Chapter 3
The next three years went by quickly. Everyone was suspicious when Iruka brought a baby back to the village with him, he simply told them she'd been abandoned and he didn't want her to die. Only two people really knew the truth, Sandaime and Kakashi.
Haruko sat on a hillside in a meadow. Yellow and pink flowers blew around her in the breeze. She was wearing a long orange dress and had her hair all up in spiky pigtails.
"Haruko-Chan!" A voice yelled from behind her. She turned to see Sasuke running toward her, "Sasuke-Kun." He skidded to a stop next to her and sat down. He took something out of his pocket, "My dad gave this to me." He held out a shriuken, "Neat huh?" She took it from him, "Wow." She spun it around on her finger, making a slight cut on the one next to it. She ignored the cut completely, "Cool!"
Just then a cold dark shadow fell over them. They looked up to see Itachi looming over them, "C'mon Sasuke, it's time for dinner."
"But Itachi-Kun!"
"Mom told you it was almost time to eat when you left."
Sasuke sighed and climbed up onto Itachi's shoulders, "See you later Haruko-Chan." Itachi patted her on the head and they walked off. She looked down to realize that she still had Sasuke's shriuken, "Oops.."
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She was walking back to Sasuke's house when the sunny day suddenly turned very dark. Thick black smoke covered the sun. She turned to see a raging fire in the distance, "Wha..?"
Sasuke's dad ran by, Itachi was trailing behind him. He stopped when he saw her, "Haruko, What are you doing out here!" He picked her up, "C'mon, I'm taking you to your dad." He sped off.
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He got back to Irkua's place as quickly as he could. Haruko jumped from his arms and ran over to him, "Daddy! What's happening?"
"It's okay sweetie…" He hugged her close to him and started to run toward the shelters.
A large nin dressed all in black with flowing black hair and a mist headband on his arm blocked his way, "You aren't going anywhere. You have something we want." Iruka held Haruko as closely to him as he could, "You can't have her!" He turned and was immediately surrounded by Hunter nins.
The Mizukage walked into the group of Hunters and up to Iruka, " Hand over the child…"
"I'll never hand her over to the likes of you!"
The Mizukage nodded at the large bulky nin. Iruka suddenly felt as if his heart and lungs were being squeezed by an icy hand. He dropped to the ground, releasing Haruko. She rolled to the Mizukage's feet. She tried to get back to Iruka but the Mizukage picked her up. He jabbed her in the back of the neck, rendering her unconscious. She fell limp in his arms.
"Ha-ru-ko…" Iruka forced out.
The Mizukage gave Haruko to a Hunter nin with short blonde hair, "Take her back." He and a couple of others left.
"No! Haruko!" Iruka yelled after them. He tried to get up but the Mizukage pushed him back down, "It's too late now boy, she belongs to us."
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The blonde hunter took Haruko to the hospital in the Mist. A nurse led him back to the room where the procedure was to be done.
He laid Haruko down on her stomach and bound her hands and feet in place. He slowly removed his mask, revealing a handsome face with clear blue eyes. He knelt down next to her bed, "I'm sorry little one. If It was up to me…I wouldn't have let this happen…" He sighed, "Your mother tried to keep you safe and lost her life for it, seems that it was all for nothing…"
Just then the door burst open and the Mizukage walked in. Jin stood up.
"Good Jin, You may go now."
"But sir, please…"
"You have the potential to sabotage this, go now."
"Yes sir…" He left the room shutting the door behind him, then sat down just outside.
The Mizukage lifted the back of Haruko's shirt and ran his fingers down her spine, "The Jinchuuriki." He instructed. A nurse handed the Vial to him. He removed the cork and purple chakra started to flow out, "Patience now…" He put the vial down next to Haruko and cut open one of his fingers, blood began to drip onto the floor. He placed his cut hand onto her back, then made several seals with his other hand. The contents of the vial began to gather around his bleeding hand. When the last seal was finished, the substance was forced into her back, leaving a large round seal. Her back was red, as if the skin had been scraped off.
The Mizukage was exhausted. Sweat ran down his face and his breathing was extremely heavy.
"Are you alright Mizukage-Sama?" One of the nurses asked him.
"Yes…Don't be worried about me. Once she awakens we'll start with the genjitsu." He left the room.
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It took several hours for her to wake up, but when she did the Mizukage was right there hovering over her. She was a little groggy but that didn't matter to him.
He forced her to sit up and look into his eyes. The room around her slowly went black. Voices and pictures filled her head, "You're parents are dead because of you!" A voice shouted, along with an image of her parents lying in a pool of blood.
"You only belong in the mist."
"They're all against you."
He kept going until he bent her will to what he wanted it to be, "Finally, after all these years…you're mine…"