Chapter 5- Tatsuki

"So how old are you?" The man named Tatsuya asked. For some reason, I felt a sense of comfort coming from him that made me itch a bit closer to him. From the sound of his voice I could almost tell how far away he was; around two meters.

"I'm turning 5 in October" I said touching my newly unwrapped face. The guard had told me that I could take off the bandages from my eyes yesterday and that is just what I did. I traced the scar that I knew crossed my face before touching my open unfocused eyes.

The man whistled in surprise before speaking again.

"Wow to be put down here at age 4 and quarter? You must be a bad ass." I could feel his eyes look at my lost arm and then travail to my eyes. I shifted my head so that he couldn't look at my eyes and hugged my knees. Then I did something I didn't do before; I asked a question.

"How old are you?" I said turning his question back at him. He was silent for a bit in what I could guess was surprise.

"15" he answered with a smirk in his voice. Taking a chance he asked the same question he did when he first came into the cell.

"Why are you here?" he asked quietly. Before I realized it I had told him.

"I'm protecting my little brothers." I said as I fingered my necklace once again. I could feel my tears travel down my face and moved to wipe them. "What about you?" I asked trying to make sure he didn't see my tears.

"Protecting your brothers? If your four then how could they have done anything?Isn't that what your father is for?" he asked with slight anger in his voice. I could tell he was dodging my question.

"Cause Ace is daddy's kid and I spent the most time with daddy so I made them think my baby brother was little more of a problem than me." I said more tears running down my face.

"Come here.' He said after he listened to my explanation. For some reason I trusted him when I had thought I could never trust again. I flung myself into his direction and, thankfully, landed in his lap.

"You were brave little one, you are brave" he told me as I clenched onto his shirt. I bawled my eyes out like never before; letting everything come out as his presence, touch and words comforted me. His knees were against my back as he tried to hug me close for his hands had been chained to the wall.

We stayed like that for a long time before I slowly slid off his lap and sat beside him.

'Remember your manners Kari.' My mother's voice echoed again in my head.

"Thank you." I said as I leaned against his ribs.

A far away scream made me tense but his presence made me relax.

"Not a problem kid" he said his chains jingling a bit. "You might want to go to the bed, people are coming." I informed me after a while longer. Listening closely I found that he was right. I slowly got up and blindly made my way to my bed that was directly in front of him. I hoped onto it and hid under the covers.

"BRAT GET UP" The guard said unlocking the door. He walked in before flipping off my covers. "The doctor wants to see you." He said his voice slightly amused by the way I stiffened.

"NOOOO!" I yelled jumping off the covers onto the floor then hid under the bed. The guard laughed before looking under the bed.

"Kid you can't run." He said as he got up and flipped the bed into the wall. I curled myself closer into a fetal position not wanting to go any closer to the place where the doctor was. The guard grabbed my arm and pulled me into a standing position. I looked up in fright not wanting to go anywhere.

"DON'T TOUCH HER!" Tatsuya growled from the wall.

"Shut up Assassin! You have no say in this." The guard said as he lifted me up onto his shoulder and left the cell.

The whole time I was carried to the room I kept hearing Tatsuya call for me.

I was soon placed on a metal bed and strapped in by chains. Tears plagued my face as thoughts of what had happened to me on a cold table such as this one haunted me.

"Hello Kari, how are you doing today?" The Voice from my nightmares said as a door closed. I could tell by the breathing how many people were in here. Two. His and mine. I shut my mouth not wanting anything to do with him.

"Aww don't be like that! You know I didn't like doing what I did to you but if was an order from above." He said I could feel the sickening grin in his voice.

"Liar" I croaked knowing full well that he enjoyed it. He chuckled before moving beside me. His cold hands touched me and I tried to flinch away but couldn't.

He chuckled at this before unraveling the bandages around my shoulder. I cried out as he ripped the bandages and scab away from the stiches he had place to keep my skin together when he dissected my arm.

"Hmm that's interesting" he said grabbing one of the stiches. He pulled causing it to unravel and rip out of my arm.

I screamed at the pain and the sensation of blood pouring down my shoulder.

"It's healed' he said smearing the blood over my shoulder. "I guess I could have them call Garp now to come pick you up…" he said debating it. I whimpered at the dull pain that now coursed through me.

"But then again I could test the thing I made..." his voice held a smiled as he took off out of the room.

He came back minutes later with something in his hands that seemed to sound squeaky. I stilled again expecting pain but was shocked when he unlocked the chains from my body. I froze then slowly curled into a ball.

"HAHAHa no need to be so frightened kid, I'm not going to hurt you" Ha laughed and I heard some movement come from where his voice was.

"Liar." I said again mostly to myself then to him. It caused him to laugh again.

"I'll tell you what, I have this fruit that I need eaten. If you eat it I won't hurt you ever again." He said as I heard the sound of something being cut.

"Really?!" I asked. I knew I shouldn't believe him but I couldn't help it.

"Yes, I promise. What do you kids do? Pinky promise?" he said as he placed a plate onto the metal beside me.

"But if you need someone to eat it why don't you do it?" I asked a bit suspicious.

"Umm….." he stalled before coming up with what I now know as an excuse. "Why that's because I'm full" He said. I listened closely and heard his heartbeat beat loudly. I didn't know he was lying, but I was so desperate, I nodded my head agreeing with the deal.

"Then here, eat up child." He said sliding the plate forward.

Hesitantly I put my hand forward and grabbed a piece of the slippery fruit. I then popped it into my mouth, chewed it, than swallowed.

"So how is it?" he asked for some reason very excited. "And make sure to eat it all!"

"Gross," I said grabbing another piece. He laughed at my comment before watching me some more.

As I finished the last piece he called in the soldier from outside and spoke with him.

"Bring her back to the cell and if the higher ups asked she is not fully healed yet. I want to see how my experiment went." I heard him say. He came in and picked up the plate.

"What about her shoulder, it's still bleeding." The soldier said, the doctor looked at him.

"Leave it" he said before dismissing me. "You can go" he said as the soldier grabbed my arm and placed me back on his shoulder.

We got to the cell Tatsuya and I occupied and he threw me onto the bed.

"Are you okay Kari?" Tatsuya asked. Taking a deep breath I climbed off the bed I followed his voice to him and sat next to him.

"Yes" I said just taking comfort in being next to him.

"You're bleeding. What did the asshole do?" I heard a growl in his voice and just shook my head, then feel asleep to the sound of his heartbeat.

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Hey Guys,
So here's the new chapter. I hope you enjoy it.
Later.
K~

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