So it's back to the battle! Also the whole time I write these battle scenes (as well as the upcoming ones) I'm listening to Real World by All American Rejects! XD Awesome song! Well on with the story! XD
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I own Hannah her family and a bit of the plot, that is all. Enjoy!
Attack On Konoha: Blood and Memories
Hannah and Itachi charged forward at each other. Hannah swung her left sword toward Itachi trying to hit him. Itachi merely swatted her sword away and punched her upper arm. Hannah winced and slashed with her other sword before jumping away. Itachi growled and ran towards her swinging his arm around for another punch. Hannah ducked and pushed her right sword into Itachi's cloak, but he jumped away before she could even scratch him. Itachi's kick hit her lower arm as Hannah winced once again. Hopping away the pain was gone before she even landed.
'Crap he already fractured my arm in two places! This isn't going to end well...' Hannah thought as Itachi ran towards her once more this time a gleam of metal emitted from his hand as Hannah prepared herself for a stab from a kunai.
Ethan swore as Kisame swung his sword towards him missing his chest by an inch yet not enough of a distance as Samehada took a bite out of his chakra. He landed hard against a tree and glared at Kisame before having to evade once more. He had already switched his brown eyes for blue and lost one of his prized swords in the process of the battle. He knew that it had to be in its sheath in order to summon and it might as well be gone forever as he leaped away from another swipe.
"Can't you do better than that wimp?" Kisame yelled placing Samehada on his shoulder again while Ethan opened his left hand and formed a replacement sword made of water the grass dying near his feet in the process.
"Can't you do better than just swinging your sword around, you goldfish reject?" Ethan sneered with a smirk on his face as Kisame stopped smiling and fully glared at where Ethan stood.
"Actually I think I had enough of this!" Kisame cried as he buried his sword in the dirt and started signing rapidly. Ethan studied his hands for a moment judging what jutsu he was going to use before he charged forward trying to stop it.
"Water Style: Swimming Sharks Jutsu!" Kisame stated and indigo blue sharks with yellow glowing eyes appeared and swam to devour Ethan.
Ethan slashed his real sword cutting one shark in half and the dorsal fin off the other. He continued to charge at Kisame while the one remaining shark swam hurriedly to save its master. Ethan swung his water sword down to hit Kisame but the shark got in the way just in time. Kisame jumped away before the sword could follow through and hit him. Ethan scowled and glared at the fish-man who laughed and brought his sword down through the already dead water creature.
"That's pretty low using your own kind to save yourself." Ethan said holding both swords firmly, taking his stance again as he waited for the next attack.
"You would have done the same as me. Samehada says that your chakra tastes delicious! It wants another taste!" Kisame cried leaping forward sword swinging while Ethan hopped away to evade his swords clashing with the shark blade and he hoped that his sister was doing better than he was.
Hannah glared at her cousin with fresh anger in her eyes. She hated him for taking her sisters and forcing her to battle over them. Itachi fully returned the glare Hannah was giving him. He hated her for what she was and that he couldn't destroy her mind while her eyes where blue. He wanted to finish his mission and he was ready to kill her if necessary.
"Why are you taking them?" Hannah demanded starting to take stance once again. Itachi narrowed his eyes and blinked once, Hannah sighed knowing that he wouldn't give her an answer.
"You already know why he wants them." Itachi said Hannah raised a brow at his voice expecting him not to answer, she hurriedly blocked as Itachi rushed in for a shot in the stomach.
Hannah threw him off just barely, her muscles screamed at her to stop but water washed over and silenced them. Itachi jumped away his left hand bleeding from connecting to Hannah swords. Hannah ran toward Itachi swung her right sword upward. Itachi calmly dodged to the right and tried to punch Hannah in her back but Hannah brought her left sword behind her to block him and spun out of Itachi's reach. They glared at each other for a moment before they continued to fight.
