Recap

"Where are we going?" I asked Kisame curiously as we went down the unfamiliar part of the hallway I had yet to adventure, it didn't have as many doors as the other one but it still had a good amount. I wonder what they led to?

"We are going to see Leader, he wants to meet with you." Kisame replied with a serious look on his face one I hadn't seen, one not this determined. What was in store for me? I hope it was good.

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Chapter Four

Soon after, we come to a sudden stop causing me to look up to see that we came to a rather dark door out of all the other ones, but I didn't get to think to much of it when Kisame opens the door and in we walked to find a lowly lit room. It wasn't a bedroom like the other ones, instead it was an office mostly. It held bookcases filled with scrolls and books along the walls with a desk in the middle of it. But there at the desk laid a man with so many piercing that I lost count with radiant orange on his head with purple weird eyes. He sat there with his crossed and a expressionless face plastered on him. All there was in the air was silence as he gazed at me, I didn't dare move a muscle as his eyes intimidated me like Orochimaru's but with this guy I felt more than discomfort. I felt fear.

"So this is Nakamoto Yumi I see, sit her down." said his deep voice and without a second thought Kisame brought me forward to chair that was placed a few feet from the desk itself before plopping me softly on to it. I stayed silent the whole time, not sure what would happen if I did speak. I gripped my hands on the seat's armrest feeling as my knuckles turned white under his stare.

"So Yumi do you know why your here?" asked the man, who I guessed was Leader, as if I were being interviewed for something. I didn't know why I was here but I knew I wanted some type of answers so in response I lightly shook my head, my eyes still trained in his. He leaned forward a bit to where he rested his still crossed arms on top of his desk.

"Well Kisame and Itachi here have told me that you are being hunted by your village, for killing the Raikage. Correct?" he asked again and I simply nodded my head in response to which he nods back.

"And I hope you don't mind me asking how you did that?" he asked with a hint of interest in his voice, I felt a little unsure about telling him. What was he aiming for? I looked back at Kisame who just nodded his head in reassurance to which brought me a bit of ease.

"They were coming to execute me that day, a-and when the Raikage came in with some guards I started fighting. Next thing I know this wierd glow came and I was knocked out. When I got up I found all of them were dead." I answered with my head bowed down in shame at the memory, I regret everything that happened that day.

I felt Leader's eyes on me but I didn't dare look up at him afraid of what I would see. Would he be scared? Maybe angered? I had all types of questions running through my head but I didn't get a chance to ask one when he started speaking.

"Yumi, I have an offer for you." he told me causing me to lift my head in confusion. What kind of offer? What, I'll give you three seconds to run before I call the ANBU? Can't be, I bet he could kill me himself if he wanted by the looks of him.

"What?" I asked quietly feeling my thumbs fidget on their own, my nerves getting the best of me I was just so anxious. He leaned back in his chair once again this time resting his arms upon the arm rest with a determined look on his face.

"I would like you to join our organization." he replied and I gave him another confused look. How could I join an organization what I didn't know anything about.

"Why?" was all I could pull out of my vocabulary still trying to recalculate things, this was not what I was expecting. Why weren't they trying to kill me?

"I think that you can be useful in our plans to help us reach our goal." Leader answered back at me with the same look on his face, but what was their goal?

"What is your goal?" I asked him with my eyes now meeting his purple ones, I couldn't bring my eyes to look away. It was like I was in a trance or something.

"Our goal is to bring peace to the world and with you power I think it could bring us one step closer." he answered his eyes boring into mine, trying to find an answer of some sort.

"But I don't know how to use it." I told him my mind coming to realization at the disadvantage. How could I help them when I didn't know anything about it?

"We know so that is why I decided assign our members to train in their spare times, when their not on missions." he assured me and gave me time to think it over, to be honest it didn't sound all that bad. It was for a good purpose and I had a place to stay. Why not then, I get to stay away from those men now.

"I need to know your decision." Leader said and I realized I was just sitting there gazing into outer space, I recollected myself with my hands now settling in my lap and my thumbs still wrestling each other. Not being able to find words for some reason, I nodded my head signaling my agreement to which Leader nodded back to.

