Author's Notes
Hiyaz!
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Chapter 11 - All Over Again
"You're not serious?" Kakuzu asked, scared of what her answer might be, "You do remember us, don't you?"
Zeotora looked around at the people surrounding her, the look on her face stayed in a confused expression, "I haven't seen any of you before in my life." She said, "Where am I?"
"Zeotora, we are in Orochimaru's lair, do you remember anything?" Kakuzu said, a tinge of sadness came over him at the fact that Zeotora didn't remember them.
"What the hell is Orochimaru? And no, I can't say I do. Why do you keep calling me Zeotora? And who are you all?" Zeotora said, her eyes flickering over the faces that stared at her.
"Orochimaru is a ninja, this is his lair, don't you remember? You are Zeotora."
"What? I could've sworn I've never heard that name before, how could it be mine?"
"It is your name, and mine is Kakuzu." He said while trying to keep calm.
"I'm Hidan, you have to remember me, right? You always used to call me Slick. We are best friends." Hidan butted in, he wouldn't want her to forget him.
"I'm sorry, Hidan, I don't remember you, and why Slick? It's a kinda stupid nickname if you ask me." Hidan's violet eyes went wide, he couldn't believe she was actually saying that she didn't remember him.
"Miss Zeotora? You're scaring Tobi, why don't you remember us?" Tobi said as he sat beside Zeotora.
"Who's Tobi and why is everyone calling me Zeotora? Zeotora placed her hands on the ground and lifted herself to her feet. "What the hell am I wearing?" Zeotora looked down at her clothes, she wrapped her arms around herself, trying to cover the bare skin.
"It's your favourite outfit." Kam said, she placed a hand on Zeotora's shoulder. "You always wear it for your missions."
"Missions?" Oh no…
"Please, please tell me you remember being a ninja." Hidan rose to his feet and look into Zeotora's eyes.
"What are you talking about? Ninja? I'm a college student at Sunagakure Academy." Zeotora said, her confusion was just getting bigger and bigger, how did all these people know her and why did they think she was called Zeotora?
"Is that so?" Hade mumbled, "Well if you're not Zeotora, then what is your name?"
"Uh… well…" Zeotora thought for a moment, "I, uh… Wasurete." She said suddenly.
"Wasurete? Are you sure?" Hidan asked.
"Yes, I'm sure it is Wasurete… I think…" She mumbled the last bit.
"Should we head back then?" Kakuzu asked, he knew that Konan would probably find a reason for Zeotora's memory loss.
"Back? Back where? I'm sorry but I don't just go off with strangers, I'm going home." Zeotora complained, she got up and searched for a door, "Uh… how exactly do I get home?"
"Put me down!" Zeotora ordered, Hidan had her over his shoulder and was running top speed through the woods, Kakuzu, Tobi and Deidara were running with him. Hade and Kam were sent home, due to the fact that they weren't supposed to know anything about the Akatsuki.
"Let go of me!"
"Would you shut up, you're making it hard enough already." Hidan replied, he was rather pissed off at the fact that she didn't remember anything.
"No! I will not shut up! I don't appreciate some topless guy carrying me on his shoulder! Put me down, before I call the police!" Zeotora kicked and screamed, she honestly thought that these men were kidnapping her. "Help! Someone, HELP ME! I'm being kidnapped!"
Hidan sighed, he clamped his hand over her mouth. But Zeotora continued to scream and shout, trying to free herself from the immortal's grasp.
"ARGH!" Hidan suddenly shouted, "She bit me!" The Jashinist dropped Zeotora on the ground, earning himself a grunt of disapproval from Deidara.
"Huh? Oh right…" Zeotora looked up at Hidan, "Thanks… I'm gonna, leave now…" Zeotora climbed to her feet and turned around, she took a step. Then a hand was put on her shoulder.
"You can't leave, you have to come with us, un." Deidara said gently, he removed his cloak and gave it to Zeotora. She was still freaking out about her outfit being to 'revealing'.
"No, that's alright, keep your coat thing, I really need to get back…" Zeotora desperately tried to leave, but Deidara just placed the cloak over her shoulders and nodded to Kakuzu.
