I was hoping what had happen had just been a nightmare and that Hamako would come in any second, jumping on my head and demanding that I'll do her hair. Instead I woke up with a really bad headache; like something was trying to break itself out of my skull. But it was when the headache subsided a little and my vision cleared and saw who was standing above me, was when the reality of the situation finally occurred to me.
"Daitaro!" I hissed with venom pouring out of every fibre in my body. Fighting against the chains that held me down, I tried to reach out and kill him but my bonds refused to let me budge and I couldn't summon any of my chakra. All I could do was just give him death glares at that moment.
"Hello Nariko, nice of you to wake up." He smirked, as his fingers moved along the edges of my body. His touch felt like poison; slowly moving its way through my body. I wanted with all my might to slap his filthy hands away from me but ordered my body to stay still; so he wouldn't think it was having any effect on me. I refused to even look at him, which was hard when you can't move your head and he is the only thing standing in my line of eyesight. This sucks, Nariko thought to herself, at the same time a door slammed open somewhere in the room. Daitaro disappeared from my eyesight to check who had entered. "Hello father, how are you?" He asked. I didn't need my aura reading skills to know that despite Daitaro'a act; he didn't like his father.
"Our guest is finally awake." He stated, ignoring his son completely and walked up to the other side of the bed. The man looked like he was in his seventies, with one of his eyes and arm bandaged and was holding a cane in the other. I instantly felt like I should fear this man but refused to show it. "I hope you are finding yourself comfortable." The man smirked above me. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the stupid question.
"Don't worry, I'll fill in a complaint card when I get out of here," I replied "and I will get out of here." I made sure the last bit didn't sound like a joke because I was going to get out of here. One way or another. The man only laughed at my serious attempts.
"Despite what you might think my dear, I'm afraid we can't let you go." He answered, making some kind of hand gesture to Daitaro. Daitaro instantly left the room. Well that's one dick head gone, I thought to myself, as I focused my attention back on the other guy. The old man just stared at me for a long time before he began talking to me again. "You have no idea don't you." He spoke, it sounded more like a thought he was saying out loud then a question.
"Know what?" I demanded anyway. If I had to stay here, I might as well find out what these crooks (and that's saying it nicely) have been trying to kidnap me.
"How powerful you are?" He answered, stopping at the other end of the table. "Do you want to know why you have these special abilities?" I admit, as soon as he said I was a little bit interested because I had always wanted to know why I could talk to ghosts and no one else could. Besides, I did say that if I was going to be forced to stay here I was going to find out why.
"Dude I think everyone I've met has wanted an answer to that question." I point out. I know I want to find out but I didn't want to sound eager. I prepared myself mentally, as the man began to explain.
"There is a legend that a child born under a lunar eclipse with the blood of the last Hatake and a descendant of the Tsukino clan, will be bless with the power to connect with all worlds, their mission is to protect the portals that keep the worlds separate and maintain the balance between them." He paused, for a second and slowly walked up beside me, so we could get a good look at each other's faces. "Do you see where I am going with this?" He asked, his cold dark eye sending cold chills down my spine.
"You think I'm that child." I stated. I wanted to come up with some sarcastic comment to piss him off and deny that I'm the child in the prophecy but I had to admit; being born under a lunar eclipse and my dad being the last Hatake didn't actually help my argument that much.
"I don't think, I know." The man sneered, as he continued to walk around the table. His constant walking was starting to make me think that he was taunting me in some way, like he was trying to show that he had some kind of power over me because he could walk and I couldn't. I swear I'm going to kick your ass when I get out of these chains, I thought to myself, as I continued to glare at him. "The abilities you have now are only the icing on the cake. You have the ability to do so much more. Even control demons." My body froze. Control demons? I don't like the sound of that, I worried to myself. This whole situation better not be based on me working for them and helping them take over the world with an army of demons or something, because I'm not in the mood. "That's why we need you my dear; we need you to help us conquer Konohagakure by helping us control the demons in our army." When he said it I rolled my eyes again. Ok, so maybe he didn't want to take over the world - just Konohagakure – but everything else I thought of before he said it was right.
"Thanks but I'm not interested." I snapped back at him. The man only laughed at my efforts to hate him.
"You have no choice." He smirked, an evil glint sparkled in his dark eye. "I have created a powerful genjutsu that allows me to have complete control over a person's mind." I laughed at his attempt to scare me.
"For someone that's been doing their research, you sure are stupid." I taunted, as I felt confidence growing inside my chest. "No genjutsu has ever worked on me." I guess I was being a little over confident at this point because the next thing he said next sent icy shockwaves through my body.
"I know." He admitted, shifting his body so our faces were only inches away from each other. "That's why I'm determined to break that mental shield of yours first." His mouth shifted into an uneasy smile that was scaring me a little bit. He turned away suddenly and walked out of the room. I was left there by myself feeling a little scared. Well whatever plan he's got it's not going to work, I deliberated with myself, I won't let him control me and force me to take over Konohagakure. I won't. The door swung open again and a man that looked a little like a tooth pick walked him. He was so thin that you could see most of his bones and was very tall; could have been taller if he didn't have a slumped posture.
"It's time to have some fun." The man grinned, as he unrolled the bag he was carrying to reveal a number of different size knives. Oh shit, was all I could think of.
I don't know how many days past but they were the worst of my life. Day after day I had to watch myself being cut open and watch as most of my organs would be destroyed then repaired again. I don't know how much more I can take, I cried silently to myself, trying to force my attention on to something accept on what was in front of me. No! I had to stay strong, I thought to myself. The others are coming for me: Minato, Dad, Naruto, Nene and Itachi, they'll save me; I know they will. I had to keep forcing myself to remember it because of an interesting conversation I overheard the bandaged man say.
