"Hurry up Bitch. Its starting!" a voice shouts, a girls head pops into view. Her blue eyes are lined with eye liner and her hair is dyed black with purple highlight. Her hair is cut in a choppy fashion, and styled in a way that adds volume to the look. She pouts as a shadow figure blocks the view of the doorway she is facing, and cutting of the shine that her nose ring once emitted.
"Calm down, do you want popcorn or not?" The second figure says, walking into the light. Her eyes are brown, with splotches of green lurching in the depths. Her hair is jagged mahogany and reaches her shoulders, her bangs cut at a choppy angle with blue streaks running throw them.
"Of course I want popcorn, just before I turn thirty," The girl sighs falling back into the couch.
"Just give me a second," the second girl sighs, going back into the kitchen, "Want some soda?"
"Yeah get me a pepsi! Are you still a soda Nazi?"
"Just because I don't drink soda doesn't make me a Nazi Talia-chan." The girl sighs, walking back into the room with a large bag of popcorn and a can of soda, "Turn down the volume I have neighbors!"
"Well they can all bow before the mighty power that is Naruto!" Talia shouts, opening her soda, "You need to calm down Sora-chan." Sora throws her a condescending look, causing Talia to throw a handful of popcorn into Sora's face.
"Hey stop, you're going to get butter all over my mom's new couch!" Sora whines, brushing the stray pieces onto the floor.
"Don't have a cow," Talia sighs, leaning back into the couch, "besides I don't think your vagina could handle that kind of damage." a pillow is whipped at her face as a result.
"Be quiet, the marathon is starting!"
The girls focus becomes the TV as the all to familiar Japanese opening of Naruto flashes across the screen. They sing along in off key pitches, giggling over mispronounced words and throwing popcorn at the characters that appear on the screen who they loathe. The room becomes quiet as the girls are completely absorbed with the show. Hours tick by and the new episodes begin rolling, revealing a character both girls seem to be obsessed with.
"Sasori no Danna!" They scream in unison as the puppet master appears on the screen.
"Finally, the Shippuden episodes we've been waiting for!" Sora cheers, hugging a Sasori doll to her chest.
"These are episodes we must cherish!" Talia shouts, just noticing the doll wrapped in Sora's arms. She plucks it from her and holds it to her chest, "Kawaii Chibi-danna!"
"Hey give him back that's mine!" Sora cries, launching herself at her hyper friend.
"Back of bitch, this chibi is mine, get your own!"
"No he isn't give my Chibi-danna back!" The fight continues, hair gets misplaced and the bag of popcorn tumbles to the floor, while all of the fighting occurs a light begins to shine out of the TV, soon the light starts to flicker like a strobe and the room seems to quake around it the two finally stop to notice.
"Holy shit what the fuck is wrong with your TV, it looks like its tripping on LCD!" Talia shouts, letting go of the Mini Sasori leg.
"You would know what that looks like," Sora replies, also letting go of the doll, letting it fall to the floor.
The light shines brighter yet the room seems to grow darker around them, then a whooshing sound comes from the TV and begins to suck in air like a vacuum cleaner. The soda slides in first, then the Sasori doll, Talia grabs onto the couch, while Sora starts sliding towards the portal against her will. Her eyes widen and she attempts to grab onto the couch but is to late, if not for Talia reaching out her hair towards Sora's outstretched on, she would have already been trapped in the portal.
"You better not let go!" Sora screams, eyes wide in fear at the idea of being sucked into the TV, "I'm not that blonde bitch from poltergeist go find some other house to steal children from."
"Shut your fat mouth!" Talia cries, but her grip fails, "Shit!" they slip forward but Talia is able to grab hold of the strap of her backpack, the bag getting stuck behind the corner of the table.
"Oh my god!" Sora cries, heart pounding in her ear, she looks back just in time to see her slipper get sucked off of her foot and into the portal, "Slipper thief!"
