A/N: Alright! I think I am almost fully caught up. I have what 14 to do? And those ones may change a lot depending on things. But It should improve!

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Chapter 28: Breaking Away

July 5th:

I wake up being brought close to Shikamaru as he sits us up with a kunai in one hand.

"Get out," Shikamaru hisses.

"Well… well seems like you figured it out Tooru," That voice. He is the leader and he knows who I am, "I guess that I cannot out smart you. Therefore, I have to kill you or take you with me."

He takes a step toward Shikamaru and I, but Naruto comes in and teleports us out to Naruto's apartment.

No, that's too perfect. Who actually does this?

True, Naruto may have good timing but not even Naruto has that great of timing. It was too well thought out and he came at a perfect time. That doesn't make any sense.

We land on the floor and I am still held close to Shikamaru. Naruto saved us, at the right moment.

Almost at too perfect of time, but great timing at least. Which isn't okay.

"Tooru, are you alright?" Shikamaru asks, still holding on to me tightly.

I nod in his chest. What just happened? How did he find us? How did he get past everyone?

There was no way.

Not with the precautions that Shikamaru lined up.

Not with the chakra being broken off.

This isn't what you think it is. Now wake up!

"How did he find you guys?" Naruto asks as Hinata comes out ready to go.

She shouldn't be this ready either.

"We need to move," I state, "He knows where each of you live. We need to switch locations soon and meet up with everyone so we can plan this out."

"Hogake's office?" Hinata asks.

I nod into Shikamaru's chest and can't bring myself to snap out of the situations being played out in my head. I move out of Shikamaru's hold, something I have not done since the first time I meet him that night. I feel like I am going back into a mindless zombie. The information of the group floods my brain, trying to think of a way out of the situation. I stand up and place a bubble around Naruto's home. No one is here and it looks like the leader did not follow us. But that does not mean anything, especially if I am going back to being a mindless zombie.

I move to the door and poke my head out, seeing if the shadows hold any information. Nothing, no networks are tracking us and no way to tell if the leader is lurking right outside the bubble. I don't want to expand it though since that would alert anyone paying attention that something is wrong. I walk back inside to see Naruto grabbing supplies for the office. Lord sixth should still be there. I glance at the clock, eight at night. I look back into the room, for some reason they are all calm compared to how they should be in a situation like this. I feel uneasy about the whole thing. But it is only eight at night.

Perfect, this will give us time and I can go and train. I pause, that is something I have not done in months, go and train at night. Shikamaru is watching me as I walk around. Only his eyes do not have the same effect as they usually do when I am around him. I slightly tense up, knowing something is off here. I sigh, realizing that orders are orders. I always put the mission first, no matter what is happening around me. But why can I not shake this feeling of wanting to be there for people actually? I shake my head and try to refocus.

I can feel myself slipping into the old habits I had before I met Shikamaru. I know that I should not go into them but the village comes first. That is something that rings true and they stay with me more them I remember. The uneasiness begins to overtake me as I move around. Something is not adding up here and it is puzzling me. Finally looking at it without the distraction of friends, things are starting to click about myself.

"Tooru," I hear someone say.

I snap my attention to where the voice came from and see that it is Naruto, I stand at attention like I did a few months ago. Ready for anything and trusting my instinct that something is not right here.

Don't listen to them.

"Yes Naruto?" I ask.

"Well, we are ready to go. Hinata and Shikamaru are going to walk with you while I gather everyone to toward there we will regroup," Naruto says and I nod.

I am ready, I will not be caught off guard at all. I finally see Shikamaru and Hinata ready to go. I am ready to go since I am the target. I have woken up and need to focus on the group. The group, all the information come flooding to me. The time they formed and the fact that we got members.

We have captured two of the group members meaning that the leader will not be too happy with us right now. Even more so, there is a fixation on me right now, since I am breaking a lot of the rules that he has put in place for this operation. But how did we get those two in the first place? Saskue and I should not have been able to take them out, especially since we both had chakra depleted. I shake my head. It is important that we get to lord sixth.

I feel Shikamaru right next to me and I know that we are ready to go. I nod and we head out into the night. We stay in the streets to avoid meeting up with the leader. I still don't like this feeling though, something seems to be unraveling.

"Tooru, do you know what we need to do?" Shikamaru asks.

I nod, "Protecting the village at all cost."

"Tooru that is not what I mean," Shikamaru replies, "More of making sure you get out of this alive."

"No," I snap, "My life in unimportant when it comes to the villages safety. No one will miss me. I know that I need to protect the village and everyone in it. That is my duty to the village being in the position that I am in."

I can feel Shikamaru and Hinata giving each other looks. I cannot stop the words coming from my mouth, I have gone back. I feel myself shutting back down. I cannot go back to that place again.

Yet, I can feel myself slipping into the darkness again, slowly but eventually I will be back to my old self. I… I know I will do something horrible again to Shikamaru. I cannot believe that I did that, or that they all supported me.

I stop in my place. Something is off. Something isn't right.

Why would they forgive me for that? I hurt someone that they all care about. I have put someone through hell by knowing me.

What is the point of doing that? There is a line that ninja never cross, there is a place that people try to stay away from, and this is one of those things.

What kind of ninja would willingly forgive someone that hurt a friend?

I should have never been forgiven, yet I was. I clearly hurt someone. Besides, why would Shikamaru even help me after I broke like that? I did not mean to but it happened. I should have been abandon by everyone. Yet, I wasn't, I mean, nothing is adding up at all now. No matter how I look at it.

I look up at Shikamaru and Hinata. Nothing makes sense.

Why did those two from the group know so little information about the person that they are following? A ninja should know as much as they can about a leader that they are following. Ninja are made to get information. We are trained to look at the world around us and know when to pay attention. Those two knew too little about the leader.

I know so much about Kakashi. It looks like there is no other way. Kakashi knows a lot about me. And the others know a lot about me, as much as I allow. Bit I know so much about them.

They shouldn't have been able to break the seal. Lord Third placed it somewhere, that actual seal. It won't be destroyed until it is ripped up. None of this should be happening. I don't trust this. Why would the walk through the streets? Why send Naruto when Naruto can send out his clones to deal with thing.

This isn't adding up.

This is not my world. I know my ninja way along with so many other things. I back away from them.

"Tooru, what are you doing?" Hinata asks, taking a step toward me.

I instinctively take a step back. Forgiveness does not come easy to someone who betrayed their friends. I should have been scolded for hurting someone like that. Even someone as clueless as me should know better.

"Tooru, do you want the leader to take you away?" Shikamaru asks, almost in too sweet of a tone.

I shake my head, this has to be a dream or something. No way could they have forgiven me.

I bring my hands to form a sign, "Release!"