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Ch. 36 Empty Nest
3 years later…
Something's out there, it was weird, because he could scents nothing was out there, yet he felt like something was trying to pull him toward this unknown source, and the other thing that really freaked him out was that…he wanted to go.
"Lelouch." A soft deep voice jerks the now 4 year old out of his thoughts, looking up at his sensei, Lelouch fiddled with his metal keychain his mother gave him, it was small with forward and backwards 'E's, he stared down at the symbols as a scene flash before him but was gone before he could get a good look, he seen those symbols before but he couldn't remember where.
"You were zoning out again." His sensei glared. "If this was a mission you'd be dead."
"Tch, I could take a whole army with my hand behind my back!" He roared smirking. "And you know it."
"Says the boy, who still can't control his element, or weapon." The boy winced. "Given, you are strong, Lelouch but you have the most dangerous element, fire, and if you can't control the flame you're just going to get hurt or worst hurt your siblings! And how many times are you going to cut yourself before you learn how to really fight with your sword?" Lelouch looked away from his sensei and glared at the ground.
"Always gettin into trouble."
"SHUT-UP AIKA!" He yelled at his sister, she smirked as she rolled her lollipop in her mouth.
"I'm just statin the facts." She shrugged
"Whatever fuzz ball." He shot back turning away, Aika bit her lip in anger, her and her twin Aiko hair was pulled tight into two low pigtails with their crinkly long thick white bang off to the side but even as their hair was in pigtails the part that wasn't tied up with a rubber band crinkled out, or sometimes fuzzed.
Growling Aika whipped out a long dagger and chain throwing it at her brother, Lelouch jumped to the side but Aika wiled the air around the dagger making it change directions to follow her brother, quickly Lelouch dodge as the dagger crashed down, making a large carter that almost pinned him before it shot back up charging at him, sneering he swiftly took out his sword.
"Come on little sis, is that all you got?" Lu laughed as he blocks her dagger, making sparks fly as they force their blades together.
"You're only older by four minutes!" She yelled as they jumped apart, spinning her blade over her head she whipped it towards her brother, he yet again blocked her attack, smirking he stuck his tongue out at her.
"Think again big bro." she smiled as another blade erupted from the ground behind him wrapped him in chains. Shocked, he saw that his sister had got the other end of her chain in the ground behind her! Then it tunnel beneath him popping up right when he block her other attack.
"Hmm a sneak attack, that's good but can you handle mine!" He shouted as black flames traveled up the chain towards his sister, but before it could reach her a stream of sand smothers the fire.
"Lu, Aika, what would mother say if you both came back home all bloody and hurt from beating the snot out of each other…again." Kiyoshi's soft calm voice broke the fight, looking down with crossed arms he peek at this two siblings with one eye.
Giggling suddenly broke through the tense atmosphere as a swirl of water appeared next to Kiyo. "Yeah, hehehe, mom was really mad that time hahah." Aiko giggled. "And it would be BAD if it happens again!" she laughed.
"Aiko, you're weird." Lelouch smiled.
"I know." She snorted goofily.
"That's what makes her so loveable!" Her twin sister announced throwing her arm around Aiko.
"Ok, play times over, back to training." Their sensei proclaimed.
"Okie dokie!" Aiko giggled. "Come on Aika, you heard what the king of the cockatoo's said, we must train!" she laughed grabbing her twins wrist and running off.
"HAHAH!" Lelouch laughed. "You gotta love Aiko."
"How can you not." Kiyoshi soft voice agreed.
Aika dodge her twin's water attacked and threw a blade of wind yet her mind was on the fight, but the nagging feeling that something was calling to her, it was a familiar sound raspy and deep, she couldn't make out all of what it was saying, but she knew was that it was calling her name over and over. She felt the wind sort of push her towards the weird calling, like it wanted her to go to it, that she needed to go. Hmm I wonder if the other feel it too.
"Nee-chan!" Aika whined. "Are you even paying attention to the fight?"
Aiko put a fresh lollipop into her mouth, rolling it round. "Yes, I am Aika?" she alleged when her chain burst from the ground and hit Aika. "Damn, a water clone."
Kiyoshi watched his brother struggle to control the wild flames that slowly ate way at the forest, sighing he found himself fiddling with the small metal gourd key chain his mother gave him, he bite his lip as he continue to mess with the gourd, his throat tighten as a flash of a lager sand gourd crossed his eyes, why does it feel like someone is missing? Finally looking down at the chain Kiyoshi grabbed his head while he fought on coming tears, who was missing, why does his heart hurt, why does he want to cry over someone he can't remember! Why, why, why!
"Kiyoshi?" Looking up he saw his twin hovering over him, hesitating to reach out to him, a flash of a man appeared in the place of his brother but it was too quick for him to pick to any details, yet felt himself choking like if some part of his mind knew the man.
"Kiyoshi?" He heard his brother voice crack. "Kiyo, what's wrong?"
"I don't know." He growled lowly, burying his head in his arms.
