I closed my eyes and smiled the bright smile, which ran through the generations of my family. This was really the end. I braced myself for the deathly feeling of the knife sliding across my neck, exposing my deep red flesh. The moment seemed to stop, his knife was still at my throat, threatening to rip my oesophagus in half. I opened one eye to see what was happening, what I saw surprised me.
"I think it's best if you let go of her." The female in front of me stated, as she stood beside two males. Her face was straight, as if it were such a natural and boring thing to be witnessing. She raised an eyebrow in my direction, then started to step forward. Whilst she was taking her first step, the orange haired male stuck his arm in front of her.
"Konan, stop." He said, his eyes pleading with her to stop being so reckless. She looked at him and nodded her head, stepping back as she acknowledged him.
I opened my other eye and looked down, the knife at my throat had fallen away slightly. It allowed me to test my restraints. I pulled forward an inch. 'Thank Kami, he's not got my hair.' I thought, as I devised a plan in my head. I wiggled my hands about, realising that he still had a firm grip on my left hand. I looked at the three and grinned like a mad woman. I had a plan, and that's all I needed. I leaned forward again, a little more than last time, I quickly ducked my head and swung my body around to face the offending person. He swiped the knife at me, trying to hurt me for being disobedient. Each time he swung it, it narrowly missed me. I looked at him square in the eyes and threw a punch, my knuckle landed on the bridge of his nose.
"HN!" He let out a grunt of pain but kept a firm grip on my wrist. "You stupid bitch." He whispered as he wiped the blood from his face. He raised the knife and brought it down. "Now, you're going to pay!" He yelled. The knife struck my arm, I didn't feel a thing. The adrenaline was pumping faster and faster around my body, forcing my instincts to kick in.
"Haha!" I sarcastically yelled. I threw my head down and clamped onto his hand, my teeth digging in and drawing blood. He quickly let go of my arm and I went crashing backwards, regaining my balance soon after. I stood up to see the man cradling his hand, the knife had fallen on the floor in the process. He sunk to his knees, before his whole body slumped to the side. My face dropped, as relief flooded me. 'Is he alright?' I thought.
"Hey, are you alright?" The blue haired female asked. I had seen her around school before but never talked to her. I nodded my head and looked at her. "Come on, let's leave him." She mentioned, putting her arm around my shoulders and trying to drag me away.
"I can't leave him. I'm not a murderer." I whispered. She turned to me and raised an eyebrow, her face had shock clearly written on it. "That's not me." I pulled away from her light touch and walked over to the prone form. I bent down and placed two fingers against his neck. 'He has a pulse.' I breathed sigh of relief. I stood up, about to walk back. When a stabbing pain ripped through my leg, I looked back to see the man had forced the knife into my calf. He removed the knife as quick as he had stabbed me with it. My leg buckled under my weight and I fell to the floor.
"Are you alright?" I heard the female shout. I could hear my heartbeat loud in my ears, 'is that all she can say?' I thought, as a forgotten memory dragged it's way to the surface.
~Memory~
"Life is full of pain." My brother mentioned to me, as I lay crying on my bed. "Beat it, stand back up and prove you're stronger than it." He bent down and kissed my forehead. 'Stand back up?' I thought, I didn't understand what he meant, as I was only three.
Mum walked through the door and stood beside my bed, stroking my hair away from my face. "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." She whispered as she pulled her hand away.
"Goodnight." They both said as they left my room. I lay there for a few moments, before finally falling asleep.
~Memory over~
'Get up.' I told myself. I tried to get my body to move, to stand. None of my limbs were listening to me.
'Come on, get up.' A voice whispered, it was my mum.
"Mum?" I questioned. I turned to look to the side, the man was slowly getting up. He glared at me, sending shockwaves through my body, evil was emanating off of him.
'Get up, you're in danger darling.' She whispered again. I looked forward, my vision being quickly taken by a blinding light. My once unresponsive body, started to move on its own free will. First my legs, then the rest of me. I scrambled to my feet and ran to the other side of the park. When I was there, my body started to lose it's strength, slowly letting me fall onto the bench beneath me. The light started to fade from my vision. A silhouette appeared in front of me. 'Well done, you were amazing.' The voice spoke before it completely faded to nothingness.
"Are you ok?" Konan shouted, as she ran over to me. I shrugged my shoulders. I didn't know what had happened, let alone if I was alright. My body started to shake as the adrenaline wore off. Konan noticed this and put a warm arm around me. "Let's get you cleaned up."
"Where?" I asked, the Orange haired male picked me up bridal style and began to walk.
"Our's." She smiled. I leant my head into the boys shoulder and quickly fell unconscious.
*Author p.o.v*
The red haired girl laid in the boys arms, she seemed as though she was cuddling him. Her hair swayed to and fro, as it fell from the comfort of her thick jumper.
