"Why are you doing this to me?" Orochi asked.
"You no very well your not my father, the demon inside of me killed my true parents" Yumi spat, "Don't look innocent, I saw it in your memories!"
"I bet if I looked deep enough I could find the memories as well.." Yumi whispered.
"You-you don't understand" Orochimaru murmured.
"Yes I do! You stole me for experiments and when I nearly died, you tried to save me because I called you daddy" Yumi spat, then sighed.
"Still, you were the one that looked after me and saved my life, so I guess I owe you a little respect" she sat down next to him.
"Even though, I did all of that and never told you…you still forgive me?" Orochimaru asked.
"What do you want me to do? Punish you?" Yumi scowled.
He nodded.
"Your crazy! I give you the choice, pain or no pain and you pick pain?" Yumi sighed.
"Please, it's the only way I could forgive myself…" She was shocked to here Orochimaru's pleading tone.
"If I do that to you I won't forgive myself!" Yumi whined.
"You do it to me and I'll do it to you then," Orochimaru sighed, "Please".
Yumi got out a kunai and cut a Y in his arm, he hissed. She handed the blood kunai to him, "Your turn".
He looked away as he carved an O in her arm, Yumi gasped.
"I'm sorry!" Orochimaru dropped the kunai, he sighed.
"You know what we've just done?" Orochi asked.
"I know it's a blood pact, a pact that we will always remember each other" Yumi smiled and watched the rising sun, "I best get back now, Gaara will have told the others that I'm out." Yumi sighed.
"Have fun" waved Orochi.
"Wait! Did you just say Gaara?!" Orochimaru jumped up and ran after her but she disappeared.
Orochimaru sighed, "I need to meet that boy…"
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Yumi made her was as quietly as she could through the front door, she had just managed to escape Orochimaru, she didn't want to get in trouble with her friends. She checked the bedrooms and they were all empty, she sighed.
I knew they would go looking for me
Gaara met up with everyone, at the point, they looked for hour but they couldn't find Yumi.
They all had to give up and go to the house, Naruto pushed the door, it was already open, they stepped through the kitchen and nobody was there, but hot pancakes were.
"Who made these?" asked Tenten.
"I'll give you three guesses" Sasuke moaned pointing at the sofa.
Yumi lay there, blood dripping from half wrapped bandages.
"Holy crap, what did she do?" exclaimed Ino.
"I dunno," Tamari poked her, she didn't move, "But it doesn't seem to bother her too much.".
Gaara stared at the blood.
"Yumi! Wake up! Yumi!" Shikamaru shoved her gently.
"What is it?" Yumi whispered.
"We've been out looking for you! Where have you been? Why is your arm bleeding," Shikamaru asked.
"I fell…" Yumi hesitated.
"You don't get that kind of a cut from falling…someone did this with a kunai, who?" Sasuke asked.
"It's nothing I'm fine" Yumi growled.
"No your not! Your losing a lot of blood, who did this to you!?" everyone looked at the massive puddle of blood on the floor.
"I said I fell! I'm fine!" Yumi shouted.
Tamari bent down and unwrapped the bandages, she gasped as she saw the deep, circle cut.
"She couldn't have got this from falling, its impossible" Tamari exclaimed.
"It's a number!" Ino said.
"No it's a letter, I'll give you one guess who's name starts with O and knows Yumi." Shikamaru sighed.
"Orochimaru" Gaara whispered.
"Did Orochimaru do this to you?" Sasuke asked.
Yumi looked away, "He did, didn't he" Sasuke frowned.
"Don't blame this on him, I told him to do it…" Yumi trembled.
"What?!" Kiba cried.
"You ASKED him to do that!? I don't think so" Ino exclaimed.
"I did the same to him, I marked a Y on his arm…" Yumi whispered, she handed Sasuke the bloody Kunai.
"Why?" Sasuke Muttered.
"It's a blood pact…I guess you had a fight with him" Shikamaru sighed.
Yumi nodded.
"Did he do anything else to you?" Sasuke asked.
"He wouldn't do that…" Yumi hissed.
"Really?" Sasuke looked her in the eye.
Yumi stormed off, leaving a trail of blood behind her.
How could they even think that he would…..
Yumi jumped out of the window and raced towards the waterfall.
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Gaara didn't know what had just happened, he allowed the only person he trusted get hurt.
He, sighed looking at the pool of blood, the others had gone to bed now and he was left sitting there.
"I don't believe this!" a cry came from upstairs.
Gaara ran upstairs, and Ino glared the windowsill, it had blood on it.
"She's gone again!" Ino growled.
"To the waterfall by the looks of it," Shikamaru looked at the blood on the tree's.
"Well I'm not looking for her!" Ino stormed back into the girls room.
Shikamaru turned around and Gaara was already gone, "Hmmm, troublesome…"
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Gaara had found Yumi sitting by the edge of the pool, he sat down next to her.
"I was worried" he smiled.
"So I'm I, what if they think my dad…" she stopped.
"They won't, No matter how evil he is he wouldn't do that to his own flesh and blood." Gaara whispered.
Yumi hugged him, "It means a lot that you care" she whispered.
They sat there silently for a few minutes, "Do you-" Yumi started
Gaara cut her off and kissed her, "I hate it when you do that" Yumi moaned.
"You know I like you, but do you like me?" Gaara whispered.
"If I didn't would I be letting you kiss me?" Yumi groaned.
They kissed for a few more minutes, then Naruto came bursting through the forest.
"Yumi! The others said Orochimaru hurt you I-" Naruto stopped.
Yumi and Gaara broke apart, "Err, was I interrupting something?"
"No, Naruto now go!" Yumi pushed him away and he ran away laughing.
She sat down and sighed.
"Your blushing…" Gaara said, he looked amused.
"am not" Yumi tried to hide her face.