Chapter 2- Goodbyes

"Sasuke." I whispered from beside his bed. I watched the little boy wake with a start.

"Kaida?" I could see tears in his eyes. Without another word he threw himself at me. I caught him in my arms as he started to cry.

"Itachi! He, he, he…" I hushed him and rocked his body back and forth to try and sooth his crying. "he killed Mother and Father…"

I rubbed his back before hugging him with my only arm.

"It's not true right! Right?" he asked. His eyes looked into mine and I could feel the prickle of tears in my eyes.

"Oh, Sasuke." I whispered and kissed his forehead. Sasuke was always like a little brother to me. Itachi and I had been friends since I was five and our relationship had progressed romantically when I had gotten back from training with Tatsuya, when I was eleven. He was eight months younger, but he never acted like it.

He soon calmed down, but I could still see the sadness and loneliness in his eyes.

"Sasuke, I'm going to need you to trust me." I told him. He narrowed his eyes in question.

"But I do trust you, I know you won't leave me, right?" he said hopefully.

"Sasuke, you won't be alone for long, I have to leave for a bit but I'll be back." I told him. Tears sprang from his eyes again.

"What? Why? I don't want you to go! I don't want be alone." He stared to panic.

"I got hurt recently and need to be healed, there is no one in the village that can help me so I need to go with my old sensei." I told him. Realization hit him and he looked over at my missing arm.

"You were there, I remember hearing someone talking about how you defended me." Tears felt down his face again. "He hurt you? Why would he do that? Brother loves you!"

"Shhh, it's okay," I told him. "I'm going to find him, and get the answer out of him, trust me Sasuke." The black haired, onyx-eyed boy let his eyes drop from me to the floor.

"He killed Mother and Father. He killed everyone in the clan. He hurt you, did he mean to kill you too?" I didn't like where this was going.

"Sasuke!" I said firmly, I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook it so he would look at me.

"You have to listen to me!" I told me. I knew the look in his eyes. "Don't do anything stupid and let me handle your brother!"

He tried to stop the tears from pouring down his face once again.

"You can't Kaida." He said. "He wants me too. Only someone with the Sharingan can kill him."

I froze and saw resolution in his eyes. A tear fell down my cheek.

"That night, your brother wasn't himself, Sasuke." I told him, trying to convince him otherwise. "There was something wrong with him."

"Yeah, I know Kaida, there is something wrong with him." He said. I pulled him close.

"Don't do anything reckless!" I asked. "Please don't." he opened his mouth as if he was going to promise but it closed seconds later.

I pulled him into a hug and kept him there.

"Please don't make me worry. Keep out of trouble." I told him.

"How long will you be gone?" he asked. "I don't want to be alone."

I opened my mouth to answer him, before I too looked down. Even if we aren't blood related, we still act similar.

"I don't know Sasuke." I said truthfully. "It could be anywhere from a month to five years."

I could never come back. But I won't tell him that.

"Kaida.." I smiled nervously. Patting his head I got up and dusted myself off. My shoulder was getting irritated and I knew I still had a few goodbyes to do.

"Sasuke, please understand." I told him. "Don't you worry, I'll be back, then you'll never be lonely, you'll get so sick of me you'll tell me to get lost." I teased. Well I hope I'll be back. His eyes became panicked.

"If you ever get lonely, remember that you can still go to Kaname's or Miku's. I can't say they will be as good as me, but at least they are people you can trust." I patted his head. "And make friends, you're still in the academy, friends will help you in the long run Sasuke."

With that I gave him one more kiss on the forehead and a quick hug.

"Come back fast." He told me.

I gave him a grin.

"It's past your bed time little man."

-.-

The next place I went was to visit a boy, not much younger than Sasuke.

My existence was a surprise to my mother. She found out she was pregnant for me only a few days after my and Kakashi's father had committed suicide. I had never known him. In other words, I was his parting gift to my mother. When I was born, my mother gave me my father's last name. I was Kaida Ayame Hatake. She died days later. Instead of the orphanage, like the doctors had wanted me in, my brother, Kakashi, who was seven at the time, decided to try and raise me himself. He tried his best, between raising me, his missions, my brother was still a kid. I remember multiple times coming home from the daycare with him and him almost being asleep on his feet. Seeing my brother like that caused me to grow up as an adult as well. By the time I was 4, I convinced my brother to not waste his money on daycare and that I could take care of myself. That all changed when he was assigned to Minato's team. As soon as he found out he had a kid sister to take care of, Kushina, his wife, was more than willing to help him with me. At times when they had to go on missions, and I wasn't at the academy, I spent a lot of time with her. Even more-so when she got pregnant. Both She and Minato died, leaving their son alone.

