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CHAPTER ELEVEN: Saved
"Rontu, grab the swords for me please," Rayne asked as she packed a light travel bag. It was an over night journey to her old home, one that she had made with Kakashi three years ago. Was that how long it was? All thats happened in only three years? She shook her head as she thought about it and packed at the same time.
In just three years, she met Kakashi, fell in love with him, adopted Kasume and Kakomi, was kidnapped by Tsume and Orochimaru for two months, came back to Konoha, put Tsume in jail, agreed to marry Kakashi, got pregnant, had the twins and then the whole thing with Kiana. All of that in only three years. And know Kakashi was kidnapped. If all of these events had hurt and overwhelmed her, how must her kids feel. Neither of their parents are their most of the time and could die at any time. That was no way to grow up.
They deserved better than that. They were all beautiful children, Kakomi was smart and kind- a true sweetheart. Kasume was a grown woman now, sevnteen and in a relationship with Kai. She was constantly looking out for Rayne, trying to protect her from anything bad in this world. Haine and Haru were too young to be anything but adorable and wholly innocent. And for some reason, they were all hers. Each of them called her mom or, in the twins case, "ma-ma". And each of them loved her no matter how many times she screwed up or her past came back to haunt her. That, she thought with a smile, was the true beauty of children: the unconditional and complete love.
And they deserved the same from her. "Rontu, this is going to be my last mission. I'm going to become a stya at home mother and take care of my babies the right way," she told the wolf as he laid the swords down beside her. After her little announcement he stared up at her, his keen blue grey eyes understanding but also sad. This would be their last mission together. It was a strange notion, Rayne realized, after so many years together- running, hiding, fighting just basically surviving together. It was the end of her career as a kunoichi and te beginning of her life as a completely devoted mother. It was a change she was willing to make.
She picked up her swords and placed the pne with the ruby embedded in its hilt on her back and the sapphire hilt on her hip, tying them with black ribbon to her outfit. she wore black pants that were tight to her legs but allowed her to move quietly and efficently. Her top was a black longsleeved wrap. it hugged her body but was loose enough for her to store hidden kunai and shruiken. Her hair was tied back in a ribbon at the base of her neck. She was ready and safter glancing at Rontu, knew he was too.
Hefting the back over her shoulder she turned to Rontu, "Lets go, my friend, on our last mission."
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The dark. Thats all Kakashi saw. Total and complete darkness surrounded him on all sides but he was on something soft, a bed he had seen. He was in a bedroom, decorated with soft variations of browns and reds. He had no clue where he was but he knew he had ot be in a house somewhere. He highly doubted, however, that Yoro lived here.
His right arm throbbed painfully with its many gashes and cuts. His legs were broken, his left shin and his right thigh. His left arm was dislocated and useless. Basically, he was helpless to move. Oh, and he was continually being drained of his chakra. Yep, he was not doing so good. Yoro was not happy that Rayne was really in love with him and that she lied when she told the criminal she loved him. It obviously angered the man to know he lost to another and he took it out on kakashi.
The thought made Kakashi smirk. Rayne loved him and they were back together. He found it surprising how just the thought of her could make some of the physical pain ease. It was strange to him, someone who had lived with little emotions for so long, to be so impacted by one woman. But thats why he loved her, she was the only one who could so that. the kids could but a smile on his face and lighten his heart when down, but Rayne made him feel whole. The way she seemed to need him as much as he needed her, the way she tried so hard to be happy when her past was as bad as his- something he tried to do but had given up on long ago. She gave him hope, proved that the past did not determine the future.
It certainly didnt hurt that she was gorgeous either, he thought with a small smile. Hey, a man was a man and this one happened to have a beautiful woman. Such things were not lost on him. Afterall, he was Kakashi, the man who walked around with the Icha Icha series in his pocket.
His thoughts were interrupted by a bright light glaring in his face and making him close his uncovered eye as the door opened. It revealed an angry looking Yoro. Well, that was normal. Yoro was always angry when he came to visit Kakashi.
"I've been doing research on Rayne. You and her were engaged. Tell me about her," Yoro demanded, showing Kakashi the kunai he held in his hand. Usually Kakashi wouldnt tell him anything considering the questtions were usually abou the village and it's ninja population. But this time he could get some revenge by speaking of Rayne. He knew Yoro was obsessed with her now, and that meant it would hurt him to know of the woman he would never have.
"What do you want to know?" Kakashi asked, his voice harsh from lack of use.
"How does she sleep?"
