Chapter 36 Blood

Tuesday 8am...

Rosalie arrived in the front of Senju Corporation and she felt a sense of happiness and relief as she arrived. It has been a while since she had been to work and now she had something productive to work. She began to walk inside the building and once inside, she went to the elevator to the top floor, where Hashirama's office was at.

Her thoughts then trailed back to her grandfather, she worked so hard in order to give him a better life, especially he sacrificed so much for her and saved her from El Salvador. At first, she felt that she had no purpose, but because of Itachi and his family, she now knew that she had to help herself and prove to herself that she could make something out of herself, for her grandfather.

The elevator made it to the top building and got out. She saw Hashirama's office door and gave a gentle knock. "Enter."

Rosalie entered and once inside, she saw Hashirama sitting in front of his desk, but he was not alone, he was also with his daughter Tsunade. When Hashirama saw Rosalie he smiled. "Ah, Rosalie! Welcome back. It has been so quiet without you. I was so sad when you were not here, since you are the only one who would laugh at my jokes!"

The young woman giggled. "Thank you, Mr. Senju. I did miss working here, but I am glad to be back and to get back to work." She then looked at Tsunade, who had her arms crossed, glaring at her. "Good morning, Miss. Senju. I am happy to see you."

Tsunade did not answer her.

"Tsunade, there is no need to be so harsh, Rosalie..."

"Enough father! I am sick and tired of you trying to make excuses for her! She missed so much time from work and she did not bother asking me."

Rosalie was shocked at Tsunade's comments. She lost her grandfather, her only family, she almost took her life and Tsunade acted this way towards her!? Hashirama also noticed the comments and it angered him. "Tsunade! That is quite enough! I told you why she could not come to work, she lost her grandfather!"

"I am her boss and she should have informed me. There is no excuse even if she lost her grandfather."

Rosalie felt that she was going to let angry tears fall, she was not going to let Tsunade get away from her words. "How dare you!?" she yelled.

Tsunade and Hashirama looked at Rosalie.

"You don't know how it feels to lose a loved one, your only family that you have in this world! To be left alone in this world! You would never know because you were born in a life of privilege, while I was born in a life of chaos and death! You act all high and mighty but that is further from the truth, in reality you are weak and miserable! Trying to make others as miserable as you are!"

Tsunade stood up from her seat and banged on the desk and went towards Rosalie. Hashirama immediately stood up and stood between the women.

"Enough! Both of you!"

"Why are you even bothering of protecting her, father!? She is not even worth our time! You are risking our clan and our company for this woman!"

Rosalie could not take it anymore, and to the shock of both father and daughter, Rosalie punched Tsunade across the face. "So this is what it's all about!? You are jealous of the fact that Madara has a sick obsession over me!?" She let out a harsh chuckle. "If you want his obsession then take it! Please take it and make him leave me alone! He has caused me nothing but misery! He even attempted to rape me! Itachi told me everything that happened to you, Tsunade."

Hashirama did not say a word and Tsunade held on her face as she glared at the young woman ho caused her so much rage.

Rosalie began to calm herself as she looked at the older woman. "I am sorry that he used you and you should have never gone through such a thing, especially since you lost the love of your life. I never asked for any of this to happen and to involve your family. I can understand your anger, but what I will not accept for the wrong reasons. Don't blame others for the decisions you have made that led you to your misery. You must move on, or else you will forever live in a life of suffering. Trust me when I tell you that I know how that feels."

It was silent between the three. Rosalie's eyes never wavered and saw Tsunade get closer to her, but Rosalie refused to move. The young woman noticed that Tsunade's eyes were filled with anger and hurt. Tsunade then walked out of Hashirama's office, without saying a word. Hashirama and Rosalie were left alone. "I am so sorry Mr. Hashirama, I could not contain myself. I-"

"No, what you said was the truth. My daughter tends to blame others for her mistakes. In a sense, it is also my fault for spoiling her and for protecting her too much. I hurt her too much."

"You did what any father would do; protecting his child. Like my father did with me." Rosalie then began to tell Hashirama everything about her past and he listened intently.

"I would have never imagined that you would go something so horrid, especially in your age. To think that you also lost your grandfather. We people who were born in a life of privilege take everything for granted."

Rosalie stood silently, thinking about the situation that occurred. "I think it is best that I don't work here anymore."

Hashirama looked shocked. "Please, don't let Tsunade put you down. She-"

"I don't want to cause anymore trouble for you or your clan. I appreciate all your help and understanding, but it will no longer be the same if I still work here and I don't want to make Tsunade feel worse, it will also affect her work. I would never forgive myself if that happened."

Before Hashirama could say anything, Rosalie immediately left and she ran to the elevator and when the elevator got to the bottom floor she ran. She ran as fast as she could at the one place, she could think of.

…...

It was turning dark and Shisui was done with his shift, but he noticed that it was getting harder to concentrate since he hadn't seen Rosalie for a while. He missed seeing her, speaking with her and at least being close to her. He was hurt that Rosalie chose to live with his cousin because...

He stopped himself. He knew what he felt for her, but he could not bring himself to tell her. A sigh escaped his lips as he was packing some paperwork. Then, he heard his cellphone vibrate. He got a hold of it and was surprised when the message was from...Rosalie.

"Shisui, please meet me at Spring Park at 8pm. I need to speak with you. -Rosalie"

The young man felt joy that Rosalie wanted to see him alone. He felt bad because he knew that Itachi had feelings for her, but he was a bit selfish as well. Shisui got all his belongings and headed out towards his car in order to see Rosalie. It took Shisui forty minutes to get to the park and it was already getting dark. He got out of his car and went into the park. There were not many people, which was to be expected and it made him wonder why Rosalie wanted to meet him in the park. He sat on a table, where Rosalie sent him another message as he was driving to meet him at a certain location within the park.

Shisui waited and waited and texted Rosalie to ask her where she was at. Still, he kept on waiting.

"So you finally came," said a masculine voice.

The young man looked to his left and saw the man. "Can I help you?"

"You were waiting for that young woman were you not? I am sorry to say that she is not here and will not be coming."

Shisui raised an eyebrow and he began to feel a bad feeling in his gut. "Who are you?"

"The name is Danzo and I was sent here by your uncle. He seems to have a desire to have the young woman, even if he has to go through drastic measures."

The raven haired man got off the table. "My uncle!? Where is Rosalie!? What have you done to her!?"

"Don't worry, she is alive and well. Nothing has been done to her. We just used her number to get you out here in the open. All part of Madara's plan."

"Plan, what plan!?"

Danzo smirked as he snapped his fingers. Then, a masked man came out, holding a gun towards Shisui. "It won't matter, since you will be the key to her demise." Then, the masked man shot Shisui in the chest and on the stomach. Shisui spluttered out blood and fell on his back.

He felt pain and his blood pouring out from his body so rapidly. He saw Danzo and the masked man walking away calmly. Shisui tried to speak, but blood would splurt out. So many thoughts were going through his head and in the end he thought of Rosalie. He saw there were people from afar running towards him.

His body was feeling cold and numb. He lost too much blood. Tears formed in his eyes as Shisui was losing his grip on life. "I wish I could see you and hear you for one last time, Rosalie. I wish I...I had the galls to tell you how much I love you. Itachi please...please protect her...please..."

Shisui heard the people calling out to him, but his vision turned black and...took his last breath. His single tear dropped on the pile of blood.