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Chapter 1
Both Zetsu looked down at the little girl who was pressed as far back against the grimy wall of the prison cell as she could.
"What are we waiting for, let's just eat her, you know the orders." Black Zetsu hissed. White Zetsu shook his head, "No, she's strange, she doesn't smell like food. She smells funny. Don't you smell it too?" he questioned his other half.
Black Zetsu growled, not wanting to admit he'd been feeling the same way. "Well, then what do you suggest we do?" he asked.
White Zetsu shrugged, "I don't know, just leave her? Orochimaru's bound to come back, we were really ordered to kill everyone here because they were bloodthirsty and insane. She doesn't seem to be, so leave her?" he suggested.
Both Zetsu turned to the girl when she whimpered. Her body was shaking violently.
"Girl? What is wrong?" White Zetsu wondered curiously.
"Noo, no, nonono." the girl whimpered hoarsely.
"Well, I suppose we don't have to eat her, even though it seems a waste." White Zetsu said as he pulled out a kunai and approached the prisoner.
Before he could deliver the blow she spasmed. He stepped back quickly and watched in curiosity. Black fur rippled across her back and her nails curved into claws.
the child whimpered, pitiful and pain filled sounds, as her back arched violently.
Both Zetsu heard a loud cracking before she cried out in pain. Fresh blood stained the steel manacles around her wrists, before the change suddenly stopped and slowly reversed. She lay on the ground gasping from pain and exhaustion.
Both Zetsu studied the being in front of them in fascination. Her already loose and torn clothes had been nearly ripped off, leaving her virtually unclothed. White Zetsu noticed an unusual mark on her shoulder. Black Zetsu, however, was more curious about the black canine tail curled around her waist limply.
"What type of curse mark is this?" White Zetsu wondered aloud, deeming it safe to approach the girl again.
"Use caution, we don't know how mentally stable she is right now." Black Zetsu warned.
"I know, but I'm just so curious. Aren't you?" His white half replied.
He leaned over her a bit to examine her neck and the curse mark on it. He was distracted, however, when something black and furry twitched from the top of her head.
"Ohh, Zetsi, look. She has ears!" He announced excitedly.
"You idiot, of course she has ears, everyone does." Black Zetsu said in exasperation.
"No! They're black and furry!" White Zetsu said, staring at them in fascination. His hand twitched, wanting to feel if they were real.
Black Zetsu blinked and approached his half, squatting down, he realized he was right. She did have unusual ears.
"So, dog ears and a tail. What in the world are you?" He wondered, looking down at her.
"A tail? Where?" White Zetsu asked, excited.
He sweatdropped and hit him over the head.
"Ouch! Why'd you do that?" White Zetsu whined, holding his head.
"Stupid, where do you think a tail would be?" He snapped.
Both were distracted when the girl whimpered slightly. Looking down, they noticed she'd either fallen asleep or lost consciousness and was shivering violently.
"Let's take her with, let Leader decide what to do with her." White Zetsu said suddenly, looking up at his twin.
Black Zetsu was silent for a moment or so before, "Fine, but you're carrying her." he said, turning and leaving the cell.
"Hey, wait for me!" white Zetsu cried, picking up the girl and turning to run after the other. That was cut short when he was jerked back onto the ground, the girl was conscious and screaming in pain, her wrists bleeding even worse than before.
"Oops, I forgot about the cuffs. Sorry." he said, feeling sheepish as he grasped the chain itself and pulled hard, pulling it out of the wall. the chain links pooled to the ground leaving just the manacles on her wrists.
"We'll get those off later, we need to catch up to Zetsi, he left us behind. So mean." he whined, shifting the girl until he held her comfortably. "Hey, relax, it's going to be hard carrying you if you're so tense." he said, noticing her tense up.
No response, not even a glance up at him. Shrugging, he began to run to try and catch up to his other half. When he finally caught up they stood outside the hideout and watched the flames crawl towards the sky, as Orochimaru's base burned.
Black Zetsu glanced down and sweat dropped. "Why is she bleeding so badly?" he asked. White Zetsu looked embarrassed. "I forgot she was chained to the wall and tried to leave the room while she was still attached. It didn't work." he mumbled. He yelped when he was hit over the head once again.
"Stupid, it's lucky we are so close to the base. At this rate, she will bleed to death before we get there," Black Zetsu reprimanded.
"I know! It was an accident, you don't have to be so mean you know." he pouted, feeling hurt.
"Honestly, you're worse than Tobi sometimes." he said, sighing at his white half's antics.
"You're so mean, I hate you! Just leave me alone, I don't want to see you ever again."White Zetsu cried as tears filled his eyes. He took off down the path, leaving the other behind.
Black Zetsu sighed, feeling guilt stab him. He honestly hadn't meant to hurt his twin's feelings. Sometimes he was just so damn childish though, it was difficult to not become irritated at him.
