Rain slid down the side of Tsukuyo's cloak and fell onto the metal roof below. "Pain-sama, what did you summon me for?" Her voice was icy with no hints of anything inside of it. Even the exhaustion many heard from her was absent.
"You have a new assignment, one that will test even your limits Tsukuyo. Are you up to it?" Pain asked.
"I will accomplish my task with no issues sir." She replied. Her dark blue lips parted themselves into a straight line. With the constant rainfall pelting down on the two of them, it was impossible to tell if the lines of water on her face were tears or just rain.
"Good... I need you to get me the nine tails jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki. And be quick about it." Pain ordered.
"Very well sir..." Tsukuyo replied blandly. She turned her back on him and stared at the cloudy horizon. Seconds passed by and she was inside her own genjutsu.
A younger version of herself was sitting against a tree breathling heavily. Three days ago she had started her training to learn her fathers jutsu, Rasengan. Today she had perfected it and had nearly passed out doing so. Juriya walked from across the training area and put a cold cloth on her forehead. "You okay kiddo? I told you we had all the time in the world, and you still tried to race against yourself. What am i going to do with you?" She didnt reply to him. "Ah well, and here i was, going to tell you about your father, but if your going to ignore me i gue-"
She cut him off short. "What about my father?" Her voice was weak and tired from using enormous amounts of chakra and then creating more to repeat the process.
"He was a lot like you Tsuki. Calm and collected, but still had a burning desire to come in first. When he figured out he was going to have a baby girl he wouldnt stop smiling. We talked one day and he told me that you were going to be named Tsukuyo. I thought he had lost his mind. But then he explained things to me. 'My daughter is going to be a great force, one for either good or evil, maybe both. The moon i a symbol of hope for things consumed by darkness. Kushina and i decided to name her after a dark moon because, even if its in a blood stained sky and the moon is black. It still gives hope...' He may be dead now, but his hopes still live on." Juriya said. He rung out the cloth, flipped it on the opposite side, and put it back on her forehead.
"You and your brother are this village's hope. One day you'll bring back the Namikaze legacy." He said. She smiled weakly at Juriya then collapsed. Juriya sighed. "I must be a lousy storyteller. I wasn't even done yet."
Another girl stepped out from behind the trees. Her short dark hair was hanging freely over her shoulders and her dark eyes were looking at Tsukuyo. "She did it again, didnt she? Itachi is going to have a fit." She walked over to Tsukuyo and picked her up.
Juriya studied the girl. "Akane, for a seven year old you sure do care for Tsuki alot." He said.
"First of all, she doesnt like to be called 'Tsuki' by anybody but Sasuke, me, or Itachi. And second of all, if i dont take of her, who will. My aunt and uncle arent really the best caretakers. Plus, she has her chunin exams in a few weeks. I'm not going to let her fail." Akane retorted. She walked off with her baby cousin and left Juriya chuckling.
Tsukuyo blinked a few times and shut off her genjutsu. She let a tear blend in with the rain and said under her breath, "I'm sorry father... I don't wish to do this." Then she jumped and slid into her space time jutsu.
When she came out Akane was poking a fire. Hikari was gone on a intel mission. "What's wrong Akachan no itoko? You seem upset." Akane asked as she looked up to meet Tsukuyo's eyes.
"Its time. We have to return home. Otōto is going to die... And i have to kill him." Tears started to roll of her face silently.
Akane walked over to her and wrapped her arms around her. "I know how you feel Tsuki. Just let it out. Its better that way, instead of keeping it frozen inside of you. But for now... Let our jinchuriki destruction plan... begin." She smiled. She walked Tsukuyo over to the fire and let the two of them sit down. Tsukuyo put her head down in Akane's lap and soon fell asleep while Akane brushed out her hair. Only seven hours later, will the nightmare truly begin.