Lithium
Chapter 17
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"Tsuyahra… Wake up." A males voice decided to bombard her dream causing everything to go black and cause her to groan. It was such a nice dream too! How dare he ruin it… there were ponies and unicorns and… Akeno running around in a towel… okay that wasn't a good dream. Slowly, Tsuyahra opened her eyes glaring at the male above her.
"Mmmh, what?"
"Phone."
"Blech…" Sitting up slowly, Tsuyahra rubbed her eyes and yawned loudly before stretching her arms above her head. Pushing herself out of the bed she slowly walked out of the room and down the hall, an aroma of food hitting her nostrils. Groaning, she walked into the living room and grasped the phone, picking it up and putting it to her ear. "Mh? Yeah?"
"Tssuuuyyaaahhhraaaa!!!!" The voice on the other side, was so incredibly loud, she had to drop the phone on the ground and hold her right ear to stop the ringing. It was too early in the morning! Picking up the phone back up, she sighed, rubbing her forehead.
"What, Akeno?" It was obvious she was slightly aggravated, but he apparently didn't mind.
"Tour, tour, tour, tour!!" She swore she could picture Akeno dancing and jumping around on the other side of the phone… She wondered how Saikoro was doing there with him.
"Tour? What?"
"We're going on Tour. Already! Isn't that awesome, Tsuyahra? We go on a big bus - With our pictures on it - in like… A week!" Akeno squealed on the other side and she could faintly hear 'Shut the fuck up you douche bag!' in the back. Tsuyahra giggled lightly at Saikoro's bluntness.
"So… A week eh? Oh that's great. And in that time span, I'm going to start writing a song of random… yeah. Anyways thanks for telling me, Neji probably would be to lazy to call here."
"Yep, yep. Anyways, I gotta go, Saikoro's trying to kill me with a knife. Byyyee!"
And with a click he hung up and she followed suit and then sighed. If she was going on tour, then… she would be leaving Gaara alone for God knows how long… and frankly, she didn't want to be gone from him for more than a day.
Turning around she walked into the kitchen where Gaara was sitting reading a newspaper and drinking coffee, a plate of bacon and eggs already made for her. She smiled softly, sitting down.
"Thank you, Gaara." Grabbing a fork she started to eat the food that was made for her.
Using his left hand to fold the newspaper down in front of his face he looked at her, wondering what the conversation was about. "Tsuyahra…"
Tsuyahra's head slowly raised from shoving a large amount of eggs in her mouth and tilted her head to the side silently asking 'what'.
"What was the call about? I couldn't understand Akeno."
Tsuyahra giggled lightly, swallowing the food that was in her mouth. "Oh, yeah. You have to know him for a while before you can understand him over the phone. Anyways, he was just telling me we're going on tour, that's it." She shrugged her shoulders and took a bite of her toast.
"…Tour?" She could faintly hear the displease in his voice. She could tell he wasn't happy about it with the intense look she was receiving from Gaara. She only smiled lightly.
"I'm not to happy about it… but it's my job. I want to go on Tour, but I don't wanna leave you here alone." She paused for a moment. "Honestly, I can only sleep peacefully when your around… so I'm probably going to be sleep deprived too. But, I have no idea how long it is, or where I'm going. I'm going to have to talk with Neji today."
She could tell right away he was not happy about it at all. I mean, he officially made it clear that himself and Tsuyahra were together, and him being… well Gaara, he didn't want her to leave. She was his, and he wasn't going to let her go; but then again, this was her dream that she was perusing, and as much as he didn't want her to leave, she had to do it.
Letting the paper fold back up he continued reading and about ten seconds later he could hear the soft sounds of the fork scrapping against the plate.
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"Neji, I need details!" Tsuyahra had been trying to get more information out of Neji for a good five minutes, and all she got was 'it's a tour, you'll be gone for a while, and be in various places'. It was annoying. He made it seem as if she was in the military and going to war, but couldn't tell here where she was going and when.
"Tsuyahra, I do not know yet, stop bothering me. I have other clients other than you and your band. Now leave - I'll contact you with more information in three days."
