Chapitre 2 : First-timer
'Geez ... Give me a more painful headache and need of chakra and I'll kiss you...'
Imachi's head hurted awfully and she had no idea ,where the hell she was now ,but she was sure that this wasn't Konoha. No chance. It was all dark and cold ,but she was settled on a bed . That hit her to reality and she sat up with a fulfilled rage ,but something stopped her chakra. It was a weird wristband made of steel and pinned with someone's chakra. This Chakra was unpleasant and she slowly figured out that she was a hostage ...
'I'm being a hostage ... This is serious.'
She tried to pull it off ,but the Chakra flowing from it hurted her . It sent her an electric shock and she almost fainted again . She needed to heal her neck and eat . She was sleeping probably for a couple of days. So ,someone sent her into a state near death.
'Rare. I'm gettin' all excited of this.'
Then ,her "jewelry" started to glow like crazy and sent a warm wave . Her senses were still too numb to sense someone approach ,so she pretented to sleep and hoped that her kidnapper weren't some S-rank criminal . Then it would mean trouble. She couldn't win at this state and with this weird thing on her wrist. She heard the door creak a little and a soft ray of sun ran its light on her face as she tried so hard to pretend sleep.
'So at least I'm somewhere where sun dares to show its face. '
"So you managed to wake up this early ,quite impressive. For a pathetic female like you. "
´Why the hell this voice seems so familiar ? Why can't I remember anything of it? What exactly happened ?´
He smirked slight and said : "It's useless ,I've already erased your memory ... There's no use to try "
His black eyes were showing no emotion ,but still it spreaded fear through her already weak body. She shivered and stayed silent . She wasn't going to show her fear by the tone of her voice . But she had a feeling that he knew it already. She realized that if he had managed to kidnap her with no further injuries ,he was way stronger from her.
And that thought scared her extremely ,since she never fought seriously anyone surely stronger than her. And now she was captured by this man . She didn't remember anything about him or what happened back there somewhere .
Itachi was smirking mentally . He had erased her memories so that she had forgotten all about the last three days of her life and about Itachi . And so ,he had an advantage. She didn't know his abilities and he knew hers . He knew what had made her weak in that fateful moment before the blow. It was that she was killing someone who she had unwillingly helped to become stronger and the man who caused it that she carried a demon inside her. She had a flashback of the moment she had been dispelled from her demon state after killing Orochimaru.
' Tsunade ,Jiraya and everyone from the ANBU teams were sitting beside her bed. She was still recovering from the huge loss of chakra caused by the demon. She had killed Orochimaru under the demon's will and mind. Only her body made the difference.
"Imachi-chan ,wake up ... please ?" Her mother called her. She was personally healing her with all she had.
"Tsunade-hime ,it's possible that the strain of the demon was too big for her ... It's a fact that women's strentgh can't compete with mens." Kakashi had mentioned ,but Jiraya had smacked him to the forehead ,referring him to just shut up.
Her head ... it ached like hell. Where was her ointments ? She needed it so badly that she could take hundred portions.
She opened her eyes ,seeing her stubborn mothers fake-young face. She growled and said : "I really hate mornings like these ,how troublesome .'
It all had returned to her mind and she had concentrated on them too much to fight properly . He knew that her memories were returning to her and she was in a way useful to him. She could tell him how she had killed Orochimaru. That would mean that Itachi had a chance to become whatever he liked. Now all he got to do was to make sure she would be seeing her past like that for sure. He was already five steps ahead for the situation and that band on her wrist confirms everything to go as he had planned. They told him that she was even more skilled because of the greater chakra she had than her mom. So he would hit two flies with a single hit. He could get himself healed and he could get himself whatever he wanted. Now there was nothing else but to hide her from Akatsuki. He would work only for himself ,only for his existence. Not even his brother could defeat him ,no matter deep in his cold and dead heart he left him alive to kill him. To kill Uchiha Itachi for slaughtering his clan. But now that he would gain all his knowledge and techniques with his Sharingan ... he couldn't copy her techniques so she had to teach him . And she had to remember them first and then she would explain them or die ... Akatsuki would have no idea ,because Kisame was dead and he had escaped underground ,sealing himself inside with all the techniques he knew. Since this moment ,Imachi would see no real daylight from outside. She was underground and her room was lit with an illusion technique. If she would dispel it ,she would practically be blind ,since she couldn't gather enough chakra with that band he had installed. Only he had the ability to open it.
