*Chapter 13: Another Nightmare*

Peculiar noises were faintly whispering in my ears. I squeezed my eyes closed tighter as the noises sounded more like eerie voices. I couldn't comprehend what they were saying or who was even speaking to me. It sounded like someone was singing from a distance, it would be in piano one moment but then it gradually grew into forte. It bothered me so much that I had to open my eyes and check what it was.

I found myself lying on the dark hard ground of an unknown place that was covered with endless darkness, almost pitch black. I sat up quickly and saw that Deidara was with me and when I looked down at myself, I was wearing that pretty white dress from the other time I was somewhere like this. I sighed at the realization that I was in fact, dreaming again.

"Another dream? What could it be this time?," I said as I stood up slowly, hearing my voice echo endlessly.

I twisted my body around, scanning my surroundings. It was just like last time when I encountered the strange cloaked man, except, he wasn't here now and I wasn't covered in his blood, which I was glad that was the case.

"Hello? Is anybody here?," I asked as my words echoed down the limitless walls.

I was worried and curious at the same time. I didn't know what to expect from this dream and since Deidara wasn't in sight, I knew I would be going through this all alone again. I just prayed that nothing unusual happened that time.

I noticed the voices stopped shortly after I spoke. It became bizarrely quiet and I was a little on edge about what was going on, since there was no noise from every corner of the place. My heart slightly beat fast as the suspense began to overwhelm me. I raised my arms up against my chest as I scrolled my eyes around the darkness, wondering what would appear next.

"Gotcha," a cold familiar voice whispered in my ear.

Alarmed as the person threw their long weapon right in front of me and used it to practically choke me, I began to struggle from the suffocation it brought me. I could feel the hard coolness of the stick part pressing against my neck. I grabbed the other sides of it and tried to push it away, but the person's hold was stronger than mine. For some reason, I was unable to use my super strength to break free.

I scrolled my eyes side to side to examine the weapon they were using. It was red and black and it had three big red blades on one side. That's when I began to recall the only person who had that specific scythe.

"H-Hidan…?!," I said as a sudden rush of fear began to engulf me.

"I've fucking missed you," he chuckled deviously.

Next, he twisted to the side and threw me down to the ground hard, with a whoop of air escaping my lips from impact. My back felt like it was throbbing from pain. I watched in horror as he lifted his scythe up and in the position for him to try and slice me.

"You don't need that fucking dress!," he said as he grinned down at me.

In a split second, he swung the scythe downward towards me and had cut through my dress from top to bottom. It then separated in half and exposed my black bra and undies, which brought him delight to see me in my undergarments.

"My my, that looks fucking interesting. This should be fucking fun, but I'll to dispose of those little clothes next," he said as he raised his weapon over his head again and prepared to go for another swing.

I was so terrified that I froze where I lied, my eyes grew huge and my mouth hung open, as I was also greatly speechless. I wanted to burst into tears because I couldn't figure out how to run away from this. They say that in dreams you don't get hurt or feel things, but that seemed like a lie because my opinion was that they felt all too real, and in this dream, I wasn't looking forward to what would happen next.

"C'mon Kat! You gotta fight your way out of this or you're gonna get raped in your own dream!," I said in my thoughts, trying to encourage my spirit to stand up and defend myself.

I had to come up with a defense move fast before this creep attempted to take advantage of me. My eyes were glued on him and his every movement. I couldn't blink or turn away, or I would be doomed. He began to have that crazed look in his violet eyes, which started me and it somewhat reminded me of Deidara, how he had that same expression when he talked about his art.

This would've been a good opportunity for him to pop out of nowhere and save me from all the trouble I was in. Unfortunately, he wasn't around, which made me sad because I would rather have had him come to my rescue than no one at all.

In no time at all, Hidan swung his scythe downward again, aiming for my bra and underwear. To his surprise however, I managed to swiftly throw my arms up and caught it by the blades, stopping it in its tracks. Being fast about these moves it a lot to consider if you want to survive these circumstances. I held on tightly and tried to press upward by the blades as he was struggling to push them closer to my body.

We were actually even by strength at this point. I was keeping the scythe from cutting my remaining clothes and he was seeking to rip them off my tender body. I wasn't sure who was going to win this but I sure knew I wasn't going to lie around and lose to him.

I made sure I had my hands firmly on the smooth sides of the blades and used all my strength to yank the scythe out of his hands and tossed them aside, hearing the sounds of it clanking against the floor far from us.

I sighed of relief once I knew the weapon was out of his reach. I even felt exhausted.

But suddenly, I felt my hands being grabbed and held together, as Hidan roughly pulled me up from my back and onto my feet. He was definitely angry by the way his sneered at me and he gritted his teeth against each other. My heart started beating faster out of fear that he was going to hurt me really badly.