He took off after him, quickly catching up to him. "Don't take off like that, it's annoying." he growled. The other glared at him angrily. "Go away! I can take care of myself, you're not in charge of me." he snapped before turning away and speeding up.
"Damn it! Wait up!" Black Zetsu called, trying to catch up. He knew it was hopeless though, while he was stronger and more ruthless than his twin, the other had speed and endurance on his side. When he needed to he could run at this speed for several days.
"I hate him, he's so mean!" White Zetsu said, tears in his eyes. He was not worse than Tobi! He looked down when something tugged on his cloak. The girl looked up at him with unfocused eyes. She dropped her gaze after a moment and cuddled closer instead, burying her face in his chest. He felt worry when he took in how pale she was, and how hard she was breathing. Her wrists had yet to stop bleeding.
"Hang in there chibi, we're almost back, then Kakuzu can help you." he murmured, pushing himself even faster.
Black Zetsu ran as hard as he was able, all through the night, hoping he wasn't going to stumble across the mangled body of his twin. Finally, just as the sun began to rise, he caught a glimpse of his twin in the distance, in front of the entrance to the base. Relief flooded him and he sped up. He reached the stone wall as it closed. Cursing he pulsed his chakra into the door and waited impatiently for it to open, darting inside as soon as it opened enough for him to slip in. He saw his twin dart around the corner at the end of the hall. Moments later his voice echoed through the base as he yelled for Kakuzu.
Kakuzu was relaxing for once in his room. The bills were all paid, the organization was actually ahead in money for once, and his high strung, idiotic partner was sound asleep on the bed next to the one he was laying on.
"Kakuzu! I need your help!" he jumped when White Zetsu's voice rang through the air loudly. He debated ignoring him, not wanting to move, but when Zetsu yelled again, sounding panicky, he sighed heavily and swung his legs over and stood up.
"Kakuzu? Wha's goin on? Is that Zetsu?" Hidan mumbled sleepily from his bed. Magenta eyes looked at him sleepily.
"Yeah, he seems pretty worried, I'm going to go see what he wants, go back to sleep." he answered softly.
Hidan yawned and sat up, rubbing his eyes. he stood up and stretched, "Nah, I'll come with. Never heard Zetsu sound so worried before, must be a big deal." he said, stumbling a little as he tried to wake up.
Kakuzu walked past Hidan, running his hand through the albino's hair once in a rare show of affection. "Come on" he said.
Both males exited their rooms and started down the hall, following Zetsu's chakra signature. They met up with Black Zetsu who looked stressed and frazzled.
"What's up?" Hidan greeted the male casually.
"Damn brat, running off without me like that." Said male mumbled to himself, ignoring Hidan.
"Zetsu ran off? Why?" Kakuzu asked, feeling surprised.
"Weird, he follows you everywhere, dude adores you." Hidan echoed, feeling just as surprised.
"During our mission, we were supposed to destroy one of Orochimaru's bases. We found a child in one of the cells who was different from any we've seen before. He wanted to keep her, but she's severely injured. Last I saw before he got mad at me, she was in danger of bleeding to death."
Kakuzu was silent. He was in shock. It was a known fact that the twins were cannibals, so why was the human alive? Even if she was unusual by some chance, the blood should have made them hungry enough to not care.
"What the hell?" Hidan said aloud. "When has that ever stopped you two before? I thought you ate humans?" he questioned.
"It is difficult to explain, you'll see when you see her." He answered.
"Kakuzu! You have to heal her, she's going to die if you don't." White Zetsu cried as he came around the corner running.
Kakuzu used his threads to stop the young male from running into them.
"Slow down Zetsu, tell me what's wrong." he said.
"Holy shit." Hidan murmured, staring at the figure in fascination.
Kakuzu's eyes widened as he realized what black Zetsu had meant. He pushed her strange appearance to the back of his mind when he saw how badly she was bleeding though.
"Nevermind, put her on the bed in the infirmary." Kakuzu said, turning and entering the room quickly.
The white male obeyed and stepped back, watching with anxious eyes.
Kakuzu started examining her. Noticing the steel cuffs around her mangled wrists he winced knowing what he was going to have to do.
"Hidan, Black, hold her down. I have to get these cuffs off, or else the bleeding isn't going to stop." he said, gesturing to them.
They nodded and grabbed her arms, pinning them down.
"Don't let her move her arms, this is going to be unpleasant." kakuzu warned as his one hand turned black. He grasped the manacle and began twisting it, trying to break the steel.
the girl gained consciousness and began screaming in agony, writhing desperately to try and get away.
"What in the world is going on in here?" Sasori's voice came from the doorway. Kakuzu glanced up briefly to see Sasori and Deidara standing in the doorway.