"Uchiha Itachi ... ?" She rubbed her eyes and could not believe that HE of all the people of the world ,had captured her. The sudden wave of anger came through her and at the same time she was wondering why the hell would he kidnap her in the first place ? Or was this an underworld plan made by her mom and Itachi ? Hundreds of questions came to her mind and only thing she could come up with was : "Why ?" He seemed amused of her confusion and that angered her more than anything. She yelled at him : "All you've gotta do is to say a few bunch of words ,but no you've got to be amused of my confusion which never exists !" She lied to him. She wasn't a good liar . He didn't show any emotion and wielded a kunai . He played with his fingertips and then all of a sudden ,he was behind hr ,kunai on her throat ,reasy to slash .
"Your confusion which doesn't exist is total nonsense to me ... "
Then he made a little scratch on her neck before leaving the room. She was fuming with anger and took a pile of dirt from the floor. She yelled in frustration and gathered a little piece of her chakra to it ,aming it become tough ball. She threw it to the wall ,yelling :"Let me out !" Then she falled to her knees and shoved her face to her hands.
There was no thing that would make Imachi as scared as being kidnapped . The risk of being interrogated or killed was the worst for her. Sometimes she hoped she would have been a boy ,so she there would be no chance for sexual or intimate torturing as it would be as a woman. Now all she wanted was to know his main purposes. But how can you know about a man who killed his clan and leaving his younger brother behind ? Sasuke said that he left him alive because he felt some kind of guilt from what happened. Leaving Sasuke alive to kill him ,making him an avenger with no feelings. Now that Sasuke had completed half of his goal ,reviving the clan , he had been more calm and was less furious when Itachi was the subject. But Sasuke never had suffered all of that pain she had suffered. The pain of loneliness ,the pain of people hating you , judging you because of your bloodline ,the pain of carrying a demon inside and being titled as Itachi's unofficial helper. Sasuke had suffered the pain of loneliness . Although he had now his family and kids. But had he ever experiencd something like this ? Had he ever been kidnapped because he couldn't kill someone who was somewhat a prize to kill ? Had he ever been underground with Itachi ,with nobody knowing where he was or who would have kidnapped him ? No . He hadn't and deep inside Imachi was now jealous. She knew there was no way she could escape. The only thing she could do now was to heal her wounds ,only minor ones and try to get more information on Itachi's purpose . She sighed deep and started to heal all those scratches and wounds the battle had caused.
When she was done ,she started to eye the room more. The walls were painted with black and was decorated with red clouds . The floor was wood and kind of smooth ,not a single stick out of place . If she would have windows and she knew she wan't a hostage ,she would be in hotel . A medium-class hotel filled with S-rank criminals.
There was her little bed and it had sheets ... black sheets and they were also decorated with red clouds . Her mind cheered a little that she had this kind of "cell" . It was like Itachi wanted her to enjoy her time here. Maybe he was planning that she would be here forever for his needs ... Thought of it shivered up her spine and for a moment she was excited. There was also a table and a chair . On the table were everything she needed to write something down and she approached the table. It had a little locker on it's side and she opened it . There were scrolls ,empty though ,but she could write in order to memorize something. A little ,weak smile escaped to her lips and she eyed the room more. There were a bookshelf filled with techniques and most amazing , there were a closet. Strangely she didn't feel so angry anymore. She didn't feel as a hostage. More like a guest who was forced to stay . She decided that if she was going to stay ,she would thank him of her equipment ,no matter if he didn't pay attention for it.
She took a scroll out of the shelf and started to read : "Uchiha's secret scroll : The usage and matters of Sharingan" She chukled a little bit ,when she thought about Sasuke's reaction when she had found out that he hadn't mastered Mangekyou Sharingan yet and now there she was ,reading the ultimate solution to Sasuke's ultimate problem. She started to read and let herself relax for the first time in her life . If she was kidnapped ,she was also under a strict security ,in a way. She was stopped by a knock on the door . She noticed that before the knock came ,her wristband glowed and sent her a little warm signal. She quickly discarded the scroll and said : "Come in." She thought that it would sound like she owned this place and she got a little embrassared. The door opened and she noticed that the hallway was empty and dark . She understood that this guy wasn't Itachi – she calmed herself down and asked as polite as she could : "Excuse me ,but is there's something you -" She was cut off with a sharp movement . That someone had bound her to wall and she squealed . She tried hardly to see who it was ,but he/she had covered her face with a hat and a cloak. Her hands were locked ,so she couldn't resist . Then this mysterious guy took off his hat and lowered his collar. She gasped and squealed . It was that fellow who had kidnapped Gaara . Deidara . She gulped and said : "What are you doing here ?" Deidara seemed to smirk and said : "They told me I should make sure you're going to stay here ..." Then Deidara bit her neck a mark and Imachi screamed of pain and kicked Deidara away. But Deidara just smirked and said : "I managed to infect you with my poison ... It'll keep you alive for five days ,unless I die or someone gives you antidote ... So you have five days time to tell us your decision ..." Then Deidara was gone. Imachi needed to work fast and avoid too much movement. She started to suck the poison with her remaining chakra to longen her days. She cursed for being careless and forgetting that Itachi's plans maybe didn't seem clear to other Akatsuki members. No matter they worked in inviduals ,they were still ... a group. She managed to get the most out before they would spread further and decided to sleep so the poison wouldn't reach any further. She made sure the door was closed and made a little trap in front of the doorway with strings and got to bed. She held secretly one string in her hand and fell into a aware sleep.
