I was stupid and careless if I thought my father didn’t have ninja out here too. I should have known better, I should have been more observant. It was dark, almost too dark to see anyone. I didn’t know who was my comrades and who are my enemies. I swallow the fear that was rising in my throat. I was fighting blindly, part of me feared hurting Yamato and the ANBU more than I feared the Moon ninja. I didn’t know what our plan was now, to retreat or to fight and escape in the chaos to the village. We did need the information, maybe it would reveal the secrets my father kept hidden for so long. Maybe the answers to Asami’s abilities could be somewhere in there. I have shadow clones by my side, making sure the real me is hidden. I knew my power is still wanted.
I have my kunai in one hand, the other is right in front of me, trying to sense the chakra in the darkness. I sense twelve others, and four of them were my comrades. We were outnumbered, two to one, but I’m sure the ANBU would be able to stand on their own. I was more worried about one of the other chakra, it was stronger than all the others, so I noticed it immediately. It made me shiver, I tense when I sense someone come behind me. I crouch and kick, but that person jumps, I use my water whip to grab their ankle, bringing them down to the ground. I see other shadows move, and I feel like they were coming for me. I hear grunts and the clashing of metal. Sweat ran down my neck, but it was the coldest night I have ever lived through.
I felt the strong chakra get closer to me, and it was then when I began to fear for myself. I still couldn’t find Yamato or the others in the night, the moon was blocked by the many trees. I feel the overwhelming numbers increase, the enemy must be using shadow clones. I feel pain brush my cheek, I touch the sensitive spot, finally realizing, a kunai has cut me. I turn to see more shadows were beginning to surround me. I feel water at my ankles, they were using water jutsus against me, I began to feel slower. I couldn’t fight back in the darkness, but I tried anyways. I threw water waves left and right, along with tearing torrents. I whipped water as fast and sharp as I could, but soon my hands were bind behind me. My heart beat was beating, and I stared at the emptiness around me.
“Looks like you’ve gotten much stronger, but still not strong enough to win a fight against us,” I hear someone say. I could almost match the face to the voice. I’ve heard it before, long ago.I feel real human hands lay on me, I bite my lip, they got me. They have finally got me. I wanted to cry and scream, but I kept my mouth shut.
“Who would have guessed you would have walked right to our doorsteps. Oh Kiyoko you made this just too easy,” The voice said again. Someone had lit a torch and I finally see what is in front of me. I se Yamato and the three other ANBU back to back, all of them breathing heavily. I look behind me and all eight Moon men were there, all of them protecting me from my friends. I close my eyes, I should have stayed home, but as long as I will be taken back, I will try and use that time to find out the information we risked our lives for. Even if I do die soon, I’ll try to get the message. But they needed to go, before they end up the same way I did.
I see them advance just a little, and I panic.
“No! A seed must be harvested once it is fully grown and matured.” I say, hoping Yamato gets the message. I’ll absorb as much information as I can, then they could help me escape, for now I’ll go quietly. I send Yamato my glare, I’ll be okay, I send. He waits for just three seconds before he disappears. I let out a deep breath, they’ll come for me. I know they will.
I feel the strong chakra come behind me, I move my head to see who it was. It was no other but Kenji-sensei. My academy teacher.
“Long time no see Kiyoko. We have someone who would love to see you.” He smiles, I turn back, not wanting to see him. I closed my eyes instead. I didn’t want to see anyone. I already knew who that someone was, it was father. All the memories of my time here came back, blinding me from the dim lit night. I let myself be escorted to the small boats. I feel the ocean spray, making me shiver. I no longer felt the warmth that I felt next to Kakashi.
It takes us about an hour to cover the sea, it was still dark when we arrive, but the street lights were bright enough for me to see clearly. There were two ninja with their hands on me, and two other ninja tooks the liberty to wrap chains around me. They tug on the chains, but I was too busy looking at the town. Everything was just like I left it, it was like I took a picture fourteen years ago and the only thing that changed was me. The eight ninja take me to the main building, I knew they would. The canopy of the trees were thick, just like I remembered. The shops were built between every tree, the streets were shielded from the sky. The mountain was ahead of us, the main building on the top, it was placed there so the leader could oversee all of the town. There were no blind spots, not that I knew of, which made me worry. If they do come for me one day it’ll be difficult to attack secretly. We pass many familiar houses, many with the lights turned off. They’ll know about my arrival by sunrise, it was a small town, no secrets were hidden well.
