Howdy everyone! I'm back from camp, and let me tell you... it was hot! like freakin' 115 degrees out there and i had to wear my ROTC uniform and all and PT stuff and... a lot of water was consumed by me also... a lot of cow water out of the hose and stuff. And the foodmade a few people get food posioning, i just got an upset stomach, i dont get the posioning... and yeah... Then Father's Day was awesome, i had a lot of funplaying video games with my dad, hehe. Anywho,I hope you have fun with this chapter! Two new characters make their appearance and I have OnyxTears to thank! (bows to her) thank you! If you want to see the two new girls' profiles, please look under my profile, Forbidden Love and you'll find them! Enjoy!
OnyxTears: ok, I put the profiles up in my profile, under this story, I hope I didn't get the pictures mixed up, I have a tendency to get everything mixed up even if it's right in front of me in plain view, x.x. Anywho, hope you have fun reading this chapter, your two girls appear in it :)
Disclaimer: I don't have time for these stupid disclaimers… (runs down road, backpack on shoulders) I'm off to see K. Masashi!
Summary: Akira had run away from Konoha: just to be with the love of her life. She would do anything for Itachi, yet she's regretting everything she had ever done for him. She had given up so much for him, and he has yet to show his love for her… like he used to…
Warning: I am sorry about this, but if you do not like angst/drama/sad/depressing stories do not read: this story will be pretty sad and depressing and some moments will have minor drama and angst.
Itachi X OC
Italics: stressed words, thoughts, memoriesBold: stressed words in thoughts or memories
Underlined: stressed words in thoughts or memories-Before-
I punched him, not sending him flying, but still doing damage. My mind was set on killing him, set on nothing but him. The world around me disappeared, leaving Orochimaru and I alone. Because of this I didn't notice the sudden chakra flare, I didn't notice Sasuke sneak up behind me, and I didn't notice the blunt end of his blade come crashing down on my skull...
-Forbidden Love,
Chapter 9: Returning Once More-
I tugged on my bonds, my eyes following Miyako's path silently. "And you just can't let me go why?" She shot me a glare, resuming her pace back and forth. "Fine, don't answer." I closed my eyes, reaching my mind out to find anything that I could use against these bonds and Miyako herself. I sighed, sinking back against the wall in defeat, nothing coming to me. Everything would turn out for the best, I kept telling myself, and, of course, I didn't believe myself. Isn't that typical? Where you say one thing, yet not believe in it? Well, I think I did that too many times. It looked like it was time for some heavy-duty jutsu using at this time. I smiled sweetly at Miyako, knowing exactly which ones to use, my best friend coming to mind. Yes, I did have a best friend, and I miss her, but… it's in the past now.
I rose up on my toes, trying to get my fingers together to form jutsus. I was a little worried, because I could never get this jutsu right, no matter how many times my friend had tried to teach me. I always told her she could do it because of her power, but I couldn't because I didn't have it. I smirked, at Miyako and myself, as I finished the formations and willed it to work. Miyako stared me, her face scrunched up in confusion. I stared back; sighing in frustration, knowing it hadn't worked again. But, that was before I saw Miyako's eyes flutter close and her body drop to the ground with a dull thump. I chuckled, breathing a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Aislinn." I whispered, boosting my strength slightly with my chakra and breaking the chain from the wall. I landed heavily on my feet, my knees buckling as pain shot through my legs. I winced, gritting my teeth as I walked over to Miyako. I nudged her with my foot, jumping back as she groaned, her face twisting with pain. I smiled happily, knowing she wouldn't be waking up for a while. I stripped her of her weapons, placing them on me, and finding the keys to the manacles on my wrists. They fell off, making a dull thud on the metal floor as I unlocked them. I turned to the door, nodding my head as I checked off each item I would need to bring. It was time for some pay back.
Kotetsu sat where he was, his head in his hands, bent over his knees. "What do we do Izumo? We can't go back without her…"
"I don't know. I mean: we wouldn't survive against all of them at once. We need help, but we can't leave her." Izumo answered, pacing back and forth in front of the beds. They had switched hotels; trying to get closer to Orochimaru's base where they had lost contact from Akira after she had said, "…get out now." Both Izumo and Kotetsu had stared at the radio in horror, eyes wide and faces ashen. Both knew what it meant, and both knew that they didn't have much time to retrieve her. There was a knock on the door, drawing their attention away from brooding. Izumo walked over to it, opening it slightly. "Hello?"
Two people stood in front of him, both women, both in Akatsuki uniforms. Izumo's eyes widened, his mouth falling open, his hands reaching for his weapons, which, incidentally, were on the table. The girl on the right titled her head back, eyes flashing, a smile forming on her lips. "It's been a while Izumo-san.""Y-you know me? W-who are you?" Izumo stuttered out, Kotetsu jumped up, running forward and stopping dead.
"Kotetsu-san." The woman said in greeting, nodding her head. "My name is off no importance, and yes I know you. If you two would be so kind and tell us where we may find Hatake Akira at the present moment we would forever be indebted to you."
"Why would we tell you where she is? She doesn't want to go back to Akatsuki." Kotetsu managed.The woman shook her head. "I don't want to take her back to Akatsuki. I want to go with her back to Konoha, and help her through some stuff. And from what we've heard, she's been captured by Orochimaru, correct?"
"Yeah…" Both men answered simultaneously.
"Then lets go get her. Or are you too chicken to help a fellow comrade?" the second women asked, a smirk on her lips.
