DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS, I ONLY OWN MY OC'S.
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
-Epicurus
Excitement
Later that hour, Izuna returned to his room to check on his sister. Sliding open the door, he saw Izumi staring at herself in the mirror.
"Are you okay Izumi?" He asked. She flipped her head toward Izuna and smiled.
"Yeah, I just wanted to make sure nothing was wrong with my head." She said. Izumi walked toward him and poked him. "I'm hungry; did Hitomi-obaasan make dinner already?"
"Yeah, I was going to see if you were awake and if you can eat." He told her.
"Of course I can eat! Let's go!" She grabbed her brother's hand and dragged him down the hallway to the dining room where her family was already at.
"Hello family of mine!" The black haired girl shouted out happily.
"Izumi, your brothers tell me that you weren't feeling good." Izumi's eyes widened and she turned around to face her father, who was standing behind her.
"H-Hello father. I wasn't feeling very good but after taking a rest I feel much better." She said in a respectful voice. Tajima nodded his head and walked passed his daughter to the table where his other children already sat at.
"Well, it seems that you'll be able to join us for dinner then." Izumi nodded her head and walked toward her twin and sat down.
'Jeez, he's so cold. So different from dad…I mean other dad.' Izumi thought sadly. She looked around the table and noticed how tense her brothers were. Hearing the door slide open, she looked up to see an old lady carrying their foods. After the plates were placed on the table and everybody said their thanks, they all started eating. As she ate her rice, she could see her father talking to Madara about something. They nodded and seem to agree with something.
"Izuna, I think we should start your training." She looked to her left to see her brother smiling at Tajima.
"Really father? That would be great!" Tajima nodded his head.
"If you don't mind me asking, what about me father?" His eyes widened at what Izumi asked.
"You want to train with your brothers?" She nodded her head, determined. "Hmm…" Izumi opened her mouth to say something, but Hitomi (the old lady from before) started talking.
"Please forgive me for intruding, but it is unbeknownst for a lady to become a shinobi. It's just not a job for ladies." Hitomi looked at the little girl. "Yet alone the clan head's only daughter." Izumi's face turned red. 'Who the hell does she think she is, telling me I can't become a shinobi?'
"Thank you for your input Hitomi. However, this is a decision between all of us." Tajima said without looking at her. Recognizing that she was being dismissed, she bowed to the family and left the room.
"Father, I don't think Izumi should become a Kunoichi. I'm against it." Madara.
"Madara!" Izumi cried out. Tajima sighed and stood up, finished with his dinner.
"We'll see how well you can keep up with your brothers tomorrow Izumi. If you can, we'll being your training with Izuna."
"Yes! Thank you father!" She said with a smile. She stuck out her tongue at Madara and sat back down to finish her meal.
"Father, I don't think this is a good idea." Madara said to him.
"You don't know, your sister may be a great Kunoichi." Tajima nodded his head. "Your mother was a great Kunoichi, after all."
"I can train with you tomorrow Izuna, isn't this exciting?" Izumi said to her brother happily as they got ready for bed.
"Yeah, it's great." Izuna said. However, Izumi noticed how… disappointed he was. She cocked her head to the side while watching him. 'Maybe he's mad at himself from earlier.' Izumi was actually glad he tackled her.
"Hey, are you okay? If it's about earlier, I'm over that." She said to him. Izuna looked up at her and Izumi saw… jealousy in his eyes, something that shocked her.
"I'm fine." Izuna looked away and pulled his covers over himself. "I'm going to sleep. Goodnight." Izumi was so confused; she didn't understand what was happening. She looked through her memories and saw her and her brother getting along great, nothing like right now. She narrowed her eyes at Izuna and continued brushing her hair. As she got changed, she could hear her oldest brother and father arguing about her training with them tomorrow.
'You can do this, it's just ninjas. Nothing wrong with that, you've seen your brother watch those shows about it, it can't be that hard.' She thought to herself. Izumi blew out the candle and laid down in her futon, prepared to go to sleep. As she fell asleep, Izumi suddenly felt a burning in the back of her head and forgot about her past life, reverting back to the normal four year old girl she was.
As the pain subdued, Izumi opened her eyes to see another person standing in front of her. She was a very tall lady with blonde hair and blue eyes, something that she had never seen on a person before. After all, she was surrounded by people with black hair and brown eyes that were as dark as the color black. She herself had those colors as her hair and eyes.
"Who are you?" Izumi asked.
"I'm you." The lady said, kneeling down. Izumi stood there in the darkness, confused.
"That makes no sense, how are you me? I'm still four. You're obviously older than me."
"I'm you from a world different from yours. In my world, yours is one from an anime show."
"Anime show? What's that?" Izumi asked. The pretty lady smiled.
"It's something kids watch. But that's not the point. I'm Connie."
"Koni?" The lady laughed at Izumi and playfully ruffled her hair, causing the little girl to pout.
