Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Aliens vs. Predator but I do own Maikeru Uchiha, Ayaka Uchiha, and a few others.

Chapter 2: The Invitation from Akatsuki

It was a peaceful morning and Maikeru, Yukime, and Ayaka continue on to Konoha that is a few miles away now. Last night, they stopped at an inn to rest and were able to wash themselves and change into new clothes. Maikeru and Ayaka now wore gray shirts with a red whirlpool spiral on the back under their cloaks, brown cargo pants, and black sandals. Yukime changed into a sky blue short kimono with tan edges, a green blue obi around her waist, a blue split skirt that reached down to her lower thigh, and standard sandals. Yukime was currently curious about how Konoha and Fire Country were like compared to Kiri and Water Country. Life outside of Water Country was still unknown to her. She turned to Maikeru hoping he could pervade her with answers to her questions.

"Hey Maikeru-kun, what kind of place is Konoha?" Yukime asked out of curiosity.

Maikeru placed his index finger and his thumb on his chin, and gazed at the sky, "Well, from what our Tōchan told us, it is one of the best Hidden Villages. Although it and Fire Country have been relatively peaceful since the end of the Third Shinobi World War, it remains one of the most powerful villages in existence. As one of the Five Great Shinobi Countries, Konoha has a Kage called the Hokage. There have been four of them so far, the most recent being the Fourth Hokage. Within it, there are very powerful and well-respected clans. Of these, four are regarded as noble clans. These are the Aburame, Akimichi, Hyūga, and Uchiha clans," Maikeru turned to her and said with a small smile, "So, in a way, it's probably the best one you could join."

Yukime gazed down to the ground and said with a look of uncertainty, "I hope you're right Maikeru-kun."

Maikeru saw this and placed an arm on her shoulder, which caused her to blush slightly look to him. He looked at her with a calm and comforting face. He knows how she feels and he feels the same. She fears that they will reject her or fear her cause of her powers she possesses.

He then smiled and said with confidence, "Don't worry Yukime. You are precious to Ayaka and me. We will not let anyone do anything to you. Besides, we're one of your friends right?"

Yukime was taken back as she looked at Maikeru now with a completely new light. He sincerely cared for her well-being and as a friend. She never had anyone like that besides her dead parents. She now believed she could count on them when things turn for the worst. That he was a true friend.

"Look at it this way. If they reject us, we will leave and go found a better village than Konoha. Surely we can find a village that would accept us right?"

Yukime smiled with a light blush and nodded full heartedly with her eyes closed, "Right!"

Maikeru smiled a huge grin before he flinched as felt something wrong. He felt some kind of evil presence with two others filled with hatred. They are all directly behind them. He quickly came to a sudden stop, which confused both Ayaka and Maikeru. Maikeru then quickly turned around and decided to call them out.

"Alright, that's enough! Came on out now! I know you are there so there is no point in hiding."

Suddenly, four people appeared in front of them wearing straw hats and black cloaks with red clouds painted on them. Ayaka and Yukime gasped in surprise and look to Maikeru. How did he know they were there was on their mind.

"We have somewhere we need to go so what do you want?" Maikeru asked.

"It's been a long time Maikeru, Ayaka," The second tallest one said.

"How do you know our names? Who are you?" Maikeru asked as he and Ayaka lifted their eyes up, revealing Sharingan eyes.

The people in front of them grabbed their hats and lifted them up to reveal surprisingly more Sharingan eyes in three of them. Maikeru and Ayaka were shocked at first, but then narrowed their eyes with anger and sadness. They all took of their hats and stared at each other.

They both have crimson hair; fully mature Sharingan, and fair skin. They wore a navy blue shirt under a black cloak with red clouds on it, camouflage gray-blue cargo pants, and brown sandals. Masaru hairstyle was like that of Obito and has the long pronounced tear troughs under his eyes while Ryūmaru looked like a red haired Izuna in appearance.

"Masaru and Ryūmaru Uchiha," Maikeru stated with disgust while Ayaka looked on with shock and sadness muttering softly, "Masaru-niichan, Ryūmaru-niichan…"

"Maikeru-kun, Ayaka-chan you know these two?" Yukime asked in surprise looking at the two.

"Sadly yes Yukime-chan. …They're our older brothers," Maikeru sighed before explaining it to Yukime as he glared at them; "They left our family two years ago and were never heard from again. We used to look up to them as idols up until they vanished."

Maikeru then moved his focus to the other Uchiha and the man who looked like a shark. The Uchiha had a fully mature Sharingan, dull black hair that hung near his cheeks to frame his face and kept the rest of it in a ponytail; which was obscured by the high collar of his cloak he wore, and his skin was fair. The unique characteristic was the long pronounced tear troughs under his eyes. Like Masaru and Ryūmaru, he wore a black cloak with red clouds on it, which was kept with the center of it buttoned down, as well as a slashed Konoha forehead protector.

The shark-man was a very tall, muscular shinobi. He had a distinctive shark-like appearance; complete with pale blue skin small, round white eyes, gill-like facial markings under his eyes, gills on his shoulders and sharp triangular teeth. He also styled his dull blue hair in the form of a shark fin. Like the others, he wore a black cloak with red clouds on it as well as a slashed Kiri forehead protector.

