Torture and Recovery

Part One: Torture

Chapter Three:Meet At Suna

Kisame watches as I cut across his mare's lower stomach, and he smiles as her blood leaks down her side and falls to the ground. His eyes are full of hunger, yet he knows he can't eat his mare. His mare, as stubborn as she is, is necessary and has yet to serve her purpous. Well, in all honesty, I could kill her now. All we need is one of the girls, and keeping my Angel would be the more reasonable choice. Oh, but since I'm a fair leader, I'll let Kisame have his fun. I could let him eat her, but I think deep down he enjoys not being able to consume her. It makes him want it more.

When a horse breaks an arm, the reasonable thing to do is put her down. I don't feel like being reasonable. I feel like letting the Mare suffer. Kisame will find use for her, even if she has a broken arm and is unconscious.

I have my angel to tend to anyway.

"Hn, I can't believe I have you two on my team? Listen to me! That's the only way this is going to work!" Ino belittled her new teammates as the pineapple headed one did little to hide his annoyance as he muttered some smart ass remark under his breath. The 'fat one' only stood there, looking slightly hurt.

Ino felt something wet and spongy slide across her stomach. She ignored it, and attempted to force herself back to sleep.

"Chouji, you're such a fat ass!"
"Can you go one day without complaining, Shikamaru! Is your life that horrible?! If you think your life's bad, how do you think mine is? I have you as a teammate!"
"Chouji, do you ever stop eating?"
"Why can't you two be anything like Sasuke?"

Ino's stomach twitched as the wet, spongy material tickled her stomach, making it cold. She shivered, not wanting to get up or open her eyes. What awaited when she woke, she didn't know and never wanted to find out.

"Oh, I can't eat that! What are you trying to do? Fatten me up? I need to lose wait, not gain it. I'm fat as is," Ino complained as Shikamaru and Chouji slid a small chocolate milk shake on the table towards her.

"Your not fat, Ino" Shikamaru stated, flatly. Chouji shook his head, opened his mouth, and then closed it again deciding not to comment on his thoughts.

"I have to lose weight! Guys don't like fat girls!" Ino attempted to hold her flat stomach.

"How do you know what guys like? Look, did it ever occur to you that some guys don't care? " Shikamaru muttered, looking at the ever-so-interesting clouds.

"Yea, and some guys don't care about anything. What's your point?" Ino countered.

"Ino, your not fat. Your thin, and beautiful. Happy?" Chouji muttered. He was apparently starting to take after Shikamaru, because soon after he said the remark he was staring at the sky.

Sleep! Ino screamed at her mind. Sleep! Ino ignored the wet sponge as it slid across her painful, bruised shoulder. She began to doze off again.

"Why should I save you?" Chouji asked. His usually easy-laid back attitude and kind smile was gone.

"Aren't we the worst teammates ever?" Shikamaru looks confused, "Why isn't 'Sasuke-kun' saving you?"

Ino's eyes flung open, as she realized what exactly was sliding over all her cuts, all her bloody cuts.

"Hello, Mare." Kisame smiled; his large shark-like teeth were stained red from blood, her blood.

"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you... Y-y-y-you...Y-y-your t-tongue...." the mare couldn't speak. She tried, desperately, to get up. She had forgotten, in a moment of horror, about the throbbing pain in her broken arm and was sent crashing back into the hard cement when she tried to support herself on the useless limb

Kisame's eyes seemed to turn a demonic yellow as her fear grew. Using her good arm to support her, she quickly stood and made a dash for the door. Unfortunately, she didn't get far before she was thrust back by a scaly hand. She turned around abruptly, as Kisame's smile grew. Before she could even realize what was happening, he raised her hand to his mouth.

The scream that echoed through the room was terrifying, the most terrifying thing was that it was herscream. Her body remained froze, her mind numb, as she watched Kisame chew on her finger. Her finger! Her finger, that was no longer attached to her hand.

Chouji and Shikamaru both stared at the radio, waiting desperately for some noise other than static to come from it.

"If...If they've found Hinata, then maybe..." Chouji began; his voice filled with hope.

"They've found Ino," Shikamaru finished breathlessly.

"Damn, Konoha equipment! C'mon, you stupid radio!!!!" Naruto picked it up and was about to throw it at the nearest tree...

"NO!" Shikamaru and Chouji yelled simultaneously, "Naruto, we need it! Don't break it!"

Naruto could feel himself calm down, "Wait, Chouji weren't you just..."

"Who cares what I did!? What comes out of that radio next could solve everything!"

"Meet at Suna," Those were the only words that came through the radio for the rest of the day.

I know it's short, but I think this is a good place to stop.