Sasuke watched Lelouch hug his brother and sighed, Kiyoshi was slightly sensitive more then he wanted for a ninja but, he guesses, every set of twins would have one outing loud mouth, and a quite sensitive one, out the girl Aika was the sensitive one. Sasuke rubbed his face, the Quads were really close even though Lelouch and Aika bits each other head off every change they could get, but they have the "No one hurts my twin, unless it's me" rule going on and it works for them, those four are dangerous alone, but together their worst then a natural disaster sadly that's when they're mad. He believes the world will end if those four are pissed and in the same room, luckily there are a few things that hardly piss them off, thank Kami.
"Training through for the day, go get some rest." Sasuke stated while watching Lelouch help his brother up. If anyone saw the young Uchiha they would see the envy in his eyes, the two twins will never have to fight to get attention or surpass one another, their mother constantly telling them that if she should ever die that they would have only each other and that they should love the other no matter what. Something his mother never told him or his brother and secretly he wish she had.
Ahhh, yes this is how you should end a day. Aiko thought as she sunk lower into her berryberry scented bubble bath. Giggling she blew bubble away from her hand, as she washed her hair, humming "If you're happy and you now it" Aiko closed her eyes and an image of a face appeared at first she thought it was her twin bro's but in the right corner of his head was the kanji symbol of love, that was all she could see there was no eyes, nose or lip in a head, hair, only the symbol. Opening her eyes, she touch her necklace of that same symbol, her mother given her and her sister to ware, saying that they were the meaning of love. Hmm, I wonder why I can't remember the face; I can always remember a face, special with that symbol on its head.
"Aika, get out the bathroom!" Kabuto yelled banging on the door.
"Sorry, uncle KaBUTo, first come, first sever!" she giggled sinking back down in the water.
Wait for it…wait for it…wait, until he's not looking…NOW! "I gots you Papa, I gots you!" A loud small child pounced on her father, her black white tipped tail hitting him in the face as she scrabbled over his shoulders.
"Ahah, yes Kyouri, you got me." Her father laughed as he plucked her from his head before throwing her in the air.
"Ahhh, daddy!" She giggled when he caught her kissing her cheek. "I love you too!"
"Come on my little kitten let's find mommy!" Taku smiled putting her down and taking her hand, perky pale purple eyes beamed up at him her cat ears straight with attention, gosh how he loved this small little female, yet his stomach twisted in knots he shouldn't be worried but he was, Kyouri's mother really hadn't been the same since that night 3 years ago. Neko couldn't look at Kyouri without feeling regret and paranoia, she regret what happen to Akira and the quads feeling it was her fault for not being a strong ninja then she's paranoia for Kyouri, not letting her go anywhere, not even round the house without her or Taku.
"Unlwe Gaawa!" Kyouri yelled running to the red head. Then there's Gaara, Taku sighed he hardly ever talk now…he watched Gaara awkwardly handle the wild little kitten as she tackled him for a hug then taking his Kazekage hat and putting it on her head. Taku smiled Gaara wanted to become Kage of Suna for many reason but he knew he done it because Akira wanted to become Kage when Gaara's father "kicked the bucket" it was his way of making ends.
"When I's is all big and gown up, I's gonna become Kazakag!" she smiled at Gaara as his hat fell over her face.
"And you will be a good Kazekage." His voice seems raspier then when he was young; his black rings around his eyes were thicker.
"Oi, Gaara where you headed?" Taku asked.
"To meet Kaida."
"Ah, mind if we tag along." Gaara gave a slight shake of the head and started walking.
"KYOURI!" Kaida yelled running over to the trio. She now looked the age of 13 with her maroon pigtails reached her knees; she wore a short black and fiery orange kimono with long sleeve. "Look how big you got!" she exclaimed hugging the kitten.
"Yup, yup I'm fours years old now, I'm a big girl!" She bounced around the dragon.
"Kaida." Gaara politely interrupted the girls.
"Right, bye Kyouri, Taku!" she waved following the Kage. Gaara did a quick scan of the girl making sure everything was in place and she not trying to hide an injury. "I'm fine, dad, really." He nodded. "OK, well then the mission went smoothly and yes before you ask I sent a signal where ever I was." She assured.
Gaara rubbed his face. "It's been four years, we sent signals in every land there is." He sighed. "How does this work again?"
"I send a signal of emotion that only the element can pick up, I let them feel like something is wrong or missing, sometimes I'll send and image of you or something of their past, but like I said all those year ago its tricky and all up to the quads, they have to be the ones to seek us out because they are the only one to know their alive we don't, obliviously, we can do nothing but wait." Kaida re-explained as they walked through the village. "It also depends on how much of us they remember."
"And if they don't remember much or nothing at all?" He questioned.
"The longer it will take…if their alive…" she muttered sadly.
"Mom?" Kiyoshi tried to ignore the bruise on his mother neck and her now dull eyes; they only shined when Orochimaru-sama wasn't home but when he was…
"Yes, baby what is it?" She smiled as she tucked him in.
"Do you ever have the feeling that something ever tried to tell you something." He asked while playing with her necklace, the one Gaara give her, the heart shaped ruby with three small diamonds on the top of the heart on a sliver chain, still seemed to glow like the day he gave it to her.
