Two days later, we'd made it to the Land of Earth, to the place where they were hiding the Daimyo's daughter.
"You're up, Kaede," Minato-sensei whispered.
"Hai."
"Kaede," Obito whispered, placing a hand on my shoulder.
I blushed. "Yes?"
"Good luck."
I smiled.
I approached the guards.
"Hey you! Girl! Identify yourself!"
I activated my sharingan and used a visual genjutsu on them to knock them out.
"Good job, Kaede," Minato-sensei said as he and the boys jumped out of hiding. "Let's go. I'll take the front. Obito, you follow. Kaede, take the center. Kakashi, you've got the rear."
"Hai!"
We charged in. Kakashi, Obito, and Minato-sensei took out everyone we came across. Finally, we came to the chamber where they were keeping the girl. When we got there, a Iwanin was holding a kunai to the girl's throat.
"Not another step there, Yellow Flash. I must admit, I'm impressed by your little team. Let's do a head count, shall we, and see who's all here. There's you, Konoha's infamous Yellow Flash. There's the son of the White Fang. And two Uchiha brats, including the Heiress to the clan. The Land of Fire's Daimyo must really want his daughter back."
"Of course he does!" Obito shouted. "What kind of father wouldn't want his daughter back? How would you feel if your daughter was stolen from you?!"
"You see, boy, I already know how that feels. Because my daughter was stolen, by you Konoha pigs! You stole her life. In fact, it was Uchiha Fugaku that took her life. She was just a child, no older than you three children are now."
I gulped. Had my father really killed a 12 year old girl?
"And now, the Kami have given me a chance for true revenge. What better way to repay the man who stole my daughter's life then to steal his only daughter. You want the Daimyo's daughter back, Uchiha, then offer your own life in exchange for hers."
I was shaking. Never before had I been in this position.
"We're not letting you take Kaede!" Obito shouted, standing in front of me. "She's our comrade! I won't abandon a comrade!"
"It's her life or the Daimyo's daughter!"
"Obito," I said sadly. "Thank you for trying to protect me. You're a true friend. But this is my decision to make. I will sacrifice my life for the Daimyo's daughter."
"But Kaede!"
"Let her go, Obito," Minato-sensei said. "This is Kaede's decision to make, no one can make it for her." He placed a hand on my back, causing me to smile. "I'm proud of you, Kaede."
I went to the Iwanin and he threw the girl to Minato-sensei, who caught her. The poor girl was thankfully under a genjutsu and wouldn't remember any of this.
"You have the girl, now leave before I change my mind and kill you all."
Minato-sensei placed his hands on Kakashi and Obito before disappearing with his space-time ninjutsu.
The Iwanin brought me to a cell and threw me in roughly.
"You will be executed at sunrise tomorrow, in front of all Iwakagure. We will take your eyes then kill you. Iwa will finally have the sharingan in our grasp."
I made a face at the sick bastard as he walked away, leaving me in the dark cell.
An hour later, I felt a presence behind me.
"It's about time you got here, Minato-sensei. I was beginning to think you forgot to come back for me."
He chuckled. "Let's get you home. Your mother is worried sick about you."
He teleported us back home to Konoha where my family, Kakashi, and Obito were waiting for us. My mother pulled me into a tight hug.
"You had me so worried. What you did was brave, but foolish. If Minato hadn't realized what you were doing and put his mark on you….oh Kaede! We could have lost you!"
"Sorry I worried you, Oka-san, but the Daimyo's daughter needed to be saved."
"You didn't think to tell us what you were planning?!" Obito said, wiping his eyes.
"Don't cry, Obito," I said. "I'm ok. There wasn't time to tell you."
"I'm not crying! There's just dust in my eye!"
I chuckled.
"Is the Daimyo's daughter alright?"
"She's fine," Kakashi said. "Her father's with her in the hospital right now. The genjutsu is off, she doesn't remember a thing."
"Thank goodness."
I passed out from exhaustion.
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