I really hope this blood trail works, because I have no clue where I am.

We had been travelling for a while now and the blood dripping from my wings had hardened, desperate to keep the blood trail, I grabbed one of the broken arrows I had pulled from my wings and sliced my hand. Biting my lip to stop from crying out.

I squeezed the fresh blood out the gap and lay down. My wings ached, my entire body hurt from the fall and now my hand was searing with pain. I groaned, this has not been my day.

I began to feel dizzy and the cart I was in began to spin.

At first I thought we had fallen off the track, but then I realised that nothing else was moving, Oh crap, I think I'm gonna-

I couldn't even finish my thought before I fainted from the pain and blood loss.

When I awoke, I found myself in a dark room, the only light I had was a small lantern hanging from the ceiling. I stood shakily to my feet and noticed that my hand and wings had been bandaged. I tried to move but soon realised that my foot was chained to the wall which was solid rock, from this I assumed we were in some kind of cave, though I had no idea where, or if we were even above ground.

I pulled on the chain around my ankle but it was locked tight.

"I see you're awake."

I snapped my head around as he entered.

"It seems I need more than just rope to restrain you, my angel."

"Who are you?" I asked, trying not to gag from his stupid pet names. I figured that while I'm here, I might as well find out as much information as I could.

"Oh how impolite, I haven't even introduced myself, then again, neither have you, Rebecca."

Right, so he knew my name, probably from overhearing Elishia and I talking to each other.

"So you know who I am, now who the hell are you?"

"I am your master."

"I meant what's your name."

"My name is not important."

"Why? Is it embarrassing? Or just something really simple? Is it Greg?"

"It is not Greg."

"Yeah, you don't look like a Greg. How about Ronald?"

"If it will keep you quiet then my name is Normand."

"Seriously? Did your parents hate you?"

"But that is not important," he said, ignoring me, "What's important is discovering the thing that allowed you to survive."

"Right, so me and Twigg were the first of your uh…patients, to survive the operations?"

"Correct."

"And you want to know why?"

"Yes."

"But why?"

"So that my next operations will also be a success."

"No, I meant why the hell are you operating on people like this?"

"That's none of your concern."

"As one of the people you operated on, I think it is." I retorted

"Let's just say it's a hobby of mine."

"You need to get yourself a better hobby Normand, have you tried stamp collecting?"

"Quiet, from now on you will call me master."

"That's not going to happen."

"It is if you want your stay here to be less painful."

"See but I'm not planning to stay long."

"I don't care what your plans are."

"Elishia has gone to get help, she will find me."

"I doubt that."

I glared at him.

"Now if you don't mind, I have work to do." And with that he turned and left, leaving the cave through a small door, I heard the lock click and then his footsteps faded away.

I frantically looked around for something, anything, that could help me. But the room was bare except for the lantern swinging in the centre of the room.

My bag had been taken off me, and he had even removed the pins from my hair, so I had absolutely nothing to pick the lock with.

How long was I out? For all I knew, we were so far from the trail I had left, I didn't even know what day it was. I groaned and slumped against the wall. It was all up to Elishia now.

I don't even know how long it's been, I've just been going through the basic motions. No one had any news about Manny saying that the Leaf ninja tried to track her but didn't have her smell so they got nowhere. Everything was really starting to look hopeless. It didn't help that Gaara didn't trust me alone so he found a leash and attached it to what was dubbed my collar and has been dragging me around everywhere with him. I felt like a pet.

"Matsuri, send this reply to the Hokage and tell her I'll be leaving in a couple of days."

"Yes Lord Kazekage."

I looked up from my corner with a question, "Where are you going?"

He looked at me like I had asked if the sun was hot, "We are going to the Leaf, a new report has come in about a trail of blood leading through the woods. They tried to follow it but it split off on other trails so I'm going to check one trail on the way and meet up with one of their teams. You, of course, are coming with me so you don't do something stupid."

"Why? I can't fight, you've been training me but I've never hit you once."

"I've been training to make you even faster than you already are so, should the situation arise, you can get out before you get hurt."

"So you've achieved nothing with me?"

He sighed gently then changed subjects, "Do you have any idea where he would've taken her?"

"Nope, when we woke up all we saw was a small room," he gave my leash a tug and I followed him out the door, "we climbed out a window. We were in the middle of the forest, headed towards the sound of water and that's where we came across Naruto and Jiraiya. I can't give you more than that."

"Why weren't you paying more attention to detail?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I'd have to worry about being kidnapped again by some Physco who turned me into a cat. Next time it happens I'll be sure to ask if I can take a good look around first."