"Tangled up with me." This answer earned him a glare and a new cut to his arm.
"Her favorite flower."
"Lily, but, only when I give them to her." Oops, not the right answer for he recieved a punch.
"Keep that up and you're regret it. Now, what is her favorite food?"
"Ice cream, when I feed it to her." Another cut and glare.
"Stop it Im sick of your little games. Now, answer me this, Kakashi, hoes does she look when she cries?" Now Yoro was lashing out, trying to hurt him.
Like rain on a dark day. "Like a woman crying." He wasnt going to let that affect him but the broken finger he recieved hurt like hell.
"You fool! She will be mine and when she is, I will make her pay for what she has done and your stupidity. Then, I will have her bare me a child. That will forever make her mine. Your children with her will be taken care of , of course. But, seeing as they're children, I'll make their deaths quick." This made Kaakashi growl angrily.
"You go near my children, or Rayne and I will rip you apart, limb from limb. You understand that, you peice of shit?" he threatened darkly.
"Brave words from a man who cant even move." Good point.
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"Go."
Rontu took off at speeds only wolves found natural towards the house, two scrolls held carefully in his jaw. Rayne circcled aorund to the back, mentally laying out the floor plan of it in her head. The last room with the back door was the kitchen. next to that was the living room and down the hall to the right was the master bedroom. She'd bether life that's where Kakashi was being hel.d tsume was sick like that. He probably thought it hurt Rayne. It just made her wonder how the hell she had gotten involved with the likes of him.
As soon as she caught sight of the back door she shrugged her pack off her shoulder and opened it, pulling out a scroll she carefully opened it and set it in the ground so it was concealed. She put the other one on the thickest branch of the tree at her back and then quickly stood. Now, she had thirty seconds to get to the house.
As she approched, as quiet and fast as possible, she heard the voices of Yoro's guards. She slowed and came to a stop next to them, hidden by the back porch. Three seconds later there was a small explosiopn and another second after that, a second explosion. The guards jumped upand suddenly heard two more explosions around the front of the house. Then Rontu shot infront of them, his white coat darting between the trees. The four gurads form the back and the three from the front all took after the wolf, leaving the grounds unprotected.
Rayne ran inside, following the chakra she sensed. She approached the gaurd in the kitchen, masking her chakra and completely silent. She comes across two gurads in the kitchen and quietly aims darts at the napes of their necks, hitting her targets easily. The three guards in the living room are just as easy. no one knows of her presence yet. Breaking in is the easy part. getting out with Kakashi will be a lot harder.
She sensed one powerful chakra in the master bedroom and a small, barely there chakra presence- definately Kakashi's. She would know his chakra anywhere. The other chakra she recognized as Yoro's. Deciding that it was time to make herself known she kicked opn the door, sending Yoro, who she sensed had been nstanding right in front of it, flying to the other end of the room, to the left of the bed. She saw Kakashi tied with chakra restraints on the bed and rushed to him. She pulled her sapphire hilted sword from its sheath and quickly cut away the bonds, the chakra in her sword stronger than that of the bonds.
Once either of her swords were pulled, her body automatically infused her chakra with its, making it just as strong as her witht the same chakra pattern. So, when Yoro came at her with a sword of his own, she quickly jumped away and stuck her sword out, flicking the end to make a circular motion at its tp and perfectly twisting Yoro's sword out of his hands. But as she raised it to kdeliver the final blow, a kunai wizzed by her head, cutting her ckeek. She turned and faced the doorway to find all the gurads from out side and ones that had still been hidden in the house all pouring in the room and surrounding her.
The room wasnt large enugh to begin with and all the bodies made it impossible for her t swing her sword. So, she grabbed Kakashi, holding him in her left arm and jumped over the two guards blocking the door, lowering her sword to cut across their chests. She ran outside to where Rontu was waiting and placed Kakashi on the wolf's back. When she turned to go Kakashi grabbed her arm with his bloody and gashed right arm. Rayne turned to him, flinching at the amount of blood he had lost.
"Dont fight. Come with us," he told her. But she shook her head. She knew that he was worried about her being so outnumbered but, he had also never seen her fight with her swords. It was odd considering they had been together so long but, it was true. She could handle them. At least Kakashi didnt know about her broken ribs and still slightly shredded leg mucsles. If he did, there was no way he would let her go. But he didnt and so she was.
