"Hikari we are worried about letting you out on your own," Tsunade told the young brunette that stood before her.
Hikari was a bubbly kind ofgirl. She had just recently became a chunin, but as things went on, life became more dangerous for her. Similar to Sora, Hikari had her body used to be a weapon by uses left over nine-tail chakra in her to be a type of weapon, and because she possessed that, the attacks from the Akatsuki were getting much more frequent and even more violent.
Hikari pouted as she looked up at Tsunade with bright pleading brown eyes. "But please, Tsunade! I haven't gotten a chance to go out yet... Please," Hikari begged childishly. She'd yet to leave the village and couldn't wait.
Tsunade sighed deeply before forcing a smile. "Well I guess so, but watch out for the Akatsuki! Remember that girl I told you about? Natsumi Hitma?" Tsunade asked, testing the younger girl's memory.
"Nope!" Hikari replied happily, bouncing from foot to foot.
Tsunade sighed once again. "Natsumi lived here in the village five years ago. Her whole clan was killed and half her memory had beenwiped. She has a Kekki Genkai only available to her family. I want you to be careful of her, I figure if anyone, Natsumi will be sent for you because she knows the area. If you see her and her eyes turn white, run. She can kill you with one thought," The hokage explained grimly; it was clear she missed Natsumi.
The bright girl that stood before her still had a smile on her face as she gave Tsunade a big thumbs up. "Don't you worry about it! You know me! I could fight off a pack of wolves and not break a sweat! I can take down anyone and anything! You don't need to worry about me!" Hikari assured Tsunade.
The blonde-haired hokage smiled. Hikari was streching her strength, but she wouldn't doubt that the young girl could keep herself safe; she had to be cautious. She did think of Hikari as a daughter.
"Alright, you can go," She finally agreed.
Hikari jumped into the air in glee and cried a thanks, already halfway down the hall. She leaped over the stairs and landed swiftly on a roof, quickly finding the quickest route to the entrance of Konoha. She stood right in front of the gates.
"Alright! This is it!" Hikari exclaimed, even though nobody was around her. She dashed outta the village and followed the road for a while. She quickly got bored of that and found herself wandering into the woods. She jumped from branch to branch before climbing to a top of a tree and watching the sun set. She watched in awe before realizing something wasn't right. She looked around frantically.
"Oh no! Where's the road?" She questioned panicking. She looked around and could only see tree tops for what seemed like miles. "Okay! This is no big deal! I can just follow my intuitition! Right! Let's do this! Let's go... left!" She made her way down to the ground and began walking in the direction she thought was left. It was actually right, but in her situation, it didn't really matter.
As the sun got lower, more and more shadows covered the area, making it easy for people to sneak up on one another. Hikari shivered as she wandered along, feeling fairly hopeless. She was always an optimistic girl.
"You lost?" A voice from behind her asked. The voice sounded beautiful for a girl, almost in a deadly way. Hikari jumped and spun around, hand to her chest.
"Oh hi! You surprised me! But yeah, I wandered away from the main road," Hikari admitted with a blush. She grinned at the girl that stood before her. The girl took a step closer out of the shadows and Hikari's stomach dropped. A familiar black and red cloak clung to the girl's boady as a kunai lay in her dominant had.
"I can take you back," She told Hikari.
Hikari gulped and took a step back, forcing a grin onto her face. "Oh, no it's fine! I know my way back actually! I wouldn't want to waste your time!" She assured the member of the Akatsuki that stood before her.
The girl's lips formed a smirk as her eyes faded from blood red to pure white. "No no, I insist, nine-tails."
Hikari stood there frozen like a deer caught in headlights. "N-No, I-I'd hate to b-be a burden," She squeaked out.
The girl whom was clearly Natsumi outright laughed. "I'm not asking anymore, kid. Come with me now- it's much easier when I don't have to waste my chakra," She hissed.
The brown-haired girl turned and tried to make a run for it. Natsumi only seemed to be amused by this as several of her appeared in front of the reatreating Hikari. "You can't leave, I don't even know your name yet," Natsumi said in a playful tone.
Hikari stayed quiet, eyes fixed on the ground as her heart pounded like a drum in her chest.
Natsumi's clones smiled as they took a step forward, Hikari's body suddenly felt immobile as they disappeared, leaving one white eyed girl. "Shall we go now?" She purred.