"No need to get sarcastic."

"I have every need to get sarcastic, you say some very stupid things for a Kage."

"You say some very stupid things for a cat."

"Shut up!"

"So I win then?"

"Grrrr," I pounced on his back and pushed him to the ground, trying to run off but he still had a firm grip on my leash, "let go of me."

"Nope."

"This is a form of kidnapping."

"You're used to it," he stood up, brushed himself off, then pulled the leash so close that I was forced to walk beside him, "and you're an idiot for thinking you could run off like that."

"Look, I don't want to be near you because you're pissing me off."

"You're a big girl, you'll get over it."

"UGH‼ YOU SUCKY SUCK SUCK SUCK SUCK‼"

"Are you finished?"

New plan of action, "…"

"What? Not talking to me now?"

"…"

He frowned slightly, poking my side but I bit my lip and didn't react. No matter how much I wanted to laugh. Eventually he loosened the leash enough for me to walk a few steps behind him. We walked in silence to yet another one of his deathly boring meetings where I get to sit in a corner and be ignored by everyone.

Normand returned the next day, At least I think a day had passed, and walked straight over to me, I tried to move away but was still chained to the wall. He drew a key from his pocket and unlocked the chain from its bolt in the wall. Then told me to get to my feet.

"What for?" I asked, eying the chain in his hand nervously.

"I'm taking you to your new room."

"Is it outside, I'd much prefer to be outside."

He yanked on the chain around my ankle and I stumbled forward. "Follow." He commanded, then turned and walked out the door. I tried to resist, but just ended up being dragged by my ankle which was not comfortable.

He lead me to a large, round room with a high ceiling. There were several ledges along the walls, and in the centre of the room was a large circular cage.

"This is where you'll be staying."

"You have got to be kidding me."

"It should be comfortable."

"It's a giant birdcage."

"Would you rather a normal sized one?"

"I hate you. I hate you so much."

He dragged me over to the cage and pushed me inside, then removed the chain from my ankle, replacing it with a metal cuff, before shutting and locking the door.

"Let me out." I yelled, grabbing the bars.

"Quiet now, pretty birdie." He cooed, then pulled a lever and the cage was lifted into the air where it swung gently before coming to a stop.

"You're a sick freak."

"I'll see you tomorrow to run some tests, don't strain your wings too much." And then turned to leave before stopping at the door. "Oh and by the way, with a simple push of a button, that cage will come crashing to the ground with you in it. So there's just a thought to make you behave." And then he left, shutting the door behind him.

Oh god I hate him with every fibre of my being. I looked around the cage, there was a jug of water next to a bowl, I went to investigate and found that the bowl was filled with seeds, nuts, and berries.

He's treating me like an actual bird.

I sat down and tried to pull the cuff off my ankle, it wouldn't budge, I assumed it was a tracker just like Elishia's collar. He's not taking any precautions. I sighed and ate a handful of the seed-berry mix. I might be here a while.

"And yet another meeting in which you achieved nothing," I spoke to Kankuro because he was at the meeting and I wasn't talking to Gaara, "Why do you go if that's all you do?"

"My little brother is the Kazekage, what else can I do?"

"Fake being sick."

"Tried that, it didn't end well."

My collar was tugged roughly in the other direction but I grabbed Kankuro's sleeve so I couldn't be dragged away, "Anyway, wherever you're going take me with you."

"I think Gaara wants you to go the other way…"

"I don't care," I pulled slightly harder on his sleeve before clicking to something, "Wait, you're good with your hands right?"

He looked to his brother then back to me, "No?"

"Yes you are, you make puppets and shit like that."

"Oh! Yeah, I am."

"Do you think you would be able to get this collar off of me?" I fell into him as Gaara finally let up on the leash, I gave him a quick glare before looking back to Kankuro, "Do you think you could?"

"I could give it a try…"

"Yay‼"

I pushed him all the way to his bedroom so he could use any of the gadgets he needed without me having to get up. I sat on the bed and looked at the two boys standing in the doorway, Gaara passed the leash to his brother before turning around, "I've got to put the minutes from the meeting into my office, I'll be back after that. Keep an eye on her."

"Sure thing," Kankuro gave his brother a small wave before moving over and taking the leash off. He pushed my hair over my shoulder and began to examine the collar around my neck, after a few hm's he got up and grabbed a few tools before returning and working on the collar. I heard him grunt a struggle a few times but nothing seemed to be loosening. He tampered with it a while longer before getting up and dropping a small dot with some wires into my hands.

"What's that?"

