Chapter Three: Reunited at Last!
Mika had recovered from her Anxiety attack a day later, being told to take it easy for the day she was released from the hospital. Mika couldn't wait for long, she had to get back into the ways of being a high ranked ANBU officer, and she also had to find not only her beloved Kabuto now, but Sasuke also.
She had been harassing the Hokage to allow her to return to her duties as a Vice Captain of an ANBU squad. Tsunade had decided to promote her directly from Vice Captain to Captain of an ANBU squad. But the old woman also had decided that Mika would indeed be given a mission on her own just as a test to see if she was worthy of being a full fledged Captain.
Mika rushed through the forests of the land of fire, heading directly for the Land of Grass, her mission was to get rid of a warlord that was causing some problems for the Hidden Grass Village's Leader.
"I will find Kabuto-San; I will also find Sasuke-Nii-Kun, before it is too late…" She murmured to herself. "But I will complete this mission at hand first, then go and search for them…"
She then continued running through the forest, not stopping for a rest, very much determined to complete the mission as fast as she could, so that she could find her beloved one.
Kabuto grumbled to himself as he leapt from tree branch to tree branch, Orochimaru had asked him to go and find Sasuke for him, seeing Orochimaru had asked Sasuke to go and test his abilities on a small unsuspecting village, and Sasuke was due back at the hideout at this moment.
"Kabuto-Kun do this, Kabuto do that…go get Sasuke and train him yourself Kabuto…" spoke a bitter Kabuto in his best impression of the Great White Snake Sannin.
"I'm so fed up of it…of him and his demands, why did I ever say yes to helping him in his great plan to destroy Konoha, he never listens to my advice…" growled Kabuto again.
Suddenly something caught his eye as he travelled through the trees. Immediately he stopped on a tree branch and quickly landed on the ground, running over towards the object he had spotted from above.
There lying on the ground, apparently was a very badly wounded ANBU officer, wounds gushing blood from different places. He knelt down beside the dying officer, he was tempted just leaving the officer, and judging from the way the officer looked, it was a female ANBU that was lying here. But something else inside of him wanted to help the poor woman.
Quickly he began making handsigns, the signs that would allow him to use his Medical ninjutsu and such. Kabuto murmured to the ANBU officer when he took note she was trying to stir.
"Don't move, or you'll die from your injuries, I'm here to help you…" He was trying to be kind even if this ANBU officer happened to be his enemy. He couldn't care less what Orochimaru thought about him helping a poor wounded Kunoichi, Sasuke could wait.
Suddenly the woman that was lying on the ground touched his arm and murmured something softly before probably passing out or falling asleep.
"Kabuto-Koi…I found you…at last…"
Kabuto was a little surprised at what the woman had said to him. Right now he had to focus on healing the woman's injuries and finding a place to safely put her, where an enemy couldn't finish her off. He had seen a cave not too far away from here, he'd take her there, and make sure that she was safe enough and would survive.
He had remembered his words to Naruto and Sakura, that if they could take out another Akatsuki or so, then that would be good in so many ways. So this ANBU might also help in bringing down an Akatsuki or so, that was another reason perhaps he didn't want to kill her.
Once she was healed enough that she could be transported, he gently grabbed her and lifting her into his arms, he quickly disappeared with a puff of smoke.
1 Hour before this Happened:
Mika had managed to find the warlord but had ended up botching up the mission, oh sure she managed to kill him, but what she wasn't expecting was to have a whole bunch of missing Nins start chasing her and attacking her at every twist and turn she made.
In the end she not only was badly wounded from their attacks, but had in the end, trying to loose them, had fallen down a small hill, and ended up breaking her leg and wrist. She could barely move, but managed to crawl somehow to a nearby bush, trying to hide her presence from the enemies she had just escaped from barely.
'I'm going to die…I wish I could have found Kabuto and tell him I loved him…Hokage-sama will be disappointed in me…' Thought Mika to herself.
She let out a small cry of pain, hoping someone who might be friendly towards Konohagakure Ninja would see her and try to help her. She was exhausted, and out of chakra and now she was bleeding to death, how could she have been so foolish and not have calculated in her plan to kill the warlord the fact he might have missing nins of the Grass village helping him?
Tears began to well up in the corners of her eyes, though her ANBU mask was hiding her eyes, which were slowly beginning to close, as the exhaustion took over. Without another word, she fell into a very light sleep, not caring if someone found her or not it would seem.
She felt someone's presence, what felt like an hour or so later, her dark eyes opened, a shadow was looming over her body. Was this an angel come to take her away? Why did the angel look so much like her beloved Kabuto, only older?
Suddenly she shook her head and reached out a shaking pale hand, touching is shoulder, after she heard the man who she thought was Kabuto tell her not to move, or she'd die from blood loss or something. She then murmured softly before falling back into unconsciousness.
"I found you at last…Kabuto-Koi…"
Sleep took her immediately, for once she felt safe now that someone had indeed come to save her.
It was hours later, night fall had come over the area where Kabuto had set up camp inside of the cave. Orochimaru was probably furious with him at this moment; no doubt Sasuke had come back to him on his own.
Kabuto was deep in thought as he watched over the sleeping ANBU woman, contemplating if he should not check her face for any injuries. This woman somehow knew his name, but how could that be?
'Who is this woman? How does she know who I am…I'm probably in the Bingo Book no doubt, that's why she probably knew my name, but maybe I should remove that mask of hers so that I can make sure she's alright.' Thought Kabuto to himself.
His hand then reached towards the woman's face, managing to get a good grip on the mask, he gently took it off, and just as he did, he fell onto his backside at what he seen.
