"Could I have some time to think?"

"By all means,"

...

She waited until Inoichi left the room to go over her thoughts. Just the idea alone of someone poking into her mind was unsettling but if she didn't agree there was a thirty percent chance they would switch to torture tactics, a sixty five percent chance they would still read her mind, and a five percent chance they would find a different option that suited her.

Kimmy highly doubted the five percent chance.

She stared at the mirror nearby the door then shifted her gaze to her hands. Kimmy clenched them into fists then loosened her fingers. She spent a few more minutes contemplating her answer before waving her hand at the mirror.

She didn't have to wait long for Inoichi to reappear.

"Decided what you want to do Kimmy San?"

"I want to help," She paused allowing herself to make eye contact with him. "I only ask for two things in return," He raised an eyebrow and wandered over. "Two?

"I know you said one thing but I really want both," Kimmy's mouth twisted into a frown hoping she wasn't pushing her luck.

He only smiled and asked her what they were/

He seems way too nice to be an interrogator. Why the heck is he being so nice? She wondered incredulously. Kimmy thought about it then chose to ignore her thoughts.

Time to get down to business.

"I don't know how it works here but I didn't commit any crimes. I don't want to be locked up in a prison cell or anything of that sort. If I need to be watched or need someone to be with me at all times I'm fine with that but I'd like to be able to have some type of freedom for however long I'm going to be kept in this village."

If it's one thing she loved it would be her freedom. If she could put a name to what she hated it would be accusation against the innocent. Okay so her situation definitely had a huge part in that too but still.

Kimmy kept an ever watchful eye on Inoichi's reaction to her plea.

"I'll speak to the Hokage and inform her your request. I can't promise you it but she might relent so long as she is sure that you don't pose a threat to the village,"

Okay, Kimmy could deal with that. She had nothing to worry about there, what could she possibly do to a village full of ninja? That's right, nothing. She nodded her head at him. "Alright, and as for my second request; I'd like to be protected from the Akatsuki. Again, for however long I'm going to be kept here."

Her eyes instantly narrowed and bit her inner cheek. The last thing she wanted was to end up back with them.

He blinked.

"I thought you would ask me not to poke around your mind about you and your personal life." She merely lifted her shoulders in a shrug. "I would want that but for two reasons I didn't ask. One," she held a finger up. "I realized the other two would be highly beneficial for me. And two," she held another finger up. "I wouldn't know if you kept your word or not on that one,"

"Ah, alright, fair enough." He tapped his foot against the table leg. "I'll let the Hokage know immediately."

"And if it's alright with you, do you mind doing that first before, um, reading my mind?" She would rather delay that appointment as much as she could.

...

"Hey-no-wait-!"

But did he really have to take her with him?

When Inoichi had taken her to the Hokage, (that woman was strong-headed with a bust to match) they needed to set a meeting with the council apparently from this being no ordinary case.

It had turned into a long... Let's say "debate" amongst the group once they were all together and began the, ahem, debate.

One of the members of the council wanted to scrutinize her mind and forget the bargain she had asked for.

Danzō was it? Oh yes, fuck you.

Inoichi had mentioned how she had been willing to help from the start and explained her kidnapping. He stated as well the mind of a person is tricky and complex. When already bounded by a jutsu it'll only become even more complex when said person is feeling pushed into a corner.

The Hokage had listened to both sides with interest.

Her choice was final in this say. Whatever she would announce would be for better or worse and Kimmy was at the woman's full mercy.

The Hokage stood up from her seat.

"I've made my decision,"

"Your dad's not gonna like it if I show up late," Kimmy glanced at the clock gnawing on her lower lip. She had to show up to Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Unit every day in the afternoon for Inoichi to try and break through the barriers placed in her mind. So far he had no luck but that man was determined.

"Don't worry about him. I'll just tell daddy I needed to borrow you for important reasons only a girl could understand!" Ino quipped as she latched onto Kimmy's' arm. "And besides! It's been so long since I've had actual girl time with someone else. Everybody's always busy!" The brunette puckered her lips and frowned at the blondes' dramatic display of despair.

