-Elsewhere in Headquarters-

"Leader, she will not be willing to help us if she continues to be tortured by Hidan. I implore you to see reason. Put her under someone else's care. It will be infinitely easier to have her help because she wants to, rather than have to force her."

"Very well, Itachi. I see your point. You will watch her and she will be yours and Kisame's responsibility."

-In the cement room-

I wasn't very hopeful as I heard the footsteps coming closer to the door. Several people (or the same person over and over again?) passed this door every day and not once had they stopped here, why would they now? But it seemed as though this time, luck was finally in my favor. There were three short raps on the door before a man in classic Akatsuki garb with a long black ponytail and startlingly red eyes entered.

"Get out, Hidan." he said in a deep monotone.

"Ha! Shut the f*ck up, Itachi. This is my room. You get out."

Itachi's eyes narrowed ever so slightly. "She is no longer under your care, she's my responsibility now. Leader's orders."

All I could do was wonder if this man who is taking me could be as cruel as the one before me covered in his own blood.

Itachi held his hand out as though to help me get up. I cringed away from the hand and cowered in my corner of the room. I heard him sigh, and then walk over to where I was before picking me up and carrying me out of the room.

As we walked, I held myself as far away as possible from Itachi. Just because he had saved me from Hidan didn't mean he wasn't capable of doing worse. We walked down so many hallways and turns, that I got completely and utterly lost. I knew there was no hope of my ever escaping. When we stopped, I was in the shadow room again. I heard the shadow man and looked to try and find him. It was useless, but I liked knowing where people were.

"Itachi is now your guardian, Maeko. He and Kisame will be watching you. There is no need to fear them. They will not hurt you as Hidan has. I apologize for his barbaric behavior." I listened, and when he finished I nodded. Itachi walked up to me and held out his hand. I took it and followed him out the door and down another unknown hall. This time when we stopped, it was in front of a door labeled 'Kisame'. Itachi knocked and told Kisame to get ready to leave. Then he took my hand again and pulled me along to his door. He grabbed a pack off his bed and offered his hand again. I took it suspiciously and followed him to a large room.

There, Kisame was waiting for us with a pack very similar to Itachi's on his back. Itachi pulled out a long black cloth and came to stand in front of me.

"I have to blindfold you so you won't know the way." He told me; I nodded and let him tie it on. He picked me up and I instinctively flinched away from him. He started running and after a few minutes I could smell the fresh air of outside. I heard both men's footsteps and eventually the rhythm put me to sleep. I was so exhausted. I had barely slept in three weeks; and even when I had fallen asleep, it hadn't been deeply. I was too terrified of Hidan and what he could do to stay asleep for very long.

When I woke up, it was because we had stopped moving and Itachi had set me down and taken off the blindfold. It was dark now, but I didn't know what time we had left; so there was no telling how long I had been asleep. "We have to rest here tonight and then tomorrow we reach where we're going." Itachi informed me and then walked away towards the fire Kisame had started. I stayed where I was next to a tree and curled up watching my two guardians prepare dinner.

When Kisame was finished cooking, Itachi brought over a bowl for me. I took it silently and finished the whole thing before turning my back to them and facing the tree, ready to sleep.

By the time I was awake, we were moving again, and it looked to be about ten o'clock in the morning. I was being carried by Itachi again; and as I continued watching we approached a gate. Itachi set me down when we were about ten yards from the gate. He silently reached into his pack and pulled out a light blue skirt and white shirt and handed them wordlessly to me. I walked to a secluded place in the trees and changed, then walked back to where Itachi and Kisame were waiting; both of them in casual clothes as well. Itachi motioned me forward and I stepped forward, unsure of my self until Kisame also started to walk with me. We walked all the way into the little village and after that, Itachi led me to a hospital. Kisame gave them false information about me while Itachi and I were taken back to a room to wait for a doctor.

Itachi told the doctor when she came in that I had a few infected injuries he wanted her to take a look at and he would be waiting out in the hall for her when she was finished. After he left, she asked me to show her what was infected. I lifted up my shirt and saw for the first time, what Hidan had to done to me. There was a startled gasp, but I couldn't be sure about whether it was me or the doctor. My stomach was grotesque to say the least. You could barely see the long, dark gashes between the dried blood and infection. My entire stomach was dark red and the main parts where my cuts were, was green. The doctor quickly washed her hands and got gloves on so she could start healing me. It took several hours for her to get all of the infection out and clean up three weeks worth of dried blood. After I was bandaged, she went out to the hall to give Itachi the medicine and explain to him how to use it. She had already told me what I needed to do to get better.

Twice a day, I would need my bandages changed and medicine put on them, and once a day I would have to take a pill to improve my health. (I was extremely malnourished.)

After visiting the doctor, Itachi and Kisame took me over to a clothing store. I walked in feeling nervous; I wasn't sure what I was expected to do. Luckily, Itachi brought me straight over to a woman with long blonde hair and a worker's outfit and told her I was to be fitted. The woman brought me to the back of the store to the fitting rooms. She brought out several pieces of cloth and called for an assistant.
"My name is Naomi, and this is my assistant, Hana." The woman told me. I looked over at her assistant and gasped. I recognized Hana; she was my little sister. Hana pretended not to notice, but when her employer's back was turned she hurriedly told me not to talk to her and then if I could manage it, to meet her at the local ramen shop tonight at 7 o'clock.
The fitting for my clothes took about three hours. They had all different colors and patterns but I never got a say in what I wanted; Naomi chose what she thought would look best on me. When she was finished, I walked back out to the front of the shop and found Itachi and Kisame. Naomi led them over to the register and they paid for all of my new things.
By the time we were done, it was 6 o'clock and we were going to need a place to stay.
Kisame left to get us rooms at an inn and Itachi and I went to get dinner. We ended up going to the ramen shop I was supposed to meet Hana at. We ordered our food and sat at a table waiting for Itachi's teammate to return. When he did, it was nearly time for Hana to be here. I looked at the door frequently and chewed my lip anxiously, trying to figure out how I was supposed to talk to Hana. She walked in before I could figure it out, and searched until her eyes found me and then with a very determined look; walked over to our table, grabbed my arm and pulled me out of the little restaurant.

End of Two :D

Hmmm what's going to happen with her sister?