Okay all. This is a new fic. Born from a very weird dream I had. Don't ask how I can have dreams as weird as this fic is about to get, because no one can answer that question, except maybe God, and I don't think he's planning on telling me anytime soon. LOL!
SUMMERY: She ran like the wind, trying to find a way out. All around her the underground cavern was eerily lit like a dark street at the dead of night. As she ran, her shoulder-length, pink hair, whipped at her cheeks, as she thought to herself "This is like some kind of really bad movie... or a nightmare I can't wake up from."
Introduction.
Three teenagers were about to enter a world they had no idea existed. None of them wanted to be a part of it, but of course, there is no choice in the matter. None of them are adept at dealing with their situation, and each of them have their own methods. Good or bad. But we start our story on October the tenth, with a pink haired teenage girl running in terror, hoping for escape.
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Pets of The Underground.
Chapter One – The Beginning.
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The teenage girl was running, her black school shoes clapping on the stone floor, her schoolbag violently pounding her shoulder with dull, even thuds. There was rattling from the pencil case in her bag, as the pens crashed together, and all this noise sounded deafening to the frightened girl as she ran. She heard footsteps running behind her, trying to catch up to her.
"I'm not going back. I'm not going back. I'm not going back. I'm not going back. I'm not going back..." The girl kept thinking over and over in her mind. A mantra to keep her running, no matter how much her lungs burned for her to stop and take a breath, or how her back ached for her to stop and shrug her schoolbag onto her back properly, or even how her leg muscles screamed in resistance, begging a break from her silently. She couldn't stop. If she did, then He would get her and she would have to go back.
Whoever was chasing her was getting closer. She needed somewhere to hide. She could only hope that somewhere would appear to her soon, or that she would lose her pursuer and escape this underground cavern. She knew who was chasing her, and it wasn't likely that they would ever give up on her or let her escape this underground hell. She ran like the wind, trying to find a way out. All around her the underground cavern was eerily lit like a dark street at the dead of night. As she ran, her shoulder-length, pink hair, whipped at her cheeks, as she thought to herself
"This is like some kind of really bad movie... or a nightmare I can't wake up from." She was getting more and more desperate. That was when she felt someone grab her from behind.
She made to scream, but a hand clapped over her mouth and pulled her through a door. The person held her to his chest roughly, and locked the door behind them silently. He kept his hand over her mouth until she heard the sounds of her pursuer's footsteps run past the door and keep going. She heard the steps echo away, more and more distant with every step. They seemed to stay in the same position for what seemed like an eternity. Neither one of them moving. The girl, for fear of her pursuer turning around, barely even took a breath.
After about ten minutes, she heard the other person let out a sigh of relief and then he let her go. She turned around to see who had grabbed her only for her jade green eyes to widen in surprise.
"Who are you? Why did you help me?" She asked softly. Her voice was barely a whisper, still so frightened of being captured and taken away. She was looking at a teenage boy with white hair and two red marks on his forehead.
"My name is Kimmimaru. I've been trapped here longer than most. If you want to escape I can show you a way out." The boy said softly.
"What about you?" She asked gently.
"I chose to stay here. From what I heard them saying, you never made the choice." Kimmimaru said kindly. "I'm Sakura." The girl said softly. Kimmimaru nodded and started leading her further into the room. Sakura saw another door that Kimmimaru opened with a set of keys he had. She watched as he opened the door into a dark tunnel. He stepped in and gestured for her to follow. Sakura, having no choice but to trust Kimmimaru, followed him into the tunnel and he closed and locked the door behind them.
Sakura couldn't see a thing in the pitch black of this tunnel. She yelped slightly when a light appeared next to her. That was until she realised that it was a torch, held by Kimmimaru. Sakura shrugged her schoolbag on so that it was now firmly on her back. She held on to the straps and leaned against the wall, still attempting to catch her breath fully after the frightening chase she had just had. Kimmimaru handed the frightened girl a bottle of water, which she drank from greedily, taking great, large, gulps of the clear liquid. She started coughing when she swallowed the water wrong, and she felt a hand on her back, comfortingly patting and rubbing circles on her back to ease her coughing. She looked at the boy gratefully. Once she'd calmed down a little, she looked around in the darkness.
