Part One
Kakashi and Rin were waiting for Obito to arrive, he was late as per usual, they could see him running in the distance, Kakashi sighed, "Why does he even bother?"
"Cut it out Kakashi, you know Obito tries hard, maybe he has a good reason for being late," Rin tried to convince him but Kakashi wasn't buying it, he crossed his arms,
"You're too soft on him, he needs to learn to follow orders."
Moments before Obito arrived he was tripped up by a girl falling flat on his face, "I am so going to kill you!"
"Argh," he shrieked as the girl with the raven hair got ready to punch him, he covered his face, Kakashi intervened grabbing her wrist before she could do anything.
"Get off me," she scowled, her eyes were dark like her hair, her anger was clear for all to see, Kakashi paused he had never seen her before, she looked so young, so beautiful. It was hard to look anywhere else.
"I'm going to need Obito, so back off and go release your emotions elsewhere."
"Get off me or I'll release them on you," her voice was sharp and low.
"That's Kakashi Hatake," Obito wheezed still being crushed by the girls' knee against his throat.
"I know who he is, stupid little teachers' pet," she teased her eyes narrowed.
Kakashi tightened his hold on her wrist, "I'm no teachers' pet, and get off my teammate."
"Make me, teachers' pet," her words cut deep, suddenly he looked up as with a flick of her wrist she threw a kunei in the air, she grabbed it and attacked. He had to get his own kunei out to protect himself, the girl pulled Obito up her free hand going around the scruff of his neck, she kept him away from Kakashi as she fought one-handed. Kakashi had no time to pause and be impressed, this girl, she was beyond amazing, he had to use all his strength to not be beaten by her, he had no idea strength like this existed in the village, the girl looked no older than him and yet she was keeping up whilst being handicapped, she was not only keeping up she was winning. Rin suddenly intervened pulling Obito free and causing the girl to crash into Kakashi, him on top of her as she lay crushed under him.
"I'm sorry," Obito called out, pleading to the girl.
"I'm going to kill you!" she groaned from under Kakashi, "Because of you I got grounded! You know how long Dad screamed at me, you and your big mouth."
"Are you bleeding?" Kakashi asked her frowning, he had been momentarily lost in her eyes, his heart beating fast at their close proximity, he could smell blood.
"Well yes," she groaned squeezing her hand from under her back, blood dripped down her wrist, "Could you get off me already," she struggled.
Kakashi jumped up and offered her his hand but she refused it crawling into a crouching position, Obito kept behind Rin, "I'm sorry Ria, I thought he'd be happy to know, you're so talented."
"You think he cares about anything other than making the clan stronger," she scowled brushing the blood off of her hand, she put on a voice, "You're going to be a strong shinobi and make the Clan proud and then you're going to marry a worthy shinobi and further the bloodline by producing lots of strong boys…urgh," she shuddered, "Like I'm ever going to marry any of you losers."
"You shouldn't do that," Rin hurried over and took Ria's hand surprising her, "You'll get it infected," she began treating it.
"You must be Rin," Ria muttered, "Thanks."
"You know me?" Rin reddened glancing up at her, she like Kakashi had never seen her before.
"Course I do," Ria replied she poked Rin's forehead, "You're on Obito's team Rin Nohara, he thinks you're amazing, and the teacher's pet is Stupid Kakashi."
"Shut up Rizzie!" Obito hissed, blushing red himself.
She scowled over at him, "You know I could say a hell of a lot worse!"
"How do you two know each other?" Rin asked trying to tone down the tension, she could see Kakashi getting annoyed.
"Ria's my cousin," Obito answered grinning, "She just got made Chunin."
"You're a Chunin?" Rin was impressed, "How old are you?"
"I'm 8," she replied her eyes snapping at Kakashi, "But I didn't beat that stupid teacher's pet, so Daddy thinks I'm a failure."
Obito knelt down still a little behind Rin, his eyes on Ria, "It's not like you care about beating records anyway. You only didn't sit the test because you pretended to have a stomach bug."
Ria rolled her eyes, "Only so I didn't have to fight you."
"Why didn't you want to fight Obito?" Rin asked curiously.
Ria got up brushing the dirt off of her clothes, "Because he asked me."
