Asami Sanosuke - Little Alice

[Little Alice]

The unknown path,

Asami's discovery.

Time : 3 months after the start of the timeskip.

Landing on the ground, Asami's head shot up and quickly scanned the area. The way coming down here wasn't an easy one. But her skills and experience made her be capable of doing so. Rising up, she dusted off her clothes before taking a second look around. The halls were dark,but that didn't matter to Asami. A sly grin was forming on her lips as she lowered her head a bit. ''Alright, lets see what you had to hide, Genmyou.~'' Asami whispered as she walked further into the dark halls. Her eyes slowly grew accustomed to the darkness. Not to the point she could clearly see everything, but could walk around without bumping against everything. Somehow, there were large tubes, enough to put a person in, that were filled with a liquid that gave some faint light. Not a substance she wanted to investigate right now.

The young woman kept advancing into the dark halls. How large was the underground place? What kind of experiments had been done here by the hand of Genmyou? Asami wanted to find that out as well avoid to know what twisted ideas that man had. Seeing a closed door, she stopped. It had a marking of a skull, thus death, on the door. Tilting her head, Asami found that rather interesting. Nowhere she had encountered a door in this forsaken place.

Crashing, the door wasn't strong enough as Asami walked through it. Steam hissed as it was formed around her right fist. Looking around, it was a smaller kind of room. Taking in the surroundings, she then noticed a table. With paper on it. Heading towards it, Asami did heard a strange sound. It kept on and she wasn't sure if it what the room or maybe a trap. Her senses warned, she kept walking towards the papers. Taking them up, she started to read them. Under the faint light, she kept on reading for several hours. And in those several hours, her lips started to curl downwards.

''That bastard..'' She mumbled to herself. She had read the papers on the desk. The reason why this room was separated from the rest was clear now. Same as the hissing sound. It was in connection with Midori. Turning around, Asami started to think. The papers gave her insight that Genmyou wanted to conduct experiments with Bijuu chakra. He had somewhere a dozen of sealing kunai of his, filled with Bijuu chakra. Knowing herself that Bijuu chakra was much stronger than human, she wondered if Genmyou wanted to inject himself with it. ''Heh. Stupid fool. You died like a horse shit and now you just leave this. I should thank you, but you're a downright creep.'' She said out loud, not actually caring if somebody wouldn't or would hear her. Asami just felt like stating her opinion out loud. The hissing sound was now what she had to look for. It came from somewhere else than the room and knocking down a wall wasn't something that would be smart in an underground lab.

Walking out of the room, Asami looked around. Then she was forced to duck as something slashed through the air. A kunai impaled the wood of the remaining door. Quickly, Asami rolled away for another few kunai. Getting up, she quickly threw several shuriken towards the direction where the kunai came from as she then hided behind one of those strange tubes. Her back to it, she listened if she could determine where her attacker was.

Battle theme music :

Somebody was running! Asami quickly leaned to the right to glance at the person. Her eyes narrowed as she knew what her opponent was doing. The nasty bastard is making use of the faint light. And I can't fully go out as that will destroy any material I might want to use in the future. Then she quickly ran to another tube. As expected, kunai were thrown towards her. Evading them with performing several flips, Asami ducked into cover. Panting, she tried to control her breathing. ''I don't like to play games, but seeing you haven't gone fully out as well, means you are here for the same purpose. Am I right?'' She called out. No reply came back as Asami waited for one. ''Its like you know Waki... Damn punk.'' Asami muttered annoyed underneath her breath as she slowly got up and looked around.

Suddenly somebody landed next to her and tried to stab a kunai in the neck of Asami. Managing to quickly step to the left, she evaded the kunai but felt the blade just missing her skin. Grabbing the attacker by his shoulder, Asami landed a hit with her knee in his stomach. A grunt escaped the person as he then quickly jumped backwards as Asami tried to slash at his exposed neck with her kunai. As the unknown attacker readied himself, Asami spinned the kunai and grabbed it in a reverse manner. ''Is that all you got? Pathetic.'' She sneered. It provoked the attacker to come at her again.

