The First Attack
There were many times in life, when I wondered what the hell I put myself in the middle off. My earliest memory of this would be standing between Kamiko and her new cactus, Brutus, when I was six. That had been both scary and violent. Yet it was nothing compared to now. Itachi and I were awkwardly standing on the side, watching Naruto, Bee, Tsunade and the Raikage fight over whether or not the Jinchuriki could join the war. 'Yeah, maybe helping them break out wasn't my smartest decision… But then again, if Naruto could sense everything going on all the way over to the island, he'll no doubt be great help.' I thought to myself and flinched slightly as Naruto was punched away by the Raikage. 'Ouch, that would have hurt.'
"Nakamaru Akira! Your job was to keep him safe!" Tsunade yelled at me and I put on my best innocent smile.
"Exactly! That's why I obviously had to come with him. That way, I can watch his back." I stated brightly as if I hadn't just disobeyed my Hokage. 'Well, technically I'm the Hokage as well…'
"You know very well that's not what I meant!" Tsunade shot back, though I could see a glint of amusement in her eyes. 'She's totally going to let us go.' I realized, though maintained my innocent smile, not showing any indication of realizing it.
"But your order was to keep Naru-chan safe. You said nothing about where and how. As long as he survives the war longer than I do, I'll have done my job perfectly." I said with fake naivety. At that point Killer Bee and Aa seemed to be in the middle of a sibling squabble while Naruto watched awkwardly. 'Heh, serves you right for bringing me into this.' I smirked victoriously.
"Hokage! You help too." The Raikage ordered after throwing both Naruto and Killer Bee away. Tsunade, instead of obeying the Raikage, stepped between him and the Jinchuriki. "Hokage! You better have a good excuse for this."
"Even if you kill Naruto to buy us some time until the Kyubi comes back to life, I can't see the next Jinchuriki managing to control the Kyubi's power to this degree." Tsunade snapped and I got ready to unseal my tanto and attack the Raikage should it be needed. 'No way in hell am I letting anyone take another precious person from me.' I mentally declared. "Since we have no idea which way this war will go, I say we use all the weapons we've got, and not keeping the Jinchuriki in hiding! I will let Naruto pass."
"Nice excuse!" Naruto called out and I face-palmed.
"Naru-chan! Don't mess with Kage-business!" I whisper-shouted.
"I mean now you're talking! That's the Baa-chan I know!" Naruto quickly corrected himself. Bee chose that moment to lung himself at Aa again and they had yet another sibling moment, this one ending with Bee throwing the Raikage away after a rather impressive speech about how Aa had been underestimating him for years.
"Hey Tachi, bet I can beat more enemies than you!" I whispered to my rival.
"Hn. As if, you'd get distracted by something and vow to prank them and lose." Itachi snorted lowly so that only I could hear him.
"Like you can talk when it comes to distractions. You get so focused on one way that you lose completely sight of any other options." I shot back with a smirk. "Which is why I'm always the one who has to safe your arse."
"The Kusa mission." Itachi simply said.
"Wave assassination."
"Daimyo guard mission."
"Sasuke."
"Okay, I'll give you that one." Itachi concurred reluctantly.
"Akira-nee-chan! Are you coming?" Naruto called from ahead of us.
"I think we missed something." I whispered to Itachi and quickly took after Naruto and Bee.
"Probably some emotional speech that convinced the Raikage to let us through." Itachi shrugged next to me.
On our way to the battle fields, Shikaku updated us on the current situation. How someone, likely Kabuto, had raised an army of dead Shinobi that needed to be sealed to be defeated. And how the army of White Zetsu had the ability to take the shape, chakra signature and sent of anyone they had touched and copy it perfectly. The battle was full of chaos, no one knowing who the enemy was and who wasn't. Luckily, Shikaku had a solution: Naruto. With his ability to sense negative emotions, he would be able to sense who had ill intend towards the Allied Shinobi Force and who didn't. Of course, that required him to be at every battlefield at once. Which was not ideal with his current Nine-Tail-mode which allowed the Kyubi to feed on his chakra, as that made Shadow Clones more damaging than useful. Which really wasn't ideal. At all. As we were running, we noticed a large group of nins running towards us.
"It's chaos out there in the battlefield!" the one who looked like the leader shouted to us. "We got to get back and up HQ's defence."
Naruto wasted no time stuffing a Rasengan through his chest, effectively proving that the man was a White Zetsu. A tree started growing out of the man. 'That's seriously strange.'
"Leave it all to Naruto here." Killer Bee rapped and grabbed two of his swords. "Those he gives his stamp of approval are the only ones I'll give an ear."
"That's a strange way of threatening." I commented with a smirk.
"Though it seems rather effective." Itachi noted, his mask hiding the matching smirk I just knew was there. Naruto didn't seem to be in the mood for jokes.
"They're all enemies!" he snarled, easily launching all of us into action. The four of us easily eradicating the small army of White Zetsu.
"Well… That was annoyingly easy." I huffed and resealed my tanto.
"23." Itachi said from beside me.
"Damn it, I only got 21." I groaned in frustration. "Fine, 304-303 it is."
Naruto flinched slightly as he led the way. After he made a bunch of Shadown Clones to go to each battlefield at once, completely ignoring the horrible side effects it might have, the four of us had been ordered to track down Madara. Naruto being the best sensor was in charge of tracking him down.