Hikari shook her head, unable to trust her voice. Natusmi laughed once again. "Well you get no choice, I'm in a bad enough mood already," She mumbled to herself as she began dragging Hikari in the opposite direction of the village.
"Why're you doing this?" Hikari asked, her voice shaky.
"It's orders," Natsumi responded simply as though she were simply going to the grocery store.
"Why're you with the bad guys?" Hikari wondered sadly.
Natsumi once again laughed. "Bad guys? Is that the lies you're being told?" She asked, avoiding the question.
"No, but I can tell...," Hikari mumbled.
Natsumi suddenly seemed offended as her voice raised. "You wouldn't get it!" She screamed angrily.
Hikari flinched and tried to pull away from her. Her efforts were useless; Natsumi's eyes made her her pupper. "The Akatsuki position was offered to me. They heard about the slaughter of my clan and knew I'd be useful- I accepted this life. It's far too late to ever change," Natsumi explained.
"Just please let me go," Hikari begged.
Another laugh emitted from Natsumi as the two came to a halt at a stone wall. The Akatsuki member placed her hands together making several different signs before the stone moved, revealing a tunnel. "This way," Natsumi told Hikari, pulling her by her arm. Hikari trembled as she got dragged along, her breathing ragged as she tried to hold herself together.
The akatsuki member remained silent as she continued to drag the younger girl along. Eventually Natsumi stopped at a room and roughly threw Hikari on the bed. "Stay here, the lord is busy. He can get you after," Natsumi closed the door behind her and locked it. Thankfully, the door had a small window in it.
Hikari made her way to the bed and sat there with her knees pulled to her chest. "Good one, Hikari," She mumbled to herself tearfully.
About an hour later, Natsumi returned with a taller boy on her arm. He had shoulder length blonde spikey hair and almost looked to be emotionless. "Come on, girl," Natsumi called opening the door up.
Hikari let out a 'hmph' and crossed her arms, not moving an inch from her spot.
Natsumi appeared irritated as she stepped into the room; the boy remained at the door. "Why are you Jinchuriki always so damn stubborn? " She growled.
Hikari kept her eyes fixed on the wall. Natsumi growled as she picked the younger up off the ground by her collar. "If you weren't so important I would have killed you myself by now!" She screamed angrily.
"Natsumi," The boy called; his voice was deep and sounded as handsome as he was. "Enough," he told his partner.
Natsumi seemed to calm down a bit as she dropped Hikari back down on the bed, a nervous laugh escaping the older girl's lips. Natsumi's eyes shifted back to her victim, grabbing her arm and roughly dragging her out of the room. The boy grabbed her other arm as they lead her down a long hallway. Hikari tried to escape and pull free.
Her effort was useless; Natsumi already seemed strong, but compared to her partner, she appeared weak. At the end of the hall were two intimidating large doors. Natsumi let go of Hikari once making sure her partner had her and stood in front of the door. "Sir, we brought that kid for you," She called through the door.
There was a few seconds of silence before a voice replied. "Good job, Natsumi! I knew having you in the Akatsuki would be useful!"
"Ah sir, she is with us right now," Natsumi told the voice.
"Oh! Bring her in."
The boy and Natsumi dragged Hikari through the opening doors. Inside she could see a large group of people all in the same cloaks. The one standing in the middle of the group was clearly the leader. Hikari stood there trembling as she tried to keep her breathing even. She hadn't ever been in such a serious situation in her entire life.
The leader was hidden mostly by shadow. His voice rung through the room- Hikari was panicking too much to actually make out words. Natsumi was finally told to take Hikari out- her partner stayed behind. Hikari's knees buckled when she was beginning to get dragged from the room.
"N-No," She squeaked out.
Natsumi's laughter was as cold sounding as ice. "Stop being such a baby! You're lucky, you won't get killed from us taking the chakra. Lord feels bad for you, so he is going to let you live," Natsumi explained.
Hikari shook her head, her brown eyes watering. She didn't want to live as a prisoner or anything. Plus, she couldn't even wield the chakra very well.
"What? You wanna die?" Natsumi asked.
"No!" Hikari exclaimed tearfully. "I just wanna go home."
Natsumi smiled. "You can after."
"No! I want to go home right now," Hikari whined sadly.
"You have something of ours first," The Akatsuki member stated.
Hikari shook her head. She didn't know what Natsumi meant by that- she hadn't stolen anything.
"The nine-tail chakra is ours, yes," Natsumi hissed.
