Okay, just a recap of what happened in the last two chapters so it will hopefully make a little more sense: Orochimaru sent Sasuke to kidnap a girl named Tacome to be his slave. He kidnaps her and they are basically forcing her to be their servant. They keep her in this little cell and she is planning to escape someday and Sasuke is like, her keeper. And I will get into Tacome's past later in the story. A reason why it was confusing was probably because I couldn't separate any of it into different scenes. So now I will use xxxxxxxx's for that. If you have any questions, just ask in a review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Sachetmay: Okay, here is chapter three! Enjoy!

Italics What someone is thinking

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I've survived my first day, and it wasn't too incredibly bad. I might just pull through this okay, Tacome thought.

Her back hurt a little from standing up and bending over so much, but other than that, she was fine. Well, maybe a bath couldn't hurt.

Just then, Sasuke appeared and opened the cell door.

"Time to start making breakfast," He said as she followed him. There was no need to grab her arm anymore because he knew that she wasn't about to run away.

I need to start a conversation with him. But what would a cold hearted guy like him want to talk about? Or maybe…I know!

"Hey Sasuke, do you think that your hair looks more like a chicken butt or a cockatiel?" She asked, not able to suppress her sly smile.

He stopped dead in his tracks, "What did you just say?"

"I said, do you think that Master would want chicken with his cocktail?"

He glared daggers at her, "Hn," He stated firmly.

This isn't working. Maybe making him angry wasn't the best idea, She thought, trying to think of something else.

"So, uh, are you sort of Orochimaru's servant too?" She asked, hoping for the best.

He glared even harder, too angry to even mention a 'hn.'

"No? Okay, that's all right. Then why are you here?" She asked curiously.

"I'm training."

He's really not one to go into things in full detail, She thought.

"And what are you training for?"

"To kill a certain man," He replied, his voice stinging with hatred.

This made Tacome stop, a look of surprise on her face, "What?"

There was no answer.

"Did you just say to kill someone?"

"Hn."

This new information about Sasuke was like a blow to the face for Tacome. She quickly gained her composure and continued walking in silence, thinking about what he had said. It had sparked a whole field of questions. By now, they had reached the kitchen.

"If I ask you any questions, will you answer them?" She asked.

"Only one."

"Okay…who is it that you want to kill?"

"My brother," With that, he walked away, leaving a truly surprised Tacome.

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He wants to kill his brother? Why? I bet he won't tell me, It was the next morning, and Tacome was pondering all of her questions, Great, now I have my escape plan and this to think about.

She heard footsteps coming closer, but instead of onyx eyes and jet-black hair that opened her cell door, a guy with glasses did.

"Where's Sasuke?" She asked, a tad alarmed that it was Kabuto.

"He's in some intense training with Orochimaru right now. You won't see him tomorrow either," He entered the cell and grabbed her upper arm.

"Ow! It's not like I'm going to go anywhere!" She shouted.

"Do you really expect me to believe that?" He asked.

"Actually, yes. Maybe, if you think really hard, you'll understand that I'm not stupid enough to just walk away from you and aimlessly wander around by myself, not to mention all of the guards that you probably have around here and traps. You see, I do not have a death wish," She explained to him matter-of-factly.

"Smart mouth, eh? Well, we can fix that," He suddenly stopped, turned to face her, and raised his fist. Then it came crashing onto the side of her shoulder.

Tacome crumpled to the floor, a gasp of pain leaving her mouth. After sitting completely still for a few more seconds, she slowly stood up.

"Back at ya," Putting all of her strength into her palm, she slapped him, leaving a red, female handprint on his left cheek.

"HOW DARE YOU!" He screamed at her.

"And yet, I still don't try and run away."

He looked at her with pure hatred, and grabbed at her arm with his nails, forcefully dragging her along.

By the time that they got to the kitchen, he had drawn blood. He shoved her in, and left.

Someone is a sour puss, She thought, I prefer Master number 2 much more. I wonder if Sasuke and Master will have any breakfast because they are training. Better make them some, just in case.

Tacome began rubbing her shoulder, and started on breakfast.

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"Didn't you know that Orochimaru and Sasuke don't need breakfast because they are training? Oh, you couldn't have, because I forgot to tell you," Kabuto said snidely, looking at the food she had prepared for them.

"Well, I'll remember that next time, if you don't forget to tell me that they went out for training," She replied coolly.

"Before I eat, I'll get you started on your next task," He said, thinking that he would somehow forget to tell her the next they went out for training, "Your next task, by the way, is to clean Sasuke's room."

"Sasuke's…room?" She asked.

"Yes, Sasuke's room," He repeated, "Follow me."

He led her through a series of dark hallways, until they reached a door with all of her cleaning supplies next to it.

