While on the ground, Mana tied him up right after she placed him in a short genjutsu. Even though he had given up, he did not even knew that the powers of Mana kept on surprising him. She carried the dead body and the rabbit carried Rukasu all the way to Konoha. Rukasu never seen so many people before all joined together watching the criminal being carried into the village. Still it did not bother him what they thought about him, what worried him was Mana. He could feel her pain escaping her body, as it touched him completely. Rukasu messed up so badly and he could not be trusted again. He knew that the girl could never show her face around at all near him. It would cause problems for her, so at that moment he understood if she would never see him again. There bond they shared suffering from a puncture wound that would take a very long time to heal.

Later on, they took Rukasu into the place where they stripped him of all his weapons, and then place him in this room, locked by a seal where the criminal could not be able to manipulate chakra at all. This was a weird feeling for the criminal as his body felt so weak. He actually fell to his knees and through up all over the floor. He felt as if he couldn't move his body no matter what he did. He felt as if he was a child again, not knowing how to do what and this was something he knew he would ever figure out to fix. He was stuck and he knew it too. There was no way out to escape.

The criminal was not going to give up, nor was he going to let them walk over him like a bug. The inmates watched the criminal as they all laughed at him for struggling. Once the criminal was able to stand up on his two feet, he was only able to do that by leaning against the wall to stay balanced. The criminal looked around and saw the inmates he had to beat because he did not want to be the underdog. There was a bench next to where he was standing so the criminal slid over to the bench to sit down. Breathing heavily due to the cold air because the prison was underground and the criminal was located down a few flights of stairs. The inmates knew that if someone were to be at this level they were one more level close to execution. However, the criminals on this floor usually had one more chance in their lifetime. If they were lucky, maybe two more chances but it was not safe to say since they frown upon murder.

There was this old man in the cell next to in and there was this big muscular guy on the other side of him. There was also this lady in the cell in front of Rukasu. These people were also down here because of all the crimes that they all had committed. Rukasu was no better, but he could actually say that this could be the very few people he have much in common with them. The Big muscular guy kept on punching walls, screaming and flexing his muscles almost every minute. It was highly annoying to the red-haired criminal. The lady in front of Rukasu kept on staring at him for a very long time without saying a single word. Rukasu just kept a serious face, while his eyes stared at the ground. Lastly, the old man in the cell next to him was meditating. This old man was quiet, not making a sound or moving at all.

So now, I might have stumbled on a blocked path, but that does not mean I am stuck. I will get out of here soon and when I do, everything will change. I will make sure that no one will be able to stop me no matter what and I will also make it up to Mana and help her believe that there is probably no way she could change me. I don't even consider myself as a good person, and I do not understand what she sees in me. I honestly do not want to lose her. I feel something for her, but I don't know what that is. How should I feel this feeling? I don't understand at all. In addition, I am in this hellhole and for now, I will have to suck it up until I get out of here. Rukasu thought to himself as he wonders how he should pass up the time.

The criminal heard a loud bang coming from his right, "HEY YOU SCUM!!! WHAT IS YOU IN FOR?" The big brute yelled at Rukasu demanding an answer from the insane criminal. However, Rukasu simply looked over at the brute not even paying him a single dime of attention. This angered the brute even more than he already was. "HEY I AM TALKING TO YOU!!! HEY!!! HEY!!! YOU RED HOT CHILI PEPPER WANNA BE CROOK!!!" The brute went on and on, yelling at the red haired criminal with no shame or fear.

"Broly! Stop it now! Be nice to our new guest. I know who you are oh great Snake King." The lady in front of Rukasu said as the big guy stopped completely and sat down on his bench. This lady seemed to have more power than the muscle guy did or was it that she out smarted the giant beforehand. Who knew the answer to that question? The real question was how in the world she knew who Rukasu was. The criminal had a little shock look; she quickly stopped Rukasu from getting up by her voice once again. "Don't be alarmed, my king, you do not need to fret. We are safe down here, and if you are wondering how or where I know you. Well it is none of your business." The lady said as she was very attractive, but something about her seductive look and her devious eyes was just so alluring that Rukasu almost fell for it. Looking back down on the ground the criminal just kept his ears open for anything she was going to say.  

"Listen, my king we can help you get to your full potential. Trust me..." She paused, something was happening to her, she started shaking, and laughing like crazy, her eyes widen, and her smile grew.... "If YoU DoN't LiSteN ToO MeE I wIll KiLL YOU, HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" She said as if she had a second personality. This voice was different from before it was very sinister and evil, but out of control. She lost all sense of control a long time ago. Rukasu could just tell by listening to her. For the next five minutes, the lady laughed and laughed. This was also annoying the red haired criminal. However, he could not do anything about it since he was not going to get involved either way.

