Endure
Summary: "Nee-chan, why?" In her old life, she did everything to kill to survive. "Foolish Otouto" In her new life, she will do anything to protect the ones she love. "To test the limit of my abilities" Even if it meant having to suffer the consequences that wasn't for her to originally bear. "Protect Konoha. Protect everyone. Protect Sasuke for me, Itachi". Like her name, she will endure. Self Insert OC.
Author's Note:waaah! So many reviews, favourite and many more! I am so happy hehe
Warning: typos, English ain't my first language, I'm not really following the anime/manga that much just the things that I can remember sooo…Slightly mental SI. Fluff first but lots of angst in the latter parts of the story ehuehue
Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto
CXI
"Ne Otou-san…" Fugaku hummed in reply, acknowledging Shinobu as they washed the dishes after dinner. The three of them had made an agreement that they would help Mikoto with the household chores more especially since she was in her final trimester of her pregnancy. The matriarch was currently resting inside their bedroom after tiring herself
"What is it Shinobu?" Fugaku asks, cleaning a plate before passing it to Shinobu to dry
"We will be having an Otouto, right?" she gives the dried plate to Itachi who carefully places the ceramic plate on top of the rest before gingerly placing it back to where it is usually stored
Fugaku hums yet again and nods at the same time before giving the final cleaned cup to his daughter
"What will be naming him, Otou-san?" it was Itachi's turn to ask as he stepped on the stool for him to reach their kitchen's counter
"I haven't thought of it yet…do you have one?" he humors his children by asking this, shaking his wet hands before drying it with a towel
Itachi and Shinobu looks at each other with blinking eyes and stares at their father
"Izuna…Tajima…Rai…Naka…Hikaku…Baru…" Shinobu listed the Uchiha names that she knew during and after Madara's time. She hides a cheeky smile on the expression that her father was making
"Where did you get those names?" and Shinobu would innocently look at her father and give him the look with her midnight blue eyes that she knew that he secretly likes because of their mother and tell him, "It's just a random thought, Otou-san"
Fugaku would heavily sigh at this
'Did I teach her the detailed history of the Uchiha clan?' he questions himself, looking at the ceiling of their dining room as if he was recalling the younger days of his daughter's life
"How about Sarada then?" and Itachi would tell his sister that it was a girl's name
Shinobu would chuckle at this and Fugaku would give a small smile at his children's antics
"Ne ne…how about Sasuke, Otou-san?"
'Sasuke…Uchiha Sasuke, huh?'
CXII
It is a custom for both Shinobi and Shisui to go to the Hokage Mountain and look at the setting sun after they train under Kagami's supervision
"Ne, Shisui" Shinobu started, her knees folded to her chest as her hands were on top of it as well as her chin
Black onyx eyes looked at his companion's little form
"What is it Shinobu?" he asks this, his stare does not leave the mesmerizing figure he is looking at
"Do you love…our clan?" she moves her head to face him, her left cheek on top of her folded knees
"I do" he does not hesitate on his answer but he is confused with the girl's question, "Do you?" he fires back her question and he gets nervous when she is taking a long time to answer
"I do too as well…" she smiles and it makes him blush, "…I also love the village" her eyes closes at this, her smile does not leave
He does not say anything and looks at her form, she was now looking at the setting sun that was painting the village with red, orange and yellow rays
"If something were to happen and you only had to choose one…would you choose our clan or the village?" it bothers him when the girl beside him was getting weirder and weirder with ever question she was asking him
He looks the village as well
And Shisui knows what he should answer but is conflicted and made him think about the question that his companion asked
"I…I do not know" was his honest answer
His thoughts are conflicted
As an Uchiha, who was born and grew up as one, he knows fully well that he should choose the clan but, but…the thought of something happening to the village pains him as well. Shisui loves the village
His friends
His comrades
The villagers
Everyone
Shinobu quietly hums at his answer and faces him, giving him a smile that makes his face warm, "How about you Shinobu?" he mumbles this and Shinobu blinks at him multiple times
She places her chin once more to the top of her knees, the wind caressing her hair as her eyes looked lost looking at the village
"I love them both but…"
"But?"
