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THE BIJUU PROJECT - A NEW JOB
…Walking…
…Somewhere…
…Its warm…
…Pleasant… …No worries…
…A voice… …Getting louder… …Screaming…
…Pleading… …"Help!".. …"Help!"..
…What…is
…Help?..
…Should investigate… …To see…
…What…help..
Is…
… A girl?.. …Is that…help?
…no…
…couldn't be…
…But… …There are…
…Snakes…
…Everywhere…
They're getting… closer… to her…
…Louder… she gets… louder…
…much louder…
"Help!"… "Please, someone help me!"…
…What…is…
…Help? …Her wrists are tied…
…Shackled…
…Chained…
…it...
…Is wrong…
…Is that… …Purple hair… twisted into large…knots?…
…Eyes shut… to hide… from the snakes?… …Can feel it…
…Her fear… …Pity…her…
…Maybe… untie…
…Freedom…
…The longing… to be… Free… …Its back…
…She sees you…
…Louder… she gets… louder…
…much louder…again…
"HELP ME! PLEASE!"… …More screaming…
…Should you?…
…Could you?… …Yes…
…Will you?…
…
…
…
…
…YES…
Feel it… … the energy…
…Let it flow…
…Then bend it… …make it submit…
…one…
…two…
…three… …then four…
Next, five…
…straining for six…
…a single tear falls as seven passes by…
…eight burns… everything…
….
…NINE…
… she no longer screams… not at the snakes…
… her eyes on you… no fear now, but… no emotions…
…dead eyes… …like yours…
Only… brown…
NO…
MORE… …Now you know…
HOPE… ….You have to free her…
LESS… …So she can live… like you cannot…
NESS…
…shattering metal… …she slumps down…
…the wall…breaks, crashes down…
…
…A man runs in…frantic …such funny hair…
…sticks out…in the air…
… and its… Silver?
…he doesn't look…old…
… his…left eye…
…covered…
… he grabs her… then, he notices you…
…Pure Fear…and
… recognition…
You say… as best you can… "No… fear…"
…Point towards a secret exit… …they come…
…the guards… the ones with sticks… …the ones who cause… pain…
…Let them fear… …only them…
… the man knows… they are close… …Run!…
…Run Now!…
And he…and she… are gone…
…and twin red moons come and bring… sleep…
Today was just like any other day for one seventeen year old Hinata Hyuuga. Sleep until awoken by her personal maid, then go downstairs for breakfast. At breakfast, she would meet her sister, Hanabi, and talk about unimportant things like the latest fashion. Then, she would ask one of the elder butlers if her father had come home from the hospital from visiting her mother. Like any other day, the answer was no. Then she would go and get ready for school by brushing her teeth, getting dressed, and heading out.
Now, Hinata was not like most other girls in the Konoha, the capital of the Hidden Fire Province, or the Leaf Province, as it was also known. For one, she did not carry the seemingly epidemic disease known as Fangirlism for Sasuke Uchiha. She despised him, and most of his family, for something he did to a friend of hers.
Secondly, her family was one of the most influential and rich families in the Leaf Province. She could get anything she wanted, which was strange because she was a very modest girl.
And third, she wanted to work at the Akatsuki Organization's Medical Center. This by itself would not be unusual, for the Organization was one of the most technologically advanced and sophisticated groups in the country. But Hinata was haunted by strange visions of the Organization's Facilities.
Every night, Hinata would have vivid dreams of white halls that led to a large dark room. When she looked inside, two glowing red eyes with slitted pupils would stare back at her, right into her soul. These eyes were frightening, but not because they held malice, but because they were so full of hurt and pain that Hinata could swear that she felt those emotions herself? Hinata swore to herself that she would one day find what caused these dreams, and whose eyes were so full of emotion.
One would also think that because of her family's power and prestige, Hinata would have hundreds of friends at school, but, that is also not the case. Because of her shyness, many people made fun of her, and friends were scarce. Most days, Hinata thinks herself lucky to go unnoticed by her hurtful schoolmates. She contents herself with her the few friends she knew she could trust.
Yes, Hinata Hyuuga was a very shy girl.
"Come on Hinata-chan, you're gonna be late!" shouted Sakura Haruno, one of Hinata's only friends. She would always come to take Hinata to Konoha High. "Stop staring at the Psycho House, we have to get to school!" 'Oh no, I'm doing it again.' Hinata thought frantically to herself. She had stopped to look at the Medical Center that perched on top of the hills outside of the city and had become mesmerized. For some reason, it called to her. And she would do anything to get in, and find out why.