"Oh shit, oh fuck, oh don't you dare move!" Talia screams at her bag, which is slowly starting to come off of the corner of the coffee table, "Please bag, stay stuck, please, for the love of Zelda don't let go!" The bag being an animate object does not hear her cries and loses its grip on the table. The girls scream as they are sucked into the portal the last thing scene is the Triforce pin attached to Talia's bag. The TV releases a dark blue color before falling into blackness. The room falls silent, the only evidence the girls were there is the few stray kernels of popcorn lodged into the couch.
"Uhnn…" Talia groaned as she slowly sat up. Her eyes fluttered open and were met with a surprising sight. Before her stood a dense forest covered in darkness, it was almost impossible to make out the starry sky above them. The area was silent excluding noises of animals.
Talia shook her head and rubbed her eyes in hopes it was just an illusion, sadly nothing changed upon opening her eyes again. She ran her hands over her arms, legs, and through her hair to check for any bumps or cuts, nothing. She was perfectly alright.
"Okay…so where am I…" Talia turned back to the forest and her eyes went wide. "Sora!" She shot up as her eyes darted around the clearing.
"Sora" she called her friends name again. No response. Talia turned and went to take a step, but ended up falling face first into the grass and dirt. Talia glared at the unconscious girl beneath her, "God damn it Sora!" With a scowl Talia stood and patted the dirt of herself. Her friend still lay in sweet ignorance on the ground. She nudged her best friend with her foot. "Get up!"
Nothing.
Sora was always the heavier sleeper of the two. Talia sighed at her thoughts before turning her attention back to their 'situation'.
Somehow, Talia thought, we became stranded in the middle of a forest…And Sora's TV obviously had something to do with it…What if we got sucked into an alternate dimension?
Talia snorted at her thoughts, "That's ridiculous! Not to mention scientifically impossible!" She began nervously laughing the 'ridiculous' thoughts away. She turned to her friend and noticed something. "How dumb am I!"
Next to Sora three weapons shined in the little moonlight that penetrated the tree tops. Two of the weapons were double katanas, about half the size of regular ones. Nestled in the grass next to the katanas was a long sword. Close by the long sword was her bag, which she looks at with a deep glare in her eyes.
"Stupid bag let go." she growled under her breath, kicking it lightly with her foot.
If only to add to Talia's growing confusion and frustration, she now heard voices in the distance.
"It came from over here, come on, un!"
"Brat, I'm starting to think you're lying."
"I saw it too."
"See, I'm not lying! It was a giant void, un."
"We'll see."
The voices got closer and closer. Talia panicked and grabbed Sora and dragged her behind a tree, taking the weapons with her.
"Fuck.." She muttered. "What am I gunna do…" Sora groaned and started to move.
"What's going on…" Sora mumbled.
Talia shushed her, "Nothing, you just having terrible timing!"
"Hey I heard a noise over there, un!"
"What's going on!" Sora panicked. They both peaked out from the tree to see four things that on any normal day would make them swoon. However, now the only thing they felt was fear.
"Come out now!" One of them ordered.
"Is that Itachi?" Sora sounded as amazed as the two of them looked. "Then that means-"
"Come out or we'll force you!"
"Kisame" The two said excitedly yet quiet. They then turned serious, if there was anything the two were sure of, it was that the Akatsuki didn't generally kid around. Talia grasped the long sword tightly as they cautiously inched into view. Sora stared at it questioningly before looking back at her friend, Talia shook her head.
Talia whispered, "Just in case."
"Who are you two" Kisame interrogated. Talia stared absent mindedly at the four, leaving Sora to the talking.
"We are, er…. Travelers…" Sora waved her hands submissively at them, "No need to worry about us." Itachi stepped forward and stared sternly at them. "Wh-what..!"
His penetrating gaze bore into them for a good minute before he spoke, "They're lying…"
"What?" Sora's voice now wavered as the situation grew more intense.
