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Chapter 12: Plan 'C'

"AAAAHHHHHHHH!!" Autumn screamed, running as fast as she could so she could avoid the giant ink snake that was chasing her, courtesy of Sai, requested by Kakashi.

"WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THIS!?" Sai, who was drawing another snake answered,

"You dumped a tub full of melted cheese on Kakashi-san's head, I'm just doing as I'm told."

"I despise you." Sai fake-smiled,

"Likewise." He responded, sending two more snakes after her. Seeing this, Autumn screamed, and ran faster. Running through town, she purposefully ran past Ichiraku's,

"Naruto you idiot! Don't just sit there, HELP ME!!" Fortunately for her, he was there with both Sakura, and Iruka too.

"Do you know her Naruto?" Iruka asked as he saw Sakura stand up in alarm.

"She's a friend of ours…" She stated as the snakes passed, scaring Naruto, and causing him to choke on his ramen.

"Well thanks again Iruka-sensei, but we'd better help her!" Sakura yelled, grabbing the now fine Naruto's collar, and running off.

"HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!" Autumn screamed, running toward the training grounds. The snakes somehow seemed to have caught up with her. Also catching up, Naruto, and Sakura ran along side her.

"What happened this time?" Sakura asked,

"Kakashi happened!! He got Sai to attack me with snakes... AGAIN!!" Naruto (who after the 'incedent' in the Forest of Death was extremely afraid of snakes) looked back for one brief second, and ran like heck.

"AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! TEME!!" He yelled at Sai who was following the snakes. Sakura stopped running, and punched the biggest snake, causing it to explode. Feeling the ink rain down on her, Autumn stopped running. By now, Naruto was so far away, no one could see him anymore. Holding her ground, Autumn watched as the snakes started to close in. Sakura rushed over, and hit one, but couldn't make it to the other. She didn't need to. Instead, Autumn activated her sharingan, and jumped, kicking the snake's head into the dirt. Quickly deactivating her sharingan again, she stood up straight. Sakura looked at her, her eyes widened in shock.

"Are you okay?" She asked, rushing over to help her friend.

"Just peachy!" She sighed, then sweat-dropped, looking at the dust cloud Naruto left behind. "Can't say the same for him though. Where do you think he went?" Sakura shrugged,

"Let's just go." Normally Sakura would have beaten the crap out of Sai for that, but because Autumn was there, he was saved for now.

At Scarecrow Man's Apartment...

Kakashi was waiting for Sai to return from his "mission" when the door just decided to blow up, and leave splinters on the floor.

"SENSEI!!" Uh, oh… Sakura.

"That's him! That's the mean man who sent those things to kill me!!" A child screamed from behind her. The child looked to be about 6 years old, with an extremely familiar face. Kakashi looked at Sakura who had a fist full of chakra ready.

"What did I do?" He asked. The little girl came out from Sakura and looked at Kakashi who didn't fail to notice the evil gleam in her eyes.

"You sent that mean, mean guy after me!"

"... I did no such thing."

"Are you saying that this poor little girl is lying?"

"…Yes."

"WRONG ANSWER!!" Sakura yelled, breaking the table in front of him. The Kakashi clone disappeared, and the real Kakashi grabbed the kid, and ran like heck.

"HHHHEEEELLLLPPPP!! SAKURA-NEE!!" She screamed as Kakashi threw a kunai behind him, pinning Sakura to a tree.

"WHERE ARE YOU TAKING ME?!"

"TO WHERE EVEN SAKURA WON'T FIND US!!" Autumn turned back to her normal form, and kicked Kakashi where it hurts, causing him to let go of her.

"Now that just sounds wrong!" She said, punching him with a chakra empowered fist. Autumn started to walk away, but turned around and went back to Kakashi, who was currently planted in the ground.

"Which way back to the village?"

"I believe it would be this way." Someone else answered, stepping out of the shadows. It was Kabuto. (Dun, Dun, DUN!!)

"Oh, come on! I thought I left you in Iwa!" He smirked,

"Well I'm sorry, but I promise to make it up to you if you come peacefully."

"Aw heck nah!" She yelled, running away.

About two minutes later...

It would've helped if Kakashi had actually told her which way to the village, because she was hopelessly lost.

