Pain and Blood (Emma P.O.V)

I gripped onto Itachi's cloak, my hands clammy, and sweaty. The bleeding on my wound was consistent, the pain unimaginable, it felt as though something was eating at my flesh.

I buried my head in the folds of material on his cloak, screaming silently into it. I fidgeted constantly, as the pain increased, struggling to stay conscious. My hair was now drenched with sweat, the sleeve of Itachi's cloak soaked with blood.

"Why… why does it… argh… hurt so damn much!" I gasped, trying to stay conscious.

"It's ok… it will all be ok, I promise," Itachi replied, holding me tighter. I stopped fidgeting for a moment, and forgetting the pain that was controlling my body at the moment, looked him in the eye, my eyes filled with question. "Urr… well… yeeeeer…"

I smiled slightly through my pain, as I realised that he had said that without thinking. I heard Kisame sigh slightly from somewhere around me.

I screamed once more, as the pain increased again, hiding my face once again in his cloak, crying into the material.

I felt him tense up as I accidentally pulled on the material, pulling myself closer to him, my tears and sweat mixing on his cloak.

I felt his jumps soften, but the speed increase. The rocking sensation soothed me slightly, but not the pain. As it got worse, I couldn't hold on anymore, and my eyes began to shut.

Emmaaarr

I sat up on my bed, and clutched my hand to my wound, the pain still as unbearable, but in the time I was spending here, I would complete my mission.

I tore my pillow out of its cover, and tied the cover just over my wound. I did the same with my stomach.

The bleeding had not stopped, but it had slowed. Ignoring the pain, I stripped my bed clumsily.

When the sheets were on the floor, I grabbed them, and stumbled out of my bedroom, glad that my family were heavy sleepers.

I tried to walk down the stairs, but my knee got caught in the sheet, and I ended falling, crashing at the bottom of the stairs, hitting my head on the radiator that was stupidly placed there.

I hissed in pain, and untangled myself from the sheets, placing a hand where I had bashed my head, touching the sticky, fresh blood that was there, matting my hair.

I didn't bother to stand, but instead grabbed the sheets with my hands, and crawled along the floor, the sheets dragging behind me. I went into the kitchen, as I did so my knee gave way.

I didn't have the strength to stand again, so instead I tied in on my wrist, and dragged myself along the laminate floor, a trail of blood following me.

I reached the washing machine and untied the sheets that were on my wrist, leg and stomach, and stuck them into the machine. I managed to sit on my knees, and do everything necessary before turning it on.

I dragged myself back onto my bed, shutting my door when I entered the room.

I shut my eyes, and prayed that in the morning I would wake up first.

Emmmmmaaa

I awoke just as Itachi jumped down from the trees, the impact, as small as it was, went straight through my body, the pain travelling through my body.

I tried to sit up, much to Itachi's amusement.

"Forget where you are?" He snickered, as I remembered that he was carrying me. "You walk and fidget in your sleep, worse then most people…"

I bit my lip, as the pain increased, taking over rational thinking.

"So what about it?" I muttered. "How… much longer?"

"Not much longer, just hang in there for a bit longer, ok?" He replied. I nodded, as the pain increased, making a few silent tears make their way down my face, but I didn't have the energy to wipe them away.

I looked into the distance and noticed the blue water of the river, the suns reflection rippling across the surface.

I looked across the river, spotting the infamous rock behind which it is rumoured that the base is located.

He jumped onto the rivers water, running across it, the water unaffected by his footsteps.

We now stood in front of the rock, and handed me to Kisame, who reluctantly held me, while Itachi did some sort of thing to the rocks, which my unfocused eyes didn't catch.

Slowly the rock began to move out of the way, revealing a dark shadowed space behind it. I tried to see what was in there, but my eyes had become lazy, and blurred, missing most of the detail, and shadows that loomed in the darker corners of the space.

I closed my eyes, sharpening every other sense of mine, or at least it would have, if the pain wasn't taking over every inch of my mind. A burning sensation began to flow through the wound, making me scream.

Itachi took me from Kisame, and began to run. I opened one eye slowly, just seeing endless dark walls go past me. Eventually he stopped, and kicked open a door, before going inside.

He lay me on the bed, and dashed out of the room.

"Wait…" I tried to call after him, but my voice coming out as little more then a hoarse mummer.

I looked around the room, trying to distract myself from the pain.

I heard voices from somewhere near by, and strained my ears to listen in to the conversation.

"If we don't do something she will die!" A voice sounding much like Itachi's growled.

"There is nothing I can do!" The other person yelled, losing all patience.

"I don't care! You dealt the blow, you must know something that can be done!" The voice I thought was Itachi hissed at the other one. They were by the door now.

