Just to warn you the first part of this chapter in italic
is in Tenten's POV!
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-Red-
Fire Country, forest around Konohagakure
A punch in the stomach… I gasped for air but I didn't even have the time to recover as another punch made me flew away hitting…
The first thing you think when you are about to die is how many things you didn't do in your life when you had the chance. Ironic, isn't it? You have to see the death coming watching you hungrily to realise how much you have messed up your life.
His words dug underneath my chest and hurt me like hell because they were true…
I had always protected the country where I had stepped in. I have always killed criminals to free certain tortured souls but no one had ever freed me. Maybe Neji was the only one to have gotten this chance but he never took it. I don't blame him.
I bit my below lip to keep me from crying and yelling. My mother wasn't a whore…
It's my fault. I never accepted his help whenever he had proposed it to me. I just lied. What kind of person will do that? What kind of person would think that to die with his own secrets is better than to share it? What kind of person would choose to forget? No one. Everybody will hide for a certain time then accept his past in order to rest in peace. Did I do it? No. Did I ever think about it? No.
As he profuse other venom words in my direction, he slapped me…
I guess I thought that I deserved to be sick for days, to become cold and to suffer… I just can't get rid of it! I wanted to be in pain since I was nine years old. I never talked about the massacre with Haku-sensei or Purple-sensei. Maybe I thought that the time will erase the pain but today I realised that I had been falling like I was falling right now on the ground because he had again hit me.
A blur of dust surrounded me masking my facial expression from his pervert eyes…
The darkness became my cage and I became scared of myself. Every time, I looked in a mirror. My brain will explode, my mind will become blank as I will just stare in these hazel eyes. I hated them. I hated myself because I was like my mother. Most of the kids would jump up and down if someone said that they looked like their parents but not me, because in my head, my mother was damned.
I tried to stand up but the woman sent me back to the ground with a kick in the stomach…
She had abandoned me. I was the one to unseal the forbidden jutsu over her. I was the one to see her die. I was nearly the one who made her die by releasing the jutsu. In my head, she was the reason of all my nightmares and the reason that all my Sisters were dead in their blood.
"Did you really think you could hide from your past, My lady?!" He screamed making his way to me again.
I was nine years old and I had found my compound with blood everywhere, I was the one to see all this tortured cadavers. At first, I blamed God to have allowed such a thing to happen but with time and as I grew up I realised that we have been used and that my mother had left me alone behind.
I received another punch, other painful and hateful words…
It's funny how much his words hurt me more than his punches. Words are more painful than any thing because even if a word has many meanings there's still only one means to you and you know it perfectly. You can't deny some facts like when someone shouted 'you are such an idiot!!' because you just dropped something on the floor breaking it. At that moment you truly are an idiot. Why did humans learn how to talk? Why did our ancestors invent something to hurt and to kill slowly someone? Why did everybody use words to hurt and to torture someone? Why do the words always reflected the truth when they are used to torture someone?
I lowered my head gazing on my laps. I didn't want to meet his stare. I just wanted to run away…
You know, when you are feeling so much pain, somehow, at the end, you are unable to feel anything at all. Some people become cold when they had experienced it or others simply just ignored it and faked to smile all day. To be honest, I have experienced the two and the two sucked. You seemed to wear a shield constantly unable to see your true self in face or will end up screaming your head off.
As I continued to knee on the ground in front of him, my mask fell slowly apart…
I had hided all my life. I was gone everywhere around this world. I have even stepped twice in the Lighting Country. I have run away my home, away my past and I remembered each time I had closed my eyes in the Mist, I had seen myself running away. Now, I was still running away, from Neji, from my home, from my pain, from my past… In one word I was running away from myself afraid of what I might do.
