I do not own Naruto.
OK, so first things first, this chapter to me is very confusing, and not the most interesting one. But I promise the next chapter is going to actually be exciting (Hopefully, since I haven't even thought about it… but I'll come up with something.) Also this story is taking place about 2-3 months before shippuden, I think, I may change it later! Anyway, too the story!!
Chapter 7
Leara's eyes fluttered at the lack of sleep…
"Momma…"
…she had to stay awake…
"Momma… Momma?" The 6 year old blonde ran downstairs…
… Leara closed her eyes. "I have to stay…"
The clock read 2:40 am. It had been a high pitched scream. That's what made her wake up, a scream…
…Her body relaxed as her memories took over…
The little child turned on the downstairs light, it blinded Leara's eyes. "Momma?" she asked again…
…There was no answer…
Leara walked along the hardwood floor out of the kitchen and into the front hall her small feet barely even making a creek. The hem of Leara's cotton baby blue nightgown rippled around her feet to revile a small scratch from training at the academy the day before. A gentle breeze came from the direction of the door. Leara walked towards it in the darkness. Instead of it being closed and locked, the child found it ajar.
Walking in and out of the lights pale moon, Leara walked towards the open door and stood…
"Momma?"…
Movement was seen among the shadows. Leara stepped out onto the cold pavement, cautiously moving towards the movement in the shadows.
Leara put her foot down and felt something hard pierce her soft flesh. She moved her foot, only to revile a kunai. The child bent down to pick it up, ignoring the pain in her left foot.
She looked around on the ground, and that's when she saw it, blood. Not her own but large amounts of it surrounding her.
The six year old, Leara, started to breath heavily. The same object moved again.
"Leara…" said a familiar voice. One that Leara had heard every day, urging her to study hard, be good, and to grow up strong… the same voice which had told her time and time again that she was to young to make cookies… her mother.
"Momma?!" Leara said again, this time running towards the figure. Her foot slipped on something and she fell. She looked around to see what she had stepped on, blood, in fact now she was covered in it.
"So much blood"…
Leara crawled the rest of the way, not minding how much blood she got covered in. She felt it seeping into her night gown…
"So much blood"…
… Leara kneeled beside the figure. Leara looked away, it was to dark to see anything. A steam of light from the moon light up the path, and the six year old gazed directly into the eyes of her dying mother.
"Momma" she whispered, looking at her mother's face. Her mothers light blonde hair was matted and now stained with red, as it covered her face.
"Karinai.." Her mother's voice whispered as she raised up a hand to her daughter and touched her cheek, It to was dowsed in blood.
Karinai caught a look of her mother "So much blood"…
This time another scream was heard. It was coming from Leara's own voice. It was the scream of a six year old girl.
A dog started barking, as one by one the lamps of the houses were lit, one by one.
Leara's father came running out, followed by a sleepy brother and sister. He took one look at Leara then his former wife. He ran and pushed Leara aside to aid his dying wife, her brother and sister followed.
Leara still stood, her screaming had died down to a small weeping and gasping noise.
"So much blood"
"Blood, blood, everywhere."
She again started screaming. She did it just cause she could. She screamed as all the neighbors came out. She screamed even as she saw her best friend, her companion, the father of her child, show up with his family. She screamed until the ANBU showed up. Leara continued screaming until she passed out…
MEANWHILE… Karinai was still looking at Hidan, when Sasori spoke up. "We don't have time for this… why don't we just kill and get rid of her."
Karinai took a step back, and looked directly at Sasori, terror plastered to her face.
Her lower lip trembled, which made Sasori smirk. Hidan took a step in front of Karinai and said: "No."
Sasori frowned a little. "Hidan, she may be a spy for Orochimaru…" he hissed.
Karinai peeked out from behind Hidan's cloak, clutching it in her hands. A new expression was on her face, it was a cross between terrified and disgusted. "You mean that guy who takes over bodies of little boys." She squeaked, still holding onto Hidan's cloak. It felt very soft and fine.
Sasori looked at Karinai, very confused. Hidan pulled his cloak away , and went to stand next to his partner, he to looked at her confused. Sasori and Hidan looked at each-other before asking "And how do you know that?"
Karinai's face returned to normal and said: "My mommy."
As if a light bulb had lit in Hidan's head he suddenly realized that Leara must be here with her child. This would mean that he would be able to prove that he was telling the truth. "That'll show Leader-samma." He thought, in his pissed off inner voice. He bent down to Karinai's level.
"Karinai, where's your mother?" He looked up at Sasori "These are the people I was telling you, Leader, and every one else about. But you wouldn't believe us."
Sasori, gave Hidan a look like, Ya your point?
