Wow....I really haven't posted for a while... I'm WAY ahead of when I lasted posted... When we last check Ayame was with Kabuto, who just found out Tsunade has the scroll... Ok.

After getting the scroll out of her closet, Tsunade rushed to the medical center to try to find a cure to Rai’s poison. After hard research and a lot of sweat she had created a cure. She walked into Rai’s room to give him the antidote. She gave the unconscious anbu the medicine and waited.

Rai was in a bit of pain. His head hurt and he felt dizzy. What was he doing..... He got Ayame flowers, walked out the door, saw a figure, was pricked and heard a voice that told her Ayame was in good hands.... Ayame.... She was in trouble!

Rai’s eyes finally sprung open as he sat up quickly.

“Ayame!” he shouted.

He then took in where he was, he was in the hospital and Lady Hokage was there looking at him with a worried expression.

“Lady Hokage? W-what am I doing here?” he asked.

“You were found unconscious this morning, poisoned.”

“I remember. Lady Hokage, Ayame’s in danger! This cloaked man was at my door step this morning, last thing I remember was him saying, ‘Give my regards to Tsunade and don’t worry Ayame’s in good hands now.’ Lady Hokage, I need to check on Ayame. I want, no I need to see if she’s safe.”

“Rai, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but Ayame has been missing since this morning.”

“WHAT?!” he shouted, “I have to go find her. I need to make sure she’s safe, Lady Hokage I think I’m in love with this girl.”

“No, you need to stay here and rest. You just nearly died!”

“But-”

“No buts! ...Rai I understand how you feel, really I do, but we have a whole group of people out searching for Ayame and your main priority is to get better. Besides as long as we have the scroll, Orochimaru cannot touch her. He needs her to read the scroll to him. Now you get some rest.”

As soon as Tsunade left, Rai got out of bed and gathered his gear. He made his bed and left his anbu mask sitting on top of it. He wouldn’t need his mask for this mission. He climbed out the window and raced off to find Ayame.

After Tsunade left the room, she sighed leaning against the door. She did all she could to keep him there, she couldn’t stop him. She did know how he feels about Ayame, it’s how she felt about Dan and she knew how horrible it was to lose him and she didn’t want anyone else to go through that.

She went back to her office and collapsed into her chair. She lifted the large red scroll with the word forbidden on it off her desk. Who could believe one scroll could cause so much trouble.
There was a knock at the door.

“Come in.” Tsunade said.

The door opened and Jiraiya walked in.

“Using the door? That’s so unlike you Jiraiya.”

“We’ll I decided tp try something different.” he said grinning.

“So, what’s going on?”

“I just came by to make sure the scroll is still safe.”

“It is. I have it right here.” she said holding it up for him to see.

Jiraiya walked over to Tsunade and removed the scroll from her hand.

“So, Jiraiya....... How’s your research coming?”

“It’s going well. Very well indeed.”

“Oh, well that’s good. Maybe next time I can go with you and help.”

“Sure. That would be great.”

Tsunade threw a throwing star at him.

“Ok! Who are you?!” she demanded.

“What are you talking about? I’m Jiraiya! Your old teammate, one of the legendary sannin! You know the Toad Sage!”

“Your not Jiraiya.”

“Yes I am! Tsunade, how can I prove myself?”

“If you are Jiraiya what do you research?”

“You got me.” he said transforming back into his original form, “I thought my disguise was pretty good.”

“Kabuto. Set that scroll down.”

She threw a kunai at him, hitting his shoulder. Kabuto vanished into thin air causing the scroll to hit the floor.

“A clone?”

Tsunade rushed around her desk to retrieve the scroll, in all the confusion she didn’t hear someone enter through the window. Tsunade crumpled to the ground inches away from the scroll. She reached her arm out to grab it, but came up short. Before she blacked out she saw a pair of purple shoe walk over to the scroll.

Ayame felt sick as she was jostled about as Kabuto leaped from tree to tree.

“Kabuto-kun.....”

“What?”

“I think my breakfast is returning. Can we please stop.....”

“No.”

“You better stop unless you want my breakfast all over you...”

Her face turned a funky shade of green.

“Fine....”

He stopped and set Ayame on the branch he was standing on and held back her hair as she released her breakfast into the forest below.

“Better?”

“Much....”

He tossed her back over his shoulder and continued on. Ayame could feel the vomit slowly drying on her lips. She didn’t dare lick it off, for she feared the taste would cause her to barf again.

A while later the sun was starting to set and they were approaching a small shack. Kabuto walked over to it and tossed Ayame inside.

A few minutes later he returned with a wet rag and whipped off the dried vomit from her lips.

He then opened a package he had been carrying to reveal five onigiri. As he ate Ayame’s stomach growled. Her stomach was completely empty ever since she got sick.

“Here.” he said shoving one into her mouth.

She took a bite. He held it for her while she chewed..

“I can’t have you starving before we get there. I don’t know if Orochimaru will want to feed you or not. So, this might be your last meal for a while.”

She took another bite.

After they ate Kabuto went to sleep. Ayame couldn’t sleep. She tried again to get out of the binding holding her, only to causing it to get tighter. Maybe if she could inch her was out of the shed someone might see her and offer to help her. She carefully moved her self back in forth until she fell onto her stomach. She then started to inch towards the door.

After what seemed like hours she was so close to the door. During her crawl across the dirt floor she cut her chin on a rock. She must be a sight. Her clothes would be covered in dirt, her bleeding chin covered with dirt. She glanced up at the door. Only a little more to go. But she could feel sleep falling over her like a heavy blanket she couldn’t shake off. Her eyelids became heavy. She struggled to move only a little more before she gave into sleep.

When Kabuto awoke the next morning he saw Ayame collapsed on her stomach by the door.

“Stubborn brat...” he said picking the girl up and laying her in the back in a more comfortable position. He tried to clean her up the best he could and healed the cut that formed on her chin.

There was a knock at the door. Kabuto opened it to reveal an Anbu Black Op.

Oooooo! More later.
~Chero~

Fiction: 02/23/09 | Posted By: MewChero | 0 comments | Naruto