Still the old man had not said a single word to Rukasu, nor to the cellmates. This old man as different, being at peace with all of this noise. This old man was just sitting on the bench with his legs crossed and his hands together forming a seal. This old man was silent but for some reason he was doing something that the criminal knew nothing about. He wondered what the elder was doing, but Rukasu did not feel like talking now since he still felt bad about the hurt he caused for Mana.

Time went by as the criminal was still in prison, and with everything he had seen so far was something, he would not ever repeat himself. There was the girl in front of Rukasu that had completely lost her mind. The guy next to Rukasu that was strong was slowly going in and out of his anger. Finally, the old man was just in his own world. As for Rukasu, just sitting down on that bench not moving or talking but in an aspect the criminal just felt as if this will never end in his life. The red-haired criminal wanted to leave this place so he could be free. Rukasu knew now little by little what he wanted to do in this future. Rukasu kept on contemplating every aspect of a plan that he will further get into when he left this place. Time slowly went by, as everyday was the same thing.

The only time when things gotten exciting are the guards would torture the convicts whenever they felt like it. They also tried electrocuting Rukasu from time to time. , but it only affected Rukasu a little since he was already a Raiton user. The guards will shock the inmate with small jolts of electricity at Rukasu and they hoped to see him shake and stuff. However, with every jolt it only shook the criminal a little. Rukasu fought it as much as he could, not move nor doing anything to provoke the guards any more than that. However, with each shock, the criminal could feel his body getting numb. He knew not to show the guards any retaliation because they will shock the criminal more.

Rukasu knew better but at the same time he was still confused as why were these guards acting evil. It was very confusing, as the criminal knew that he was evil but he did not know that there could be other types of evil. He finally realized that these people should be the ones behind the bars and not him. Rukasu noticed how they acted all well around different company but when they were alone with the criminals they acted differently. This was wrong, they carried two different faces and Rukasu wanted to kill them for who they were.

For some strange reason one of the things that Rukasu had always thought about was Mana. The criminal always tried to keep his mind occupied but it was difficult since she would always pop in his mind. He let her down, no matter how he could justify it he did. He knew it was over for him and he felt that he would never see her again. Was it possible to care for someone so much that just by hurting her it would mean the end of Rukasu? This was something he could not figure out since for him it felt as if Mana carried his heart.

Rukasu wanted to see her, even though if he did go looking for her, she might end up killing him. Rukasu knew by now that it was over between them and when he gets out of the jail, he was going to leave the leaf village. He also planned to never come back, because he knew what would happen to him if he were to come back.

Being in jail sucks bad. The criminal just waits for that day when someone takes him out of jail and escorts him out of the leaf village.

Slowly losing his patience, the criminal with the red hair was feeling as if he was never going to leave. He endured the torture from the guards about every day and this still kept on going. Rukasu felt like no one cared about him and all Mana ever did was trick him with reverse psychology to not kill, but instead she meant for him to kill so he would end up in a place like this. Rukasu shut his eyes tightly, clenching his fist, as he could not think about that anymore. At first, he kept on rejecting the thought of her betraying him. However, as time slowly passed by he kept on thinking about the same thing repeatedly. Did she purposely confuse the criminal in order for him to kill? This was something that was going to drive this criminal off the wagon. Still keeping his composure, he kept on fighting every day to stay alive and focused.

I can trust Mana, I really can. She would never force me to kill in order for her to take me him. Why am I thinking about that at a time like this. It makes no sense. I care about her and I know deep within her broken heart she still cares about me. She should have killed me but she didn't meaning she still cared about me. It still does not explain if she set me up or not. I cant help it but think that way. She has yet to visit me, and I am still here waiting to be released and I hope that they do soon before I completely lose my mind with these idiots here. Rukasu thought to himself.

Mana clouded his mind as fast as the hidden mist covering the whole area, and this was something that had never happened to the criminal before. Always focused and nothing could ever change him from his path. When the criminal thought more into it, he felt that, she sat him up to kill and destroy that girl's life so that she could take him in. This was something the slowly was destroying him. He now felt that he could not know whom to trust. She did not even visited once and the criminal's mind was slowly going back to the pure evil that it once was. It was getting worse, as time slowly went by.

Tick, Tock, Tick, Tock.... That is what they all heard when it was excessively quiet. This clock that was near them, and they could not see the clock since it was for the guards but with each tick and tock it was as if time went by really slow and each noise was louder than the normality. The girl in front of Rukasu just yelled loud enough so she could not hear it, but even her yelling was very loud, scratching with nails and annoying. The brute kept on punching the walls, the old man still had his eyes closed, and feet crossed holding a hand seal. However, with all of the noises that were going on, the red-haired criminal could still hear that dam clock.