"She's driving the subway." Karinai said simply
Sasori smirked. "Wait, your mother is wanted by the ANBU right?"
Karinai nodded.
"Then how would she be able to get a job, if the whole village is practically looking for her. Nobody in their right mind would hire a wanted criminal." His smirk had turned into a full smile. "Hidan, I must admit, you are one good story teller." Sasori turned to walk away when he felt a small tug on his cloak. He turned to see the little girl holding onto it.
"Well…" She said in sheepish tone. "She didn't really apply…" Karinai looked of into space… and began telling the 2 men of what had happened, though she did leave out some detail.
XXXXFLASHBACKXXXX
"Mommy, how are you going to do this?" Karinai asked as she sat on her mother's lap, seeing as no empty seats on the subway.
…It had been one day since the escape from the office. They had spent the first night over at Cam's. Her mommy and herself had shared the small twin bed, in the spare room. She was awakened by her mommy, before the sun had risen up. They grabbed a few things, including some of their clothes (This wasn't the first time they had been over to Cam's hiding, and they made sure they always had money and extra clothing just in case), money, some kunai and other weapons, and a map. Before they left, her mother had left a note in Cam's room, on his night stand, explaining they had left.
She had grabbed onto her mommy's hand while they walked through the still-dark alley ways. She was always scared of these. People dressed in rags looked at her mother in cheeky ways, which made her hold onto her mother's hand tighter.( She wasn't sure but she thought to that her mother even squeezed her hand back) There was even a man, who wasn't dressed in rags but in a suit. He was talking to another man and stopped, when he had seen her mommy. He had looked her up and down before grabbing her free arm, and saying to the other man: "I'll take this one."
The other man looked confused. "She's not one of ours."
The well dressed man smiled. "That's ok, I'll still take her." He turned to take Karinai's mommy with him, but she just shook off his arm and started walking away in the opposite direction.
"Heh, I don't thinks she's interested." The one man said to his friend.
Karinai noticed the other man scowling, before he started toward her mother and her.
"Hey you" He said.
Her mother had pretended not to hear, though she had seen her mothers eyes flicker to the side.
"I'm talking to you." He said coming beside her mother and once again grabbing her free arm, but this time he pushed her into a wall. Karinai let go of her mommy's hand.
She remembered the anger in her mother's eyes, even though they didn't turn red, she still saw anger.
The man had smiled as he had moved his arm down towards her mother's jean pants, touching the top jean button.
And in record time her mother had him pinned up against the wall. Her left hand was applying presser to the man's right hand, which was now twisted behind his back. She had leaned close to the man's ear and whispered something, that couldn't be heard. The man responded with "You Bitch".
That was all her mother had needed to hear because she drove all of her pressure into the man's arm, while a crack was heard.
Her mother had let go of the man, and resumed walking. Karinai raced over and grabbed the hand of her mother once more. Together they had made there way to the subway station where now they sat…
Her mother looked down and smiled. "Just trust me, OK?" she said as she started stroking her daughter's hair and humming a long lost lullaby, which she had far forgotten.
The two of them stayed on the subway until they were the only one's left. As the driver had come walking through the empty subway cars, she felt her mommy go.
The driver, male, came through the car where she was sitting in and asked her what she was doing here all alone. Karinai had seen her mother come up behind the man. He had turned around, and gasped sputtering that she was the one the ANBU was after. He pulled out a walky-talky to contact anyone, but her mother was to fast and had already put a deep slash in his stomach. The driver had fallen to the floor, dead. Karinai had seen many people die, so it didn't bother her much.
And now this was what her mommy had been doing for the past few days…
Hidan and Sasori had a very odd expression, one that can't even be described, on their faces as they looked at Karinai finish her story.
…Karinai had left out the part about the man, who had grabbed her mommy, because later on that day, her mother had made her swear never to tell anyone about that...
"So you're telling me…" Sasori began, looking very confused "…That Hidan and Kakuzu were actually telling the truth…"
Karinai looked confused "Truth about what?"
Hidanwas about to speak up, but then a low cry was heard. No one really heard, but it sounded like: "momma"
Again another scream happened, this time louder "momma"
"That's the voice of my mommy" Karinai said, right before the loudest cry occurred
"MOMMA!"
Karinai was the first to bolt to the doors, followed by Hidan, and finally a reluctant Sasori.
They ran in and out of the carts, until they arrived to the main control booth, Karinai tried the door knob, but it was locked. She reached down into her left sneaker and took out a small metal key, and opened the door. They all burst inside to find a sleeping Leara.
Karinai started shaking her mother back and forth.
