What surprised Kiki most wasn't the blinding rays of sun peeping through the windows, nor was it Kimimaro gently prodding her shoulder to tell her she had fallen asleep while sweeping the floors. It was more of she had been up and had did any sleeping. Kiki felt as though she hadn't even gotten around to closing her eyes. But here she was standing tall being propped up by the broom, in which her hands and head rested.
She stood dazed for a moment, blinking and moving her head to scan her surroundings. Looking down she grasped the broom, twisting her finger tightly around the handle's neck, and watched it confused and intently. It looked almost as if she was trying to force answers out of it. Kimimaro not noticing broke her concentration with an unexpected question,"Were you dreaming?"
"Nani? Mo ichido..." she replied trying to make sure she heard him right. A question like that seemed very unlike him.
"Were you dreaming?" Yes, she had heard right.
Kimimaro awakening me had only thrown my mind into a torrent of questions. But the facts were clear: I had been sleepwalking. Something I hadn't done since I was 11! I stared down at the broom to see my robes covered with all sorts of dirt and grime. Was I outside at some point? Kimimaro knowing I had had a dream, confused me further, "Doushite."
Kimimaro stared unnerved by the harshness that was unconcealed in her voice. Not a question, a command. Kimimaro thought," You said 'Arigatoo mina! Demo doko Satoko-chan desu?' I assumed you were talking in your sleep."
Now was my turn to stare only not as unnerved as he was. Satoko-chan? It was brief and painful but with a sharp pain came a image of(what she could make out) a girl with short yellow hair, short pants and a collared pink shirt. My dream came back though it was vague and fleeting.
We were sitting around a table. A broom sat across my lap. Where are we?Where? We're still in the shrine... We?Two girls looked alike. Green hair... Two little girls. Dark and light blue hair... A boy. Brown hair... Another girl but older. Red hair... There faces blacked out, but white smiles gleaming.Why? I look as I do outside of the dream. In except shorter. They were talking, but I couldn't hear them. There mouths kept moving. I asked something I don't know what... The smiles are gone... I blinked. Oh Kami-sama! Only for a second! Blood. Blood. Blood. This isn't real!!Pain is shooting through my body. This isn't real!! Can't breathe. I... woozy. It burns... so much... itches... the maggots are inside me again... get them out! This is real! This pain is real!!I'm dying...or am I dead?
Kimimaro POV:
I was unsure of what happened. I was inquiring about her dream. She stood unreacting for a moment. Suddenly she was clutching her head in pain. She fell to her knees coughing-no choking. She was clawing at her throat. Blood dripped from her mouth. Orochimaru was having me watch her I had to report when she did something. I was uncertain that I should leave her alone.
I had to report to Orochimaru-sama, so I left her on the floor, her fingernails ripping through her flesh drawing out pools of blood. Orochimaru was not far away. Still in his disguised form, but naked in the natural hotsprings."Orochimaru-sama?"
"Hai?"
"Kiki-san is... convulsing."
"Convulsing?"
"I'm not sure how else to describe it."
Orochimaru's POV:
I was very surprised to say the least when Kimimaro came to me and suggested that Kiki-kun was having some kind of seizure. I was unconcerned so I wasn't very fast in getting out and slipping into my robe. I couldn't have guessed the seriousness of the situation. Kiki was on the floor kicking, gasping, and ripping her own throat off. It amused me to some degree to see her without her calm composure. Those emotionless eyes had been replaced by those of a cornered animal. From her attempt to fling the unseen intruder from her blood splashed on the walls, the otherside of the room, and even to the ceiling.
I had no idea how to control the situation. Kaji wouldn't just allow Kiki to kill herself and yet Kiki was almost bled to death mere inches away from clawing her artery open. I knocked her out. I suppose entangling my hand in her hair and bashing it into the floor was a poor method, but I saw no alternative at the moment. Her body went limp.
"Kimimaro-san go fetch some towels and clean up this mess." He left silently. I picked her body up bridal style. I stood and walked into the bathroom. I turn the water on and prepared a hot bath. The tub was large which came as no surprise seeing was big the shrine itself and the resting quarter were. It almost looked like a hot tub. It seemed big enough to fit 20 peopleee comfortably in. Taking a washcloth, I soaked it and cleaned the self-inflicted wound. I bandaged it with gauze I carried for emergencies. I carefully removed all of her bloodied clothing and slipped her into the steaming water. Grabbing a new washcloth I gingerly bathed her. She moaned in discomfort but remained unconscious.
When I finished bathing her I propped her up into a sitting position keeping her in the tub. I then proceeded to undress and sit down myself. I sat next to her in case something happened, like she falls over or she wakes up in an unwell state again. I stared at her body and found my mind wondering to some time ago. Her husband. Why had I chose him for that particular experiment? I had another "guest" lined up for that one. I hadn't been given a reason to torture him. In fact quite the opposite, he was a good little bird, sang as loud as much as I wanted him to. That man was the one who had directed me to Kiki. I remember it perfectly.
"Please don't kill me I tell you ever thing!!"
"Village scrolls?"
"Hidden at the monument! There's a drawer. Look for it you'll see it!"
"Thank you... now you're unnecessary..."
"IIE!! Matte! My bride-to-be take her!! She's more usefull than me! Take her! HER! HER! HER!"
"What does she look like?"
"Black! Black hair, black eyes, tall! Take her! Take any villager! Let me go!"
I was laughing uncontrollably. "You were deemed a hero to your village. How is it possible with someone as pathetic as you?"
"Doko-san!"
"Where?" (Doko means where in japanese)
"He was my brother! He was the hero. On same mission...died... killed him! Took credit!"
"Worthless... Take him to the specially preserved cells."
I was planning to keep him as a subordinate, but after I met Kiki... I changed plans... I stared at Kiki and realized she was awake and I was kissing her on the lips and cupping my hand around her breast. She had an unusual scent. Sweet like a flower but not like one I ever knew.
"Doushite?" was all that sprung from those lips.
I moved so I hovered over her body, "Why not?" I kissed her this time she kissed back only slightly. Her hands were on my chest to push me away. So I moved from her.
She stared at me, her arms covering her body. She was staring at me quizzically. " 'Why not' isn't an acceptable answer."
"Why kiss back?"
"I'm confused."
The way she's looking at me. That same uncaring face. "Are you a virgin?"
"No" She said it automatically without thinking. It was a lie.
I movd towards her again. " Let me fix that..." A kiss. We were kissing each other. A dragged my hand across her body. I bit her neck. I pulled her under the water and she nestled against my chest briefly.
I was kicked to the bottom and she swam up. I followed after her. When I focused on her, she had a towel wrapped around her body. "I am and I don't want to give it to you. I have goals in life. And out there is the man I plan to marry waiting for me. I don't love you. Sumimasen."
Gone... She had denied and left me alone. I began shaking with laughter. I found this way more fun. Maybe I can find he paramour and have a amusing fight with him. Killing him slowly, as I did with the groom, would be fun.
YO PLEASE REVIEW!!! THEY MAKE ME HAPPY! PLUS IF YOU DON'T IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU'VE STOPPED READING. I'VE MADE MINOR CORRECTIONS AND CHANGES IN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS CHAPTERS AND I WILL PROBABLY GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. SORRY FOR ANY MISTAKES AND STUFF.
