Chapter 3: chapter 3.
Renai gaped ceaselessly at her pinkette medic.
"You're awake." a soft smile adorned Sakura's face. She came to her side and checked her vitals on the beeping monitor. "How are you feeling?"
"Terrible." Renai spoke in a low,cracked voice, her eyes following every little movement made by Sakura.
Sakura kept the plastic bag on the steel table beside her bed. "That's.... expected, I guess. After the trauma you went through today." she grimaced inspecting the dark purple bruises on Renai's neck, recalling the gruesome stunt pulled by Pain earlier that day.
"T-Thankyou." Renai said softly, "...for saving my life."
"Its... Its fine. Don't thank me." Sakura's sombre gaze fixed on the steady heartbeats on the screen.
"What is that?" Renai asks changing the topic.
Sakura follows her line of sight and sighs. She opened the bag, rummaging through its contents. She pulls out two sets of clothes, shampoos, soaps etc. "I guess its all for you." Shrugging absent mindedly, she kept all the things on the table one by one. "You need to take a warm bath and change out of those clothes as soon as possible." Sakura says seeing the pitiful condition of Renai's outfits. Its not healthy for her to stay in those dirty and damp clothes. Especially for her recently treated wounds.
Renai sat up on the bed with some difficulties and picked up one of the two dresses, feeling its soft fabric. "There are two sets." She stated.
"So?"
"I guess...the other one is for you." Renai says eyeing the pinkette's own prisoner like appearance.
Sakura blinks a few times flabbergasted. She looks at her and then at the clothes and other items. Indeed, there were two of everything.
"And you look like... you need it more. No offense." She adds looking away with a slight upward curve of lips.
Sakura gaped at her for a few seconds and then sees her own reflection on the glass paneled window and sweat dropped. "Eh... I suppose you are right." She intoned, smiling sheepishly "we both kinda need it."
***
After both the girls were done with bathing and changing, Kisame showed up and Sakura wondered if the shark man was waiting outside the door this whole time, standing guard.
Apparently, he was given the task of escorting the girls to their respective rooms.
"And this is where you are expected." Kisame said as the metallic door of the elevator opened to a lavish hallway on the topmost floor of the colossus building. "Go to room number 3." he, not so softly, pushed her out of the metal box as the door closed behind her.
If she wouldn't have landed face-first on the carpeted floor, she could have seen the worried look on Sakura's face as the door of the elevator closed behind her.
"Why did you just leave her there like that?" The pinkette finally voiced her concern after the elevator started moving again.
"Because the Demons who live in that place... scares a Monster like me too, pinkie." The ex-Kirinin answered in a grave, serious voice, his beady eyes fixed on the juncture of the heavy metallic door.
***
Renai picked herself off the ground after she heard the elevator door close behind her. She turns around seeing the red blinking arrow signifying that the elevator was going down as the numbers on the screen kept changing at a steadily fast rate. She stood there for a little while staring blankly at the decreasing numbers, tightly clutching the hem of her little dress with rose prints all over it. She gulped down her nervousness and turned around when the countdown of the digital numbers stopped at 40. She was now far away from the brief but comfortable company of her recent acquaintance (not Kisame).
There was a sick feeling of constant trepidation as she walked through the spacious hallway. There weren't many rooms on that floor and the hallway was eerie quiet. Even though the place was fairly warm, she felt a wave of chill run down her spine as she reached the door with number 3 marked on it. She fought against the little voice inside her head that screamed for her to run away and hesitantly knocked on the heavy oak door. The door opened slowly, but to her surpristhere was no one on the other side.
She cautiously steps inside the room that seemed to have came straight out of some high society's lifestyle magazine. Everything about this room had a regal vibe to it even though it was very simply decorated. She wondered if just the couch in that room is worth more than the entire house of the Chief of previous village. The same house she wished would burn to the ground.
She kept her hands to herself, afraid to touch anything there, as her eyes took in the rich interior. The most prominent thing about the place was the somberly alluring view of Amegakure showcased through the floor-to-ceiling windows which didn't fail to stir her.
Instinctively, she walked to its brim, mesmerized by the brilliant scenery outside. She watched with the same wonder of that of a child, a ghost of a smile coming upon her lips and eyes twinkling in amazement. The village lit with endless lightbulbs and lamps, in striking contrast with its equally dark surrounding same as the cloud covered skies above. It felt to her as though the entire landscape is shifted upside-down. The stars twinkling on land instead of the sky. There were many other skyscrapers in this metropolis village like the one she was currently in. Only, this one was the tallest. So of course, the view from here was simply stunning. She couldn't help but wonder if one can see the entire Amegakure from up here. How is the view at daytime? Does it change entirely? Does those people on the street look like ants? Can she hear the bustling village from so far up? Can anyone hear her?
"Beautiful. Isn't it?"
She jumped at the sudden interruption of her musings. The same dreadful feeling returning to her with full force which she forgot about for a while.
She gulped down the dry lump in her throat as she heard Pain's footsteps approaching her. She didn't dare to turn, or make any kind of movements at all. It was as if she even forgot to breathe.
"I like this view too. Its so peaceful up here. Don't you agree?" he intoned eyeing her intently.
A bead of sweat trickled down her forehead, travelling its way down the side of her face. She didn't know how to react. Or should she even react? She knew playing possum wouldn't help here here, in this situation.
The little hairs on the nape of her neck prickled as she felt his presence behind her. He pushed all of her slightly damp hair to one side of her neck, resting on her shoulder, leaning close so his breath fanned out across her skin.
"Are you good at keeping secrets, Renai?" he asked, his breath tickling the soft skin of her neck, making it more sensitive than usual. His voice was low and smooth, like a raunchy growl, loose of its previous authorative innuendo.
Renai became stiff as a statue. Her heart beating at such a speed that she thought it might jump out of her chest, tearing through her flesh and bones. She closed her eyes painfully tight, wishing this was all just a dream.
"Answer me, Kitten." Nagato smirked sinking his teeth on the tender, supple flesh of her neck. She whimpered quietly, trembling. "Will you keep a secret for me?" his hands snaked around her petite waist, pulling her comparatively smaller frame closer to his.
Her chest expanded taking in a sudden deep breath, her body responding to the proximity of his by sending goosebumps racing across her skin. She responded to his question in a raspy hum accompanied by a little nod.
She could feel his smirk widening against her skin. In a swift motion he turned her around, trapping her between the cold glass of the window and his own warm body pressing against her.
Weekly Power Status
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Ranking 
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