Behind My Eyes

Author: Selene Hiroshi

Summary: The Uzumaki Triplets. They all dream of becoming Eighth Hokage. But when the oldest goes missing, and the youngest disappears, that dream is passed to the middle child. The oldest, Uzumaki Hatori, is a member of Akatsuki. The middle, Uzumaki Mamoru, is Eighth Hokage, and a brillant medic-nin. The youngest, Uzumaki Sorano, is the most powerful being in the whole world.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter Four - Wounded

"Wake up Sora-kun!" yelled a voice.

Sorano snapped awake, to see her father at the door. "Hurry, get your kunai at the ready, and the Byakugan." he said. Sorano nodded, and activated her Byakugan, as she slipped a modified deep purple kimono on her black clothes. She equipped a bag, and shoved some kunai in. She also equipped her sword, and, after tying her hair in a pony tail, she went in the hallway.

Her brothers appeared in their doors, one wearing red and black, Hatori, and one wearing silver and black, Mamoru. Both had their Byakugan activated. "Use yours longer than us, Sora-kun, you have more Chakra." said Hatori. "Hai." said Sorano, as she and her brothers raced through the house, to the back balcony. Naruto stood, watching. "The Akatsuki is attacking, children. We must fight. Don't take on one on your own, understand." The siblings nodded. "Hai." they said, as Naruto lept up, and started jumping.

Sorano jumped up. "I'll go to the highest point, and focus my Byakugan, to keep watch. If I need help, I'll activate some clones. Hatori, Mamoru, you keep to the edges of the village, and make sure all the orphanage children are alright, you know how the housemother worries, since she is only a trainee medic-nin." said Sorano. She smiled, and used a jutsu. "Shunshin no Jutsu!"

"Did you know she could do that?" Hatori asked his brother. "Nope." replied Mamoru. "There's more to Sora-kun, than meets the eye." The two brothers grinned at each other, and lept off, to find the orphanage children, and protect them.

Sorano stood, on the Hokage mountian. It had seven faces, from the First Hokage, to her own father's face. She smiled to herself, then made sure her Byakugan was activated. She scanned around the village, she could sense something behind her. She turned, to face ...

Itachi Uchiha.

She looked at the uncle of Mikoto and Madara Uchiha. "You." he said. Me? she thought. "Your that Uzumaki girl, Sorano, am I right?" he said, in a cold voice. "Yes. I am her. What of it, Uchiha." she said. "Ah, so you know me." he remarked. "Yes, I do. I know of you, from your brother's wife." said Sorano, as she thought of her best Jutsu. The Rasengan, was her best.

She held a hand behind hers, and summonded her Rasengan. She shielded it with her Byakugan, so the Sharigan could not see. "What do you want, Uchiha?" she asked. "I want ... the power you have. And no, that's not the Byakugan." said Itachi, as he smiled, coldly. "What power do I have?" questioned Sorano, playing for time, as she gathered more strength in her Rasengan. "What, your mother never told you, what happened when you were two years old?" said Itachi. "My mother died giving birth to me, Uchiha. You must be referring to my mother's sister, Hanabi Hyuga." said Sorano, coldly.

"Oh, yes, dear Hanabi. Now I remember. Well, you were bitten ... by Orochimaru." said Itachi, with a cold laugh. Sorano faulted. "W-what?" she said, feeling for that mark, on her neck. "What, no one ever told you? You have the Curse Seal of Heaven, plus, power, that I know of. The power ... of Kyuubi." said Itachi. "But, Kyuubi was sealed in my Otoo-san." whispered Sorano.

"But, he passed it on to you, when you killed your mother by being born." said Itachi, a gleam in his eye. Sorano faulted once more, and Itachi threw away his cloak. He eyed her, as he activated his Sharigan. "And, now, I will kill you, and release Kyuubi." he said. Sorano lept up, into the air, and threw the giant ball of Rasengan at Itachi. It hit him, unawares, but he escaped, burnt. "Oh ho, another Uzumaki with the Rasengan." he remarked. Sorano did some quick hand gestures, and shouted. "Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" At least 2000 clones appeared, and started attacking Itachi. Sorano lept into a tree, and created another ball of Rasengan, this time, with more power. She did some gestures, and the clones disappeared.

"Where are you?" he snarled, his Sharigan activated, and powerful. A sword was in his hand. Sorano whipped out her sword, and using a special technique, that she created, she placed the Rasengan into the sword. It was called "Sword of Wind: Rasengan." She stood, her pony tail lost, and her purple hair flying. Her Byakugan was activated, and she noticed Naruto, and her brothers run up. She looked at Itachi, and lept down, engaging into a ferious battle, knife against knife.

Itachi was fast, but not fast enough. The sword pierced his shoulder. He glared at Sorano, and threw his sword into hers. She screamed, as he yelled. "Shunshin no Jutsu!" and disappeared. Her sword's power evaporated and she sunk to the ground, in a dead white faint.

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"When will she wake, Otoo-san?" said a voice above her.

"She's waking now, Moru-kun." said another.

"Sora-kun, how do you feel?" asked yet another voice.

