Yo! So It's been about a week or two since my last chapter. I just got off Spring Break and all I did was sleep, eat, Ifunny, repeat. I'm dead serious. So anyway, thanks for reading my chapter and comment down below if you want! Enjoy!
(I do not own Naruto….. If I did I would get rid of most of the fillers…)
"Screw you Koto, and Operation Kash!"
-Last time on the 3rd Brother!- (Tell me if you guys like this!)
Kai sighed, "No Koto, we are not capturing S ranked criminals, or saving a lost princess."
"What about rescuing a stolen Kage?" Koto asked.
Kai smirked, "You will have to wait about 4 years for that mission and you most likely will not be going."
"How do you know?"
He smirked again, "I just do."
Flash peered at Kai from the corner of her eye, "…."
Koto growled, "Fine….But on one condition."
"Hm?"
He smirked, "Answer me this….. Do you like Kai?"
"Yeah."
His jaw dropped, "I-I admire you to be able to say something like that so calmly…."
Flash looked at him and raised her eyebrow, "It is something that should be hard to admit?"
Koto nodded and Flash sighed, "I mean I like you and Shi as well."
Koto's jaw dropped again but he recollected himself a few seconds later. He smirked and brushed himself off in a cool manor.
"I would think that a girl like you would fall for a handsome guy like me. But it's a shame that you also have crushes on Kai and sensei. It's a love….. Square?
Flash raised her eyebrow again, "Crush? Love? Where the hell did you get that idea?"
"Well it was nice meeting you all, but we have to leave for a mission." Kakashi nodded,
"Nice meeting you as well, good luck on your mission."
"Awwwww! Do we have to go Kakashi-sensei?!" Naruto yelled while his grip on Kai was getting tighter. Kai could barely breathe. Kakashi and Sasuke sighed at the hyper-active blonde. Sasuke grabbed Naruto and dragged him to the Hokage's office.
"Let me go baka!" Naruto yelled as he was dragged away. Kakashi sighed and followed them.
"Bye Kai-kun!" Sakura squealed while following Kakashi. Her blush had gotten a lot stronger and redder. Kai mentally gagged and turned away.
Kai noticed a black tattoo on her left shoulder.
"Death before dishonor. I'll have to ask her about that some time."
"The saw blade was rusty…. My hand is probably going to get infected if I don't do anything about it."
"Screw you Koto for making me go through all this crap…." He started in the direction of the woods.
-This time on the 3rd Brother!-
"Screw you Koto for making me go through all this crap…." He started in the direction of the woods. To get to the woods, Kai had to go back down to the field and cross it. He approached the tip of the hill and adjusted his feet to slide down. The young Uchiha started sliding down the steep hill, clouds of brown dust swirling around his feet. Kai was about half way down when he tripped over his own feet and rolled down the rest of the slope. He came to a stop in a bed of stacked crops, his head spinning, and his bloody hand throbbing. They boy's vision was still clearing when a black figure leaned over him.
"Kai?" The figure asked, a hint of concern in their voice. From what Kai could tell the figure was female, and apparently took a liking to the color black.
His vision finally cleared and he looked at the figure, "F-Flash?..."
She sighed and helped him up, "Why the hell are you laying in a bed of crops?" Kai laughed awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head with his good hand.
He tried to hide his injured hand from his teammate by hiding it behind his back, "Well, I kinda, sorta, fell down the slope trying to slide down…"
Flash noticed that he was hiding something behind his back, "Oi Kai, what are you hiding?"
He smiled awkwardly, "N-nothing!"
She looked at him, "Oh really? Then give me your hand Kai."
"E-eh? I-I'm fine Flash, really!" Kai shouted, trying to convince his blonde teammate that he was well. She didn't buy it. Flash grabbed his hand and pulled it out in front of him.
Her beautiful, brown eyes widened slightly, "Just what the hell did you do your hand Kai?! That's infected!" It, in fact, was infected, how it happened so quickly he didn't know. The cut ran diagonally across his palm, some rust from the old saw blade still clinging on inside of the wound. The gash itself, was at least a quarter of an inch deep, and was still heavily bleeding. It burned like a thousand suns.
