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I could feel the cold ground upon my cheek; the drops of water finally bringing my conscience to the surface as I opened my eyes.
I was in what looked like an underground tunnel?
Dimly lit candles barely provided a light source down the hall.
Which didn't look any more welcoming with ominous darkness at the end.
As if on cue a sudden breeze came from the darkness flickering the candle light.
I shivered and closed my eyes trying to think how I got here.
"The last thing I remembered was trying to protect Tobi from Hidan's scythe."
I gasped opening my eyes in worry.
'I hope he's all right….'
"KILL ME! JUST KILL ME YOU SICK BASTARD!"
My hands jerked over to cover my ears as this loud shout echoed through the hallway.
Out of my better judgment I rushed over to the voice crying out in pain.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! MAKE IT STOOOOP! "
I twirled around and start running south, his voice seeming to come from the opposite side when I changed direction.
I made a sharp left running faster in panic, but no matter how fast I ran or how far it just never seem to end.
My heart was racing as I kept hearing the man cry out get louder and more agonizing in pain.
There were double door that looked different from the same wooden ones that I've seen, I picked up my pace and burst through them.
Nothing could prepare me for the horrors I was seeing.
My face paled as I watched the poor man being operated on still awake.
Blood was smeared and splattered everywhere, what little left of what I thought was the his blood was forming a pool of red liquid underneath the metal table he was on.
His chest cut open in little sections.
He screamed as his torturer slowly peeled back his skin with a dull knife, stretching out the skin over the side his ribs.
Long thin needles were pierced in each peeled section of skin then rammed deep into his rib bones.
His screams cried out in desperation begging for this person to stop.
Tears overflowed my eyes as I covered my ears once more, shaking my head in denial.
'This is a dream this is a dream… A really bad dream'
He let out one last cry muffled by his own blood slowly filling up his mouth then… there was nothing, the room fell silent.
I didn't want to believe it… But I knew he was dead.
I slowly opened my eyes to see the large intestines coming out of his mouth and the small ones now hung from a lamp on the ceiling slowly swinging back and forth.
One of the eyeballs where surgically attached to his heart…
His nose was completely cut away down to the bone, a hand replaced by a dogs paw and his ears also looked like it came from a dog.
I ran over to the sink to try to vomit but a human brain next to the head of a dog prevented me to do so.
I held my mouth swallowing the vomit, while trying to prevent the thick stench of death everywhere to reach my nose.
"Beautiful is it not?" My eyes strained to peer in the darkness to see the monster that did this, and a familiar pair of amber eyes stared back with curiosity.
"Though he died the experiment wasn't… a complete failure." He came out from the shadows and smiling at me.
I dropped my hands to my side shaking in fear, anger, disgust, and in pity for the man who had to suffer this.
"What did you do to him?…Orochimaru." I whispered.
A sick grin spread across his pale face. "You finally remember me and this is the greeting I get from you Hana?"
I narrowed my eyes and it only made him grin more. Orochimaru walked over gazing at the dead body in awe.
"Creating a canine human hybrid, not just in looks but in their DNA as well, shame… this one didn't last that very long."
I could feel what I had forced down earlier rattling in my stomach, threatened to come back up again.
"You're sick, how can you even do this to a living being?!" I screamed.
He chuckled. "You naïve little girl, a human body can only do so much, so when combine with other entities there are no limits to what it can do."
He lifted his hand to his face licking the blood from it with his long slithering tongue without taking his eyes from me.
In that instant my legs regain some sensation, I tried to run out the doors to get far away from this monster as possible.
I didn't make it very far when he appeared right in front of my grabbing my hair.
"Oh no, I can't have you running away Hana… I haven't even begun my study with you."
His grip tightened around my hair, I winced in pain when suddenly I was on the metal table where the man had just been.
"I won't… become…your play thing!" I gritted between my teeth.
Orochimaru chuckled as he leaned down whispering in my ear. "We will see about that…"
He opened his mouth pressing on of his fangs against my neck.
My body froze fearing the worse.
His tongue flickered over my neck; trying not to think of what Orochimaru what was going on in his sick head I stifled a shiver.
