章 31: Izumi's Path to Vengeance
"I...don't remember. I don't even know how long I've been down here. I only know it's been a long time. I have asked the men and women who work here, but I am assigned the label...Dog. It is all I have to go by," she remarked. Naruto's mouth thinned. His eyes narrowed if only for a moment.
He opened the cell door and stood before her. He noticed how she stiffened in front of him. "Have they touched you?" He asked. She slowly shook her head. He exhaled slowly and knelt before her. His red eyes gleaming in front of her, she felt the urge to reach out and take them.
"No, I have not been touched. Takamura Shingen merely visits me at least once every two weeks. He looks at me, laughs for ten minutes and then leaves me. As if he knows something I do not. I know Dog is not my name, but it is all I have to go on. I...heard what you plan to do. Would you help me?" she asked.
Naruto stood in front of her. "No. I'm not going to help you. You're holding onto the hope that I do. You have that same look I did. Other than your name, what do you think was taken from you?" He asked. The woman looked at the ground. Angrier and angrier she became. Her face scrunched up and she gnashed her teeth. The ground beneath her feet cracked and Naruto took a slight step back.
She then slowly settled. "I think something more important to me than my name was taken. Please, let me serve you as well," she claimed. Despite his glee, Naruto kept his visage plain. He knelt in front of her again and stared into her eyes.
"And what use would I have for some woman in a dungeon who doesn't even know her own name? You have no skills. You have no information I can use. Why should I take you?" he asked. She clenched the ground.
The woman released a breath. "Yes, I...don't know my name, and thus...I can be whoever you need me to be. I don't remember what morals I had...so I can do whatever you ask me to do. I don't remember my enemies, so I can hate whomever you wish me to hate. I can love whomever you wish me to love. I'll...I'll get it right. If I can't, then you are free to dispose of me whenever you please, My Lord." she said which made Naruto stall for a moment. The only one who had spoken of him in that way had been Yugao.
"Why did you call me that?" Naruto asked. She looked up and him, her eyes as lifeless as his for these days that he could remember. She swallowed as hard as she could. She was desperately thirsty.
"It...seemed appropriate. I...won't address you formerly if you wish, but...it's all I have known," she claimed. Naruto grumbled, but he agreed. It wasn't an uncomfortable title. Perhaps he would have to begin getting used to it. He had only heard it with restrained disdain from Yugao, but to hear it without hostility was rather unsettling from what he had first known.
He shook his head. "Keep it then. I'll make good use of you. Also, I'm not calling you Dog. Let's see, until we figure out your real name then you will be...Uzumei Natsuko, a spin-off of my last name 'Uzumaki.'" he claimed. He watched her stiffen for a moment, almost as if a swell of memories had flourished through her body. She was quick to notice him staring at her when she had returned.
"I'm...sorry. The name just...sounded familiar. I will use the name well then, My Lord. Will...I drink your blood as well?" she asked. He stared down at her. He watched her slowly attempt to stand. Her footsteps were clearly uncoordinated, but he paid no heed to that. He held out his bloodied finger to her. Without complaint, Uzumei licked the red fluids from his flexed joint. She then swallowed it.
Just as with Izumi, Uzumei fell over when the burning sensation filled her body, but she slowly exhaled her breath. She could feel the urge to vomit, but by her strength she resisted this feeling. It was as if something within her was exploding and it rocked the chambers of her body. However, she was thankful that this was not a long experience. She then stood to her feet and held herself before him. Her long, red hair flowed down her side.
"Uzumei Natsuko, my Lord. Use me as you see fit," she said. Naruto resisted the urge to laugh. Try as he might, he was still ten. The double connotation was...amusing to say the least, but he turned around before he broke the character he had already established. He also had to place some new orders on Yugao. No doubt she was already trying to think of some way use them against him. But, the thrill was rather interesting.
The two walked out of the cell, although Uzumei clearly had some difficulties. She grabbed the handle bars and used them for leverage. "My Lord, what about them?" She asked pointing towards the rest of the prisoners.
His mouth thinned. Try as he might, he could find no reason to eliminate them. Some of these people were very powerful and others were clearly influential. He could make use of them. Actually...now there was a thought.
"After you've dressed up, you decide what happens to them. I want to see what you'll come up with," Naruto answered. She did not say anything. She just walked after him and out of the cells. They made their way into the office. Uzumei stiffened when she saw the guards, but, with gritted teeth, they moved to the side.
Naruto only smirked when he passed them. He noticed she seemed to stick to him very hard when in their presence. He only shook his head. He supposed this would be happening for a couple of days, or weeks. It was not so bad to allow this every once in a while.
Thankfully, it wasn't difficult to locate Yugao and Izumi. When he had come through the door, it had just been in time to see the former fitted no doubt with the former boss' wife's clothes. Izumi brushed some of her hair from the folders of the dress. "I'm burning these when I have the opportunity," she spoke. Truth be told, Naruto didn't care. That wasn't his concern at the moment.
"Do whatever you want to them. Now then, Anbu-neechan, do the same for Uzumei-chan. She needs to get cleaned up to. Also be sure to go down into the cells with her later. She's going to make some interesting decisions," Naruto said. Yugao did not want to know what he meant, but her conditioning had made her nod. She led the redhead into the shower.
Meanwhile, he noticed Izumi waiting for what seemed to be his first orders. The blonde opened his notepad and scanned some of his notes. He did not feel particularly stronger, but it might have been because he hadn't taken their blood. They had taken his. Perhaps there was a difference to be had here. He needed to think.
"Alright, first things first. Get food. Some actual food. Then, you're going to be training for the next two weeks before you kill anyone," Naruto said. He felt it odd to be commanding anyone to be training when he could remember the times he formerly goofed off. He didn't turn around to see Izumi's reaction, but he could see her shadow loom over him.
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