Kotetsu and Izumo huffed, grabbing their things and heading out after the women.
I glanced around the corner, breathing hard, and quickly moving back when I saw someone move down the hall. I gripped my kunai tighter, moving my foot out to the left, ready to trip whomever it was. My head spun from blood loss, the previous fights and torture doing more harm then I had known, and I was quickly fading. I glanced around the corner again, eyes widening as that one person gave way to four people. I sucked in my breath, hoping this would go over well, even with my exhaustion. They drew closer, their voices low and urgent. I took deep breaths before jumping out and knocking one of them down. I held the kunai to the person's throat, not bothering about the other three. My eyes widened as I stared into familiar amethyst eyes.
My mouth fell open, my mind not placing them at first. "Aislinn?" I asked, my voice cracking because of all the screaming I had done.
"One and only Akira." She pushed me off her, taking in my appearance with a trained eye. "How many wounds are still bleeding?"
"Only one or two, the rest stopped but still hurt." I shook my head as she moved to take off her pack. "Don't, I wont need it." I stood up carefully, glancing at everyone else, smiling at the other woman. "Kitari. It's good to see you again also.""My pleasure." She returned quietly.
"Why are you guys here?" I asked, turning to all four for that question.
"We were in the hotel, trying to think up a plan when these two showed up at the door, asking where you were but already knowing." Izumo answered."That certainly sounds like Aislinn alright." I chuckled, shaking my head.
"Hey! I can be like that if I want to be!" She objected.
I wrapped my arm around her shoulders, drawing her head in close to mine. "No. You. Can't." I whispered, my eyes burning playfully.
"Fine." She pouted, crossing her arms and turning away, giving me the cold shoulder.
I laughed, wincing as it triggered pain. "Come on you four. Lets get out of here.""I don't think you will be going anywhere."
We all turned to the voice, watching Sasuke come out of the shadows. "Sasuke-kun." I whispered.
He nodded his head in my direction, his fingers twitching on his kunai. "You wont be leaving Akira. You will stay here."
Aislinn and Kitari stepped forward, Kotetsu and Izumo dragging me backwards. "She'll be leaving with us Sasuke-kun." Kitari stated quietly, her eyes changing from sea green to red and black.
"Watch out for his Sharingan Kitari." Aislinn muttered underneath her breath as she stepped back.Kitari nodded, her hands coming up. I watched in silent horror as Sasuke charged her, the Chidori instantly in his hand. I struggled against Kotetsu and Izumo weakly, screaming for everything to stop, screaming for a time out of sorts. They pulled me up the stairs, into the fresh air. I was slumped against Izumo, my eyes wide and unblinking, face white as a sheet. "Izumo? Should we head back to the hotel or wait out here for those two girls?" Kotetsu asked, coming up out of the descent.
"Lets get back to the hotel, they know where it is."
"Alright."
I felt Izumo's hands tighten around my waist and wrist. "Akira? We're going to give you a sleep pill okay?" I nodded weakly, not bothering to look up. "Everything is going to be fine. They'll come back alive." I nodded again, closing my eyes as the pill took affect."How is she?" Aislinn asked, wrapping a bandage on Kitari's right forearm.
"She's sleeping, but tossing and turning. She was pretty upset when you guys stayed there to fight Sasuke." Izumo answered, walking out of the other bedroom and closing the door behind him.
"Yeah, I knew she would be but you guys had to get her out of there."
"If you wouldn't mind me, well, us, asking: how do you two know Akira besides Akatsuki?" Kotetsu asked, throwing a ration bar at Izumo.
"I grew up with her. We've been best friends forever, then Itachi joined our two man group, becoming a trio."
"I knew her because I was Aislinn's partner in Akatsuki, but we became fast friends also." Kitari answered, flexing her arm as Aislinn finished bandaging.
"Ah." Both men echoed.
Kitari chuckled, running a hand through her hair. Her mouth opened to say something, but the radio had started to crackle with static, a voice on the other end. "Hello… there? No…looking… shinobi…respond…"
Kotetsu and Izumo exchanged a glance before running to the radio and speaking through the mike. "Hello? Who is this?"
"Konoha… Akira… and… is…required?"
"Could you repeat that? Too much static."
"Looking for… backup required?"
"No, backup is not required." Izumo held his hand over the mike. "Do you think they're looking for us, because they did say Konoha, Akira, looking for, and backup required?"
"They could be…" Kotetsu shrugged.
"Akira? Help… mission…successful… failed…"
"Mission was… successful. We require extraction, and a medic-nin. Akira has been hurt."
"…Affirmative…" Both men exchanged glances, smiling at one another. Both girls exchanged glances, eyes full of worry, faces full of doubt. "Be… hours…"
"How many?"
"… 2… medic-nin… ANBU… Father…"
"Two would be how many hours till they're here, medic-nin along the way along with ANBU and Akira's father." Izumo whispered.
"Hatake Kakashi is still around?" Aislinn asked, surprised.
"Yeah."Aislinn nodded her head, smiling. "That's cool."
"So… We wait for a couple hours?" Kotetsu asked, packing up his stuff.
"We wait." Izumo confirmed, sitting down in the seat left by Kotetsu.
wow...that was pretty bad, no offense to myself. But, you can't blame me, i got back from camp on Sat and i havent been able to get on till now, and i technically didnt have anything to work with for Chapter9...anywho... all well:)
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