A girl walks through the hot Suna summer sunshine with a fan flapping away at the 3 degree burn hitting her pale skin until she is grabbed by a figure that spins her around swiftly. "LILY-SAN! There you are I've been looking for you for ages, I missed you!" a girl chants hugging her tighter, this only meant one thing; she wanted something troublesome. "Sasha-san! I…..missed you as well. I was on a mission out of town…" after escaping they walk together until the end of a street where Sasha waves her off.
"I need to speak to you but lets do it over coffee in the morning" she was defiantly after something, sighing she went home and sat down in her comfy chair, giggling to the thought of the guy she kept calling turtle and the blonde man who grinned wildly at everything. It had been a long mission to tag and find out information about puppets for the museum drama studio in the Village and already she had been asked by her loud 'friend' to come speak to her about heaven knows what. Birds twittering tell her its morning and so another boring day had begun, at the coffee house her friend, Sasha, grins and waves to her while she sits down after ordering.
"what did you need to talk to me about?" her friend mumbles seeing that Sasha was on looking to a pink Sakura tree in a day dream, eyes glistening; another lover? "I met the dreamiest guy…tall…blonde…the best looking guy I've ever met and he spoke to me. Me! Out of the blue…ah and speaking of that his blue eyes where like the ocean, I could just swim in them" Sasha blurts out but Lily only rolls her eyes and looks away from the table, she'd get over the crush the moment a new guy walked past.
"they asked me to join their…c'mon this is no place to talk about it" she chants grabbing Lily who only gets a sip from her herbal tea before she finds her self being dragged away, 15 minutes later she had been thrown into a chair by Sasha who speaks at 100 words a minute. "and anyway the Akatsuki have asked Me to join them! This is biggest thing I have ever heard!" Lily's chair spins on the swivel chair to face away while her head tilts back to stare towards the ceiling. "do you know who the Akatsuki are?" she questions glancing from the side to see her shrug then grin wildly anyway.
"dunno but it must be big! An organisation don't just come up to you everyday" Sasha blurts suddenly putting her hands behind her back and bending down to be at eye height. "and your coming with me" she giggles to Lily's sudden stop of breath, standing up she glares at Sasha who's grin sears to a confused look. "you decided that without my permission? Why would you think I'd go?" Lily coldly replies pulling a puppet from the closet to start work on, a shot of pain stabs her in the back and her head tilts onto Sasha's shoulder to look into her vibrant green eyes while her blonde hair brushes past her cheek, a smile stays on the friends face as if what she had just done was nothing to worry about.
"I thought this would have been your reaction…but you don't have a choice I'm afraid" she grins while Lily's eyes flicker and her knee's buckle, everything goes black. Dizzily her head spins and her body feels limp as Lily slowly wakes up to see someone was carrying her upon their shoulder through a wooden corridor. "I thought you where bringing a friend" a strange voice murmurs vaguely for her to hear, an irritating and recognisable laugh ringing through her mind. "I have…Lily is a stubborn friend that's all. She's a weak person though so no big deal to handle" the girl voice mumbles in a confident manner, Lily would have jumped and strangled her by now if it weren't for the numb and heavy problems from the chemical. "besides she'll make good entertainment, cook and clean as well" now Lily really did want to kill Stacy, a rather impressed laugh is responded from the people in the room.
"at least she's light…for a girl she didn't have much in her apartment either" a man speaks as Lily opens her eyes again to look down to the ground, luckily her hair covered her so they couldn't tell she was awake and listening. "she'll be happy to know she has her own room to do…what ever it is she does" Stacy speaks again hitting Lily as if she where a bag of potatoes, a low pitched hiss stops the conversation as a hand touches her again.
"guess she's waking up, Lily-san you okay?" a cheery voice says as the carrier props her down onto the ground against what seems to be a wall, her head still tilted down to cover her eyes. Lily says nothing and stays motionless until another prod to her head makes her stir.
"touch….me...again and I'll…" Lily stutters as her eyes flash a black sheet every time she tries to zone in, that same irritating laugh gives her a head ache. "you'll get over it, you always do…well we'll let you get used to your new room" a voice says before a door slams and a locking sound clinks through the empty walls. Slipping sideways she lands upon her side looking forwards just getting used to being able to feel her muscles, fingers contracting and retracting into a clenched fist or fan. Imprisoned in the room she sits up shakily to look, all of her puppets lay around the room looking at her. A soft smile when they suddenly speak to her.
[are you okay Lily-sama?] one puppet asks watching their master stand up looking slightly drunk, toppling over into the lap of one of her puppets only moments later. [stay still, you need to rest] it advises seeing her get up again, Lily stares to the small bed across the room dumped with all of her clothes and house hold possessions. Lily's lavender eyes blink in confusion, they really weren't joking about keeping her here. [we promise to protect you, we wont let anything happen to you] they utter as the girl wraps the puppets wooden arms around her body as if to hug, head snuggled into its chest.
"what am I doing to do? I'm suddenly a slave…I don't even know where I am" the girl whispers into the cloth as she yields back her tears, Lily refused to cry. The puppet hushes the crying girl contently peering upwards to the other puppets that slowly slump to her side, all leaning in like a wall to protect her from reality while all of them whisper sweet nothings. [it will be okay Lily-sama, we would never leave your side] the puppets reply stroking her hair while all lean in closer to keep the smaller girl warm, Lily smiles rubbing her cheek again them contently and closing her eyes to rest in the momentary protection she had. Sleeping Lily's breaths calm to near invisible movements, the puppets if they could would have smiled down at her. Later Lily sits working on a puppet after hours of being locked in the room, puppets contently chattering away to their master while she works on her latest art work.
Clicking of the door alarms the prisoner of someone's new presence, a small gasp at the sight. "turtle-san?!" she questions getting up to look at him, the large man stares before twitching. "I'M NOT A TURTLE!!" he howlers as a sudden strange crack is heard and a red head steps out emotionlessly walking over to her, Lily stares at him with confusion and awe. "my names Sasori no Akasuna, and you'll name me as such" he glares as the girl stares at him then at Hiruko then back again, a rather amazed gasp leaving her mouth.