Hannah charged once again and this time taking aim for Itachi's leg. He merely turned and kicked Hannah in her stomach before she could injure him then delivered a hard kick to her back. Hannah gasped for breath and rolled away from Itachi's feet and rising to a stand coughing once as she stood. Blood was thick in her throat as she spit out as much as she could. Itachi broke at least three ribs and Hannah knew this wasn't going to end well. Yet that didn't stop her from trying as she rushed once more at Itachi despite the tactic failing last time.
Ethan gritted his teeth as he pushed both swords in front of him, his right high while his left one low. He charged at Kisame who blocked and pushed him away with one hand on his sword. Anger pulsed through Ethan as he ducked under Kisame's sword and managed a stab in his right leg before jumping away. Hoping his sister was having the same luck with her opponent as he was with Kisame.
Kisame howled and swung Samehada at Ethan barely missing his head by inches. Ethan this time jumped as high as he could and spun in the air. He swung mid-arch over Kisame's head and cut some hair and a piece of cloak from his blue-gilled head. Kisame swore in mainly surprise and swung his sword up towards Ethan.
Ethan quickly brought both swords in an X in front of him. Blocking Kisame's attack but using the momentum to fly back the way he came. Before he could adjust his weight on both feet, Kisame growled and swung his sword this time scrapping Ethan in his arm. Samehada moved in glee from the large portion of chakra he consumed as well as the blood.
Pain shot though Ethan's entire body and he screamed. Samehada had bit into him and left with some of his precious charka. Instead of healing like his sister, his body just intensified the pain. He yowled once more before grinning crazily and turned to Kisame. Kisame blinked before rushing to bring up his sword he grunted as the 16-year-old boy with what he considered a scrawny build pushed him back.
"That power… where did it come from?" Kisame asked trying hard not to be pushed back further. Ethan merely laughed and dung his swords in deeper into Kisame's sword making Samehada cry in pain.
"It was from the pain! Think of it as adrenaline it only lasts so long!" Ethan said bringing his head closer as though he was sharing a secret. Kisame saw that his eyes where dark almost black as fear creped though his body. Ethan laughed as he pulled away to slash at Kisame's throat while the shark-man darted away genuinely afraid for his life.
Hannah ending up swallowing more blood as Itachi rushed to meet her again. Her body was already broken in more places than she kept track and was probably fractured in more. She couldn't help but yelp as Itachi kicked at her thigh were he had gotten a stab at before.
Itachi saw his chance as Hannah swallowed and ran forward. Hannah brought her swords up to defend her but left her legs wide open. Itachi heard her yelp as he kicked hard at her thigh knowing that he probably torn some of the muscle off the bone. Hannah winced and Itachi seized another opportunity as he grabbed Hannah by the throat.
Hannah gasped and choked as Itachi lifted her off the ground. Her windpipe threatening to burst under the pressure of his hand as he squeezed her throat; Itachi gave her a grim smile before pulling her face closer.
"I have orders to kill anyone who gets in my way Torres... I will kill you." Itachi said hoping it would scare Hannah out of the fight but Hannah only half listened.
Instead, Hannah pooled all of her spit together in her mouth knowing that this tactic was a long shot. She and Ethan had only just begun to freeze water and to do it in your mouth was suicide. Focusing her strength, she coated her canines in her saliva and breathed in as much as she could. Turning her saliva to a fine ice point, she smiled brightly showing off her canines before biting down as hard as she could.
She felt his hand muscle and ligaments tear as she bit down, blood pooled in her mouth as his hand automatically let go of her throat. Yet Hannah didn't let go of his hand though her eyes were an even darker blue than when they started to fight she breathed though her nose and bit down harder as Itachi started screaming. Hannah pulled away as Itachi started to bring his other hand to punch her head. Hannah spat out the blood that wasn't hers and brought her swords forward. She smiled grimly as the remnants of blood drizzled down her chin; she started slashing this time for Itachi's blood.
Ethan paused for a second in his battle as he heard an ear-piercing scream. 'Itachi!… Go Hannah!' Ethan thought as Kisame glanced in the direction of the scream in fear for his partner. He had a feeling that he should wrap this up quickly as he turned back to the boy he was fighting.
