(Kitkashi here again…Sorry I haven't updated I just got my computer back a while ago and haven't had time to type. Thanks for waiting and fair warning this is a sadish chapter…but I hope you enjoy it)
Upon arriving Sakura noticed some strange red liquid on the front desk.
Sakura headed back the front desk to check in when she noticed a strange shape laying limp on the floor
"I…. Hey what's that?" Sakura asks to anyone, then decides to talk to her inner. 'Looks like a dead body…'
'I-i-it IS!'
There, on the floor of the beautiful cherry wood, was the body of one of her dearly loved uncles.
Inner knew this was a bad sign and stated 'Sakura we should leave now!'
"Sakura HIDE!" Sakura's Mom came out of nowhere grabbed her and shoved her in the cleaning closet.
(Kitkashi here- I guess by now you can tell when it's Sakura or her inner talking so to save the "said this said that" business for the rest of this part I'm going to be typing like this for Sakura and like this for inner Sakura when Sakura and inner are having a conversation. If you don't like it tell me and I will type with more detail.)
'Did they just cram me in the closet?'
Oh, no, Sakura we are in a golden palace adorned with a prince charming!
We are? ~
NO BAKA! We are in a closet you moron!
Geez, burst my bubble why don't you… …? What is going on?
If you are so curious look through that key hole!
Mom, her "boyfriend" and Dad…Are fighting?
Is that a sword in fathers hand? Sakura look away…this can't be good!
"AH!" He killed them!
Good going BAKA! We're next and now he knows where we are!
"Sakura, come here my beloved little princess!" Don't you dare!…
I'm gonna die…
Yes we are…and its all your fault…
"THERE YOU ARE!" Sakura's dad rips the closet door open and almost off its hinges
"AH!" Sakura fight back!
I c-c-can't I can't move!
If you can't fight then run! HE HAS A SWORD!…And rope? What's the rope for?
"Hush little Sakura. Don't say a anything. I'm not going to cut you my little princess"
He's gonna kill us…!
No, seriously what's the rope for?
It didn't take long for Inner Sakura to find out what the rope was used for, after scaring Sakura a bit her father tied her to the most beautiful cherry blossom tree. Saying something about "Perfect ending"
Well at least Father isn't lying. He didn't even swing the sword.
YEAH BUT HE IS KINDA tYing us up in a cherry blossom tree, by the waist, inches from our dying family!
We're stuck here, aren't we? Stuck here to watch Mom's…no, my family's life slowly slip away.
Sakura started to drift off in to sleep to escape what she hoped was just a bad dream. But her nightmare would replay every time she closed her eyes, and would not disappear when her eyes were open. She stayed tied to the tree for a week falling in and out of sleep without felling rested. Slowly she started to hope to die…
(Kitkashi here- Just want to let you know I will now type with a little more detail on the account of the fox lady, Who I have yet to name, by the way does anyone have suggestions on what her name should be? I kinda think fox lady works okay but a real name would be nice to type too.)
But then a sweet poetic voice called out "Awe…Little kit wake up~!"
'Who's voice is that? It's so soft yet so familiar.' Sakura thinks half-conscious
"Do you know how long it took me to sniff out your location from Konoha?" the fox lady sang in an strict but loving tone.
'OH MY GOSH! IT THE FOX LADY SHE'S BACK! I am not insane. I am not insane. I am not-' It took Sakura a moment to figure out what was going on but when she did she tried like crazy to get free of the ropes…
"Don't worry now,
Sweet little kit,
I'll have you down,
In just a tidbit~"
Not insane. Not insane!
You know Baka-ra saying that doesn't help you one bit and besides I think she is kind of nice…she smells like …Naruto… and….Dirt…just like you!
"Hey You!" a strange voice called out from nowhere.
'Look Stalkera another man you can fall for! Eh but he isn't cute…'
'insane…I am insane….'
'Aren't you forgetting the denial part?'
"Sorry Kit, but looks like a human
might discover me, I must flee!
But he should take care of you,
I'll find you in your time of need."
'What is going on?'
Pay attention!
'What no Baka this time?' No, no Baka this time! You're not even Baka worthy. Your beyond Baka. You're a worse level of Baka. You're now just plain out stupid!
