So sorry about the long wait, my co-author and I kind of hit a road block with figuring out what we wanted to do. But never fear for the next chapter is here!
PS. All of the chapters have had minor revisions made! Nothing that will change the story though.
A woman with a striking appearance stood outside of the cell, looking down at the pair. Her expression was hard to gauge as she looked the two women up and down. Her face was almost blank, basically devoid of emotions, but that changed quickly as she made eye contact with Kamryn. Her brows furrowed, and a frown graced her porcelain features. She spoke again, but with a rather irritated tone in her voice. "Those idiots let you two sit in this cold dressed like that?" She rubbed her temples, and closed her eyes momentarily. "I'll be right back." She stated, mumbling something else under her breath as she made her way back out of the room.
The girls looked at each other, blinking. They could tell that they were just having the same thought. 'What in the world is going on here?' But before the two could even open their mouths the woman came back in, two of the red and black cloaks in her hands. She tossed them through the bars to the girls and Kamryn stuck out a tentative hand to pick one up. She slowly raised it off the floor inspecting it before handing it to Olivia. "Here." She gave a small smile to her younger friend. Both of the girls quickly covered themselves before turning their attention back to the blue haired beauty, who cleared her throat to break the silence.
"You seem to be completely unaware of why you are here, or who we are, for that matter." She stated as she crossed her arms over her chest. "You two…" She furrowed her brows again, "you don't seem to be a threat, but we must take things like this seriously."
"Wait a minute." Kamryn interrupted, standing from her spot on the floor, adjusting the cloak as she did. "We're not a threat. At all." She gave a stern frown. "We were just on a freaking cruise and then we were in the woods. We don't even know what happened to us. Then those guys popped up out of no where and kidnapped us." The frustration was clear in her voice, and she too crossed her arms over her chest.
Olivia reached out an arm to gesture for Kamryn to calm down. The blonde was always a bit of a hot-head, and that was something they didn't need in this situation. Her eyes flickered from Kamryn to the other woman, gauging their emotions, and the tension. Of course, Kamryn brushed her hand aside as she stared down the other woman.
"I see…" The blue haired woman nodded. The woman was silent for a moment when her expression changed from one of caution to one of slight confusion. "What is a 'cruise'?" She finally asked, clearly puzzled.
Kamryn let out a groan and rolled her eyes. "It's where a lot of people get on a big boat and go have a vacation out in the ocean." The other woman nodded slowly before opening her mouth to speak. "Well, you must be a liar then, because there is no ocean even touching our nation."
Kamryn's jaw dropped at being called a liar so nonchalantly, "I am NOT." She puffed up a little in frustration, "We were on a boat, and we just woke up in what is apparently your damned forest, it's not our fault."
The other woman went silent for another moment, obviously thinking the situation over. "If you are telling the truth, then we should probably find out what happened to you between the boat and the forest." She rubbed her chin a bit, before turning to leave the room. "I will be back."
The door closed with a heavy thunk and Kamryn let out a sigh. "What in the world is going on here?" She plopped back down on the floor beside Olivia, who was a bit pale in the face, more so than usual.
"Maybe you shouldn't try to pick a fight with the seemingly magical people…" Olivia looked at Kamryn out of the corner of her eye with a frown. This earned her another sigh from the blonde. "I know, I know. I just can't help it, especially since you're here too." She rubbed her temples, closing her eyes and taking in the deafening silence.
The blue haired woman made her way up to her superior's office, knocking gently on the door. "Pein-sama, I must speak with Nagato directly." She heard the familiar voice of her friend through the thick door, before it opened and the red head emerged. "About the girls?" He questioned her, before accompanying her to another underground portion of the building.
This room felt devoid of life, even though a seemingly alive man stood in the middle, hooked up to a machine in all ways possible. His head hung causing deep red hair to cover his face. "What an honor it is to see you two in person." He spoke, dryly, bringing his ringed eyes to rest on the pair. His face was sunken in in many places, and his lips dry and cracked.