"I hope you know that my dear sister will probably need help. So you're going to have to die now." Ethan stated as he quickly threw some kunai at Kisame who blinked and blocked off the sad attack as he rolled his eyes and laughed.
"Well if I want to help Itachi…. So you're going to have to die." Kisame replied as he started to sign once more this time Ethan stayed in place, pretending to yawn. As he felt, his blood lust go down along with his adrenaline.
"I thought we went over this! You don't sacrifice your kind! Understand Mr. Fishy?" Ethan teased stating it as though it was the most logical thing in the world. Kisame just growled but finished the Jutsu anyway.
"Water Style: Waterfall Jutsu!" Kisame screamed as water poured from the sky as though out of nowhere although the currents were powerful enough to crush a man to dust.
Ethan merely dodged and ran over to Kisame his right sword clashing with Kisame's blade as Kisame threw Ethan upward to get him away. Ethan brought the hilt of his other sword down on Kisame's head. He grinned as he fell upside down before he could right himself to land on his feet, Kisame yelled in pain before spinning and swiping towards Ethan. His eyes widened as Kisame slashed his sword towards his chest unable to do anything as he head was still from feet from the ground.
'Close your eyes.' a male voice said it was soothing and relaxing. Ethan's chest tightened with distrust but he ignored the feeling and did what his sister asked to and trusted it his life for the moment. Therefore, against his better judgment, Ethan closed his eyes and a shield of water shot out to protect him. He landed with a thud on his back before his eyes flew open and all he saw was a glow of water.
Kisame groaned as he held up his blade to defend the sudden push that Ethan somehow caused. He blinked as he saw a glow of water as well before it disappeared as soon as Ethan opened his eyes. Yet Kisame saw something of a word and although he wasn't sure he smirked and hoped to catch the boy off guard.
"You little shit that symbol means that you aren't all human does it? That symbol meant Spirit!" Kisame half laughed, half-teased as Ethan rubbed the back of his neck wincing as intense pain shot though his being again.
"No wonder Samehada says your chakra it tasty! It's something completely new!" Kisame yelled his arms spread wide as though his sword was offered a buffet as Ethan growled and glared at him.
"Shut the hell up you piece of fish shit!" Ethan screamed as he charged for Kisame's throat. Kisame smiled widely as he raised his sword to block Ethan's attack. His smiled quickly faded as Ethan turned his water sword into a whip and swung it toward Kisame's throat wanting nothing for than for the fish boy before him to shut his mouth.
Hannah groaned as she tried to put weight in her right leg. Itachi had kicked it several times and delivered a bone breaking punch carefully to it. She took a shaky breath as she ran through the trees searching for Ethan. Hannah knew she couldn't defeat Itachi by herself and hoped that Ethan had been able to manage Kisame enough to help her. Hannah gasped as she felt a knee connect with her back sending her down and away from the treetops. It wasn't long before she hit the ground with a sickening thunk as the air left her lungs yet somehow she was still able to scream from the pain.
"Hannah how sad of you to leave your little sisters alone! You know I still need payback for my hand!" Itachi hissed pushing his face close to hers keeping his knee in place as he added pressure on her back. Hannah glanced at his left hand from were she lay and at the bite wound she had inflected on it. Blood still seeped and Hannah couldn't help but smile at her handiwork.
"Yeah… fuck you Itachi!" Hannah panted and pushed herself up gasping out in pain as she felt her muscle almost tear from her bone at the exertion. She held in the scream but a whimper leaked out as she pushed herself to her feet while holding her broken ribs.
'I'm really doing a number on myself!' Hannah thought as water healed the damage to her body. She ran forward before spinning to throw some kunai at Itachi before he could react. Itachi sat up against a tree the medicine in his system threatening to leave his body entirely as Hannah threw some kunai at him. He needed to stop Hannah before she reached her brother together they would be hard to stop. Nevertheless, not impossible, as he blocked Hannah's kunai and raced after her.
"Ethan!" Hannah cried as she crashed into the clearing where her brother was battling Kisame. Ethan's sword made an X as he blocked Kisame from cutting him in two.