"Where are we exactly?" Sakura asked quietly.
"We're in the underground tube tunnels. I managed to find a set of the keys because I've been here for ages. I'll help you make your way to a train platform, and from there you can take a train somewhere or try and find somewhere to go. How did you end up here anyway?" Kimmimaru asked. Sakura shivered as she remembered. She decided to tell him what had happened.
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Sakura walked home from school, practically skipping down the street. She may have lived in a rotten neighbourhood, but she was a cheerful enough girl. She had just gotten an A plus on her English coursework and she couldn't wait to tell her mother. She ran up the tiny garden path, to the front door, of her dilapidated, two bedroom home. She opened the door with her door key and walked into the front room calling out a cheerful
"I'm home!" through the house. She hadn't even put her bag down, when she noticed that there were more people apart from her mother and stepfather in the front room. She entered the room, to see a silver haired young man sitting on the arm of a chair, next to a male with rather long black hair. He reminded her of a snake. She backed up a little as the man smiled at her.
"This must be your daughter, Sakura." The man said. Even his voice was oily and sly, exactly how she imagined a snake would speak if it could talk.
"Yes this is Sakura. She's not my kid. She's my wife's daughter." Her stepfather said coldly.
"Will this be enough?" He added. Her mother looked pitiful.
"Yes, she seems perfect. An innocent little cherry blossom. My business could use a young girl like her." The dark haired male replied.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked.
"Well Sakura, your stepfather owes me a lot of money." The male said.
"So they've decided to trade you to me because they can't find the cash." He added. His tongue slithered across his lips, and Sakura's eyes went wide.
"That can't be true?" Sakura questioned. She looked at her mother.
"You're an expensive kid Sakura." Her stepfather stated. Her mother didn't even look at her.
"This is Orochimaru-Sama, you be polite and do as he tells you!" Her stepfather added. Sakura glared at her stepfather.
"What makes you think I'm going anywhere with this guy? I don't even know him! What do you think he's planning for me huh? Certainly not going to school and being a regular kid!" Sakura yelled. All the time she was thinking.
"This must be a sick joke. This must be a sick joke. This must be a sick joke." The same phrase kept replaying it's self over and over in her mind.
"Who said you had a choice in the matter?" Her stepfather hissed at her.
"I'm a human being not a piece of meat. You don't have a right to trade me." Sakura hissed back.
"Well Sakura, where you're going, people will pay for the pleasure of your company. Of course the fact you're supposed to be a virgin makes the money I'll get for you even higher." Orochimaru stated. Sakura was terrified. This man was talking about selling her as a sex toy to others.
"There is no way I'm doing that! No way I'm letting you sell my virginity to the highest bidder and no way I'm gonna become a prostitute." Sakura hissed out.
"I'm afraid the deal has already been made my sweet." Orochimaru hissed out. That was when she felt a small pinprick in the back of her neck and everything went black.
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"That was when I woke up and found myself in a locked room. I hit that silver haired guy over the head and ran. He must've been the one chasing me." Sakura said softly. Kimmimaru nodded.
"Yeah he would've been. His name is Kabuto. He's Orochimaru's right hand man." Kimmimaru replied.
"I don't even know where I am Kimmimaru. I don't where to go. I don't know who to talk to, or trust anymore." Sakura said.
"Look, I can take you to someone who'll help you do whatever you need to do. But that's all I can do." Kimmimaru said softly.
"I can't guarantee that he'll help you in any case." Kimmimaru added.
"Would he turn me over to Orochimaru?" Sakura asked.
"No he's not like that." Kimmimaru replied.
"Just hold on to my hand and keep up with me." Kimmimaru stated. He grabbed hold of Sakura's hand and started walking. She followed, keeping a tight grip on his hand. Her only lifeline in the dark, how strange that it should be a boy with pure white hair.
