I lead 'my father' to the middle of the cave and put my hand on the stone slab, infusing some of my chakra in it and watched in slight awe as it opened up a staircase that lead down to where the forbidden scrolls were.

I waited for him to enter but he just smirked and told me he wanted me to go first in case there were any traps set. I was going to refuse until he reminded me of Deidara and I bit my lip trying to stop myself from saying or doing something I would regret. I hesitantly walked down the long, winding staircase that seemed to go on forever and walked slowly into the room of scrolls, apologising mentally to my mother for my failure.

"It's just as amazing as I dreamed it would be" he smirked as he set down Deidara and Uragiri down. "Where is the forbidden scroll?" He asked me and I just couldn't tell him for fear of what he would do with it.

He glared at me and lifted his fist to hit me. I tried to dodge it but he was faster and stronger than me and before I knew it I had hit the ground with a 'thump'. "Tell me!" He hovered above me and I just stared blankly at him.

His face contorted into one of rage and he lifted a torch of the wall brining it closer to me. I felt my heart race and tried to move but he had me caught in his chakra strings preventing me from moving. I watched in horror as the flame got closer but gasped when Uragiri jumped onto his back to stop him only to be stabbed with a kunai by Hakujo.

"I took you in when your family disowned you. I fed and clothed you and even went as far as to consider you my son, yet you betray me?" Hakujo sneered at Uragiri.

"Y-you promised you w-wouldn't hurt her!" Uragiri protested and gave me an apologetic look which made me feel guilty for hurting him earlier.

"Foolish boy!" Hakujo muttered before giving him a finishing blow. I was frozen in shock, my mind racing at what I just seen. Why would he do something like that for me? And how could Hakujo do something so heartless?

"The idiot loved you till the very end." Hakujo chuckled and I felt anger rising up in me. "When I captured you during that war he told me to go easy on you but of course I lost my patience when you wouldn't answer me. I soon figured out you didn't remember a thing and wanted to kill you but he begged me to let him try to gain your trust and regain your memory. The foolish child then allowed you to run away when he was sure you were far enough away from me. A decision I made sure he regretted." He smirked down at me and I felt my eyes start to water up.

"I should have killed him back then but I had always wanted a son so I allowed him to find you again and take you to this cave. He was weak and grew weaker while you, my own flesh and blood, grew stronger with each day that past. How foolish I was dear daughter to not realise your full potential" he informed me and I became so angry I wanted to kill him.

"What did you do to my mother?" I asked knowing in my head what had happened but hoping in my heart that it wasn't true.

"She told me she had sent you off and that you were safe now. I got angry but gave her a chance to redeem herself. The idiotic woman refused caring more for your safety than her own. She killed herself on the spot to prevent me from catching you or gaining any knowledge from the scrolls that where hidden in this cave"

I felt tears build in my eyes as the anger and frustration I felt doubled but refused to let him see me cry. He asked me once more where the scroll was and I refused to tell him until he grabbed Deidara by his hair and snapped his wrist in two making Deidara's facial expression turn into one of pain as he tried to stop the scream from passing his lips .

I tried to ignore it but when I heard yet another bone cracking I broke and begged him to stop blurting out where the scroll was hidden. He dropped Deidara and walked over to grab the scroll before kneeling down to face me.

"I would like to offer you a chance to work with me my child" he told me and I spat in his face.

"I am not your child and I never will be" I growled and he stood up wiping his face calmly which sent a shiver down my back.

"Very well, I tried" he shrugged before dropping a torch on top of me, making my wooden body start to erupt into flames. I felt the heat travel slowly up my body and I couldn't help but scream and cry. The pain started to become too much and I felt the urge to run aimlessly but the flames had burned my legs so much they were unusable. I heard my father laughing and cursed his name hoping he would join me in hell for what he has done.

I continued screaming and looked over to see Deidara trying to crawl over to help me but he was too weak and he just fell back down again with guilt and horror clearly evident in his eyes. I wanted to smile at him to try and tell him I didn't blame him for this but my thoughts were too hazy making it harder and harder to control my body.

I felt water being thrown over me and sighed in relief as the cool liquid soothed the burning sensations. I looked up to see Sasori kneel beside me and I finally burst into tears. Sasori pulled me close to him while I began to sob into his chest.

"Manami, I need to check on the kid" he told me making sure I was going to be okay and I nodded telling him I would be fine. I watched him walk over to Deidara and start to fix him up. I bit my lip trying to ignore the excruciating pain that was shooting through my body and looked over to Uragiri and then Deidara feeling my blood boil. In that moment the only thing I could think about was the satisfaction of promising to kill my father and watch him suffer.