"Yeah," Talia added, "why would we lie to the Akatsuki…?" Her voice sounded off, as if she was still in a daze.
The four Akatsuki seemed to tense. The silence between the two groups seemed to go on forever.
"They must have been what came out of that hole in the sky, un," Deidara declared.
"Talia!" Sora looked at her friend in shock.
"Danna," Deidara turned to Sasori, "what should we do with them?"
Sasori stared at Deidara in thought then turned to the girls. Sora and Talia stared with pleading eyes, hoping their beloved Sasori (or as they liked to call him, Chibi-Danna) would have mercy on them.
Sasori furrowed his brow and scowled, "Well they seem to know what we are. We can't take any chances."
"Does that mean I can, un?" Deidara grinned devilishly once he saw Sasori nod. "Finally, you will all get to witness true art here, un!" He stuffed his hands in his pouch to allow his hand mouths to eat greedily at the clay inside.
Talia went wide-eyed and yelled, "Sora grab the other stuff!"
"Wha?" Confusion was clear on her face.
"Just do it and run!" Talia took a more steady stance as Sora followed her instructions.
"You idiot I'm not leaving without you!" Sora's voice was almost drowned out by Deidara's laughter.
"Idiots," His hands slowly exited the pouches at his sides, "you can't cut through explosions." Clay birds darted from his hands at them. Talia lifted the sword and clumsily swung at the explosive works of art. As she did this a strange feeling weld up in her hands now seemed to pour out into the sword. With the flat of the sword, the birds were knocked away and into trees a few feet away and exploded.
"Run" Talia screamed, however the order was unnecessary as Sora had already started. She followed suit and quickly caught up with Sora.
Stray branches seemed to reach out as they ran and cut their faces arms and legs. Stones jabbed at their bare feet and tripped them up, however not bringing them to a total stop. Nothing could, the two girls ran faster then they ever had before.
"Talia" Sora panted after dodging a large root. Talia looked at her irritated friend with a large grin. "You're an idiot!"
"I know!" Talia jumped over a fallen tree.
The girls ran until they came to a cliff with Sora in the lead and Talia not far behind.
"Talia, hold up there's a-"
"God damn it!" Talia ran into Sora with enough force push them off. Talia and Sora screamed as they plummeted into the thick trees below; branches cutting their clothes and skin, and larger ones knocking the wind out of them when they didn't brake right away. The two somehow managed to keep firm grasps on the weapons they held until they hit the ground with a loud thud.
The two lay there breathless and tired as pain pulsated through their bodies. Neither said a word as they got up to asses the damages.
"This was my new shirt…" Sora grumbled a few other things to herself as she examined her arms.
"I don't…" Talia looked around and sighed, "I don't think they followed us." Talia groaned and curled into a ball and fell forward until her forehead lightly touched the ground. More groans of pain followed as she grasped her sides.
"Talia? What's wrong?" Sora inched closer to her friend and gently laid a hand on her back. Talia hissed at the action and whimpered. "Are you ok?"
Tears weld up in Talia's eyes as she shakily said, "I think…I broke a…rib." She took in a sharp breath as another wave of pain washed over her. "This fuckin' sucks."
"Don't worry we will find a village and get you healed! I have an idea. Can you stand?" Sora delicately helped her friend to her feet. "I think the impossible has happened, we somehow-"
"Sora no, please, I don't think I'm ready to hear the truth yet…"
"Lets find a village…"
The girls began to walk slowly, since Talia became winded if she walked to fast. The forest thinned out, and the sound of music and food began to carry into the air and blow towards them. They took a break near a tree, Talia's face was pale but she seemed to be doing better. Sora looked around them freezing when she heard voices coming towards them.
"Hide," she hissed, pulling Talia behind the tree, she looks around as sees a slightly drunken man singing to himself. Sora bites her lip, as he crosses by, quickly she pulls out one of her Katanas and hit's the man over the head with the hilt.
