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Chapter 6: The New Dawn: Nagato’s Strange Behavior
I woke up in our bed, the sheets covered my naked body. I turned to face my lover, but Nagato was gone. I sat up and looked for Nagato, but he was gone.
“Nagato! Nagato!” I called, hoping that he was still in the base.
“Konan, I’m here in the morgue. Come here please,” he answered. His response frightened me. I used the nearby towel to wrap myself up with then ran to the morgue to see what Nagato was doing. When I walked in I saw him kneeling over Yahiko's corpse.
"Nagato? What are you doing? Why did you take Yahiko out of the cooler?" I asked in shock of the sight before me.
"Konan, last night I saw the dream. I saw the whole dream. The Rikudo Sennin that Sensei spoke of appeared in my dream. I saw many things. My powers were explained... I also saw Yahiko in the dream. There is something I want to try."
"Nagato..." I said as I dropped the towel to let him see me, "come back to bed. Let us not dwell on these things."
"Clothe yourself Konan. I appreciate the gesture, but now is not the time. Return once you are clothed." Defeated, I returned to my room and put on an undershirt and my robe then returned to where Nagato was. When I returned I saw that Nagato was continuing his work. He had cleared away most of the things in the room and Yahiko was in the center.
"What exactly are you trying to acomplish Nagato? Why can't we just leave this for another day.
"Konan enough. Just let me work." I stopped talking. There was no winning right now. Nagato began performing the handsigns for a summon and slammed his hand into the ground. "Kuchiyuse:Gedo Mazo (Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path)." Nagato declared as the giant statue appeared. An overwealming fear came over me. I ran to Nagato's side and held him tight.
"Nagato! Why is that monster here? I don't want you being hurt again! Make it go away!" I pleaded. Suddenly I was knocked down.
"Konan enough! Let me do this and GET BACK!" he snapped. I was amayzed. Nagato was always so quiet and peaceful, but here he was screaming at me. I started to crawl away, but Nagato's hand grabbed mine and lifted me to my feet. "I'm... sorry, Konan. I have just been stressed. You did not deserve that," he said before kissing me, "Just let me do this, okay. Just trust me." I knodded and stepped back.
Then a black rod began to emerge from the statue's chest and moved towards Yahiko. I shuddered at the thought of Nagato defiling Yahiko's body, but I could not stop Nagato now. As the rod drew closer and closer to Yahiko, I could not see the result. I closed my eyes and waited, until I heard it. The sound of metal piercing flesh. I winced out loud.
Out of curiosity I opened my eyes. But not at Yahiko. No, I was looking at Nagato. He was closing his eyes and his head was turned away. A tear raced down his pale cheek. He held the kunai that killed Yahiko. His will must be strong in order to do this. Then Nagato opened his eyes again and walked over towards me. He began to hug me tight. I was surprised at first then I hugged him back. I gripped him as if my life depended on it. I burried my face in his chest and sobbed. I cried for ten minutes before I began to calm down.
"Thank you...Nagato," I whispered.
"Konan... this won't get any better. I think you should walk out." I knodded and walked out of the room. As I walked out of the room, I noticed the rain had stopped. I walked outside and gazed at the sun light. The light warmed me. It felt good. The sun light was almost clensing.
Suddenly, a hand reached around me and clasped my mouth. The other hand grabbed me around the waist and kept me from moving. I tried to scream, but another man clenched his hand on my throat. In his other hand was a metal bar. I gasped for breath, trying to escape until a sharp pain and then darkness.
Chapter 7: Chamber of No Escape: Is that... Yahiko?!
I didn't expect them to go so far. As a kunoichi, I expected them to take advantage of me. But what I did not expect was the mercilous beating that followed. My ribs were broken, my fingers were smashed, both eyes were so swollen I could not see, and I could only hear out of one ear because the other had been beaten so repetitivly. I could hardly breath because of the amount of blood I was couphing up.
The men were the soldiers of Hanzo, the monster that caused Yahiko's death. From what I could tell I was in some military prison. Around my neck was a metal collar connected to a chain held by my capters. My ancles were bound together and my arms were tied behind my back. A chakra seal tag on my forhead prevented me from using my paper ninjutsu.
