Chapter 25: The Kidnapped
"Where am I?" Regina murmured when she regained conscious.
"I see you're awake." Ibiki replied.
"No, I'm not awake. I'm just sleep talking."
Ibiki ignored that comment and asked, "What is your name?"
"Mummy says we can't talk to strangers."
"I'm Morino Ibiki, now that you know my name, tell me yours."
"You liar."
"What?"
"Your name is named after a place. Stop kidding me." Regina paused and asked again, "Where's the other girl with me?"
"She's in another holding cell. Which village were you from?"
"I'm not from any village."
"Where did the Akatsuki find you?"
"Some where over the rainbow..." Regina started singing.
"That's enough! Where's the Akatsuki hideout?"
"Don't you know? You people barged in when we were having our most important meal of the day."
"You are all not staying there anymore."
"Well we're not so stupid as to go back there again."
Ibiki decided to switch target and interrogate the other girl they captured, thinking that she'll be easier to interrogate since she's younger and would be more gullible.
However, no matter how many ways he tried, Rebecca just would not talk at all. But all he didn't know was she was just daydreaming.
"Forget it, just forget it." Ibiki got fed up and stormed out of the room to his own office.
Some random ANBU came into the room and took her back to the holding cell where Regina is.
"Did you tell him anything?" Regina asked Rebecca once they were alone in the holding cell.
"Nope." Rebecca answered.
"Good, that's good." Silence broke out and sustained for a long while before Rebecca asked, "So what are we going to do now?"
"Let's escape."
"That's obvious."
"I mean, plan it out."
Back Ibiki's office, he was accessing the feeling he felt for both girls. A strong resemblance to the other Akatsuki boy he interrogated long time ago. Then enlightenment dawned on him. He dashed out of his office and ran to the holding room the girls were in.
"You! You two are sisters with the other Akatsuki boy aren't you?" Ibiki asked the moment he stepped into the room.
"Maybe, not too sure. We go the same father and mother but I'm not too sure." Regina answered.
Ibiki was once again frustrated and annoyed at them.
Meanwhile, back at the Akatsuki hideout, an urgent meeting was held.
"I volunteer myself to be in the rescue team!" Jonathan shouted across the table. But everyone ignored him and waited for Pein to pass down instructions.
"Itachi and Sasuke will go rescue Regina and Rebecca."
"But Sasuke is a wanted guy in Konoha. It's too dangerous for him to go." Itachi argued.
"Then Deidara shall go instead of Sasuke." Pein gave final orders.
"I shall go prepare the things I'll need for this time." Jonathan rushed off to his room.
"Aha! Finally I'll have a chance to use this." Jonathan took out a bag full of paintballs and sealed them into a scroll. He carried it with him, and went to meet up with Itachi and Deidara to finish up the planning for the rescue.
It was already decided that Itachi would lead this mission this time round by the time Jonathan came down, due to the fact that Itachi knows the village layout clearer than anyone. The plan was already planned out and they rushed off.
"Here's the plan, we'll sneak in to get them out. But if there's a need, you will cause a distraction and buy us time to sneak them back out." Itachi filled in on Jonathan with the plan.
"Oh, that's fine with me. But are we going to head back together or are you going to leave without me?" Jonathan asked.
"Leave without you. So you better not get yourself caught. We're not so free to come rescue you."
"Alright, alright, I get it…"
They travelled at fast speed and got to Konoha before the day ended.
"Deidara, you enter first and we'll follow next." Itachi gave commands.
"Sure thing," Deidara replied and managed to sneak past the gates.
Itachi went next after Deidara and told Jonathan to follow suit after him so that they could go as a team to the ANBU headquarters. Unfortunately, when Jonathan was trying to sneak past the gates, he was spotted by a guard.
"You, intruder! Stop right there!" The guard shouted.
"Oh no," Jonathan muttered. "Never, nothing is going to stop me from rescuing my sisters!" Jonathan jumped down of the gates. Only to find that Itachi and Deidara had went ahead of him.
