Chapter Two: Change Of Plans
Three figures in black cloaks knelt before a large chair, their heads bowed as a slithery voice came from the intimidating person sitting in the throne-like chair;
"Why isss it, that you have failed me?" The cold heartless voice sent shivers down their backs as they lowered their heads in shame at failure. "You incompetent fools!" With a sweep of his hands, a slithering noise sounded in the room making all three figures stiffen in horror.
"No! Please! We can do better!" The woman cried as she looked around skittishly for the source of the slithering noise.
"It's too late, you have failed the master," A new voice, mocking, entered the conversation; a man with grey hair up in a ponytail, no older than 27 stood with his hip cocked to the throne, his dark eyes glimmering from behind his glasses.
"Please! We didn't know that more were going to come!" Suigetsu yelled pleadingly his eyes begging for forgiveness as the woman curled into him crying. The man the woman had called Juugo sat close to him, his head lowered, saying nothing.
"From what I could see, you were already losing, The Dragon had you defeated without you even realising it. And you, 'The Beast', don't even make me laugh, someone like that idiot The Replicator had you beat. The only thing he can do is make clones of himself and he beat you!" The man with glasses scoffed, his eyes narrowed on each one in turn, stopping on the cowering mess that was the only woman there, "and don't even get me started on you Karin, 'The Tracker', you are as useful as a wet cloth in fights. You can't even cut your goddamn hair properly!" He finished his rant, panting for breath.
"That'sssss enough now Kabuto," the icy voice whispered, his voice making Karin whimper louder. "You three, 'The Devil Trio', have failed in capturing The Enzyme, therefore you are no longer useful to me. The Three Sounds can take over for your pathetic attempts to capture her alive. Dismissed!" With a curt look, all three scrambled to their feet, the slithering sounds no longer heard as they ran for the exit. In the shadows three figures had been watching the scene silently, but now stood forward, their three identical smirks hidden as they bowed their heads in recognition.
"We will capture The Enzyme for you master," they voices synchronised with one another, they lifted their heads, their eyes flashing with excitement, before they, too, left the room leaving Kabuto along with the one they called 'master'.
"Make sure they don't fail Kabuto, I need her, and I need her soon," the voice from the chair spoke, his voice slightly less threatening and more desperate.
"I understand Master, you will not be disappointed," with a curt bow, Kabuto's shape changed until a crow was sitting where the man had previously stood. With a caw it followed The Three Sounds out the door.
"I better not be," the voice echoed in the chamber as the man began to laugh, his eerie voice following 'The Devil Trio' as they ran out of the castle, leaving the only place they ever knew as 'home' and out into the world that had broken them a long time ago.
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Somewhere, miles away, a woman of 21 was just waking up, her long straight hair tangled in her limbs because of the way she had slept. Her shimmering emerald eyes opening to view her penthouse suite, with a beautiful view of the entire New York City, she could happily say that this was definitely better than her beat-up trailer in Texas. Brushing her shiny pink hair back from her face, the stray bangs slipping between her fingers, the woman stretched out her legs, trying to find her slippers as she blinked against the morning rays.
"Damn slippers, where are you?" Grumpily she pried open her eyelids and looked across the floor only to find them gone. Eyes narrowed as she tried to find the culprit, she placed her small dainty feet on the soft plush carpet. "KIRA!!!!!!!!!!!" Within seconds a small ball of brown fluff sprinted around the corner of her door heading towards the lounge room, with a woman with a fiery attitude right on its heels.
"Give me back my slippers cretin!!" She cried before pouncing on the furball and beginning to tickle it, making it meow in protest, the little paws batting at the woman's arms playfully, trying to get away. The woman, laughing, cuddled it close to her face, a tiny pink tongue slipping out from beneath the fur to lick her face.
"Lady Sakura, a phone call for you," a holographic screen from across the room spoke, making the woman stand up straight and look at least a little civilised, as if she hadn't just been rolling around the floor with her kitten.
"Thankyou Mr. Jacobs, link it through on speaker," the woman, now deemed 'Sakura' straightened her silky nightgown, not caring that the receptionist to the hotel had seen her in it, as he had many many times, and also the fact that he was over 50 years old and a devoted friend to her for 4 of them. Besides, it never mattered because all he would see was a brown haired lady of 40 standing there in the nightgown, not the young lithe form of a girl no older than 21.
