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When the door burst open my exposed skin was attacked by cold air. There were loud shouts and lots of running. The man who had thrown open the door roughly gabbed my arm, nearly displacing my towel in the process. You'd think that after three weeks in the cell they'd at least give you a blanket to keep warm. Unfortunately the men got some sort of perverse entertainment at watching me turn blue at night. I was used to it, but I didn't think it was something funny, but they did. Through the three weeks that I was kept in that damned cell they fed me little and gave me water only when I absolutely needed it and drained my chakra on a regular basis. I also hadn't seen Akira in the duration of the time and I was worried about her.

The man roughly dragged me out of the cell into the dark hallway; it smelled strongly of smoke. Throwing me at another passing man the man shouted, "Take her the boss wants her unharmed! Don't let the bastards get to her!" I gave him a look that clearly said. 'What if that's what I want?' The man glared and slapped me. Blood poured from my lip. "So much for me being unharmed." I muttered. He just glared at me before running in the opposite direction. The man now in possession of me nearly pulled my arm out of it's socket pulling me down the hallway.

There were screams and there was some blood on the stonewalls and the floor, people were bashing into me and bruising my weak body. By powers of observation I was able to conclude that something was attacking the fort and this was probably my only chance to get away. The only problem being was that I refused to leave without Akira.

As if summoned by my thoughts another man appeared holding a tired, but otherwise healthy looking Akira. She looked immediately relieved at seeing me. Swinging out my arm I made a wild grab at her hand and for a moment our fingers connected before we were both forced apart once more.

"No!" She screamed. The ceiling above us began to crumble and the man that held onto me forced my body out of the way as it finally gave out. Suddenly I found Akira and I separated by a tall blond haired man wearing a straw hat with bells on it and a black cloak with red clouds on it. Blue piercing eyes stared at me indifferent and casually. Suddenly men came up behind us. "Lyle run!" Someone shouted and once again I was being roughly dragged away.

"No!" Akira shouted again struggling against here captor. "Akira!" I shouted back. "Calm down! I'll find you later!" She stopped struggling but I could see the doubt on her face. But before I could say anymore I was pulled around a corner into the midst of chaos. Bodies pushed against mine and people screamed as we tried to push through them.

Though to my sudden delight a body slammed into my captors causing him to lose balance, but someone caught me around the waist and even though the force of my captor falling pulled my arm out of socket, he at least let go. Whoever was holding me shoved me away in light of a quick escape route.

Finally free I made a mad dash back to the hallway to find it almost completely destroyed and bodies laying everywhere. My heart nearly stopped when I spotted Akira lying on the floor, blood pouring from a gash on her head. Frantically I checked for a pulse and nearly collapsed with relief when I found one. Her heart was beating strongly.

A quick glance around told me no one had followed, not willing to push my luck I swiftly set my shoulder again before picking Akira up bridal style. Quickly I made a dash in the opposite direction of the way I had come. My towel was slipping, I could feel it, but luckily Akira's body kept it up.

I felt a little weak but pure adrenaline kept me running. The hallways seemed strangely barren of life and when I burst into what seemed like a grand hall I noticed why. Men were still fighting, but it seemed they were fighting a losing battle. There were more men with the black cloak with red clouds and they stood in the middle of the battle, efficiently killing them.

My original captor, the one who gave to Lyle, noticed me suddenly. Growling he shot at me, kunai at the ready. On instinct I reached for my chakra, but remembered just in time that I didn't have enough to spare, so my next option was go for jumping out of the way. I knew I couldn't jostle Akira too much since I didn't know the extent of the damage her head took, but at the same time I couldn't save her dead.

"What happened to getting me away undamaged?" I asked breathlessly. 'Distract him.' A voice in my head said and it sounded suspiciously like Lylas's voice. He growled. "That went to hell the moment the boss was killed." 'Great.' I dodged another attack, but misjudged the distance between the wall and my arm. "Fuck." I muttered. The man took that opportunity to go in for the kill.

He never made it.

Surprised I stared at the dead body at my feet. Looking up I saw the five men in cloaks staring at me. I held Akira closer to my chest. My mind scrambling to find the answers I needed. Those cloaks. They seemed familiar.

After a few moments it came to me. Of course, Naruto had debriefed me about missing nin that had formed a group to capture the demon vessels. As far as I knew they hadn't gotten Naruto so they hadn't fully succeeded yet. What was there name?

Oh right. The Akatsuki.

Brilliant.

They just stared at me though, so I was convinced that they probably deemed me unworthy of death by their hands. Hey I wasn't going to complain. Suddenly the pain in my head came again and I nearly dropped Akira. Crying out I slid down the wall, and before I blacked out I saw red eyes staring back into my own.

Lylas sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose in an attempt to ward off the throb in her head. Her attempts to get to SaiKura were failing, but she didn't want to push too much. Sasuke was watching her from the corner of the room. He'd been oddly silent the whole three weeks that SaiKura had been missing.

ANBU were searching frantically, but no clues were found. Naruto was flailing for help and Kakashi was actively part of the search parties, but SaiKura was just nowhere to be found. She looked out the window and noticed the leaves of the trees were turning colors. Fall was here. 'Hm' she thought. 'Nice day.'

Stretching she glanced at the clock and decided to go to bed. Her last thought before she fell asleep was, 'SaiKura when we find you I'm going to kick your ass.'