Super Saiyan 2 Gohan: Thanks for reviewing!
soccercrazyfreak: Thanks for the review! I appreciate it!
Tako-chan: Thanks! Yeah, I kinda based that off of how I wish me and my brother could be...talk about a royal pain in the rear... Is there anything you want me to do to make it easier for you to read?
Anywho! This is the third chappy! Even though I haven't been sleeping well, it's fueled my thoughts for this fanfic... And, Kei, I'm NOT A SCHIZO! .
Kei: Are too...
Me: Ya know what? I'm just gonna ignore you like I do to the - -shuts up and glares-
Kei: See? You ARE a schizo!
Me: -pouts- I'm just gonna soooo ignore you now!
The first one up in the house was Naruto, of course. The one year old sleepily walked into his sisters' room and tried to wake Serenity up. "Nenity! Nenity!" he tried shaking her. "Nenity! Ake up!" he said and climbed carefully onto her bed. He jumped on her stomach, and she grunted. "Naru (yawn) go back to bed (yawn) it's too early for you to be up..." she yawned again and fell back asleep. 'Well...that got me no where...let's try Karu!' the little mischievous blonde boy thought as he climbed off Serenity's bed and onto Hikari's. He jumped on her stomach and she slowly sat up, yawning. "What is it Naru...?" she asked, not fully awake.
"Naru ungry!" he exclaimed. Hikari smiled lightly, "Go grab my robe from the bathroom counter and we'll go find something to eat." "Okay!" Naruto said and bounded off the bed and into the bathroom that was connected to the bedroom. He grabbed a red robe and came back. "Thanks, Naru," she said, pulling on the robe and tying it shut. "Awake yet, Kit?" Kei asked, snickering. 'Shut it nee-chan! It's like, 4 AM and he's up on his own! Not right! 'Cause I was trying to sleep!' Hikari replied, yawning every few words. She picked Naruto up and carried him on her hip, walking into the living room to get to the kitchen. "Kage Bushin No Jutsu!" she said quickly and had the clone go grab two blankets, one for Itachi and one for Hana. Once that was done, she dispelled the clone and continued into the kitchen.
Hikari set him on the counter and went about making a pot of coffee. "What do you want to eat, Naru?" she asked, struggling to reach the coffee in the cabinet. "Waeber woo is haffing." he said and carefully crawled to where she was and managed to grab the coffee before falling backwards. Hikari yelped and jumped to him, catching him roughly, which in turn made the lid of the coffee can come lose and coffee grains went all over the kitchen. "Sowwy Karu..." Naruto said, staring at the floor. "Hey, it's okay, nobody is perfect." she smiled, that is, until she saw the empty can. "Freak..." she muttered, now frowning.
"Oi, Naruto, be a good boy for me okay? I'm gonna go to the store and buy some more coffee and I want you to be quiet and not wake anyone up. It shouldn't take me that long, maybe ten minutes at the most." Hikari said. Naruto nodded, "Okay." "But, if someone happens to wake up while I'm gone and it's not because of you, that's okay." He nodded again. She kissed his forehead and ruffled his hair, "You're in charge of the house while I'm gone and Nenity isn't up. So, make sure nothing bad happens." Naruto smiled, "Hai Karu!"
She discarded her robe and pulled on her sandals; wearing what she wore yesterday. After that, she left, quietly shutting the door behind her. "Kit, you sure it was such a good idea to leave by yourself? You never know what the villagers could do since you don't have Itachi, Kakashi, Hana, or Sarutobi with you..." Kei asked. 'One way to find out, ne?' Hikari replied, shrugging. "I guess...but be careful..." Kei said. Hikari nodded and made her way into the middle of the village were people were already crowding. She sighed and tried to push her way through the crowd, biig mistake on her part... "Hey! Look! It's the Kyuubi Demon's sister!" someone called out, pointing to the seven year old girl. "Isn't she the one with that Kei fox demon sealed inside her!" another asked.
The one thing she shouldn't have done was panic, which was what she did. Her chakra flared and she turned around, running away from them. Of course, they followed her. 'Kei! I don't know what to do! I can't go home because I'll be putting the others in danger!' she panicked. "Hm...go to Sarutobi's office! He should be there by now..." Kei said. "OJIISAN!" Hikari yelled, just barely able to see the Hokage Tower.