"You were about to kill him," Kakashi pointed out finally entering the conversation, "Why would you listen to him?"
She glanced at Kakashi, "If I really wanted Obito dead I'd use this," her eyes flashed red exposing her Sharingan impressing Kakashi,
"You're 8 and you have the Sharingan?"
Obito sniggered, "Ria isn't just any Uchiha, she's going to be the next Clan Leader. Her father is the current Leader of the Clan."
Ria rolled her eyes, her Sharingan cutting off, "It's not going to happen, I'm a girl remember, boys, are more important anyway Mum's pregnant and it's probably a boy, either I get married off to the highest bidder for the glory of having an Uchiha wife, I die on the battlefield, or I run away. Either way, I am not going to be Clan Leader."
Kakashi was resting, his eye covered by his headband, he was aching all over, he couldn't handle the amount of chakra that was needed by the Sharingan, he didn't want it. It was a constant reminder that he failed, that he let a teammate die. "Wait," Rin called out as someone dropped through the hospital window,
"I'm sick of waiting," it was Ria, she went over as Kakashi sat up confused squinting in the dark,
"What's going on?"
"You're coming with me," she grabbed his hand and pulled him behind her.
"Kakashi needs to rest," Rin pleaded with Ria who scowled.
"No, he doesn't, he has had enough time, he needs to man up if he's going to learn to control the Sharingan. Every day he wastes it's going to carry on draining his chakra and soon he'll die, so if you want that eventuality then be my guest and make him stay."
"Of course I don't," Rin's voice broke.
"Then back off," Ria snapped and dragged Kakashi away. They trained every day for months, it was grueling, she was relentless, pushing him more and more until finally, he got the hang of it. He sat on the ground breathless, his eyes on her, his voice soft,
"Thank you."
Her back was to him, her shoulders slumped, "I didn't do it for you," hurt filled his eyes, "I did it for Obito, he gave you that eye so you could control it, so a part of him could continue. That's all this was, ensuring Obito's will is fulfilled," tears slipped down her eyes as she disappeared, Kakashi tried to reach out for her but she was just too fast. He followed her scent all the way to the Uchiha Quarters, she had gone home, he hid in the shadows wanting to catch a glimpse of her.
"Where have you been?" her father muttered from the doorway as she sat her back to him whilst she took off her shoes.
"Training," she replied curtly.
His jaw tensed, "Who with?" She walked passed him to get into the house, silent, he grabbed her arm and pulled her back, anger flooded in Kakashi, he didn't like that, "What do you want dad?"
"I hope for your sake it wasn't with that boy."
Ria pulled away from him roughly, "I train you get angry, I don't train you get angry, what do you want with me?"
"You've been training that boy haven't you?" he narrowed his eyes.
"So what if I have?" she stared back defiantly.
"He should return that eye, it is not his, he is not an Uchiha, how dare you train him in our art!" he growled.
"It's not your eye," she hissed, "It was Obito's eye and Obito gifted it to him, it's no one's place to take it from him."
"Obito was a fool, like you," her father ramped up with fury smacked her hard, she didn't even attempt to dodge it falling to the ground, Kakashi's blood boiled he gripped hold of his kunei hard, it cut through his hand, she spit out blood on the ground and got up. Her eyes flashed red, "Happy?"
"You disobedient brat," he snapped.
"Hit me all you want, take out all your anger, hate me but you even dare to touch him," she threw a kunei it missed her father by millimeters hitting the doorframe, "I'll kill you myself," she put her shoes back on, "I'm going back to train," with that she ignored her fathers' shouts and disappeared.
Kakashi found her, she was sitting by the memorial rock her head resting against it, her eyes on the stars, "I'm sorry Obito, I know, I know you told me I had to be better with my anger, I should stop antagonizing him. I just can't help it, I just don't agree with what he thinks. I don't think being Uchiha is that special," she laughed a little, "What am I doing? Talking to myself, but what can I do," tears slipped from her eyes, "You're gone and I'm all alone…I hope my brother isn't like him, I hope he's like you," she smiled, "I hope he can change Daddy and the Clan, all I do is make everyone angry."
