"..."
"She's my kin."
"I didn't say anything," Katniss shrugged.
"Exactly, I'll explain and talk about this later; currently we have a situation."
"Yeah, Ciri is currently with Alena and Carol. Is there a possibility of a fight or another attack?"
"We will know soon enough."
"Haku, take her to Limbo," Sasuke told Haku and saw as she took the tied hostage and left separately.
"What did you say to her?" She asked not understanding Japenese.
"She will be put in another place for now; something is off about that one. First, let's get to know about our friends here," and that explanation made the Dixons, Katniss, and Billy wary of that pretty injured woman.
They were soon in an empty cellblock, and Sasuke dropped the three surviving people from the raiders.
He tapped at each of their necks, sending a jolt of chakra to wake them up.
"W-who are yo—umf," she didn't finish her words as Katniss shoved the woman's sock inside her mouth.
"Shut it; I will go help with things in the meeting room." She nodded at them and left.
She knew what was about to happen, and it wasn't really her thing...
"Are all women by your side this crazy?" Daryl turned to Sasuke; the old Katniss he met some weeks ago would had never done that...maybe.
"Are all women by your—oh, you have none." Billy smirked at Daryl, who turned to him, confused as to why Billy seemed to be targeting him here.
"At least I kept my name," and shrugged with a sly smile, leaving Billy stunned at that.
"Your brother didn't" Billy poked at his brother complex making Sasuke chuckle as he decided to speak business otherwise those two wouldn't stop.
"Don't mind my friends here." Sasuke turned to the man that Haku had brought back. Rony, as in...the leader of those people.
"So, fellas... I'll ask only once. For your info, you three are the only ones alive from the whole group. And I can always decrease that number." He turned to Haku, who appeared close to him again silently, startling them.
"For fuck's sake, lady, stop doing that." Billy winced at Ghost's hiccup; it was not pleasant to hear a grown man gasp in surprise. especially one with a deep, distorted voice.
"So, my questions are, who the fuck are you people, where are the rest of your members, and who was the individual you obtained our information from and what became of him? Finally, what made you tie that woman up?
He made them able to talk again by removing the damp socks
Yet none spoke a word; the woman turned to the bulky man with pleading eyes. Hoping he can save her from those people.
"Oh my, tough ones, may I, Sasuke-sama?" Even Sasuke was taken aback by Haku's playful tone as she talked.
"They are all yours."
She nodded and stepped forward to take his place; she didn't talk, just peered at them with cold eyes from behind her mask.
Alas, her small stature was even more underwhelming than the pretty face who didn't look like a dangerous person at all; thus, two of the three still looked at her with a dismissive attitude.
Other than Rony, of course, who had a different thought going through his head altogether, he was frightened by this monster in the form of a girl.
There was no resistance; his brothers and men were all dead in a matter of seconds, and he was knocked unconscious by a tap on the nape. He still didn't understand how such a kid could kill all of them, and that what terrified him to the bone.
Those thoughts halted as he heard the shrill scream from the woman who was one of his lovers; he saw how she started struggling on her ropes and thrashed around, snot, drool, and tears staining her face as she cried in pain.
Haku had taken out a substance and applied a single drop to the woman's thigh flesh, then waited, seeing her lose all the tough act and scream as if she was being eaten on by a swarm of ants.
Daryl and Billy exchanged a look, gulping; shit became scary real fast, and this Haku was creepy as fuck.
'I'm not messing with her in the future.'
'And I seconded that.' Their eye communication ceased when they saw Haku applying a different substance to the darkened spot on the woman's thigh and stepped away, seeing the screaming mess finally silent.
The woman opened her eyes, breathing hard as if she were pulled from underwater.
"All done, my lord; she should speak now." Haku stepped back.
'Well, that's something.' His genjutsu can do that, but yet again, he didn't want his men to know he can mess with the brain through his eyes.
"So, who—"
"L-lana, my name is Lana. I swear, I was forced to be his woman and kept acting like that after I saw his brother killing one of us, saying she became boring. Please, we are a group from Gordon County. A horde took a quarter of us and destroyed our shelter, so we fled and came here. We met some young men, and they interrogated him; that's how we know about Woodbury. He also spoke of you people, saying you have many more resources and how you are using a prison nearby. Rony didn't have much ammo, so he decided to deal with the bigger force first, win, take theirs, and deal with the town later...that's all I know. Please, don't let her do it again, please—" and she became mute, literally due to the senbon that pierced her nape.
No matter how much she tried, she couldn't utter a voice.
