Chapter 36 - Power of A Kekki Genkai
Finally, Lilly had awakened her Sharingan. She had trapped Ebony in a Genjutsu, and looked over at her brothers. Both were still fighting, but they knew something had happened, but they didn't know exactly what it was.
"What's going on?" Sasuke questioned, as he kicked Kabuto in the face, sending him back, holding his jaw.
"I'm not very sure." Itachi replied, punching Hanzo in the gut. This was going to be a battle to the death, or at least that was what the atmosphere in the room felt like.
"This isn't over." Hanzo growled, going over to Ebony and Lilly, shoving the Uchiha female out of the way, grabbing Ebony's arm, vanishing into thin air. Gone. Again.
"Damn it." Itachi growled, as Sasuke got shoved into him, as Kabuto hissed, vanishing also. "Are you okay bro?" He questioned, looking down at his younger brother, who seemed beaten up, but not caring.
"Yeah." Was all he replied, before standing up, looking over to Naruto, who was badly injured, but healing quickly - thanks to Kurama. "Why did Ebony stop?" He questioned, looking from Naruto to Lilly, who was helping Josh up.
"I'm not sure." Itachi said, in a quiet, yet calm, voice.
"The Sharingan." Josh said, looking over to them, while still looking at Lilly. "She finally unlocked it." He smiled softly, kissing Lilly gently on the hand as a 'thank you' for having helped him up.
"She did?" Sasuke blinked, stunned.
"Lilly..." Itachi spoke, as Lilly looked over at them both. Right enough, her Sharingan had finally awoken.
"Yes?" She smiled softly, as her eyes turned to her normal dark brown.
"You can't deny not being a Uchiha now." Itachi chuckled, walking over to them, supporting his brother, as he was exhausted from it.
"Nope." Lilly giggled. "Finally I'm closer to being able to beat you both in a battle." She joked, while being serious at the same time.
"Not yet you aren't." Sasuke laughed lightly.
"You still need a little bit more confidence in your abilities." Itachi pointed out, as Naruto walked over, rubbing the back his head.
"What happened?" He questioned, having still been slightly knocked out, when it had happened.
"Lilly has now unlocked the Sharingan." Josh told him.
"AWESOME!" Naruto shouted, smiling wildly.
"Let's get home." Itachi chuckled, ruffling his siblings hair.
"Yeah." Both replied, fixing their hair back to the way it had been, before following Itachi out of the HQ, as Kakashi followed them behind, occasionally glancing at to where his 'friend' Obito had been.
For the next few days, Team 7 didn't receive any missions, as something was wrong with Kakashi. He didn't seem to be himself anymore. What had happened during his battle with Obito?
"I wonder what's wrong with Kakashi-Sensei." Sakura sighed.
"Let's just leave him be for a while." Sasuke shrugged, putting his hands in his pockets, walking off. He had a lot more things to do lately. Itachi had decided that the three of them would go back to living in their original home. The home they hadn't lived in in years.
"Sasuke." Naruto said, running to catch up with him. "You've been so busy lately, and all you're things have been vanishing from the house... Why?" He questioned.
"We're going home." Sasuke plainly stated. "Back to that house..." He growled a little, clenching his fist. He still hadn't fully forgiven his brother for what he had done, but considering he had technically killed him, but couldn't upset Lilly further by having him dead and brought him back, he felt that maybe he should focus on making the people who had ordered his brother to do so.
"What about the..." Naruto stopped, thinking maybe it wasn't a good idea to ask.
"Already buried." Sasuke said, knowing well what he was going to ask. "The house actually doesn't smell like death. It's the same as it has always been." Sasuke let a little smile show, showing that he was actually happy to be going back to his childhood home.
"Does Lilly know that was her true home?" Naruto questioned, smiling.
"Yes. We told her." Sasuke said, stopping and looking up towards the sky, putting his hands in his pockets, letting the breeze flow through his hair, moving his bangs from his eyes.
"That's good to hear." Naruto grinned, as the breeze messed up his spiky blonde hair.
"I'll see you later Naruto." Sasuke smiled, walking off.
"Later Sasuke." Naruto chuckled a little, before running off home.
