Okay, so this is chapter 9! EEK!
I think this one is the best so far... I am going to try and make this story a whole lot better so, be on the look out for better-ness! :D
um... as far as Japanese words are conserned, I can't remember if I used any (sorry) so if you don't understand something, ask in a review, PM me, or go use google... That's what it's there for! ^.^
DISCLAMER:
I DO NOT OWN NARUTO, OR ANY OF IT CHARACTERS! CHA!
Lol!
Chapter 9, Marrionette
ENJOY!
I doubled over, as I watched the blood escape from my mouth. Coughing, I fell onto my hands and knees. The dirt close to my face was covered in spit and blood. I closed me eyes trying to calm down. To my right, Kisame had long since appeared from the shadows in which he had been hiding and was battling Sakura, who was fighting with all her strength. Naruto was lying on the floor trapped in one of Itachi's Mangekyo genjutsus. Sai was attempting to draw Itachi away from me, but to no avail.
My hands twitched on the floor, and I tried to push myself up; only to have a foot slam down hard on my back, making me cough again, and crumble into my blood, that was slowly congealing with the dirt.
"You pathetic excuse for a shinobi" I heard a cold voice say from above my head. I growled in reply, again trying to get up.
"Hn" The same voice answered. I pushed me self backwards, sliding on my stomach. My eyes narrowing slightly in pain I sprang to my feet.
"You bastard!" I screamed at the man standing in front of me. I ran at Itachi creating a crystal Katana as I went. I bent over slightly preparing to run him through with it. I should have known I'd fail. My blade pierced nothing but air, making me curse violently and whirl around, only to have a foot jammed hard into my chest.
"Argach" I coughed. But straightened up this time, swallowing the blood that rose in my throat.
"You can't win here" Itachi warned, removing his hat.
"Like hell I can't!" I shouted running at him again, katana at the ready. He dodged, but to slowly. Looked like he was getting cocky. My katana scraped his upper arm, with a smirk I noted the blood colouring the pale crystal.
Sakura screamed. My head whipped to the left. Kisame's shark skin sword had ripped her left shoulder to pieces. Sai, was then thrown against a near by tree and didn't stir. I glanced at Naruto, his face twisting in pain, on the ground behind Itachi. I clutched my chest, tears coming to my eyes. I shook them away, determined not to be distracted. Itachi had stopped to let me look at my friends, possibly hoping it would wear me down. He was oh so very correct. My head couldn't take anymore, and I charged full speed at Itachi and clumsily thrust my katana out; aiming for his chest, around his heart. He batted me away, like I was some pesky little fly. I hit the floor and rolled over a few times before slamming forcefully into a tree.
"Itachi, are we done here? Why don't we just take the Kyubi and go?"
"Hn"
"I wish you would say more than just "Hn" all the time..." My eyes closed, they felt... Heavy... Like lead... I... Just needed to keep them open, just a little longer.
"Hn" I felt my chakra fading, leaving my body, like blood drips from open wounds.
"Lets go then! Itachi? Why are you, no... Leader-sama just wants the Kyubi" Strong arms picked me up, and I was thrown roughly over a shoulder...
"This is odd, the floor is, it's soft... But I can't move... something is..." My eye lids fluttered, and them the opened. I stared across at the wall opposite. All I saw was a heavy oak door, that and a bare stone wall.
Something moved outside the door, and then it opened too. Just like in the stories, my captor had come to say hello. To flaunt his plans and tell me everything, before he killed me. The door twitched open some more, but no one entered. God my head hurts I thought, as my body woke up, I realised my head wasn't the only part of me in pain. My legs too, and my stomach, my back, my chest. Was there a part of me that wasn't in some form of pain?
The door opened the rest of the way, and a man stepped in. My eye's still blurry couldn't make out the mans features, but it was definitely a man. I could see; red hair (A/N if I said Sasori was dead at the start of the story, sorry, I'm changing my mind), and a black cloak... With, with... Are they, no... Are they red clouds?
Don't tell me I was kidnapped by the Akatsuki? No way!