"Who's this little guy?" Rin said brightly as she ran into Ria, it had been a while since either she or Kakashi had seen her, she was holding a little boy no older than three in her arms, he seemed so happy with her. He had the exact same beautiful eyes as her, with silky dark hair, Gai's eyes were wide as he just stared dumbfounded at Ria, this was the first time he had met her. He had heard about her, she had become semi-famous as the Uchiha kunoichi with the skilled Sharingan. She was wearing a blue cheongsam, it was fitted showing off her slender body, she hugged the boy tighter making him chuckle,
"This is my little brother Itachi, isn't he beautiful!" Ria gushed, she adored her brother, it was clear the two doted on one another.
"Hello Itachi, I'm Rin," Rin smiled at him, "This is Kakashi, and Gai," realization hit Rin as she saw Gai, "Oh yeah you two haven't been introduced, Ria this is Gai, he's in my team."
"Of course I know about Gai," Ria grinned, "You're quite the Chunin."
"I'm nothing compared to you," Gai gushed.
"Ranks mean nothing, it's all about what's in your heart, right Itachi," she kissed Itachi's cheek making him grin and nod.
"What are you two up to?" Rin asked, "Want to join us for lunch?"
"What do you think?" Ria looked down at Itachi, "You want to join them for lunch?"
"Then we go play after?" Itachi asked her.
She nodded, "Yes, today is our day, we are going to go play and eat and explore."
"Yay," his eyes sparkled.
They all smiled in awe to see the love between those two, Ria seemed so happy with her brother, there was a brightness around her, "Are you going to train your brother?" Gai asked curiously.
"I don't want my relationship with him to be made up of violence, I don't like lives to be controlled fully by the ninja world, he deserves more than that. With me we will only have fun together, right," she high fived her brother who giggled,
"Right."
They ordered, chatting as they waited for their food to arrive when Itachi leaned on the table, "Rizzie loves me so much she didn't take any missions today so she could spend it all with me."
"There is no one in the whole world I'd rather spend time with than you," she smiled ruffling his hair.
Their food had just arrived when a group of Uchiha dropped by, "Itachi you need to come with us."
"Mum said he could stay with me," Ria tensed, Itachi grabbed hold of her.
"You're father changed that, he needs to go and train."
"I'm tired of training," Itachi mumbled, "I want to spend today with Rizzie."
"It's not our decision, you know what you have to become, come on now, don't make a fuss or your Dad is going to be angry and you know what he does when he's angry," they narrowed their eyes at him.
Itachi gulped looking at Ria who lowered her eyes, he nodded and went over to the men, the others unable to speak, one of the Uchiha leaned over his eyes on Ria, as he reached out to touch her, he slurred, "You know I can make that all change if you'd just be my girlfriend."
Without even looking Ria grabbed hold of his wrist and twisted it making him fall to his knees in pain, she looked so calm, her eyes a blood-red, "Touch me and I'll break every bone in you're body, touch him and I'll kill you."
"You're psycho," he scrambled up, holding his wrist which she had sprained, "You know you won't have a choice, you'll have to be with one of us anyway, might as well cut this act out."
"If you're late back to dad you know he'll just take his anger out on you," she didn't even look as they took Itachi away, her good mood completely vanishing. She stared at her food, everyone was silent, it was hard to speak when they could see how much pain she was in, "Well this has been a great birthday, I'll see you guys around," she picked up her untouched food and gave it to someone else before walking away, dejected.
"It's her birthday?" Kakashi whispered.
They all jumped up and chased after her, they found her sitting by the memorial rock, "Ria," Rin began.
She didn't move her head lowered, "If it's okay, can you all just leave me alone, I want to be alone, please."
They didn't have the heart to argue with her, slowly they backed away not knowing what to do, how they could help.
Kakashi was sitting in a tree, along with Jiraiya as they watched what was happening down below. Saratobi stood behind Ria, as she faced off Minato, "I don't particularly have any interest in becoming Jonin."
"Really, you want to remain a Chunin?" Minato asked her, surprised.
She shrugged, "I didn't really care about becoming that either, it makes no difference to me, it's all the same."
"All the same?" Minato repeated.
"All goals are the same, protect the village, earn money, promote the village, get more jobs, same cycle different tasks, that's all it is."
He frowned scratching his head, "Huh, I never thought about it like that."
She rolled her eyes, "And you're supposed to be Hokage."
