Okay all, here is the next chapter of Hearts Torn In Two. I hope you all enjoy it, but it is going to be damn miserable. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and to all those who added me to their faves and alert lists. It is very much appreciated.
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Hearts Torn In Two.
Chapter Twelve – The Fall of The Blond Twin! Torture of The Lost Kunoichi!
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Orochimaru had his plans, even as he thought of keeping his word to Hisoka. Oh he had bought the girl back, but for his own reasons, not just for the boy. However his first plan involved taking the one thing Akatsuki wanted most, the Jinchuriki, all he needed was rest, and Hisoka's face would prove most useful to him. For now, it would be entertaining to toy with his latest pet.
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Three days later, Kohana wasn't quite sure where she was. The last thing she remembered was a horrible pain across her throat, and seeing the horrified looks of Hisoka and Hijiri as she lost consciousness. Of course she thought that she had died. She looked around and she sat up. She was in complete darkness and had been lying on a metal table. She blinked her eyes as she got used to the darkness, she took note of someone sitting in the room. She jumped up from the table, her legs were unsteady, and she wobbled dangerously. She looked for a weapon to defend herself as she stared at the figure that was shrouded in shadows. Suddenly a light came on and Kohana was shocked by what she saw. Someone who looked like Hisoka was sat on a throne looking at her intently, but his eyes were no longer the same onyx that Kohana was used to. They were very alike to snake eyes. "Who are you?" Kohana hissed out. She saw the face of her friend smirk at her.
"I am Orochimaru. You should be grateful to me. After all, you were dead. Your friends watched you die at the hands of Madara, pitifully. I have Hisoka's memories. He heard you beg for their forgiveness. However in exchange for his body, I have given you your life. He was quite happy to do it. In fact, he didn't hesitate. I suppose that is because he loved you so dearly." Orochimaru stated. Kohana's eyes went wide and she felt sick as she saw her closest friend, now her enemy, stand from his seated position. "You can leave. You're not worth much. I don't need useless Kunoichi. As for what you tell anyone. It makes no difference. Hisoka is gone. You can't save him. All that is left now, is me." Orochimaru stated. Kohana was shaking as sobs wracked her body. In five minutes she had lost someone precious to her and she had no idea how to help the situation. But an image of Hisoka came to her mind. If he could give up himself for her, then she could do the same to try and get him back.
"I want to stay." Kohana stated.
"Why?" Orochimaru asked.
"Because I know Hisoka is in there somewhere." Kohana replied.
"It won't help. You can't reach him. He gave himself to me willingly." Orochimaru stated.
"It will. I know I'll reach him somehow!" Kohana exclaimed.
"Fine, you can stay with him and try to reach him to your heart's content, but you will bear the consequences of that bargain." Orochimaru hissed. Before Kohana could say another word, she felt her wrist grabbed and twisted. She yelped in pain and looked at Hisoka's face, but concentrated on the eyes, the snake-like eyes that proved that this wasn't Hisoka hurting her. She felt herself dragged away and saw it got darker the further she went in to the underground lair. She was thrown in to a cell and before she could even right herself, the cell door was locked behind her. She ran to the door and grabbed hold of the bars, and a charge of electricity went through her body. She fell backwards and looked to see Orochimaru still standing there. She saw Orochimaru's eyes flicker back to the onyx that she knew so well.
"Hisoka? Fight back Hisoka!" Kohana called out. But the familiar onyx didn't stay for long. They were soon the snake eyes again.
"I told you that it's pointless. I'll let him see you suffer. I'll let him watch all the pain I'll inflict upon you, and his family and friends, and it still won't be enough to satisfy the revenge I deserve, for what his fathers did to me." Orochimaru hissed. Kohana watched as Orochimaru left, laughing evilly, in her friend's body and she felt a pain within her heart as she prayed that Hisoka could break free.
