Chapter Three
"Alright everyone! Dinner's ready!" Destiny cheerfully said as she placed some plates at the table.
"They're gone," Orochimaru said, "Catherine ran out of the house and Kabuto went to look for her."
"Oh my, what happened?"
"I don't know, Kabuto walked up to me and told me the he was going to find her."
Destiny frowned, "well, aren't you a mighty powerful stealth ninja? Can't you find her?"
"Yes, but Kabuto isn't that bad either, he is about as good as Kakashi if not better. Plus, do you not think it... appropriate for him to find her instead of I?"
Destiny shook her head, "fine. But if they're not back by morning you're getting your ass out there and finding them."
Orochimaru smiled, "maybe we should wait till noon..."
Destiny threw a pillow at him, "that's not funny! She wouldn't do that until she was married!"
"Kabuto is very persuasive..."
Destiny's face paled, "I'm not going to wait till noon tomorrow! Orochimaru! Go and find them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Meanwhile
"My raven, there you are!" Kabuto exclaimed.
Catherine turned her head, "Go away!" She yelled.
"My raven, I'm hurt," he pouted.
Catherine Looked to the ground, "I don't want to get married to you."
"Ah, so you wish to marry someone else?"
"No! I don't want to marry anybody! I want to stay at home with my mother and father!"
"You will stay in this village, and you will be able to see them whenever you wish. On our way to your home, Orochimaru pointed out the house that we would be living in. It's not very far away at all, it is just on the outskirts of town."
"It's not home," she pouted.
"We will make it home. It's not the building that makes the home, it's the people living in it," Kabuto stated as he advanced towards her.
She just sat there and thought. "Will mother and father be able to visit?"
Kabuto laughed, "of course my raven! Anyone you wish can come and visit! It's not a prison, it's our future home."
"I don't think you'll let me do anything."
Kabuto cocked his head to the side, "why is that? Do I come off as the control-freak type?"
She shook her head, "no, but I've heard that men beat their wives and make them do things that they do not wish to."
"I would never do that! Not all couples are like this, in fact, very few are."
"I don't know."
"Look at your mother and father, their relationship is nothing like that."
Catherine smiled, and then she actually laughed a little bit. "If our relationship is to be like that," she said, "then I would be the one telling you what to do."
Kabuto laughed as well, "Will you come up with a little pet name like Oro-kins?"
She thought for a moment, "Kabu-kins."
He shook his head and laughed, "ah, my raven, that's a fine name. But, a favor to you, mention it not to others."
A sly smile spread on her lips, "maybe."
"Thy truly are a cruel mistress!" He wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
Catherine blushed but didn't move.
"Ah, isn't that sweet..." they heard a voice from behind them.
Kabuto stood up, "show yourself."
The man walked forward into the light, his eyes roaming all over Catherine. He had very high cheekbones, and his face was very skinny, almost making him look like a skeleton. His skin was dark though, and his hair was a very dry blond color.
"Who are you?" Kabuto asked.
"My name is Watashi Anatawa," his eyes did not leave Catherine as he walked forward.
"What do you want? I do not like the way you are staring and my fiancé," Kabuto stepped protectively in front of her.
"She may be yours, but only because she is forced," he finally looked at Kabuto, but his eyes quickly darted back to the one behind him.
"If you come with me," he said, "you will not be forced to do anything. You will be free..."
"Don't listen to him!"
"In fact, before I would wed you, I would make sure that you love me first," Watashi was right in front of Kabuto, but then he disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Catherine asked, staying close to Kabuto.
"Here!" She felt arms being wrapped her around her waste and she was being pulled back.
"Kabuto!" She yelled, but it was to late, she was pulled into the darkness and Kabuto could not find her.
"Shit!!!!" Kabuto jumped into the trees and quickly made it to Orochimaru's house.
Destiny answered the door, "well, hello Kabuto! Did you find Catherine?"
Kabuto walked right past her, "Orochimaru!"
"What do you want?"
"Some psycho named Watashi Anatawa just ran off with Catherine!"
"What?" Orochimaru's voice sounded dangerous as he walked up to Kabuto. He placed his hands around his neck and tightened them, "you let her get kidnapped?"
Kabuto's face was turning blue as he was trying to speak.
"Orochimaru stop it! You're hurting him!!!!" Destiny yelled as she ran to him and tried to pull his hands away.
"Leave us woman, I must make him pay!"
"You stubborn ass!" Destiny slapped him, "he's trying to tell you all he knows to help you find her, and you're choking him to death! Plus, the more you stand here acting like a little child my baby is out there with a pedophile!"
Orochimaru let go and Kabuto fell to the floor, gasping for air. Destin bent down and helped him up.
"Come here," she said as she led him to the couch, "now sit down and get your breath back."
Kabuto shook his head, "she was just sucked into the darkness! I couldn't find her, or any trace of where they might be headed, anywhere."
"Well, why did he take her?"
"He is also after her hand in marriage," Kabuto's eyes narrowed, "but he will not have it."
"Show us where he was last! Maybe we can find something!"
"Destiny, stay here, it's too dangerous. Kabuto and I will go," Orochimaru said.
Destiny crossed her arms, "fine, but if you dare hurt Kabuto..." she let the sentence drop, making it clear with one gesture what she would do.
Kabuto was already half way out the door.