"Hey little sis! Mind helping your beloved older brother out?" Ethan joked his voice was strained as he tried to keep the sword from killing him. His legs buckling as he talked while he pushed against the giant sword.
Hannah didn't need to be asked twice as she charged at Kisame and stabbed at his stomach. Kisame scowled as he jumped away glaring at the twins as they went back to back. Hannah sent some water to heal her pain-enveloped brother. Itachi entered the clearing as Kisame shifted his glare from the twins to his partner. Hannah and Ethan smiled this, was going to be funny.
"Damn Itachi can't I trust you to do anything right anymore!" Kisame yelled as Itachi blinked before holding up his bitten hand, pointing to it to make a point. Ethan winced; Hannah causally looked away while Kisame looked impressed.
"I stand corrected now any last words!" Kisame asked turning to Ethan and Hannah as they grinned and nodded.
"Well Hannah it's been nice knowing you!" Ethan said the huge smile on his face identical to his sisters.
"At least you didn't take on Mr. Ferret over here!" Hannah said pointing over her shoulder to Itachi who blinked at the name Mr. Ferret.
"I thought you said his name was Mr. Weasel-man!" Ethan asked faking the hurt in his voice.
"Well I think it would be better if we knew!" Hannah suggested shrugging while Ethan raised a hand to his mouth being careful of his sword.
"Hey Itachi are you a ferret or a weasel?" Ethan asked but it was Hannah who answered his question.
"Whatever let's just call him Mr. Ferret Weasel-Man agreed?" Hannah looked to her brother who nodded his yes.
"Mr. Ferret Weasel-Man?" Itachi said slowly a vein pulsing in his forehead his eyes closed while Kisame laughed crazily, "I am neither a ferret nor a weasel!" Itachi screamed at them while Hannah and Ethan shared a look.
"Are you a mongoose then?" they asked in unison while Itachi screamed in frustration. Kisame continued to laugh this time he was threatening to double over in his laughing fit. Hannah and Ethan smirked as they turned to Kisame who had yet to realize his mistake in laughing.
"Hey Mr. Fishy! Are you part sharky?" Ethan asked while Hannah pondered this thought for a moment.
"I would say more like a rabid goldfish that got frostbite!" Hannah exclaimed this time Itachi smirked while Kisame glared at them.
"So we should just keep calling him Mr. Fishy?" Ethan asked and Hannah nodded but before she could reply, Kisame cut her off.
"I am not a rabid goldfish!" Kisame shouted this time it was his turn to lose his temper. Hannah and Ethan shared another look before letting out their reply.
"Then what are you, Tuna fish!" they asked in unison once more yet Kisame had it as he swung his sword to point at them.
"Why don't you just shut up!" Kisame asked but Ethan shrugged and smiled a grim smile.
"Because we already know that we can't destroy you, and so the opposite would be to defeat you. We probably can't do that so we we'll drag you down with us. However, since we can't even defeat you that won't happen and we can maybe go out with a bang. Once again, since we can't even drag you down with us that's not going to happen. So the best we can do it at the least is to annoy the hell out of you before you kill us!" Ethan explained a huge grin on his face as he finished while the time he and Hannah brought helped them heal and take a breath of air.
"So on a scale from 1 to 10 how annoying are we because I would say we were a ten!" Hannah said a bright smile on her face while Ethan laughed.
"Yes Hannah I think we are!" Ethan exclaimed faces blanked as they rushed to attack Kisame and Itachi before they recovered from the shock of Ethan's explanation.
-With Gaara-
"Gaara wait!" someone called as Gaara ran out of the Hokage's mansion. He didn't turn around but just kept running. He had to help Hannah, he had to get answers if anything and mostly even though she lied to him, she was still his best friend.
"Gaara!" another voice called Gaara was pretty sure it was Shikamaru's. He turned toward the direction of the forest hoping that Hannah would be there.
"Where coming to help Gaara can you please slow down!" Sakura shouted as she Ino and Shikamaru ran after Gaara. However, he only ran faster pretty soon they couldn't see him yet they weren't surprised by this speed since he was the Kazekage.
