AU: To see all of you loyal readers reading and reviewing my story makes my day! I have not updated much this week because I was loaded with homework, what with being a Junior in High School. I am back now and I will also be updating this most everyday! This will be a filler chapter/suspense.
Can I get a Hell yeah?
This chapter is based off the killings that happened in Russellville, AR and a few other places as well as recent events. If I get any information wrong please correct me. This chapter will be short because the next chapter will be a huge surprise and much longer I promise!
Chapter 8
It was still Saturday, but it was now 12:00 at noon.
Itama was running around the house with Jeri chasing after him, the burgundy haired beauty was giggling and laughing along with the five year old. Lori was seated on the sofa in between a chatty Hashirama and a glaring Madara. "Shut the Hell up Hashirama!" Madara snapped towards the Senju, who now had a sad frown on his face, his eyebrows knit together. "Oh, come one Mada-chan…"
Madara gained a huge tick mark on his temple, indicating how pissed he was. Lori just sighed in frustration at the childish antics of the two grown men. It was pitiful, Itama acted better than them and he was FIVE! "Both of you shut up." Lori demanded, her voice stern and earning a death glare from Madara as Hashirama hung his head low with a "Yes Ma'am…".
"Don't you ever tell me what to do women." Madara warned in a tone that would make any man fall to their knees in fear yet the blonde teen simply glared back, not showing a hint of fear if she was even feeling the emotion at all. She thought of several comebacks in her mind before deciding on one. "Your giving me an order when even a five year old acts more mature than you?" Her red lips played into a smirk of victory when she knew she struck a nerve in Madara's brain and maybe his ego.
Madara right now was fuming, he was already pissed off at being stuck in a new world with no knowledge of it, even with going to that forsaken school with the two teens and those blasted Senju, but now this kid insults him too? What the Hell makes this girl so brave? Or rather, so stupid? Did she not know who he was? He would have to teach her, and soon.
This woman is so…. Annoying! Damn it all! A five year old more mature than me? I think not. I'll show her who's more mature… Stupid blonde. The Uchiha though with his vision beginning to turn red from anger.
Itama stopped running from Jeri and stared at Madara with his eternal gaze as if he was stronger than him, a threat of pain laced in his eyes as he said to Madara, "Leave my big brother and Lori alone! Stupid Uchiha!" Shisui and Kagami were both quite impressed at the young Senju's moxie and spunk, but also dumbfounded at his stupidity. Tobirama crouched on the ground ready to save his younger brother of Madara attacked. Madara turned his cold gaze, which held a mature Sharingan on the small boy, who now shook in terror. Remembering those same eyes when he was killed before.
Juliet quickly ran to Itama's aid and stood in front of him protectively, like a mother would her child. "Stop it!" She demanded clearly. The authority and terror in her ocean blue eyes were clear. She was willing to fight to protect this little boy. He was only a child.
"You will not harm this child in any way, shape or form! Not so long as you're under my roof!"
Madara's Sharingan started to spin uncontrollably and Juliet fell to the floor unconscious.
"Mom!" Jeri cried out as she jumped from the couch and ran towards her mother and knelt beside her. "Mom! Wake up!" Jeri cried again as Madara turned her gaze on her.
"Enough!" Itachi said aloud with his voice firm. The teen before him was clearly worried over her beloved mother and Madara wouldn't hurt her like he did her mother, even with genjutsu if he was around. He was tired of all the fighting. Madara glared at him before back in down, most likely deciding to kill the brat later on.
Shisui, who sat beside Itachi in the floor, his eyes turned to The blonde between Madara and Lord First. Her icy gaze on Jeri and her mother held no worry nor a care in the world for either. She looked emotionless like always but there was a brief flicker of remembrance and fear in her eyes, but it vanished just as quickly as it had appeared.
