Disclaimer: The characters and countires in this story belong to Kishimoto Masashi. The storyline on the other hand...that's mine. evil laugh
Note: I'm still having that writer's block...but I think I've gotten over it. At least for a while that is. XD
Chapter 10
When I made it to my room, I pushed the door open, and the lonely room awaited me.
Aikyo nodded, "My room is right down the hall," she said pointing down a near hallway, "First door on the left. See you 'round," she said, walking off.
I sighed…this room was so empty. I would have to find some way to make it more…interesting. Maybe I could draw on the wall or something. I just hoped that Kabuto wouldn't kill me for it, that is, since he seems to be in charge of everything around here.
Kabuto let himself into my room. Speak of the devil. Look who it is. I swear I think he has mind reading powers or something…
"Have you ever heard of knocking?" I asked him sarcastically.
"Sure," he said curtly. "Orochimaru-sama wishes everyone to meet him in the meeting room," he added, turned and leaving. I'm glad that I didn't have to tell that to everyone in this building. That would suck.
Crap. I forgot to ask him about drawing on the walls.
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I sighed, and left my room. This was going to suck, I didn't remember where the meeting room was…
"Hey, Kirei, do you mind if I walk with you?" Aikyo asked, poking my back.
I shrugged, "Doesn't matter, since I don't know where to go anyways."
She smirked, "Then I guess that I'll just have to lead you there." She yawned, "And I was just about to go to sleep too…unfortunate timing, huh?"
I nodded.
We walked to rest of the way to the meeting room in silence, with the exception of yawning, and then the giggling afterwards.
Maybe this place wouldn't be so bad…?
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Aikyo and I both took seats, and waited. Still yawning…and laughing.
Orochimaru walked into the room, and we all stood up. I only knew to do that because we used to have to stand up when Leader came into the room in Akatsuki.
"I just have some information I need to share," he said, looking right at me. His voice sounded weird…and he looked weird too, stupid container. "You all know of my guest, correct? I want you all to make sure that he never returns to the village of Konoha. Also, if anyone asks about him, he's dead."
As fast as he had come in, he left. That was a really long meeting.
I glanced around the room quickly before everybody left, there was about thirty people, and they were all men.
"Yeah, there isn't very many of us," Aikyo said, following my eyes. "There are 27 of us now, and if Orochimaru allows those new two in, there will be 29 of us. But, there are a lot of people in the dungeons bellow us, just waiting to be let in, or to be killed, or used…"
"How did I get in here so quickly then…?" I asked her quietly.
She smiled, "I was wondering the same thing. I'm just guessing that it has something to do with his new guest. But, I could be wrong."
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I couldn't sleep, to continued to think of only one thing, and it wouldn't go away. Itachi. It stressed and depressed me so much just to be away from him. After all, he had been my best friend, and my boyfriend, since I was eight.
I gave up, and got out of bed. I left my room, and walked down the hallway, the first door on the left, huh? I knocked on the door, no answer.
I opened the door slowly, they really should have locks on these.
There was Aikyo. Sleeping soundly. It made my wonder what her past was like, and how long she had been here…
She opened her eyes slightly, "Hiro, why are you here…?" She blinked and sat up. "Kirei? What are you doing here?"
"I'm sorry to bug you…" I started.
"It's no problem," she interrupted. "You just scared me a little."
"I couldn't sleep, and I wanted to know if you any markers?"
She looked at me confused, "Markers…? Why?"
"I…er…wanted to draw on my walls. Are we even allowed to do that…?" I asked hesitantly.
"Turn on my lights, will you?" she muttered.
I flipped the light switch, and bright lights flooded through her room. "Now look around you," she told me.
I glanced at the room. Brightly colored walls, different lights, different furniture.
"Nobody really cares what you to do your room. It is your room after all. Do you mind if I help you paint it?"
I grinned, "I would love that."
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A few minutes later, we were in my room, armed with paint, colored pencil, markings, brushes, and old sheets. Aikyo had "saved" all of this stuff "just in case."
We pushed all of my furniture into the center of the room, and covered the wooden floor with sheets.
"I only a have a few colors left…" Aikyo said slowly. She opened each can slowly, "There's purple, pink, blue, red, and black."
She looked up at me.
"Can we paint the room black…?" I asked her.
"We wouldn't have enough for the whole room, plus it would make your room look even smaller than it already is…"
"How about red for the walls…and black for the ceiling? Oh, and I'll let you choose for the closet."
"Hmm…Akatsuki colors. You really miss that place that much?"
I shook my head slowly, "You wouldn't understand."
"I wouldn't, would I? Try me," she said stubbornly.
I let it pour out, how I loved Itachi, and went with him after everything that had happened. How I had to choose between going with him and death with my family. How I had come to think as Deidara, Sasori, Kisame, and Zetsu as friends. And, how I missed them so much.
"You've had it pretty tough for a sixteen-year-old, haven't you? But then again, I guess you could say that my life wasn't much different…"
"I'll tell you as we paint, the walls will take a while to dry…"
She grabbed two paint rollers, and dipped hers in the bucket of black paint. Standing on top of the furniture, she began to paint the top of the ceiling. I joined her a few moments later.
"So, what happened?" I asked her. I was curious now, I would have never expected that she would have become my friend.
"Well, I'm from the Water Country, and my best friend's father was the Mizukage. So, I guess I got to spend a lot of time with them. But, then again, one of the reasons I probably spend all my time with them was because I didn't want to go home," Aikyo hesitated slightly, and then continued.
