Miyako's Nine Lives: Chapter One

A/N: Nibi-Neko does not own Naruto, at all. Zip. Zilch. Nada. She only owns Miyako. The plot isn't even hers.

Madara carried the unconscious black haired Grass Ninja through the trees as silently as she had been running earlier. He wasn't sure why she was so special, other than the fact that she had survived not one attack, but two, from Hidan. Not only that, two attacks from highly trained Cloud Ninja hadn't killed her, and neither had her Kage supposedly beheading her.

'What makes her special? What makes her live after all of this?' Her supposed it might be pure dumb luck, but her Kage had tried to cut her head off. 'Unless it was a clone like the Kyubi kid can make, and no one noticed it disappear…' This also proved to be false, Madara realized, since clones, no matter what, disappear after attacks like those. The older male shook his head, quickly replacing his Tobi persona as he got closer to where Zetsu was waiting.

"I found her Zetsu-san! Tobi's a good boy, right?" Oh how he hated saying that and acting so child-like. Of course, it seemed to work pretty well in disguising himself from everyone else.

"Yes, Tobi's a very bad boy good boy." The two sides of Zetsu ignored each others comments, and Tobi made a noise close to tears at the black sides mean remark. He passed Miyako's limp form over to Zetsu, following the other back to where they where going to be keeping her.

The little hotel was dingy, dirty, and unsanitary, but fit the needs of the two Akatsuki members very well. No one bothered them, and they didn't have to explain much to the manager. Besides, it was cheap, not that that matter seeing as Kakazu was dead. Zetsu dropped Miyako on one of the futons and then went to send a message to Pein.

'If only he knew…' Tobi walked over to Miyako, poking her with his foot carefully. She made a fun little noise that sounded like a yelp and a 'get the heck away from me' put together. She rolled over, and then her eyes snapped open. Miyako lunged at Tobi, who side stepped her, tilting his head to one side.

"What's wrong Miyako-chan?" His voice was childish again, and Miyako growled, reaching for a kunai, that she didn't have. Tobi pulled out her kunai pouch, holding it up before him. "Is this what you're looking for Miyako? Zetsu-san took it too keep you from hurting yourself." Miyako visibly blanched. Was this the same boy that had knocked her out in the woods? It couldn't be! She took a step back none the less when he came towards her, lifting her head and looking at him sideways.

"Who are you? Where am I? And who the heck is 'Zetsu-san'?" The door opened about then, Zetsu walking in.

"So you're awake. We should just kill her. How are you feeling?" Miyako growled, backing herself into a corner pretty quickly. Having no weapons, she was left to her own devices.

"We can't kill her Zetsu, she won't die, that's the whole reason for getting her, remember? I'm Tobi, and I'm a good boy! You're in a hotel in the Land of Rain, and he's Zetsu-san!" Tobi filled the girl in quickly, while she just stared at him, and Zetsu, like they where crazy.

"F...fine." She stuttered over the one word, eyes wide in fear. What where these two planning with her? Did they want to kill her? Then she relaxed. She had lived through enough to not be killed so easily, and that calmed her down greatly. Miyako shifted from foot to foot for a few seconds, mind racing.

Her parents had come from the Land of Rain, and where missing nin from there. She gave a small sigh, sitting down cross legged on the floor at last.

"So what do you two want with me?" If Tobi wouldn't have been wearing a mask, Miyako would have been greeted with a twisted smirk. As it was, she got a grin from Zetsu, as if he was the cat that had ate the canary. Miyako had a feeling she was the canary.

Word Count: 683

A/N: Well, they seem to be getting longer. Here's chapter two, a day later than what I thought it would be. Finals are coming up the week after next, so this is cram week. Wish this high school freshman luck, and let's hope that she comes back to write more before she dies from 'stress'…Nah, I'll have new chapters up weekly.

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