Sara Pov
"You need to let go of revenge" Yuu said to his angered brother "You will lose yourself and everything you care about"
"Shut up!" Masaru snarled, as some dark chakra surronded him, and some tattoo appeared on his left side, Yuu and Aya looked at him suprised, while i got my hand on my katana's hilt ready for anything.
"You got the mark?" Aya asked shocked and a little frightened, as she backed away from him.
He just smirked, and bared his now sharp fang at her, she kept backing away from him.
"What did you do?" Yuu asked him angry "We agreed to never get the curse mark, why do you have it?"
"Unlike you i am not the most talented" he answered "I needed power and he gave it to me"
"You're kidding?! It's a curse! It's not worth it!" Yuu shouted at him, while i looked down guilt filled me, it was all my fault, my actions led to this, i was starting to see that my illness was the punishment i deserved.
"You know i used to look up to you" Masaru started saying with clenched fists "we are twins, you older by a few seconds, but you are the most talented between us, you were always the strongest one" He smirked, and let out a ceazed laugh "Now the roles are turned, and you're going to regret standing against me"
As he said that in a second he was infront of Yuu, kunai in hand. Yuu was frozen, looking at his brother with shock.
I stood between them blocking Masaru's kunai with my Katana, i pushed him back.
"Snab ou of it!" i yelled at the frozen Yuu as i blocked another attack, this time aimed at me, my eyes never left Masaru's "If you want to help him you need to move"
I jumped back avoiding the kunai that was lunged at me, aiming for my stomach.
Yuu was looking down with clenched fists. "I have a plan" i told him as he looked up at me "I can give you a chance to talk to him with no interruptions, but i will need you to stand up"
He obliged slowly as he stood up, i created three shadowclones, and sent them to keep Masaru busy, when he was standing at full hight i explained the plan to him.
"Got it?" i asked him once i finished, he nodded. I jumped at Masaru, he dissappeared and appeared behind me, i smirked as he fell into my trap. in a second Yuu was holding him from behind, as i made the hand seals.
"Light labyrinth!" i said as i placed my hands one on each od Masaru and Yuu's heads, as soon as we landed on the ground.
Their eyes closed almost instantly, light surronded their bodies freezing them in place. Aya then jumped beside me, looking sadly at Masaru as the tattoos retreated.
"What is the plan you and Yuu are going with?" she asked with a frown, as she crouched beside me looking at the frozen twins infront of us.
"This is a genjutsu, It will let them have a chance to talk, they cant attack or use jutsu or anything, and breaking out of it isnt easy, it's one of the few decent genjutsu's that i knew" I explained "They will be okay, but i need to ask you something"
She looked at me with furrowed eyebrows.
"How close were they with their father?" I asked as i looked down.
"From what they told me, he was strict, trained them hard, and pushed them to their limits" she told me with a frown, but then changed to a small smile "But they also told me that he cared about them, never let anyone hurt them, took care of them when they were sick, put them above everything" she frowned as i looked at her, her eyes filled with guilt.
"I-i..." she started saying as tears built up in her eyes "I...It wasnt your fault" she finally said as ifurrowed my eye brows "Orochimaru was the one that forced their father to becoma a criminal, he threatned him, telling him to join or he will kill his sons, he then put me on a team with them, to keep an eye on them, he planned everything, he somehow knew you were one of the ninjas sent to take care of that gang, which was one of his hideouts, he sent their father their, hopping anyone would kill him, he needed to do this so Yuu and Masaru would work for him, especially Yuu since he was stronger than Masaru and their father" she finished as she teared her eyes out, placing her face in her palms "Th-hey trusted me, and i betrayed them, helped them grow their anger"
I looked down, thinking about everything she said.
'it's always him' i thought 'He always works up plans to mess with peobles life, and i acted out his plan like a pawn'
'Calm down. kid!' Yami yelled at me 'No need to lose contorl.
I breathed in and out trying to calm down my rising anger.
