Okay here's chapter twelve of Redemption. I hope you all enjoy it. Thanks to all of you who have read and reviewed and to all of you who added me to your faves or alert lists.
Also to all of you brilliant reviewers
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Now on with the chapter.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Redemption.
Chapter Twelve – Twisted.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Kushina made her way through Orochimaru's underground lair. "I'll break the bond that holds me here." She thought to herself. The hatred shone in her eyes. She knew that Orochimaru was weak now. He needed another body. But Kushina would make sure that there wasn't a body for him to use. Kushina felt hate well inside her at the thought that he'd killed Jiraiya just to hurt her. She soon found herself at a familiar door, with a kunai in her hand. She opened the door wide, only to find the room empty. Kushina was shocked. "He couldn't have left unless he got a new body already." Kushina thought to herself. She felt the burning pain of Orochimaru activating her curse mark. The pain was getting worse. Far worse than the other times he'd activated it. She turned around slowly, painfully and glared at him. "You want to leave my side Kushina-Kun? I still have a certain service for you to perform first." Orochimaru hissed out, as Kushina felt the pain send her into unconsciousness.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Kabuto looked at the teenager strapped to the table. Kushina's red hair, hung off the edge of the table, and her face was pale as she winced in her unconscious state. "Are you sure you want me to perform the procedure on the girl? She's only fifteen." Kabuto asked. "I've seen younger than her survive childbirth. I told Jiraiya he wouldn't live to see a monster born from a monster. Did you get what I asked you to find?" Orochimaru asked. Kabuto held up a vial with a black hair in it. "I took it from the boy's head when he was sleeping last night. Itachi Uchiha's DNA, just as you asked." Kabuto replied. Orochimaru grinned evilly. "Once my DNA is used to create a child, it will have her abilities and the Sharingan, yet it will still be susceptible to the invasion of my spirit. The perfect vessel. I'll kill my little pet once the child is born, and raise the child to be completely emotionless. That way it will have no convictions about what happens to its own body." Orochimaru stated. "It's your choice Orochimaru-Sama, but you realise that if Naruto Uzumaki finds out you killed his daughter and hold her child as a captive it will mean war." Kabuto stated. Orochimaru smirked. "There isn't a need to worry Kabuto. Just perform the procedure." Orochimaru stated. He watched as Kabuto prepared some tubes and vials, all whilst Kushina stayed unconscious and unknowing of their plans.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Itachi looked out of his bedroom window. "What's wrong Itachi?" Itachi turned to look at his father. "I'm worried about Kushina. She wants to take on Orochimaru by herself. I just have a bad feeling..." Itachi trailed off. "Sakura told me you looked like a love sick puppy earlier. You love Kushina huh?" Sasuke asked. Itachi turned to look at his father with wide eyes. "I've known you loved her since the day the two of you met. Twelve year olds know what love is you know. I knew that Kushina's mother was in love with Naruto since childhood. Sometimes love just works that way Itachi. If you're worried ask your Uncle Naruto to send you on a mission to find her." Sasuke said softly. He made to leave the room. "Father?" Itachi called out. Sasuke stopped and turned to look back at his eldest child. "I have a bad feeling myself. I'm going to talk to your Uncle Naruto tonight." Sasuke said softly. Itachi let his father leave the room then without any more questions.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Kushina awoke strapped to a metal table. She heard Orochimaru and Kabuto talking to each other. "Did the procedure go according to plan?" Orochimaru asked. "Yes it did. Kushina-Kun is now scientifically classed as a pregnant teenager. She'll be sixteen when the child is born. We'll know if the DNA we took from Itachi Uchiha has taken affect when the child is born." Kabuto stated. Kushina's eyes popped open wide then. "What the hell did you freaks do to me?" Kushina yelled. "Well, well, well. It seems that my little pet is awake. I'll explain it to you shall I Kushina-Kun?" Orochimaru said mockingly. "I asked Kabuto to combine my DNA and your precious Itachi's DNA, and insert it into your body. You are now carrying a child." Orochimaru stated. "What the hell are you talking about? I'm fifteen years old! I am not pregnant!" Kushina yelled. "Actually you are Kushina-Kun. Maybe not the usual way you would get pregnant of course, but you are pregnant." Kabuto stated. Kushina glared fiercely. "You sick, twisted freaks! What the hell are you thinking Orochimaru?" Kushina yelled. "Well the child you are now carrying, is part mine, and part Itachi Uchiha's. When it's born, it will be a mix of both yours and his abilities, with my DNA to make the child susceptible to my spirit. Then it will grow to be a perfect vessel for me. Emotionless and without feelings." Orochimaru stated. "What do you plan to do with me then?" Kushina asked. "Well of course you can't stay alive after the child is born. So I will have to kill you pet. But don't worry. Your little monster will know about the vessel that bought it into the world to serve me." Orochimaru replied. Kushina glared. "I won't let you do this!" Kushina yelled. "You don't have a choice Kushina-Kun." Kabuto quipped, as Kushina felt a pinprick in the back of her neck, and she felt herself fade into the blackness of her own mind yet again, to the sound of Orochimaru's laughter.
