Puppies 8, Mistake 0 A/N: Sorry for the slow update, please enjoy!
Everything falls silent. My puppies stop eating and look at me. Hysteria floods through me and seeps out my pours. I search frantically around the house, my cloths pockets, and in every drawer. I latterly start hyperventilating.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, ohnoohnoohno!" I cry. "Where are they?" I rake my hands through my hair. "Puppies! Help me look!"
"Where?" Kakuzu asks. "You already tore up the entire house-"
"That's it!" I exclaim, cutting him off. "It's outside! The snow ball fight! I must have lost them in the fight! I've got to go look! Stay here!"
I dart out the door and slam it closed behind me before I can hear a response. I run to the point where the snow ball fight first took place, a little ways away from the entrance. I look over at the ninja who sat guard and did traffic report.
"Did you see any pictures or a necklace that might have fallen somewhere around here?" I ask, hoping for a yes. Both share a look for a second, discussing, before they both look back to me and shake their heads.
I curse and start walking around, searching diligently. Before long, my puppies are out searching with me. We search high and low in Kohona, it is no where. I track down Shizune and Master and see if they had seen it. When I got a negative response, I check every lost and found in the entire village and none of them show up.
I finally end back up at home, balling my eyes out. If it were any other time, I would feel stupid for showing suck weakness, especially in front of criminals, but this was not like normal times. Something very precious is now gone. What in the world am I to do now?
Master had reassured that if anyone found it they would notify me immediately. She then told me to go home, that I was going to have a heart attack if I panic too much longer. So, grudgingly, I tugged home with my puppies to now end up where I am now. Sad, in my room, surrounded by my puppies and sleepy.
I cradle my puppies close to me as I cry and soon fall asleep, feeling slightly peaceful with being surrounded by criminals.
I click my tongue and look at the criminals in front of me. "Ok, is this it?" a bunch of nods. I look back at the paper. "Ok, I'll read it off; bright light, winter freeze, Sakura, dark chamber-like room, glowing red eyes, torches, Akatsuki cloaks, green light, Pein/ Nagato, mirrors, and a girl with black hair... and gray hair..." I look up slowly at the criminals. They all stare at me. This was my dream, my vision. The girl! She must have done this to them, made them into puppies to... watch over me?
"Well? Zetsu mumbles. "Anything make sense?"
Deidara scratches his head. "Yeah, we had to rake our brains for this crap-is it useful or not?"
I lower the paper into my lap. "Yeah, I dreamed about this, that is probably why you guys were sent to me. You were to watch me, I think. That girl, the one with black hair, I think she is the ones to turn you into puppies, so that you could watch me without getting caught. It all makes sense, but that means, that this girl was expecting something of me. But what?"
The puppies look at each other.
"Well, she looked kinda weak," Kisame pointed out. "Maybe, she wanted you to save her."
Itachi nods. "There is a chance you could obtain something for her that she wanted that could not be obtained by us or your brother." he adds.
Murmers of agreement. I nod, making sense of this. "OK, but where is she now? Could she be in the same place? Is it an Akatsuki base?"
No one says anything until Sasori mumbles, "That thing with the glowing red eyes, it was a demonic statue, huh? Could it be Pein's jutsu? The one where we used to trap the demons? King of Hell or something?"
More mummers of agreement. I straighten up. "So, do you guys know where this place is?" I run my eyes over all the members. This time no one says anything for a long while.
"It's at main base." Tobi says in a deep voice. I stare at him in shock.
"Tobi?"
"Yes Sakura-chan?" Tobi has reverted back to normal.
"Are you ok?"
"Why would Tobi not be?"
"You just sounded weird there for a second..."
"Tobi does not sound weird, Tobi talks just fine, right Zetsu-sama?" The swirly orange masked man asks, turning to the Venus flytrap like man.
The man sighs. "Very well Tobi."
"Yay!" Tobi cheers.
"Ignore him," Deidara mumbles, "Sometimes he does things like that, it's best to just smile and nod. That or smack him upside the head."
Itachi shakes his head slowly, thinking, his eyebrows drawn together. He crosses his arms across his chest and stares at the ground deep in thought. "The main base... yes, that would have to be it. Your brother and this girl, they would have to be at the main base. For some reason, the boss didn't seem to want to leave her side, she must be important to him. So, main base is where to look."
I bite my bottom lip. "Important to him huh?" I mumble, looking down at the ground. The thought of his with his hand around my neck, the amused look on his face. I shake the thought away.
"OK, where is this base?" I ask, looking back up.
The criminals share identical looks. Then all at once, they say, "Pein's village."
Mysterious POV
She smiles lightly at me. Her eyes were tired and wise. I hate to have to leave her.
"Save her." She whispers to me. "You are the original, therefore, you will be complete in the end."
I don't pretend to understand what she had said. "Why would you release her only to have her come back a few days later?" She laughs lightly.
"I wanted to see the Leaf village one more time-" she breaks off and doubles over, coughing loudly into the palm of her thin hand. I feel myself tense up. No one moves toward her though. She is frozen doubled over for a moment before she straightens up, her smile back in place. Her thin hand came up to cradle a small pink and white cherry blossom necklace. Pein gave it to her, she had told me once.
"How do you know she will find us?" My companion asks, his sword moving restlessly on his back.
She smiles. "I made sure the puppy Akatsuki held fragments of their last visit here, then I implanted the memory of her last time here as well. Hopefully they will be here soon. I need to explain everything to her. She needs to know..." She trails off, her eyes off in the distance. Her smile fades.
Pein touches her arm softly, saying nothing. She blinks, looking back over at him and offers a weak smile. "Nagato, they are on their way. I think it would be OK to reveal your village to them. It'll take them 4 days to get here. They are already on the move." She puts a hand onto her forehead and squeezes her eyes shut. She sighs and stands up slowly.
"I need rest, goodnight." she turns to leave. I lower my head thinking about the girl that was coming to us. The one we need to saver Her life. But, in order for her to live longer, Sakura has to die.
Someone touches my shoulder, light as a feather. I look into her dark eyes. "It is what has to be done, Itachi. I will be the same as always, just in a different body."
I nod, feeling a little more reassured by that. With that she leaves the room.
A/N: Uh oh, what does this cooky author have in store for you innocent readers? Rate and reveiw, and have a good day! :D