Hello my friends. Here's another chapter for you.
"Didn't know? What the hell were you expecting would happen?" my blood was boiling. "I was only taking enough so she wouldn't fight back at me." Haru began pacing the room. Mikki needs to get treatment now. We suddenly hear a crash from the other room. Gaara runs into the room and grabs Mikki. "Gaara?" He looks at us then his sand takes them both away. He's kidnapping Mikki. I open the window and go after him. His sand leads me to the clearing that we were at earlier.
The sand disappears and Gaara places Mikki on the ground. When I got closer I see a blue girl kneeling next to Mikki. "Gaara? What are you doing with Mikki?" I asked. Gaara and the blue girl looked over at me. Her eyes were a chakra color and she was wearing what Mikki was. "Hoshi?" that's the only person I could think who that could be. Mikki must have let Hoshi out when we were apart. Hoshi got up and walked over to me. "You shouldn't be here Yamato." She told me. I grabbed her hand and looked her in the eyes "I have to be here, Hoshi. I'm worried about Mikkki. So don't tell me otherwise." Hoshi smiles and walks back to Mikki. "Damn you Haru. You could have killed her." Hoshi put her hand on Mikki's head and begins to merge into her. She must have been the one that touched Mikki that night. Neji and Haru caught up to me. Neji looked a little relieved when he saw Mikki. "Her chakra is coming back." He said. Mikki's eyes snap open and she sat up quick. She looked around at us. Her gaze stopped at Haru.
"You almost killed me!" She yelled at him. Mikki tried to stand up but Gaara and I struggled to hold her down. She is still injured and shouldn't waste her energy. "I'm so very sorry Mikki. I can't forgive myself for what I've done." Mikki stopped moving and started to listen to him. "We will stop going after you and we are going to leave Orochimaru." Her jaw dropped. "Also your brother is still alive. He wanted us to keep this from you so you wouldn't have any reason to leave." Her brother? Now that you mention it, I remember her saying she had one when I first met her. "Kazuo, h-he's alive?" Haru nods "Yes, he's at Orochimaru's hideout in the Hidden Mist Village. Aoi and I will get him back for you." Mikki jumped up and ran over to Haru. He flinched, afraid she was going to hurt him, but all she did was hug him. He relaxed and hugged her back. "Thank you. There is some good in you after all." She said to him. When she let go Haru looked her in the eyes. "I am truly sorry. I had no intention of causing you that much harm." Mikki smiled at him.
"I forgive you this time. Just please be careful out there. I want to see you three back in the leaf village in one piece. I want a fare rematch with you guys." She said to him. Haru smiled at her "Of course we'll come back in one piece. What would you expect from us?" Haru ran off fast. Mikki walked back over to us. "Looks like we need that bandage again." She joked to fix the heavy atmosphere surrounding us. I still had one question "Hay Gaara how did you know Mikki was in trouble?" He looked at Mikki as if they were having a mental conversation with one another. "Because Hoshi heard Mikki's mental cry for help. Hoshi couldn't risk being seen by Haru, so I went in her place" He said. She can use telepathy with Hoshi when she is out of her? That's really neat. Mikki hugged Gaara which really caught him off guard. "Thank you." She said to him. "Any time." He said. Mikki walks back over to us "Anyone ready to go to bed?" Neji smiled "I am." He said. Mikki laughs.
We wave by to Gaara for the second, and hopefully the last time tonight, and head back to the hotel. Neji flopped face first onto the bed and fell asleep almost instantly. Mikki changed into her old clothes to sleep in and cleaned up the bite. When she got out of the bathroom she walked over to me. I bandaged up the wound for her. "Hay um Yamato. Could you uh... c-could you?" She was struggling to find the right words, but I knew what she was going to ask. "Sure." I tell her. She grabs my arm and starts to pull me into her room. She sat on the bed and waited for me to lay down next to her. Mikki lays down and hugs me from behind. "I was s-so scared. I thought he was g-going to kill me." Her voice quivered. I turn over and face her, wrapping my arms around her to hold her close to me. "It's alright. You're safe now." I assure her. We fall asleep in each other's embrace.
~Le Next Moring~
I wake up and Mikki is on her back still asleep. The covers weren't over her much so I go to cover her up more and I notice her shirt was up quite a bit. When getting a better look, I saw a bunch of small scars all over her stomach and one longer scar running across it. I moved her shirt up a little to see it better. Mikki's breathing changed and her arms moved trying to pull her shirt back down. "Yamato?" I hear Neji say from behind me. "What are you doing?" I look down. Not only was I pulling her shirt up but I was also straddling Mikki. I pull her shirt back down and climb off the bed quick. "I saw a scar on her stomach." Neji looked at me with disbelief. "I wasn't going to do anything to her." Neji walked back into the other room and sat back on the bed. "Did she ask you to sleep with her or did you sleep walk this time?" He asked. "She asked because she was afraid." Neji got quiet.
