I've had enough. No more breaking down, no more doubting myself, no more acting like a child. I am going to get out of here if it's the last thing I do. All I had to remind myself was to wait and then strike. I was going through one of Sticks torturing games but to be honest it didn't really bother me. The new fire that was burning inside my body was somehow protecting me from the pain that he was casting over me. Stick seemed to notice this as well and was using more dangerous methods to try and get some re-action out of me. After a while he gave up and left to probably go and talk to Danzo about his worries and failures. This was my chance. I forced my body to relax; my astral-drop (that's what I've called it) left my body and went zooming over to Hokage tower. It had been three days since I had been using it to search the place I was being held captive and memorising the number of guards and there time schedules. This was my first attempt to make contacted with anyone, since talking with Kakashi. But I found out that I couldn't go back to my translucent form for some reason. I had believed I was able to show myself to Kakashi last time because I was under high stress and was somehow able to link with him on spiritual level, this all sounded odd to me but it was the only thing I was able to come up with to understand the situation. I watched the green blurs fly past me as I quickly approached Konohagakure, since I couldn't re-connect with my visible astral-drop I needed to find out some way to communicate with whoever I came upon. This is going difficult, I thought to myself when I looked up and saw the tall Hokage tower; burning bright in the darkness, I began to feel myself slow down and eventually stopped in the Hokage's office. I froze when I saw an angry looking Kakashi, with an annoyed looking Sasuke and a helpless looking Naruto, sitting at his desk as he watched his former sensei and best friend/rival (as Minato would put it)argued over something that I had no idea about since I had only just walked in on it.
"How can you say that?" Kakashi snapped at something Sasuke had said earlier but I had missed. This made my plan even harder. How the hell was I going to get their attention if they were already to busy trying to kill each other? I sighed to myself, as I walked to stand next to Naruto. I felt completely sorry for him, since he seemed to be torn between the two of them and didn't know who to support. I just wanted to hug him but sadly couldn't.
"I said that because for the past few weeks you've being working yourself to the ground." Sasuke argued back but in a calmer manner. "How do we not know that what you saw was not just some kind of hallucination?" Uh oh, I thought to myself, I hope this is not about...
"Believe me or not Sasuke I saw her and she was in pain, how do you expected me to sit back and do nothing." Kakashi questioned, slamming Naruto's table with his fist, leaving a dent in it. Why have I been so physic lately, I wondered to myself, since I had just predicted something else and got it right. Besides I kind of felt sorry for the table because I knew it was a special gift from Hinata when Naruto had first been announced Hokage, she had it specially made and everything. I was going to have a go at dad later when I was free and everything. "What I want to know now is what are we going to do about it now?" Kakashi asked, snapping me out of my little thoughts. Everyone –including me- turned to Naruto and waited for him to speak. Finally noticing that everyone was looking to him for leadership, Naruto learnt on his desk and began to think. It seemed like a whole decade had gone by before Naruto finally opened his eyes again.
"Sasuke has a point; you have been working yourself overboard which could have caused you to imagine your meeting with her, Kakashi." He spoke. I wanted to get angry at him for suggesting that but couldn't because I knew he was only thinking logically and was trying to do what was best; he is the Hokage after all. Looking back at dad, I saw he was about to argue with Naruto's decision but Naruto put his hand up in a very commanding manner that silence him instantly. "However, I have known Kakashi for most of my life and know he has been in mentally worse circumstances and still been able to pull through. Plus, let's not forget Nariko's unique abilities." He finished. A great weight seemed to be lifted off Kakashi at that moment.
"But there's still the question of how are we going to find her and how can we used this to our advantage?" Sasuke interrupted, turning the atmosphere sour again. Jeez, can't you just be happy for once, I notion, trying to direct my angry thoughts at him. Which sadly didn't not seem to have any affect. At least, that's what I first thought. Something went whizzing past the top of my head and smacked Sasuke's in the shoulder.
