Disclaimer: Me no own Naruto so take those law suites to someone else :D
Well sorry this is late… I mean come on it's summer why don't I have MORE time!! Sheesh I almost feel like saying "hey school's starting soon so maybe my parents will lay off a little so I can get some writing done"
Some how I don't think that's the case…
I'd like to thank to Teen Titans girl for sending me a PM asking if I was still working on this story –sweatdrops- hehe yah I'm a bad updater… it's just sad…
And also Nemo111 who drew me a beautiful picture along with a small story that is in this chapter!!!
Thanks girl that really helped me out!!
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After bandaging up all her wounds, Inu and Sasuke walked back to Orochimaruchmaru. The tall sleek man smiled his long oily smile at them. His yellow eyes filled with unsaid laugher like a snake who knew that his pray was almost caught.
"My Inu, what happened to you? Did you get into a Dogfight?"
The blind girl just turned her head away trying to hide her slight embarrassed blush. She didn't like her master, or anyone else for that matter, having to see her all beaten up. "It's nothing I can't handle" she answered.
"Well then let's start training"
At this the young woman winced slightly but obediently got into position. Sasuke was hesitant but did so as well. After the word from Orochimaru the Uchiha charged at the smith. His attack was weak, and Inu had no trouble deflecting it. But this didn't make Orochimaru very happy.
"What's the matter Sasuke? Are you injured to?"
"No I'm just getting warmed up" the Uchiha answered lamely. Orochimaru didn't say anything in reply to that. He just lunged at the boy hardly giving the boy time to deflect his attack.
"You seem warmed up enough to me" the tall man said his face only inches from Sasuke's, his slithering voice sending chills down the Uchiha's back. "You have to remember, that a enemy is an enemy who matter if they are hurt or not." At this Orochimaru lunged at Inu who didn't have time to block his on slot and she was sent flying landing hard on the ground.
"I think it would be better if you just went to what suites you best smith" Orochimaru said standing over the blind girl. With a grunt Inu got up.
"Yes master'
Sasuke watched her go Orochimaru snickered a low hissing sound. "She is a cleaver one that girl, be careful with her, she just might bite you when you least expect it." Sasuke unsure on how to answer that just stood with his hands in his pickets.
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It was late noon and Gaara was still in that same position he had been all day when he heard a soft knock on his door. Knowing that only one person (besides his siblings and they wouldn't knock) was stupid enough to come here, at ANY time of the day, he didn't say anything not wanting to face the knocker.
"Gaara"
Her soft voice reached his ears only to make him shrink tighter into the position he was sitting in. He heard her soft footsteps coming in and shutting the door. His body became tense as she placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. But it was her voice that made his very soul freeze.
"Gaara are you ok?"
"Just leave"
Tuyen's grips on his shoulder tighten for a moment then it loosened. Then slowly, she knelt beside him.
"What happed last night?"
"Nothing" Gaara snarled whipping his head around so that it was face to face with the startled Tuyen. Surprised at his unexpected movement, Tuyen gave a little yelp, slightly jumping back.
Gaara slowly faced that wall again expecting her to leave…but no such luck was granted. Whether it was stupidly or kindness, Tuyen wasn't one to give up that easily. "Well then I'll just sit here until you feel like talking." Gaara just curled up again, as if he was a pouting little child, his expression as blank as ever.
Minutes passed and neither of them said anything.
"The sun's setting soon do you want to go watch it go down?"
"No"
They both fell into silence again. Tuyen gave a small sigh.
"I wish you would tell me what's wrong."
"I'm a demon; everyone else says it so why don't you just get it?"
"Just because people say it doesn't make it true"
"Well it is true" Gaara snarled, facing her again; the sand from his gourd, which had been lying next to him, started to shift toward Tuyen. "It's true I am a demon who lusts for blood" his sand had now risen behind him as he stood up. Tuyen's eyes where wide with shock as she scrambled to her feet. Gaara's teal eyes narrowed into slits, but even with his menacing look, his eyes couldn't meet hers.
"If you want to live to see another day… run"
At that his sand shot out throwing her against the door.
Tuyen gave a gasp of shock as her back hit the hard wood of the door. Grabbing the handle, she fled with unshed tears of pain, fear and heart break in her eyes. Once she was gone, Gaara merely slumped to the floor, unsure of what to think or how to feel, so he did what he does best:
Close up.
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"You Feeling better"
Inu froze at the sound of Sasuke's voice; then went back to polishing the saber she had been working on.
"I don't need your sympathy"
"I know"
She could hear his footsteps come closer, and for some reason, Inu suddenly felt nervous, but she shoved the feeling away. "Can I help you Uchi…Sas… Ki… Uchiha" she bit her tongue, 'maybe I need to rest. I think these wounds are messing with my brain'. Her sharp ears heard him pick up a Katana from a box that was sitting on the table.
