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Chapter 18: Taking Chances (part 2)

"Katara!" the Hyuuga exclaimed as she headed for the base. Just as she was a few meters from the actual headquarters of the Hidden Cloud Village, her male teammate quickly came to her side and grabbed her arm before she got any closer.

"Keiko, are you crazy?!" exclaimed the Takahashi as he turned her around to face him. "You know what Katara said." He sternly said as he glared down at her.

"Koji! She's in trouble; you saw what happened to her!" argued Keiko as she tried to get out of his grip.

"If you go in there, you'll get caught too, and then the mission will be blown. Is that what you want?" asked Koji as he looked at her seeing that she had finally calmed down and silenced herself.

Knowing the answer, the Hyuuga finally accepted defeat as she said, "Fine, let's go back for help."

"Alright let's go. The light will be gone in a few hours. We have to try to cover as much ground as we can before it becomes dark." Said Koji as they both made their way towards their home.

Waking up with a sore bruise on her neck, the Uchiha quickly looked at her environment. Looking around, she saw that she was in some sort of jail cell with chains around her arms and legs. At the moment, she was just sitting down on the cold, hard, and dirty ground and before even thinking about what she would do next, the Uchiha tried to focus chakra in her hands to break the handcuffs. As she focused some chakra, a huge surge of electricity traveled throughout her body, causing her to scream in pain. As her screaming ended, she quickly took several deep breaths before recovering from the pain.

'So these are chakra absorbing chains that send electrical impulses when I try to even use any of my chakra. Well that's just great; how am I supposed to get out of here?' thought the Uchiha. Her own train of thought was suddenly disrupted as she turned towards her cell door and saw a shinobi enter. As she was hurled up from her feet, the Uchiha didn't even have enough time to see who was rudely shoving her out of the cell. As she fell behind said shinobi, she saw that it was the same man that had captured her earlier. Having a better look at him, she could tell that he was as ruthless Jounin that was probably about her sensei's age. He continued to drag her for a long time through the barely lit hallways; the whole journey felt like ages to her and finally, they arrived at two huge, rusty, metal doors. As the man before her opened the two doors, he once again pushed her inside. Trying to cover her eyes from the bright light that was in the large room, the heiress quickly adjusted to the intense lighting as she looked around her new environment.

She saw that there were several chairs and a table that stood in the middle of the room; seeing all of this, she quickly realized where she was. 'This is a torture and investigation room!' Katara exclaimed in her head as she began to panic on the inside. Trying to search for any way out, she was about to turn towards the door, but a low voice suddenly stopped her and forced her to turn around.

"Where do you think you're going?" Stated a man with spiky, white hair and piercing orange eyes. As he glared at her, Katara lost control of her voice as her body was too stubborn to answer back as she took a big gulp in her throat. As he approached her, he quickly grabbed her and chained her down to a metal chair. Katara quickly tried to struggle out from the chair, but as he towered over her, he said, "Don't bother; the only way you're going to get out is if I allow it. Now if you're a good little kunoichi, you'll cooperate." He had said as he smirked at her.

Just looking at him made her shiver a bit on the inside; she could see that he had big plans for her if she didn't cooperate in his orange eyes, but putting aside her own fear, she looked up at him with determined eyes, waiting for what was to come.

Another door in the room quickly opened, and turning her attention towards it, Katara saw another person enter the room; the person seemed to be a platinum-blonde female with white eyes and as the Uchiha heiress watched her stride in, both Hidden Cloud ninja circled around her.

"So this is the Uchiha, Kenta-sama?" questioned the blonde as she put one arm on her hip and turned towards her superior.

"Yes, it is. Try to get enough information from her as possible." The white-haired man said as he stepped back. Nodding towards her leader, the kunoichi stepped forward towards the heiress and went down in order to be eye level with her.

Trying not to show any fear, Katara looked back at the girl with the same amount of determination and as she watched the man sit just across from her, Katara's chin was quickly moved to look directly at the kunoichi's white eyes.

Taking a seat at the table across from the Uchiha, who was still restrained, the kunoichi said, "Let's start easy; why are you here?"