"Yes, many times, why do you ask," She ran her hand through his hair. "Do you feel like that?"
"Yes, we all do, it feels like someone's missing, or we have to be somewhere…"
"And where is that?" She got up and went to tuck Lelouch in when he spoke.
"The feeling keeps moving, sometimes it feels like it really close and other times far away." Akira paused for a nanosecond but the quads saw it. Someone was looking for them.
Akira sighed and climbed in the bed with her son and the other quickly followed, wrapping her babies in her arms she kissed each one of their heads. "My babies look how much you four have grown." She pulled them closer. "I love all of you equally, I have no favorites, and you four are strong for your age and I'm proud of you all." She felt them tighten their grip on her. They caught on what she was implying.
"Ok, it really late, it's time for bed!" She gave one last squeeze before they all ran off to their beds, Kiyoshi made his bed like a hammock in a tree, his twin bed was similar, it was circular and hung of the floor by chains with fiery orange covers, with the girls both had circular canopy bed, Aika was black and purple while Aiko was black and blue, each bed was in a corner of a room.
Walking out the room Akira slumped against the door and as tried to keep from crying, she just knows that when morning hits, the Quads would be gone. NO! I can't cry if I do that bastard snake would know something's up. She wiped her tears on her long bell like sleeve, as she glared at her dress. Orochimaru gave it to her, it looks like a medieval dress, long and black, slightly fitted with a gold rope type belt tied loosely around her hips. Turning her eyes to her shadow she traced it slowly, her hips and breast were a lot bigger after giving birth to Quads, she outlined her scared on her lower stomach where she had her C-section the only reason why she had such a flat stomach and not a little pouch; her white hair now reached her knees, she even had bangs now that fall over her eyes, huffing she blew them out her eyes. She should get going before Orochimaru comes looking for her.
"Kiyoshi, Aiko are you two ready?" Lelouch asked while to two strapped gourd on two their back's, Aiko's gourd was tan with designs of a teal and blue Koi fish and pink cherry blossom flowers around it, while Kiyoshi gourd was tan as well but he had the symbols of earth in red. His brother nodded pulling down his mask, each of them had on black hooded cloaks with white blank masks; the oldest Quad looked over his siblings and saw Aika strapping two small fans to her hips, before nodding too.
"Good, now seal off your chakra and don't use any until we're at least ten miles out from the hideout, remember we can control the elements without chakra because we are the elements! We don't stop until we're out of the Sound village, I know you all saw mom's face; whatever is calling to us must be important to her for them to be calling to us, we go and bring them back here to get mom, all or thing." Lelouch let his word sink into to his twin siblings. "Good, Kiyoshi." His brother nodded, stomped on the ground hard before smirking.
"I have two possible ways out."
"Then you'll take the lead, followed by Aiko, then Aika and I."
Akira sat in the middle of the room, completely broken; she knew they would leave so why is she crying? Was this what old people felt like when all their children leave? Was she suffering from the empty nest syndrome? Who is she kidding their FOUR! They haven't seen the world beside a mile out from the lair! Now they're in the world by themselves! Akira felt herself squeak when someone pulled a lock of her hair.
"My little goddess now, now no need to cry!" Orochimaru smiled as he pulled her lock of hair to his nose taking a deep breath in. "Well, bring our kids back…" THEY'RE NOT YOURS, THEY'RE GAARA'S. He looked at her grabbing her chin between his pointer and thumb tilting her head up.
Seeing what he wanted Akira fought against his hold but felt her lose control of her body as Orochimaru made her lean in, NO you bastard! Let go of my body, DAMN THIS COLLAR! Akira pressed her lips to his, if this was anyone else they might have thought the kiss was sweet and loving but it wasn't, it was nasty and sour, and his tongue always went too far down her throat. He then looks at the team he assemble, Kazuma, Ryozo, and Sasuke. "Dead or alive."
"NO!" Akira flung herself at the Snake but he only caught her unconscious body; bending and picking her legs up he looked at the three.
"You're dismissed." He turned and left the room.
When Akira came around her body felt stiff, her lower half more felt sore, sitting up the sheets fell from her body…she was naked, looking next to her Orochimaru was on his stomach with the sheet covering nothing but his hips, she snapped her head in the other direction, she didn't want to remember what he made her do, gosh! She hates when he makes her do this against her will! Feeling a hand rub her lower back then wrap around her waist tugging her down, she resisted the tug and felt him tighten his grip in warning.
She laid down next to him as he turned and wraps his arms around her pulling her close to his body, she was relieved when that's all he did, what was worst then making her do something against her will, was forcing her without the control of the collar. Squeezing her eyes tight she held her tears in she detested this, he was like damn 50 so how in the hell was he able to get "IT" up, at that age aren't men suppose to suffer from ED or something!
"Damnit!" she whispered. To the gods in the heaven, be with my children, keep them safe, and help them find Suna or Konoha. She stayed awake that night.
Wow i did mean to make it that long lol!
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