Gimmie a break, I was still in the Naruto stage when I came up with this.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell?" I moan when I open my eyes and get out of bed. Everything is in black and white still but why? I "turned off" the white eyes yesterday after I found my sunglasses under the dresser. I woke up like this three hours ago so I thought a nap would help but it didn't! Ok, time to turn this off-I blink hard-and it's still the same! "What gives?"
I rush into the bathroom and warily lean over the sink to observe my face. All I can see are the oversensitive white nodes throughout my face and upper body. I haven't seen my coursing chakra since the first time I got these eyes and man, there is a huge difference from before. It's blue-grey and thicker than the first time I looked into a mirror with these eyes and is flowing faster than before. It must be 'cuz I've gotten stronger since then but it's not like I had a choice. I'm digressing, I have a serious problem here and I need to turn this switch eye trick off. In severe desperation I rub my eyes until they begin to burn-or are they already burning-and I drop my hands, reopening my eyes. "That really hurts, definitely not doing that again."
There are five heavy knocks on the door, probably a neighbor who's sick of hearing me scream my head off. I can't let them see me like this, they'll think I'm sick and call 911 and take me the hospital and they'll dissect my eyes and I'll never see again and I'll never find my family if they're even alive! I snatch a towel and wrap it around my hair, and then hurry to the shower to turn the knob on. "Is somewhere there?" I ask, knowing very well there is someone outside. Another set of knocks booms as clear as high quality music downloaded illegally.
"Last chance," a man says outside the door.
"'Last chance'?" I mutter to myself as I turn the knob more to the right, making the shower whistle as more water shoots out. What the hell is that supposed to mean? The audacity to say "last chance" as if they're gonna break down the door. Jesus, people are so confident with money and think they can do whatever they want with it. Sonic's celebrity status has worn off and now I'm paying through the nose to stay here, making working for Erick a necessity. Anyway, just wait it out and then you'll have time to figure out this little problem you're having-oh wait duh, I can just see who it is. As my eyes home in on the noisy neighbors, a loud crash turns my attention away from them and to the flying door, flipping until it's smashed against the wall. Two people barge in and turn their heads in my direction. I lean against the bathroom door and hold my breath.
"We can see you," says the snarky-sounding man who warned me earlier. Behind my head I can see that their coursing chakras make mine look like looping strings and where their eyes are there are a pair of clumps connected to intricate lines leading to the rest of their bodies. Like my eyes when I look when in the mirror-who are these crazy people? The one with a male figure approaches the door and he brings his fingers together so that they look like a gun and pierces through the door, an inch away from my backside.
"Aah! Stop it," I get off the door and open it wide. "Is this about paying this month, you can just take whatever you need and go. Just stop smashing things."
"This is not-."
"I know I'm negligent on payment but you can't just barge in here like you own the place 'cuz I highly doubt you're the manager," I snap with flustered arm gestures. Too bad I can't see what expressions they're making because I'm sure that must of gotten them to step off. But the man clears his throat and says, "this isn't a robbery."
"Well what is this then?"
"This is about your eyes." I begin to back away from the man, wondering how the hell they can tell my eyes are out of the ordinary. "We're here to claim what's rightfully ours."
"So what-wait, what?" I ask warily, positioning myself into offense mode.
"Your eyes," he bluntly repeats, standing offensively also, knowing this is going to be a messy job. "If you resist, we'll have to fight you but if you want this to done quickly, it'll all be over in a matter of seconds." It takes me thirteen seconds of hesitation to realize that he's being serious and totally literal.
"There's no way you're taking my eyes, you're not getting anything from me."
"So you want to struggle, fine." If he takes my white eyes, does that mean I lose my normal eyes forever? No way am I going to let that happen. Like lightning, my hand jabs his white node but whatever happens after is a blur. He moved too fast for me to see but all I know is that my arm hurts like hell! This isn't going to end well for me, he's way too swift. But I don't feel like running, especially since I've got my period and haven't changed my tampon since-focus Miz, just get out of here. I make a move to run but another swift finger tap makes me drop to the floor and it's hard to breathe suddenly. Every part of my body is begging me to shut down and give up but I can't, otherwise it's game over for me. Uck, my arms and chest feel like they're being squeezed to death, why isn't the other intruder doing anything? That one, who's got a girly figure, is watching me suffer like some sick freak-I refuse to be some sick freak's fetish! Against my entire body's will, I push myself up and shove the freaky girl out of my way and race out of the hotel as fast as I can. "Ugh I can feel my flabs of fat jiggle!" It's no wonder I can't run that fast. I reach the elevator and impatiently push the down button but the elevator is stuck on the first floor. Fuck, I don't have time I've gotta take the staircase down.
Damn it, I didn't expect her to shoot up and leave so quickly. If that man called her "a fairly simple target," then how did she manage to move as fast as she did after I gave her a Gentle Fist tap?
"Just go Brother Neji, I'll catch up," my cousin Hinata assures as she gets to her feet. I rush out of the room and see the staircase door slam shut. Clearly the thief went down the stairs; I push the doors and jump down a flight of stairs, spotting her towel on the floor as she descends the stairs, she won't make it past the lobby. Climbing onto the railing, I leap down to the first floor, landing easily on my sandals and look up at Mizuki Ayano. She freezes in horror when she realizes my trap and makes her way to double doors on the second floor. From the floor I jumped down from, Hinata finally comes out and looks down at me. "Where is she?"
"On the second floor," I answer, immediately heading toward the lobby. "Trap her on the second floor."
"Got it." Here we are, shoved into a strange world I never thought existed outside of Konoha until that man brought us to a strange place. We only had minutes to adjust to this odd world but already we have to chase our target through a world we're not familiar with, giving her the advantage. And it doesn't seem like she hasn't fully utilized the Byakugan properly because they are obviously inflicting pain and discomfort on her. All that will end when we catch her and remove her eyes for the good of the clan. I wait down in the lobby, ignoring the stares of the normal people, waiting for her to race down here and meet me again. Or will Hinata already do the work I'm waiting to do-no, she wouldn't. Hinata's too soft for that kind of grimy work. My instincts are telling me to look to my right and when I do I see Mizuki pinned against the wall in a small room with doors opening by themselves, skulking toward the exit. As I make a move, she ducks and runs out, escaping Hinata's grasp too when she rushes past me. She sighs when Mizuki's out the door running. "I'm sorry-"
"We don't have time for that," I cut her off. "Catching her shouldn't be too much of a problem. Although she is a slow runner, she is agile in defense which she learned from the Byakugan." Hinata nods disappointedly.
"We should be chasing her Brother Neji. How are we going to find her?"
"Finding her isn't a problem, her chakra flow stands out from most of the people of this place, not to mention she isn't too quick. Just catch your breath and keep your mind clear, getting her won't be too hard. Then we'll restart the mission."
J.G.P.