As part of the agreement of her being able to be outside she was being watched twenty-four/seven and had to go to the specialist (of course it'd be Inoichi) to read her mind. The Council had insisted and it did play into her second favor so that was fine with her.

"Come on, just this once," Kimmy sighed as Ino squealed pulling her out the Yamanaka Flower shop.

Ino didn't know the story behind Kimmy. All she knew was that Kimmy had to stay with the Yamanaka's and that she had to visit her dad at T&I. For what exactly? She wasn't sure. That was classified information.

The good thing that came out of this was she now had someone to go out with.

And of course being with Yamanaka, Ino meant Kimmy was supposed to put in her opinion especially when it involved clothes. Crazy; it's even crazier that she knew all this in just a week being around the girl.

"-and then my Sensei Asuma; you remember me mentioning him right? Well he managed on getting Shikamaru off his lazy ass but then Choji had to go do something with his dad so we weren't able to enjoy our day off together as a team," The blonde sighed exasperatedly. "Shikamaru's the one with the black hair styled as a pineapple right?" Kimmy asked remembering the guy with weird hair stop by the flower shop a couple times to talk with Ino. She immediately grinned at Kimmy's description. "Thank Kami I'm not the only one who thinks so about his hair! Yeah that's him- Oh! Let's try out that store first!" The brunette couldn't help but let a smile on her face as she followed Ino into the store. Shopping was a definite as a pastime for her.

"I'll get you a set too! Your clothes don't look like it'll last much longer," she gave Kimmy a pointed look before she started her hunt for clothes.

Her eye twitched.

These were her favorite jeans and the shirt was comfortable too!

She breathed deeply through her nose and mentally counted to ten as she started to look through a rack of clothes.

When they reunited a half hour later Ino stared disapprovingly at Kimmy's empty hands. She smiled innocently lifting her shoulders in a shrug. "I couldn't find anything worth getting,"

"Well I at least found something I thought would look good on you," Ino answered slyly as she held the article of clothing up.

Kimmy blinked. Okay, she liked the kimono shirt and shorts. The shoes though? She scrunched up her nose at them. Those had to go. "I'll take the outfit but not the shoes. My shoes are fine,"

She never knew Ino could squeal so loud before.

"Deal!" Ino cried throwing the shoes behind her.

After Ino had paid for them she forced Kimmy into a changing room so she could put the clothes on right away. After she had finished changing and stepped out Ino gave her nod of approval. After that little fiasco she stuffed her old clothes in the bag the lady had given her.

"It's like having my own personal life size doll!" Ino couldn't stop gushing even after leaving the shop and walked down the streets. At the mention of 'doll' Kimmy's insides churned uncomfortably remembering the red head and the nickname he gave her.

Bastard.

Her thoughts became dark remembering that day. Her feelings were still bitter toward Sasori. What if he had been able to help her? But no… She hated them all but especially the one who had laid his hands on her, making her hate herself for feeling disgusting and vulnerable.

"Beautiful…"

"Somebody! Anybody! Help!" Kimmy cried out. Every struggle she made was done in vain with this man that overpowered her.

"Foolish woman, who do you think is going to come help you?"

"Let me go!"

He was already unhooking her pants as her screams became louder…

"Hey, are you okay?" Kimmy blinked several times pulling sharply away from Ino's touch. The girl looked startled at her reaction as the woman tried to calm down.

"I-I'm sorry, unpleasant thoughts…" she muttered.

"Hey, it's going to be okay. Really," Ino gave her a reassuring look.

"I'll come with you and don't worry, I'll explain to daddy being late is not your fault," Ino smiled changing the subject as they both changed direction.

Kimmy felt grateful Ino hadn't tried prying more and had left it at that as she continued talking about other things she wanted to try.

The girls along the way until they had finally reached their destination. Inoichi was upset at the brunette's tardiness but when his daughter had explained that she wanted to borrow Kimmy for a girls' outing but hadn't thought it would take so long, he was already forgiving the girl of her tardiness.

"Bye Tou Chan, Kimmy Chan!"

After Ino had left, the two began their daily session.

The area was quiet and very spacious. Inoichi glanced at the large doors before him. He tapped on one of the doors and tried to pull them open but they wouldn't budge.

