Akatsuki: I Believe In You

Chapter 35: Since the beginning

×Konan's POV×

Yahiko and I went to our room, everyone was spending quality time together....well except Ino and Deidara....who knows what those two are up to...

--"Konan..."--Yahiko called me, it's pretty rare of him to call me by my name....he usually calls me "Angel, Flower, Queen" so something must be up with him...

--"What is it, Yahiko?"-- I asked oblivious.

--"Do you remember.....the first time we met?..."-- he asked, turning his back towards me. Why doesn't he want to make eye contact all of a sudden?...

--"Of course I do...."-- I said.

~∆ Flashback∆~

×Konan's POV×

--"Mommy! Daddy! Where are you!?"-- I said as I cried while looking around at my demolished home. There was smoke everywhere, and it was hard to breathe....

--"Please answer! I don't want to be Alone......."-- I kept on searching and searching until I found a body......crushed by a wall....the only thing that was visible was a hand....and it had a wedding ring with an emerald stone....

--"Mom......"-- I said as I fell to my knees and started to cry, I didn't have anyone else but my parents and now they were gone. All because of that stupid war....

I was only thirteen years old when it all happened.

I stayed there for atleast a day...... hungry as hell.... almost half dead, laying on the ground besides my dead mothers body.....

Until a ninja from the hidden mist came along. He checked my pulse and knew I was still alive. I remember the smirk he had on his face when he pulled my hair upwards just to take a glimpse of what my face looked like. He dragged me through the battlefield.

It hurted.... being pulled by your hair and if I did anything to resist or fight back I earned myself a slap or usually just being pulled even harder by my hair...

I lost all hope. This was it. I was probably going to be made a slave....
Serve some sick bastard with a miserable life...

I accepted my faith and I was starting to faint since I hadn't eaten. Yet surprisingly, a boy with spiky, vivid orange hair beat the mist ninja without even sweating it. I slightly smiled before my vision became blurry.

Next thing I know I'm on a comfy bed, with the softest blankets and a fluffy pillow.....it was paradise.

I sat up, looking at my surroundings.

--"I see you're awake."-- I heard a voice say from not to far away.

I looked at my left and there he was. The boy who saved my life.

--"Umm... thank you...."-- I said nervously as I lowered my head.

--"No need to thank me"-- he said chuckling. --"It's the least I can do. Besides, I couldn't just watch as a beautiful girl like you was being mistreated."-- he added as he sat on the bed besides me.

--"I'm Yahiko, what's your name?"-- he said as he extended his hands toward me with a warm smile...

--"Konan....nice to meet you."-- I said avoiding eye contact as I took his hand and gently shoock it.

--"So....Konan.....what happened to you...?"-- he asked worryingly as he pointed at my arms, legs and at my face...I saw that I was covered in bandages. Did he treat my wounds?...

--"Ohh....and sorry if the bandages are a little tight....I did the best I could."-- he added, awkwardly smiling as he scratched the back of his head.