Rony beside her had his eyes wide open in anger and surprise; he knew she wasn't a weak one, but to spill everything like a dam? That only proves those freaks here were a fucking nightmare.
'We shouldn't have done that; we should have never come near here...fuck.'
"The hostage was found on his group?" Sasuke pointed at the second man that Ghost's group captured.
"Yes, sir," and Ghost straightened unconsciously, not keen on receiving any damn treatment from this crazy girl.
"Alright, answer my last question, will you? Why was the woman bound and hurt, and who was she? No need to be traumatized like your friend, for your info... Haku here is being merciful; I wouldn't be as much to put a single drop in your thigh. Act like you are built different, and I'll pour the whole bottle in your ear..."
The bearded man hesitated, partly believing he was different than that bitch, partly dreading the thought of this weird thing going through his ear.
In the end, the second part won, and he spilled everything, which wasn't much.
In short, he really doesn't know her; they found her due to a noise made by a walker, and she was sitting, with those injuries already there in her body. Considering her beautiful face, they captured her.
"Alright, Ghost...fetch anything else you can get from them; be in the meeting conference when you are done. Daryl and Butcher, do you want to go with me to talk to the hostage?"
"Nah, we are good; see you in the conference room." The two slipped away as soon as possible.
Sasuke? They didn't know he was the normal one when it included those crazy ninjas. They wronged him...
Ghost shrugged and turned to interrogate Rony. Sighing in relief as he saw Haku following Sasuke to wherever they had kept that woman.
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"Why were you angry?" He knew she wouldn't normally react violently, based on his memories of her impressive mentality.
"I don't like it how they were talking about you when I found them."
"I see; thanks for that." He patted her head unconsciously.
He then moved to the bed where the woman was lying. cleaned and patched, appearing to be asleep.
"I know you are awake; stop playing dead." Sasuke looked down at the Asian woman who was seemingly passed out and spoke.
She was dressed in a red shirt, black pants and boots, ver hands gloved; they found only a small knife on her belt earlier.
He wasn't sure who she was, but his instincts had gone on high alert since he set his eyes on her, not out of fear; she wasn't that strong to warrant that reaction from him, but she wasn't what she seemed to be.
For starters, all of her wounds were nearly a joke; they appeared grim, the kind that would make many pity her to the point of doing everything they could to ensure she was taken care of.
But for someone like him. It may as well be a message saying... I'm sus as hell.
Each and every one of those injuries was placed in a way that would not seriously damage the body, limit movement, or hinder any trained individual. However, it will appear painful to the regular eye.
The second thing was her muscle density and build; she was lean...yeah, but which kunoichi he knew wasn't lean and had muscles that betrayed the true force beneath her beautiful skin...well, except for old Anku.
Sakura, Ino...and Haku by his side were prime examples of this.
Third, she was tensed the whole time, muscles coiled and ready to react to any sign of threat. Yet appearing totally defenseless to anyone ignorant.
And lastly, his Sharingan picked up the traces of gunpowder; the amount suggested that she fired an impressive amount of bullets recently.
Those details would have gone unnoticed or not even detected by others, but experience and supernatural abilities truly set you apart.
The woman opened her eyes and looked straight at his eyes.
"Sorry about that. I woke and found myself in a strange place, so I decided to listen more about my situation. I mean no harm."
'So she's still playing the role, alright.'
"Sure, I get that—the logical move. May I ask who you are, though? And why were you tied up by those people?"
"What happened to them?" She asked, despite knowing full well what happened.
"Answering me with a question isn't what I need to hear. I get things to do, so will you answer my question first? Who are you, and why were you tied there?"
"I go by the name Ada. Pleasure to meet you, handsome. I wasn't one of them, and I did nothing bad to you people, so can you please untie me? It's really uncomfortable." The black-haired Asian lady with short bob faked a wince and inwardly dreaded feeling the air thicken in the silence that followed.
Who would've thought that her target would be finally found three months later? By a damn coincidence.
"I'll let you loose tomorrow morning with some supplies. Food will be delivered to you soon. There's no exit from here, so sit tight and be good." Sasuke went out, locked the •Limbo• gate behind him, and left to another exit, taking a detour to reach the warden's office.
He swore he knew her from somewhere...that look and name; he was sure he had seen it somewhere, yet...he couldn't quite grasp her identity, but his instincts were never wrong. She needs to be away from his shelter first, and then he can deal with this matter by monitoring her.
Bar him and Haku...that woman was the second to be ranked as •highly capable• in this place.
Her physical prowess alone was better than Daryl's and Ghost's. Who were ranked at the top tier around here.