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~Ai qing you ming jie, Jie lan jie zi bei
Jie men jie ai xian jie, Fu qian~
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It surprised her of how much of her composure she kept. She didn't blink, didn't speak, and didn't move. Her eyes rapidly scanned each page rapidly, soaking everything in. Amazingly, she wasn't holding her breathe or gripping the binder. Her heart was a steady beat and she was as cool as a cucumber. For half an hour, she sat in the same spot just reading the printed pages.
After she was done, she set the binder down and let out a heavy, heavy sigh. Though she finally got the information she wanted, there was still something she didn't quite understand. What she was doing here and how this revolved around her. The articles about Human Genetic Manipulation, she was part of that and someone was planning on using her as a weapon. She didn't know how to react; it was as if all her emotions were wiped away.
She got off her makeshift bed and walked to the door, pulling the handle.
Locked.
She was locked inside like a changed bird, unable to spread her wings and fly away.
"Sakura…my name's Sakura…" She hoped it would spark some kind of trigger in her head and memories would just flood back, but nothing happened.
Her body trembled in anticipation, an emotionless face glared at the door before her. She wanted to escape and find out what was happening; she had a right to know. Her eyes moved down to her fingers, they formed into a powerful fist that rose into the air. She was powerful, stronger than any human being so nothing stood in her way as she punched into the door.
There was a loud cracking sound and she hit the door again. It started to move, the hinges were breaking. Her third hit knocked it down and she stepped into the darkness of the laboratory. It was completely black, except for the small lights of the blinking machines. But she could see perfectly fine, like the lights were on. Her eyes glowed and eerie green as she made her way past the machines and up the stairs.
The small buzzing sound of a computer left on caught her sharp attention and led her down the hall into the fairly large computer room. She cocked her head to the side as she flickered on the light; it was completely empty save for the computer screens. All the drawers and files that were open had nothing in them, even the trashcan was bare.
She gently touched the mouse, expecting something to pop up or turn on. But the monitor kept its buzzing as she continued investigating the room.
"Good evening Agent S."
Her body froze, that voice sent a death chill down her spine. Somehow it was familiar, but unrecognizable. She thought it was Matsumoto playing a joke on her, but as she turned around; there was no one there.
"I'm over here."
She turned to her right and faced a giant blank screen.
"Who are you?"
"I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise for you know would I?"
"What do you want with me?"
"So many things, Agent S, so many things. But where do I begin?"
"To start with, why are you calling me Agent S?"
"Because my dear, that's what you are. You're an agent, an assassin. My own personal assassin."
The way she said made it seem like he owned her, it was an uncomfortable feeling and it made her uneasy. She wanted to know who this man was; she wanted to see his face and punch it hard.
"I have a name and it's not S."
"Actually, it is your name. From now on, your name will forever be, just S. That old name of yours is nothing more than your past life; you're starting over again and all thanks to me."
He laughed wickedly, goose bumps formed on her arms and legs. His voice was sinister; she had never heard something so evil before. He sounded powerful, like the whole world belonged to him. Her stomach started churning and she became nauseous, and gripped the table for support.
"What do you want with me, why am I here?"
"You're here because we put you here, to perfect your imperfect body and make it into something wonderful. I know you don't remember this so I'll be glad to refresh your memories."
The screen made a beeping noise and it automatically turned, the screen was white momentarily before a picture popped up. She backed away a little to get a better view, she didn't know why, but her heart went racing when she saw his face. A man, who looked to be only a year or two older than she, lightly tanned skin, long black hair, thin nose and lips, and two marking on his face. But what made him stand out to her were his eyes, crimson, piercing eyes that bore right into her soul. He was the most beautiful and deadliest thing she had ever seen.
"His name is Itachi; he's an agent of mine. Another assassin you might be working alongside with. The deadliest out of all the ones that work for me, but also the weakest."
"Weak?"
"Ever since his love died, he's been an emotion wreck, letting his feelings get into his way."
"What does he have to do with me?"
"You were his love, his fiancé if I should be more precise."
There was a sharp pain in her chest, like someone drove a knife into her heart. She forgot how to breathe as her body started falling to the floor. She brought a hand to her mouth and bit her finger to not cry out; tears started forming in her eyes. Her world was sinking fast.
"He found you, he loved you, and he killed you."
"W-what…"
"He put a bullet in your head."
She ran to the nearest trashcan and bent over it, already feeling the vomit coming up through her throat. Every part of her wanted to lash out and destroy everything, break things into pieces, and to run away. She broke down and started sobbing uncontrollably, one moment she thought she found what she was looking for and the next it was something she regretted hearing.
"I'm so sorry my little agent, it must hurt doesn't it? To find out after waking up from death that the person you used to love killed you in cold blood, such a terrible thing."
