Chapter 15: You Lied To Me

"AH!" Mitsuki fell to the floor along with Kakashi, Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke. Five men kept them down. "Get off of me now!" Mitsuki screamed.

"Why, if it isn't Mitsuki." Orochimaru stepped into the room. "My, aren't we all grown up now. The last time I saw you was seven years ago when you were sixteen. And now you're what, twenty three?"

"Shut up!" she hissed. "Where is she? Where is my daughter!"

"Your…daughter?"

"Don't play dumb you bastard! Tell us now!" Kakashi shouted.

"Kakashi? You and your kiddies are here too? My, my…" He turned back to Mitsuki. "My business is with her, let her up." The man keeping Mitsuki down moved. "Now, you say you want your daughter back?"

"Yes!" Mitsuki answered.

"But she likes it here-"

"You kidnapped her! Give her back!"

"A one-track mind I see…If I give her back, you have to stay."

"Wh-What?"

"You have to serve out your treason sentence."

"Mitsuki, don't do it!" Sakura shouted.

"We'll find another way!" Naruto added.

Mitsuki looked at them, then back to Orochimaru. "…If…If I stay, do you promise to let Kabuki go?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear?"

"I don't go back on my word."

"…Fine then! I'll take her place!"

"Mitsuki, no!"

"A wise choice…Kabuki, would you mind coming out here?" They waited for a few minutes before she came out.

"Kabuki!" Mitsuki cried.

Kabuki looked at her. "Mommy!" They towards each other, but five pikes shot out from the floor. "AH!"

Mitsuki stopped before she hit them. "What is this!"

"Kabuki, please come here," Orochimaru said.

"Um, okay…" She walked over to him. "Yes?"

"Don't you have something to tell your mother?" he asked her.

She blinked. "…Yes…"

"Kabuki, what is it sweetie?" Mitsuki asked.

She looked down. "Why…Why did you lie to me?"

She froze. "Wh…What?"

"You…You said that my…real father was dead…"

"Ka-Kabuki…"

"…Isn't that…what you told me?"

Mitsuki looked at Orochimaru and glowered. "What did you tell her!"

"I just…'enlightened' her…" Orochimaru answered.

She looked up at her mother. "Why did you lie to me? Just because I'm a kid doesn't give you the right to do that!" She began to cry. "I'm your daughter; you're supposed to tell me the truth! Why didn't you tell me that my real father is still alive!"

"Kabuki, you don't understand! I know it was wrong for me to lie to you like that, but I couldn't tell you about your real father! I didn't want you to know about my past!"

"You're the one who doesn't understand!"

Orochimaru smirked. "Tsk, tsk Mitsuki. Lying to your own child? I'm appalled that you would do such a thing."

"Shut up!" Mitsuki snapped. "Kabuki, please, just come back to me and I'll make everything better again. I'll tell you everything."

"You…You were just thinking about yourself…" Kabuki said in a hushed voice.

"Now Kabuki," Orochimaru began, "would you like to go back to your mother, or stay here with me?"

Kabuki looked at him, then back at her mother. "I…"

"Kabuki, don't go with him!" Naruto shouted.

"He's a bad person!" Sakura added.

"Orochimaru is nothing but lies," Sasuke exclaimed. "I know what he's like!" He put a hand to his neck. "Kabuki, don't do this. He'll only hurt you!"

"Kabuki, we love you!" Kakashi cried out. "Don't ruin your life by choosing him!"

"I…I…" She looked at her mother. "…Mommy…"

"Kabuki, I love you," Mitsuki said. "Please come back to me."

"Kabuki, do you really want to go back to them? After all, they lied to you," Orochimaru whispered.

Her eyes widened. They lied to me… "I…" She put her head down. "I'm sorry mommy…" She turned around and walked over to Orochimaru.

"Good choice child," he said as he held his arm out. "You did the right thing." She walked into his embrace.

"Kabuki, no!" Mitsuki yelled. Fresh tears glistened in her eyes. "Kabuki!"

"You shouldn't have lied to your child like that," Orochimaru said.

"Shut up! You're no saint, so don't go around acting like one!" Naruto screamed.

"Heh heh, you poor souls. Mitsuki, you said if I promised to let Kabuki go, then you would take her place, correct? I let Kabuki go, but she decided to stay here. Therefore, you're life is mine."

"Wh-What? No!"

"Mitsuki, thank you for coming back." And with that, the floor beneath the ninja opened up and they fell down into the room below.

"AAAHHH!"

"Mommy!" Kabuki cried.

"Don't worry, she'll be…okay," Orochimaru said as he licked his lips.

"If…If you say so…" Kabuki looked at the hole in the floor. …Mommy…