Don't fret precious I'm here.
"Anko… open your eyes…I'm right here…."
Step away from the window.
"Itachi….." Anko whispered. She sat up and there he was at the foot of the bed, waiting for her. Itachi looked terrible. His hair was dirty and out of place, his clothes were torn and covered with dried blood and his skin, he didn't even look human. Itachi was now a corpse labored with cuts and gashes.
She looked down at her companion who was fast asleep beside her.
"Don't worry about him, just come with me."
He disappeared after saying that, but somehow Anko knew he was still there. Wasn't he supposed to be in the morgue? She hesitantly stepped out of bed and crept out of Orochimaru's room.
"Anko."
She turned, Itachi was standing at the end of the hallway, motioning for her to follow him. "This way."
Gulp. "What do you want-"
"Shhhh!"
"How are you here?" she whispered "I saw them, I saw you, you were dead…"
"You…." Her voice trailed off when Itachi's damaged finger pads touched her cheek. He felt so warm but there was an iciness hidden somewhere under his skin. She made the mistake of looking into his eyes, his dead, evil eyes.
He leaned into her and whispered "I'm the only one for you now."
Go back to sleep
"Itachi…" All she could see then was red bloodied skies littered with black clouds. "Where am I?" she asked him. The grin he gave her scared intensely.
"It doesn't matter, it's just us."
He was still kneeling down in front of her; his scared fingertips now abasing her face. "It's just us….." He truly was insane.
Anko stood up and moved back "Itachi, you're scaring me ."
He frowned "This place," he stated, changing the subject "…I…I made it for us…it's just for me and you."
Anko shook her head "Itachi, look this is…" she looked around at the grim area of red and black. "Pleasant…but…something's wrong about all of this…." She didn't like what she was about to say. "You're not supposed to be here. I'm not supposed to be here ."
Safe from pain
"No one can hurt you here." He said, completely blocking out what she just said
and truth
"Orochimaru can't lie to you anymore."
"I don't see what Orochimaru has to do with this Itachi." She said.
"He claimed he wanted to help you," Itachi stated. "He only wanted to watch you bleed."
"Itachi…" she groaned
"How long do you think it will be before he tears you apart completely? At least here, he can never hurt you."-
"Look," she said reassuringly "I'm not going to be around him much longer. Your….partner showed up, I'm going to ask him if he could help me get out of there-"
and choice
Itachi grabbed her and gave her arms a rough squeeze.
"Itachi…" Anko gasped, unaccustomed to his rough ways.
"Stay with me." He whispered. Only then did Anko notice his eyes, his hate filled bloodied eyes.
"Let me go." She ordered, her voice was steady but somewhere deep inside she was shaking.
He smirked and his teeth were blood stained. His breath reeked of it as well. "I don't think so."
and other poison devils,
The tip of a sharp blade began to make its way into Anko's abdominal; she was careful not to breathe. She grabbed his wrist "Why are you doing-" a sea of blood exited her throat, cutting her sentence off. The taste mixed with the blood was familiar.
"You did….
"Poisoned." He smirked "It's not like Orochimaru wouldn't have done the same-"
She coughed harshly and stooped to the- there was no ground under them. She grunted and heaved the blade out; a waterfall of red liquid soon followed.
He crouched down and stuck a finger in Anko's wound. She twitched at the feeling. Itachi lifted his finger to his mouth. "Sweet…."
He looked just like Orochimaru right then.
You see, they don't give a fuck about you….
"He could have done so much worse."
"What!" she choked out
"Back in those days, Orochimaru would have killed you without a second thought, wouldn't he?"
"I…"
Itachi whispered carefully "He never cared. You were just a way to past the time-"
"Shut up!"
Anko pushed Itachi away so that he stumbled backwards. "Am I wrong?" It was not a question.
"You don't know anything about him!" Anko screamed, holding her clotting stomach.
He grinned "You have no idea."
Like I do.
There was a third presence with them, this one stronger than her but weaker that Itachi's.
"Sasuke?"
Go back to sleep
The younger Uchiha approached her, the malice of vengeance in his eyes.
She looked back at Itachi but he was gone…but he had said…
Anko's chin was suddenly yanked up and she was forced to make eye contact. She wasn't sure what she saw after that.
