BLOOD FLOWER
This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late
Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Absolute silence filled the large Japanese style home, holding everything in a grasp of quiet. I twisted onto my side as my body grew restless in it's old position. A sigh escaped my frowning lips and I turned my head to look at my husband who lay next to me.
"Itachi? Are you awake?" My voice was soft whispering. A grunt met my ears and I gave a crooked smile. "Itachi, can you believe we only have a few days left until we finally are able to take down Konoha? So soon, we'll be able to kill those whom denied us that which we so deserved."
Itachi's deep Sharingan eyes locked with mine and he reached over to gently caress my cheek with his thumb.
"Yes. Soon, we will have that which we have worked so hard for. But you need sleep, Sakura, you have early training with the children tomorrow." Then he wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me tight to his body. "Sleep, Sakura, sleep."
I gave a small yawn and closed my eyes, letting myself surrender to my bodily needs as I felt Itachi rub my back gently.
The next thing I knew, there was light and someone yelling. I groaned and opened my eyes, just in time to move out of the way as my daughter landed where my head had been. She jumped again and landed behind Itachi, who was now sitting up, just as one of my sons came skidding into the room.
"Kanaye? Mai? What's going in here?" Itachi's stern voice caused both of the teenagers to freeze then scramble to stand properly and bow in respect for their parents.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Otou-sama, Okaa-san." They said in unison. Then Kanaye stepped forward and pointed angrily to Mai.
"She hid my naginata?!!" He yelled out.
"I did no such thing! You just misplaced it again." Mai said crossly. Her brother glared at her.
"Well," I said. "Do you have any proof that she hid it, Kanaye?" The boy opened his mouth to respond then paused.
"Um, no." A small pout formed on lips. Mai smirked victoriously.
"Well when and if you do, then you can come to us and tell us. Understood?" He nodded.
"Mmmm, what's going on?" A new voice joined all of ours. We all turned to see Akiko and Haru in the door now, staring at us in confusion with sleepy eyes.
"Nothing now." I said as I slid out from under the covers and stood up. "Everybody go get dressed and wash up, breakfast is in an hour."
They all nodded and left for their rooms. I turned to Itachi and raised my eyebrow in a humorous way.
"Training today is going to be interesting, I can tell." I then grinned and grabbed my clothing before heading to the bathroom for a quick shower.
An hour later we all sat at the table eating our breakfast of miso, rice and salmon. I looked at my four children. It was hard to believe that they were fourteen already, they really had grown up fast.
Even though they were identical quadruplets, it was very easy to tell them apart.
Akiko had midnight-black hair that hung halfway down her back and was usually extremely quiet and soft spoken, but incredibly smart. A genius like her father.
Mai had very long hair, down to her knees, like all the others it was black, but she had streaked it with red. Green eyes like the other three as well. Graceful and bold she often shocked people at first with her bluntness but gained their respect later both as a fighter and a diplomat.
Haru's hair was down to his shoulder, in a straight cut and was a bluish-black. Haru was the most like me. He'd been born with a split personality. The side to him that you saw most often was his kind, caring, calm side. But in battle he would absolutely change. He became sadistic and bloodthirsty with massive chakra reserves and extremely high Killer Intent. Itachi and I are the only ones that can control him when his other side appears. Whenever he is not required to train or participate in a formal event, he keeps to himself, usually sitting out in our garden reading a book or drawing.
Kanaye had no hair, having started shaving his head at the age of ten. He was a very masculine guy who hated losing to anyone, especially a girl and especially Mai. Ever since they were little the two had fought constantly, often making themselves into little nuisances. Kanaye reminded me of Naruto at times as he often acted impulsively and without thinking.
As I sat there looking at my children I suddenly realized the time. After placing my hashi on top of my rice bowl I stoop up and summoned the four.
"Come, we have a formal event to attend this afternoon so we must train early to make time."
"Yes Mother." They all said in unison then raised themselves off their knees and to their feet.
"Good. Now go get you're weapons and meet me out at Training Area 11 in ten minutes. Those who are late do three hundred push-ups.
I stood on the worn earth, waiting for my children, the bright morning sun heating my body to a comfortable temperature.
"Soon, soon we take down Konoha, and I will have my revenge." I whispered into the wind. A moment later, four blurs of color came to stop before me. I looked at Mai with a disapproving look.
"You arrived last Mai. You are small and agile and should be able to beat the other three." She winced under my piercing gaze.