xXxXxXx THREE MONTHS LATER xXxXxXx
Naruto and Sasuke were sat in Naruto's office. Neither wanted to admit that something was deathly wrong. It had been three months and not a single, solitary piece of information had been handed in on Kushina. She seemed to have disappeared off the face of the world. Naruto's biggest fear was the maybe, just maybe, Orochimaru had been too much for his daughter to handle, and the snake had killed her. Another fear that plagued Naruto in his nightmares, was that maybe Kushina had decided to stay.
"Naruto if you give the order I'll go on reconnaissance for you." Sasuke stated seriously. The, now, Anbu captain was almost as anxious as Naruto was. "Look what happened to Jiraiya. I can't send you in, and see another body return Sasuke. He hates you more than anyone." Naruto said softly. Sasuke sighed. "I'm a lot younger than Jiraiya was. That and we need to know what has happened either way." Sasuke replied. Naruto nodded. "Okay Sasuke. I'll assign you the mission." Naruto stated. Sasuke gave his best friend a patented Uchiha smirk.
"I won't be back until I find out what happened to her either way. But I will send you weekly reports. That's a promise." Sasuke quipped. "You'd best leave tomorrow then. After all, Itachi, Hikari and Naruto are going to miss you. Also, if you see Itachi, Saiyuri and Nawaki together, I give you my permission to tell them about the mission." Naruto quipped back. Sasuke nodded. "Hopefully I'll pick up a trail quickly." Sasuke added hopefully. Naruto nodded and the pair were once again back to sitting in silence.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
That evening, Itachi wandered into the house with Saiyuri and Nawaki. Their Sensei seemed to have aged a great deal since his father's death. In fact, Nawaki was far more serious. He didn't really joke as he used to. Mostly, Nawaki had become quite stern. Itachi and Saiyuri had been waiting for so long for Kushina to come back that they were starting to lose hope. Although when Sasuke walked into the house after them, they knew something was happening.
"Father, are you going on a mission?" Itachi asked. "Yes I am." Sasuke replied. "Can I ask what mission?" Nawaki asked. Sasuke nodded. "Naruto said I could tell you three. I'm going on a reconnaissance mission to find information on Kushina." Sasuke replied. "Why can't we go?" Saiyuri asked. She was straight to the point as always. "Because this is an Anbu mission, and one person can move far more stealthily then four." Sasuke replied. Saiyuri lowered her gaze, looking troubled.
"We should've been given the choice." Itachi stated. "It's better this way Itachi. I'll be sending weekly reports to your Uncle. He'll know what's happening at all times. I'm going to do what I can to find out what happened to Kushina. At least we'll know if she chose to stay or if she's being forced to." Sasuke replied. "She didn't choose to." Itachi shot back rapidly. Sasuke nodded and then changed the subject. He didn't want there to be tension between him and his son.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Kushina was chained to a bed, in a cell, in Orochimaru's dungeons. She had a deep seated hatred, not only for Orochimaru, but now for herself. She could feel a tiny bump, forming in her stomach. She had felt the child inside of her move for the first time only two days ago. She didn't want a child of hers to suffer at the hands of Orochimaru. But she also knew that in six months, at the most, if the child chose not to come early, that she wouldn't be able to do anything. She tried desperately to keep some hope alive within her. "Please Dad. Please send someone to save me. Please God let my Dad know I need help." Kushina thought to herself. She'd been chanting the same mantra for three months.
Originally she'd been free, but she had tried to kill herself twice. She had nasty looking scars on her wrists, but she'd survived. Now Orochimaru kept her chained to a bed, where she couldn't do any damage to herself. The only time she was allowed to move was when Kabuto came to bring her food, and when he allowed her to exercise once a day. He had a chakra seal on her. She couldn't move more than a yard from him at any time, or she would suffer extreme pain. He always placed the seal on her before he unchained her from the bed, and removed it, once he'd chained her back. On several occasions she had to be sedated to make her amenable to being chained back to the bed again. She knew there was no hope unless someone came looking for her. Hence her mantra every moment.
Somehow she felt that someone would come for her. Somehow, she prayed that this agony would be over soon. She just needed to have a little faith. No matter how twisted her world had become.
xXxXxXxXxXxXx
Okay this is where chapter twelve ends. I hope you all enjoyed it. Also I know I'm totally messed up. Anywho please R&R and let me know what you think. I'll update as soon as possible.