"Damn it! Gaara was the only one who could have helped us find Hannah and we can't even find him!" Ino screamed on the verge of tears over everything that happened so far as she sat fell onto the ground. Ethan had lied to her and she didn't even know it despite the fact that she had bragged about being able to read him like a book.
"Come on let's go tell Lady Tsunade." Shikamaru said as he helped Ino up and the three ran back to the Hokage's mansion. Gaara watched from where he hid and sighed silently. He looked up at the sky and gave a small nod, he needed to find Hannah, before it was too late and once again ran.
-The Forest of Death-
"Damn it! Why won't you go down?" Kisame screamed as Ethan dragged himself back to his feet despite the fact that his body screamed for him to stop.
Ethan had numerous bruises all cover his arms and legs. His head was home to a giant lump and he had a cut that ran down both of his lips. The injuries where pretty minor considering who he was fighting, although Ethan's body nothing but pain. It made him half blind to his surroundings but he knew his sisters needed him so despite the pain that seemed to keep multiplying he kept getting back up.
"I keep getting back up because I have something to fight for that's better than some stupid organization, you fucking stupid ass fish!" Ethan screamed back his head throbbing in pain as he held a hand to it. He gritted his teeth as the world spun a little, before charging at Kisame.
Kisame growled and blocked Ethan's attack, he was about to say something smart when Ethan screamed. He screamed as though someone had cut off all of his limbs and was being boiled in acid, Kisame watched in shock as Ethan clutched his head and fell backward to the ground.
Hannah who didn't have marks thanks to her water froze at Ethan's scream. Giving Itachi enough time to land another hit on her stomach, Hannah gasped for air as Itachi grabbed her by the throat and slammed her to the ground. Itachi kicked her hard in the side and they both heard a crack followed by a quick snap. Hannah let out a small scream at her ribs being broken before snapping back into place. Hannah scrambled to her feet and leaped away as Itachi slashed at her with a kunai, before running to where Ethan was.
Itachi started to follow when he remembered something from long ago. He smiled as a jutsu that should end Hannah came to mind. 'Yes that should be a perfect to make an end of Hannah by showing her all her mistakes.' Itachi thought as he signed and followed in pursuit of Hannah.
Hannah ran quickly though the forest knowing she needed to find Ethan before he succumbed to his Spirit. If he did blood and not just Kisame's would be split and he wouldn't be able to live with himself. Hannah pushed away that thought as she continued to run, that wasn't going to happen if she could help it.
Kisame watched not sure what to do as Ethan rolled for a minute screaming as Hannah burst though the clearing. That's when Ethan suddenly stopped screaming and laughed as he stood up. His eyes where now black even the whites of his eyes succumbed to the dark pits. Hannah's heart skipped a beat as she watched in horror at what she let happen.
"Ethan! Please!" Hannah shouted as Itachi crept up to Kisame to stand by his teammate.
"It's too late!" Ethan chanted as another voice overlapped his own, he smiled deeply at Hannah whose shoulders where shaking and unshed tears lingered in her eyes, at her brother.
"Please! Just let him go after two minutes!" Hannah screamed at him as Ethan paused to consider this before a wide psychotic smile broke through his control.
"Okay that's even longer than I need!" Ethan said as he turned to Kisame, who brought his sword up higher ready for a serious fight this time.
"End this quickly, Pain will be getting tired soon." Itachi whispered to Kisame before moving away and glaring at Hannah.
Hannah felt a shiver run down her back; she had a feeling that if Itachi landed a hit this time there would be no healing from it this time. They all stood looking at each other before Ethan's battle cry broke the noise and he charged at Kisame. With Itachi following his lead he charged at Hannah, his fists glowing as he swung toward her ready to end it.
-With Gaara-
Gaara ran to the clearing and saw Millie and Eve still unconscious when he heard Ethan's scream. Gaara looking once more at the sleeping girls before covering them in a protective sand shield before he ran in the direction of the scream. He hid quietly behind a tree as he watched Hannah face her brother with sadness lurking in her eyes.