I landed on the roof, next to his bedroom window and looked in.

"Lucky." I let a touch of a smile fall on my lips as I watched him twist in his sleep, talking about ramen. I opened the unlocked window and hopped into the room.

"You really have to lock that." I said as I poked his cheek. He groaned before rolled away, grabbed his pillow and snuggled it.

"Naruto." I said as I sat on his bed.

"No! I don't want celery in my ramen, Extra pork please." He muttered. I let out a chuckle before grabbing his nose. After a few seconds his eyes opened, he looked over at me.

"Kaida?" he said in a nasally voice. I let go with a smile before raising an eyebrow.

"Are you awake now?" I asked.

"I think so?" he said, I looked down into my lap.

"You haven't been by in a while." He asked me crawling from under the covers and sat near me.

"Yeah, sorry, I've been in the hospital." I told him. His eyes opened wide before grabbing my shoulders.

"Are you okay!" he cried. I winced as his right hand gripped my bad shoulder.

"Naruto, please, let go?" I asked kindly. He let go before he saw my severed arm.

"What happened!" he cried, I could see horror cross his face. I swallowed and tried to push down the memories.

"Why did you have to come!" he whispered. "you weren't supposed to be here!"

"I stuck my nose in a situation where it didn't belong," I told him. I didn't want him to know the full truth. He would find that out in time.

"Why the hell did you do that!" he cried.

"Shhh," I said. Trying to keep him from waking the whole neighbourhood.

"Why?" he whispered.

"Because as long as I'm around, I will never let my friends die." I told him.

His eyes traveled back to my shoulder and stared. He was quiet, which was rare for him.

"Are you going to give up being a ninja?" he asked after a while.

"No, I've actually come to say goodbye for now." I told him. His eyes widened like he was terrified.

"But that means I'll be alone!" he said attaching himself to my sleeve.

"You started the academy this year right?" I asked. He nodded.

"That means you'll be making new friends." I told him. I ruffled his hair. "And then you'll forget all about, little old me!" I sighed.

"NOT TRUE!" he yelled.

"Shhhh!" I hushed with a laugh. He pouted.

"Why do you have to leave?" he asked his round cheeks puffing out. I lightly pinched one of them and wiggled it.

"I'm going to get a new arm," I told him. "My teacher told me he would be able to find a way to attach an artificial arm to mine using chalkra."

"I don't understand." Naruto said outright. I laughed and patted his head.

"You don't have to, I'll be back before you know it." I told with a grin. "Then we'll go for some ramen."

"Really?" he asked, hope shinning in his eyes.

"Yes," I told him holding out my pinky finger. "I promise."

"YEAH!" he grabbed the finger with his and we shook. I didn't bother telling him to hush any longer, knowing that he wouldn't.

"Ramen! Ramen!" he sang smiling and dancing around the room. I smiled too, seeing both Kushina and Minato in him.

Suddenly he stilled before turning back towards me. "How long will it take for you to come back? A month?" he asked. I winced before scratching my head.

"I don't know. But I'll be back." I told him.

"THAT'S NO FAIR!" he pouted. "I want ramen now!"

I ruffled his hair.

"Only when I come back." I told him once again.

"But.." he started.

"and only if your good." I told him.

"Hey! That's not."

"And you have to clean your room." I cut him off. I raised an eyebrow as if daring him to make another objection.

"Fine…" he grumbled.

I'm starting to become a Tatsuya. That's not good. Memories of my training with him suddenly surfaced.

"Add ten more push ups."

"But…"

"Twenty." He raised an eyebrow daring me to continue.

"Asshole." I muttered as I started the push ups again.

"Thirty for back talking." He growled.

That time I kept shut.

"Kaida?" Naruto called. I snapped back to reality.

"Yes?" I asked. I felt someone with precise chalkra control slip into my sensory range. Thinking fast I closed Naruto's window and curtains.

"Are you sure you have to go?" he asked. I smiled softly.

"Yeah, I'm sorry." I said. He pouted before yawning.

"Why'd you close the curtains?" he asked in question.

