Chapter 13: Blood Writings on the Wall.

It was pouring rain outside. The wind was howling relentlessly. A streak of lighting crossed the sky and lit up a shadowy figure dressed in black, standing outside in an alley behind a house. The figure was watching the house, looking inside the windows. The family inside consisted of five people. A mother, a father, a girl the age of six, another girl the age of twelve, and the oldest a son at the age of fifteen all of whom were just sitting down to enjoy their meal. They were completely oblivious to the danger that lurked outside their no longer secure home. As the figure approached their house, their fate had already been determined; they would not live to see the light of day again.

Naruto kicked the ball as hard as he could at Sasuke, but he managed to catch it again.

"WHAT THE HELL?" Naruto yelled, "I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ONE PAST HIM!"

Sasuke threw the soccer ball out to Naruto as he walked out of the net.

"I'm bored with this training Kakashi," he said, "What does it have anything to do with getting better anyways? It's just a stupid game,"

"It tests your reflexes and speed," Kakashi stated casually, not even looking up from the book he was reading, "If you don't find Naruto and Sakura are satisfying your needs you could let Sayuri try," Kakashi said.

Sayuri, who was sitting next to Kakashi, looked up. Sasuke didn't say anything. With a smile she got up.

"That's fine by me," she said.

Kakashi smiled as Sayuri and Sasuke walked out into the field again. Naruto and Sakura who had been standing in the field looked up as they approached. Sasuke entered net. Sayuri, who had worked her way to the other side of the field, dropped the ball at her feet.

"YOU READY?" she called.

"YEAH!" Sasuke called back.

With that she started down the field with the ball.

Her movements are to fast Sasuke thought to himself I have to use sharingon.

With his new eyes he could see Sayuri's movements better as she came flying at him from down the field. When she reached a reasonable ways away from the goal posts she kicked the ball into the top right corner. Sasuke dove for the ball and managed to catch it.

He smiled, "I caught it," he said.

"Are you sure?" Sayuri asked, "look behind you,"

Sasuke looked behind him and sure enough the soccer ball was sitting there in the net. The ball in his hands made a popping sound and when he looked at it he saw that it had turned into a small rock.

"THAT WAS AMAZING SAYURI-SAN!" Naruto yelled as he approached. Sayuri smiled.

"Your speed was amazing Sasuke. I didn't think that you'd actually catch that," Sayuri said to Sasuke.

Sasuke shrugged, "It still wasn't good enough though," he said. He kicked the ball and it went flying into an alley.

"HEY!" Kakashi called. He got up, closed his book, and walked over to Sasuke, "That's my cousin's ball. You can't lose it, you better go get it,"

Sasuke started walking in the direction he had kicked it.

"I'll come," Sayuri said as she caught up to Sasuke.

I'm not letting those two go anywhere together alone Sakura thought.

"I'll come too," Sakura said as he ran up to catch up to them as well.

Naruto looked around, "WAIT FOR ME!" he called as sped to catch up with them.

Sakura had conveniently placed her self between Sasuke and Sayuri. Sayuri smiled and fell back. She knew how Sakura felt about Sasuke and she smiled to herself. Naruto caught up with her and they walked side-by-side. Sasuke turned around and gave Sayuri a look that told her he as not happy with how things turned out. Sayuri just smiled at him.

"Hey, Sayuri-san?" Naruto asked.

"Hmm,"

"Do you remember that night we talked in the training area?" he asked.

Sayuri just nodded.

"You said that you wished to have power of your own, did you mean that you do not have any chakra?"

Sayuri nodded again.

"Well how do you use it than?"

"I'm not permitted to tell you that," she said. "I'm sure that one day you will know though,"

Naruto nodded.

They approached the alley that the ball had flown into and jumped over the fence. Sayuri walked up towards the ball, bent over, and picked it up. She was suddenly struck by an odd sensation. Something was not quite right. She looked up at the house, the back screen was open and there was a splatter of blood on it. Sayuri didn't move.

"What's wrong Sayuri-san?" she heard Sakura ask.

She said nothing raised her hand and pointed to the screen door.

There was a sharp intake of breath from both Naruto and Sakura. Sasuke, it appeared, had already noticed it.

"Should we go in there?" Sayuri heard him ask from behind.

Sayuri dropped the ball, "I'm going in. You may come if you want, but know that we don't know what or who is in there. Also be prepared for the worst, we may be too late,"

Sayuri advanced on the house and everyone was following from behind her. She walked in and found herself in the kitchen. There was cold food on the table that had appeared to be from dinner the night before. A man lay on the floor, a pool of blood on underneath him. There was an open wound on his back.