"End this quickly, Pain will be getting tired soon." Itachi whispered as Hannah yelled at her brother to finish this soon also. Gaara leaned his head against the rough bark of the tree he had to help Hannah and her brother before Itachi ended this himself.
Hannah dodged as Itachi ran at her and tried to hit her arm. She wondered briefly if she should switch to air to dodge better. She leapt up to a tree and landed on it as Itachi continued to charge at her and as she leaped away, that's when she saw him. Gaara and Hannah's eyes meet as she sailed past him trying to get away from Itachi who had yet to see Gaara. Hannah nodded to him as Gaara nodded back just as he appeared and moved his sand effectively knocking Itachi from the air.
Itachi sailed into a tree as sand crashed into him. He could barely see though the sand as it piled on him and pushed him hard into a tree. Hannah looked at Gaara and offered him a smile, Gaara didn't return it. Instead, he ignored it as he focused on Itachi while Hannah now frowned her heart-growing heavy in her chest as she turned away. Gaara knew that she didn't want this and that she was going to tell him but he wasn't ready to truly forgive her just yet.
Itachi swore as he ripped away from the sand his chakra expanded the sand just enough to get away. Hannah smiling at Gaara distracted him enough for Itachi to break free. He rolled as he hit the ground and quickly jumped up to Hannah as she tried her best to move to the side when Itachi's fist connected to her left hip. Hannah felt Itachi's chakra cut threw her body as her sight faltered and grew dim. Hannah looked at Itachi as he said the jutsu's name.
"Genjutsu: Memories of Regret." he said quietly as Hannah felt her eyes close and the ground rushed to catch her as her consciousness slipped away.
As Hannah and Gaara battled Itachi, Ethan was having the time of his life battling Kisame. Ethan smiled while Kisame raised his sword to ready for an attack. Ethan snickered and shook his head before he raised his arms, sword lay forgotten elsewhere while the other disintegrated, as millions of water droplets followed. Spreading his fingers, the water drops multiplied and began to change into a thick mist. Ethan laughed as Kisame watched him disappear in the mist. Kisame smiled to himself he was Mist and would be able to battle in this. He didn't relax though as he waited for Ethan's attack.
Ethan studied Kisame for a moment as he collected his swords seeing if the fish-man would be able to withstand his attack. Ethan shrugged and ran covering the ground with deadly silence as he made his way over to Kisame. He stood a foot away before he made his move. He raised his sword and threw it directly at Kisame's eye. Ethan who used his water sword quickly transformed it in mid-flight to a thin almost invisible needle. Kisame didn't see the needle until it had sunk straight though his eye.
Kisame screamed in agony as he raised a hand to his bleeding eye. Ethan ran up and pulled the needle out taking whatever was left of Kisame's eye with it. Kisame swung blindly at Ethan who laughed and jumped back into the mist. Kisame screamed this time in fury as he ran to where Ethan disappeared. He looked all over the area his eye leaving tiny puddles of blood as he ran amongst the mist.
Ethan snickered quietly again and took a step to the side as Kisame charged by. He tapped on Kisame's shoulder while he looked around and quickly disappeared again. He let himself snicker some more as Kisame yelled and swung his sword once more. Ethan counted to sixty in his head and frowned. He only had a minute left as he sighed quietly and tapped Kisame's shoulder once more. This time he stayed where he was instead of darting into the mist. He smirked at Kisame and caught his sword easily. Ethan raised his real sword and aimed for Kisame's throat a smile on his face the whole time.
Kisame flinched and closed his eyes, and waited for Ethan to kill him. But he didn't die, slowly he opened his eyes to see Ethan's full glare. Ethan face was distorted with anger and hatred. Kisame blinked and wondered why the boy didn't kill him.
"You're weak." Ethan said in his double voice with disgust and spun his sword in his hand. He raised the butt of the sword and smacked Kisame hard in his forehead protector. Kisame felt pain and anger enter his body at the fact that a little boy defeated him before his world went black.
