Chapitre 10: Sweet confusion
Disclaimer: I do not own any original Naruto characters. Imachi and Karasu are mine, don't touch them or you won't get any cookies. :
"Karasu, how could you do this to your mother?" Sakura stared concerned at her son. Sasuke didn't even bother to arrive. Mother's heart was torn to little pieces when she saw all of her fears come true. She had seen her son, the only thing she trusted in this world, breaking the most important law in Konoha.
"Mother, I know what you're thinking and what you wish me to say. But I can't help my feelings – I wanted her so badly." He was feeling a little bad. He had almost succeeded his mission and got the huge amount of cash, but when Imachi had escaped from the hospital, all of his suffering … they were worthless now. He had been in a cell for two days with the lowest cast of Konoha's enemies and now, she was gone.
The dark light of the cells wasn't enough for him to see her tears. But he knew they were there. He stood up from his bench. He walked to the door. Silently bringing his hand to his mother's cheeks, he whispered: "I'm really sorry, mother, but I can't live if Otoo-sama's nii-san will get her …" Sakura gasped and shoved his hand away. He didn't seem to be surprised about it and her stream of tears was endless. Sakura rose up from her seat and walked towards the exit, wiping her tears with a tissue. Before she even touched the doorknob, Karasu said from the darkness: "Mom, I'm really sorry. I'm just doing what boss is saying …" Sakura's eyes widened and she gasped. Her gasp was cut off by a sharp punch to her stomach. Konoha's police station fell silent and after few minutes, a young man stepped out with Karasu.
"Sheesh, Karasu. I've never seen as pathetic apologise as yours was. " The man smirked and Karasu grinned, saying: "And what can you say about apologising after all the innocent peoples you killed, Orochimaru?" After their little chat, both of them transformed to ANBU captains.
Neji was sent to look for Imachi. Not to mention, it wasn't the very first time … He sighed and ran past Konoha police station, but something caught his eye and he hid his presence immediately. When he finally looked at the place he felt awkward, he saw Karasu and another man outside. He was just going to go back chasing after Imachi, because he knew that Karasu would get caught for sure, but when he saw the other man's face, all his blood stopped circulating and his breath stopped. He started to sweat and he rushed off for his life to tell the ultimately bad news for Hokage.
Orochimaru was back. And he was with Karasu, most probably after Imachi. Neji shoved away the thought of warning Imachi first. It wouldn't matter if he managed to tell the information to her or not, Orochimaru would've got away during that, or even the worst, he would appear too soon after he had told Imachi. Every second Neji spent running to the Hokage's office felt like thousand knives stabbing him.
Imachi was still running, but she was getting out of breath too easily. She knew that something like this could happen after the drug being injected to her, but if this would keep up, she'd never reach him before someone else would reach her. She stopped her running and sighed. "Just where is he! I'm getting nervous if he survived or not…" She knew that the Jounins looking after her would arrive tomorrow without her and she had to make sure she travelled faster than them. Then, something made her shiver. She sensed a huge and unpleasant chakra. She didn't know who it was and she didn't want to know. It was just like Naruto's fox form, but just a little weaker. She coughed and saw blood on her hand. She cursed and continued to run.
Next time when she stopped running, she held her ribs and coughed blood more clearly than ever. She closed her eyes and tried to breathe deep, but she was way too much tired. She had to hide herself perfectly or try to make a connection to Itachi or to the one following her. She sat down and tried to concentrate. 'Can you hear me? Can anyone hear me?' Only silence. She sighed deep, but before trying again, she heard a voice say in her mind: 'I can hear you very well, Imachi.' She tried to recognize the voice, but couldn't, so she continued. 'Who are you? Where are you and can you help me?' The voice answered her almost immediately: 'Who I am doesn't matter nor it does where I am, but I know I can help you, little lost child.' She gulped. 'I know that you are afraid because you don't know who I am, but trust me, it's glad to see you again.' She shook her head furiously and said: "No, no! I don't know you! Go away from my head!" She heard the voice chuckle and say: 'Imachi-chan, don't be so harsh, I want to help you …' She screamed and hit her head continuously, but the voice wouldn't go away. 'You should be glad that I won't kill you right away …' her eyes shot wide open and she whispered: "Just WHO are you?" The voice laughed evilly and said: "Oh, Imachi. Can't you recognise me? I'm one of the Sannin, hey … Little child, you came to kill me for your mama and papa?" She screamed as loud as she could and then, she fell down to the ground and curled to a ball, sobbing. "I-Itachi … Hurry, please…" Before she fainted, she heard a familiar voice shouting: "Imachi! What's wrong! IMACHI!"
A/N: Hi. I really am late this time … I guess it's just because I had no inspiration to write this … But I really hope that this wasn't TOO short chapter and I didn't mess anything up. And as for the year 2006, have a good one!