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09 | ancient

    " Please don't send my brother away ! I'm begging you , Hiashi-sama !" (Name) cried , bowing face down on the ground. Her tears were forming clear lines on her dirt caked face , her lavender eyes were bloodshot and puffy.

   " Hokage-sama !" she called out. " Please don't send Neji to the Akatsuki ! His skills aren't on par with them ! Nothing good will come out of this !" 

Tsunade shut her eyes , pursing her lips grimly.
    " (Name) , they requested Konoha to send a Hyuga to enter the Akatsuki. We don't know what their agenda is , but if we don't send a Hyuga there , the Akatsuki will attack the village ," she voiced .

(Name) was silent as she let the information sink into her mind.
    " But it doesn't have to be my brother !" 

To her , Neji was all she had left. He was her twin - her other half , and he carried half of her soul along with him. She couldn't bear to see him suffer.

   " We can't send a member of the Main House . If we do that , they'd be able to harvest the Byakugan from that person ," Hiashi rasped.
   " The most competent member of the Branch family is your brother. And even if they are after the Byakugan , it shouldn't be too much of a problem. "

(Name) cringed sourly at his words.
   ' The most competent in the Branch Family ? More like the most competent in the entire clan ! '

   " Then , send me !" 

As soon as the words left her mouth , murmurs were heard across the room.

    " You can't rival Neji , (Name) . You aren't even half as talented as he is !" Hiashi spat.

(Name) smirked.  " Then it'd be easier that way . I won't be a threat to the village . And if they are after the Byakugan , this seal should settle it all ," she grinned sadistically as she pointed at the X on her forehead.
    
    " Well then , it's settled ," Tsunade sighed. " Pack your things. A member of the Akatsuki will pick you up at midnight. I suppose you know the basics of spying , (Name) ?"

She nodded. " Don't worry . That's my main specialty."

♤

Chief Park jolted awake from her slumber , and glanced at the alarm clock on her nightstand , which read 8 am.

   " Ah , what day is it again ?" she grumbled , rolling off the bed that she hadn't made up in weeks. She turned on her phone, and Saturday was written up front clearly.

    " Yeay ! Saturday~! I get off early~! " she sang , doing a mini victory dance.

Then she remembered one teeny tiny detail that is absolutely unimportant and should be cast into oblivion.

The ball. With Itachi . In eleven hours.

Oh yeah , she didn't have any dresses too.

Half-screaming , she rummaged her wardrobe , which was filled with clothes of the oh-so lovely hue of black. And all of them were clothes that she wore when she went to work - as a grim reaper.

   " Sheesh. This ain't a funeral ," she grumbled , tossing an old fashioned lacy black dress away.

After she emptied out her entire closet , she lay on the messy pile of clothes , consequently thinking about fate.

   " Imagine a really pretty dress suddenly dropping from the sky. Imagination ~ " she sighed. A second later , she heard a knocking sound from her front door.