Mirai and Itachi passed the days battling against each other. They progressed a lot since they began to fight with each other. The two came back from one more exhausting day.
"How was the battle today?" The Tsukikage asked. They were on the Tsukikage's room.
"Itachi won, again…" Mirai said. Itachi smiled. Mirai felt a little bad, envying Itachi's good luck. The Tsukikage looked to Mirai and she blushed.
"She was cut out by something that was not made by me." Itachi said. The Tsukikage looked to his book.
"I have some work to do tonight; don't forget what day is today, Mirai." The Tsukikage said. Mirai looked to him. Itachi looked to Mirai, wanting to know what they were talking about. "You can rest before the party. Itachi-kun, Mirai will take you to the beach if you want to." The Tsukikage left, leaving Mirai and Itachi alone. Itachi looked to Mirai.
"What was he talking about?" Itachi asked.
"Today is the New Moon. We held a party every month in the day of the New Moon." Mirai explained. Itachi looked to her, willing to hear some more. "It's a party to celebrate the day Kurogane founded the Hidden Moon Village."
"And why every month?" Itachi asked. Mirai looked to the sea.
"It's a ritual, to prevent the evil spirits to come out." Mirai said. Itachi looked to her. "There's a legend in the Hidden Moon that says, the day the angel sees the night with no Moon, she will come and kill all the people in the village, creating a new linage to rule over mankind."
"Do you believe in that?" Itachi said smiling like it was a joke. "There's no way that could happen. A superior linage? And where is that angel?" Mirai looked down.
"I…I cannot tell you…" Mirai said. Itachi noticed she was about to cry. "It's the Tsukikage's duty to prevent the angel for destroying the village…"
"The Tsukikage's duty?" Itachi looked to the portraits around the room and stopped his eyes on the 28th portrait. "Who's the 28th Tsukikage? Isn't your grandfather the 27th?" Itachi asked, noticing the green eyes and the red brown spiky hair of the man in the portrait.
"That's my father…" Mirai said. Itachi looked to her and then back to the portrait. "He was 20 when he became Tsukikage, after creating an incredible Jutsu and became able to use the powers of Gods to perform sealing Jutsus."
"An incredible Jutsu? What was it?" Itachi asked. Mirai looked to him.
"He created that Jutsu before he became a Sennin. His older sister, my aunt and mother of my cousins, was also a Sennin. She was very intelligent and she and my father were always cooperating." Mirai explained. "In the Hidden Moon, the Sennin are known by the name of a colour followed by the word Tsuki (Moon). My aunt was the AoiTsuki. My father was always trying to surpass himself and learned my aunt's studies on chakra and Norse Jutsus. He created a Jutsu that was able to burn every thing during just a night… My father powers were…"
"Where is he?" Itachi asked.
"He left the Moon 8 years ago, after my mother's death." Mirai said. Itachi looked to her, how could somebody so strong left the village where he was Kage? "Probably, he is trying to develop some new Jutsus far from here…"
"Your father became Sennin when he preformed that Jutsu?" Itachi asked. Mirai said yes. Itachi noticed Mirai felt a little sad when she was speaking about her father. "So, where is that party?" Itachi asked. Mirai smiled to him.
Itachi and Mirai were on the beach where every ninja in town was.
"Mirai! Itachi-kun!" A blonde haired girl and a blonde boy with the Ornulu's uniform appeared near them.
"Usagi! Kimi!" Mirai said. "You came for the party?"
"We would miss this for nothing." Usagi, the girl, said.
"We finished our mission and came back right away." Kimi said. "I guess you don't have parties like this in the Leaf, Itachi-kun. Let's dance, Usagi!" The boy grabbed Usagi's hands and pulled her to the stage and the two started dancing. Mirai looked to them. Usagi and Kimi are Mirai's comrades in the Ornulu and were her partners in the four men teams with a Jounin teacher. Mirai looked to Itachi.
"Wanna dance?" Mirai asked. Itachi blushed a lot.
"I… I don't know how to…" Itachi didn't know what to say.
