It's Not Forever *Shikamaru/OC/Gaara* (Book 1) COMPLETE

Chapter 16

A/N: AGAIN, really really sorry about the POV jumping..    

---K---

 I wake up in a dark room with a pounding headache. I force the pain back enough to stand. I find my way to the nearest wall and start feeling around for a doorknob. I circle the whole room several times and can't find one. I reach down for my sticks and find them gone along with my backpack and weapons. I scream out in frustration and kick the wall. I don't remember what happened or where I am. I just remember Shikamaru locking me in the room then my door being kicked in... Lots of blood, dark hair... Then nothing. It'll come back to me I'm sure.
"Let me out whoever you are! I'm going to kill you!" I call out, still kicking the wall. I start punching the wall as well and continue yelling whatever pops into my head for what feels like hours despite the pain. I back away as a door opens in front of me shedding light into the room. The person waves their hand and a bunch of lanterns light along the upper part of the walls. I rush toward the person to get out the door, but get knocked back across the room.
"Let me out of here you creep! What do you want with me?" I ask, standing back up.
"You may be of use to us. It's all up to our Leader to decide, little one."
I recognize the voice and growl. "You're the one from the village last month! Get out of my way shrimp! I'll beat you without my drumsticks!"
He laughs. "I doubt that little one. I can't hurt you anyway, not yet. Leader has to decide if he wants to keep you or not."
"I don't belong to anyone. I'm not an object to be 'kept' by some creeps."
He laughs again. "If he doesn't want to keep you, you'll be eaten, sacrificed, turned into a puppet, or worse. You better hope and pray for your own life." He turns and walks out, slamming the door shut before I can get to it. I punch the door and start to kick and scream again. Maybe someone else will show up and I can trick my way out of here.

----Shika---- I pace the living room, trying to come up with some way of trying to find where she is while trying not to break down. Ino flinches from her spot on the couch and sits back up, shaking her head. She'd been trying to reach Kaida but hasn't been able to. I nod and resume my pacing. There's got to be a file somewhere that has information on this organization. Tsunade would know. I have to talk to her, forget about Sasuke. He made his choice. I put my shoes on and walk out, hellbent on getting some answers. I'll find her and save her at all costs.
----k-------
It's been what feels like forever since Sharkie came by and no one has responded to my tantrum. I give up and sit on the floor next to the door, putting my headphones on and try to memorize the room while there is light. Door facing north, no handle, made of wood; ten lanterns ¾ of the way up the wall, and that's it. Not too hard to memorize. An idea blossoms in my head and I stand up and press my hands to the wood, I focus chakra into my hands and send out soundwaves. If I can get them strong enough I may be able to shatter the door. It shudders but refuses to break. I curse again and slam my fists into the door and yell out obscenities at the men holding me captive.
The door swings inward, smacking me in the face. In the dim light, I see the one person I actually wanted to se. He looks down at me with his red eyes shining in the low light. He pushes the door closed behind him and I hear the click of the lock. There goes my chance of escape. I glare at him as I rub my nose and back away.
"What do you want Itachi?"
"I came to see you." He answers, leaning against the door.
It suddenly hits me how I got here. "You! You broke into my house and attacked me! You knocked me out and brought me here! It's your fault!"
"It was for your own protection. I didn't attack you first, you wouldn't come willingly." He says with a shrug.
"My protection!? Kidnapping me from my own house is not protection! And why would I want to leave with a murderer?"
"Orochimaru was sending more of his men to take you while your friends were distracted with retrieving Sasuke. It was either I take you or they would. You'll learn to enjoy the Akatsuki, little sister. I'll be here to help you."
I bite back a laugh. "Yeah, you'll totally be here. Just like you were there until you murdered your clan leaving Sasuke and I traumatized and completely alone. You were my third family and you murdered them and left us for dead! You're a liar and a traitor!" I spit at the floor in front of him.
"I did what I had to do Kaida. There's more to it than you see. I had to leave you two behind, I knew you'd take care of each other."
"He abandoned me too, after all of that. He became consumed by his hatred of you. He lashed out against anyone that came too close, including myself. I started living on my own in the streets at the age of six. Six Itachi! Do you realize how hard that was!? I starved for weeks at a time until someone started leaving baskets of food where I slept. No one in the village wanted me. I was only six and everyone left me."
He stares at me as I clench my fists, fighting back the anger and tears threatening to spill over.
"I had no idea." He finally says and I chuckle.
"No, you didn't." I turn away from him and kick the wall leaving a decent sized dent in it.
I jump as he turns me around and wraps his arms around me. I freeze momentarily before putting a hand on his stomach and pulsing out a soundwave to knock him back.
----Shika—
 "What do you mean there's nothing we can do!? She's a member of our village and one of our Chunin and you're just going to let her suffer!?" I yell, slamming my hand on the Hokage's desk.
She sighs and rubs her forehead. "Kaida Hattori is not a member of the village according to our records. She was allowed access but was never recognized as a villager. There's nothing I can do unless our village is hired by her family to retrieve her, which I doubt they will. Her past is shady to begin with; she was found with Zabuza Momochi as a child."
"I know what she's been through but she's not a criminal! Her family left her for dead and you're doing the same thing! Give me the files on the Akatsuki, I'll find her myself." I command.
"You're not going anywhere, Nara. You're needed in Konoha."
"You have plenty of other ninja under your control. I'm not needed." I counter.
"If you step foot out of this village, I will report you as a rouge nin and a traitor to the village. The ANBU will hunt you down and you'll be imprisoned." She snaps.
"I don't care." I walk out of her office and slam the door, hearing the satisfying sound of the picture frames on her wall shatter.