The Snake Reaching for the Moon

Chapter 2

You sat curled up in the corner of a holding cell in the deep underground. There was no natural light, wind or ambient noise around. It felt a lot like one of your father's hideouts, but you weren't in your father's care anymore. The shinobi of the Hidden Leaf had taken you back to their village and interrogated you.

You were unable to answer any of their questions so they resorted to torture by using Jutsus that let them enter your mind. In the end they gained nothing from you. You had completely closed yourself off at being without the commands from your father. He was the only authority you had known your whole life. If he wasn't there you didn't know what you were allowed to do.

(Should I escape? Where should I go? If I wait here will dad find me? Does he know where I am? Is he looking for me? Am I going to die? Is it ok for me to sleep? I hope Yang is ok.) You kept thinking to yourself, from escape plans from studying the guards to simple things like if someone would hurt you if you decided to sleep on the hard bed they had given you even the wellbeing of your friend crossed your mind.

Knowing no one around you would answer you, you just curled even tighter to the corner of the cell.

Kakashi: Hello there. I'm Kakashi Hatake. You remember me right?

You looked up from your arms and saw the same shinobi who had captured you, leaning on the iron bars waving as he introduced himself. You nodded your head slightly.

Kakashi: I'm happy to hear that, I see you still haven't eaten anything. I can't say the food they serve here is the best, but starving yourself isn't good for your health.

You looked over to the stack of trays that had flies buzzing over it. The guards kept putting them in every couple of hours, but you never touched any of it. Orochimaru only ever fed you with nutritional injections and Food Pills so you didn't even know how to eat the things that were brought to you.

Kakashi: I want you to come upstairs with me. We have an offer for you and you if you accept you'll be free to walk around outside and won't be interrogated anymore.

As he spoke a guard came over and opened the door to your cell.

You were still afraid of taking your own actions without Orochimaru's approval, but staying in the cold dark cell wasn't getting you anywhere and so you decided that for the time being you would simply do what felt right to you.

You followed Kakashi up the stairs with a few of the guards following behind you. You flinched at the bright light from all the windows along the hallways. You held the long sleeve of your black kimono next to your (E/c) eyes to protect them while your eyes slowly adjusted after being underground for so long.

After walking through the circling hallway Kakashi stopped when he reached a door.

Kakashi: All right here we are. You can go on inside (Y/n).

He said as he held the door open for you and dismissed the guards to go back.

Inside you saw a purple haired woman and an old man wearing a white robe and a hat with a white veil covering the sides of his face.

Hokage: Hello young man. I am the Hokage, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village. This is one of our elite shinobi, Anko. She wanted to meet you as well.

Orochimaru had told you about the Hokage and told you that he was a weak old man with no vision for the future. Being here made you nervous as you were surrounded by the adults and still weren't sure what they wanted from you.

Kakashi: There's no need to be afraid.

He tapped your shoulder and his right eye winked at you as he smiled underneath his mask.