"Ne, Nagato, could you get hold of Malice Rinha?" Konan asked, whilst looking back at the red haired boy. Her face was full of concern for the girl who lay in the arms of her friend. The girl herself was losing too much blood from her open wounds. Nagato nodded his head at the request and fished around in his pocket for his beloved phone. A few minutes later he pulled the devise out, pressed a few buttons and placed it to his ear. After a few minutes, the recipient answered.
"Malice?" Nagato asked quickly. "Ok, I'll wait." He went silent for a few seconds, waiting for the named person to come on the line. "Hello, we need your help... Yes, a girl is injured... She's a worthy one... Ok, see you in ten." He finished the call, then walked to Konan's side. "I think she will be exceptional." He whispered, Konan nodded her head and continued to walk down the path, to their home. Konan suddenly stopped, remembering something. She walked over to the girl and began to loot her pockets.
"A, ha!" She exclaimed, she pulled the phone from her pocket. She started to scroll down the list until she found a relative.
"Hello? Is this the brother of Cami?" She asked, waiting for a reply.
*Tobi p.o.v*
She's been a while, I wonder where she is.
"Cami-chan isn't back yet. Tobi is getting worried." I yelled in my childish voice to the room of people.
Deidara instantly stood up, his expression showing he was worried too.
"She has been a while." I heard Yuneskah mumble, her face turned towards me and frowned. Deidara jumped and everyone stared at him, he pulled his phone out and slammed it to his ear.
"You shouldn't be calling me." He whispered down the phone. "What? Really. Ok, I'm now leaving." He ended the call before grabbing his jacket and running to the door.
"Where are you going?" Yuneskah asked. He turned to face her, he looked upset.
"I have to go, family issues." He mentioned, as he opened the door and started to run down the street.
*Konan p.o.v*
"I hope she will be alright." I whispered as I sat beside the poor girl. Malice was doing the best she could, she was a well known medic after all. Her family had spent generations training in every medical aspect. I touched the girls hand and instantly drew my hand away. "She's... freezing." I mentioned, still feeling the coldness on my own hand. It was cold enough to send a shiver down my spine, and cause goose bumps to rise on my arms and neck.
"Hold this tightly." Malice ordered. I shoved my still cold hand on top of the white material on Cami's arm. "Keep applying pressure, until I have finished with her leg." She weakly smiled at me. It's been a long time since I've seen her smile fade. Was it really that bad?
"Hai." I whispered as I watched her quickly check and repair the girls leg. She applied a bandage before moving up to her arm to inspect it.
"Kami!" She exclaimed, "This is horrendous." She mentioned as she striped the cloth away. A red line was carved into Cami's arm, the entire length of it. The bleeding had just about stopped, luckily. Malice, forced a small needle into her arm and began to stitch the gauge shut. It wasn't a pretty sight. Once the bandage was on, she looked at the minor cut on her neck. She decided a small bandage could be placed on it, to stop infection.
"She will be ok." She whispered to me. "Keep her on this fluid." She pointed to a small bag of fluid hanging from the metal pole. "It's a mixture of water, Antibiotics and pain relief." She smiled at me, finally her smile had returned. I just stared at her.
"Thank you, Malice-san." I whispered, turning from her to the girl. I pulled the blanket up and stayed beside her.
"That's alright. Anything you need, I'm here... Are you sure she's worthy though?" She asked, still looking at me. "I mean, will she join you?"
"Hopefully, because she has potential." I stated. 'The girl does have potential.' I thought, as if trying to reassure myself.
"Good, then I shall take my leave," she paused, thinking of what to say next. "If she deteriorates, get in touch immediately." She finally finished.
I nodded my head in understanding, before saying: "Thank you again." With that she turned and headed for the front door.
KNOCK KNOCK!
Before she made it to the door, it alerted us to someone's presence. Nagato moved towards it and slowly opened it.
"Who the hell are you?" I heard him shout. I turned around and stared at the intruder, who was now straddling Nagato. I gasped, 'this shouldn't be happening.' I thought, as I instinctively stood in front of the fragile girl's body.
*~Meanwhile~*
"So, you've met the child?" A deep, dark voice boomed. It echoed back off of the walls.
"Yes sir, she's intere.." A teenage boy's princely voice was cut off mid sentence.
"Shhh." The dark voice boomed again, as the boys figure cowered before a large dark shadow.
"Yes sir, I apologise." The boy almost whispered, he was on the edge of wetting himself.
"Keep an eye on her. That scarlet haired girl is of use to us." It boomed again, forcing dust to fall from the tall ceiling. "If the dark haired Uchiha girl is any problems... Then eliminate her. Hahaha." His laugh could make the dead wake up and cause ultimate destruction.
"Yes sir." The boy repeated himself again. He stood slowly trying not to anger his master, and scampered off like a mouse.
"Now where we're we? Hey?" The man asked himself, his shadow turned around and faced a large laboratory. "Yes, that's it. Almost complete." He mentioned, as a light shone onto his face. Showing off his purple rimmed eyes, with perfect slits as pupils. He smiled a very sadistic smile at his creation in the overly large test tube.