moonlight

Chapter 10 - Training Time

She coughed out and the darkness took over her, as she fell asleep of exhaustion.

Until the end of the fight, Sasuke carried the unconscious Tsuki securely in his arms.

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Darkness.

I walked in complete darkness as voices started to approach me.

What were they saying? I couldn't understand anything.

Aimlessly walking around in this darkness, I was soon blinded by a small light in the far back of where I stood.

Desperate to escape this place, I started walking as fast as I could towards this beautiful, almost unreachable end.

As my fingertip almost touched this light, it disappeared just as quickly as a lightbulb would turn off once it was broken.

This desperation suffocated me, my lungs tried to fill with air, but breathing was not an option.

Falling on my knees, choking on this feeling, I prayed that someone would come and save me.

A quick gasp left me when a presence stood behind me. Did this person come to sav-

"Pathetic." This cold voice said. This voice was one I knew all too well.

"Ken'ichi." My raspy voice filled the silent room as I turned my head to the side to glance behind me.

"Dear sister, are two little jutsus really your limit?" Remembering the battle with Zabuza, I hung my head down in shame.

My brother scoffed, his rare smile was present on his perfect face. "How pathetic this small child is. Why did I ever think that it could become a kunoichi? After only one jutsu or two, she is not able to stand up. What a shame, not only to the Takeshi name. Just get it in your head, even if you train to death, you won't even scratch my abilities."

Tears filled my eyes as I couldn't say anything back to him because I knew he was right.

Another voice spoke up, this time it was from a female. "Dear!"

I turned to my mother's voice in hope she would save me.

Shocked I slumped down again.

Her eyes were as cold as ice.

"Dear, you really disgust me. Not only are you dirtying your image by being a weak ninja, but you are also even disgraceful to look at! Look at you! Didn't your father teach you some kind of water jutsus or something? You dirty child!" the woman taunted.

Looking at my clothes, I tried to wipe the dirt away, only making them dirtier.

"Tsuki-nee... you are a disappointment." Atsuko said, suddenly appearing next to my mother.

Then, my mother, sister, and brother started to laugh.

Laughter filled the room as more and more people appeared.

Soon enough the whole village was laughing at me, including team 7.

It was unbearable.

Everything started to spin as I punched the ground.

"It's all your fault..." I faced my laughing brother.

"It's ALL YOUR fault!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.

Then I stood up, grabbed a kunai, and jumped on my brother, stabbing him over and over again.

As I saw him smile a satisfied grin, I realized what I was doing and halted, hovering over his bleeding body.