Ichigo

When Itachi mentioned stopping at the 'Akatsuki' base. I pictured something epic, dark and down right fancy. But no, its a freakin cave!

"I'm so unimpressed right now" I informed Itachi as he shoved me through the entrence.

"Be quite Ichigo" he responded, giving me a wack on the head.

"Teme" I mouthed at him.

He chose to ignore it and continued shoving me forward till we both came to stand in front of a group of clocked figures. The man standing in the centre began to talk but his words went in one ear and out the other. I was 100 percent focused on those wicked cloaks. Oh I so wanted one! But I doubt they would give me one. Hm, what I would give to simply try one on! I glanced quickly at Itachi, maybe he would let me try his one on? And if he said no, I could just wait till hes sleeping.

While I was being mesmerized by the cloudy cloaks Itachi began leading me towards the far corner of the damp, skanky cave. It wasn't till i tipped over a small rock that and face-planted the ground that I snapped back to reality.

"Itachi what are you doing?" I questioned, looking up at the emotionless Uchiha.

Itachi stayed silent and roughly pulled me to my feet, his fingers digging painfully into my arm. As he began tugging me forward once more, something mildly shiny caught my eye. It was a small rusted silver cage.

"You have got to be fucking joking!" I yelped and tried to pull my arm out of Itachi's hold "you are NOT caging me like some animal ... or prisoner!"

Itachi's grip tightened "you have information that we need on the whereabouts of the Kyuubi" he replied calmly, then as an after thought he wacked my head again "fowl language wont get you far in life"

"Allowing a man, who just betrayed me, to lock me up in a cage wont get me far in life either!" I shot back. Then using all of my body weight I dropped to the ground, much like a child would when having a tantrum. "I refuse to make this easy for you"

Unfortunatly this didnt even make itachi hesitate. He sent a swift kick to my ribs then litairly dragged me towards the tiny cage. What a sight that must have been. The all mightly Itachi Uchiha dragging a blonde teen across a cave by the arm.

"You do realize that even if you do eventually get me into that pitiful cage, I wont say a thing about the kyuubi. No matter what you do" i stated.

Then suddenly Itachi droped my arm "ow, fuck!" i shouted and craddled my now injured arm to my chest. "what was that for?" I demanded.

Itachi remained silent. I tilted my head so I could glare at him, only he wasn't there anymore. Puzzled I looked about 'where the hell did he go?' next thing I know he is, once again, on top of me. And boy did he look unhappy. He glared at me with his sharingan eyes. With my new found confidence I glared right back into those eyes. Stupid yes, but I think we have established that I often don't make the smartest decisions.

A sudden sharp pain in my stomach forced me to break the eye contact. Looking down I saw Itachi's hand curled around a kunai that was now lodged in me. Blood already seeping through my clothing.

"Think of this as a warning" Itachi hissed at me "do as I say or I wont hesitate to damage you further".
This well and truly wasnt the Itachi Uchiha that I knew, but a stone cold killer. When Itachi was finished talking he yanked the kunai from me and whiped it clean on my shirt.

If he actually thought that his little threat would scare me into going along with his plan, boy did he think wrong. The moment he began dragging me agian I screamed and trashed about. Unfortunately it didnt effect Itachi. It only lead him to hitting the pressure point in my neck, making me fall into darkness.

I awoke to the sound of dripping and an uncomfortable ache in my abdomen and for a moment I didn't know where I was. I was laying on the icy, rough ground and yet I was pleasently warm. The moment I opened my eyes a realized that I was in that cell/cage, I bolted into a seated position. Only to wack my head on the roof of the cell/cage. Stupid thing was inhumanly small, what did they use it for anyway? Kidnapping small children?

I stared out of the thick rusted bars at my surroundings. There was no one in site, perhaps they were having a meeting. I knew I had to get out of here and rescue Aki, but I didnt know how. Sighing deeply I lay back on the hard ground and pulled the blanket that was wrapped around me tighter...wait blanket? I glanced down at the fabric, it wasnt a blanket but one of the cloaks with the cloudly clouds. 'what the hell?'

I continued to stare at the cloak, unsure as to why it was here. Why would they care if I was cold or not? All I am is bait to them.

As I went through countless reasons in my head, I finally concluded that either one of the Akatsuki was totally pedo for me OR Itachi felt bad for hurting me ... I'm hoping for the latter.

After another cautious glance around the cave, I noted that no one was around. Or at least in my line of vision. I wouldn't put it past them to have someone hiding in the shadows.

Whether they are there or not, I can bleary keep my eyes opened. And figured that I will need all the strength for when they came back. So I wrapped the cloak tightly around my shivering body and tried to find a comfortable position to sleep in. Sadly that meant sleeping in a sitting position against the rust cage bars. But it was better then sleeping on the bumpy, lumpy ground. With that I slowly fell into a dreamless sleep.