…Was it just her, or did it seem everyone was suddenly getting really snappy with her today? First, Gaara wouldn't really speak much to her before she left the house to come here. She saw Koli and Yuji walking down the street and only one-sidedly talked with them, before coming here. Was this like a communist act and she wasn't part of it or something?
Or… did she miss something? Shrugging, Tsuyahra stood up from the chair in Neji's office and just left. Walking into the lobby, she pushed the front door open and started to walk down the road only to hear a squealing set of tires stop beside her. Turning to look, she only caught a glance of someone's blue arm before being covered with something that made a lot of noise.
Trying to scream, she felt herself being picked up and thrown onto something hard and then the door shutting. She could hear various whispers - obviously men - and speaking in a different language… so the only thing she could think of right now and to panic and flip out… and she did just that.
Kicking her legs in every possible direction and using her hands to claw at whatever the hell it was that was covering her. She could hear grunts after her feet hit something hard and then someone was on top of her, trying to pin down her arms and legs.
"Let go of me, damn it! Let me go!" She started to twist her body around as if she was having an epileptic seizure, hoping to go they'd think it was actually happening… Too bad it didn't work. Screaming again she tried to claw at the thing covering her, managing to make a hole.
'Okay… I need to be calm… I need to fake that I've passed out… Hopefully that'll get them off me..' She took in a deep breath before letting her body go limp. She heard one of the voices gasp, and the one on top of her chuckle deeply.
Before she knew it the thing that was covering her was ripped open and she was face to face with really burley-looking men. The looked as if they were in a nuclear holocaust and was effect by the radiation - it was that bad. She had to hold her breath due to the smell and once the man that was on top of her gave her some room, she brought her legs to her chest and kicked him in the stomach as hard as she could ( seeing as how he was sitting in front of her ) and then punched the other two that were sitting beside her in the balls.
Sitting up quickly, she turned around, grasped the handle and pulled it open. Without a moments hesitation she jumped out of the speeding car and onto the road, hitting it rather hard, then started to roll. Hearing the tires squeal to a stop, she pushed herself off the ground - ignoring the throbbing pain coming from the side of her face and her right arm - and ran into a nearby ally, not bothering to stop until she thought for sure they weren't following her.
Collapsing against a wall, she gasped as if she couldn't breathe and choked out a sob. She couldn't believe she actually managed to do that easily. I mean, usually people who are kidnapped like that aren't able to get out of the car, or out of the men's grasps and their bodies are usually found in a month or so. She felt warmth running down her cheeks, but she ignored it, looking to inspect her right arm.
Running her hands over her arm, she could tell she didn't break a bone, but her arm was dislocated. Taking in a deep breath she closed her eyes tightly, grasped her bicep and pushed her arm into it's socket a sickening suctioning and popping sound filling her ears, and the pain filled her whole right side.
"Damn… Ahhh.." Gasping again she opened her eyes and flexed her fingers. They were starting to become tingly, but it wasn't much. Pushing herself off the wall she walked onto the sidewalk, getting a couple glances, but she didn't care… Hell she didn't even know where she was.
Looking around she spotted a payphone and ran to it her knee's close to giving out on her. Fumbling she looked for a quarter. She shoved her left hand into her pocket, pulling out the quarter and putting it in the payphone, fingers shaking as she dialed the number.
Ring…
Ring…
Ring…
'Oh god Gaara, pick up… please..'
Ring…
Ring…
"You have reached the automatic voi…"
"Shit!" She heard the quarter sink down into the payphone and she threw the phone at it. It was the only change she had on her, she didn't even bother bringing her wallet and low and behold - something had to happen where she required money.
She prayed to god someone was nice enough to let her in their house so she could use the phone…
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Gaara had waited for Tsuyahra to show up, irritatingly watching the red ticking-thing on the clock tick by slowly… he had grown to think it was mocking him. She said she'd be home in at least and hour, if not she would have called. And he had waited an hour and a half. Walking into the living room, he picked up the phone and dialed Tsuyahra's Cell phone number… but when he heard another ring tone coming from inside his bedroom, he cursed silently, grabbing his jacket and heading out the door.
