Escape from Chains

"Zetsu-senpi! I think the girl is moving!"

"Tobi…you don't have to yell it…I'm standing right next to you idiot!"

It had been three days since Matsuri was taken. She was unconscious for a while but eventually woke up. She wasn't badly hurt but she was chained to the ceiling.

'Shit…I can't break free.' She thought as she struggled to free herself. 'Where am I?'

She looked around nervously and saw two people sitting on what looked to be giant hands. One looked like a plant and the other…was the one who got her. 'Him…'

*RUMBLE* a cave door opened. Not wanting to be seen awake she pretended to be asleep. Diedara and Sasori entered.

"Oi! Zetsu get the leader…tell him the one tail is here." Diedara said walking in and dropping Gaara on the floor.

Matsuri opened her eyes when she heard one tail. "Gaara!" She said and everyone in the hideout that was present looked up at her.

"Told ya she was awake Zetsu!" Tobi said as he slapped him on the back. Tobi was thrown across the hideout for that one.

"Annoying…" Zetsu said as he jumped off the hand.

"This is the girl…Gaara's most precious person." Pein walked form the shadows. "Not everyone in here…Zetsu! Tobi! Chain the boy to the ground right below her…let her feel pain as she watches him die."

'Die!?...No…no….' She grew angry. "NO! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HIM! OR I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU!!!"

"Such bold words for such a weakling" Pein said as he motioned them to chain Gaara down.

"Pien…do you sense that?" Itachi said as he also came out of the shadows along with Kisame. There was a dark aura engulfing Matsuri.

"Yes…it's the Reibi*…its finally awake…"

"Why awaken it? Can't we just remove it like any other bijuu?" Kisame asked.

"No…the Reibi is no ordinary Bijuu…it has no tails to grab and it is in the depths of the host's heart." Itachi replied

"By awakening it we have the chance to extract it…it's the first step to the plan." Pein finally finished. "We don't extract it…we use its power to manipulate the Shukaku to leave the host's body."

"Reibi?" Matsuri said as she calmed down realizing what they were talking about.

"Yes...it's the Bijuu sealed in you." Pein said. "You were despised by the villagers not because of your parents but because you had a demon in you...without you they could not have sealed Shukaku in Gaara...and with its power we can extract it."

"Then...it's all my fault..." She gave up struggling. "He's gonna die because of me."

"So that's why we took her…" Diedara said. "She holds the key to the Shukaku."

"Yes. She does…let's start the process." Pein motioned to Zetsu who shot a vine into her. and connected the other end to a large statue.

"GAAAAAAHHHHHH!" The chakra was sucked out of her. It continued for more than two days. By this time Gaara had woken up. He saw what was happening.

'Matsuri!' He tried to move but couldn't. His chakra was still almost gone but he summoned some sand. "HA!" The sand flew at the vine and broke it. He threw it at the chains now and they also broke. Matsuri fell form the ceiling completely unconscious and bloody. She hit the ground just as Gaara freed himself from the chains. "Matsuri! Wake up!" He frantically tried to stop the blood. It kept gushing. He didn't know what to do. He took his shirt off and wrapped it around the wound. He turned around to see Diedara and Sasori flying at him. "Rock Hard Sand Shield!" The two where shielded instantly. 'Almost out…gotta get her out of here!' He thought as he made some hand signs. "Groundhog tunnel jutsu!" He and Matsuri were pulled under the ground. It was perfect timing too. Diedara had just broken through the wall.

"Their gone...looks like I'm going hunting again." Diedara said.

"No…We have enough of her chakra…just get the boy…she'll be dead by time he gets the bleeding to stop…we have no further use for her."

"Sure sure." Diedara and Sasori disappeared in a puff of smoke.

*3 kilometers from the hideout*

*WHOOOOSH* Gaara and Matsuri came up form the ground. He collapsed as he tried to carry Matsuri to the bushes to hide there while he tried to treat her. Temari had been a medic at first when she was promoted to Jonin so she had taught him some of the basic healing techniques.

'Damnit…come on don't give up now.' He thought as he desperately tried to save her. "!" *Badump…Badump…Badump…* "Matsuri!" Her heart was beating again. He started to give her mouth to mouth to help it stay beating. He looked down now to see the bleeding had stopped.

"uhhhhh…." Matsuri woke up. She looked up to see Gaara over her. She blushed at first then jumped on him. "Gaara! Your oka-" She was silenced by his lips as she was kissed passionately.

He pulled away. "Well that shut you up…look we're not far away from the hideout…we have to move." He tried to get up but fell back down.

"Your in no shape to move…come here." She put her hand on his heart. She transferred some of her chakra into his and healed all of his wounds. "That ought to hold you up for a while." Now she tried to stand but also fell down. "Better me than you." She said laughing but not for long. She became unconscious one again.

"Matsuri…" He sighed as he picked her up. 'Thank you' He hid her in the trees and ran off in the other direction. 'Please be safe.'

*END*