Betrayal

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The next day came all too quickly. I hadn't slept at all since receiving the news from the Kazekage and the others. Nothing had been said to Gareth either as I knew that he would only get angry over it. We believed in our friend. Why wouldn't we? Talia had turned up merrily just after I'd got back and she seemed concerned at why I was so irritated. I only told her that it was just Kankuro trying to rile me up which she seemed to believe though suspicion could be seen in both hers and Gareth's eyes. They couldn't know the real reason. As much as I wanted to deny the kazekage's claims from last night, Talia had been disappearing every so often which seemed strange, but could that be enough reason to suspect her?
"Can we go exploring today?" Talia piped up with a grin.
"Yeah, we haven't seen this area before." Gareth agreed, looking to me for confirmation. Thinking about it for a moment, I decided to go along with it.
"Yeah, ok." I sighed with a small smile. An excited look crossed onto both of their faces before they headed straight for the door to leave immediately.

We spent time looking around the village and I was pleased to see how well it was doing after the chaos caused by the Akatsuki not long ago. People were out and about, taking part in their usual daily lives. The only thing that put me off was the feeling of eyes on my back. Gareth and Talia didn't seem to pay it any attention but it was beginning to irritate me. Sensing out their chakra levels, I recognised them and inwardly sighed. The Kazekage's siblings were watching me, along with that ass I met yesterday. They must be good at keeping out of sight and concealing their chakra if these two didn't notice, but they weren't good enough...... Choosing to ignore them, we continued on with our day normally. Talia was getting excited every time she saw something new and she would try new foods and drinks that weren't back in Konoha. Gareth's eyes were drawn in by the women around which made me amused yet annoyed at the same time. Especially when I was trying to talk to him and he would ignore me to stare after a bunch of women. So of course he received punishment which would be a kick to lower region or a slap round the back of the head. I may be younger and smaller than him but I was stronger and he knew it.

Talia was leading our travels and I soon came to realise that we were no longer near the town. Instead we were off in a secluded back alley. When did we get here? Glancing around, I started to feel more eyes watching us and my body became tense as one of my hands fell to my katana. Suddenly I was shoved forward by Gareth and I looked behind me to see that a strange looking male had jumped down. He grabbed Gareth by the neck and threw him against a wall. A shout from Talia caught my attention as she was kicked into a different wall. There were now twenty men surrounding us and I became confused. Why were there so many? Unless they were too scared to go up against us with a smaller number...... Also, where were the three idiots that had been following us? Shouldn't they be joining us?
"So you're Tsukiko. Your mother is a valuable asset to us and we don't appreciate you killing off our other three valuable assets." A male voice called out, getting closer. Seeing where the voice came from, I saw a man emerge from the nineteen other men surrounding us. He had a large scar going across his face and seemed to be a ninja. "The name's Hiroshi. It's a pleasure to meet the girl who did most of our dirty work." His smirk was sickening and his teeth looked almost black. Disgusting.....
"You look disgusting as hell. If only I'd known that I was working under someone so unappealing." I smirked in return, keeping my hand over my katana.
"Confident girl, huh?" He chuckled amused at my un-threatened behaviour. "Show me how confident you are against these men." With that cue, the men all began to attack. I saw Talia and Gareth fighting off some of the others and I felt myself feeling more certain about how they were both on my side. We were friends after all........