"Your uniform will be placed in your new room tomorrow morning. Kisame, escort her to her new room located next to Sasori's." he ordered as he lowered his to a piece of paper that laid forgotten in front of him and started filling it out, no longer paying attention to me. I felt hands lift me up from under my arms and I instantly knew it was Kisame's when I saw their color. He lifted me to my earlier position, my arms immediately wrapping around his neck.

"Of course Leader." was all that was said before we exited the room with Itachi in tow. Does he ever talk or is it just me? I shifted my attention to Kisame as we came to a stop in front of one of the similar doors as before. He opened it and I found it to be just like the other bedrooms, a single bed in the corner of one wall with a dresser, a desk that held a lamp on it on the other side, and a bathroom straight across the room. Placing me on the bed, Kisame straightened back up to his full height with his gaze on me.

"You better get some rest, you have a lot of training ahead of you in the morning." he said before turning his body towards Itachi, who stood at the door, and they both walked out making sure to shut the door behind them. Leaving me all alone in the dark. Once I hear their footsteps falter in sound I shifted my body back onto my bed with my eyes now fixed to the dark ceiling. Some people would be shocked that I wasn't afraid but after spending years outside by myself with nothing but the moonlight sometimes I adjusted quite well to darkness.

So as I lied there staring at nothing since sleep didn't seem to be in my interest at the moment when I suddenly felt a chill erupt through the room. Shivering, I brought my hands over top of my head and started searching for the top of the covers and when I found it I scrambled my body under it in hopes for heat. When my body finally reached a decent temperature I relaxed under the covers with my head snuggled into the pillow.

"I must be lucky." came a slithery voice and I felt my body shoot up in shock, I gazed quickly around the room in hopes of finding the person responsible but it was too dark to see. Rushing into a sitting position I leaned my back against the wall, my pillow tightly hugged up against my chest.

"W-who's there." I shuttered hoping it was just my imagination of some sort, but I knew it wasn't when I felt something flakey rub up against my skin. Going faster in lightning I raced over to my desk, quickly flicking my lamp on in one swift move. Turning around I felt my whole body freeze up in fear. In front of me was. One. Huge. Snake. It wasn't big enough for me to look up at it but it was big enough to scare me to freeze up in terror.

"So precious." it slithered at me with its tongue flaking, I trembled as it made its way slowly to me, its body long enough to reach with its still on the bed. I tumbled back in fear, my back hitting the desk hard causing the lamp to tip-off the desk, leaving us both in darkness. I grabbed the edge of the desk feeling my knuckles whiten with my tight grip as I heard it come closer. Next thing I knew, I could see the outline of its face

"Your body is mine." was all it took for me to get my voice back in my throat, screaming at the top of my lungs in complete fear. The loudest I've been in all my life, and I couldn't stop myself from screaming. I kept screaming until all of a sudden the outline of it disappeared and the door snapped open.

"Why the hell are you screaming!" I heard a male voice yell at me with an annoyed tone in their voice, not saying anything I ran over to them, not caring at all who it was at the moment, and hugged their leg as tears ran down my cheek.

"B-big ... snake." was all I was able to say not trusting my voice at the moment, the person pried me off of their legs and I looked up to find that it was the guy from earlier, Deidara. He had this pissed off look on his face as he looked back into the hallway.

"Dammit Orochimaru, you guys are interrupting me from my art. Sasori!" he growled out going out into the hallway with me trembling behind him, still traumatized. Deidara came over to the door next to mine and began banged on it, no soon after, Sasori himself opened the door.

"What." he said, his eyes drooped in boredom as before, staring at the in-raged Deidara.

"Get you partner, he's been letting his pets roam and they got into the kid's room." he growled as he gestured to me before stomping back down to his room muttering about people ruining his 'art'. I leaned up against the wall still trembling in shock, I noticed Sasori finally looking at me before he came over with the same bored look.

"I apologize for my partners carelessness but you should go back to your room, it is quite late. And try to keep it down next time, your scream was quite disturbing." Sasori said before he turned back into his room but I quickly gain my voice back just in time before he fully shut.

"C-could I stay w-with you please." I asked with my voice filled with fear and hope, I was still very traumatized about what happened and how they treated as if it were a normal thing. Did they have the snakes talk to you about taking their body also? I looked up at Sasori as he turned to me with no change in his facial expression, I gave him the most pleading look I could obtain while in my state but I guess it didn't faze him.

