Chapter 3!
MEANWHILE… Leara walked hurriedly down the halls of Mr. Komoki, her boss. Beside her Karinai walked beside her holding tightly onto her left hand. It had only been minutes since she had arrived to work, and about 45 minutes since the incident at the park, But Leara knew enough by know that time is only a figment of your imagination, and can work against you when you need it to help you. Actually the only reason why Leara came to her work after the incident was so that she could relieve her stress level even for a second. She didn't know why but working had always calmed her troubled mind, ever since she was little, when the yells and shouts of an angry father and siblings could be heard throughout the house, even when the pain that she suffered was so unbearable to keep in… "NO! stop thinking about that! You have more important things to worry about then your past." She though, and again like she had done so many times pushed the memories back into her mind. "Ok think, Leara, what would the ANBU be doing right know? They would probably be looking through all the records they could find on me. Seeing if I changed my name, seeing where I live, talking to my neighbors, seeing if they can get any information on where I might go. Good, now how long do you have before the ANBU find out where you work, and to get here? I have 30 min to 1 hour at the most. Great, now what do we do now?"
"Mommy?" Karinai asked, breaking Leara's trail of thought. "Are we going to have to run away again?" She asked her blue eyes, "Blue eyes, not red.", staring into her own blue eyes.
Leara always hated this part, saying that they did have to run away again. She always felt a tinge of pain in her heart with each move here daughter had to take. Since her daughter was born, Karinai had been moved from place to place. Leara herself had been on the run since the age of 13 and often forgot on what it was like to be free, and not to have to worry about all this crap that she had to put up with.
"Mommy, why did you stop walking" Her daughter asked, again breaking her trail of thought.
Leara focused back in the real world, she hadn't even realized that she had stopped walking. Her daughter gave a puzzled look, but then gave a cute little smile that only kids can give, grabbed her mommy's hand again and started skipping. And so the mother and daughter went skipping down the halls, well that is until Leara came to her office. Silently the child and mother walked silently in, both hoping that no one had been notified of what was going on in the out side world. Thankfully, no one even lifted a finger from their work to acknowledge their presence. Leara walked to her desk and sat down, Karinai sat in a chair just opposite her mother for a few minutes, before getting off and moving it so she could be beside her mother.
"Leara, Mr. Komoki wants that paper work on the court hits from the past month handed in today." A woman said looking into Leara's portable office. She looked at Karinai, smiled and said "Hello there, you must be Karinai."
Karinai looked at the woman and said a shy "Hello"
The woman looked back at Leara and nodded her head, and left. Leara opened up her desk and took out a file folder. "Strange…" She thought. "Mr. Komoki usually only collects the court hits at the end of the month, It's only the 12th hmm, strange." She got up and started to Mr. Komoki's office. She Tapped on his office door gently, hoping that she wasn't disturbing anyone.
"Come in" Replied the smooth, yet gruff tone of Mr. Komoki. She opened the door, and walked in, and nearly stumbled at the sight of seeing 2 other men in his office. The same 2 men that she had just seen minutes before. "Red clouds that means there part of Akatsuki." The 2 men also seemed surprised to see her.
"Ahh, Leara, there you are. I would like to introduce you to, umm, two workers from out of town which are working on a project, in which they need to see the court hits from this month so they can do there job." Mr. Komoki explained while his hands played with the end of a pen.
Leara let out a small smirk. "Right... I know what the court hits are, there the names and pictures of every criminal that comes through this office."
Mr. Komoki looked at leara with a serious expression on his face. "Is anything funny, Leara?" He said in a serious, and challenging tone, which Leara knew all to well to shut up or else… She had often heard it coming from her father when he had nothing else to do but criticize and threaten her…
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"Leara I thought I told you to clean the house and fix dinner tonight." Her father asked talking through the door, not in an angry tone, but Leara knew better then to open the door to him.
"Leara, PLEASE let me in…" He emphasized the word please. "Oh, God, please not tonight I already am bashed and bruised from all this week." Leara thought to her self, while sitting on her bed, holding her pillow.
"Leara open this door NOW!" "Oh, God, here it comes."
"Leara I'm coming in there…" She heard the door knob jiggle from the outside of her room. Leara hugged her pillow even tightly and brought her knees up to her chest. "GOD-DAMIT child open up this door right NOW!!" Her father started pounding on the door.
