"And what the hell made you think that it would be okay for you to nearly get me kicked off my Genin team just because you don't like the guy?" Itachi yelled angrily at his mother, who was defending herself the best she could against her oldest son's burning rage. He had confronted her about the deal with Runeji, and she had told him that she just didn't like the guy.
Mikoto had to sidestep as Itachi launched a shuriken at her. She was frightened with the precision and force of the weapon as it cracked through the wall. She had had no idea just how tough her son was; and this was while he was injured that badly. "I was doing it for you, Itachi-kun! That man is no good! He already lost one Genin!" She reasoned, her voice not as rage-filled and loud as Itachi's, but she did raise it and her tone was a little annoyed.
"So what?" Itachi screamed, picking up a random object from the table beside him, he got a plate, and throwing it at his mother. She stepped away from the impact and it shattered against the wall. "It wasn't his fault! You have no idea what that team has been through!" He added, running forth to actually lunge at his mother. He sent a punch for her face.
Mikoto moved her head sideways and then jump-rolled away. "Itachi, please calm down and listen to me!" She exclaimed as he came lunging at her again. She caught both of his fists, but he just used the momentum to raise his feet from the floor and kick her harshly in the stomach. "The man is the devil!" She added, rolling to the side to avoid a high kick from the young Genin.
Itachi rose his leg once more, finding that it hurt him much less to kick than it did to punch, and kicked for his mother's side. She avoided it neatly, and he ended up tumbling onto the floor as a surge of pain shot through his body and he had to clutch at his chest. He suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe.
Mikoto ran to her son's side. It didn't matter that he had furiously tried to hurt her the second before. Her son was in pain and she wanted him to feel better. "Itachi, relax. Deep breaths. I know it hurts, but you have to breathe." She spoke softly, forcing the boy to straighten his back and drawing circular motions on his shoulder blades.
Itachi hissed in pain again, nearly crumbling together once more. He had tried taking a deep breath, but it seemed that the mere action of a simple breath caused him pain. "What's going on here? Get up from the ground." Came the authoritative and deep voice that Itachi at any moment could identify as his father.
Itachi stumbled up, one hand still clutching his chest painfully as he looked up at his father. "Okaeri, T-Tousama." He said, his voice slightly strained by the amount of pain he was in. He looked up at his father, staring straight into his obsidian eyes. Runeji had been right about their eyes. They were all the same, and they were all clear of emotion.
Fugaku, Itachi and Sasuke's father, scanned the room over with calculating eyes. "Did he have another fit?" He asked with a sigh, looking straight at his wife. They both made it sound like it happened so often, when in reality it had only happened once before.
Mikoto nodded her head sourly, placing her hands on Itachi in order to support him. She could tell he was hurting just by standing there, but he would never admit it with his father right there in front of him. "It's only to be expected. I would have reacted the same way in his position." She said lowly, defending her son's honor in a soft tone.
Fugaku snorted. "Can't you see that team is holding you back? That Kitchi girl is doing nothing but causing you problems and your teacher is doing nothing to hinder her." He stated calmly, although the words were said with slight venom, and both Itachi and Mikoto could feel the burning hate that came along with those calmly spoken words.
Itachi stood straight, hiding his pain with anger. "Mori-chan is a better ninja already than you'll ever be. My injuries are my own fault for not training hard enough to be able to keep up with her." He hissed angrily, though his voice still held that certain amount of respect that it just had to when around his father.
Before any of them could utter another word, and it was harsh words that were about to be uttered, the sound of the door sliding open brought them back to the moment. Tsumori stood nervously in the entrance to their living room, her shoes still on even if it was horribly disrespectful. "You must be Fugaku-san. A pleasure to meet you." She said as calmly as it was possible for the hyper girl to be, and gave a little bow. "Chi-kun, Garu-kun says we have a mission. And that it's going to pay really well." she added, grinning brightly in his direction. It was as if she couldn't feel the horribly tense atmosphere.
