~Chapter 2~

The Reason For Leaving...

Three days had passed. Sai laid on his bed. Staring up at the ceiling. He couldn't get them out of his mind, Marlow and...Yukiya. Marlow was his first real friend. And Yukiya, was just really special to him, is what you could say. He hoped that he would get to see them again. But he knew he probably wouldn't. After all, Danzo did say that Sai no longer needed to see them. Sai Sighed and rolled over looking out the window. Suddenly he heard a knock at the door.

"Hey Sai! Want to hang out with us?" naruto called from behind the door. Sai stood up and pulled on his shoes and opened the door. There stood Naruto, Shikamaru, Kiba, Shino, and choji. They all smiled at him. "So you gonna come?" sai nodded and closed the door behind him as they left to go into town.

Sai and the others had a great time wondering the streets together. They joked, and laughed, well not sai. He still didn't have all his feelings back. "Hey why don't we check out that mask store around the corner here?" Kiba and Naruto said at the same time then laughed. They Started walking to the store. Meanwhile, Marlow and Yukiya were at the mask store. Marlow was looking at all the scary mask. while Yukiya just rolled her eyes and waited for him to finish. "Hurry up! We don't have all day you idiot!" Yukiya grumbled crossing her arms. Marlow sighed, and picked out a mask. "Just let me buy this..." He said going to go pay for it. Yukiya just glared at him as she watched him.

Sai stopped as they reached the mask store. There he saw marlow and Yukiya. "Hey why are those two over there wearing the same thing Sai is?" Kiba whispered. Shikamaru looked over at Sai. "They're part of the Root to right? You know them?" he whispered to sai so only he could hear. Sai nodded. "Are those the two we met a few days ago?" Naruto asked. Since he didn't know what they looked like, cause they were wearing masks. sai nodded again, "Their names are Yukiya and Marlow." He mumbled. "Who cares who they are! Lets just keep going." Choji said. They all agreed and kept walking.

Yukiya's eyes went wide as she sensed sai's and that spiky yellow hair kids chakra. She looked over seeing them. "Hey Yukiya, what is it?" Marlow asked looking in the same direction "oh..." He mumbled seeing sai and the others with him. "Lets go," Yukiya said, turning and starting to walk off as marlow stared for a few more seconds then followed.

"They're leaving..." Shino said. Kiba picked up a rock and smirked. "So they don't even say hi huh?" He mumbled looking at them. "lets grab their attention .." he said then threw the rock at Marlow. Yukiya appeared behind Marlow in a flash and caught the rock. "Watch your back idiot!" She mumbled looking at Marlow. Marlow looked at Yukiya. "Sorry, I'll remember for next time when someone throws a rock at my head." he smiled then yukiya dropped the rock and they kept walking. Naruto clenched his fists. "What the hell is wrong with them?" He yelled. Sai looked down at the ground. "They don't have feelings is whats wrong..." He mumbled. Naruto looked at Sai. "So they're like you use to be?" Sai nodded.

The day pasted by and it was lunch time. "Where you wanna go for lunch? I'm hungry!" Choji said rubbing his stomach. They all shrugged, "Why don't we buy some stuff then go eat under a tree or something." Shikamru shuggested. They all agreed and went off to the store to buy some stuff to eat. Then they went to look for a spot to eat. As they walked along a path through a forest. There was a rustle in the trees. They all stopped and looked up trying to see what it was. Kiba pointed at one of the trees. "Up there! I see someone!" He said. Suddenly a dark figure moved quickly to another tree and kept moving from tree to tree. "I'll get him!" Naruto said doing some hand signs, then shadow clones appeared. They went after the dark figure. "They should be able to get him! He can't get away!" Naruto smiled placing his hands on his waist.

