Chapter Four: You Lied to Me!

"Kaji, first you need to tell me something," Zabuza said calmly. "What do you remember about your family?" I blanked out.

"N-nothing. I remember a sister and a brother. That's about it."

"What were their names? And clan name? This is important, Kaji!"

"Lie," the voice rung in my head, "Lie to him!"

"My sister's name was," I racked my brain for the information, "Kai, Kaibra? No, that's not right. Oh, Kairai! And my brother..." I could see his face in my mind, pale blonde hair back in a ponytail, red eyes gleaming through rectangular glasses. "Kokimiyoi. Kokimiyoi was his name. As for our clan name, I simply can't remember."

"Good. You shouldn't remember," his voice was stony and cold.

"Kaji! Don't ask! This is of no use to you!"

"Why shouldn't I remember them? There is something you're not telling me and I want to know what." He sighed.

"Kaji Asamoya. Do you recognize your name?" He spoke this as a statement.

"Wha-AH!" The memories came rushing into my brain. They were clouded but still there.

I remembered it all. Kairai and Kokimiyoi and I were playing around the family house. Kairai must have been about nine and Kokimiyoi thirteen. We were playing tag.

"Come on, Kaji, you'll have to go faster than that!" my sister teased.

"No fair!" Suddenly everything seemed to stop. Kokimiyoi grabbed us and ran to the kitchen where our mother was.

"Koki! Hide them!" she shouted. A thundering crash echoed through the house as five rogue shinobi came crashing through. "Now run!" My brother ran through the large house. Every outdoor escape was covered by some jounin ninja.

"Damn," he said angrily. Brother hid us in the farthest corner of the house.

"Koki, what's going on?" I whimpered. He raised a finger to his lips.

"Sush." Almost immediately afterwards the screams started.

"We have to help them!"

"Kaji it's no use! If they can't handle them, neither can we!"

A voice came from outside the door, "Hey I think I heard someone!" The door swung open.

"NO!" came mother's furious voice. "Leave them alone!" She jumped in front of the door. One of the men snarled.

"Move woman! They are why we came here in the first place!"

"Was killing everyone else just a game then?"

"The Asamoya Clan has grown weak over the years. I simply was putting some useless shinobi out of their misery."

"You heartless fiend! You killed children! Innocent little children!"

"Enough!" he swung a large sword through her neck and... That man no, it can't be! It can't be him, no way in hell! But, it is. I'd recognize him anywhere.

Being thrown back into reality by this sudden realization shook me. I slammed him into the wall and put one hand around his throat. The man that killed my family. The man that destroyed my life. The man I swore I would kill so many years ago. Zabuza Momochi.

"ZABUZA!" Rage swelled up within me and everything seemed to be through a red film.

"Kaji! Calm down!"

"I will not! You took everything from me! You killed them! And you lied to me! For that I should kill you!" I lifted him further up the wall. Something seemed to envelop me, a pure demonic chakra creeping over me. It spread over my hand on to Zabuza. It seemed to burn him like acid. And yet somehow, I loved it.

"Kaji..." he pleaded. "I had to!"

"You didn't have to do anything you evil bastard!"

"Kaji, listen to me! The demon was too big of a threat! It had to be eliminate-"

"ENOUGH!" I gripped tighter on his throat as he gasped for air.

Haku tore in to the room. His face was overcome with horror. "Kaji! Please put him down! You're hurting him!" My chakra lashed out at him, leaving a bleeding trail across his face. I immediately dropped Zabuza. Realizing in horror what I was doing to the people that took me into their home. Zabuza and Haku quickly fled the room, slamming the door behind them. I sunk to my knees.

"I told you not to! But you didn't listen did you girl?"

"Shut up!" I screamed. "Who are you anyway?" I heard maniacal laughter.

"Get out of my head!"

"I am not in your head girl! Look in the mirror and tell me what you see." I scurried over to the small mirror hanging on the wall. I shook violently. Looking back at me was a winged chakra beast with a horrible mutated face. I began to sob.

"I'm a-a monster."

"Embrace it girl."

I was sitting with my back to the bed with tears still streaming down. Haku peeked in, the mark still bright on his face.

"Kaji," he said softly. I looked up at him trying to avoid looking at the mark.

"I'm sorry," I choked out. Haku walked over and sat on the bed near me.

Putting a hand on my shoulder he whispered, "It's fine." I turned around to a kneel and rested my chin on Haku' knees.

"Do you," I paused, "think I'm a monster?"

"Why would I think my own sister was a monster? And don't say 'I'm not you're sister.' to me we'll always be family."

"Thank you, Haku, I mean, brother." I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep, for the first time in a long time.

It's been a while since I last updated but hopefully I'll write more regularly. Hope you enjoyed!

"Oh what have I done?"