A/N: Hello again! Number ten! Now is when the story starts to unravel. Arigato
I do not own Naruto…
This ceiling. My ceiling.
When I opened my eyes, I stared directly up. Remember. I remembered everything.
'W-why….' I thought to myself. I could feel the tears begin to work their way up and over my eye lids.
I turned my body and sobbed into my pillow.
"Ni-san." I whispered in between my sobs.
Soon, the tears stopped falling and I started to feel a pit in my stomach. Anger. An emotion so foreign to me, but it held so much more power over me than sadness.
I picked myself up off of the pallet and made my way to the door; sliding it open and stepping out of my room.
"Ni-san." I said to myself. I could feel my body tremble.
I looked around for any sign of my brother and noticed no one was around. I listened.
Nothing.
I turned and walked to my brother's room. As I reached for the door, I noticed that my hands started to shake.
I swallowed hard; pushing my hands forward and threw my brother's door open with such force that I felt the floor beneath me shake. A loud smacking sound thundered in the air. I stepped forward and realized; he wasn't there. My knees hit the wooden floor beneath me hard. I pulled my hands up to my face and began to cry again.
'Damnit….' I was silently cursing myself.
"He's not here. He left with Tobi a while ago." I heard a deep voice say behind me.
I looked up and jerked my body around. "K-Kisame!"
I fell backwards onto the floor.
Kisame looked at me and took a large step forward. He towered over me. Letting out an annoyed sigh; he then turned his body around, and walking in the opposite direction.
I picked myself up off of the floor and straightened my clothing; taking a deep breath and pushing myself out of my brother's room. My head dropped forward and I turned to close my brother's door behind me.
'What am I doing?' I thought to myself.
I walked down the stairs, reaching the lower level of the house. I walked down the stairs that connected the lower level to the grassy area ahead of me and there I stopped.
I looked at the forest ahead of me. 'Run.'
I ran like a mad man towards the trees. I couldn't think. My head was filled with the sounds of my feet hitting the ground underneath me. My heart started to race and I could feel a fresh batch of tears running down my cheeks.
Stop.
I hit something hard. I fell backwards and felt the air in my lungs force itself through my throat. I lay on the ground, trying to catch my breath. Suddenly, something blocked the bright sun that was warming my face.
"Now, where do you think you're going?" I remember this voice.
I looked up and saw the giant man towering over me.
Kisame.
He grabbed my arm and yanked me up onto my feet.
I wobbled a little and Kisame held onto my shoulder. I finally steadied myself and looked up at his face.
"I can't have you running away. I'm responsible for you." He said in a mocking tone.
"W-what?" I asked surprised.
He grabbed my arm with his large hand and pulled me back towards the house. I didn't resist.
"Now then, stay put." He said sternly.
I stared at Kisame and watched him walk into the lower level of the house. I pushed my back against the house and slid my body down until I hit the porch below.
'What just happened?' I thought in total shock.
I pulled my knees towards my body and wrapped my arms around my legs tightly. I pushed my head into my knees and closed my eyes, trying to make sense of everything.
Time past by so quickly; by the time I lifted my head, I realized the sun was starting to set.
"Hey. Don't think that your chances of getting away from me are going to get better just because it's getting darker outside." I heard Kisame's voice beside me.
I turned my head in his voice's direction and saw him leaning against the house, a few feet from where I was. I looked at him and noticed he was eating some sort of meat that was skewered on a stick. He never turned to face me though. I put my head back down onto my knees and felt my stomach rumble. Kisame must have heard it, because shortly after, I felt his eyes glaring at my scrunched body beneath his.
I looked up and noticed that he was standing directly in front of me.
He looked at me, and then back at his meat he had been eating. I saw him lick his lips and push the meat in my direction. He held it in front of me.
"Well….?" He said questionably.
I looked back and forth between the meat and Kisame's face. Unwrapping one of my hands from my legs; I slowly pulled it up and pinched the stick that was skewering the meat. I felt Kisame let go and take a step back. He watched me until I finally took a bite.