Jiraiya snorted with laughter making Minato blush, "Still, I have been given multiple recommendations to promote you, but I have to test you first as personally I've never worked with you."
"If you must," she sighed, "What do I need to do?"
"You could try to show some enthusiasm," he made a face, there was not a hint of sparkle in her eyes, she seemed bored of it all, this was meant to be a momentous moment for a shinobi, sitting the final test to become a Jonin.
She crossed her arms pouting, "Kakashi never shows enthusiasm for anything and he made Jonin just fine."
Kakashi went bright red lowering his eyes at the mere mention of his name, Minato grinned, "Well Kakashi can do the Chidori, it is an A-Class level jitsu."
"If that's all, I can do it too," all eyes widened aside from Hiruzen who just smiled as Ria's left-hand burst into the Chidori without even hesitation.
"You can do Kakashi's Chidori?" Minato gasped.
"It was a lot harder than this," she put out her left hand making both Kakashi and Jiraiya fall out of the tree as the Rasengan materialized in her hand making Minato stare, "This was easy. I can't believe it took you three years to master."
"But, I uh…" he stuttered she burst into giggles and ran hiding behind Hiruzen letting both jitsu's disappear,
"You were right, that was funny."
Hirzuen chuckled as the three were still so shocked, "She can do both jitsu's simultaneously?" Jiraiya scrambled up.
"Well I told you she was talented, don't worry, she doesn't particularly like either of the jitsu's," Hiruzen grinned.
"What's wrong with my jitsu?" Kakashi jumped up annoyed.
Minato nodded, "And mine."
"It's not that I don't like them, I prefer finding ways to end conflict without violence, and both those jitsu's can't really be stopped. They are both ultimate combat tools. It's not my style," she explained still behind Hiruzen.
"What do you like then?" Minato asked her.
"Ice cream," she replied simply making Minato blush deeper and Hiruzen throw his head back and laugh wholeheartedly.
"I meant a jitsu, what is your style?" he repeated.
She sighed and put her hands together her eyes were closed for a second, when they opened they were in Sharingan mode, Minato gasped, he could see it, tiny little needles of chakra had swarmed around him, paused just millimeters from his skin, "Wind style," he breathed.
"I find it the easiest to control," she answered much to Kakashi and Jiraiya's confusion, "But Fire is my nature if I wanted to kill you I'd change it to that."
"Can you change it to any other nature?" he asked curiously.
She nodded, "Yeah, all five and simultaneously. I can convert it all into Amaterasu if I want too, but that's a pretty horrific way to die."
"Doesn't this leave you open to attack?" he was impressed by her skill wanting to know how far she had gone.
She shook her head, "I don't need to look at you to control it, I can spread its radius to about 100 ft around me."
"Where did you get the idea?"
"My Susanoo," Ria explained, "It's the Ultimate Uchiha Shield. Mines fully formed, I realized if a chakra form could protect me I could use it as a weapon on others so I just manipulated my chakra in a way similar to the Rasengan and the Chidori, I just happened to perfect a chakra nature and form change."
"What do you call it?"
"Gyaku-Susanoo," she answered simply, "Though technically it's not a Susasnoo as I don't need my Sharingan to do it. It's better that way I use less chakra."
"You are pretty impressive," Minato smiled, "I guess I can't do anything but promote you to Jonin level."
"Great," she muttered unimpressed, "Can I go now? I don't get much time at home to spend with my brother, I'd rather do that than hang out here."
"You can go," he chuckled, he had barely said the words and she was gone, he looked at Hiruzen, "You were right as always, the girl is a genius."
Hiruzen smiled, "Her heart is pure, she will serve you well as a Jonin, you can trust her."
"I knew that when she taught Kakashi how to use the Sharingan," Minato grinned, "She definitely has the aptitude to become a Jonin-sensei."
"Hear that Kakashi," Jiraiya elbowed him making him scowl, "Your girlfriend is pretty talented."
"I told you, she's not my girlfriend!" he cried out making Minato and Hiruzen chuckle.
Ria carried in the boxes with her new uniform to her bedroom, she didn't say anything to anyone as she left it there and went to join everyone for dinner. "What's with the boxes?" Mikoto asked Ria, curious as to what she had.
"Uniform," she replied softly keeping her eyes down.