"You're not going to tell me that you don't know how to dance?" Mirai said. Itachi looked down. "Don't your Sharingan eyes serve to copy moves? Copy Kimi's steps and you'll learn how to dance to this music." Mirai said. Itachi used his Sharingan and observed Kimi's movements. In the end of the music, Mirai pulled Itachi up and grabbed his hands. Itachi blushed a lot, just like Mirai. "Are you ready?"
"I guess so…" Itachi said, putting his arm around Mirai and pulling her to him. Mirai blushed. The musicians started playing. Itachi and Mirai began to dance. The two danced as if they passed their entire lives doing that. After three never ending minutes of a quick stepping dance, Mirai and Itachi ended up hugged to each other with their faces very close. Itachi looked to Mirai's eyes and her to his. The boy looked to her lips lowering his head. Mirai closed her eyes. Itachi was getting closer to her. He was about to touch her lips when the music suddenly changed. Mirai opened her eyes and looked to Itachi. The boy was caught by surprised.
"I… I need to go." Mirai sadly said. Itachi pulled her closer to him. "I… I cannot… stay here any longer… see you tomorrow…"
"What do you mean that?" Itachi asked. "Mirai… I… We… we were about…"
"Veit ec at ec hecc vindga meiði a netr allar nío, geiri vndaþr oc gefinn Oðni, sialfr sialfom mer, a þeim meiþi, er mangi veit, hvers hann af rótom renn." The Tsukikage appeared speaking in a language Itachi couldn't understand. The old man covered Mirai's eyes with a blanket and then turned her to him, tying her hands to a rope and putting a flowered crown on her head. "Við hleifi mic seldo ne viþ hornigi, nysta ec niþr, nam ec vp rvnar, opandi nam, fell ec aptr þaðan."
(The text in ancient Nordic means, "I know that I hung on a windy tree nights all nine, wounded with a spear and given to Odin, myself to myself, on that tree of which no man knows from where its roots run. No bread did they give me nor a drink from a horn, downwards I peered, I took up the runes, screaming I took them, and then I fell back from there".)
The Tsukikage pulled the rope, taking Mirai, while the entire village watched. Itachi was looking to them.
"Mirai… MIRAI!" Itachi was about to run to her, but Kimi and Usagi held him. "Where is he taking Mirai? Why now? Mirai!"
"It's a part of the ceremony." Kimi said. "Mirai is a Skuld. She needs to go before the sunset."
"Mirai." Itachi looked to her. Kimi left him go.
Itachi ran after the Tsukikage and saw him performing a Jutsu on a door of a small building. The Tsukikage saw Itachi and looked to him. Itachi grabbed the old man clothes.
"Where is Mirai? Why did you do that to her? Mirai… I thought she was important to you. Tell me here she is!" Itachi screamed.
"And if I not? Are you going to kill me? Like you did with your family." The Tsukikage said. Itachi looked to him. "Mirai wanted to speak with you about this, but I forbid her. She cares a lot about you…" The Tsukikage closed his eyes. Itachi continued looking to him. "If you really care that much about Mirai, then dispel all the Jutsus and get near her. I just have something to ask you. After crossing a door, close it. They are nine doors until you reach the nine floor basement, where Mirai's sleeping. Don't wake up her. Don't remove the blanket around her eyes before the sunrise. Mirai will explain to you when she wakes up. This, of course, if you're able to dispel the Jutsus cast in the doors." The Tsukikage said. Itachi continued looking to him and released the old man.
"I'll pass all the doors and wait for Mirai to wake up." Itachi said and looked to the door in front of them. Itachi performed a lot of different Jutsus before he was able to dispel the first door and then he got inside, going down stairs to the next door. The Tsukikage closed the door and looked to the sky.
"This boy is special. He's being searched by every bounty hunter. Is he the heir of the Kurogane linage? The perfect matching male for Mirai?" The Tsukikage decided to guard the door.
After two hours of dispelling Norse Jutsus, Itachi made it to the 9th door. He opened it and saw a big room with statues of the Tsukikage. Itachi looked around, closing the door. In the middle of the room, illuminated by four big lights, was a bed with a girl tied to a lot of chains. Itachi walked near her. Mirai was sleeping peacefully. Itachi touched her face, caressing it.