"There, now that wasn't so hard now, was it?" he said with a small smirk.
"T-thank you." I whispered.
"Oi! Kisame!" I heard Deidara's voice roar from inside the house.
I jumped and jerked my head to see Deidara standing beside me.
"Mmmm." Deidara's lips slowly grew into a sickening smile. "Yin! You're back!" he held his arms out in front of him as if he were waiting for me to hug him.
Suddenly, I saw Kisame's back.
"You can play with her later Deidara. I'm watching her today." I heard him say.
Deidara laughed. "So Tobi's got you babysitting the new recruit? She can't take care of herself?"
Silence.
I finally heard Deidara let out a loud huffing sound. "Fine, fine."
Kisame turned to me and walked back in front of me, leaning against the railing behind him.
I looked up at him. "Kisame." I said, just above a whisper.
"Hmm?"
"W-when will my brother be back?" I asked.
Kisame looked at me and ruffled his hair. "I'm not supposed to answer any questions about your brother or his location." He said in a serious tone.
I looked back down towards the meat in my hands and continued eating.
Once I was finished, Kisame reached for the stick and I put it in his hand. He walked towards the door beside us; slid it open, and walked back inside the house. I took this opportunity to push myself to my feet and brush my clothing off. I walked forward and then looked back towards the door behind me. I took in a deep breath of air and pushed my body forward, landing on the ground below me. I began to run again; sprinting towards the forest ahead. I was much more alert this time; searching for any sign of Kisame or Deidara.
No one.
I made it into the forest and released a deep breath. Quickly, I sped through a few hand signs and slowly faded into the ground. Just before my head was completely immersed into the soil, I heard someone call out.
"Girl!" It was Kisame's voice.
I ignored it, and pushed my body forward. I had no idea which way I was going; I just went. After what felt like ages, I pushed my body from the ground. I looked around for any sign of Kisame and then sprinted into the trees. I kept running this time and soon came up on….the Ocean. The sun was setting, and I heard a noise off in the distance.
Snap!
That was enough to send me hurdling towards the blue abyss in front of me. As soon I felt the sand beneath my sandals; I saw Kisame. He was standing directly on top of the water in front of me.
"Stop running girl. You're making this harder than it has to be." He said in a serious tone.
I stared at Kisame and then sprinted forward.
'What am I doing?' I thought as I got closer to where Kisame was standing.
My feet hit the water and then, I was trapped. Kisame had trapped me in some type of water prison. I was floating above him in a giant ball of ocean water. The salt was stinging my eyes and I felt my heart beating at an alarming rate.
Weak. I was feeling so fatigued.
After a moment, Kisame released me and I fell into the water below. I couldn't move my arms or my legs, and I started to sink. I felt strong hands yank me from the water and then, a hard object hit my stomach. Kisame had thrown me over his shoulder and began carrying me out of the water. With every step he took, I could feel his shoulder digging into my stomach. I closed my eyes and let my body shut down.
I felt my back hit something soft and opened my eyes. I tossed my head to the left and then the right, looking for Kisame, and noticed him sliding the door in front of him closed. He turned back to me and glared at me.
"Now, we get to do this my way." He said in a dark tone.
He walked over to my side and sat down beside the pallet I was laying on.
I looked up at his face and noticed that he was looking directly into my eyes. I felt my body get weaker.
"K-Kisame." I whispered.
I fought with my mind, trying to keep myself awake. I turned my head and stared at the ceiling above my head.
"W-what's happening to me?" I asked starting to get delusional.
Kisame didn't answer; he just continued to stare at me.
"I don't want to be here." I could feel my eyes stinging with tears, but nothing came.
After a long moment of silence, I heard the door slid open. I tried to turn my head, but for some reason, I just didn't have the energy to.
"Yin-chan." I head Tobi's voice. He spoke with urgency. "It's your brother. He's been captured."