Shinobu faces him and she cheekily smiles
"…I love my brothers more"
She laughs and Shisui just tenderly smiles at her answer
CXIII
It is afternoon and their father had asked them to take care of their youngest sibling as Fugaku helped his sleepy wife go to their room to rest
"Otouto has been getting fussier" Itachi comments as he poked Sasuke's tanned cheeks, it was a small payback for keeping him awake last night
Shinobu remembers when she had to hide her laugh when she first saw little Sasuke's hair at the hospital
'Like a newly hatched duck'
"I think Sasuke-otouto just needs some warm body contact when he sleeps so he can sleep peacefully" she comments and Itachi tilts his head to the side, "Why?"
"Well…" she trails, cradling the little body of her newest adorable brother in her arms. Sasuke was flailing his arms as he tugged one of his sister's bangs and cupped his small hands on her cheeks
Her eyes shinned at this in recognition
'Just like Itachi-otouto when he was a baby' she smiled and thought of the night when Itachi had done the same thing to her
"…it's like how you always sneak to my room and climb to my bed. We'd snuggle and you'd fall asleep in a beat" Itachi slightly blushes at this and nods in understanding
The little boy makes a small frown when his little brother was taking his sister's attention from him
Shinobu notices this
Itachi blinks and wonders why his sister was waving her hand, beckoning him to come closer
He pouts at the fingers in between his nose when he was a feet away from her
"Nee-chan" he slightly whined and Shinobu chuckles at this
"Are you perhaps jealous, Otouto?" she questions him and Itachi tries hard to fight the blush going to his cheeks. He didn't know what to do anymore since at first he thought that it wouldn't be a problem sharing his sister and he'd be the best brother to their new sibling like how his sister was such a good sibling to him but…seeing first hand that his sister was paying more attention to Sasuke than him brings an ugly feeling to his stomach
"I'm sorry, Nee-chan" he quietly says this, head bowed down
He does not see the tender smile and shinning eyes looking at his form
"It's alright Itachi…you don't have to be jealous of little Sasuke" he still does not look at her and just nods his head
Itachi jumps in surprise when Shinobu places her forehead to his small ones
He is fascinated at his sibling's shimmering midnight blue eyes that were directly looking at his onyx black ones
"You don't have to be jealous, Otouto. And no matter what happens, I will love you always…both you and Sasuke-otouto equally"
He slowly nods
And Itachi could not help but smile and trust Shinobu's words
CXIV
Team 4 visits their sensei's house
Apparently, one of their sensei's teammate was already a father
"He's name is Choji…Akimichi Choji" Chouza, their sensei's teammate, tells them this as he cradled his son with one arm. His wife was currently at home resting
"Ara…Choji-kun's gotten more adorable hasn't he?" a heavily pregnant Yoshina coos at the plump baby as the said baby laughs at how he was being tickled
"I hope your baby takes more on you, Yoshino-san" Aki says, grinning at their lazy sensei who does not comment because he is too lazy to do so
Lazy black and dark brown eyes rolled at his student's comment
Yoshino blushes at this and puts a hand on her cheek, "Maa, maa, don't say that. You might jinx it Aki-kun"
She laughs at this and Shikaku snorts
"I bet Inoichi-sama's daughter will be like Yumei-sama" Nao tells the pale blond hair man across him and the clan head of the Yamanaka clan vigorously nods his head at this. It was obvious how the man immensely loves his wife and how the young Yamanaka idolizes her
The people present then began to talk the 'what ifs' of the expecting child of the two clan heads
"Ne, Shinobu-chan what do you think?" Yoshino is nice enough not to forget the quiet girl by their porch, who was sitting along with their sensei with a cup of tea on her hands
Shinobu turns her head and smiles at them
Yoshino could not help but tell herself how lucky the matriarch of the Uchiha clan to have such a pretty daughter like her
"I bet that they'll be exactly like their fathers and they'd almost have the same birthday" she smiles and the room is silent
Shikaku glances away from the group and mutters,
"How troublesome"
CXV
"Yondaime-sama" she greets the bright blond haired man in front of her
"Ah, Shinobu-chan…please just call me by my name" he smiles, not used at the girl calling him as such and Shinobu wonders how a man like him could be so pretty especially with that smile
"Minato-sama then?"
