I Will Forgive, But I Won't Forget

Chapter 14

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything else I borrow in this story.

Matsukai walked in to Hajimi's classroom, interupting a monotone lecture from Shikamaru.
"Oh hi Mituskai." He said, sounding bored. She smiled at him.
"Hi Shikamaru-san. I need to take Hajimi with me. Request of the Hokage." She said. Shikamaru sighed.
"Whatever. This teaching thing is such a drag." he mumbled.
"Oh, shut it," said Hajimi as he got up. "You're just mad that I won't let you make your kid your favorite. Sounds like that's going to end, though." He followed Mitsukai out the door, changing his voice to a soft whisper. "So?"
"We're both in deep shit." she whispered back.
"What did you do?" Hajimi whispered angrily.
"I tried to defend you, the topic got switched to Hitonomi, I said something I shouldn't have said, now everyone hates me." Mitsukai said sadly as she walked with Hajimi out of the school.
"Not everybody," said Hajimi. "I'm sure about that." Then he leapt up to the roofs, traveling to what just might be the toughest interview of his life. Mitsukai jumped next to Hajimi on their way to see Naruto.
"Alright you two. What exactly is going on here?" Naruto said, sounding slightly angry. On the way to the office, Hajimi had thought of every lie he could possibly tell, but in the end decided against all of them. He pulled up his shirt, exposing the mark on his side.
"That is the mark of Orochimaru Hitonomi," he stated. "I fought her, I lost, and she gave me this. She now has the power to cause me immense pain whenever she wants." Mitsukai sighed and removed the bandages on her arm, revealing her now healed mark.
"I wasn't thinking straight and she played with my emotions." She said quietly. Naruto breathed in deeply. "So are you saying that you're both being controlled by this person? That I should kill you both now for the safety of the village?" Hajimi nodded.
"That would be the normal course of action, sir. However, I would advise against it."
"Why?"
"I'm not fond of the idea of me dying," he said, as though the matter of his betrayal was of no consequence. Mitsukai tried to suppress a fit of laughter. Naruto glared at her until she calmed down.
"Also, you won't be able to. Even if we agree to it, she won't. Like you said, she controls us. I hate the fact that she does, but I can't change it." Mitsukai said.
"Basically," said Hajimi, "there are two people that she wants dead- I can't say who- and us two on her side. If she doesn't get both those things, she'll settle for the destruction of the entire village." Mitsukai nodded. Naruto bowed his head down in thought. "So there's absolutely nothing we can do?" he asked. Hajimi nodded, and Naruto returned it.
"Alright. Dismissed. And do what you can."
"Yes, Hokage-sama," the two responded in chorus, and left.
Mitsukai walked with Hajimi.
"So what do you think will happen to us the next time we meet up with Hitonomi?" Mitsukai mumbled.
"Why don't you ask her yourself?" came an angry voice. The duo stopped walking and watched as Hitonomi flipped down from a tree.
"What did the two of you talk to Naruto about?" She asked venomously.
"We told him everything but the identies of the targets," replied Hajimi.
"We couldn't think of any other way." Hitonomi's eyes turned murderous towards Hajimi.
"Ya know, you are really getting annoying as hell." She mumbled.
"Don't be angry with him, Hitonomi-sama. It was my fault. I slipped in a room full of ANBU and jounin. But if it makes you happier, they all hate me now." She said hastly. Hitonomi's glare was turned to Mitsukai now.
"That's what you chose, Hitonomi," Hajimi said. "One person that's too much of a bastard for his own good and a jounin that is too honest for her own good. You chose us. Stop complaining about it." Hitonomi sighed and rolled her eyes. Then, surprising both Mitsukai and Hajimi, smiled uncontrolably.
"You're right. Besides, now that I think about it, This works nicely!" She said cheerily. She turned around and started walking away. Hajimi and Mitsukai exchanged a confused glance and then Hajimi shrugged it off. "You two coming?" Hitonomi called. Mitsukai quickly followed, along with Hajimi, who stayed only a few steps behind.

Hitonomi smiled as she walked with her two new friends. She giggled.
"What?" Hajimi said, slightly aggravated. Mitsukai sighed.
"What are we going to do now, Hitonomi-sama?" Mitsukai said. Hitonomi smiled maliciously.
"You two will go back home. Hajimi, start separating yourself from your mother. Mitsukai, patch things up with your father and then sever your ties with this town. I'm going after Jiraiya today." She said all too happily.
"Done and done," said Hajimi as he turned around again, heading home. Mitsukai looked at Hitonomi nervously.
"Hitonomi-sama, please. Don't kill them." She whispered. Hitonomi smiled.
"I must. It's what my Oto-sama wanted." She said.
Mitsukai looked at her, frightened, "Very well, Hitonomi-sama. You do what you feel you must." Then she turned and left for home, Hitonomi smiled.
"Say goodbye Jiraiya.. You will not live to see the sunrise tomorrow."