Meanwhile in Konoha
"SHE IS WHAT !" Tsunade yelled at Shikamaru's face as he tried to explain the situation ,but The Fifth wasn't listening. She yelled out : "Nara Shikamaru ,how can you lose my daughter when you saw her inthe same possible hideout that AKATSUKI MEMBERS WERE ! " Outside the office ,everyone sighed deep,knowing they would be sent to search for her . Shikamaru felt like punching that crazy woman out before no further injuries would happen ,but he just stood there ,trying to say a word. Without any progress.
"Nara Shikamaru ,send every single free Jounin form Konoha village to search her ! If Akatsuki manages to get the demon out ,they'll have power of kind that we can never defeat and the worst ... Imachi will die ! She's never been idnapped ,so she must be confused and scared ... There's a possiblity too that Itachi will use her skills to make himself more powerful ! That's why this mission is A-ranked and there's no coming back until you have any clue where she is and what condition is she in ! You understand ? Every ANBU and Jounin you can find ,all of them after Imachi !"
Shikamaru nodded and bowed before leaving the room. When he got outside ,he said to his teammates :
"It's time to get serious ..."
And then , Shikamaru orders everyone to search the highest rated ninja from Konoha village in half an hour. Tons of ANBU scatters to the city of lost hope. They manage to gather the ultimate pursue-team for the lost girl.
Nara Shikamaru ,Hyuuga Neji ,Uchiha Sasuke ,Inuzuka Kiba ,Aburame Shino ,Uzumaki Naruto ,Hatake Kakashi and Shinarui Genma. They decided to make Kakashi the leader among with Genma . Experience blooms to flower when the pursuers leave Konoha ,heading to south edge of the country. And meanwhile Imachi hopes that she had stayed home that day . One walk to the forest had caused her to be kidnapped by Akatsuki and eight shinobi's to be after one kunoichi.
Back to Imachi
She never meant to be troubling ,but right now she had better things to worry about . Like to survive. Right now she was sure that she'll stay here at least for a while. There's no use for her if she would die ,so she decided to stay calm. But her stomach was growling for food and she decided to try find food. She reached to the closet and saw a cloak and a hat . A disguise made for a hostage ? What the hell was this man thinking ? Making her his slave or force her to marry him ? There were nothing she could have that Itachi would want so bad that he would tighten her to stay ,or was there ? Of course they would want the power of the demon inside her ,but her motehr had sealed it so many times that they just simply couldn't get it out. She rose up and put on the cloak quickly . She first tried to harden her senses to see if someone was near and then ,when no-one was in sight ,she opened the door silently and looked around.
'This hallway is huge ! I wonder if there's hundreds of rooms around here ?'
She tiptoed with all her skills to the first door . She tried to listen if there was somebody inside . She didn't hear anything so she silently opened the door. It was another room ,but this one was less lighten s hers was ,maybe because there were no-one inside. There were a huge couple bed and it had curtains . They were tied to the poles and they were dusty ,so it was no wonder they weren't used in a while ,it would just release a massive cloud of dust . She tried to hear if someone was near . This was maybe her only chance to go outside of her room ,so she decided to do something that no-one else would never notice . She drawed some chakra to her hands and opened the curtains . As she excepted ,a huge pile of dust was unleashed ,but she gathered the dust to her hands . She forced herself not to cough and then she spotted a little window. She opened and let the dust fly with the wind. It was mid-day ,but here ,inside her cage , it was like every moment was midnight. She let out a single tear to the warm daylight before closing the window . She wondered why her room had no windows ,unlike this huge room . She knew that someone had slept here just recently . The sheets were clean as they were new and the whole room had a human's scent . The scent of living. She spotted a table and a scroll on it. She still wanted to be sure that no-one was near and she opened the scroll. It had only one sentence written on it.
"Deidara should be more careful with what she's doing ... "