"Who are you?" Maikeru asked with caution as looked from one to the other. The shark-man chuckled a bit.

"Well then, I suppose I'll go first. The name's Kisame Hoshigaki," The blue shark-man said with a toothy grin.

"My name is Itachi Uchiha," said the Uchiha with an intense neutral gaze.

Maikeru's eyes widened at him being an Uchiha for a moment before regaining his composure. He nodded to them and turned back towards the brothers.

"So, do you mind explaining to us what you back-stabbing deserters want with us?" Maikeru asked with annoyance.

Masaru chuckled at that, "Oh, come now. Is that any way to say hello to your older brothers?"

"We stopped calling you Niichan after you left us for your own personal gains. Anyway, what are you doing here with two missing-nins?" Maikeru asked coldly.

"We were sent here to ask you two if you would like to join our organization," Ryūmaru explained with a pleasant smile.

"Organization?" Ayaka and Yukime asked in confusion.

"What organization?" Maikeru asked out of curiously while watching them carefully. The death of their parents and closest friends taught him to be careful of whom they can trust.

Masaru chuckled evilly before speaking, "It's called Akatsuki. It is a group of missing-nin. Kisame here was sought out for plotting to overthrow Water Country's government and being involved in numerous assassinations, including that of a daimyō. Itachi here… wiped out the Uchiha clan of Konoha sin-gle hand-ed-ly."

They gasped in fear with frighten eyes and looked at the man who said he was Itachi. This man here completely wiped out Uchiha clan. How could that have happened? This was too much for them to take in.

"W-What? A group composed of missing-nin. And you what us to join you?" Maikeru asked his older siblings, already knowing the answer. The two nodded with a crooked smile. Maikeru and Ayaka backed up a bit, nervously.

Maikeru then turned to Itachi and asked, "Why…? Why did you do it Itachi?"

Itachi stared at him with his intense gaze and said with a straight face, "To test the limits of my power."

Maikeru, Ayaka, and Yukiko looked at him in disbelief. That was all he had to say. Just for that reason all, he wiped – no, murdered a noble and powerful clan at was feared and respected through the.

"To test… your power? That is why? For that…reason alone?" Maikeru asked as rage was building inside of him.

Itachi closed his eyes and said neutrally, "It was necessary."

Maikeru glared at him and growled at him for that response. However, he could not outright charge in and attack him. To be able to wipe out the Uchiha and being one, he must be very strong and skilled shinobi. He turned back to

"Well then, the answer is no. You have both gone insane with power and arrogance! Besides that, you joined up with the likes of them! We will never join a group with the likes of you! Go away!" Maikeru yelled dangerously.

Deep inside, Itachi was smirking. He was starting to like them more and more now. They both remind him of his true brother-like friend, Shisui Uchiha.

"Otōto, I strongly advise you to reconsider," Masaru stated as five other ninja appeared beside them. They all wore blue camouflaged outfits and wore Kiri forehead protectors.

Maikeru then decided to make a break for it and grabbed Ayaka's hand.

"Quickly Ayaka, Yukime-chan! We have to get out of here before–" He never had time to finish as Masaru reappeared in front of him.

"Wrong answer!" He yelled with a furious look before punching Maikeru in the gut, sending him flying towards a tree.

Maikeru hit the tree with a cracking sound, which caused him to cry out in pain before sliding to the ground.

"Maikeru/Maikeru-kun!" Ayaka and Yukime screamed before turning to Masaru.

"You bastard!" Ayaka yelled as she charged at Masaru, her right hand balled into a fist, but she was kicked in the stomach by Ryūmaru.

She coughed up some blood before being sent spinning sideways towards Maikeru and skidding on her back and stopped right next to him. Before Yukime could retaliate, Kisame knocked her to the ground and placed a foot on her back, preventing her from getting up. Itachi just stood there and watched everything unfold. Maikeru tried to get up but failed miserably and groaned.

"…Ayaka…are…you…ok?" He asked.

"Yeah," she replied as she groaned and sat up head down, wiping the blood off her mouth. They lifted their heads up and looked back at their brothers.

"So, you both have awaked your Sharingan too, hun? But, I wonder if you have achieved the next state." Masaru said as he and Ryūmaru closed their eyes causing Maikeru and Ayaka to watch with caution.

As they slowly started to open them, Maikeru and Ayaka's eyes widened in fear as they realized what they were about to do.

"Mangekyō Sharingan!" They yelled with widened eyes as their Sharingan changed.

Masaru's Sharingan changed as the three tomoes turned and formed into a sun (A medium circle with eight points and pupil inside it in a red design with a black background) while Ryūmaru's was an eight pointed pinwheel (think Shisui's, but with eight points). Maikeru and Ayaka stared at them and gasped in horror as they were pulled into the Tsukuyomi.

(Mindscape)

Maikeru soon found himself in a black void with no end in sight and reflections of himself all around him. He both looked around franticly trying to figure out where they were.

This place is… He thought as they looked around.

Suddenly, he felt he was not on anything anymore. He started falling repeatedly with look of shock in his eyes. When he opened his eyes again the whole world changed as everything appeared in a grayscale inverted colors except the Moon, which was red, in turn, casted a red light throughout the illusion, giving the background a blood-red appearance.