My old house was right beside the main building. My father could be in any of the two,but I didn’t want to go back to my old house. Pictures of mother still hung on the walls, when I left I doubt they changed. I doubt his new wife would be courageous enough to tell him otherwise. He didn’t have a warm heart, to listen to his wife. The closer we get to the building, I see the light of his office was on. He must be there, I swallow my bile, it was today that I face my father again.
“You’re father is going to be ecstatic to see you,” one of the eight ninja say. I’m sure he won’t be jumping in joy to see my face again, he’ll smile only because he has the power he has searched for so long. He’s a fool if he thinks I’ll give it to him willingly. I don’t trip over the rocks and roots as we make our way up the island, my feet remember the terrain like I just walked it yesterday. I feel my hands begin to tremble as the ninja open the main building’s door, every step was one step closer to him. He who made my life a living hell, he who never looked at me with affection in his eye, he who never saw me as a daughter, he who only saw me as a monster and weapon. The inside is brightly lit, I clearly saw the painting in the lobby, and two leading hallways. I knew we were going to the right, that was where he was. The tug me to the right hallway, then we turn left, before a large door was at the end of the hallway. It was there that we will enter shortly.
I feel the chains pull me, and I realize that I have put chakra at the base of my feet without realizing. I didn’t want to go in there.
“Keep moving!” I hear one of them spit in my ear. I feel my foot step out before I can stop myself. A ninja opens the door, and I was pushed inside. He sat behind a round table, papers were neatly piled on one corner. Behind him, they was a wall, a map, with tabs on a place. I look at it closely, I’m here for information. It looks like he’s tracking something or someone. I see him put something in his left drawer. I look down before I get a glance at his face.
“Kiyoko, you’re finally home,” I hear his voice. I bite my lip, I wasn’t going to say anything, I didn’t even want to see his face. I feel him come nearer, and then I feel his fingertip under my chin, forcing me to look at him. For the first time in fourteen years I stare at him, his dark brown eyes are as lifeless as always. Wrinkles have invaded his skin, he looked older, much older. His hands were rough and worn. He was still as tall as ever, he crouched to get a better look at me. I tried to turn away, but I couldn’t. Every time I looked at him, it reminded me of mother.
“I want to have a good look at you,” he whispers and smiles. His smile has malintentions hidden behind it. There is no happiness in him, not since the moment I took my first breath. I hold my head high, letting his finger in the air, I want nothing of him, but I am here on a mission. He nods to the ninja who held me in place. They take me back to the hallway but take me into a room on the right. It is empty, only a steel chair was there in the middle of the room. Interrogation, I am glad that I was the one who they captured, if Inoichi can’t read my mind then I know they wouldn’t be able to. For one more time I am grateful I have the power of the beast.
They finally release me, but I find no way of escaping, not when the room looked airtight. They leave me be, and I stand on the farthest wall, they weren’t going to get me to sit on that damn chair. The door opens again, my father is the only one who enters. I feel the air tense to a new level, I couldn’t keep my breathing at a constant pace.
“Sit,” He stands in front of the door, just feets away from the bolted steel chair. I don’t respond.
“What happened to you all of these years? You used to do anything to please me, you always followed my orders when it came to obedience. I see your time away from home has changed you,”
Home? I became angry, furious, he thought this was my home. I know what home is, and its at the Leaf. This was never my home to begin with.
“The pain of being alone is almost unbearable isn’t it?” He asks louder.
“You know nothing about being alone,” I spit at him. His loneliness will never compare to mine.
“I do, believe it or not. You left on your own, and I was left alone. Much like someone you know. Do you know Sasuke Uchiha?”
I try to hide my surprised expression. What does he want with Sasuke? How does he know who he is?
“By your expression I believe you do know who he is. The last of the Uchiha. His brother Itachi killed their clan, and now only three have that visual power,”
He knows Kakashi has a sharingan too. What exactly does he want? He knocks on the door, three ninja come in, chains in hand. I automatically get on the defensive, but in this small room they manage to chain me down to the cold chair. Kenji-sensei comes in after the other leave, my father whispers something in his ear. Kenji-sensei puts his hand on my forehead. He was trying to fish for anything that I knew about the Sharingan. Too bad for him that he wasn’t going to get anything. Kenji snaps his hand away like he just touched a hot burner. A smile creeps on my face, knowing the beast has done his job again.
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