Kai sighed, defeat in his eyes, "I cut it on a rusty saw after looking for Koto in the shed… He disappeared…"
Flash tighten her grip on Kai's hand, "That little bastard…" She growled, her eyes full of anger.
"Um, Flash… you do know that you're the shortest of us all right?" Kai questioned, looking at her, "Also…" He used his good hand to point at his other hand, "Y-your grabbing it too tight… It's making my hand bleed even more."
Flash's eyes widened even more, the anger now gone and replaced with embarrassment, and jumped back, letting go of his hand.
Flash was on her knees, her hands in between them, and looked down, "G-gomenasai!" She let out a big breath and looked up at Kai, "I'll help you look for Koto, I don't want your hand getting any worse than it already is." Flash hesitantly grabbed his hand again, her eyes peering down, "Let's go." She helped Kai up, then the two friends started making their way up the hill.
Kai looked at her, a black brown raised, "So um, were are we going?"
She kept looking forward and continued walking, "To the lady's house to ask for some bandages, soap, warm water, and antibiotic cream."
He groaned, "We're going to go see that old hag again?"
Flash turned around and glared at him, "She's not an old hag! Also, would you rather go visit her, or get your hand chopped off from that infection of yours!?" Kai slowly nodded, afraid of the girl. Seeing this, Flash turned around triumphantly, "That's what I thought!" She lowered her voice at her next words, "I don't want to see you with one hand either…." The blonde's voice sounded like as if she was recalling a bad memory, of course she didn't really have any bad memories, since well…. she forgot half of her life.
The Uchiha finally gathered the courage to speak up, "Are you ok Flash?" She said nothing and continued up the hill. The two finally reached the top after a few minutes of climbing, then slowly walked over to the old lady's house. Flash reached the door and cleared her throat, "Hello?" She called out, hoping for a reply. Kai could hear foots steps approaching the door, and a few bangs and crashes. The rickety wooden door flew open, nearly hitting Flash in the face, causing Kai to spring back in surprise. The lady was before them, wearing an old, dusty, apron with stains covering every inch of its fabric.
"Yeah, yeah, what do you two want?" The hag questioned, Kai was thankful that she no longer had her frying pan.
Flash spoke up, not affected by the door, "My comrade here has cut his hand, and we were wondering if we could have some bandages, soap, warm water, and antibiotic cream."
The lady smiled, noticing Flash, but sneered in Kai's direction. She looked back down at Flash happily, "Well of course!" The hag said in a sweet voice, "Just give me a second darling!" The lady disappeared back into the house.
Kai looked at Flash, "Flash, are you ok? Really, you're starting to worry me…" To his dismay, she kept looking forward expecting the lady to come back any second now. Soon after, she did! Carrying a soap bar, a bucket of warm water, a piece of cloth, and… honey?" The elderly woman gave the supplies to Flash, smiling cheerfully. The woman shut the door, then Flash led him over to a tree. She motioned for Kai to sit, then starting getting to work. First, she pulled off one of her gloves and wiped off all the blood from his hand. Flash held it on his wound until the bleeding had stopped enough for her to continue. Secondly, she gently cleaned Kai's cut with the soap and warm water. This got rid of most, if not all, of the excess rust stuck in his hand. Then, she applied the honey onto his wound.
Kai looked at her again, "What is the honey for?" He questioned.
She replied in a low voice, "It's a good substitution for antibiotic cream…" He looked at her, slightly nodding. Kai was wondering exactly why she was do depressed. Was it something he said? The boy continued pondering about his dilemma until Kai felt something wrap around his hand. He came back to the real world and looked at his hand. It was completely bandaged, the work almost looked professional! Flash had stood up, looking down at her friend, "We should go look for Koto now…." She murmured. The girl had grabbed Kai's hand before he had a chance to respond, and started walking away to the hill's drop. She slid down it, dragging Kai behind her. He wasn't prepared for the drop, and nearly fell several times on the way down. The dust kicking up from her feet sprayed Kai in the face, blinding him. When they had stopped, Kai rubbed his onyx eyes with his good hand, and started coughing up dust. Flash looked at him, an expressionless emotion on her face. She waited for him to finish, then started walking over to the woods, still dragging Kai. The two finally made it to the entrance of the woods. Flash let go of Kai's hand and started walking into the undergrowth, Kai soon followed her. The genin walked through the forest silently, watching for any sign of their red head teammate. Flash peaked her head around a dogwood tree, then kicked something. Kai heard rustling in the bushes around the tree, it sounded like as if an object was thrown back.