I had managed to defeat seven of the men and found that they were harder to defeat than I thought. They had managed to cut my skin and clothes with their rough fighting techniques, and also they had managed to bruise my skin quickly. Talia and Gareth also looked to have been struggling as they were in a similar state as I was. No back up had been provided so I was beginning to get worried about the three stalkers. My worry only increased when three bodies were dropped to the floor in front of me. Temari was badly injured and Kankuro and the dude looked to be injured as well.
"Tsukiko....." Temari mumbled out alarmed as she saw one of their men trying to attack me from above, and almost succeeding due to my shock. Moving backwards, I spun round and kicked the enemy across the head causing him to fly into the wall nearby. The area was too small. It limited what we could and couldn't do. A familiar chakra came up from behind me and realising it was Gareth, I paid no mind to it as another pair of assholes attacked.
"Tsukiko!" Kankuro shouted, staring at something behind me in shock. Spinning round, I was suddenly stabbed in the stomach by the one person I thought would keep me safe.
"Gareth?...... Why?....." I gasped, feeling the pain erupt through my stomach. A sadistic grin covered his usually gentle face and he kicked me backwards so I flew backwards and landed at Hiroshi's feet. He twisted me over so I lay on my back and brought his foot down on my wound. Gritting my teeth together, I stared at Gareth heart broken. Talia was over in a corner panting and injured.
"Talia. Get up." Hiroshi ordered. She followed his command and got up, ignoring my stare and keeping her focus on her boss. They were both betraying me?! WHAT THE HELL?! "Well done keeping her by you. You two have done well." Hiroshi chuckled darkly. "Did you really think they were your friends? Even since you became a loyal dog to us, we've had people watching you. You're stronger than the others and so you would become another valuable asset. Of course your loyalty was always in question so we assigned you some new........ friends, to watch your every move and inform us of it." His voice was taunting, knowing that I couldn't respond. Gareth seemed pleased by the hurt expression on my face while Talia only avoided looking at me.
"I swear I'll kill you......." I murmured.
"What was that, dear?" Hiroshi grinned maliciously down at me, stamping his foot down yet again, digging his heel into the cut causing me to wince with a groan.
"I swear...... I will kill you!" I growled out, bringing my katana up and slicing at his leg. He fell back and let out a cry of alarm before I was pinned to the floor by Gareth, the katana being kicked away from me.
"You bitch! Gareth, kill her!" Hiroshi ordered, his voice full of anger.
"Yes, sir." Gareth chuckled, bringing up his own katana above me. I looked over at Temari, Kankuro and the dude whose name I still did not know and gave them a small smile. They looked down horrified as the katana was brought down towards my head. Closing my eyes, I braced for impact........... but it never came. Metal on metal clashed above my head and I glanced up to see Talia stood there with her katana coming between me and death. What?........ Wasn't she meant to be on their side?.........
"I can't let you kill her." Talia sighed, her eyes full of regret and sadness as she looked down at me.
"Then you'll die as well. Gareth! Men! Kill these two!" Hiroshi commanded, furious at the fact that I'd injured him badly and Talia had gone against him. Pushing my feet up as Talia and Gareth battled against one another, my katana was thrown towards me by Kankuro who was pushing himself up to a seated position beside his injured sister.
"Finish them off." He smirked, glancing around at the enemies. Smirking, I felt myself allowing my more psychotic side to come out. My eyes began to glow and I chuckle sadistically. Turning to everyone, my pain was forgotten as I focused on just one thing......... Killing them all.

The enemies coming for me didn't last long and I noticed one of them escaping with Hiroshi. Throwing shuriken into their backs, they stopped and turned to me alarmed. Making the hand signs, I used began to create electric sparks in my hands. Like my father I could use Chidori (One thousand birds). Although, instead of only one hand having it like my father and now Sasuke as he had been taught it apparently for the Chunin exams, I could create the chidori in both hands. It used up more chakra but to me it didn't matter as I was physically and mentally strong. Thanks to the help of my mother's torture and abuse that is........
"Chidori!" I exclaimed, pushing off with one foot to fly towards them, shoving my hands into their stomachs. Blood burst out and I felt it splash onto my cheek and clothes. Their bodies dropped down to the floor lifelessly, blood pouring out of the large hole in their stomachs. Making my way back, I saw Talia and Gareth still going at it until she was cut across the chest. She stumbled back with a deep wound and lost her footing, falling to the floor and waiting to be finished off. Racing towards them, I was too late......... Gareth plunged the katana into her head before looking up at me. I felt myself freeze on the spot and my heart clenched in pain at what I was seeing. Two people betrayed me. One saved me and died. The other...... was still alive and waiting to finish me off.......
"Ah, Tsuki....." Gareth drawled out tauntingly. "You're still alive and you killed off Hiroshi it seems."
"You betrayed me......... Not only that but you killed Talia. You will understand the suffering I'm going through, I promise you that." I threatened, meaning every word. Just as I went to lunge at him, he disappeared. "NO!" I screamed out in anger, chakra seeping out of me with the anger I felt. My whole body felt like it was on fire and my heart hurt badly. "GARETH!" Something hit my neck and I pulled the thing out to see that it was a sleeping dart. Turning I saw that the Kazekage had arrived with numerous ANBU members and some familiar looking Konoha members. My body became weak and as I passed out, I heard a very familiar voice.
"Tsukiko!" A male voice yelled out while a set of arms caught me. Glancing up before my eyes grew dark, I saw a certain males bowl cut black hair. Lee?............


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