"Oh my god, what the fuck did you do?" Talia asks, coming from around the tree.
"I don't fucking know!" Sora shouts, looking down at the man.
"Did you kill him?"
"No I hit him with the hilt stupid!"
"Oh ok," Talia says, walking over to him, "Should we rob him blind?"
"Yeah probably," Sora turns the man over and begins pulling stuff out of his pocket.
"Wow enough condom's buddy, its not like anyone is going to want to have sex with you," Talia says, tossing the thirteenth condom they found into the pile. "This guy looks like Mick Jagger, so not attractive."
"I found his wallet, man for such a fuggly guy he sure has a let of dough." Sora replies, "Lets go get some new threads then head for a hospital."
"Hospital first please," Talia chokes, blood dripping down her chin.
"Shit, ok give me your arm," Aimi throws her arm over Sora's shoulder, while Sora brings her arm around Talia's back.
The two begin walking, the village gate coming into view, revealing a festival in full swing. Sora sighs at this, the crowds will make it ten times harder to find the hospital. The two press on, changing positions so that Talia is behind Sora, her hands on her shoulders, while Sora pushes through the crowds. It takes them awhile but they finally find it and quickly get Aimi admitted. While she is in the emergency room, Sora waits, passing up and down the hallways, a deep frown set on her face.
"Excuse me Ms?" a voice says, Sora turns and meets eyes with the medical ninja taking care of Talia, "Your friend will be fine, her ribs are still a little bruised but she should stop coughing up blood. Now before she goes to bed for the next week have her take one of these pills, they should help with any pain or discomfort while she sleeps."
"Thank you so much Dr, where is she?" Sora asks, relieved that her friend is ok.
"In this room, just pay at the front desk and you can both be on your way." Sora nods and thanks the doctor once again before entering the room, "Hey breaky, you feeling better?"
"Yeah I'm good, what are those?" Talia asks, noticing the pill bottle in Sora's hand.
"Pills that you are going to be taking before you go to bed for the next week or so." Sora answers, "Lets go?"
"Alright, how much do you think we owe?"
"Who knows, lets just go pay so we can get new clothes, and some shoes, I'm surprised they even let us in without them."
The two paid at the front desk, surprised at how cheap the bill was. Talia ended up dragging Sora into a shop with sparkling glass in the window.
"Oh that shirt has sparkles, and oh that skirt is purple, shiny!" Talia cheers, spinning around the store, "Oh wow look at the kimono's, lets get those, can we can we please?"
"Fine alright, just try it on before you buy it!" Sora calls as Talia runs towards the section.
It doesn't take long before Talia was in the dressing room, trying on one of the Kimono's. Sora waited for her, a kimono already selected in her arms. She released a gasp as Talia walked out, smiling in her new outfit. The kimono came down to her thigh, with a slit running up the left thigh. It had no sleeves but the under shirt underneath revealed a sliver of its sleeves. The main part of the kimono was black, the undershirt green. The Obi was a bright purple, tight around her waist. The neck had a sweeping V, the undershirt covering her cleavage just enough. A set of sleeves covered her arms, starting at her fore arm and traveling down to cover her hands. The sleeve was a dark gray with a band at the top of the sleeve set in a dark purple. On her legs, different lengths of fishnets, the one on her right leg starting at the top of her right thigh and stopping at the bottom of her knee. The section on her left thigh starting at the bottom of her knee going down to just above her ankle. On her feet a pair of black sandals.
"You look hot!" Sora cheers, "Let me try mine on."
Talia waits patiently on a bench while Sora changes into her kimono. She comes out shortly, a smile on her face. The kimono is black, sweeping down to her mid thigh, with two slits running up to her hips. The back of the kimono goes down to the back of her knees, a navy blue on the inside. The Kimono is sleeveless like Aimi's and has a set of sleeves, slightly poofy, starting at her fore arm and going down to cover her hands set in a smoky gray color. The neck line is in a V, not as defined as Talia's but still showing off a little bit of cleavage. The obi is a bright blue and closely fit to her waist, on her legs going down to just above her knees are a pair of bandages tightly wrapped around her legs, with blue bands at the bottom, keeping them in place. On her feet are a pair of navy blue sandals.