"Nagato-sama…" Konan bowed her head briefly before approaching the man. "There are some girls here, Itachi suspects them to be a danger to us, even though they don't even have a chakra signature. They were found outside the city, in the surrounding forest. Itachi said they resisted his Sharingan."
The man stayed silent for a moment, staring at the woman in front of him. "What is it that you wish of me, exactly?" He questioned, tilting his head to the side and revealing both eyes and a raised brow.
She mimicked his action from just before, staring into his face before opening her mouth to speak. "I wish to know what to do." She averted her gaze to the floor.
"You don't need me to tell you what to do with such a minor situation," she could tell he was frowning without even looking at him. "Don't let Itachi's pride get in the way of things, if you see them as not a threat, then it is likely true." The man let out a dry cough, causing Konan's head to snap up and look at him again.
"Nagato-sama." She started to reach to put a hand on the man, but quickly stopped herself. "Just be off," He gave her a gentle smile, which earned him a nod and a quick bow, before the pair excited the room.
The girls sat mostly in silence while waiting nervously for the woman to return. Olivia broke the silence first. "This is so strange, I mean, how many crappy novels have came through the office that have some sort of premise like this?" Her brows were knitting together in thought, pondering over all the possible fictional situations that could be happening.
Kamryn nodded silently. "The very cliché books with ordinary girls being mystically sucked in to magical places?" She gave a slight giggle before sighing. "This can't be real..." She rubbed down her face with an open palm, letting out an annoyed groan. "I finally get a vacation and this happens. What are the odds?" Olivia let out a sigh as well, her mind still going over what has happened, and what could happen.
It was then that the heavy door opened back up, the woman striding through to their cell. "Well, ladies, it seems as though what happens to you has been left up to me." She gave a smirk, her eyes gleaming. This sent a shiver down the girls' spines, and caused Olivia to audibly gulp.
The smirk turned into a playful smile, "Don't look so glum." The woman's voice carried a bit of a joyful tone, which seemed unusual for her, even to Kamryn and Olivia. "You will have to stay on lock down for a bit, we have to be safe, but I think you two are more than likely not a threat to Rain or the Akatsuki." The woman moved to unlock the door, and entered to remove the shackles. "I've had someone prepare a room, you won't be able to leave unless accompanied by a member of the Akatsuki, though."
The girls both nodded and stood, a bit awestruck at the turn of events. They followed the woman up a few flight of stairs to a third floor room. On their way, they passed by a few suspicious looking characters. Some had started to question the woman that was leading them, but she quickly shushed them. One of the men was the shark-like man from before, the sight of him made Olivia shudder, but Kamryn seemed to have no ill reaction due to his looks this time around.
Stopping at a door, the blue haired woman did a few fast hand signs before the door made an audible click and creaked open. To their surprise, the room that they now stood in was not nearly as gloomy as the rest of this building. The walls were painted a light blue, two beds sat on opposite sides of the spacious room, a bookshelf stood on the left side, and a large dresser at in the middle against the wall. Their eyes scanned over the room, taking note of the barred up windows that were framed by surprisingly homey curtains, and another door.
"There are some clothes in the drawers if you would like to try them on, I think they are mostly mens, but they may fit." The woman spoke, a smile still gracing her features. "I'll come back in a little bit to see if you need anything else." She turned to walk away, almost shutting the door before pulling it open again, quickly. "Oh! I almost forgot. I'm Konan." She nodded her head in a small bow. The girls were both a bit surprised by this.
"Um…" Kamryn started, scratching the back of her head a bit, "Kamryn." She mimicked the woman's small head bow.
"I'm Olivia." Olivia's voice was slightly cheery, to Kamryn's surprise, but she shrugged it off. Her young friend did have a tendency to be a little strange at times.
With introductions over, the woman left, the door clicking behind her as it locked. The girls now stood awkwardly in the middle of the room, even more confused than before, but not entirely dissatisfied with the way things were going.
Thank you so much to all of you that have come back to read after us not updating for so long. I can't speak for the both of us, but im so happy to see people enjoying something that ive created.
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