With quick slashes and some kicks, he tried to overwhelm Asami. Holding her ground, Asami kept trying to see if she could discover the identity of the person. As the attacker tried to go with a stab, Asami stepped once more side as she brought her kunai downwards. The bladed weapon cut itself into the flesh of the attacker's right arm. A gasp escaped from the masked person. Not wasting a second, Asami kicked the person again in the stomach while her left hand held him by his dark short hair. ''This is it for you.'' She hissed as she then yanked out her kunai and lowered herself a bit while turning. As the person was leaning forward, due the kick in the stomach, she stabbed him while having her back towards him. With the kunai stabbed, her hands went towards the stretched out hand of her attacker. Grabbing the wrist, she then suddenly yanked the arm.

The sound of bones breaking through the hall as she threw the person over her shoulder on the ground. Rolling a bit over the ground, the masked attacker breathed heavily as he grabbed his broken arm. A little puddle of blood was formed at his stomach, where he had been stabbed. Kicking him against the chin, Asami scoffed. ''That was hardly anything fun at all. Now lets see.'' Leaning forward, her right hand went towards the mask of the person. As a last act, the masked person tried to slap Asami's hand away. The smell of skin being scorched was smell a moment after. ''You had your chance to be entertaining. Now just cut it out.'' Asami sneered as she punched the mask instead of grabbing it. The punch caused the head to go backwards as well another grunt of the person. Pulling the mask of the man's face, she noticed that his features were totally different.

Scars and such covered the whole of his face. Making an angry face, as least what she thought he did, she quickly pulled out another kunai and stabbed the person in the face, right between his eyes. Now that her attacker was laying dead, she could examine him better. Looking disgusted, Asami straighten her back and spitted on the freshly corps. ''Ugly bastard. I will examine you later. Now, for those kunai of Genmyou...''

[Little Alice]

Secrets are dangerous,
The discoveries of Asami.

Time : 3 months after the start of the timeskip.

The study room was filled with scrolls rolled out on the desk, with books opened on all kind of pages on the same subject. Sitting behind her desk, Asami looked tired. For the past two days she had been researching information she had found in the underground lab of Genmyou. Strange things had been revealed to her. And some linked to either Midori and the Hachibi and there were some things that linked towards Kumogakure. Several subjects that passed by were the Antare clan, Bijuu Chakra and sealing techniques. Being an expert on sealing ninjutsu herself, she had taken that first to research. And it seemed that though Genmyou was experienced with it himself, that somebody else had sealed the Hachibi inside Midori. Which was odd if you would think about it. Why would Genmyou rely on somebody else? With that question in mind, Asami kept researching. Problem was that Genmyou wasn't really the genius at all.

His organization of papers was a mess to begin with. The dates were not in line with each other. The only reason why Asami managed to keep doing this without getting too annoyed was because the information was interesting enough as a drive. Frowning, she was reading some information about what Genmyou had discovered about Bijuu chakra. It was interesting and so far it introduced many theories and stories that were written about the particular chakra. Out of his tests, some known facts were shown to be true. Bijuu chakra was much stronger in quantity than human or any source of tested chakra. Next to that, it had the feature that it was much more flexible. In some reports, it was tested how a body reacted to foreign human chakra and some Bijuu chakra. The interesting result was that foreign human chakra was almost expelled by the host's own chakra. The Bijuu chakra however adapted itself towards the host's chakra. However, that only worked in a few cases. In many, the host's chakra would suffer from the more deadly chakra.

Asami leaned forward as she rubbed her eyes. The information was without a doubt true. The lab was more advanced after she had really examined it. That and she had seen the 'garbage'. Glad that Genmyou was actually dead, there was also a bit of disappointment. After all, Asami managed to uncover his true motives for hiding away some Bijuu chakra.

The bastard had tried to make himself immortal.

Asami only wondered why? It was clear he was out to test the Bijuu chakra and then likely try to uncover how it was possible that the Bijuu could come back to the world when they were defeated and killed. Did he desired to make himself like that? Like a spirit that couldn't be killed? Asami kept wondering about that. There had to be a goal to it cause why else mess around with such dangerous things? Deciding to continue her research, Asami managed to uncover more. And this even brought a cold chill to her.