Itachi nodded his head curtly, bowing his head to his father before he followed Tsumori out to their front door, where he slipped on his shoes and grabbed his ninja pouch from a shelf, wrapping it around his leg. "What kind of mission is this? There's not much I can do with my injury." He inquired, closing the doors behind the both of them and nodding his greetings at several of the other Uchiha.
"I hope you're good at Henge." Was all Tsumori told him, probably talking about the mission. You never knew with her. "Your family is creepy. They are all staring at me like I'm some sort of prey." She added, glancing around her at the many Uchiha that were, indeed, staring quite intently.
"It's the eyes." Itachi told her, waving a dismissive hand. "They make our stares look dangerous. And they're staring because we don't get a lot of non-Uchiha in here, and even less of them are little girls with green hair and wearing pink, walking along the road with the successor of the clan." He added with a small smirk, causing Tsumori to grin at him sheepishly.
As the two Genin got out of the Uchiha compound, Garuken was waiting for them. He was seemingly hiding from the dark gazes from the Uchiha, but stepped out and grinned widely with his hands behind his head as the two stepped out. "Yo!" He said happily, moving one ahnd to wave before placing it back behind his head.
"What kind of mission is this? Mori-chan only told me that I need Henge." Itachi asked, getting right to the case. He didn't like the glance the two had shared. "If it has anything to do with entertaining Rune-sensei, I'm out of here." He added with a slight disgust to his tone. This caused Garuken to burst out laughing and Tsumori to giggle softly.
"Close, man, close." Garuken replied, wiping joyous tears from his eyes. "We're gonna have to help out with my family's business. We're going to Henge into women and pretend to Geisha for the rest of the day. My mom has even dressed up for the occasion. She hates looking like a girl more than I do." He explained with a certain glint to his eye that Itachi couldn't quite place. He made it sound like he dressed up as a girl often, and that slightly scared Itachi.
Once they got to the Bakuoni Geisha House, Itachi couldn't help but gape a little. The place was easily the same size as the entire Uchiha compound, which meant it could fit half of the village population with their amount of Geisha. A tall and slender woman with a waterfall of silken, coal strands falling down to her rear came over to them. She was painted white in the face, like Geisha should, and had a slight amount of makeup on, consisting of a light pink lipstick and light blue eye shadow. She was wearing a beautiful, dark purple kimono with silver stars and a crescent moon on it, along with a silver obi. "This must be Itachi-kun?" She asked softly. Her voice was like the velvet song of an angel's voice. She was so beautiful that even though he was just seven, Itachi's breath got caught in his throat.
Garuken waited for a second before he replied. He had expected Itachi to do so, since the younger boy was very proud and preferred introducing himself properly with last name and little bow and all. "Aah, that's Chi-kun, Kaachan." He told his mother casually, patting Itachi on the shoulder. The younger boy looked pretty shocked.
The woman, Garuken's mother, smiled softly. "You're a very pretty boy. I see Garuken was not exaggerating about the beauty of the Uchiha clan. I am truly jealous." She said in that angelic song of a voice that she had. Itachi felt himself blushing. How could she say she was jealous of his beauty when she looked like that? She was breathtaking, literally.
"Kaachan, stop hitting on kids, you creepy woman!" Another, equally beautiful, woman said quite loudly, moving to stand beside, apparently, her mother. They looked the same age, and were all in all incredibly alike, appearance wise. The newcomer was wearing Geisha clothes as well, consisting of a crimson kimono with pink sakura leaves on it and a black obi. Her hair was put into a bun on the back of her head, with a few strands falling down to her rear in the same fashion as her mothers. She was painted white in the face as well, and was wearing a piercing red lipstick and brown eye shadow. "Oh, are these the kids that's going to be helping us today?" She added, placing one of her long-fingered hands on Garuken's head. Itachi noticed that she had really long nails, that were painted red.
Itachi was blushing furiously. He usually didn't blush. Uchiha didn't blush. But he was in a changing room filled with beautiful women, who were mostly half naked. He kept his eyes closed, but he still knew they were there. "Chi-kun, do you know how to do an uninspired Henge?" Tsumori whispered to him nervously. He could tell she was just as uncomfortable as he was.
