Sasuke hated himself. How had he let this happen? This was just pitiful... Here he sat in an unknown room, his prison, caged. He hadn't even put up a fight with the one who had trapped him in this horrid little cage. His blood boiled just thinking about it, and he lashed at the heavy metal bars surrounding him. A clang came from the bars as his claws were deflected from the rusted steel bars. He glared at them, wishing for the freedom that he knew they wouldn't grant.
"You should be calmer than this, Sasuke," came a smooth voice from the darkness, off to his right. Sasuke glared towards the direction, easily seeing through the darkness with his piercing scarlet eyes.
"Shut up, Kimimaro. You're not the one in the cage. I have the right to be furious with that Hebi rokudenashi*," he spat, each word coated in rage induced venom.
Kimimaro stayed staring at Sasuke, acting as if he'd not heard the spiteful words from the Uchiha who lay trapped in the small (two-and-a-half foot high by four feet wide) cage. Kimimaro made no attempt to speak to the little monster in his cage, since he had nothing but fowl mouthed words for him. Sasuke just continued whacking away at the bars, making that annoying clanging noise every few minutes. The bars had to give sometime-- he just hoped that time would come before a certain someone showed up.
Orochimaru had warned all his followers not to over-use the curse marks, and of course Sasuke --being Sasuke-- wouldn't listen, and this had caused a major change in his genetic makeup. He couldn't be called human anymore. Not by a long shot. His skin was forever changed to an ashen brown-grey; even in his most humanistic form, he was a pale grey color. His claws and fangs would not fade, even when he looked nearly human. That had always given him away. Humans didn't look like that...
His Sharingan had suffered the most. It wouldn't fade at all, ensuring Sasuke would go blind far sooner than planned. It also drained him in certain hours of the day to the point the Uchiha couldn't move for hours.
A small click enveloped the room, silencing Sasuke's beating of the cage. He knew what was coming and he didn't like it one bit. A small splinter of light grew on to the floor, slithering towards Sasuke's cage as the only door to the room opened. The bars hid most of the light from the doorway, but Sasuke still had to squint from the lack of light.
"How are we fairing, Sasuke?" A sinister voice cooed from the shadowed figure, now walking through the doorway, soon cutting off the light source once the door had clicked shut. Sasuke growled angrily at him, striking the bars once again with so much force the cage teetered, nearly falling over.
"Let me out!" he demanded, attacking the cage again in a berserk manner.
Orochimaru only smirked. "Fiery as ever, aren't we, Sasuke-kun..." he breathed as he bent down in front of the small cage, only a foot or so away from the teetering prison. Sasuke growled viciously, wanting nothing more than to rip the man's face off. He lashed out, arm going through the narrow bars. It was jarred to a stop by said bars, leaving only an inch between Orochimaru's arrogant smirk and Sasuke's deadly claws.
"Bastard!" He yelled, trying desperately to get at Orochimaru, although the cage would not allow any further movement forward.
Orochimaru patted the hand that was trying so desperately. "You seem to be holding up quite well, if you're always like this when I stop by!" He called, pulling his hand back before Sasuke managed to scratch him. Sasuke glared daggers at the man-- he'd always thought little of Orochimaru, but with the current situation he was tempted to put aside the hunt for Itachi and slaughter the snaky bastard before him.
Orochimaru stood from the cage, leaving Sasuke to fume over another failed attempt at hurting him. "Come, Kimimaro... I have something to discuss with you," he said as he made his way towards the door. Kimimaro stood from his place against the far wall where he'd sat to watch over Sasuke, following obediently. Once the two men were gone, Sasuke sighed, looking at his arm which would bruise over soon from the attempt. He could also feel that time coming on.
This was why Orochimaru had taken Kimimaro away. He knew that Sasuke wouldn't be moving soon, and Sasuke settled into a half kneel, half laying position as the cage would not allow anything else. Suddenly, a wave of pure exhaustion washed over the Uchiha boy, making him relax fully onto the floor of the cage. He hated this weakness-- it took him hours before he would move again and he wanted to get out of here sooner, rather than later. As always, Sasuke gave up moving about twenty minutes later and closed his eyes, letting sleep wash over him since he'd had a lack of it in the past week.
