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Chapter 2: A Rough Start
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Trisha mumbled something in her sleep, turning over multiple times. A loud bang from the room behind her made her stir, then going back into her dream. "...darn... the... ugh... four eyes...." she murmmered. She flipped over onto her back, still fast asleep.
The single candle that lit the dark concrete room flickered back and forth a few times as Trisha suddenly shot up from her makeshift bed. "Where am I?!" she shouted, seeing white lights pop up in front of her eyes. She made an attempt to hold her head up, when she noticed the she was in handcuffs. (infront of her). "um...." The lights in front of her eyes faded and she stared at the handcuffs. They were made completely made out of a green medical chakra. "Chakra? Great..." she said while rolling her eyes and tossing her hands down to her lap.
'But why medical chakra...?' She looked around a bit, shrugging any thoughts out of her mind. The room was dark, except for the one candle. Her cloak was folded neatly next to her. Her sandels were sitting on top of her cloak. 'Time to make my way outta here...' Trisha slipped her sandels on with difficulty, but got them on. Her cloak, she slung over her shoulder with more trouble than her sandels. As she went to open the door, it gently creaked open. Trisha froze as she saw Sasuke standing there.
"Come." he demanded, barely opening the rest of the door. Trisha, still frozen, stared at him. He had a calm expression on his face.
"Um-" she started.
"Say nothing, just come." he stated firmly. Trisha gulped and walked out of the door. Sasuke closed it behind her, then walking ahead. Trisha followed close behind him, trying to slow her breathing as they walked thru the dark corridors.
It was too quiet, and Trisha wasn't usually the one to break the silence. This time, there was an acception. She knew they were probably going to Orochimaru, but she just wanted to make sure that he wasn't going to kill her or something. Sasuke turned a corner and that's when she chose to talk.
"...w-where are we going?" Trisha studdered out. Sasuke glanced back at her, intending on not giving an anwser. He keep on walking. "Nimrod, hello? Where are you taking me?" she asked again, tapping his shoulder. Calling him nimrod slipped out, but she didn't doubt that Uchiha would turn around and rap her across the face like Kabuto tried to. To her surprise, he didn't.
"Do not speak to me that way." Sasuke said, calmly. Trisha sighed, both in relief and in annoyence.
"Fine." she said, not looking at him.
"...hn..." He turned another corner and stopped at a room that had two torches in front of it. Trisha gulped and stood there as he opened the door for her. "Go in." he mumbled, aggrivated. She took a deep breath and walked in.
"Well well, Hikunara Trisha. You've grown quite a bit, haven't you?" Trisha looked down as Orochimaru spoke to her. She nodded quickly. She resisted the urge to scream, 'I've never met you!' and run out of the was sitting at a long banquet table with Kabuto standing at his side. The table had been laid out with millions of different foods. "Come, sit down." Trisha glanced at Sasuke, who nodded. Orochimaru pointed to a seat that was to the left of him. She bit her lip, slowly walked over, and sat down.
Trisha avoided contact with his eyes, which she did with almost everyone she didn't know. Only knowing that he dragged Sasuke to the Sound Village, promising him more power... Which she's not sure if he gave him that or not. 'Avoid both of them at all costs, then when their not looking... make a break for it.' She told herself to keep thinking that but when she remembered the cuffs, she knew she was screwed.
"So, how have you been these past few years?" Orochimaru said. Yes, Trisha was afraid of him, but... who wouldn't be? Trisha shrugged her shoulders and kept her eyes fixed on the chakra-cuffs. "You must be hungry, why don't you eat something?" Kabuto placed a plate of what looked like sushi in front of her. She gulped.
"I don't eat fish..." she said blankly. Sasuke shot her a quick warning glance from across the room.
"Well, then. What would you like?" Orochimaru asked.
"Nothing right now, my Lord." Figuring she might as well call him something, trying not to get her sorry butt killed. After that, he seemed amused that she would call him 'My Lord'.
"You're quite the kiss up now, aren't you?" he said with a sly chuckle. "Well Sasuke, " he started, motioning for him to come closer. "I guess you do have a new apprentice..."
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'Apprentice? So that's what he was up to...' Sasuke thought.
Sasuke's eyes narrowed at bit as Trisha's widened. They exchanged glances, then both turning to Orochimaru. Sasuke was now sitting on the opposite side of the angered kunoichi.
"My Lord, don't you think that... you know, I don't have to-" Trisha studdered.