Looking at both shinobi with her navy orbs, the Uchiha retorted back with, "I'm not obligated to answer that." The heiress had said as she turned her attention away from the two people in front of her.

Seeing that some frustration was evident in both of their eyes, Katara slowly waited for one of them to explode out of anger. But the blonde-haired kunoichi quickly calmed down, and as she stood up from her seat, pushed the Uchiha's chair from the table, approached the Uchiha, and quickly gave Katara a punch in the gut.

Recovering from the mere shock of what had just happened, Katara quickly coughed up from blood from the hard hit. The attack had nearly skimmed her already sore side and as Katara tried to hide the immense pain that came from that attack, she contained a scream that she was going to let out. While still coughing, she glared at the girl with her navy orbs with disgust, but as the kunoichi smirked at her again, she said, "Don't worry, there's more of that if you don't cooperate. Now, I'll give you one more chance, why are you here?" the female asked with a soft, yet mischievous tone in her voice. Tapping her foot on the floor as she waited for an answer, the Uchiha still refused to respond with an answer; instead, the heiress said, "I'm not willing to betray my village; so if you want to get information out of me, you'll never get it out."

"So be it; you've lost those chances, now we'll just continue." The kunoichi said as she moved a switch in a remote control in her hand. As a huge surge of electrical energy passed through the Uchiha, several high-pitched screams were heard throughout the room. After only ten seconds of the continual shock, it finally stopped and Katara tried to stop her body from shaking. Looking up at the kunoichi, the heiress tried to show that same amount of determination as she looked at the female again. "What was that?" the Uchiha exclaimed.

Giving her another smirk, the blonde kunoichi said, "That chair you're sitting in is connected to some chakra wires that can create massive amounts of electrical surges that can enter your body. I control it along with controlling what level it will be on. That was just the beginning; we can do this all day if you want."

After several more hours of continual shocking and physical damage to her body, Katara sat in the chair retaining several injuries, but still refused to even talk. Her mind was now blank with barely any thoughts and as she looked back at her torturer, she could see that the kunoichi was getting more and more frustrated.

"This is ridiculous! I've tried almost everything, and this little brat won't even crack!" exclaimed the blonde as she flailed her arms out and turned towards her superior.

As the man just calmly leaned back in his chair, he replied with, "Just calm down Miko. She's a strong one, I'll give her that."

Looking back at her victim, Katara could feel an intense glare targeted at her and as Miko stood in front of her, she slowly got down to eye level and looked at the Uchiha in the eye.

"You know, you're a lot more of a pest than I thought…but I see one weakness in you; you're mind is slowly shutting itself down and it's truly a shame. I don't think you could even be considered an Uchiha. I've tortured several of them, and I tell you that they're all a lot tougher than you. But yet, you're still alive. It's really a shame; someone like you being the last of your clan's kind. Oh, what would your clan think of you now?" the kunoichi said as she circled around the chair and waited for the Uchiha heiress to respond.

Trying to remain calm, the Uchiha quickly glared back at the girl and said, "You have no right to talk about my clan that way. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into. You don't know what happened that night, so don't you even try." Katara had said as she tried to control her anger.

"All I'm saying is you should've been gone years ago. I mean if your teammates didn't come back to save you, then what worth do you have for your village anyway?" Miko continued as she stood in front of the Uchiha with folded arms.

As Miko approached her and lifted up her chin for their eyes to meet, she quietly whispered, "You're just useless. A mere weapon used by your own village. You're worthless."

Glaring back at the kunoichi, the Uchiha was unable to contain her anger anymore. As she unleashed her raw emotion, the blonde kunoichi quickly stepped back as chakra began to be released from the Uchiha's body. The chakra quickly dissolved the chakra-absorbing chains and as Katara was still restrained in the seat, she smirked at the kunoichi and said, "I'll show you what it's like to mess with the Uchiha clan." Sharingan eyes suddenly met with white eyes and as they clashed together, the Uchiha heiress had captured the girl in a strong illusion.