''That... bastard.'' She whispered, looking disgusted. The most trusted source of information was a journal that Genmyou kept updating on how his experiments went. The fact that disgusted Asami was that Genmyou had tried to insert Bijuu chakra and reform humans. A clan, the Antare clan, that was infamous for being truly loyal to Genmyou, even if it would cost them their lives, had been 'chosen' for his experiments. Continue to read, Asami managed to read a very grim and chilling part.

''I have managed to see that the Bijuu chakra tends to give cause to all kinds of reactions. An increased cause of being aggressive, distrustful and overall causing the person become more grim. Like if their feelings are being given up on instincts. Further more, conducting experiments during a night with full moon causes an injected person to become truly homicidal. It has been even interesting for when I managed to show one the night sky. An injected person keeps looking and searching for the moon.

It shows many links to that some animals also are rumored to become more feral when its full moon. It just shows that that Bijuu chakra is more akin to what we might call animal than humanoid chakra. I've yet to find out if its possible if Bijuu chakra can serve as a link to create something else.''

Wanting to throw the book away, Asami slowly closed her eyes as she pushed it away. Even though she had seen a lot of cruel and grim scenes unfolding right in front of her or conducting them herself, she was truly horrified by the piece of information. While most wouldn't likely see the horror in the written words, she could clearly see them. Genmyou words made it clear why Asami was so distrustful towards many other humans. It showed the fact that mankind was greedy for power. Only Genmyou was willing to cross what most would consider human.

Thinking back to her attacker, she knew that there were still some Antare clan members left. The person she had killed and then examined showed he had some little bit of traces of Bijuu chakra, messing his features up like they had been. She would report that to the newly Raikage and hopefully the Antare clan could be put to an end as well. Not that they would likely form a problem. Else they could have tried something already. Then something crossed Asami's mind.

If a person wasn't able to become host to a Bijuu chakra would suffer from negative results, what made another being able to host Bijuu chakra and able to not suffer the negative results? So far Asami knew, Midori never showed any aggressive reactions back. She had been distrustful, but that was logical in the situation she had been in. Snapping with her fingers, some sound was produced behind her. Flapping wings seemed to drawn closer and Michi landed on Asami's desk. ''Yes, Lady Asami-sama?'' The little bird chirpjed.

Staring at the book, Asami gave her summoning and messenger a clear order. ''I want you to spy on Midori Sato. Keep an eye on what she does and more importantly, how she does it and why. Stay out of sight and under the radar at all times.'' Hearing the serious tone of his master, the little bird made a quick bow before flying out of the window. Pulling the book back, Asami sighed. Though she was learning a lot, she also was gaining a lot of questions about it.

But maybe,

Maybe Midori would be a key to some of her answers.

[Little Alice]

Easily severed,
Colder than cold.

A bond that is severed...

Time : 7 months after the start of the timeskip.

Asami stood in front of a big tube. It was filled with the weird glowing substance. For several months Asami had spent researching what Genmyou had done in his private lab. With the permission of the Raikage, she had managed to seal off the area with barriers, guards and some of her own sealing traps. The look on the woman's face was puzzled. She was trying to figure out something. Though she despised the Third Raikage, she couldn't help it. There was some interesting things that Genmyou had researched. Things that Asami could use for her own goals and agenda.

A wicked smirk crept on her lips. Yes, this all would serve her own purposes. It would be her benefit. And so far, she hadn't encountered too many problems. Turning her head, Michi landed on her shoulder. The little sparrow made a little bow before he made his report. ''I have some news, Lady Asami.'' Nodding, Asami would hear what Michi had to report. During the whole briefing of what Michi had heard between Midori and Deidara, Asami's face stayed calm. But it had the look that it was somehow strained.