He found himself in a house that seemed to feel familiar. It took a moment for him to relieve it was their childhood home in that village they lived at in Water Country. When he realized this, they both gasped, "This place is… Could it be?"

He then looked at his hands and his cloths. He noticed his hands were dirty and his clothes had holes and tears with dirt and some blood on it. He then started whimpering in fear. He stopped when he heard a familiar voice.

"That's right," Masaru's voice answered, "This is our house."

He looked up and saw his father, Ichiro at the front door, and turned around to see his mother, Misaki, outside the back door.

"Tōchan! Kāchan!"

He then gasped as he saw the Kiri jōnin wrestling his father and holding his mother in a Harness hold. He stared at them in shock and horror as Masaru appeared behind him with devilish smile.

Masaru closed his eyes and said, "You are weak. For the next 24-hours…"

The Kiri shinobi pulled his sword back ready to strike their parents. Maikeru could do nothing but stand there helplessly.

"Stop it…" he pleaded as he started trembling.

Masaru reopened their eyes and said with devilish smile, "Relive that day."

The sword then slowly moved towards their parents to slash them. Maikeru's eyes widen in horror before he closed his eyes and held his head screamed, "STOP IT!"

The sword struck their father through the chest and their mother across the neck splattering blood all over the floor and ground.

In Ryūmaru's Tsukuyomi, Ayaka experienced the same thing and did not handle it any better than her twin brother did. Unfortunately, it was much worst for her to handle.

(Back In the Real World)

Maikeru and Ayaka let out a high pitch scream of horror. Yukime stared at the pair as screamed with tears running down her cheeks. Whatever they were doing to them, it was hurting her inside to hear them scream in such agony. It also angered her that she could do anything to help them with Kisame holding her down. So, all she could do was cry and watch them being tormented.

"Stop this… Please, stop this now!" She cried out for the whole world to here.

(Mindscape)

Maikeru opened his eyes with a gasp. His eyes trembled at the traumatizing scene before him that was all too familiar to him. Lying on the ground and the floor was the bodies of his mother and father in a pool of their own blood. Standing over them was the jōnin. A smirk soon appeared on the Kiri jōnin's face.

Tears ran down Maikeru's face as he silently sobbed.

"How- how do you know what happened to Kāchan and Tōchan?" Maikeru asked in despair as he clutched his eyes shut.

Masaru appeared before him and answered, "Because… we were there."

Maikeru gasped in shock and his eyes started trembling. They were there at the time it happened. They watched as their parents and friends were slaughtered.

"-What? …Then…why…? Why didn't you help us?" He pleaded as tears flowed for his eyes again, "Masaru why didn't you and Ryūmaru try to save Kāchan and Tōchan! They were your parents too!"

Masaru snorted. "What use were they to us?"

Maikeru's head twitched at that response. Deep inside, his heart ached as a small flame filled with anger and pain was lit.

"They were just holding us back. We want to have some propose in life and be useful. However, they wanted us to live a peaceful life without fear of death, destruction, and war," Masaru stated with anger and laugh. "Humph! Got what they fucking deserve."

Maikeru's upper face was shadowed over as the flame inside him grew and burned with hatred and rage.

Masaru then appeared behind him as another scene took place. It was the backyard of their house. Two villagers appeared holding Kenzō and Kurami with swords in their hands ready to strike.

"Masaru… stop this…!" Maikeru said with building anger in his voice. Unknown to Masaru his nails morphed into white-tipped pink claws and he was faintly coated in blue-black chakra.

Masaru smirked with arrogance and replied, "Make me."

That was a big mistake on his part as the swords then pierced Kenzō and Kurami's chest. Maikeru started shaking and grunting with rage as blue-black aura flared and streamed around him. Masaru stared in awe at what was happening.

"W-what the…" He gasped in shock, as the world around them was disorienting.

The pain he feel was unlike any pain he felt before. It is was agonizing and enraging. He groaned, clutching his hands into fists, but could not screamed, as it was too much for him to handle, tears running from their eyes. Something inside him burst open and he were overwhelmed by blue-black chakra, which cloaked around him in a blaze.

After which he slowly moved his head down and glared at older brothers, his Sharingan swirled into the Mangekyō Sharingan. Maikeru slowly lowered his head towards his chest grunting in agony. Then after a moment, he through his head back and let out a horrifying unworldly high-pitched shriek of rage. In Ryūmaru's Tsukuyomi, Ayaka experienced something similar and like before did not handle it any better.

(Back In the Real World)

Maikeru and Ayaka broke free of the Tsukuyomi with a rage-filled, high-pitched inhuman shriek. Their brother cried out in pain and stumbled back a bit, holding their heads. Yukime stared at the pair in shock along with Kisame and Itachi as haunting shriek slowly ended. Maikeru and Ayaka who were surrounded by a blue-black aura had a darker shade to their skin. Their eyes had their Mangekyō Sharingan in it but the whites of their eyes were black. On their back, they had four fleshy tubes and a spike that burst through their shirts. Their hands and feet were clawed and at their end, a fleshy tail with vertebrate sticking of it with a dangerous barb at the end had burst through their pants.