"The tracking device, the collar has some Jutsu on it so I could take it off but then I thought what if we trick the sick bastard who turned you into a cat."

"I'm listening." I turned around to face him head on.

He picked the tracking device out of my hands and slipped it into my pants pocket, I had been given three quarter black pants and black tank top as hand-me-downs from Temari, "We get him to see you, seeing the collar completely intact and the tracking device working, you manage to slip away, take the tracking device out of your pocket and put in on another creature. While he's out hunting that down you are free to go and search for Rebecca."

"Kankuro…"

"Yeah?"

"I FREAKING LOVE YOU‼" I wrapped my arms around his laughing shoulders, he just gave me the best gift in the entire world. The freedom to go find my friend. I heard a small cough from the doorway and saw Gaara standing there looking as awkward as usual, I just smiled happily at him, "Your brother is amazing."

"I heard, come on I have work to do."

"Can I hang out with Kankuro a little bit more?"

"Whatever."

I wonder why he's so shitty, "Thank you Gaara."

Normand returned later, he pulled the lever that lowered the cage, then unlocked the door and attached a long chain to the cuff around my ankle.

"We're going to run some tests."

"What kind of tests?"

"Oh, you'll see."

"Ok, what's all this for?"

"You're going to fly for me."

"My wing is still injured."

"It should be fine, I sedated you, so you were unconscious for a couple days and you're all healed now."

"How long have I been here?" I asked.

"About five days."

I groaned, I hadn't even realised.

"Now fly."

"Why?"

"Just do it," he sighed then pulled out a knife, "Or do you need some persuading?"

"Geez, ok." I said and stretched out my wings, then I pulled them down hard, shooting myself upwards and flew around the room, coming to land on one of the ledges near the ceiling.

From above, I saw him pull out a notebook and write something. What is he planning?

"Now return." He commanded.

"I'd rather not, I prefer it up here away from you."

He yanked on the chain and I tumbled off the ledge, I twisted round and spread my wings out, gliding to the floor.

"Ok, so I flew up and came back. Was that what you wanted?"

"It was."

"So can I go now?"

"Sure."

"Wait, really?"

"No."

I glared at him.

He pulled out a tape measure and recorded my height and wingspan, then weighed me.

I went along with his stupid tests, mostly to avoid making him 'persuade' me, but I also wanted to put him in a false sense of security, maybe if he thinks I'll cooperate, then he'll loosen some of the restrictions he's placed on me.

"So Normand." I said, as he took a blood sample from my arm.

"I told you to call me master." He growled.

"Right, uh, anyway, why did you kidnap people from my world and bring them here?"

"That's none of your business."

"I thought we had agreed that it was my business seeing as how I'm involved."

He sighed, "Your world is like, the creator of this world."

"You mean the anime?"

"Yes."

"So how is that relevant?"

"People from your world possess massive amounts of chakra, and it's unique, normally a person's chakra is one of the elements, fire, water, wind, lightening, and earth."

"Right."

"Well I discovered that in your world, you don't have chakra."

"Yup."

"But when you bring someone from that world to this one, their chakra potential is unleashed, and they have a combination of all five."

"Really? Ok, but why did you bring people here to turn them into animals?"

"Because all my patients kept dying, once I discovered your world, I realised that I could find a patient who might survive."

"Ok, I guess that makes sense." Just keep him talking. "So uh, how did you manage to cross between the worlds?"

"Enough talk." He said, "back to your cage."

I sighed, and returned to the cage, where he locked the door and then raised it into the air.

"I'll see you tomorrow."

"Unfortunately." I mumbled.

After he left, I sat down and ate some more of the bird food he had left, not surprisingly, it was actually really yum.

At least he's talking, and now I know why he kidnapped us from our world and brought us here, because we have chakra that's in the form of all five elements.

I peered down through the bars of my cage to make sure he was gone.

Well if my chakra is that special, then I might as well use it.

I stood next to the bars of my cage and concentrated hard, sending as much chakra to my feet as I could, I lifted my foot and kicked at the bars, denting them.

Yes! Now if I could only break through, I might actually escape, and I've only got till morning before Normand returns.

I took a deep breath and concentrated hard, kicking the bars again. The bars bent back and I could almost squeeze through, once more and I'm out. I kicked again, breaking one of the bars completely and bending the others back. I stepped out and spread my wings, gliding to the floor.

I fist pumped the air, glad to be out, now I only have to break down this door, and any others in my way, then figure out where I am and how to get back to the Hidden Sand, all without alerting Normand as to my escape.

Easy peasy.