"Ok so we both look hot!" Talia shouts, "I'll pay, you pack up our old clothes in my bag."
"Alright, and if you see a hair brush buy one, my hair is desperate need of a good brushing." Sora whines, putting there old clothes into the bag.
"Maybe we should put our hair up?" Talia says, walking over to the counter and paying for there outfits.
"I can do your hair for you," The shop woman says, a kind smile on her face, "come back here and I'll do it for you."
"Wow really, thanks," Talia says, sitting down on the stool the woman was sitting on. The woman brushes out her hair and separates it into two parts. With two elastic she puts the two parts into two spiky buns, letting the her bangs fall into her face. "Oh I like it, thank you so much Ma'am."
"You next dear," The woman says, Sora takes Talia's place. The woman brushes out Sora's hair and twirls it around and with a delicate bamboo clip, clips the hair against her head, long strands hanging over like a short spiky ponytail. Her streaked blue bangs covering one of her eyes.
"Wow its so pretty, thank you so much, you didn't have to be so kind to us," Sora says, bowing, Talia follows suit.
"Oh please its no problem, I used to be young just like you, everyone needs a day to feel beautiful, if you need help anytime you're here in the Land of Rice Patties, please come to me, my name is Kitamura." The woman says, a look of nostalgia in her deep gray eyes.
"We will, thank you Kitamura-san!" The two chant in unison, bowing once more.
"She was nice," Talia says, skipping forward, "But now I'm hungry, lets go eat something!"
"Alright, come on I think I saw a cheap sit down restaurant down here a ways." Sora says, tugging Talia's sleeve.
It doesn't take the two girls long to find the shop, a quant little place with a table for two already clean, as if awaiting for them. They sit down and look over the menu's, chatting quietly.
"So what was that back there?" Sora asks, finally closing her menu.
"What do you mean?" Talia asks, also closing her menu.
"You know, with the birds. You were able to deflect them with your sword, that should be impossible, anything Deidara's bombs come into contact with explode."
"How the fuck should I know, I just felt this weird power build up in my hands and go through my sword and it reflected the bombs." Talia says, looking down into the palms of her hands, as if searching for the answer.
"Wow you used Chakra, that's so cool, that's the only thing I can think of anyway," Sora sighs, "No fair, I want to use Chakra too!"
"Hello ladies may I take your order?" a waiter asked, dressed in a dark gray yukata.
"Um yes I'd like some green tea with sweat bean soup please," Sora says.
"I'll take a soda, and some Chicken Teriyaki."
"Alright, I'll be back with your tea shortly."
Once he was out of site Talia giggled and smirked. "What's so funny?" Sora raised an eyebrow at her giggling friend.
"He was hot." Talia flashed an evil grin as she eagerly watched the doorway he disappeared in.
"Talia! Keep it in your pants. We need to be serious." Sora scowled at her friend.
"But he's so pretty that I-"
"No!"
"I don't want to hear the truth though" Talia whined laying her head on her arms.
"Talia…" Sora stared with sad eyes at her friend. "We aren't home, we are no where near home. Talia…we are in the Naruto world." Sora's words became hushed.
"But…But the 'Naruto' world isn't real, Naruto is an anime for the love of Christ!" Talia's words, however intense, were also hushed.
"I know!" Sora rested her head in her hand and let her fingers lace through her bangs. "I don't know how else to make sense of this…"
"Why isn't anyone speaking Japanese then?" Talia shook her head and sighed loudly. Sora stared in thought at the table. She does have a good argument, Sora thought.