Hikari shook her head in fear. "N-No!" She cried out.
Natsumi sighed. "I swear I will kill you," Natsumi mumbled as they came to the room Hikari had been in before. Natsumi
roughly threw her in, walking in behind her.
Hikari landed on her hands and knees with a thud, not bother to get back up- the optimistic girl felt hopeless.
Natsumi smirked at the sight. She smirked as she took a step closer. "I don't get your problem."
Hikari backed up into a corner. Eyes trained on the floor as her pulse raced.
Natsumi gave up, she closed the door and locked it behind her.
Hikari struggled with the door for almost ten minutes before remembering the bobby-pin she kept in her pouch in case of a hair emergency. She pulled it out and shakily struggled with the lock before it popped open. She stuck her head out and
timidly began making her way down the dark hallway.
"How'd you get out?" a familiar voice asked. A slight breeze blew his blonde hair as his red eyes stared deeply into Hikari's.
Hikari averted her eyes and turned to run away.
"I won't hurt you," He stated simply. "That's not my job."
She nervously glanced over at him, taking a gulp. "What're you guys going to do to me?" She questioned, her voice hardly audible.
"They're going to take the nine-tail chakra from you, then toss you to the side," He responded honestly.
Hikari froze for a moment before turning and dashing down the hallway, her beathing coming out in pants. She couldn't let that happen- it would hurt. She couldn't stand pain.
Hikari wasn't watching where she was going, and because of it she ended up bumping into someone; Itachi Uchiha.
"Thought Akujin and Natsumi were supposed to watch you," He stated, not a single emotion in his voice.
Hikari looked up at the man before her with a hand covering her mouth. Her body trembled as she went to jump up and runaway again.
Itachi's hand caught her shoulder, he glared at her as Natsumi and Akujin came running down the hall.
"Thought you were supposed to watch her," Itachi mumbled.
"Oh shut it! She snuck out, now fuck off and give her back to me," Natsumi told Itachi; he handed Hikari over without question, her hand now replacing Itachi's.
As they walked down the hall Natsumi spoke up. "How the hell did you get out?"
Hikari nervously followed along, not wanting to go back. She gave a meak shrug. "You forgot to lock it," She mumbled, even though it was a clear lie.
Natsumi hissed. "I never forget!"
Hikari shrugged. "Maybe you did this time," She responded quietly.
Natsumi's hand reached around Hikari's neck before Akujin pulled it away. "You can't," He told her. She sighed deeply.
Hikari stared at the pair with widened eyes. She could escape, right? She *had* to escape. While they were looking at each other Hikari went to book it down the hall- she didn't even know where the exit was.
"She escaped again," Akujin said simply.
"Dammit!" Natsumi screamed chasing her down.
Hikari ran aimlessly down another hall, then another, and so on. She panted heavily as she held a hand to her chest, trying to catch her breath; she was lost in a building. That was a new one for her.
Natsumi finally caught up to her; her hands clung to the girls shoulders. "I'm done with you!" Natsumi shrieked. As she was about to hit Hikari, a boy with long blonde hair and a ponytail on his head appeared.
"Lord Pain wants the girl now, un," He told her before walking off.
Natsumi smirked.
Hikari struggled against Natsumi. "Don't!" She cried out, not wanting to be killed.
"You're not gonna die... unfortunatly," Natsumi mumbled that last bit to herself as she took Hikari down a different hall.
Hikari still tried to pull away, but she was beginning to lose all of her hope.
Natsumi hissed. "How can a weakly like you have all that power and be so useless?"
"I-I'm not," She mumbled, though she felt as though it were true.
Natsumi smirked. "Prove it,"
Hikari stared at the ground as she got dragged along. She couldn't really prove it. It sometimes just happened.
Natsumi's cold laughter filled the room. "Guess it's over for you then,"
"But you said I wouldn't die," She mumbled.
Natsumi laughed. "You wont,"
Hikari opened her mouth but closed it again as they were in front of the huge doors.
Natsumi mumbled something Hikari didn't catch and the doors opened. Inside was a giant statue, ten Akatsuki members in all stood up high.
The young girl looked up at the statue with wide eyes. Everything in this place was intimidating.
Natsumi suddenly came into view with her white eyes. Hikari suddenly fell unconsious.
AN: Chapter one!
Natsumi is my OC, Akujin is my friends OC, and Hikari is Dreams Rewritten's OC
I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF THE CHARACTERS!