"I know Okaa-san, but Kanaye pushed me." She shifted her eyes to glare at her brother. I sighed and looked at Kanaye questioningly. He looked back innocently.
"I have no idea what she's talking about Mother. Besides, what reason would I have for pushing her?"
"Maybe because you're angry at me for taking your naginata!" She yelled.
"Aha! You admit it! You did take it!!" He shouted triumphantly.
"I did not! You just seem convinced that I did, therefor you'd be angry with me, duh!" She argued back, poking him in the chest with one of her fans.
Mai's weapon of choice was two tessen (iron fan). They worked well with her wind-affinity. Sharp yet graceful movements with those fans created powerful wind jutsu's that no one could copy. They were also good in close combat, the ends were sharp as any kunai or shuriken and had many times sliced straight through her enemy.
I closed my eyes and pinched the bridge of my nose as my two children continued to fight. How was it that two such opposites had been created by the same genes? Finally my annoyance got to me.
"Enough! I am tired of you two fighting every moment of every day. You are both to do three hundred push-ups, every time I hear you fighting today, you get an added one hundred. Understood?" The nodded, knowing better than to argue. "Good, now get to it!"
I summoned Haru and Akiko away to train on their new jutsu only to hear as I walked away Mai and Kanaye fighting again.
"Four hundred!" They both groaned and I couldn't help the evil smile on my face.
Four hours later we walked into our house and all went separate ways to bathe, I entered the bathroom connected to the room I shared with Itachi and smiled happily to see a hot steaming tub full of water waiting for me. I stripped and got in, sighing happily as I my muscles relaxed in the heat. I thought back to the training and what to teach tomorrow.
Akiko was improving rapidly. At a young age she had picked up the sword and learned to use it, now she could beat anyone in kendo. She learned the art of the sword from her father, whom held a hidden talent for it. Akiko had natural talent for being a ninja and enjoyed every moment of it. It was obvious from early on that she was genius like her father. She was also the only one out of the four that had inherited the Sharingan. Once she learned of her earth-affinity she immediately went to start creating jutsu that combined sword and earth.
Haru, had no weapon at all, but was a brutal and sadistic fighter, both at close and long range. His water-affinity made sense when I thought about it. Both could be calm one moment, then become a merciless killer the next.
Kanaye, he needed some help early on, it used to be that we had to drag him to training for years, then suddenly halfway through his eleventh year he fell in love with being a ninja. He dedicated himself to it, practicing day and night, to make up for his years of failure. Soon after he found a beautiful naginata in a weapons store and had fallen in love with the double ended glaive. It was extremely large and heavy and at first it was awkward for him to learn to fight with it. It also didn't help that it was traditionally a woman's weapon. He received much teasing for that small fact. But he continued to practice with the weapon until he mastered it. Before long he used it with grace and ease, combining it with his lightning-affinity. He said that he didn't care about all the teasing, but he was very glad when it stopped and they others respected both him and his weapon.
A knock sounded on the door and recognizing the chakra signature I called for the person to come in. It was Itachi.
He looked at my naked body in the tub and I saw the lust in his eyes. I smirked and winked at him. He turned around and held out a towel to me.
"Get out and put it on. I came to tell you that it is time to get ready." I stepped out from the tub and wrapped the towel around my small body.
"Alright." He turned around and I noticed he already had his Kage robes on.
He saw me looking at him and offered his explanation.
"I'm heading over to the tower early to speak with Deidara, Tobi and Kakuzu." He headed for the door.
"Konan will be in soon, to help you dress." With that, he left.
Sure enough, a few moments later, Konan came in bearing a large box. Inside was a expensive, black silk kimono decorated with golden cranes, a flowing silver creek and branches decorated with rich pink cherry blossoms.
An hour later Sakura no longer stood there, instead there stood Lady Hana, wife of the Mizukage.
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Heeeeey!! I have the new chapter. So since this is the first chapter of the sequel it is a little boring since I'm explaining about the new characters. And just so you know, Tobi is Tobi. He's not Madara or Obito. Sorry if some of the explanations are a little long. Don't worry we'll be back into the fighting and gore soon enough.
Mai Dance
Akiko Bright child
Haru Spring
Kanaye Zealous one
Both Itachi and Sakura took on new names when they entered Kiri, Itachi's is Mamoru which means To Protect and Sakura's is Hana which means Flower.
Please review, but don't be too hard on this chapter, it's mostly just for information.
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