"I'm not sure…Maybe it's like-"
"I swear to God," Talia jabbed her finger accusingly at Sora, "if you compare it to the animus…"
"Well I don't know what else to compare it to! I figured comparing it to Assassin's Creed might cheer you up." Sora crossed her arms. "What are we going to-"
"Wait! Wait a second! This means I can't play Zelda any more!" Talia's voice rose in frustrated realization. Talia whined and let her head hit the table. Sora patted her head.
"It's ok, we have more important-"
"Hello ladies, I have come with your food." The waiter interrupted the girls. He smiled wide as he set their food down and bowed.
"Thank you" Sora smiled.
"Yeah, thanks" Talia, now resting her chin on her hand, grinned at the waiter. He blushed and nervously smiled before walking away.
"Must you?" Sora rolled her eyes.
"What? I could never get away with that sort of thing at home. This might not turn out to be a bad thing after all." Talia took a big bite of her chicken.
"I guess so…" Sora sipped her soup with a thoughtful look.
They soon finished up eating paid and left.
"Guess what?" Sora says, a little smirk on her face.
"What?" Talia asks, cocking her head to the side.
"He was really fucking hot," Sora gushes, grinning from ear to ear.
"I know rig- hey you bitch!" The two chuckled loudly.
They continued to talk as they walked through the busy town. The night sky shined bright with not only stars but the colorful lanterns of the festival. People roamed about, the sight of smiles being a constant thing. Children ran around with sparklers and parents followed holding prizes that had been won. Fireworks periodically went off in the distance, kids stood by stalls with noise makers and the sweet smells of the food stalls flooded the crisp night air.
Talia slipped away for a second when something bright caught her eye. Talia gazed intently at a crescent shaped pendant incased in a glass display. It's ornate design was complimented by a chrome like purple coat of paint with a sapphire in the center.
"Oh wow, this is beautiful." Talia pressed her hands against the glass and smiled wide. "Sora would love this." She stood up strait and turned to where she left her best friend. "Sora?"
Talia became alarmed and began franticly searching the close by area. Sora was nowhere to be found.
"I lost my best friend…" Another alarm went off in her head that made her heart almost stop. "Fuck! The Akatsuki! God damn it! I have our weapons!" Talia sprinted off into the crowd.
I kept walking, oblivious to the fact that Talia was not by my side. The crowds began to thin out and I sigh as I found myself on the outskirts of the town.
"Maybe we should look into getting a hotel and figure out where we are going to go in the morning," I state, putting my hands on my hips, "What do you think Talia?" But no reply came, puzzling, I turn and look around quickly realizing that Talia is not where she should be. "Oh god damn it where the fuck did she go!" I growl looking around.
I began walking back into the crowd, looking around for my friend, I considered calling out for her, but decides against it, not wanting to cause a scene. I retrace my steps and walk all the way back to the restaurant but I still do not see Talia. The waiter walks by and notices me looking around confused.
"Ms. Are you looking for someone?" The waiter asks, "Perhaps the friend you were eating with earlier."
"Yes I am have you by chance since her since we were here?" I asks, trying not to sound desperate.
"No I haven't but if I see her I can tell her you are looking for her." He says.
"That would be wonderful, could you perhaps tell her I will be waiting for her at the shop we bought our clothes earlier?"
"Sure, anything to help." He answers giving me a dazzling smile.
"Thank you so much," I blush lightly, and bow before walking towards the clothing store unaware that someone heard me talking with the waiter, "Oh no!" I mumble.