"CAN TODAY GET ANY WORSE!" She screamed to the heavens.

"Define 'worse'." Perfect. Autumn turned around,

"Don't you ever give up?"

"I could say the same for you."

"Well, unlike some emo/angsty teens with hair that looks like a chicken's ass, I prefer my freedom. Besides, I happen to actually like my brother." Kabuto chuckled,

"I take it that you're talking about Sasuke. I wasn't aware in the fact that you've met him." Autumn backed up a bit.

"I haven't."

"Oh, so you've heard of him from Naruto-kun?" He advanced on her,

"Is this really important?" She asked, backing up even further.

"I suppose not, what's really important now is..." He came at her, with increased speed, and pinned her against a tree. Leaning over her, he whispered in her ear,

"That you will never be able to escape me again." Kabuto dug his nails into the flesh on her arms, and started to inject his chakra into her, while at the same time stealing some for himself. Autumn tried to keep herself quiet, but it hurt so much,

"S-st-stop..." She begged. He smiled and continued. Eventually because of the amount of chakra he was pouring into her, it formed a tattoo-like scar that resembled a snake on each of her arms. Kabuto pulled away from her, and looked at his handy-work.

"These are a special type of chakra seal. It's a technique I designed. By injecting my chakra into your body, I've created a sort of one-way bond between us. As you may, or may not have noticed, it has the same properties as the cursed seal that you have, (I bet you all forgot about that) except it allows me to physically control you, as well as use your chakra for my own purposes. I can also transfer your chakra into my body if needed." Kabuto explained. Autumn mentally cursed at him,

"Now be a good girl…" He said, pulling a bottle out of his pocket. It was filled with a clear liquid.

"What is that?" Autumn asked, but she wished she hadn't as he pulled the top off,

"I'm glad you asked, this is a solution that should sedate you, for a few hours, and when you wake up, you'll have little to know memory of this next event." Autumn gasped in shock, and made a move to run, but Kabuto gave a quick glance in her direction, and that alone caused her to freeze. Literally, when she tried, she found that she couldn't move! Kabuto, slipped some into his mouth, and pushed Autumn back into the tree. He leaned over her, and seemed to enjoy her shocked expression when he started to kiss her! It wasn't a tender kiss either, it was forceful, and hungry. Kabuto grabbed her arms, and started extracting chakra from her. The marks on her arms started to light up, causing to Autumn to writhe in pain. He nipped at her lower lip, searching for access, as she tried to deny him. Autumn did her best to keep her teeth clamped together, but he gasped when he bit hard enough to draw blood. She stood there helpless as he deposited the sedative into her mouth, and continued to kiss her, forcing her to swallow.

After he was sure that she had swallowed it all, he started to relax, and his kiss began to soften. Even though he was still controlling her, Autumn felt as if she could no longer stand. The world around her became a blur until, finally it faded into nothingness. Kabuto drew back from her, and allowed her body to slump to the ground. Her scars stopped glowing as the chakra flow ended. He picked her up, and was just about to carry her off when he was stopped by three tigers. Sai and Kakashi jumped out of the trees, and confronted him,

"My, you seem to be doing well, Sai-san." He stated, smirking. An army of shadow clones came out of the trees, and attacked Kakashi and Sai. Allowing Kabuto to escape.

Once he figured that he was far enough away, Kabuto stopped,

"You must be a very special girl, the way everyone seems so attracted to you. How do you do it?" She didn't respond (Well, Duh!) Instead Kabuto felt a slight burst of chakra, and saw her scars illuminate, as her body attempted to dispel the sedative. The "seal" drained the chakra, and transferred it to him.

"Very special indeed…" He said, brushing a stray hair from her face, "It's almost a shame, what Lord Orochimaru has in store for you," He picked her up again, and left.

"Almost."

"How is she, Kabuto?" Orochimaru spoke, refering to the figure lying on the table.

"She should be waking up any day now."

"Are you sure that she's ready?"

"More than enough. She was personally trained by the akatsuki, and Itachi was kind enough to give her the sharingan."

"I see, if she can live through that process then she should be ready," Orochimaru chuckled, "What a foolish girl."

"Her chakra is strong, she wouldn't have died that easily."

"Oh?"