They let out a hiss before quickly going through the hand seals: Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, and Tiger while their older brothers' guard was down.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

They then launched a massive fireball, each the size of a house, at them. When the smoke cleared, they walked up to the charcoaled bodies and smirk. The bodies then exploded into smoke, revealing charcoaled logs with tags on them. The tags suddenly had flames erupt on them and a hissing sound can be heard.

"Shit!" They cried as Kisame and Itachi cleared the area before the explosive tags lit up.

(In Konoha)

In Konoha, a few chūnin were on guard duty at the East Gate and were in deep conversation. The one on the left had white-blonde hair and blue eyes while the one on the right had long brown hair and pale eyes.

Suddenly, an inhuman shriek echoed across the area, followed moments later by a bright flash and an explosion out in the middle of the forest. They both snapped their head towards the rising cloud of black and gray smoke and the chūnin with white-blonde hair yelled in surprise, "Hey Daisuke, what in the world was that?"

The brown haired shinobi shock his head, "I don't know, but I'm going to investigate! Go and notify Hokage-sama right away!"

The chūnin with white-blonde hair nodded, "Right!"

With that, they both jumped into action.

Well, so much for another boring day of guard duty, the man known as Daisuke thought as he raced down the wall then towards the smoke.

(In the Forest)

Meanwhile, Maikeru, Yukime, and Ayaka were running though the forest and Maikeru was in intense pain. The cloaks they were wearing have burned in the blast and their gray shirts with a red whirlpool spiral on the back, brown cargo pants were now ragged and dirty. Their black sandals were also torn and worn from the blast and were lost in their escape. The only one whose clothes were decent was Yukime for she only lost her cloak. However, her clothes were slowly soaking up with blood from Maikeru's wounds and were dissolving from the bloods acidity.

Maikeru body had been taken serious damage and was in bad shape as he currently had his arm over Yukime's shoulder for support. All over his body were cuts and burns, but his left arm was bleeding badly from the large wound on it from the blast debris. As he was carried by Yukime, his blood was dripping onto the ground. Once it touched the ground, it steamed and hissed as it started to dissolve the soil.

Ayaka's injuries were only minor; small cuts and burns due to Maikeru shielding her from most of the blast. Yukiko however was a little bruised and had several burns including the ones caused by Maikeru's acidic blood. They all looked back to see if their traitorous brothers that attacked them were following us when they bumped into something and fell backwards.

They looked up and saw Masaru and Ryūmaru standing in front of them while the two other Akatsuki members were standing in the trees with their hats on. Masaru and Ryūmaru removed their blades from the stealth and stabbed them with a growl of anger. Maikeru and Ayaka screamed out in pain before Masaru and Ryūmaru thrown them with their swords into the trunk of a tree. Yukime tried to fight them off with her Ice Release techniques, but was countered and overpowered by their Fire Release techniques.

The chūnin named Daisuke that went to investigate what caused the explosion was on his way to the site when he heard high-pitch screams of pain. He looked over his right and saw a boy and two girls wearing ragged clothing surrounded by two men on the ground and two men in the trees. They overwhelmed the girl, which to his surprise, can use Ice Release, and backhand her hard before punching her into a tree next to the other two. They soon pick the said two up off the ground, threw them out in the open, and now towered over them.

Daisuke stopped and went to check out what is going on. He soon found a nearby tree to hide in it. Then, he started to eavesdrop on them. He now noticed that two of them have long and messy raven hair with red eyes and the other black hair with dark brown eyes that were currently closed. Upon looking closer at the slightly identical children's eyes and he soon realized that they both Uchiha from the Sharingan they had in their eyes. He also notices that the boy and the girl were severely injured with the stab wounds they now have.

"Hmm, it seems that you both have broken free of the Tsukuyomi. But how… how did you do it?" Masaru asked as he and Ryūmaru deactivating their Mangekyō Sharingan.

Maikeru and Ayaka panted for a bit and chuckled evilly.

"It's because… We too have unlocked the Mangekyō Sharingan."

They then lifted their heads up and glared at their older brothers with their own Mangekyō Sharingan. Their Mangekyō had three tomoes formed into a ring (think Madara's but, without the holes and more like the tomoes in the Sharingan in shape.) As soon as it activated, it deactivated.

Ryūmaru then grabbed Maikeru by the scruff of his shirt and lifted him up to his face yelling, "Don't give me that! We talking about what was with that shriek you and Ayaka made and that black chakra?"

Maikeru and Ayaka's eyes widen in surprise while Yukime who just reawakened looked at them with curiosity as well as Itachi and Kisame. Then, Yukime suddenly remembered seeing those creatures that Maikeru and Ayaka could summon and noticed that they looked somewhat like them in their transformations.

"Now that you mention it, you two looked almost like those creatures you are able to summon. How is that so Maikeru-kun, Ayaka-chan?" Yukime asked out of pure curiosity. This caught everyone's attention. Maikeru and Ayaka now realized that they did not tell her about them and were regretting it since she mentioned it in front their brothers and the others.

"Creatures?" Ryūmaru asked in surprise and suspension before turning back to Maikeru, "What is she talking about Maikeru?"

