Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is somewhere near the last chapter, but I'm not sure yet...
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May sat quietly, as a strange snake explained to her, the details of Autumn's life.
"So she gave her life to save me?" she asked, scared of both, the fact that the snake was talking to her, and the snake itself. The snake noticed her fear, and to her amazement, changed into a human right before her eyes!
"Yes. A foolish thing to do in my opinion, but in your case, necessary." At that conclusion, May would've started crying again, but she was still staring at the spot where the snake used to be.
"W-who are you? What are you!?" She exclaimed. The 'snake' gave a low bow, and explained,
"My name is Cleopatra, I am the summoned familiar of your former friend, Autumn."
"Summon?" Cleo sighed, this was going to take awhile. But, that was okay, she was sure she could spare a few centuries.
Cleo had brought May to Autumn's house, and finished explaining. It was easier after she tied May down to a chair, and forced her to watch episodes one through two hundred and twenty of Naruto in Japanese.
"So what do we do now?" May asked, as the credits started to roll.
"If we're lucky, the akatsuki won't be back for a long time. Until we're sure, it'd probably be best for you to go home." Cleo said, getting up.
"Can I say goodbye to Autumn first?"
"Go right on ahead, but if you collapse on the stairs, I'm not going to take you home." May nodded, and headed up to the seventh floor. Because it was still raining, Cleo had taken Autumn's body, and left it in her room. She put a jutsu on it to keep it preserved.
May made it to the seventh floor in less time than she had expected. She opened the door, and stepped inside.
"I can't believe that you did all of this for a good-for-nothing, like me." May said, forcing herself not to cry. She walked over to the bed, where the body was, but there was something wrong... Autumn's body was gone!
"Looking for something?" Came a voice from nowhere.
"Huh? Who's there?!"
"It's too bad that our Aki-chan had to waste her chakra trying to save you..."
"What the hell are you talking about, and who is 'Aki?!"
"Aren't you the polite one?"
"SHUT UP!! Who are you, and where is Autumn?!"
"Over here!" A new voice said. It was a more feminine voice. May turned her head to the far side of the room. That side was dark, so she couldn't see. All she could see were... Green eyes?! What the heck? No one she knew had green eyes.
The person she had been talking with earlier started to grow impatient, and threw a kunai in the direction of her head.
"Eek!" The kunai barely missed her head, and planted itself in the floor, taking a lock of her hair with it.
"Now, if you don't mind, I believe that it's time for you to leave us." The voice said, revealing himself to be... Kabuto! May brought her hands up to protect herself.
"Kabuto-kun!" The girl in the corner whined. (Anyone else finding this a bit creepy?)
"Relax," he said to May. "I've been asked not to kill you, but you are going to leave. I'm just going to drop you off in the middle of nowhere, and get on with my happy life. Sound good?" May gasped and backed away. She attempted to run out the door, but she tripped over an annoyingly happy looking bear.
"Kaaabuuuutoooo-kuuuun!! She's getting away!!"
"Will you shut up already?!" May yelled, throwing the bear at the girl's face. For a brief second the eerie glowing eyes disappeared as the bear hit it's target.
"Heh," May snickered. It was funny, until Kabuto took advantage of her distraction, and grabbed her arm. He flipped the light switch, and the whole room was suddenly bright.
"Are you alright, Akiko?" Kabuto asked the girl on the other side of the room.
"I'm okay! And this bear is so cute!" She responded, hugging the bear tightly. This was the first time May had been able to see what she looked like. She was wearing a plain white yukata, and her hair was extremely long. So long that it hid her face from view.
"Good." Kabuto said, as he dragged May toward the girl. She giggled, happily.
"Now what would you like for me to do to her, Aki-hime?"
"Oh, please don't hurt her! She was my friend after all."
"Huh?" May was now officially confused.
"Hmm? That's right you don't seem to know yet. If you would be so kind to show us your face, dear Autumn."
"What?!" The girl giggled, and gently tucked her hair behind her ears.
"Good to see you too, Mae-chan!"
"Y-you couldn't possibly be-!" Kabuto cut her off, by forcing her to her knees.
"It's polite to bow to your superiors."
"To hell with that! You can't be Autumn! She has brown eyes!" She screamed as Kabuto twisted her arm.
"Actually, they were more of a hazel, but that works too!" 'Autumn' said giggling. That was a fact, but it didn't help against the fact that she looked so much like her.
"That? It's only a side effect. Using so much chakra, and everything else she's been through..." Kabuto explained, as May tried to kick him.
"Shut up! You don't know! Autumn wouldn't act like that!" Kabuto twisted her arm even further.
"Maybe not, but you'll have to believe me that she really is Autumn." Cleo said, entering the room.
"Cleo-chan! So nice of you to join the party!" 'Autumn' said, happily. She smiled, and hugged the bear even tighter. Suddenly, her eyes went wide, and looked bloodshot.
"Akiko! What's wrong!" Kabuto yelled, forgetting May, and running to her side.
"Shut the hell up you bastard! For that last fuckin time, that is NOT my name!!" Autumn yelled, pushing Kabuto away.
(Just a side note, if you've noticed, in this story the only time Autumn has officially cursed in this story was in the second chapter when she got pissed off, and yelled at Pein. If Autumn's angry enough to say more than one curse word in a sentence, then you had either start running, or say your prayers)
Cleo gasped at Autumn's language, while May cheered.
"HA! Way to go Autumn!!" Kabuto glared, but redirected his attention to Autumn as she attempted to punch him in the face.
"That's doesn't seem like the way 'princessess' should act." Kabuto stated, grabbing her arm, and throwing her to the other side of the room.
"I'm NOT a fucking princess! So shut the fucking hell up and leave me the hell alone!!" Before she hit the wall, she turned, and regained her balance, and used the wall to jump back at him. But, before she could reach him, he disappeared. Before he left all he said was:
"You will never be able to escape us, Princess..."
Immediately after, Autumn collapsed.
"Are you okay!" Both Cleo and May exclaimed, running to their friend's side.
"I-I'm fine..." She bit out, grabbing desperately at her neck.
"Let me see!" Cleo said, moving Autumn's hand. What she saw made her gasp. It was Orochimaru's curse mark.
"Cleo..."
"Shhhh..." Cleo wrapped her arms around the girl's head. She had been through too much. No one deserved to go through all of this at age 13. Autumn grabbed, first at the carpet, then Cleo. May looked in terror at her friend. She had only seen the curse mark in the episodes, but this... this was real.
It was at that moment, that May finally realized that things would never be the same again.
YAY! Autumn's alive!!
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