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L.S.: but i have finally updated! *happy dance*

Nari-chan:School has been keeping L.S. very busy especially finals week.

L.S.: but it is all over now and i shall try my best to update ASAP.

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Chapter Two:

A kunoichi runs through the trees with tears streaming down her face. Running from a man who says he loves her and yet values his life more that hers... The only friend she had was coming after her to take her life. He was the only one who has ever loved her in her life. But that love turned out to be in- genuine.

She stops by a tree. Her heart was pounding hard in her chest. Questions swirled in her mind as she constantly searched for answers she couldn't figure out. Was a real friend supposed to kill her rather than put his life on the line? Was she still supposed to call him a friend? Furious, she pounds the tree with her fists, crying. She was filled with anger, confusion, and frustration. She didn't care as her own blood started to stain the bark of the tree crimson. She didn't care much that splinters were sending searing pain through her human senses for it didn't match up with the pain that hurt a thousand times more in her heart.

Suddenly, a familiar chakra pattern appeared. It filled her heart with gladness but then she resisted these feelings and pushed them hard to the corner of her mind . It was difficult and even though it was like a speck in her mind , that feeling was still there lingering in her heart.

Frustrated that she couldn't get rid of her feelings she closed her eyes ignoring the pain and then she spoke to the familiar presence behind her, "Kabuto-senpai."

"Nari," he gently replied. Nari felt the familiar fluttering feeling in her stomach as he said her name. She clenched her fists upon the tree. Why was he here?

The idea seemed to automatically hit her. "You're going to kill me now,aren't you?" She shuddered as she realised that tears started to fall. She tried to talk to him as if she never had feelings for him but her voice failed her. It started to shake uncontrollably, "W-why not earlier? Why d-did you not fight back? I knew you were just pretending. I knew you let me go easily. W-why?"

"I--" he hesitated "You got stronger and I couldn't match your strength."

"Tch." She wiped of the tears from her eyes, leaving traces of blood on her cheek. It made her feel stronger. "Lies."

"No, Nari, I'm not lying." His voice was gentle. "You're strong, Nari. You just have to believe in yourself."

"Shut up."

"No."

"I know you're lying!" She pounds her fist against the tree. Kabuto winced as blood spurted again. "I KNOW YOU MORE THAN YOU THINK!"

"Really?" His voice ice cold, "Do you even know how much I'm risking my useless life to save yours?!" Nari froze.

The last time he used this tone of voice was when she called Orochimaru a powerless fool. Obviously, Orochimaru got pissed which made her happy but then Kabuto shouted at her. He had told her to go out of the room and keep her mouth shut. A few minutes later, he too came out and she swore that she saw him holding his own bleeding arm. While she mended it she again had called Orochimaru something that made him use that tone of voice: "Don't say that again. You don't know what he's capable of." She resisted which caused him to give her extra work for three months. She never talked to him after that until she heard that three months were the shortest period of time after Orochimaru told him that she has to do it for ten months.

She pushed this aside and scoffed, "Is that another one of your lies?" She was now pissed at him. "Was all that time we were together lies? All the things you told me? Were you just pretending?!"

"No." His voice softened but there was an edge in his reply.

Anger surged up as she swirled around to look at him. "Shut up!" She closed her eyes, afraid to look at him. Afraid to see his reaction to what she was going to say next. "I KNOW YOU LIED WHEN YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME!!!"

There was no reply. Just the wind blowing. She opened her eyes and when she saw what was in front of her, she was taken aback.

Kabuto's face was scrunched up. His glasses askew. It seemed like he has been running in such a hurry. It pained her to see he was hurt, to see his face like that. "I-it wasn't a lie?"

He shook his head. "Never."

Tears fell down furiously. She looked away from him and leaned back on the tree--then her knees gave way. Her sobs shook her tired body. She felt cold all over. Her jagged fists grew numb.

"I-I-I'm sorry." Her voice shook more and more. Her breath was choppy.

"What is wrong with you, Nari-chan?! Where is the Nari I know? The Nari I love?!" he yelled at her holding her by her shoulders, gently shaking her back and forth.

