It wasn't long before she went limp in my arms. Her quiet breathing indicating that she was in a quiet sleep. The little brunet, with the two intricate buns, now lay unconscious in my arms, and a boat load o guilt washed over me.
"Hey, Kiba. don't beat your self up. You know its for the best." Shikamaru said bringing me out of my train of thought. He was holding the Blondie, bridal style in his arms, and she was just as passed out as the hot tempered one in mine.
"Yeah, I know, but still these are just the first two, having to do it again is going to be heart breaking. Just the look of fear in her eyes, how she was desperate to reach the door.. feels bad." I said.
"Don't feel bad, remember you still have to go pick up your own. Matter of fact you better get going now, hand her over to me." he said.
Adjusting the blond, he carried her over his left shoulder. I carefully handed the brunet over to Shikamaru helping him position her over his right shoulder. With both in his arms, he walked off in the direction of his car. I waved goodbye, then went off in a full sprint to the cafe.
(Shikamaru POV)
I carried the two girls over to the car, and easily opened the door to the back seat ,placing them inside. I went over to the drivers seat, and was just about to get in, when Naruto landed right by my side.
"Hey Shika, how did it go?" he asked, trying to get a peek at my princess in the car.
"It went ok I guess, they had us on a wild goose chase, but of course we won." I said.
Then Sasuke came running up to greet us.
"Dammit Naruto could you have slow down a little?" he asked angrily
"Nope! This is so exciting!" he exclaimed happily, giving a cheerful awwwoooo.
"Quiet, Naru!" I said. I couldn't risk waking up the girls now, that Blondie had quiet the mouth on her.
"You two better get going. They should be leaving for work now. Plus I have to go pick up Sai, and report to Neji, then we have to set up the make shift clinic, where we'll place trackers on them while there still asleep." I said annoyingly. Of course Neji just had to pick me to do all of his damn work.
"Oh well good luck." Naruto said, before leaping up and disappearing into a blurr.
"Dammit" Sasuke muttered, crouching down then leaping running off after him.
After they left, I got back into my car and drove off. I still had to go get Sai. Yeah Mikana's "boyfriend" was actually our medic. He posed as Mikana's boyfriend, and acted like a best friend to the other girls, to keep an eye on them, and make sure everything was ok. It was a dirty trick but had to be done.
He didn't live with us at the mansion, he had his own home, pretty big actually where he held a small clinic, his assistant nurse Sheeta would be in-charge of giving our mates and future children checkups.
Today however, once we got all the girls at home, they were to give them a quick evaluation, and place trackers on them should they ever escape, very unlikely but you couldn't be to careful.
It took about ten minuets to get to the house, he was waiting for me outside, with a medical bag in hand.
He took a seat in the front with me, but turned his head to see the girls laying on the seat behind us.
"Poor, things." he said, obviously feeling bad, since he was the one to befriend them, and gain their trust.
"Yeah, but in the end it will all be worth it, remember that." I replied, pulling out of his drive way, and heading home.
"Where's Sheeta?" I asked noticing his assistance absence.
"Neji came by and picked her up to go set up the clinic, I stayed behind to get some supplies ready." he said. I nodded, and kept my eyes on the road. We didn't talk much, Sai was a man a few words, my kinda guy.
The Mansion was a good three hours away from the main city, excluded and well hidden in the deepest part of the woods. It wasn't a problem to get to it, actually with our speed and flexibility we were easily able to just jump through the thick trees in a matter of minuets but with the car it was slower and harder. Eventually we came to a clearing, were I usually left my car, we would travel by foot from here.
Parking the car, in the small space surrounded by trees, we were in a bit of a dilemma. Sai was just as fast as any of us probably just a little slower then Naruto who was the fastest but he didn't have our strength and carrying Tenten would be difficult. So instead of just zooming through the trees we had to walk down a small secret path, that was marked by our scents.