"I kind of snuck out of the hospital." I whispered, keeping track of the Jonin level ninja that seemed to be trying to find something or someone… probably me. Miku probably left already. I only needed her as a distraction so I could get out. I'm sure they are freaking, having no idea where I went.

"You did what!" he cried.

"Hushhhh!" I hissed.

"Why?" he whispered. I held up a finger as the ANBU landed on the roof.

We were silent for good ten minutes before he left.

"The person that's going with me, is my old teacher." I told him. "Even though the Hokage said that the trip could wait for a month, I know he will not wait much longer before leaving."

"Sounds like an asshole." Naruto muttered. I tapped his nose.

"Don't swear." I scolded. Naruto pouted before he yawned again.

"I should get going, before my stalker gets back." I told the blond-haired kid.

"Stalker?" he asked in question.

"They found out I snuck out and so the Hokage sent out some people to try to find me." I told him peeking outside the curtains. The coast was clear so I opened the window.

"Ramen when I get back." I promised him again. He grinned before going back under his blankets. I gave him a kiss on the forehead and smiled.

"Good night Naruto."

"Night Kaida." He responded. Then I was gone.

-.-

I sneaked onto the roof of the small apartment my brother and I shared and made my way to my room. There were multiple ANBU stationed all around the complex.

I opened the unlocked window before slipping inside. I closed the curtains, leaving small openings, so that I wouldn't be in complete darkness.

"So are you going to tell me where you are going?" my brother questioned. He was leaning on the door frame to my room and was watching me. His not-covered eye watched me as I reached into my closet for my side bag. I brought it out and placed it on my desk.

"Don't worry, I'm not going after him." I told my brother. I saw the narrowing of his eye and paused. "Not yet anyway."

"You should still be in the hospital, Kaida." He growled.

"Kakashi. Tatsuya is only going to wait so long." I told him. I went through my drawers and picked out my necessary items.

"I don't want you going with him!" he retorted. "There must be some other way!"

"There isn't, no jutsu can make me grow back an arm overnight. And there is no way I'm going to take someone else's limb." I told him. "He knows there is no way I'd do that."

I saw him flinch slightly, thinking back to my words I realised what I had said.

"I didn't mean it like that, Kakashi." I told him. I walked towards him. He looked at me in the eye.

"I know you didn't." he said.

"You still feel bad about the gift Obito gave you." I observed out loud.

"Yeah, maybe just a bit." He confessed.

"None of their deaths are your fault, Kashi." I told him. I brought my hand up and moved up his forehead protector.

His Sharingan looked away from me. It took all my courage to look at it. In my mind the only thing I could remember is how Itachi's looked after he had killed his family. I could still smell the blood in the air. I could hear the screeches of the Ravens. I looked away fast and he pulled the protector back over his eye.

"Kaida…" he pulled me into a hug and I tried not to cry. I hate that I can't even look at my brother in the eyes without becoming overcome with grief, sadness, and disbelief. I hate what Itachi did. They say that the boundary between love and hate was thin. And I could now understand why that was.

I let out a shaky breath and inhaled my brother's scent. He was still in his ANBU uniform, and I could smell the faintest hint of blood, but I felt safe. My brother was someone I could confine in. He pretty much knew everything. We were close. Sometimes I knew he hid things from me. But I always tended to sniff them out.

"I won't die Kashi." I told him.

"Kaida!" he growled. His voice was being raised as he pulled back from me. "Last time you had a team! This time you're alone! All his attention will be on you. You won't have a break! It's a miracle you even survived the three years you, Miku and Kaname went through! I've heard the rumors! He is known to being ruthless, He's almost never passed a Genin team before. And the select few that he does pass can't take his training and die because of it!"

"I know that, Kashi." I said, my voice surprisingly calm. "I don't want to go either, but if I don't, my team will break up, and I will have to give up becoming a ninja. You know I won't do that."

"You're so stubborn!" he barked. His hands clenched, then unclenched a few times.

"I had great influences growing up." I retorted. He froze then sighed.

"That's true." He muttered. He walked further into my room and sat on my desk chair.

"He said he had a way to attach a fully functional artificial arm onto me using chakra." I told him. He leaned onto his knees and watched me move around the room. "But I don't know what he wants in return for this."

My brother narrowed his eye.

"I'll be questioning him as soon as I meet up with him." I told my brother. "If anything seems suspicious, I will call the whole thing off." That seemed to make my brother feel better as his shoulders relaxed.

