Disclaimer: no Naruto for me
Hey guy's finals have come and gone, I'm glad it's all over. Then Christmas came and went… I was almost as glad that was over ;
Anyway I have been doing a lot of research on building characters; I came across a marysue test and really wanted to try it out. here's what they said about
Tuyen: Tuyen is only a little like you. She is not at all cool; in fact, she thinks cool is a temperature reading, and when she says "Oh, I just put on whatever old thing's lying around," she means "on the floor, where I threw it last night - but I turned the underwear inside out first." There's never been anything special about her that she could see; boy, is she in for a surprise. She's come in for her share of hurt, but gotten off with minor damage. And she's gotten no slack from you.
In general, you care deeply about Tuyen , but you're smart enough to let her stand on her own, without burdening her with your personal fantasies or propping her up with idealization and over-dramatization. Tuyen is a healthy character with a promising career ahead of her.
Phew!!! Thank God!!! You have no idea how happy that makes me feel cuz that's what I was aiming for with her :D of course she DOES end up with Gaara in the end and that IS one of my "fantasies" but it's going to be a LONG and grueling process
Decanted to Black Roses666: not only is she my beta reader but the most amazing photoshop user, fanfic writer, and all around person I have ever met
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Drip, drip,
"I can't believe this!"
"Would you calm down? We'll get out of here."
Drip, drip,
"Stop struggling! You're hurting me!"
"Oh, I'm so sorry, your lordship"
Drip, drip,
Inu and Sasuke were tied up in a cell near the border of Rock. Shifting uncomfortably, Sasuke sighed.
"We need to think of a way to get out."
"We?"
She was baiting him, he knew it.
"Yes, we, seeing as we're both tied up back to back."
Inu snorted "Okay, got any ideas, Uchiha prodigy?"
"Thinking…and it would be easer if you would be quiet."
Inu shifted slightly but didn't respond.
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Tuyen was silent as she walked down the halls to her room, deep in her own thoughts.
"Well, hello, Tuyen."
The brunet gave a little jump of surprise, then quickly composed herself, smiling at the blue skinned ninja who stood before her.
"Oh, Kisame!"
The large ninja smiled, "how has my partner been? I haven't seen him in weeks!"
Tuyen blinked; had it really been that long? What should she say? Itachi had been very specific about how he didn't want anyone to know about his 'condition', but even with Sakura's medicine, Itachi didn't seem to be getting any better.
Kisame was Itachi's teammate, isn't that almost the same as him being his friend? It should be fine to tell him, right? And with the way Itachi had been acting recently, maybe it was better to tell someone.
"He's been…kind of…sick." Tuyen finally explained; her eyes downcast. For some reason, she felt like she was betraying Itachi. Kisame raised an eyebrow.
"Oh, really."
The young woman nodded as they walked toward her and Itachi's room, "I'm not really sure how it happened but I think someone attacked him on his way back from that mission you went on with him and he was poisoned." She stopped at the door to her room, glancing over at the man next to her to see his reaction. Kisame nodded thoughtfully
"I see."
If he was going to say anything else, it was cut off by the sound of crashing. The sudden noise caught Tuyen slightly off guard, but it only took her a few seconds to realize what it was.
"Itachi!"
She flung the door open only to doge two weapons that where thrown at her. Itachi stood in the middle of the room, His eyes blazing red and his fists full of weapons, tools and other small sharp throwing objects. Tuyen was at a loss at how he had gotten his hands on them. She had spent at least three days going through every nook and cranny, making sure she had gotten everything remotely sharp out of the room.
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"You call that a plan? There is no way I'm letting you go all superman on me!" Inu hissed after hearing Sasuke's plan, which had basically consisted of him fighting off the guards while Inu watched his back.
There was no way in hell she was going to play second fiddle to some pumped up Uchiha. Never, never; not in a million years!
"Well do you have an idea? Because you have got to admit, mine would work."
He was right, of course. They didn't call him a genius for nothing. Think, Inu, think…
Suddenly, the blind smith started to wriggle around an idea she had forgotten all about and it was abruptly coming back. Because they where tied up back to back, the chains that bound them started to dig into Sasuke.
"Stop that!"
"I'm…trying…to get my…oh dang…I can't...reach them"
"Reach what?"
"My lock picks."
Sasuke frowned, obviously frustrated. "Why didn't you mention them before?"