"Aah." He replied shortly, furrowing his brows. "You just have to bring up an image in your mind and Henge just as if you were do and inspired Henge. I think you should just Henge to an adult version of your actual appearance." He suggested. That would probably be the easiest thing for her, seeing as she was female already.
"You can come in here, guys!" Garuken called from the door he had retreated to earlier. He had muttered something about cleaning a bit first before he left. Itachi didn't waste a second, and nearly dashed toward the new room, dearly hoping there were no half naked people in there. The room was just another changing room with a make-up counter and racks of clothing. "You can Henge in here. Rune-sensei'll be here in a sec, so hurry." Garuken said, already making the hand-seals required to transform.
Itachi gaped a little at Garuken. He was now a woman, looking very much like his mother and sister, aside from the fact that his hair was rather fuzzy instead of a silken waterfall. It was slightly shorter, too, falling onto to his shoulder blades. And he had rather large boobs in female form, Itachi noted. But the most noticeable thing was that he was wearing a pink bra and panties. Itachi raised a fine eyebrow at him.
Adult female Garuken blushed. "Urusai, baka!" The currently female youngster snapped, his... uh... her voice changed to a female one as well. It was the same angelic song voice as his mother's, but with a harsh tone to it that let them know that it really still was Garuken. "By the way, you have to call me Garu-hime while we're in Henge. You have to call all Geisha -hime." He stated as he picked out a dark blue kimono with yellow swirls on it to wear along with a yellow obi with a smaller, red obi stitched to it. He began fixing his make-up.
Tsumori shrugged her shoulders and transformed as well, changing her body to that of an adult woman. She, too, had a rather large chest. Her general appearance stayed the same, aside from the fact that her features became a little more adult and got a certain seductiveness over them. She was already wearing a pink kimono with a green obi and a pattern of green twigs stitched in the fabric. She sat down and had Garuken help her with her make-up.
Itachi sighed and transformed as well. He didn't like it, but it was necessary. After doing the jutsu, he felt odd. He looked in the mirror and blushed furiously. He was a woman. He looked like himself, only now he had rather small boobs, and no... male part. He noted quickly that he looked disturbingly much like his mother, yet he looked younger and more beautiful. He also noted that the odd lines under his eyes were gone.
He padded over the racks of clothing and picked out a black kimono. "If you wear that, you're not going to get any dudes." Garuken commented with a grin that just didn't look right on his female form. "Chicks are supposed to look pretty, fragile and cute. If you wear that, you'll look freaking emo." He added, finishing the touch of pink to Tsumori's lips. He had decided to use pink lipstick and green eyeshadow to keep with the style she had going.
Itachi sighed and placed the black kimono back, picking out a light blue one with white patterns that resembled water on it and a pink obi with the same pattern as the kimono. He gazed questionably at Garuken, who only nodded while he was powdering his own face white. Itachi wondered how many times he had done this. He seemed disturbingly used to it. Actually, this whole situation disturbed him.
After they had all changed and had their make-up on, all they had to do was to wait for Runeji. Garuken had settled with red lipstick and dark blue eyeshadow for himself and, almost black, red lipstick and silver eyeshadow for Itachi. He felt really weird, wearing make-up. He also kept shifting his wieght from one foot to the other, just not feeling right with the fact that he was a woman. His balance was off completely as well, thanks to the horrid shoes they had to wear. They were odd sandals made from wood and hand a strap going up between his toes. He didn't like it.
A woman with bright purple hair, huge tits and a body that most men would kill to see just once came over to them. She had a look of seduction on her face, which was painfully visible even through the make-up. Like all other Geisha, her face was white, and her lips were painted a deep shade of pink, with matched the eyeshadow. She was wearing a kimono, though hers stopped right over her knees, showing off the slender, tan legs. It was deep red with purple butterflies on it and had a deep pink obi to match her make-up. She reached out and grabbed at Itachi, taking a hold of his chest.
"Itai!" Itachi yelped, his female voice bouncing off the walls. It was a deep and pretty voice, and not the least bit masculine. He pushed the newly arrived woman away, and only now did he notice that she wasn't wearing the horrid shoes, but nice, purple stilettos with straps and stuff. "What the hell?" He scolded, placing both hands on his hips.