"What happened to your old one?" Mikoto frowned, "You can't have grown out of it already."
She shook her head taking a mouthful of rice, "It's a new one."
"Why?" she was still confused.
"I got made Jonin today," she answered as if it was a normal thing, both Fugaku and Mikoto choked on their food making Ria frown and look at them as they spluttered,
"What?"
"I got made Jonin, well actually it was yesterday but I got my uniform today, I have a mission in the morning so I won't be here," she carried on eating.
"Did you just say you got made Jonin?" Mikoto repeated in shock.
Ria nodded slowing her voice down, "Yes."
"But you're only 10 years old."
She shrugged, "And…apparently loads of Jonin's recommended me so the Fourth Hokage made me do a test and he passed me and I got promoted."
"Why didn't you say?" her eyes brightened with pride.
Again she shrugged, "It's not exactly an achievement, Kakashi was Jonin when he was 9," she scoffed down the rest of her food, "I need to sleep, got to leave early, night mum, dad," she left the table going to her bedroom. Both parents watched her leave, Fugaku couldn't help but smile internally, his little princess, she was the youngest of the Uchiha to have become a Jonin, she was also the youngest kunoichi to have ever become a Jonin in Leaf history. He was so proud of her, he couldn't even put it into words, it all sounded fake. Ria frowned when she got to her room, "What are you two doing here?"
Shisui and Itachi were sitting in her bed grinning, "Sleepover," they chanted.
"You should already be asleep," she went to her bathroom to brush her teeth and get ready for bed, "Mum's going to be mad."
"We want to sleep with you," they smiled batting their eyelashes at her, "Please."
"You have your own bed," she scowled returning, she was wearing shorts and a t-shirt, "Try sleeping in it and maybe you'd like it."
They shook their heads simultaneously, "Nope, sleep with you."
"Fine," she got into bed with them, "But no talking, I have work tomorrow, so I have to sleep."
"Won't you play with us tomorrow?" they whispered softly cuddling up beside her.
"I can't tomorrow," she replied in the same softness, "But when I come back, we can play all day."
Kakashi scowled at Jiraiya crossing his arms, "What kind of training is that?"
"Are you chicken?" Jiraiya raised an eyebrow, "Little Genius Kakashi Hatake is scared of giving a girl a hug."
He turned away, "I'm not chicken, I just don't see how it has anything to do with training."
"Well if you can't see that, then you're not the genius Minato said you were," Jiraiya sighed glancing at Minato, "We all did the deed and this kid is chickening out."
"You did it too?" Kakashi looked at Minato who blushed rubbing his neck,
"Yeah, it's pretty ruthless training, if you're too scared then it doesn't matter…"
"No, it matters," Jiraiya grinned, "If we continue to train you then you have to pass this test."
"Fine, I'll just go hug Rin," he groaned ready to go and find her, Jiraiya pulled him back a glint in his eyes,
"No, no, no," he wagged his finger, "Not that easy. You have to pick a girl you actually like."
Kakashi frowned, "What do you mean? I do like Rin, she's my friend."
Minato smiled, "What Jiraiya means is that you have to hug someone you like more than as a friend, surely there is someone?"
"There must be a girl that you like," Jiraiya's eyes glinted, "So tell us."
"There isn't," he said quickly, turning away from them, "Girls are boring."
"What about her?" Jiraiya gestured over towards a girl leaning against a fence, she was wearing the Jonin uniform, her eyes closed, one knee bent her foot resting against the fence behind her, her arms crossed a finger tapping a beat. She was even more beautiful than he remembered, he hadn't seen her in such a long time Ria was one of the busiest Jonin's in the village, the youngest ever Kunoichi-Jonin her special skill set along with being a female made her perfect for many missions unsuitable to others. Her hair had grown, it was smooth and soft, glinting in the light with that black and blue tint, she had also gained a few more inches but was still a little shorter than him.
"Her?" Kakashi repeated his heart began to race.
"Yeah, that's the Uchiha girl isn't it, the Jonin, she'd be perfect and she's cute, so go hug her. Right now," Jiraiya grinned evilly.
"Are you crazy?" Kakashi stared at him, "She'll kill me!"
"Exactly," Jiraiya pushed him forwards, "Go hug her or you'll be a chicken for the rest of your life."