"All your pain, all your misfortune, all your fears are MINE Hana Awayuki. I'll make sure to ripen this precious fruit even more… And when the suffering is too much you shall BEG me to turn you into my 'Play Thing' before I inevitably do."
I laughed bitterly at his threat. "Tempting, but you saw my past. There is nothing left for you to take."
Orochimaru smirked as he put the slightest pressure on my neck; one of his fangs breaking the skin.
I felt the blood slide down my neck; my eyes went wide as a bead of sweat fell down my face.
'He wants to mark me with the curse mark…'
"Hana your stubbornness makes me want to take you now, but I must wait… That little thing… Ichigo? Yes, your sister could make a tasty snack while I wait for you." He hissed.
My eyes narrowed as I turned my head to him struggling against his hands.
"Don't you DARE touch her!" I hissed back at him.
He chuckled holding me tightly against the table. Orochimaru acted like my kicks were mere insect bites to him, ignoring them as he kept rolling his fang back and forth against my neck.
"Then surrender to me." He whispered on my neck.
His mouth open wide baring the full length of his fangs, I closed my eyes turning my head a way when he sunk his fangs into my n-
"NO!" I screamed sitting up in a dash.
My heart was racing; covered in sweat and panting and a bit confused what had just happen to me.
Once I remembered the dream, I observed my surroundings to try to figure out if I was still with that mad man.
I was still in my bed… It was just a nightmare…. My heart started to beat faster once more.
'If it was just a dream… Just a horrifying nightmare why does it feel so real?'
It was dark in my room, but for some reason it felt like the blackest abyss, I was afraid of the dark in the first time in a long time.
"T-To-obi?" I called out in a squeaky voice.
"P-Pain-sama? H-H-Hidan?" When I heard the last name come out of my mouth I laughed at myself.
"Look at me. So scared of a dream I am calling the worst person in the world to try to 'comfort' me."
I looked up at the window and stared at the stars. It was still late it seemed, so maybe a walk would clear my mind.
I pulled back my soaking sheets and left the room. Closing my door quietly tip toeing through the mansion.
When I reached the foyer without an incident, a loud noise erupted down the hall. Making me jump… It was only one of the boys snoring.
I giggle and my hands shot up to my mouth as I feared the slightest noise could wake them up.
'Don't want them to wake up and kill me for trying to escape…'
The mansion seemed so eerie with the moons luminous glow shining in from the massive windows above, late at night walking all alone, but it did make a great night-light.
When I had finally reached the back door to the garden I let out a sigh of relief slowly opening it, and closing it ever so softly.
Then I made my way to the garden.
I haven't been able to come out here during the night so much since my training… boy did I miss it.
I took a deep breath and exhaled in contempt. There was a light mist clinging to the grass mixed in with a fog causing the air to smell and feel so clean.
I scrunched my toes in the wet dewy grass smiling to myself.
'What nightmare?'
Nature just knew how to cure-all illnesses.
I walked blissfully in the night air listing to the cricket's chirp away.
I stop at a small table near the maze; I sat on top of the table closing my eyes letting all the worry wash away.
"First time I've seen you so carefree since we arrived here. You should be careful; you don't know who will sneak up on you."
I gasped opening my eyes flailing my arms out in surprised. Which didn't help my balance at all; my butt hit the ground hard.
I hissed out in pain looking up to see this person who would sneak up on a female late at night and came face to face with…
"Zetsu?!"
"Don't let the excitement of seeing us go to your head. Or it will cause it to explode." The white Zetsu smiled while the black one kept his usual demeanor.
I was sitting on the ground with my mouth open like a fish gaping at him. Closing my mouth I stood up and brushed myself off.
"I'm um… sorry about that. I guess I am just a little surprised you are um, out here."
The black Zetsu snorted while the white one chuckled. "This is the 'room' you assigned us correct?"
In my attempt to forget the nightmare it didn't dawn on me that Zetsu would be in the garden.
'How could I just forget about him?' I thought while nodding my head towards him.
"So YOU are the one who WE should be asking, what are you doing out here? Escape is futile."
I puffed out my cheeks crossing my arms over my chest defensively. "Well excuse me for intruding on your property Zetsu!"
They both actually chuckled at me! A ragged sigh escaped my lips as my voice increased in volume.