He was stranded on his own now to create a disruption. He decided to create a disruption with the first idea that came into his mind. He ran into the shops that were beside each other, and started throwing things around, shouting loudly, "Nee-chan, Rebecca, are you here? Reply me!"
He continued till the guard got confused with what he was doing and tried to stop him from continuing before he cause a chaos within the village.
"Oh nee-chan and Rebecca are not here? Okay!" Jonathan shouted to the guard and ran towards the Hyuuga clan. He decided that it's time to start the ball rolling. Or more like, it's time to get the paint dripping.
"Here I am for my great masterpiece." Jonathan grinned and talked to himself. He unsealed the scrolls and took multiples of paintballs. He took aim, and gave a shot towards the clan house.
His actions were witnessed by Nenji who happened to be walking around the clan compound and spot Jonathan throwing the paintballs. He was appalled at his actions and couldn't react fast enough to get him before Jonathan noticed Nenji's existence.
Jonathan scrambled off before Nenji could start chasing after him. He went to the cliff with the past and present Hokages' faces and started painting them with the paintballs he have with him. Just like what Naruto had done many years back, just worst.
"This is so much fun! Maybe I should head over to the ANBUs' headquarters now to check if Itachi and Deidara had left with my sisters." Jonathan mumbled.
Surprisingly, Jonathan could find his way to the ANBUs' headquarter fairly quickly. He kept his paintballs ready in his hands to use it in times of emergency to hold back the people who are chasing after him as well as to use it for attack.
In the holding cell
"This is the only cell that we've not searched. I'm very positive that they'll be in here." Itachi said to Deidara.
"Then let's not waste anymore time and get them out of here. Fancy getting noticed just when we crossed the gates. That's just so Jonathan." Deidara commented.
They picked the lock and went in secretly without the notice of anyone. To their surprise, Regina and Rebecca were playing poker in the room.
"Wherein the hell did you get the poker cards from?" Deidara was shocked.
"Happen to be in my pocket."Regina replied.
"Shouldn't you try, or plan, to get out of here?" Itachi asked.
"Damn! So that was what we had forgotten. We were doing something and then we just totally forgot what we were doing before and decided to play poker instead. We had just spent to much time around Jonathan." Regina explained.
"Well then let's not waste anymore time and risk ourselves getting caught." Rebecca broke into the conversation and pointed out the important point.
Half way out, they met Jonathan and were surprised to see each other.
"Well, you sure are fast." Deidara said.
"Of course! Who do you think you're talking about?" Jonathan self-praised himself.
"I'm gonna ignore that…"
"Let's get out of here now." Itachi commanded.
"But I've yet to use finish the paintballs I've prepared." Jonathan protested.
"Well then, too bad. It's either you come back with us or you stay here, use up your paintballs and danger yourself." Itachi said aloofly.
"Paintballs? As in the ones we prepared that time?" Rebecca exclaimed.
"Yep, the very ones we prepared!" Jonathan said proudly.
"Hey then I want to have a go at it too!"
"We have got not time for fun now. We got to get back so that the others know that we are safe." Itachi stopped their ideas flowing.
"I don't care! I wanna have fun before I go back!" Rebecca demanded.
"Alright, alright, let's have some fun before we head back!" Deidara and Regina said together.
Itachi glared at Deidara and Regina for not staying on the right track with him.
"Do whatever you want!" Itachi said in defeat.
They went off and each took some paintballs with them. They ran about the ANBU headquarters, avoiding the notice of the ANBUs and started throwing paintballs in all random directions.
"Are you all done now?" Itachi tried to get them back on track once again.
"Yes, yes, we've had our share of fun and now we can go." Regina replied.
"Great, because we're really going to get into more trouble if we stay any longer. They're bound to notice us any moment now."
Fortunately for them, they managed to get out of the village without being spotted by anyone and made it back safely to the headquarters.
"It's way past time for you people to get back here!" Pein bellowed once he set his eyes on them.
"We got side tracked somehow." Itachi explained.
"I thought you would have better control of them with you being the leader."
"I'm sorry." Itachi mumbled.
The rest were guilty when Itachi had been reprimanded by Pein and couldn't say anything.