Chapter 52

In a spacious room inside an abandoned house located near Aria's place, Chizuru seated in a couch with her hands folded demurely on her lap. In front of her is Tobi with his usual high collared purple mantle complete with his ripple patterned light purple mask, and beside him is Miyowa in her extravagant red kimono with a very disappointed expression painted on her beautiful face.

"Forgive me, Tobi-sama…" she said,

Miyowa grabs the tea cup over the coffee table and spill its contents on Chizuru's face. "You ingrate, who do you think took care of you since you're little? Who feed you, clothed you, and gave you shelter? Tell me who?" she shouted angrily at Chizuru.

"I don't forget what mother and Tobi-sama had done for me, and I am forever thankful for that but I cannot obey your orders this time." Chizuru remained on her sitting position with her drenched face and bangs that are starting to drip down to her black kimono.

"How dare you!" Miyowa raises her hand that is holding the tea cup and is to throw it to her but is stopped by Tobi.

"My mistress, she is carrying an Uchiha's child in her womb." He said calmly but his eyes were glaring at the mistress behind his mask, gripping on Miyowa's arm. Miyowa grit her teeth pulled backs her arm and sits down again.

"I only want you and the child to be safe, my Chizuru… but if you really desire to stay here I will respect your decision." Tobi said, "You can now leave the room,"


When he gets out of the room, Kaya and Akane were already outside and are waiting for her. Both of the old ladies had an anxious expression on their faces and she just smiled at them apologetically.

"I'm sorry, but I decided to stay here." She said,

Akane smiled at her and just nodded while Kaya closes her eyes and sighed.

"I will prepare Chizuru-sama's bath." Akane said,

Kaya nodded and guided Chizuru to her room.

The old ladies might have prepared her room when Miyowa reported to Tobi what had happened last night. The room was arranged neatly, her clothes were already in the cabinet and some of her things are placed over the dresser.

"Good thing that the tea she spilled on you isn't hot," Kaya said

Kaya helped Chizuru take the soaked black kimono off her body, and place it in the laundry basket.

"Un," Chizuru nodded as she pulled the black kanzashi and free her hair from being tied. When Kaya tried to take the hawk's claw ring off her hand, she pulled her hand.

"I… I'll just wear this." She said, wearing the bath robe.

"Did he give you that?" Kaya asked,

"Yes." She answered briefly,

"It would be safer for you and your unborn child if you stay in place far from here." Kaya carry the laundry bin,

"Kaya-san, this place is safe and is well hidden by the mountains." She looks at Kaya,

"Why do you want to stay here with him? He doesn't love you." Kaya said frankly,

"He… He always thinks of my safety." She said, holding the ring on her finger.

"Putting shackles on you and locking you in his cage, is that his definition of safety?" Kaya asked with sarcasm.

"Just once… I want someone to be afraid of losing me. Even if he doesn't love me, I will stay beside him because he told me to." She wipes the tear that trickled down her cheeks and get out of the room.

"Chizuru-sama, your bath is… ready." Akane said when she saw Chizuru on the corridor, but the young lady didn't look at her and just enter the bathroom. "Is she crying?"


Sasuke had his forehead against the bathroom wall as the water from the shower fall to his gorgeous naked body. He can't brush away Chizuru's crying face from her thoughts and her voice still echoed in his mind.

Earlier, when he entered the abandoned house where Tobi is staying at the moment, he told him that Chizuru disobeyed him and wanted to stay here.

"I'm impressed. You made my loyal servant disobey me." Tobi said walking in the receiving room towards him,

Sasuke's brows pulled together, "What are you talking about?" Jugo and Suigetsu who are standing at his back are also puzzled by Tobi's words.

"I expect you to protect her until she gives birth, Sasuke." The masked man taps him on his shoulder. "And don't let your obsession for her hinder our goals…again. She is a very useful tool for me but if she makes you weak, I wouldn't hesitate to throw her." his eyes were glowing red.


Sasuke was drying his dripping hair with a towel and just got out of the bathroom when he walked into Aria who is carrying a basket of medical herbs in the corridor. She looked surprised for a moment and greeted him. The old ladies were also staying on that house because he destroyed half of the second floor of Aria's house yesterday when he discovered that Chizuru ran away. He met Kaya earlier in the kitchen and she just greeted him like nothing happened, though Akane looked a little bit intimidated at him.

He stopped in front of the room Chizuru is occupying, thinking if he should sleep beside her or just sleep beside Jugo and Suigetsu. She was very angry to him earlier and she even called him an 'asshole'.

"Why don't you just enter, asshole."

Sasuke immediately looks at direction where the voice came from and saw Suigetsu standing at the door in the corner of the corridor with his toothy grin. He pointed at Suigetsu and fires him a blast of his chidori in which the white haired ninja easily evaded.

"Hey! Are you going to ruin the second floor of this house too?" he shouted,

Sasuke just ignore Suigetsu's ranting, he opened the door and went inside.