"Of course. Sasuke must train you, and in return, you shall be just like a play-toy for him." Orochimaru said. "Cleaning up after him, doing any work he asks you to, anything he wants you to do that is..."
"I'm seventeen and you expect me to-" Trisha slammed what she could of her fists down on the table while standing up, then being cut off.
"Silence Trisha." Sasuke spoke silently. Trisha immediatly bit her lip to keep form talking, and sat down again.
"That's a what a good toy would do. Listen to Sasuke." Orochimaru said, even more amused than before. "Now if you don't mind, Kabuto...
"Trisha, come with me." Kabuto said. Trisha looked a bit frightened, but still aggrivated at Kabuto. She stood up and walked out of the room with him. Kabuto slammed the door behind them.
"Sasuke, the girl is under your control; you can take the chakra-cuffs off her as you please. You must train her though. She's going to be under your own training session tomorrow." Orochimaru said. A muffled, 'IDIOT!' came from outside, along with a thump that caused Orochimaru to chuckle once more. "Fiesty isn't she? You're going to have your hands full with this one." Sasuke stood up, heading for the door. "One more thing Sasuke." Sasuke paused, looking back at him.
"Yes?" he said.
"Don't put her under too much pressure or work her over too hard. We still need her." Orochimaru spoke.
'Yeah, but need her for what? She's still worthless.' Sasuke thought with a sigh.
"Hn." Sasuke opened the door slightly before hearing a slap.
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"IDIOT! DON'T TOUCH ME!" Trisha shouted, being slammed against the wall.
"Hold still before I cuff your ankles too!" Kabuto yelled, trying to restrain her hands so he could tighten the lock on them.
"How about you hold still so I can beat the heck outta you?!" Trisha said while kicking him.
"That's it!" Kabuto shouted, about to smack her again. Trisha squinted her eyes as he rapped her across the face, leaving a red handprint and another split lip. Trisha's whole face turned a burnt red like she was about to cry. Then, Trisha kicked Kabuto right in the groin. He dropped to the ground, and his glasses fell off of his face, shattering on the concrete. Trisha chose this time to make a break for it and started running. Sasuke sighed and ran after her after he slammed the door shut.
She ran into three guards, making them all drop their drinks. Trisha slid across the floor, frantically trying to keep her balance as she slid. Sasuke appeared a few meters ahead of Trisha, which wasn't the best idea. Sasuke stood his ground, hoping to stop her.
"Woah, Woah, Woah!!!" Trisha shouted, slamming straight into Sasuke's chest, knocking him off his balance. They both flew to the ground, Sasuke trying to restrain Trisha from getting up and running away. "Let go of me!" Trisha shouted. Sasuke held her cuffed wrists down with his hands and her legs with his knees, literally on top of her. He practically broke her legs to keeps her from flailing around. "Get off of me!" Trisha yelled again, this time shifting her body so she could bite his wrist. Sasuke noticed something strange about her when she bit him.
She had long, sharp fangs. Sasuke didn't take time to question it, only realizing that she pierced his skin with her teeth, making his wrist bloody.
He made a swift move off of her, picking her up and throwing her against the wall. The hard concrete cut her face up a bit, but it wasn't intentional that she got hurt. "Knock it off. You're probably not getting out of here for awhile, so I wouldn't risk trying it when you're still in those cuffs and you're chakra is drained." Sasuke whipered, struggling with her still.
"I get it! Just let go of me!" Trisha shouted trying to loosen her wrists from Sasuke's grasp. "Dang, I don't even want to be here!" Sasuke let go of her and drew back, making sure that she couldn't kicked him the way she kicked Kabuto.
"Stop trying Trisha." he spun her around and slammed her shoulders against the wall. Sasuke scanned her face quickly, and the look was bloodthirsty. Almost like she would've murdered him right there if it wasn't for the cuffs. Her face looked very familiar, but Sasuke couldn't place where he met her from.
"What the heck are you staring at?" Trisha asked, her hair falling in her face. Sasuke mentally shook it off, then turning away from Trisha.
"Come with me. We're going back to my room." he said coldly.
"Why do you choose now to tell me we're going?" Trisha mumbled under her breath, following behind him with a pout on her face.
"What did you just say?" Sasuke asked, rapidly turning around.
"Something." Trisha said, rolling her eyes and walking around him. "You need a hearing-aid Uchiha." she called back to him.
'Idiot. Stop saying things like that! You're going to get yourself killed!' Trisha's good half of her brain shouted.
