YAY! Chapter 10 has arrived!
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Warning!: People may seem a little OC in this chapter, or previous chapter. Let it go. It's a FANFICTION! It's not gonna be perfect!

Now, Konan-chan, will you do the disclamer for me?

Konan: Uh sure, why not!

Konan: DISCLAMER: CHIRUDA-SAN DOES NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS! IF SHE HAS FORGOTTEN TO PUT THIS PUT THIS ON PREVIOUS CHAPTERS, THE SAME APLIES.

Me: Tank yooooo!

Oh yes, I used some Japanese words in here!

Arigatogazaimasu = I thank you very much

Hai = Yes

Enjoy!
Chapter 10: Food, Freedom and Konan

Once we left "Leader-sama's" office, Sasori walked us down a long corridor. I gathered that we were underground (or somewhere similar), because of the lack of windows. He stopped in front of a large-ish door, and made me push it open. My hand touched the cold wood, and pushed. It was odd watching my hand move all on it's own... My fingertips tingled as the chakra strings connected to the back of my hand were twitched around.

"This is my workshop" Sasori said with a hint of teasing in his voice. Teasing for what reason I wouldn't know. He controlled me until we reached a long wooden workbench, at which point he disconnected the chakra strings, and my whole body crumpled side ways. Lucky he had made me hop up onto the bench before he pulled the strings back.

"What do you want with me? Other than to use me like a toy, until I become unable to continue..." I put all the hatred I could into those words, hoping-stupidly- that my ice cold delivery would give me more of a chance. Of course it didn't. He just smirked, and walked out, leaving me slumped over on the hard bench, like a disused play thing.

A while later he walked back in, I was nearly asleep, if you could call it that. I noticed as I looked through my eyelashes that he was guiding another puppet into the room... My eyes flew open, and the breath hitched in my throat.

"Tatsu-haru" his emotionless face stared past me, at the well opposite the door. Sasori smirked.

"Thought you might like to see the use to what your friend was put" he glanced at me.

Gradually losing control; I started shaking violently as the tears streamed over the bridge of my nose, and made a small puddle on the workbench. I could smell the salty water, which just made me cry harder.

"Oh, looks like I struck a nerve... My mistake..."

"huh-huh-huh-huhu" again, I was crying... "stop stop stop crying!" I thought to myself, Sasori only stared. Occasionally smirking, or twitching a finger, also making Tatsuharu move his arm.

"W-w-why are you doing this?" I asked... Staring at Tatsuharu's partially wooden face. His cheeks had been replaced with wood, but his hair looked the same-dark blue and messy, his eyes still glistened like they used to, but the spark of life had vanished, leaving them empty hollow shells. As though his very soul had been replaced with the same wood as his cheeks.

"If you mean by "you", myself personally; this is my art. Puppet making... You could call it a hobby. But if by "you" you mean Akatsuki as a whole, that is something you will have to ask Leader-sama... It's not something I think I should tell you."

"Bu-"

"The subject is closed" With that he walked past me to a rack on the wall which he hung Tatsuharu on, before turning back to me.

"I suppose I should take you back to your room." for the second time that day I felt my body act without my will, and soon after I was locked in "my room" with some clean clothes, and a pair of crutches. I looked around taking in my surroundings.

"Well, it could be worse" I said to myself, looking around the small room. There was a wardrobe in the corner, next to a classic paper and wood sliding door. I snatched up the crutches from the floor next to the futon (convenient seeing as I couldn't move very easily), and hobbled-dare I use that word- over to the door. I slid it open and found to my surprise a bathroom. There was a large bath, complete with shower, and a big sink, with a toilet in the corner. At least my cell was comfortable. I noted there were several white towels stacked in the corner.

"May as well take advantage of my captors hospitality" I swung myself back into the bedroom, and pulled some clothes out of the wardrobe. I dumped them on the toilet seat,

and turned the taps on. As the water was cascading out of the taps I looked in the mirror at my battered body.

"Dahh!" My face was filthy, I had a spilt lip, and a deep cut going down the left side of my face. My hair was matted and greasy, there were small bits of twig and leaf stuck in... It. I paused... The leaf was reminding me of home. My heart suddenly wrenched, and I had to grab the sink for support, it felt like is was literally crumbling. Before I knew it, I was sitting on the floor leaning against the bath sobbing, choking, and crying my heart out.

