Shadow`s of the enemy

"Who's Naka? Heehee...What's my name, anyway?" She smiled and sighed, looking around with unfocused eyes. "Where am I?"

Aiden walked over to her, and touched her cheek, but pulled back in pain. "You okay, Miru?"

Miru simply hugged herself and aiden could see that the strong uchiha was breaking down"..what has that monster done to naka...", it could be seen and heard on her her heart had broken..

Aiden looked briefly at Miru, then back to Naka. Quickly, he kissed her deeply, making the young girl flutter her eyes in shock. Then he pulled back and slapped her hard.

Naka blinked, her eye turning back to red. The first thing she saw was Miru. "Okaa-sama! Why are you sad?" She struggled against the binds, trying to hug her.

Miru didnt answer but simply formed a rat handsign with one hand"..kai", the chains broke and disappeard but the black haired girl didnt move from the floor

"Oof!" Naka landed on the floor, and rubbed her sore butt. She turned to Miru, and hugged her. "Okaa-sama, you look so sad! What happened? Did Uncle do something to you? He did, didn't he? He's a very bad man, that's why I hate him!"

Miru didnt hug back, her eyes were empty and emotionless, what the naka had said befor had broken her soul in a way..tears were running down her cheeks but it couldt be seen if it was of joy or sorrow

"Okaa-sama? Okaa-sama! What- what's wrong? Okaa-sama, say something!" Naka was worried and anxious. She shook Miru's shoulders, trying to snap her back to reality. Meanwhile, Aiden had gone to wake up and fetch Samu and the baby.

Samu was oppening his eyes a little, the little boy was sitting on his fathers chest trying to wake him up, he turned his head and lifted his arms"..up..want up", he said to aiden

Miru blinked a couple of times befor seeing the red eye back"..im nothing but trouble to you all.."

"H-huh?" Now she was scared. She called to Aiden, trying to get him to hurry up. Aiden took Samu's arm carefully, supporting them on his shoulders, and helped him into the room. He kneeled down, and helped the Uchiha man face Miru.

Samu took the hollow looking miru into his arms and stroke her down the long black hair but she didnt even answer"..whats wrong with her?..it couldt had bein asmo who did this well?"

Miru simply remained with the cold face, even when the little boy craweld into her arms she simply hold him, her eyes were like death pits..

Aiden shook his head. "Can't be. Naka's okay, and neither Mori nor Asmo came." He bent down and waved his hand over Miru's face. "OI! Uchiha, what's wrong?"

Naka was petrified. Did...Did Asmo do something to Miru? Nah, couldn't be...But why? Why did her 'mother' have to be like this? She turned around, left the room, and ran for the Kuroda grave.

Befor naka even could take a step miru had taken a hold of her arm"..dont go", sounded her hollow voice

Samu shock his head"..who knows..it could also be some side-effects of the curse maby?"

"But Okaa-sama...why are you like this?" Naka collapsed to her knees, eyes watering. She had been taught to never cry, though she forgot who had taught her that. "It's me, huh? I bring bad luck wherever I go, I keep hurting people. I hurt uncle, I hurt you...what if I hurt Otoutou-chan? I can't stay like this..." She bent over, her hands on the floor, holding back tears. "I'm useless as a servant, useless as a friend, and useless as a daughter.." Aiden wanted to hug her, to hold tight, but he knew he couldn't.

Miru simply took her in against her body"no naka...its never you..this is all entire my fault..i started this..there can be peace if you danna makes peace with you uncle and me..", she saw into naka`s eyes with her own and a faint calm very little smile came accros miru`s face"..if you leave me naka..i dont wanna live.."

"But I don't want to leave you, Okaa-sama! Danna... Danna just pulls me away without my permission, I can't help it..." She hugged Miru tight, not caring if she was hurting. Naka knew she wasn't; she was Miru. "Please, Okaa-sama, live...my whole family died, but you, Samu and two others..."

Aiden froze. Naka had forgotten her real family. "Miru, Naka's afraid to lose any more relatives. When she was a little girl, her whole family was wiped out in one single night, like the Uchihas."

Sasori was standing in the door with deidara, he had bein close to beg the blond clay user for staying anthoder night, but he had deidara admidt that without a good goodbye it wouldt be right, so they were gonna stay the night over and leave at sunrise. He took of his stawhat and watched them in silence

Miru looked down"..i guess..we are even more the same..", she then placed a little kiss on naka`s cheek and pattet her on her head"..dont worry naka..i will never leave you..", her body was being hurt alot over the tight hugging but she didnt push naka away, she spottet the red haired puppet master and the blond "artist" in the door and smield a little

Deidara cracked a little smile. It were wonders how far Sasori would go to just to stay with these people.

Naka kept hugging, her head bent. "But...But...Other relatives say that, didn't they? And look at them now! What if I was never like this, it'd be better..."

Aiden kneeled next to the girls. Oh, how he wanted to wrap his arms around the younger one and tell her that everything was fine... But he knew it couldn't, and it wasn't.

Miru pattet her head"..naka-chan..just remeber you okaa-sama, uncle,
otōto-san, otosan, sasori-sama and dei-san always will be here..ok?",
she said with a faint smile, the inside of her body was still hurting
badly from the curse, as if it hadent bein liftet completly

Sasori looked down at them"..naka-chan?..could you help me and deidara
making dinner tonight?..", he would wait to the dinner to tell that him
and deidara was leaving the next morning

Naka looked at Miru, then at Sasori and back to Miru. "Okay, Sasori...And Okaa-sama, I'm sorry that I hurt you, I can't help it! I'm not perfect."

Deidara nodded to Sasori. "I'll be in the kitchen if you need me, un."

Miru gave her a little smile"..its..okay naka-chan..", samu helped her to her feet

Samu looked concernd"..miru..why..are you chakra weak?..", he didnt get a answer but simply looked down

sasori smiled for a brief moment befor looking at miru also"..its being draind"

"Drained? What do you mean?" Naka looked at Sasori. "That's a story for another time, honey, go help Deidara," Aiden told her and Naka skipped away to the kitchen. Aiden looked back to Miru. "Did you eat the fruit and drink the powder already?"

Samu checked miru`s curse mark, the sealing wasent being weaken like last time she was weak"..she has eaten it..", he said in a concernd voice

Miru closed her black eyes a little and slowy"i..i dont know whats happening to me.."

"Did the miko take out the whole curse or not, dammit?" Aiden demanded to know.

Naka and Deidara were meanwhile chopping up lots of capsicum and chili peppers.

Sasori watched them while he was cooking the nuddles, he would miss theese evenings, maby he would beging help konan make dinner at the akatsuki base sometime?

Miru looked down"..i ..i dont know..she probably didnt..or else its something else..", she said in a weak voice befor fainting

Aiden held her shoulders, keeping her from hitting the floor. He sighed and passed her body to Samu. "I'm going out to find that miko and bring her here." He used Henge and turned into a young girl, running out.

"Okay, put all that into Aiden's bowl, un." Deidara instructed Naka, pointing at a huge bowl of sliced pepper, jalapeno and capsicum.