What?" The paper cocked it's head to the side. Suddenly, a shrill, yet worried, voice sounded from the end of the room.
"Kabuto!"
"What, Karin?"
"Is Itia okay?" The red head ran up.
"She's fine."
"What happened?"
"Oh, you haven't seen this before. I forgot. Silly me. Follow me and I'll show you."
"Okay."
"Hey, grab that paper."
"Err- okay." She scooped up the paper and bounded off eagerly after the man. Later, Kabuto tended to the woman. She was sleeping, laying on her soft black comforter. As usual, she muttered in her sleep.
"You see, when she first got here, Itia was young. Orochimaru needed a vessel for a demon he had found. Itia turned out to be the perfect vessel. Healthy, young, and strong. So it was put in her heart, hence the marking on her chest. But there was an unexpected side effect. She could bring inanimate things to life. At first, she had terrible trouble at controlling it, but she got better at it. Now, it almost never happens unless she makes it happen. Sometimes, though, there's an odd pull about something and her body goes haywire. It comes to life whether she wants it to or not."
"But why does she get like this after it comes to life?"
"That's what is troubling me. She never got like this before. She would get dizzy for a few seconds, but then she'd get right back up. This time is different, though, and it's worrying me. I thi-"
"Agh!" Itia cried out, her eyes snapping open. The markings on her chest glowed and burned her. "Shit!" White light blinded all of them. Once their eyes cleared, they looked around.
"Oh my god!" Karin squeaked. Kabuto looked to where she was pointing. Itia was unconscious and there was a fox pup at her feet. The pup had dark purple eyes. Kabuto looked to where the paper fox had been. It was gone. He looked at the fox and it cocked it's head to the side. Exactly like the paper fox had.