"Well that was fun." Ethan muttered once again in his double voice and swiped his hand though the air as the mist subsided. With that, he closed his eyes as the black faded away from his eyes leaving the white and brown in its place.
Ethan shook his head and looked all around as though he didn't know what had happened. He searched for Hannah among the trees only to see his sister on the ground. Gaara was using his sand to push Itachi away and to get to Hannah. Ethan's heart stopped as he looked at his sister's dull blue eyes and charged at Itachi anger filling every thought in his mind. He didn't want to know if Hannah was dead or not as he charged wanting to take down the man who hurt his sister, family or not.
Gaara watched as Hannah fell from the tree branch, to his surprise Itachi caught her. Gaara growled and threw sand at Itachi trying to get his friend back. Itachi jumped down from the branch with Hannah and landed evenly on the ground. He smiled at Gaara who jumped also, Gaara threw kunai at Itachi who set Hannah down and blocked the weak attack. The kunai that Gaara threw bounced away from Itachi and more toward the unconscious Hannah. Gaara growled once more and knew that he couldn't continue with projectiles with Hannah there.
"Hannah!" Ethan screamed as he jumped out of nowhere at Itachi his face marred with an angry glare and a scowl to match.
Itachi's eyes widened as Ethan charged toward him, swords swinging. He thought Kisame would have been able to destroy him or at the very least knock him out. Itachi growled as he jumped away from Ethan and into Gaara's awaiting sand. As Gaara tried to trap Itachi in his sand, Ethan started to swing his sword back at Itachi when a soft groan emitted from his sister. Without a word, Ethan stopped and turned toward her as he reached out to touch her.
"No!" Itachi screamed and broke away from Gaara's sand once more. He threw some shuriken at Ethan who had to jump to evade them while they flew safely away from Hannah. Gaara saw his chance and quickly moved Hannah among the trees and away from the fight with his sand.
"What the hell did you do to my sister?!" Ethan demanded as he took his stance again his swords making an X in front of his body to quickly attack and defend if necessary. Itachi smiled grimly as he looked Ethan straight in the eye. Ethan glanced away immediately yet when he turned back continued to glare his eyes now blue once more.
"I place a Genjutsu on her to make her relive all her past regrets, anyone who touches her will be pulled into her memory. She used to say live without regrets now she gets to relive every single one." Itachi explained as Ethan's eyes widened in surprise and he sprinted over to where Gaara had placed Hannah.
Itachi stopped smiling as he met Ethan halfway to where Hannah was. Itachi grabbed Ethan by the collar of his vest and hoisted him upward and away from Hannah's direction. Ethan yelled in surprise as being lifted off his feet as Itachi sank a knee into Ethan's stomach. Ethan screamed in agony as Itachi threw him away as though he was just mere trash. Ethan bounced once off the ground before rolling and coming to a stand near Gaara who jumped off the tree branch on onto the ground.
"We have to get Hannah out of that jutsu..." Ethan trailed off and Gaara knew he didn't say the full explanation for having to save Hannah. It was clear as day that if they didn't Hannah's mind would become corrupt with guilt and sadness. Gaara nodded as he and Ethan charged once more at Itachi.
Ethan ran toward at Itachi while Gaara ran toward Hannah. Itachi growled and punched Ethan in the face before blocking Gaara's path. Gaara stopped and pushed Itachi out of the way with his sand. Itachi jumped and dodged the sand, landing near Gaara close enough to land a punch. Gaara growled and was about to push Itachi away with more sand when Ethan nearly sliced Itachi's hand off. Ethan glared at Itachi and continued the onslaught of attacks nearly cutting off more body parts. Gaara ran toward Hannah once more and knelt down to touch her shoulder. Itachi screamed and threw kunai at Gaara's back as Ethan tried to hit them out of the air but missed. Gaara heard his sand come up just as he touched Hannah's shoulder and the world went black.