As Sasuke headed home, he wasn't surprised to see Itachi training with Lilly. He had given up with the Akatsuki and was now back to being his normal self. However, he had decided that the jacket had become so apart of him the time he was with the Akatsuki that he would keep it, wearing it all the time, however, the headband he had worn to represent himself as being a member of the Akatsuki was gone, and he was back to wearing the old, normal Konoha village headband.
"Who is this stranger?" Sasuke joked, walking over, having not seen Itachi wearing his old headband.
"The old Itachi." Itachi chuckled, dodging one of Lilly's kicks.
"The better version of our big brother." Lilly giggled, her Sharingan active. Itachi had been helping her get used to using it in battle.
"That's good." Sasuke smirked, flinging a kunai towards them both, seeing if either would dodge it, but continue fighting. Both weren't fooled and dodged the kunai, sending their own ones towards him, which he blocked with his sword. "Nice." He chuckled. "A three way fight then?" He questioned, as both Itachi and Lilly stopped fighting for a moment.
"What you think sis? Up for it?" Itachi questioned, wondering if she would feel ready enough to try a battle with both of them at the one time.
"Sure. But only the Sharingan can be used from you two." She said. "No Mangekyo Sharingan." She giggled.
"Fine with me." Itachi chuckled.
"Same here." Sasuke smiled.
The three of them activated their Sharingan and got prepared to have a three way battle. However, what Itachi didn't seem to expect was that both of them were planning on taking him out first, then going to fight each other. Take out the weakest link would usually be the best approach, but not for these three. Taking out the strongest and working together to take them out was always a better option.
"Ready you two?" Itachi questioned.
"Ready." Both of them nodded.
"GO!" Itachi shouted, as the three of them hid, waiting on the first move to be made.
Chapter 37 - Itachi Vs. Sasuke and Lilly
Not long after Itachi had said go, he decided to wait out in the open, to see which of his siblings would try to attack him first. What he didn't expect however, was them both to attack him at the same time. Two fireballs got sent in his direction, from within the trees, and he managed to dodge them, throwing kunai's into the trees, from where the fireballs had come from.
"Nice try you two." Itachi smirked, as both of them jumped out of the trees to avoid the kunai's.
"You need to admit big bro." Sasuke started to say.
"You would've never expected us to work together to get you first." Lilly finished.
"No I didn't." Itachi chuckled, doing hand signs, sending mini fireballs towards them, which they both dodged, sending shuriken and kunai's through the fireballs towards him.
The three continued to fight, and dodge each others attack, however, Itachi had a few tricks up his sleeve. He had made a few crop doppelgangers to take the hits whenever they both managed to get close to him.
"What the heck?!" Lilly squealed, as the 'Itachi' she tried to kick turned into crows, flying off. She started to look around. "Where is he?"
"I have no idea." Sasuke said, looking around also. He hadn't realised that their older brother could do that kind of jutsu. What else he didn't realise was that Itachi was right behind him.
"Don't have your back to your opponent Sasuke." Itachi said calmly, starting to do hand signs, which Lilly noticed and used her Sharingan eyes to copy them, as Sasuke moved out the way in time, allowing Lilly to send the Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu towards Itachi, just as he sent it to where Sasuke had been. Both the attacks collided, creating one big flame, however, Lilly's wasn't as powerful as his, and got sent backwards, huffing.
"Damn it." Lilly growled, getting up, holding a kunai.
"Not bad sis." Itachi smiled, knowing that she had used her Sharingan to copy the jutsu, and had not just done the same jutsu of her own accord.
"Sis out the way." Sasuke said, running towards Itachi with lightning chakra around his arm. The Chidori.
"Right." Lilly nodded, moving out the way, just as Sasuke ran towards Itachi, who had moved towards Lilly with his back towards Sasuke.
Sasuke got close enough to use the Chidori on Itachi, but luckily Itachi had realised what was going on and grabbed Sasuke's arm, preventing him from attacking Itachi with it.
"You'd really go to use that jutsu on me." Itachi said, shaking his head. "You really do have an intent to kill foolish little brother." He looked up towards Sasuke, looking him in the eyes, trapping him in a genjutsu, although, it was pointless, but it would give Itachi some time to get out of his range.