Hitonomi sat outside in a tree inside the growing estate belonging to Jiraiya and family. She watched the family happily go about their business as the day turned into night. Jiraiya was constantly acting like a fool. A senile old fool. When the last of the family went to bed, she quietly went in the open window. Amazing how foolish the family had grown. She walked over to Jiraiya, soundly sleeping in his bed. She walked up to him, while grabbing her kunai. She lifted her arm and smirked at the sleeping old fool.
"Goodbye." She whispered. She brought the kunai crashing down, only to have her wrist grabbed when it was a millimeter away from his heart. She gasped as his eyes met hers and she saw not a senile old fool, but a ninja ready and alert.
"I should have known from the beginning, child of Orochimaru." He said calmly. Hitonomi smirked.
"Wonderful to see you back to your old self. Perhaps this will be more entertaining than I believed." She said happily.
"You won't get away from me. You realize that, right?" Hitonomi laughed.
"I believe it's the other way around." She said happily. She wretched her arm away from him and jumped back as he jumped up. She snorted at his choice of pajamas. Light blue with puppy dogs all over.
"Does your granddaughter dress you?!" she said as she tried not to laugh. He scowled at her before grabbing several kunai. From where, Hitonomi failed to see. He charged her silently as she jumped back and out the window. After a moment, he followed her, now properly dressed and equipped. Hitonomi laughed as he played offense. She began doing hand seals as she ran. "Remember this?! Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" She yelled. A powerful explosion of air sent Jiraiya falling to the ground. Hitonomi laughed. A light went on in the house, but neither of them paid any heed. Jiraiya jumped up and smiled.
"I guess I'm a bit out of practice. What was I thinking when I retired?" He said.
"You weren't thinking." She said happily. Jiraiya smiled and charged Hitonomi whiled doing hand signs.
"Hair needle barrage!" He yelled. A large amount of his hair turned into needles and flew at Hitonomi. Hitonomi attempted to dodge, but the large amount made it difficult and Hitonomi received several cuts on her body.
"Ashley, run and get Tsunade-san and Hokage-sama! Quickly!" A woman said. Hitonomi glanced over and saw a woman that looked to be in her thirties talking to Jiraiya's granddaughter. 'Her mother perhaps?' Hitonomi thought. Both Jiraiya and Hitonomi ran at each other with weapons of choice now. Kunai clashed, the sound of metal on metal ringing throughout the night. Again. Again. Again. Finally, Jiraiya was able to force Hitonomi's kunai was forced away from her. Hitonomi took a step back, glaring at Jiraiya.
"Jiraiya!" A call came from the side. Both the fighters glanced over to see Tsunade watching. Hitonomi now smirked at Jiraiya.
"Tsunade, stay back! I don't know what she might do." He yelled to her. She laughed and did hand seals too quickly for anyone to see. She kneeled and placed both palms on the ground. A dark purple colored barrier rose quickly around the two fighters. "Damn it!" Muttered Jiraiya as he couldn't get out in time. Hitonomi laughed.
"Now Jiraiya, let's finish this." She whispered. They both started doing hand signs at the same time. "Hidden Shadow Many Snakes Hand!" She yelled as he yelled at the same time,
"Ranji Shigumi no Jutsu!" Snakes and vines hit each other. Jiraiya focused on the jutsu, not realizing it was a decoy. Three shadow clones jumped behind him. He glanced back and grabbed three kunai. The three fakes laughed and ran at him. He spun and hit one, who went poof. The other two charged from the sides. Jiraiya went to hit both, but one dodged in time and hit him square in the gut. His jutsu was canceled and snakes hit him. The clone went poof as she watched him fall. Hitonomi calmly walked over to Jiraiya who was having trouble getting back up.
"Feeling old?" She asked. "Perhaps that is to be expected. After all, an 80-something year old ninja fighting a fifteen year old ninja is bound to go to the younger one's favor." She said as she pulled out several kunai. Jiraiya glanced away for a second, but that was all Hitonomi needed. Jiraiya gasped as her multiple kunai were imbedded in his chest. He fell back to the ground. Hitonomi unsheathed her sword.
"That's Kusanagi!" Tsunade explained. Jiraiya laughed quietly.
"So this is it, huh Hitonomi? Just tell me one thing." He said. Hitonomi smiled.
"Why not?" She said happily.
"What happened to your father?" He asked. She laughed.
"When I was thirteen, he taught me his body transfer jutsu. He told me to use it on him. Kind of like an early birthday present." She said quietly so only Jiraiya could hear. He laughed.
"Brilliant." He mumbled.
"Glad you think so." She said sarcastically before cutting him with her blade. The gash in his chest spilled his blood all over the ground and Hitonomi took a step back so not to step in it. She watched the last breathe leave his body and then turned and walked away, her barrier slowly going down. She smirked at Tsunade. "Your next." She mouthed. Then she jumped away.