"Oi, baka! Why'd you do that?!" A male voice coming from the bushes said. Flash growled and picked up the object. Kai stepped behind the tree, just in time to see Flash smash Koto into the dogwood. She had the Koto by the front of his shirt and he was raised in the air. He clawed at Flash's hands, "Let me go!" Koto shouted, his voice had a slight hint of fear.
Flash narrowed her brown eyes, "What the hell Koto?! You just up and left our mission! And to do what, take a nap?!" She shouted, her eyes filled with anger. "While you were gone, Kai had the decency to go and look for you! And during that process, he cut his hand! Somehow it got infected, and there's a chance that'll he'll lose it!" Flash tightened her grip on Koto's shirt, then threw him on the ground. Koto said nothing, he just looked away. "Baka…. If this was a real mission somehow could've gotten killed…" She mumbled before looking back at Kai, then storming out of the forest. Kai just stood there for a while, watching his red head teammate for a while.
"Gomen... Kai…." Koto murmured, still looking at the ground.
Kai smiled, his eyes twinkling, "Don't worry about it Koto… I'll be fine. Just come back to the field when you're ready." When he saw Koto do a slight nod he turned and walked a couple steps before he felt a hand on his shoulder. Kai turned his head, seeing Koto looking at him smiling.
The red head laughed, "Totally worth it!" He yelled.
Kai looked at him, obviously confused. "What? What was worth it Koto?"
The boy jumped back smiling. Koto laughed again and jumped in the air, pumping his fists. "Operation Kash complete!"
Kai just stood there, dumbfounded, "Kash?" He questioned, looking at his celebrating friend.
Koto stopped jumping and smiled at him, "Kash! Kai and Flash!" He laughed once again, "It's your ship name!"
The Uchiha blushed and put an arm over his face to try to hide it, "O-Oi! S-Shut up! S-She's gonna h-hear you!"
Koto started singing, "Kai and Flash, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I –" He was cut off by Kai's fist connecting to his jaw.
Kai yelled at him, still blushing slightly, "B-Baka!" He took one last look at Koto then walked out of the forest. He heard Koto yell something like, 'No baby making until I get a camera ok?!' Kai growled and walked back to the field.
"Oi, Kai!" A man shouted. Kai turned to see Shi-sensei running towards him. Shi stopped in front of him, "Flash told me you had an infected hand!" He extended his hand, "Let me see it, I just want to make sure Flash bandaged it correctly."
Kai sat his hand in Shi's hand, wincing in pain from the contact a little. "Alright, here." He watched as Shi-sensei examined his bandaged wound.
Shi's eyes widened slightly, "Wow, this almost looks professional!" He let go of Kai's hand, "I wonder where she learned it from?"
Kai shrugged, "I don't know. Have all the weeds been picked yet?" He let out a sigh of relief when he saw his sensei nod, "Alright, then we should get going."
-On the Road Back to Konoha-
"Baka Koto…" Kai thought, his arms crossed. Kai had been told by Koto that he did what he did only for him and Flash to have a "moment". Kai shot one of the famous 'Uchiha death glares' right at him, but Koto just turned his head and snickered. Oh, what Kai would do to sock him in the jaw right now. Kai sighed and looked behind them. He noticed that Flash was lagging behind them, also shooting glares at Koto. Kai chuckled and went to go stand next to her. She didn't even notice him next to her until he spoke up.
"Oi, Flash."
She jumped slightly and turned her head to look at him, "Oh, hey Kai." Flash murmured, turning her head back at Koto.
