Let me start by apologizing immensely for the length of time between updates. I got carried away in life and lost my imagination. but rereading my own work made me remember how fun it was writing for you guys. ill try to have this story finished soon. thanks for waiting and reading!
"You must bring me Kakashi's younger sister. Then you and your wife will be free."
When he finally woke up, Kakashi felt lost. He sniffled and looked around as he tried to figure out where he was. He remembered the torture, Itachi screaming and then….the Kakuzu. He shivered as he remembered everything that happened between him and the vampire. How could he have done that? He felt sick to his stomach. It was to save Itachi of course but he felt wrong. The prince shivered and pulled his knees to his chest as he started crying. How could he have done this? The question moved through his head as he slowly turned to stand. He felt the familiar pain moving through his body as he started to stand up. Once on his feet, Kakashi quietly moved to find something to wrap himself in until he could get a bath ready. Servants came and filled a tub for him before there was a soft knock. He felt scared to answer it but did so anyway. Standing in front of him were two people that were obviously related. Both were pale with white eyes and rather long hair. The taller was a man with dark brown hair and the other had black hair with a blue undertone. He frowned deeply as he looked at them. "W-what do you want?"
"We are not your enemy. Your….friend will be taken care of. We will see to it," the man answered in a very serious voice. "For now, don't do anything stupid."
"We will do our best to help you, please be patient," the girl said gently as she gave him a cloth so he could wash himself. After that, they left quietly and the captive prince closed the door. He felt lost. They were obviously Hyuga so why were they helping him? The question stayed in his mind as he went to his bath. He stayed in the water quite a bit longer than necessary but he felt clean once he was done scrubbing and rinsing off. He stepped out and got dressed in some clothes that had been left for him. Once dressed, Kakashi quietly made his way around the castle, trying to find anyone that he could possibly talk to. Luckily he hadn't run into Kakuzu yet but he figured his luck would soon run out. Usually it did. As he stepped around a corner, he heard raised voices. He followed them as quietly as he was able until he found himself outside of a room.
"We must find the princess, the princes, the kings, and the queens. If we can do that we will succeed in taking all of their kingdoms. The Hyuga will be the greatest empire in the history of our land," one man said loudly.
"Instead of finding them, we should simply go to the kingdoms and take them while they are leaderless. They won't be able to organize any sort of counterattack," another said quickly. Kakashi bit his tongue and tried to keep quiet. This was important. If he could get to Itachi and get out of there, they could possibly get out of this and stop a war. He turned with a smile that fell as soon as he ran into someone. He looked at them and swallowed thickly as he recognized Nagato. A shiver moved through his spine as he was immobile and lifted into the air. The redhead quietly stepped into the room.
"You all should be more careful when discussing war plans. This sneaky little fox was hiding outside the door," Nagato explained as he shook his head. Now that he could see the men, it was obviously a war council of Hyuga. All of them were elders except for three. There was the man and woman from earlier and another younger girl that was likely the younger sister of the woman.
"Take him back to Kakuzu and tell him to keep better track of his pet," Hiashi said with a deep frown. The young man and woman both looked at Kakashi with a small amount of pity in their eyes. Who were they? "Neji, Hinata, and Hanabi will stay here. They will not be part of the attack. We cannot risk them."
That was all he caught as he was taken away from the room by Nagato. He looked around the halls and sighed sadly. He missed his family. It was good to know that they had not been found. Soon they were back in Kakuzu's room and Kakashi was dropped on the bed. "Stay in here or you will be punished."
"Why are you doing this?" Kakashi nearly yelled as he glared at the other.
"Simple, we were tasked with this and it is to bring peace to this world," Nagato answered. "Stay here or I will punish you. I mean it."
After that, the redhead was gone. Kakashi sighed as he was left alone. He didn't know what to do. He felt so trapped and useless. If he did anything wrong it would likely be used against him and they would hurt Itachi. He sighed and quietly curled up in the large bed until he fell asleep.
After dropping off Kakashi, Nagato made his way back down to the dungeon. He arrived with a small frown as he looked at the dark haired prince that was still in cuffs against the wall. "You should be thankful that Kakuzu is so obsessed with your little prince. Otherwise you would be dead and so would he."
"Just leave him alone," Itachi nearly growled as he looked at the other and tried to keep calm. He had to figure out a way out of this. For himself and Kakashi.