"Where, where am I?" Miko asked aloud as she looked around the barren, red area.

"You're in an illusion. My illusion." Responded Katara as she appeared in front of the blonde.

"Well, if this is just a mere illusion, then this will be easy to break out of." The kunoichi said as she smirked and began to make the seals to release the genjutsu. 'Release." Thought Miko as she closed her eyes and concentrated her own chakra. But as soon as she believed she had destroyed the illusion, she saw the Uchiha glare back at her with blood red eyes.

"That won't work." Stated the Uchiha. "This illusion is stronger than illusions you've experience. This is my own world; I control everything here." Explained Katara as she circled around her opponent.

"You don't frighten me. I don't think you have what it takes." Retorted Miko as she looked at her opponent with her white eyes.

"You really shouldn't question the power of the Uchiha clan. Especially when you're stuck in my world." said the heiress as the blonde was suddenly restrained into a somewhat similar chair that the Uchiha had been restrained in. As the Uchiha stood before her opponent, Katara felt the Hidden Cloud kunoichi glaring at her as she was forced to be seated. Closing her eyes, Katara quickly took a deep breath and within moments, a huge surge of electricity surged through Miko's body. Katara overheard her screams and as she looked back to see how much pain her opponent was in, she quickly stopped.

Taking a few breaths before retorting back, the white-eyed kunoichi exclaimed, "Yo-you can't hurt me. This is all an illusion it isn't real."

"You can think that all you want, but the pain that you just felt will increase as time goes on. And according to me, you have 1 hour, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds left." Katara had said as she continued with the same method as she heard her opponent's screams.

Katara had quickly destroyed her illusion only after about ten seconds in the real world; and as the she deactivated her bloodline, she still remained restrained in her chair and she quickly looked up to see the kunoichi scream, and then faint from the mere pain of her own illusion.

Kenta slowly got up form his seat, and as he kneeled down before his own comrade, he calmly called in some medic nin from his headset. The medic nin came into the room as quickly as possible, and as they were all shocked to see one of their best investigators unconscious, they quickly led her away. With Miko gone, the white-haired leader turned towards the Uchiha and gave her a cruel looking smirk.

"My, my, I underestimated you, little Uchiha. Who knew that that was the true power of the Sharingan. You'll be very useful in the future." Stated Kenta as he tilted Katara's chin up for their eyes to meet.

"Like I'd work for you…I wouldn't betray my village, so you can just forget about what you're planning!" exclaimed the Uchiha as she still remained restrained in her seat.

"Well if that's your decision, then I suppose you'll have to stay here for awhile. That is until we send you off to our kage. He'll be interested in you." Answered Kenta as he leaned back on the table and stood before her.

"Hn…what is it that you're planning?" Katara curiously asked as she looked towards the white-haired man. "I mean, why else would you go through all the trouble of setting up several bases around the border of the Fire Country, knowing that our shinobi could stop you if we wanted to?"

Opening to reveal his intense orange eyes, having them focused on her, he replied with, "Hn…you're brighter than you look, kid. But seeing that you're not leaving this place anytime soon, you might as well know what the fate of your village will be." Looking at him with her own navy orbs, Katara gave him her full attention as he continued with his explanation; "My clan and I have been fully underestimated throughout time; those who have underestimated us, will now fear us because we plan to have a full on attack on the Hidden Leaf Village. You see, if you've gone over your history textbook, you would've learned that your village was originally the spot where my ancestors would've lived, if it weren't for certain other clans that felt that they had more of a claim to the land than others. From that moment, a battle erupted between these two groups; those who were believed to be stronger against those who were thought of to be weak. Before a war was able to begin, it stopped when a Senju and an Uchiha stepped between the fight, and tried to compromise. That compromise, was for the other clans to leave to where the Hidden Cloud Village now stands. So we were forced to move from our home; from a place that served to be so much better than the land we live in now."

"Why are you taking all of this out of proportion?! You don't need revenge; do you realize you'll be taking innocent lives away?!" exclaimed the Uchiha as she tried to jump out of her seat and attack the man before her. But as she remained restrained she intensely glared at him with her navy orbs as he continued on with more information.