"I'm not foolish." Sasuke said in a rather unpleasant tone, glaring at his brother. Something wasn't right here. Why was Sasuke acting like this.
"Nii-chan." Lilly said, walking over. Looked like for now this battle was over.
Sasuke yanked his arm from Itachi's grip and put his hands into his pockets. "Sorry." He muttered, before heading off. Lilly wouldn't let him leave, and grabbed his arm.
"What has gotten into you big brother?" She questioned. Sasuke, however much he cared about them, wasn't wanting to talk, or be near them now and just left, easily getting free from her grip.
"Don't worry." Shiru said, walking out and over to them. She hugged Lilly softly, before kissing Itachi on the cheek.
"He'll be fine." Itachi smiled, hugging Lilly, before kissing Shiru softly. He truly loved her, and Lilly could see that, so she let them be alone.
Lilly slowly walked into the village, to clear her head of everything that had happened, however, that wasn't going to be as easy as she thought it would be. She headed towards the academy, hoping to find Iruka, or at least someone she could talk to. As she reached the academy, everyone was coming out, heading home. School was over for today, so Iruka would be free, unless he had any missions that he needed to go on. She waited until everyone had gone, but she didn't need to go inside to find Iruka, as someone else had found her instead. Josh.
"Hey Lilly. Is everything okay?" He questioned, giving her a little hug.
"Not really..." She sighed a little, holding back her tears, hugging him back. She somehow felt safe around him, and like she could trust him with almost everything.
"What's happened?" He asked, wiping away a small tear that had escaped. "Who's upset you?"
"My big brothers are fighting. Sasuke isn't acting like himself. Itachi is too in love. I just feel like they are pushing me away, and that we're no longer a family." She said, looking down.
"That can't be true. They both love you." He smiled softly, lifting her head up. "Maybe they just have something bothering them. I know neither of them would just push you away and leave you. You're their little sister. Their only sister. And they said to me that you remind them of your parents." He smiled, kissing her cheek softly. "Please smile." Josh clearly cared for Lilly, and hated seeing her unhappy.
Lilly smiled softly, hiding the fact that she liked him. "Thank you Josh." She kissed his cheek a little. "You are right. They wouldn't do that to me. I guess I should just let them be alone for today. Like you said, maybe they have something else on their minds." She said, before starting to walk off, but Josh grabbed her hand softly.
"You're welcome Lilly. Would you like to go get some ramen with me?" He wondered. He liked her, but he wasn't wanting to admit it. He was shy about his feelings towards people, especially when it was a girl he had a crush on.
"I'd like that. Thank you." She smiled.
"You're welcome." He smiled, before heading towards Ichiraku's to get some ramen.
Sasuke was looking around in the forest, hoping to find their parents once again. He had been so happy at seeing them that he wasn't able to get that feeling of happiness out of his head. He really wanted his parents back, more than anything.
"Mom! Dad!" Sasuke called, as he walked around.
"Yes?" A voice called from nearby. His parents were still being used by the Edo Tensei jutsu, but he didn't care. All he wanted was a hug from his parents.
"You're still here." He smiled, walking over to them.
"Yes." Fugaku answered, smiling.
"We're not going anywhere until the jutsu is un-done." Mikoto told him, ruffling up his hair, smiling.
"I hope it isn't un-done." Sasuke said, looking down, his bangs covering his eyes.
"It will eventually be though." Fugaku sighed. "When the user is killed, or even when the user wishes too, he will stop the jutsu." He hugged Mikoto, who had started to cry a little.
"Don't cry." Sasuke smiled, wiping away her tears.
"I miss you all so much." She sniffled.
"We miss you too. Especially Lilly." Sasuke said.
"How is our little girl?" Fugaku questioned. "Is she becoming a fine Uchiha?"
"Very much so. She has finally unlocked her Sharingan." Sasuke smiled.
"That's good to hear." Mikoto smiled.
"Has she learned the jutsu I taught to you and Itachi? The Katon! Goukakyuu no Jutsu?" Fugaku questioned, curiously.
