Well here's the 2nd chapter and hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 2: The Secret and the Surprise!
The sunlit morning broke through the glass window, shining down on a young girl's eyes. She was restlessly waking up to the call of the morning, but felt a warmth near her that made her want to get closer to it. The warmth began to move and she realized that there were hands around her waist while her own hands were on a man's bare chest. Screaming out in horror, Katara woke up her savior and was trying to get out of his grasp. She continued hitting and punching him, but he wouldn't let go; once calming down, Itachi managed to get a word in, "Are you always this noisy?"
"Well, I'm SORRY! It's just that I'm not USED TO WAKING UP NEXT TO SOMEONE THAT I JUST MET!" yelled Katara.
"Hn…." Replied Itachi, which just made said girl roll her eyes at him, until she recalled last night's event and quickly decided that she needed to get home and let her friends know she was alright.
A voice broke through her thoughts, "The phone's on the stand near the bed. I'm going to go get dressed." 'Okay………that was weird; it's like he could read my head.' Thought Katara.
After a few fast minutes, Itachi was back and Katara managed to call Keiko and tell her what had happened and she had told her friend to tell everyone else that she was fine. After seeing Itachi all dressed in normal clothes, she went right up to him and said, "Thank you; if it wasn't for you, I don't really know what I would've done; it seems like you're always there for me at the right time," as she bowed to show her respect.
Itachi was beginning to walk around her, like a predator finally cornering his prey and said, "Hn……seems like you always get into trouble, but just be careful."
"Alright, thanks again Itachi." Katara said as she smiled and gave him a hug, which he wasn't expecting. Then once saying their good-byes, Katara left to go back to her apartment. The Uchiha was stunned as he watched her walk out his doorway.
Katara was actually having a great day; it seemed like ever since she met Itachi, she seemed to see him when she needed him the most. But she couldn't help but think that someone was still watching over her; but she took out that thought as she made it to her apartment. She opened the door and stepped inside and took a shower and dressed in new clothes for the day.
In another part of the World:
Many of the survivors of the Uchiha massacre were imprisoned by chains and forced to work for the new lord, Orochimaru; they all lost hope once discovering that their princess was gone and the light from their eyes quickly disappeared after that. For more than a decade, Lord Orochimaru treated the Uchiha as slaves, forcing them to work in mines and as his servants. No one dared to object to him because they all heard of his experiments and torturing acts, and they were all too scared to fight back, but that didn't mean that a rebellion wasn't started. One secret group was actually started by Kakashi and his friends, and most members included other people who weren't part of the clan, but the group also included Itachi and his family. But at the time, the only people who knew that the princess was indeed alive were Kakashi, Gai, Kurenai, and Asuma. It's been at least 11 years since this occurred and at the moment, the group was having a meeting, outside of the kingdom's walls, in a nearby cabin in the forest.
A huge slam of the door was heard as the group of rebels turned around to see an angry Uchiha Itachi. His eyes were blaring holes into them, and if looks could kill, they would all be dead in an instant. 'Looks, like he found out' thought the copy ninja.
"Nice of you to join us, Itachi. Where have you been? You know that we've planned this meeting for months, and I find it surprising that you are late." Stated Gai.
"Hn…" answered the angry Uchiha as he was forced to take a seat and to hear what had to be said.
"It's come to my attention that Orochimaru is planning another invasion, but this time, he's headed for the Hidden Leaf Village. Once he conquers this area, there's no stopping him; he'll head out for more territory so we have to stop him now, whether the princess is alive or not!' yelled an old man, called by the name of Jiraiya.
"Don't be such a buffoon, Jiraiya; I'm sure Kakashi has another plan." Replied a young looking woman with hazel eyes and blonde hair, known as Tsunade.
"You want me to tell them, Kakashi, or do you want to tell them." Stated the angry Uchiha as he tried to hide his killing aura.
"Wait, what are you talking about Itachi?" asked his brother, Uchiha Sasuke.
"The fact that she's alive……how could you keep this from us?" questioned the Uchiha as all of the other faces looked surprisingly at Kakashi.
"I knew you guys would find out later, but we wanted her to have a normal life, until the time comes for her to claim what rightfully is hers. Gai, Asuma, Kurenai, and I have kept a close watch on her for the past 11 years and she's been doing fine, but it seems now is the right time for her to know." Replied the silver haired ninja.