"You don't love me…if you do then why don't you show it ?! If killing me proves that you love me, why don't you just do it now?!"

"Nari…" he said as he reaches out and holds her in his arms tenderly. Just like before. Nari, crying in his arms, him comforting her, and healing her cuts and wounds. Kabuto then kisses her tenderly on her forehead. "Nari, I won't kill you. I love you too much to do so. I'll let you go, but promise me this: never give up…Never lose faith; live your dreams; reach your goals; and don't stop until you've done so... Okay?"

Kaminari looked up, confused. "But Kabuto…that means--that means Orochimaru-san will kill you."

"That doesn't matter. I promise you I won't be killed by Orochimaru-sama."

"But, will I get to see you again, Kabuto?"

Kabuto smiled. He loved it when she said his name like that--it made him feel loved right back.

"You will. I promise. Now go, look for the nearest village and take care of yourself." Kabuto kissed her one last time and hugged her tighter, not wanting to let her go. Kaminari, with tears in her eyes, hugged him back.

As she prepared to head out, Kabuto held her hand and placed an object on her palm. Kaminari looked up with confused eyes. "What's this?"

"Don't you remember?"

"It seems familiar, but i can't recall anything."

"I was hoping you would remember. It's something to help you find your family."

"My family!"

"Yes. You have a family." Kabuto said shamefully. "We took you when you were still 4."

"I had a family..." Kaminari murmured sadly as she looked at the necklace on her palm.

"Orochimaru wanted you because you were an Uchiha."

"I'm an Uchiha..." she repeated as she traced the Uchiha crest."But how could you still have this with you? Shouldn't Orochimaru have thrown it away already?"

"he told me to dispose of it but I didn't. I felt like i might need it in the future so i kept it secretly from Orochimaru," the medic-nin said.

Tears started to well up in Kaminari's eyes again. "my brothers....what happened to them?"

"I don't know... But Orochimaru wants your other brother this time... He wants him to replace you." Kabuto said sadly. "Look, Kaminari, we don't have much time anymore. i want you to go to the nearest village from here now. I cant risk telling you any more information..." he said wistfully. "I'll see you soon, Kaminari... I promise."

with that, he gave her one last hug and left.

Kaminari watched him sadly, as he disappeared from her view. She puts on her old necklace and sighs deeply, then she followed his orders. She headed for the nearest village: The Village of Konoha. Crying and tired she entered the gates, then finally collapsed with tears in her eyes. But they weren't tears of sadness, but tears of joy because she finally knows that the man who loves her, the closest friend she ever had, loved her genuinely.

Kabuto's POV:

i was running through the trees...the thought of her never left me...yet i was also thinking of an excuse for Orochimaru-San. But i constantly kept thinking about her. I keep wondering where she might have ended up. Will she be safe wherever she is? What will happen to her? Will she remember me in the future? these questions keep swirling in my head. But my biggest worry was...will I ever see her again?

While thinking about these things the nin didnt realize he was already back at the lair.

" well, I guess its time to face the music," the medic-nin said to himself.

He enters the lair, not expecting what he would see or what would happen next.

"so, kabuto, have you gotten rid of her?" a voice chided.

"forgive me, orochimaru sama, i did not. She was too strong and fast she ran away..." the medic nin said.

"hmm....that is a pity. She would have been better off dead than alive, she's too weak to even protect herself...you're dismissed."

as the medic nin gripped the doorknob, orochimaru added, "do a better job next time."

the medic nin walked out of orochimaru's room to the hallway where he kept thinking about kaminari.

"where could she have gone?....what village was the nearest?....did anyone find her yet? If they did, did they hurt her or did they hepled her?..." these questions still kept bothering this certain medic nin.

"i will find her." the medic nin said to himself. Kabuto no longer cared about what would happen to him if orochimaru found out, all he cared about was kaminari. All he wanted was to see her again.....and he would. He would do everything in his power to keep his promise.

L.S.: sooo? how was it? it took me a while to finnish but its done! please review!

Nari-chan: chapter three is coming YOSH! and L.S. want to give credit to her friends at home who helped her with the story!

L.S.: yeah! Ja-Ne