"You don't understand; you wouldn't be able to. Seeing that you come from a clan that was allowed to prosper on that land, you don't understand how much hurt my family had to go through! But all that will change once we regain what is ours! We plan to take over and destroy your village and to discover those bloodlines that have made you powerful. By figuring out the secrets of each clan's bloodline, we will be able to stop any other clans that challenge our authority; we will become unstoppable!"

Widening her eyes in shock, the Uchiha was speechless for words as she continued to listen what he further had to say. "My clan specializes in lightning based jutsus, and within seven days, it will be the exact moment of a strong thunder storm. From there, we can collect enough energy to create our strongest jutsu: the lightning strike. The Hidden Leaf Village will then finally fall, and we will reclaim our rightful place."

"You don't need to kill innocent people to achieve this. Why don't you just talk to the Hokage about it? I'm sure he'll understand. There's other ways to doing this instead of using drastic measures." Stated the Uchiha.

"It's too late for that; for years we've been denied something that was rightfully ours and at this point, your pathetic village doesn't deserve any mercy. I'm sure you'll be willing to help us though." Kenta said as he smirked at her.

"And what makes you think I'm going to help you?" questioned the Uchiha as she raised an eyebrow at him.

"Maybe not you precisely, but a clone." Kenta replied as he stepped back and revealed an exact replica of the heiress. Looking at her own clone, Katara was confused beyond reason as she turned towards the white-haired man for an explanation. "We can easily transform our bodies into anyone we wish to be. This is just one of my kunoichis that will enter your village and destroy it from the inside out."

"You know what to do; you can leave now, Chizu." Kenta said as he turned towards the Uchiha-look-a-like.

"Hai, Kenta-sama." She replied as she gave the Uchiha a smirk and quickly left the room.

"Now you," Kenta began as he turned towards the Uchiha, "I can't let you interfere." Talking into his headset, within seconds, two strong-looking Jounin entered the room, and restrained the Uchiha with chains as they removed her from the room. Forcefully pushing her towards the cells below, they both roughly pushed her into her cell as they once again locked her in.

Looking at her surroundings once again, Katara heaved a huge sigh as she tried to think of an idea of what to do.

"Well considering that I'm stuck here, I should try to get the information I just learned to Keiko or Koji. They'll probably want to know." The Uchiha whispered to herself as she tried to form hand seals. But as she tried to concentrate chakra in her body, the surge of electricity throughout her body prevented her from doing so. Keeping up her will to persevere, the Uchiha fought against the pain as she quickly bit her thumb and created the necessary seals for a summoning. 'Summoning Jutsu: Morio of the Forest!'

A puff of smoke disappeared as fast as it had reappeared and once it had completely cleared away, Katara revealed a small golden-colored fox. Looking up at her with emerald eyes, the little fox replied, "Hey, long time no see, Katara! So what was the reason why you summoned me? And whoa, you don't look too hot, kiddo."

Looking at the fox, Katara replied with, "Morio, I need your help. Can I count on you to deliver something for me?"

"I don't know; where are you anyways? Doesn't seem like a great place if you ask me." Answered the golden fox as he slightly shifted his head to the right to look at her.

"Well," began the Uchiha as she quickly scribbled the information on a scroll and had handed it to the fox, "I need you to deliver this scroll to Keiko and Koji. If you don't find them, go straight to the Hidden Leaf Village. The village is in danger and this scroll contains valuable information. I know you're the only one who can do this since you're so well at escaping out of tight places, so I'm counting on you." Katara said as she gave the fox a smile and patted his head.

"Well, what about you, what are you going to do?" questioned the fox as he got onto all fours and was about to leave.

"I'll be fine, Morio; don't worry about me, I'll make it out of here. I already have a plan. So just head out of here, and make sure that scroll gets to them or the village. Don't look back, and please hurry, okay." The Uchiha heiress said as she insisted that the fox quickly leave.