"Who are you, Minamoto Mirai?" Itachi asked, bowing near her face. "I'm the perfect shinobi… I had no feelings… until now…" Itachi was bowing even closer to her. His hair covered their faces. He put his arm around her and his knee on the bed. "Mirai…" Itachi was more close to her… closer…
The sun rose over the Hidden Moon Village. The Tsukikage saw the sun rising and its shine hit a seal on the roof of the building. Inside of the room where Mirai and Itachi were, the chains freed Mirai. The girl woke up with the noise of the metal. Mirai got up and the blanket on her head fell. Mirai felt something binding her hand. She looked down and blushed. Itachi was sleeping sat on the ground, with his head leaned on the bed and his hand holding Mirai's. In that moment, Mirai felt she was special. She got out of the bed and kneeled near Itachi, caressing his face. Itachi opened his eyes and saw Mirai. The two looked for a while. Itachi smiled to Mirai.
"You have awaked…" Itachi said, putting his other hand on Mirai's face. "I'm happy you're ok."
"Have you broken all the spells to reach here?" Mirai asked. Itachi smiled more. "You're crazy."
"I wanted to prove myself… I wanted to know how strong I really got." Itachi said. Mirai looked to him.
"There is something I want to tell you." Mirai said. Itachi looked to her. "I'm… I have the spirit of an angel sealed within me." Mirai said. Itachi looked to her, shocked. "Skuld was the name of that angel, who one day was captured by two demons and took to Susanowo. To save the life of the angel, Amaterasu sealed her within a human girl and the spirit of the angel was passed down from mother to daughter 'til me. I cannot see a night with no moon; otherwise, the angel within me will be freed and will search for the heir of Kurogane and try to mate with him to create a perfect linage. I'm being held here to prevent that from happen. My village could be destroyed. I wanted to tell it to you, but my grandfather's duty is to protect me. I hope you understand." Mirai told. Itachi continued looking to her, shocked. He lowered his look, holding Mirai's hand strongly.
"That angel… is not a menace… is it?" Itachi asked.
"Only if I see a night without moon. Once Tsukiyomi was the God who helped Amaterasu sealing the Skuld within my ancestor, they are both needed. Amaterasu is the Sun and Tsukiyomi the Moon, when there is no Moon, the sealing Jutsu gets weaker and the angel can be freed, but if I remain in a place where I cannot see the sky, there is no danger." Mirai said. Itachi grabbed her face. Mirai blushed.
"I'll do everything to… protect you… to save you from seeing a night with no light…" Itachi said, rubbing his face on Mirai's. "I'll… I'll find a way to get powers from the Gods… I'm going to get powers from… Amaterasu and Tsukiyomi… so I… So I can save you…" Mirai smiled and leaned her head on Itachi's shoulder. He hugged her caressing her body and leaning his head on her.
The Tsukikage was on the door looking to them. The old ninja smiled.
At the night, Mirai and Itachi were on the same place they went every night, the beach. The two were looking to the sea. Mirai was looking to Itachi, but when she realized he was going to look to her, she looked down in front of her. None had any idea of what to say to each other.
"Itachi… do you…" Mirai was about to speak, but Itachi kissed her. He grabbed Mirai and hugged her tenderly. Itachi's face was red, just like Mirai's. The girl closed her eyes, while Itachi was kissing her. The two continued kissing for a while. After a big kissing hour, the two decided to relax a little. 'I can believe it!' Mirai thought. 'Itachi likes me! He really likes me! I'm so happy! I thought I was never going to get a boyfriend, but now… Itachi is the perfect boy for me…'
"I also… have something to tell you…" Itachi said. Mirai looked to him. "I don't know if your grandfather already told you, but… I killed all my family, before I get here…" Itachi confessed. Mirai looked to him without knowing what to say. "I… I wanted to tell this to you… I want you to know who I really am and how I really am… before…"
"I knew it…" Mirai said. Itachi looked to her. "My foreseeing powers make me see the future of the persons I'm going to meet. I saw you killing all of your family three years ago." Mirai said. Itachi looked to her. "When you came to the Moon and I saw your face, I recognized you…"
"Then, why have you saved me?" Itachi asked. Mirai looked to him.
"I don't know. It was something inside of me asking me to do that." Mirai said. "I didn't knew you… you may had a reason to make that. I don't like to judge others, the same way I don't like the others to judge me…" Mirai said. Itachi hugged her. She leaned her head on him.