I run up to the door and peers in, a look of despair on evident in my reflection, 'its closed,' I think to myself, pouting. So much for staying concealed with Kitamura-san, I sigh and lean up against the door, prepared to wait for Talia to show up. Out of the corner of my eye I notice something and, my blood runs cold. A red cloud peaking through a crowd of people. 'Shit' I think, trying to look calm, 'stupid Talia has my weapons, I am so screwed!' Cautiously I push off the door and begin to walk away from the cloud as I walk by a trash can and notices a broom stick with the bristles broken off, I pick up the stick and walk quickly into a crowd of people, hoping that the person stops following me. Of course luck was not on my side as the crowd thinned out and I am left alone, 'Oh Fuck!' I turn around and see none other than Itachi Uchiha standing behind me at the end of the street. I turn and run for the forest, gripping the broom handle tightly. The forest opens like a curtain and soon swallows me up, but a part of me is wondering if they wanted this to happen. A small round area of grass surrounded by trees appears and I stops in the middle, 'Oh hell no I just fell right into a trap.' This becomes all the more evident when Sasori, Deidara, and Kisame come out from the trees, and Itachi stands from where I entered.
"What is this, Children of the Corn?" I mumble, gripping the broom handle like a sword.
"Just give up." Itachi says, emotionless as the first episode he was shown in.
"Or what you'll sacrifice me to Satan or Jashin or whoever the fuck you people worship?"
"It'll be so much easier if you just give up," Sasori says, "and tell us where your friend is of course."
"Oh fuck off you sexless puppet!" I screams, angry at the words coming out of my precious chibi-danna's mouth.
"She called you sexless, un!" Deidara laughs holding his sides.
"And what does that make you Gaga? You are trying way to hard you damn drag queen!" Deidara growls and throws a bomb at me, I quickly dodge, watching as it heads towards Itachi.
With a flash he is away from the bomb and in front of me, aiming his palm at my chest. I block him with her broom at the last minute, but it shatters into two. I grasp both ends and lunge for him, managing to get a cut across his side, before twisting under his arm and stepping backwards away from him. The Itachi in front of me and turn into a puff of smoke, 'Oh fuck, a shadow clone!' I whip around just in time to see him aiming a kick at my stomach, unable to dodge I settle for the knee in my stomach, and stab him in the shoulder with the sharp end of one of my broom weapons. He grunts and grabs me by the neck, just as I am taking in a gulp of air from the blow to the stomach. He pushes me against the tree, the grip on my throat tightening. My stomach is aching and my lungs crave air, he takes the broken broom piece from his arm, no pain crosses his face. I put my hands on his arm, digging my nails deep into his flesh, but to no avail. His grip tightens, and I can no longer get any amount of air into my throat, my grip weakens, and my vision fogs. I think of a million things I could say to piss him off and cause him to throw me but none can make it to my lips, I can't even feel my lips.
I hear a loud shriek and the Uchiha is gone and air is returned to my lungs, I gasp and sputter, trying to get the air back into my lungs, but something is preventing my lungs from expanding to full capacity, I think he broke one of my ribs, how ironic. I look up and see Talia, completely owning Itachi, I chuckle and lean up against the tree and watch the carnage, blood tricking down my lip.
Talia's POV~
I crossed my arms over my chest and growled as I stalked through the crowd. Not only was my best friend missing but she was in possible danger. If they get a hold of her without her weapons….
No, I thought, Sora is smart she wouldn't fall for anything they could pull. Besides, they don't have a reason to really continue chasing after us…
"Fuck my life…" I nervously bit my lip and furrowed my brow. This is so frustrating. Maybe, hopefully, she's back at the restaurant. She always said how she wanted to try dango.
I quickly made my way through the swarm of people that seemed to be ever decreasing now. Once I reached the restaurant I scouted out the waiter who had served us. He stared blankly at me then smiled as if realizing something.
"Um, sir I hate to ask but-"
"Oh you're that girl's friend, the one with the blue and brown hair. Your friend came asking about you earlier. She asked me to tell you she would be at a clothing shop."
"Oh? Thanks!" This is awesome, I don't have to worry anymore!
"Although…" He trailed off and seemed hesitant to continue. He frowned, "That was some time ago."
"How long?" Panic started to brew within me and made itself apparent in my voice.
"About ten or fifteen minutes, not that long I guess." He shifted his weight onto one foot and crossed his arms. "Still though, I'm not so sure even during the festivals that the shops are open late." He looked at me and his face totally changed to that of regret. "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to upset you!"