Each day he visited this place there was always a new restricted area he had to pass through. Inoichi knew if he wanted to get to where she held the information she knew on the Akatsuki he had to break through the jutsu placed on her. Today however, he was going to try a new tactic. Inoichi left the locked doors and chose a different direction instead.

Today he was going to search Sanchez, Kimmy's background.

Kimmy shook her head and started to run her fingers through her hair. Having Inoichi's hand on her head for so long usually made the top of her hair flat.

Usually she would go back to the Yamanaka residence by herself (imagine that, the Hokage had her to stay with him no less as well) but the mind session had actually taken longer than usual that day. By the time they had finished it was well into the evening so he walked the way with her.

"You went shopping with my daughter,"

Idle chat, she could do that.

Much better than leaving herself to the darker thoughts that had tried to infiltrate her mind earlier that day.

"Yeah, she actually chose this outfit for me," She smiled slightly looking down at her new outfit. The kimono really brought out the green in her eyes. And it was comfortable; a major plus for her.

"Ah, really? My daughter has good taste," Inoichi smiled fondly thinking of his beloved daughter.

Kimmy stole a glance at the man besides her noticing his eyes sparkling at the mention of Ino. Now here was someone who showed his love so deeply. It was actually rather sweet.

She favored for a more relaxed smile. "She does and it actually doesn't surprise me. Ino's very beautiful,"

"She's not only beautiful, she's brilliant too. I taught her everything I know,"

"She has someone to look up to,"

"Have you ever had someone to look up to before Kimmy San?" Inoichi turned his face fully to look at her straight on.

"Hmmm," she looked up toward the sky thinking back.

"My dad and my professor. My dad went into the medic field and I would always hang around his office when I was little. He inspired me to go in to the medic field so I did just that. My professor was the one who made me passionate about it,"

He perked up at the news. "So you're a medic? My daughter has been studying under Tsunade Sama to become one as well,"

"Eh, well, not exactly the same as Ino I'd say," she smiled sheepishly rubbing the back of her head. "I'm a Neurosurgeon. It specializes in the diagnosis and surgical treatment of disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system congenital anomalies, trauma, tumors, vascular disorders, infections of the brain or spine, stroke, or degenerative diseases of the spine. Though most people just assume I'm opening people's heads up on the daily doing brain surgery. I just roll with it and say it's similar to cracking an egg open,"

"Your line of work includes brain surgery…"

"Yeah… Basically,"

"Really?"

He was grinning. Why was he grinning? She licked the front of her teeth. She didn't have any food stuck in her teeth did she? Maybe it's her hair.

"Mmhm," she practically flew through the door when they had finally reached his house.

Even if it was for a different reason it was a good idea to get away from Yamanaka, Inoichi as soon as possible. He was wiggling his way in to her mind and she now lives under the same roof as him. She didn't want to think where this could lead to.

Sasori crouched low on the tree branch staring disinterested at the vast land. His gaze slowly wavered back to the cave behind him. Deidara had gone ahead to search for the clue the mysterious Haru had left behind. His blonde partner had trained his left eye to counter against Genjutsu. Sasori believed he could do the job efficiently without him.

His thoughts started to wander to a certain green eyed girl.

He didn't think she'd be this much trouble when he first took her with him. And now she was gone. Kidnapped by Konoha nins. He couldn't believe it.

After that encounter with the female ninja that had a clone of the girl he had to choose which ninja to follow by their chakra signature. There were two going in different directions. He formed a shadow clone to go after the one on the left as he persecuted the one on the right.

He left the ninja to die a slow and painful death when he figured out the captive that ninja had was a clone as well.

The one his clone had gone after was a bust as well. The one that had his captive must have concealed his chakra as he escaped.

Sasori had made the wrong decision and he was pissed about it.

He had later regrouped with Deidara to search for her in the sky but they were long gone.

He had no other choice but to continue the mission he was given.

No matter, he thought.

When they were done here they will go find and recapture his doll.

Konoha... It won't be long before he makes his way in.

A careless smile slowly traced itself onto his face. Yes, he will get her back.