I undid the obi of the kimono and let it slip off. I placed it on the back of the chair Kakashi was sitting on. I then turned to my closet and pulled on one of my black hooded trench jacket. I then wrapped bandages on my right thigh so that my kunai pouch wouldn't slip and attached said pouch on top of it. I then looked around for my things that I wore the night of Itachi's brutal actions.

"I put it on your mirror." My brother told me, knowing full well what I was looking for.

"Thanks." I grabbed my belt pouches and attached them. One I had for smoke bombs and the other paper seals and string. I then grabbed my two twenty-five pound ankle weights. I bent down and put them on. My brother watched me the whole time, he openly displayed his worry as he did. His fingers twiddled and his leg bounced. I looked back up into the mirror and glanced at my reflection.

My long black hair sprayed around me like a cloak, ending at my waist. I was tall, but not too tall for my age of 14. I was quite lean, with no extra muscle. I could see various scars that marked me as a fighter before traveling up to my body to my shoulder, it was bandaged, and stubby, I hated how it looked. With a sigh I looked straight into my bright blue eyes. My eyes met an onyx one through the mirror before I grabbed my forehead protector.

"Kashi?" I questioned.

"You already know what I want to say." He groaned. He rubbed at his eye before looking back at me.

"I know."

I did a once over of my room before putting some last minute additions to my pack. I then went into the bottom drawer of my desk and pulled out my first aid kit, and a roll of bandages. I place the kit in my bag then picked up the bandages. I looked down at them then at my wrist.

How the hell am I going to manage this?

"Why don't you ever ask for help?" my brother sighed before plucking the bandages from my hand and standing. "Sit down."

I sat on the chair he was previously sitting on and held out my arm. He took it carefully in his hands and squatted in front of me.

"I guess, I'm more like you then people think." I told him. He stilled before looking up at me. I smiled lightly.

"Stop with your fake smiles, Kaida." He sighed as he started to wrap my wrist. He worked the bandages up my hand, between the fingers and up them.

"I'll do that when you stop as well." I told him. My comment didn't faze him as he finished the last finger. He then started to work the bandages back down my hand and up my arm, taking special care to wrap my wrist. He knew that my joints were my weak points.

"Yeah, maybe you are like me." He said. He weaved the last of the bandages in between the layers of bandages.

"Thank you." I said. He looked up at me again, still holding onto my arm.

"Just don't die. I don't know how I would live with myself if you did too."

I moved forward and hugged him close.

"Then I'll make sure I come back." I told him. He nodded and held up his pinky finger.

"Why are you holding up your finger, Kaida?" my brother asked me. I hooked his little finger with mine. "It's a promise! A pinky promise!" I told him.

"I thought you said that pinky promises are stupid?" I couldn't help but tease. I saw him purse his lips through his mask as if I caught him doing something he shouldn't.

"Promise me." He told me. "If anything, you get out of there. If you can't, send me some type of word that you need help."

I hooked my pinky in his. But I knew that I would break that promise. When Tatsuya is involved, there will always be risks.

"I'll try to write if I have time. They won't be long, but I'll try my best." I told him. He seemed more at ease with that as we shook on it.

For the first time that weak, I was able to smile a real smile, and not something fake that I had mustered up.

"That's the smile that I want." He told me. We got up, and I grabbed my bag and brought it over my head letting it rest on my good shoulder. He grabbed my forehead protector from where I had forgotten it on the desk and tied it around my forehead.

"Will you tell the Hokage for me? I know he wants me to stay in the village for the next few weeks, but as I said, Tatsuya won't stay until I heal completely. He wanted me to get up and go, the day after." I told my brother.

He nodded, he pulled me into a hug.

"Do you know how long?" he whispered.

"No, I don't, I'll send a message to you once I do. Tatsuya, always has some sort of messenger bird with him." I let go of him and he pulled back.

"Be careful, please, Kaida." he told me.

"I will." I slipped next to my window and made a map in my mind. I extended my sensory range and made a mark on the map for every high level ninja found.

"Make sure you say bye to Tenzo as well for me." I told my brother before I opened the curtain. I kept hidden and watched the reactions of the ANBU they saw Kakashi, and I guess they figured it was him that opened the curtains. They turned their back and continued to survey the area for me.

"I will, Good luck Kaida." He said. I back tracked to kiss him on the cheek.