"You mean to tell me, you've all been lying to us this whole time! Our people lost all hope once we found out she was dead! We lost everything that day! And you weren't willing enough to tell us she was alive?!" yelled another angry Uchiha as he slammed his fist onto the wooden table. (Sasuke) Kakashi came from behind and managed to hold Sasuke down in order to calm him, and said, "We did this for her sake and for yours; do you think once word got out that she was alive that they would stop at nothing to get rid of her? Her whole life would've been in danger and she would have to run away each time his men even got close to her. Would you want her to have a life like this?"
The Uchiha under Kakashi's hold stopped struggling and regained his composure and said, "What now then?"
"I'd say the best thing would be to tell her the truth; but maybe we should all be there when she finds out; Itachi do not dare tell her anything for now, but later tonight, perhaps we'll be able to make it and tell her the whole life story." Replied Jiraiya.
"So it's settled; tonight it is." Said Kakashi as he adjourned the meeting and everyone quickly disappeared.
Katara was just about to leave her house in a nice light blue spaghetti strap with black shorts and a navy blue thin jacket, when she heard a knock on her door. When she opened it, she was surprised to see Hinata, Sakura, Ino, Keiko, and Tenten at the door.
"Hey guys! Umm……..I don't want to sound rude, but what are you guys doing here?" asked the confused girl.
"Well, for starters, we all wanted to make sure you were ok," said Tenten, but she was interrupted by Ino, Sakura, Keiko, and Hinata, when they all said, "HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY, KAY!"
"OMG! I totally forgot!" said girl said as she blushed at getting too caught up in things and totally forgot about her birthday. "Well, what are you guys doing here?"
"W-well, we're here to spend the whole day with you…" shyly replied the Hyuuga heiress.
"Oh, alright. So I'm guessing we're off to the mall, huh?" asked the newly turned 18 year old, but she already knew the answer, so she just locked her door and left with her friends to the mall.
A cell phone ring was heard as the number-one hyperactive, knuckle-head ninja picked up his cell and answered, "Hi Sakura-chan, is she gone? Ok, we'll be right over with the decorations. Bye!"
And with that the blonde ninja got all his friends, Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, Rock Lee, Koji, and Neji Hyuuga to come to Katara's place to set up for her surprise party.
After arriving there, a few arguments were made as the guys were trying to put up the decorations. "Shikamaru, you're putting the streamers the wrong way! They're suppose to go in a wave motion!" yelled Naruto as he was trying to show him the correct way to do it.
"This is too troublesome and Naruto, I know what I'm doing so just leave me alone." Said the lazy ninja.
"Oh yeah!" the blonde nin screamed as he started throwing different pieces of confetti all over the place at Shikamaru. "Oh, I want to join in!" yelled Rock Lee as he took some and continued with the fight.
'Sometimes, I feel like the only adult here.' Thought Neji and Koji at the same time.
The girls have been shopping nonstop, but they had wanted to buy one more thing for their friend, a dress. So they all set out to one of the most ravishing stores known for their amazing gowns for any occasion; once they reached their destination, they all had to forcefully push Katara inside. In the store was a huge selection of many different styles of dresses with so many colors to choose from. The girls started pulling out racks of dresses for their friend to try on and quickly pushed her inside a changing stall as they sat around an open room, waiting for Katara to come out and give them a fashion show.
Katara was in the stall looking at all the dresses; she couldn't believe a store could have so many varieties and wondered what she was getting herself into. But one dress in particular caught her eye, so she put it on. It was a crimson red dress, about knee length, strapless with seams that seemed to enhance her every womanly curve and it definitely suited her, so with satisfaction, she got out, ready to be tackled on by her friends.
As she stepped out into the open room where her friends were, she saw all their faces drop at seeing how perfect this dress was for her. Ino was the first one to speak and said, "Someone's got a body! And that's what I'm talking about! You definitely need to buy this one, and plus the red contrasts with your skin and eyes and hair, making you stand out even more!"
"I agree it was like it was made for you!" said Keiko and Sakura.
"Thanks, but I don't think I even have enough money for this." Replied Katara.