Maikeru sighed and stared sadly down at the ground before he said, "She means the creatures that Ayaka and I signed a summoning contract with before the day our parents and friends died. They gave us a special privilege to have a new bloodline to start a new clan."

"I see!" Masaru said with interest while everyone else was stupefied by this information, "Anyways, are you two joining us or not?"

"Come on, stop running kids," Kisame said, "There is nowhere to run to anymore, nowhere to escape, so just come with us, you brats."

Their eyes narrowed in fear as panic started to settle in. Tears started to leak out of their bloody eyes as they both began to whimper.

"So, what's it going to be kids?" Kisame asked.

"We've already told you. We will never join the likes of Akatsuki! What does you want us anyways beside the fact that we have the Sharingan?" Maikeru yelled causing Daisuke to wonder who or what Akatsuki is for he has never heard of it.

"Because you two process unimaginable power. You are too dangerous to be kept alive. No one else will ever accept you, so just join Akatsuki and your lives will be spared," Masaru said.

"Never in a million years!" Maikeru growled venomously.

Ryūmaru smirked at that and chuckled evilly before saying, "Persistent, aren't we?"

"Do you even know why villagers tried to kill you?" Masaru asked, the one being more serious now.

Maikeru and Ayaka stared at their brother, surprised and shocked. They then lowered their heads, eyes glazed over by sadness.

"Yeah, we do. It is because of the kekkei genkai we process. The villagers of Water Country fear that clans possessing kekkei genkai will just being more war and misfortune. Therefore, after they found out that we process the dōjutsu kekkei genkai, the Sharingan, they tried to kill us. In addition, our parents were killed too because they process a kekkei genkai. Kāchan and Tōchan tried to protect us from the villagers, but they were killed in the process. Even our best friends that we grew up with gave their lives for us even though members of our clans killed their parents during the last Shinobi World War, making them orphans, but they did not hold that against us still it was not our fault. In blind rage, we killed them all. Then after that, we fled the village because we were unwanted and hated there," Maikeru said with sadness in his voice, tears running down his faces. Ayaka nodded sadly after he finished, sadness filled her eyes too as she cried silently. Yukime just stared with a look of sadness and pity for the twins with tears running down her cheeks.

Saying that Daisuke was shocked and sadden from what he heard, was an understatement as he had tears in his eyes with a harden gaze.

Ryūmaru nodded with a smirk and said, "Yes Maikeru, that's right. And that's why Madara-sama was interested in you two when he found out the part that you two process one of the three strongest kekkei genkai even though, we process them too. However, you two have mastered them at such a young age and now have a new bloodline that we do not even possess. Therefore, he sent us to find you two to ask you to join us. After spending three weeks tracking you, we finally found you two all alone and ripe for the pickings."

They approached slowly towards Maikeru and Ayaka, backing them up against the tree as they did. Yukime's eyes widen in fear as she watched in horror as Masaru and Ryūmaru stopped and towering over both of them. Maikeru was now whimpering in fear. He did not have any chakra left and neither does Ayaka because they used up some of what was left of their chakra in the fight earlier. Even Yukime was out of chakra from using her Ice Release to try to protect them, which ultimately failed. Maikeru looked over to his sister who was having it worse than him. No one wants to watch themselves, their twin brother or sister, or best friend being killed right in front of them.

"You two nearly killed us back there with the Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique you surprised us with," Masaru said with a hint of anger in his voice as his right eye twitched from the memory.

This surprised Daisuke who was hiding in the trees. Amazing! These children can perform fire-style techniques at such a young age! They are just like a new generation of Itachi, except they have both Uchiha blood running through their veins. In addition, the fact that the older siblings have red hair means the twins are also Uzumaki by blood.

Ryūmaru chuckled before saying, "But it seems you both have gotten careless when failed to detect the paper bombs attached to the logs."

Ryūmaru and Masaru then laughed crazily and evilly. Daisuke's eyes widened with realization. Now I see, that was what caused that explosion we saw, he thought, as he now understood what happened here.

"This is the end for you Otōto, Imōto. This is where you die, farewell," Masaru said before he and Ryūmaru took out their swords and raised them over their shoulders preparing to strike.

"It's too bad we have to kill you. With your mastery of the Sharingan, you two could have been an outstanding shinobi," Masaru said with an evil grin, "But still, we can still hopefully obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan by killing you and taking your eyes which will grant us unimaginable power. After I kill you Maikeru, Ryūmaru will kill Ayaka and he will also obtain the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan as will."

Then, everything happened in slow motion as they brought their swords down. Maikeru and Ayaka just looked on with hopelessness with widened eyes. Yukime closed her eyes shut with tears running down her cheeks, as she could not bear to see the sight of them be killed in front of her. At this time, Daisuke reappeared in front of the two just as the swords were started moving down on the twins.

Immediately, he took out two kunai and used them to stop the attacks before they could kill the children. The sound of metal hitting metal snapped Maikeru and Ayaka out of their daze and stared at the person standing with two kunai pushing the swords backs. They then stared widen-eyed in shock as this man saved their life and he does not even know them. Yukime was speechless by the man saving her only friends for their brothers.