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A blond teenager was sat in his own shabby apartment. His parents were not there. They were both working extra shifts at their jobs, desperately trying to make ends meet. He was reading a beat-up old comic book on a dilapidated sofa because they had no television. Today felt different from most other days. He was wondering if his parents had even remembered that it was his birthday today. Not that he expected to receive a present. He knew they didn't have the money for such things. But it would be nice if, just once, he could have a nice bowl of ramen. He knew he was hoping for too much. They barely had enough money to pay their rent and their miniscule bills. After all, how could electricity be high when you had nothing to waste it on? The blond sighed to himself.
"Maybe they'll at least wish me a happy birthday. Maybe Granny Tsunade and Grandpa Jiraiya will come and visit. Maybe even Uncle Iruka." The boy let his thoughts get ahead of him. He heard the door open and looked up from his comic. He saw a blonde male at the door.
"Naruto, how're you doing sport?" The male asked cheerfully, although the blond, Naruto, could tell his father was extremely tired.
"I'm fine dad. Just reading as usual." Naruto replied. He'd finished his homework hours ago. When you had nothing else to do, your homework was always a good start.
"Can you go and grab me a glass of water Naruto?" His father asked incredulously. Naruto nodded. He had so hoped to get at least a happy birthday greeting, but he hadn't had high hopes of it. He went to get a glass of water from the tiny kitchen, and when he came into the front room, he saw that his whole family were gathered in the front room. His eyes went wide with surprise.
"Happy birthday!" Everyone yelled at him. Naruto's eyes went so wide they almost popped out of his head. He almost dropped the glass of water from shock. His Mom and Dad, His grandparents, his Uncles Iruka and Kakashi, and even his older sister, Yugito and older brother Kyubi were all there. Naruto grinned widely at them all.
"How? When? What?" Naruto was so confused his sentences weren't even coherent. Yugito laughed loudly.
"Naruto, you're like a deer in the headlights. Did you think we were going to forget your birthday?" Yugito asked. Kyubi grinned madly.
"Well you really are a baka, gaki!" Kyubi stated.
"Shut up Kyubi!" Naruto yelled back. Kyubi thrust a box into Naruto's hands.
"Happy birthday squirt." Kyubi said gently. His light blue eyes gleaming in the dim light of the apartment. Naruto opened the present from his nineteen year old brother gently. His eyes widened considerably at the sight of a blue mobile phone.
"That way people can contact you whenever you want them too, and it takes five pound top up. So you'll never have to pay a lot monthly. It's a special sim so that you get a thousand free texts when you top up once a month." Kyubi said knowledgeably. Naruto took the phone out of its box and saw that there were orange swirls all over it.
"Those are phone tattoos. If anything makes them fade or something, just tell me. I've got a friend that designs them." Kyubi added. Naruto also found an orange phone strap and a little green frog and ramen bowl phone charm in the box.
"I'll attach them for you later." Kyubi said when Naruto looked at him. Naruto dived on Kyubi, hugging him tightly.
"Thanks bro!" Naruto yelled happily. Kyubi scowled a little as he pried Naruto off of him and attempted to straighten out his mad red hair. The rest of the group grinned as Kyubi scowled. They knew he didn't mind being hugged by Naruto really.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as Yugito pushed another box into his hands.
"I saved to get ya that you twerp so you better appreciate it." Yugito said.
"But you hardly get any money Yugito. You work part time when you ain't at college." Naruto stated.
"Just shut up and open it." Yugito stated plainly. Naruto opened another box to find a set of manga. The series was Bleach. Naruto grinned widely at Yugito.
"This musta cost a fortune!" Naruto exclaimed.
"I told ya I saved." Yugito said happily.
"How did you manage to save enough to get all of them up to date?" Naruto asked.
"I didn't buy any new clothes for two months." Yugito stated plainly. Naruto's eye widened.