"Morning guys." Mikki said scratching her head. Neji smirked at me and opened his mouth to speak. "Mikki, guess what Yamato was-" I cover his mouth with my hand. "Heheh silly Neji." Mikki was half awake and flopped onto the bed with us. Her bandages needed to be changed so I let go of Neji's mouth hoping he won't say it and walk over to my bag to grab some more bandages. I finally found some and walked back over to her. As I was I unwrapping the old bandage, I saw some bruises on her wrists that looked like finger marks. "Where did these come from?" I ask pointing at them. She lifts her hand so she could see. "It was when I was being pinned down last night." She said. I am still mad that Haru did that to her. I finished changing her bandage and she hugged me. "Thanks." I hug her back. All of our stomachs grumbled at once as if they were screaming 'feed us' at the top of their nonexistent lungs.
"Looks like its breakfast time." I said. Mikki went back to her room to change back into her day clothes. Now we have to go find a place to go eat. Mikki found a cute little restaurant for us pretty fast. Neji sat on one side while Mikki and I sat on the other side. Well she was practically leaning on me more than sitting next to me. Mikki was still recovering from all the chakra she lost last night. She didn't really eat much and when she did it was very slow. "Are you alright?" Neji asked. Mikki nods slowly. "Are you sleepy or something?" She looks out the window. "Something like that." Mikki suddenly got up. "Children!" Hoshi said. I grabbed Mikki and sat her back down, "No Hoshi. That's creepy." I said. Neji laughs "Your one to talk about being creepy Yamato." and takes a sip from his water.
"Aww but they are so cute. You'll scare them. No I won't. Yes you will." Mikki and Hoshi were having a conversation with each other. It was quite interesting to watch. There were some signs from other shops blowing in the wind outside. A lot of the sand was being blown around everywhere. "The sand storm is here." I said. Mikki and Hoshi got quiet and looked out the window again. Mikki got up again and made the tora sign. Her chakra was being focused to the spot next to Neji. Hoshi appeared next to him. "Hi." The look on Neji's was priceless. He kept looking back at Mikki then me then back at Hoshi.
"You ok?" she tried to feel his forehead in case he had a fever. Neji grabbed her hand. "She is solid chakra. Woah." Hoshi laughs at him. Mikki sits back down and leans back on me. "Why did you do that Mikki?" Is she thinking strait? "The sand storm is going to get really strong shortly." But Mikki is really weak right now. "I know what you're thinking and she's fine, she's just thinking." Hoshi leans over the table and taps Mikki's shoulder. She sits up "You guys ready? I have a plan." She asked with one of her smiles. So that's what she's been thinking about. "We are going to split into two groups. Yamato and Neji you two will be together." Neji grins satisfied with what he's hearing. "And Hoshi and I will be together. Each group has someone who can see while the other can't." Hoshi was smirking looking out the window. "We will go down each street to see if anyone needs help. Yamato's group will be on the north side. Our group will be on the south side. We meet back at the hotel." Just as Neji and I were getting up to go, Hoshi adds something.
"This will be like a little game. Boys versus girls. So let's begin." This just got really interesting. Neji and I run to the north side. The wind and sand was blowing like crazy. It was very hard to see, well not for Neji. He took the lead down the street, no one so far needed help. Most were inside already. "Were we supposed to see how many people to help or how fast we get this done to win?" Neji didn't seem to know either. Let's just do both, no harm in doing that, right?
~Mikki POV~
Hoshi and I made it to the south side fast, partly because we were closer to it. Hehehe we weren't cheating, well not exactly. Hoshi found a small child who was crying. "Hay what's wrong?" She asks the little boy. "I-I can't find my house. The sand hurts my eyes." He said crying. Hoshi picks the boy up in her arms. He stopped crying and looked at her. "Where do you live?" The boy described the house since he didn't know where it was. Hoshi found it, it just so happens to be down the street more. Hoshi gives the boy to his family.
"That was hard for you to give the kid back wasn't it?" Hoshi nods. She really loves kids. Hoshi didn't see anyone else out, everyone was already in their homes. We head back to the hotel to meet the guys. When we were inside, no one else was there. "Looks like we win." I go sit on the bed. My hair was a total mess from the sand and wind. Hoshi uses her fingers to comb through it. "When do you think they'll get here?" Hoshi shrugs. I hope they are alright. There was a knock at the door. Hoshi opens it and the guys come in. "Sorry we are late." Neji was trying to catch his breath. Yamato flops onto the bed facing downward.
I pet his head, getting some sand off of his head. His hair is soft. Yamato turns and faces me. He scoops one of his arms around my waist pulling me down to face his chest. "I'm going to take a nap guys." He says not letting go. "Huh?" If he is then why am I here? "Okay have fun." Neji says with a smile. He and Hoshi walk into the other room leaving Yamato and I alone. "Hoshi help. No you're fine just take a nap." It would be nice to take a nap. I let out a sigh and close my eyes.