Kai looked at her left shoulder, "This would be a good time to ask Flash about her tattoo…" He cleared his voice, "Hey Flash, when did you get that tattoo on your arm? It reads 'Death before dishonor' right?" Kai was able to read Japanese well even though his native language was English. One of the perks of growing up in the Naruverse, but this writing on Flash's shoulder was different. It looked like Japanese just enough for Kai to read it.
Flash stiffened up. After thinking for a few seconds she shrugged, "I don't known. I thought we went over this Kai, I don't remember anything about my past. Not even my name! I just earned the name 'Flash' by running around the damned village!" Flash sighed, trying to calm herself down. "I just woke up with it… That's all I know."
Kai nodded, a bit disappointed. "Alright…."
Flash turned her head towards him quickly, "What about you? You seem to know everything! When we were just kids, you could name every Kage! As well as every village! Even the ones who are not talked about as much!"
Kai was shocked, was he being too obvious about where he originally came from? He stuttered, "I-I –" He was cut off by Flash.
"And after your clan was killed, you acted like you knew something. You were always so happy about it. Like if they didn't get killed off that something would've happened. You didn't hate your brother, Itachi, like Sasuke did. You acted like you loved him, even though he killed your family. You, Kai Uchiha, know something. Something you're not telling." They had realized that they had stopped walking. The two could see Shi and Koto off in the far distance. Flash growled and grabbed Kai's arm, dragging him with her to Shi and Koto. "Who I was, Kai, is none of your concern. It's not like I was once part of some assassin's clan or something. If I'm not some kind of experiment, then I was probably just a regular farm girl who ended up getting in the middle of a Shinobi skirmish. I got in the crossfire and ended up being knocked out. I woke up with amnesia and made my way to Konoha, then became a Shinobi myself. That's probably all there is to it, Kai." Kai was taken back by all this.
As they got closer to Shi-sensei and Koto, Kai thought more about what Flash had said. "All I did was ask about her tattoo…. Why was she so defensive about it? It makes me a little suspicious. All that over one tattoo. She's hiding something isn't she?" He looked down at his bandaged hand, "And the way she fixed up my hand was so professional! There's no way a regular farm girl could do something like this! It almost looks like it was done by a medic ninja or someone with medical training. If Flash was just a farm girl, then how was she so good at any form of fighting when we first entered the academy? She wasn't a farm girl that's for sure. No, forget about it. I'm overthinking this." The team was back together again, and they continued walking back to the village. Nightfall was approaching, and the shadows of the trees stretched out across the dirt road. Kai's footsteps were getting heavier, and his hand started throbbing again. He just wanted to get home and lie down. After about twenty more minutes of cruel walking, they had finally made it back to the village gates. Koto collapsed on the ground, and Shi dragged him back to his house. Kai and Flash walked silently back to their apartments. From the position of the moon, Kai guessed it to be about 8:00 P.M. There wasn't many people about on the streets. They passed a playground, seeing children being dragged back home by their parents. Their cries futile. Kai and Flash continued down the river side pass, still keeping silent. They didn't even look at each other. Eventually, they came to the crossroads where the two had to part. Kai was beginning to turn down his street, when Flash suddenly reached out and grabbed his arm. Kai turned and looked at her confused.
Flash stared at him sternly, "Met me outside of my apartment in the morning. We'll go to the hospital to get your hand checked out."
Kai smiled awkwardly, "I don't think that's necessary Fla-"
She cut him off. "Do. It." Without another word Flash turned and left.