"Aya!" I called, we both looked eachother in the eye 'I have a plan to help you, all three of you! I fit works Masaru will be okay, and then you three could leave Orochimaru!"
I declared and explained the plan to her, and she nodded undestanding everything i say.
Yuu Pov
I opened my eyes to come face to face with masaru, i looked around we were both in come sort of maze made of light.
"What the?" Masaru looked around confused, his curse mark had retreated just like she said "Where the hell are we?"
"Somewhere we could talk quietly" i told him as i approched him slowly.
"Stay back!" he yelled at me, causing me to halt "You're not my brother anymore, you're nothing to me, i will kill you if you come any closer" he declared shocking me, i didnt bother to hide it.
"you need to stop this its not worth it!" i told him trying to stay focused "you're going to throw your life away!"
"as long as i get my revenge" he declares
"i wont let you do it" i informed him "i wont let you throw your life away"
"you cant stop me and if you get in the way i wont hesitate to kill you"
I looked at him with clenched fists, i couldnt believe what happened to him.
Third Pov
The light around the two brothers started fading, turning back to the forest they were in. Both of them jumped back.
"why did you release the jutsu?!" Yuu asked the black haired kunochi as she jumped beside him. and as soon as the black eyed kunochi stood beside Masaru.
"i didnt have a choice" Sara informed him her eyes focused on the other two "She attacked me forcing me back"
"what are you doing?!" Yuu asked
"i wont let you stop him" she informed him emotionlessly "my orders is to help him finish the girl"
"What are you talking about?!"Yuu asked Aya, his anger rising "we were going to leave him after this, why are you following his orders?" she didnt answere, making Yuu clenched his fists, as Masaru let out a crazed laugh.
"I'm giving you one more chance, get out of my way or die!" Masaru told his brother his curse mark activating again.
"Stop this! You need to snap out of it!" Yuu yelled at his brother, desprate to get him back.
"Wrong choice!" Masaru declared, and in a blink of an eye he was infront of his brother, hitting him with a kunai in his heart. "You should have joined me!" he whispered in his brothers ear, as he drew his kunai from his stomach, making his brother fall back dead.
"What did you do? he was your family!" Sara yelled at him looking at him unbelieving "You keep saying you want to kill me for killing your father, but you just killed your own brother. You're no better!"
"He was no brother of mine!" he declared as the dark aura around him increased, and his eyes became even more bloodlust.
Before Sara can even react, roots protruded from the ground wrapping around her, holding her in place and making her drop her katana.
"Forget about me!" Aya spoke with a smirk "You should always focus on the enemy"
"Now you pay!" Masaru declared as he picked up her Katana, "rot in hell!" he hit her with her own Katana in her heart. she closed her eyes. and as the roots went back into the ground she fell dead on the ground.
Aya slipped away while no one was watching.
Masaru had a satsefied smirk on his face, He was glad to have finally got rid of his father's murdered. The whole battle played in his head, and His smirk was slowly replaced with a frown.
He turned around with widened eyes as he stared at his brothers body. The curse mark retreated till it was back to its original form, as his head cleared from it effect, the guilt filled him.
He ran to his brother, crouching beside his body.
"No no no no" he mummered with the tears building up in his eyes "What did i do? I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I should have listened, You were right it's not worth it"
The tears finally made their way down his cheaks hitting the ground.
"I'm even worse, I killed my own brother" He blamed himself, the guilt was too much, he wished if he could have done things differently, He wished that he could get another chance to do things differently.
His tears made their way down,one of them hit the ground to be replaced by a shining light, slowly the forest around him started fading to light, so did his brothers body, Sara's body and everything he stared with a confused expression.
Sara Pov (To where her last Pov finished)
"Got it?" I asked Aya as she bit her lip, the plan was going to take a leap of faith from her, she needed to do this with the cost of losing Both their trusts.
"Yes" she finally answered, i nodded to her.
I closed my eyes watching the two brothers as they talked, wating for the perfect chance to execute my plan.
"you cant stop me and if you get in the way i wont hesitate to kill you" Masaru told his brother, and i took the chance.