"Close enough." The lady, Connie, clapped her hands and stood up, the darkness surrounding them turning into a beautiful flower field with a cloudless blue sky. Connie watched the little girl look around and touch the flowers gently, probably because she's never seen a field full of tulips and daisies. "Now, down to business."
"Business?" Izumi asked, still touching the flowers that surrounded them.
"I know how your brothers' story ends. All of them. I know what happens to everything in your life." The black haired girl looked away from the flowers and stared at Connie in shock.
"Where have you been this whole time then?" Izumi asked.
"I've been in your head for your whole life, and I planned on keeping it that way until I saw fit."
"What happened?"
"That nasty hit you took earlier… That awakened me, in a way."
"Wait, so I know the future now?"
"You would have so that's where I come in. I'm sealing off my memories to you again until I think you're ready. You'll know the major stuff, but even then you'll only remember them when the time comes."
"What?! I should know now!" Izumi whined. It wasn't fair; she deserved to know what happens to her family!
"I'm sorry, but it's for your own safety. You live in a place where you're watched with careful eyes 24/7. Something like this is bad if landed in the wrong hands."
"But…"
"You'll understand in time Izumi. When you remember, you'll be thankful. After all, these memories won't control your life; you'll be able to live as normally as possible." Connie kneeled down to match the little girl's height. "You have the power to change everything." The blonde looked around, noticing that the landscape was getting smaller and smaller, Izumi was waking up. "It looks like my time here is over." Connie placed her hand on top of Izumi's head. "I'll always be in your mind, watching. I'll be the voice in your head protecting you. You won't remember this meeting and we probably won't see each other for a while, but I want you to know that you're the little sister I've always wanted. Maybe even the daughter I could never have."
"Wait, you're leaving?" Looking down at the little girl, Connie smiled and kissed her forehead.
"Goodbye Izumi. Until next time." And with that, Izumi woke up with a smile on her face, feeling the love of another for some unknown reason.
"Are you two ready?" The twins nodded their heads to Madara. "Alright, let's go." He started walking towards the designated training field in the compound, Izuna and Izumi following him.
"Isn't this just exciting?" Izumi asked her brother. Out of the two, Izumi was the loud one as Izuna was the quiet one. Madara shook his head, astounded at how different twins could be. Madara would never admit it, but they were his favorite siblings that held a special place in his heart, even though mother died from giving birth to them. "What are we doing today Madara?"
"We'll be doing some stretches and stances." He said, not looking behind him. "And if you guys are good enough, you might start learning the Katon jutsu." He turned his head to the twins. "But that's only if you listen to everything father or I says." Madara said to them. However, they all knew that this was fully directed toward Izumi instead of Izuna. His little sister shrugged her shoulders and they all continued walking.
As they reached the fields, the twins could see their other brothers already training with father in a private area. To the right of them, older shinobi's were sparring and going through jutsu's while on the left, younger, unexperienced children were going through stances. Seeing their siblings walking through the field, Katsumi and Arata waved at them.
"Well, now that you're here, we'll do some stretches" Tajima said. After showing the two youngest children the stretches, he stood up and let Madara take over for a few minutes.
Tajima knew he should be with the Elders, talking about the next battle plans against the Senju. He knew that he should've just gotten Hikaru to train his children. But as Tajima watched his children, he realized how little time he spent with his children. Aika, his late wife, would be so disappointed in him.
"Father, we're finished with the stretches, what should we do now?" Shaking his head to get rid of his thoughts, Tajima looked at his five children, lingering on Izumi.
"Katsumi, Arata, you two can continue what you were doing yesterday." The two boys nodded their heads at him and walked a few feet away and started sparring. He turned his head towards the twins. "You two will be learning the stances that are usually taught to kids older than you. It might be hard, but you two will probably be able to do it." Tajima nodded at Madara, indicating that it was Madara's turn to demonstrate how.
Tajima was there only to watch over them after all. He rarely taught any of his children, only Madara and even then that was a rare occasion. As he watched the twins, he noticed how in synch they were together. He scoffed at what Hitomi said yesterday, about how Izumi shouldn't become a shinobi. Sure, there weren't many kunoichi in the Uchiha clan, but the ones that finished the training and survive tend to be harder to kill compared to the men, something that many enemy-nin's seem to not believe. But it was true for the Uchiha clan at least. Their clan makes sure that their kunoichi train along with the men. It wasn't easy; the training system was meant for men in the end, not women. But watching Izumi right now going through the basic stances, he could tell that she would make it. She was the child of Aika and him after all.
"I'm so sore! Katsumi-niisan, do something!" Izumi said into the older boy's ear as he carried her back. Katsumi turned his head toward Arata, who was carrying a sleeping Izuna.
"I can't do anything Izumi-chan. You're going to have to deal with your soreness for the next few days."
"We all had to go through it anyways Izu-chan." Arata added. Despite being a 50 pound six year old, he was fairing quite well with the 40 pound sleeping child on his back.
