As I walked outside of Toby's room I saw her trapped against the wall by Orochimaru.
"Didn't I tell you to leave her alone before?"I asked scowling at him.
"My,my I didn't know she was your prperty."he said with a smug smile.
"She doesn't belong to anyone you viper."I said in an angered tone.
"Then whats the matter with what I am doing?" he asked smirking.
"I SAID LET HER GO!"I yelled while charging him.
"Gladly." he said throwing her into me.
As I caught her Orochimaru escaped into the darkness without a trace.I fumed at the thought of what happend.I turned to Toby to make sure she was all right.
"He didn't do anything to you did he?"I asked picking her up.
"No."she replied,"He had just grabbed me when you two showed up.
Nameless rushed over to see her.
"Toby never ever talk to him again got it that man is no good."I said.
"Why?"she asked.
"Long ago he tried to get to my body when I was no older than you are now."I said cringing at the memory.
"How?" she asked again.
I didn't feel like telling the story but I knew she would keep wondering what happend so I swallowed my fear and spoke.
"It started after my clan was wiped out,"I began,"I was just an orphan looking for a good home when I met him."
"Back Then no one payed any attention to me because of my ears and tail so when hee spoke to me I smiled for the first time in years."
"What did he want?"asked Toby.
"To make a deal."I said,"He told me he could find the person responsible for what happend to my family in exchange for me staying by his side."
"I was young so IU didn't know any better and followed him to a secluded home out of view."
"For years I stayed there waiting for him to fullfill his promise but he never did."
"What happend?"asked Toby again.
I looked down when I thought of what happend next.
"One day he came for me,"I said,"he said he needed me to do a favor for him and escorted me to a sealed room."
"When we entered the room he began saying strange things about his future to confuse me.And then he attacked."
"What did you do?"she asked.
"I fought back." I said,"I summoned all my will power and forced him back into a new body."
"I thought I had destroyed him and gotten away but part of him remained linked to me in my mind. So for years I have endured him hiding in the recesses of my thoughts."
"That sounds terrible."said Toby.
"It is and it caused me to ruin my life."I said,"Thats why I am here and alone in life."
"No your not you got Sasori-sempai."she said.
"He doesn't care about me."I said stnding in the darkness of my depression,"No one here does."
Toby felt sorry for me so she decided to comfort me with a hug.
"I care."she said hugging me.
I began to feel warm when she hugged me so I accepted the hug.
"Thank you."I said smiling.
Whatever happens now I have a friend to talk to.
As I went in search of any item that might point me in the direction of were Toby might have ran off to I bumped into Sasori-sempai.
"Sorry,sempai."I said as I quickly jumped up to help Sasori stand,"I was looking for a clue to Toby-chans location and thinking."
"Don't let it happen again."said Sasori-sempai brushing the dirt off,"What were you thinking about?"
Should I tell him about my doubts.I thought trying to clear my mind.
"Whatever it is I won't yell at you for it."said Sasori-sempai.
"Well,"I said clearing my throat,"I've been doubting that I made the right choice when I joined the Akatsuki."
"For what reason?"asked Sasori-sempai.
"I don't know really."I said,"I guess I'm just afraid of how my sister feels about me now."
"What did say to you before you joined?"asked Sasori-sempai.
I looked to the floor so Sasori-sempai wouldn't be able to see the depression in my eyes when I remembered her last words to me before I left her behind.
"She told me she had fallen in love with me."i said with an emotion less voice.
I just couldn't bear hearing those words in my head again.When she told me that I just turned and walked away forever without giving her a second look.
"Oh."said Sasori-sempai,"Well I should let you get back to work."
"Yes sempai."I said.
As I walked past him I felt a tear in my heart begin to grow causing a pain inside me to throb.I knew deep down that I have been left alone to drift in darkness forever.
I sat in my room as I heard the insanity outside about how Toby ran away and only wished I could do the same.Unfortunately even if I did run where else could I go.My clan had been destroyed by that mysterious virus and I had shunned the only other survivor so I could seek out the one responsible for the outbreak.
"I wonder if there is any other place for me in this world?"I asked with a sigh.
Just then Pein knocked on my door.
"Rei we need your help to track down Toby."said Pein.
"Very well."I replied raising from my bed and walking towards the door.
When it came to tracking by sent in the Akatsuki I was the best.Even in my old village I was raised as a master tracker.Thats only because my clan was the rare and only breed of neko-human shinobi.That meant our natural senses were enhanced beyond that of a normal human being.
"What seems to be on your mind?"asked Pein as I entered the hall.
"Nothing."I said,"Just thinking about life is all."
"Well start thinking about what might happen if Toby isn't found."said Pein with a serious look.
A chill ran up my spine at the thought of what might happen if I failed.I quickly went to work looking for any sign of Toby's scent.I knew that if she didn't return I was in for a world of hurt.