"What more have you seen?" Itachi asked.
"I see, a lot of times, a small blonde, blue eyed boy. He appears to have seven or eight years… he is crying… he's crying a lot. He's alone… There is none to hug him or to clean his tears… He's there… crying alone. It's so sad." Mirai said. "In another, I saw a man about twenty years old… he's dressing a white jacket with the symbol of your clan in his back…" Itachi looked to Mirai. "He looked a lot like you… He's playing with a five year girl who also looks a lot like you to. She's also wearing the Uchiha symbol. They are in a remote place… far from everything, more like a hideout."
"Who's the girl?" Itachi asked.
"I don't know." Mirai said. "She appears to be happy with the white dressed man." Itachi was thinking on that 'Could it be Sasuke? But for him to have twenty years old it would look strange to have a five years old daughter…' "I saw you, in other vision, dressing a black coat with red clouds, along with more eight guys who wear the same coat."
"You saw that when?" Itachi asked.
"A little before you came." Mirai said. "After your arrival at the Moon, I started to dream with a white haired man from which I cannot see his face. He seems to have thirty years… he's yielding at me… he's crying a lot and seems to be mad at me because of something I did… I just wanted to know why…"
"You foresaw a lot of things…" Itachi said. Mirai looked to him. "It's getting cold…"
"Yeah… Let's go home…" Mirai got up with Itachi and both went back home, giving more kisses during the way. After that kiss on the beach, Itachi finally got the courage to confess Mirai what he really feels for her. The two started dating and for two weeks, they were very happy. For the first time in his life, Itachi didn't think that the persons who walked on the road with their hands together were stupid, once he was doing that all the time with Mirai. They also continued to battle every afternoon, but now the battles ended up in kisses and a lot of Cucu, Je t'aime.
The Tsukikage called Itachi and Mirai. The two were on the Tsukikage room. Mirai's cousins were trying to perform some new jutsu the grandpa was teaching them.
"I have something to ask you, Itachi-kun." The Tsukikage said. Itachi and Mirai looked to him. "Once Mirai's father decided to leave the Moon, it's up to me to choose the new Tsukikage." Itachi and Mirai continued to look to the Tsukikage. "Itachi-kun… do you want to forget about Konoha and become the new Tsukikage?"
"Me? Tsukikage?" Itachi couldn't believe. Mirai smiled and hugged Itachi.
"I would love to." Mirai said. "You would be wonderful leader!" Mirai said.
"Why me?" Itachi asked. "I'm not from the Moon."
"It's true, but you have abandoned Konoha and you're leaving here. The main mission of the Tsukikage it's to protect the Skuld. You're dating Mirai and I'm sure you want to pass the rest of your life with her, as so, you're the right person to the job." The Tsukikage said. Itachi couldn't believe. "Except for Kurogane, all the other Tsukikages married the Skuld they were protecting. My wife was the Skuld I swore to protect, just like Mirai's father swore to protect my daughter. I will forget that you're from the same village from the man who killed both of mine twin daughters and announce you as the 29th Tsukikage, if you wish, of course."
"The man who killed your daughters is from the Leaf?" Itachi asked. The Tsukikage grabbed one of the photos on the desk and threw it to Itachi. The boy grabbed it. On there was Mirai with six years old along with her father and a blonde lady, next to them was the twin of the blonde lady with a big belly close to a blonde haired man with blue eyes and a white haired tall man. Itachi got shocked when he looked to the photo. "But, this blonde man is… Yondaime Hokage… and the other is Jiraya-sama." Itachi turned to Mirai. "You meet our 4th Daime?"
"He met my father when he was sent to assassin the same man as my father. They became friends and swore to each other they would become Kage and craft an alliance between the Moon and Konoha. Years later, Yondaime came to the Moon to meet my father, now the two were Kage level. Yondaime married my aunt…" Mirai pointed to the pregnant girl on the photo. "And a little after, he came to the Moon to establish the alliance, but in the day before the alliance was crafted, Yondaime and my father battled with each other to see who has got stronger, but when the battle ended tie, a demon appeared and tried to kidnap my aunt, saying he was going to give her to Susanowo, who had reborn. My mother fought with the demon, but died sealing the demon to protect my aunt and Yondaime. My father was so sad he forgot about the alliance and expelled Yondaime, Jiraya and my aunt. A few weeks later, we received the noticed that my aunt was death, such as Yondaime." Mirai explained. Itachi looked to her and then to the Tsukikage.
