Chapter seven
Saying goodbye
Apollo was jarred awake when Kabuto threw a book at him. He sat up and rubbed his head.
"What the hell was that for?"
Kabuto just smirked at him. " Time to get up kid. We have work to get done." He left the room. Apollo threw a clean shirt on and followed Kabuto.
"It's four in the morning, why do we have to be up so early?" he asked. Kabuto entered a code and a door leading to a downstairs room opened up.
As they desended the steps, Kabuto spoke up. "Sometimes being awake early, helps give you an advantage over the rest of the day." That was his explaination.
Apollo shrugged in acknowledgement.
"I guess that makes sense. Doesn't help my brain, but its not like you care." Kabuto ignored his sarcasm.
"Don't be an ass, Apollo. You came to me, so take it or leave it."
He just raised an eyebrow. "Me? Be an ass? Never."
They made a turn and entered another door.
Eden and Sakura woke up at around nine that morning.
Eden sat up and groaned. "Come on Sakura, we have work to do today." Sakura rolled over and pulled the covers up over her head.
"I said get up." Eden threw a pillow at her. Sakura said something but the blanket muffled it.
Eden looked at the cacooned girl. "Say what?"
She poked her head out of the blanket. "I said fuck you. Now go away." She pulled her head back in.
Eden stood and walked over to her bed. She looked at her for a moment and went into the bathroom.
She quietly filled a cup with the ice cold water and walked back to Sakura.
"Get up or you'll regret it."
Sakura just groaned. Eden shrugged and yanked the blanket off. Sakura's eyes widened as she saw the cup.
"Good morning sunshine." Eden said as she dumped the contents on the other girl. Sakura shrieked.
"Aww, look, you're up now. You should put some dry clothes on."
Sakura glared at her. "I hate you." Eden smirked.
"I love you too, now get dressed." She walked over to the closet. "Get dressed now or I'll pick your clothes too."
Sakura jumped out of bed, grabbed some clothes and ran to the bathroom.
"Glad we see things my way." Eden said as Sakura ran past.
"We're done now," Kabuto told Apollo. "So, just out of curiousity, where's your brother?"
Apollo looked away. "He ran away about a year ago. He couldn't stand our stepdad."
Kabuto looked at him strangely. "Stepdad? Your mom remarried?"
Apollo nodded. "Well if we're done, I'll be heading back now." He turned and walked out of the room.
Kabuto follwed him this time.
Eden and Sakura were headed back to the library when they ran into Apollo and Kabuto.
Eden looked away to avoid eye contact with Kabuto. Apollo and Sakura noticed both noticed this.
"Well Kabuto, I promised the girls I would help them look for good stuff to read in this place. So we'll be seeing you."
He pulled the girls into the library with him. "I'm sorry guys, he was going to follow me around all day if I didn't tell him we were just going to be reading all day."
Sakura smiled. "That's fine, besides if he wanted to join, Eden could have came up with an excuse."
Eden was sitting in a chair. She looked at he and raised an eyebrow.
The cut on her lip had been cleaned, and there was a slight bruise under her left eye. She picked up another one of the ancient scrolls and began reading it.
Sakura walked over to her. She put the scroll down.
"Can I help you with something, Sakura?"
Sakura shook her head, "What are you reading?" she asked her. Eden shrugged.
"Just some older scrolls with even older jutsus. She stated and began reading again. Sakura walked back to the shelves.
Apollo joined her. "So she's reading the scrolls again huh? If it bothers you so much let her know."
Sakura shook her head. "She would just retreat back into the shell she's been working so hard to escape. I wont do that to her." Apollo pulled a small notebook from his back pocket. "I copied some stuff from Kabutos journal, the one he always keeps with him, it has stuff on orochimaru's schedule. He left for a mission early this morning." Sakura's jaw dropped. He looked at her weird. "You ok?"
She walked over to Eden. When she reached her, she whispered into her ear.
"Fuck!" She cursed loudly as she grabbed up her scrolls and motioned for Apollo to follow them.
She pulled the two others through the corridors.
She practically threw them into the room. She slammed the door behind herself. "Ok, let's get this figured out. Sakura this may be our only chance to get you out of here. Apollo, since you offered your assistance, your going to make sure she gets out of here safely." She snatched the copied journal from Apollo's hands and opened it.
"So if he went on that survailence mission where did Karin and them go?" she turned the page. "Dammit! He knew I was up to something, he had no intention of sending them on that mission, he wanted me to prove myself guilty."
Apollo grabbed the journal back. "Lets not get ahead of ourselves, why should I help you? I don't want this coming back to bite me in the ass." He was putting the journal back in his pocket when Eden threw him to the ground and grabbed him by his shirt collar.
"Look, you little punk! That girl is in danger here, I've gone through shit to prevent bad things from happening to her. She is the only friend I have and though this may not surprise you, she's the only one I trust right now. Im not going to let her be used by Orochimaru and Kabuto." She stood and brushed herself off. "Whether you like it or not, you're part of this."
Apollo sat up and looked at her. "Fine I'll help, but we have to get it done as soon as night comes."
Sakura just stood there. "What about Kabuto? He still makes his rounds when Orochimaru is gone."
"I'll cover for you. I'll cause a distraction, he wont notice your gone." Eden picked an imaginary speck off her sleeve.
Sakura smiled. "I'll get ready then."
That night Apollo led both of the girls to front gate.
"Well Sakura, I hope you remember me and stay out of trouble, please. I don't want to go through this just to have you back again." A tear slid down her cheek as she pulled the young girl close. Sakura hugged her back.
"I'll be seeing you Eden." Sakura said as she and Apollo disappeared into the night.
She went back into the forever-darkening Institute.
A few hours after they had left, Eden got bored and broke into Kabuto's study.
She was looking through his desk, when suddenly she felt someone walk up behind her. She inhaled sharply when Kabuto pressed a blade to her throat.
"W-what are you doing here Kabuto? I thought you were asleep." She hissed as he pressed the blade harshly into her neck, breaking the skin.
"Well you thought wrong. Why do I always find you in my study? Do you want me to dothings to you? That's what I think." Eden snarled. "well I guess you thought wrong this time, I was just looking through your old files, curiousity I guess." She stiffened as his free hand made it way to the top of her pants. He hooked his thumb in the band. His lips grazed her bare neck.
"Quit it Kabuto!" he pulled the knife away from her neck and turned her around.
"Come on babe, let loose for once. You'll enjoy it, I promise." He pushed her against the desk. He used the knife and cut at her top. She slapped at his hand.
"Knock it off! Let me go!" she was struggling to fight him off. Her long hair came undone and fell into her face. Kabuto grabbed her hair.
She tried pulling away but he held firm. "See you're just weak. You can never win." He quickly flicked the knife and cut the rest of her top off. He threw her to the ground and was beating her.
She felt him touching her and covered her head, as she waited for him to do what he always did, but she didn't feel anything. She heard someone walk over to her and she cowered.
The person placed a jacket over her. She looked up and saw Apollo. He knelt down in front of her.
"Eden, are you ok? He's knocked out,I promise I won't let him hurt you." He was shocked when she suddenly buried her head in his shoulder. He slowly wrapped his arms around her. He smiled softly when he heard her next words.
"Thank you."
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