"But stillll." Izumi whined. She placed her hands on top of Katsumi's head.
"Be careful Izumi-chan, I'm not Madara; I can't hold you like he can." Katsumi warned. It was true; the seven year old boy wasn't as strong and graceful as his older brother.
"I know so don't worry. I was just thinking, isn't it almost Madara's birthday?"
"Huh, it is, isn't it?" Arata asked. He adjusted the four year old on his back to a more comfortable position, which resulted in Izuna waking up.
"Are we home yet?" He asked with a yawn.
"We're almost there Izuna-kun." Katsumi said.
"What should we do? I highly doubt father will be there for the whole day." Arata said to Katsumi. Izumi suddenly smiled and looked down at Katsumi.
"Why don't we cook him something? Maybe like his favorite food!"
"Inarizushi?"
"Yeah!" She turned toward Izuna. "What do you think?"
"That sounds great." He said half-heartedly, still yawning from his nap.
"Then it's settled!" She shouted out happily. She started to jump up and down, causing Katsumi to worry.
"Izumi, I've told you to be careful-"
*Thump*
"Oww!"
"See, this is exactly why!" Katsumi scolded while Arata laughed.
"My butt hurts now." Izumi stood up while rubbing her butt. Katsumi towered over her, his arms crossed.
"This is why I told to be careful. Don't expect me to carry you back now."
"But-"
"Nope!"
One Month Later
"Madaraaaa!"
"Big Brother, wake up." Groaning, the boy opened his eyes to see all his siblings towering over his futon.
"W-What?"
"Happy ninth birthday Madara!" The twins said, both of them sitting on top of him.
"We talked to father and he said that we're given the whole day off from training." Arata said as he stood by the doorway. Madara's eyes widened.
"Really?"
"Yeah. He said to tell you sorry for not being able to celebrate it with you." Madara waved off the apology. After all, his father was never there for any of their birthdays. Gently pushing the twins off, he stood up.
"Well, what are we doing today?" Izuna started jumping up and down, showing a rare case of excitement.
"We all made you inarizushi, your favorite!" Madara cocked an eyebrow.
"All of you?" Katsumi starting scratching the back of his head sheepishly.
"Heh, we all ended up making you one."
"Mine's going to be the tastiest!" Izumi declared with her hands on her hips.
"Nuh uh, mine is." Izuna countered.
"I'm sure all of your inarizushi's are tasty." From the corner of his eye, Madara could see his younger brothers pale at his words. 'Well, this is obviously going to be interesting.' He thought to himself.
Madara stared at the inarizushi's that all differed in shape and size, especially the last two that sat on the plate.
"I made this one!" Izumi pointed to the inarizushi at the end.
"And this one I made!" Izuna said, pointing the one next to hers. His was small but round while Izumi's was large and lumpy.
"W-Well, let's see how they taste." He took a bite of the normal looking ones and nodded at the two brothers who made them. "They're good, thanks." Theirs tasted like a normal inarizushi.
"Now eat mine!"
"No, eat mine!" The twins said, arguing with each other. Katsumi laughed and placed a hand each head. "Let Big Brother choose." Deciding to eat the smaller of the two, he took a bite out of it and immediately paled. Madara didn't understand how someone could make inarizushi bitter, yet Izuna managed to do exactly that. Swallowing the food, he nodded his head.
"This was good Izuna, thanks." He lied, trying not to hurt Izuna's feelings. It was worth it though when Madara saw the smile that lit up on the younger boy's face. Now that Madara had tried Izuna's inarizushi, he was a little scared to eat Izumi's. But being the nice older brother that he was, he picked it up and took a bite. His eyes widened and he quickly swallowed it without chewing.
"T-Thanks Izumi, this one was good too." He said with a weak smile. Madara was pretty sure that Katsumi and Arata noticed how…different his reaction was when he ate their inarizushi and the twin's, but he didn't care. It just was not possible to make something like inarizushi that salty. He poked the twins on the forehead and smiled.
"Thanks, this is, by far, the best birthday I've had so far."
A/N: So, how was it? I actually enjoyed writing this chapter; it was a lot of fun! I never realized how much I would like writing in third person, and I love it!
You know what else I never realized?
I never thought that I would get 12 followers and 6 reviews on the first chapter! Wow, you people are desperate for some Tobirama love, aren't you? (Just kidding! And besides, I feel you!) I can't promise when the next chapter will come out, but I know for certain that it won't be long.
This story isn't going to jump right into love, if that's what you guys were hoping for! Sorry!
So until next time, read a book or pet a dog!
P.S. I'm leaving the ages of the characters if it was confusing anybody :)
Madara: 9
Birthday: December 24
Katsumi: 7
Birthday: December 31
Arata: 6
Birthday: March 5
Izuna: 4
Birthday: February 10
Izumi: 4
Birthday: February 10
Tajima: 27
Birthday: July 27