A/N: I'm late, I'm sorry, I'm not repeating my apology from my other one-shot collections. Basically, the heat and having to get my med levels tested screwed up my one-shot schedule, sorry. This is pretty AU, and if you're not a fan of strong language or serious stories, you may want to skip this one.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or make a profit from this.

Prompt: Another will, another way, another fated day...

Suigetsu was originally sent to arrest her.

Karin had betrayed the leaf village, and she had been spotted near the mist village. Suigetsu was currently working for the Mizukage, so he was sent after her.

"Face it, you're caught." Suigetsu smirked as he held the sword, which was much smaller than his weapon of choice, Zabuza Momochi's old sword, against the redhead's neck. Just tight enough so that she was pinned to the tree, just loose enough so she wouldn't get cut.

"You're such a whipped little bitch." The redhead – Karin – sighed. "Do you do everything everyone tells you to? Were you a good little Mommy's boy? Did you grow up sheltered and loving, and thinking life was all cookies and sunshine?"

Suigetsu growled.

"I bet you didn't grow up beaten and enslaved, Daddy's punching bag." Karin continued. "Not like I did. I bet your Mother didn't tell you that you were a slut and a whore and you would never amount to anything more than a prostitute. An ugly, four-eyed prostitute."

Suigetsu closed his mouth in hopes that she didn't see him gawking at her personal life.

"I bet your parents didn't start trying to whore you out when you turned thirteen." Karin continued. "I bet you weren't raised under a roof where abuse was a daily thing, a house where you were burned with cigarettes. I bet you didn't even have to try to make something of yourself, did you?"

Suigetsu's sword began to slip from his grasp.

"I bet you had someone that loved you." Karin was falling apart, her tough façade slipping away slowly. "I bet you heard about families like mine on the news and you said, must suck to be them. I bet you looked up to someone, and they took care of you." She paused to wipe away the tears from her eyes, in hopes that her glasses would clear up. "Am I right? That you've had it easy your whole life?"

Suigetsu's sword fell to the ground with a clatter.

"I'm trying to make something of myself, you know that?" Karin took off her glasses and rubbed them on her shirt. She was defenseless, but Suigetsu couldn't hurt her. "I'm really trying to not turn into my parents. Please, please, don't turn me in."

Suigetsu was quiet, and he stayed still. As the redhead turned, he let her run.

But he stayed where he stood, completely still.

Eventually, she came back to him and they ran together.

A/N: This one was pretty weird... and very serious. I wanted to do something different than I usually do over here. Anyway, what did you think? I'll be up a while longer to answer reviews.