We walked for about thirty minuets, When I felt a different presence approaching us. Leaping out of the trees Neji came up to greet us.
"Hey guys, I was wondering what was taking so long," he smirked.
"Well if you wouldnt be such a lazy ass, we would have gotten there hours ago." I shot right back.
He chuckled a bit at my remark.
"well I'm here now aren't I?" he said grinning again. "Give her to me Sai, that way we'll travel a lot faster" he said. I knew he just really wanted to hold her, it had nothing to do with travel efficiency. Sai was reluctant though handing over Neji's mate. Neji held her bridal style, and when he thought we werent looking he took a small sniff of her hair, enjoying the probably intoxicating aroma.
"Come on guys, Sheeta is waiting." he said jumping up and leaping through trees, Sai followed him closely behind, I stood there a while enjoying the alone time with my mate, she slept soundly in my arms, her face clam in a restful slumber. Bowing my head a bit I kissed her forehead gently, knowing it would be a while before I got to do that again, before she trusted me.
I crouched down, and pushed off hard, not realizing till I was in mid air how different it was with her in my arms, I lept from tree branch to tree branch, enjoying the feeling of being free in the trees again. She didn't even stir, wrapped tightly in my arms.
We cut the time well into a forth getting there much quicker, our mansion was boarded by a fifteen foot high wall, the entrance was a tall strong metal door with a pad lock that was old and rusted. We never unlocked it because we could easily just jump over the wall. The front of our mansion was a long wide yard with a giant garden and path with lots of cherry blossoms, and apple trees. It was beautiful, a completely natural scene perfect for our mates, and very large so that they could run around, and get tired even before they met the wall. We had two pools, an indoor and out door, plus a hut tub. We even had an outside cabin in-case we ever wanted to really be alone with them.
Making it there, I jumped again from my tree and landed swiftly on the ground on the inside of the wall.
Neji and Sai were already heading inside, I quickly following them. We entered our massive house, being welcomed by the large twin grand stair case, but in-between there was a door that led to an underground basement that held many rooms, including our torture room, to be quite honest I don't even know why we have that.
Decending the stairs we were greeted by Sheeta at the bottom. She led us to one of the larger rooms, where she set up a makeshift clinic. We would build a less ghetto one soon and upstairs, but for now this would have to do. The room was all white, and had three examination tables, plus a couple trays on wheels with all the different supplies.
"Welcome back masters, I have everything set up." she said in her sweet little voice.
"yes thank you Sheeta, Neji bring her around over here, Naruto and Sasuke will be here soon with two more so I have to work quickly." Sai said, pulling on some white gloves, and hanging a stethoscope around his neck. Neji carfeully laid the brunet on the bed, and Sai went straight to work, checking her joints, and taking her blood pressure with the plastic sleeve and meter.
"You can bring her over here Master Shikamaru," Sheeta said waving me over to the bed she was standing next to.
I walked over and laid her down. Sheeta got on a pair of gloves, and gingerly grabbed her hand bending her wrist gently checking her joints as well. They checked there knee joints, wrist, shoulders, elbows, and ancles. Once those were done, they listened to their hearts and lungs. Once everything was cleared by both of them, Sheeta took out a syringe, filled with a clear liquid. She injected it into her arm, and covered it with a small bandage. Taking out a small romote looking thing she went over the spot were she injected her and heard a small 'beep' indicating that the tracker was working.
"Ok she is all done, Now all that's left is place your mark on her, but that wont be until your ready" she said. I nodded and picked up my blond princess taking her to my room, where she could sleep until the medicine wore off.
(Neji's POV)
"Ok Neji, she's good to go." Sai said scribbling something down on a chart. I nodded my head in thanks, and cradled her in my arms. Leaving the clinic I headed for my room, passing Naruto and Sasuke on my way, with two girls in their arms. I went up the stairs, and through a hallway into my bedroom. I laid her down on my king sized bed, keeping her in my arms. It was fun watching her sleep, she was so cute, I could barely hold my excitement, but of course I would never show it, my authoritative look was key.