"Yondaime died sealing the Kyuubi within Uzumaki Naruto." Itachi said. Mirai and the Tsukikage appeared to become surprised when they heard the name of Naruto. "About your aunt, there is no information in the Leaf. I never knew that the 4th was married."
"Well, now you know, will you accept become Tsukikage?" The Tsukikage asked. Itachi looked to Mirai and smiled, caressing her face.
"I just need to think a little. Soon I'm going to reveal my will." Itachi and Mirai left. The twins looked to the Tsukikage.
"Are you going to make this boy the new Kage?" Kyo asked.
"I have no other choice… Mirai loves him… If I choose another, maybe it could end up bad." The Tsukikage said.
Itachi and Mirai were in the beach, illuminated by the full moon light. Itachi was kissing Mirai. He looked to her. Mirai stranged the look.
"What's wrong?" Mirai asked.
"Have you ever foreseen me as Tsukikage?" Itachi asked. Mirai looked to him.
"I don't foresee everything." Mirai said. "But no. I never saw you as our Kage." Itachi looked down. Mirai hugged him. The boy smiled and looked to the sky.
"The moon is so beautiful today." Itachi said. "It has a soft tone of red." Mirai froze. She slowly looks to Itachi and then to the moon. "What's wrong?"
"Tsuki no Ho no Jutsu…" Mirai said. Itachi looked to her and then to the moon. "It can't be…"
"What is it?" Itachi asked. Both see a man wearing a big black coat that looked exactly like the one Itachi saw the Tsukikage wearing in the room Mirai was locked. Tying the two sides of the coat was a red string with a moon on the end. The man had spiky hair and his eyes were reflecting the moon's light.
"So… It has been a long time since we last meet, Minamoto Mirai." The man said, walking over the sea. Mirai looked to him, getting up. "You've become bigger."
"Who is he? Mirai?" Itachi looked to Mirai, but she appeared to be hypnotized. Itachi put himself in front of Mirai. The man looked to him.
"You're very brave, aren't you, little fellow?" The man said.
"I don't know who you are, but I'm not going to let you hurt Mirai!" Itachi said. Mirai looked to him.
"Then come and fight me." The man said. Itachi grabbed a kunai in each hand and ran over the sea to hit the man, but a water wall appeared in front of him. Itachi was caught be surprise. 'What? I couldn't see his move with my Sharingan. Is he that fast?'
"Katon! Great Fire Ball no Jutsu!" Itachi said, but the water moved to protect the man, who hasn't moved even a finger. "How?"
"Have you finished?" The man said and looked to him. Itachi felt bad. "Suiton! Water Barrier no Jutsu!" A ball made of water surrounded the man and Mirai. Itachi looked to him. "To think, that old man wants you as the new Tsukikage. That's ridiculous."
"Itachi! Run! I beg you!" Mirai said. Itachi looked to her and then to the man.
"Let's see if the ultimate linage is strong… strong enough to resist this Jutsu." The man made a lot of hand seals. "Ninpou! Tsuki no Ho no Jutsu!" the Moon turned red and Itachi felt terrible hot. The boy fell on the sea, but the water was boiling.
"I see that was why you made the barrier around you and Mirai." Itachi said. His body was being cooked.
"This is my ultimate Jutsu. Tsuki no Ho…" The man said. "It allows me to burn everything that is touched by the silver bright of the Moon. And once the fire burn everything that is making shadows, all ends up burned." Itachi saw is life passing over his eyes, but he heard Mirai's voice. 'I cannot…' Itachi said to him 'I cannot die here! Without knowing what's going to happen with Mirai. I don't know who this man is… I need to… save her… Amaterasu… Tsukiyomi… help me.' Itachi started to make hand seals. The man smiled to him. "You're still able to perform hand seals…"
"Tsubasa no Jutsu!" Itachi said. Four big golden angel wings appeared on his back. The man and Mirai appeared surprised. Itachi started to move his wings, throwing away the heat from him. The man smiled more.
