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In the dark and empty corridor, a single girl sat on the base of a statue. Her greenish-blue eyes seemed to be the only source of light in the dark room. Miu shuffled in her sitting position as she waited for her Master's return. Normally, he would give her an order right away or even meet her in his quarters but today was different, Lord Orochimaru had been on edge for quite some time. She did wisely by staying away from him unless he called for her. Miu found herself fiddling with her clothes as she began to get more and more restless. Then she sensed it, they were coming, Lord Orochimaru and Kabuto headed in her direction, but they were not alone, there was another chakra she sensed, a strong and powerful one. Miu slowly rose to her feet as they got closer.
She ran her fingers through her hair as she rushed to adjust her appearance. Her straight orange-blonde chestnut hair, with two-sided bangs that fell to her shoulders, had to be perfect. Her currant red knee length dress was pulled at the hem just so as she adjusted her garnet red rope belt around her mid-drift. She pushed her red heels together and bowed slightly as Orochimaru entered the room.
"My adorable Miu, such a greeting," His soft voice always sent a chill down her spine. It was better than what he called his former slaves and experiments. "I called you here so you could meet someone very important," Miu slowly stood up straight and her eyes fell on a boy. A boy? A boy, he looked roughly her age. He had raven colored hair and cold black eyes, as he simply stared at her.
"This is Sasuke Uchiha,"
Miu forced herself to look at him, and moved her stiff body through his ice cold eyes and simply bowed. She had to, if Lord Orochimaru said he was important, he was important no questions should be asked. If he said the shoes on his feet were to be cleaned daily, there would be nos questions. His words were absolute. A law.
"Miu, starting today, Sasuke will be training under Lord Orochimaru, so please make sure he is comfortable at all times and make sure you get him what he needs, understood," Kabuto spoke up from behind Orochimaru, Miu nodded and looked into Sasuke's eye's once more before looking away. His eyes gave her goosebumps, the kind you get when you put ice on your teeth.
Kabuto chuckled at this, he must have noticed the look she was giving him. "Don't be frightened, Sasuke wouldn't harm you,"
She simply nodded but continued to stare back into the ground.
"Sasuke, think of Miu as your own personal assistant, anything you need, don't be afraid to call her," Miu hated his word choice. 'Anything'
"Miu, why don't you take Sasuke to his room, I'm sure he'd like to rest,"
Miu flinched and walked over towards a large door on the other side of room and turned to Sasuke.
Sasuke silently followed her, his cold eyes unchanging. Miu didn't dare to look up at him as she opened the door for him and they walked out.
Miu hurried along in front of him and walked down the hall, making sure she stayed a few feet away at all times. She shivered, if she got anymore colder she thought she'd freeze, she could feel his cold eyes staring daggers into her back. Another person who looked just as heartless as Orochimaru was not what she needed. After a period of silent walking, Miu slowly stopped at a door and opened it. The room was dark like all the other unoccupied rooms. She hurried over to a table beside the door and held her finger to the candle and it slowly began to light up. The room wasn't small, it was quite large, larger than her room. A door leading to what she assumed was a bathroom was open, and a large bed with white sheets sat in the middle of the room. Wait, white sheets? Miu walked over to the bed and examined the dusty sheets. Miu began to take them off until a dark voice spoke up, startling her.
"It's fine, leave it,"
Miu turned to Sasuke with a worried expression and back at the bed. He knew it was dusty but didn't care.
"I said it's fine, just get out," Miu lowered her head and nodded at his harsh tone, she slowly bowed before standing straight and walking out of the room, softly closing the door behind her.
From the looks of it, this boy was not friendly and wasn't going to be easy to deal with. Hopefully, he wasn't as demanding as Kabuto and Orochimaru.
Miu walked down the hall to where she sensed Kabuto. Knowing him, he'd have more information for her.
In a large room with three long couches and several bookshelves, sat Kabuto looking through a stack of books on a table. He looked up at Miu as she entered the door.