"Bye Brother." Then jumped from the window.

-.-

I made my way through the trail that I had created, dodging all the ninjas stationed around the city and got to the village gates. I bit my lip in thought as I peeked out from between the buildings.

"Damn it." I breathed under my breath. The Hokage knew me well, he had placed four ANBU at the gate. I sat on the ground and closed my eyes. I let my range contract and become more precise. I analyzed the gate way, and the walls around the village for some type of weakness.

'I need to remind myself to tell the Hokage that his security is amazing when I get back.' I thought to myself. I couldn't see any flaw in the system. Nor at the gate.

"What are you talking about Tatsuya, their guard is perfect! There is no way I can sneak past them!" I hissed at him. My teacher looked at me and raised an eyebrow.

"Then make one."

I made my wall the eastern side of the gate. The ANBU were clearly some of the best. That I knew not only by their skills but also because I personally knew them. That's what happens when your brother is an ANBU captain and your boyfriend was the youngest ANBU to have ever joined, let alone become captain.

There was also the fact that I tended to work with ANBU at times. Being Tatsuya's student gave me perks as well. They were well known sensory types and I knew that if I didn't keep my chalkra at a stable level and hidden, they would notice the change, even if I practically have it hidden.

'What am I going to do?' I thought. I surveyed the area once again and noticed various ANBU on the roof tops. I smirked, they weren't facing the gate. They were facing the village. Once I got the wall I secretly made my way up it. I focused the small amount of chalkra I had let myself keep to both of my feet and my hand I slowly climbed the wall in the shadow of the buildings. As I got high enough on the wall and still safe, I let myself survey the ANBU again. I stilled as one of the ANBU seemed to feel my touch on his chalkra.

He looked around, trying to find the cause of the chalkra disturbance but thankfully found nothing.

The ANBU next him asked him something, but he shook his head. "Probably someone training their sensory abilities." I read from his lips.

I breathed outa breath I didn't know I was holding before I let myself stand perpendicular on the wall. I fished out one of my fireworks packages in one of my belt pouches and the end in my mouth I then took out my lighter and placed it in between my belt and skin. I reached out to the wall and stuck my hand to it pulling me close.

As quiet as a mouse, I scampered above the gate, right about the ANBU guards. I could see the two usual guards leaning back in the chair, clearly not in the loop of why there was so many ANBU about. I breathed in through my nose and exhaled before placed my knee on the wall. I transferred the chalkra from that foot to my knee so I could let go of the wall and not fall perpendicular and got out my lighter. I looked down at the flint and lit it. Within seconds I threw both lighter, then firecracker meters in front of them.

In the split second where they were distracted, I let myself drop to the ground. I made no noise, and I doubt any of them noticed my presence behind them. That is until I dropped all restrictions I had on my chalkra and infused it all in my legs.

They barely had the time to turn around before I was gone, the chalkra giving me a new burst of speed. Something, not one of them would be able to best me in.

I ran like my life depended on it. Not stopping for at least half an hour. When I did stop, I took the time to hide my chalkra once again. Then I back tracked for five minutes before taking a new route, coving the start of those tracks.

I walked through the forest for a while, listening closely for any type of movement. None came so I took the time to assess the damage. My shoulder had started to bleed once again when I threw the firecracker. Thankfully the sleeve of my coat had soaked up the blood. I made my way to a nearby stream and made my way into it. I hissed when the water hit the wound, but the cold water soon soothed it. I crossed it and sat myself on the large rock. I reached into my bag and grabbed a towel. I then went back to the stream and soaked it. Afterwards I placed pressure on the wound. Focusing my chalkra I thought back to the medical ninjutsu Miku had taught me and attempted to bring out the green hue. It wasn't as strong as it would have been if I had both of my hands, but it helped. I walked while I did that. Making my way through the forest. I got to an abandoned shack and walked in.

I sat in the ground and focused my energy on closing the wound. It took at least half an hour.

I hope they don't have an Inuzuka on the tracking team. That's the only thing I can't hide; my scent. But I can confuse them. I left the shack

"I know its somewhere here…" I whispered as I approached the trees, one by one and looked for creases.

'Ah!'

I banged hard on a trunk and a secret compartment opened. I smiled as I picked up a pair of boots and another black trench coat. I slipped both the coat and the boots on top of what I had on. I took a sniff and wrinkled my nose. It smelt like Tatsuya.