"Yeah. She is very good at it. Itachi and her collided with that very jutsu in training today, and it was a few minutes before Itachi pushed hers back. She is getting quite good at it." Sasuke smiled.
"I'm glad." Fugaku smiled. "We wish we could see her."
"We want to see how much she has grown up." Mikoto sighed a little.
"You will." Itachi said, walking up behind Sasuke. "I thought I'd find you here bro." He smiled, putting his arm around his brothers shoulder.
"How exactly?" Fugaku questioned.
"How can you stop this jutsu and it's control on us, to allow us to see her?" Mikoto wondered.
"By getting one of you to cancel out the jutsu. I just need to know exactly what hand signs were used to create this jutsu and show those same hand signs to you." Itachi said. "Also, I need to find the user of the jutsu itself."
"Kabuto." Sasuke said. "He's the one controlling them." He told his brother.
"He's right Itachi." Mikoto smiled. "You would need to go after Kabuto."
"Orochimaru's apprentice." Fugaku sighed. "Never did like Orochimaru, or Kabuto."
"Then you wouldn't have liked that he had put his cursed mark on Sasuke then." Itachi told them.
"He what?!" Fugaku exclaimed.
"Don't worry dad." Itachi said, in a calm voice. "I removed it."
"How though?" Sasuke questioned, just realising this.
"When you killed me, gaining the Mangekyo Sharingan, and achieving the revenge for what I had done to the clan on me, I tapped your forehead - like I used to do - and some blood went down your face. You remember that?" He wondered.
"I remember." His brother nodded.
"When that happened, I gave you the ability to use the Amaterasu and Susano'o, as well as removing the cursed mark from you." He told his brother.
"So when I revived you, the cursed mark never came back at all?" Sasuke wondered.
"No. Once I had removed it, it was gone for good." Itachi said, patting Sasuke on the head. "We needed our brother back, Lilly and I. The way you were acting due to the curse mark was a complete stranger to us."
"I'm glad that it's gone." Fugaku sighed. "Depending on how strong the person is, they could die from having the snake's cursed mark."
"Itachi... Why did you allow Sasuke to kill you? Weren't you worried that if he did, he wouldn't have brought you back?" Mikoto wondered.
"I wanted him to get his revenge on me, and by doing that was the only way. Whether he brought me back, or not, was his decision. However, I had reminded him that if he went back to Lilly, covered in blood, without me there, she would get worried and upset, and then go to seek revenge on him. I wasn't wanting that to happen." Itachi explained.
"Neither was I." Sasuke sighed. "Why do you think I brought you back?" He smiled.
"Because you love me." Itachi chuckled.
"Yeah right." Sasuke sarcastically said, rolling his eyes, smirking.
"My boys." Mikoto laughed, hugging them both. "My handsome boys." Both Sasuke and Itachi blushed a little from having heard that.
"Mom..." Both of them fakely complained, before laughing. This family didn't appear to be going anywhere. They were going to become one family again. When? Nobody truly knew for sure.
Chapter 38 - Two Tailed Beast, Released?
A couple of years, the two brothers were constantly trying to figure out whereabouts of Kabuto, to try get him captured, so they would be able to figure out what hand signs he had used to bring their parents back to life. They were wanting to stop the jutsu, yet have it so that their parents were back and with them forever. They needed them back, as they wanted to be a complete family again. Them, Lilly and their parents.
"Where is he?" Sasuke questioned.
"We will find him bro." Itachi said. "We need them back. I promised them."
"What about sis?" The younger one questioned.
"The class all graduated the academy. She's getting put into different groups now, with sensei's. I'm one of the sensei's." Itachi smiled.
"You've ended up with sis, haven't you?" Sasuke chuckled, questioningly.
"You'll find out soon." Itachi laughed, as they both headed home for the day.
Lilly had ended up in a team with Jynx and Michael - she was really hoping it would've been them - and all three were waiting in a classroom, waiting on their assigned sensei to come. Everyone else had ended up with new sensei's. One of the Teams had gotten Iruka, as well as Kakashi. Team 7 - Sakura, Sasuke and Naruto - no longer needed Kakashi as their sensei anymore, so he was able to be assigned to a new team, however, he hadn't gotten Jynx, Lilly and Michael. The three of them were waiting in the classroom, for about an hour, before someone walked in the door. Lilly couldn't believe her eyes.