He stared at her for a second as she left, then smiled. "Thanks…" Smiling, he shoved his hands in his pockets and headed down his street. No one roamed the street other than a dark figure down the road. The figure was coming closer to him, it seemed like as if it was in a hurry. As Kai got closer, he noticed what the figure wore. The figure wore a long, black hood which reached down to its ankles. Kai could tell that the figure was a male from his muscular figure. He wore a black, armored chest piece, a black mask, black pants with metal plates at the knees, and black, metal-tipped boots. The mysterious man also wore a sash across his chest that carried small daggers. Overall he looked pretty dangerous. Kai also noticed that he didn't have a forehead protector anywhere on him. "He must not be a shinobi…" Kai thought while peering at the man out of the corner of his eye as they passed. "An assassin maybe? But why would an assassin be in Konoha? If we needed to assassinate someone wouldn't that be the A.N.B.U's job?" Kai shook his head, he was overthinking this. He turned his head to see that the man was making his way down Flash's street. Kai continued walking to his apartment. He remembered something that Flash had said ealier, 'Who I was, Kai, is none of your concern. It's not like I was once part of some assassin's clan or something.' He sighed and started walked up the stairs to his apartment. "I'm really overthinking this…. I was just some guy walking down the street. No big deal, Konoha is the village of one of the 5 Great Nations, there's bound to be some travelers here." Kai felt for the keys in his pocket, nothing. He growled and started banging on the door, "Oi, Emo Faced Duck Butt! Open the door!" Kai shouted. He stopped banging and waited for a few seconds for Sasuke to open the door. He smiled when the Sasuke appeared in the doorway.
His brother sighed, "Will you ever stop calling me that?" He said while growling.
Kai chuckled and walked past him smiling. "Never, Emo Faced Duck Butt!"
Sasuke sighed again and walked behind Kai, closing the door before he left. Kai slid onto one of the kitchen chairs as Sasuke prepared his food. It was Kai's turn to have his favorite dinner, just plain steak. It reminded him a lot of his old life back in America. Sasuke's favorite dinner was rice balls. A whole lot of them. Sometimes, if Kai didn't annoy him too much, Sasuke would add some bits of steak on the side as a reward. Happily, Kai started digging into his dinner. Sasuke did as well, but not as happily.
Sasuke spoke up, "So um, how was your mission today?"
Kai smirked, "Oh? Are you actually interested in your brother's life?"
Sasuke growled, "Just shut up and talk…"
Kai chucked and rolled his eyes in a teasing way, "Alright, alright I'll tell ya." He stopped for a second to recall his memories. "Well first we had a mission to find this merchant's lost dog. I ended up finding it in the training grounds and bumped into some of your old classmates. Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji. I also ran into Hinata, Kiba, and Shino ealier as well. But anyway, we returned the dog to the merchant. To be honest, he was kinda a jerk. Then we accepted another mission, this time to help an old woman with her farm work. While were in the middle of working, Koto left to go run off somewhere. Once I noticed that he was missing, I went to go looking for him. First, I went into this old shed. It was dark, and while I was looking for a way out I cut my hand pretty badly."
Sasuke perked up at that. He grabbed Kai's bandaged hand without warning, and scanned it over. "Who bandaged it?" Sasuke mumbling still looking at the hand.
Kai raised a brow. "Flash…. Is there something wrong with it?"
Sasuke stared at it for a second. He shook his head, "No, it's nothing."
Kai was a little confused, but he brushed it off. He continued his story. After he finished, he put his dirty plate in the sink and walked off to take a shower.
-The Next Morning-
He felt something nudging his head.
"I swear Kai, if you don't get up I will destroy you…" A cold, threatening voice said from in front of him.
Kai groaned, "Just a little longer…."
The voice 'tched'. "Kai, you have five seconds."
He sighed, his eyes still closed. "Alright, alright…."
"Five." When Kai didn't reply the voice continued, "Four."
Kai groaned again, his eyes still closed. "I said I'm getting up!"
"Three."
A tick mark appeared on Kai's forehead. Again, his eyes still closed. "Just give me one more minute!" He yelled at whoever was counting. He could feel something heavy resting on his forehead.
"No. Two"
"One. More. Minute. Sasuke."
The voice replied to Kai. "I'm not Sasuke dumbass. One."
Kai's eye shot open just in time to see the bottom of a shoe pressed up against his forehead. He was about to speak when the owner of the shoe kicked him off of his bed. Hard. Kai flew off of his bed and hit the floor. The floor shook on impact and several cracks- tiny, but still visible- crept across the hardwood floor.
Kai quickly sat up and glared at the figure. "OI! You're paying for the floor rep-" He stopped. The figure in front of him was a girl. "Flash? How the hell did you get in here?" Flash said nothing and drifted her eyes off to the balcony. Kai turned his head to his left to see that the double glass sliding doors were wide open. He sighed and shook his head before turning back to her. "Did you really just break into my house?" A slight smirk formed under the girl's mask.