"Naruto" I said as my hand raised to my chest... I slipped sideways and cried on the bath mat, letting it soak up my tears.

"Here, here...Don't cry" I sniffled as I stood up to undress. I slipped my sore legs into the hot water, and relaxed as it took my weight, relieving my tired muscles.

After relaxing for about 15 minutes I decided I should wash my hair, I slid under the water, and started running my fingers through my hair. I yanked leaves, and twigs out of my it until I could come my fingers through. That took way to long. Considering I couldn't see a hair brush anywhere I had to use my fingers. While I was busy coming I noticed a bottle of soap on the corner of the bath. I reached for it, and felt my back catch fire!

"AGGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!" I screamed falling backwards, "what's... happening" I gasped. I reached backwards over my shoulder, and lightly touched my back. my fingers met a large gash, that I hadn't notice till now, I brought my hand back round in front of my face and stared at it... It was covered in watered down blood, that's when I noticed the water was pink with my blood. It was going to sting, but I needed to wash my hair. So I slid carefully forward to reach the soap, squeezed some out in my hand, and rubbed it all over my hair...

"Hmmmm" I moaned as I slipped down into the water fearing that the soap would burn like acid. It did, and I screamed, failing to keep my voice under control like I had wanted to.

"AGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Oh my GOD!!!! SHIT!" I swore as I sat up, trying to ignore the pain raging in my back.

As I got out, an insane grin lit up my cheeks, "may as well ruin a couple of Akatsuki's towels..." I thought to myself "While I can"...

"Ah ha ha ah ha ha" I laughed for what felt like the first time in years. I rubbed the towel on my back and let my blood soak into it, with a rather sadistic pleasure at the pain. I wrapped the towel around my body and searched around the cupboard above the toilet for some bandages. I found them and set to work bandaging my back, I wrapped them around my whole torso, then tied it just behind my arm. I snapped off some more, and tied my hair in two huge waist length messy bunches, and then took a look at the top I had grabbed from the wardrobe. It was a black crop top, but it had black net sown to it to make it the same length as a normal shirt. the sleeves where that of a cap sleeved T-shirt, but they also had net sewn on so they became three quarter lengths. "Not to bad" I thought, and slipped it over my head. The next item of clothing I found was pretty embarrassing, someone had taken the liberty to provide me with underwear... it was black and plain-thank Kami-sama- but still... Seeing as I had no other options I put them on, and moved onto the bottoms. Purple shorts, just above the knee, similar to what Neji-kun used to wear I thought, regretting it instantly. Neji... Another close friend I would never see again.

"NO! DON'T THINK LIKE THAT!!" I scolded myself. I slipped on the shorts, and found in the pockets some fish nets.

"Oh. My. God! I missed my ones!" I pulled them on over my shin on one side, and my knee on the other, and then put on the simple ninja shoes that I had placed beside the sink. I pulled them on, and walked out into the bedroom again, grabbing my crutches when I stumbled a bit on the way to the futon. Then collapsed onto it, letting the strain come of my aching legs. I quickly fell asleep...

I awoke with stiff aching limbs, and a pounding headache to a knock on my door.

"Hai?" I said in a groggy voice.

I was expecting Sasori to enter, but it wasn't him. It was a young woman, with blue hair. She walked over with a tray of food, and set it down next to my futon.

"Can you sit up?" She asked in a cold, but soft voice. I tried, but cried out when my back gave a particularly painful throb, and fell back onto the pillow.

"Here, let me help" She slid her hands behind my back and then under my arms and pulled me up. With great ease I found to my horror. She placed the try on my lap and left me to eat in silence. A little while later Sasori came in, and took the try away, before coming back and using his chakra strings to help me stand again.

"Do you think you can walk on your own today?" He said in a frustrated voice. I took a moment to wonder why he was so pissed before nodding and bending down to get the crutches and wincing when my back burned again. I started to reach for them again, but a hand came out of no where picked them up and handed them to me. I looked up surprised. Sasori was holding them out, looking the other way. With a twisted up look on his face. I stared at him, but when he jerked his arm, making the crutches shake violently I snapped out of it, and snatched them off him, and began to swing myself out the door and away down the hall.