"Wow, thanks Yugito." Naruto said softly. Yugito shrugged.
"I'm a shopaholic anyway. I should save money more often. But you're only fifteen once kid." Yugito replied. Naruto knew Kyubi worked a rather decent part time job while he was at university. Of course in England, it was free to go to college when you were nineteen and under. University was a completely different matter. Of course you could get a grant to sort everything out but if you got a job that earned over a certain amount of money a year (once you left university) then you had to pay the money back. But that said, you only had to pay back a small amount a month. Minato and Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze were rather poor, but had made sure they were well advised where education for their children was concerned.
Naruto's parents handed him a box next. Naruto opened it to find the brand new trainers he'd been wishing for, for over a month. His own trainers were letting in water, and his gym shoes were not really wearable anywhere else. There was also a brand new leather jacket under the trainers, with an orange swirl sewed on to the right and left shoulders of the jacket. Naruto felt like nothing could be better than this. He hugged his parents tightly and thanked them profusely. His Uncle Iruka was the next one to give him a present. It was another set of manga books. This time they were Samurai Deeper Kyo. Naruto grinned widely. Happy that he'd have so much reading material now. His Uncle Kakashi handed him a box. He opened that to find a small personal dvd player with a few movies and the complete series of Shaman King. Naruto's eyes went wide. Naruto's parents stared at Kakashi.
"I got a better job. Don't worry about it." Kakashi said happily. Naruto grinned at Kakashi widely, and the male ruffled his hair affectionately.
"Thanks Uncle Kakashi!" Naruto exclaimed.
Of course it was time for his grandparents to give him something. His grandfather, Jiraiya grinned widely. He handed Naruto a box, which Naruto opened. Inside was a bike helmet. Naruto's eyes went wide.
"Did you seriously go and get me a bike Jii-Chan?" Naruto asked. Jiraiya grinned and opened the apartment door, and pulled in a blue and orange bike. Naruto grinned widely and hugged both of his grandparents. Tsunade nipped her lip gently and handed Naruto a small present. It was a tiny box, and when Naruto opened it, he found his grandma's necklace inside. He looked at her.
"Didn't you give this to your little brother Baa-Chan?" Naruto asked. Tsunade nodded sadly.
"Yeah I did. You remind me so much of him though. I know you'll take good care of it." Tsunade said softly. He hugged Tsunade gently.
"Thanks Baa-Chan. I'll always take care of it. I swear." Naruto whispered to her. She smiled and Naruto could see she was holding back a tear.
"Okay, we're going out to get Ramen tonight." Minato said happily. Naruto grinned widely.
"We'll see your Uncle Inoichi there." Kushina added. Naruto smiled happily. He'd seen practically his whole family in one day. It couldn't get any better than this.
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A dark haired, pale-skinned boy was sat under a tree in his parents, spacious back garden. Sasuke Uchiha lived the rich life. His parents were rich beyond imagination. In fact, his whole family were extremely wealthy. His older brother, Itachi, worked for the family business, and he just went on his merry way to a private school, where girls fawned over him, and everyone wanted to be his friend, or gain his attention. Most fifteen year old teenage boys would love this life. Sasuke, however, hated it. He hated girls fawning over him like he was a god. He hated people sucking up to him. He was, in reality, a real bastard. He was cold to everyone, and acted like he had a stick up his ass, and he did it on purpose to try and discourage people. It didn't work on the fan girls he had unfortunately. Sasuke had very few friends. In fact, his only friends, lay in his cousin Sai, who was a year older than him, His cousin Haku, who was about six months younger than him, his sister Karin, who was also a year older than him, and his best friend Neji Hyuga, who he spent every day in school with since they were in kindergarten. He did speak to his brother a lot. He also spoke to his older cousin Obito on a regular basis. But he wished he had a larger group of friends sometimes. It wasn't easy being a rich kid. Sasuke would soon find out how difficult being a rich kid could actually be.
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Okay that's it for this chapter. Please R&R and tell me what you think. I'll be updating soon.