Pulling up at the building where Neji worked, he put the car in park and exited the car, slamming the door behind him, and walked into the building. Letting his jade eyes roam around he walked down one of the halls and reached the door that said 'Hyuuga Neji'. Knocking twice, he entered the room, and looked around.
Tsuyahra wasn't there.
"Neji…"
"Gaara? What are you doing here?" Neji stood up, his black suit wrinkling as he did so.
"Where's Tsuyahra?"
"She left about half an hour ago… Shouldn't she be with you?"
"That's the thing; she isn't." Gaara growled, turning around and leaving the building he looked down the sidewalk and seen something glinting by the end of the building. Walking over to where it was, he bent down and picked it up - it was one of Tsuyahra's many rings. Had something happened? Standing up he walked back to his car and got in.
"Where the hell are you Tsuyahra?"
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"Please - Please! I need to use the phone!" Slam… That's all she had been getting from the past fourteen houses. These people were all pricks. She didn't know why they weren't letting her use their phone, but she gave up. Maybe if she found a shop or something down the road, they'd probably help?
Well, it was worth a shot. Walking down the street she kept her eyes open for both a store of some sort, or those damn people who had tried to kidnap her. She shuddered… She didn't want that to happen again. She just wanted to be home and eating something…
It took at least fifteen minutes before she came to a store. Running in she went to the cashier asking to use a phone. They shook their head, telling her no, so she had to stoop lower to get what she wanted. She started to 'cry'. Telling them she really needed to use the phone. Finally, after three minutes they gave up and let her use the phone.
She kept dialing the house number, before getting fed up. 'Kayla!' The name seemed to pop into her head spontaneously. Dialing her number, she smiled, happy that she was going to be picked up soon… But that smile turned into a frown. It kept ringing… no one was answering the phone. Slamming the receiver down, she ran out of the building and kept running down the street.
She needed to find a road that looked familiar in any way to her. A familiar name or a specific building, but luck was completely against her. Squealing tires caused her to turn around and quickly look around, only to figure out that it had come from another place. Sighing, she sat down on one of the bus benches and closed her eyes, putting her hands in her hair…
That's when she felt it… something… wet. Pulling her hands out of her hair, she looked at them, her hands were completely covered in blood. No wonder people didn't want her to use their phones. She was surprised she hadn't passed out due to blood loss or something.
Hearing something rumble, she let her eyes scan around quickly - it was obvious she was paranoid.. I mean, who wouldn't be? Quickly, the sky light up brightly as long spider-lightning crossed the sky quickly. Her eyes widened. 'Oh god… Please no…' Of course, when there's thunder and lightning, their always rain.
And, right now, she was getting soaked pretty fast. Standing up from the bench she caught shelter underneath a tree near the corner of the street, but inside someone's property… and she didn't really care. She could feel the temperature drop suddenly because of the rain, and she started to shiver, Luke-warm liquid started to slide down her face, and she could only guess that it was her blood, mixed in the rain.
Swallowing hard, she dropped to the ground, rubbing her arms together tightly. "Hurry up and stop raining…" She had figured out when she was younger that when it rains, it gets colder, but when it stops, it gets warmer - and that is what she really needed right now; if she didn't get some warmth, she'd start to get sick, then probably go into hypothermia… but that's not until her symptoms get worse.
Seeing someone walking by she yelled out to him, asking if he had a cell phone; but he just kept walking past, ignoring her. Slumping against the tree she sighed. Either she was going to die… get raped… or be found… she couldn't help but close her eyes… and go to sleep.
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R i d 3 r: I'm Sooooooo very sorry for taking so damned long with coming out with this! Really, I am! I've been having really bad… issues. But it's starting to slowly clear up. My writers block is still slowly going away ( it took me forever to write this the way I… sort-of wanted it to ) and I've been having this really creepy guy follow me around… Anyways, I promise I'm getting back onto track and I will not take this long ever again!
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