Naruto FF-
Chapter 2-
I woke up the next morning and got dressed again, trying to get my midnight black hair organized before pulling it back, tying it up high with a blood stained white ribbon. I blinked away the sleep in my eyes and strapped my weapons on, my hands trailing lovingly over the hilts of my katana, these were my babies! I loved them, they were sharp enough to cut through bone with a simple swing of my arm but gentle enough to slit a throat, leaving only the thinnest of lines. I also carried a large assortment of poisons, knives, kunai and shurikan. That, with my natural kekkei-genkai, personal little tricks and jutsus I was basically unstoppable.
I hung around the house all day, keeping myself entertained by cleaning my weapons and drawing. My brother says I'm good at it and I like to think I'm good too. I always draw whoever or whatever's on my mind and at that moment it was Sasuke and his team so I filled paper after paper of drawings, about ten just of Sasuke, a few of Kakashi, a few more of the blonde boy, only one or two on the girl and three drawings of the team all together. I stared down at one of the drawings of Sasuke and traced my charcoal covered fingers lightly over it, making sure I didn't smug it. He was so much older, more grown and colder than I remember…I missed how he used to be.
I sighed and got up, leaving my drawings scattered all over the place and headed out to the woods for a little training.
I stood in the middle of a clearing, targets all around me, they were in crazy positions, things that looked impossible to hit but I jumped into the air, leaping from tree to tree to get higher and turned around, diving towards the ground, sending kunai flying. I bounced off a rock, taking me slightly to the left and spun in mid-air, my hair hitting my in the face before letting the kunai fly. I landed perfectly on a tiny red 'X' on the ground before smirking and looking over all the targets, each one had a Kunai perfectly in the center. I walked around, checking my work with a very critical eye, if one kunai was even a hair out of the center I would do it ten times again, no matter how much strain it caused. Of course though, none of them were, so I collected my daggers and went through my other training rituals. I trained until the sun was low, skipping lunch without a second thought. By the time I got back to the house I was tired, hungry and I really wanted to take a shower. I walked in and froze, there was someone else in here.
I drew my swords carefully, ready to fight but just in case I whistled low under my breath: a perfect imitation of a cardinal call and waited.
About a second after I called out I got a return, what sounded like another cardinal responding. I beamed and sheathed my swords, walking into the living room to see my brother looking over the drawings I did.
"Brother!" I cheered. He glanced up at me flatly, the huge cloak he always wore covering most of his face before he dipped his head,
"Hello sister." He greeted back before returning his eyes to one of my drawings of Sasuke. "Why did you draw these?" he asked.
"I saw him yesterday, as well as the rest of that team." I responded, pulled out one of the better, more detailed drawings of the team I saw. "I think they're after me." I said and put my weapon pouch aside, keeping only my katana on my back.
"You always think people are after you sister." He sighed. I glared at him,
"Hey, when you've killed as many people as I have you get paranoid." I said, poking him. "Make yourself at home, I'm going to take a shower."
"Good, you need it." I glared at him, pulling his hair.
"Shut up." I grumbled.
He turned his glare on my but I ignored him, going towards the bathroom. I turned on the water and waited for it to heat up, taking off my clothes happily and hopping in. I washed all the sweat, grime and traces of old blood from my hair and skin. After I was finished I simply stood in the shower and let the water pound against my back, tipping my head back to it pulled at my hair, I had a bad feeling about the next couple of days. Finally I got out and dried my body off putting on a large shirt and underwear instead of my normal outfit, prepared to wash those nasty things before walking back out. My brother had taken off his cloak leaving him in his black pants and purple v neck shirt with fishnet under it. I smiled, throwing my clothes in some soapy water to soak for a while
"So what do I owe the pleasure? Off work?" I asked casually, sitting down next to him and drying my hands.
"I was sent to find you and I guessed I would find you here." He responded. I looked at him in shock,
"Why do you have to find me?" I asked curiously, tipping my head to the side childishly. Even though I was four years older than him he was usually the more mature out of both of us.
"He wants you to find someone, end them secretly." Brother said, looking at me with cold dark eyes. I frowned, I hated these kind of missions, they were boring but I nodded,
"Fine, where are they?" his eyes flickered to the drawings I did.
"They are in Kohona village." I scowled, I didn't want to go back, I left six years ago with the intention of never going back.
"Find someone else." I growled
"He thought you'd have this reaction, so he said if you don't he's cutting off your protection and slipping all the hidden villages your whereabouts and traveling patterns." I stared at my brother in open mouthed horror.
"And you're just letting him threaten me?!" I snarled.
"It's not like I have a choice, what boss says, goes." He responded emotionlessly. I stood up and started pacing, letting out deep throated growls constantly. Go back to that village to kill one person, or get hunted down by every hidden village in the country.
"Damn." I swore and ran my hand angrily through my hair. "Who's the target?"
"A higher up, the Hokage's main adviser, he seems to think it would be a good idea to scale a full scale attack on the Akatsuki and we cannot have that." I sighed,
"Fine, kill this dude, get out and not die, simple." I muttered, still annoyed I had to go back.
"There is something else." Brother spoke up again. I groaned and looked down at him.
"What else could there possibly be?"
"We also need as much information as we can get meaning—"
"You want me to stay in Kohana?!" I yelped. Brother dipped his head,
"As well as break an ally out of prison." I glared at him, holding up a finger.
"Do not add any more to this mission." I commanded, "It sucks as much as it is." He bowed his head,
"That is all, it's three part." I grumbled. Killing people, that I was okay with, but breaking someone out of prison and then staying there…wait…
"YOU WANT ME TO BE CAPTURED!" I exploded but Brother doesn't even flinch.
