Author's note:
Sorry for the long delay! Hope you enjoy this chapter!
If you didn't realize it already the setting of the last chapter and this one, it is Orochimaru's hide out that Team 7 invaded at the beginning of Shippuden.
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Student or Prisoner?
…When I woke up, I was still in the same room and chained. It was still dark in the room, had no window, and it looked completely like it did before. I looked closer at the chair that Orochimaru and Kabuto sat in. It looked and felt like wood and was simple in design. The stone bed was warmer now from my body heat but I could feel that it was at least two feet thick and is eight feet long. It felt as if it was carved with the wall when this place was made.
The chain rattled loudly as I moved to lean my back against the wall. I could just barely make out the details of the room. I went through my pockets and found them completely empty. The bag I had was gone.
I checked all my hidden pockets and most were empty but two of them weren't. One had several throwing stars and a roll of good tags (explosive). The other had pills that I collected over the last months. They were a mix of food and medicine. I found out after a few weeks that the medicine reduced my chakra control and amount. It also helped keep me in a hazed state.
I pull all of the things back in their pockets and ran a hand through my hair checking for the things I usually hid there and found that they were gone too. I felt my stomach growl in hunger. It has been days since my last meal and my stomach was complaining about it.
I heard footsteps coming closer and I instantly stiffen though it probably didn't look that way. The light that came under the door was blocked as Kabuto unlocked the door. He came in carrying a tray and a small torch. He closed the door with a light kick and set the tray on the table that sat against the wall opposite of the door.
He used the torch to light the one near the door and set the one he was holding in the holder. All while he was doing this I watched quietly and gather details of the room. The stone walls were orange and had a pattern carved into it.
The room was smaller than I thought and I could see that there was a doorway that lead into a bathroom. Other than the table and chair there was no other things that were in here when I first woke up to find myself here. The air was filled with Kabuto's scent now and it is mixed with the little scents of the contents of the tray.
Kabuto then went over to the tray and pick up one thing and put it on the edge of my bed. I watched and glanced at what he put there. It was a plate of food, two pieces of toast and cut up fruit. Kabuto sighed and motioned to me to eat.
I glanced at the plate again and picked it up. I check the food for poison and drugs but it seemed fine. I glanced at Kabuto again who was watching. I put down the plate without eating anything and returned to watching him. I saw a bit of irritation in his body language but I also saw some curiosity in his eyes.
He asked "Why aren't you eating?" I didn't answer but kept watching him. He repeated the question and I again didn't answer. His body language showed more irritation now and I could tell that I was really starting to make him mad. I also sensed his heart rate pick up.
He may be dangerous but it seems that they won't kill me anytime soon. If I am going to be held prisoner than I might as well have some fun while I can.
I must have been smiling in amusement for when he looked at my face he put his cold mask back in place. He handed me the plate with a look that said I better eat. I just continued to stare straight into his eyes without looking away once. He sighed as he put the plate back on the tray and picked up some other things from it.
I watched as he came back to sit in front of me. He put what he had on the bed which was a few bowls of different powders. I studied them out of the corner of my eye. They were not poisons but ingredients for food pills. Kabuto started making the food pills, making sure I saw everything as he made them, then when he was done he hand me four and put the rest in a bag.
I looked at them and Kabuto who looked expectantly and ate all four pills. Kabuto seemed to relax at this and held out his hand to me.
I raised an eyebrow in question and he rolled his eyes and said "I need to check your ankle again."
I slowly put my chained ankle in his hand but gave him a look that told him that he shouldn't even think of trying something. Kabuto carefully did check my health and then did something I didn't expected. He pulled out a key and unlocked the chain from my ankle.
Orochimaru said "Kabuto took it off because you must be recovered from your desperate escape." I hadn't heard him come in or sensed his presence which bothered me.
I looked at him and asked "What happens now that I am recovered?" Orochimaru smiled amusedly and said "We can show you what is beyond your room."
Orochimaru opened the door then waited in the hallway for me to follow but I didn't I looked at Kabuto then back at Orochimaru. Orochimaru smiled more amusedly and motioned for Kabuto to leave before me.
Kabuto moved out of the room and disappeared down the opposite side of the hallway. I carefully watched to make sure he doesn't follow behind me. Orochimaru started walking down the hallway and I carefully followed. We walked down many hallways that were full of closed doors. Orochimaru stopped a bit in the room that had several shelves that held many scrolls and plants to jars of things. He motioned for me to go ahead and look around.
Wow. There is so much here. There many ninja scrolls that teach several types of Jutsu. What does he want from me?
Orochimaru called me back to where he was and when I got there he was smiling bemusedly. Kabuto was there behind Orochimaru waiting.
Orochimaru said "Child, I brought you here to show you what I have and what staying can mean. You can leave, but you can learn and be safe here. If you wish to stay here, would you become my student?"
I stare trying process what he was offering me but before I said anything Orochimaru continued.
"You can also learn from Kabuto as well." At this Kabuto looked shocked and was that a flash of confusion? I stared at Orochimaru trying to guess what pain it would cost me and what his real intentions are.
Should I become his student or should I continue to run making him an enemy?
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