Sorano sat up, painfully, and opened her eyes. She was staring at three blond headed people. "I feel fine, Otoo-san." she said, feeling a bandage over her arm. "Otoo-san, Uchiha Itachi said I bitten by Orochimaru. How?" she asked. Naruto looked down. "That Uchiha Itachi! When you had recently turned two, you, Hatori and Mamoru were playing in the forest, near the Hyuga manor. Hanabi called Hatori in, and Mamoru followled him. You, were independant, and stayed outside. He appeared, and spotted you, like a snake spots its prey. He quickly, and quietly, bit you. Hanabi said she heard a scream, but when she reached you, you were sitting there, screaming your head off, a bite on your neck. She had seen that bite once before, and asked Uchiha Sasuke about it. He told her, it was the Curse Seal of Heaven, but to never meantion it to you, ever."

"What about Kyuubi?" asked Sorano, as Hatori handed her some water. "Kyuubi? Oh, the demon fox.. Well, my own father sealed it in me. That's all I know. That Uzumaki Yondaime, my father and the Fourth Hokage, sealed the fox in me. There was something else, but no one ever told me." said Naruto. "I know it. Kyuubi was passed through you, into me. I killed my mother, by being born, because I have the fox in me. That's why I have whisker like features, and unnatural levels of Chakra. It must be." she said, sadly. "There's one way of seeing." said Naruto.

"Sasuke did it to me, long ago, when we met, at fifteen. He almost killed me, but he got inside me, and confronted Kyuubi. Kyuubi meantioned a Uchiha Madara, the first Madara. But, we don't know who Madara was." said Naruto. "Can Sasuke-niichan do that to me?" Sorano asked. "He could kill you, Sora-kun." he said. "I want to know." she said, detiremed.

"Tori-kun, you know where Sasuke-niichan's estate is, right?" Naruto asked his oldest. "Hai, Otoo-san." he replied. "Can you get Sasuke-niichan, and Sakura-neechan." Naruto requested. "Hai." said Hatori again. He did some gestures and said. "Shunshin no Jutsu."

"Smart arse." commented Sorano. Naruto grinned at Sorano. "He's been waiting for you to wake, so he could use it." remarked Naruto, sitting down. Mamoru followled suite. "Why would you ned Sakura-neechan?" asked Sorano. "She is the only known person able to keep people possessing spirits in them alive. She kept me alive, when Sasuke almost killed me." explained Naruto. "Otoo-san, I found Okaa-san's book, that she wrote in when she was pregnant with us." said Sorano, suddenly, a few minutes later.

"Oh, that book. I always wondered where she put it." said Naruto. "She left it in plain view, on my desk." said Sorano. "I never noticed it." replied the blond Hokage. "Oh, by the way, when did you become Seventh Hokage?" asked Mamoru. "When you guys turned two. About a month after Sorano was bitten. I trained for ever with Konohamaru as my sensei. Tusnade-baachan also taught me, like she taught Sakura-neechan." said Naruto, grinning.

A few minutes later, Hatori appeared, with Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura was holding her third child, her son, Gaaku Uchiha, in her arms. The pink haired, black eyed child, looked at Sorano, and smiled. He was at least four years old. Sakura looked at Sorano, then at Naruto. Sasuke just stood, his hands in his pockets, eyeing Naruto. "Remember when we found Sasuke, two and a half years later?" Sasuke and Sakura both nodded. "Remember what he did to me?" said Naruto. Sakura nodded, hesitantly. Sasuke bowed his head, nodding. Years later, he had small regrets for what he did.

"Can you do it to Sorano?" burst into Sasuke's head. He looked at the eleven year old girl. "What!? Try and kill your daughter, just to enter her mind, and see if she has Kyuubi?" said Sasuke, in shock. "Yes. She requested it, not I." said Naruto. "Sora-kun, you do understand what you are asking us to do?" said Sakura, to the eleven year old. "I do."

"I do."

Sasuke took up Sorano's sword, that was lying on a table near the bed. "Can you stand?" he asked. Sorano nodded, and got out of bed, after a whince, from her arm. She stood, half slanting, and faced Sasuke, a detirmed look on her face. "Sakura, stay at hand." he instructed, coming close to Sorano. He took the sword, in one hand, and brought it down, in a fast motion.

"Sorano." laughed a voice.

Sorano stood, and stared as bubbles appeared, and a fox like creature appeared before her.

"We can kill them, you know." he said.

Sorano smirked, a defiant look upon her face.

She smiled, sweetly.

"Just activate this seal." he said, showing a seal.

Sorano held out one hand, and Sasuke appeared.

"Oh ho. Deja vu much?" said Kyuubi.

Sasuke smirked, and eyed Kyuubi. "And how are you?" he said, jokingly.

"I see. I have a new host. The newest Uzumaki, the powerful one. More powerful than I, than Uchiha Madara, than Uchiha Sasuke and even than Uzumaki Naruto. Amazing." said Kyuubi.

Sorano looked at Sasuke, and together, they grabbed Kyuubi, and burst his bubble.

Sorano opened her eyes, to be back in bed, another set of bandages around her side this time. "It is true. You have Kyuubi in you." said Sasuke. Sorano sighed. "How.." said Naruto. "You must of passed him through you when you and Hinata ... well, I'm not about to get into that am I?" said Sasuke, with a glare. "Sorry for asking." replied Naruto, grinning. Sorano rolled her eyes, as did Hatori and Mamoru. They smiled at each other.