"Hello everyone. I'll be your sensei." Itachi smiled.
"Big brother?" Lilly questioned, astonished that it had been him all along.
"Hello sis." Itachi chuckled. "Didn't expect it to be me, did you?" He questioned, knowing fine well from her shocked expression that she hadn't.
"No." She smiled. "But I'm glad it is."
"'Sup Itachi?" Jynx smirked.
"Sensei Itachi Jynx." Michael sighed, hitting her on the arm.
"Whatever." Jynx laughed, playfully hitting him back, harder.
"Settle down you lot." Itachi laughed. "Now. I want to get to know you all. So meet me near Ichiraku's in 5 minutes." He said, before walking out.
The three of them reached Ichiraku's and Itachi had already ordered sets of ramen for the three of them. Neither of them had expected him to do that, except Lilly. She knew her brother well.
"Thanks." Both Michael and Jynx grinned, starting to eat the ramen.
"Thanks." Lilly smiled, as she started to eat her ramen.
"Now." Itachi said, smiling at the three of them. "Shall we get to know each other?"
"The same way Kakashi got to know Sakura, Naruto and big bro Sasuke?" Lilly questioned.
"Kind of. However, I won't be as mysterious." He chuckled.
"What do you want to know?" Michael questioned, through mouthfuls of ramen.
"Your name, your likes, your dislikes and if you have any plans... dreams if you will... for the future." He smiled. "Shall I go first?"
"Yeah, Michael and I hardly know you as well as Lilly here does." Jynx stated.
"That's true." Itachi chuckled. "Very well. My name is Itachi Uchiha, I like my family and friends, and I dislike wars and conflict. My dream, as you could say, is to protect the Village Hidden in the Leaves, as well as those important to me."
"Family has always been important for you big bro." Lilly smiled.
"And always will be." He smiled, ruffling her hair.
"Hehe." She giggled a little, fixing her hair.
"Right." Itachi said, before pointing to Jynx. "Tell us about you." He said, with a soft smile.
"Me. Alright. Name's Jynx Haruno. Ah like wolves and ma friends, Ah dislike studyin', as well as English. Ma plans for the future... Ah got none as far as Ah can tell." She grinned.
"Alright then. You." Itachi smiled, pointing to Michael. "What about you?"
"My name's Michael Uzumaki." He sighed, and as soon as Itachi heard the last name, he chuckled quietly to himself. He had a Haruno, an Uzumaki and an Uchiha. It was just like Kakashi had. He wondered to himself if Michael was going to be like Naruto, and Jynx like Sakura. He knew well that Lilly was like just him and Sasuke. "I don't really care for much stuff, except friends. I dislike violence, but if a friend is in danger and needing help, I'll do whatever I can to help. My plans for the future. Simple. To become Hokage."
"I see." Itachi chuckled, knowing fine well that was exactly what Naruto wanted to become. "Now finally." He said, before looking at Lilly. "What about you?" He smiled.
"My name's Lilly Uchiha. I like my friends, family and training. I dislike those how try to harm those closest to me. My dream for the future is to be able to have my family back together, and the clan restored as much as possible, although, they are just dreams... dreams that will never come true." She sighed, looking up to the sky.
"Don't say never." Itachi smiled, giving her a light hug. "You never know. It may come true."
"Yeah. He's right." Michael smirked.
"Yeah." Jynx grinned.
"Now. Let's go train." Itachi said. "Meet me at the training field in 10 minutes." He smiled, before heading off.
As they reached the training ground, Itachi was waiting there, without his Akatsuki jacket on today. He looked as if he was ready to train, however, he had switched his usual Akatsuki jacket, with a Shinobi jacket, that most of the ninja sensei's wear.
"You three ready?" He smiled.
"Yes sensei." All three replied.
"Now. I have three bells here. Let's see if you can all manage to get one for each of you."
"Didn't Kakashi do that with Team 7?" Lilly questioned.
"Yes. However, he had made them have two bells. I thought that was rather mean, but he did get through to them." Itachi chuckled, placing the bells in his pocket.