Leaning against the wall of her cell as soon as she knew her summoning had left, Katara let out another sigh as she looked around and tried to think of a plan. 'If only what I told, Morio was true. A plan? I don't even have one right now.' Thought Katara as she slowly closed her eyes and tried to remain peaceful as she slowly let sleep take her.

"How do you think Katara is holding up, Koji?" asked the Hyuuga as both members of Team 7 were sitting around the campfire.

"She'll make it through Keiko. We just have to have faith in her. We have at least another two days before we enter the village, hopefully she'll find a way to get out before then. She's a smart one, Keiko, she'll figure some way out." Answered the male as he turned towards her.

"I just hope she's alright." Stated Keiko.

"Chizu, how is your mission going?" asked Kenta as the Hidden Cloud kunoichi listened to her headset.

"The mission is running smoothly so far. Seiji, Kagami, and I will reach the village soon. But I did find some of our Uchiha's teammates nearby. It seems as if they've set up camp for the night. They seem to be headed in the same direction." Answered the kunoichi as she and her teammates continued their pace towards the village.

"Interesting, mind if you tell me where they are?" asked their superior.

"Hai, Kenta-sama." Replied a red-haired boy (Seiji). "They're approximately 110 meters south from your location."

"Well then, I'm sure you've seen what they look like…so change your appearances to match theirs before you reach the village. I'll be sure to take care of the rest." Stated Kenta before he ended their conversation.

"Hai." Exclaimed all three shinobi as they continued on their journey.

Waking up from a long and struggling night of sleep, Keiko quickly left the tent to look for her teammate. As she quickly stepped out, she saw that their entire campsite was surrounded by at least five Hidden Cloud shinobi. Turning her attention towards her male comrade, Keiko saw that he had been quickly captured. Turning on her Byakugan for defense, she quickly held up her palms as she waited for the first strike from her opponents; not seeing any of them move, she quickly saw them slowly move a kunai closer and closer to Koji's throat.

"You even try to attack us, your teammate here gets it." Threatened a large looking man as he smirked at her.

Knowing that she didn't have a chance, the Hyuuga turned off her bloodline and felt defeated. Putting her hands to her sides, she let the other shinobi capture her as they headed back towards the base.

"So Keiko and Koji were captured." Said the golden fox as he did his best to conceal himself beneath a lush bush. "Then there's no other choice, I have to get to the village as quickly as possible."

The Uchiha heiress had a rough night; she had awoken at least three times during the middle of the night from a nightmare and as her body became sore from sleeping on the rough ground of her cell, she slowly got up from the ground and leaned against the wall. Looking up towards the ceiling, she tried to decipher if her dream had actually happened.

'That dream, well I guess nightmare, felt so real. I wonder if Keiko and Koji actually got captured. If they did, they aren't in the same base as me because I would sense them right away. If this dream is real, then I better get out of here quickly and rescue them before they get hurt.' Thought Katara as a thought came to her head.

A few hours of staying in the cell and eating some breakfast that they had fed her, the Uchiha heiress was ready to commit to her own plan. Although there were some major holes in her own plan, Katara knew that it was now or never. Hearing footsteps approach her cell, she knew that they had come with her lunch. Quickly getting onto her feet, the Uchiha scaled onto the ceiling and waited for the shinobi to look into the cell.

"What? She's gone…" the shinobi said aloud as he rapidly opened the cell and entered. Before even realizing where she was, the Uchiha quickly jumped down onto her feet, appeared behind the man's back, and quickly hit a pressure point that knocked him unconscious. Looking down at her opponent, the Uchiha quickly took his keys, and tested each one to see if they would unlock her chains.

"Alright, so the chains on my feet are gone, but this guy doesn't have a key to unlock the chains on my hands." Stated the Uchiha as she quickly left her cell and closed the door.

Making her way throughout the base, the Uchiha heiress made sure to check for any shinobi before passing through each hallway. As she reached an intersection, she concealed her body close to a wall as she waited for the shinobi to pass. As she was about to take another step, one of the two shinobi sensed her movement and quickly turned to strike her.