"Killing defenseless children is not the way of the shinobi!" Daisuke growled at Masaru and Ryūmaru with hatred for even thinking about it.

He turned his head and said with a grin, "You alright kids?"

Maikeru blinked a few time before nodding, nervously as did Ayaka.

"What are your names? My name's Daisuke," he asked the pair.

At first, Maikeru just lowered his head a little and said nervously, "Mai...Maikeru U…Uchiha."

"Ay...Ayaka U…Uchiha," Ayaka replied as nervously as her brother

The chūnin then eyed Yukime and asked, "And the girl, what's her name?"

"She's our friend, Yukime," Maikeru replied.

Daisuke immediately nod and said, "Don't worry Maikeru-kun. I will not let them hurt you, your sister, or your friend anymore. I will protect you with my life, all of you."

Maikeru and Ayaka looked up again with a stunned look.

"Now, why would a Konoha shinobi risk his life for these two? They're nothing but bloodthirsty monsters!" Ryūmaru taunted at Daisuke hoping he would change his mind and walk away.

Yukiko was stunned by this development. To think that Maikeru and Ayaka were saved by a Konoha shinobi who saved them without hesitation. Maikeru and Ayaka however looked down at the ground in disgrace, as they are nothing more than a burden in this situation.

"No, you're wrong. They are not monsters," The Konoha shinobi said with confidence.

This caused both the twins looked up with surprised look.

"You're far from it! They are nothing of the sort! They're spirited, young children who need love, support, and guidance which they can get from Konohagakure no Sato!" He stated with a smile.

Maikeru's eyes started watering and so were Ayaka's and Yukime's as well. He… This Konoha shinobi is laying down his life to protect us. For the first time in my life, someone besides my parent cares about us, Maikeru thought with hope and belief. A warm, happy smile and watering eyes appeared on all of orphans' faces. However, it did not last long, through.

"Tck, pathetic! You are totally pathetic!" Masaru yelled after going through a series of hand seals quickly. Their eyes widen in surprise as they recognized the ninjutsu he was about to use.

"Look out!" They cried to warn Daisuke.

"Farewell you fool! Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

The chūnin was caught off guard by the water dragon that materialized out of the nearby lake in the surrounding area hit him from his right, sending him into a tree. The children gasped as he hit the tree hard before looked at the brothers with anger and hatred.

"So, you wish to protect the children. Fine then, I will kill you first. You all can go to the afterlife together," Ryūmaru said, raising his sword.

Suddenly, Maikeru and Ayaka reactivated their Sharingan, rushed over to him at lightning fast speed, and punched Ryūmaru in the face before Maikeru took the sword from him and stabbed him through the heart only for him to poof into a log.

This surprised the older brothers. That they of all people would protect a Konoha shinobi that they do not even know. The twins stared at their older brothers with our Mangekyō Sharingan in full-blown rage as molten green gigantic, skeletal humanoid beings of energy with glowing yellow eyes surrounds to pair. (You people know what this technique is, right? Boy, are these fools in for it now!)

"We trusted you! We looked up to you! We thought you were the best brothers we could ever have! Masaru, Ryūmaru why…Why did you betray Kāchan and Tōchan and join Akatsuki! Kāchan and Tōchan had spoken so highly of you! Why did you do it?" They demanded as one. Yukime was awestruck and speechless about what was happening to her newfound friends with some fear attached.

"Because Madara-sama offered us power that we couldn't refuse if we left our village and our family behind. Sorry we hurt you but we did what we had to so we would be of some use. We were able to use our Sharingan and the Uzumaki bloodline without fear. Now since you will not join us, we will have to kill you now. Therefore, I am sad to say it is goodbye my foolish Otōto and Imōto. I wish it didn't have to come to this," Masaru said before he and Ryūmaru held his sword behind them and rushed towards Maikeru and Ayaka who were starting to be engulfing by pure hatred as the beings started growing muscles and battle amour around them.

At that instant, a barrage of kunai and shuriken flew at Masaru and Ryūmaru who stopped and blocked them with their swords and looked up to see three Konoha Anbu that had come to assist Daisuke with the situation.

The one on the left was a woman with violent hair, the one on the right was a man with brown hair, and the squad leader was a man with spiky silver hair who unlike the only two was not wearing an Anbu animal mask, but a blue cloth mask that covered everything below his eyes.

"I wouldn't if I were you. Now, leave or we will kill you. You have no right to kill defenseless children," The silver haired Anbu said sternly as he glared at them.

"Hmm... You look familiar. What's your name?" Masaru said as he, Ryūmaru, and their comrades turned around and stared at the grey haired Anbu who in his left eye had the Sharingan.

"My name is Kakashi Hatake," Kakashi said before continuing, "Now, I will say it again. Leave now or we'll kill you."

"Oh yeah, now I remember. Kakashi Hatake also known as the Copy Ninja Kakashi and Kakashi of the Sharingan. Fine Kakashi, so come down here, and make us! I want to see if you are as good as people say you are," Masaru said as he and Ryūmaru got into fight stances, nut his comrades stayed where they were. They do not enjoy the fact that they drew too much attention and were thinking about leaving when they saw was happening to the twins.