The men were dragging me down into a pit. When we reached the bottom, I was taken into a strange metal box. The men attached the chain to the top of the box. The chain was short enough that I was suspended from the ground. The collar choked me as my legs flailed. I thought they were trying to hang me.
"Don't worry. we still need you. Help her up men," one of them ordered. Two men lifted me up slightly so I could breath. I gasped for breath. A few other men came in and tied cables around me that attached to the walls of the room. The men released me and the cables held me in the air.
"Alright, I'm only going to say this once so pay attention. You and the shinobi known as Nagato are S-rank criminals that Lord Hanzo demanded to have killed. We are going to use you to draw your little boyfriend here. This room is located in the center of the Amegakure military facility and is a heavily guarded prison. This particular chamber is designed for notable shinobi threats such as yourself. It is designed to prevent you from escaping under any means. As you may have noticed, those cables are the only things keeping you from a death by strangulation. Those wires are also designed to contour to your body. If you use the escape ninjutsu, those cables will break your arms and legs. Not only that, but every inch of this room is rigged with paper bombs, that are set to explode if there are any chakra spikes from using jutsu. If somehow you escape the cables and the collar, the cables will contract and the paper bombs will detonate. Do not plan on using the explosions to escape, because these walls are reinforced and five meters thick. Once we leave and close the door, if anybody opens the door without the password or key, the bombs will go off as soon as they are within the room. There is a total of exactly 10,000 paper bombs in this chamber of only five meters by five meters. There is no chance of survival if the bombs go off. Once the airtight door is closed you will have a total of three hours oxygen supply. I hope you enjoy your short stay here." The men walked out and closed the door behind them. A few minutes later I heard a strange sound...much like the sound of...concrete being poored! These men were going to ensure that I could not leave. They were going to bury me alive in a death trap.
My mind raced. I had to think of how to get out of here. If Nagato came to save me then we would both die. If I made any efforts myself then I will die...but then Nagato would survive. But Nagato would still come looking for me. If he found me dead...It would kill him. Only a short while ago he lossed Yahiko. If I died he would have nobody left. I tried to think of a way to save myself.
"Wait...this chakra tag is made of paper. And chakra tags can't be sensed. If I could focus some chakra into it and manipulate it with my paper ninjutsu, then maybe I could diffuse some of the paper bombs." I focused hard into the tag. I couldn't fail. I had to do this.
Suddenly the corners of the tag began to peel off until it had fully seperated from my body. With my chakra in the tag, it flew over to the walls and landed on the paper bombs. Every bomb the tag touched, I used my chakra to turn into another chakra seal tag. This spread until every tag in the room was a chakra seal tag. I didn't have to worry about the bombs anymore. I started focusing my chakra into the origami rose in my hair. The rose unfolded and refolded into a butterfly that began flying around the room. As it flew I lined it up with the chain suspending me. I refolded the butterfly into a shuriken that sliced through the chain.
"Good, I'm free from that. Now to get out of these cables." I began to split my body into paper. I barely held the cables out. Since my body was just paper, it took more streangth to hold the cables in place. I had to be quick in order to avoid injury. I scatterd my paper to all corners of the room as quickly as possible. The cables snapped together with incredible force, slicing a piece of paper that got caught between them.
When the cables became still I reformed and sat in the corner. I gasped from using up so much oxygen.
"Okay, I've gotten this far. Now what? Sure I'm in no immediate danger. But I only have so much Oxygen left. And I'm still trapped down he-" I said before being interupted by what sounded like massive explosions outside. Even within all this concrete and metal I could here something. It sounded like a war was going on up there. Suddenly, I felt the vibrations of a massive explosion just overhead. A few seconds later and I felt like I was moving. No, the entire box was moving. The rising sensation continued until I felt the box drop. I hit the ground hard. My wounds still fresh from earlier. The door of my room flew open and a tall man with a cloak walked in. I could not see him in this dark room and with my eyes swollen over. He picked me up and carried me outside the box. I strained to see what happened. The entire complex was leveled. And all the soldiers appeared to be dead. I looked at my savior. He seemed so familiar. His features, his build, his...Orange hair! I closed my eyes and looked again. It couldn't be...could it?
"Ya...Yahiko?"