"He got Sasuke and Naruto working together." Lilly giggled.
"Yes he did. Now are you three ready?" He questioned, as the three of them nodded. "Then ready... Go!" He said, as the three Genin ninja's went into hiding. "They know how to keep their chakra hidden well." He chuckled. "Better keep my guard up."
Lilly had hid within the trees, as Michael had hidden in amongst the bushes, with Jynx. Itachi looked around, keeping his guard up, making sure neither of the three of them could surprise attack him.
"These three are good." Itachi chuckled, as a kunai went flying past him. Michael had given away his position. "Heh." Itachi smirked, picking up the kunai, before throwing it back in the direction it had came, making Michael jump out the way, onto the main field.
"Damn." Michael sighed. "Bad move."
"Don't give your position away." Itachi said, appearing behind Michael, using his crow doppelganger.
"Shit." Michael growled, dodging the attack from the doppelganger, before sending a kick towards the real Itachi. Itachi having being a former member of the ANBU easily dodged it, sending Michael into one of the easiest traps. "DAMNIT!" Michael growled, as the trap sprung, with him ending up dangling upside from a tree.
"Concentrate Michael. You have to focus on what you do." Itachi told him, as Jynx appeared out of what seemed like nowhere, tackling him down to the ground. Itachi, however, had used the Substitution jutsu, walking out from behind the tree Michael was dangling from on a rope.
"God Damnit!" Jynx growled, getting up to her feet quickly, looking over towards Itachi.
"Nice try Jynx. You almost had me." Itachi smirked, his back towards where Lilly was hidden, this would give her the perfect opportunity to get an attack on him, allowing either herself or Jynx to get on of the three bells. However, she decided to wait. She had a feeling Itachi knew well where she was hidden.
As Jynx fought with Itachi, Lilly patiently waiting on an opportune moment to attack. She finally decided that she would be able to help Jynx more, than trying to attack on her own. Itachi had never expected it.
"Damn." Itachi growled, falling to the ground, as Lilly kicked him in the back. "I didn't expect that to happen." He said, getting back up to his feet, as Jynx punched his gut, grabbing a bell from his pocket with her free hand.
"Got it." She smirked, holding up the bell.
"Nice work Jynx." Itachi smiled, as Michael finally got down, sending a mixture of shuriken and kunai's towards Itachi, which he dodged. "Keep trying Michael."
Kakashi, Sasuke and Naruto had all been called to the Hokage's office, as she wanted to talk to them.
"What is it?" Sasuke questioned.
"What do you want granny?" Naruto growled.
"Naruto..." Kakashi sighed, but Tsunade just laughed. She was used to Naruto now.
"The two tailed beast. It has been released." She plainly told them, getting to the point.
Chapter 39 - Matatabi and the New Host
All three were shocked. Neither had expected the two tailed beast to get free anytime soon. Nobody had thought that would be possible. The two tailed beast host and beast itself were able to get along fine, but this was strange. They had been captured by the Akatsuki but managed to escape. How had the beast gotten free?
"How can that be?" Sasuke questioned. "Yugito Nii was the two tails host. How could the beast have gotten free?!"
"I heard that Yugito had been killed, as an unsealing jutsu had been done at the same time, releasing the beast, saving it from death." Tsunade told them.
"If that is the case," Kakashi started to speak. "then a new host is needed." He calmly said.
"There are no new hosts!" Naruto growled.
"There is..." Tsunade said. "The two tails personality was always polite and respectful."
"That's true..." Naruto sighed. "When I met the two tails before... it called me Naruto-kun. I didn't know why, but now that granny says that about the personality of the two tails. I agree with her."
"There is someone in our village with a similar personality." Kakashi said, knowing where Tsunade was going.
"Who...?" Sasuke questioned.
"Lilly." Both Kakashi and Tsunade said at the same time.
"No... I don't think it should be her..." Sasuke said. "I allowed myself to become a host. Naruto was made a host when he was nothing more than a baby, so he had no choice. I won't let this happen to her!" He growled, Isobu starting to take over, having seen how protective Sasuke was of Lilly.
"It is not your decision Sasuke." Tsunade told him, as Naruto placed his hand on Sasuke's shoulder, trying to calm him down.