Shisui couldn't help but have a brief thought occur in his mind. What was that, did something similar to what just now happened possibly happen to Lori sometime in the past? Maybe when she was really really young? And her body remembers but she herself does not…? The blonde girl watched as Itachi gently picked up Juliet and Jeri guided him to her mother's room to allow her to rest.
"Why did you do that?" Tobirama asked or more like demanded from Madara. Madara smirked before replying in a voice full of pride of what he had done. "She defied me and got in the way." Now it was Kagami's turn to glare at the elder Uchiha.
"She's not as strong as you. You had no right to do that to her!" Shisui joined in with his dad now. "You're just picking on someone, your a bully! ...You have no pride and you…" Shisui closed his eyes only to open them with the Mangekyo activated. "You're not a man." Madara activated his as well and Izuna just watched with curiosity of what will transpire.
Throughout the yelling no one noticed Lori flinching and her eyes tightly closed shut as she walked out of the room swiftly.
No one but Butsuma at least. And Tajima.
When the sound of a door opening and slamming shut sounded throughout the house everyone looked around the room finding no Lori, nor a Tajima or Butsuma. "Huh?" Hashirama blinked twice. "Where did she go?"
Dear Agony - Breaking Benjamin
Lori walks towards the woods and past the barn and fenced in gate where the horses were scattered about in the pastures near the yard. The faint memories racing to the surface as she walked like a dead person, in a daze like she was sinking into water, reaching for the light at the surface.
I hate you! Get out of here you little freak! You did this, you caused ALL of this… After all I've done for you… Useless! Something told her it was her mother's voice, although it was very hard to remember the sound of her own mother's voice. It had been, after all, 11 ½ years since she heard the sound of the woman's voice. Something in her, her heart ached at the faint memory of her voice, her rage and sadness as she yelled at her.
As she shook the thoughts away she opened her eyes to see nothing but trees and undergrowth. The woods. She was unaware of her surroundings.
Lori was unfamiliar with this new territory and as such had to be careful to leave trackers to find her way back. Looking to where she was sure she had come from, where her back was facing she saw again, nothing but trees and undergrowth with a few huge rocks. As she reached underneath her jacket, her soft yet slightly calloused fingers brushed gently along the cold metal of her pocket knife clipped on her belt. Yes she wore a belt, a black woman's belt.
Taking it out and opening it she marked a few trees the father she went into the woods, making sure an arrow pointed back to where the house was, or where she thought it was.
Tajima and Butsuma were in the trees about 75 feet away from the girl in distance. Both of them had noticed her unusual actions when the yelling had started. They have never seen her flinch or act afraid, not physically even when they all appeared in front of her and Jeri. It was weird for them, but they were slightly worried about the girl. They pegged her as one of the types of girls who act tough but on the inside are broken, alone, scared. The type that suffers in agony alone and quietly everyday.
Lori kept walking through the woods aimlessly, only going forward and eventually fell into a trance like state as she repeated her actions of carving an arrow into several trees and moving onward.
Jeri and Itachi walked into the living room after hearing no more yelling and hearing a door slamming shut, only to see one blonde missing. "Where is Lori?" Jeri asked in a big sister voice that demanded an answer, her posture one of a serious business man. Shisui glared at Madara before turning his onyx gaze to the burgundy haired teen before him. "We don't know, we just heard the door slam shut so we know she's outside."
Hashirama's eyes travelled around the room in a serious look, scanning for others missing and saw blinking dash lines of the outlines of Tajima and Hashirama. "Father and Tajima are gone too." He pointed out as the eyes of the others looked around as well.
Tobirama put a single digit to the ground. Sending out a pulse of his own chakra into the ground he waited for the pulse to bounce back, as it hit several other chakra's of small animals and neighbors. Finally, he located the chakra he wanted to find. Lori's, Tajima's and Butsuma's.
"She's that way." Tobirama pointed in the direction of the woods once they all got out the door and Jeri's eyes widened in absolute terror.
