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Different peoples- Kerushii in thoughts

Kurisutaru in thoughts

Kyaserin in thoughts

Chapter 10

When Kerushii woke the first thing she noticed was the scent of another person. She frantically pushed herself up, the end result being her flipping off of the bed. She fell of backwards and she twisted around harshly and landed in a push-up position. Just because she had been miserable and then passive didn't mean that she needed to stop training as a ninja. Quickly straightening herself up into a defensive position, she began looking around the room. It was all black and red; the word Akatsuki popped into her head. When the word Akatsuki popped into her head so did the names.

She then stared back at the bed, Zetsu still had his flytrap retracted and was in jeans but was lacking a shirt. She stared blatantly as if in a trance. Then still being dumbfounded from waking up next to a person she hadn't seen in roughly a year, she sunk to the floor. She scooted into a corner and dreaded what morning would bring. She soon fell asleep sitting in her signature position in the corner. "Hanako, What have they been doing to you while I was sleeping?"

News had spread quickly around the Akatsuki base. The first thing that Kyaserin had done was check Kerushii's room. In the Akatsuki, each member got their own room; If partners decided to share a room, the rooms that one of them left would still be theirs. So no matter how many new members were recruited you still had a room to yourself. Until proclaimed dead that room was yours. Of course though she wasn't in there, she was still in Zetsu's room and nobody had seen either of them for two days.

-In Zetsu's room-

The past two days had been quite a challenge. Zetsu had been attempting to get Kerushii to trust him again. He left her alone for a while, and when he attempted to earn her trust she would mentally shut down. When he went to the side of the room she was on, the next thing he knew, she would be on the other side. It was day two and he hadn't slept in twenty hours so he pretty much was ready to smack her. He threw his hands up in the air and used some colorful words under his breath as he left his room, locking the door behind him.

As soon as Kerushii heard the lock click into place and his footsteps fade away she heaved a shaky sigh. She slumped on the wall breathing shakily as she slid lower and lower until she was half on the wall and half on the floor. She started thinking to herself, "I know I shouldn't be this difficult but I can't trust him. He left once and he'll do it again…" She tried her best to control her breathing and when she was finally calm she sent a pool of dark energy out under the whole Akatsuki base to figure out who was where. As soon as she determined Everyone's position she quickly walked over to the door and made a shell of dark energy around the door. She slid right through it with ease and quickly ran down the hall to her room.

As soon as she got there she collapsed on the bed her breathing had returned to its shaky quality. She swallowed and then went off to the small bathroom attached to her room. As she twisted the knobs on the shower and heard the patter of water hitting the floor she quickly undressed and stepped into the shower. Standing there she turned the water to its hottest degree. She allowed the water to run over her, she was so numb, she knew that she couldn't be that far below the average temperature of 98.6 but she hadn't felt truly warm in the longest time, she knew that she had turned numb from the inside out.

Zetsu walked into his room about twelve hours later. Upon seeing that Kerushii wasn't in his room he ran out into the main room where he noticed something else…Nobody was there.

Running through the halls, Zetsu finally approached the hallway that Kerushii's room was in. He saw Itachi and Kisame standing outside her door. They were just standing there… Zetsu approached them and opened his mouth to say something but before he could, surprisingly, Itachi said, "We came out because we heard singing. Then we heard some other sounds, Kyaserin and Kurisutaru went in and we haven't heard anything since." "Aa" Then they decided to just stand there and wait.

-In Kerushii's room-

They had been mentally conversing for some time now.

"I just don't know If I should trust him or not. I swear to him it must have seemed like I was never gone." "On the contrary as time passed he became more and more reclusive and miserable. He really did miss you." "Yeah, that's all true…However I think you shouldn't avoid him anymore. You can't go on like that forever. I know this is a stupid thing to say but I guess that you'll just have to forgive and forget…" "Yeah…I was just so lonely. I haven't loved anyone but my own child and even then I haven't been able to love her to the fullest…I swear I don't think I'll ever be able to trust him fully ever again." "Of course you will. It'll just take time, all things do." "I just don't think I can. Plus he doesn't know what pain I went through. It was being multiplied at night when I dreamt of him. I didn't sleep for long periods of time. I fed almost every day. It sucked." "I think that you should just give him one more chance. Just one to let him prove how much he loved you and if you get broken again, we'll be there to help you pick up the pieces." "…okay…but…I just don't think you guys would want to see me when I'm like that." "Speaking of that how did you get the new streak?" "Whenever I experience a great loss or sadness the emotion flows into my hair." "Aa"

Soon after that Kyaserin and Kurisutaru left the room. Soon after they left Zetsu lightly stepped in. He just stood in the doorway, looking at the ground when he looked at her again, he saw the usual empty eyes. He took a step towards her causing her to scoot back. Then he kept backing her up until her back was touching the bed. Then he lightly picked her up and set her down on the bed.

Before she could scramble away, he got on top of her and pinned her down. He pressed his lips to hers somewhat harshly. She stiffened and remained very tense throughout the kiss. When he pulled away, he looked down at her; she seemed to have retreated into her mind again. He leaned in and put his mouth by her ear, "Please…Kerushii…give me…one chance…to prove how much I love you. I want to help you. I want to help make the bad memories go away…Please…one chance."

Then he pulled back to hover above her and await her answer. He watched as some life began to return to her eyes. When it was all back she seemed lost in thought for a minute before letting her body relax completely. She allowed her neck to be bared towards him and said, "Do what you want, I'm yours"