Yullia: Hi everyone! *dodges flying vegetables* Okay! I know I took too
long to update! But I had a reason!
Tomoe: And that would be?
Yullia: I was doing school work. Evil school! Evil teachers! EVIL, EVIL SCHOOL!
Aya: Oh, okay! That's why!
Tomoe: She's just lazy!
Yullia: Am not!
Tomoe: Are too!
Yullia: Am not!
Tomoe: Are too!
*they go on like this*
Aya: *sweat-dropping* Well, on with the fic! Since Yullia-chan's too busy right now, I'll do the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: Yullia-chan doesn't own Naruto. Mean lawyers, leave her alone! But she owns me and Tomoe!
Sound of Snow Falling
By Yullia
Chapter V: Morning
"Can you believe it?"
"No!"
"Who would ever though that Sasuke had a cousin!"
"He never talked about her...Do you guys think he thought she was dead?"
"You tell me! You two know him longer than I do!"
Aya, Naruto and Sakura were talking about the last day's events. Aya woke up early that morning so she could have breakfast with her friends and perhaps help them in theirs mission.
"So..." She asked "What are you guys doing today?"
"Well, we're going to start our mission. We lost one day already and that's a lot" Sakura answered "Hey! Wanna come with us? You would probably help!"
"Yeah! Come with us Aya-chan!" Said Naruto smiling after finishing his bowl of ramen.
"Okay! I have nothing else to do, anyway." Aya said, drinking the rest of her orange juice.
"Really? I though that Tomoe would teach you something today." Said Sakura, while they started to get up.
"No...She said she needed to think about something very important..."
"Something very important?" Said Naruto "You think it has to do with Sasuke?"
"Maybe...Who knows. It also could be about..." Aya started to giggle, earning weird stares of the two other shinobis.
"Okay...I'm not gonna ask." Sakura said, while Naruto shook his head.
Aya smiled.
~*~
Tomoe was washing hers and Aya's clothes when she heard a noise coming from outside. Sighing, she dried her hands and made her way to the back of the house. Looking around, Tomoe noticed Itachi leaning on a tree.
"Why, Hello Itachi." She said smiling.
Itachi looked at her "You don't act like there's a wanted killer in your back yard."
Tomoe blinked "I never did. How can I help you?"
Itachi only kept looking at her. She crossed her arms and waited.
"What's your answer?"
"I don't have to answer you yet. Why are you here?"
"You met Sasuke yesterday."
"Yeah. He's so different now. He's a lot colder." She narrowed her eyes slightly "Thanks to you."
Itachi raised an eyebrow "Why are you acting like this all of sudden?"
Tomoe raised her eyebrows in mock surprise "What do you mean?"
Itachi sighed, annoyed and turned to leave, stopping when Tomoe spoke.
"Why did you use the Menge Sharingan Jutsu on him that night?"
He looked at her. She was wearing a serious expression, with her brows furrowed and her mouth twisted in a disapproving way.
"It was necessary."
"Why didn't you killed him like you did to the others? You would have spared him all this."
"...He wasn't strong enough."
"Liar. None of them were and you killed them anyway. Why spare Sasuke?"
At Itachi's silence, she continued.
"Why make him live with hatred?"
"So he could be stronger."
"Hatred doesn't make anyone stronger. It only makes one life's full of misery."
Itachi narrowed his eyes at her.
"I have no time for your poetical non-sense, Tomoe. Keep looking at things like this and you'll fall too. I'll meet you at night."
He disappeared inside the forest, leaving Tomoe standing there. She sighed and went back in.
~*~
'Hatred doesn't make anyone stronger. It only makes one life's full of misery.'
Tomoe's word kept repeating themselves inside Itachi's head as he made his way to Orochimaru's house, taking his time. He was annoyed by Tomoe's actions, and her mood swings didn't helped either.
Not that he was annoyed just because of Tomoe. No, Tomoe's words only made his mood worse. The thing was, ever since Tomoe had showed up, things started going wrong. First, he had to endure Orochimaru's glares and questions about 'that girl'. After that, he had went to her house to talk to her only to hear the 'Why won't you talk to me?' lecture. Then, his brother and his friends had to show up because of some useless shinobi that spilled information about the Akatsuki's whereabouts.
Of course, Tomoe just had to meet Sasuke.
And then, she just had to come with another lecture. It was enough to drive him annoyed. Of course, no one else knew that. He was still the cold killer outside.
Not to mention that he was having the feeling she wasn't telling him everything. That blue Sharingan was strange, he had never heard of anyone besides Tomoe that could use it, and he was sure it couldn't be a cross between another special abilities by her father's clan, since the Mimori's didn't have any.
Then again, he could be wrong.
He didn't knew much about Tomoe's father. Well, he did. But not important. He only remembered his uncle to be a funny person, but very strict when it was necessary. That and the fact that he loved Tomoe and spoiled her every chance he got, without transforming her into a futile girl.