"Only Konan knows what to do, don't bother asking me," The one I guessed was Kisame said. I heard a sigh, before the door opened, revealing the two people I thought it was.

Itachi walked in, and scooped me into his arms once again, and walked past Kisame, sending him a cold glare. The moment Itachi past him, he set of at a steady run, trying to hurt me any more then I currently was.

He ran around the endless maze, and my eyes began to shut. I felt him shake me desperately, and my name be called, but I didn't have the energy to open my eyes, or reply.

I heard a loud crash, before he stop moving.

"Ever heard of knocking Itachi?" A women's voice asked him.

"Now isn't the time Konan." He replied, as sense of urgency obvious in his voice, even for my currently deranged mind. I heard a soft sigh from above me.

"What happened?" She asked.

"Kisame attacked her, you have to help her!" He replied.

"Lay her on the bed then," She instructed. I felt Itachi move, and lay me gently onto the soft sheets. "Why do you care so much?"

I didn't manage hear the answer, as I let unconsciousness take over my senses.

Panic (Emily P.O.V)

I looked up at the sky, as the moon went behind a cloud, losing any light that was left. I waited for it too come out before trying to continue.

No matter how hard I tried to move forward, I felt my limbs movements slow. I knew that I had to stop, before I ended up slipping on one of the branches, but the bonds to my friends made me continue. I couldn't let them down, and another part of me told me that I went forward for the answers it would reveal.

I jumped once more, before my foot slip. Barely having enough energy to save myself, I didn't bother to try to jump into the trees above me. Instead, I walked slowly between the trees, till I came to a clearing which was obscured by a knocked down tree.

I sat down, making myself comfortable amongst the leaves, before lying amongst them, letting sleep come without a second thought.

Emily x

I awoke on my bed, not having moved from the way I had fallen asleep. I looked at my hand, glad to see the note was still safely tucked into my hand. I ran over to the side, and grabbed a match from the box there. I set the corner alight, throwing it into the bin beside me.

Not bothering to wait to see the flames die out, I threw on a coat and ran out into the cold outside, not bothering to change from the school uniform that I had slept in.

I ran down the streets, panting as I ran, the stamina I had in the other world stayed there. I mentally cursed myself for being unfit as I stood outside the school, bent over breathing heavily.

A minute or two later I was almost back to normal. Taking a deep breath, trying not to sigh, I carried on running, trying not to get myself run over in the haste of my movements.

I was not used to running like this is this world, and it made things all the more harder. Without my usual sharpened senses that assisted me in the ninja world, I found it hard to have to familiarise myself with the blunt senses I possessed here, and the lack of the speed I usually had at my disposal. I gazed my eyes around the roads, checking ahead for a car in the distance, so I wouldn't have to worry about it when I was half way across the road, the horn blaring at me, followed by the awkward feeling I felt as they hurled abuse my way. I never knew how to respond to that.

Eventually I stood at the bottom of the stairs that led up Emma's house, dashing up them. I winced as I tripped, falling up the stairs, scraping my hands, but nothing more. I examined them, glad to see that no blood had surfaced. I stood back up, and ran the last few steps, before knocking on the door.

Emma's mum appeared at the door, slightly surprised to see me, but gave me a welcoming smile. I looked at her eyes, and saw a slight speck of worry behind her smile.

"Hello," I said, trying to hide the way I was out of breathe, and the apprehension in my voice.

"Hello Emily, what can I do for you?" She asked, before she seemed to collect her thoughts. "Oh yes, of course, come inside, I will go get Emma."

I smiled slightly to myself, my nerves well hidden, as se stepped aside letting me in.

"Go through to the living room, I will go hazard waking up my daughter, it is gone eleven after all." Her mum said, leaving me in he hallway as she climbed the stairs, gently calling Emma's name, getting louder each time she repeated it.

I knew this process well, and walked quietly into the living room. I sat myself on the sofa, feeling my lungs start to burn. I frowned slightly, before I realised I was holding my breath. I slowly began to breath in and out steadily, before listening carefully for the sound of the usual routine that would be Emma being awoken.

I strained my ears, a rare thing to be doing when it involved waking her up, listening for her to scream as her mum opens the curtains, or the sound of Emma hitting the floor as she went to grab the quilt as her mum tried to steal it.

An ear splitting scream came from Emma's room, joined by another one.

I ran up the stairs, and into her room, the scream not ceasing, the second one did, replacing itself with a frantic muttering.

I ran into the room. Emma was laying on her blood, her pyjamas covered with blood, her bed free of any sheets. There was blood lining the walls, and a path was on the floor. The scream was coming from Emma's body on the floor, unceasing, her body thrashing about in her sleep.

I looked at Emma's mum, who seemed to be about to faint as she watched her daughter.

