Chapter 108: chapter 94
*an~ things are different from the cannon, events are happening 6 months before the cannon, Karin and Sasuke didn't know each other, that's it just enjoy the chapter
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In the southern base of Orochimaru,
Karin's POV.
"Hey, you! Don't cause trouble around here," I yelled at the prisoner.
Hearing my voice, the prisoner shuddered and retreated to the corner of the cell.
"That's good."
Walking around the prison, I inspected every prisoner. It was my job to ensure that they didn't cause any trouble.
After making my rounds, I closed the door to my room and sat in the chair. Staring into the empty air, I lost my focus, not knowing how much time had passed.
Pulling up the sleeve of my shirt, I looked at the numerous bite marks on my hand. These were painful reminders of my childhood, the sole survivor of an unknown village.
Hitting the table with my fist, I let out a helpless shout, "Why did it have to be me?"
Looking at the bite marks on my arm, I couldn't help but remember the nightmares. My mother had the same ability as me, and she was used as a healing machine for others. Every time someone was injured, they would bite my mother, and she would heal them.
Because of them, my mother died. One of the medic ninjas spotted me and tested whether I had the same ability as my mother. After an injured soldier bit my arm, they found out that I had the same ability as my mother, and then the hell of my life started.
Every time someone was injured, they bit me as if I were some kind of food. Some of them even tried to bite me on my neck. They didn't care about my well-being; they just used me to heal themselves.
There was no one to protect me. I didn't know who my father was. When my mother died, I was just 8 or 9 years old. I didn't know if my relatives were alive or not, if I had a family, or if there was anyone alive in my family who hadn't tried to save me.
As time passed, things got worse. The wars between small villages started happening more frequently, and more people started biting me.
I grew tired of it all. One day, I sensed a group of people heading towards the village. I don't know how I could sense them; in my vision, they were miles away. Seeing this as an opportunity, I somehow escaped from the hospital where they kept me. I ran in the opposite direction of the group of people approaching the village.
I didn't even look back as I ran as fast as I could. After running for a day, I sensed that there was no one in the village. I mustered all my courage and went back to where the village was supposed to be. But when I got there, there was nothing left—no one was alive, and the village had been burned to ashes.
At that moment, I was exhausted, and I sat down on the ground. I didn't feel anything as I gazed at the burned village. The only thing that village had given me was pain and suffering.
"Ohoho... Look, a survivor! I didn't expect anyone to be alive," I heard a voice behind me. As I turned around, I saw two men looking at me.
"Look, brother, she's just a child with red hair. I think she's from that clan," the other man said while examining me.
"Now that I look carefully, she is indeed very beautiful. Look at her arms; she has bite marks. If we sell her in the underground market, we can earn some money," the man gazed at me with such a disgusting look that his words haunted me to this day.
Just as I thought I was about to be captured, a large snake appeared out of nowhere and devoured both of them.
"Kukuku... how interesting," I then heard another voice.
When I looked into his yellow eyes, I felt scared. His eyes were like those of a snake.
"How can a child like you survive without any injuries?" he asked me with intrigue, as though I were some kind of interesting phenomenon.
"I sensed a group of people were coming to this village, so I ran away," I told him. Truthfully, I don't know why I couldn't lie to him.
"How fascinating..." he said while licking his lips with his long tongue and smiling creepily at me.
I escaped one disaster and found myself in another. I accepted my fate; there's not much I could do, and I have no one to save me.
I went away with him. I don't know what awaits me, but I was sure this is not something pleasant.
And just like the villagers, he started to experiment on me. He and his assistant, Kabuto, started to inject and withdraw blood from me.
From time to time, they used me as a healer for their other experiments. This didn't stop for years. He started to teach me that I should stay loyal only to him and many other things just to benefit himself.
His creepy smile haunts me to this day. Looking at my numerous bite marks, I couldn't help but feel disgusted with myself. Someone had touched me many times and bitten me.
Nobody looked at me with friendliness or warmth. After seeing the marks on my body, they felt disgusted with me. They just took a bite and went away without even looking at me.
"Will I be able to find someone? What if he also sees me with disgust and distance after seeing the marks on my body? Did he believe me that nobody had touched me in that way? What wishful thinking..."
I stood up, wiping away my tears. This was my daily routine, taking care of this prison and crying alone in this room.
I couldn't even sleep in peace. That snake's eyes, his creepy smile, people biting me; they all haunt me.
I had stopped receiving messages from Orochimaru and Kabuto for a few months.
"I think they are testing me. I can't run from them. What if they capture me again? I really am a scared girl."
To escape from these thoughts, I started to wander around the prison.
Suddenly, my senses picked up three chakra signatures outside the hideout. This hideout was in the middle of the ocean and was only known to Orochimaru and his subordinates.
