Chapter 56

                                    

                                          
"Shika!" came a little louder from Konan when Pain had asked everyone to leave to go with her to work as a spy. A lie he had made up to get rid of the members. After all, no one was supposed to know that they knew each other. Except for Orochimaru, who certainly knew Konan's face.
"What has happened to you?! Why are you with Orochimaru?! And what's wrong with your body?!"
A lot of questions for Shika, who somehow couldn't understand why this woman was so upset. "Do we know each other?"
"You're not serious..." breathed Konan, who had now looked at Pain. He hadn't taken his eyes off Shika for a single second. In his eyes, this young woman had become more than just beautiful. The little girl from back then, who had been so caring towards him, had grown up even more, but had also become colder. 
"Was it Orochimaru?" was his first question, addressed directly to the Nara. She closed her eyes and gave him an attitude that he found slightly amusing. "It would be too much trouble for you to tell everything, wouldn't it?" the orange-haired man asked.
"Let me put it this way. I became careless and was accepted into its ranks. The black patterns you can see became a whole part of me from the age of eighteen. My Hiden continued to form and also absorbed his curse mark." Shika explained roughly. She didn't really know why she was telling them. But there was at least one face in her memories. That of Konan, only younger.
Shika had definitely been involved with them. But why did it leave her so cold? Why didn't she get any real feelings from them? It was probably because Orochimaru's king had not yet fallen.
"That's why you never visited us..." Konan said, lowering her head and coming closer to her. "Shika...Yahiko he..."
"Don't, Konan." Pain said, not knowing how Shika would react. "It could be that Shika no longer has any feelings."
"But she has to know!" Konan exclaimed. "She needs to know what happened!" Konan couldn't keep this part from her friend. She had to tell Shika everything that had happened in Amegakure.
"If you think it will make her the former Shila, then tell her." Pain now said, turning away. Knowing that Shika really couldn't feel anything anymore because of Orochimaru made him angry.
"What exactly is it about?" Shika wanted to know, looking at Konan. Shika recognized the loss of a loved one in her eyes. That she was suffering from it and had kept it quiet with Pain.
"Shika, Yahiko sacrificed herself for Nagato and me. And that in the fight against Hanzo, who didn't want to negotiate peace with us." Konan said, although Shika had looked cold on the outside, but inside she could feel pretty much everything she needed to feel.