Their surrondings slowly changed to the one of the forest, we were in. As another me and Aya appeared in the forest.
"why did you release the jutsu?!" Yuu asked My otherself as she jumped beside him. and as soon as the black eyed kunochi stood beside Masaru.
"i didnt have a choice" She informed him her eyes focused on the other two "She attacked me forcing me back"
"what are you doing?!" Yuu asked
"i wont let you stop him" Aya informed him emotionlessly "my orders is to help him finish the girl"
"What are you talking about?!"Yuu asked Aya, his anger rising "we were going to leave him after this, why are you following his orders?" she didnt answere, making Yuu clenched his fists, as Masaru let out a crazed laugh.
"I'm giving you one more chance, get out of my way or die!" Masaru told his brother his curse mark activating again.
"Stop this! You need to snap out of it!" Yuu yelled at his brother, desprate to get him back.
"Wrong choice!" Masaru declared, and in a blink of an eye he was infront of his brother, hitting him with a kunai in his heart.
But before he did I released the genjutsu on Yuu, replacing him with an illusion of him.
Yuu Pov
I opened my eyes to see Sara with her hands still on Masaru's head, holding the genjutsu.
"But..." I started saying confused, Aya crouched infront of me.
"It's another plan she made" she informed me "I will explain everything"
She went on telling me about the plan.
"So Orochimaru didnt actually order you?" I asked her as she bit her lip, shaking her head.
"No" she hung her head down "He ordered me, to make sure you two go on with the fight, till you die"
"What?!" I asked as my eyes widened
"I'm sorry" she apologized "I'm really sorry, i didnt want to do it. and i wasnt going to go through with it"
She then told me about Orochimaru and my father and how ge threatened him, my fists clenched in anger. That snake was the real cause behind all of this, and both Sara and Aya like us were only pawns.
"It's done" Sara declared as she opened her eyes, a small smile on her face. "It worked" she slowly removed her hand, and slowly Masaru opened his eyes.
She stood up and went back as Aya and I, made our way to him.
"Good to see you back to your sane self" I informed him with a smirk.
"Yuu, Aya" he said as he looked at us with unbelieving eyes.
"Good to see you" Aya told him with a smile, but in a second he was holding her, with a kunai to her neck.
"You betrayed us for that snake!" He yelled at her as he lowered her head slightly in shame, I caught his wrist.
"Let her down Masaru" I ordered him "It wasnt her fault" I looked at her to see the gratefull look in them, mixed with happinese.
"But how?" he asked looking at me again "I killed you, didnt i?"
"No you didnt" Sara declared, we all looked at her she was leaning against a tree, with crossed arms, "It was genjutsu" she informed him
"But..You said.." he said looking confused.
"I never released it, just gave you the illusion of doing so" she told him "I realized that talking wont do, so it left the one option, we needed to let you have your revenge"
"You and Masaru were the only ones real in it, well, until you 'killed' him atleast. i released the genjutsu on him before you could actually kill him. then let you 'kill' me. I thought it was the only way to get you to realize the conseqences" as she finished Masaru had a suprised confused look on his face.
"But why would you help me?" he asked her.
"Because We were all played by Orochimaru" she told him and his face showed even more confusion.
"I can explain what she means" Aya told him before he could ask anything "Orochimaru used your father and when he wanted to get rid of him he sent him to that place knowing somehow the ninjas sent there are strong enough to kill him. He wanted to get rid of him in a way that he can make sur you and Yuu will work for him."
"Apparently, Orochimaru threatened our father forcing him to work for him" I told him
"He wanted to use you, but since he had no further use" Aya continued "He sent you here hoping Sara would finish you off"
"He used all of us" Masaru mummered to himself, taking everything in he just heared.
"So what are you going to do? all three of you?" she asked us.
I already knew what i wanted, i wanted to take my brother and Aya and get as far away as possible from that snake.
"Can we leave?" Aya asked quietly "I..dont want to do this anymore, I dont want to have follow his orders. I dont want to kill inocent people"
Masaru put his hand on her shoulder, and gave me a nod to show that he agreed with her.