Sasuke was jerked awake who knows how many hours later. He didn't dare open his eyes, but he could tell it was daylight behind his closed lids. "Think he's dead?" A male voice inquired, soon followed by a sharp poke to Sasuke's lower back. He jumped up, rattling the cage as he snapped the annoying stick that'd poked him in half.
"As you can see he's not dead..." Another voice stated dully.
The stick-guy burst out laughing. "Dude this guy's feisty!" He joked. "It's like messin' with a fuckin' pissed cat," he added. Sasuke blinked a few times before looking up at his antagonizers. He noticed quickly the attire they wore, which was that of the black and red cloak of Akatsuki.
"Who the hell are you?!" The caged Uchiha snapped, demanding an answer.
The shorter of the two, a sliver haired male, smirked. "I don't think that's very important to you," he stated. The taller of the two stood silently ignoring both his partner and Sasuke.
"Stop agitating him, Hidan. He's going to yell and scream at us until we pass him off." The gruff voice that came seemed far more rational than the silver haired male's. This 'Hidan' huffed.
"What-the-fuck-ever. You just wanna ruin all the fun, like always. Fucker..." He grumbled.
Sasuke looked up at both of them, annoyed that they were ignoring him and acting like he was some kind of item just to be passed off to someone else. Moments later, it got considerably darker and Sasuke craned his neck to see the sky covered with clouds, blocking out the sun. It looked like it was going to rain soon, and in this cage, he knew he'd get nice and wet…
Hidan looked to the large male next to him, who was still looking off at a more cloudy area. "Let's get moving before the downpour starts up," he muttered before picking Sasuke's cage up easily. Thus making Sasuke slide on the slick surface to the back of the cage.
"Where are you taking me? Let me out of this damnable cage!" He hissed, gripping the nearest bars to steady himself.
"No," was the best Sasuke got as the tall man ignored his question. Sasuke growled; he wanted out of this damn small space as soon as possible, and since he'd been stolen from Orochimaru by Akatsuki, he had no idea what to expect from the two. Once steadied in the cage, the boy lashed out, clawing at the man's chest that he was pressed up against; he was jerked around again before he could do any damage. "Stop moving you little brat! It's annoying." He warned. If Sasuke didn't stop moving, he'd find himself hog-tied in a second.
Sasuke growled, disobeying as usual. "Let me out!" He said as he lashed out at the chest nearby. That did it. Kakuzu stopped mid-step and shook the cage, making Sasuke slide about until he was splayed out in the cage.
"I said sit still!" He growled, his thick black threads entering the cage and tying Sasuke down.
"What is this?! Let me go!" He cried, yanking at the threads that constricted around his limbs, making movement nearly impossible. Once satisfied with Sasuke's restraints, the miser started off again, heading to their destination so that he could get rid of the little twerp. Sasuke growled and yanked at the threads, trying to free himself but nothing changed and he soon grew tired from all the jerking. He slumped back onto the cage's floor and panted. 'Stupid ugly guy and his weird threads!'
It was hours later when they'd reached the spot of interest and Kakuzu paid a bit of attention to the tied up twerp. He retracted the threads, freeing Sasuke, whose arms had fallen asleep by now. He tried to get up, but the tingling feeling in both his arms and legs stopped him. Ugh, he hated this feeling-- it sent shivers down his spine.
He was about to say something to the two, but was shocked when the threads turned on him and roughly grabbed him by the throat, cutting off his air. Sasuke coughed and wheezed, trying to breathe while he scratched uselessly at the threads that only tightened their hold.
"Go to sleep. You don't need to see where we're going until we get there." That was the last thing he heard before everything went dark, and all he heard was the heavy thud of his heart as it beat in his aching head.
Hidan smirked at the limp form in the cage. "This is the weirdest gift I've ever seen; I mean seriously... who would want this little monster as a pet?!" He asked, poking Sasuke through the bars of the cage. Kakuzu glared at him for the stupid comment.
"Who cares? Leader said the weasel would like this and sent us to get it. Let's just hurry back, tie it up, and get out," he growled, starting off again. They were almost to the main base that was frequented the most with all the meetings. It held the living spaces for the members, if they so wished to take precious time in relaxing for an hour or two.
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*rokudenashi - bum, good-for-nothing, ne'er do well