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Chapter Three

I lightly fanned myself as I sat in the shade of a tree, it was just to hot to continue for the time being. "We would have stopped too, you would have said that we needed to conserve our strength for fights and such. Even though you ever seemed to care about anyone else other than yourself, you still looked out for him... even me on some occasions. Did you start to feel the same for me? You two were so close... me... I became your third wheel. I always asked why you kept me around. That night when I woke up... you said that I belonged to you... I was your tool... was something else on your mind or did it change over time?"

I heard the crackle of a fire as I came out of the darkness. I tried opening my eyes, but they wouldn't obey me. What's wrong with me? Is it something that Haku did? Concentrating, I tried to move my limbs, but like my eyes they wouldn't response either. Shit... what do I do now? Crack... someone was coming.

"She's still not awake... sure you didn't kill her?" I heard Zabuza ask nonchalantly.

"The female body is not as muscular as a male, therefore it's easier to hit the pressure points. But their bodies are a little bit of a harder target considering their flexibility... I still can feel a heartbeat and she's breathing," I felt a gently fingers on my throat.

"Hmph... of well, if she doesn't wake up, I can always kill her later," Zabuza said as he passed me.

If I could move, I would so de-male you... oh who am I kidding. I heard Zabuza sit down with a heavy thud and Haku sat at my head. Why am I still alive? What propose could this Demon possibly have in store for me? I again tried to move my limbs, I could feel my hand moving ever so slightly.

"Hmm?" I heard Haku shift closer to me.

"What," Zabuza asked.

"Her hand just... ack!" I my arm around Haku's throat and held him with his back to my chest.

"So you were awake," Zabuza lazily opened one of his eyes.

I wanted to say something, but my throat was numb. Actions always speak louder than words. But I don't want to hurt Haku. I scanned the area, Zabuza sat across from me and Haku, his knife rested against a nearby tree, my backpack and gensens laid only a few feet away. He shouldn't be able to get to his weapon in time... but I don't know if I can get to mine. I was already having a hard time holding Haku, then again he wasn't struggling.

"Well, what are you going to do? If your going to kill him or me, your going to have to do it fast," Zabuza taunted.

I gritted my teeth, time to act. I roughly pushed Haku forward, rolled over him and grabbed my gensens. With my last ounce of strength I threw one at Zabuza. He leaned to the left, avoiding the deadly projectile, but it pinned the lose ends of his Hitai-ate headband to the tree.

"Not bad," he said as he easily pulled the gensen out.

I shakily held up my other one and made ready to throw. A pain surged from my back and into my arm, I dropped the gensen to the forest floor. Damn! I collapsed in a heap, the pain in my back was to much.

"I guess I hit a little to much of your muscle," a sweet voice chimed.

"What... the... hell did you do... to me," I hissed over my shoulder.

"I just hit three pressure points in your back that causes paralysis for about four days," the boy smiled like it was nothing, "but you were only out for a few hours and you were able to attack even though you don't have full range of movement. That's very impressive, isn't Master Zabuza?"

Zabuza looked at me, "Impressive? Hmm... I guess so. It's about what I would expect for a shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Clouds," he threw something in my direction.

It landed just a few inches from my trembling hand. "My... my... Hitai-ate headband," I whispered. The metal band glistened in the light of the fire, making all sorts of shadows and figures that played about symbol etched deeply into the metal. I just stare down at it, you carry my pain, my sorrow... my memories. I hate you... "I hate you," I whispered.

"What did you say little girl," Zabuza sounded a little annoyed.

"I hate you... you stupid little thing... you scar on my mind... you..." I grabbed the headband and threw it with all the force I could muster into the dark woods.

"Hmph, it looks like we picked up a little girl with a big past," the demon mocked.

"None of your concern..." I picked up my fallen gensen. Gathering all my strength I made a charge against Zabuza. I aimed for his temple with my folded gensen.

"Heh... heh," he laughed at me as he caught my arm right before my weapon made contact with it's target. "Your going to need that bloodlust for what your going to be doing," he stood up, still holding me by the wrist. My body hung there lifeless, I was having a hard time just keeping my eyes focused on his face. "You now belong to me... you now are my tool..." He threw me aside like some rag doll. I made contact with a tree, sliding down the trunk I lost consciousness.