Tears fell slowly down my cheeks as he took out something from his coat…
Maybe it was a good thing that my shield and my mask were falling slowly but surely apart. Maybe it was a good thing that I was on the verge to become my old self again. Maybe it was a good thing to become again Tenten Jurinai even if I was no more a heiress. Maybe I had to remember how my mother educated me. Maybe it was good thing to hear her voice echoing in my mind. Maybe…
I raised my head to see him doing some hand signs. Flames in the form of the forbidden jutsu appeared in front of him…
Mother? Do you forgive me? Do you hear me? Please, mother, I was the only fool here… I never meant to curse over your dead body. I never meant to besmirch your name, our name. I never meant to run away… I just didn't want to be used like our clan. However, I realised now that I had been doing the same thing as but in different countries… I kill to protect what seemed to be right like you had killed for Konoha's sakes. Forgive me, mother…
He smirked and threw the jutsu in my direction. I raised my head looking at the flaming letters. My back leaned still on a trunk of a tree...
"SOUL TORTURE NO JUTSU!"
His words made me turned my gaze towards him… My hair fell smoothly on my shoulders. It had been a while…
In slow motion, the flaming Japanese words flew towards me…
Please, mother… Isn't that what you taught me? Even if I'm not dignified to be called a Jurinai, let me do this… Please give me your strength and as the leader of my clan let me do this one last time.
A meter away from my chest, a meter away from death…
After I promised you can kill me… Let me protect my love, my home, my friends, the graves of our sisters and even you in the death from him… Let me do it…
A smirk crossed his lips when it was only 5 inches away from me…
I closed my eyes…
Love for, you, mother, for my Sisters, for Neji, for my friends…
Hatred towards the man in front of me…
Rage towards myself, towards the universe, towards God
Anger towards the jerk God called a man in front of me…
Revenge for the Death, for the lost of Neji's kingdom, for the lost of Gaara's kingdom…
Pain towards everything related to me…
Peace because you had finally forgiven me as I had forgiven myself at the same time…
Happiness because I love…
Sadness because I had sworn to stay with him, because I had sworn to protect Konoha, because I had failed…
All those feelings traveled in my blood along with the adrenaline making me almost cried in astonishment as I realised that I felt better…
"Increase…" I muttered quietly.
NORMAL POV (A/N: Just to warn you again XD )
Fire Country, in the forest about 45 kilometres from Konoha
Kaede and Lord Gushij blinked once, twice… because realising that the Jurinai was gone. They remembered clearly seeing her there and the jutsu was flying towards her but instead of hitting the woman like it was supposed to it hit directly the tree. The trunk exploded and some pieces of wood reached their feet. He let out a scream of rage! How in the world did she do to avoid the jutsu! It was nearly impossible since unsealing her Mark had burned the half of her chakra and he had hit her so many times. Even if she had still chakra left, it must be a small amount so she must be near, too tired to run in a ninja speed.
"COME OUT!"
Kaede built up her chakra and ran in a ninja speed to find the woman. Lord Gushij cursed. He was so near from his goal! He almost had her! He had almost seen her blood flowing on the ground… He yelled frustrated to have let her go again. It was so enraging to know that she had escaped again. But more importantly… How the hell did she have managed to move that fast?
In the forest, with Neji, Hirou, Haku, Shikamaru, Ino and Kiba
The King was still in his meditation posture trying to forget that near by the woman he loved was tortured. He had used his Byukugan once to peek and it wasn't a good thing to see before breakfast… Hirou was walking in circles dizzying him and Kiba. Haku and Shikamaru had remained emotionless the whole time. In the other hand Ino was babbling non-stop because for her Tenten was still her friend. Akamaru yapped as the woman named Kaede ran in front of them. After, 2 hours of wait Haku had decided to cancel his jutsu releasing them from the 'ice-cage'. Even then, Neji had moved a muscle. He opened one eye and pinned the woman to the ground. She kneed him merciless in the nuts. Kiba and Shikamaru gasped as Neji turned red releasing the woman under her.
"Where is she?!? I'm certain you are hiding her!" She yelled.
Everyone looked at her like she was crazy not understanding a minute what the hell she was yelling about.