"Alright everyone! Dinner's ready!" Destiny cheerfully said as she placed some plates at the table.
"They're gone," Orochimaru said, "Catherine ran out of the house and Kabuto went to look for her."
"Oh my, what happened?"
"I don't know, Kabuto walked up to me and told me the he was going to find her."
Destiny frowned, "well, aren't you a mighty powerful stealth ninja? Can't you find her?"
"Yes, but Kabuto isn't that bad either, he is about as good as Kakashi if not better. Plus, do you not think it... appropriate for him to find her instead of I?"
Destiny shook her head, "fine. But if they're not back by morning you're getting your ass out there and finding them."
Orochimaru smiled, "maybe we should wait till noon..."
Destiny threw a pillow at him, "that's not funny! She wouldn't do that until she was married!"
"Kabuto is very persuasive..."
Destiny's face paled, "I'm not going to wait till noon tomorrow! Orochimaru! Go and find them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Meanwhile
"My raven, there you are!" Kabuto exclaimed.
Catherine turned her head, "Go away!" She yelled.
"My raven, I'm hurt," he pouted.
Catherine Looked to the ground, "I don't want to get married to you."
"Ah, so you wish to marry someone else?"
"No! I don't want to marry anybody! I want to stay at home with my mother and father!"
"You will stay in this village, and you will be able to see them whenever you wish. On our way to your home, Orochimaru pointed out the house that we would be living in. It's not very far away at all, it is just on the outskirts of town."
"It's not home," she pouted.
"We will make it home. It's not the building that makes the home, it's the people living in it," Kabuto stated as he advanced towards her.
She just sat there and thought. "Will mother and father be able to visit?"
Kabuto laughed, "of course my raven! Anyone you wish can come and visit! It's not a prison, it's our future home."
"I don't think you'll let me do anything."
Kabuto cocked his head to the side, "why is that? Do I come off as the control-freak type?"
She shook her head, "no, but I've heard that men beat their wives and make them do things that they do not wish to."
"I would never do that! Not all couples are like this, in fact, very few are."
"I don't know."
"Look at your mother and father, their relationship is nothing like that."
Catherine smiled, and then she actually laughed a little bit. "If our relationship is to be like that," she said, "then I would be the one telling you what to do."
Kabuto laughed as well, "Will you come up with a little pet name like Oro-kins?"
She thought for a moment, "Kabu-kins."
He shook his head and laughed, "ah, my raven, that's a fine name. But, a favor to you, mention it not to others."
A sly smile spread on her lips, "maybe."
"Thy truly are a cruel mistress!" He wrapped his arms around her and held her close.
Catherine blushed but didn't move.
"Ah, isn't that sweet..." they heard a voice from behind them.
Kabuto stood up, "show yourself."
The man walked forward into the light, his eyes roaming all over Catherine. He had very high cheekbones, and his face was very skinny, almost making him look like a skeleton. His skin was dark though, and his hair was a very dry blond color.
"Who are you?" Kabuto asked.
"My name is Watashi Anatawa," his eyes did not leave Catherine as he walked forward.
"What do you want? I do not like the way you are staring and my fiancé," Kabuto stepped protectively in front of her.
"She may be yours, but only because she is forced," he finally looked at Kabuto, but his eyes quickly darted back to the one behind him.
"If you come with me," he said, "you will not be forced to do anything. You will be free..."
"Don't listen to him!"
"In fact, before I would wed you, I would make sure that you love me first," Watashi was right in front of Kabuto, but then he disappeared.
"Where did he go?" Catherine asked, staying close to Kabuto.
"Here!" She felt arms being wrapped her around her waste and she was being pulled back.
"Kabuto!" She yelled, but it was to late, she was pulled into the darkness and Kabuto could not find her.
"Shit!!!!" Kabuto jumped into the trees and quickly made it to Orochimaru's house.
Destiny answered the door, "well, hello Kabuto! Did you find Catherine?"
Kabuto walked right past her, "Orochimaru!"
"What do you want?"
"Some psycho named Watashi Anatawa just ran off with Catherine!"
"What?" Orochimaru's voice sounded dangerous as he walked up to Kabuto. He placed his hands around his neck and tightened them, "you let her get kidnapped?"
Kabuto's face was turning blue as he was trying to speak.
"Orochimaru stop it! You're hurting him!!!!" Destiny yelled as she ran to him and tried to pull his hands away.
"Leave us woman, I must make him pay!"
"You stubborn ass!" Destiny slapped him, "he's trying to tell you all he knows to help you find her, and you're choking him to death! Plus, the more you stand here acting like a little child my baby is out there with a pedophile!"
Orochimaru let go and Kabuto fell to the floor, gasping for air. Destin bent down and helped him up.
"Come here," she said as she led him to the couch, "now sit down and get your breath back."
Kabuto shook his head, "she was just sucked into the darkness! I couldn't find her, or any trace of where they might be headed, anywhere."
"Well, why did he take her?"
"He is also after her hand in marriage," Kabuto's eyes narrowed, "but he will not have it."
"Show us where he was last! Maybe we can find something!"
"Destiny, stay here, it's too dangerous. Kabuto and I will go," Orochimaru said.
Destiny crossed her arms, "fine, but if you dare hurt Kabuto..." she let the sentence drop, making it clear with one gesture what she would do.
Kabuto was already half way out the door.