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Chapter 5: Escape

The soft sound of breathing brought Tenten to look up and see a white haired man giving her a sly smile. She instantly recognized him: he was the reason why she was imprisoned in this tiny, cold, slimy prison cell that wasn't even the size of her kitchen back in her apartment which was in Konoha. "What do you want?" She demanded fiercely, clenching her fists angrily, repressing all urges to kill him because she knew she couldn't even get into a one foot range of him, not with the chains on her.

Noting her fingernails digging into her white flesh, Kabuto chuckled amused. It was a sound that sent shivers down her spine. "Orochimaru-sama wants me to begin your training today." As he talked, he unlocked the door and slid it open. He entered the cell and approached her, the keys to her chains in his hand, staring at her tauntingly. "That's why we'll be taking new precautions with you."

The brunette decided that she didn't like the sound of that as she watched the white haired man take hold of her wrist, his grip forceful on her slender arm, and unlock the cuff. The metal cuff fell to the ground with a thump as it made contact with the hard concrete. Thinking fast, Tenten aimed her other arm with a punch to Kabuto's head. With a smirk, Kabuto grabbed hold of her other arm just before it made contact. "It'll take more than that you know."

But now it was Tenten's time to smirk smugly as she kneed him right in the stomach, the punch being the mere distraction which the white haired man had fell for. Releasing the girl's hand, Kabuto's hands went to grip his stomach which was burning with pain. She aimed another kick at the same region, this time knocking out the man. With her free hand, she reached out and was barely able to grab the fallen keys. Freeing herself from the shackles, she stumbled up and attempted to wipe some of the dirt from her clothes. Seeing that it really was absolutely pointless, she ditched Kabuto and left the small cage ---not however, before locking the cell door and taking the keys with her.
Swiftly she ran, her feet barely making any noise on the cold marble floor.

Sasuke chucked another kunai into the straw practice dummy which had a target strapped to it. Again, he missed, hitting the ring that was adjacent to the bull's eye instead. "Why can't I hit it?" He hissed angrily to himself as he tightened his fist around another kunai. Just as he was about to throw it, he heard a noise from the trees above him. Someone was running above him, he determined and moments later he was on the same level as the person and jumping from tree to tree in the same direction.

His sharp eyes caught site of something brown ahead of him. Instantly he knew who it was. Changing his tactics, he stopped chasing her but rather leaped up and along the branches one level higher than he was before. Speeding up, he get in front of the brunette and so his next step was to jump into her way. The brown haired girl came to a stop to glare at him. There was a mere five inches between their faces so Sasuke could hear her panting heavily. He took a couple of steps back to give her more room to regain herself.

"Move," she ordered, her energy completely drained but still having the will power to continue in her quest to escape. Her vivid brown eyes glared into his lifeless onyx ones.

"You won't make it outside," Sasuke commented, knowing that she wouldn't hurt him even if her tone was slightly threatening. They had a treaty anyways, and he knew she was the type of person who always kept her word.

"Move," Tenten's voice was clear and steady, a complete contrast to how she looked: dirty, tired, and weak. But being the stubborn girl she had always been, she refused to let the tiredness, the empty hole in her stomach, and her dizziness to stop her. And she sure as hell was not about to let some raven haired boy stop her. "Or I will attack." She was hesitant in her words because she was thinking back to the pact that they made a long time ago. Mentally cursing herself for making such a promise, she slid out a dagger from the pockets of her dirty, baggy green pants. It was the same pants that she used to wear on every mission she would go on.

"Where did you get that from?" Sasuke questioned, eyeing the silver dagger that she was clutching like her life depended on it.

She let out a dry laugh, "I stole it from the guards here. They're really weak, you know?" She began to slowly step in his direction, expecting him to back off but he stood his ground. "What, you're not scared?"

Sasuke crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow, "Should I be?"

Shrugging indifferently, Tenten raised the dagger to his throat, "I do have a knife, you know. And I'm pretty efficient when it comes to weapons you know."

The Uchiha felt the cold metal dig into his throat but didn't bat an eyelash. "You're too noble to go back on your word. You won't hurt me," by now he was smirking like he had the upper hand, "You also don't have the guts to attack me."

"I guess you're right," Tenten laughed lightly as she removed the dagger from his throat. "But then again, you probably are wrong." Those were the last words Sasuke heard before he completely blacked out.

Tenten watched him as he fell off the branch, feeling a little pain in her heart. "He got what was coming to him...but why do I feel so guilty?" She sighed defeated as she jumped down after him and grabbed him before he hit the ground. She laid him carefully on the ground before taking her leave, and not looking back once.

All the while, the dagger remained in the boy's body.

Rather short...

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