It had been over two weeks of torture I had suffered a lot and had just blacked out from another one of Sticks torturing techniques. I was just coming back around when I heard voices.
"Why is it taken so long?" The guy demand, I knew it was the guy with the cane because I recognised his voice. He sounded like he was in a really bad mood.
"I'm sorry my lord Danzo but she is stronger than we thought." The other man tried to plead. There were a few moments of silence, until Danzo spoke again.
"The only way we can break through that shield is through her will. I don't care what methods you use as long as she breaks." I could hear the shuffling of feet and cane walking away and slamming the door behind them.
A stab of pain ran through my body and I screamed out in agony. I don't know what happened next but the next thing I knew I was floating in the air looking down on myself. I watched as Stick grabbed his electric panels; placing them on my chest and sent a shockwave through my body. Looking around I could see I was back in my body again. Well that was weird, I pondered to myself, as Stick fixed me up again from another torturing session. When he left I began to think. What had just happened? I thought to myself, as I repeated the scene in my head again. Is it possible I could do it again? I knew it sounded stupid but I was desperate. Forcing my body to relax I released all attachments I had to this room and the earth. I was beginning to think it wasn't working until I felt my body float into the air. Strange but it's better than nothing, I laughed to myself, as I looked down on my sleep form below me. I sighed to myself as I watched the peacefully sleeping form below me. Now if only I could get out of here. Before I had time to ponder on this question I found myself flying upwards, different rooms flashed past my eyes blurring all together, the next thing I saw was the open sky. This can't be real and yet it was. I thought I might wake up any second but I could feel the fresh air against my skin, even though I'm not in my body. Recognition struck me like a thunder bolt, as I began to absorb in the surroundings around me. I remembered I stayed here with my mother when I was quite young. It was a mountain that marked the bordered between the land of sound and the land of fire. Well, this is either complete coincide or my luck is starting to change, I smiled to myself, now I have to consider how long it's going to take to get home. I started thinking of Kakashi and wondered if he and everyone else were ok. The next thing I knew I was zooming over the landscape, I couldn't see much except all of the greenery blurring together. I had to admit despite the weirdness of it all, this was actually pretty cool. Before I could reflect on this anymore I found myself inside dad's apartment. I get it now; I deliberated with myself as I began to search the rooms to see if anyone was home, when I think of a place I automatically travelled to that place, that's cool. Searching the rooms I found many things had changed. The always messy bed was made up and looked like it hadn't been slept in for weeks, the always full fridge was empty with out of date vegetables and the always neat training room was completely covered in maps and scrolls that contained searching jutsu's. Where is he? I began to worry to myself. The calendar caught my attention. I ignored the funny picture of the scarecrow that hung on the wall and stared at the date. The latest white square to have an x in it was September the tenth. I've been freaking tortured for over a month, I cried out. I knew dad was searching for me because the evidence was all around the apartment, so I couldn't give up hope. Before I could concentrate any further the door burst door and a barking brown flash enter the room.
"Coco!"I cried out in joy, for a second I forgot that I was some type of ghost thing and attempted to pick Coco up, making my hands go right through him. Coco continued to bark at me but he wasn't doing like I was a burglar but as if he was trying to tell someone that I was here.
"Coco! What the hell has gotten into to you?" Kakashi demanded, as he walked through the door. I winced as I saw the dark purple bags hanging from Kakashi's eyes and his defying gravity hair was even messier then usual. Coco ignored and continued to bark at me.
"Dad, Dad, it's me Nariko!" I tried calling to him but he just continued to try and stop Coco from barking. I tried again but it seemed the only person (or animal) who could see me was Coco. "Daddy please." I begged, as I could feel tears forming in my eyes –despite the fact I was a ghost- I had never call Kakashi daddy before but I could feel my defensive shields breaking down as I tried to talk to him. Seconds later the door creaked again and in came eight other dogs.
"Coco, what are you..." He paused and started sniffing the air. All of the other dogs seemed to have frozen as well as they stared in my direction. Kakashi seemed to catch this, even in his tired state.
"Pakkun what's wrong?" He questioned, as he started pulling a kunai out of his pocket.
"Kakashi I don't know how to tell you this but..." He paused, as he considered if he should go on or not. "I can sense Nariko in this room." All of the other dogs nodded in agreement with what Pakkun had said, while Kakashi eyebrows had started to rise half way up his head. After a while Kakashi turned into the direction that Coco was still growling in.
"Nariko." Kakashi whispered, reaching his hand out towards me. Even though I knew it was stupid because my hand would just go through his I reached out to touch his hand as well. But something else happened; something amazing. As soon as I touched his hand a bright light appeared and an electric shock went up my hand. "Nariko." Kakashi cried out again. I couldn't see what I looked like but from what I could tell from my arms and legs, I looked like a cartoon character drawn on a piece of tracing paper. All of a sudden Kakashi pulled me into an embrace. Even though I was still a ghost I could hug him. I was translucent and solid. At that moment the shield that had been holding me together throughout the whole torturing process, suddenly broke down.
"Daddy, please I can't take it no more, it hurts too much, I can't ..." I cried into his shoulder, feeling a little bit of comfort that I should have received over a month ago. I felt Kakashi stiffen in my hug but I was in so much pain that I didn't really take it in. "They want to use me so I can hurt people, they're trying to break me. I swear I'm trying to hang on daddy but it's hard." I felt Kakashi push me away slightly but his firm hands still around my arms.
"Nariko, tell me where you are and I promise I'll come and get you right now." He spoke with such firm confidence and trust that a little bit of common sense pushed itself back into my brain and made me realise what position I was in.
"I'm ... Aaarrrrggggghhhh." I screamed in pain, as I fall down and everything disappeared.