"Not really, Orochimaru just told me to wait here"
"Oh… so now you do what ever he says"
Sasuke put the weapon back, not answering her, so Inu just kept on doing her own work. Secretly she was smiling 'another win for the smith'.
"Inu, is that your real name?"
The question took the purple haired girl by surprise but she quickly pulled herself back together. "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't" Sasuke grunted "I don't think it is"
"and why don't you think so? Can't someone name their kid after an animal?"
Sasuke landed over the bar "maybe, but not normally"
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((I'd like to thank Nemo111 for writing this part for me and giving me the wonderful ideas for later))
Tuyen had ran for quite a while until she came to the west wall. Climbing up, she sat on sat on the top burring her face in her knees crying softy. Hey sweetie, whatcha doin' out here alone?" A young woman suddenly appeared before the sitting Tuyen.
"Who...who..." The short-haired girl held a finger to her lips.
"Nobody's supposed to know I'm here. Let's keep it a secret, 'mkay?"
Tuyen nodded, mutely wiping away a few tears. "Are you a shinobi?" she asked, noticing the sais hanging from her black belt. Her partner knelt next to her and gave a feral grin in response.
"Yep. Been fighting Sound fer years. Bastards destroyed most of the village when I was a kid. I still remember when Orochimaru took the nine children. I think those were some of the saddest faces I had ever seen on anybody, children and adult alike." The slave girl looked slightly confused.
"Well, if you're a nin, where's your..."
"Right here." The shinobi flipped over the cloth tied on her arm and briefly flashed the symbol of Konoha etched in metal. "Don't worry, kid. We'll find a way to bust y'all out. In the mean time, take care o' yer friends. And be careful." The Konoha spy turned to go.
"Wait!" yelled Tuyen. "When will I know you're back?" Her new friend turned around. She closed her eyes and held out her hand. A small, smooth rock gently floated from the ground and brushed her fingers. She gripped the rock tightly as the jewel on her forehead began to glow a bright blue. Soon the rock turned the same color, only slightly fainter. The rock returned to normal, and the older spy girl handed it over.
"When ya see this glowin', you'll know I'm back. Don't show this to anyone, not even your friends. And especially don't show it to anyone close to Orochimaru. Take care." She walked away and faded into the air, leaving a very confused Tuyen staring at the smooth, little rock, reflecting the sun's light.
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"We'll be going on a mission tomorrow" Sasuke looked up while Inu just gently put down the saber she had been working on. Orochimaru stood in the doorway of the dark room with an oily smile on is face. "We're going to check out some of more rebellious villages. You see we got a message that Konoha has joined forces with Iwa. So pack your bags." Both slaves nodded at their master walked out.
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Tuyen waited for Gaara, at their sunset watching spot, but she wasn't surprised when he didn't show. She still waited well after sunset until she knew she had to leave. Then with a heavy heart she walked to her the secrete training ground where Inu was waiting for her.
"How's your arm? And uhhh… everything else."
Inu chuckled, rubbing her arm, "Better I guess… it could be worse" Tuyen looked so worried Inu could feel her piercing glance. Laughing lightly the blind girl took up a attack stance, "don't worry I'll be fine, let's being shall we?"
After a normal work out Inu handed her student a towel, "oh yah I almost forgot Orochimaru wants me to go on a mission with him; that means I can't teach you until I get back" Tuyen nodded as the blind girl continued "you can still come here to practice just be careful no one finds you. I'll be back soon."
Tuyen nodded as she replied "ok you stay safe and I'll practice hard while you're gone"
The next day Inu and the rest of Orochimaru's squad left on their mission. Tuyen didn't get to see them off because her master had been bearing down hard on her. In fact she had never seen him this bad, he got mad at every little thing she did. She dropped a book, he exploded with slaps and harsh words, she stuttered he would hit her more and tell her how incredibility stupid she was.
She was always glad to come back to her room. Since Gaara hadn't been seen by anyone Tuyen would go training for a few minutes then head off to her room. Itachi hadn't gone on a mission for quite a while so he was normally sitting on his bed reading or stretching in there room. Even though he was rather somber Tuyen always felt safe around him because he found her useful and he was so powerful no one ever came into their room… or no one normally came into their room…
It had been a hard day and Gatou had been bearing down hard on her, it seemed every day he found a new reason to hit her, to yell at her, to hate her. This time she came into her room with a rather large burse on her cheek. He had also told her when she was leaving that she better run back to her room because he was going to send one of his Ninja after her. His mood had been so foal that Tuyen didn't want to find out if it was just his drink talking or if he meant it.
She had burst into her room slamming the door behind her panting hard. Looking up she saw Itachi and a large blue skinned man looking back at her. The stranger smiled showing sharp pointed teeth. The young girl, startled, bowed quickly then glanced over at her roommate who just nodded his red eyes not missing the large burse on her cheek, but he didn't mention it the other man, however, did. Bending down it tapped it
"An attacker?"