She lifted her eyes and glared at the screen, her eyes were a bit darker and filled with and intense rage. She ran up to the screen and punched it until there was nothing left. However, the mocking voice started laughing again.
"But don't worry S, that's why I have you. I hate him as much as you do. When my other agents come pick you up, your first assignment is to kill him."
"I don't think so." Her voice was coming back, though still shaking from anger.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me."
"And I wish I didn't. I'm afraid you have no choice, you belong to me. Every inch of your body is mine."
"I don't see your name on me." Her eyes switched back and forth from the keyboard to the screen.
"I know what you're thinking Agent S, but don't even try. My location is untraceable."
"We'll see about that, you said your agents are coming to pick me up tonight, why the rush?"
"It seems one of our doctors, little miss Rika decided to do a little snooping. And we can't allow her or anyone else for that matter, to walk around with such information in their heads. I'm afraid we have no choice but to eliminate everyone and destroy the facility. Retrieving you first of course."
"Sure," She clicked a red tracer button, the kind that was used to find viruses and destroy, but instead she rewired the system to find this mysterious man's location, "Jus something I picked up from Matsumoto."
"Where are you going?"
She turned her head around, "You can see me?"
"Yes, I've been watching you for some time now."
"Where are you?"
"Everywhere."
Rika felt someone patting her face and swatted the hand away, assuming it was Matsumoto dreaming again, she kicked him on the side.
"What was that?" He grumbled into the pillow.
"What did you hit me for?"
"I didn't hit you."
Her eyes shot wide open and she sat straight up, bumping into Sakura's face. She fell back and hit the back of her head against the wall.
"Good, you're awake." Sakura kept her voice to a soft whisper.
"W-wha…h-how, oh my god." Rika looked like a deer stuck in headlights; her eyes and mouth were wide open and pointing at Sakura.
"I'll tell you later, where's the book with my training instructions?"
Rika couldn't respond; she was still chocked that Sakura actually managed to get out of the glass chamber. The door was four and a half inches thick, it was unfathomable.
"Rika?"
"U-uh…over there…" She pointed to her dresser drawer and watched her jump off the bed and pick up the black binder lying on the desk.
"I think I should take this with me before I go."
"W-wait you're leaving? Now?"
"Yes, you told me you wanted me to run and never look back, am I right?"
"W-well yeah, b-but not right now, it's the middle of the night you could get caught."
"I think we have bigger problems than being caught."
Rika followed Sakura out of her room and into the hallways. Ten other doctors lived in this indoor apartment, but none of them heard a sound when she closed the door behind her.
"What's happening is something wrong?"
"Men are being sent here by a mysterious man I was talking to not too long ago. He said they'll be here any minute and coming to pick me up."
"Why would he do that?"
They went out of the apartment zone and back to the medical and laboratory area. Sakura grabbed a white coat and put it on as Rika turned on all the lights.
"He said he wanted to pick me up early…and burn this place down."
She stopped at turned to Rika, who had the palest face. Tears were forming in her eyes.
"Why?" She breathed the question out.
"He said he caught you looking into private files, he sent his agents down here to kill you and destroy this place. We don't have a lot of time, so go wake everyone up and get out as quickly as possible."
"What about you?"
Sakura opened the book and flipped through the pages, "I've got some reading to do."
"Akatsuki Human Genetics Corporation; I'm so fucking sick of hearing that." Hidan spat on the ground.
"So much work and money have been invested into this building; now we're going to burn it now, such a waste."
"Is money all you care about Kakuzu, yeah?" Deidara asked.
"The boss made me invest half of my entire savings and funds into this corporation, yeah I care."
"Will you too stop your bickering? We have an assignment to do."
"Why the fuck are you so excited, Sasori-danna?" Hidan laughed out.
"We get to see our precious Sakura again, after four years. Is that not something to be excited about?" The red head licked his fingers and ran ahead with the other three following close behind.
Each took a station on the east, west, north, and south side, surrounding the building completely. Blocking anyone and anything from coming in or out. Sasori stood at the entrance with a smirk, his only objective; bring the little cherry blossom out. His fingers were itching to wrap themselves around her throat again and watch her squirm under his touch, they all were. She was their favorite toy and behind Itachi's back, they'd screw around with her. But not in that way of course, because if they did, she'd lose all her glory and innocence; which they loved so much.
But now times have changed, she wasn't innocent anymore. She was brought back from the grave and everything about her screamed dangerous.
"Our little puppet."
Sakura heard hurried footsteps rushing back to her room and looked up to see Rika standing in her doorway panting. Her face was flushed and her arms full of supplies, extra cloths, weapons, and a small snacks. She walked over to her and laid the items on the table before stuffing everything in a backpack.
"Rika, who are these people?" Sakura opened her information binder and showed her pictures of strange looking men.