"I took a few samples through the seals I had given her. It's her control that causes the loopholes. When her body is in an unconscious state such as this one, her chakra becomes unstable. Fortunately, because of the seals I have been able to monitor, and control it."

"And?"

"Apparently her body makes a lot of excess chakra. Enough that she could perform even the most complicated of jutsus multiple times, and still have enough energy to fight. But as I have found out, when she's not active, her body makes too much chakra. Such as when she is in a sleep-like state. Her body searches for a way to release all of that chakra, so it expells it in her sleep when she is not conscious to control it. But now after years of observation, I'm almost certain that it's due to her body's previous dormant state. Her body is used to high amounts of chakra, but now since she's started to use it, her body makes more to replace it. I assume that if she's awake then she should hold the ability to produce chakra at will, and use simpler jutsus without even needing her chakra." Orochi-baka nodded, satisfied.

"Good, could you bring Sasuke-kun to me in a few minutes? I believe it's time that we had a little... 'talk'." Kabuto bowed, and gave Autumn one last look before leaving.

"Your parents should be 'pleased'." Oro-teme smiled evilly, and left.

-BOOM-

"Now Sasuke-kun, you shouldn't be so angry. I'll still train you, but my new body will need time to recover first…" Sasuke glared both at Orochimaru, and at the newly made hole in the wall. Snakey-man had just announced that he had found another new container.

"Who?" Sasuke growled, he was pissed.

"..."

"WHO!?"

"A young girl."

"WHERE IS SHE!?" Kabuto held Sasuke back,

"I apologize Sasuke-san, but knowing that you would react like this, Orochimaru-sama ordered that you not be able to see her." Sasuke turned his back to Oro-hentai

"Why?"

"Because, she is currently in an unconscious state to keep her subdued. If you were to be anywhere near her, you may be compelled to harm her in some way, and then Orochimaru-sama's plans may be in jeapordy." Sasuke could tell that he was about to say more, but his body suddenly froze.

"Orochimaru-sama?"

"I see, Sasuke-kun, you're dismissed."

"Nnnn...?" Autumn awoke to a strange feeling. It was a pleasant sensation, though. It reminded her of that one time that her mom had done her hair. That kind of feeling. Happy and warm. Her eyes fluttered a bit, and finally opened. There was something over her face so she couldn't see. She attempted to more her arms to remove the item, but found them immobile. The strange sensation stopped as she was overcome with fear.

"I see that you're awake." Autumn blinked as the cloth was removed from her face, exposing her to the bright light of the lamp hanging over head. Autumn gasped as she saw Kabuto's face lean over her.

"What the-?"

"I drugged you, and I brought you here."

"Why?" He smiled,

"To fulfill your destiny!" He said, dramatically. She could tell he was trying to make a joke, but didn't care.

"That was lame."

"Would you rather I do it like this?" He henge'ed into Link (Legend of Zelda) and unsheathed his sword. Pointing it up into the air, he recited the same line,

"You are here to fulfill your DESTINY!!" -sparkle, sparkle-

"... And that was so far beyond lame that lame just came in and kicked you where it hurts."

"Really now?" He asked, releasing the jutsu. "Well it's true,"

"What?"

"Nothing. I'm going to release the restraints now, but remember that if you run away, it's my responsibility." Autumn smirked, as soon as he let her go, she was halfway out the door. Kabuto sighed and activated the seals on her arms, causing her to freeze.

"Good to see that those still work properly. Now, turn around and come back into the room." Unwillingly, her body obeyed. "Close the door, and come over here, please." Her arm pushed the door closed, and her legs started to move toward him.

"W-why am I moving? Why can't I stop?!"

"I put seals on your arms that allow me to control you chakra as well as your physical movement." He made her hand glow with chakra as an example.

"Now I really hate you…"

"Pity, but it's good to know that you favored me in the past."

"I never said that."

"Well you just said that you 'now' hated me."

"In the past I 'disliked' you, I said that, that had been upgraded to 'hate'. There's a difference."

"Aa, Orochimaru-sama has requested that after you change that you meet with him." He explained, motioning to the pile of clothes in the corner. Autumn took one look at them and scowled.

