Disclaimer: how many times do I need to go over this?
Authors note: lloooong chapteh
When I woke up I was in a little rock-built room. The ceilings, walls, and cold floors were all mad of a dark green stone. The air was damp, and my bed sheets were itchy.
For a moment, I thought I was back at my own home, and I was controlled by fear, the fear I have gotten so used to just 2 years ago. Then, I saw a sea of black, glossy fur. I smiled, and let my head rest back onto the pillows. How long has it been since I slept in a bed? "I have to go to a meeting. Wait in here for a while. There's some paper you can draw on. I won't be long." she said.
"Ok, Kibeth. Just, don't leave for too long." I whispered, turning over to sleep some more
One hour later
I woke up, and stretched my arms. "Kibeth, I'm awake now." I smiled, turning expecting to see her yellow eyes, but no one was there. She must still be at the meeting. I remembered what Kibeth said, and took the folds of paper, a little pen, and drew flowers, people in masks, and my attempt of that silly looking big blue man. What was his name? Oh right, Kisame. I picked up a blue crayon (out of a red one and yellow one that I keep in my bag) and drew his name on the page. Since I can't read or write yet, I just drew a bunch of blue squiggles pointing to his face.
After 30 minutes or so, I got bored, so I decided to go exploring. I know what Kibeth said, but what was going to get me? My parents are long gone, and all there is, is that funny looking man. What could go wrong?
I walked down the hall, which came to another hall, and another, and another. I started getting more bored, so I decided to head back. I came around the same corners, but there was no door. Panicking, I ran down to the other end, and still, no door.
Now I was really freaking out, and you could only imagine what I felt when a cold, slithery voice called out to me from behind. "Are you lost, child?"
I swept around, and there stood a paper white face, with snake eyes.
"Look, I know this is really important, but I'm worried about Sophie." interrupted Kibeth. "Kisame, you already know all this, and I know she's fond of you, so why don't you go check on her? I know you're not the type to harm little girls?" Kibeth asked, hinting a threat in the end. "Whatever. Pein, is that all right with you? I do know all this. And-"he turned to the great wolf- "I don't like harming little girls." He said, wanting to get out of the ridiculously long meeting of rules and consequences that each member had to go through.
Pein nodded his head, and quickly went on with the meeting. Kisame rose from his chair, and went for the door. After going through the maze of halls, he came to Kibeth's room. He first knocked, and when there was no reply, he opened the door. The bed sheets were a mess, and no one was there. He was about to leave, a hint of panic rising, (who knows what Kibeth might do to him when she finds out she's gone?) when he spotted a little drawing.
It had yellow and red flowers, and in pen were black shades of people, with scary looking masks for faces. Then, there was a blue lump, with a red and black blur of a cloak, and what resembled his sword in the blue lumps hand. Above the figure were blue squiggles pointing to it. Then suddenly it dawned on him: that was a picture of him, and the blue squiggles were his name.
He couldn't help a sharky smile came to his face. He tucked the picture into his cloak pocket, and ran out the door for the girl.
Before long he came to Orochimaru, his back to him. "Are you lost child?" he asked in his slimy voice. Kisame side stepped, and there was the frightened heap, big eyed and on the verge of tears. Of course, she would cry at the sight or Orochimaru, but why not cry at his face? He gently touched his face. Am I losing my scary touch? He said in his head, shivering at the thought. His face was supposed to strike fear into people, not make little girls giggle.
Which is exactly what Sophie did, and ran towards Kisame. "I got lost." She explained with big yellow eyes. Kisame thought that they matched Kibeth's quite nicely. If Kibeth was human, they could probably pass as mother and daughter.
"That's, uh, that's ok. Just come with me." He said, unsure of his own voice. "Aren't you going to introduce me?" asked Orochimaru, his head cocked like a little kid. "Uh, right, this is Sophie. Kibeth's um, sort of like Kibeth's daughter. Sophie, that's Orochimaru." He pointed.
We began walking, leaving Orochimaru behind.
I was so happy when Kisame came. I got scared, and I didn't know what to do.
I was doing my best to keep up with the giant, but I just couldn't. "Slow down!" I puffed, my cheeks getting red. His strides got slower, but it still wasn't enough. "That's it!" I said, looking up at him, I extended my arms, signaling to pick me up. He stood there, eyes wide. My head was bent straight up, and it was starting to hurt, but that's just how tall he is. "I don't kn..." he began, but I intensified my 'I'm Determined' face, and he broke down.
He picked me up, and set me onto his shoulder, with his arm around my legs in case I slipped off. I smiled to myself, I liked this guy!
We reached the room Kibeth was in. He opened the door, and everyone stared. I could tell Kisame was a little embarrassed, but he did his best not to show it. "What took so long?" Kibeth fussed, acting like a mother who just lost a child.
"She wasn't in your room. She got lost in the halls, and Orochimaru was talking to her right before I got there." Kisame explained. I reluctantly let him take me off his shoulder, and stumbled to Kibeth, who checked me like I could have broken bones or something.
"Did he hurt you?" she hissed, eyes narrowing. "No. He was just… scary." I mumbled, and a few other members laughed. I looked around. I spotted Zetsu, a man with piercings in his face (he doesn't seem to scare me either) a lady who with blue hair who terrified me, and another man, with red eyes who I didn't know he looked really young, and in a weird way, new.. He scared me, but like Kisame, I did my best to try and hide any emotion, act tough, you know?
Kibeth nodded. The meeting had ended, so we started heading back to our room. "I don't want you talking to that guy, Orochimaru." Kibeth growled. "Did I do something wrong?" I asked, thinking it was my fault. "No, no, he's just….a little dangerous." Kibeth warned.
There's was something off in her voice, and I thought to myself, how dangerous was this guy?
I smile bitterly to myself looking back all these years. If I had only known just how dangerous he was, maybe stayed away a little more, maybe, I could have stopped it.