"My parents had been," I noticed a tear slip from her eyes, "They had left me. Something drove them to both leave, and within hours, they were found dead. Bodies torn to pieces. I still remember what they looked like. It was so terrible…
"Right after that was probably when I started to spend a lot of time with Hiro and the Mizukage. Of course, after a while, I started to be more like a burden to them…so I ran away. I didn't dare become a Missing Nin like you, I just went to another village. Stole stuff to survive. I refused to get a job. Well, eventually, I guess you could say I was kicked out of the village. A group of a bunch of older kids found me wandering around the outer border of the village. They asked me to be apart of their group.
"With them, I learned how to fight and defend myself. They were great people, or at least to me. They were all kids that had gone through similar things to myself. So, I guess I didn't feel so alone. Through time though, they all split up. And once again, I was left alone.
"I went back to Hiro. He cast me aside like I was nothing. He acted like he didn't remember me. It was terrible. He had been my real first true friend.
"After that, I really did drift. I had nowhere and nothing. It was a terrible feeling." I remembered that feeling, the first time I had really felt that was when I had returned to Konoha that one time. That feeling of disbandment.
"Somehow…" Aikyo said slowly, "I ended up here. In all truth…it's been the best thing that ever happened to me…"
I smiled at her, "That's how I felt when I was in Akatsuki. Like I was somewhere I actually belonged…"
Aikyo glanced at her watch for a moment, "Wow, it's breakfast time…do you want to come with me to get something to eat while we let the walls dry?"
I nodded, and followed her out of my room.
In all truth, I could not remember where the cafeteria was either…this place was truly bigger than it looked…from the outside it looked like it held maybe two or three rooms. Most of the building was underground and unseen though…
The moment we stepped into the cafeteria there nonstop loud talking and yelling. A lot more than expect of about twenty-seven people…
"What is your problem dick-face! Give me back my pancake!" I looked toward the direction of the sound…a girl with pink hair?
"That's Tayuya…" Aikyo said, laughing slightly. "She has a bad mouth. Every sentence she says usually has some type of curse word in it…"
"You fatass! You already ate six pancakes!" Punch. Whoever she was yelling at…was on the floor. For a small looking girl she sure did pack a punch…that guy was big too…
"Geez Jiroubou…get up," Aikyo walked over and kicked him slightly.
"Who's this…?" Tayuya asked, pointing at me.
Aikyo grinned, "This is Moeru Kirei. Kirei, this is Tayuya. The fat guy on the ground would be Jiroubou. The weird guy with six arms is Kidoumaru. Last, this one with the oddly colored lips and two heads would be Sakon. They are who's known as the Sound Four."
"Moeru Kirei…I've heard of you," Tayuya said slowly.
"I wouldn't be surprised, and I've heard of you as well."
A slobbering sound was heard from the ground…or from Jiroubou.
"You douchebag! You just ate my damn pancake, didn't you!" she yelled.
He shook his head, while chewing vigorously.
"Er…" Aikyo said slowing watching the heated argument. "I'll see you guys later…"
I followed her as she walked to where the plates of heated foods were. Of course, there were pancakes. Anyone would have known that after watching that fight…
As I finished loading my plate, someone tapped me on my back, I turned to face them reluctantly. It was Kabuto…
"Orochimaru-sama wants to see you," he said slowly. He seemed to be waiting for me to follow him. Yeah right.
"Just because he wants to see my doesn't mean that I'm going to go," I told him obstinately. "I'm about to eat breakfast if you can't tell."
"You'll deal with it," he snarled.
I sighed, "What is this world coming to? Can't even eat breakfast without getting interrupted…"
"Um, Kirei, you really should go. I'll work on your room a little, alright?" Aikyo told me, "It isn't a good idea to go against Orochimaru-sama's wishes…"
I shook my head, "Fine. I'll go." I shoved my plate that only contained one pancake into Kabuto's stomach. I could tell he was enraged with my actions, but for some reason he wouldn't do anything about it. Coward.
I grabbed a strawberry and then followed Kabuto back to where Orochimaru's living quarters were. This was going to be oh so fun. I get to get some more orders from Orochimaru! Yay!
Kabuto pushed the door open, and ushered me to go in first. I did, and I stood in front of where Orochimaru was sitting. Kabuto on the other hand, bowed and then left.
Orochimaru glanced at me, "I've called you here to--"
"Tell me to do something stupid? Send me on another mission? Kill me?" I suggested.
"No," he said frustrated. "To tell you the actual reason for you being here."
"Oh? What might that be? I mean, it must have been really important if you could pull me away from the thing I loved just because you needed me for something."
He ignored me. I had learned from Akatsuki that he was good at this…
"No, I brought you here because I thought you would like to see my guest, and I'm sure that he would be glad to have a friend here."
Now I was confused…one of my friends here? He was lying, obviously.
"One of my friends? I truly doubt that," I snickered.
"I think you'll be surprised."
"I think that you're stupid to have brought me here in the first place. To immobilize me so I didn't have a choice. If I had come here on my own free will that would be much, much different. Not only for you to do this, but now you also taunt me with another friend!" I had been referring to Kikyo…
"Your cousin was to make sure you stayed so that you could meet my guest," he laughed. I rolled my eyes. "Now, I think you'll be happy to meet my actual guest."
"You know what? I don't care anymore, whoever it is, just bring them out, I would like to go back to my room soon. I would rather not spend my whole day in here."
He smirked, "That's better." He pushed a button on the wall next to him, "Kabuto, send in our guest."
Natsu: See you next time!
Ansem:See ya((Captive #1: Kingdom Hearts))
Aion:bursts into tears caneth Ieth comes outtathes zes boxeth yets?((Captive #2: Chrno Crusade))
Kadaj: BYE! waves ((Captive #3: Final Fantasy VII Advent Children))
Mizuki (aka pile of ash): KRADDD! COME BACK KRADDD! ((Captive #4: Naruto))
Natsu: ...stupid captives...