"C-coming S-sakura-ch-ch-chan." 'Damn, I'm still stuttering. I hope Sakura doesn't tell Tenten-ane again, I don't think I could survive her training if I had to go through it again. Last time was bad enough.' A shiver travels down Hinata's spine as she remembered the exercises (ON: read torture) that her cousin Neji'sfiancée had put her through to get rid of her shyness and stuttering. 'Never again.' She vowed. 'Never again.'
Before Hinata could turn around, the world suddenly seemed to stop. The Akatsuki Compound seemed to grow dark as a large red shadow rose up and blocked out the sun. The shadow grew and grew, before it split into nine separate…tails? "PLEASE…COME." Begged a voice so deep and savage that it shook Hinata to her bones with, something, something so ancient she had no name for the uncontrollable emotion? Unable to respond, Hinata stood frozen until Sakura grabbed the hood of her parka and drug her down the hill, breaking the daydream.
"Come on Hinata-chan, you can gaze later, we have to get to school." At the bottom of the hill, Sakura jumped into her pink convertible sports car (ON: think 300 ZX), with Hinata slowly opening the passenger side door and getting in. With a vroom! they were off, Hinata screaming all the way due to Sakura's demon-like speed.
In under thirty minutes, Sakura had gotten from the High Rise, where all of richer families of Konoha lived, to Konoha High, which was near the cities center.. Hinata's heart felt as if it was going to burst out of her chest, strangle her for getting in the same car as the pink-haired speed demon, then run away in fear for its life. "N-n-never do th-that again." Hinata stuttered as she staggered out of the sports car. "Oh come on," Sakura whined, then smiled sweetly. "You know I'm not that bad." Grumbling, Hinata stumbled into the High School with Sakura following behind.
Inside, was bona fide chaos. Konoha High was connected to Konoha Middle and Konoha Elementary into one giant academy like school, and that caused quite a ruckus before and after school. Teens in the Middle School where being pranked by Elementary Students, and vice versa, while most of the High School students tried to ignore both parties' antics. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that the three Konoha schools were military schools as well. Each classroom had weapons lining the walls, and most students were versed in strategy and battle tactics, creating a lot of different ways to prank others.
Once the two girls were adjusted to the noise and rapid movements of the hallways, Hinata and Sakura began looking for their friends; Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akamichi, Shino Aburame, and, much to Hinata's disgust, Sasuke Uchiha. These people being their closest, in most cases (ON: cough-Sasuke-cough), friends.
"Hey! Hinata-chan! Forehead! There you are! I thought you'd never get here!" Ino yelled over the cacophony that was Konoha High. Never in all of her life would Hinata have thought that she would end up being best friends with Ino Yamanaka. Early on in the group's Middle School years, a rumor had spread that Ino was being used as a plaything by some Upperclassmen.
Hinata, being the sheltered girl she was, believed this rumor like everyone else. Ino did not help disperse this rumor because she could not be approached about the subject, she just would not talk about it. Hinata would have never given Ino another look if it hadn't been for Shino Aburame, her childhood friend.
He appeared one day with the same Upperclassman who started the rumors, tied up and on their knees, and forced them to tell the whole school that they had lied about Ino. The scary part was that the Upperclassmen did not have a single mark on them, yet they still looked deathly afraid of him. After that, no one bothered Ino, at least, not like that. And Hinata, for her part, felt awful, and promised herself never to judge people so quickly again.
"H-hello Ino-ch-chan. H-how are y-you?" Hinata asked, then giving a devilish smirk, "A-and how is Sh-Shino-kun?" Ino's face turned a red that would have rivaled a very healthy tomato. "I am fine Hinata-chan! And that is none of your business, thank you very-" "-And what, may I ask, is none of her business?" Shino's silky voice interrupted Ino's rampage, as he placed his arms around Ino's waist.
This caused Ino's red face to deepen to a dark crimson color, and her voice to stutter as badly as Hinata's. "N-n-n-nothing Shino-k-kun. Just s-saying hi." It was well known that after the rumor incident, Ino had fallen hard for Shino. After a few weeks of watching Ino and her clumsy interactions with Shino from the shadows, Hinata and Sakura took her to The Mall. There, the two girls managed to lock Ino and Shino into the changing room. After hours of listening to Ino talking to Shino (ON: read, freaking out because of being so close to him), Ino fell silent.
While this caused the girls some confusion, they eventually fell asleep outside. When the two left the room, they were inseparable, much to the shock of the rest of their friends. Neither Ino nor Shino would tell their friends what had gone on in the changing room, which of coarse drove the girls mad. Shino, for his part, did not take advantage of Ino, and treat her badly. On the contrary, he treated her with more respect than she had ever been given. Unfortunately for her though, Shino had over the few years since then, grown out of his antisocial and silent attitude, thanks in part for being so close to her, and developed a very flirtatious side, which caused Ino no end of embarrassment.
