I don't own Cyborg 009, this is a fanfiction only.

Two days have passed since we landed and now live at the home of Doctor Kozumi, I decided to do the only thing when I met the former Kage, I kept his secret and would not disclose it till he himself asked me to do so. A Kage surviving to live in retirement was exceedingly rare and this one wanted a life of peace.

I continued doing my patrols around the house and I came to realize something, Black Ghost would never let something like what we did go without some sort of punitive action. I can imagine him pretty screaming at the top of his lungs that we are nothing more than traitors and should be killed for what we did.

In the past two days, I went on patrols and found nothing to show that someone was coming. I sent shadow clones to pretend to be civilians at towns around the good doctor's home. This would allow me to hear if anything strange happened near our hiding place. This would also allow my clones to do some odd jobs and improve our cash flow.

I was not one to take advantage of our host and anything I could do to secure food or other resources was my small way to contribute to the survival of our small group, 007 had gotten in his mind that to write his little fictional stories was a perfect way to keep his mind busy. 001 was sleeping like he was a bear in mid-winter, and 002 had a constant sour look on his face like he was constantly tasting something bitter.

I kept busy by making sure the home we lived in was protected. I used my accelerator and my ninja skills to even go back to the ruins of the old orphanage. As I came home I realized there was something wrong, I don't know why but there was a smell in the air I couldn't put my finger or and a feeling that something was wrong.

As I walked in I looked at 003 and she had the exact same concern if the way her face was showing me. "How long till they arrive?" I didn't stop looking at the others when I hear her move out of her seat to walk towards me.

"I expect them to be here in half an hour. I suspect that Black Ghost has sent at least one assassin to hunt us and the doctor down." I began to close my eyes and sent chakra through my ears trying to pick something, but whoever was doing this was very quiet, almost like they were not breathing.

"I suspect that they would eventually send someone to take care of us, we betrayed them, such insubordination can not be allowed, I suspect they will hunt us down and make sure we suffer before we are killed as a sort of example to the members of their organization." I looked at 004 and smiled it was nice to see that he was keeping a good grip on reality.

"I agree with 004 here, they can't accept our actions without causing dissension within their own ranks. The thing that worries me is not that they chose to do it, but why did it take them this long to send the assassin in the first place."

They all looked at me like I had gone insane, "Mind telling us why the timing matters 009?" I guess 002 still doesn't like me that much. Somehow I get the feeling that his hatred is more personal than just disliking my analysis.

"I been thinking about possible decisions that Black Ghost could make, it would not be outside the realm of possibility they have extensive knowledge of all the scientist that worked on the Cyborg projects. As such I imagine that they know full well who our potential allies are. So they should know the location of this house."

I saw 007 nod his head, "I would say that they probably had us under surveillance of some kind till now, I imagine satellite pictures and possibly video recordings. Let's face it our enemy is one of the major arms dealers in the world, they could very well do that and more."

002 looked at me with a look of such hate that I knew he was going to do something I didn't like. "Well in any case, if we are done praising the negative outlook of our Jap liar, I rather do that just sit here and wait."

I looked at him, I don't care if he thinks I am lying or not, but I had to tell him something before he did something reckless. "Look if they know all our abilities then we need to work together to overcome the assassin, failure is not an option for them or us, they will not send someone weak to do us in."

004 looked at me and nodded his head, "009 is right, we can't go out without some sort of plan. We need to function as a team or a unit at the very least. You might not like 009, but even if you don't we need to be able to trust each other and form a plan to work together."

002 looked at me like I had insulted him, he began to walk towards the door before he stopped as he had the nob in his hand. "How can we possibly trust each other, we refer to each other by a number, we don't even know each other's names. 009 might be right, but I think I am more than enough to take care of one lousy assassin. Trust you? I couldn't even trust my own parents."

I had enough of this kind of talk, it was making me more upset than he was. I walked up to him and without hesitation put up my hand on his right shoulder and made him turn around. "You say we only know each other by numbers, well mine is Joe Shimimura. I am a ninja of a proud village and have fought longer before you could even add single digits. So for once in your miserable life open your ears, cause I am going to tell you this once."

"No man is an island, your life affects others around you whether you want it to happen or not. We are the 00 Cyborgs that manage to escape and we are the only ones that can fight Black Ghost to prevent what they did to us happens to other people, you want it simple, here is simple, you fight alone, you die alone, but thousands of people will suffer because of your and our failure! Can you live with that tough guy?"

008 looked at me and looked at the man whose shoulder I had been holding, "Tell me Joe do you think they will continue their cyborg program even after nine of use escaped? Wouldn't they consider that program a failure and stop?"