"No." and with that he shut the door on me leaving me alone in the dim hallway with my still trembling body. I knew wasn't going back into room after what happened, but I didn't know where else to go. I wanted to go to Kisame's but I didn't know where his room was and I also knew that I wouldn't fit due to the bed size and his abnormal human size. The only person I knew left was Konan, so taking the best of my memory I made my way down the narrow hall way looking at each door in hopes of any familiar sign of her door but they all looked the same. Coming to a door I hoped was Konan's I knocked softly on it two times and waited shaking in shock with tears still going down my cheeks even though I already stopped crying, but they just kept rolling.

I heard shuffling on the other side of the door and soon the door opens to which I stand surprised at the person in front of me. Tobi. I didn't expect to knock on his door but then again I was happy it was him than anybody else. He still had his mask on with the fact that the only thing removed was his cloak and shoes, his under attire still on. He looked around trying to find who was knocking on his door, him forgetting how short I was had to tug lightly on his pants for him to notice me. He jumped at first but calmed down when he saw me before going back to his happy state.

"Oh Yumi-chan! What are doing here at this time of night, I thought would be sleeping! Did you hear that scream or was that you?" he said excitedly but not as loud as before, whispering to me so he wouldn't wake anyone. It took him a moment to realize the state I was in and when he did he gestured me into his room which I quickly did.

"What's wrong Yumi-chan?" he asked with a bit of concern in his voice but I could still hear the hint of playfulness. I didn't realize I still shaking until I saw felt his hand on my shoulder to which I jumped lightly at causing him to retreat his hand.

"I-I ... saw a big ... s-snake ... in my r-room." I trembled though I was trying to pull myself together but I just couldn't, the images of the slithery creature still haunting my mind.

"Oh that was just one of Orochimaru-senpai's pet snakes, he always lets them roam around at night." Tobi tried to reassure me as he rubbed the back of his head for some reason, I still couldn't calm down. The words of the snake repeating in my head.

"But do his snakes always talk?" I questioned him, my voice a little hoarse from my powerful scream but I was sure he understood me when he tilted his head to the side.

"Uh ... and just what ... did Orochimaru-sempai's snake say Yumi-chan?" he asked with a nervous tone rising in his voice making me a bit confused. Were they not use to the snakes talking?

"Stuff ... about h-how I was precious ... and that it wanted m-my body." I told him, the memory still hot in my head like fire. I could remember every single thing that happened a few minutes ago, the way it looked at me, the way it moved its body. And especially the way it talked to me.

"Hey Yumi-chan, why don't you sleep in here tonight? I bet you don't want to go back in there after that, huh? You can take my bed, I have to run out real quicky." Tobi chuckled lightly but stopped when he saw that my expression didn't change, I lightly nodded making my way carefully to his bed since his room was lowly lit with only a candle. I didn't get why he didn't turn on his lamp but I decided to ignore it as I crawled into his bed that had the covers already pulled back. He obviously had been woken from his slumber the way his covers were tousled.

Tucking my feet under the warm long cloth I pulled the covers over my body until it barely hovered my chin. Not to soon later I found myself slowly surrendering to sleep but I couldn't close my eyes due to my still traumatized memory. I gazed at Tobi who was putting back on his shoes quickly but was stopped when a knock on the door was heard. Tobi quickly got up to answer the door muttering about who could it be in his regular cheery tone.

"Why hello Kisame-senpai, what could I do for you?" Tobi asked with his full on happy and playful tone back in his voice, how could someone's mood change that quickly. Then again, I didn't know Tobi that well to know.

"I heard a scream come from Yumi's room and when I went in there she was gone, Sasori said he left her out in the hallway. Did you see her?" I heard Kisame's deep voice say and before I could say anything to acknowledge myself Tobi beat me to it.

"Yea Yumi-chan is in here. But could I talk to you outside for a minute, Kisame-senpai?" Tobi said and not a second later I was left alone in the candle-lit room. As much as I would have liked to stay awake and monitor the room for anymore snakes, my eyes began betraying me as they started to close themselves. I soon found myself dozing off into a shocking but somewhat decent sleep. The memories still stuck in my head.