Tuyen shook her head quickly like a child who was just found with a cookie "N….no I just… uhh hurt myself while I was training" the Large man stood up towering over her "oh well normally slaves don't train, but Itachi told me about you, I'm his partner Kisame" Tuyen was about to answer but Itachi's smooth voice spoke up first.
"We're going on a mission, Tuyen" he told her "stay out of trouble." That last remark took the girl totally off guard.
"Uh… oh I will don't worry, you two be careful to"
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Not much changed after Itachi and his teammate left on… what ever it was they where doing (Itachi wasn't one to tell people what he was doing), expect that Tuyen was starting to feel every alone. Her own cousin had to be transferred to another section of the plantation so Tuyen hardly saw him anymore. She was starting to miss her lunches with him, arguing about things (mostly if Gaara was good or not, and yes she was 19 now she could take care of herself). She also missed Inu and prayed that her friend and teacher was ok. So far no one had gotten any news from them but then no news was good news… right?
But what Tuyen missed the most was being with Gaara. He was always so silent but he was more like a mission to Tuyen, like a game. She wanted to try and get him to talk more, open up. She would plan ways to get him to open up more, to act more secure around her. But she hadn't seen or heard from him since he had chased her out of him room.
She missed him so much.
"Hey girly, want to play?" Tuyen was roughly shoved out of her thoughts. She turned to see a big pair of hands reaching out for her. The owner of the hands who had shoved her where owned by a large Sound Nin that Tuyen had seen a few times at Gatou's office. Backing up Tuyen took up a defiance stance that Inu had taught her. The man laughed as she replied.
"No thank you"
He kept coming toward her his smile not wavering "awww but it'll be fun" even though he looked lax Tuyen could see that his body was tense ready for her "you're just a little slave, you can't fight me" he hissed as his eyes narrowed and he lunged for her.
Tuyen stood her ground as she blocked him for a few minutes, her heart was pounding in her ears but she kept moving like Inu had told her. Wear him down, and then make a quick strike. The plan was working fine for a bit but then Tuyen tripped on some boxes that where in the hall. The Nin took that instant to grab her and slam her into a wall.
"You will do what I say slave. We are you masters you do what we say you little whelp" Tuyen tried vainly to get out of his hardened grasp getting desperate as it got harder and harder to breath. Tuyen's mind suddenly went blank as the man leaned closer to her. Why oh why couldn't she remember anything that Inu had taught her. Why was her mind so blank right now!?! If only Inu was here now, if only Gaara was here…
Gaara
He was the only thing she could think of right now, no! She needed to think of someway to get away from this man… but Gaara had always seemed to be able to come at the right time… why had she been such an horrible friend to him! She had pushed him away, forced herself on him. The man was about to kiss her when suddenly something slammed into him. The force sent him flying away from the freighted young slave.
Tuyen tell to the hard on the floor. She felt dizzy for a moment as air came freely into her lungs. Then her heart leapt in her chest as she staggered up. Her mouth barley whispering the name she prayed was her saver.
"Gaara?"
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Inu glanced over at Sasuke who had come back for more weapons. The young smith was working like a mad woman to get things out for the sound ninjas. Her hands where chapped and bleeding and her short purple hair was messy falling in her face and in her blind eyes.
"It's crazy out there, who knew Kohona was so tough even now" Sasuke said grabbing a box. Inu smiled
"Well they are your home village, why are you so surprised" Sasuke was about to answer when they heard someone sneaking up on the makeshift forge (which was pretty much a tent with a fire in it). Sasuke grabbed a katana from the box but it was already to late. A squad of Rock ninja ran in taking both slaves totally off guard.
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Cliffy…. One big fat cliffy on both of my oc's –laughs evilly- I love to make it hard for my characters!!!
Wow talk about late –sighs- but look at how long it was!!! It's about 7 pages long!!! I think that's almost a record!!!
Ok ok I'll try to keep up better… but I might be getting a job so that means less time… but I guess I could cut back on art to write more….
But then I'm sure you all are like "we're heard this one before" but really I just planed out my whole story so now it should go more smoothly…. I hope
Anyway thank you all my sweet sweet fans!!! You make this poor horrible author feel like her stuff is good… and really you give me ideas!!! So don't hold back give me ALL your thoughts and wants!!! I also LOVE getting random questions, like how did I come up with the names for my characters, and what's going to happen to characters and stuff like that so ask away
Kaitia1: Yes they are!!! But you can find some pretty cool GaaraIno stuff to (but then I'm just a Gaaraxino fan… don't tell anyone) awww thanks!!! I had fun making it I just wish I had more time to dish them out! And yah grammar stuff is annoying cuz I'd love to be REALLY good at it grammar and pick it all out but since I'm not it takes forever for me to go over and over my chapters finding all my errors… -sigh- the life of this stressed out author is hard –giggle- but I mange, and I'll try harder
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