Minato reluctantly nods at this
"Well, if it isn't Fugaku's kid" Shinobu turns and looks at the blond man's companion only to see the older man that she has not seen in such a long time
Her eyes sparkled
"Jiraiya-sama" she bows and Jiraiya heartily laughs
"You've grown quite well eh, Shinobu-chan? Prettier too" he gives a smug face and Minato is there to reprimand his genin sensei
"Fugaku wouldn't like it if he knew you were flirting with his daughter, Sensei" and Jiraiya steps back as if offended, yelling at his student that he isn't flirting with his genin student's daughter and not especially a child who is not even in her teens
"Well if she were a little bit older…"
A lecherous grin
"Sensei!"
Shinobu just blinks at their interaction
"If I may ask, what is Jiraiya-sama doing here?" she tilts her head and gives the two grown man a smile
Jiraiya huffs and point his thumb at his student, "Well, Minato wanted to tell me something personally so I came back…something about" he rubs his chin, trying to remember what Minato had wanted to tell him, "…a name I think?"
Shinobu blinks at this, connecting the dots
'Ohh!' her eyes widen, mouth forming an 'o' shape and Minato couldn't help but put his hand to cover half his face
The Yellow Flash does not know how a child could easily get the situation while his sensei has not
She smiles at this and bows
"I have to get going now, Jiraiya-sama, Minato-sama" she walks and passes by them but before she left she stopped in front of Minato and clutched his haori, tugging it down for him to crouch down her level
She whispers to him
"Congratulations to the both of you and Kushina-oba-san, Minato-sama"
CXVI
"Will you really not be doing anything, Shinobu?"
"Do you remember what happened to your sensei's left eye?"
Shinobu is confused
Her head hurts
The voices are making her head ache
She doesn't know what to do
"Aren't you going to say something at least?"
"Oh, but it might affect your precious Otouto ne Shinobu~?"
She whimpers in her sleep
Muttering incoherent words
Warm small arms circle around her cold figure despite her favorite fluffy blanket covering her body
Shinobu sighs in relief
And Itachi continues to sooth his sister's back until he too, falls asleep
CXVII
Shinobu was training kenjutsu when Itachi delivered her the bentos their mother had asked him to give to her while Mikoto took care of her youngest
"Arigato, Otouto" they sat comfortably under the shade of the tree
They each took a bite from the onigiri their mother made
"Ne, Shinobu-nee?" the older of the two glanced at Itachi, chewing her onigiri filled with salmon
She swallowed her food before asking
"What is it, Otouto?" she licked her hands which she knew her mother would reprimand her if she saw this
"Can Shinobu-nee teach me kenjutsu?"
Silver glimmered under the moonlight
Hands were shaking
"Do not fear, this is the path that you have chosen. Compared to you, our pain will be over in an instant"
The tears do not stop
"Even if our philosophies are different, I am proud of you"
The shaking intensifies
"You are truly a kind child"
Everything turned red
Itachi blinks when he feels his nose being pinched
He does not see the conflicted expression on his sister's face
"Maa, maybe when you're in the Academy, Otouto. I promise you, I'll teach you"
The protest that he was going to say was not blurted out
Shinobu knows that giving him those eyes and smiles and he loves so much will make him agree to her words
"It's a promise then, Nee-chan"
He smiles instead and holds up a pinky
And Shinobu will do whatever it takes, even to use the expression that her sibling loves, to keep him from tainting his hands and have the childhood that he was stripped off that the Itachi she knew in her world was not able to experience
Their pinkies were intertwined
"Yakusoku"
CXVIII
"Ne Shisui-nii, do you want to sign a summoning contract with the crows?"