"I'll be fine. Rontu is taking you to a camp we set up. I'll be there shortly to take care of your wounds. Dont fight him, he'll growl at you and will probably knock you out if you dont listen. So, be good. I love you." She gave him a quick kiss on the lips before turning and facing the men surrounding her. By her coun, she was out numbered eleven to one. But, these werent ninja on her level so that helped even the odds some.
"Rayne, you're too far outnumbered. Just give up and save us all the time," Yoro called out to her. But she just laughed, making all the men growl.
"You make it sound as if you have an army instead of eleven men with sharp objects and little to no skill in fighting, Yoro." Okay,m so maybe his men were more skilled than that, but, she wouldnt let Yoro think she was intimidated.
Yoro glared at her and ordered all his men to attack at once. In seconds she was surrounded. The men charged on cue as one, closing in. But as they got closer she rushed forward to the ones directly in front of her. She parried their advances with her sword and swung at them in an arc, cutting across their chests and falling them. But she sensed four others coming in from behind. With out turning she reversed her sword and stuck it into the gut of the closest attacker. She exchanged blows with the next one, mostly parrying and letting him back her up against a tree. When he went to stab her she moved to the right and the mans's sword caught and stuck in the bark of the tree. While he tried to pull it out Rayne slashed at his side and he fell motionless to the ground. The other two attacked both sides of her as one. SHe pulled her ruby hilted sword from her back and crossed her arms, her right sword going into her left attacker and her leeft sword into her right attacker. She pulled both swords back out and turned to the other four and was hit with several kunai biut she managed to block most of them, only taking two in the left arm. She gasped in pain and dropped her sword but in the next second she sheathed it with her other hand and decided she would fight with just one sword. Afterall, there were only four left, not counting Yoro.
"Didnt your mothers ever tell you not to hit a lady?!" she demanded angrily before running towards them. She jumped and kicked the first one in the head, hearing the snap of his neck and not waning to watch ashe fell motionless. Then the next two attacked and she threw her sword into the first while fist fighting with the second. The fight was short considering her skill in taijutsu and in a moment the other was added to the body count.
The last one seemed to be the largest of the group, and head wosely stayed behind to observe her skill while the others had attacked blindly. She stood still and just watched as he slowly moved forward. her breathing was ragged and her ribs felt like the were going to burst out of her bdy as her lungs forced them to expand to allow in air. Her left arm with dangling at her side, the bone shattered were the kunai had hit and her legs were burning in pain. But, all in all, she was okay. At leats she was alive. And she wasnt in so much pain she couldnt fight. It just hurt and no mtter how much training you've had, cuts and brokenbones still caused a helluva lot of pain.
"You fight with swords. But you are also trained in taijutsu. Interesting style. Perhaps, you should join us. It will cause you less pain and you'll be allowed to live," the man suddenly spoke up. Rayne smiled at him and took up her fighting stance.
"You may be the smartest and strongest of the guards, but I have no intention of dying at your hands. And as for joining you, well, it seems there's nothing left to join. I've killed all the rest of your members. You're alone," she said calmly, advancing slowly to him.
He laughed at her statement. "Foolish words form a foolish woman. you'll die for it." He rushed her, his fists repeated slamming into her gut. She criedout in surpised pain and instinctively brought her sword up to protect her broken ribs. But his moves were so fast that he was able to go around her sword. If she wasnt in so much pain she would be able to match his speed and most likely surpass it but, her broken ribs were being repeatedly punched. With no break in pain she wasnt able to concentrate right. but, her sword, infused with her chakra, acted on its own and twisted in her hand, slashing her attackers arm. He cried out and jumped back, holding his bloody arm to him.
"What the hell?! That sword--it moved on its own!" He looked completely shocked at the idea. Rayne gasped as she tred to take in air and move at the same time.
"Thats...beacause...its...MY ...sword...with...my...chakra..." she explained inbetween breathes of air. She rushed him and slashed at his legs, effectively cutting the muscle in his right leg. He collasped and she drove the sword into his chest but he managed to drive a kunai into her stomach before he died. Rayne was about to faint and she knew it. She needed help, Yoro was still there somewhere. She whistled a small low tune and Rontu's ears percked up, several miles away at the camp. he quickly left Kakashi and raced to her.
"Rayne, you killed all of them and saved Kakashi but it has cost you your life. Pitty, I would have liked you to bear me a child. It would have been incredibly strong and intelligent and an excellent fighter. But you, you're too stubborn to just admit defeat. Now look what you've done. You're full of blood," Yoro chastised, appearing from his hiding place in the woods.