"She's my sister!" He growled. Isobu was close to taking over, and only Naruto realised this.
"Granny... Find someone else." Naruto said in a calming voice, before walking out with Sasuke.
"The Raikage won't allow it Tsunade." Kakashi said.
"Actually... Kakashi... He has. He knows of the Uchiha's well. And he would expect nothing less than one of the Uchiha's to have a same personality to Matatabi, as the beast is truly called. He has allowed the village of Konoha to have the two tailed beast host. The two tailed beast host has always been from Kumogakure, but he knows that the Uchiha's only come from Konoha, so he is allowing our village to have the two tailed host." She explained to the Jonin Sensei.
"He knows then that we'll protect it well?" Kakashi questioned.
"Yes." Was the only reply he got from Tsunade.
"I see. Shall I tell Itachi?" He wondered.
"No. I will make Sasuke see sense, and that it is the only option, and he will be the one to take her to Kumogakure, to be sealed with the two tails." She said, looking through her paper work.
"But Sasuke doesn't know the sealing jutsu!" He said, rather loudly.
"So, you shall teach it to him." She ordered, before continuing to look through her work. "You may go Kakashi." She said, not looking up at him.
"Very well..." Kakashi sighed, before leaving.
Back at the training field, Itachi was still fighting with his team, as they tried to get bells from him. Jynx had already succeeded and was now trying to help the others. Clearly, this team had figured out that teamwork was a key to any battle, quicker than Kakashi's team.
"So they figured it out quickly." Itachi said quietly to himself, as he ducked a kick from his sister. "They are fast learners." He smiled, forgetting about Michael, as he created some clones, which pinned Itachi down, as well as the crow doppelganger, taking a bell from him.
"Got it." Michael grinned.
"Well done. Now..." Itachi chuckled, looking over at Lilly. "One to go. Maybe I should do this, just seeing as it would be more fair then." He grinned, activating his normal Sharingan.
"How is that fair?" Lilly questioned, knowing well the answer.
"You're the only one to get a bell, you also have the Sharingan and I know well you will get it from me, so I'm going to use my Sharingan this time." He said, running towards her with a kunai, dodging kicks from both Jynx and Michael, before back flipping away slightly. "You know the true meaning of this exercise then..."
"Teamwork." All three Genin simply said.
"Correct." Itachi chuckled, amazed that the three of them knew that. "Anyway..." He said, just as Lilly started to do hand signs, which he copied with his Sharingan.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu." Both them said at the same time, as the attacks clashed creating one bigger fireball. However, what Itachi didn't realise that it was just a decoy, as Jynx and Michael came up behind him, grabbing his arms. That wouldn't stop him however, Itachi used a doppelganger and appeared behind the both of them.
"Nice try." Itachi said.
"Thanks..." Lilly sighed, before running at him, kunai in hand. Itachi cleverly managed to dodge, but what he didn't see was that she went to sweep kick his legs, as he ducked the swing from her kunai.
"Shit..." Itachi cursed, as Lilly easily took the last bell.
"Got it." She giggled. Lilly hadn't even used her Sharingan during the training session at all, which impressed Itachi further.
"Well done all three of you." He said, getting up. "You've impressed me greatly."
"That's what we aim to do." Lilly giggled, as both Jynx and Michael grinned.
"Very well, tomorrow we will start proper missions, for now, the three of you can go home and rest." Itachi smiled, as Jynx and Michael nodded, leaving. Lilly stayed, mostly because she was wanting to walk home with her brother.
As Jynx and Michael left, Itachi turned towards Lilly and gave her a soft hug. He seemed rather pleased with her work today. She may have been the last one to get a bell, but she knew, as well as the other two had, that teamwork was what was more important within the exercise.
"I'm so proud sis." Itachi said, patting her head.
"Thanks big bro." Lilly giggled.
"Let's go home shall we?" He questioned, before starting to walk home, with her following behind.
Tsunade had called Sasuke back to her office - once he had calmed down - to tell him that it was the only way to protect the lands. He finally understood, and gave in. However, he had insisted that he gets taught the sealing jutsu and goes with Lilly on the mission, sealing the beast in her. He wasn't going to trust anyone else with doing it. It was him, or nobody.