"If you need any help, please don't hesitate to ask." And with a quick nod, Kabuto left. Autumn picked up the outfit, and observed it. It was a plain beige kimono with a purple obi. She sighed, at least it was better than the butt-bow. Having no other choice, Autumn put it on, but left her pants on. After scanning the room a few times, her eyes finally rested on a surgical knife. She grinned at this newfound opprtunity. Autumn took the knife and cut the kimono so that it stopped just above her knees.

"Aki-chan?" Kabuto called through the door, "You musn't keep Orochimaru-sama waiting." Autumn wipped the sweat from her forehead, and hid the surgical knife in her obi. "Oh, and could you leave that knife in the room please?" Autumn glared at the door, but put the knife on the table anyway. With absolutely no confidence, Autumn opened the door to reveal a smirking Kabuto. He held his hand out to her, and bowed, "Shall we be off?" She just glared at him, and walked past, going down the hallway. Kabuto caught up with her with ease, and proceeded to escourt her to the room where her fate would soon be revealed. He had better ready the seals, this wasn't going to end well for anyone.

"WHAT!!" Autumn yelled, Oro-teme had just been kind enough to explain to her (in full detail) what was going to happen to her within the next two years before he took over her body. Kabuto winced,

"Now, Aki-chan, please try to control your temper." He pleaded as another painful wave of chakra went through his body. Her temper was heightening the power and the amount of the chakra her body released at once. Because the seals transfered her active chakra to him, every time her temper flared, a painful wave of her powerful chakra would hit him, instead of being absorbed. But at this point it would be too risky to release the seals. It was because of them that no extreme damage had been caused as of yet. The seal suppressed the strength of her chakra enough so that his body would be able to accept it.

"NO! SHUT UP, AND DON'T CALL ME THAT!" She yelled at Kabuto, who had once again, been using the seal to subdue her. She turned back to Oro-hentai, "YOU CAN'T DO THIS! I DON'T BELONG HERE!!" Oroch-baka gave a dark chuckle,

"Oh, but you do. As you see, you belonged here all along. You were born here, so this is your home." It was at that moment that it got really quiet. Too quiet for Autumn's taste, so she decided to express her annoyance.

"Oh so now you decide to answer my questions!" Her last outburst caused Kabuto to sweatdrop, this girl was... Strange...

"Oooowwwwwwwwwww…" Autumn had just finished her twenty-eighth training session with Kabuto. He was even harder to fight than Itachi! Then again, Kabuto would cheat by using the seal to control her actions, and she was prohibited from using her chakra (as if she could), so she had to rely on her old physical skills (which have been on vacation since chapter one). Also unlike her, Kabuto could use chakra, giving her less time to dodge his attacks. This forced her to actually attempt to block his attacks. Both of her arms had already been broken six times, and one of her legs had been broken twice with in the two weeks that she had been held captive. Because her chakra was being drained constantly, her body couldn't make enough chakra to keep her in perfect condition as it once did in the past, and due to her training schedule, she had to wait for the end of that day's training until Kabuto would heal her with his 'newly heightened chakra levels'. Luckily for her, today she came out unscathed, and now that training was over, she was free to do as she pleased for now. She couldn't leave of course, but Orochimaru cared enough to send Sasuke on a long-term mission for her safety.

"You're improving very quickly Aki-chan." Kabuto said, offering her a hand in getting up. She refused it, and got up on her own.

"Flattery will get you nowhere." she panted. Autumn turned and left the training area. Kabuto followed her just to make sure that she didn't escape (or so he said), he really was just observing her as he had done so often in the past. It was his job. His primary mission was to keep watching her. Who knew what this girl could do, even without chakra!