"Your awake" A young voice spoke. The "man" seemed young, maybe around 17-18. My vision became clearer, and I could gradually see better. He moved over to my futon, and squatted down. His face was young, younger than I had first thought, he couldn't be more than 16.
"Can you move?" What a stupid question! I tried moving again, and found I could, but not easily... Why couldn't I move earlier. I then noticed blue chakra strings attached to my small body. My eye's widened slightly.
"Good, it seems I can control you. Now stand" I stood up. Every muscle in my body screaming at me to lye back down again. I tried, honestly I did. But it seemed my body was working of it's own accord, or more correctly, the boys accord. He nodded again. Seeming pleased by something I couldn't understand.
"Can you speak?" He asked, in a teasing voice. I tried to open my mouth, so I could form words, or maybe just squeak, or scream, but nothing happened. My lips wouldn't work.I tried just groaning, with my mouth closed, but again, nothing. The boy laughed, obviously enjoying his game.
"I am controlling you. You will be added to my collection of puppets. You will be one of my most important... I haven't ever been able to control a living human before. For all my power, that is only something my Grandmother could accomplish." He walked towards the door and opened it, with his right hand. still guiding me with his left. We walked, well he walked, and I was guided, just like the marionette I had become down a dark corridor, the only light was coming from small candles burning in the walls at regular intervals.
A while later, he knocked on a smart looking door. We had climbed a flight of stairs, and walked along many winding corridors, all the while me being used as a life sized doll, being played with by who I now came to understand was Sasori of the Red Sands.
"Enter" A stern, bored sounding voice commanded from the other side of the shadowy door. Sasori placed his hand on the door and slid it to the right, making a satisfying "swish" sounds as the wood slid against the smooth stone.
"Konbanwa" Sasori greeted, bowing low, and making me do the same.
"What is it?" the stern voice asked. I looked at the man, who had been speaking. My heart screamed and died suddenly inside my chest. It seemed he recognised me too, because he then looked at me and spoke.
"It's you". He stated, with mild surprise hiding in his emotionless face "that little brat from before..." I stood up and came over to us, "Sasori, let her stand on her own". Sasori released me, and I crumpled onto the floor, just like a puppet that had had it's strings violently severed. I looked up at him, and hissed, filling my eyes with all the loathing I could manage.
"Small world" Pein said before turning and waling back to his desk. He sat down and nodded to Sasori who picked me up again with the chakra strings.
"Let her speak Sasori" Pein instructed, "I want to hear what this girl has to say about my killing her beloved sister" He smirked. All I could do was choke out a small sob, not being able to move to wipe away the tears faling from my eyes, I let them run down my cheeks and drip quietly onto the reed mat on the floor.
"Well girl, speak" Pein hissed, making his voice quiet and threatening.
"Why?" Was all I could say. It hardly sounded like a word, my mouth felt like it was shrinking, my tongue was tied in nots.
"Why? Why did I kill her? Because she got in my way. That is what happens to everyone that gets in my way" He nodded to himself.
"And Hina, is that why you killed her as well?" My tears were speeding up, soaking my collar, and my bangs.
"It is, I assume Hina is the girl I swatted aside like the piece of trash she was" He didn't even look at me when he cursed my best friend, did he have no respect? Oh wait, he didn't he was the LEADER of the Akatsuki.
"Is Tatsuharu dead now too?" I asked, my voice breaking on the word "Dead".
"it depends what you define as dead..." Pein glanced at Sasori for a mere second, then looked back down at the papers on his fancy desk again.
In that one glance I could read what had happened to Tatsuharu, I could read it like words on a page. He was now a puppet, but not one like me. Not one that could be released, and given back it's freedom. He was forever enslaved to Sasori. In other words he had become on of Sasori's infamous Human Puppets. My heart shattered all over again. I felt like I would die right then and there, it was like watching
"Seiko, and Hina die all over again"... Silence filled the room.
"Sasori take this thing away before I am forced to kill it" Pein ordered harshly. Sasori bowed, forced me do the same... Making me feel sick, then we exited the room. Him making me close the door behind us.