"Stay away from me," Rayne warned. But, even to herself her threat was weak. She was on her knees covered in blood with use of one arm.Oh yeah, she was a real big threat.
"Why would I do that? I wish to tell you something. I know all abou tyour past. I knew before you even came to the bathhouse pretending to be Kira." He stood in front of her, a smirk on his face. Rayne's head shot up and she stared at him.
"What do you mean 'you knew'?" she demanded.
"I was the one who stole your file from the Hokage's office and gave it to Kiana. She needed to know about your past and look for weaknesses. Well, lucky for us, you had a major one. That's how I first met Tsume. But, what I want to know is why your files, and your files alone were in the Hoakage's personal drawer. So, before you die, tell me."
"I have ne idea why. But, you gave the files-MY FILES- to Kiana. Thats how she knew about Tsume? If you hadnt gotten her those files I would have never lost my memory. I would have never left Kakashi. You bastard! It was your fault!" she screamed at him, raising her sword and forcing herself to stand. But she was to weak and shaky. In a moment she was back on her knees.
"You're pathetic. You cant even stand on your--AH!" Yoro was cut off as Rontu closed his jaws around the man's neck. With a shake of his jaws and a snap, Yoro's body went limp.
"What took ya so long?" rayen teased the wolf as she clung to his fur after sheathing her sword. Rontu gave her one of his wolf grins and layed down on his stomach so she could climb onto his back. Rayne winced and her face scrunched up in pain as Rontu began leaping as fast as possible to their makeshift camp.
As soon as Rayne saw Kakashi she she stumbled off of Rontu and ran to him. "Tell me exactly what needs to be healed first," she ordered immediately. He was soaked in blood and she had to make sure their was no internal damage first.
"I missed you too," he joked. "You know, I was thinking of how hot you were while I was tied up. And I have got to say, I was right."
"Kakashi, I love you and I was worried sick. I still am worried so stop being an idiot and tell me whats wrong," she demanded softly but only after placing a soft kiss on his lips. Leave it to kakashi not to take his possible impending death seriously.
"Both arms and legs. I need water and food." He saw how worried she was and so he would save teasing her for later. She nodded and quickly placed her hands together, a midnight blue chakra pattern pulsed from them and she placed them on first his left leg, setting the bone and healing it slightly and then his right, doing the same. Once finished with his legs she moved up to his left arm, the dislocated one.
"Kakashi... its going to hurt. Bite down on this," she said as she handed him a thick cloth she had pulled from her sack. He moaned slightly at the thought of the furture pain as he let her put the cloth in his mouth. Once he nodded Rayne took his arm in her hand and placed the other on is shoulder. She closed her eyes for a minute before pushing his arm up using her fingers to direct it into the socket. Kakashi screamed into the cloth, his eye clamped shut for a good ten seconds before his body relaxed and he felt warmth spread into his shoulder as Rayne used her chakra to heal the ripped muscles and tendons.
"Are you okay?" rayne asked, not bothering to hide her worry as she removed the cloth. He nodded, still light headed from the pain. She gave him a small smile and then bent down to heal some of the cuts on his right arm and stop the bleeding. once that was done she sat down beside him, gently cleaning and bandaging his minor cuts and anything she hadnt healed completely.She fed him medicinal herbs and some rice she had brought from home andwas relieved to see a healthy flush adorn his face and neck. he was getting some color back.
He'd make it. She was running low on chakra and she couldnt do much more for him rather than help him get comfortable.
"Rayne, you're hurt too. Why didnt you heal your wounds? And you yell at me for not taking care of myself," he scolded. he could see the blood staining her shirt where a kunai had preveiously been embedded and that she was barely using her left arm. It looked like her chakra had connected the bnones and thats how she was using it but, it was obviously causing her pain. And he could see that her legs were spasming slightly, the muscles damaged.
"Im fine, Kakashi. You need to rest. In the morning we'll head back. you'll ride on Rontu and I'll run. Okay?" she asked, painfully moving to sit next to him. As soon as she had enough chakra she would have to direct it into her legs. That way she could use her legs even if the muscles were damaged. But truthfully, the pain wasnt as bad now that she knew Kakashi was safe and healing. In moments she was asleep with her head on Kakashi's shoulder and his face in her hair.
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FOUR THOUSAND 130 WORDS! Okay, wow, that was LONG. My fingers are cramped but, I am glad that its done. Thanbks to everyone who reviewed, its because of you guys this chapter is so long. Remember: Each review over the standard five is another 500 words to the next chapter. So, Review!