He had indeed saved a woman alright, but not just any sort of woman, it was the woman he had dreamed about a few weeks or so back. She was beautiful in her own way, pale skin that was unmarked with scars, like so many other kunoichi would usually have by now. She had long raven hair that had been pinned with some sort of hair pin at the back of her head, probably to keep it out of her way when she was on a mission or serving the Hokage.
What also helped him find out about this woman was that she was indeed a Konohagakure ANBU officer. He had never seen such a beautiful creature in his entire existence, or what he knew of his existence.
'She is the one that I had a vision in my dreams about…but why would she be here…and had called out my name?' Thought Kabuto as he looked down at the sleeping woman, while placing her ANBU mask to the side, somewhere where this woman would be able to reach for it later once she was awake.
Kabuto continued to ponder things in his mind; this woman somehow knew him and called him by his first name. Usually any enemy of his from Konoha would attempt to kill him by now, even while wounded. But this woman had just touched her arm and called him Kabuto-Koi.
There could only be also one reason for this, and that was she was a former lover of his when he had been brainwashed by Akatsuki perhaps, that could indeed explain everything to him. Kabuto's lips quirked slightly into a smirk as the realization hit him.
Suddenly his gaze was brought back to the injured woman as a small tiny moan escaped the sleeping woman's lips. Kabuto took a few inches back as he noticed that she was awake now, and staring into onyx eyes, almost the same eyes as a certain someone that Kabuto loathed at this point now.
'I thought they were all destroyed…by him…' Thought Kabuto, as the woman tried to move to a sitting position. Kabuto quickly spoke up.
"I wouldn't move right now, you'll open up your injuries that I just finally managed to sew close, your lucky to be alive…ANBU…."
The woman's eyes widened slightly in shock as she noticed that her mask first perhaps was off, and then noticed she was not alone in the cave that Kabuto himself had placed her in. The woman then spoke in a soft melodious like voice.
"Arigatou…Kabuto…for helping me…I know you think I'm your enemy now…I just…it's been so long since I last saw you." The woman tried to reach out to him with her hand, Kabuto didn't know what to do, but for some reason his hand had a mind of its own and reached out to touch the outstretched hand.
Kabuto then had to ask.
"Who are you? How do you know me so much? I've tried to search for all my memories of you but I keep coming up blank."
The woman frowned slightly and quickly said.
"I see Orochimaru's brain washing has taken effect so much that you can't even remember your own fiancée and lover, I'm probably the only other survivor of my Clan next to Sasuke-Nii-Kun and the one who murdered my family…Uchiha Mika."
Now Kabuto knew it! She was an Uchiha, the only other surviving member of Sasuke's clan, funny how she must have escaped the slaughter somehow. Suddenly something began to click inside of his head, for some reason he did know this woman, he remembered a little bit.
"Mika…I think I'm starting to remember…a little bit, you say I'm your fiancée, how can that be though? All I remember from my past was serving Sasori-Sama and Orochimaru-Sama…" He was confused at this point.
He watched as Mika attempted to move slightly closer to him, Kabuto quickly pushed her back gently and scooted closer to her instead. The woman suddenly was crying now, Kabuto's chest began to clench, why was this woman crying? He always thought Shinobi had to kill all emotions when they became ANBU. For some reason he wanted to comfort this woman, but he just couldn't.
"Kabuto…I missed you terribly…when I returned to Konoha and found out you disappeared and were serving Orochimaru, I almost couldn't take it anymore, I had to find you I just had to save you from Orochimaru and whoever else had you…I love you still, but I know that you don't love me, I want to help you remember everything…" whispered Mika as tears continued to trail down her cheeks.
Kabuto then reached out with his hand and began stroking her cheek, trying to wipe the tears that were there, he then spoke, trying to not be so icy towards her.
"Stop crying, Mika-San, your tears will get you know where fast, I'm just so confused at this moment, I don't know whether I should kill you or embrace you at this moment, your one of Orochimaru's enemies…and no doubt want to take Sasuke away from him at this moment. I tended your wounds because it was out of pity, and I was in a defying mood at this moment, I should have left you to die…but something made me not…and I can not explain this feeling."
Mika listened to him carefully, she tried to stop her tears, one of the tears she managed to trap in her eyelashes as she closed her eyes and spoke.
"If you think killing me would help you…then so be it, I am ready to die…"
Suddenly she was silenced by Kabuto's lips on hers. Mika let out a gasp between her lips as she tried to return the kiss to him. On Kabuto's part, the kiss was probing if not curious.
Kabuto pulled back after another minute, his glasses having fallen almost totally off his face, he stared deeply into Mika's eyes for a moment and spoke.
"Just be quiet for now, I don't want to kill you at this time, you should rest for now, I'll keep an eye out for any problems…your still injured at this very moment. I'll say this though, this love emotion you have for me, I think I am starting to feel it too for you, something in my past is coming back, perhaps past feelings for you, but for now…I will have to think about it, now go back to sleep."
Mika could understand what he was attempting to say to her. He just needed time to think of all of these events that had just happened. She felt that safe feeling now that she knew Kabuto was trying to remember her, trying to perhaps fight off the brain washing that Orochimaru had placed on him that made him forget in the first place.
She would indeed give him enough time to think about everything, slowly Mika began to lie back down on the ground and attempted to allow slumber's sweet embrace to take over her. She was happy though inside, if not joy-filled, she had finally be reunited with her beloved Kabuto, and she would stop at nothing now, to help him unlock the memories that the brainwashing had locked up in the first place.
Author's End Notes: Well how was that? I know, I promised you guys, a lemon in this chapter, but perhaps the next chapter will indeed have the lemon in it. Hehehehehe, besides that Mika is too injured to be fooling around.
So look forward to the next chapter here folks, because it's really about to get really good. That's it for now folks.
From Distant Canadian Skies, and to all of you, take care all and until next time! Ja Ne!