Oji, Naruto, and Sakura arrived at the large building not far after Kali and Sasuke. Naruto stared up at the large building; it was really tall. Oji swallowed hard. He hated doing this and was tired of this confusing adventure. He slid one of his swords out and approached.

"When we get in there, there are no rules," He said to the following ninja, "Fight who's attacking you- even if it's Kal."

"Shouldn't we attack the person who is trying to control Kali?" Sakura asked. Oji had told them the reason Kali wanted to come here on the way.

"If you can, but once I get that control devise from him, Kali will deal with him."

Sasuke couldn't escape Kali's wrath. She wasn't letting up, giving him no chance to return the attack. Kali knocked him to the ground swiftly and landed on top of him. She raised her claws to strike.

"Kali!!" Oji yelled as he ran up. Kali looked just soon enough to be hit in the face by Oji's kick. She flew off of Sasuke and slid across the floor. Oji helped Sasuke to his feet. "You idiot, coming alone. You must have a death wish or something." Oji said calmly. Kali let out a long howl before darting again toward the defenders. Oji stood ready with his swords in front of him. "Sasuke, did you see it? That thing he uses?" Sasuke didn't say anything, just nodded, which Oji could not see. Oji understood anyway. "Destroy it." The simple instructions that were anything but easy. Before Sasuke could say anything, Oji was off to meet Kali halfway. Sasuke didn't want to take the order, but he had no choice. He went the long way behind the man who was entranced by the fight between siblings.

Sasuke was about ten feet from the Kinas when his presence was felt and Kinas spun around and chunked shurukin at Sasuke. Sasuke dodged and fired more shurukin at Kinas from above as he fell on him. They tussled for the longest time before Sasuke finally hit Kinas hard enough to send him flying. Kinas didn't stay down long, though, but stood and swung his gun around at Sasuke. Before Sasuke could dodge, a spear was flying at him. His breath caught. Kali's ears perked as she dodged one of Oji's thrusts. She looked up and charged forward. Sasuke only had time to barely move, but he knew it was going to hit him dead in the chest; even if he was to move enough to get it away from the heart the spear would thrust easily through his shoulder. He winced. Kali was upon him now and reached out.

Sasuke opened his eyes after the spear should have penetrated his body. Kali stood near him and held the spear in her hand by her side. there was only a little blood from her stopping the projectile with one hand. Her eyes were closed at first but she then opened them to look at Kinas. They were still red.

"What are you doing!? I told you to kill him not save him!!" Kinas yelled angrily. Kali turned to Sasuke, but was hit by Oji in a full tackle. She screamed angrily and fought furiously. Sasuke heard the clanking of the spear that Kali had dropped. He looked down, grabbed it, and before Kinas could think it was upon him. He fell to his back. The pendant flew into the air and Sasuke ran to catch it. Kinas bled profusely from his injury, but stood anyway. "Give that back, Kid." He said painfully, gripping his impaled arm. Sasuke only held tighter to the pendant. Kinas gritted his teeth angrily. "You don't understand!" Sasuke had no idea how much he did not know. Kali threw Oji off.

"Destroy it!" Oji yelled. Sasuke thought quickly before throwing it to the ground and slammed his foot on it. Smash. Red lightning shot from underneath Sasuke's shoe. Kali screamed as she gripped her head. Sasuke felt his heart jump. Everything went black. There was an echo of two screams fading; Sakura and Kali. Silence. Sasuke felt the darkness like it was water; drowning him. He looked around in search of anything to grip to.

The sound of tearing flesh made all the ninja jump and wonder franticly who was hit. Slowly, the light returned from the window by the moon. Kinas lay dead and Kali sheathed her blade. There was still a minute of deafening silence before Kali spoke.

"Three long years," she whispered, "Three long years I've looked into those eyes, never able to close them. Three years I never set foot on this side of the island." She looked up at Sasuke. For the first time, her eyes were clear and gleaming. Her smile was pure and empty of fear. "Thank you." Naruto approached Sasuke and looked down at what was left of the pendant. All he saw was a black spot surrounded by a faint red powder. Oji sighed deeply.

"Finally," He said lightly. The burden had finally lifted. "Now we can get you three out of here, right?" He walked up and put his hand on Naruto's shoulder with a smile, and for the first time in a while, Kali chuckled optimistically.

The group made it to the shore deep in the night and set up camp. The waves sloshed in the wet sand and the stars above the horizon sparkled brightly. Oji left the group saying he needed to find out about the boat times from their sensei. He set off quickly so he could return before dawn.

"Wait," Naruto said to Kali after Oji had gone, "How can he get there in one night when we traveled almost a week to get here?"

"He travels faster," Kali answered simply as she sparked the fire. Sasuke fed a stick into it.

"So how are we getting off exactly?" Sasuke asked.

"We plan to hijack a boat for you three to get to shore. It's not that hard to steer so it shouldn't be a problem for you. And when the sun is up you can see the sliver of land on the horizon." Sasuke looked surprised.

"Wait, aren't you coming?" Sakura asked, "Since you've killed that guy?" Kali closed her eyes and shook her head, never loosing her small smile.

"No, that's not all I have to do. It was the biggest thing, mind you, but not the only. And besides," she looked into the islands deep woods, "This has been my home for the better part of my growth as a ninja. It's going to be hard to leave." Kali felt cheery and full of vigor. After a minute of looking at the fire, she flicked her head to remove a bang of hair and looked at Sasuke. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" She asked him. They moved away from the fire. When they got a good ways Kali turned and hugged Sasuke around the neck. Sasuke was surprised and stood wide-eyed. "Sasuke. Thank you," Kali said softly. Sasuke returned a light hug.