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)Chapter 6: The New Dawn: Nagato’s Strange Behavior
I woke up in our bed, the sheets covered my naked body. I turned to face my lover, but Nagato was gone. I sat up and looked for Nagato, but he was gone.
“Nagato! Nagato!” I called, hoping that he was still in the base.
“Konan, I’m here in the morgue. Come here please,” he answered. His response frightened me. I used the nearby towel to wrap myself up with then ran to the morgue to see what Nagato was doing. When I walked in I saw him kneeling over Yahiko's corpse.
"Nagato? What are you doing? Why did you take Yahiko out of the cooler?" I asked in shock of the sight before me.
"Konan, last night I saw the dream. I saw the whole dream. The Rikudo Sennin that Sensei spoke of appeared in my dream. I saw many things. My powers were explained... I also saw Yahiko in the dream. There is something I want to try."
"Nagato..." I said as I dropped the towel to let him see me, "come back to bed. Let us not dwell on these things."
"Clothe yourself Konan. I appreciate the gesture, but now is not the time. Return once you are clothed." Defeated, I returned to my room and put on an undershirt and my robe then returned to where Nagato was. When I returned I saw that Nagato was continuing his work. He had cleared away most of the things in the room and Yahiko was in the center.
"What exactly are you trying to acomplish Nagato? Why can't we just leave this for another day.
"Konan enough. Just let me work." I stopped talking. There was no winning right now. Nagato began performing the handsigns for a summon and slammed his hand into the ground. "Kuchiyuse:Gedo Mazo (Summoning: Demonic Statue of the Outer Path)." Nagato declared as the giant statue appeared. An overwealming fear came over me. I ran to Nagato's side and held him tight.
"Nagato! Why is that monster here? I don't want you being hurt again! Make it go away!" I pleaded. Suddenly I was knocked down.
"Konan enough! Let me do this and GET BACK!" he snapped. I was amayzed. Nagato was always so quiet and peaceful, but here he was screaming at me. I started to crawl away, but Nagato's hand grabbed mine and lifted me to my feet. "I'm... sorry, Konan. I have just been stressed. You did not deserve that," he said before kissing me, "Just let me do this, okay. Just trust me." I knodded and stepped back.
Then a black rod began to emerge from the statue's chest and moved towards Yahiko. I shuddered at the thought of Nagato defiling Yahiko's body, but I could not stop Nagato now. As the rod drew closer and closer to Yahiko, I could not see the result. I closed my eyes and waited, until I heard it. The sound of metal piercing flesh. I winced out loud.
Out of curiosity I opened my eyes. But not at Yahiko. No, I was looking at Nagato. He was closing his eyes and his head was turned away. A tear raced down his pale cheek. He held the kunai that killed Yahiko. His will must be strong in order to do this. Then Nagato opened his eyes again and walked over towards me. He began to hug me tight. I was surprised at first then I hugged him back. I gripped him as if my life depended on it. I burried my face in his chest and sobbed. I cried for ten minutes before I began to calm down.
"Thank you...Nagato," I whispered.
"Konan... this won't get any better. I think you should walk out." I knodded and walked out of the room. As I walked out of the room, I noticed the rain had stopped. I walked outside and gazed at the sun light. The light warmed me. It felt good. The sun light was almost clensing.
Suddenly, a hand reached around me and clasped my mouth. The other hand grabbed me around the waist and kept me from moving. I tried to scream, but another man clenched his hand on my throat. In his other hand was a metal bar. I gasped for breath, trying to escape until a sharp pain and then darkness.
Chapter 7: Chamber of No Escape: Is that... Yahiko?!
I didn't expect them to go so far. As a kunoichi, I expected them to take advantage of me. But what I did not expect was the mercilous beating that followed. My ribs were broken, my fingers were smashed, both eyes were so swollen I could not see, and I could only hear out of one ear because the other had been beaten so repetitivly. I could hardly breath because of the amount of blood I was couphing up.
The men were the soldiers of Hanzo, the monster that caused Yahiko's death. From what I could tell I was in some military prison. Around my neck was a metal collar connected to a chain held by my capters. My ancles were bound together and my arms were tied behind my back. A chakra seal tag on my forhead prevented me from using my paper ninjutsu.