''Good. Take some rest and then I want you to keep watch over her. Soon enough, I will make sure that I am going to tighten my control over her.'' Asami ordered and told the bird. ''Yes, Lady Asami.'' Flying away, Asami stared at the tube. She thought about what Michi had told her. Slowly, her hands were clenched into fists. But she then relaxed again.

Turning around, she looked around. The dark and grim hall was still the same. Asami wasn't one to decorate it. It should be a grim place. It was a place of selfish desires and plotting in the dark. First by Genmyou and now by her. Only she wasn't thinking about her goals. No, she was thinking about what she had heard. Knowing that Midori already had a low trust in her, Asami didn't care about the girl's affection. It wasn't important for the goal. If somebody had more influence on the Raikage, it was Asami. Not Deidara nor Midori. It was bothersome that Deidara had to poke his head into this all. Her eyes narrowed as she walked towards another room within the underground lab. A strange sound was heard, getting stronger the more Asami walked into the room.

There they were. Twenty kunai, radiating some red aura around them. Standing near the table with the kunai's on, that were laid in a circle with the point towards the center, Asami could already feel the strong chakra radiating from them. It was quite eery, but yet felt so tempting to use one of them. To wield the powerful chakra. With her research on it, Asami had found a way that these kunai would serve her purpose. But she had to take of something else first. She had to find a suitable person to see what would happen if she would alter the chakra and insert it into a body. Not her own though. Through her research she had already managed to learn that the use of young children to become Jinchuriki's was due a more practical reason than to ensure that they would grow to their beast. It was because they could adapt. At least, better than adults. Inserting even some altered chakra of Bijuu chakra was risky. But also quite tempting.

Taking a step closer to the table, Asami closed her eyes. There was that shiver. Her instincts told her to run. But she had figured out why people were scared of Bijuu Chakra. It held a very dark secret. One that she was aware of. One that many likely didn't know. After all, Bijuu chakra was actually not what people thought it was. Even Genmyou had made a stupid mistake. ''If they only knew..'' Asami whispered. It felt great to know a secret. One that was as grim and dark as this. Turning around, she wanted to walk away. Away from the kunai. Yet it was also great to stay. To feel the sensation of the Bijuu chakra that was near her. Available for her to conduct research on it.

All that she needed was a key. And soon, she would learn more about this key.

Only now that key was trying to get away. But even with Deidara's help, Asami wouldn't let control go over Midori. No, she would keep her ice cold grip around the girl. Waiting to tighten the control and make sure that one way or another answers would be given.

Thinking about it as she walked away, Deidara thought he he could help Midori. He was a person that Asami cared for. But she thought about it. So far he kept holding on to the idea that she was some kind of evil. That she was manipulting people for her own goals. Which was to a certain extent true. But she had her own good reasons for it. Actually, now that she thought of it. She was a bit sad. Remembering the words that Michi used as he literally quoted Deidara apparently, her own relative thought very low of her. All because she hadn't sent him to a deadly front where many had found their death. Was it that evil? To protect one from seeing the horrors of what a war was? What you could expect on a battlefield between two large forces?

Continue walking, she would pass the long row of tubes. The barriers and sealings would let her pass through. Only her and Michi's chakra signature wouldn't set the alarm off. It distracted Asami briefly. The amount of seals and barriers that were placed were enough to hold down quite some people. It had taken more than three months to completely seal off the area and even now Asami had now and then placed an extra seal. How much were there already? She had stopped counting after hundred and twenty seals and eighty barriers.

And then the group of ANBU. Passing them, she noticed somebody of little height. The ANBU couldn't pass through the barriers, but were still set up here to guard the entrance of the secret lab. But the small ANBU reminded her somehow of Deidara. Why? Why was he hating her? She had wanted to keep him safe and then he was acting like that? She had done only what was good for Kumogakure. Protecting the people, yet Deidara spread words around that she was some kind of evil. That her actions weren't just. Wasn't it not due her actions that they were free to choose what they were? Wasn't it not Asami who had strengthen the seal of Midori? That kept the Eight tails from choosing to break out. If she was evil, then she wouldn't care.

After all,
He didn't care for her. Why should she care for him then?