"....Miu, Sasuke is quite cold isn't he?" He said turning back to his books. "Don't worry, you'll get used to it, he'll be here for a long time, I assure you,"
To be honest, those weren't the words she wanted to hear.
"Especially now, you'll be his new right hand,"
Wait, those were the word's she didn't want to hear.
"You'll have a new schedule starting today, so listen carefully," Kabuto stood up from his seat and smirked at her as he pushed his glasses up.
"Since you'll be with Sasuke basically twenty-four seven, you are to make sure he gets anything he needs, and make sure you get the shopping done too, we're going to need more tools, you'll still be making meals for everyone, I'll be helping Lord Orochimaru from now on, so your main concern will be mostly Sasuke,"
Miu nodded and bowed. At least she got some good news from him. She wouldn't have to deal with Orochimaru's mood swings and visiting days at his experimental hideouts.
"Excellent,"
Miu turned to leave and a hand stopped her as Kabuto slammed his palm onto the door. He was fast, faster than her. Something she knew all too well.
"If anything should happen to Sasuke, you'll get punished....So make sure you're on your toes Miu," She knew what he meant. Her body began to shake slightly as it to remembered the pain she's gone through.
Miu stopped her body from shaking as his warm breath tickled the back of her neck. She continued to walk out of the door and hurried away.
****
Later that evening, Miu held a bundle of towels in her arms. She was heading towards Sasuke's room. It was time for dinner and she had remembered his room wouldn't have new fresh towels, with him being new, it slipped her mind.
Beside the girl was a floating tray of food. It was taking all of the concentration to hold the food still beside her. So she tried to think only happy thoughts, flowers, kittens, and rainbows. Miu stopped in front of the door and tapped it with her foot. When Sasuke didn't reply she slowly pushed it open with her foot. The shower could be heard running in the next room. Quickly she put the towels down on the bedside table and turned to the tray of food in the air and slowly grasped it, the dishes clinked as she pulled it close to her chest and walked over to the large table by the door and put the tray down next to the candle. She examined the room to determine if it needed any more necessary items. Luckily, it did not.
The shower stopped running and Miu quickly grabbed a towel and stood by the bathroom door.
Sasuke exited the bathroom and looked her up and down, she wasn't facing him, her head was turned slightly to the side. He just took the towel she held out in front of her and wrapped it around himself.
Miu made a face that looked like she was letting out a sigh. An inaudible sigh.
Sasuke turned to the food and towels before looking back at her, the girl jumped as their eyes locked and she looked away.
"I don't need anything else," Miu nodded he didn't need to tell her twice, she quickly hurried toward the door.
Sasuke watched the door close behind her.
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His first impression of her? He didn't care, he could care less for the mute girl. She was slender and average height. There was something about her that had him puzzled. What was it about this girl that made her 'different'
A word both Orochimaru and Kabuto used when they talked about her on the way into the hideout earlier that day.
Sasuke looked the girl in her eyes and she quickly averted her gaze.
"I don't need anything else," His voice was cold and stern, he could tell he scared the girl but he didn't care. His eyes fell onto the food she left him on the table as she left the room.
The food did good, his stomach made a soft growling noise as he dried the rest of his body and retrieve his black clothes from the bed.
****
Miu loved the feeling of the hot water as it ran down her body. After what seemed like a long, long day she was ready for bed. She turned off the hot water and the cool air gave her goose bumps as it hit her body. Her room was always cold, she had gotten used to it, being in that room for so long.
She stepped out of her bathroom and grabbed a towel from her small bed, wrapping it around her body. Her room was small indeed but she had gotten used to it, she had to. The whole room only contained a table, chair, and a potted plant. Well, a plant wasn't the word. A pot full of dirt and a single seed beside it.
Miu looked at the pot with a heavy face. She was determined to make it grow. Just the way her mother used to make them bloom. All the flowers in her childhood home. One day she wanted to be just as kind and warm like her mother. The cold air hit her body once more and she was back in her reality. One day when she escaped this place and found her own home, a place she could live peacefully. One day.
One day....