For some reason the lady in the cell front of Rukasu, looked across from her at him, as if she had never noticed the criminal at all. This was confusing since she did acknowledge the criminal on his first day. "Hey I know you, you’re the great King. ooh yes you are. All three of us are in you debt, and do not ask why. You will soon realize that you will need us and not care how we all know you. When we three get out of here, I will like to let you know, that we are going to accompany you wherever you go and serve you. For you is our master." The woman said to the red-haired criminal while his eyes widen completely and that evil smile emerges from its slumber.

An idea came from out of nowhere, and this was something that excited the criminal as if he had just awakened. When the time was right, he will put his new plan into effect so the whole world will fear him. This idea was excessively good to put in words but the mastermind was still in his move and his move would have to put a lot of thought before he made a move. "All you listen up, when the time is right you will join me." Rukasu said as started laughing aloud. This was probably his first laugh ever in this jail and the guards were a little shocked by the convict's emotional reaction.

One of the guards approached the cell and yelled at Rukasu to stop his stupid laughing but the red-haired criminal did not stop but instead he did something else. In a quick instant, he appeared in front of the cell just by using his fast speed and strength, put his hand through the cell bars and grabbed the neck of the guard. "HAHAHAHAHA You really thinks you are safe in here on the other side of the cell. Don't ever tempt me again, because if you do I will personally kill you." Rukasu said as his eyes glared into the eyes of the guard that was now trembling trying to push away but he could not. Rukasu squeezed tighter, going to kill the guy anyways but the other guard stepped right next to the guard being choked and used the electrical attack to spark Rukasu making him let go of the guy's neck.

Rukasu then turned around and walked over to his bench as he sat back down. Looking up at the two guards that were very angry someone had retaliated against them. They were almost scared to attack again, but with this fear, a new monster was grown. They attacked and attacked shocking Rukasu with their little attacks as the criminal just kept on taking the hits as if they were nothing even though they were hurting the criminal.

After it everything was done, the guards left and it was quiet again with all three of the inmate staring at Rukasu as if he had done something wrong. "Rukasu was it? Well I know that you will be leaving but what she said was the truth and we all are going to be behind you no matter what. Besides our faults that you may have seen from them two, well do not worry about it. They will not hurt you and neither let you down. They are very strong and they will be helpful in your future." The old man said as he simply looked at Rukasu from the corner of his eye.

The red-haired criminal looked back at the old man, and just nodded. Both acknowledge each other, knowing what must be accomplished. Rukasu knew now that once he was out of jail to get stronger quicker and then soon to inform his jail mates to get out of jail.

Days go by and it felt like years went by. As Rukasu, the red haired criminal still was sitting on the bench in his cell. He looked like he had been put away for years since he grown a beard and his hair had gotten longer. He hated this beard, and most of all he hated being dirty. However, he was still evil at heart and he was not one of those people that always cared about how they looked. He just wanted to be clean. Well beside the point, being in jail had put a toll on the criminal since he was in that cell for a while. There were a few things on the criminal's mind and this was something that we just kept on thinking about.

Either every day it was a fight happening or someone was trying to escape. One guy was so fast that he was able to escape with ease. That was someone Rukasu wanted to meet even though he did not know who or what his name was. Rukasu knew that once he was out he would have to do many things in order to get his plan in motion. There was no point for Rukasu to act his normal self for many reasons, which one of them was because he was in prison. He knew how to handle the three around him plus the two guards, and he kept on waiting for that day when he would be able to walk out of the prison a free man. If there were a way out of this place, he would jump on that moment and get out of this place. The first thing he would do is visit Mana since he knows that he would have to apologize to her and hope that they could still be brother and sister. He did not care how or in what way but he wanted the connection with her. Even if he had to does it long distance.

Since there was nowhere out of the prison and he did not have any connections to the outside world He would just have to wait. He thought for a moment on what he should do first on his next journey and the one thing that came to mind was to visit Mokuzai or just go to the Grass Country to Train more with the snakes. There was also the fact that Moku could have changed someone. Rukasu did not want to think that the first person to challenge him had change. He needed to go do what he needed to do before he would go finish the job. Now thinking about it, he really could not wait to get out of this prison. He felt impatient, restless and excited that he was soon going to be able to walk freely once again.

I wonder what Mana is doing; I need to know if she still loves me. If she stopped completely then what is the point anymore. What is the point of opening my heart to someone else? I won’t ever do that again, and if I ever do then that person better realize that or else. I have to do something about the bond we share between Mana and me. I love that girl and I want her to be mines forever, but will she ever look at me again, after what I did. Rukasu thought to himself as he just held the sadness in his heart and locked it up so that he could use it when he needed it most.