'Who cares?! Uchiha won't do anything to hurt her! Especailly under Orochimaru's order. Besides, he's too soft!' Her bad half shouted in her head.
'Will you two shut up?! You're just aggrivating me now! I DON'T CARE ABOUT MAKING FUN OF HIM ANYWAY! I'm his prisoner!!!" Trisha shouted in her head. 'You two are just the angel and devil on my shoulder telling me whats right from wrong!'
'SEE! She said 'I don't care!' She sides with me!' Her bad half mentally stuck her tounge out at the other.
"Ugh!" Trisha shouted out loud. Within a second Sasuke flew past her, then side-stepping infront of her. He ignored her comment from before and kept on leading her down the corridor. He turned another corner, and Trisha followed behind him. This time he opened a door that had one torch lit above the door. He stared at Trisha until she when into the room, then closing it after they both walked in.
As Trisha staggered into the room, and the first thing she saw was a whole bunch of sharp weapons. Her eyes widened and she went to turn around when she slammed into Sasuke again. This time he kept his balance. 'I don't want to be in here when he gets mad...' she thought while walking over to one of the two empty beds. The room was dark and made of concrete, like the rest of the place was. One window with dark grey curtains showed no sign of light coming thru them, and she figured that it must be pretty late. 'I must have slept for like three days straight or something, I swear it...' His room was fairly large, but that was probably only because it was empty.
Sasuke's bed was a king sized... and it loooked a lot more comfortable than what she was sleeping on. Trisha's bed was a lot smaller, and was like one of the foldable metal ones that had the annoyingly hard springs that made you feel like you were sleeping on a ton of scrap metal. 'I guess it'll work for now.' she sighed and sat down on it.
"I take it this is where I sleep." Trisha stated blandly. Sasuke nodded slowly and walked over to her. "Hm?"
Sasuke made a quick hand sign, placing a hand over Trisha's chakra-cuffs. The cuffs dissolved into her skin and disappeared, leaving green streaks around each of her wrists.
"Invisible, they block out any chakra throughout the body, and leave a green mark around your wrists." Trisha said staring at her hands. "Orochimaru has out done himself. I'm a threat, without actually being a threat!" She streched her arms out, hearing a cracking sound in her right elbow. Then she cracked some of her fingers and stretched herself out on the bed. "You know, it does hurt around my wrists still... like they're... IN MY SKIN!"
"That's not my problem to deal with." Sasuke firmly stated, walking into the bathroom. The sound of water running made Trisha sigh.
"Maybe they're washable..." Trisha wondered out loud. "Doubt it... if they were, it would be a miracle..." She laughed a bit, remembering how uncomfortable the bed was. "Well, I don't think Sasuke'll mind TOO much if I take his bed...kukuku..." She chuckled, gathering her things and strafed over to Sasuke's bed.
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Sasuke walked out of the shower, grabbing a towel and drying himself off quickly before putting his night ware on. He brushed his teeth. As he turned the door knob he didn't swing it open like he normally did, TRYING to show some curtiousy toward Trisha, even though she's showed none for him. He shut the door quietly behind him, only to realize what she'd done when he went in the shower.
Trisha was asleep in his bed. Curtiousy time was over.
"Trisha, get up." Sasuke said. She mumbled and rolled over, facing away from him. "Wake up NOW." He still wasn't yelling.
"What-ever... take... that scrap metal." she mummered, half asleep. Instead of listening to her, he flipped her off of the covers, making her hit the floor. He picked her up, and brought her over to her bed without an issuse. She was still asleep, which was to Sasuke's advantage. He walked back over to his bed.
"Heavy sleeper... That's going to be a problem." Sasuke said. He turned the lights out and finally crawling under the sheets, falling into sleep faster than Trisha fell on the floor.
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"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Trisha shouted, slamming her fist into the wall. Sasuke shot up, immeditatly drawing his sword. Trisha shot up as well, waking herself up out of a deep sleep. Sasuke placed his sword back down and he stood up, walking over to the window throwing the curtains open. He went over to Trisha, making a handsign. She threw her hands up in the air together. Sasuke placed a hand over her wrists again. The cuffs appeared once more.
Sasuke went to the door, opening it and looking back at Trisha. She slid off of the bed, being startled by a growling noise. Her stomach.
"Heh, um yeah. Tell me you're bringing me somewhere to eat." She scratched the back of her head as she spoke. Sasuke nodded once, going thru the door. Trisha strolled out behind him. He closed the door and walked infront of her like he normally did.
