Author's Note: Due to all the wonderful responses I've gotten on this story; I've decided to continue with my SasukexOC story. Yea! I hope you continue to enjoy and are not to disappointed.

Chained by Love

Chapter 2:

He took a deep breath as he sat next to her. "The wound will heal."

Rei couldn't believe his nonchalant tone. Judging from the amount of blood on her clothes, she would say he was deeply injured and yet he showed no other signs of it.

"Where are you hurt?"

He didn't answer. Instead, he ran his left hand through his dark hair. He paused to glare at the large sliver handcuffs on his right wrist, then he started pulling angrily at it.

By the deadly, cold light in his eyes, she could tell the handcuffs bothered him even more than they did her.

Now that he was awake and not on top of her, Rei was struck by the dark moodiness of his features. There was something very romantic and compelling about his face.

Something heroic.

All too easily, she could see him dressed like a Regency rake or medieval knight. His classical features held an indefinable quality that seemed oddly out of place in this modern world.

"Well, well," a disembodied voice said. " The Konoha ninja is awake."

Rei recognized the evil voice as the one belonging to whoever had clobbered her at Ren's house.

"Daichi," the man beside her said in a chiding tone as he looked about the brown walls. " Still playing your little games, I see. Now why don't you be a good boy and show yourself to me?"

"All in good time, Ninja of the Leaf, all in good time. You see, I am not like the others you know who run and cower from the big, bad wolf. I am the big, bad woodsman who executes that wolf."

The disembodied voice gave a dramatic pause. " You and Ren Iwota have been merciless in your pursuit of my brethren and the time has come for you to know fear. By the time I finish with the two of you, you will be begging me to let you die."

Sasuke lowered his head and laughed. " Daichi dearest, I have never begged a day in my life, and the sun will surely splinter before I ever plead for anything from the likes of you."

"Hubris," Daichi said. " I so love punishing that crime."

The ninja pushed himself to his feet, and Rei saw the wound in his side. His shirt was slightly torn and blood stained the floor where he had been sitting.

But he didn't seem to notice the injury.

"Tell me, do you like your handcuffs?" Daichi asked. " Those shackles are laced with my chakra. Only me or one of the Legendary Sannins could set you free."

The ninja glanced around the room. The fierce look on his face would have scared the devil himself. "I am so going to enjoy killing you."

Daichi laughed. " I doubt you'll get the chance once your little friend learns who you are."

The ninja cast a look at her that told her to keep her identity quiet. Not that he needed to. The last thing she would ever do was betray her sister.

"Is that why you chained us together?" the ninja asked. "You wanted to watch us fight?"

"Oh no," Daichi said. "Not my plan at all. If you kill each other, that would be fine by me, but what I intend to do is much more fun. Soon. the Ninja of the Leaf is about to become the hunted and I am going to thoroughly enjoy tracking you down and making you suffer. There is no place you can hide where I won't find you."

The ninja smirked. "You think you're capable of hunting me?"

"Oh yes. Yes I do. You see, I know your weakness even better than you do."

"I have no weakness."

Daichi laughed. "Spoken like a Ninja of the Leaf. But all of us have an Achilles' heel. You are no exception."

Rei swore she could almost hear Daichi lick his lips in satisfaction. "Your greatest weakness is your nobility. That woman will hate you, yet you won't kill her to be safe. While she tries to kill you, you'll guard her from me with your life." Daichi laughed evilly. "You just can't resist a person in peril, can you?"

"Daichi, Daichi, Daichi," the ninja tsked. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Don't you dare take that flippant tone with me."

"Hmm, why not?"

"Because I'm not a scared little boy who runs and cringes from you. I am your worst nightmare."

The ninja scoffed. " Must you resort to clichés? C'mon, Daichi, couldn't you think of anything more original than that B-movie dialogue staple?"

A furious snarl echoed in the room. "Stop mocking me."

"Sorry, you're right. The least I could do is show you respect before I expire you."

"Oh you won't expire me. You are the one who will die this time. Have you given thought to how much she's going to slow you down? Not to mention the existence of her little friends. They will take you down like a pack of wild dogs. And if I were you, I pray for that. You have never known the suffering I will inflict upon you when next we meet."

His lips were in a tight, firm line, and then the ninja smiled at Daichi's threats. " You seriously overestimate your abilities."

"We shall see."

Rei heard the mike click off.

The ninja jerked again at the cuffs. "I am going to kill that horror-movie reject!"

"Hey, hey, hey!" she said as he flapped her arm around trying to free himself. "That arm is attached."

He paused and look down at her. His gaze softened. "Twins. It never occurred to him. Have you any idea where your sister is?"

"I don't know where I am or what time it is. For that matter, I don't know what's going on here. Who are you and who is that guy?" Then, she lowered her voice and added, "Can he hear us?"

Sasuke shook his head. " No, the mike channel is closed. For the moment, he's off plotting his Igoresque revenge. I don't know about you, but I have this image of him rubbing his hands together and laughing."

Sasuke took a minute to study her. She didn't appear hysterical… yet, and he wanted to keep it that way. Telling her Daichi was a soul-sucking demon who was after her sister didn't seem like the best way to accomplish that.

Of course, given her sister's penchant for vampire-hunting , it shouldn't really come as a surprise to her, either.

He opened his eyes which had now turned red, he reached into her mind and confirmed his suspicions. There was a healthy dose of fear in her.

Unlike her sister Ren, she wasn't one to jump to conclusions, but she was curious and angry over their situation. It was possible he could tell her everything without freaking her out, but the ninja in him operated on a need-to-know basis.

Right now all she needed to know was the bare minimum. With any luck he would be able to separate them without having to reveal anything more about himself to her.

"I am called Satoshi," he said solemnly. " And that guy is a man out to harm your sister."

"Thanks, but that much I already got." Rei frowned. She should be frightened by all of this, but she wasn't. Her anger over it was to great. Leave it to her to get mixed up in her sister's crazy life.

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