"...No…" Whispered Jeri, her voice nearly inaudible. "No… She doesn't know the woods, she'll get lost!" The reason Jeri was so worried was not just because of Lori possibly getting lost, recently there have been ocults of clowns and satanists that have been out on killing sprees for their rituals and for fun. Juliet and her had managed to keep that from the ninja's so as to not alert them. Juliet and her only knew because of Father.
In a flash of plum colored hair Jeri took off running at top speed in an attempt to find Lori.
Please… Lori! Be okay! Tajima, Butsuma, protect her… Prayed Jeri silently.
Lori was silently walking along the woods, her eyes darting around subconsciously. Scanning her surroundings for any signs of danger and perceiving none. Hearing the sounds of rushing water she followed it, peeking her head out from behind a tree she saw a beautiful coyote near the edge of a cliff. Gray fur and glistening yellow eyes.
So beautiful.
It's head snapped up and it's yellow eyes looked in her direction. It had already smelt her scent. Lowering it's head and lifting it's lips, baring it's teeth in a threatening way and growling a deep growl that if she didn't know any better Lori would have thought it was a demon's growl. It was a warning to stay away.
Lori gulped before slowly moving away from behind the tree to stand in full view of the coyote before ever so slowly backing away, her back away from the coyote. Stay calm. That was what she was always told to do in school. No matter what comes your way you have to stay calm so you can think rationally.
A twig snapped behind her as she turned her head to see another coyote. This one was a brown one with the same yellow eyes. As it neared her she had no choice but to back away and use her peripheral vision to see the two coyotes at the same time.
She knew she was done for the second she saw the second coyote. She was outnumbered and outmatched. They had canines, sharp teeth that could tear flesh apart like nothing and break bones, claws that were like knives, four legs which generally meant more speed and they were a little over half her height and she was now 5"2 ½ . She has a pocket knife, two legs to carry her, and... Yeah that was pretty much it.
The coyote to her left, the one that was behind her until she turned to the side, lunged at her opening it's huge jaws as the reflection was shown in Lori's widened and fearful eyes.
"Tajima! Butsuma! Lori!" Jeri called out as she was given a piggy back ride on Itachi's back through the trees, jumping from branch to branch and trunk to trunk with the other shinobi beside them. Unfortunately she yelled in his ear as he winced at the loud cries in his now verbally damaged ear. Though he did wish for the yelling to cease, he wouldn't tell her, he would be doing the same and in fact had once when his precious Sasuke was little and loved and looked up to him. He had made Shisui deaf that day. Temporarily.
Tajima and Butsuma were now in sight and Lori was nowhere to be found. "Father!" Called out Hashirama as he landed on a tree branch nearest his father with Tobirama beside him. "Where is Lori?" Shisui asked and Butsuma glared at Shisui for even speaking to him as he was an Uchiha. Looking towards his son's he answered their unspoken question as they looked like they would ask. "We can't find her. One second she was there and the next she's gone." He admitted slightly embarrassed.
Jeri looked down to see small arrows carved in tree trunks and had a 'you have got to be kidding me' face. "Did you try following the marks she left in trees?" Asked Jeri with a tone that held the obvious as the two elders looked down and sweat dropped. "Fuck." Tajima cursed. "Damn." Butsuma growled.
Pointing at each other they yelled at each other. "You idiot!"
An ear piercing scream sounded through the woods and carried over the trees. Jeri's eyes widened in terror as her heart pounded like a drum in her chest. It was Lori's scream.
Sorry about the short chapter but I did this so I could surprise you next chapter!
Please read and review, give me feedback on your likes and dislikes and what you thought about the chapters and the characters, their thoughts and actions too! Answer these questions too please!
Questions:
Q1: What do you think happens to Lori?
Q2: What do you think about the faint memories of Lori's mother's voice and why did she behave unusually?
Q3: Why did Madara genjutsu Juliet?
Q4: Pairings anyone…?
Q5: What did you think about the ninja getting mad at Madara and Shisui activating his MG sharingan?