"She escaped! I know one of you saved her because she couldn't move that fast!"
They looked at each other. Haku and Hirou's eyes lightened up, Kiba grinned pushing the air as his dog yapped happily, Ino giggled and made a little dance of victory, Shikamaru muttered a 'troublesome woman' under his breath smirking and Neji did quick hand signs to activate his Byukugan. 'Where the hell is she? I can't see her! Impossible unless she doesn't produce chakra anymore or if she's doing a forbidden technique…' Hirou smirked.
"We don't know what you are talking about… Care to explain?"
Kaede let out a scream of rage and ran off.
"Hirou… Is Tenten doing a forbidden technique?"
Haku sat down in front of the King.
"For you this technique is forbidden, even then, you won't ever be able to use it."
"Why?"
Ino and Shikamaru sat down at the sides of the King as Kiba shook his head sitting besides Haku. In the other hand, Hirou did quick hands signs to search for Tenten with her Vision Mind no jutsu.
"Because only women are able to use this technique."
Neji cocked his brows as Shikamaru rubbed his neck. 'Great a technique for troublesome woman only…' Ino's eyes lightened up.
"So she could teach me this technique?"
Haku smiled shook his head.
"This technique is passed through generations to generations from centuries in her family. This is one of their special weapons. She can't teach you his secrets and even then, I'm not sure if you will be able to master it. You surely already know that the body produces chakra in the whole body."
"Yes… My clan is the only one to see the chakra points and Lee is the only ninja I know able to open the 8 Gates. Why?"
Kiba leaned against Akamaru.
"There are 3 style of fight acknowledged: the Taijutsu, the Hyuuga style and kick box (A/N: it's the style of fight Ino and Sakura used at the Chunin exams.) Then, there is the Hiruski style along with a bunch of forbidden techniques for combat."
"So what's the big deal with the Hiruski style?"
"The user is using his emotions to control and increase his chakra flows."
"Euh?"
"Lee is using the gates to increase his chakra flow to become ten times stronger than he already was. Tenten is using the emotions she's feeling to increase her chakra flows to become the number of times stronger she wants to get. In other word, Tenten is able to become stronger than Sakura if she wants to."
"She chooses how much strong she can be? The hell?"
"Let me explain… There are 7 stages you can reach in order to increase your chakra flows. In Stage 1, you increase your speed and your strength by 10 times. Each time, you become 10 stronger than what you already were."
"Let me guess… This forbidden technique can drive the person insane if she is too far in the stages. Isn't that right? Each time she became stronger, she would have hard time to become again herself after her fight. So, basically Tenten can kill her own friends if she reaches Stage 7. Tenten's chakra flows' will become so powerful than even her won't be able to control it so she will pretty much lose control and kill all of us if we stand on her way."
"This is right but Tenten will never reach passed Stage 5 because then, we will have to kill her. That's why the Jurinai were so dangerous. You got one of them to hate you and you will probably be killed with one punch in the head."
"What kind of insane person will invent such techniques?!?! It's so dangerous for the user and the victim at the same time."
Haku looked at him outraged.
"And your mind control is not dangerous, Lady Yamanaka? You can stay stuck in the body of your victim or see his memory if you do your jutsu the wrong way. Every clan possesses dangerous techniques, it's a fact."
Neji nodded slightly looking at the ground. 'Tenten…' He had maybe over reacted about her. Haku was right along Hirou. 'Stupid Hyuuga pride… and my big ego…' However, now she was going to kill Lord Gushij with a punch…
Fire Country, with Tenten in the forest
"You know… You didn't just unseal my memories… You unsealed the Hiruski style and the Deadly Weapon."
He pursued his lips backing off. He had seen those eyes before and this wasn't good at all…
She smirked looking at him with cold dark eyes. She had waited for the woman to disappear to attack Lord Gushij. He would be alone and vulnerable. All that she wanted. This man was so going to get it.