Then he pulled out thick rope and wrapped it aggressively around my wrists, letting go of me afterwards, which caused me to fall on my side.

"You little bitch. You going to get fucking punished for that!," he growled as he whipped out his retractable spear from his cloak and raised it over me.

Without hesitation, he gave the first whack at my thigh, which left me with a sharp pain and a slit that began to leak a small amount of blood. It stung so bad that I whined and gritted my teeth to help control myself from screaming. I even clenched my hands into fists hoping it would help as well, but it wasn't the only time he planned to hit me.

After that first cut, he desired for more blood, so he swung at me several more times ruthlessly over every exposed part of my body, still with no reluctance. I held in my temptation to cry out loud out of sheer agony as he continuously slashed the spear onto the surface of my skin. I had to be strong and resist the urge to give in, though it was very difficult. I bit my bottom lip and clamped on tightly to keep my mouth shut, drawing little blood from where I dug my teeth in. I also raised my arms over my head as a shield to keep him from striking my face.

However, once I assumed he was finished and lowered my arms down to check, he sneaked another slash across my cheek, causing me to groan from the intense pain.

I watched in horror as he lifted the point of the spear to his face and slowly licked up the blood that was left on it, showing a sense of enjoyment from the taste of my blood. I knew then, that this guy was over the top insane and he was after me, whether it was a dream or reality. I was stunned in fear and uncertainty filled my mind as to how I would ever escape from this monster that stood before my painful body, grinning maliciously over at my suffering face.

Tears steadily rolled down my cheeks as I silently peered up at him in shock. He chuckled at my scared face expression and kneeled down over me as my body was shaking feebly from close distance from me, still grinning deeply.

"Look at you, you're shaking like a fucking leaf. But that's okay, because now I'll get to claim what's going to be fucking mine," he said as he gently licked the blood off of my cheek and my lips, making me tense my body until it was very stiff.

"W-What do you w-want from m-me…? Why are y-you doing this t-to me…?!," I stuttered while demanding to know his true intensions for me.

He was silent for several seconds and his grin grew deeper. I could see the lust in his purple eyes as he gazed down and met his eyes with mine, which startled me greatly. Then he grabbed my chin and forcefully lifted it up so he could make me look straight at him.

"I'm going to take you whether you fucking like it or not and you will one day join me under the eyes of Lord Jashin. I will fucking make you mine forever!," he said crazed as he turned my head to the side so he could go down and glide his tongue along my neck, giving me shivers throughout my body.

I lightly moaned unwillingly from the strange yet pleasurable feeling of it.

Then unexpectedly, I felt a sudden sharp pain as it felt like his teeth were sinking into my neck, penetrating the skin deep enough. I finally let out a loud shrill of pain as I felt the excruciating ache rush through my body. Where he bit me began to violently throb as I felt my blood running down to the back of my neck. It was extremely unbearable and I cried frantically for Hidan to stop. I even swung my tied arms out and tried to beat him off of me.

"Kat. Katana. Katana! Hmm," I heard someone yelling close to me.

Thoughtlessly, I kept my eyes closed and swung my arms out, feeling that I was beating on something or someone. I felt them grab me by my upper arms and shook me forcefully.

"Katana. Kat wake up. Wake up! Hmm," the familiar voice urged me to do so.

I flew my eyes wide open and saw a terribly worried Deidara looking frightful at me. I darted each corner of my surroundings, checking where I was then. I was back in my bedroom and Deidara was by my side again.

I peered over at him to see he was fixed on my face, appearing uneasy as his eye became soft and concerning, frowning in addition.

"Kat, what's wrong? What happened? Hmm," he asked me solemnly.

I touched my neck, felt nothing there, then I glanced at my hands and saw nothing else. I looked back at Deidara and felt my eyes suddenly become moist. Overwhelmed with relief and sadness, I threw myself on him and laid my head against his warm bare chest, weeping from gladness.

I was so happy that he was there and that what I had experience wasn't real, although it felt that way. I felt him wrap his arms around me after a minute of him staring confusedly at me and held me tightly. I trembled in his arms from the thought of the horrible dream I had to undergo, gently gripping his skin. I was more fearful of Hidan than before and I was not looking forward to seeing his face ever again.

"Deidara… I was so scared…," I could only say as I continued to heavily sob on his chest.

He sighed and placed his chin on top of my head.

"It was only a nightmare, but it's okay now. I'm here. Hmm," he said softly, comforting me as he held my body firmly in his arms.

I realized it was crazy for me to have somewhat thrown myself towards Deidara, of all people for support knowing how much I still slightly despised him, but he was the only one who happened to be there and who was willingly to help me feel better.

He was by my side after all.