"Huh?" I stared blankly at him, I must look as miserable as I feel. I need to find her before someone else does. "Oh, no, it's ok! Thank you though. I have a question though. Did you happen to see a cloaked person walk through here?"
"Uh… Yeah, he went that way."
"Thanks!" Fuck!
I proceeded to run with all my strength in the direction he pointed out. The bruised ribs, swords, and heavy backpack didn't make this easier. Somehow, I managed to go at a steady pace, ignoring all in my way. There would be time to feel bad later.
Soon I came to the edge of the village, something in my gut told me Sora was in trouble and close by. I had not spotted her while running through the village so now I had to assume the worst. The only thing I could do now is to pray my gut feeling was only partially correct. I pressed onward and what I saw next filled me with rage.
Itachi, the damned Uchiha bastard, was holding Sora against a tree by her throat. I gritted my teeth and shrugged off my backpack in mid run and grasped the sword. I could only pray that this would work since I had never wielded a sword in my life.
"God Damned UCHIHA!" I came up on them fast and raised my sword high and dug it into the dirt, and with my momentum to deliver a hard kick to his face. "Get the fuck away from my friend!" I screamed. I pulled my sword out of the dirt and drove it into where he lay on the ground. He quickly rolled out of the way and swiped my feet out from under me. He was in the middle of getting up to back away when I grasped his ankle tightly, bringing him back to the ground. I scrambled over to him and straddled his hips and punched him hard in the face. Itachi kneed my stomach and pushed me off him. I rolled to the side, clutching my gut, and used my sword to prop myself up. "What the hell," I panted as I once again readied myself to attack, "do you want with us!" Itachi stared almost angrily at me and wiped the blood off his face. Tears of frustration gathered in the corners of my eyes as I watched the raven haired man inch closer and closer. I charged forward and sliced at his chest, he flipped back and jolted forward while I was in mid swing. He kicked my side and as I began to fall his arms wrapped around me in a way that halted all movement.
I growled at him and said through clenched teeth, "Get off!" I struggled and squirmed but to no use.
"Wow Itachi she really gave you a good fight, un." Deidara chuckled. Itachi turned and, I assume, he glare. Deidara shut right up.
"What do you want from us!" I turned to see Sora unconscious against the tree she had been pinned against with Sasori closely guarding her. The sight of my friend is such a state combined with what most likely will happen next caused the tears to finally roll down my cheeks. I glared at them and hissed, "It isn't like we wanted to be here! We didn't fuckin' chose to be sucked into another dimension!"
They stared at me as if I was out of my mind.
"She's crazy…" Kisame mused.
"Yeah, stuff like that is a bunch of crap, un." Deidara agreed.
"It's true" I screamed as I coughed up blood. Great, I thought, the pressure from Itachi's weight must have fractured my rib, or maybe broken it again.
"I," Sasori now spoke and all attention was on him, "believe her."
"What?" Kisame looked dumbfounded.
"Danna, you can't be serious, un?" Deidara turned to he puppet master partner with crossed arms.
"Completely, I mean it isn't so farfetched to think there are other dimensions out there. I mean look at what we can do, to us it may not seem strange yet to someone else…"
"Sasori-danna I think-"
Itachi cut Deidara off, "I agree with Sasori."
"Well," Kisame stepped forward if only to make his point even more, "that doesn't explain how they know about us." Sasori and Itachi nodded.
"It doesn't hurt to find out what they know…" Itachi added. He held my arms behind my back and lifted me to my feet. I continued to struggle as he walked me forward to the others.
"You two will be coming with us." Itachi stated flatly. I glared at him.
"Uchiha prick…" I jerked my arms away. "Fine, only if you fix me and my friend, I think you re-broke my ribs…"
"Deal" Sasori stepped forward holding my backpack and weapons Kisame was next to him with Sora slung over his shoulder. "Lets go."