"Ouch, what the hell was that for idiot?" Sasuke demanded, rubbing his arm. Naruto just sat there with a dumb found expression, while Kakashi could only look at Naruto like he had completely lost it. On the other hand I was jumping in joy because I had wanted to do that for so long and this also meant I had found a different way to communicate with them.
"I didn't do it." Naruto finally spoke after he got over his shock. Kakashi seemed to also regain his self control but I could see the confusion written in his eyes, since everyone in this room was still trying to figure out how the book managed to fly nearly half way across the room and hit Sasuke, without anyone touching it.
"Then if you didn't who did." Sasuke asked, resulting in being hit by another book. What can I say I needed to test my new ability wasn't my imagination and that I could actually send objects flying in this form.
"Nariko... is that you." Naruto called out. Finally, I thought, as I opened one of the drawers in Naruto desk and grabbed the white bored and pen he had hidden in there (he said he needed it when he had a sore throat and needed to give out orders) and began writing on it.
Yep it's me. I wrote on it, the writing was a little bit of a scribble because I didn't have my control over it but at least it was readable. I laughed out loud when I saw the shocked expressions on the three grown men surrounding my piece of paper. You think they would have seen weirder stuff living the life of a shinobi.
"Hang on a second, how do we know if this is the real Nariko and not some kind of jutsu that the enemy's come up with to trick us?" Sasuke suddenly objected, ending up with another book slamming into his shoulder. Naruto tried to do all he could to muffle the laughter in his throat but failed miserably. Sasuke just stood there with a childish pout of his face which only made Naruto laugh even more. Even though the mask was hiding his face, Nariko could see a small smirk appear on Kakashi's face. The next thing I draw was a cartoon face, sticking its tongue out. Sasuke pout turned into a glare at the picture.
"We can defiantly establish that's Nariko." Naruto breathed once he calmed himself down. Naruto you're the best, I tried to mentally zap over to him but then remember I could write it on the board.
"What about me?" Kakashi joked, when he saw what I had written on the white board. I giggled at his attitude, rubbing the ink away and replacing it with the shape of a heart. Kakashi quickly beamed at the picture but suddenly became very serious. "Ok every Nariko, fun times over. Can you tell us where you are?" Reality hit me when I remember what I was here for and that I probably didn't have much time left. Quickly searching the rows of books, I picked up one that had geographic maps in and flung it on the table, flipping through the pages I found the map that showed the Border Mountains between the land of sound and land of fire and drew a cross where I was being held. Then I grabbed other pieces of paper and started scribbling down a side of the mountains with all the rooms that existed in the mountain and labelling traps and alarms that had been set up around the place. The more I draw the more control I started to gain over the pen and the more confident I began to feel. Paper flew everywhere as I began writing guard details and the estimated amount of guards, supplies and weapons that were stored inside the place.
"Do you know who's in charge of the operation?" Sasuke asked. Finally a reasonable question, I considered, as another piece of paper flew in my direction. I began drawing the man's face when a shock wave zapped through my body. In pain I accidently smudged a bit of the drawing and knocked over the ink on the table and on to the floor.
"Nariko!" Everyone in the room shouted at the same time. No! Have to tell them who, have to tell them who! I wasn't strong enough to draw them a picture of the man but I can at least give him his first name. More throbbing erupted through me and I fell to the floor, clutching my stomach. I didn't know how I was going to give them the old man's name because I couldn't concentrate on the pen.
"Nariko!" Kakashi cried out, suddenly standing next to me. I didn't understand how he knew I was in that spot until I looked at my hands and saw I was transparent again. Pain! That was it. That was I could make myself solid. I tried to shout out his name but I couldn't open my mouth without screaming. Forcing myself to think straight, I learnt forward and dipped my hand in the ink that had fallen onto the floor, shaking I began to write out the letters but on the last one I only managed to complete half of it before more pain erupted through my body; breaking my concentration and making me return back to my body.
The men stared at the floor in complete disbelief. There was no doubt in their minds now that was the real Nariko who had drawn up full battle details on Naruto's table. Anger burned through all of them when the shock began to subside. The last letter had not been completed but they could see clearly see who's name she had been trying to write; Danzo.