I sighed before I made my way back to the shack. With my real sandals on, the boots were still big on me, but I managed to make the foot prints seem real and not that the boots were way bigger than the feet of the user. I walked and circled the room a few times, trying to cover my own scent.

Once I was satisfied, I put my hand on the floor and infused chalkra into it. A trap door opened. I slipped in before closing the lid behind me.

The only people who knew of this shack was Miku, Kaname, Tatsuya and I. We were also the only ones who could open it.

The torches were already lit so I knew I wasn't alone down here. I walked down the tunnel for a good amount of time before coming across a door. I took a deep breath before opening it and waking in.

"Took you long enough." My teacher said as he sat at his desk. His Suna headband glittered and shinned in the candle light. He never looked up from his paperwork as I walked towards him.

"Sorry if the whole village was on the lookout for me." I told him as I sat down in the chair in front of him. "Can you believe most of them were ANBU, along with having four ANBU guarding just the main gate?"

He looked up at me and raised an eyebrow.

"Uh, yeah I can believe it. I told Hiruzen that regular Jonin would never catch you."

I glared.

"So this was another one of your tests?" I growled.

"Yeah."

"What the hell is wrong with you!" I breathed.

"A lot apparently." He smirked. I rolled my eyes before he looked at my attire.

"Just because you love the way I dress, doesn't mean you can steal my clothes." He grinned.

I shrugged off the boots and coat and placed it next to me.

"Very funny, I didn't want them sending Inuzukas and following my scent so easily." My teacher nodded his head.

"Everyone knows that they are not allowed to enter anyone of my offices." He said.

"Exactly why I took your clothes. If they catch your sent, they really will not enter it." he looked back down at his paper and bit the end of his brush.

"Should I take it?" he muttered to himself.

"Take what?" I tried not to wince as I tried to move my shoulder. It was really throbbing and it hurt like hell.

Tatsuya looked up and smirked, know full well I was in pain. He grabbed the paper and turned it towards me, watching me the whole time. I kept my eyes on him for a few seconds before looking down at the paper. It was a job request.

Requested by- Hanzo the Salamander

Type- Massacre

Target- Sennin Clan

Abilities- Kekkei Genkai- Curse mark- body tranforms and goes on rampages.

Reason- Unstable clan. Risk to the Hidden Rain Village.

Reward- 35 000 000 Ryo

I swallowed the lump that threatened to rise in my throat. I read over the paper three times before my eyes landed on the type of mission this would be; A Massacre. Just like what Itachi did to his family. My heart clenched.

"So is this going to be my project?" Tatsuya asked breaking me out of unwanted memories.

"This mission?" I asked putting the paper down. Separate them, Kaida. There has to be a difference between work and your own beliefs. I looked over the paper once more.

My arm hurt.

"The money is good. But there are a few things that warn me off it." I started. I pointed to the abilities category. "It says that the body transforms but we don't know into what. For all you know this could be a family who split one tailed beast into many different hosts. You've seen the one tailed beast, Shukaku, in action, imagine eight, or since this is a clan, imagine twenty." Tatsuya rocked back in his chair and put his feet on his desk.

"Go on." Tatsuya said. He placed the brush on its tray and gave me his full attention. I took a deep breath before moving my finger to the right.

"Goes on rampages." I tapped it two times. A chill rose up my back.

'I wonder if the reason why Itachi killed everyone was because some sort of rampage.' I banished the thought and continued the conversation.

"What kind of rampage? How uncontrollable is the rampages? Is it caused by something? What are they currently doing about the situation? Is the rampage contagious? There isn't enough information about the threat here. If you start…" I froze, not being able to say the word massacring. "If you start the mission, and one goes on a devastating rampage, will the others follow swiftly?" He narrowed his eyes at my pause but didn't say anything about it.

I looked back at the paper.

"Are they voluntary? Can they control the rampages? Do they chose to go on rampages to look like a threat because they don't like Hanzo?" I winced as I realized I was absently picking at the bandages on my shoulder.

"He said he is willing to give me more information if I take the job." Tatsuya asked his eyes gleaming. With what? I don't know, but it unnerved me. "You're reading too into it."

"I don't think so. If this clan is so violent, you would have heard of it by now. What do you know of them? Is there really some in the Hidden Rain? This paper doesn't even give the about of people are in the clan. What happens if there is a hundred of them? This goes back to my first point. What if they all rampage at once?" I let my hand drop from my shoulder. "If the worst possible thing happens and 100 of these guys rampage and go after you… Can you handle them? This mission will be more dangerous then what you usually get, just look the about they are offering you."