"What ever you do, don't touch her wound, call and ambulance, or try to help her in any way, walk away now, stay out of the house!" I instructed her mum, who stubbornly shook her head. Before she had time to protest I grabbed her wrist and pulled her from the room, before knocking her out by a swift blow to the back of the head.

I struggled to carry the dead weight down the stairs without falling, and dragged her onto the sofa, hoping that she would be out cold for a long enough period of time for me to help Emma, and make it look like she was just a heavy sleeper.

Captive (Lauren P.O.V)

"I think here will do," Deidara announced, kicking a door open harshly, throwing me in after. I landed with a thump, my forehead creasing slightly as my bum collided with the cold stone flooring.

Not bothering to give me a chance to stand, he slammed the door shut. I sat there, on the cold stones for a moment, gazing briefly at my basic non-descript surroundings. A simple bed, a candle and a… bucket?

I stood up in a sudden disgust and ran at the door, stopping before I hit it, not bothering to cause my body the pain that would surely follow if I decided I wanted to try to use my non-existent weight to barge the door open.

I clenched my fist, throwing them against the door, listening to the sound it made, to test the width of the door. The sound that came from the repetitive banging of my fists suggested that the door was not made of a thin wood.

Stepping back I withdrew a kunai and held it firmly in my hands. I slammed the kunai into the wood.

The moment the kunai hit the wood, it burned bright red for a few seconds, scalding my hand, before it split into small shards, the pieces shooting of into various directions, some embedding themselves into my flesh.

I screamed out. The metal that had penetrated my skin was burning the flesh, while my wrist throbbed from the impact.

I sat on the floor, taking deep breaths.

'In and out… in and out' I thought to myself slowly as I sat there, trying to focus on something other then getting out of here, even if it would only be for the moment.

"You know, that won't work," A voice sneered from outside, angering me again.

"DO I LOOK LIKE I CARE!" I screamed at the door, as I felt someone tap my shoulder, making me spin to face them.

Puzzled. (Emily P.O.V)

Doing the wise thing, I knew I had to check on Lauren also, before I should go back.

Dashing back through the streets, now having to avoid more pedestrians due to the fact I had to go down a busy road to get to Laurens from Emma's.

I darted into Laurens road, and knew that if I was right, then her family were out, and she was the only one in. But if she was in the same state as Emma, she wouldn't be moving anytime soon.

Easily - out of much practice - I climbed the tree outside her house, and slipped through a window.

Walking through to Laurens room, I let myself in, too see her fast asleep on the bed. Wrists bruised nicely, along with various cuts on the skin. Sighing to myself, I left the room and left the way I had come in.

Emmily x

I snuck back into the house, and into my bedroom, and grabbed the beeper of the bed, holding it in my hand as I let myself sleep once again.

Emily

I awoke on the rough ground on which I had fallen asleep on, my back numb from leaning against the rough bark of the tree, though it could have only been little more then an hour I had slept, making my body groggy and slow. Making things dangerous.

Slowly I stood up, before my legs gave way, but it was not the floor that caught be, but warm arms.

"I heard what happened," The person informed me. "It must have been sixth sense, fuelled by the fact I love you so much, that I knew you would respond this way."

"Gaara?" I asked, smiling.

"Shush sleep now," Gaara said nodding to me.

Where Are They? (Emma P.O.V)

I slowly opened my eyes, confused and tired. My whole body ached and it was a struggle for me to sit up.

"Steady on there, sleeping beauty," Someone said to me from close by. Mere seconds later, I felt two steady hands on my stomach pushing me back down on the bed.

"How… how long have I been out for?" I asked him, guessing that the person beside me was Itachi.

"Not that I was counting or anything, but I am guessing for about two hours," He informed me, while I gasped. "Hey, that's good for the injuries you had. Konan said you should be out for the rest of the day."

I nodded slightly, knowing that if the person who had healed me recommended me to be out cold for that amount of time, then the best, most productive thing I could do right now, was sleep.

I tried to roll over, wincing as I did so. I tried not to scream out in frustration at the fact that every small movement I seemed to make made the pain worse.

So instead I lay there, breathing deeply.

"Got any pain relief?" I whispered to Itachi, who laughed.

"Yes, I will be right back," he replied, leaving the room swiftly, to return moments later, two pills in his hand, a glass in the other.

"Here, take these," Itachi said, holding his hand out to me, pills and water in them. Too tired to worry if they were deadly, I sat up slowly, ignoring the pain, and took them swiftly.

I lay back down, and stayed in that position, not moving, while Itachi watched me interested.

Slowly the pain began to cease, before it completely went. Jumping out of bed, I smiled to myself.

"So now I feel better, what is there do to?" I asked Itachi, who shook his head in amusement.

"What?" I asked.

End Of Chapter Two J