"Maybe…" The smirk disappeared as soon as it came. "But anyway, you need to get dressed. We're going to get your hand checked out aren't we?"
Kai perked up. "Oh, yeah. Just… Just give me a second." Flash nodded and walked out into the kitchen while Kai searched through his drawer for his clothes. Eventually, Kai found them and slipped them on. Kai got down under his knees and pulled out his sandals and strapped them on. He quickly walked into the bathroom and took care of his hair, teeth, and all of those things. Smiling, he sauntered out into the kitchen and stood next to Flash, his arms crossed. "Yo, I'm ready."
Flash chuckled slightly as she looked over him. Her eyes were full of amusement.
Kai became a little embarrassed. "I-Is there something wrong?"
She chuckled again and shook her head. "No, no it's nothing. Your outfit just reminds me of someone I read about in a history book."
Kai's face dropped, "Is that a compliment or an insult?"
Flash laughed a little louder. "No, no! A compliment! The man I was talking about was actually really strong, a badass, and an Uchiha."
Kai sighed in relief. "Well that's good. Who's this guy anyway?"
Flash crossed her arms, "Uchiha Madara, one of the founders of the village." She buried he hands in her pockets and leaned against the kitchen table. "Your hair is styled a little like his when he was younger, and your outfit looks like his. Red metal plates on the side, black fabric, and red padding on your shoulders. Well, Madara would've had red metal plating instead of padding, as well as plating on his torso. Not exact, but defiantly similar." Flash pushed herself off of the table and stood in front of Kai. "Anyways, we need to go. We're going to be late for your appointment."
Kai opened his mouth and closed it. He opened it again. "How… How do you know about all that? You know, about how Madara looked and all. Especially when he was younger. I don't remember reading about any of that."
Flash turned around and crossed her arms. "Who cares? It doesn't really matter anyway." She sighed and grabbed his good hand and started dragging him out of his apartment. They were passing the Konoha Stadium when Flash spoke up. "By the way, I still need to pay you back."
"For what?" Kai said while looking at the side of her head.
Flash kept walking down the street and didn't take the time to look at Kai. "For my swords." Kai thought about that. If he remembered correctly, he had bought them for Flash two or three days after they met Shi-sensei. It seemed like a life time ago. Kai looked ahead and saw the white, glistening hospital building in front of him. The two continued walking down the main road towards the hospital building. They walked through the gray double doors and headed up to the welcome desk.
Flash spoke to the lady sitting at the desk. "Hello, we are here to see Mr. Akamine."
The lady nodded. She looked to be in her early twenties. He had her silky auburn hair pulled back in a neat bun and donned a white button down shirt that had the Konoha symbol stitch on the breast pocket. Kai could not see anything else from the waist down. Her golden eyes twinkled with happiness and wonder. If Kai could guess, he'd say that she was an intern.
The woman spoke, "Ah, yes! Would you mind giving me that name of the patient?" She smiled at both Kai and Flash.
Flash nodded slightly before speaking. "Of course, Uchiha Kai." The intern stopped smiling for a second when she heard the name 'Uchiha'. But, her gorgeous smile reappeared as soon as it went.
She type something into the computer in front of her. She looked up and smiled at Flash.
"Alright, you're free to go! Just take a seat in the waiting room for a little bit then you'll be on your way!"
Flash slightly bowed, "Yes, arigato." She turned around, grabbed Kai by the arm, and led the way over to a row of seats in the waiting room. Kai sat down and looked over at Flash. She was already sitting and was reading some magazine she picked up from somewhere.
Kai sighed and looked down at his feet. "This is going to be a long, long day…" He thought.
ARIGATO! This was actually supposed to be posted a while ago, around the time I back from Spring Break. My Spring Break was weeks ago…. Anyways, I have a question. Should Kai go on the Land of Waves mission? I've been thinking about it and I don't know what Kai would do in that period of time. Alright, see ya! Remember to comment if you have any suggestions or tips!