"Are you the young lady of the manor?" Sakura almost forgot the man's presence in the area but quickly recovered enough to think 'Manor? The Spa?'
"You must get out of that tree." The man said as if to mock Sakura's inability to untie her self
'This guy seems kind of calm about all of this…'
'and all the piercing on his face look so painful! This guy is kinda creepy!'
"I knew you were a ninja… but I didn't think you would suck so bad at it. What could the master possibly want from you? I should leave you to die, but unfortunately I made a promise." the man said as he loosened one of the many strands of rope.
"Promise? What Promise?" Sakura thought aloud.
"That I , nor any other Akatsuki member, will kill you and I would take you to 'The Castle.'"
"Take me to the Castle?" Sakura said with out realizing it and inner had to point something out. 'Shouldn't you worry more about the fact that he is apart of the Akatsuki?'
"Yes and I am three days early. So you'd better be grateful" The man seemed irritated on the fact he could not untie the ropes. To add to his frustration he had left his kunai in his latest enemy and it did not help having an annoying girl ask irrelevant questions.
"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked adding to the annoyance that had already built up through the moments of being there.
"You have been tied here for 6 days. I would have left you to die if I knew you would talk this much." he answered hoping to keep her quite.
A few seconds of silence passed before Sakura got bored
'This silence is killing me…'
Then she realized some thing she forgot to ask
"Hey what is your name?"
Tired of her meaningless talk he answered "My name is… Pain" he then followed up with a hard jab to her stomach and knocked Sakura out.
After a while he unties and takes the unconscious Sakura and puts her in Zetsu's green house. Tossing her in to his human trap, a rusty cage he kept his favorite "Snacks" in until he got hungry.
'There now she is his problem..' Pain thinks satisfied with his accomplishment, and the though that if she did die it would be his problem not his, he walked away.
A few hours later Sakura wakes up thinking 'Where am I now?'
"MOM! DAD?!" Sakura called out thinking it was all a bad dream.
'There gone remember?'
Her inner reminds her'oh…yeah…'
'And besides we are stuck in a cage…'
'A Cage?' Sakura looks around expecting to see a torture room. 'Is this a dungeon?'
'Looks like more like a root cellar to me…'
inner said as she noticed the hanging lock Pain had carelessly left open.'Look the lock is hanging open! Lets go before some one see's us!'
Right! Wait, who would see us?''Don't question me! If you listened to me more often we wouldn't even be in this mess.'
'Alright I'm going!' Sakura climbed out half expecting the door to swing open and her capturer to fined her and put her back.
"Kit this way~" A singsong voice called out in a loving tune it almost sounded as if the wind itself where calling.
Sakura's fist thought was 'Wow…that voice is like a beautiful melody…' followed shortly after by 'OH NO! Not fox lady!'
"Kit~" The voice called again in its sweet way.
'She sounds so nice… I think we should follow her…' Sakura thinks as the voice some what reminded her of someone she cares for.
'Ya know if I wasn't in your head it would be completely empty!'
Inner said trying to snap Sakura to reality.'Why are you such a …?'
'SASUKE! HAHA! made you look!'You know what I don't need you! I'm exploring on my own with out your counsel!'
'You on your own? You are so going to die!'
"Kit~" The voice sounded a little impatient now but some how retained its sweetness.
Looking left and right Sakura climbed completely out of the cage and head out of the dungeon/root cellar place which leaded outside. There are some dead trees and the wind is blowing…Then Sakura realized something. She is not wearing proper clothes.
The clothes she had warn at the spa aren't exactly what a ninja should wear daily, especially not while exploring, the days she spent tied to the tree did not help the silk much either. What had once been a clean light pink silk princess-like dress now was ripped and stained with blood, dirt and other none clean things that will not be mentioned.
"Wow…This is a castle!" Sakura says in amazement.
It is as quite as a grave outside and the big the walls around the castle are so tall it seems to disheartens any hope of escape. The walls seem so cold so heartless and perhaps even a little malicious by its stature alone.
After examining the walls Sakura comes to a conclusion. 'I'm getting cold just standing here. I have to find a way inside! There is no way I have enough energy to climb that wall let alone concentrate enough Chakara… Maybe there will be some way to warm up and maybe some cloths too!'
