Team Kakashi
Naruto was exceptionally pleased with the unexpected back-up from the Sand Village. Temari stood with her brothers with her fans in tow, Kankuro with his puppets and the Kazekage himself with his gourd. Seeing the Kazekage there with the other siblings was a surprise considering that he had a responsibility to his village, but no one was about to complain. The situation was dire and they needed to retrieve their captured teammate. Temari explained that she had been returning from a trip from the Leaf Village (once again) when she caught wind of one of Kakashi's Ninja dogs. That was how she heard of the situation and Kankuro hadn't been too far out of the way (returning from a mission of his own) when he joined in. Gaara, on the other hand, had been unaware of the entire situation. He just had a strange feeling that he was needed and left Baki in charge until his return.
"Now it's our turn to help." Temari said with a grim smirk.
Kakashi simply nodded and led the group away, following another ninja dog that had reported back to him, towards the Akatsuki base. He informed them of their opponents' status. The blonde Akatsuki member was without one of his arms and the other Akatsuki member managed to escape them, but not before Naruto shattered the puppet master's outer body. They couldn't get a clear visual on his true form but he was no longer using the puppet as a disguise.
"So we should expect to see men?" Temari asked.
"Right."
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Tsunade/Hidden Leaf Village
The Hokage was sitting at her desk, drinking some of her sake when she received a message from one of Kakashi's ninja dogs. She wasn't expecting them to return until tomorrow, but she wasn't expecting what she was going to find in his message. She was about to open the scroll when her sake cup cracked. She frowned. That was a bad sign and she instinctively knew that something had happened to one of the members on Team Kakashi. She hurried herself to open the scroll and her fear was confirmed.
"Shizune!"
A young woman with short black hair and black eyes immediately entered the room. This was the medical assistant to the Hokage, Shizune. She was always sticking the Hokage with paperwork and hiding her sake. She held a piglet in her arms, which was Tsunade's pet, TonTon. The young Shizune stood at attention.
"Yes, my lady?"
"Find the next available ninja team as fast as you can." She said urgently.
"What's happened?" Shizune asked.
"Mina was captured."
Akatsuki Base
Mina's POV
That blonde, one-armed, bastard molested me. He had taken advantage of me while I was healing from my previous injuries that he had inflicted on me. Now who would want me? I was tarnished goods. My father had always warned me that nobody would want a girl that had been tainted and raped. Well, father, you got what you wanted. I hope you, mom, and Deidara burn in hell where you all belong. I refused to cry, though. No tough kunoichi allowed herself to cry no matter the situation she was in. This was the philosophy I have always followed, even before I arrived in the Narutoverse. I have taken torture before and being sexually assaulted was no different from other attacks, but was it really different? Of course it was, though I had no intentions of dating anyone in the future considering that my future had been completely re-written and was up in the air. I had lost something that she had worked hard to keep from losing: the very purity that I had remaining.
Now it's gone. I hope you burn, you bastard.
If it wasn't for these damned chakra suppressors, I would have probably made a run for it. Then again, where would I go? If I remembered correctly, the base had at least five seals to keep anyone from entering or leaving and I had no idea where the hell they were, anyway. I don't know what's better: death and being turned into one of Sasori's puppets or being beaten and tortured and being kept alive. Either way, neither choice sounded appealing. All I could do from keeping myself from going insane was lose myself in happier memories and the joys that kept me sane. I had no wish to think of the dark thoughts that I had to deal with.
I was about to doze off because of just how exhausted I was when the door to my cell opened. I glared at my visitor.
"Even after all of that torture, you still want to fight, hn?" Deidara asked. "Very stubborn kunoichi, indeed."
"Quit playing around, Deidara." Sasori's voice suddenly reprimanded. "We need her in good condition if she's to be of use to us."
Deidara frowned but said nothing. He left me alone, leaving the cell, and Sasori was about to follow when he suddenly turned his attention to me. I sensed that he had a warning for me. He slowly approached me and got down on one knee. I kept my glare on, making him smirk. He said that my glare was rather amusing. That was when grabbed my face and told me that the Akatsuki really had no use for me, except maybe being a strong arm for them, and that once they captured the Nine-Tails that they were going to discard me.
"That sounds about right." I said sarcastically.
"But you'd serve me well as a puppet. Pretty, yet deadly."
Sasori let me go and he left me alone in my cell.