"Golden wings from the Gods… nice catch." The man said. Itachi jumped to him, but he stopped him with another water wall. The man grabbed Itachi's hair and put his head near his. "I have something to tell you." The man said on Itachi's ear. "Our Second Tsukikage married the first Skuld and adopted the son the angel brought from the time she was with Susanowo. The mission of the Tsukikage was to kill that child, but he couldn't do that to a poor baby. Years later, he noticed the son of Susanowo had incredible powers and menaced to destroy the Moon. The Tsukikage sent him to the Fire Country, to live with his brother and Kurogane. The child married and had children and Susanowo's offspring continued to live among us. Amaterasu noticed that her younger brother was going to reborn in one of his offspring and sent Tsukiyomi to reborn before him and kill the bloodline. Tsukiyomi born in the linage of Susanowo and killed them all. Thanks to him, now there is only Susanowo left, paining a lot for being alone and for the sins he committed against God." The man said. Itachi couldn't know why he was telling him that. "I have to thank you for making Susanowo pain, but I cannot allow my daughter to date one of that cursed bloodline." The man make some seals "Thrud no Jutsu!" The wind started to move quickly and was cutting Itachi in a lot of places. The man threw Itachi to the beach. The heat stopped and Mirai and the man got out of the water barriers.
"Itachi!" Mirai ran to Itachi. He was badly wounded. "I'm going to heal you. Eir no Jutsu!" Itachi's wounds disappeared. The man got near Mirai. Mirai looked to him. "Why have you come back? Why have you attacked Itachi? He is not…"
"I know… The Tsubasa no Jutsu reveals the nature of the soul of the ninja who performs it. Itachi's wings were gold like the ones from the gods. I heard the Uchiha clan was killed by him, except for a little boy. Do you really love him?" The man asked. Mirai looked to Itachi.
"Yeah… I want to stay with him…" Mirai said. The man tenderly smiled to her and kneeled near Mirai.
"Susanowo had reborn. You cannot stay unprotected like that." The man said. "I'm searching for the nine Bijuu. I've find out that some of them know where the two demons who sealed the Skuld are. When I get the nine and find the demons, all of our wishes will become true." The man said. Itachi woke up. Mirai smiled to him.
"You know a way to free Mirai?" Itachi asked.
"Yeah… and I can use some good elite ninjas to catch those demons." The man said. Itachi got up and looked to Mirai.
"I love you Mirai…" Itachi said. "I'm going with him and search for those demons."
"But Itachi…" Mirai hugged him tightly. "I want to stay with you. I love you. Don't leave me."
"If the mission of the Tsukikage it's to protect the Skuld, I'm going to search for those nine demons and free you…" Itachi said. Mirai started tearing. "I'll come back for you, don't worry. In that day, I'll become Tsukikage and stay with you…"
"But Itachi… I wanna to…"
"You can come with us." The man said. "My beloved daughter will be welcome in our fellowship." Mirai looked down.
"I…" Mirai didn't know what to say. "I prefer to stay on the Moon… Here is my place… I cannot leave." Itachi felt sad when he realized he was going to leave Mirai. "If it is what you want to do, Itachi, I'm not going to hold you here." Itachi smiled and hugged Mirai.
"We will see each other again. I promise you." Itachi said.
In the next day, Itachi was ready to leave with Mirai's father. Mirai was very sad, just like Itachi.
"So, this is the new member?" Said man who had a scorpion tail, kneeled on the ground with a black blanket covering half of his face.
"I guess yes, Sasori." Mirai's father threw something to Itachi. He caught a ring with a kanji on it. "Welcome, Uchiha Itachi. Let's go."
"Mirai…" Itachi looked to her. "I'll become a stronger ninja. I'm going to follow my dream without having any barriers to my powers."
"Good luck!" Mirai kisses Itachi. He hugged her tenderly and they kissed for a while. Mirai was crying a lot.
"See you in the future some day…" Itachi said and went way. Mirai was crying a lot.
Itachi, Mirai's father, Sasori and a blue haired person with something that looked like a flower on the hair left.
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Itachi left Mirai, would it be forever?
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