Heading up some stair cases she finds a door. 'I wonder where it leads? Well I guess there's only one way to find out!' Sakura pushes the door as it lets out a long creaky groan from it's old henges.
'Geez, I hope no one heard that. That sound could almost wake the dea…' Sakura shivers at eh thought,
'…I shouldn't be thinking like this. Here's a positive thought! I remember Naruto, Sasuke and I always tried to see what was under Kakashi-sensei's mask. Oh how I miss those days~' She thinks as she walks in to the room, not expecting any thing.
"KIT NO!" The sweet voice called only seconds to late as the door slams behind Sakura.
(Kitkashi here to tell you I'm lazy and for awhile this will be from Sakura's point of view, if you don't like it just tell me)
What? -SLAM- the door shut! It won't open its like its on some weird auto-lock. Well at least there is a fire place. It looks like someone has already built a fire and the flames are burning bright and proud. There is a table with food and Victorian style bed not to mention the life size Victorian doll.
What did I do? die and get thrown back in time? Oh wait that can't be right there's a TV in the corner of the room, I wonder if it work? Wait! There's no time for that! I have to find out what is going on.
"Yes master, I will see to it that she feels very at home." yikes! That's no doll! It's a person…I think. Wow… Her voice is so machine like, so emotionless, even her astounding beauty is almost to surreal. She is starting to leave.
"Wait! Who are you? Where are we? Oh I must be dreaming…"
"Yes, Master, Very Comfortable."
"Er… Excuse me." Did she even hear me? Or is she even listening?
"I am a maid of The Death Castle and this is no dream." Is she even human? Her voice is so emotionless and cold. WHAT? DEATH?!! RUN FOR IT!
As the maid leaves I have an idea, I can use my Chakara to climb the castle wall! You do know the door is locked, right?
"Oh and don't try to use any Jutsu, or it might get you" Creepy! Double Creepy!
"Um…What is it?" She disappeared! She's gone!
Where did she go?! I dunno… Well… I wasn't asking you! Oh really? Well who can you ask? I'm the only one here! Go away! Make me!
"Kit, The doors are all locked,
The night is ending the day.
Though the entrance is blocked,
I'll try to find another way!"
Ah! Fox person! LOOK OUT THE WINDOW! IT'S SASUKE! I'm not that stupid! I won't fall for that trick twice! Why are you looking out the window then? Tch…Shut up!…
It is Sasuke! What is he doing here? Something Akatsuki-Ish. Who is with him? An Akatsuki person. What are they saying? My bet would be Akatsuki stuff.
"Yes, Sir, Master Madara" Sasuke is calling someone master?
"That's a good boy Sasuke. Take your revenge! Take back what is rightfully yours! The land of Konohagakure!" No! Sasuke wouldn't! He couldn't! He won't!
"I will make sure they all suffer!" NO! THIS CAN'T BE!
-Banging on the window-"SASUKE! SASUKE! DON'T DO IT! DON'T BETRAY YOUR HOME! SASUKE! SASUKE!!! He can't here us…He's leaving…
"Sasuke…" What's wrong with him? Obviously he is part of the Akatsuki.
NO SASUKE WOULD NEVER…Never…I hope Naruto okay…
"Poor little Princess…lose your little lover?"
"Wha…?" Who was that?
"There is no greater suffering than that of the one where your true love truly hates you and the only real pleasure he gets is to see your pain."
"Who are you?"
"I am Konan of the Akatsuki and you little princess are in the wrong place." Oh no she is going to kill me!
"Don't worry I wont kill you…but you have to be careful or Zetsu might."
"You wont kill me…?" You are so stupid!
"Do you want me to?"
"No! It's just I was wondering why you would spare me?" Stop asking questions before she changes her mind!
"If you must know princess I am bored and you can prove entertaining."
"Entertaining?" What part of me is entertaining?
"Yes, entertaining. I mean how many other people wear princess outfits? If it wasn't for the outfit I would have killed you on first site."
This dress? SAVED MY LIFE? I thought I would get killed for wearing this…
"And besides, the maid seems to like you. Ha ha!" By the way she just laughed I think that might not be such a good thing…Yep, She wants to kill you.
