"oi! Shisui nii! Those are my potato's!" My younger brother Yosuke... The only thing I have left, after my father died. And subsequently, my mom committing suicide, they left me in charge of my six year old brother. And to make things worse, the uchiha are beginning to plot a coup detat. I've focused on devising a plan to stop them, but I would have to resort to that method... Or use my mangekyo sharingan.
"shisui, your face looks worried."
"ah, no. I'm just lost in thought. I need to go see itachi, bye!" I flicked him on the forehead, and body flickered out of the house.
\/-|Yosuke Uchiha|-\/
I hate it when shisui-Ni does this! But, hey! I get all of his food now!
Mmmmm. Shisui Ni is a pretty good cook. I wonder if mom taught him, before she moved with dad to a old peoples home... Although I dont think mom and dad were that old...
*ding-dong*
"yosuke-san! Its your rival! Sasuke!"
"sasuke-san! " I ran and opened the door. Sasuke-san, my rival of six years. We even have rivaling names. Since mom wasn't around, I asked mikoto-chan what our names meant. She said,
'your both warriors, but fighting on different sides.'
That's when we agreed to fight each other in great ninja battles. Our clothes were even the same, although always in different colors. When sasuke wore a blue shirt, I wore char cole gray. That's what shisui Ni calls it. When Sasuke wears a black shirt, I wear a blue shirt. We already know what the other is going to wear, and can make sure we are still rivals!
"Want to come over to my house? Mom said it would be a good idea since our brothers are out."
"Yeah! Did u get that dinosaur for your birthday?"
"Yeah! Its super green!" We ran across our uchiha town to sasukes house.
"I win Sasuke! I made it into the door first!"
"No, I made it first!" Sasuke argued.
"hmmph! Hey! Stop copying me!" We yelled at each other.
"oh you boys always copy each other, now who wants some tato soup?" Mmm. Mikoto-chans famous tato soup. But, I already ate my dinner. And shisui ni's!
"mikoto-chan, I already ate dinner. Do you think I can get some to go?"
"sure thing, now you two go upstairs and play. Your youth will slip by before you know it!"
-=~one year later~=-
"we'll continue training later, but your doing well. This is a emergency." Shisui-nii walked off with itachi, I looked up to both of them as my brothers. Although shisui-Ni is absolutely better. I rolled into a bush and followed them. They went to a meeting spot, and I peeked through the bush.
"you know the mission, we'll meet back here after we are done." Woah, a secret mission?
"good luck shisui." They both dissapeared with their speed. Hmmm I wonder how long their mission will take. Maybe I could surprise them with a sneak attack after they get back. I yawned... Maybe I should take a quick nap. Yeah... Mmm bushes make a good napping spot.
I heard a noise. I snapped to attention, itachi-Ni was standing. Waiting for shisui-Ni to come back, he had his eye closed.
"shisui-san. What happened!?"
"Danzo, he... Took my right eye." Danzo? Who's that? I couldn't bring myself to move. "I'm, not going to make it. Take my left eye. Take care of my brother. And the village." He handed itachi his left eye. I felt like I was going to throw up. "bye itachi-san." No! Not ni-san!
"Shisui-ni!" Time seemed to slow. Me running for my brother that's going to die. I felt a tingling in my eyes, and i couldn't stop running. Before I fell off the edge, my shirt pulled tightly back. Looking back itachi grabbed my shirt. His eyes had tears streaming.
"its not fair itachi-ni!" His eyes were a dark red, with a different pattern from what I've seen before.
"I know Yosuke. But, one day you'll remember what I say here. That I think of you as my little brother. You and sasuke will have to look out for each other. Theirs no escaping the fate in the next coming days. But you know the truth. I'll... have to change that." He out his head to mine, with his sharingan spinning and I felt myself drift to sleep.
*rustle, rustle* hmm? Oh! Itachi-ni is back from his mission! Wait, I have to wait until shisui-ni gets back! Ah, their he is! What?! Why does he look all beat up?