"I see your analysis skills have improved even more…" he said, I looked away from him before I looked back at the sheet.

"The thing that bothers me the most is the fact that Hanzo sent it." I told my teacher. "The Hidden Rain hates foreigners."

"Yes, you've worked for him once. But it's been a long time since then. I don't trust him one bit."

"I agree with everything you said." He got up and went to the bookcase behind him. He picked out a book and sifted through it. "I have nothing on this clan." He closed the book before looking at me with a grin.

"Maybe I should throw you in the middle of the clan and get info from them like that. I'll be killing three birds with one stone." He laughed.

"Three birds?" I asked in question. I knew I shouldn't, he would give some sort of remark to get under my skin.

"Yeah, Get information, have entertainment, and if I'm lucky it would train you, so I would have to." He replied. He replaced the book before grabbing the paper once again.

"Will you take it?" I asked him. He grinned.

"I have to have something to do while you're getting an arm attached to you." He folded the page and placed it in his robes. "I do have the reputation of a world class assassin to hold anyway."

"You won't be there?" I asked in surprise.

"You're not a child, I don't have to hold your hand." He snorted. I rolled my eyes.

"I figured you'd probably enjoy seeing me in pain." I snapped. He narrowed his eyes.

"Watch your tone, Kaida." I looked to the side but didn't say anything. I knew a threat when I heard one. "But I guess it will be somewhat of a shame, not seeing you in pain that is."

Me and my big mouth.

"How is this going to be done?" I asked him. He bent down and grabbed a bag from under his desk.

"Someone owes me a favor and I'm calling it in." he told me. He slipped the bag on and adjusted it. "He'll design an arm for you, we'll create it, and attach it."

"It seems as if he owes you a lot." I asked. Tatsuya caught my eye.

"Yeah, he owes me a hell of a lot." I got up off the chair and placed my bag back on my body. Tatsuya left his desk and locked all of his papers up in a safe with a twenty number code to open it. "But after this I'm letting his debts go." He moved to his bookshelf once again and pulled the 7th book on the second shelf. The bookshelves moved and he walked passed them. I fell into step behind him and placed my only hand lightly on my aching shoulder.

"Why are you doing this?" I asked after following him for half an hour.

"It would be a shame if my most successful student had to give up what she is most talented in." he replied.

We kept walking until finally we reached a ladder which led up to a trap door. Tatsuya went first, opening the door. As soon as he passed I focused my chalkra to my feet and knees and jumped up and out of the hole.

The sun light temporarily blinded me and I shut my eyes. Almost as sudden, Tatsuya swept my legs from under me and sent me tumbling to the ground.

I hissed in pain as I hit my wound.

"Keep your guard up. Just because you're hurt does not mean I'll be going easy on you. You've probably learned all the bad habit your village has. It's been about three years since we trained." I slowly got up. Knowing full well that my arm was starting to bleed again. I placed my right hand on it, and started to half heal it as best as I could.

"Just to emphasis something, Kaida." He said. He looked over his shoulder and I heard the screaming of the ravens. "When you meet this man, you are not to say anything unless asked. You are to be respectful, even if he is purely evil. You will accept what he does and that's that. I don't want to hear any sort of attitude or sarcasm during the time where he is around. Unless specified by me." He told me.

This guy must be serious business.

"I find it amusing when you talk back, and I encourage the fighter in you. But we will not act like we usually do. It will be strictly student-teacher relationship." He eyes narrowed even more. "Most of all, I don't want to hear, or see any type of complains. When attaching the arm, I want no screams, no flinches, no indications of pain."

"Am I clear?" he said. I knew what he was asking of me. And I hated it.

"What are you getting out of this? What do you want from me?" I whispered. I didn't want to go back there. I don't want to be the person he wants me to be.

"I want you to work under me from now on." He told me. I swallowed the fear that bubbled within me. "Until I die, I want you to learn from me."

"Why?" I croaked. I hate working as an assassin for those who can't justify the killing of others.

"Kaida, that's an easy question." I could have sworn his eyes flashed crimson with amusement and danger.

"I've decided that you are to be my heir."


Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto in any shape or form. The only thing I do own, is my OC characters.

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