"You know you look cute when you are terrified! Being stuck in this castle with one boring girl and several men isn't any fun and seeing a little emotional princess like you could prove amusing!"
"Will you please stop calling me princess!" Dad used to call me that… Don't demand thing from her she can kill you!
"You are in no position to order me around!" You are sooo dead! "But since you said please… I'll consider it. Only if you become my paper doll that I can fold to my liking! That would be a fair trade wouldn't it? Doll?"
"What would the other options be?" Why can't you keep your mouth shut?
"Hmm…Death!"
"Well Congratulations you have a new Doll!" Please don't kill me! Are you smiling big enough?
"Like I said cute when terrified! Now Doll, my first fold will be…"
Oh great! what could it be death by yoga?
Does she really think I'm paper?The way she is talking, probably.
Wait! Why is she staring off into space?
"Made later…I must leave. Go to my room on the 3rd floor and wait there. AND DON'T CAUGHT BY ANYONE! UNDERSTAND?"
"Y-yes ma'am!" I wonder where she is going…STOP WAVING AT PEOPLE! IT MAKES YOU LOOK RETARDED OR SOMETHING! I wasn't waving I…was uhh… Stretching my arm! Tch… WHATEVER!…
Wha..? Wait, does that mean we are in a hide out of the Akatsuki? No of course not what would make you think a thing like that? I don't know…YES WE'RE IN AN AKATSUKI PLACE ! You are being so mean!
I think I just figured out why you miss Naruto so much! Why is that? Because he is the only thing that doesn't out smart you! A rock could out smart the both of you at once! Why are being so obnoxious! And a rock couldn't out smart us anyhow! Yep you're right! Naruto wouldn't be fooled by a rock like you! SHUT UP! You self-righteous brat!
"WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING IN SASUKE'S ROOM?!" Wha…? Who is that?
"I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!" SOME ANGERY CRAZY CHICK! RUN!
"Wait! SASUKE'S ROOM?!" RUN! Sasuke.. lives here?
The girl is running towards me with poisoned Senbon! I know she is going to throw them any moment I bet she would never guess I would defend so that is what I'm going to do. Wait she's still running? -KICK- OH NO! She dead legged me! I'm falls to my knees! If I end up on the floor she- SHE'LL KILL ME!
"I've got you where I want you!"
Yes! A TV remote! I can use this to distract her!
"STOP OR I'LL- oops!" I dropped it out the window! My only defense… gone!
"YOU *****!" Did she just jump out the window for a TV remote? LESS QUESTIONS START RUNNING! Right good idea!
Going outside the room I kind of wonder how and why the window was open…Wasn't it locked only seconds ago? I shouldn't worry about that. I need to find a hiding place!
Walking forward some I can see a stair case to my right and a door to my left. The room I am looking for is on the 3rd floor…but it can't hurt to look…Lets go down stairs!
At the bottom of the stares there is corner that leads to a small cleaning room and a door to the left. Lets try it, shall we?
-Tries to turn the handle-
IT'S LOCKED?! Who locks the doors of the insides of a house? And why? Technically it's a castle.
Whatever…Might as well head to the 3rd floor…
Heading back up I see feet… and two people talking…
"Juugo, Sasuke is just upset over nothing. It's like Orochimaru-sama used to say 'His emotions will always get in the way, that is why Sasuke can not become stronger.'"
"I don't know Suigetsu, Madara says Sasuke is the last Uchiha and has latent power unknown even to him!"
"Whatever he is just trying to scare us! Underneath Sasuke's cold hard shell he is just a whine scared little emo-kid who misses his big brother."
"Well if we showed him that Itachi is in the dungeon maybe he wouldn't act like that!"
Itachi is in the dungeon?
"Yeah yeah whatever. They should just leave the failures dead. Not bring them back to life just to torture them for failing "
They went in to the room I came out of. I better head to the room I am supposed to go to. But first I should find a map! Which could be in a dungeon!
I rush into the doorway they obviously came from and slip in before the door closes. I stop and look around as I enter a hallway.
The left side is windowless with ivy vines growing in and on the right side candles light the way down an eerie path. I think I'll stand closer to the windows so I can see with the moonlight.