"I do not, no, but Boss does, I don't even like that this is based around the Leaf." I grumbled and stood up, angrily pacing again when I stopped, looking down at the drawings I had done and picking up one of the team.
"Well I think I know just how to do it." I breathed, before an evil smirk spread across my face, maybe I could have some fun with this…
Kakashi's POV
That 'old woman' that was definitely her. I don't know how I could tell but something told me that was her, no doubt.
Instead of going after her myself I summoned a few of my best Ninken. They looked up at me, waiting.
"A woman just came by here, I believe it is the same woman we're after, go find her." They dipped their heads and leaped away.
"You're sure that it was her?" Sakura asked.
"I have it feeling it was." I responded and glanced at Sasuke, she seemed to know him.
"Sasuke, she recognized you, were you close to any women who would be about my age? Maybe a teacher, baby-sitter, house cleaner, neighbor?" I listed off, hoping to find a connection. He glared at me,
"All the people who lived near me are dead, remember?" he growled.
"That doesn't mean there isn't someone who's alive." I responded, a little agitated. "Just humor me on this." He sighed and looked up at the sky, going over lists of people in his head.
"The only girl I can think of would be Tsumi, but she was killed with everyone else, they found her body." He finally said, looking at me, with pain in his eyes.
"Who was she?" I asked, just in case she wasn't dead. Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he clamped his lips shut tightly, refusing to answer me. I sighed, "This may be important Sasuke, just tell me." his eyes narrowed even more and he shook his head.
"Just tell him idiot!" Naruto shouted but I knew I had lost as soon as he opened his big mouth.
"Shut up Dobe!" Sasuke snapped and they both started glaring at each other. I sighed.
"Sasuke…" he glanced at me and glared.
"That is a Uchiha family matter." He spat
"So she's an Uchiha?" I asked, surprised.
"Obviously." He grumbled, right…she was killed in the Massacre…duh.
"Right…so you have no idea who that woman was who recognized you?" he shook his head. I turned away, giving up, and continuing to walk down the street, I noticed the female ANBU member standing off to the side. I waved her over,
"Report?" I asked.
"No sign of any activity, everything is calm and average." She said. I frowned, the mask hiding the fact though.
"Fine, continue to scout and find a place to stay for the night, we're staying here." I handed her a slip of paper, not wanting anyone dangerous to overhear where we're staying. She nodded and burned the slip of paper before disappearing again.
"Let's go." I said and continued along, Naruto started complaining that he was hungry, which we all ignored, until Sakura got mad and punched him over the head, telling him to shut up.
"Geez, this group…" I groaned mentally and we stopped at our hotel, getting separate, but connected, rooms.
They were small and boring, just a bed and a nightstand but it was all we needed. I could hear Naruto complaining to himself about not having eaten anything, Sakura muttering to herself about the lack of a shower and Sasuke pacing. I closed my eyes, it would've been so much easier without them but then again I never would've noticed the woman if I hadn't heard her say Sasuke's name.
The power I sensed off of her…it was amazing, it made Itachi's feel like nothing. This woman was powerful and I knew this would probably be one of the hardest missions I had ever faced.
Main POV
I still can't believe I'm going to openly let myself get captured like this!
Of course I would have some fun with Sasuke about it and Brother would be watching, making sure I went through with it. I know he trusted me to, he was my little brother, of course he trusted his big sister, but it was just protocol. This was still going to put a huge stain on my record, to be caught after all the towns I killed? It's just sickening to think about.
So instead of thinking about it I finished washing my clothes and dried them with a jutsu, I'm not one to wait for my clothes to dry, and got dressed, going back out to train, not caring if it was dark out or not, I had excellent night vision so I could do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. I stalked towards the lake. I got there are glared out at the surface, memorizing it because it was about to burn up.
I steadied myself and my hands moved together so fast they were invisible to the human eye then I breathed in deep, placed my arms out in front of me, palms spread out, and screamed. Instead of any sound coming from my mouth, burning, blue flames shot from my throat. I aimed at the water, it was boiling in seconds.
I kept the heavy stream of fire up as the water started to evaporate, sweat was rolling off my body and dripping into my eyes but it evaporated just as soon as it got close to my mouth.
I kept the flames up for about forty five minutes before the entire lake was reduced to a small pond, the fish and plants were scorched but I didn't care. After the flame gave out my voice replaced it so I screamed at the top of my lungs for about two more minutes before I finally stopped and glared into the giant empty hole I had created, blaming it for all of my problems. I turned on my heel and stalked away, my throat slightly sore but nothing serious.
"You need to lay off on the Dragon tongue jutsu." My brother advised me as soon as I stalked back into the house.
"Shut up." I spat and collapsed on the couch next to him. He reached out his hand, my eyes following his purple nails curiously, it was something we both did, not sure why but he grabbed a piece of my hair and folded it around his finger.
"You burned your hair." He informed me. I pouted and looked at the burnt ends and scowled.
"Cut it for me?" I asked with a pleading look. He frowned at me but nodded, pulling a kunai out, I turned my back to him and he started cutting my hair, I let him do whatever the hell he wanted with it, he ended up making the hair a lot shorter in the back, so it was down to my shoulders instead of the middle of my back and cutting my bangs even shorter so they hung over my right eye.
I turned around, messing with my shorter, pin straight black hair before smiling hugely and wrapping my arms around my brother's neck.
"Thank you Itachi!"