'Give him a compliment! He hasn't back talked you that much...' Her good half shouted.
'Don't listen to her! She doesn't know what she's talking about!' Her bad half spat at her.
'I'm still not listening to either of you! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!' Trisha mentally bellowed.
'But we are your head!' Both sides whined. Trisha rolled her eyes, then started focusing on walking again.
"So... um... Sorry about the uh... falling asleep on your bed thing... I must've sleep walked over there or something." Trisha lied.
'AH HA! SO SHE DOES SOMETHING NICE! SHE SIDES WITH ME NOW!' Her good half shouted. 'IN YOUR FACE!'
'You know, for someone who's supposed to be setting a good example, you're not doing a very god job of it...' Her bad half replied.
"You were asleep when that happened." Sasuke stated. Trisha's eyes widened, realizing she was going to have to tell the truth now.
"Yeah... about that..." She started. "I was kinda awake after you threw me off of the bed..." She smiled when he looked back at her. "Then you put me back on mine... that's all I remember..." She ended it with a nervous chuckle that didn't help the situation. Sasuke didn't respond. Walking around another corner, Trisha realized that they were going back to Orochimaru's dining room. He opened the door and let Trisha walk in. "Um... so... what do I do here?" Trisha cracked a smile as she spoke, and Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Eat... It's a dining room." Sasuke said blankly.
"Yeah... I know that... where?" Trisha asked, turning around and facing him. He turned her around, and made her face the direction of the table she sat at before. "Am I eating with... Lord Orochimaru?" She rolled her eyes as she spoke his name.
"You don't have to call him that, and yes you are." Sasuke said, strafing off toward the table. Trisha followed him, pouting a bit.
"Are you eating with us?" Trisha asked. He pulled a chair out for her to sit on. She sat on it and he pushed her back in toward the table. He took a minute before anwsering. Trisha looked back at him then spoke.
"Yes." He finally replied.
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"That's cool." she whispered, looking down. She tried to move her wrists around a bit, then yelping. "OW!" Sasuke glanced over at her as she shot up from her seat. Her hands were beat red now.
'They set off a shock when you move in them?' Sasuke questioned in thought, keeping a straight face.
"God..." Trisha said, staring at her hands. Without thinking, Sasuke stood up and made a handsign. He placed a hand over her chakra-cuffs, making them dissolve into her wrists again. He sat back down, not turning to look at her. "You could of told me not to move my wrists in these things!" she shouted. Sasuke simply ignored her, due to the fact that he knows about as much as she does about the chakra-cuffs.
"Sit down." he ordered, sensing Orochimaru's chakra signature coming down the hall, without Kabuto. Trisha sat down like he said, putting her hands underneth the table cloth. The door opened no less then five seconds after she sat down.
"Well Trisha. How did you sleep last night?" Orochimaru asked, sitting down across from her and Sasuke. Trisha shrugged and looked at Sasuke out of the corner of her eye. When Sasuke caught her glance her eyes flew over to Orochimaru. "I assume you're not much of the talkitive type, so why don't we eat?" Fruit baskets were layed out all over the table with glasses of milk and OJ. Trisha eyed the basket of banana's and took one without a second thought, then snagging a glass of orange juice. She drank about half of the OJ then setting it down so she could peel the banana. Sasuke just grabbed an apple and ate it slowly.
Orochimaru chuckled at her being so quick when offered fruit. 'This is going to be a long breakfast...' Sasuke thought. mentally rolling his eyes. Trisha picked up the glass of OJ and stared to drink it again.
"So Trisha, how do you feel about training under Sasuke?" Orochimaru asked. She spit her drink all over the table. Orochimaru chuckled a bit. Trisha took her napkin and wiped her mouth off, then clearing her throught quickly, taking a dramatic pause.
"You were serious about that?!" She shouted, standing up from her seat. She slammed her fists into the metal table, hearing a crack. She cracked the table with her cuffs still in her skin. "I am NOT, training under this lunatic." Lunatic, was quite frankly mild compared to other names that Sasuke's been called, but no one remembers because they're all dead. Orochimaru shot Sasuke a warning glance. Sasuke turned his head to Trisha.
"Trisha," Sasuke started.
"Yeah, I know, 'watch it'. I'm just your little play-toy..." she trailed off. "...and people wonder why you're alone." she mumbled. Sasuke was partially offended by that comment, but not letting it bother him too much. "I'm just a play-toy, what, is that all I've ever been?" she mummered to herself.
