Arriving at the Southern Hideout wasn't that difficult even with Sasuke Uchiha using up double his Chakra helping walk Charlotte Faith across the water so that they would arrive sooner. He didn't mind it through since he had more then his fair share of Chakra from overtaking Orochimaru and he was not about to leave Faith behind for her power was to great for his new team to lose and he knew that.
"Hey Sasuke, What made you choose me and those two to join your little team?" asked Suigetsu Hozuki who was drinking from his water bottles walking on the other side of Sasuke.
"Every since I joined up with Orochimaru, I have been carefully scouting out the most powerful among his victims and you three were by far the most talented...Each of you are bringing something unique to the team."
"I guess that makes sense but Man why Kiran...I mean come on you could do better...Unlike me she was always one of Orochimaru's willing followers and is the warden of the entire South Hideout where she keeps his test subjects locked up..."
Charlotte Faith stopped walking after hearing Suigetsu say that causing Sasuke to have to stop in the process since he was holding onto her cloak walking with her on the water's surface. Suigetsu failed to notice and kept talking while walking: "
"Even though she claimed that she was only following Orochimaru's orders, She personally experimented on me many times and seemed to enjoy it, but mostly I don't like that personality of hers."
When Sasuke didn't answer him right off is when he noticed they had stopped so he did too. Sasuke had no idea what was going on with Faith, She just stood there on the water very still with a faraway look in her only visible eye not saying a word. He decided it was best not to ask and instead want back to his conversation.
He decided it was best not to ask and instead want back to his conversation.
" Suigetsu, I'm sure you're right that there are far better Shinobi then her but she has this sensory ability that I have never seen before in someone else and that is why she will be apart of team Hawk, You will just have to learn to deal with her personality."
"Yeah, She does have that going for her but still she such a Bitch... By the way, What the hell is wrong with Faith? She looks like someone just punched her in the gut or something."
"I don't know and I doubt she is going to tell us, So we might as well keep walking since we are almost there."
Charlotte still didn't say anything but started walking again making Sasuke and Suigetsu join her, even when they reached the entrance to the hideout she still had that faraway worried look placed upon what could be seen on her hooded face as Suigetsu put his newly found sword into action chopping down the steel doors letting them in.
It wasn't until they were inside and came across the still caged men that she stopped again staring at the locked up men. Suigetsu who was getting tired of all this unexplained stopping walked over to her and grabbed her actual arms and lightly started shacking her trying to bring her back from where ever it was she drifted off to before Sasuke could warn him not to touch her. Faith completely lost it at this point and she finally said something alright.
She actually yelled it out:"DON'T TOUCH ME!"
The force in her voice was enough for Suigetsu to let go of her what good it done him because she done summoned up a powerful gust of wind slamming him up against the very cage she keep staring a hole into.
"NO MORE CAGES!" after she yelled that her hands turned into flames as she spread them across the length of the metal bindings minus Suigetsu who she moved out of her way with another gust of wind placing him over near Sasuke who could do nothing but stand there watching all this take place before him.
Once the bars were nothing more then a huge pile of ash the men being held made a run for having gained their freedom. Charlotte stood there hyperventiling before she suddenly dropped down on her knees screaming out in what sounded like pure agony to the guys near her on top of what sounded like crying.
This is when Sasuke decided to approach her, he crouched down in front of her.
"Faith, Look at me." He waited until she lifted up her head before he brought her face close to his and he could see the tears steaming down her face since her hood fell down during all that commotion.
"I don't know what happened to you in your past to make you react like this now...It must of been really horrible for you to freak out that much but I give you my word, As long as you are with me I will do everything in my power to make sure you are never placed inside of a cage ever again...For now though I think it would be best for you to wait outside for us because unfortunately these are not the only cells in this place... Suigetsu you go free the rest of the prisoners and then join her outside since you don't like Karin and I don't want Faith by herself when she is in this condition."
Both of them done as Sasuke commanded although Suigetsu complained about having to take orders again from Sasuke but in the end he did do as he was told freeing all the men in the place. However before he would unlock the cells he made sure that the prisoners would spread the word that Orochimaru was in fact dead and that Sasuke Uchiha was the one who killed him.
Suigetsu joined Charlotte outside who was allot more her calmed self, he took a seat next to where she was standing and they waited for Sasuke.
After a very long uncomfortable silence Faith broke it by simply saying: "Sorry."
"It's okay, You clearly were not in your right mind back there...Trust me, I know how you feel when it comes to those damn cages and all the experimentations...You don't even have to admit to being someone's test subject, I can tell that you were just from how your face looks."
She didn't say anything to him only watched him as he sucked on his water bottle until it was entirely gone." Ah, Crap that was my last one and I have no where to fill it up again...Man, I need water or I dry up and become useless...This is so not fair."
He throw the empty bottle and it landed near Charlotte, She bent down and picked it up, took the top off and bought it back over to Suigetsu. She handed it to him to hold as she placed her hand over top of the bottle and a wave of water flooded down into the bottle filling it completely to the top.
"How many elements can you control Lady...That makes the third one I seen out of you and that is completely unheard of in the Shinobi world...Most Shinobi only have one and a lucky few have two but three...WOW!"
"Five...Not Three."
"WHAT! You have all five Elements under your control...Earth, Fire, Wind, Lightning and Water...What the hell are you exactly because no human could control all of them with such ease as you seem too...No wonder Sasuke wants to keep you around...Ah, Speak of the Devil and he shows up."
Sasuke did indeed show up along with an unhappy looking Karin by his side." Hey wait a minute Sasuke, Why is that idiot Suigetsu here...Don't tell me he is apart of your team too...Who's the girl while we're at it? I thought I was going to be the only female on the team, If I decided to join you."
Suigetsu put the cap back on his bottle then stood up just so he could laugh right in Karin's face.
"Aww does she make you that jealous already Karin...You think she is going to take you away from your precious Sasuke Ha-Ha, That's great...By the way her name is Faith and I rather be with her then your annoying ass any day...I really hope you don't join us."
In responds to that Karin brought her foot up and kicked Suigetsu multiple times in the face splattering his head into nothing more then water spouts which he quickly returned to normal once her foot was done kicking him.
"That's enough Karin and Suigetsu stopping teasing her...We still need to go to the Northern Hideout in order to get Juugo."
"Juugo? Why on Earth would you want him Sasuke...You have no idea what he is capable of, Let me put it this way...Juugo came to Lord Orochimaru and asked to be locked away of his own free will because he feared his own powers...You see there are two Juugos...The real Juugo is this kindhearted man who hates killing and the other Juugo has murderous rages that he can not control and kills relentlessly...Also, It was Juugo's power that lead Orochimaru to invent the Cursed Seal Mark."
"Cursed Seal Mark?" asked Faith who was listening very intently to Karin describing what she knew about Juugo since Charlotte already had a kind of connection to the man and she liked to think he was the only reason she got way from Christian Fate this time.
Sasuke Uchiha pulled his sleeve down off his shoulder showing her his mark before explaining to her it was intended to advance his powers to another level. Karin's face lit up as soon as she seen Sasuke's naked shoulder making her suddenly very hot, She was standing there fantasizing when Suigetsu started to laugh at her again and accusing her of only going along to be with only be near Sasuke, All that done was caused him to get yet another kick to the face. Not long after that they all took off to the Northern Hideout regardless of how insane Juugo may have been.
Not long after that they all took off to the Northern Hideout regardless of how insane Juugo may have been.