Eve slumped back on bed and covered herself with the hole infested, small piece of blanket.

She clinched her eyes shut and prayed her mind to stop replaying the kiss over and over again.

She was repulsed by it so why wouldnt her mind shut up about it? He accosted her lips for fūcks sake, took advantage of her slumber to sate his wicked urges. Even after she'd shown him what she thinks of him! That still didn't deter him!

Maybe her intentions wasnt clear enough. Maybe after she chop of a limb or two he might get it into his thick head how much she despise his presence...his existence!

But something doesnt match up, she doubt he was desperate. He could get his fill of girls with his looks and strength - as a matter of fact, Karin is just a few doors away, willing, and begging for his attention.

It's really impressive what first impressions can reveal!

She slapped her cheeks, stop it! You didnt just think he was handsome! Nope, not even slightly! On a second thought, no, despite his acceptable appearance, no one would approach that devil. Nope, no way! He screams evil and he's a wanted murderer, who want that?! Any sensible female will fly the other direction if she catch a glimpse of him.

Then why aren't you? Her mind sassed.

Because I want his head, of course! She shut the voice in her head up, she's not in the mood for some reasoning she just want to rant about how much she hates him and how evil he without interruptions.

Besides, how would he woe a girl if he only grunts and 'hn'? Im pretty sure he needs a larger vocabulary if he wants to enchant a woman!

He does speak when he feels like it.

She ignored the voice and continued. I mean who could stomach his attitude and his crudeness!

I'm pretty sure many would be attracted to him. You just described the perfect badboy girl! Her subconscious popped again, snickering.

I described a cold-blooded killer! She scoffed.

She decided to put a lid on her thoughts, the course of thoughts got out of hand, better to force them down otherwise she'll go after sasuke and poison him or something.

It only lasted about a second, her treacherous mind conjured up another thought: her dream.

A constant stream of rythmic scenes bombarded her mind.

Scenes and flashes of what she saw played in front of her mind's eye. A glassy expression of inattention took upon her features, lost in the waking, repeating nightmare making her shiver in terror.

The unspeakable and abstruse things that young girl went through broke her heart. She felt sorry for the young child who suffered vile deeds at such a pure and vulnerable age.

More importantly, what does all of this have to do with her? She's never seen the people in the dream, not once in her life. So, why? Is it possible for her tired mind to conjure up fiction characters?

No, they felt so real. The pain, the hurt and what took place, felt too real to be a figment of her imagination. If so, she's one heck of a story plotter, so good she can conjure fiction stories in her dreams.

Makes me think what I can do when I'm awake? She thought sarcastically.

Wait, he said Eiko?!

She gasped in disbelief. The day sasuke killed her mother and sister, he called her Eiko as well!

What does that mean? She doesnt know anyone who goes by Eiko and its definitely not her! Her name used to be Emiko, not Eiko.

Could it be that sasuke made a mistake?

He hunted the wrong family?

Was it even a random attack?

No, it cant be. He addressed her with such conviction that the attack was not random. He knew her. Wanted her.

But why did he want her? More importantly, why did he want to kill her only for him to spare her life?

It doesnt make any sense. None of it does!

Eve made up her mind. Confrontation is needed. I have to get the truth now more than ever or else I'll go crazy!

And regarding her dreams, maybe they were visions? Of things to happen...of things that already took place?

But why her? She's not an oracle or a shaman. She's but a mere commoner who took up the road of ninja for revenge.

She flopped on to her right side and glared at the closed door. What's happening to me?

She noticed the pitch blackness outside and tried to quell her mind to sleep before morning approach. Even though she just woken up, her body groaned with fatigue, her mind filled with chaotic thoughts and her eyes begged to shut.

Yes, sleep iss good for now.

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Meanwhile, sasuke was having a problem.

Due to the lack of funds, he had to share the room with his other male companions, Eve and karin shouldve shared the room like them, but their heated argument and mutual hatred would've probably destroyed the inn before dawn arisen. 

So he prefered to pay extra to avoid the damage that would eventually cost him more than the pay of the three rooms combined, besides, he didnt want Eve's condition to be known to his team, it will put her at a disadvantage and make her vulnerable. Not that he cared about her of course, but he didnt want his team to conspire against each other instead of the common enemy he made the team for.

And karin certainly tried to help -her sort of help that was in her advantage - through sharing the room with him alone and kick the other two out, but lets just say the ultimatum he gave her shut her up and made her scurry away like a freaked out rabbit to the other room claiming her as her own. Leaving suigutsu seething and pouting in the corner because karin refused him when he asked to share her room and now he's offended jugo.

He sighed and dropped to the far corner away fron the hostile auras of his two team members.

He could've avoided all of this if he had the sufficient money from the start, but despite seigutsu's idea of stealing some, he refused. He didnt want their cover to be blown and have people after them so soon.

But now, he have three people who hates his guts. He didnt know what was worse, team hebi hatred toward him or assasins and anbus after his hide?

He scoffed, definitely the former is worse. He's dealt with the latter on a daily basis, but having people near him despise him was harder to evade...he definitely can't sleep now.

Suigutsu's snore filled the dead silent room. He looked at jugo and noticed the bulky, orange headed hulk brooding.

"There'll be no mission for you at the time being," he addressed jugo who lifted his eyes to meet sasuke.

"Not now, but definitely later," he said, bitterly. "To what do I owe this unprecedented mercy?"

Sasuke glared icily at him. "I don't do mercy. I just found another way to obtain my answers. So, drop the attitude or I'll have to kill you myself."

Jugo scoffed and looked at Suigutsu's sleeping form. He gazed silently for a minute at the awkwardly sprawled silver haired boy, who snored so loudly he'll surely swallow his own tongue. "But that doesn't mean you wont send us later? Are we really that worthless to you?"

"I dont do anything in vain. Everything I plan, serves me one way or another. And you knew from the begining that your power will be put under my service. That no sympathy or leniency would be provided."

Jūgo chuckled bitterly, "I was blinded by my loyality for you and didn't see what's at stake!"

Sasuke smirkes mockingly, "and whats that? You had nothing before me."

"I wanted freedom! I wanted to exert my will and curve my own path not move on from one master to another! To still play the pawn!" He hollered,  uncaring at the volume of his voice. A yelp came from his sleeping companion who growled like a dog and flopped the other way to go back to sleeping.

"We are all pawns. You'd be a fool to think otherwise." Sasuke muttered.

Jugo went to argue but sasuke shut his eyes signaling the end of the conversation.

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The room was blindingly dark and as silent as a graveyard, only the snores of the people occuping it was heard.

A frigid touch of a hand upon his lips snapped his eyes open. Out of reflex, his hand shot out to grasp the throat of the intruder.

Eve shook his hand, a faint trace of irritation marred her features. She laced a finger on her lips and gestured toward the door. He understood her meaning and nodded while she extracted her palm away from his lips, rubbing ut on her pants to get rid of the tingling.

They left the room with the silence of a ghost. Both jūgo and suigutsu remained deep in sleep.

They walked out of the room in silence and headed outside the inn.

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