Go back to sleep
The second Anko woke up, she threw the covers off of and ran to the morgue. How she found it was still beyond belief. It didn't matter to her that she was only in her pajamas.
She pushed the heavy metal door open and skipped down the steps and stopped dead in her tracks when she saw who was leaning over Itachi's decaying body.
"You…"
The tall Akatsuki member turned to her "Me."
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and all your demons
Kisame zipped the body bag back up so that Anko couldn't see Itachi. He then laughed and said "Hallucinations are a crazy thing, Hmmm...Anko was it?"
"Hallucinations?" Anko asked, confused and slightly terrified.
Kisame turned to face her whole "The sauce on the dango I gave you the other day was mixed with a power called LSD-"
"You DRUGGED me!" she screamed.
Kisame clamped his hand over her mouth. "Be quiet I don't need anyone else knowing I'm here. Yeah, I drugged you, but the drug was suppose to help you relax…now go crazy."
Anko pushed him away and continued her scolding. "I can't believe you! Why the hell did you do something so selfish to a total stranger!"
"…I thought it would funny."
Anko resisted the urge to jump on Kisame and choke him. Funny, Hell no it wasn't funny! She almost killed herself, and those weird dreams….Hell no! Not funny at all!
"Look you…over sized sushi stand!" she growled. She breathed in a little and eyed him sternly "I need your help."
I'll be the one to protect you from a will to survive and a voice of reason
"Oh ho ho." Kisame sang, leaning casually against the cold chambers "This is a surprise, you seem to be able to handle yourself perfectly." He eyed the bandages on her arms.
She hid her arms behind her back to get Kisame focused. "I need to get out of here." She said in a deadly sort of way.
Kisame's amused expression changed to that of worry "Why?"
"Well," Anko tried to explain "Things are just too… hectic here for me here."
Kisame chuckled "Look girly, I'm sure the delusions were a little messed up but it's nothing to worry about. The drugs should be out of your system in another day or so-"
"It's not the drugs!" Anko shouted, her voice getting higher "It's…it's…" she walked around as she looked for the right words "It's…everything!" Those will work.
"Anko-"
"I can't stand the fact knowing that I'm in the place where Itachi's corpse is being held. I'm sick of everyone, especially the ass Sasuke, reminding me that Itachi is dead because of me."
She grabbed his cloak "Get me out of here!"
I'll be the one to protect you from your enemies and your choices won
"What's going on down there?"
Kisame and Anko froze and listened, oh shit Kabuto's coming.
Kisame grabbed Anko "If you're coming with me than you better put on hell of a pep in that step LET'S GO!"
He dragged her back up the stairs hoping to get out before the Medical Nin showed up. Too late.
"Kisame let me go!" Anko ordered as Kisame kicked open the door. They both stiffened.
Kabuto stared at the two with his mouth slightly agape, his right eyebrow drawn up in a way that made him looked terrified and confused. Orochimaru and Sasuke were standing behind him, both looking more angry than shocked.
Kisame looked at Anko then back at Kabuto and then back to Anko. He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her to him "TAKE THE GIRL!"
"Ah!" Anko landed into Kabuto's arms.
Kisame sped around all of them and fled down the halls, his Akatsuki robe flowing out behind him, exclaiming the whole way "THEY AIN'T FIXING TO GET ME THEY AIN'T FIXING TO GET ME!"
They're one in the same, I must isolate you…
"Gah!" Kabuto cursed. He pushed Anko off of him but made sure she remained on her feet. "I'll get him."
"Thanks for the Help you over sized popsicle fish!" Anko screamed after Kisame. She growled and turned around, only to be met two pairs of angry, annoyed eyes.
Isolate and save you from yourself …
Anko smiled sheepishly "Hey…Sensei, Sasuke…nice night huh?"
"In my room." Orochimaru ordered
"Huh-"
"Now."
Anko dropped her head and cursed as she walked past Orochimaru "I'm going to murder that whale."
I am a total screw up
This is all I can give you for now. I'm going to finish this story before I work on 'Martyrs' and 'Cure Me'.
The words in italics are belong to the song 'Counting Bodies like sheep'
I'm glad to be back.