The Anbu were ready attack, but they stopped and gasped when they saw what was happening to Maikeru and Ayaka.

Kakashi said as he smirked, "Well, it would seem that it is out of our hands now."

Masaru and Ryūmaru gave them a confused look for a moment before they sensed a chakra spike and killing intent as well as hearing Yukime gasp in shock and fear. They turned to see both Maikeru and Ayaka surrounded by a black chakra with dorsal tubes, spikes, and tails as the red gigantic, armored humanoid beings turned black as well with their armor changing shape.

They all stared in complete shock as the wound on Maikeru shoulder along with his and Ayaka's stab wounds, vanished before their eyes. They both slowly lifted the heads up revealing black and red eyes with an eerie green in their Mangekyō Sharingan patterns. However, their eyes were blooding from using the Susanoo and their vision was fading a little.

"Masaru, Ryūmaru we have all we can stand of you two! First, you tried to kill my sister, our last friend, and me. Then you tried to kill our rescuer and protector! So now, we're going to kill you!" Maikeru said in a low voice with a malevolence smirk before he and Ayaka lowered their heads and being overshadowed by the dense chakra of their Susanoos.

When he saw that their silhouettes began to change shape and form again, Masaru shouted to his sibling. "Hurry Ryūmaru, we must stop them before they transform!" This caught the attention of the Anbu as they stared in awe and shock at what was going on. Kakashi knew that the beings surrounding the two were the Mangekyō Sharingan's final ability, Susanoo. However, they were also changing along with pairs.

As soon they were inches away from them, Masaru and Ryūmaru were sent flying backward by their Susanoo's hands. Then as quickly as it started, Maikeru and Ayaka's transformation into Xenomorph Mode was completed. The Susanoo's armor now took on a more xenomorphic appearance as it was more skeletal and the headdress like more like the skull of a xenomorph queen with two glowing eyes inside its maw. Suddenly they were unable to continue using Susanoo was it slowly vanished before everyone's eyes, making them visible again. By the time Masaru and Ryūmaru got up again and looked at the twins, they were still human size and looked human, but at the same time, they did not.

They had an elongated, cylindrical skull with a smooth carapace but possess no visible eyes and had segmented, and blade-tipped tails. The tails have a flat ridge of spines at the base of the blade. The sharp tip was a large, spear-like barb. They had a skeletal, biomechanical appearance and colored in a muted shade of black. Their bodies have four long, dorsal tubes on their backs and a spike with flat ridge of spines on top with smaller ones on the bottom at the base of the neck. They had four fingered hands, with two long middle fingers and a pair of thumbs and four toed feet, which were human-like with two toe-like appendages at the keel of each foot and the legs being in a plantigrade posture.

As they slowly lifted their heads up looked at them, they hiss angrily with their lips quivering, showing their teeth as they gave off killer intent which frightened Masaru and Ryūmaru a little and draw their swords. The others were a little unnerved by their appearance. Therefore, this is what that girl was talking about Masaru thought with realization of what they looked like.

Then, with amazing speed, they jumped up into the trees and flew down towards them with a shriek. Masaru and Ryūmaru leaped back as the landed only to be tackled by them with lightning speed. Before the group could do anything, Maikeru and Ayaka leaped away from them. They then saw Masaru and Ryūmaru spew a large fireball from their mouths, which engulfs the human xenomorph hybrids. When the flames finally were extinguished, Maikeru and Ayaka were no were to be seen.

"Maikeru! Ayaka!" Yukiko cried, as she feared the worst.

Suddenly Masaru and Ryūmaru gasped in pain as a bladed tail punched out through the chests by Maikeru and Ayaka. Yukime gasped with surprise and happiness that they were still alive. However, she was a little horrified and grossed out by the stunt they did. Maikeru and Ayaka slowly brought the two to their face. They screamed in true terror as Maikeru and Ayaka opened their mouths wide with a hiss, showing their inner jaws that opened up, and thrust them into Masaru and Ryūmaru's skulls like a piston, which broke them, killed them both instantly as they could only muster out a final cry of horror. Maikeru removed his tail from Masaru's chest violently causing him to drop to the ground. Ayaka did the same with Ryūmaru. They both hissed with glee at their brothers' corpses.

"Goodbye Niichans. Oh and don't worry. We'll put your eyes to good use in the future," They both then lifted their heads up high as they let out a high-pitch inhuman screech.

As their chakra reserves started to deplete, both Maikeru and Ayaka transformed back to their human forms. Once they were back to normal, Itachi and Kisame appeared before them and kicked them in the chest sending the duo flying into the forest. The Konoha shinobi and Yukime then gave chase to find the two.

Maikeru and Ayaka were able to get to their feet, but they both accidently looked up into Itachi's eyes and became caught in his Dusk Crow Genjutsu. Once inside Itachi told them everything that had happened in Konoha and the truth about him and the Uchiha Massacre since we believe he can trust them. They both took it very well considering how it happened. In turn, Maikeru and Ayaka explained what happened in their time in Kiri and up until now. The genjutsu then ended with Itachi have them promise to try to protect someone important to him to the best of their abilities.