Again, we stood outside Pein's door. Sasori gently shoved my arm to make me move forward. I did, glaring at Pein as I entered.

"Sasori-san, would you wait outside?" His voice rang through the large-ish room,, sending shivers up my spine.

"Hai, Leader-sama" With that he turned closed the door, and we heard his footsteps moving away from the us.

"What is it?!" I growled.

"You'll address me with more respect if you want to live" again my skin crawled.

"What is it... Leader-sama?" I asked my voice stiff and my teeth gritted.

"Better" He nodded to himself. "We're letting you go" My eyes widened.

"You're what?" The disbelief in my voice must have been obvious, because he nodded his head once and beckoned into the shadows. The woman from before stepped forwards.

"Konan-san, please take our guest to the South Exit, and direct her to the nearest civilization.

"Hai,Pein-sama" She bowed to him, looked at me, and strode past to the door. We walked for about 5 minutes in silence, before I could stand it no longer, and had to ask.

"Why are you letting me go just like that? What about Naruto? Are you letting him go?!"

"Itachi-san neglected his duty, and did not return with the Jinchuriki host of the Kyubi" My jaw dropped.

"He what?" She nodded. "Well, that's... That's fucking weird!" I said, and she looked at me.

"What? Are you mad? You should be happy, your friends and... Lover... Are safe" I stopped walking.

"Lover?! How do you know?!" She just laughed. It was a beautiful sound, like bells, and a fast stream. I stared. How could someone so pure be in Akatsuki...

"I'm a woman, and I've been following you for days. You think I haven't noticed" I started walking again, staring at her back. Maybe one of them was nice after all...

"B-but that still doesn't explain why you are letting me go?"

"You are unnecessary. Pein-sama and myself talked about it to great length last night. And after speaking with Kakuzu as well, we both believe you would take up space and money we don't want to give away. Sasori doesn't like this idea though. He wanted to keep you prisoner and use you as a puppet."

"This seems odd. But aren't you scared I'll go out into the world and blab about you hideout?" She shrugged.

"Sasori was ordered to take care of that. While you slept last night, we had him place a sealing jutsu on you. This will prevent you from talking about said jutsu and our whereabouts."

"Oh"

We turned right then, and began walking up hill. We were in a rocky dark tunnel, which looked like the rest of the base, but something was different. It was imperceptibly warmer, and as we moved further up the tunnel, it began to get lighter as well.

"Here you are." Konan said, pointing towards an arch of light at the end of the tunnel. we walked right up to it, then she stopped and beckoned me forwards. The tunnel was set back a little into a massive wall of rock. The bit she was standing on was a platform of stone that had a winding path leading down the rock face coming off it. She pointed down the path and said,

"Go down the path, and continue in that direction for about 3 miles. There is a small encampment of Konoha ninja there. We spotted them last night." She paused then swallowed, and looked down at the ground. When she looked back at me a small smile was playing on her lips,

"Good luck" My mouth fell open, and I couldn't help but stare.

"Ah, umm... Arigatogozaimasu" I said nodding my head bowing would have torn my back open again.

"You better leave before Pein-sama changes his mind."

"uh-huh... Hai" I turned and ran (slower than I normally would) down the rock path and into the forest.

Did you like it???

Konan: I did! I'm really nice atfer all! In your face suckers *flips of the world*

Me: Um, right... Anyway!

I have decided to write ANOTHER story... *guilty look* It's called Winding Fates Entangled Past, and it's a Soul Eater one! All say yay for Soul Eater *crickets* Whatever! (I love that word)

Konan: Get on with it Chi!

Me: Oh sorry... It's KidXOC, and here's the blurb

I had always felt out of place in my boring old School in London. But on the night my parents died... I found out why. I was a Demon Weapon, and I needed a Meister. When I woke up I was in Shibusen... Now I have a home... In Death City none the less... NOW SOMEONE WILLGET ME A FRICKEN MEISTER BEFORE I CUT YA'LLS HEAD OFF!

Me: Sound Good?!

Konan: Not really...

Me: That's only cos your not in it you vane being :P

Konan: *mutters* bitch...

Me: Anyway! That will be posted up soon!

Both: JA NE!

Me: *comes running back* REVIEW! OR SHADOW-CHAN SHALL CUT YEE'S HEADS OFF! CHA!