Disclaimer: Don't sue me because Naruto is not mine.

Shino knocked on the door of the Hokage's office, the spider still in the sling.

"Enter."

"Hokage-sama, I have returned with the spider. My kikaichu recognize it's pathway as that of a shinobi, but even when all its chakra is depleted, it does not regain human form. I have never heard of a transformation jutsu that could do this."

"Hmm. Maybe Kakashi knows of it. Shizune!"

"Hai!"

"Summon Kakashi. I want to see him. Now!"

"Hai!" The kunoichi disappeared.

"Now tell me about its behavior."

"It seemed to want to be hated and injured. It only dodged the attacks that would kill it, and it didn't completely evade those, though it was fast enough. It never hurt anyone. It can communicate by writing, but all it will write is 'hate me.' The best comparison I have for its behavior is that of a cutter, wanting to hurt itself."

"Hmm."

A knock came at the door, and Kakashi entered. "You wanted to see me?"

"Yes. Have you ever encountered a transformation jutsu that was more permanent than the normal?"

"You think the spider is a transformed ninja?"

"The spider can communicate by writing, but doesn't regain human form even when completely depleted of chakra."

"I've never heard of one like this, but if someone casts a transformation jutsu on he/she/it, that might be able to force it to regain human form."

"Kakashi, I want you to do that, with your Sharingan uncovered so that if it works, but the ninja tries to revert back to spider, you can learn it."

"Hai."

Kumo's POV:

I was hovering on the edge of consciousness when I felt strange chakra and forced myself awake. The unfamiliar chakra was trying to force me back to human form. NO! I felt 6 of my arms disappear before I had a good enough control of my chakra to fight the transformation. I couldn't stop the scream of pain as my battered body protested the fight over my form. "No! I can't be human. I have to be a spider! They have to hate me! I deserve to be hated! I don't deserve to be human!" I didn't realize that I had screamed that aloud until I caught the wide-eyed look of the strange ninjas. I redoubled my efforts to stay a spider, though the pain caused me to double over and scream.

Normal POV:

Sweat poured off of Kakashi's forehead as he fought to revert the ninja to human form. "Shino. I thought you said you had drained its chakra."

"I did. It had an abnormally large chakra well, and regains it at a remarkable rate."

With one last cry, the foreign ninja's eyes rolled up and crumpled to the floor, finally finishing the transformation to human, leaving a naked young woman covered with scars on the floor. Her bandages had come off again, and Tsunade reached for the girl with a green glowing hand. The girl had deep puncture marks in her side and her right shoulder, presumably from the townspeople. "I can heal her physical wounds, but it sounds like her emotional pain is greater. I'd still like to get her down to the infirmary, though." She covered the girl with her jacket and Shino obediently scooped her up, then Tsunade looked at Kakashi and saw him leaning heavily against the wall. "Perhaps you should come to the infirmary as well. She put up quite a fight."

"I'll be fine."

She looked at him suspiciously, but shrugged and headed for the infirmary, followed by Shino with the girl.

Kumo's POV:

I woke up to the smell of antiseptic and panicked. I opened my eyes, saw a white ceiling, and immediately reached for my chakra.

"I'll have my kikaichu drain your chakra again if you try to transform again." I stiffened. That voice belonged to the man who had kidnapped me.

The antiseptic smell and the I.V. in my hand were getting to me. I could feel my breath coming quicker and shallower, my heart racing, adrenaline flowing like fire through my veins. I gathered my strength and forced all my chakra into my legs as I propelled myself forward and crashed through the window. The glass tore my skin as I passed through, and shards imbedded themselves deeply when I landed, but I would rather be dead than to be a test subject again. The bug man came through the window after me and caught me before I had gone two feet. I bled on him as I gasped for breath and begged "Don't make me go back there! I can't be an experiment again!"

"We won't experiment on you." His voice was deadly serious.

I shook with silent sobs, hating myself for my weakness. I didn't even notice that some of his bugs split off to report to the Hokage, as he gently guided me away from the hospital.I stopped when he stopped, and realized I was in a house.

"Sit." I obeyed. There was a knock at the door and the bug-man opened it, revealing a girl with pink hair.

"Tsunade-sama got your message. Where is she?"

Bug-man gestured to me, and the pink girl knelt by and gently took one of my feet in her hands. I winced as she pulled glass out of my flesh, but my escape had worn me out, and it was all I could do to remain upright. A cool feeling spread through my cuts, easing the pain, and the darkness overcame me.

Shino placed the girl on a bed, then gently closed the door to find Sakura, her hands on her hips. "I will look after her while you report to Tsunade. She's not happy. And when you get back, I want explanations as well.

Shino nodded silently and left.