"I'm not a chicken," Kakashi snapped, "Fine, I'll do it," he tensed his jaw and went over to her, she hadn't moved a muscle even when he stood in front of her, "Ria," he began suddenly she put a finger against his mouth, he went bright red, his body trembled, he barely said a word. After what felt like an age she pulled an earbud from her ear and opened her eyes glancing at him bored,
"What do you want?" she asked coldly, "You're eye bothering you?" she tapped the forehead protector hiding his Sharingan.
"Um no," he replied, the nerves in him were making him sick.
"Then what?" she crossed her arms.
"I was just um, doing some training with Minato-Sensei and Master Jiraiya…"
"I can see that," she muttered, "They aren't exactly hiding."
He reddened, knowing they weren't far away watching with wide eyes, "Well yeah and I uh, part of this training," he rubbed his neck, he was blabbering and it was completely out of character.
"Well this has been a great chat," Ria patted him on the shoulder before turning to leave, "But I've got better things to do than listen to you and your fascinating training regime."
Kakashi saw Jiraiya mouth, "Chicken," at him which made him scowl.
"I have to hug you!" he shouted at Ria.
She stopped and frowned, turning back on her heel she crossed her arms, "What?"
"I have to hug you," he explained, "It's part of my training."
"What will that achieve?" she asked.
"I don't know," his shoulders slumped, "They won't tell me, just said I had to hug you…"
She made a face, "Then do it."
He stared at her, "What?"
Surprising everyone, Ria grabbed Kakashi pulled him towards her and hugged him, "Stupid Kakashi, your Sensei gives you an order you're meant to follow it," she let go and walked off, "Bye."
Jiraiya and Minato stared at Kakashi, he was too stunned to move, when she left they came over to him, "Are you like the luckiest kid alive?"
"Wait for it," Minato grinned, and then it happened, Kakashi fainted into his arms unable to handle what had happened.
Jiraiya was laughing his head off when they carried Kakashi back to Minato's place, he woke up sulking, Jiraiya was rolling on the ground whilst Minato and Kushina tried their best not to laugh out loud.
"It's not funny, I should have known it was a joke!" Kakashi crossed his arms.
"It wasn't a joke," Minato shook his head, "We both did it, it's actually quite good training."
"There is nothing like facing the fear of hugging a beautiful girl," Jiraiya grinned.
Realization hit Kushina she looked at Minato, "Is that why you hugged me that day?"
He blushed and reddened, "And you broke my nose," she giggled.
Jiraiya sighed, "I hugged Tsunade and she broke nearly all the bones in my body."
"At least there isn't a scratch on you, that was really lucky," Minato smiled warmly ruffling Kakashi's hair.
"Why didn't you just pick Rin, if it just had to be a beautiful girl?" Kushina asked Kakashi, "Ria could have killed you."
"I suggested that but they said it had to be Ria," he pouted.
"It had to be a girl that you liked and you Kakashi, like that one," Jiraiya grinned.
Kakashi crossed his arms tightly his eyes narrowed, "No I don't, I barely know her."
Jiraiya patted his head making him more and more annoyed, "If you didn't like her than you, kid, wouldn't have passed out after she hugged you. You would have treated it like you treat everything, an emotionless mission, but that girl, that girl makes you feel things you can't hide."
"Why don't you ask her out?" Kushina suggested.
"You're all crazy," he stuttered, "I don't have any feelings for her," he turned and ran away.
Ria landed neatly atop of the Hokage's desk her eyes dark red, ANBU jumped up expecting an attack, she ignored them her eyes on Minato she touched his shoulder, "Kakashi, now."
He understood the second she spoke, her voice was focused and urgent. They landed just as enemy forces began to converge closer to the dead bodies, Kakashi and Rin in the middle of it all, they were ready to attack so Ria did what she had to, to protect them all, she put her hands together and out-burst her jitsu, thousands of flaming needles that pierced through each of them annihilating the enemy forces whilst Minato grabbed a screaming Kakashi and dead Rin. He transported back leaving her behind as she dealt with the problem, he knew she would be fine as back up forces were on their way. As the forces took over she picked up Rin's forehead protector, she had only to glance at her just once to know there was no way she had survived.