"Than we will leave him and escape" I told them both and a small smile made its way to Aya's face.
"Well then, I better get going, my village needs me" Sara declared as she stood straight.
"Thank you for helping Masaru" i thanked her, she turned around and gave me a closed eye smile.
"No problem" she told me before leaping into the trees, as the three of us gathered around and teleported away from Konoha.
Sara Pov
'That was quiet the show' Yami said
'Shut up' I told him as a headache was starting to form, and that was the last thing i needed especially with my chakra running low.
I might be able to use genjutsu, but it took quiet the toll on me.
i stared at the battle happening in a distance, between the one tailed beast and a giant toad.
'I need to get there quickly'
'How do you suppose your going to help with low chakra?' Yami asked mockingly 'You just had to help, killing them would have saved your chakra'
I jumped to the side avoiding a punch, at the neck of time.
'What the hell?!' I thought 'I didnt even sense his chakra, I mean if i hadnt heared his breathing when he was close i would have been hit'
The guy that attacked me dissapeared, I turned around blocking a punch.
I took the chance to look at him, he was wearing a long coat with a hood covering his head, and upper part of his face, but i could see he was wearing a mask on the lower half of his face.
I jumped back landing on a lower tree branch, panting hard. I was already pushing it, and this guy packed quiet the punch.
He landed on a branch opposite to me.
"Who are you?" I asked him gathering what strength i had left to stand, he remained quiet standing their, his hood covering his face.
I crouched avoiding a punch, throwing my legs to hit him, he jumbed up avoiding it. I swiftjy followed with a punch, he easily caught it. I followed with a kick but he caught my leg with his hand.
'Who is this guy? no one can stop me this easily even if I'm tired' i thought 'and his chakra seems somewhat familiar'
I tried to get out of his grib, but it was useless. He then let go and jumped back avoiding a punch.
"Took you long enough sensei" i told him with a smile, relief filling me, he looked a little beten up, but his chakra was almost full.
"Never thought you would need help" he said teasingly as he kept our gaze on our enemy, narrowing his eyes, but i saw the look in them it was one of confusion.
"Do you know him or something?" I asked him he just looked at me suprised.
"You dont recognize his chakra?" he asked suprised and shocked.
"It seems familiar" i informed him as i turned to look at the mystery guy, who was just standing there "But i cant place it"
I saw the frown that formed on his face before he turned to look at our enemy, with clenched fists.
"Why are you attacking us?" Hideo sensei asked the mystery guy, who just remained quiet, and still.
I saw it as a chance and threw a few seenbon needles aimed at him, he dodged but the needles hit their target.
I looked at him as he slowly rose his head, with the hood now off because of the needles.
My eyes widened, and i felt the air hitch in my throat, his lower part was covered with a mask, but his eyes, was ones i would recognize anywhere.
They were ones that was once filled with happiness, love and kindness, but now was empty, and lifeless.
"Nii-san" the words came out of my mouth quietly, as i was stared with a shocked expression at him.
He was alive after all, but he attacked me, and what suprised me more was the headband on his forehead, that was once the konoha headband, was now the sound's. My brother was rogue, and he just attacked me.
"Why?" i asked him "Why did you attack me?" he remained un fazed, quiet.
He suddenly formed a hand sign, and fire formed around him as he slowly dissapeared."No!" i shouted as i jumbed to the branch he was standing on, trying to catch him, but he dissappeared before i could.
"No" i muttered quietly as i stared at the spot where he was standing, before the fatiuge caught up to me and the darkness swallowed me.
Hideo Pov
He was alive. was what raced through my mind as i stared at the unconcious Sara in my hands. while leaping from tree to tree heading back to the village.
He was alive, but he was working for Orochimaru, he attacked Sara without a second thought, he attacked his own village.
'What could have happened to him? The Yoshio i knew would have never betrayed the leaf, not in a thousand years' I thought 'And Sara might have just hit her breaking point'