"If you must know I wasn't trying to escape! I was out here to walk the garden and maze!"
"Don't get lost, because I'm not coming to rescue you if you do." Zetsu turned around and slowly vanish into the distant fog around the garden.
"Jee thank you Zetsu." I walked towards the maze.
"My hero." Mumbling to myself hoping he didn't catch that.
I knew this maze backwards, forwards, and even blindfolded.
'If anyone needs rescuing it would be him!' With another huff I made my way through the maze.
After about 30 minutes in the maze I had once again found my peace, gazing up at the heavens. I was so happy without even realizing it I was humming a lullaby.
"So this is what you do when you think now one is looking, star-gazing and singing? You REALLY should be more alert." Zetsu said with a snide tone.
For the second time tonight I nearly jumped out of my skin.
"EEEEP! ZETSU PLEASE DON'T SNEAK UP-!" Zetsu's hand shot up to my mouth muffling my sentence.
"Be quiet women, do you want to wake Hidan and the others? Maybe she should wake everyone up. Kakuzu is such a wonderful person around when he wakes up." He said.
I held up my hands defensively and he removes his hand from my face.
"I'm sorry, again. It's just I'm not use to anyone but me being out here. Let alone the maze, how did you even find me? I must be near the center by now."
Our eyes met as I stared into his with innocent curiosity and he returned mine with a half-smile.
"Do you really want to know?" He asked me.
I nodded my head eagerly.
"Like I would tell you." The black Zetsu stated.
I sighed shaking my head. How could I have expected anything else? 'Oh well…'
"Well since your here would you care to escort your prisoner to the center of the maze? I promise to be on my best behavior." I glanced over at him with a wink and continued on my walk not even waiting to hear his response.
"It seems you have already made up your mind on the subject, cocky aren't you?"
I twirled around smiling. "Why not at all Zetsu-sama, I just figured you would like to have a lovely walk with a lovely girl under a-"I looked up at the sky, "lovely sky, nothing cocky about that."
I turned my attention from the sky back to Zetsu.
We stared at each other for a moment in silence. When he opened his mouth nothing came out at first.
"Yes?" I prompted him.
"Who said anything about you being lovely? You are a cocky one."
"I should I have known…." I sighed and kept making my way to the center of the maze with him five paces behind.
It was a whole awkward ten more minutes of silence before we got to the center, but when I could finally sit on the blanket spread out near the fountain I found my happy place again.
"All this fuss over a blanket? How disappointed I was expecting a lavish little cottage."
I wasn't going to let Zetsu kill my buzz this time. I smiled up at him patting the spot next to me then gazed up at the stars again.
"Sometimes Zetsu, simplicity is better. Would you like to take a seat?" I asked him.
He shook his head and kept standing. I shrugged my shoulders. "Suit yourself…" I laid back enjoying the peace.
Out of no where Zetsu randomly asks. "What is that?"
"What is what?"
"The song you were just now singing and before, it makes no sense."
"I didn't even know I was singing." I laughed shaking my head. "Could you make out any of the words?"
"Rock or die, again doesn't make any sense."
I bit my lip holding back the urge to let loose a hysterical laughter. "The word is rock-a-bye." I told him.
"And I am supposed to know what that means?" He retorted.
"It's um… how do I put this. A word used to lull a child to sleep. Whenever I was hurt my mother would rush over to my no matter how silly the situation. She would always say 'everything is going to be alright, rock-a-bye, rock-a-bye'."
An image of my mother putting a band-aid on my finger from when I got my first paper cut.
She would calm me down with her soothing words "Be strong lil Hana-chan". Smile smiled and kissed me on my head.
I would smile back at her and run to do some other mischievous deed. That was back before I knew what position we were in…
To my misfortune Zetsu saw the change in my tone and expression.
"Awww, Hana-chan's mother a touchy subject?" White Zetsu's tone was just dripping with sarcasm. "Is she dead?" asked the black Zetsu.
"No she isn't dead, and yes it is touchy subject so let's change it. How about a sing to you the song?"
"If you must."
I laughed and stood. "Then another time? You probably heard most of it while I was singing to myself anyway." I said while yawning.