Narrowly dodging two kunai knives to the head, the Uchiha quickly decided to try to knock them out. Grabbing both kunai with her hands, Katara quickly realized that her hands wouldn't be useful in this situation. Not even knowing if this would work, Katara quickly threw both kunai in the air, and without a second thought, kicked both kunai towards her opponent. Watching the projectiles move rapidly through the air, they made perfect contact with their targets as both shinobi fell down dead.

Before anyone else would figure out what happened, Katara quickly took both bodies to a nearby closet and quickly shoved them in. Quickly leaving from the closet, Katara quickly slid out into the hallway and began her journey out from the base once again.

As she was smoothly making her way through, Katara avoided another barrage of kunai and shuriken as she looked up and saw other shinobi that were gaining on her.

"She's escaping! Make sure she doesn't leave. Kenta-sama will be displeased if he finds out!" exclaimed one Hidden Cloud shinobi as all of them increased their pace.

Running as fast as she could, the Uchiha quickly turned right, but once looking around, Katara realized that she had reached a dead end. 'Bad choice on my part; but, I still have one option…' thought Katara as she looked at the stone wall.

"It's over, Uchiha. Give up now and you won't have to suffer a severe punishment." Threatened a shinobi as he stepped forward. Looking at him, the Uchiha saw that he slightly resembled Kenta, and as she lowered her arms and closed her eyes, Katara quickly calmed herself down. She felt all the shinobi slowly approach her and as she opened her eyes to reveal her Sharingan, she quickly replied, "I don't think so," before using her own Mangekyou Sharingan. In an instant, black flames began to engulf the opposing wall and as the other shinobi tried to cover themselves up from the immense heat of the flames, Katara took that time to jump through the opening and finally meet up with the nice, fresh air, away from the base.

Once Katara managed to escape and take cover behind a tree, the Uchiha looked at her chains once again and tried to think of a way to open them. Letting another sigh out, Katara quickly concentrated a massive amount of chakra; knowing that a surge of electricity would pass through, she tried to ignore the pain as she desperately tried to pry the chains apart. As she concentrated more chakra, she continue to fight against the pain, but as the idea of liberation came to her mind, Katara persevered and eventually the chains broke in two.

Taking huge breaths of relief, the Uchiha took a small break as she leaned her body against the tree. Her Sharingan took a lot out of her along with concentrating a lot of chakra to free herself; therefore, as she continued to take huge, deep breaths, she also began observing her surroundings. Looking at the environment, she knew she was just far enough from the main base; and looking at the building that was just a few hundred meters away from her, she quickly concentrated some chakra before setting off her paper bombs. As the small explosions were set off, each one after the other, all the paper bombs the Uchiha had set up quickly caused the huge building to crumble.

Turning her attention back to her situation, Katara knew that she needed weapons to finish this mission. 'Well, they may have taken most of my weapons, but they didn't take all of them.' Thought Katara as she pulled out two scrolls from her back pocket. Swiftly unsealing them with her own chakra, several puffs of smoke appeared as several weapons were revealed. Taking out several kunai and shuriken, the Uchiha heiress quickly resupplied her reserves and took several paper bombs out too. While resealing the other weapons, she quickly put both scrolls back into their places, and began to move towards the direction of her teammates. Sensing that their chakra signatures were towards the west, the Uchiha quickened her pace and was minutes away from executing her plan for their escape.

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Several minutes later, Katara was hidden behind a huge oak tree as she looked what stood in front of her. The building before her was similar to the main base and as the Uchiha heiress watched several Hidden Cloud shinobi rush around the entire base, she concluded that everyone must've discovered what had just happened. Knowing that everyone was going to look for her, the Uchiha knew that her guard had to be up. From this, Katara also knew that they probably were on high alert and would guard her teammates more closely.

'I have to find a way to get in there without drawing any attention to myself. But how is that going to be possible?' Thought Katara as she remained behind the oak tree.

Looking around the entire area, she saw several shinobi stationed; although the Uchiha heiress knew the huge risks that came with this rescue, Katara was willing to put her own life on the line for her friends. 'Alright, I only have one shot at this.'