"Eh, you have a summoning partner already Itachi?! That's so cool!"
"Nee-chan and I got ourselves an animal summon when Okaa-san taught us about reverse summoning"
Shisui whistled at this
"So, did you guys get the same animal summon or different ones?"
"Different ones. I already told you I got the crows…Nee-chan has butterflies"
"A butterfly?"
Itachi hums
"Nee-chan seems to be happy about it…she told me that they are very useful and they had took a liking to her. She could use them for infiltration, genjutsu, defensive and offensive use and, a lot more"
"Sounds like they're really compatible to her style"
"So Shisui-nii…do you still want to sign the Crow's Summoning Contract"
A grin
"Of course!"
CXIX
"Come in"
She was called to the Hokage's Office and was greeted with the sight of Minato and her sensei
Shinobu bowed her head in respect and looked at the quiet forms of two men in front of her "Shikaku-sensei? Minato-sama?" she does not know why they are not saying anything
"Uchiha Shinobu"
She immediately straightened her posture, the sheath of her sword on her right hip rattled with her sudden movement
"Uchiha Shinobu, potential heiress to the great Uchiha Clan and a Chunin of Konohagakure no Sato…" Minato started and Shinobu is left to wonder what she came for here, "…you have shown remarkable skills and leadership despite your age in your missions and helped with the war. Your sensei, Nara Shikaku, as well as the Jonin Commander and Chief Strategist of our village has seen your achievements. The Elders and a few others, if you would allow…" he paused and Shinobu holds her breath, wondering what the blond Hokage would say next
"…has recommended you to join the ANBU forces. Do you accept this, Chunin Uchiha Shinobu?" different shades of blue eyes stared at each other
Shinobu knows that Minato and Shikaku were giving her a serious look. ANBU was no joke, without even anyone telling her anything about it.
ANBU meant killing stronger enemies
ANBU meant risking her life on A-class and more than often times, S-class rank missions
ANBU meant spending lesser time with her family
ANBU meant…ANBU meant…
Shinobu was going to refuse
She opens her mouth…
And the image of her younger sibling's burdens resurface inside her mind
…and closes it
Shinobu does everything to stop the shaking of her hands
Because she remembers in her past life where she killed and killed and killed without any real purpose but to serve the organization that had tortured her and trained her to be an assassin. To abide by whatever they had told because if she doesn't she will be killed by their very own hands.
'But I have a purpose now don't, I?' she smiles to herself
And bows her head
"I fully accept it, Yondaime-sama"
CXX
It is almost the end of September
The night is quiet but the sound of two laboring women are heard
Nara Shikamaru was born that night
And Yamanaka Ino was born early in the morning the following day
Author's Note: annnnnd more of Sasuke's generation babies are born! Don't get nervous about Naruto's birth/Kyuubi attack in the next chapter coz it aint eventful like you hope it would be. Basically telling you not to get too excited about the next chapter /rich girl's laughter/ hoo! Hoo! Hoo! /end of rich girl's laughter/ and you guys might think that Shinobu is too young to join ANBU…yes I know she is! She was supposed to be 10 but when I recalculated the ages she and Itachi's ages turned to 4 or 5! Where it's supposed to 2 and half which later turned to 3. But I only noticed the mistakes when I was 2 or 3 chapters ahead already so I am sorry for that ; A ; AND! School starts next week, Monday so get ready to have lesser chapters updated or none at all c: but I am going to post one or two chapters before I go back to hel…I mean school
Madam3Mayh3m: I actually read Shisui's wikia profile and saw that he awakened his Mangekyou during the Third Shinobi War and because his best friend was killed. Initially it was supposed to be the Sharingan only but when I read his profile I decided to change it since Shisui does see Shinobu as his best friend and something more ;) ;)
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