Tears slowly made their way down her face. Leara was crying. She was slowly mumbling to herself and moaning, only a few things were heard. "Momma… Momma…. Momma…I'm sorry…. Please"
Karinai kept on shaking her mother frantically. "Come on, mommy, snap out of it like you usually do…"
Slowly Leara's voice became more silent, and Karinai felt her mother's muscles tense when she was shaken.
Sasori and Hidan just stood in the corner. "What a strange woman" Sasori mumbled. Hidan looked over and shrugged it off. Sasori turned to his partner. "We don't have time for this. Any moment Kabuto will be here. We don't have time to be wasting with them…"
Sasori was cut off by the sound of a moan. Hidan turned from his partner and kneeled down on one knee in front of Leara. He also grabbed one of her hands.
The whole scene looked like he was about to propose… NOW that's SCARY!!
Leara opened her eyes, lazily, to find her daughter to the side of her, shaking her back and forth. Also, if she wasn't mistaken, was a member of the Akatsuki which she knew to well to be Hidan, who she had met a few weeks ago in an elevator while trying to escape her own death from the ANBU.
To make things even more confusing, Hidan appeared to be down on one knee, her hand in his, looking like he had just proposed. The only thing that she thought was "Either I'm still dreaming or I'm soooo wasted right now, and am currently be asked to wed…"
So it wasn't quite surprising that the first words that left Leara's mouth were "...The fuck…"
Karinai bolted in front of Leara, causing Hidan to fall over (A few words were said, but it's best not to say) "MOMMY!" She yelled as she tackled Leara around the neck for a hug.
Pain erupted through-out her body. It started on her neck and made its way down her spine and through-out her muscles. Leara hadn't felt this pain for years. And beneath her silk blue shirt, although no one saw, a black design surfaced on the left side of her neck. A design which hadn't surfaced for over 4 years.
Leara took in a deep breath, instead of screaming out in pain, she didn't want to alarm her daughter. A serge of anger and hotness ran through her veins, another thing she hadn't felt for nearly 4 years. "He's close, I know it. He's close and he's angry."
Sasori noticed the faint flicker of pain in the woman's eyes as her daughter had hugged her. He was sure no one else had seen it, but he had seen it, he had also felt a flicker of her chakra change, then turn back to normal. Sasori normally didn't pay attention to younger women, he found them loud, and annoying, but he had to admit this one was rather charming. It was something about her eyes, they seemed to hold a darker side to them, a history. They were also a very rare shade of blue that looked bright in the light, yet pale in the shadows. They were very artistic.
Leara looked around to see a red-headed man staring at her. "That's Sasori of the red sands." She looked to Hidan, he had gotten up, and was now standing in front of her. Again, a serge of pain went through her body. She gently moved her daughter off of her, and got up.
"Are you alright?" Hidan asked. Though no-one heard, a hint of worry was in his voice.
Leara was about to reply that she was fine, she had no memory of her dream what so ever, when her daughter answered for her.
"She's fine. Mommy does this every once in a while. As long as she wakes up she's fine."
Leara realized that she must have been dreaming again. She let out a deep sigh "What was I saying this time."
"You were not talking, you were screaming" Sasori said.
Leara looked at this "Sasori". she knew who he was, but had never really met him. He had been a partner with her old sensei. Pain surged again through her. "Yup, he's really close…Shit"
Sasori continued "You were screaming for you mom."
Leara's muscles tensed… Her momma… "Blood, blood, everywhere." The cold path way, and the blood, her mother's body… She gave her head a little shake. She was to old for her to be doing this.
She was just about to walk forward, when the subway gave an immediate stop.
Karinai toppled forward. Sasori caught her in his arms, not cause he wanted to, but for the sake of keeping his own balance. They both looked to find that Hidan and Leara had collided. They were both on the floor, Hidan was on top of Leara.
Leara again took in a deep sigh. "Being a little forward aren't we?"
Hidan replied quite simply, with "Most Jashinist's are" He rearranged his weight on top of her. "You have to admit…" He smirked lightly "It is quite comfortable…"
Leara felt a little blush creep up, but she was able to hide it. "Get off…NOW." "You pervy Jashinist!"
They both got up. Sasori who was still holding on to Karinai let go. Karinai ran over to her mother. "What was that?" she asked in a mousy tone.
"Ya, what the fuck was that" Hidan said.
"By the looks of it…" Sasori began, looking at the small portable clock on the dash board. It read 3:32 am. "Kabuto's arrived." He finished as he made his way to the door which they had entered from. Hidan and Karinai followed, and finally Leara.
The surge of pain had now gone to throbbing. The flesh on her neck was now pulsing. "And by the pain that I'm feeling now, so is Orochimaru-sensei"