"Guys, we're about to run into a couple of reanimated nins, and by the feel of it, one of them is Nagato." Naruto stated and I let out a sigh. 'Of course one of the most powerful nins ever to walk this earth is reanimated. Why wouldn't he be?' I complained in frustration. "I don't know who the other person is, but his chakra is somewhat familiar? It's similar to someone else…"
"That doesn't sound like a good thing…" I muttered as we ran. As we got closer, I was able to sense the two approaching chakra sources. 'It can't be? But… It makes no sense!'
"You guys sure grew up, imouto, almost-otouto."
"Shisui-nii-san!"
I was staring at him in shock. My nii-san was standing there right in front of me. Uchiha Shisui, my nii-san. 'This can't be happening! Please don't make this happen!'
"Nagato! And other person I don't know…" Naruto greeted, snapping me out of my mental tirade.
"That's Uchiha Shisui." I stated, my eyes watering slightly. "One of the most powerful Uchiha's."
"Wait, you called him nii-san! You knew him?" Naruto asked, looking slightly confused. "And the ANBU guy knew him too?"
"Well, siblings and cousins tend to be close." Shisui stated with an eyeroll and I facepalmed.
"Nii-san, how come you're still an idiot?" I wondered out loud.
"Oi! I'm totally super-cool!" Shisui argued childishly. "Beside, I doubt you've gotten much smarter, you look exactly the same as you did when I died!"
"Shisui… We're twenty-one." Itachi deadpanned.
"Yeah, I'm seriously not believing that. Akira still looks the same as when she was thirteen! You know, small and easily angered." Shisui laughed out loud. I reached for my Super-Awesome-Pranking-Scroll.
"Oi! Don't be rude to my nee-chan Uchiha-dude!" Naruto called out loudly and I smiled brightly. "But what are you two doing here?"
"Dude, are you dumb or something? Obviously, some dude reanimated us to fight this war thing for him." Shisui deadpanned.
"I never thought I'd be forced into fighting you again, Naruto." Nagato stated gravely. "It's probably been a while since last time we met, but since I'm dead it only feels like a moment for me."
"I can't tell if you're trying to be funny or if you're just saying it as it is." Shisui sweatdropped. Nagato completely ignored the moron.
"You've changed quite a bit, Naruto." Nagato said instead of punching Shisui like I would have.
"Oh, you mean this?" Naruto asked, gesturing to his golden chakra cloak. "I'm in control of the Kyubi-Chakra now. This is my Chakra Mode."
"I see. No wonder you look different." Nagato looked proud of the blond.
"Wait, wait, wait! That dude is Naruto? As in the little prankster?" Shisui waved his hands fanatically around. "But he was like seven!"
"You've been dead for a long time, fool, ya fool!" Killer Bee rapped, reminding us all of his presence.
"But you actually managed to gain control?" Shisui asked Naruto who smirked proudly at the praise he was getting. "That's seriously impressive."
"As expected of my sibling student." Nagato bragged proudly.
"For that, it's me he owes!" Bee rapped. "Before I came along, he was pretty much in the shadows."
"That's not true!" Naruto exclaimed while pointing at the older Jinchuriki. Suddenly Shisui went through the hand seals for a fire ball jutsu.
"Fire ball!" I yelled and jumped away as Killer Bee stopped it with Samehade. While Bee and Samehade got into a small fight, the rest of us got ready to fight.
"The one behind the reanimation is getting impatient." I stated and activated my Sharingan and unsealed my tanto. "Hey, Shisui-nii-san, let's see which one of us is the faster."
"You and ANBU guy take care of him, Octopops and I will deal with Nagato!" Naruto yelled just as Shisui leaped into action.
It turned out that I was just as fast as Shisui now. Maybe even slightly faster. The biggest problem was that Shisui was able to regenerate every limb Itachi and I destroyed. Not to mention that reanimated people just didn't get tired, which meant that we needed to end the fight as quickly as possible. A large poof of smoke suddenly appeared and Shisui disappeared.
"Summonings!" Itachi called out and the two of us used a Shunshin to appear next to Naruto on top of a many-headed dog. Then Shisui activated them. His Mangekyo. 'Oh, right!' I suddenly got an idea and activated my own.
'Protect Konoha!' I mentally ordered him with my Mangekyo activated. It was a wild guess and a massive waste of chakra if it failed, but definitely worth a try. Shisui smirked at me and the dog was suddenly on burning with black flames. 'Success.'
"Great job, Imouto." Shisui called as we jumped away from the now burning dog. Itachi used the distraction to set Nagato on fire with his Amaterasu. "And you too, Itachi."
"What! ANBU dude is Itachi?" Naruto asked in shock and I once again facepalmed. "But isn't he dead? Aren't you dead? What's going on here?"
"Shisui-nii-san, you moron…" I muttered and slapped his head. "So, long story short, Tachi is the good guy and we faked his dead. Please don't tell anyone."
"Protecting your family is noble, no words will leave me, oh yeah!" Killer Bee rapped and I smiled in appreciation.
"Thank you, Bee." I smiled at him.
"But wait, why did that Shisui guy suddenly start fighting along our side?" Naruto asked next, still looking rather confused.
"Ah, I used my Mangekyo Sharingan, that I got from Shisui-nii-san after my own went dark, to place the world's strongest genjutsu on him and order him to protect Konoha." I shrugged.
"YOU HAVE A SHARINGAN?" Naruto yelled in shock.
"What part of 'He's my nii-san.' did you not get?" I wondered out loud.
"No time to chit-chat, he's ready to fight again!" Shisui called out, drawing our attention back to Nagato, who sure enough was forming again.
"Fuck!"