"What did the little brat do now?" Came the voice of a female, Leara's older sister.
"You know the beatings just gonna get worse, the longer you disobey." Her brother's voice rang out."
The banging on the door continued to grow louder. By now Leara was in a full fetus position on her bed.
Bang, Bang, Bang
"Please stop…" Tears started coming out from the corners of her eyes.
Bang, Bang, Bang
"Oh, God no…"
Bang, Bang, BANG
"Please just let this end…"
Then everything went quiet. No banging on the door, no yelling, not even a whisper. Just quiet… Then all of a sudden WHAM! The door flew open and the frame of her father was seen in the door way, along with her brother and sister. Leara just stayed petrified, her muscles started contracting if fear of knowing what was to come. She tried to go into a smaller ball but before she could move she felt the first hit of a hand hit her body. The pain was unbearably as it hit her ribs, which bore the marks of an already bruised body. As they continued to hit her she felt the hits become strong with chakra. Leara could feel her self screaming in agony, but heard no sound. She could see her family saying things, but heard nothing. By now the pain was almost unbearable, and as if almost everything was in fast forward, all her senses became fully aware of her surroundings, if only for a split second before she lost total consciousness…
A bead of sweat fell from Leara's brow as she regained her surroundings of the office. "N, No. Not at all." She replied to her boss, who an expression of concern on his face. She handed the file folder to Mr. Komoki, who handed the file to one of the two men, who turned to leave. The other man, who had silver hair turned too, as he turned she saw the light hit a metal object on his chest.
"Hey! I know what that symbol is." Piped out a voice from behind her, it was Karinai. Leara had totally forgotten about her daughter. "That's the symbol for the Jashin religion."
The man stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to face the two females. At first he looked shocked. He first looked at Karinai, then slowly he turned his gaze to look Leara up and down before his eyes met hers. A small cheeky grin formed on his face. "Oh, snap. I know exactly what he's thinking. Why does this always happen, either I'm mocked and shunned by the women or I'm some sort of fantasy for the guys! I can't win!" Leara looked away from his gaze, even though she knew it was a weak thing to do, but she hated it when guys did that to her.
"And how DO you know about the Jashin religion?" He asked in a smooth and cool tone, to her daughter, Karinai.
"Well ya see, my mommy and me both know someone who is Jashin. Well that and also my mommy is a Jashin, but not fully because she worships other religions to and ya…" Leara closed her eyes as soon as she heard her daughter mention that she was part Jashin. It was true, she was part Jashin, Leara's mother was, and decided to get her youngest child enrolled. It wasn't like she was immortal or anything like that, after all she would have to be one of those top notch dedicated people to do that, and that was definitely not Leara.
Yet the smirk on this Jashin worshiper widened. "Oh hell NO!" was all Leara thought.
"You're a Jashinist?" Mr. Komoki asked, an expression of surprise on his face.
"Yes." Leara said "why does every one seem so surprised at this." Leara turned to leave with her daughter, desperately hoping for this conversation to end.
"Well that explains a lot. I mean now I know why you have a child and look so young. For all I know you could be like 100 years old!" Mr. Komoki said pondering aloud.
Leara stopped dead in her tracks. 'ACTUALLY…" Leara began in a pissed off tone "Seeing that I worship more then one God, I technically can't become immortal, and stay looking one age forever. So no it doesn't explain anything. I am 21 years old and I have a 4 year old child, so deal with it." She clamped a hand over her mouth, realizing who she was talking to. "Fuck, there goes this job"
Mr. Komoki looked quite shocked at what she just said. The one man who was looking at her had a pleased look on his face, and his other partner turned around to fully face her with an interested look on his face as if wondering what was going to happen next.
"I am sooooo sorry." Was all Leara could say.
"My mommy's not having a good day, nothings going right, first the park and now this." Karinai spoke, still holding on to her mommy's hand. She looked up to find that her mother's head was slightly bent, as if awaiting a punishment. The seen of her mother made Karinai think of a 3 year old who had done something wrong, and awaited her punishment.
"It's ok Leara…" Mr. Komoki began in a soft tone, "We all have our bad days." He said as he walked over and gently patted Leara on the arm.
"Is my boss trying to hit on me." Leara moved away "I'm just going to leave right now. I shouldn't have come to work today. Please excuse me." She walked around the 3 men in the office, with her hand in her daughters' an exited the room, with a feeling of great relief…