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One month later, Naruto looked out of the window of the Hokage's office. That's what Naruto now was. Tsunade had retired, but she stayed in Konoha, so that should Naruto need advice, he had someone he could turn to. They had heard no news about the activities of the Blood Fox in the last month, and Naruto wasn't sure if that made him happy or sad. After all, Hisoka had been brutally assassinating people for money, he was a mercenary, but at least Naruto knew, that while they heard about the Blood Fox, that Hisoka was still alive. He hated not knowing what had happened to his son. It made his heart sink whenever no news turned up.
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It had been three months since Orochimaru had brought Kohana back to life. Kohana found herself tortured on a daily basis. She refused to cry out in pain as she was beaten, cut open and healed up again, kept conscious for days on end, just so that Orochimaru could carry on torturing her. She wouldn't give in though. She knew that somewhere, Hisoka was still there. He'd given his life for her, now she'd repay him. Also, there was something deep within that she wasn't quite sure about. Orochimaru, however, knew exactly how Kohana would react to the news that Hisoka had given up his own life, so that Kohana could have hers. In fact, Orochimaru had planned on it. Torturing Hisoka's friend, and from what he could take from Hisoka's memories, the child of Sasuke and Naruto's teammate, appealed to Orochimaru's twisted sense of revenge. Sasuke had destroyed Orochimaru's body and reneged on his word to be a replacement vessel, Naruto had been the one to change Sasuke to that way of thinking. Orochimaru blamed them both. Torturing those that Sasuke and Naruto cared for would cause them pain. Oh Orochimaru's plans were right on track as he tortured Kohana daily, waiting for an opportunity to carry out the rest of his plan.
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Another month had passed, and Kohana was once again being tortured and she was shutting her mind off from the pain. Orochimaru found her efforts mildly amusing. "You should pay more attention child. After all, I could anything to you and you'd never notice it, the way you try to block everything off." Orochimaru said silkily. Kohana cringed.
"What more could you possibly do to me?" Kohana asked weakly. Her body was bruised and cut and burned and damaged in so many ways that she wasn't really aware of the fact there were worse things that could happen to her. Kohana was still so very naïve and innocent to the ways of the world. Orochimaru smirked at Kohana's question.
"If that's how you feel, I'm obviously not torturing you in the right way." Orochimaru hissed angrily.
"What do you mean?" Kohana asked.
"You're still so innocent." Orochimaru stated. That was when he yanked her by her arm from the torture table and Kohana fell to the floor with a yelp. Orochimaru made her stand and started dragging her out of the room and through the darkened corridors. She tried to resist, but Orochimaru twisted her arm viciously and there was a snap, and Kohana screamed at the pain that lanced through her body from one broken bone. Kohana shook with fear as Orochimaru dragged her into his bed chambers. She was cut and bleeding, her arm was broken, and she was in a great deal of pain as she was thrown on to a large bed. "You always act so strong Kohana. I thought you loved Hisoka. Wouldn't you give anything for him?" Orochimaru hissed.
"He wouldn't be dragging me bleeding, with broken bones, to a bedroom." Kohana hissed. Orochimaru smirked.
"No he wouldn't because he loves you. That and his moral upbringing of course." Orochimaru spat.
"You're doing this to hurt him." Kohana realised sadly. Orochimaru smirked.
"Of course. He can watch as I forcefully take what he would've allowed you to give for love. I feel his pain as he sees yours and it's delicious." Orochimaru said cheerfully. Kohana felt Orochimaru yank at her skirt and she kicked him in the stomach. She tried to scramble off of the bed, but Orochimaru grabbed hold of her ankle and yanked her back, before straddling her. "Just for that you'll spend the next week tied to this bed for my pleasure." Orochimaru hissed. Kohana glared and spit in Orochimaru's face. Orochimaru just smirked and tore at the young girl's clothing.