Autumn stepped into her assigned room, and slammed the door in Kabuto's smiling face. He was starting to get a bit creepy. Once she was sure that he had left, she flopped onto the bed, and breathed a sigh of relief. Two days... She had only two days left before she would have her first chance at freedom in a long time. Two days... She had to get rid of those seals! She had figured out a while ago that here her sleeping patterns didn't matter. With, or without the seals on her arms, nothing appeared or disappeared. Since the channeling, and the releasing of chakra was normal in this world, she was sure now that nothing would happen. If she could release enough chakra though, then she could get the heck out of there! But, of course, there were still the seals. She could either 'A' behave (kiss up) or 'B' beat the answers out of him (stress relief). Well 'A' would take too long since she had a little over two days to earn their trust at the moment, and if she went with that plan, that would mean that she would have to suck up to Orochimaru, and just the thought made Autumn want to puke. Also she was extremely sure that Kabuto was hiding something, and it had to involve her, so she wanted to avoid him at all costs. Switching over to plan 'B', that idea had a ton of flaws too. I mean, what are the chances of Autumn actually fighting Kabuto by herself with no one hearing her and coming to his rescue? Simple answer... SLIM TO NONE! And even if by some miracle that she did accomplish all of that, how would she get the seals off? Extremely simple answer... SHE WOULDN'T. And knowing him, he probably had a back up plan just in case something like that happened, and it most likely didn't include the seals on her arms just 'magically' disappearing.

So now that brings us back to square one. There of course was the long forgotten plan 'C' that the authoress didn't feel like going back and adding, so she made it forgotten, and stuck it here. This option included storing up chakra, and using it to reverse the effects of the seal.

Autumn weighed her options. 'A' was definitely out. 'B' was a good way to relieve stress, but besides that, no. And 'C' sounded reasonable enough, and by doing it she might find a way to get rid of Oro-hentai's seal too. Two birds with one stone! So it was decided, she was going to attempt to store up enough chakra to reverse the seal. But there was a problem. Since her body released all of her excess chakra at night, then how would she store up enough if she had to restart every day? Another simple answer... SHE COULDN'T! She had to find either an alternative, or away around it.

"Aki-chan?" Kabuto called from the other side of the door.

"What do you want?" She called back. There goes her plans. Right out the imaginary window. Instead of answering, Kabuto just opened the door, and walked right on in.

"You know, I am still not quite sure how people in your world are, but in my world, we wait until we are invited into a closed room before we enter." Kabuto just sighed,

"Your progress is great, we just still need to work on that attitude of yours…"

"Another thing! In my world we call it freedom of speech!"

"Yes, but here that can get you in trouble. No doubt that if it were any other person besides me who had knocked on your door, I have no doubt that you would be in a great deal of pain."

"Did you want something, or did you just come here to watch me even more than you've been doing for the past two years of my life?" Kabuto shook his head,

"I came to ask if you were hungry, Orochimaru-sama has given me permission to take you out for awhile…" now it was Autumn's turn to sigh. What was the point of being free if you couldn't enjoy it?

"Don't you people have anything better to do than play with the lives innocent little children?"

"Do you truly see yourself as a child at your age?"

"No."

"Then we're not playing with the lives of little 'children' just on smart-mouthed girl."

"Gee, thanks…"

"If you don't want to go out, then what do you want to do? All you ever do is sit in your room and do nothing."

"So you have been watching me!"

"Well?"

"..." Kabuto sighed and confessed,

"Yes I have been watching you, and you seem depressed. What's wrong?"

"... What do you think is wrong? I'm stuck here with the 'pointdexter', and the pedophile. I've been forced to leave all of my friends, and now I'm in some strange place, and all I want is to go HOME!!" Kabuto smiled at her,

"But you are home, you were born here-"

"BUT IT'S NOT MY HOME!!" Autumn crossed her arms and turned away from him, pouting.

"Let me tell you what, I'll teach you to use the summoning jutsu, but you have to promise to cheer up." Autumn smiled, all according to plan.

"Really?"

"If you promise."

"I don't make promises."

"Then I guess I'll just-"

"Alright, Alright! I promise!"

"Good, girl."

And so Autumn was taught by Kabuto the summoning jutsu, and her new plan was sent into action. She was going to have Cleo store her chakra, and then she could escape. Until then, she had to at least pretend that she was happy. She had to remember that she was being watched at all times.

"That's brilliant!" The very human looking, happy to be free snake, Cleopatra exclaimed. Autumn had just revealed to her, her escape plan for the next night. The night of the long awaited full moon.

"Thanks, but there are a few, well... 'complications',"

"As in?"