"Now you are a play-toy," Orochimaru said with a smirk. "Are you full?" Trisha rolled her eyes.
"Maybe... what's it to you?" Trisha spat. At that instant, Sasuke flew up from his seat. Orochimaru stood up, slowly walking over to Trisha, who quietly rose from her own chair. Trisha backed up as Orochimaru slowly approched her.
'Dang it. She shouldn't have said that.' Sasuke thought, glancing at Trisha as she passed him. Without another thought, Sasuke jumped infront of her, intending on sheilding her from what-ever Orochimaru lashed out.
"Well, Sasuke. Are you starting to grow fond of your play-toy?" Orochimaru asked. Sasuke glared at him, pulling his sword out. Trisha's hand grasped Sasuke's shoulder, clutching onto him slightly.
'She's ice cold...' Sasuke thought, shivering a bit. 'Hn...'
"Do you think I'd really kill her for back talking...?" Trisha edged her way behind Sasuke a bit more, gulping. Orochimaru let out a faint chuckle.
"Trisha, say you'll never do it again." Sasuke whispered to her, keeping his eyes fixed on Orochimaru. Trisha clutched his shoulder a bit more, then sighing.
"I'm sorry Lord Orochimaru. I'll never do it again." Sasuke heard her clench her teeth together after she finished speaking. Orochimaru laughed once more. "I promise."
"I sense much rebelion in you, Trisha." Orochimaru started. "Well, now that that's over with, why don't you show Sasuke what the Hikunara clan can do?" Trisha dropped her vice grip from Sasuke's shoulder and headed toward the door, with Sasuke following behind her. Not a second thought went thru either of their minds, except to get away from the crazy Snake that they called their 'Lord'.
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Trisha squinted her eyes as she walked outside. The bright light and fresh, open air felt better than being inside in a cramped up concrete dungeon for hours on end. There was a wide open area that was surrounded by Cherry Blossom trees and a mulititude of flowers. Grey, stone benches were laid around a fountain with the soft trickling of water being heard. The grass was a bright shade of green. Trisha smiled ran out into the open court-yard and laid down onto the grass, basking in the light. "Sweet, fresh air... I love it... how many times a day can we come out here?" Trisha asked with a smile.
' 'We'... she said 'we'...' Sasuke thought with confusion.
"Once, normally." Sasuke replied. "Otherwise, you can only come out here if acompanied by me or Orochimaru."
"Well, might as well make the best of the time we have out here, huh?" Trisha said. Sasuke walked over to Trisha, sticking his hand out to help her up. She grabbed his hand after hesitating, then standing up. "Okay, well. You want me to show you what I can do, with my restrictions, that is." She said staring at her wrists. Sasuke nodded once. "All right, what do you want me to show you?" she asked.
"Anything, but first, what's your main element?" Sasuke said calmly, and professionally.
"Water, but I usually only use hand-to-hand combat, Taijutsu..." Trisha responded, stretching her arms and legs. She quickly did a backfilp, landing on one of the trees. As she jumped out of it, her legs was caught of one of the branches, making her knock some flowers off of the tree, covering her in them. She landed on her hands, flipping back onto her feet in the blink of an eye. Trisha's hair was covered in so many of the Cherry Blossoms she looked like she almost had pink hair, reminding Sasuke of someone from the Leaf Village.
'Sakura...' Sasuke thought, looking down. His head jolted up as Trisha shook her the flowers out of her hair and brushed herself off.
"Okay, can you be my training dummy? I'm used to training with a friend of mine." Trisha bit her lip after she talked, getting into a fighting stance. Sasuke stood up and walked over to her, standing a few meters away.
"Who did you train with?" Sasuke asked, getting into a fighting stance as well.
"Um... a friend." She replied, craking her knuckles. Sasuke gave her the, tell-me, look and she sighed. "Uzumaki Naruto, if you must know." Sasuke's eyes widened, then narrowing slightly. "He's my... boyfriend." She choked out afterward.
'Boyfriend? Naruto?' Sasuke thought. 'That's not adding up... She's Naruto's... girlfriend?' Sasuke thought for a minute, trying to remember her more than ever.