"We should head back; I'm getting sleepy and if I'm not up in time to feed Hidan I'll never hear the end of it. Night Zetsu!" I waved and ran out of the maze.
After sneaking through the mansion and closing all the doors gently I walked over to my bed but stopped.
The walk and maze helped but… when I went back to my room it was like his presence was still here. I could almost feel it like it was slowly choking me…
'Maybe a nice soak will help.' I went into the bathroom and started up the bath.
'Simplicity maybe better but sometimes luxury has its moments…'
I smiled removing my clothes as quickly as I could; I dipped my toe in the water to test the temperature resisting the urge to jump in.
"Ahhhhh, much better." The heat and steam worked wonders relaxing my muscles.
'This is heaven! Oh… Now that I think about it Zetsu is a carnivore… I wonder if he's already…. Don't forget Hidan….'
The thought of those two bloody duo slicing and eating human almost chilled me to the bone. Leave it to Hidan to ruin my bath time!
Since the blissful moment was shattered I got out of the tub and wrapped a towel around me.
I walked over to the mirror wiping the steam away.
'I suppose I should talk to Awayuki about that tomorrow…'
I sighed not even wanting to figure out how I should even bring up this conversation.
"Oh yeah umm, Awayuki. Two of my guest need live humans! Yep that's right! Live humans can you ship out a few criminals on death row? Oh thank you so much daddy-kins! You are absolutely the best!"
Another long sigh and I opened the bathroom door to find someone bouncing on my bed?
"Wheeeeeee!" It cried out.
Only one person could do that… "Tobi what are you doing in my room?" I asked smiling up at him.
When he herd me call out his name he belly-flopped on the bed scurrying to get to me. "Tobi can't sleep in sempai's room! Sempai keeps kicking Tobi out! Tobi wanted to be a good boy and thank you for saving Tobi too!"
I giggled giving him a hug. "Thank you Tobi for your concern. I'm just glad you are alright."
"Oh my, Hana-chan chest is so big and soft." He said poking my chest.
My face immediately turned beat red. I was still wearing my towel! "I'll be right back!" I ran into the bathroom slamming it shut.
I threw whatever clothes were near on, when I came back he was standing near the piano staring at it.
He saw me come out of the bathroom wasting no time bouncing his way to me. "What is that thing over there Hana-chan?!"
"It's a piano, an instrument."
"Ohhhhhhhhh, do you play Hana-chan! Oh will you please play for me?!" I could have sworn he was almost floating by the height of his hyper active bounces.
I just can't resist him. "Ok, ok! But only if you get in bed!" He ran to the bed tripping over his on feet but picked himself up jumping onto it.
I walked over sitting down at the piano and began to play Beethoven Moonlight Sonata.
"Hana-chan you play beautifully! Did you make that?!" Tobi cheered.
"No Tobi, the composer Beethoven is the one who made this piece, not me."
"But you are still play it so nicely!" He insisted.
I smiled and I kept playing. "Thank you Tobi, I hope this is helping you…. Tobi?"
When he didn't say anything I turned to looked to see what had happened, he was passed out curled up in a ball.
I pulled the covers over him and he just snuggled into a tighter ball mumbling in his sleep! He was just so adorable!
I leaned forward and gave him a small kiss on his mask. "Good night Tobi…" I whispered. I turned off the lights and drifted off to sleep myself.
A man opened a door to a chamber lighting the candles inside. "Did you sleep well Lord?" The man asked.
The body next to him smiled devilishly. "Yes… I believe I did."
"Ah, I see. You have made contact with the girl again, where you successful this time?"
The body slowly raised into a sitting position. "Was close, but someone decided to change the plans." He said bitterly.
"She isn't alone?" The grey haired man asked adjusting his glasses.
"Someone is with her… Powerful enough to break my jutsu." He glared at the wall for a moment then smiled.
"No matter… I shall have her in time." He turned to the man smiling with his amber eyes.
"Shall I get everything ready then Lord Orochimaru?" The grey haired man asked.
"Yes, I want everything perfect for our guest…."
Sneaky sneaky snake! D: I hope you enjoyed it! I also had a question... since I am a total noob. I have ideas for other fics but I wanted to know how to go about getting opinions about them. Where do I post the idears? tips please? Thanks for reading!