"Hey, what th- AH! Let me go!" Zeotora screamed as Kakuzu used his strings to hold Zeotora still. He lifted her off the ground and began walking. The others followed him as they headed back to the hideout.
"Pein-sama. We're back but we have a slight problem." Hidan called.
Their leader, along with Konan entered the room, they looked at Hidan and then to Kakuzu, who was frantically trying to get Zeotora to stop moving about so much.
Pein cocked his eyebrow, "I may be wrong, but didn't Zeotora quit? And by the look of things, you have brought her here against her will…"
"Yes, that is true, but we only brought her here, because there is something really wrong. She's lost her memory." Kakuzu confirmed.
"Well, if that's the case…" Pein turned to face his blue-haired companion, "Konan, can you take a look at her, see if anything has triggered this… problem." Konan nodded, she walked over to Kakuzu. The brunette released Zeotora and let his strings retreat back into his body. Zeotora shuddered, she eyed Kakuzu and wiped her clothes down.
"That is really creepy, you know that?" She stated, Konan took her hand and lead her down the hall. They both entered the make-up studio, Konan offered a seat to the blonde.
"Now, Kakuzu says that you have lost your memory." Konan sat down opposite Zeotora. "Do you know what your name is? Do you know how old you are? Do you remember what village you're from? What about your birthday?" Konan threw loads of questions at Zeotora, the purpose was to see if she could remember all the questions AND answers.
"Umm… My name is Wasurete, I'm 18, I come from the sand village and my birthday is… is… ermm…"
"That's fine, never mind the birthday." Konan stood up and reached into a drawer, she pulled out the small porcelain ornament. The bluenette gave the rose to Zeotora.
"What does this mean to you?" Konan asked, watching Zeotora closely.
"It's a rose… and it's kinda boring…" Zeotora replied, looking at the ornament and then handing it back.
After some time of Konan's questions and small tests, the Kunoichi emerged from the studio and walked slowly to join the other Akatsuki members.
"Konan, how bad is it?" Pein asked casually.
"Well, she doesn't know who she is, somehow, everything she used to know has been replaced by different details. Nothing I have done, has triggered he memory, but there is good news." Konan paused, she looked at the faces of her comrades, "I think I have found the cause of he memory loss. It seems to be some kind of overload, what happened on your mission?"
The four Shinobi explained everything that happened during their time in the land of tea.
"I see… when she was overcome by the demon, it must have put an awful lot of pressure on her brain. When she fought against the demon, it must have pushed her off of the default system of giving in to it… In other words, she had a mental break-down." Konan thought about everything that happened during the tests. But she was unaware of the presence of the blonde, stood behind the door, her ear was pressed o the dark wood and she was listening carefully.
The comrades all began talking about how they miss the old Zeotora, Wasurete pressed her ear closer to the door, to try and here clearer. Suddenly the door flung open, causing the blonde to tumble forward and crash land at Deidara's feet. Zeotora, oh sorry, Wasurete sat up and rubbed her aching head.
"Umm… sorry, I…" She stuttered, but silenced as something flicked across her mind.
"Are you ok?"
"Th-thank you, Slick."
"I'm guessing that's my new nickname."
"Huh? Slick?" Zeotora thought for a second, she slowly placed her hand on her side, "Slick!" The blonde climbed to her feet and ran to Hidan, she threw her arms around him, "I'm so sorry I didn't remember you! Of course we're best friends, how could I forget!" A smirk graced Hidan's lips as he hugged Zeotora back.
"Hm… I guess that being in a familiar situation brought back a certain memory…" Konan said to herself quietly.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." Kakuzu agreed, "That morning, was the morning they became best friends. It's strange how she doesn't remember Deidara though…" An evil thought floated into Kakuzu's mind, If I can get her to remember the good times with me and make sure she never remembers Deidara, there is no doubt I will have her to myself…
A slight chuckle escaped his mouth, I will bring back her memories as soon as possible… and I know the perfect memory…
*~To be continued~*
A/N
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