-Flash back- -(Four Years ago)-
"See teme! I can actually get a girlfriend! You just let the girls chase you!" Naruto said with a smirk. Sasuke rolled his eyes and stared at the pale, black haired girl. She smiled at him slightly. She was tall and slender, had the deepest ruby red eyes you could imagine, and had medium length black hair. She was wearing a dark pink sleeveless top with a white stripe down the middle of it. Her shorts were black and knee length, with her black shuriken holster strapped to her left leg instead of her right. She was left handed. She had banages wrapped around her left leg, and was wearing black sandels. Her headband was tightly wrapped around the top of her head like Sakura wore hers.
"Nice to meet you Sasuke." She said, sticking her hand out. Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he glared at Naruto. Sasuke shook her hand and tried to smirk.
"You too." he said. "What did you say your name was?"
"Hikunara Trisha." she replied with a smile. As Sasuke tried to ask her something else, Naruto cut him off.
"Say Trisha, why don't we go to Ichiraku ramen now? I'm sure you're hungry after traveling here from the Snow Village." Trisha nodded and smiled at Sasuke again, before being dragged off by Naruto.
"Bye Sasuke!!!" she shouted waving at him with a large grin.
-Flash back over-
'I knew I met her before... great.' Sasuke thought. 'She seemed so... happy four years ago... what happened? She back talks someone she knows could kill her, she screams and puts up a fight, she insults people... ' Sasuke kept going on and on, until he realized that it wasn't much of a big deal. 'We were never friends, I met her but one time, then I left to come to the Sound... okay. What-ever.'
"Sasuke? Hello? You're spacing out here..." Trisha said, waving her pale hand infront of his face.
"Right." Sasuke said, shaking it off mentally. "Okay, let's begin." Trisha relaxed and bowed her head to him. Sasuke did the same. Trisha quickly got a visual on Sasuke, strafing to the side a bit. Before he knew it, she disappeared.
Trisha reappeared behind him, throwing a barrage of kicks and punches that he blocked. She flew behind him, thowing a punch to his head, which caused Sasuke to move out of the way. She threw another kick to his stomach, the kick barely even phasing him. Sasuke drew back quickly, attempting to punch her in ther head. She ducked out of the way and kicked his leg, knocking him off of his balance for a second, then he backflipped away from her.
"You're no fun!!! Naruto let's me beat him up." Trisha whined. Sasuke smirked and drew his sword. Trisha's eyes widened. "Woah, that's not fair." She said pointing at the sword. Sasuke rested it on his shoulder.
"Well then, why don't you level the playing field?" Sasuke said, smirking once more. Trisha closed her eyes, seeming to be focusing. She took a deep breath, running around Sasuke repeatedly. He put his sword into a defensive position, turning on his sharingan. He read her movements, seeing she was going to attack from his left side. As she turned quickly, Sasuke jumped out of the way, leaving her dumbfounded as to where he went. Trisha turned her head, seeing Sasuke in mid-air, chosing this time to attack.
She leapt up into the air, their eyes meeting for a second before Trisha did a roundhouse kick, nailing him in the side. Sasuke disappeared, making Trisha realize that it was a clone. She landed on the ground, swiftly running and avioding the shuriken that Sasuke tossed at her. An amature weapon, yes, but her chakra was useless, and Sasuke couldn't throw his sword, seeing as she was trying to get it away from him.
Sasuke held his sword tight, and braced himself as Trisha started circling him again. She flew at his from different directions. A punch to the head, kick to the groin, a swipe or two at the sword, you name it, she tried it. The only one that actually did any damage was a hit to his face that scratched him up a bit. After that, Sasuke showed no mercy.
Every hit that Trisha threw at him, he blocked. Trisha jumped into the air, planning on a final hit. She did an axe kick, aiming her foot straight for Sasuke's head. He, of course, moved out of the way, letting her fall to the ground. She landed flat on her feet, panting heavily.
"Do you want to rest?" Sasuke questioned calmly.
"Hell no!" she shouted. As she spoke next, Sasuke swore he heard Naruto talking with her. "I'm just getting warmed up!" She grinned just like Naruto had, except showing a glimpse of her shining, white fang.
She took another deep breath. She shouted and ran straight for Sasuke. He braced his feet against the ground, unable to move. More like, not wanting to move. He held his sword in one hand, intending on stopping Trisha with the other.
The training session was over.
She slammed straight into his chest, knocking the sword out of his hand and sending it flying into a nearby tree, almost cutting her head off as it flew by.
Trisha breathed heavily, dropping to her knees, then onto her back, laughing. Sasuke smirked at Trisha and calmly walked over to the tree and pulled his sword out of it. He sheathed his kusanagi, walking over to help Trisha up again.