In the Hokage Tower, Sarutobi stiffened. "Hikari...?" He looked out the window and narrowed his eyes before rushing out of the tower itself. "Ojiisan!" she flung herself at the Hokage and he caught her with ease. He glared at the villagers and some ninja that had been chasing her. "What is the meaning of this!" There were some sputtered nonsense and his glare worsened. "If Itachi, Hana, and/or Kakashi found out you were going to try to kill her, I wouldn't hold either one of them back since you all deserve it." "Oi Kaka-sensei!" Hikari said suddenly. The crowd turned around, a massive killer intent aimed at them. They shook at the Hatake's glare. "You DARE try to hurt MY student!" He shouted. They flinched. "Kaka-sensei...All I was gonna do was buy some coffee since Naru accidentally spilled what I had left..." Kakashi smiled, "Wanna come over for breakfast? You can bring whoever stayed with you." "Seriously!" she exclaimed. He nodded. She squealed, "Yay!"
Sarutobi set her down and she rushed to Kakashi to hug him. He hugged her back, "Now, let's go wake them up." She nodded. "If you dare lay a finger on her, Serenity, Naruto, or Itachi, you'll regret it!" he said. The villagers and a few ninja ran off, scared. Hikari jumped onto Kakashi's back and he took to the rooftops to get to her house. Within about 10 minutes, Kakashi stumbled a few times because Hikari decided to mess with him, they arrived at the apartment that was shared with the sisters and brother.
At the door, she slid off her sensei's back and opened the door, walking in and shutting it behind Kakashi. She motioned for him to be quiet and crept towards the living room where noise was coming from. She peered around the wall and saw that everyone else was up and Itachi was tickling Naru while Hana and Serenity were laughing at Naru's failed attempts to get him to stop. She giggled and gave herself away. "Karu!" Naru called out. Itachi's concentration was broken for a split second and that's all it took for the little blonde to get away. He ran towards his sister and she caught him as he jumped at her. Hikari spun around quickly, not wanting him to see Kakashi. "Hey, guys?" she called out, looking over her shoulder, keeping an eye on her brother.
"Hm?" came Itachi's response. "What sis?" Was Serenity's. "Hai?" Was Hana's. "What do you say about going to sensei's for breakfast...?" Hikari asked, unconsciously biting her lip. The trio looked at each other before nodding. "Sounds fine, but is it alright with him?" Hana said, speaking for the three of them. "Hai, hai. He's the one that suggested it in the first place..." Hikari replied. "When'd you run into sensei?" Itachi asked. Hikari suddenly got quiet and set Naruto down, suddenly finding the floor much more interesting. Serenity paled, almost automatically knowing what happened, "Hikari, are you alright!" Said girl nodded. "Yes...I managed to get to ojiisan before I was hurt...and...Kaka-sensei showed up and threatened them...they ran away like a bunch of babies..." Said guy walked from by the door to stand by Hikari before placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, "That they did. And, now, they know not to mess with one of my students, or any of my students family." Itachi looked confused, "What...happened?" "I...went to go buy coffee...when I got to the village center...they started to call me names...and I panicked...and ran with them chasing me..." she said, almost ashamed.
To say she was surprised when she engulfed in a hug would be an understatement. Itachi had got up and hugged her, before pushing her away slightly. "They mess with you, Naru, or Serena, they've got one ticked off Uchiha to deal with." He said, smiling at her. "And an Inuzuka." Hana added. "Don't forget me and Sarutobi." Kakashi added. She smiled a slightly shaky smile, "Thanks you guys.." "Don't mention it! Now, can we get going? I'm starving!" Serenity said. Kakashi laughed and nodded, "We might wanna get going before Serena-chan has a fit..." Hikari grinned, "Too late sensei..." Serenity glared and whacked her sister on her head. "OW! What was that for!" "'Cause I felt like it!" "What kind of reason is that!" "My kind of reason." Hikari pouted and walked over to the front door, "Just for that, you're locking up. Here," she said and tossed her twin the keys. Serenity's eyes narrowed but she caught the keys and nodded, "Fine."
About 5 minutes later, they were all outside the apartment. "Onward?" Kakashi asked. "Hai." Hana replied, Naruto on her hip. She walked beside Kakashi as they made their way into the village; Itachi, Serenity and Hikari behind them, talking in low tones about random stuff. Once in the more crowded parts of the village, the three siblings tensed. Villagers called out names such as "Monster!" "Demon!" "Kei's Demon Vessel!" "Kyuubi's Demon Vessel!" and others along those lines. Those names were starting to tick Itachi off, and one should never make him mad, let alone angry. "SHUT UP! DO YOU WANT ME TO KILL YOU! SAY ANOTHER WORD ABOUT MY TEAMMATES AND/OR THEIR FAMILY AND I WILL NOT HESITATE TO KILL YOU!" Hikari, Serenity, Naru, Hana, Kakashi, and the villagers all stared at the young Uchiha; it wasn't normal for him to lose his cool, let alone yell.