I looked at the others and began shaking my head, "I know for a fact that Black Ghost will consider us present rejects, failures or outright malfunctioning units, but trust me, he will not give up, he will not stop, and once he sets a goal he will achieve it, even if he has to leave enough corpses behind him to make a mountain. I should know, he is my father after all."

That is when 002 looked at me and began to smile this creepy smile, "Are you telling us the truth? Can you really kill your own father?" Without hesitation, I told him yes, I can. He began shaking his head and began to grab the door and this time he opened it.

I don't know his max speed but he sure took off fast enough to actually leave makes on the wooden floor. "Well since he is going to be the proverbial knucklehead I might as well go after the guy to try and keep the guy alive. I will not be able to tell him I told you so otherwise."

This made the others laugh and as they laughed I began to pump chakra through my legs, and I began to run as fast as I could. I just left two shadow clones to fix the damage we would end up causing to the house, didn't want to be a poor house guest after everything that has been done on our behalf.

I guess I was so focused that I didn't notice I wasn't the only one. When we got to the location I figured 002 was we saw something we couldn't very well expect, well I could but didn't want it to happen to the idiot.

By the time we arrived the hothead had been beaten pretty badly. Standing on a pillar made of rock was another person. Only 003, 008 and I managed to make it fast enough to the place and we couldn't believe what we were seeing.

"So you actually managed to find me too, here I thought that big mouthed idiot was the only one that could figure where I was waiting for you?"

I looked at him, "So I gather you are a new cyborg sent by Black Ghost, so mind telling us why they sent you and who you are? I would introduce myself but something tells me you know me rather well already."

He began laughing like an absolute maniac, "At least one of you understand, yes I am Cyborg 0010, and you are quite right in thinking Black Ghost sent me after you traitors. They sent me to capture you 009 and to eliminate the rest of the traitors. You know capturing you seem like such a bad idea big brother, that's right I am your worst nightmare. I am your brother gone bad, and I am sending you and your little buddies straight into hell."

I could see lightning coursing through him and I knew of several dozen techniques to stop it, but not when I had to keep two of my own safe. I used wind chakra and managed to block an attack on 008 but that was only a distraction and the real attack was a full out lightning attack to 003.

I had to put a lot more wind chakra through my legs and I could feel the wind chakra causing damage to my legs and body. I don't care about the pain, I had to reach 003 before the attack hit her. With a punch to the ground, I caused a bit of rock from the shore to be push upwards and get blasted by the lightning attack.

"You know dad had always been telling us how talented you are brother, never figured you would put your life at risk to save this woman. I guess he was not kidding when he said that you were far too sentimental to be an effective ninja. Guess I found your weak point, after all, you stopped one attack but if you don't kill me, brother, I will kill her!"

I don't care how much it hurts, I don't care how much pain I am in, I will protect them, I will keep her safe, I don't know why and I don't have the luxury to figure it out. "You can't beat me, Joe, I was designed with ways to counter all of the abilities of all previous Cyborg models, I really am your brother that has come straight from hell to come and finish you and your little band of traitors off."

I pushed my body to the limits, I kept pumping more wind chakra and no matter how much I tried to push myself he kept up. I kept evading his attacks and he kept evading mine, the only thing is he sometimes managed to graze me with his, which means he is actually a lot faster than I am.

My body felt hot, the feeling of my hands was gone, I could no longer hear, or even feel the air anymore. I just felt a massive shock and I was slowly slowing down, as I collapsed I realized that I was where 003 was, I don't know why but I felt someone touch my hand. My hearing seems to come back to be if only briefly.

"If you are his brother why would you want to kill him? Don't you know that Black Ghost considers you the same as us, you are nothing to them but something that is disposable. Aren't you sad that they consider your life and all like you something to be used and thrown away?"

I looked at him and saw the look of annoyance, a look I knew only too well. "You are a pathetic creature, trying to appeal to my humanity when there is not a shred of it left. You consider me despicable, but deep down I am doing exactly the same thing that the guy who's hand you are touching. I am protecting what I consider precious, same thing my brother was trying to do by trying to kill me to protect the lot of you."

I looked at him and glared at him, how dare he trying to compare himself to me, "Your words are as fake as your feelings that you mentioned, you don't care about anyone but yourself. I heard your true feelings loud and clear when you punched me. Your mouth may speak lies but your fists didn't lie."

I slowly tried to get up but my body was not responding, and as I finally managed to get up on my feet I heard thunder and water on my face, the last thing I felt was the rain coming down hard as everything went black.