"Get in here and help, I need to get these damn things off." Kakuzu ordered, gritting his teeth as he continued twisting, trying to ignore the agonized screams from the child.
"Zetsu, leave the room." Black Zetsu ordered suddenly, upon seeing his other half trembling violently.
He shook his head, but flinched again as more blood stained the once white sheets under her small shaking body.
"What do you want us to do?" Sasori questioned, entering the room, Deidara right behind him.
"Help us hold her down!" Hidan growled, straining to keep the writhing girl's arm pinned to the bed. Black Zetsu having the same struggle.
Sasori and Deidara nodded, each grabbing an arm and assisting in pinning it down.
"Are they almost off? She can't take much more blood loss." Black Zetsu hissed through gritted teeth.
"No! What the hell happened to her? They've cut into her bones, the skin has started healing over the things!" Kakuzu snarled.
"What is going on here?" A male's voice asked from the doorway.
Kakuzu, if he'd had the time or energy would have rolled his eyes at the deja vu, but instead glanced up to see Pein and Konan standing in the doorway, looking at the members standing around the bed in confusion.
"Zetsu, go with Pein and Konan and explain the mission." Black Zetsu ordered.
White Zetsu shook his head violently, but his wide eyes and shaking betrayed his distress.
Seeing this, Pein nodded to Konan and left the doorway, trusting his friend to get Zetsu to leave. Konan started towards the white male, and upon reaching his side, she placed a hand on his arm gently. He jerked and looked at her, eyes wide and frightened. She couldn't stop herself from cringing at his actions. A pain filled scream rang out from the figure on the bed and Zetsu flinched again.
"Come on, let's go meet with Pein, ok?" she said softly, tugging gently to try and lead him away from the traumatizing scene.
"No, I have to stay. What if she dies? I don't want someone dying alone ever again." he said frantically, struggling against her grip.
"Zet, she isn't going to die, we're all here to help her. This isn't like that place. We can save her, just trust us. Please." Black Zetsu said to his twin, abandoning his normal facade and looking at him pleadingly.
He looked at him, conflict and fear on his face, before slowly nodding and allowing Konan to pull him to the door.
"Promise?" he whispered before the door closed.
"I promise, little brother." Black Zetsu said softly.
"We'll save her," Kakuzu said quietly, finally understanding the other Zetsu's distress. Black Zetsu nodded, trusting the older male.
It had been several hours and White Zetsu had finally fallen asleep on the couch in Pein's office. Konan was sitting in a chair next to him, watching him with concern. Pein was pacing, his eyes dark with anger. He stopped and hit the wall with his fist. Konan looked up, startled.
"Pein? What's the matter?" she asked quietly.
He sighed, brushing his hair from his eyes. "Damn Orochimaru, how could he do this?" he said, anger in his voice. He walked over to stand beside Konan, looking down at the exhausted teenager on his couch. "I created this organization to save people from people like him. And yet, I still made them go to a place where some of their worst memories are. What type of leader am I?" he said, sounding disgusted with himself.
"The very best, don't ever doubt that." Konan told him softly, but sternly.
He turned away and walked back to his desk, "It doesn't feel that way." he admitted.
Before Konan could answer there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," he called.
The door opened and Kakuzu, Black Zetsu, Sasori, Hidan, and Deidara all walked in looking exhausted but triumphant.
"She's going to be ok, I finally got them off and stopped the bleeding." Kakuzu said.
Konan and Pein slumped a little in relief. Black Zetsu, upon seeing his twin on the couch, frowned and walked over. Gently brushing his hair back he shook him a little.
"Zet, wake up." he murmured gently, watching as gold eyes flickered before opening slowly.
"Zetsi? Is she ok?" he asked, still half asleep.
"Yeah, it's me. Don't worry, she's going to be fine, she's sleeping right now." he told him, feeling his heart warm when his eyes widened and a smile spread across his face.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" The white twin cheered, throwing his arms around him and hugging him tightly. He hugged him back, to relieved to feel embarrassed at the public display of affection.
"Better say thanks to Kakuzu, he's the one who really saved her." he said, patting him on the head.
Zetsu bounded up and threw his arms around the scarred male. Hidan and Deidara laughed while Sasori smirked in amusement. Pein just shook his head while konan watched smiling. They all knew how fond the large male was of physical contact. They also knew he'd never do anything to purposely hurt the teen, so he was pretty much stuck.
Kakuzu glared at them before patting him on the head awkwardly. "It's fine, please let go?" he said.
Zetsu did so and looked up at him hopefully. "Can I see her?" he asked.
Kakuzu shook his head, "Give it a day or so, let her rest. I need some sleep too." he said apologetically.
Zetsu looked disappointed but nodded.
"Everyone take the next few days off, you deserve it." Pein ordered and the group nodded thankfully before heading to their rooms