When they were finished, the Konoha shinobi and Yukime showed up and they stared at the duo that still had their Sharingan active, panting hard from the genjutsu casted by Itachi Uchiha. Currently Kisame and Itachi were walking down the dirt road they all come by back to their rendezvous point to inform their leader on what had transpired here. Daisuke approached with Yukime and she asked, "Are the both of you alright Maikeru-kun, Ayaka-chan?"

"Yeah, I think so," they replied panting heavily then, looked at him in the eye as they deactivated their Sharingan.

Daisuke smiled for a moment before he gasped when he saw someone appear behind them. The figure then threw kunai at the two.

"Maikeru, Ayaka look out!" He yelled as he raced towards them.

Surprised they both turned around and two kunai punctured their black eyes. Time seemed to stop short for Maikeru and Ayaka as their world turned black. They could scream or yell, as the shock was too much. They started to fall backwards when the chūnin caught them.

"Maikeru/-kun! Ayaka/-chan!" Daisuke and Yukime cried in horror.

They all looked back to see Ryūmaru was still alive, but only barely with Masaru. He had blood running out of his mouth with a hole in his chest and head. Holding his chest, he laughed before saying weakly, "...Consider that a farewell present… from us… Mai-ikeru… Aya-aka…"

They then fell to their knees for a moment before falling to the ground lifeless. The Konoha shinobi and Yukiko turned back to Maikeru and Ayaka and saw at their eyes to see kunai protruded from their eyes straight through the iris. Daisuke pulled the kunai out of Maikeru and Ayaka's eyes while Kakashi check their brothers' pulse to make sure that they were finally dead. After confirming that they were both dead, he then ran to Maikeru and Ayaka's sides as Daisuke finished checking their pulse.

"Their pulse is strong, their chakra network is low on chakra, but is otherwise fine. However, their eyes are destroyed beyond repair. We need to get them to the Medical Corps as soon as possible," Daisuke explained to Kakashi who nodded before turning to his teammates yelling, "Yūgao, Tenzō bring those two's bodies with us! We'll need their eyes to be transplanted into them!"

"Yes Kakashi/Kakashi-sempai!" They replied before going over to Masaru and Ryūmaru's bodies and hosted them onto their shoulders.

"Ok, let's get moving!" Daisuke said as he picks him up and they raced to the hospital.

(In Konoha)

Kakashi look down at the boy and the girl who was being carried by the chūnin as they raced a hospital. I do not know what that chakra we saw back there was, but I do know that that was the Sharingan and Mangekyō Sharingan in their eyes a moment ago. These children are something else. Man, what they have been through must have been hard. I had better keep an eye on them though. I hope the operation is a success, he thought as they ran inside the hospital.

They all raced inside and began looking for a doctor. Quickly they had the doctors examine both Maikeru and Ayaka. Everyone was surprised that the wounds had already started to heal, but they were still in trouble. They took them to the operating room and implanted Masaru's eyes into Maikeru and Ryūmaru's into Ayaka.

They then carried them away into the rehabilitation room. The doctors placed Maikeru and Ayaka's unconscious forms with warping around the eyes on to two separate beds. Kakashi and Daisuke later left the hospital and went to the Hokage Residence to inform the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi on what had happened as well as what they had seen in the battle outside the walls of Konoha.

A/N: What will become of Maikeru, Ayaka, and Yukiko? Will they find a new home in Konoha to be love and cherished or another nightmarish hell like in Kiri to escape from?

Well, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. Sorry, for the long wait, but with all the stuff I need to work on in college, I could not find time. However, things were not doing so well this semester. I had to drop two of my classes to keep my GPA where it is currently since I was doing terribly in them. However, it is all good since I will just take them new semester and do best than last time.

Now, I am announcing that I am officially remaking The Tengoku. It was the second fanfiction I have make on his site and I feel that the story has a little too fast with Naruto, Hinata, and Sasuke's personal training. Moreover, with the way the canon of Naruto is going, I am going to rethink on whom I will be resurrecting in the story. Currently I have started reediting the first chapter to the new Rise of Tengoku.

Both the next chapters of The Ultimate Jinchūriki and Naruto: AVP will be coming out after I have rebooted The Tengoku. I have started the Ultimate Jinchūriki chapter a while during the beginning of this semester of school and I am hoping to get it done this or the following week. The next chapter of Naruto: AVP will be coming out sometime after that and should be easy since I just have to reedit it. Anyway that is all I have to say for now.

Oh, if you have any questions on names and stuff, just ask or send me a pm message. Thanks! In addition, before I forget, if you have the time, please stop by my profile and cast your vote for the Maikeru Pairing Poll. Now until the next we met again, JA NE!

Glossary:

Akatsuki – Red Dawn

Anbu, short for Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai – Special Assassination and Tactical Squad

Chūnin – Middle Ninja

Daimyō – Feudal Lord

Dōjutsu – Eye Technique

Genjutsu – Illusionary Technique

Hokage – Fire Shadow

Kage – Shadow

Missing-nin – Missing Ninja

Niichan – Casual way of saying "Big Brother" or also "a young gentleman," expresses a higher level of closeness or reverence, respectively

Ninjutsu – Ninja Technique

Susanoo – "He with the ability to help by all means" or Tempestuous God of Valor

Tsukuyomi – Moon Reader