"They're the boss's men, but in all actuality, they're S-class criminals as the country likes to put it. Agents or assassins, either way they're killers that do their job for money or for the sheer joy of killing. Try to keep as far away from them as possible, they're wanted by the country of Japan for no reason."
"He said…I was an agent, I was his to use at his disposal."
Rika cupped her face, "You don't belong to anyone, you're free now, so go out there and make something of yourself."
Sakura smiled and stuffed the rest of her things in the bag. They silently sneaked through the laboratory and observatory room until they stood in the waiting room right behind the entrance way.
"Well Sakura, I guess this is goodbye. I'll have a lot of explaining to do, and probably be held in prison until you're found, but it's all worth it in the end."
"Thank you Ri-" Suddenly her head jolted to the right and she tilted her head up.
"What is it?"
"They're here."
Suddenly a loud boom came from the south side of the building and the entire facility shook wildly. Rika fell into Sakura's arm as the alarm and security systems went off. Chunks of the ceiling fell and crushed everything it hit, there were screams coming from all over the place. Some fell victim to the crumbling building while others scrambled to get away.
"Rika, you have to get away."
"Wait, not without you and Matsumoto."
Sakura gave her a forlorn look, "You're living corridors were on the south side…that area was just destroyed."
She comforted the sobbing woman, moving them to a safer area. The screams became louder as a parade of people rushed past them, and tried to make for the entrance, but suddenly halted as a body started to walk towards them. The dust in the air was thick and suffocating, stinging their eyes. An insane laughter filled the now silenced complex as everyone watched in horror.
"Where the fuck are you pinky?"
Sakura left Rika alone momentarily as she made her way to the open, walking into the main section of the building.
"Way to go Deidara, look what you did; I bet you killed her, seriously."
"No I didn't, she's standing right there, yeah." The blonde emerged from the shadows and grinned maliciously as he gazed at the pink haired girl.
"She's pretty hot for a dead girl." Hidan appeared from the west side, smirking at her.
"I saw her first." He growled.
"What the fuck makes you think she'd want to screw you girly boy? When she could have someone who actually looks like a man."
"No one is going to have her," Kakuzu emerged from the east side, carrying books and important papers in hand, "That girl is worth more than this entire building plus equipment. She is going straight to the boss, undamaged."
"You ruin all the fucking fun, seriously."
"Enough chit-chat, Sasori, take the girl out so we can get on with destroying this place."
"With pleasure."
Before she could even react, her limbs became immobile and she fell to the floor. Her head slammed on the ground and the pain rushed right into her, everything became blurry, but she could still make out the pair of feet walking towards her. The sound of people screaming filled their ears, blood splattered all over the place. One by one, bodies fell to the ground like flies as Sasori cut them with his katana. Thankfully, Rika was out of sight and out of harm's way. At least it gave her a chance to escape before she suffered the same fate as her colleagues.
He stopped right in front of her, feet planted beside her head. Her eyes started at the bottom, but gradually made their way to the top, stopping at her cold eyes. They gave off an amused impression, probably because she was his prisoner and wasn't fighting back.
"It's nice to see you again, Sakura. Or as we're supposed to call you, Agent S."
"Do I know you?" Her voice came out ragged.
"In time you will again."
As he was about to grab her and haul her over his shoulder, she spoke out.
"Wait."
He gave her a questioning look.
"What about the surviving people?"
"They will die along with this place."
Her eyes went back to Rika, who was hiding in the corner.
"I won't let you."
"There's nothing you can do," He smirked a she tried to break free, "Those are my latest inventions. Puppet strings, tough as steel and impossible to break from, but as light as a feather; so you'll never feel it coming."
"We'll see about that." She managed to break her legs loose and jumped up, trying to land a kick at him. But he evaded her attack and skid back, excitement growing in him from the promise of an epic battle.
"Don't even think about it, our orders were to-"
"Shut up, it's been a while since the last time I've seen her move. I want to enjoy this triumphant comeback of hers." His eyes never lefts hers, and only grew more anticipated when he saw the fiery passion in her eyes. She wanted to kill him, and he welcomed that with open arms.
"I must warn you though; she's not like all the others. Her strength and agility surpasses even-"
"Stop talking."
But he should have listened to Kakuzu, because behind her pink bangs, underneath the innocent emerald eyes; A killer was waiting to emerge. No one threatened her, and no one hurt the only friend she had in the world.
Though still bound, Sakura stood her ground and waited for the red haired man to come at her.
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~Ai qing you ming jie, Jie lan jie zi bei
Jie men jie ai xian jie, Fu qian~
No, not done yet. Long ass chapter gave me a headache to write. Took Ecstasy and Pixie Sticks to make myself feel better :]. Yeah…people are a little out of character, why? I don't know.
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