Inu blushed slightly, trying to think up a good excuse instead of the real one: she had forgotten about them. "For several reasons, we needed to know when the guards came to check on us and how hard they where….and..." Sasuke could tell she was just making up excuses.
"Well now that we know all this why don't you get your lock picks…"
"I can't."
Sasuke didn't want to ask, but he did anyway. "Where are they?"
Her response was almost a whisper, "Under my pants; they are tied around my calf…really high up." Sasuke could almost HEAR the blush on her face, boy, did he wished he could see it.
"Which leg?"
"My left, why?"
"Hummm...let's see if I can reach it, but first, get as close as possible" Sasuke told her trying to sound as professional as he could. Inu grumbled something that Sasuke didn't catch, but did as she was told. Slowly, Sasuke's hands inched their way down her hip and to her calf. The process was very painful because of their position, but on top of that, Inu was being very bossy.
"Down more; ouch, your hands are cold! Left more; you feel the band? Just pull the whole thing it should come off if…."
"Would you stop talking?" Sasuke snapped, "This is just as unconformable for you as it is for me." At that, Inu shut her mouth. Her body was still much ridged.
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"You!" Itachi hissed, pointing to Kisame. "You want to get me back, but you'll never catch me!" He then threw a kunai at the tall, blue man, who easy caught it.
"Itachi, stop it! It's Kisame!" Tuyen yelled, running towards the Uchiha. Itachi stopped for a moment, then grabbed Tuyen and pulled her behind him.
"Get behind me, Sasuke, I'll fight them off." He was about to strike his teammate again, but Kisame had used his partner's moment of weakness get close to him.
Even though Itachi was sick, it still took Kisame a few minutes to wrestle the Uchiha to the ground. Tuyen took out a shot that Sakura had given her to help Itachi sleep. After the Uchiha was out, Kisame stood and looked down at the worried girl.
"I'm going to take him to the medics." the tall ninja told her, "And you better get to your master; it's very late in the day."
Tuyen jumped and looked around, suddenly realizing what time it was. "Oh no, I'm going to get into so much trouble!" with that she sprinted off, worry gripping at her stomach.
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He was pissed. Why was he always the one who had to guard the prisoners? Sure, let him do all the work while the other guards stayed back and played cards, betted, and did… did whatever it was they did while he worked.
Damn them.
It really wasn't fair; nothing interesting happened down here…
"Hey, a little help here."
It sounded like those kids that they had brought in yesterday. Carefully, he went to check it out. You never know with ninja kids these days. The black haired boy was struggling under the dead weight of the purple haired girl who looked like she was passed out.
"She suddenly stopped moving, I think she fainted but I can't really see" the boy told him his black eyes boring into the man.
Creepy kid.
"Don't try anything funny." he snapped at the kid, then cautiously, the guard opened the cell door and bent down towards the girl.
Wham!
Sasuke's foot connected with the man's head, knocking him out. Inu swiftly caught the keys, laughing lightly. Both teens stood up and Inu walked towards the door, feeling around the lock with her sensitive fingers.
"We're in luck he looks like you."
Sasuke snorted as he stood up "How do you know? You're blind."
"He does look like you, right?"
"No, but I'll manage."
Quickly, Sasuke changed into the man's outer garments as Inu carefully unlocked the cell door.
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"Where were you?"
Tuyen was kneeling on the floor, clutching her stomach in pain. "I…I'm sorry! Itachi was sick and…"
"Silence!"
Tuyen winced at his harsh voice, pain throbbing through her body.
"You are MY SLAVE and you COME ON TIME! DO YOU HEAR ME?"
"Y…yes..."
"I can't hear you!"
With that, he kicked her, sending her skidding across the floor. The brunette gasped in pain as her back hit his desk. Then, slowly, she stood up, a small trickle of blood falling from her mouth. He started to advance on her, picking up a large book as he made his way toward her, raising it over his head. Tuyen closed her eyes, wishing with all her might that someone would come and save her.
Luckily, the gods were on her side at the time, because at that moment, a strong hand stopped Gatou from attacking.
"Hold on there, Gatou." a deep voice said. Tuyen opened her eyes to see Zabuza holding Gasu in his strong, iron grip. The ninja and his partner Haku were Tuyen's Master's personal Ninja, and because of this, Tuyen had gotten to know them both pretty well. Haku walked around his rather large partner to help Tuyen up.
