Chapter 12
Konan
Pain had pushed me and Kisame out of the control room. I wandered after Kisame since I had nothing better to do. Might as well start up a conversation. Maybe I could use this as a chance to learn about extraterrestrials! What other humans had a chance like this? I needed to start looking at this as an opportunity! I could learn lots of information, get rescued, report my findings, write a book, get rich, and relax in luxury for the rest of my life.
"So, uh, what was your life like on your planet?" Please, please take the bait. He paused and turned to face me, raising one eyebrow in confusion.
"I did whatever my king needed me to do, though typically I was stuck on jobs no one wanted to do. I was hired muscle, I protected people while they traveled to other planets, and if they were caught, I killed them. You?" He said that like it was completely normal.
"I study extraterrestrials," I squeaked out. I felt that I should address his earlier statement, but I had no idea what to say.
"Why? Your people have always been in contact with other planets," he responded. What? I looked at him in confusion. Kisame must have noticed my confusion, but he said nothing.
"But Earth only started expanding my field six years ago," I stated. Kisame stared at me for a second. Then, he started laughing. He bellowed, clutching his stomach as he guffawed at me. What was so funny?
"You mean you don't know? You think you are a homo sapien? A human? Are you being serious?" He choked out his sentences between laughs.
"Well, of course. I was raised there. I was just on a ship when Pain attacked it!" His laughter seemed filled with new energy. Why was he laughing at me?
"Let me tell you something. You aren't even close to human. I don't know how you ended up there, but you most assuredly are not one of them. You're from the same planet as Pain. The one that Earth decided to eliminate all life on." I stared at him in open-mouthed, utter shock. The idea was ridiculous. But, his words made certain things in my life make a whole lot more sense than they ever had. But, it couldn't be true!
"How would you even know?" I retorted. I hated how childish my voice sounded. Kisame calmly pointed at his nose.
"I send some chakra to my nose, and my sense of smell gets several times stronger. And, don't get me wrong, you have the human's smell all over you. However, your scent is distinctly that of Pain's species." My heart seemed to beat a little faster, and I was breaking out in a cold sweat. It felt as if the world had flipped. Did Pain know about this? Oh. Oh, no. What if we were related? Oh, dear lord, please no. Then, I realized I didn't hear the engine's humming any more.