"You turned your back on me itachi! And for what? The akatsuki! You led me into a trap! And danzo Shimura took my right eye."
"Shisui, you should have known I wanted your eyes. Now, die!" NO! Itachi grabbed ni-sans eye and pushed him off the cliff. I went to grab my brother. Time slowed down, and a weird tingling sensation happened in my eyes. I reached my arm out to grab my brother, and felt myself get grab a by the collar. I got pushed to the tree.
"I'm not going to kill you. I want you to foster your hate for me. You might be a challenge for me later on. Get eyes like mine, then seek me out. kill a non-uchiha, who you can consider your best friend." His eyes spun and I blacked out.
"has the patient woken up yet?"
"yes, the drugs used on him are wearing off."
"where am I?" I said.
"the hospital. You were drugged and someone found you in the lobby sleeping. You're ahihcu ekusoy right?"
"no, that's a weird name. I'm Yosuke Uchiha." I started to get up, the doctors tried to persuade me to stay. After getting out, I ran to find a map. While running I fell into a kid who was running.
"ow. Hey what's the big idea?" The blonde kid said.
"watch where you're going! I need to get home!" We both got up, and continued running. That whisker faced blonde kid better not run into me again.
"Get back here Naruto!" One of the shop keepers yelled. I got to Uchiha town. Where is everybody? I walked through... No one. I walked into my old house. Just as I left it. Or my brother left it... I felt myself break into tears. I grabbed my backpack and packed my things. I walked out of the compound, tears dried to my face.
"we got a straggler, guy." I heard a voice above me. A gray haired man, with a headband covering his left eye jumped down. Soon a weirdo in green tights came along too.
"well their buddy, who are you?"
"I'm Yosuke Uchiha. Of the uchiha clan."
"well are you now? Lets take a quick trip to the hokages office, alright?"
"alright... But can you tell me where everyone has gone? No body was here."
"looks like he doesn't know yet kakashi."
"I know guy, but I think its better if the hokage explains it." After going to the hokages office, I walked inside.
"yosuke?!" Sasuke ran up. "is it really you?!"
"Sasuke! I thought... After he killed my brother. He killed everyone else too. So where's everybody?"
"Yosuke... Their dead. The traitor killed them all. He left, us to avenge the clan."
"what?! Impossible! I refuse to believe it sasuke! They cant be dead!" I fell to my knees and started crying.
-=~five years later~=-
"I hope to get on a squad with the uchiha!" Was a sum of the girls screams and shouts. Sasuke sat alone, per usual. I sat on the opposite side of the room. I wore a black shirt, the same style as sasuke. My pants where white, the result of Sasuke's bleach accident with my pants.
"settle down everyone, you're all getting your headbands now." Our teacher, iruka umino. Everyone got a navy headband, I tied mine around my forehead. Everyone sat back down and we started to get our squads.
"Team Seven, Naruto Uzumaki. Sakura Haruno. And Sasuke Uchiha. Your jounin leader is Kakashi Hatake. Team Eight. Kiba inuzuka, hinata Hyùga, and Shino aburame. Your jounin sensei will be kurenai yuhi." After a slight pause to change the page, "team nine: Yosuke Uchiha, Tanaka Shimura, and Shin Takahashi." Shimura? I furrowed my brow... No. I refuse to be on a squad with Shimura Tanaka. Her and her whole retched clan are on my kill list! And not to mention some nobody Takahashi. I thought I would at least have of been put on a squad with someone I could work with! "your jounin sensei will be Tokuma Hyùga. Team ten: Shikamaru Nara, ino Yamanaka, chouji akimichi. Your jounin sensei will be asuma sarutobi." ... Tokuma Hyùga? I've never heard who Tokuma is before. Maybe he's really strong? I've heard the Hyuuga use a dojutsu called the Byakugan.
"Yosuke-kun. Our sensei is here." Tanaka said to me. Shin was staring at me intently.
"do you mind Takahashi?" I Imposed.