At some point I'm guessing I fell asleep because next thing I knew my head was throbbing. Something hit me on the head and I felt it hit the ground.
Getting up a bit startled, I looked around and right in front of me, my sweet little princess was glaring at me, a hard cover book in hand, her body in a defensive stance.
Tears were staining her cheeks, and she was flushed, and down right pissed.
Seeing her in distress like that made me instinctively get up and hold my arms out to her, approaching her slowly. But..
"DONT COME NEAR ME YOU LONG HAIRED TRANY FREAK!" she screamed at me. Her sudden outburst caught me by surprise, making be back off. I was so surprised I didn't have time to react as another book hit me on the head. I threw my hand up to protect my now throbbing head, and made a move to get closer again. But instead she came running at me, leaping a little and throwing a kick at me. I dodged crouching down, while her kick went right over me. Gently I grabbed her anckle making her fall.
She yelped when she hit the floor. I was trying not to laugh at her feeble attempts to strike me again, knowing that she was giving it her best effort. She threw a punch at me again, but I caught it grabbing onto her wrist. I gave a gentle tug and since she was kneeling, she fell forward her upper half landing on my lap. Pinning her arms behind her back with one hand, I used my other hand to rub circles on her back.
She tried flipping over off my lap on the floor, but I held her in place with barley any effort. I reminded my self to be aware of my strength, knowing that the little effort I was giving was equal to her own.
She screamed and thrashed around trying to get away, panicking now that she knew I had her.
"Let me go! Let me go you freak!" she screamed.
"ha ha, are you really in any position to be yelling at me?" I asked laughing.
"I can scream to anybody I want! Your not the boss of me!" she yelled.
"There's no reason to be yelling, I havent hurt you or done anything so your just being obnoxious." I said still laughing.
"YOU FUCKING KIDNAPED ME YOU PERVERT!" she yelled.
"No, I didn't kidnap you, the other guy did. Well I did tell him to, so I guess i'm to blame for that in a way."
She screamed some more desperately trying to get away. After a few minuets she just went limp, obviously exhausted. I could tell that she was crying, she tried hiding her face but I knew by the sent of the salty water trickling down her face. I continued rubbing her back, hoping she'd calm down a bit.
"Listen, I know your frightened, even though you don't show it, I can tell that your terrified right now. But there really isn't anything to be afraid of, I promise never to hurt you, and I also promise you a life full of comfort and love and anything you might need." I said quietly.
She tried getting away again, but I gently held on. She was crying a bit harder at the moment, probably losing the fight to hide it.
"Let me introduce myself, My name is Neji, I am a super human with special abilities and strenghts. I have gotten these gifts from a long line of animalistic ancestors. I have super speed and strenght, as well as the ability to control some of the elements, along with a few more powers here and there. I'm the leader of a group of five, your roommates, are also here and..." Neji couldn't continue, as Tenten jumped right out of his arms. Since he had been holding her arm, the sudden move pulled her's back a little to far, and then he heard a 'pop'. Tenten cried out in pain as she felt her shoulder pop out of its socket. She sank to her knees, holding her arm.
Neji was so surprised at her sudden escape and outburst it took a few seconds to comprehend what had just happened. Hearing Tenten cry out again, he jumped into action, making his way over to her. She shuffled her way back up against the wall tears streaming down her face.
"S-stay back! D-dont touch me!" she screamed through her tears.
"Hun please, I just want to help." Neji said desperately wanting to get his mate out of the pain she was in.
"Don't touch me! You did this! You hurt me!" she cried.
Neji felt like crawling into a pit of depression and crying himself. If he had been holding her better she wouldn't have been able to escape, and she wouldn't have hurt herself. He shouldn't have told her about her roommates, its what set her off in the first place.
"Please I can help. I don't want to hurt you I just want to help." he said.