"Don't worry about it, it's all on us!" replied Tenten.
"Thanks you guys!" the dark navy-eyed girl said as she hugged her friends.
It was almost getting dark as the sunset was almost gone; the girls managed to get Katara to go to a salon to get her nails and hair done; her hair was in a perfect updo that framed her face perfectly and she had French tipped nails to go along with it. Overall, Katara felt that she didn't need all this attention, but she just allowed her friends to do this for her, since she liked seeing them happy. At the moment she was in the exact crimson red dress with black stilettos and she was ready to go home; she was definitely exhausted but tried not to show it. When she and her friends arrived at her door, she turned around to say bye and opened her door to hear, "SURPRISE!"
"Wow…" said girl was speechless and couldn't believe that her friends went to all this trouble for her. "Thanks for everything you guys, and I have to say, these decorations are great!"
"See I told you Shikamaru!" said Naruto.
"Whatever…" replied the lazy Nara, with his hands in his pockets.
After opening the many presents and cutting the cake, the party was on as the teens danced and socialized with their friends. After a few hours of partying, the power somehow managed to go out, scaring everyone out of their skin, especially Katara, since she began to notice that there was a pair of crimson blood red eyes staring back at her. She loudly shrieked in terror and tried to run away, but the fact that the stranger was holding her caused her to stop struggling and once the lights were back on, she was grateful and turned around to see a face she never saw. It looked like a boy around her age, but for some reason, she seemed to see a resemblance of Itachi in him, perhaps he was his brother or something, but since she was still scared to death, she wouldn't stop screaming, until he finally let her go. Katara slowly looked around the room seeing her friends' faces along with unfamiliar ones.
Suddenly she laughed out of nowhere, "Ha-ha, I get it, is this another surprise for me? Really funny you guys, but this whole surprise thing is getting really old."
"K-katara?" said Naruto. "Yeah, what is it Naruto?" asked the birthday girl.
"Um……we've never seen any of these people in our lives, not until now at least."
When that was said, Katara's face paled and when she saw the same silver-haired man in her dreams, standing in her living room, she was utterly confused.
"My, Uchiha Katara, you've grown quite beautifully." Said a blonde haired woman (Tsunade), as she gave the girl a big hug, but once again Katara was wondering what was going on.
"Maybe, you should all grab a seat; everything will be explained soon enough." Replied the silver-haired man.
After many introductions, they all began to tell Uchiha Katara's life story, leading up to now, until said Uchiha interrupted with,"Wait, wait wait! Hold on………so what you're all saying is that I'm the lost princess of the Uchiha Clan made up of vampires and I'm half vampire and that I'm supposedly suppose to get rid of this guy named Orochimaru?" asked the confused girl.
"That's exactly what we're saying." Said Kurenai.
"I think you've got the wrong girl; I mean it was nice to meet you all, but I'm not made to fight evil, I mean I don't think I could even fight for my own life, and now you're putting this whole 'I need to save a whole kingdom' thing on me?"
"I know this may come as a shock to you, but you are our only hope, there's not much more we can do if you're not a part of this." Said Jiraiya. "Truth is, you need to know about your past, because it will eventually catch up to you whether you like it or not; it's time for you to walk on your own two feet and be destined to be great savior you were meant to be."
"I wasn't expecting any of this to happen, let alone on my birthday; I mean I got a ton of surprises today, but I didn't know I'd get something like this. I have no experience with fighting, I mean at most, I've only fought when I was training with Naruto." Said the Uchiha.
"Through time you'll learn and you'll find out that you're stronger than you know." Replied Maito Gai. "So get ready for the training of a lifetime!"
"I guess I'm ready." Said the Uchiha heiress.
"Hmm…..that's the spirit, so Gai here will be teaching you taijutsu, Tsuande will teach you in the medical field, Kurenai will teach you genjutsu, Asuma, myself, along with Itachi and Sasuke will be teaching you about your Uchiha bloodline and ninjutsu, and I'll also be in charge of overseeing your training and chakra control." Replied the copy ninja.
"This seems like too much to handle, but I guess I'll be up to it." Said the princess.
A warm hand was put on her shoulder and she turned around to see Naruto along with all her friends behind her, "Don't worry, Katara, we'll be right there with you."
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