"no, I dont mind." I got up, and sat across the room from him. The sensei's soon came to pick up our squads, and leaving with our sensei we went to the cafateria.
"hello you three. I am Tokuma Hyùga, your jounin sensei. Well, this is my first time taking up a squad." Their was a dead silence." So uh... how about we all introduce ourselves? I'll go first. Well, you already know my name. I am a tokubetsu jounin, or a specialized jounin. I am a part of the hyuga clan."
"ill go next!" Takahashi said excitedly. What a pain. "I am shin takahashi of the renouned Takahashi clan! I like to be the best at everything I do!"
"well... Im takana Shimura... Of the Shimura clan. I like to discover new things... About everything..." Their was a prolonged silence.
" Would you like to introduce yourself?" The jounin said to me.
"I am Yosuke uchiha, of the uchiha clan. I only like one thing, my rivalry with the only other uchiha." Was all I said. Tokuma didn't flinch, or even blink.
"okay everyone, we will meet at team nines training area. Where we will have our first training session." We were dismissed, and I met up with sasuke on the way to the house.
"how was 'initiation'?" He said, not looking at me.
"fine, how was yours?" I responded.
"we have to take another test, in order to truly pass."
"that must suck, looks like you may be going back to the academy for another year sasuke."
"shut up, Yosuke. True uchiha endure. Unlike some people." I turned to him,
"a true uchiha can make it back to the apartments first." I challenged. His scowl turned into a sinister grin as we both started to run. In five minutes, we both stepped foot into the lobby. I obviously stepped foot first.
"I win!" We both yelled at each other.
"you must be mistakes sasuke, I clearly had my foot in miles before you did."
"no, you are wrong Yosuke. That pony tail of yours doesn't count as a foot."
"whatever, we'll settle the score another time." One of these days... Their wont be a tie. I know it...
"hey Yosuke, you making dinner today?" Sasuke said.
"oh yeah, today is Friday isn't it?" I picked up cooking from the cook books in the library during study hall, its pretty easy.
"what's on the menu this week?" He asked, on the way up the stairs.
"I'm thinking, my Yosuke special."
"you haven't made that in a long time. Come over when its done. I'll set up the dinner table." I started cooking as soon as I got into the house and set down my book bag.
First, get the oil onto a low boil. Then, throw in the stir fry! Vegetables and meat! In another pot, crush tomato's and put them in. Add potatos, and seasoning. Stir until a rapid boil, then add noodles into the mix. After the noodles at cooked, drain the mixture into another pot, and put the noodles , potato's, and crushed tomato's into the stir fry and cook until warm. I put it onto a serving bowl, and quickly cleaned up before grabbing a pair of scissors. I knocked on sasukes door, once. Pause. Two times. Sasuke had a girl problem, so this was how we got around it. He opened the door, and I set the bowl down onto the table.
"before we eat sasuke, I got u a graduation gift."
"oh really. This is unexpected Yosuke." We glared at each other, and I broke into a sinister smile.
"I got scissors," I spun them, until the handle was facing sasuke. "you can cut my pony tail off." My hair all flowed back into my pony tail, and after he cut it my hair sprung over my eyes. I pushed it out of the way. After eating we said goodbye, and I tried to get a good nights rest.
I heard my alarm clock go off, after getting up and dressed I stopped by a rice ball stand for breakfast and found sensei waiting under a tree.
"tokuma. How long have you been here?" I heard a loud snore... I shook him.
"oh, sasuke. What are you doing here?" Sasuke? How could my own teacher he us mixed up? Granted I've only known him for two days.
"I'm Yosuke. I just cut my hair."
"well, with your hair cut... You guys look pretty much the same." His veins bulged around his eyes, "yes, that is your chakra signature Yosuke."
"you have a dojutsu?"
"yes. Its the Byakugan. It has near 360 degree vision, and gives me the ability to memorize chakra signatures. My vision goes through most objects. I can also see ones chakra pathway, and use my jutsu to stop the flow of chakra." A jutsu that can stop the flow of chakra?!
