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If you feel so filthy

So dirty so fucked up

If you feel so walked on

So painful so pissed off

You're not the only one

Refusing to go down

You're not the only one

So get up- Evanescence, Riot.

Chapter 10

Ari was not going to be taken so easily, she would fight, even if it meant fighting Itachi, who will have no control over his actions, with two broken legs and no chakra. She looked at Itachi and silently conveyed her thoughts through her expression. He understood, and even was impressed with her strength. He smirked slightly, Its about time she found some strength, he thought.

Itachi looked at Orochimaru, deviance evident in his expression. Orochimaru grinned; he had wanted Itachi to resist. He had wanted to control Itachi since the day he had first heard about his power. Orochimaru nodded to Kabuto. Kabuto opened the wooden box to reveal a syringe filled with a black liquid. He handed the syringe to Sasuke, who smiled darkly.

"You will always be weak." Itachi said to Sasuke. Sasuke ignored him and stabbed the needle into Itachi's upper arm, pushing the contents into his body.

Itachi started convulsing, and Sasuke removed the collar around his neck with a key. Soon Itachi was still in his chair.

"Itachi?" Orochimaru asked, waiting for a reply.

"Yes Orochimaru- sama." Itachi deadpanned. He raised his head, and there was an expressionless look in his eyes. Orochimaru laughed joyfully.

"Itachi, you will take that girl as your mate. Do you understand?" Orochimaru smiled and turned his attention to the girl on the couch.

"Yes Orochimaru- sama." Itachi said evenly. Kabuto released Itachi from his chains, and Itachi stood. He turned to the girl on the couch, and walked over slowly. Itachi seemed to look right through her.

"Itachi! Please wake up! You don't want to do this, remember? You don't even like me!" Ari pleaded to deaf ears. Itachi grabbed Ari by the throat, cutting off her protests. She tried to hit him, to push him off, to fight back, but it was no use he moved on top of her, attacking her captive throat with bites. He was like an animal, and she was his prey. She stopped fighting, realizing that the more she fought back, the more he would hurt her. When she relaxed, she felt him ease up on the biting. Slowly she tried to hide her mind in her body, away from what was going to happen to her. She felt him reaching under her, lifting her off of the couch and closer to his lower half. She closed her eyes as she felt him tugging at the obi, trying to undo it with animal like intensity. She braved a look at him, to judge his expression. He looked at her, finally looked at her and winked.

It all happened so fast, Itachi threw a kunai at Orochimaru, who easily dodged it. But as Itachi threw the weapon, Sasuke stabbed Kabuto with the real serum. Orochimaru looked around, stunned by the turn of events.

"Kabuto, kill Orochimaru." Sasuke commanded. Kabuto looked up with dead eyes.

"Yes Sasuke- sama." He launched at Orochimaru who jumped back. Itachi and Sasuke joined the battle as several shinobi came to their leader's aid. Ari struggled to remove the collar from her neck. She looked around the room and found the key lying forgotten on the floor by the chair Itachi was chained to. She threw herself off of the couch and onto the floor, dodging bodies, and jutsus flying around. She managed to get to the key to be hit with a wind jutsu which threw her across the room and into a wall. She coughed up blood, and looked to her hand. The key was still in it. She fumbled with the collar and finally got it off. She began to feel the chakra return to her body, and now she was MAD.

Itachi noticed a rising chakra pattern; he looked over at Ari who was glowing with chakra. Apparently she wasn't the only one who noticed as the Sound ninja, and Sasuke looked over at her.

All the anger she felt for Orochimaru and Kabuto for the pain they put her through, for Itachi for never taking her seriously, for her town for treating her so badly, for her family leaving her, she exploded. She screamed and her chakra blew up the side of the house, pushing everyone outside. Now everyone was looking at her. Her long brown hair had turned jet black, and her violet eyes had turned jade green. Her body seemed to float through the air as she moved to Orochimaru.

"And now, you die." She said coldly. With lightning speed she punched him in the chest, making him fly through the air, taking out three trees in the process. Kabuto kept trying to fight Orochimaru, but the girl wanted him all for herself. She back handed Kabuto, knocking him out cold. She turned her attention to the snake again. He rose uncertainly, looking for his shinobi but finding none that would come to his aid.

"Ari." Itachi said, coming close behind her.

"My name is not Ari, I am Anna." She said coldly, not even looking at Itachi.

"Anna, you are not a killer. Let me handle this." Itachi moved even closer. Somehow his voice was soothing to Anna. She felt some of the anger start to dissipate. She turned to Itachi, and felt her hatred start to fail. Desparately she turned back to Orochimaru looking to hold on to the anger, until he was dead by her hand. But Itachi had said she wasn't a killer.

"I could be a killer Itachi." She said, with a slight hitch in her voice. He was standing directly behind her now; he placed a hand on her shoulder, causing Anna to flinch.

"Not today." He responded. She felt her anger slip away. Her hair turned back to its light brown and her eyes to their violet. She smiled slightly before falling to the ground unconscious. She didn't see the kunai shoved in Orochimaru's chest by his most trusted henchman. She didn't see Itachi and Sasuke chase off the rest of the Sound ninja together. She didn't see a rare smile Itachi gave her as he lifted her off the ground and jumped in the trees headed for the base. She didn't see Sasuke turn to head towards Leaf, his home. She did however, FEEL. She felt safe in Itachi's arms, and freer than she had felt in a very long time. When Ari had awoken, she was in her own bed, and both of her legs were healed. She smiled a real smile for the first time in a long time and left her room in search of her teachers. She still had a lot to learn.

A/N: Sequel coming up VERY soon. More on Sasuke and Itachi, what had changed, Ari's story, who the hell is Anna, what the H.E double hockey sticks is going on with the transformation, and maybe a pairing in the very far future. I wanted to end this story on this note; I didn't want it to be a never ending epic adventure, but rather a kind of mini series. Please read and review!!

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