"Are you alright?" he asked in his soft, almost feminine voice. All the brunet could do was nod weakly, trying hard to fight back tears of relief.
"Just get out."
The young slave's head jerked up in surprise. Her aqua eyes met his steal ones as he repeated his order, starting from a low growl to a wild scream.
"I said 'get' you worthless piece of scum! If I ever see you again I'll…I'll…I'll KILL YOU! No, no I'm going to have you killed! So you better run now little girl 'cuz your life is over soon! It's no use running…but run away… run, run, run!!!!"
Tuyen could still hear him laughed wildly screaming after her about her soon-to-be death as she dashed out the door.
Tuyen had NEVER felt so frightened in her life.
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Getting out of the cell had been easy enough (if not rather uncomfortable), but now, the two slaves had to face a new problem:
Finding their way out.
"I'm sure we just passed that hallway for the third time..."
Sasuke stopped and looked down the hall Inu was pointing down slightly wondering if he could just leave her there.
"No we didn't, and how would you know anyway? You're blind."
At that remark, the purple haired girl scoffed. "Trust me, I can see much better than you can in these dark hallways." Sasuke didn't reply, he just turned his back on her, trying to take stock of his surroundings. After a few moments he spoke.
"Okay then, let's go this way."
This time he didn't even look to make sure his partner was with him. He just kept walking. He could hear the sound of her soft footsteps behind him, the only thing informing him of her presence.
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Her weak legs caved in and she fell for the forth time since her "escape". This time, she didn't cry out. She was too tired for that; all she cared about right now was getting away…but where could she go?
Her eyes where filled with tears as she tried to think desperately, her mind already as exhausted as her body.
Think, Tuyen, think. Where was a place that she could go that only she knew about and no one else...?
Where was a safe place to hide?
Not back to her room, Itachi was too sick and she couldn't endanger him. What about Inu's forge? No, Inu was gone and it was probably locked. The thought of her friend and teacher still away and apparently missing sent another wave of nausea through her stomach.
Suddenly, Tuyen stopped. She had been so wrapped up in her own thoughts she hadn't even realized where her tired legs had been taking her until she was standing in an all too familiar courtyard.
The west wall.
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After Sasuke had changed directions, they seemed to be gaining more ground, or at least it seemed that way because they had just come to an unfamiliar door. Being impatient to get out of there (and to prove to that blabber mouth, Inu, that he was on the right track) Sasuke just opened it with out planning ahead.
Thus, they had stumbled into a room with 5 guards who where just as surprised to see them as the escaped slaves were.
Luckily, Sasuke had trained almost his whole life for moments like this and he sprang into action with out a moment's hesitation, Inu was not far behind him.
It only took a few minutes for the slaves to over power the guards, and soon, they had them knocked out, bounded, and gagged. Inu turned after she had finished tying up the last man and was about to say something when a voice from the other doorway interrupted her.
"My, my, I come to save my apprentice and puppy, but it seems that they have already saved themselves."
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I'm already working on the next chapter. I have been trying to make sure that I NEVER leave a chapter for that long!!!!
And look forward to Gaara coming!!!
Now on to the reviews!!! I love you guys more the life it's self!!!!
Black Roses666: oh man I love you so much!!! you beta read my stuff AND you review!!!!! How can I thank you!!!! and that's right I AM your biggest fan :D
avatar-chik: awww thank you so much!!! I just wish I had more time to write this… I'm really going to try harder to write more!!! by the way is the Avatar in your name pertain to Avatar the last airbender? Or something else?
Nemo111: of course!!!! I just love the fact that you take time to read my fic and you made that AMAZING picture for me!!! It makes me feel like this story is worth something XD. Well Gaara's coming back…. I'm trying to make it as IC as possible but it's sooooo hard!!!! So let's cross our fingers and pray it works out. And YES TuyenXItachi is NEVER going to happen!!! Itachi doesn't really care much about Tuyen… the most feelings he has for her are probably that of a stray cat you find and give milk to… nothing more :D
CrystalHeart27: W….WOW really!!! WOW thank you so much!!! I'll try really hard to fulfill your need for reading… any suggestions for up coming chapters? Or maybe something you would like to see in it?
And thank you all for reading!!! I love you guys beyond words!!!!
-Liz