"what is the Jutsu?"
"well theirs a jutsu, and a fighting style. The jutsu is eight trigrams, and the fighting style is the gentle fist. They disrupt the chakra flow in the body."
"can you teach me it?" I inquired.
"no. Its strictly a Hyùga technique. Even if I decided I wanted to teach you, it would take years for one to even use it effectively."
"come on, your supposed to teach us right?"
"ill teach you other jutsu, but my Hyùga line jutsu just isn't for others outside my clan."
"but, that fighting style sounds very convenient."
"and dangerous. You could kill yourself unless you have proper chakra control. Which is one of the things I will be teaching you. Actually before we get our first mission ill be teaching you guys that." I looked behind me and noticed the other two members of my squad standing behind me.
"sasuke? What are you doing here?" Takahashi said.
"I'm Yosuke, idiot. I just cut my hair."
"oh, I liked your hair before..." Takana said. How weird can she get?
"alright guys. For our first training session, you have to try to beat me in a fight."
"alright! Time to show off my clans skills!" Takahashi yelled out.
"I'm up for a fight, but I wont be needing these two." I said.
"why don't we all work together?" Takana added.
"we start fighting, now!" Our teacher threw shuriken at us. The other two jumped to hide in the nearby scenary. I dodged the shurikens, and stood up.
"so your not going to hide?" He implied.
"what use would it make? Your Byakugan can see through objects right?"
"so you do learn..." He threw a barrage of kunai at me, I drew my own and deflected the ones that came at me. I ran at Tokuma, and he got into a fighting stance. I slashed with my Kunai, and he blocked.. With his two finger?! My kunai snapped under pressure, and I began to back up. His strikes kept getting harder and harder to dodge as he sped up...
"ahhh!" I felt a strike hit my stomach. I flew back, and his the ground hard. I grabbed my stomach... I'm not bleeding, so that's good. But it hurts a lot... I tried to get back to my feet, but stumbled back under a tree. I looked up, Takahashi and takana where working together to try to fight or sensei.
"fuuton: Vacuum blade jutsu!" I heard takana yell out. I dont think I've ever seen her mad before. And Takahashi hasn't gone down yet... I got to my feet, and ran over. I jumped and attempted to kick my sensei. He blocked with his leg, while still fending off the other two.. I felt a weird twinge in my eye...
"Guys get back!" I jumped back,
"eight trigrams: Sixty four palms!" He yelled out, I continued to back up until I hit a tree.
"Two palms, Four palms, Eight palms!" I managed to dodge the increasingly difficult jabs. "sixteen palms, thirty palms!" I can see it! One of his palms was aimed at the other side of my stomach, and I lifted his up in a swift motion to his the tree. "sixty four palms!" Oh no! I felt my midsection burn like it was on fire. I dodged some punches but his speed was too much. After he stopped jabbing me, I fell to my knees and coughed up blood. I lost consciousness soon afterwards...
"sorry Yosuke, I haven't fought many ninja I wasn't trying to kill in a long time." I started to get up, but stumbled over. And fell down.
"I'm still surprised your conscious. Lets get you to the hospital." I felt myself lifted up.
"Tokuma, you have to teach me the gentle fist style now."
"no, its not a technique for outsiders of the hyuga clan to learn." After dropping me off at the hospital, they found some internal bleeding they had to fix. Great, first day as a ninja and I'm already getting beaten up.
After they did surgery on me, I was kept in the hospital for another week with visits from my team, and once sasuke stopped by to challenge me after I was better.
"Yosuke uchiha?" I heard a voice from outside the door call.
"yes, can I finally leave yet?"
"no, its just me. Kakashi hatake. I wanted to talk to you, can I come in?"
"yeah, sure." Kakashi Hatake? The copy cat ninja? What was he doing here? "dont you have more important things to do than visit me?"
"actually I only wanted to ask you what your goals in life are." My goals? That's simple!