"For what?" He asked softly and nervously.

"You helped me. I was lost in the darkness for so long and when you came along everything changed." She stood back to look into his eyes. "So, just wanted to say that." Her smile widened. "And this," she pecked him on the cheek and quickly walked back to the fire. Sasuke stood in shock for a moment before looked back to the fire where Kali was massaging Naruto's shoulders. Naruto hung his head forward and complimented on her skill. Sasuke smiled and walked back to the fire.

Oji arrived at the house of the Janoh sensei and knocked on the door.

"Open up, Old Man!" he yelled plainly. Janoh opened the door and smiled up at Oji. Oji was taller than Kali and made Janoh look even smaller.

"What a surprise," Janoh said, "What brings you here, Oji?"

"I need a time schedule for the boats of inmates and feeders," Oji stated. Janoh opened the door wider.

"And why is that?"

"Just give me the schedule, Old Man!" Oji said. Janoh chuckled.

"You have to tell me first, Oji," he replied. Oji fumed for a second before sighing.

"Alright, Kal defeated Kinas and the three ninja we were escorting need a ride. Happy?"

"Yes," the hunched man disappeared into the house with Oji following. The door was built low for the man so Oji had to lean over to get into the house. Janoh retrieved a piece of paper. "This is the most recent of schedules, but if they have changed I am not the fault." He handed it to the waiting Oji.

"Thanks. I guess you do have some good qualities sometimes." Oji turned to leave. "Oh, and I would be expecting Kali sometime soon." With that he left to return to the shore. It was past midnight now and he would have to pick up the pace to make it back for the earliest boat.

Sasuke sat in a tree staring up at the moon calmly. Kali lay her head on his chest as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder. They had slipped away when Naruto finally followed Sakura in sleep. The moon was silver and full like a pearl in the sky. The stars were drowned out by its light and all the earth was revealed in its beams.

"You get to see this every night, huh?" Sasuke spoke. He kept his voice down just because of the calm and serene moment.

"Yeah, but none as beautiful as tonight's," Kali answered. There was a space of silence. "Tell me about your home, Sasuke. What is it like?" Sasuke adjusted a little as he thought about her question.

"Well, There's not really anything special about it. It's a crowded place and there are a lot of ninjas."

"Do you have a sensei?"

"Yes, his name is Kakashi Hatake. He's a strange guy, but has a lot of good training advice." They continued talking until the subject changed. "So how did you end up here anyway?" There was a pause. She sat up and took his hand.

"I'll show you," she said before leading him down the tree and through the woods. They came to a large tree with vines beginning to creep up the trunk. Protruding from the trunk was a lone arrow weathered and old. The arrow was pierced through the center of the head plate of a ninja headband. The fabric was pale and weathered and the metal was beginning to rust.

"What is this?" Sasuke asked. Kali stepped closer.

"This is mine; my ninja headband from the academy in my village." Sasuke was surprised. No wonder she was good at fighting, she was a ninja, too. "You see, I was one of the youngest ninja from my village; graduating the academy the same year as Oji. Even he was young for the graduation. We stuck together like glue, because we had no parents." Kali touched the headband reflectively. "Our parents were ninja as well and died in action when we were just babes. Oji and I were put in an orphanage and joined the academy as soon as we could think straight. We excelled in everything with support from each other. All was great until that day...the day my village and the neighboring village began to argue. It wasn't that bad until the words came to blows. Ninja were sent into the other village to sabotage their school and ninja base. This caused even more dispute which resulted in war. Just our luck, Oji and I graduated just in time to be drafted into the war and force to fight. Many people died but I was incapable to kill. I was...too kind." Kali's hand slid down the tree with her eyes as the painful thoughts returned. Sasuke was enthralled in the story she told. "Oji tried his best to protect me, killing for me and keeping me innocent. Just as he wanted; he's a loving brother and didn't want me to be stained by this petty war. So he hatched a plan. We would assassinate both village leaders. They weren't the Kagés, just power-hungry generals. I felt it was a great plan so we took action. We slipped out of the ranks and positioned each in a strategic hiding place each at one generals mansion. I was to kill the opposing general. Oji denied me at first, but I just had to. Going through life without killing was impossible for a shinobi."

There was a second of silence. Kali let the quiet envelope her until Sasuke spoke softly.

"Then what…?" He whispered. Kali swallowed.

"I couldn't."

Sasuke gasped lightly.

"There was no way I could kill so suddenly. I could beat him to a bloody pulp, but there was no convincing my hand to move any closer to his neck." Anger lingered in Kali's voice. "Oji had killed his general and an uproar was growing. When Oji came he finished the general I was to kill for me. Now there was no going back to the village we once new. The riots, Oji said, were growing more and more and soon there would be nothing left. I felt something stir in me that sent me searching for something to live for. I was too weak. Not being able to kill can get a shinobi killed. decided to come here until I found the strength to kill." She looked up at Sasuke. He was staring at her and she blushed and looked down. "So now, a little over three years, three little ninja fell out of the sky to wake me up and remind me this wasn't home. But now I don't know if I can leave." Sasuke approached and took hold of the arrow in the tree. He pulled it out and took the headband from the tree.

"Kali, you don't have to prove anything that you haven't already proven," he said. She stood breathless as he looked at her and handed the headband to her. She took it and looked down.

"Do you…do you mean that, Sasuke?" She said sadly. tightening her grip on the headband. Sasuke took her other hand and, when she looked up, he nodded with a small smile. Her golden eyes shed a lone tear and a smile graced her gleaming face. "I-I needed to hear that…" She thrust into a hug and Sasuke held her for a second before they both headed back to the camp. Hand in hand.