I focused on the chakra signatures. Two of them I recognized; they were also like me, experimented on by Orochimaru.
"The water guy, Suigetsu, and the other unstable guy, Jugo. What are they doing here? How could they escape from Orochimaru, and how do they know about this hideout? This was only known to Orochimaru and Kabuto."
And who's the other guy? His chakra is calm on the surface but too dark and violent from the inside. Unbeknownst to me, sweat beads started to appear on my forehead.
"I haven't sensed such chakra density and darkness in someone's chakra before. Even Orochimaru's chakra pales in comparison to his."
Who is he, and why is he so powerful? This is my first time seeing someone so powerful. Why is he here? Is he here to kill me? But I don't even know him.
I started to panic. I didn't know what to do or where to hide. Then I heard a loud explosion, and everything above my head was gone. The sunlight entered the basement as the roof was destroyed.
"What?" I exclaimed in my mind. I was three floors below the surface, and now I could see the sun.
I looked above my head and saw three figures standing on the edge of the destroyed roof. They looked down at me. I could only see their shadows because the sun was just above their heads.
The person in the middle extended his hand and muttered something. I felt an invisible force envelop me, and my feet lifted above the ground. I started to move upwards, unable to control my body. My body wasn't even listening to me as it continued to ascend upwards.
"What?" I exclaimed in panic. I didn't know what had happened to me, but soon I was in front of a boy around 16. He had black hair, and his eyes turned from purple to black as he looked at me.
I hadn't seen him before, and the cold look in his eyes scared me.
"Please don't kill me," I shuddered.
But he just glanced at me and turned around as he started to walk away.
"Hey... Karin... it's been a long time," Suigetsu greeted me with a nervous smile, and I could see he was also scared.
"Haah. How did you escape from Orochimaru?" I asked him, the first thing that came to my mind.
"He saved me and told me that Orochimaru is dead," he pointed towards the boy.
From his actions, I could tell that he wasn't here to harm me or kill me. So then why is he here? Suigetsu and Jugo didn't know about this hideout, so who told him about it?
"Let's go," Jugo said and started following the boy in front of us.
We were all walking on the ocean. I mustered my courage and asked, "Hello, Mister..." I tried to start a conversation. I wanted to know why he saved me.
"Sasuke," he said.
So his name is Sasuke. How should I start now? Should I call him with honorifics or simply by name?
"Sasuke-san, how do you know about this hideout, and why did you save me?" I politely asked as I didn't want to be rude to my savior.
"It was my friend who told me about this hideout and told me to save you," he replied as he walked.
I don't have any family members who know me, so who could save me? I couldn't help but ask him politely, "May I know his name?"
"Naruto Uzumaki," he said while pulling out a white letter from his pocket and handed it to me. I caught it.
'Uzumaki... he has the same name as me. Is he really my family, and if so, why didn't he save me earlier?' My mind raced with thousands of thoughts at the same time.
A spark of hope ignited in my heart as I thought about having my family.
"Is he some relative of my mother?" I couldn't help but wonder.
Holding the letter in my hand, I started to walk slowly; I was currently behind everyone.
I opened the letter with shaky hands and began reading it. "First of all, sorry for not saving you earlier. I was also kind of busy, so forgive me for that. I am the same age as you, so don't mistake me for some kind of grandpa. As soon as I found out about your whereabouts, I sent my best buddy to rescue you. I would have loved to come myself to save you, but I didn't even know where I would be when you're reading this letter. Don't worry about anything from now on; we are family, so don't hesitate to ask anything. You can irritate that cold-looking emo boy in my place. We will be meeting very soon, or if your luck is good enough, maybe I am behind you. Just turn back and look."
I read the letter with teary eyes. I finally have someone I can call family. My heart filled with many emotions. Now I don't have to be scared of anything. Believing his words, I turned back to look, but there was nothing.
I looked at the letter again. "Hehe... I guess you fell for it, hahaha. Sorry for that. Here is my picture, so look carefully. If you encounter me, just say my name. I know this is a bogus letter. Well, bye-bye for now. See you in some minutes, hours, or days."
A slight smile graced my lips as I looked at his picture. "He is handsome, hehe." I felt giddy looking at him. I finally have a family, and after reading his letter, I couldn't wait to meet him.
I looked at Sasuke. In the letter, he said I could ask him anything, so I quickened my pace while walking with all of them.
"So where are we going, and when can I meet Naruto?" I asked him.
"Konoha. As for meeting him, I don't know about it," he replied plainly.
"Hey, Sasuke, you said there is a war going on. Tell me where it is. I want my baby to drink some blood," Suigetsu said while patting his large sword.
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AN/~ End of the chapter, how do you like the chapter, do you feel connected with Karin.
next Chapter~ Meeting with Tobi
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