Chapter 14: Broken Trust

"How's everything going so far?"

"Everything's going perfectly."

"Uh-huh. Great."

"Can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"…Did you really try to…do something with Mitsuki the other day?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, she was crying when I came to visit her."

"…I did do something, yes."

"Did you…hurt her?"

"No, of course not! I was just bored!"

"Well, please don't try to ruin my mission."

"That's all in the past now. It's my turn to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"What are you trying to do by having romantic relations with Mitsuki?"

"I'm trying to complete my mission! Do you know how much easier this has been when I lied about loving her?"

"How malicious. You lied about loving her?"

"Yes."

"…Brilliant."

"Thanks to that, I've collected everything you need to know."

"Really!"

"Yes."

"Good. I'll send some men out tonight to capture her."

"She'll be at my apartment."

"Huh? Why?"

"Trust me, it'll be a lot easier to restrain her."

"I see."

X-X-X-X

"Kabuto?"

"Mmm?"

Mitsuki traced roundabout paths on Kabuto's bare chest. "I love you."

Kabuto covered her more with his bed sheets. "…I love you too." She let out a heavy sigh. "What's wrong? Did something upset you?"

"No, no. It's just that…I'm…leaving tonight." She snuggled deeper into his side.

"Wh-What?"

"I can't stay here any longer. I have a new task that the ninjas of Konohagakure have given me. Besides…What Orochimaru tried to do to me was…"

"Don't think about that anymore."

"But Kabuto-"

He put his finger to her lips. "Mitsuki, shh. It's alright, okay? I'm here with you now. Nothing bad is gonna happen..."

"Promise?"

"…I promise. Are you really gonna leave?"

"I don't want to, but I was told that it was for my own safety."

"Mitsuki, why'd you have to…"

"'Why'd I have to' what?" She thought for a moment. "Oh, I see…Kabuto, I can't do this anymore."

"So you're just gonna leave? You're giving up on us? You're just gonna walk out of my life so easily? After everything we've been through?"

"I-I'm sorry…"

"…Yeah, me too…" He got up and pulled on his underwear.

"Wh-What?" He walked out. "Kabuto, wait!" She sighed. "Damn…I'm so sorry Kabuto, but…" She put her head down. "…Kabuto…"

"Hey? What're you doing in here?"

She looked up. "Kabuto?"

"What? No! You can't--ACK!"

She gasped. "Kabuto!" She grabbed a towel near the bed and wrapped it around her body. She headed for the door when three other men stepped in. "What?"

"Hino Mitsuki, your services to Lord Orochimaru are no longer needed," one of the men said.

"What! N-No longer…?"

"We are to take you to him for your execution for betrayal."

"Execution? He-He found out!" She backed up. "I'm not going anywhere with you bastards!"

"Then you leave us no choice." They pulled out kunai knives.

"You have got to be kidding me. You honestly think you can beat me with those toys?" She reached under Kabuto's bed and pulled out a katana. "If I must k-kill you, then so be it!" She unsheathed the weapon. They threw a storm of shuriken at her, but she deflected them all. "HAA!" She charged forward and took out one person. She jumped out of the way when the other two attempted to hit her. One of them began to do hand seals. She went after that man, but the other one jumped in her way. He managed to cut her arm. "Ah!" She stabbed him in the stomach. "Bastard!" When the last man completed his hand seal, something painful hit Mitsuki's ears, making them bleed. "AGH! It's the weak version of my Deafening Silence!" She dropped her katana and held her ears. "No, I won't back down!" She painfully reached for her sword and killed the man. "AHH!" She panted. "Weaklings…It's over. I wonder where Kabuto is..." A shuriken zoomed by her ear and hit the wall in front of her.

"I'm right here."

Mitsuki spun around. "K-Kabuto!"

Kabuto smirked. "Yes?"

She froze. "K-Kabuto, what're you doing?"

"I'm completing my mission."

"M-Mission? What mission?"

He crossed his arms and shook his head. "You really are a stupid bitch, aren't you? My mission was to gather the information that you gave out. But now that these pathetic excuses for shinobi have failed, I have to bring you in myself."

Her eyes widened. "N-No…No…"

"Uh, yes! Orochimaru and I found out long time ago about what you were doing. We just played dumb." He looked at her expression. "Your dumb expression tells me that you're shocked. Did you actually think that you could fool Orochimaru? I've been pretending to care about you. Couldn't you see that? I mean, come on! I'm Orochimaru's number one guy, why would I help you? A traitor? You've known me long enough to know when I'm faking!"

She put her head down. "I didn't want to believe it…I didn't want to believe that you would betray me after what you said."

"You're such a naive little girl!"

She looked up, tears pouring from her eyes. "You swore on your life Kabuto! You swore! How could you do this! Why! You said you loved me!"

"I was lying the whole time! Do you actually think I'd love someone like you? You're not even worth my time! I just used you like the sap you are!"

She looked at her hands. What? But everything that I've done with him…! She covered her mouth. "If you don't love me, then why'd you sleep with me!"

"Because you're easy."

She gasped. "K-Kabuto! I love you and this is what you do?"

"Yep! I'm a traitor of the Leaf Ninjas, remember?"

Her heart shattered. Not only was her heart broken, but so was her trust. "W-Why?"

"It's time to go see Orochimaru."

She held up her katana. "No."

"What?"

"Kabuto, I don't want to hurt you!"

He walked up to her and placed the tip of the blade at his throat. "Hurt me? You don't have what it takes to kill me."

Her breaths became more rapid; she was panicking. Kabuto, I…I… "I can't!"

He pulled the sword away. "You're coming with me."

She pushed him away. "I might not be able to kill you but…but I can run away!" I'll just have to fend him off! Kabuto…I can't believe this is happening… She held up a kunai knife.

"You really are stupid. Oh well." He pulled out his kunai knife. "Let's get this over with." They quickly ran into battle. Mitsuki was losing terribly as she took blow after blow from her former love. Just as I thought, she's weaker because she's fighting me. This is too easy!

Her kunai knife cut his cheek and she gasped. K-Kabuto?

He rubbed the blood off. "Well, I guess I should return the favor." He increased his attacks. Suddenly, she hit his weapon out of his hands. "Hmm?"

"It's over Kabuto!"

"Really?"

"Yes!"

"Then kill me."

"Wh-What?"

"Kill me."

She looked at her kunai knife, then back to Kabuto. "…I can't!" She was about to turn and run when he delivered a powerful palm strike to her chest. She tumbled backwards and began to gasp for air. She fell down and didn't get up.

"Now it's over Mitsuki." He began to speak into his headset. "Alright, the traitor has been subdued." He looked down at her. "I don't know what made you think you could get away with betraying Orochimaru."

She looked up at him, her eyes full of tears. "Kabuto, I hate you!"

He winced at the words. So, she hates me… "…G-Good…"

She began to cry harder. "Kabuto, I can't forgive you for what you've done!"

"I-I'm glad. You're just going to die anyways."

"Go to hell you bastard!" Five men came in, picked her up, and carried her off. "I hate you!" she screamed.

Kabuto looked at the floor when he couldn't hear her voice anymore. "…So…She's been capture huh?" He looked at the bed. "…Right…"