"Get to work," He said, and left.

For a while, she just stood there, wondering if she should really go in and clean his room. All of it almost seemed forbidden.

What if there's something in there that he doesn't want anyone to see? And I've been known for snooping sometimes, and, oh, just go in Tacome!

She picked up all of the cleaning supplies, and went in. What she saw was completely normal. A bed with a white pillow and blanket. A side table and dresser. And a suitcase.

Okay, I'll clean his room, then just a quick peek in the suitcase.

Finding nothing to gawk at, she immediately started cleaning up as quickly as possible. When she was done, she wiped her brow, and took a deep breath, stepping closer to the suitcase. She knelt down, and slowly unzipped it. Inside, there was only one thing: A picture frame that was face down. With the utmost care, she picked it up and looked at the unwrinkled picture. There were four people in it. A man with white hair and a mask who looked like a sensei was standing and smiling in the back, A girl with pink hair and a happy expression was in the middle, a boy with blonde hair and what seemed like whiskers on his cheeks with an annoyed expression was on the right, and what appeared to be a young Sasuke with a cool expression was on the left.

(A/N: I'm trying to describe the picture of Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke, by the way.)

That is definitely Sasuke, but who are those other people? I wonder if Sasuke's hair has always looked like that…And that blonde kid kind of reminds me of a fox, She thought to herself, as she gently put it back down and re-zipped the suitcase, But now that I'm done cleaning, I wonder if Kabuterd will actually come to bring me to my next task. Maybe if I just start screaming he'll think that I'm in pain and come to watch.

"Master Kabuto! I'm done! Hello!" She yelled out the door, "Okay, I guess I really will have to resort to screaming."

Just as she began to open her mouth, Kabuto turned around a corner.

"You're done, I see. I will have to tell Orochimaru Sama to think of something more challenging."

"Oh, do your worst," She replied, narrowing her eyes. Kabuto smirked.

"Follow me."

The next task that he led her to was cleaning a disgusting, moldy cellar that was infested with rats.

"I cannot believe this. Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting, just like Kabuto," She said, saying the 'disgusting' parts in time to the motion of her hand on the scrubbing brush.

Although she liked almost every animal, it was very difficult for her to appreciate rats.

"If they haven't used this cellar yet, I bet they never will. Kabuterd just wanted to make me suffer for slapping him. But I refuse to crack from these disgusting tasks! I'm as solid as a rock, I'm as solid as a rock, I'm as solid as a- Stupid mold, I said come OFF!"

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After a long days work (Kabuto had made sure of it) Tacome was exhausted. She slumped against her corner in the cellar and almost immediately went to sleep.

The next day he made it even harder for her, making her scrub every inch of every room, including the ceilings. He had her clean everything except her grubby little cellar. But there was on thing that she learned: Men are the most unclean mammals on earth. And most of them are idiots, too.

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"Hey, wake up," Sasuke shook her shoulder, when he noticed a big bruise and nail marks on her pale skin.

"Kabuterd?" She asked stupidly, just awakening from slumber.

"Kabuterd? That's new."

"Huh? Oh, Master number-" She had gone back to sleep.

"Get up," He said, getting annoyed.

There was no answer.

"Hey, slave girl, get up," He said, right next to her ear.

"What did you just call me!?" She yelled, suddenly wide awake from being called a slave.

"Hn. What happened to your shoulder?" He asked, with no concern at all but plain curiosity.

"Oh, I was attacked by a Werewolf yesterday," She said sarcastically, "It was Master number 3."

"Kabuto? What did you do to him?"

"He might have hit me, and I might have slapped him back," She replied, as she crossed her arms and followed him out of the cell door.

"You slapped him? No wonder you look so tired. He must have made you work hard. I can tell, because everything is clean."

"Yes, he worked me until I was barely alive. But you look like you've been working hard too," She said, as she took in his scratched face and tired eyes.

"Hn. It was just training."

"I see. Hey, about my tasks today…do you think I could work outside? I promise I won't even try to run away," She put on the most pleading, angelic face she could give, "Please?"

Sasuke sighed and looked at her face, "If you even try running away, you won't see daylight for a very long time."

"So that would be a yes? Hah! No more breathing in cobwebs and…icky men," She said the last part as quietly to herself as possible.

"I heard that," He said, although he didn't really care about this comment.

"Well its true."

"Hn."

He opened a door, and warm sunlight poured into the darkness.

"Sunlight!" Tacome sighed happily as the sun illuminated her now un-white clothing and hair.

Sasuke smiled a bit as she tilted her head to meet the sky and smiled like she hadn't smiled in the past few days. She liked the light more than the dark.

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Sachetmay: Yay! What do you think? Reviews please!