"Taemasu" is Ame's pseudonym and means "Bear". Please comment!
~ Uchiha Ai
I felt like a tug of War and felt like my limbs were being pulled out every moment. »Taemasu, let go,« I pressed through clenched teeth. Ame lived up to his pseudonym. »No way,« he said. I looked down at myself and stuck to the slippery pink thing that had wrapped my leg. »I'm sorry,« I said, looking in his eyes. He let go and I hit the ground with full force. The air was squeezed out of my lungs and I gasped.
After struggling to get up, I looked around. »I didn't think we would see each other again so soon, Shizuka-chan,« Orochimaru's voice murmured close to my ear. »Keep your spit with you and let's go in there before the others come up with the idea of attacking you,« I retorted, wiping my head demonstratively. He opened a tunnel that led to the underground hiding place. »Someone has retrofitted in recent years,« I stated. No wonder he had appeared so unexpectedly. He was and was just a snake. Insidious through and through.
»So you landed at the ANBU. I did not expect anything else from a Uchiha,« he said, grinning. »Let's get to the point. What do you want from the Kunoichi you captured?« I asked, following him through the corridors. »Nothing. She was snooping and almost discovered my hiding place,« he said and stopped in front of one of the doors. He opened it and let me go first. I looked at him suspiciously.
»Do not worry, you're too valuable to me to hurt you somehow,« he said. »I'm less sure about that,« I muttered, entering the room. Everything here was reminiscent of a kind of laboratory. But there was little to recognize because of the chaos that prevailed here. »You can take off the mask,« he said. I removed the mask and tied it to my belt before turning to face it. »So what do you want from me?« I asked. »The same as 5 years ago,« he retorted.
»Don't you find it weird to want to live in a woman's body?« I asked, raising an eyebrow. »I never wanted you as a vessel, I want your blood. Itachi just assumed that I wanted to use you as a vessel,« he said. »So I'm supposed to serve you as an experiment. Do you really think I'll just agree with that?« I asked. »That's why you're here. I want to negotiate with you,« he said. »Either you're acting stupid or you really are. I'm not negotiating with you,« I said. »Maybe you think it over again when I tell you that I'm going to get Sasuke-kun. I know that you promised Itachi to take care of him. I'm just wondering how you want to do that, if he's coming to me and you are in Konoha?« asked he.
»Treacherous snake,« I hissed. But he was right. I had promised Itachi to pay attention to Sasuke and I never broke a promise. But I had also made a promise to me. So the whole thing got in the way of my plans with Danzo. » What's holding you back?« »It's none of your business. I have to think,« I said. »Maybe I can help you,« he tried. »Do you have information about Shimura Danzo?« I asked. He nodded. Maybe I could prepare for the fight with Danzo and look after Sasuke. »I want every record you have about him. You don't harm Itachi's brother and he won't be dream vessel,« I demanded. »If I can use your and his blood, I don't need him as a vessel,« he said. I didn't want to know what he wanted to do with it.
»Deal?« I asked, holding out my hand. »Deal,« he said, taking my hand, turning it over, pulling up the gauntlet and burying his teeth in my wrist. »What the?! Keep your salivary teeth with you!« I hissed as a stabbing pain passed through my arm. A grin ruffled his lips as he let go of me. »Normally, you make a deal with a handshake and not like something like that,« I pressed out, pointing to the mark that formed where his teeth were. »That's my guarantee,« he said, still triumphantly grinning.
»Release the kunoichi now,« I said, pulling out a kunai and starting inflicting a few injuries on my arms. My team would not believe me that I would get out of here without any injuries. He threw the key to me. »The next corridor left, then right, and the fourth door on the left. I've manipulated her memory a bit, so do t be surprised if she's a little confused. You should hurry, that's what a real escape looks like.« »As you wish,« I said, casting the same Genjutsu on him as Itachi did in the past. »I hope that looks real enough. See you, snake,« I said and disappeared. I ran down the hallways, ignoring the throbbing pain in my wrist.
Arriving at the door, I put my mask back on and made sure that the mark on my wrist was guaranteed not to see. I unlocked the door and saw Raya, leaning against the wall and sitting on the floor. I ran to her. »Raya,« I whispered. She raised her head and looked into my Sharingan. »Shizuka?« she whispered back. I put my index finger on the mask where my lips would have been. She nodded and I helped her get up. »Where are we?« she asked confused. »I'll tell you later, let's just get out of here. Can you go?« I asked. The brunette nodded. I signaled for her to follow me and ran through the corridors. Raya kept falling back and so I supported her and led her to the tunnel through which I had come in here. My arm made a problem for me and the feeling of numbness slowly spread.
»Aisu!« I heard Tenzo's voice behind me. I turned around. The whole team was there. »How did you do that?« Katsu asked and came up to take Raya and supported her as she looked really weak and exhausted. »I'll explain it later to you. We should take her back to Konoha now,« I said, pointing to Raya. The others nodded and we left. I kept falling back and had to pull myself together so I wouldn't get hung up. Ame seemed to notice that and waited for me. »Everything okay?« he asked. »Just a little exhausted,« I replied. Without questioning and without warning, he swung me on his back as if I weighed nothing. »It's alright, I can walk on my own,« I protested. »No arguing. You got Raya out of there and got some injuries in. You should get some rest,« he said and just kept walking. If he would knew about the deal with Orochimaru, Ame would surely not do this.