"Too small!" The woman replied, raising a finger and poking Itachi on the forehead. "Chi-hime's breast are too small! Make them bigger!" She exclaimed, reaching out to molest Garuken instead. He just smacked her across the head, causing Itachi to nearly faint.
"Rune-sensei, stop being like that!" Garuken snapped. It just didn't sound right. Itachi's eyes nearly popped out. That woman was Runeji. Garuken placed both hands on his hips and blew a strand of hair out of his face. "And did you forget that Itachi-kun is injured? His chest might not be able to handle bigger boobs without his wound springing open." He added, gripping at runeji's chest just like Runeji had done to Itachi.
"Boys..." Garuken's mother spoke softly, suddenly just appearing out of no where. "Who would like to get introduced first?" She asked, glacning over all of them. Itachi noted that her eyes were just as red as Garuken's.
"I would, but I'm not new, so it has to be one of you." Garuken said, placing a hand on each of Tsubaki and Itachi's shoulders. "You just have to go out there and dance a little and perhaps flirt a bit with your body. Then tell them your name and leave." He explained, pushing Tsumori out first.
She stepped out elegantly, swaying her hips like a woman should. Itachi watched and learned. She moved her hips gently to the rhythm of the music and Itachi vaguely remembered her once telling that she had wanted to be a dancer. She swayed her hips, moved her feet and wriggled her body elegantly, but it was quite obvious that she was holding back. Perhaps she was afraid that she would make a mistake in this new body. As the music stopped, she bowed down on her knees and spoke in a soft voice that Itachi didn't recognize as hers at all. "I'm Mori-hime. Please choose me." Her words bounced off the walls, and even though it was spoken softly, he was certain everyone had heard.
Itachi stepped out, feeling odd about swaying his hips as he walked. He mimicked the same kind of movements as Tsumori had used quite well, even adding in an elegant twirl that he was only able to perform thanks to his ninja training. He now understood while people said that if you can dance, you can fight. He was basically using the same moves he used when he was practicing his combat moves, just softer and following the tact of the music. He stopped along with the music, bending down on his knees and bowing like Tsumori had done. "I'm Chi-hime, please choose me." He said, his deep and seductive female voice not sounding right in his own ears. He heard a few whispers and heard the word Uchiha mentioned, causing him to hurry a little on his way out. "Someone recognized me as an Uchiha." He stated in panic as he got back out to the others.
Garuken grinned widely, a pink tinge entering his cheeks. "You shouldn't worry, Chi-kun. We have about six Uchiha women here already. You guys are all so damn pretty that people just can't stop talking about you. Besides, you look nothing like yourself." He assured the younger male. Itachi was not exactly happy knowing what the Uchiha woman did while their kids went to the academy. It seemed a little sick to him.
There was no more time to talk as the one they had earlier identified as Garuken's sister came and dragged all of them with her. "Chi-hime was requested for room three by a group of young men. Garu-hime, you're in room twenty with your usual gentlemen. Rune-hime, you have room seven with a whole ward of dudes and Mori-hime, you have three elderly men waiting for you in room forty-two." She spoke quickly. "I'm in room twenty-one and Kaachan is in room one, if you need something." She added before scurrying off.
"If anyone touch you weirdly or do anything they aren't supposed to, feel free to knee them in the sack and scream bloody murder." Garuken said, giving the rest of them a thumbs up before he scurried along as well.
"And if you feel the need for it, just kill 'em right on the spot." Runeji added sadistically as a add on to Garuken's speech. He waved his hand lazily and staggered along as well, his long, slender legs seeming completely wrong with the way he walked. Itachi guessed he walked differently when there were customers around.
Tsumori looked downright scared. She had more emotion on her face, now that it was actually possible for her to look other than cute. "If anything happens, call for me. I'll be there before you can blink. It's my fault you're injured." She said seriously. Itachi didn't like that look on her face. She wasn't Tsumori right now. He just nodded his head and left towards where he knew room three would be, thanks to many signs on the walls and doors.
