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Recap:

Sasuke frowned as he exited her room. His suspicions had been right. Orochimaru was telling the truth. Damn it.

She was from his village.

She did have an advanced bloodline.

And she still looked so much like the girl he used to know.

As much as he didn't want to believe it, he knew it was true.

'It's definitely her.'

Chapter 3: Gone Forever

"Mommy! Daddy! I'm home!" a little girl announced as she opened the door to her house.

She had just come back from a mission. And an easy one at that. It was suppose to have taken one week to finish, but her team had completed it in just a few days.

"It's good to be home. I've missed this place so much!" She exclaimed, smiling to herself. Her irresistible smile worked wonders. It was just so sincere that you had to love it. It could make anyone feel better, no matter what had happened.

She dropped her bag on the floor and ran into her house. There were no lights on, and the place was completely dark, but she didn't notice. She headed straight for the kitchen. Man, was she ever hungry! She opened the fridge, and was about to call out again, but decided against it. It wasn't very late, but none of the lights were on.

'They're probably sleeping. It's still early, so they must have had a really hard day.' she thought.

She grabbed a bunch of grapes, ate them, and closed the fridge. She turned around and was about to make her way upstairs when she sensed something. Or someone, to be more precise. Someone was upstairs in her room.

"It's probably Mom or Dad." She said, trying to reason with herself. 'But they would have answered you when you called.' A little voice in the back of her head said.

"I guess they were probably too tired." She replied, feeling a little more uncertain. 'Then what were they doing in your room? You thought they were asleep. And they usually never enter. They respect you privacy, don't they?' The voice questioned.

"I don't know. I'm not psychic. And who are you anyways, my conscience? Because if you are, you can go away now. I didn't do anything wrong." She said out loud, even though her own voice had gotten considerably quieter. 'I know that. I'm you. Inside of you anyways. I just wanted to let you know that I think something's wrong, and you should be careful.'

'Fine. I'll be careful. You've got me all worried. Are you happy now?' She thought to herself, not even daring to speak in case anyone heard her. She stood on the first step, and looked up. Everything seemed normal. That's when she sensed it. A dark aura. Someone was manipulating their chakra, and it felt so strange. So ominous. So malicious. 'I told you something's wrong. Chakra isn't supposed to feel so evil.'

The little girl walked backwards. She wasn't so sure anymore. She didn't believe that it was her parents that were using their chakra in that way. They weren't those kind of people. They were nice, caring citizens of Konoha Village.

She started walking towards the front door, then paused. What was happening upstairs? It was her house after all. She couldn't leave. And what about her parents? What if it was a burglar? But it wouldn't be any normal burglar. That person was using their chakra. It could be much worse… what if someone had hurt her parents? Is that why they hadn't answered when she called?

'Ok, calm down. It's ok' she said to herself. 'Nothing's wrong here. My parents are fine. They're just out somewhere, probably shopping. Yeah, that's it. They're shopping.' She thought. 'I'm just being paranoid.'

She looked at the front door, then at the stairs. She made up her mind. She was going to stay. If there was someone in her house, she wanted to know who and why. And if it was someone bad, she was going to fight them. 'I'm strong, right? I mean, I graduated from the academy a few months ago. I'm a genin now. And I'm not even in double digits yet.'

The voice in her head spoke again. 'It doesn't matter now. What will you do if someone is there? What if their stronger than you? Just be careful. It could be dangerous…'

The girl looked even more worried. She needed to stay calm and focused, and think of a plan. What should she do now? Always let someone know where you are. The sentence echoed in her mind over and over again. Her mother used to constantly tell her that.

She looked down and spotted her bag. She quickly opened it, and found a cell phone in one of the pockets. She turned into the living room, which was right next to the door. She squished into a corner, hiding herself. That's when she heard it. A scream. Muffled, but nevertheless, a scream. It belonged to her mother. Someone was hurting her mother. She had to act fast.

Who should she call? Her team-mates? No, they wouldn't know what to do. They would just tell her to leave her house and get the police. She needed to call someone who would help her. Someone who would understand what could have or might be happening.

Him. She would call him. Even though they hadn't talk for a while, she knew she could count on him. At least she hoped she could. She quickly pressed a few numbers and heard the familiar ringing sound. After a few rings, someone picked up.

"What do you want?" the person on the other end said. They didn't sound angry, but they didn't exactly sound too pleased either.

"Please. It's me. I need your help. I think something bad's happening. Someone's upstairs and they have my parents. I heard my mom scream…" her voice trailed off.

There was no sound on the other end for a few seconds. The girl squeezed her eyes shut as she heard another muffled sound. It sounded like her father this time.

"Please." She begged. "I don't want to leave the house to get help, but I can't just do nothing and hear my parents get hurt. I don't know what to do…"

"Fine. I'll get someone. Just… don't do anything." The person on the other line said and hung up.

The girl shoved her phone in her pocket and silently prayed that her parents were okay. She opened her eyes and looked up, and what she saw shocked her. Someone was standing right in front of her. It was the same person who she had felt the aura from. She could still sense the bad chakra.

The intruder looked down at her and grinned. He had yellow slits for eyes, and a horrible smile. That was all she could make out. It was too dark to see anything else.

"Do you want to see your parents?" the person asked. It sounded like a man. He reached down and grabbed her by her haired. The girl cringed. He lifted her until her feet had left the ground, and they were seeing eye to eye, literally. "Do you..." he repeated.

The girl was terrified. This man was the one responsible for her parents screams. And now he had her by the hair and she was helpless. 'A true ninja never shows any weaknesses.' She thought to herself.