"Miss Sakura, this is Mr. Frello's secretary, he would like to see you, immediately," and with that the woman hung up. Sakura just sighed, brushing strands of hair off her forehead before picking up her little kitten and cooing to it;
"Mean Mr. Frello, yes he is, yes he is," the struggling kitten licked her hand in agreement before Sakura placed him to the ground and walked into the kitchen to get them both some food.
"Come on, Ruffian, time for some yummy cat biscuits!!" Humming a tune to herself, the pink haired woman opened her fridge, glancing around and seeing hardly anything, but a half empty bottle of milk, some cat tins and a lettuce, decided to eat out for breakfast.
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20 minutes later the same woman could be seen walking down the streets of the city, a tight fitting purple dress hugging her curves, her long pale legs that any woman would die for flowing out the bottom as she walked. And all of this was natural, none of it an illusion for others to see… well most of it wasn't an illusion, with the exception of her short black hair and the 100 dollar notes in her purse. She was just a girl from a trailer park after all, just one with the power to create an illusion of money for her to buy things, like the penthouse suite for example, and her 4 month old fluffball of a kitten that just couldn't seem to grow no matter how much Sakura fed him. As for the black hair… a girl with pink hair would get so much more attention. And what she needed was to remain unseen as she worked her magic to get what she wanted.
Life was good. She could get anything she wanted with a flick of a wrist and a small amount of concentration. Things appeared anytime and anywhere she wanted. It was like living in a fairytale, but for her… it was life.
But everything came at a price. You couldn't remain unseen forever. Sakura found this out the hard way. Someone was bound to find out sooner or later that you existed, and 9 times out of 10 they were the bad kind of person. That's where Mr. Frello came in. He was like her; a mutant of creation. Where she could create illusions, he was able to find anyone in the entire world with just concentration, a pin and a map. He just had to concentrate on the person's name or appearance, or, in a mutant's case, power, wave the pin slowly over a map, and an unseen force moves his hand to pinpoint exactly where that person was at that particular time. That's why you can never run, never hide from men like Mr. Frello.
That's why she is indebted to his service; she has no chance of escaping. Its fine to a degree, she is only called in to his service probably… once every two weeks. And most of the time it is just to capture one of the people he has located. Sakura has yet to meet another like her, apart from Mr. Frello. She has a suspicion he is trying to keep them all away from her, either that or Mr. Frello and her are the only ones left…
The thought of being the last ones left saddened Sakura, to say the least, but she had no time to dwell as she entered the dark, creepy mansion of her employer. Her footsteps echoing around the hall as she walked through the room, her steps purposeful as she pushed open a door at the end of the room. On the other side of the door sat a man with short black hair slicked to the side of his head, and small squinty brown eyes. Just looking at him made Sakura want to projectile vomit, but alas she held it in and propped her hip to the doorway, waiting for her next assignment.
With a squeak from the chair he stood, easily a head shorter than her, and spoke to her in the whiny voice that sounded like nails down a blackboard,
"You're late, my dear." The pet name he insisted on giving her annoyed her to no lengths, but she kept the disgust off her face as she just stared at him, waiting for the assignment.
"Fine. There are two men that we need eliminated. They are –"
"Eliminated!?" Sakura shouted, forgetting that the man in front of her could give the order for her execution. "I have always been ordered to bring the targets in. Never to kill them myself!"
"Well, there's been a change in plans… You are being promoted to one of the executioners," Mr. Frello waddled over to her, the fat rolls on his body wobbling as he walked. He stood forehead to chin with her, a head shorter than her small 5"2', and spoke, his garlic breath nearly making Sakura keen over in disgust. "You don't have a problem with that do you?" As he spoke, two men Sakura knew from personal experiences stepped into the room. Arms crossed, leaning against the door frame right behind her, Sakura knew this was Frello's way of threatening her.
"Not at all," And with that Sakura brushed past the bodyguards, knowing she didn't have any other choice but to accept, grabbed the portfolio in one of the men's hands and walked out, not daring to use her power of illusion to stop them from watching her ass as she walked away, knowing there would be repercussions later if she did. Bad repercussions. So all she could do was walk out with her head held high, and hope that the two men in the portfolio will have a quick harmless death, dealt by her own hand.
Yay! Happy Easter everyone!! Hope you like this chapter. XD Love reviews. ;)