"It's had been a while since I last saw a Jurinai fighting, strange isn't it?"
"That's probably because you were not worth for…" She smirked as he turned red of anger.
'He can't beat me even only in Stage 2'
'YEAH! TENTEN JURINAI IS BAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCK! KILL HIM PAINFULLY, VERY PAINFULLY!!!'
She smirked doing quick hands signs.
'My pleasure… Increase! Stage 3!'
He widened trying to avoid her punch but she was becoming faster and faster so he received a punch straight in the face sending him flying at the other side of the ground.
"That was for my mother!!! I hope you survive for a while because I've got 137 Sisters to avenge!!"
She kicked him on the jaw. He flew up holding his jaw and cursing but Tenten was just beginning to toy with him. She appeared in front of him and elbowed him in the stomach. He gasped for air as he went flying back towards the ground in an increase speed.
"That was for Hana! You killed her you son of a bitch."
She grabbed his collar before he could reach the ground and threw him the other side above her shoulder. Her eyes flashed with anger as she ran towards him doing hands signs.
'Increase! Stage 4!'
'You got it girl! Make him sick! Send Lucifer back to hell with a kick on the ass! Hopefully he would have time to do his testament! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!'
As her fists met his cheek, she felt his teeth breaking in his mouth and she looked at him amused.
"I hope you like the pain because that's only a warm up…"
Lord Gushij looked at her.
"Do you think your mother will be proud of her daughter right now?"
"Shut up!" She hissed ready to punch him in the face but he smirked stopping her mid line.
"Her only daughter is killing for her own benefice… How does it feel to be selfish?"
Her eyes narrowed.
"The only reason why my mother is not here to tell me that in face is that you kill her! But you are right…"
She pinned him to the tree behind him and took out a headband from her loather coat. He cocked his brows as she tied the headband with the Leaf symbol on her forehead. She smirked looking at the surprise look on his face.
"I won't break your bones one by one like I planned… I will kill you as a nin from Konoha. This headband was my mother's. Never wear it. You should be proud! You are the first one to see it on my forehead."
"So what now, hun?"
She smirked.
"You have killed an entire clan with a forbidden jutsu that you invented. You have blown up the compounds of the Inuzuka clan and of the Uzumaki clan. You have killed 18 people with the explosions included Lady Hana Inuzuka leader of the Inuzuka clan. You have betrayed the Wind Country and Lord Kazekage by attacking another Country without his approbation. You have wounded Iruki Uzumaki heir of the Uzumaki clan. You have kidnapped Lady Hinata Hyuuga and Lady Sabaku no Temari. You have taken control of the Wind Country by force. You have taken control of the Fire Country by force too. Now, tell me who's the selfish one here? You have done that for your own purpose to be the King of the world maybe or just to avenge you because of my clan. Now that I know your name I remember… My mother had the mission and you fell in love with her, ne?"
He glared at her while she continued to smirk at his pathetic attempts to break free from the kunai was almost all gone on the trunk of the tree.
"I, Tenten Jurinai, declared you as a criminal for all the crimes that I have listed. Since, you became in the eyes of the world a traitor I will execute you, Kenjee Gushij."
Two bright dark kunais appeared in front of her. She smirked.
"Burn in hell!"
The dark weapon flew in his direction passing through his body. He lowered his stare looking at his intact body.
"What was that? Does the Weapons Mistress became that weak to not even be able to throw something else than an illusion."
Tenten smirked and raised 2 fingers in front of her face.
"It's true… these were illusions… until I aid otherwise. Deadly Weapon no jutsu!"
He gasped as his head lowered by itself. An amount of blood fell as his feet from his mouth but he was already dead. Tenten stared at hi emotionless.
"One was in your brain and the other one in your heart. Good trip in hell… You will love the darkness I swear and be proud you have been executed with the Deadly Weapon from the last of the Jurinai."
She turned around and ran off. 'I have a last place to visit before running away from here…'