the demon inside me part 7: prisoner

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i got back to the akatsuki base the next day, but i wasnt up for stopping everyone from fighting, so i walked into pain's office were i always went when i had to relax. pain was sitting at the table looking over some papers when i came in. he looked up and nodded for me to sit next to him. i sat down tiredly and said,
"we met the leaf ninja again on our mission."2

pain nodded sympatheticaly and said,
"well, then this is gonna really suck for you." i sat up straight and said,
"what is?" in a menicing tone. pain remained calm and passed a sheet of paper twords me. it detailed a mission that itachi and kisame were on. when i finished reading it, i yelled at the top of my lungs,
"KIDNAP KAKASHI HATAKE! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?" 3

pain put a finger to his lips to quiet me, but i fumed and bit my bottom lip. pain continued in a quieter voice,
"let me finish. itachi and kisame came back from the misson yesterday to say that they could not locate kakashi, so your gonna have to get rid of him yourself." i gaped at him, and said,
"why do we need to get rid of him, pain-kun?"4

"he is becoming a nucance. we get rid of all nucances to the akatsuki." pain reasoned.
"and tobi?"
"is and exception." pain said, smiling at my joke. i sighed and nodded.
"anything else on your mind?" pain asked.5

i fiddled with my thumbs and looked at the table. i had been thinking about kakashi wile coming back to the akatsuki base, and i had an idea for him.
"why dont i do some reserch on kakashi, first?" i whispered. i heard pain chuckle, but it was kind. he understood that i wanted to talk to kakashi again and understand him better before killing hem.
"agreed. go on now." pain said. 6

i beamed at him and gave him a little peck on the cheek as a thank you and ran out of the room.7


kakashi's p.o.v*****8


"so, this iris person is actually named Gin, but she changed her name for saftey in the akatsuki, and she's also your little sister? why didnt you tell us? thou i dont blame you, what she did must mean you have hated her for a long time!" sakura said, sitting beside naruto and sai and me in the ichiraku ramen place.
"yeah, kakashi sensei! but why did you let her get away?" naruto asked, slurping up his ramen.9

"but i DONT hate her for what she did." i said, not even feeling well enough to touch my ramen.
"what? why?!" sai asked, pushing away his empty ramen bowl at the same time as naruto. i sighed and said,
"think about the reasons she did that. my parents tried to kill her, they didnt love her, and the curse kinda took controll. it wasnt her fault. i thought you naruto, of all people, would understand this."10

naruto looked at the counter in embaressment. i streached and said,
"but that doesnt explain why the akatsuki took her in." sakura piped up,
"maybe they saw potential in her because of her curse!" i nodded, having thought the same thing.
"your probably right, sakura." then, all of a sudden, i felt an overwelming pang of sadness.11

i swung around and waved goodbye to the team, letting them pay for it. when i arrived at home, i sat on the corner of my bed and opened a drawr with a picture in a frame in it. i picked up the picture and looked at it in my lap. it was when Gin had been four, and i was celebrating her birthday with her. 12

my parents forbid me to, but i did anyway because she looked so sad in that dark room my parents always locked her in like she was some sort of monster. she had been in a pink sun dress and holding onto my arm with a big, happy smile on her face. i was smiling too, but you couldnt see it from behind my mask. 'she always did wonder why i wore it' i thought.13

i sighed and thought of Gin now. she was merciless and wanted me to hate her because she probably didnt understand any other emotion i would feel. 'she must have forgotten me when because she was so young when she left' i thought somberly, biting my lip. 'she sure is stronger now, thou.' i layed down on my bed, still sideways, and fell asleep with the picture of me and Gin on my stomach.14

my p.o.v******15

i was on a solo mision, wich none of the guys liked. kisame and itachi had asked me over and over again if i had all the supplies that i needed, my team had walked me almost half way before i told them i would be fine, zetsu and tobi just silently worried(tobi not so silently), and hidan and kakuzu protested that i should have someone come with me. 16

konan(blue-haired woman who could controll oragami and was pains partner) had told me that if i didnt come back before my dead line the guys would probably form a search party for me. i laughed at that now, but i also had to keep quiet. i was standing i kakashi's room as he fell asleep, and released the invisible jutsu. i walked over and looked at the photo kakashi had been looking at.17

was that me? how old was i? 'i wish i could remember' i thought, then i shook my head and decided it was best if i didnt remember. i took the picture and replaced it back in the drawr, quietly shutting it. nontheless, the noise woke kakashi.