Sayuri approached the man and turned him over. There was a wound in his front as well, it seemed that something had pierced him and went all the way through.

"This man has been dead for quite a while," Sayuri observed.

She looked up at her team. Naruto and Sakura looked absolutely terrified. Sasuke looked quite disturbed. Sayuri felt a pang of guilt. She knew what he was thinking about.

I wonder if the scene before us looks anything like that night…Sayuri thought.

"If any of you cannot handle this I suggest that you turn back now," she said, "I only see this situation getting worse, this man has family members,"

Naruto swallowed and tried to put on a courageous face.

"How do you know?" Sakura asked in just a whisper.

Sayuri pointed behind them to a photo on the wall. She saw children. Could she handle this?

Sayuri stood and started walking down the hallway. She checked the living room at the front of the house and saw nothing. Turing around she saw that they had followed her.

"There is no one in the living room," she said, "They must be in the basement," she looked at the stairway to her left.

"I ask that you let me go first," she said. They nodded and let her start down the stairs. It was dark. Sayuri reached out and turned on a light. The scene before her terrified her and made her feel sick. There were three bodies lying on the floor tied up. Blood was everywhere. She heard someone be sick behind her. She turned around and saw that it was Sasuke.

"Sasuke, if this bothers you too much…" she started but Sasuke clenched his fist and shook his head firmly.

He pushes himself too far Sayuri thought to herself.

She approached the bodies on the floor and studied them. They all appeared to have the same wound as the man in the kitchen had.

"These people have not been dead as long," she stated.

"What happened here?" Naruto asked.

"Someone most likely broke in from the sliding doors in the back. That person killed the family member they had assumed to be the strongest instantly, the father. The rest of the family fled to the basement. When the person caught up with them he or she tied them up. Given that these people have not been dead as long, the person kept them alive to torture them,"

She heard Sasuke inhale sharply. Sayuri wished she did not have to do this to him, she knew what he had been through on that night.

"There is still one left, the youngest a girl," she said remembering the family photo upstairs.

Than as if on cue they heard someone sob from the closet.

Sayuri turned around and whipped open the closet. She saw a little girl there; she was crying and staring absent-mindedly at the wall in front of her. Sayuri saw that she was bleeding from a wound at her stomach. There was not much time for this child. Sayuri touched the girls shoulder and she flinched. Slowly the little girl turned her head to face Sayuri. The little girl's eyes widened and her face contorted with surprise and fear as she screamed.

"NO! NOT AGAIN! PLEASE NOT AGAIN! GET AWAY YOU MONSTER! YOU KILLED MY FAMILY AND LEFT ME HERE TO DIE! PLEASE NOT AGAIN,"

The reaction surprised everyone and they stood there in shock. Sayuri reached out at the child who froze in fear. Sayuri gently removed her from the closet and laid the child down in her arms. Green chakra emanated from Sayuri and wrapped around the girl.

"You have the same eyes as the one that murdered my family," said the little girl, "the same features, yet you cannot be her…" the little girl choked up some blood and fell limp in Sayuri's arms. Sayuri laid the little girl down in front of herself and closed her eyes.

Sayuri was covered in the girl's blood. She was so shocked that she could not even bring herself t cry.

"Sayuri…" she heard Sasuke mutter.

She looked up at him. Sasuke was staring straight ahead in fear.

"What?" she asked.

Sasuke could not bring himself to talk. He simply lifted his hand and pointed at the wall.

Sayuri followed his gaze. What she saw made her seize up in shock and fear. Someone had written something on the wall in blood. It read "I'm free father, and I'm looking for her, and I will kill you and Sayuri when I find you,"

Sasuke lay in bed awake. He thought about what had happened today. When they were finally able to move again they walked back to where they had left Kakashi. He had been surprised to see them all with solemn expressions and Sayuri covered in blood. Sayuri managed to choke out the story of what had happened. He ordered them to go home and he took off, probably to go tell Hokage-sama.

Sasuke still felt sick. What he had seen today reminded him vividly of the night that his own brother killed his whole family and clan. He saw himself in the little girl. Kept alive to only live tormented. He did not know whether it was good or bad that the little girl had died. She was so young, but yet, if she had lived, she would have blamed herself for all of it, as Sasuke blamed himself now.

You're not even worth killing.

The words echoed through his head. At the same time Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sayuri all swore that they would avenge the family that had suffered today.