Tsunade sighed. "Very well Sasuke... That is how it shall go... Be prepared to go within a week to Kumogakure with Lilly, to seal the beast... Kakashi knows you will learn the sealing jutsu within that time. Mostly because you have the Sharingan."
"I hope I will." Sasuke said, looking down. "For her sake..." He sighed. He wasn't wanting to mess this up, especially since the person who was to become the host was to be his own little sister. He couldn't make a mess of this. He just couldn't.
As Sasuke arrived home, dinner was already made. Ramen. However, the one who had made it wasn't Shiru or Cecilia, it had been Lilly. She had always observed Shiru and Cecilia when they made ramen, and decided to give it a try. Some people weren't so sure if it would be any good, but they were willing to give it a try. When they tasted it, they were surprised and gob-smacked. It was good. As good as Ichiraku's.
"Wow." Naruto blinked, amazed, before quickly finishing it. "That's great!" He grinned.
"Thanks." Lilly giggled, eating some.
"This is nice." Shiru smiled. Shiru had seemed a little poorly lately, but she seemed to be pretending to be fine as she was always usually was. She didn't like people worrying about her, neither did Lilly.
"Are you okay?" Cecilia whispered to Shiru, who just nodded. "Alright." Cecilia smiled softly.
"Bro..." Itachi said.
"Yes?" Sasuke questioned, looking up from his food, that he hadn't touched, to his older brother.
"Is everything alright?" He wondered. He didn't like seeing when Sasuke never ate anything, and just played with his food. It reminded him of when Sasuke was sick and not well, when he would play with his food, when he had been 6.
"I'm fine." Sasuke replied, with a soft smile, trying to stop his brother from worrying.
"Alright."
"He's not fine." A voice said. Isobu had taken over Sasuke. He was wanting to allow them to know why Sasuke wasn't eating.
"I can sense it too." Kurama said, mostly to Naruto.
"What's wrong with him?" Naruto questioned, not just Kurama, but Isobu as well.
"Matatabi has been released." Isobu said. Sasuke's eyes appeared to be green, as well as the Mangekyo Sharingan. That was how you could tell it wasn't Sasuke speaking, but Isobu.
"The two tailed beast..." Kurama told the other, taking over Naruto - which Naruto allowed him to do to explain to the others. "The Hokage is looking for a new host..."
"They recommend the girl here..." Isobu said, looking towards Lilly. "Sasuke isn't wanting it to happen." Luckily for everyone at the table, Lilly was humming quietly to herself, while doing the washing up, so she hadn't heard anything from the conversation that was going on.
"Naruto doesn't actually want it either." Kyuubi said, in his dark voice.
"What can we do?" Zack questioned.
"There's nothing we can do." Itachi said, with a sigh. "If the Hokage orders Lilly to become the host, then there is nothing we can do to prevent it. If we do, then it would be going against the village." He got up from his chair, walking over to put away the dishes that Lilly had already washed and dried.
"He's right." Both the tailed beasts said, before allowing their hosts back in control.
"Damnit Isobu..." Sasuke growled slightly.
"Thanks Kurama." Naruto smiled a little.
The rest of the night was strangely quiet. Naruto had went outside to train, while Sasuke was being more annoyed with Isobu for having told everyone what the Hokage was planning. Itachi had went with his brother to make sure he was alright. He worried about his brother, and his sister.
"Don't worry bro... The Hokage knows what she's doing..." Itachi said, giving Sasuke a hug.
"Why does it have to be Lilly though...?" Sasuke sighed. "Why sis?"
"I don't know." Itachi sighed. "But I know that it'll be the right thing to do. For all the lands."
"I guess..." Sasuke sighed, getting up. "I've to go on the mission with her." He told his brother.
"Not Kakashi?" Itachi questioned, as Sasuke just shook his head. "I see... Well you both better be careful." He smiled a little.
"We will." Sasuke said, heading inside up to Lilly's room. She was already asleep. She had done too much work training today with the team and Itachi. Sasuke walked into her room, pulling the covers over her, smiling. He liked when she was like this. It made him feel happy.