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Sakura was on her way to the border between Fire and Rice country. A new mission that Naruto had entrusted to her, Sai and Neji. She travelled constantly as a member of Anbu now. She felt a pang in her heart suddenly. It was almost as if something bad were happening to one of her children. She could sense it. She sent a messenger slug to the village to ask if the children were alright and carried on towards her destination, her heart and mind full of unease.
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Kohana lay shaking on the bed. Her will to fight was gone. She looked up to see that one of Orochimaru's eyes had changed to the familiar onyx she remembered. She saw tears leak from that one dark eye. "If you can hear me Hisoka, I know this isn't your fault. This is Orochimaru not you. I love you Hisoka. I know you can fight back. I know you'll come back to us. Just fight Hisoka." Kohana said softly. It was true. The feeling within Kohana, the one she only recognised as synonymous with Hisoka, was love. Orochimaru just laughed as the onyx eye shed even more tears.
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Naruto felt something wasn't right. Something was eating at him in his gut today. It was almost as though someone he loved was in pain and he couldn't help. Naruto's thoughts always travelled to Hisoka when these feelings started taking over. Hisoka was the only one of his children that he couldn't help. Hisoka was the only child of his that he couldn't check up on or talk to. Today, however, Naruto wished more than ever that he could speak to his son.
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Another month had passed. Orochimaru had not taken his old form yet. He knew that he should really. The longer he stayed in Hisoka's form, the more trouble it would be to get his own form back. However, he had another two and a half years to go, possibly more, before this body started to rot and decay. Orochimaru wanted his revenge and he wanted it to be the most painful, possible revenge, that he could take. He wanted to let Sasuke see his son in the darkness, and unable to reach the light. Then Orochimaru would make sure that Sasuke had no choice but to watch his son rot away and die horribly. But Orochimaru wanted to see Sasuke suffer, as everyone he knew and loved was destroyed.
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Things progressed in the Leaf Village. Konoha flourished, even though Naruto was saddened by the lack of news of his son. The people were happy and healthy, and Naruto had found a real gift for accounting while he was in charge of Konoha. The finances of the village were through the roof. Something was bothering Naruto though. As he sat behind his desk and looked at a photo of his children, he wondered what it was that was bugging him. That was when Sasuke walked in. "I know something is bugging you Dobe, now spit it out." Sasuke stated irritably. After all, a bothered Naruto was not a happy Naruto, and an unhappy Naruto meant no alone time for them. Sasuke liked his alone time with his husband. Naruto gave Sasuke a pointed look and then looked down at the files.
"Apparently there is a lot of movement in Rice Country, especially in what used to be Otogakure. Something isn't right and I can't put my finger on it." Naruto told Sasuke solemnly. Sasuke understood Naruto's fears. The idea that someone might try to take over Orochimaru's little village, and possibly attack them, was a grave matter indeed.
"If we sent some Anbu out to keep an eye on things near the border it might help." Sasuke stated. Naruto smirked.
"It's already done. I sent Neji and Sai to meet Sakura there. They're the best of the best, and at least one of them will be able to get a message to us, should something happen. But something is just… something feels very wrong and I can't even get a hint as to what it is. Maybe I'm just projecting my feelings about Hisoka onto everything else I'm doing." Naruto told his husband calmly.
"I'd tell you to follow your instincts Naruto. They've never led you wrong before have they?" Sasuke questioned. The Uchiha smirk in place on his face. Naruto smirked back.
"No they haven't. Ten Ten and Akina are going to kill me, when they find out that I've sent their husbands on a long-term mission." Naruto said. This made Sasuke snicker to himself.
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A week later, Naruto found himself reading files at his desk. Something was niggling away at Naruto, something that put him out of joint and made him feel uneasy. But he wasn't sure what to do about it. This feeling had been eating away at him for a while now. When he got a message from Sakura asking if her children were alright, Naruto knew Sakura was having that same uneasy feeling as he was. Of course he made sure to check on Sakura's children. He had to make sure they were okay, to at least know he could put Sakura's mind at ease, for a while. Still, as Naruto wrote a message for Sakura, he still felt like there was something he was missing.