Now the criminal waits because soon someone will escort him out of the village.  

A few days ago, the red-haired criminal had his whole plan to do what he needed to do once they release him. He hoped that the people had not forgotten about him since it was he in jail and the things that he had done in jail would have gotten him in the cell forever. However, he knew that they had a good heart and they would keep their promise for letting him out when the time came. Soon Rukasu would be able to smell the fresh air for the first time in a long time. This was something he had been waiting for and still he could not wait until that day came. He knew that he would wonder if he were to see the three criminals around him once more and if he did then it would be a wonderful thing since they had already told him that they would serve him.

Rukasu was still counting down the days left until his release as the others were excited about him leaving since they knew that they would shortly leave after him. The woman across from Rukasu was crying, and this was normal but at the same time, her tears were of sorrow and not of insanity.

"My Lord, I will miss you. When I get out of here, I will find you and serve you to the end. I am great at anything you want me to do." She said but secretly she was in love with the king and she never wanted anyone else to get in between them. She did not care if Rukasu felt the same way or not since she did not really care about anything. She wanted him all to herself and she is the type to follow through all her objectives all the way.

As for Broly he was always angry and this time about Rukasu soon to leave. “You know, I hate you but I will also serve you. I will protect you as well. No One will kill you but me." Broly said as he continued once again to punch the walls. He wanted nothing more than to be free; also, he knew that by serving Rukasu he would be able to live for a long time. For some reason after all the time that Rukasu had spent in the cell with the three, he was able to control the anger that comes from the brute. Broly knew this as well and considered it another reason for the strong guy to join Rukasu.

The old man, always meditating, opened his eyes and looked at Rukasu, “Listen My lord, we will meet again, and when that day comes I will also serve you. You have my word and the word of the other two. You see while living in this world you can't accomplish anything by yourself but I can ensure you that with us three you won’t fail." The old man said as he closed his eyes back again and continued to meditate.

Rukasu nodded slowly, “Thank you, I greatly appreciate the support. This is something that will help me build what I want to build in the future. Now that I have the support of you three, I will be waiting for all of you. Just wait patiently and your time will soon come." He said as he the time felt like it slowly was passing by.

Days went by as the criminal waited patiently for that day to come. He soon would be able to be free once again. This was something that he wanted more than anything was at that moment. The criminal knew what he was going to do for his first objective; he was going to go see that rich old guy that paid him for the last mission. He will ask the guy for another job. Rukasu knew he could do anything but without the money, he could not do anything.

Hearing keys down the hall, and footsteps getting closer. That time has come. The guard a little pissed off walking up to Rukasu's cell. “You, Rukasu Hebi, It is time for you to leave. I hate you and I want to kill you right now, but it’s funny because I can hurt you but you can’t touch me or even kill me. If you do, you won’t make it far." The guard said as he slowly opened the cell door.

“Well If you like, I can easily kill you and give your body to broly. He would gladly take the blame for me. So If you like, I will kill you now." Rukasu said as the guard got a little scared, as his empty words did not affect the criminal. Walking right next to the guard, he quickly grabbed the guy's throat, and slammed him to the wall.

"WAIT, Wait Don't kill me!" The guard frantically yelled as he was scared and he knew that the criminal would kill him. Once after the guard spoke, the red haired criminal laughed aloud. Then he let go of the guard, and said his goodbyes to the crew. The three bowed their heads as Rukasu slowly escorted out of the building.

Once out of the building the criminal could feel all of his powers come back to him. He felt alive once again and he never wanted that ever taken from him again. Before he could set out on another journey, another guard stopped the criminal. This guard gave Rukasu all of his weapons and a new scroll with a note on it. The note stated that there is a weapon that suits me and only me and it is a given from someone. There was no name but just this big scroll. Rukasu attached it to the lower back and he was now off on his new journey.

First, he wanted to get out of this village and make sure that the next time he comes back it will be for a completely different reason. After travelling through the village, many people looked at him with disgust as they remember what he did and hated the fact that he they did not execute him when they had him. The people were so angry they wanted to hurt Rukasu themselves but they could not bring up the courage to approach criminal. Rukasu just smiled evilly with his head held up with arrogance. He kept walking down the path as he headed to the gates of Konoha. This was a great opportunity for a new plan and new place to visit.

The criminal was very excited, as he got closer and closer to the gates. Once he got to the gates, the guards wanted to stop him but higher-ups informed the guards not stop this criminal. The red-haired criminal walked past the gates with a smile as he kept going down the path out of Konoha and back into the Fire country. He told himself that he would have to take care of a few things and pay a visit to Mana, which he hoped that she would welcome him. However, he knew that most likely she would kill him on the spot.