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Requiem of Destruction (1x1 with DarkMudkip)

He would wince every now and again but otherwise was not bothered. "There could have been another way. But I was just so angry." He said.
 
Nana reassured him and soothed him with gentle words, washing all the filth from his body before applying salve to his wounds. "Rest, Motochika, I'll see what supplies we have and figure something out."
 
He nodded and moved to lay in his bed, still rather distraught.

In the week that Sasuke had Amaya held in the cells, he had a fake running around to keep Akihime from flipping out and destroying the estate. He spent this whole time trying to either convince Amaya that Akihime was a terrible person or using his magic on her to convince her. Either way, it took an incredibly long time and a hell of a lot of patience Sasuke did not have.
 
Amaya refused to budge, refused to accept what Akihime was doing was wrong, no matter how much he hurt her, how much he yelled or tried to convince her, she refused to yield.
 
Amaya was still chained to the wall. "I guess you wouldn't know loyalty, dog, only serving the Takeda for coin." She spat.
 
"Oh? Just how great is that debt?" She poked fun at him, slowly and carefully twisting her wrist in the cuff, trying to free herself.
 
Amaya let out a wheeze as he knocked the wind out of her, leaving her struggling to breathe. "I-I see, so it is a bit more personal.. more than just Master and Servant?"
 
Amaya doubled over, well at least as far as the chains would let her. Coughing, she took ragged breaths. "Am into know that you don't do the same? Unlike you, I don't trail others around day and night... Perhaps your master is nothing more than a bedroom whore, I wouldn't know, since I'm not the one who makes assumptions."
 
He straight up punched her for that. He used a stronger version of the manipulation spell he had been using on her to try and get her to side against Akihime. "Your master is a selfish woman who only does what benefits her. Think very, very hard, Amaya. When was the last time she did anything good for you because she wanted to and there was nothing she wanted from you?"
 
Amaya felt like an entire dagger was being pushed into her head, only the dagger was fresh from the forge flames and it didn't actually kill her. Screaming in agony, she struggled hard against Sasuke and the restraints. "She...! She..!" Tears fell from her wide, anguish-filled eyes, and when she spoke, it was like every word had to be torn from her mouth. "She hasn't..! Not since..!" She shuddered and sobbed harder. "Not since then!"
 
Amaya was breathing heavily, still crying as she hung her head in shame. "F-Fuck you." Came out as a soft whisper, and it was the only thing she said, still putting up a valiant fight, but she was crumbling.
 
"You just confirmed that she hasn't been the same since a certain time. You need to come to terms with this! What happened?" He demanded.
 
"What are you, my shrink..? I don't need to tell you anything because nothing happened! I don't need to come to terms with anything because nothing happened!" She snapped.
 
"I don't want to keep hurting you..." He said gently, "Please..."
"Ama-chan!!" There was fire everywhere. Bodies of other priestesses littered the ground. Akihime was trapped in the corner of her room, sobbing loudly and trying not to inhale the smoke as she covered her mouth with her sleeve. The temple she was training in had been raided and torched. She was so scared. "Ama-chan, tasukette!!"
 
Amaya was no more than a young teen, orphaned and homeless until the priestesses at the temple took her in, gave her food and shelter, and above all, a family. She had seen the smoke in the sky, already red as the sun sank below the horizon. Tears stained her soot covered cheeks as she stared at the temple before her razed to the ground. Then she heard Akihime. Akihime was the new priestess in training, and for all she could tell, was the only one still breathing. Shooting to her feet, Amaya entered the burning building without a second thought, moving passed the dead bodies, avoiding the worst of the flames and making her way to where she heard the young priestess. "A-Akihime!" She called over the roar of the fire, coughing hard at the smoke that filled her lungs.
"No..." She forced out, growling through her tears, her face twisting with rage. "That memory isn't for you to know..!" She hissed.
 
"Ama...! I can't stop it, my magic isn't working! The temple is burning and I can't stop it!" She sobbed, "I'm so scared!! They're still here! The men who did this!" She stood shakily, bracing against the wall.
"If it helps you understand, then I need to know what happened." He said gently.
 
Amaya slammed her forehead into Sasuke's, using as much force as she could to head butt him.
Amaya was steadily picking her way through the burning temple toward Akihime. Her magic would be useless here as well, as most of her magic consisted of plant based spells. "Akihime, we have to get out!" She reached her hand out to Akihime, only a fallen beam between the two now.
 
Akihime moved carefully, not wanting to burn herself, reaching for Amaya's hand. She grabbed it and held on tight, "I-I'm so glad you're ok, Amaya...! I was so worried that they...th-that you..." She couldn't finish, coughing and wheezing.
Sasuke hissed and rubbed his head as if it would ease the pain, "Dammit, woman!" He growled and used another dose of the stronger manipulation spell, "Face facts! You know in your heart she's a bad person! Accept it already!"
 
Amaya seemed to be at her limit, but still, she didn't break. "No!" She screamed though the tears and the pain, refusing it all, even with the spell.
Amaya pulled Akihime along a safe path back outside, coughing and wheezing, barely able to talk. "I'm ok! But if they're still here-" She coughed again. "We have to run..!" She said, pulling Akihime toward the open door and to safety.
 
She followed Amaya as close as she could, and once they were out, Amaya was immediately grabbed and thrown aside by one of the raiders. "Amaya!" Akihime moved to help her but was shoved aside, "Please don't hurt her!" "Shut up, mage." The man growled.
"You need to come to terms with it!!" He snapped, pushing another spell into her.
 
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