Those eyes seemed to stare into Sasuke's very soul, seeing everything he had done. It was something that put him on edge. He sat up from his position on the floor of the cave.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Sasuke asked. The man just chuckled, walked around Sasuke and sat across from Sasuke. Sasuke watched him the whole time.
"I am on your side Raven. I know who you are, where you come from and I have information on the war that you may want." The man said. That sparked Sasuke's interest. He still knew nothing about the war after two years.
"What do you know?" Sasuke said, narrowing his eyes. He didn't trust this man but he needed the information.
"I know that the countries that will be at war are Konoha and the one on the opposite side of it. The war will be directly over my village." The man said. He looked around at the walls of the cave. "This cave is my clans by the way. My villages." He said.
Konoha was going to be involved in the war. Sasuke had been looking for this at the very least so his Konoha could prepare for the war. But this man mentioning this cave as theirs was strange. How could a clan, or even a village, own a cave?
"Is that all you know about the war?" Sasuke asked the man. He nodded. "What's your name? And how can this cave belong to anyone?"
"This cave belongs to my clan because it has our writings all over it's walls. We used to live here until we moved to the forest near Konoha. Though, I never really lived there until recently." The man said. He looked back at Sasuke. "You would know me as Sky Dragon."
Sasuke's mind spun. He had been hunting for Sky Dragon for three long years and now he happened to stumble upon the man himself. Sasuke started to reach for his sword to attack when Sky Dragon spoke up.
"Don't even try it. I know what you were sent to do but it would be advantageous for us to work together to get information. You will need everything you can get if you want to save your family." Sky Dragon said. The fire between them ignited, seemingly without a source.
Sasuke stared at Sky Dragon in disbelief. How could he have known about Sasuke's family? What was he hiding from Sasuke? Something was up and Sasuke wanted to know what.
"How do you know about my family...? And about my duty?" Sasuke asked. Sky Dragon picked up a rock from the ground and looked at it. Then he held it in the fire, close enough to burn his hand.
"I have... Dreams of such thing... And I learned this information through them. I also know that you will be working with me..." Sky Dragon said. He pulled his hand and the rock out of the fire. The rock was glowing red at the tip.
Sasuke watched as Sky Dragon started to write something on the floor of the cave. It wasn't in any language Sasuke had ever seen. It looked like the writings on the walls. When Sky Dragon was done writing he placed his hands on either side of the writing and it glowed an emerald green. Once the green faded Sasuke looked back up at Sky Dragon's face.
"Will I be able to relay any information we gather to my village?" Sasuke asked. He was serious about this question but that's not the only reason for asking it. If he could get away from Sky Dragon long enough then he could see his family and let them know it would be okay.
"Yes, but only for that. It might compromise our purpose otherwise." Sky Dragon said. Sasuke clenched his fists and looked into the fire. He needed to make sure his family was okay every once in a while. "I will have people watching over your village." Sky Dragon said.
Sasuke looked at Sky Dragon once more. He could tell that he wasn't lying about that. This only slightly reassured Sasuke. He didn't know who was going to be watching his family and that scared him.
"They'll be alright..." Sky Dragon said, as if seeing the fear deep inside him.
Shicara and Kosuke spent the next two weeks trying to figure out what ocular power they had. They had exhausted every option Shicara could think of that they could get away with for the Sharingan. For the Byakugan, it seemed that it had to be taught to one of the Hyuuga clan.
"Mother, could you teach me the Byakugan?" Shicara asked, walking into the kitchen one morning. Her mother spun around and looked into her crystal-like eyes. When their eyes met her mother smiled.
"Why do you want to learn about the Byakugan? And when did you learn of it?" Hinata asked. Shicara smiled and walked over to a chair so she could sit. Hinata watched her closely. Shicara knew she was curious.
"I want to fight in this war with my mother and brother. I need all the strength I can get." Shicara said. Hinata's face went grave. Shicara knew that would happen and decided to ignore it. "Kosuke wants to help too. We've been training and I know we're good enough."
"No Shicara... I can't allow you and Kosuke to get involved in this war... I will teach you but you must promise not to try and help." Hinata said. Shicara hadn't expected this. She thought her mother would be all for it.
"Alright mother..." Shicara said. Hinata sighed and turned back to the food she was making for lunch. Shicara got off of her chair and headed to the back door. She would still try to fight in the war but for now, she would act as though she would follow through on her promise.
"Hinata, Shicara, I'm home!" Shicara heard the call from the door she was heading to. It was familiar but she couldn't place it. She rounded the corner and saw her father standing in the doorway. She smiled and ran up to him for a hug.
"Shicara, I've missed you so much! How's my little girl doing? What are you up to these days?" Sasuke asked her. She smiled and clenched a fist in a form of success.
"I'm in the ninja academy and will be learning the Byakugan soon! Oh... Kosuke was wondering how you would activate the Sharingan... I suspect that's the trait he took from you." Shicara said. Sasuke smiled and put Shicara down after the hug.
"I think you'd be right about that. All Uchiha's have Onyx eyes, as you can see. Hyuugas have crystal-like eyes, like yours and your mothers. I'm impressed you found out about your parents heritage. Good job." Sasuke said. Shicara smiled.
There was a shout coming from outside, quite a ways from the house. Sasuke and Shicara both rushed outside to see what was going on. Shicara couldn't quite see it but it looked like a fight between Kosuke and a girl she didn't know.
"Leave our village! You are not welcome here demon!" Kosuke shouted as Shicara and Sasuke grew closer. Shicara could not see that the girl had dragon-like wings and a devil's tail. Her eyes were focused on Kosuke until Sasuke shouted at him to stop.
Her slitted eyes looked over at the two of them and stopped on Sasuke. He stared back at her with his Sharingan. He knew Shicara was watching him and the girl. This was the worst time for her to appear here.
The girl stepped back, a sudden realization showing clearly on her face. Sasuke could feel the threat of tears as he looked her over. She shouldn't be here. She shouldn't be out of her village and in Konoha. She was supposed to be living with her mother.
"You... Mother told me about you... She told me you abandoned her for another girl in this village." The girl said. Sasuke could feel Shicara's eyes on him, boring into him, looking for an answer. Sasuke swallowed and a tear escaped.
"You shouldn't be here... Your mother promised me that thirteen years ago..." Sasuke said. The tear fell from his cheek to the ground. 'Aki should have kept her promise. She wouldn't ever break it.' Sasuke thought to himself.
"Well mother isn't around! I decided to come look for myself what world she had lived in during many years of her life..." the girl said. "Do you even know my name anymore...?" the girl asked. Sasuke choked on his words and nodded instead.
"Your name is Kaida. It means Little Dragon. And do you know why you were named that?" Sasuke asked her, hoping that Aki would have told her that. She nodded and stepped forward.
"I remember. But if you do anything to hurt mother again I won't hesitate to kill you. And you know I can, anyone from my clan can." Kaida said. She turned to Shicara and then to Kosuke. He could feel them tense up. Kaida ran back into the forest and disappeared.
"You know her? How do you know her?" Shicara started to ask a never ending string of questions but Sasuke was already walking to the house. He would only say hi to Hinata and then leave again to search for more information with Sky Dragon.
Kaida had found him, even after thirteen years of trying to hide her from him. Where was Aki and why wasn't she keeping Kaida with her at all times? That had been her deal to him when she left him.
He hadn't been allowed to go with her into her village. They wouldn't let him. And she could never again leave. It was punishment for falling in love with a human. Sasuke spent the next couple years in a depressed state.
That's when he started to fall for Hinata. She had been nice to him during that time.