As I drag my hand across the wall and ivy vines I fell something wet. Looking at my hand I uh…it I-I-IT'S BLOOD!
"AH!" -Falls back word onto the ground- ouch! my butt! I hope nobody heard that!
As I get up and look around, I realize that for once nothing bad has happened. I'm a little uneasy but I should be okay if I don't scare myself. I mean that could be just paint. Right?
I stick my head out the window and look u-u-
"AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
THERE'S A DEAD GUY HANGING THERE! Look! No worries now, the body being drug away!
Something that looks like a plant with a half black/half white face and yellow eyes look strait at me!
"Look an after dinner mint! and it's pink. How quaint!"
"AHHHHH!" HE HAS A BLOODY HAND IN HIS MOUTH! EWW!
I start running down the creepy hallway and he appears from the ceiling!
The fist door on my right is locked! He's catching up with me!
"Well she certainly is a lively one!"
The second door I come to is locked too!
"Awe~ It looks like she is afraid of us~"
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!"
Oh no! It's the end of the hallway! There's a door to the left but it's blocked by a metal crate. I can't think! I-I-I have to find a way to escape! I hesitate for a second A-an-and He is right behind me!
"OoOo~ Fresh cherry blossoms! She smells like the one we left in the room…"
"AH!" There's a hall to my right! My body is on auto-pilot, I'm moving down it hall but I don't know how! Please! Oh please! Don't let it be a dead end!
I don't see a door! HE'S GAINGING ON ME!
"HELP!" At this point the words are involuntarily coming out of my mouth!
"AHAHAH! No one is going to help you. So why are you still running?"
OH NO! HE'S ABOUT TO GRAB ME!
EH!
A DOOR! I-I-IT'S OPEN! I dive in and slam the door. SAFE!
My body wont stop shaking. I have to find a hiding place and FAST!
I crawl under the nearest thing which just so happens to be a sofa of some sort…
-Minutes pass-
Finally I've calm down… Crawling out of my hiding place I look at the door and I realize he didn't busted down or even try to enter... I wonder why?
I think I'll stay facing the door, just in case. Backing away slowly my hand brushes against a finely woven cloth of some sort. It feels so warm and comforting after the scare.
I can smell nice soothing lavender in the air and light piano music playing softly in the background.
Finally I turn around to see the cloth is actually a sheet covering a HUGE canopy bed! I know this isn't the time or the place but a nap sounds really good right now. You know something could come in any minute!
I know but…It look so comfy! -Yawn- Why am I getting so sleepy…?
You should be looking for a way to escape, ya know?
Why didn't he break down the door? Not that I'm complaining or anything.
Maybe it's a trap!
Trap or not I'm sleepy…I think I'll rest on this fancy bed.
You know Sakura I was wrong about you, ya know…
Oh really? How?
You are so much more than just stupid…You're the full word and the definition!
Why are you being so unpleasant today?
We need to find a way out and you want to sleep in the enemies bed!
Okay lets search for away out!
Looking around the room there isn't much things that seem useful. There's a book shelf with lots of books over blood line limits and trait. There useless unless I want to carry the books for ammunition. But that will only slow me down.
There's a desk. Which of course, like everything else in this place, is locked. There are piles of papers over 'Plasma Alterations' and 'Kekkei Genkai transfusion harmonizers'. It seems to me that someone was trying to make a Kekkei Genkai . Who ever it is really seems to be studying hard.
In the far corner of the room is a weird object that looks somewhat like a computer. Examining it closer I can tell its an engraver. But why would someone have an engraver in a place like this? This place is so weird. I wonder is there anything in here that can actually be of any use?
Oh look a dresser! Searching through it, it seems like there are only guy cloths in here and there all Akatsuki clothing…oh well something is better than nothing.
Now in the Akatsuki clothes-YAWN- Lets see here… umm.. I can move this chair couch sofa thingie in front of the door and why not take a nap?
Why are you so stupid? That thing
-SHUT UP!Now that the sofa is moved lets go to sleep.
(So did you like? did you hate? I have no more ideas so if you could maby help? Thank you for reading! in chapter 4 I might explain the tv remote thing...with a Sasuke story part!)