Hannah was ten she was sitting on a swing looking at the sky as Naruto walked out of the academy. His head down as people glare at him. Hannah just sat and watched; Gaara blinked and looked over to the left of the ten-year-old Hannah, where the older Hannah stared her eyes full of grief and regret at her ten-year-old self. The scene changed as Hannah was now 12; it was the scene of Akemi's death and for the first time Gaara saw Hannah running toward her friend kunai that was never thrown in her hand. Gaara once again saw Hannah's eyes filled with tears and regret when she could have saved her teammate but never did.
Gaara did the only thing that came to his mind as he charged forward and grabbed the older Hannah's hand before another scene could play. Hannah looked up at him in shock yet more tears seemed to well as Gaara saw another scene. Him pushing Hannah and her running instead of staying and trying to help him more to have been a true friend. He pulled away from Hannah surprised as another scene played. Her seeing him at the Chunin exams yet too scared to do anything about him.
"Give her a better memory… one that you both share." a voice whispered into Gaara's ear and desperate to help her he obeyed yet he wondered if it was Hannah's Spirit.
"Yes… now hurry please!" the voice said seeming to read his mind as he nodded and thought of the night they both had nightmares. Of the days, they spent together on the rooftops and with that last thought Gaara was pushed back into his body as Hannah's vision began to clear.
"Gaara! How's Hannah?!" Ethan asked as his swords clashed with Itachi's kunai. Itachi threw Ethan back and ran at Gaara before they all froze at what they heard... Laughing. They turned to see a dull-eyed Hannah with a light smile on her face and she was giggling at nothing. Itachi growled and ran at Gaara again but Ethan got in his way and punched Itachi square in the face.
"That's for my sisters!" Ethan cried as Itachi curled and held his face in his hands. Ethan growled and stomped on Itachi's right leg; they all heard the sickening snap as Ethan's foot connected to his leg.
"And that's for punching me in the face!" Ethan screamed and turned away from Itachi to Gaara who was helping Hannah up. They didn't notice that Itachi had made a shadow clone and was healing his injuries.
"I'm okay!" Hannah yelled pushing Gaara's hand away and rising to her feet quickly. Ethan looked at Hannah with concern that matched Gaara's. Hannah sighed as she looked from boy to boy.
"Really I'm fin- Shit!" Hannah swore as she ducked and kicking both Ethan and Gaara in the legs as they came down with her. Both boys looked at her in disbelief as a giant fireball sailed overhead.
"Gaara you need to go get help. Ethan go with him Itachi made a shadow clone and I don't know if he dismissed it or what. I'll hold him off." Hannah started as her brother looked at her crossly while Hannah gave him a confused look.
"Your plans usually always fail!" he yelled as Hannah gave him a half smile and a shrug at the truth in her brother's words.
Hannah sighed and gave him a look her eyes darting once to the direction of the village. Ethan sighed knowing that his sister was right before hitting Gaara's shoulder Gaara looked back and forth between the twins ready to object. Hannah frowned and looked at Gaara with both sadness and hope while Ethan's face just told him to hurry. Gaara nodded once as both boys ran off in the direction of Konoha.
Hannah sighed and looked up knowing that the fireball didn't come from Itachi. Hannah jumped to her feet and raced at Itachi. Swords drawn and ready she ran at him only to come to a slow stop as her blood dripped from her stomach. Sasuke smiled at where he knelt on the ground as he pushed his sword into Itachi, but also hitting Hannah cutting open her stomach as blood spilled out of her mouth.
There was too much blood in her throat and mouth so what Hannah did make was a straggled chocked scream as blood ran down river thick in her throat. Itachi smirked at Hannah's face as his little brother used in lighting charka and electrified both Hannah and Itachi. Sasuke smiled before pulling out his sword were it was buried to its hilt. Hannah shook blood away from her face before darting up into a tree and out of sight of the two brothers.
'Fuck me! This is going to be a big problem!' Hannah thought as her throat ran normal again and the stab wound closed. And the two brothers began to fight to the death.
Oooohhh! What's going to happen now? Will Gaara forgive Hannah? Will Itachi defeat Sasuke or was the battle with the twins too much? And what of Ethan's power? Well until the next chap review if the battle was nice! XD Bye!