The light now surrounded her, brilliantly bright and welcoming, changing from pink to yellow to blue and back again. All around her the spirit of the butterflies was moving, flowing from her fingers and encompassing her. 'I'm sorry guys, I couldn't do it' she said, gently playing with a small chakra butterfly on the end of her finger 'this is the only way to make sure he never gets what he wants' she let her head fall back and allowed the air to carry her sprit towards the light, feeling free for the first time in her life. She was about to close her eyes when she saw a figure on the edge of her field of vision, the butterflies were manifesting into a giant one, the creature spread its wings and stopped Masayu. As she hovered mid air the creature addressed her.
"What do you think you're doing? The last to carry our power and you're just going to throw it all away?" Masayu looked in awe of the creature, she had heard it's voice in her head but never actually seen it before. "Answer me child."
"I-its the only way. I cant beat them, I can't get out. It's. It's the only way..." she trailed off as she felt the presence shift. "WHAT AM I MEANT TO DO?!" she screamed, slamming her fists into her bare legs. The creature didn't move, just stayed hovering in the air, she could feel its eyes on her. Eventually he spoke four words. "He can be saved" She looked up in bewilderment. 'He'? She thought for a moment then "Sasuke?! I'm meant to save Sasuke? He looks quite happy being an evil killer if you ask me, and what am I saving him from?" A moment passed again. "Himself. He's destined for great evil and threatens to bring the world to its knees with his darkness. You must keep him in the light" Masayu felt herself falling, the light fading away "-and to do that you must stay."
The light was almost gone now and the final words she heard echoed in her head "keep him in the light". She opened her eyes and was lying on the bed, hair dry and the new black cloak on but with a pink tie instead of the purple one she had been provided. She signed and held her head in her hands, 'it's a bad sign when even death isn't an escape'. She slid her feet of the bed and began to walk over to the door when it flew open and Sasuke came running in. He moved towards Masayu, grabbed her and moved to the bed. She screamed and started punching his back "What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Once next to the bed he threw her down. "Saving your life" He got onto the bed next to her "Look this isn't what you think. I heard Orochimaru talking and he's getting impatient already. He's going to just kill you in the next few days just take your power and implant it in another child. So just go with it ok" Masayu scrambled away from him to the other end of the bed. "So what are you planning on doing? Not..." Sasuke grimaced and ran his hand through his hair. "That cocoon of yours, it blocks anything from the outside right? Movement, chakra, anything?" Masayu nodded. "Well... look just lay down and make a cocoon around this bed" Sasuke waved his hand toward the pillow to signal for her to lay down but she didn't move. "This all seems a bit – weird" Sasuke sighed and looked at her. "Orochimaru has eyes all over this place. At the moment we're at an advantage as he doesn't know that I heard, but soon he'll look for me and you and he'll want to know what's happening. In the cocoon he'll need to take our word for it and you'll be safe for at least a few weeks, at least while he thinks there's a chance..."
Masayu relaxed her grip on the sheets a bit. That actually seems like a logical arguement, but- "You wont try anything when we're in there..." Sasuke shook his head "no but we really need to hurry" Masayu moved to the top of the bed and Sasuke laid next to her. "Right cocoon up, make sure it covers the entire bed, even underneath" She closed her eyes and willed the cocoon into being, soon they were both totally encased in near darkness. "You may need to make it a bit smaller, we do need to look like we're pretty close..." she looked around, true it was slightly bigger than the bed giving her space to move from him but at this time she had to trust him and soon he was laying pressed up against her. As she laid with her arms by her side Sasuke rolled onto his side and propped himself up on his elbow. It felt strange being this close to him, especially after the dream she had. She couldn't help but glance over at his face, his lips, his eyes. All the same as she'd dreamt. Now that was all she could see in her head, she squirmed as she tried to get some distance from him to clear her head as much as possible.
Time passed and it was getting stuffy now, the air becoming heavy and small beads of perspiration forming on Masayu's body. "So, how long do you think we'll need to be in here? I mean to make it believable..." Sasuke shot her a glance "What are you trying to say?!" At once she realised what she'd said and began to stutter "OH! I-err-I just meant-er..." she looked up and saw something she never expected. A smile. Not an arrogant smirk or a disdainful grimace but a small genuine smile. She began to chuckle and relaxed into the bed, finally letting her guard down. Looking down on her he continued to smile "not too long, I just want to make sure he comes looking and realises we're both in here." Masayu nodded her head in acceptance and looked up to their makeshift ceiling. A few more minutes pass and she felt him squirming. "You ok?" He looked at her and pointed to his arm. "It's gone dead where I've been in the same position, you think we can re-shuffle?" Masayu looked around, not really a lot of space to move as they were already jammed together pretty tight. "Sure, if you can" He looked around quickly and nodded "Right, hold still" and then he began to move over her. Shocked she could do nothing but lay perfectly still as he manoeuvred his body over hers and, for a brief moment, he looked her dead in the eyes and she could see no malice only compassion and she didn't want that moment to end.
Once over he propped himself on his other arm facing her and an alien noise escaped his lips – a laugh. Not loud or long but a definite laugh. "What's so funny?" she asked, a bit irate he may be laughing at her. Her hair had moved across and was stuck to her forehead, her robe twisted and her make-up smudged. "I think this may help with this situation being more believable but I cant leave you like that" and in a heartbeat he moved his hand to get a strand of hair out of her face. The feeling of his hand on her face only bought back that feeling of electricity and she could tell he felt it too as he moved his hand as if it had been struck by a current. Looking up at him his features seemed so different. He wasn't an evil killer but a confused young man, maybe she could save him?
"Why did you do this for me? You didn't need to." Looking down on her he seemed to pause, trying to find the right words. "Because I don't want to see anyone else get hurt because of choices I've made." She searched his face for further answers but wasn't going to get any. "I think this should be long enough now" The warmth seemed to have faded in a instant and at once she regretted asking the question ." When I say release the cocoon and face away from me. Understand?" She nodded and waited for the signal. Once received she released it and felt the cold air rush in, leaving her skin covered in goosebumps. She turned away from Sasuke as he got off the bed but glanced up in time to see him leave the room without a second glance.