After a while of waiting, and after they had their lunch. They heard someone yell, "AH! DAMN IT!" Then they heard a thump. " That sounded like that guy we saw earlier..." Shino muttered. Kiba sniffed the air, "it smells like him too." They all went in the diraction of the sound. When they had finally got there, Marlow arms were being hold down by some of the shadow clones. "What The Fuck?!" He said kicking one of them only to watch it disappear "All I was trying to do was go home and I get attack by these damn shadow clones. Where the hell is Yukiya when you need her?!" he yelled finishing off the rest of the shadow clones. /How annoying.../ he thought. Then looked over to see, Shino, Shikamaru, Kiba, Naruto, choji, and sai. He glared at the blond spiky hair kid. "What hell is your problem?! Attacking people out of the blue!" Then he sighed, crossing his arms. "Well then don't stalk us!" Naruto yelled back. marlow glared at him again. "Like I said I was going home. And Sai you left some things at the house from when you left a few years ago..." He grumbled looking over at Sai. "Did I?" he asked.

Marlow nodded, "yeah some of your paint brushes and paint." He mumbled. "Want me to go get them for you? I'll leave them at your house." He said jumping into the trees and leaving. Shikamaru looked over at Sai. "Did you use to live with him?" Sai nodded. "But that's in the past now..."

After a long day Sai returned home. Only to find a few bags of stuff by his door. He looked through the bags and realized that it was the stuff Marlow said he would drop off. He took it inside and flopped down on his bed. He closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Suddenly he open his eyes slowly. He keeled in front of Danzo along with Yukiya and Marlow. "Sai, you well no longer see these two again." Danzo Said firmly. Sai looked up at Danzo. "But why?" He asked confused. "Because, they well only bring you down. Yukiya, Marlow you may leave and return to your duties." Yukiya and marlow both nodded before they left in a flash. "How well they bring me down?!" He almost yelled. "Your feelings are starting to come back." Danzo said again. He turned and started walking. "And there are other reasons as well, but you're not ready to know yet..." He then left leaving Sai where he was. Sai felt like crying. It was like his heart was just ripped out of him. It was true he was gaining his feelings back because of them. /But...just what are the other reasons?! Do Yukiya and Marlow know?!/

Suddenly Sai's eyes flashed open, he sat up quickly breathing heavily. Sai looked around and saw that he was in his home, in his own bed. He cleuched his chest as tears streamed down his face. "Why? Why did that have to happen?" He remembered when he moved out of the house they all lived in, leaving behind his squad mates, they were his first friends and he didn't understand any of it. All he wanted now was to forget the past, but he knew that would be impossible. He laid back down and closed his eyes. Falling asleep once again.

Yukiya returned to the house. She removed her mask as she walked through the hall way. She stopped when got to sai's old room. She was covered in blood, and had a few cuts on her arms. She stared into the room looking at the painted walls with pictures Sai had painted. "Hey Yukiya! You're back!" Marlow Said coming out from his room with a smile. "Yeah..." was all Yukiya mumbled then went to her room shutting the door behind her. Marlow watched as she walked away. Then he looked over into the other room, looking at the walls. He smiled a sad smile. "It was nice seeing you again Sai..." he whispered so only he could hear, then went to his room. Closing the door quietly.

Yukiya sat on the window ledge staring up at the night sky. She had no feelings, and she could barely remember her past before Danzo had taken her. But she remember most of it. Then she thought of Maka, the girl she had trained with to become part of the Root. Her best friend, but in the end, she had to kill her to survive. Nothing would stop her to reach her goal. Danzo knew she had the power, she came from a very powerful clan and her mothers tinted blood ran through her veins. She hated her parents she didn't understand them. Its their fault that all of this has happened to her. Yukiya pulled her knees up to her chest. She was glad they were dead. She was a monster thanks to them. All Danzo was doing was using her. He wanted to see how strong she could become. Once she became strong enough, he would use her as a weapon. That's all he thought of her. A emotionless weapon. At some point one of them would die. But the question was, who is gonna die first? And how?

~End Of Chapter 1~

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