Chapter One: Prisoner
I skid across the grass; the pang of kunai's rushing past me. I looked up beneath the fringe of my black and pink hair and saw that the kunai I had thrown was wedged into the big oak tree. I smiled at my triumph and continued with my training until the sound of someone clearing their throat interrupted me. I turned to see a boy with shaggy red hair and odd features and tools.
"What are you doing here?" he asked angrily, his eyes narrowed with suspicion. I shrugged nonchalantly.
"Training," I told him. He continued to glare at me as I pulled out another kunai and threw it at a tree, hitting my mark.
"This is Leaf territory, you have no right to be here," the redhead said.
"And you do?" I questioned, pointing to the sand mark on his gourd. "Who are you anyway?"
"Gaara of the Sand, I am the Kazekage," he announced, a hint of arrogance in his monotone. I glared back at him and took a step forward.
"Well then... you are in my bingo book, and I need some more ca—," I stopped my sentence with a piercing scream. Hot sand stretched from the ground in the shape of a hand and snatched me up violently. I hung me upside down, and for a moment, I thought it had dropped me...because I fell into the darkness.
—xXx—
Where am I? It's so dark, so cold... I feel blood... I smell blood.
Why is that? Why do I feel in danger now? Why is it so dark in here? What the fuck is going on?
"Emiko," I heard a deep monotone say, and it sent chills up my spine. There's a boy, with perfect black hair and he makes my heart ache.
"Who are you?" I questioned, tears starting to form in my eyes.
"My name is," there was a strange ringing noise and his name was covered. "You're in danger... more importantly," another buzz covered up another name "Is in trouble too. Help—."
"Wait!" I cried out, reaching to grab him, but a large light fell beneath me, and I fell into it.
—xXx—
I awoke, my hands bonded behind me. A blonde boy was walking around; he was about my age... maybe a year older. I screamed out to him, crying for help. My pleas seemed to be lost until he turned and looked at me.
"Tell me where Sasuke Uchiha is," he instructed. My eyes were soft and my skin was chilled as he spoke the name of a sound nin I had heard so much about.
"I never met him..." I whispered, tears dotting my eye lashes. "You captured me for him? For Uchiha?" The blonde nodded.
"You should introduce yourself," he said.
"You should first," I said matter-of-factly.
"Naruto Uzumaki," he said.
"Emiko Koboyashi," I said, fiddling to untie the ropes. He laughed at my attempt. Naruto pulled out a kunai and motioned for me to turn around, which I did. He cut the ropes and I could finally move my hands.
"Thanks," I said with a content sigh. There was a small glint from behind Naruto and I screamed, alerting him.