Chapter 10: To find a Friend…
Okay, I was reading back through my story and figured out that I forgot to change Raiden (My story) to Naruto (Character)… sooo you guys will just have to deal with it, and it going to stay Raiden through the rest of the chapters, because it's a pain in the butt to change… -_-#
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Ayame ran after her furry companion, barely giving notice to the others behind her. They had gone nearly five miles from the auction house and while Ayame knew it was possible she wasn't so sure if Nala had the right scent trail. The group busted out of the dense forest on a hill overlooking a modest house and a barn.
"This is the place." The wolf told them looking down over the cleared area. Everything seemed peaceful but her nose told a different story, the place smell much like Ayame did when she first met her; like blood, pain and abuse.
Ayame pet her head and ran down to the bottom with the others, dazed, but following her lead. She turned when she got to the bottom and placed a finger to her lips. She made her way over to the barn and opened the wooden door, old metal hinges screaming. She turned to the house that remained void of all life, for her a good sign. She walked in and looked around, the three stalls contained two stallions and a mare, and there was a storage room at the far side. She motioned for the others to peer into the stalls for anything other than horses and came up with one child for each horse. She walked over to the nearest stall containing a black and white paint and a fragile young girl around the age of twelve. She was curled up in a fetal position sleeping in a corner of hay and the mare that accompanied her seemed a little protective of the small, frail child. Ayame made a mental note of the horse's behavior before making her way down to the tack room. A large metal chain and padlock were wrapped around the handles for an unknown reason, but she sure as hell was going to find out. She looked around for something to bust it with when she came upon one of the children hiding behind a stall wall petting the stallion he was locked in with. The boy chanced a peek around the corner and was met with her curious stare. The boy stepped out of the shadow and clearly nodded toward a wooden barrel. She looked around and found a key taped to the inside. Nodding to the boy in gratitude she made her way over to the lock and opened the door. Over in the corner was a small skinny boy clutching his legs to his chest with his head down. She walked over and was about to lay her hand on his shoulder when she felt a sharp pain.
"Go…Away…" came the monotone lump. The boy had met Ayame's hand with a dented and rusty dagger. As the blood spilled down her arm and toward the dirt floor the others appeared at the door, but did not go any farther after seeing the dagger in parallel to Ayame's hand.
"What would have happened if that had been your master Dorchet?" she asked with a smirk. The boy looked up at the girl with dull dead eyes that seemed to ignite with a forgotten fire upon seeing her and his old companions. The eyes dulled back down however as Ayame firmly grabbed his wrist causing him to drop the weapon. The boy didn't move as she found a rag and wrapped it around her injured hand.
"Much better." She said sitting down next to him and motioning for the others to come in, all the while Dorchet never took his eyes off of Raiden and Nala, the only two faces he didn't know. Ren and Leia immediately walked over and knelt down in front of him.
"Dorchet. I'm so sorry." Leia said apathetically, tears forming in her eyes. "You were in the same place as me and I didn't know. I couldn't protect you…" her voice trailed off. The boys ice blue eyes looked the girl over before reaching out a hand and brushing the warm water away.
"It's okay, you know now, and the fact that you would have come to my aid if you had known is comfort enough." He replied.
"You haven't changed at all squirt." Ren said putting his hand on the brown haired boy smirked messing up his dirty hair. "You're still the little brother I remember…"
This brought tears to Dorchet's eyes and a genuine grin to Ayame's face. Tearing her eyes away from the heart breaking reunion she looked for the one person yet to make an appearance.
"Where's Deidara?" she asked aloud. Everyone exchanged confused looks; they hadn't seen the teen since the auction house. Ayame sighed as she looked at the worried faces of her friends.
"Sorry to make you run around right after we found you, but looks like Dei may have gotten himself into a bit of trouble." She said to Dorchet. "Leia, Ren you guys look around the Auction house; Raiden, Nala you guys head back to the campsite with Dorchet. I'll take around town."
As everyone made their way out of the barn, Ayame walked over to the boy that had shown her where to find the key.
"We'll come back for you guys, I promise." She told him.
"Don't." the boy said looking up at her. "We don't have friends, family, or a place to go back to, we'll wait."
She nodded with a small smile and ran after the others, splitting up. Running through the woods to the town the boys words rang in her head.
"Family..."
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Sorry, this chapter has been on my computer for what seems like ever and I thought I updated, but apparently I was wrong…
Any who, I will update ASAP, I promise this time!!!