"What! Let's just get going before I do kill someone..." Itachi said. Kakashi nodded. It didn't take them much longer to reach his house. "You can play outside or whatever until me and Hana have breakfast ready, just don't wonder off too far." Kakashi said. Hana set Naru down and followed the Hatake into his house. He lead her to his kitchen and they started on breakfast. "What can we do?" Hikari asked. "We could...um...play some games...?" Serenity suggested. "Sure, what game?" Itachi said. "Tag...? No...hide-and-go-seek...? No... OH! I KNOW! How about hide-and-go-seek tag!" Hikari said. The others nodded. Naruto was about as fast as a genin should be while the others were as fast as a jonin or Anbu. "Hm...Serena, you wanna count first?" Itachi asked. Said girl nodded, "Hai."
The other three hid while Serena counted. Naru hid with Hikari. "Shh Naru..." she whispered, trying to quiet her brother down who wouldn't be quiet. "Found you!" Serenity said suddenly, appearing in front of them. Hikari scooped Naruto up in her arms and took off running. "What's base!" she shouted over her shoulder. "The...uh...porch!" Serenity shouted back, just naming something randomly. Hikari stumbled and fell down a hill that had a lake at the bottom of it. With her bad luck, her and her baby brother fell in it. Hikari gasped as she surfaced and threw her brother to solid ground and he landed on his feet. Neither Hikari, Naruto, nor Serenity could swim. "Hikari!" Serenity shouted, racing down the hill to where she was.
Hikari screamed and swallowed some water, choking on it. "ITACHI!" the older one yelled. Itachi was the only one of their team, besides Kakashi, who could swim. The younger one fought to stay above water. Naruto started bawling and Serenity tried her best to comfort him. "ITA(cough)CHI(splash, cough, scream)!" Hikari shouted, trying to keep her head above the surface, which was very hard. It took the Uchiha about a minute to find them and he ran down the hill before jumping into the lake. He grabbed onto Hikari and cursed as it was hard for him to stay above the surface. "Serenity, go get sensei!" he said, trying to keep Hikari's head above water. Serenity set Naruto down and took off running.
"KAKASHI! HANA!" she shouted, running inside. He rushed from the kitchen, "What!" "Me, Naru, Karu, and Ita were playing hide-and-go-seek tag and I found Karu and Naru and they ran from me. While running she slipped and fell down the hill and into the lake! Naru's alright but Hika's not! Itachi jumped in and tried to help her, but he's having trouble staying above the surface! You've gotta help us!" she cried in one breath. Kakashi looked scared but nodded and ran off, Hana not too far behind him.
Within moments they arrived where the two kids were in the lake and the little kid was by the edge of it, bawling. Itachi was struggling to keep Hikari above the water and almost drowning himself in the process. Hana and Kakashi both jumped in and grabbed one of them; Kakashi had Itachi and Hana had Hikari. They climbed out of the lake, dripping wet, with the two kids coughing up water. Hikari was actually crying and hugged Hana and Kakashi before hugging Itachi. Itachi hugged her back. Serenity ran over to them and hugged them both before hugging Naruto. Hikari and Itachi both hugged the blonde boy. "Karu...woo okay?" he asked, clinging to her. She nodded, still coughing up some water. Itachi shivered, so did Naru and Hikari. "Lets go see if I can find you three some clothes to wear." Kakashi said.
Back at the jonin's house, he was able to find them clothes to wear, although Naruto's clothes were a little big on him; he also found Hana something to wear and changed out of his own wet clothes. By then, breakfast was long forgotten...
Kei:
-blinks- Wow...this is rather long compared to the other two chapters...Me: -smiles- Aren't ya proud of me? It took me longer than expected because of school work, house work, and the usual...
Kei: -nods- I am, actually...how's the voice that is yelling Japanese...?
Me: -groans- Won't shut up! And I can't ignore this one like I do the others...
Kei: Question...why didn't you make Kei take over and have her get Hikari to shore...?
Me: ...Because it makes it more interesting that way!
Kei: -shrugs- Fine with me. Hey, when it Itachi gonna kill his clan and leave the village...?
Me: I was kinda wondering about that... Hey, I need your help! Should I do a time skip to where it's the night before the massacre or what..? Tell me what you think! I'd appreciate your thoughts on this matter!
Kei: Review... or you'll wake up in the morning and find yourself confused, in a desert in Cuba, with a llama and no idea how you got there.