ATTENTION READERS. IF YOU ARE READING THIS CHAPTER THINKING YOU HAVE READ THE FIRST, YOU ARE WRONG. I HAVE RE-DONE IT COMPLETELY, SO TO UNDERSTAND CHAPTER TWO FULLY, PLEASE GO BACK AND READ IT IF YOU READ IT BEFORE 14/02/10.

Thank you and have a nice day, readers. Ilu. 3

-----

Eliza floated through what seemed to be everlasting darkness. She could find no escape, no light. Everything was black. Was this death...? Suddenly a light shone in the distance, calling out with hope and warmth towards her. She made her was towards it with furious determination, though it seemed for every step she took forward, she was only pulled into the darkness farther. Everything was going black again... and then something cold and wet hit her, jolting her up.
"So, you're finally awake..." a monotonous and obviously bored voice drawled into her ears.
Eliza rubbed her eyes, looking up. Who-- Her tired demeanour instantly went hard as she saw who it was. Sasori stood in front of the bed she was sitting on, an empty water bucket tossed lazily to the ground. Ticked that she was drenched and still alive if it only meant seeing him again, she scowled. Deciding not to go straight into an attack this time, she folded her arms across her chest and began firing off questions.
"Why am I not six feet under? Better yet, where in the seven hells am I?!" she demanded, glowering at him.
"Tut, tut, Eliza" Sasori replied, looking slightly amused at her onslaught of questions. "Where are your manners? You owe your life to me, you know".
Eliza's eyes where aflame with fury as she leapt of the bed, grabbing Sasori by the scruff of his cloak.
"Kill me now then! Come on! DO IT!" she demanded, shaking him back and forth.
Sasori looked down at her without emotion, taking her hands off of him as if she carried a disease.
"This is the Akatsuki base, isn't it? I could simply radio back-" "Your radio has been destroyed along with the rest of your possessions" Sasori stated, glowering at her, seeming slightly annoyed by now.
"I didn't kill you because you managed to inflict some serious damage on my body... You should prove useful to us…" he explained, shrugging as a smirk played on his face.
"How do you know I'll co-operate?!" Eliza snarled, glaring at Sasori. "Well, simple. If you do not co-operate, you will die a most... tragic death". "I've already asked you to kill me, what sort of bribe is-"
Sasori interrupted her, his eyes glinting darkly. "Now, now, now. Not that kind. I know someone who can dig up your... incident and make you relive it. Over... and over... and over again" he said, chukling.
Eliza went dead on her feet, staring up at Sasori with a look of horror. How he knew about the incident wasn't what shook her the most... but more the fact of having to relive it. It flashed before her eyes in that instant, and she collapsed to the ground, a single tear falling to the rock floor.
"I'll.... I'll do it" she mumbled, her once confident face now wearing a mask of defeat. "Good girl" Sasori replied, addressing her like a pet as he ruffled her light purple hair.
"So, do you want some breakfast, or would you rather starve?" he asked, shifting his weight from one foot to another.
"I'll have some..." Eliza replied grudgingly, realizing how hungry she was as a result of not eating for three days or so.
"Then get your butt out of my bed, and follow me" he said, disappearing out of the doorway. "Your bed?" she repeated in surprise, looking around. This must be his room...
"Wait up!" Eliza called out, hopping out of his bed in a flurry and following him out the door. She had a bad feeling she'd get horribly lost if her got ahead of her.
As Eliza made her way out, she was in such a hurry to catch up to Sasori she didn't realize there was a person standing in the doorway, and she rammed right into him. Rubbing her head, she murmured a large amount of quick apologies, before realizing something. That wasn't Sasori she hit...
Eliza backed carefully away from the person so she could get a better look at him. He was taller than her, with a mane of blonde hair that was kept under control by putting it back in a pony tail. The symbol on his headband said he was a member of the Akatsuki as well, telling from the line through the mark of the Stone Village.
"It's okay, un!" he said, smiling happily, looking more like a schoolgirl then an Akatsuki. "Why, aren't you a pretty little thing? Sasori sure got something more valuable than gold!" the stranger stated with a wide smile, chuckling.
"W-what!?" Eliza exclaimed, blushing. She could beat up many male ninja at once and stand unscathed in the center of their corpses... though compliments was not a thing she was good at dealing with, and her legs felt like they were reduced to butter at this strangers will. A hand clamped down on the man's shoulder.
"Deidara." Sasori's voice seemed to echo through the hall, each word dripping with acid. "Sasori-danna!" Deidara exclaimed, his eyes going wide with fright. "Go on. Shoo" Sasori growled, Deidara obviously pissing him off more than Eliza had the day before.
"...Fine" Deidara replied grudgingly, kicking at the ground. Before he followed Sasori's order, he glanced up at Eliza, grinning meaningfully. "See you later, babe" he said, smirking and saluting. With that said, Deidara walked off.
"Come on, Eliza. The kitchen's this way" Sasori explained, walking off. Eliza followed him, stunned. Had that been... jealousy?
"Go on. The kitchen's inside" Sasori instructed, shooing her inside. Eliza blinked, surprised. Why was he so eager to get her in a place where Deidara was not...?
Inside the room was a large table, and seated around it was an assortment of people that Eliza had never seen before. Behind it was a kitchen, which appeared messy and unkempt, a funky stench coming from it. Eliza didn't really want to know what it was from.
"Sasori. Who's the little lady?" A blue man with gills asked, his small fish-like eyes narrowing. "Eliza. I'm taking her to Leader after breakfast" Sasori replied in monotone, glancing away from Kisame.
"Humph. I'd sure like to see that" Kisame replied, a malicious grin on his face. This would open so many black-mail possibilities, one would think, and Kisame would take hold of them when available. Turning his beady eyes to study Eliza, he frowned.
"Is she any good at fighting?" "Better then you, Bubble bass" Eliza snarled in reply.
If all her other elements where going to be gone, she at least wanted to protect her fighting skill. She felt she could take them all on, but there was a little voice in the back of her head telling her that trying it would not be smart.
Kisame glared at Eliza, bearing his shark-like teeth before bursting into laughter, grinning from... gill to gill. "Ah, she's got spunk, eh? That'll get her far here... Yet in another way, nowhere at all" he said, obviously amused with the situation.
Eliza's eye began to twitch as she grimaced. She wasn't use to so much human interaction, being the anti-social hermit she was.
"Well, let's introduce her to everyone so she knows who to haunt if they try to kill her" Kisame said, chuckling, the amused smile remaining on his blue mug as Eliza glowered at him. Kill her? Like hell they would. Though just by looking at them, she could tell they where a strong, yet... eccentric bunch. Would she last in a place like this?