Tenten just kept crying wanting this nightmare to be over. Neji crawled over to her slowly, she tried kicking him, but he easily dodged.
"Listen Hun, we have to pop it back in, or els it will hurt a lot worse. Its going to hurt for a second but then it will feel a lot better." he said.
"No, no, don't touch it." she cried.
"I'm sorry love but it has to be done." he said making his was over slowly.
"Please just leave me alone, please! OW!" Tenten shrieked. Neji when he was close enough, he used his speed to grab her arm and shoulder, giving it a quick tug and push popping it back into place. She cried out in pain, and burst into tears.
Neji gathered her into his arms, Tenten was so overwhelmed she actually accepted the hug, grabbing onto his shirt, and crying on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I know it hurt, but it will feel better soon." He shushed in her ear, picking her up into his arms. He carried her, back down to the basement. Sheeta was in the clinic cleaning up a bit when he went inside.
She looked up with a smile, but when she saw Tenten she motioned them over. Neji went over and sat her down on the table. Tenten looked around fearfully clutching her sore arm to tired to fight them off.
"She dislocated her shoulder, I popped it back right away but I want it checked out." He explained to Sheeta.
Sheeta looked surprised hearing such an injury just occurred.
"You were right to pop it back in, or els it could have gotten worse.. may I?" Sheeta asked Tenten, holding out her hands ready to check the shoulder. Tenten trembled a little but nodded knowing her shoulder could use some medical attention. Sheeta was very careful not to hurt her, but Tenten still winced at the soreness.
She clutched the edge of the bed hard, trying to hold still, as Sheeta moved her arm up and down checking for any ligament rips.
"You can hold my hand hun," Neji said softly offering his hand to her. Tenten refused it with a shake from her head.
"Nothing seems broken, it'll probably be sore for a couple days, ill get you some morphine for the pain. And i'm going to wrap it to help with the swelling, plus your going to wear a sling so that you don't force your shoulder to much." Sheeta said getting out some ace bandages and wrapping her up. She made a sling out of some white soft fabric tying it around her neck.
"here, these will help with the pain" she said handing her some pills."and these will help you rest" she said handing another pair of pills.
Neji took the last pair though, putting them away deciding she wouldn't need them till later. Neji helped Tenten unwillingly to her feet, putting an arm carefully around her shoulders leading her out. On the way they spotted Sai making his way down.
Shaking the arm off Tenten ran too him.
"Sai! Help you have to help me! He kidnapped me! He might even have Mikana!" Tenten cried fresh tears, overjoyed that she saw a familiar face.
Sai brought her in for a gentle hug, before pulling her away gently.
"Oh Tenten, what did you do to your self hmm?" he asked referring to her arm in a sling.
"He hurt me Sai!" she cried.
Sai wiped away her tears with his finger, and hugged her again.
"Tenten listen to me. Neji is a great guy, honest. If you stop resisting your going to love living here, Please I know this is new and frightening, but trust me, its all going to work out. Just give him a chance, please?" He asked.
"B-but he k-kidnapped me" Tenten whimpered backing away from Sai.
"Hunny, Sai works for us, he's our doctor, He became your friend too keep an eye on you, make sure you were safe." Neji said coming up from behind.
"Y-you tricked us?" Tenten asked not believing her own words.
"Don't look at like that Tenten please, Our friendship is real, I swear. I love you all so much and I did it because I know its best for you. The relationship with Mikana was fake I have to admit that, but I did love her like a sister, I love you like a sister, and I want whats best for my family." Sai explained, giving Tenten a reassuring pat on the head.
"Please, please give it a chance.." He begged her, moving past her to go back into the office.
Neji put his arm around Tenten reassuringly and led her upstairs, she was so confused, angry, scared, frustrated, to even know how to react anymore...
"Come on, some food will make you feel better" Neji promised, leading her up the stairs, and into the light of reality.
TO BE CONTINUED.