~Hoshi POV~
Neji and I left into the other room. "Looks like Yamato made the first move." Neji said. I laugh "Mikki asked him to sleep with her last night, so she made the first move." Neji and I both knew that the two have feeling for one another. "It is very clear they like each other, why are they not telling the other?" he asked in a low voice not wanting them to overhear. "Hoshi help. No you're fine just take a nap." It's amazing neither has noticed. "I'm surprised she hasn't asked him, she saw one of his dreams and she was in it." His jaw dropped. "She can see dreams?" I nod, maybe I should leave out the part where she saw his as well.
"We need to think of some way to get them to tell each other." That could be tricky, but they need to do it. "Do you have a plan?" He sits on the bed and puts his hand on his chin. "Hm it's a bit risky but it could work." I sit on the bed facing him. "How so?" He looks me in the eyes "It would involve kidnaping Mikki and having Yamato on a wild goose chase outside." He's right that is a bit risky. "It might just work. It has to be flawless." Neji nods, just as he was about to explain better. "Is Yamato here?" Neji opens the door and pops his head out "He's right there." And pokes back in. "We will act tonight while they sleep, ok?" I nod.
~Mikki POV~
As I was drifting off to sleep, someone throws open the door. "Is Yamato here?" some guy with a black outfit and purple makeup on his face asks loudly. Our eyes snap open, we look at each other with blank expressions. Neji opens the other room door and peers his head out. "He's right there." And peeks his head back in. Yamato rolls onto his other side to face him. "What is it Kankuro?" he asks. Kankuro walked into the room. "Gaara sent me to tell you that the sand storm is going to last until late tomorrow- hay a girl." He notices me and walked over to the bed more. "That's Mikki." Yamato introduces me. "Hi Mikki. Gaara and Temari told me a little about you." He smiled at me.
"Oh and that the power might go out. This is the strongest sand storm this village has seen in over a hundred years." A power outage? Sweet! Hoshi and I could freak out the guys. "If you guys need anything, I'll be down the hall. Temari thought it would be a good idea if I was nearby." I wave Kankuro goodbye as he shuts the door. "So much for a nap." Yamato gets up and walks over to the window. He opened the curtain to see nothing but sand everywhere. "Yikes, good thing we are in here." I say. I bet the sand feels like needles outside. Yamato shuts the curtains and turns and faces me. "Do you want to walk around the hotel?" We will be stuck here for a while, better make the most of it. "Sure!" I get up and head to the door.
Yamato and I go down the long hallway. We were on the third level of the building. There were some people chatting loudly in their rooms. All the windows were shut tightly and the blinds were closed, it kind of gives off an eerie feeling. There were stairs at the end of the hall. There were so many steps. At the main level, a lot of people were trying to check into some rooms. It was very hectic. A big gust of wind shook the building a little. Then the power just went out. Gasps and murmur went through the lobby. Emergency light went on by the stairs and exits. "We should go back to the room, now might not be the best time to go walking." Yamato whispers in my ear and we decide to head back.
~Hoshi POV~
"Can you separate from Mikki on you own?" I ponder that for a moment. "Yes but I don't do it unless it's necessary." I suppose this is one of those times. "While Yamato is a sleep you make Mikki walk into the hall then separate from her. We will hide her at Gaara's office and leave a note next to Yamato. The note will be something like 'we have Mikki come alone to the kazekage's office if you want to see her again alive'. There will be a genjutsu set up so he can't see us standing in the room but he can hear us. Also we will need to disguise our voices with it." Neji's plan seemed flawless. "But what about Mikki? She might put up a fight if she wakes up during this." Neji had to think about this for a moment. "We will tie her up and have a blindfold." That doesn't sound good. "But only so she doesn't know it's us doing this." Now I'm not so sure about this anymore. The building shakes and the power goes out. "This might help us." I could tell he was smiling. "Your plan better work." The door opens and Mikki and Yamato walk in. "Finally we made it back." Mikki sounded relieved. "I'm ready to go back." I walk over and touch Mikki's head.
~Mikki POV~
It was so dark in the room I was still holding onto Yamato's arm so I wouldn't trip. The three of us just sat in the room in silence. "So what did you and Hoshi talk about?" Yamato was the first to break the silence. "Nothing really. We were just talking about random stuff." He said a little dubious. "When do you think the power will come back on?" I ask. "Don't know maybe tomorrow." Neji said. I felt arms hold me from behind, Yamato. I lean back into his hold.
During the rest of the day we all just talked and laughed. When it felt like it was night, Neji left to go to the other room to sleep. I decided I was going to sleep in my day clothes rather than try to put on the other ones and it end up being backwards. Yamato was getting warm so he took his shirt off. I might not be able to see in the dark but I sure as hell could feel. He was so muscular. I didn't know if I was going to be able to sleep. Well, I ended up going to sleep in his arms again. I was blissfully unaware of the events that were to unfold in the morning.
Thanks please review. Also I want to know if someone can/would draw Mikki and Hoshi. If anyone can, I would love to see it.