"Oh god... I think that was the hardest training session I've ever been in..." Trisha stated, breathing heavily still. Sasuke deactivated his sharingan. "So how'd I do?" She asked.
"Well, for one without the use of chakra..." Sasuke started. "You did very well."
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Trisha's body ached. Her arms and legs were sore, but she still managed to burst out laughing.
A thin layer of sweat covered her face. She stared up, looking at Sasuke's face. His face was smooth, had one tiny drop of sweat, and was cracking a smirk.
"You're smiling. Why? What's so interesting?" Trisha questioned, putting a hand on her hip. That wasn't normal for the tom-boy that she was.
"The fact that you got the sword away from me, it's amazing. The last one that was chosen to study under me... died." Trisha's eyes widened and she gulped. She backed up from him a bit, seeing as she was a few centimeters too close after he made that comment. "I'm not saying I killed them." Trisha sighed, then stared at the green strips around her wrists.
"Okay, well... is training over for today? I'm beat." Trisha said, putting her hands behind her head.
"That's to be expected." Sasuke stated. "Your chakra is almost completely depleted with the cuffs on." Trisha nodded. "All right, let's head back inside for now."
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Sasuke led Trisha thru the corridors until they reached his room. Trisha treaded over to her bed, laying on it and closing her eyes.
"I never thought I'd actually be happy not training." She sighed. She took a deep breath, choking afterwards. Sasuke glanced over at her, eyes narrowed. "Um, can I take a shower...?" she asked, a bright red shade flashing across her cheeks. Sasuke nodded once. "...clothes...?"
Sasuke disappeared for an instant, leaving Trisha dumbfounded. He reappeared a few moments later, holding a pile of clothes, neatly folded, with some other items on top of them. Trisha quickly stood up, grabbing them out of his hands. She gave him a quick smile, then walking into the bathroom and closing the door. Sasuke blinked a few times, before walking silently out of the room, leaving the door unlocked.
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Trisha slammed the door to the bathroom, throwing the clothes down on the counter. She inspected what she would be wearing. A small, dark blue t-shirt with black netting for long sleeves, midnight black, knee length shorts, a white bra, and under-wear. 'Okay... I guess that'll work.' She thought, after thinking about some of the looks she'd get when she was walking around with Sasuke and she's dressed like that. She shook her head, pushing it to the back of her mind. 'I can't worry about my appearence right now...' Other items in the pile of clothes. Deoderent, some kind of perfume, a towel, and a hair brush. 'Decent... I'm just wondering how Sasuke got ahold of this stuff...' She questioned.
She stripped herself down. She stepped into the shower, turning the water on boiling hot. She winced as the water hit the wound on her back that Kabuto made. The cut on her cheek had healed, leaving a light pink scar on her pale face.
She did the usual when-ever she was in the shower. She stepped down onto the tile floor, almost slipping. Trisha grabbed the towel from the pile of clothes and dried herself off. She hung the towel up on the rack and went for her bra and under-wear. After she put that on she reached for her shirt and deoderent. Something black and silver fell out of the pile of clothes against the floor.
As it hit the floor, she saw that it was her Leaf Village headband, with a slash thru it. She quickly put the rest of her clothes on, then going straight for her headband. She picked it up, then staring at it, rubbing her thumb thru the indent in it.
"Why did they put a scratch mark thru it?" Trisha asked herself calmly. A light knock came from the bathroom door, and she jolted her head in the direction of the noise.
"Hello? Trisha?" A familiar voice asked. Kabuto.
"Yeah?" She called, throwing her headband around her neck. She quickly brushed her hair out and smelled the perfume. "Ugh... ew..." She almost puked and threw it into the garbage can. It smelled strong, and the scent in it... it smelled like a wet dog that got some form of fruit juice poured on it. Not good.
"Are you finished?" He asked. She quickly looked at herself in the mirror, seeing that the shirt cuts off about 2 inches above her navel. She thought of the looks she'd get again, gulping to try and push it to the back of her mind. She put all of her things under the sink, then grabbed her clothes and tossed them into the laundry basket. She put her shoes on as well. Trisha opened the door then, to see Four Eyes staring at her.
"Yeah, I'm done. What do you want?" She said, slamming the door behind her. She walked around him and then over to her bed, sitting on it.
"Well. I just wanted to say..." he paused for a moment, walking over to her and sitting down on the bed next to her. "I'm sorry." Trisha stared at him blankly.