"Mah mah, Shino-san, come on now, get a room. Don't get too troublesome on us now." Shikamaru made his presence known as he walked up to the group, a sarcastic smirk firmly fitted onto his face. He was very happy that Ino, his childhood friend, had found someone who would treat her right. But, that didn't mean he wasn't going to tease her. His mocking caused Ino to grow even more red faced. "SHUT UP SHIKA!" Ino screeched and tackled him.
Although Shikamaru had always been friends with Ino, along with Choji, this did not stop the Nara from experiencing the Yamanaka's wrath. If only poor Shikamaru would remember this.
With Shikamaru inevitably came Choji, who was already on his third bag of potatoes chips for the day, and Kiba, who was once again smuggling his puppy, Akamaru, into school under his hood, which was pulled over his head. As Ino mercilessly pummeled Shikamaru, the five minute bell rang, signaling that today's classes were about to begin.
Immediately, Ino stopped punching Shikamaru and, after giving Shino a rather passionate kiss, bolted to her class with a cry. "See you guys later!" And she was gone. Shino smirked, even as a slight blush could be seen poking over the cover of his flipped up collar. With Kiba and Akamaru in tow, he headed towards their own class. With a sigh and a mutter of "Troublesome", Shikamaru and Choji left for their seminars, while Hinata was once again hauled off by Sakura to their Anatomy class, with Hinata's arm feeling like a hungry wolf had grabbed her arm and run off with it, with her still attached.
"S-sakura-chan, s-slow down!" Hinata breathlessly cries out. "I-I don't w-w-want to fall again!" Sakura giggled as she continues to pull her friend through the hallways of their school. "No, I won't slow down and you know it!" Still giggling, Sakura sped through the halls with Hinata, until finally the two friends ended up in front of their class. "See, once again, I, Sakura Haruno, got you to where you needed to be with no bodily harm. You should have more faith in your friend." Hinata merely rolled her eyes "P-pink h-haired d-d-demon." Was all she mumbled as the dark violet and pink haired girls strode into the room.
Inside, the two girls were greeted with the sight of white walls filled with pictures and diagrams of the human body. Many of the other students had their text books out, and were studying feverishly. Shizune, the student teacher, was working at her desk, grading papers and reading charts at the same time. Looking around, Hinata groaned at seeing her professor, Tsunade Senju, passed out on her own desk, no doubt from over drinking again.
After the bell rang to signal the beginning of class, everyone was ready to begin today's lesson. Another twenty minutes later, Prof. Senju had still not woken up. Fed up with her teacher's drinking habits, and its effects, Hinata stomped over to Prof. Senju and jabbed her at the pressure point between her neck and shoulder blade, which they had learned about the other week. Immediately, Tsunade sat up and began to spout off random medical info, including but not limited to a complete run-down of the nervous system and all of its functions, as well as describing in great detail of the … "reproduction system" and its functions, as well as a generalization of the act that was involved.
Needless to say, all of the medical students had blushes adorning their faces, and all of this was done in less than thirty seconds.
"Ahem. Now that I have your attention." Tsunade began, patting down her white uniform, trying to get the wrinkles out as well as the imaginary dust. The whole class turns their heads, trying to hide their universal sweat drops, as well as their slowly fading blushes. "I have good news, and bad news." Now the whole class was interested. "We have a guest speaker today. I would like to introduce Konan Pein, Head Nurse of the Akatsuki Organization's Medical Division in the Hidden Fire Province."
The classroom was silent, and in complete shock. Konan Pein! The woman who not only kept track of every project in Akatsuki Medical, but also the woman who was married to Nagato Pein, the owner, CEO, and President of the entire Akatsuki Organization. Not to mention his influence was second only to the Elemental Emperor, the near godly man who spoke directly to Kami herself, and ruled over all of the Elemental Provinces. And she was visiting Konoha High!
While every medical student was excited to meet Konan Pein, whose medical skills rivaled their Professor's, Hinata was ecstatic. This was her chance to get an interview to work at Akatsuki Medical! If only she knew. With eyes full of anticipation, the room waited for the arrival of the famous woman.
Then, with a courteous knock on the door, Konan Pein entered. Every male in the class gasped and had to fight down nosebleeds. She was beautiful. Konan Pein, wife of Nagato, Head Nurse of Akatsuki Medical, could have been a model, she was so gorgeous.