"I want to take revenge on two people. Danzo Shimura, and itachi. They worked together to kill my brother, and probably my entire clan too!" Kakashi had a cold look,
"that's right, your shisuis brother aren't you?"
"you knew my brother?"
"yes we were both in ANBU. Shisui of the body flicker. They say he was faster than anyone on the battlefield. Truly an amazing ninja."
"what is this? Some sort of pep talk?"
"no, I just wanted to check in on you."
"why me?"
"well, its a favor from one of your friends." He smiled, and left. The next day after I go out we had training with sensei. I couldn't spar, so I just practiced my shuriken jutsu.
Over the next couple of weeks, I fully recovered and did some more minor missions.
"I'm very impressed by your squads progress Tokuma. I think ill give your squad a higher rank mission." The third hokage said. "here we are, c rank missions. Lets see. We have a bridge builder? No, I think ill save that one for later. Hmm how about a recovery mission?
"come on hokage-sama. Yosuke has already been recovering enough dont you think?" Takahashi joked.
"not funny shin." I glared at him.
"yeah shin, that was kind of mean. It wasn't Yosuke-kuns fau-"
"would you both cut it out." Tokuma calmly said. We both knew not to mess with our serious mannered teacher, and I just looked back to the hokage.
"as I was saying before... Being rudely interrupted... Konoha has a ally village, far west of the gates. In it, lives a clan with a hidden water style technique... You could say the ultimate water style technique of them all..."
"so your asking us to grab this mythical jutsu?" The crimson haired loser exclaimed in joy.
"no, the leader of the town has suddenly turned against us. Their planning a attack to conquer konohagakure."
"so you're sending us in to exterminate them?" I asked. Finally a good fight.
"heavens no, I want you guys to negotiate a peace treaty with the township. Although I dont want shin or Yosuke to be the main mouth. Take these documents."
"lord hokage sama. What happens if the deal shall go south?" Tokuma asked, while grabbing the papers.
"the deal cannot go south. Their would be too many casualties on both sides."
"yes lord hokage sama." Tokuma said. "squad 9, meet up at the western gates in 1 hour. Pack everything for a long trip." We all grunted in agreement, and left the hokages office. After getting back to the apartments, I started to pack my bag.
After finishing up packing, I still had a half hour to kill. I went down to the ninja tool store, and decided to look around for some weapons.
"hey their, are you a ninja?" I heard a older mans voice call out. I turned to him, with my hands in my pockets.
"yeah, I'm a genin." I pointed to my forehead protector.
"well, then you need this!" He brought out a briefcase, and opened it. Inside was two armbands, two leg warmers, and a bunch of flat kunai.
"these here aren't meant for melee combat, but can quickly take out an enemy in the blink of an eye. You can even hide them in your sandals! Amazing right?"
"what's the catch?"
"you have to pay for them of course, but that's it."
"how much are they?"
After buying the tools, I walked back to my place and knocked on sasukes door.
"come in." When I walked inside, he was packing. "hey Yosuke. If you're here to challenge me, it'll have to wait. I'm going on a mission."
"same here, I just wanted to borrow a pair of your armbands, and leg wraps."
"why do you want them?"
"because the regular wraps i use always falls off."
"yeah, I have a spare pair in the draw over their." I looked in the draw, and found what I was looking for.
"thanks sasuke, see you. I got a mission too." I ran out, and equipped my gear. After getting to the gates we were waiting on Takahashi.
"sorry I'm late guys, I had great luck and found a for leaf clover. And just had to chase it when it flew through the wind."
"Takashi you lier. You just made that up." He put his hands around the back of his head,
"no I wasn't!"
"cool off, before you guys get too heated." Tokuma said. His eyes scrunched up, veins throbbing. "you two better get along or else, ill have you running laps around konoha." I crossed my arms,
"sensei can we leave now?" I asked.
"yes, let me just give the papers to the guards."
We were off, to the town of the hidden water technique!