100 Themes Challenge Prompt #54 - Tower
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Chapter 54 - Tower
"He has her in his tower; the underground basement." the dark side informed lowly.
"There wasn't a basement before." the white half pointed out, "Although, it shouldn't surprise us. It is Orochimaru…"
"He does like to take up body disposals missions, together with his partner." stated the other.
"Yes, Sasori is a fitting partner for him."
As the monochrome plant-like member talked with himself, the other seated on the bed laid his chin atop open palm. Right underneath their noses... Was it overconfidence for him to act as such? Did the snake think that no one would be looking for her?
However, the timing was perfect. Everyone was sent out on their own missions, and Sasori never associated himself with her due to the state of his body. Outside of missions, Akatsuki members barely saw each other, being too busy with their own agendas.
Also, he was absolutely sure that Orochimaru did not know of his existence. As far as he was concerned, everyone in Akatsuki (including the 'leader' himself), was under the impression that Kagome was Itachi's lover. There hadn't been any complains nor questions due to her unique abilities, but his association with them was definitely unaccounted for.
"What had Orochimaru came to learn so far?" he asked Zetsu, whose body was half submerged to the ground.
"Oh, nothing we haven't told you, Kagome had yet to cave." the white side answered.
"It won't take long before Orochimaru resort to his more sadistic side." the dark half commented.
"So far, Orochimaru had been patient and lenient." the white agreed.
In that retrospect, Kagome did have strong willpower. However, he knew that should Orochimaru be pushed, the white snake would not hesitate to use whatever methods necessary to gain his knowledge.
In that manner, they were quite similar.
Unfortunately, he couldn't allow that. Kagome was a valuable find, she would be kept intact and sane in case she proved to be a true gold. He knew just how powerful a strength loyalty was, it would benefit him more to have a devoted pet rather than one who obeyed out of fear and obligation.
"Should Orochimaru resort to excessive physical torture or Genjutsu, take her back." he told the monochrome individual simply, "Otherwise, keep watch and report his findings."
"Heh, and here we thought you like her." the dark side chuckled.
"He does like her, that's why he said that." chided the white.
As the figure slowly moved into the ground, a black hand rose in a mock wave,
"We do hope that our measure of 'excessive physical torture' are the same."
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A/N: Thank you all for the kind comments. I appreciate all of the help in my grammatical errors.
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