Her snow white skin was covered by a loose, flowing kimono of black silk, with her deep violet hair that reached just below her chin mostly controlled by the bun that sat on the right side of her head. She had an origami rose pinned to the bun, giving off a mystical feel. Her ice blue eyes pierced every student's soul as she looked around the room, as if looking for something, or someone.
"I am honored that my old sensei's classmate decided to invite me to join you today." Konan said, her melodious voice making the male half of the classroom fall deeper into their stupor. Hinata and Sakura were shocked. Konan Pein was the student of one of their sensei's colleges! Sakura wondered who. It couldn't be that despicable monster that called itself Orochimaru. Konan seemed to, well… perfect to be a student of that freak. It had to be Jiraiya, the Super-Pervert.
"I am here today to look for a new intern for the nearby Akatsuki Medical Facility. Due to unforeseen complications in one of our… projects, a senior intern was terribly hurt. She was put into intensive care for over six months, and is still in recovery. Due to this fact, and the fact that the project she was working on needs constant care, we at Akatsuki Medical would like to extend an invitation to whomsoever would be interested in working for us."
… After the room full of students had rebooted their brains, if you had asked them this morning that the Head Nurse of the most powerful organization was going to come to their class and ask one of them to join said organization, they would have laughed in your faced and then seriously considered calling the men in the white suits to take you away for such an insane comment, hushed whispers began to prevade the room.
Tsunade, though, was shocked for a completely different reason. "Konan-san, you said nothing about this to me in your letter. What is the meaning of this! Taking one of my students, one who is barely starting high school, and putting them in such a dangerous place! This is-" "Tsunade-san!" Konan interrupts, her voice quiet but forceful. "Please reframe from yelling in my presence. My ears are quite sensitive. Yes, I should have told you the reason for my visit, but I knew you would have said no. And we cannot continue without a replacement. The project is in a very critical stage."
"Then go request a mission from the Konoha Military Board. They would defiantly send a qualified shinobi! A medic even!" Tsunade exclaimed, "These students haven't even passed their Shinobi Tests yet!" Konan silently shook her head. "This specific project is even more dangerous to fully trained shinobi Tsunade-san. It can detect those who it deems a threat and… "removes" their presence."
"So, you're telling me that your going to take a high school student and put them next to the same thing that can kill highly trained shinobi! ARE YOU INSANE!" With this, Tsunade smashed her fist down onto her desk, although not breaking it, the desk does buckle under the power of the strike.
"Professor Tsunade Senju! For the last time, I ask you, refrain from raising your voice. Either give me room to examine your students or allow me to leave, now!" Konan's voice was terrifyingly low, even Tsunade was slightly taken aback by the dark tone coming from the Akatsuki member.
Growling, Tsunade backed off with a "Fine!" and went to sit at her desk. Konan, already sensing she had won, turned to the class. Now that she was facing them, the classroom could see all of Konan's pale beauty. Let's just say, ever single male in the room simultaneously collapsed from nose bleeds.
"Well, now that all of those idiots are out of the way, I can get to the bottom line. We of the Akatsuki Medical need a female intern, one who can keep any secrets she might see and keep her cool in the most dangerous conditions. That is our only option now, and if we cannot find one, then we fear that nothing could stop the destruction the "Project" would cause."
Every girl in the classroom was rooted in their seats, shocked beyond belief. It was going to be one of them, one of them was going to be an intern at THE Akatsuki Organization's Medical Branch! The only question was WHO? Ms. Konan made the offer sound mysterious, and dangerous.
"Mrs. Pein, why do you need a female intern?" Looking around, Konan sees the girl who asked the question and gave a faint smile. "Please, call me Nurse Konan, everyone does. And to answer your question, it has to do with the project itself. Every person who interacts with it, save one, has been female so far. It was deemed too dangerous for men to be near at the beginning, and that policy has been kept thus far."
"Why does it sound as if this "Project" of yours is dangerous?" Now Konan turned to Sakura. "The "Project" is very sensitive, and even very small occurrences can disturb it. I will not lie, this will be a dangerous job." This silenced the room.
After a few minutes, it was clear that no one was going to offer their services. Ms. Konan sighed and began to glide towards the door, disappointed that she, once again, could not find a worthy girl. Nagato would be disappointed, and she hated to disappoint him. Oh how she hated to do that.
As her hand turned the knob, the grating sound of a chair being thrust back making her stop. Someone had stood up in a hurry, frantic to stop her departure. Slowly, Ms. Konan turned to see which student had the courage she was looking for.
"I will volunteer!" Comes the shout of one Hinata Hyuuga.