The men were dragging me down into a pit. When we reached the bottom, I was taken into a strange metal box. The men attached the chain to the top of the box. The chain was short enough that I was suspended from the ground. The collar choked me as my legs flailed. I thought they were trying to hang me.
"Don't worry. we still need you. Help her up men," one of them ordered. Two men lifted me up slightly so I could breath. I gasped for breath. A few other men came in and tied cables around me that attached to the walls of the room. The men released me and the cables held me in the air.
"Alright, I'm only going to say this once so pay attention. You and the shinobi known as Nagato are S-rank criminals that Lord Hanzo demanded to have killed. We are going to use you to draw your little boyfriend here. This room is located in the center of the Amegakure military facility and is a heavily guarded prison. This particular chamber is designed for notable shinobi threats such as yourself. It is designed to prevent you from escaping under any means. As you may have noticed, those cables are the only things keeping you from a death by strangulation. Those wires are also designed to contour to your body. If you use the escape ninjutsu, those cables will break your arms and legs. Not only that, but every inch of this room is rigged with paper bombs, that are set to explode if there are any chakra spikes from using jutsu. If somehow you escape the cables and the collar, the cables will contract and the paper bombs will detonate. Do not plan on using the explosions to escape, because these walls are reinforced and five meters thick. Once we leave and close the door, if anybody opens the door without the password or key, the bombs will go off as soon as they are within the room. There is a total of exactly 10,000 paper bombs in this chamber of only five meters by five meters. There is no chance of survival if the bombs go off. Once the airtight door is closed you will have a total of three hours oxygen supply. I hope you enjoy your short stay here." The men walked out and closed the door behind them. A few minutes later I heard a strange sound...much like the sound of...concrete being poored! These men were going to ensure that I could not leave. They were going to bury me alive in a death trap.
My mind raced. I had to think of how to get out of here. If Nagato came to save me then we would both die. If I made any efforts myself then I will die...but then Nagato would survive. But Nagato would still come looking for me. If he found me dead...It would kill him. Only a short while ago he lossed Yahiko. If I died he would have nobody left. I tried to think of a way to save myself.
"Wait...this chakra tag is made of paper. And chakra tags can't be sensed. If I could focus some chakra into it and manipulate it with my paper ninjutsu, then maybe I could diffuse some of the paper bombs." I focused hard into the tag. I couldn't fail. I had to do this.
Suddenly the corners of the tag began to peel off until it had fully seperated from my body. With my chakra in the tag, it flew over to the walls and landed on the paper bombs. Every bomb the tag touched, I used my chakra to turn into another chakra seal tag. This spread until every tag in the room was a chakra seal tag. I didn't have to worry about the bombs anymore. I started focusing my chakra into the origami rose in my hair. The rose unfolded and refolded into a butterfly that began flying around the room. As it flew I lined it up with the chain suspending me. I refolded the butterfly into a shuriken that sliced through the chain.
"Good, I'm free from that. Now to get out of these cables." I began to split my body into paper. I barely held the cables out. Since my body was just paper, it took more streangth to hold the cables in place. I had to be quick in order to avoid injury. I scatterd my paper to all corners of the room as quickly as possible. The cables snapped together with incredible force, slicing a piece of paper that got caught between them.
When the cables became still I reformed and sat in the corner. I gasped from using up so much oxygen.
"Okay, I've gotten this far. Now what? Sure I'm in no immediate danger. But I only have so much Oxygen left. And I'm still trapped down he-" I said before being interupted by what sounded like massive explosions outside. Even within all this concrete and metal I could here something. It sounded like a war was going on up there. Suddenly, I felt the vibrations of a massive explosion just overhead. A few seconds later and I felt like I was moving. No, the entire box was moving. The rising sensation continued until I felt the box drop. I hit the ground hard. My wounds still fresh from earlier. The door of my room flew open and a tall man with a cloak walked in. I could not see him in this dark room and with my eyes swollen over. He picked me up and carried me outside the box. I strained to see what happened. The entire complex was leveled. And all the soldiers appeared to be dead. I looked at my savior. He seemed so familiar. His features, his build, his...Orange hair! I closed my eyes and looked again. It couldn't be...could it?
"Ya...Yahiko?"
("little one?")