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The night, Orochimaru had snuck into the village knowing what his plan was all along. After all, people had called him a genius all his life, and getting past Konoha's security, had been a piece of cake. He made his way through the quiet streets, drinking in old, familiar sights that warmed his almost stone cold heart. He walked past Ichiraku Ramen, which was now closed for the night, and towards a familiar house. At least, it was familiar to Hisoka. The door was painted lilac, and he knew from Hisoka's memories, that only one person was home. Hisoka's dear Aunt Kimi. He knew that her husband, who Hisoka had called Uncle Shinji, would be helping a friend of his to get the fish they'd caught to his storehouse. He also knew that Kimi's daughter, Haru would still be marking work at the academy and Kimi's son, Kai was in the Konoha library studying up for the elite Jounin exams. Hisoka had kept tabs on Konoha while he'd been wandering the five nations as a mercenary, which was all the better for Orochimaru. Orochimaru knocked on the door gently and waited. That was when the older woman answered the door.
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Kimi hadn't changed much since the day Naruto had met her. She had little puffs of grey popping up around the hair on her temples, and some laugh lines around her eyes. Her smile was still as bright and welcoming as it had always been. Kimi's eyes went wide, as she saw Hisoka at her door and she pulled the blond teen into a hug, a smile graced her face. He hugged Kimi tightly as he bent his head close to her ear. Her eyes closed as she hugged him, just hoping that the teen was real and not a vision. "You shouldn't be so trusting Kimi." He whispered gently. Kimi stiffened then.
"What's wrong with him? He's always called me Aunt Kimi. His attitude, his… he feels wrong." Kimi thought to herself. "What are you talking about Hisoka? I trust you implicitly." Kimi said kindly. Hisoka hugged her even tighter.
"No Kimi. I'm not your precious Hisoka." Hisoka whispered. Kimi's eyes went wide as the kunai plunged into her back. She gasped as she felt the blade twist, opening a large hole in her left aorta. She knew the damage couldn't be repaired. She saw Hisoka's eyes and realised they were the colour of a snakes. This wasn't Hisoka. She felt the kunai pulled from her back and collapsed. She didn't fall to the ground however. Hisoka caught her gently and lowered her to the ground. He brushed some stray strands of her hair away from her eyes. She looked up at him weakly, knowing she had very little time left. "Why Hisoka?" She whispered weakly.
"Oh God! Aunt Kimi! What have I done to you?" He asked brokenly. Kimi could see his eyes were back to normal and tears fell from them.
"What's happened to you Hisoka? Who's controlling you?" Kimi whispered softly. She had very little time left, and she knew it.
"Orochimaru." Hisoka whispered back.
"Oh Hisoka." Kimi said softly.
"Oh God, can't I do anything? I have to stop the bleeding Aunt Kimi! I have to do something! I did this!" Hisoka begged. Kimi shook her head.
"There's nothing you can do Hisoka. I'll be dead in a matter of moments." Kimi whispered. Hisoka shook his head violently and his blond hair flew everywhere as he looked at Kimi.
"I'm so, so sorry Aunt Kimi. I swear if I could change this, I would, I swear it. I don't expect your forgiveness Aunt Kimi. You were always family to me. Always. Oh God I'm so sorry." Hisoka begged. Kimi had tears falling down her cheeks. Blood pooled out on to her living room floor.
"This wasn't your fault. I forgive you Hisoka." Kimi whispered. Then she breathed her last breath. Hisoka couldn't help but let out a sob when he knew Kimi was no longer alive to see it. He closed her eyes and sobbed over someone else, that he had now lost and loved dearly. That was when Orochimaru took control of him again. He stood up and left the house closing her front door behind him. Then he left as he had arrived, without a sound. Orochimaru still had plans within the village.