It was morning. Kami rubbed her eyes with her fists and tried to recall the previous night's events.

'Sasuke.'

She looked to the chair, then to glanced at the room. He wasn't there.

'I wonder.. Do Kakashi, Sakura and Naruto know where I am? Probably not.' She answered to herself. She sighed. How long could she keep this up with Sasuke? How long would she be able to fool Orochimaru?

'Heh,' she thought. 'Usually after a girl is defiled she wouldn't be as.. ''Optimistic'' as I am,' she thought. 'I'm a horrible actress.'

She got out of bed and stretched her legs, deciding that it was time to get out of the rooms. Even if she did get lost, it would be better than just sitting in Sasuke's dark room all day.

She walked through the halls of Orochimaru's castle. There were barely any windows so it was hard for her to see at first but her eyes gradually adjusted to the dark. 'How could Sasuke stay in a place like this for three years?' She thought in wonder.

Suddenly she heard a voice. Orochimaru's voice.

She knew that she might just get herself into trouble if she eavesdropped but couldn't help herself-she was curious.

She pressed an ear to the door that she thought the voice was coming from and listened.

"Sasuke," Orochimaru's voice said. "Your friends are coming in a month-probably Tsunade. And yet you still haven't managed to activate Tsukiyomi?" Orochimaru's voice was silent-but sounded deadly and furious. Kami suddenly felt nervous for Sasuke.

Sasuke stayed silent.

"Do you know what will happen to you if you don't learn how to activate it by then?"

"I will be killed." Sasuke said, his voice emotionless.

'How can he be so casual and calm about that?' Kami wondered to herself.

"No," Orochimaru said, surprising Kami. "Believe me. You'll wish you were dead."

Kami didn't want to hear anymore. She turned and ran down the hall as quietly as she could without being heard. She felt scared for Sasuke, she felt horrified at the thought of him even dying-yet him being tortured?

'No.' Kami mentally said to herself. She stopped running at Sasuke's door and went inside. 'He's been through so much.. I won't let him die like this.'

Kami knew it wasn't any of her business-prying into Sasuke's life, but she somehow wanted him to be alive.

She had told him last night that he would never be alone and that he shouldn't ever think that he was.

But the truth was.. She didn't want to think that she was ever alone, either.

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Kami decided not to wander around anymore after that in fear of being caught. She had spent a few hours in Sasuke's room ever since she had eavesdropped on he and Orochimaru-but she had spent the time wisely.

She had made an important decision.

She sat on the bed, her face in a frown. Sasuke then walked into the room and she glanced up to him.

'Hi, Sasuke..' She murmured. He stared at her curiously, studying her grim frown and the lines of worry that were now onto her face.

"Have you made your decision?" Sasuke asked. He sat next to her on the bed and glanced to her face then back to his hands that were now in his lap.

".. Yes.." She said. Suddenly she turned and faced Sasuke. "Sasuke, will Orochimaru really torture you?" 'Shit,' she thought. She hadn't meant to say that.

Sasuke smirked.

"So you did hear us, then," Sasuke said, almost amusingly.

"How can you be so happy-sounding? It's not funny! I.. I don't want you to die!" She exclaimed. She suddenly realized how desperate she sounded and looked at her hands in her lap. She had just told Sasuke that her decision.. Was for him.

Sasuke faced her, but this time all of the amusement had disappeared from his face.

"Don't let my life change your judgment." He told her. She sighed gently.

"Sasuke.. You've trained so hard.. To gain this much power.. Why give it all up now? Even if you don't do what he wants you to, can't you kill him?" She asked, her eyes full of concern. Sasuke saw how serious she was about this.

'Would she understand?'

"It's not that simple.." Sasuke was going to explain more to her until he saw Orochimaru come into the room.

"I've decided," Kami said. Orochimaru leaned against a wall and smirked.

"So what is it?"

"I've decided.." Kami said slowly,

"To heal your arms."

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hey im sorry that the chapter was short.. i was kinda in a hurry to finish, but i know im going somewhere with this story! i just know it!

(btw, itachi is gonna come soon!)

ja ne!