Instead of screaming, she looked the man in the eyes and said, "Where's my parents?"

"I'll take you to them, but only on one condition." The man smirked. "Show me your advanced bloodline.

The girl looked at him in surprise. Her bloodline limit? How did he… that was why he was here! He was after their clan's special technique. Only certain members of her clan had possessed that power. Male members.

An image of her brother came to mind. He was smiling at her, but in the blink of an eye, his face has gone serious. His once chocolate brown eyes had now turned a dark shade of turquoise, and his pupils had disappeared completely.

The girl shook her head as she tried to push that image out of her head. Her brother was gone now, and he was never coming back. He had been killed. But her family was still alive, and she wanted it to stay that way.

"I don't posses it." She said fiercely. "Only a few people do."

The man stared at her intently for a moment then, satisfied with the answer, put her down. But he grabbed her shoulders and whirled her towards the stairs. "Their upstairs" he said simply.

The girl looked walked up the stairs, hoping she wasn't too late. With each step she took, she became more and more anxious. The man was right behind her. As soon as her foot hit the last step, she could get the strong scent of blood coming from her parent's room. She ran to their room quickly and when she got there she let out a gasp.

There was blood everywhere. On the bed, on the walls, even on the windows. Her mother lay motionless on the floor, he father right beside her.

"Mom! Dad!" she screamed walking towards them, but a hand grabbed her from behind.

"They're still alive, but that can all change in an instant."

The girl swiftly turned around, but before she could do anything, the man had vanished. She turned back around to face her parents and saw him standing right next to them.

"Get away from them!" she yelled charging at him, but before she got there the man quickly made a hand seal and she stopped moving.

Her body was frozen. She tried desperately to concentrate chakra to her legs but it didn't work. She couldn't move.

She watched helplessly as the man preformed a few hand seals and directed his chakra towards her parents. A flash of electricity hit their bodies. They let out small screams as their heads flew up.

Her father saw her and looked at her with concern. "G- get out of here…" he managed to choke out before the man sent another wave of electricity into his body.

Her mom strained to move herself forward. She tried to make a hand seal, and muttered something under her breath. Immediately the girl felt her body move again.

"Kahari…" her mom whispered. She motioned over to the dresser. On the floor beside it was a piece of paper. "Take it… and run." She whispered as she collapsed onto the ground.

The girl looked at her parents in fear, but did as she was told. She grabbed the letter and shoved it in her pocket, but then started to move closer to them.

The man turned to look at her and smirked. "This is what happens when your parents don't co-operate." He made a few hand seals and at once a huge ball of electricity was formed. He turned to her parents and sent it straight at them.

It was over before she could do anything. The electricity flowed into her parents and they immediately fell motionless on the floor. Kahari screamed and was about to run towards them, but someone from behind grabbed her back, holding her back. Immediately ninjas ran into the room, most of them from ANBU, with a few medic ninjas.

'It's just an illusion, it's not real…' she whispered to herself. Her parents weren't lying on the ground. They weren't covered in blood. And they weren't dead. 'This is just a trap. He's using genjutsu on me, I just need to dispel it' she opened her eyes and saw that the man had gone, but her parents still remained motionless on the floor. Medic ninja were next to them, but none of them did or said anything.

Kahari turned around to see who had grabbed her. It was him. He came, and had brought help. But it was too late. Her parents were dead, and the man who had done this had escaped. An ANBU ninja from behind whispered one word. "Orochimaru." That was the name of the man who had killed her parents.

Kahari looked at the boy, then looked back at her parents. She fell to the ground as tears poured out of her eyes. She couldn't believe it. Her parents were gone. Gone forever.

Kahari woke up, her face drenched in sweat. It was that dream again. She looked around and realised she was still in that dark room. She sighed as thoughts flooded her head. It was that same dream, but detailed. Much more detailed. She had been having that same dream ever since she had arrived in Konoha.

"It's one of the memories from your past" Tsunade-sama, the current Hokage, had told her. She had said that every time Kahari encountered something or someone that she knew before, she would start to remember things from her former life, bit by bit.

But the only people she had encountered so far were Kabuto and that Uchiha guy. She hadn't even seen Orochimaru yet, other than in that dream she just had. It was weird. Creepy even. She'd had that dream before, but only this time it was way more detailed. She could remember what the man had said, she even remembered that his name was Orochimaru.

When she had just arrived at Konoha, the only reason she knew anything of her past was because Tsunade-sama had given her a letter from her parents and explained everything that was known about her clan. She thought back to the dream/memory. She was holding a letter back then! It must have been the same one.

She remembered the contents of the letter perfectly. It was from her mom and dad, telling her that if anything were to happen to them, she was to be sent away to a certain village, where a couple they had known lived. She was to be adopted and lead a normal life, until she was fifteen. Then she could be introduced back into the ninja world.

Right now she was almost sixteen, just like Naruto and Sakura. She had arrived at the village months ago, and had trained. Kahari had caught up rather quickly. After all, she was enrolled at the academy at a very young age, and had graduated three years later. Before she was sent away, she was already a Genin. When she returned, she had trained hard and passed the Chuunin Exam as well

Kahari tried to remember anything else from the dream that she might remember. There was a boy who she had called for help. When he arrived she had only looked at him for a brief moment, but she could still remember his features.

He looked sort of like… no way. It couldn't be him, could it? Uchiha Sasuke? The one that betrayed his village. Well, he was the last person that she saw before she went to sleep, so why not? Kahari looked around the room, a looked of confusion appearing on her face.

"Am I starting to remember?" she asked herself.

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