"No really, want do you want?" She asked with no expression. Kabuto sighed. "I know you're not sorry." Kabuto put his hand on her cheek again. Trisha froze.
"Yes I am. Even for when I slapped your beautiful face..." He said with a seductive tone.
'Cheap... and ew. I can't move...' Trisha shouted in thought. 'UGH!' Kabuto leaned in closer to her. Trisha wasn't blushing at all; she was biting her lip to keep from screaming a certain word that would've made anyone come running to her aid, but she could handle this herself if she could move. The door opened slightly, then all the way. Kabuto was about three centimeters away from her face before another voice caught her attention. Sasuke.
Trisha's head snapped straight, then she shoved Kabuto's hand away, punching him in the gut. She slammed him against the wall, punching him in the face twice before he grabbed ahold of her hair and flung her into the wall closest to all of Sasuke's weapons.
Kabuto kept his grip on her hair, and Trisha reached for Sasuke's weapons, grabbing a kunai. She first tried to stab Kabuto but from the position he had her pinned in made it impossible for her to. Only one other choice. She went for her hair with the kunai.
Something latched onto her wrist, then Kabuto's grip on her hair was gone. She turned around to see what had happened.
Kabuto was thrown against the door, scrambling to get up. Sasuke had a tight grip on Trisha wrist, preventing her from cutting her hair.
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"You are not cutting your hair off." Sasuke stated. The immeditaly reminded him of when he, Sakura and Naruto were in the Forest of Death and Sakura had cut her hair off trying to save him. Trisha dropped the kunai, and Sasuke loosened his grip from her wrist. He took a step away from her, turning to watch Kabuto run out of the room. Trisha turned around to face Sasuke and leaned against the wall. "Now, what happened?"
"What do you think? You saw him when you walked in." Trisha folded her arms across her chest.
'Right, he tried to kiss her. Of course she's mad now.' Sasuke thought, mentally rolling his eyes.
"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked, staring at her. Trisha's eyes narrowed a bit, then she anwsered.
"Yeah, I'm good." She replied, walked around him, their shoulders' brushing. "Even though he tried to seduce me, I'm just peachy." She rolled her eyes, then flopping down onto the bed. "Wait until I get back to the Leaf and tell Naruto about this." She muttered, closing her eyes tight. She put her arms behind her head and sighed. "Too bad I'm never going back." she whispered, but it was loud enough for Sasuke to hear it.
"I'll be back in a bit. Stay here." Sasuke said, grabbing a key and walking over to the door. Trisha opened one eye, then closed it as she heard the click after Sasuke had locked the door.
Sasuke turned left down the corridor toward Kabuto's room. Sasuke knocked on his door. Kabuto slowly opened it and poked his head out.
"Yes, Lord Sasuke?" Kabuto asked. Sasuke had no expression on his face. He motioned for Kabuto to step outside of his room.
"Can you explain to me what just happened?" Sasuke questioned. Kabuto gulped.
"Nothing at all." Kabuto replied, trying to blow it off.
"If nothing happened, then why did she say you tried to seduce her?" Sasuke asked, calmly.
"She wanted me to kiss her." Kabuto said. "She said she was in love with me." Sasuke's eyes narrowed, then he reached for his sword, resting his hand on the handle of it.
"Is that really what happened?" Sasuke asked, unsheathing his sword a bit, trying to sound convincing. Kabuto shook his head yes.
"That is, EXACTLY what happened, my Lord." Kabuto said. Sasuke sheathed his sword, and nodded. He didn't know who to believe in the situation. Kabuto generally lied, so what he was saying now was more or less a lie. He didn't know Trisha, so she might have been lying about him trying to seduce her. She has a boyfriend, so the thought of her cheating on him... Sasuke just couldn't picture her doing that. Not to mention if she's stayed with Naruto for four years, you wouldn't think that they would be ready to break-up yet.
Sasuke pushed everything to the back of his mind for now, and walked back toward his room.
'Something isn't right about her...' Sasuke questioned in thought. 'She seems to act as if she's invincible...' Sasuke strafed down the hallway to his room, unlocking the door. He opened the door quitely, to see Trisha asleep, in the same position she was in when he left. Sasuke sighed, and noticed it was still about 3:00 p.m. and she was already asleep.
He closed the door quietly, locking it once more, and heading off in the hallway toward Orochimaru's room to tell him how Trisha had fared on her first of four different Evaluations.
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