"Well... If I'm right you have to choose between two options. You can either 'A' release your chakra through me and break the seals right away, I'm pretty sure that I remember enough of the jutsu to get us back, but I'm not sure. Then there's option 'B'. You could transport us yourself, and worry about the seals later. Unfortunately for us, both plans conclude with you severely drained of your chakra which might cause you to die, or be immobilized for years. And I don't think I could handle losing you too."

"Don't worry about my safety, just do your part, and I'll do mine." Autumn nodded to her friend, and it was set. The next night, just before midnight, they would do it.

For the rest of the night, Autumn and Cleo caught up and talked as not to think about their situation. Kabuto who had been walking to his room across the hall from Autumn's stopped. He heard the girls talk and laugh. He was glad to see her happy. She deserved to be happy, even if it was for only a little while.

The next day, one quarter to midnight...

"Are we done?" Cleo asked as the time drew near.

"No, I want them!" The two had been arguing over something that Autumn had seen. Two doors down, there was a library. That was where Kabuto had gotten the summing scroll from for Cleo. The room held books, and some scrolls too. Autumn wanted to get them, but Cleo kept avoiding the subject.

"I already said 'no' how much more do I need to say?"

"You're not the boss of me! I'll do whatever I want! Just get the jutsu ready. Right after you release the seals on my arms, I'll run down the hall and get the scrolls. Kabuto is in the middle of something on the other side of the base, he won't notice until it's too late."

"But it's dangerous, I don't remember agreeing to this in the first place!"

"You don't have to. My decision is final, now lets go!" Cleo glared at Autumn, but couldn't help but smile. This girl was so strong.

"Fine, but on one condition. You have to promise that we will live through this okay?"

"Whatev, now lets go!" There were only ten minutes left before midnight.

"Brace yourself, this may hurt a little…" Autumn backed up into the furthest corner and allowed Cleo to place her hands on the seals and quickly as well as painfully force all of her stored up chakra into her. Autumn resisted the incredibly powerful urge to scream her lungs out. It hurt more than when Kabuto put them on! The seals on her arms and neck all lit up. It seemed as if they were fighting back. The seal on Autumn's neck started to burn, and smoke and steam started to emanate from it as well as the ones on her arms. Autumn bit her tongue. After what seemed to be an eternity, the pain started to subside, and Cleo collapsed to the floor.

"Cleo?" Autumn didn't want to move her body felt tired, and her eyes were on the verge of closing.

"I'm... fine." Cleo faintly assured her, Autumn nodded, and did her best to disregard her current state, and make it out of her room.

"My, my, my..." Autumn froze, this wasn't going to end well.

"I don't believe that was meant to happen, now was it Aki-chan?" Kabuto walked over to where Autumn was standing and examined her arms.

"Shut up." She bit out, backing away.

"Why Autumn, I thought that we were friends,"

'Resist, Resist!' "Get out of my face before I decide to mess yours up."

"I don't think that, that would be possible at this point." Kabuto said, slowly making handseals. Autumn activated her sharingan and ran down the hallway. Kabuto hurried after her, but all of his moves seemed to be in slow motion. Quickly dodging his attacks, Autumn ran into the library, and slammed the door.

"Well, that woke me up…" Autumn said to herself, grabbing a few of the scrolls that were in plain sight. Apparently Oro-baka had been in there earlier. Now came the hard part, actually escaping the room without getting caught. Autumn looked toward the only door that could get her out of there, and then started to weigh her options. She could always try the vents, but that probably wouldn't work.

"AUTUMN!" Said girl gasped, that was Cleo's voice! Not again! Thinking quickly, Autumn sadly dismissed her summon for her own safety, and grabbed the rest of the scrolls. Checking the watch that she had been given back earlier, apparently Kabuto had stolen it from her room, she had less than a minute to midnight. Autumn scanned the room, she couldn't grab all of these scrolls! Or could she? Autumn focused her chakra, and made strings that soon encased the entire room.

"Here we go…" She whispered under her breath. In a series of extremely quick motions, Autumn made the room explode with her chakra. Soon all went white.

On the other side of the door, Kabuto and the numerous sound nin that had accumulated within the five minutes, including Orochimaru, all watched in awe as a bright light came from under the door. Being accustomed to this happening, Kabuto and Orochimaru held their ground as a huge blast erupted from the room. When all was silent once again, Kabuto spoke,

"This is a problem, isn't it?"