Well, here's the tenth chapter.
I'm sorry I didn't finish is within ten days.
I was trying to figure out what to do.
But, yeahh..
Here ya go!

This whole chapter is in Sorano's POV.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto owns it blahblahblah. And I own Sorano.

I peered into sheer darkness. "What is this place? Wh-where am I? Where's Shikamaru?" I began to feel my surroundings. I was in some sort of bag.

"Help!" I called out, kicking the bag in desperation.

"Shut up," I heard a deep voice say before I had pain and pressure forced to my head.

I lifted my hand to my head where the pain was and pulled it away. It was slightly wet. The darkness became lonely and cold. I fainted.

I awoke to darkness, once again. Only this time, I wasn't in a bag. I was in a cave. A sharp pain went directly to my head. "Ow. Where is this place? Who's that over there?" I saw two figures standing close to, what looked like, the entrance to the cave.

"Where are the others, danna?" one voice said.

"They should be on their way, Zetsu," another voice said.

"They need to hurry before she wakes up."

"Too late," I thought. "Wait..the name 'Zetsu' sounds familiar. Akatsuki!"

The two looked to where the word came from, which was directly at me.

"Well, it looks like we might have to do this a little more quickly," the man that looked human said. "We finally found the last Jinchuuriki."

The one called "Zetsu" just stared at me simpathetically. They began to walk toward me. I rolled onto my stomach and tried to sit up on my knees. I started to get dizzy. Gravity and dizziness collided into me and I fell back down. "I'm hopeless. No. I can't be. Shikamaru can't come for me. I have to fend for myself. I don't know what these guys want with me, but I know they want something." I let out tears of frusteration, anger, and sadness. "What do you want with me? W-where am I?"

"Since you won't be alive much longer, I guess we can tell you. We are from the Akatsuki. I am Tobi, the now leader of the Akatsuki. He is Zetsu. We have captured you for your Bijuu. As soon as the other members get here, we will extract it out of you. There is a one percent chance you will survive it. All other containers of Bijuu have died in this process so you most likely will die too," Tobi said, coming even closer to me.

I looked up at him. He had a weird, orange mask on, hiding his face, except for one eyehole. I then looked at Zetsu. He had large, what looked like, jaws coming out of his shoulders, like they were going to eat him. But, behind them, there was a human-looking figure, and besides the fact that he was black and white, he looked..kind of..cute. "WHOA!! I can NOT be thinking that! I have Shikamaru. And Zetsu is a member of freakin' AKATSUKI!!"

Zetsu remained quiet the whole time Tobi talked to me. I longed to hear his voice though. Tobi walked away and Zetsu remained there, towering over me.

"What is your name?" he finally said.

"Uh-uhm..Sorano.." I hesitated.

"What a pretty name (A/N: insert "fire" instead of "name"lol -Howl's Moving Castle-)."

"Th-thank you..but shouldn't you be treating me like I'm worth nothing?"

"Well, I guess. But, I'm not really used to that sort of thing 'cause I never get to do this type of thing."

"Oh. Well, thank you for being nice to me."

"No problem."

Suddenly, three transparent figures appeared. "What are those chakras? They seem very powerful.. Wait! I know how to get out of this! I'll use my hidden jutsu."

Zetsu looked into my eyes. He could see my fear and panic. He outstrenched his hand and asked for mine. "You'll be fine. It's okay. I'm gonna get you out of here." He helped me up. "Once you're out, run. I'll follow you for a while and then I'll have to leave so they won't suspect I let you out. Come with me."

He wrapped his arms around my waist and then we went underground and appeared on the outside of the cave. "Now, run, Sorano."

"Thank you, Zetsu." I said, happily. I began to run the fastest I could. "Shikamaru..! I'm coming. Coming.." Tears of happiness started to fall down my cheeks. I couldn't wait to see him.

Suddenly, Zetsu grabbed me. I began to panic a little. "There's someone following us." He did a jutsu to make us blend in with the environment. There was a figure coming through the foliage.

"Sora! Sora! Where are you?" a familiar voice called.

"Shikamaru..?!" I said unintentionally.

Zetsu covered my mouth with his hand. "No..! Shh!!"

The figure walked towards us. "Sorano? Where..are..you?" the voice began to get distorted.

I remembered the blow to my head. The blood was still gushing. I fainted.

"Loss of blood. Great. I fainted. Right when it mattered. What are Zetsu and Shikamaru gonna do? What's Shikamaru gonna think?"

The light shined onto my closed eyes. "Ugh..my head. It hurts so much." I opened one of my eyes. I saw clouds and blue sky. I shot up. "Shikamaru? Zetsu?" I was sitting in a small meadow. "W-where am I?" I got up from the hard ground. "Zetsu! Shikamaru!" I looked over to a tree. I saw two figures moving. I started to walk over to them. "I have to be quiet. I don't know if these people are good. I don't even know if these objects are people."

I was almost to the tree now. I saw an Akatsuki cloak and a jonin Konoha ninja vest. Shikamaru had pinned Zetsu up against the tree and held a kunai to his throat. "Shikamaru! Zetsu! Stop!" I ran over to them and tried to stop the fight that was taking place.

"Sorano! Stop trying to interfere. You're going to end up hurt," Shikamaru tried to coax me away.

"Shikamaru! He was trying to help me get away from the other Akatsuki! So, I wouldn't be killed!" I yelled at him, tears starting to fill my eyes.

"Yeah..! What she said!" Zetsu agreed.

"Shikamaru! He means entirely no harm to any one of us!" I said, still trying to convince Shikamaru.

"No, he isn't, Sorano! He's just fooling you like all of the other Akatsuki," Shikamaru said trying to preserve his idea of the matter.

"You're wrong, Shikamaru! He isn't. His eyes tell the truth and he means good. He's just in a bad situation," I said.

Shikamaru looked as if he was thinking about the words I said. He looked at Zetsu's eyes. Those yellow balls were like tiny suns. But, they told the truth. There was no harm from him. Shikamaru pulled the kunai away from Zetsu's throat. "Okay. I'll stop for now. But, I'm keeping an eye on you."

I looked them both over. Shikamaru was fine. he has a couple of scratches where Zetsu and him had tassled, but nothing to worry over. Zetsu had a huge gash in his arm, visible through his cloak.

"Zetsu..that doesn't look very good. Can I heal that?" I asked.

"You're a medical ninja?" Zetsu looked surprised.

"Yeah.."

"I'm glad I rescued you before they killed you. You're really something special."

I looked at Shikamaru's face. He looked jealous, and right now, I didn't want that. All I wanted to do was to cuddle up with him and go to sleep. "Yeah." I didn't want to lead him on anymore.

I did a hand signal to gather chakra. I put my hands to Zetsu's arm and the orange chakra came flowing out. It came out a little too much. The chakra began to take over my body. "No! Not again! That damned, weak sealing! I can't let it out with these two here. But..but..it's too much."

The chakra surrounded me. Shikamaru tried to back away. Zetsu didn't know what to do. The chakra built and built until there were all five tails. Dog-like ears formed on top of my head and whiskers sprouted from my face. "Run!" my voice came out distorted and scary.

I charged directly towards them.

Hehe.
Sorry about the cliffhanger.
Next chapter will be all in Shikamaru's POV.
Starting form the ninth chapter.
And in chapter twelve I'll resume the story.
I'm sorry about the small delay.

Bye, loves..!