He also remembered that Tomoe's father was a great ninja and liked to help people, even thought he had a really short-temper when he started to get annoyed by something.
Tomoe's mother, his mother's sister, was a teacher at the Water Village. She didn't get along well with the rest of the Uchiha clan. Itachi thought it was because she had never developed the Sharingan and was the most rebellious child. But she was a kind and intelligent woman that tried her best not to have arguments with the rest of the clan.
But he had never heard about any ability like the Sharingan running through the Mimori's clan. Only...
'Maybe it's a cross between the Sharingan and the spirituals powers?'
The Mimori's clan was a clan that had a lot of powerful priests and priestess. Was it possible that Tomoe's Sharingan got "mixed" with her powers?
Itachi furrowed his eyebrows in thought. It was the only explanation to such a thing.
He let his memories wander a little.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
A five-years-old Itachi and Tomoe were making his way trough the snow. They were talking and laughing when Tomoe asked him.
"Itachi-kun, what's that Sharingan thing that mommy and auntie were talking last night?"
"You mean you never heard about it, Tomoe-chan?" Little Itachi raised his eyebrows at Tomoe.
"No."
Itachi sighed. "Well, you see, the sharingan's a special ability that let's the person that's using it to see his opponents movements..." He paused "Well, I don't know very well how to explain because I never used it, but it's let you see your opponents or anyone else moves and memorize it, so you can do it yourself."
Tomoe's eyes widened in surprise "Really, Itachi-kun?! So it can makes someone almost invincible! Imagine if you see the Hokage's, or any other moves and learn them!"
Itachi smiled "Not so fast. You can know how to do it, but if your body's not strong or fast enough, then it will be useless. That's why the worst enemy of the Sharingan is a Taijutsu user."
"Why?"
"Because they're really, really fast."
"Oh. Thanks, Itachi-kun!" Tomoe smiled and stood on her tip-toes so she could pat Itachi on the head "You're the best!"
They remained silent for a while till Tomoe broke the silence again.
"Itachi-kun...Do you want to have the Sharingan?"
"Well, yeah. It's a very useful technique, and no one besides the Uchiha clan can use it."
"Why?"
"Because is a special technique of our clan."
Tomoe pouted "You're not explaining anything."
Itachi smiled "Don't worry. I think you can have it too."
"What...?"
Itachi looked at her "Wasn't that you were wanting to know?"
Tomoe blushed "Well..."
"Y'know, just because your last name's Mimori doesn't mean that you aren't a Uchiha too."
Tomoe smiled "You're right. Hey, Itachi-kun, did you knew I'm able to see the future through fire now?"
Itachi snorted "Yeah, right."
Tomoe pouted "It's true! Auntie Natsu's teaching me!"
"Who's Natsu?"
"Aya-chan's mother."
"Who's Aya-chan?"
"My daddy sister's daughter."
"Who's uncle sister?"
"Auntie Natsu, dummy!"
"You're the one that can't explain it all in one sentence! Say she's your cousin!"
"But then I couldn't have called you dummy."
"You can't call me dummy because I'm smarter then you!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too! Listen!" He covered Tomoe mouth's before she could reply "Just keep telling me the fire-thing."
"Okay. So, auntie Natsu's a priestess, and she's teaching me an...Itachi-kun, what's that word that we use when something's really, really old?"
Itachi blinked "Ancient?"
"Yeah! Well, she's teaching me an ancient method that uses the fire to predict the future! It's cool!"
"Well, if your uncle sister's a priestess..." Itachi dodged some snow that fell from a tree branch "Isn't uncle's clan the one that has a lot of priest and priestess?"
"Yep. Auntie Natsu's good at seeing the future on fire. But Auntie Shiori's better at seeing it on water."
"I have no idea about what you're talking about."
Tomoe giggled, pecking Itachi on the cheek and running "I told you I was smarter!"
Itachi rubbed his hand violently where Tomoe kissed him "Eww, cooties!"
~*~ Present Time ~*~
The tiniest of the smiles crossed Itachi's lips.
~*~
"So, what's the mission is?" Asked Aya as she and Naruto waited for the others.
"Well, there's this group, the Akatsuki, that's like, really evil and stuff. It's composed by killers and people like that. Our mission's to gather information about them."
Aya brows furrowed "Who's the leader?"
"We don't know. We only met Orochimaru and some other ninjas when we fought them last time."
"Really? Who else did you met?"
Naruto suddenly looked uncomfortable 'Well, it's not like she never heard about Itachi! Tomoe-chan must have told her something about Sasuke's brother! It's not everyday your related to a psycho!' Then again, Aya could be Tomoe's cousin by the last girl's father, and that wouldn't relate her to Sasuke, and so there wouldn't be any reason for Tomoe to tell her, right?
"Yes."
Naruto and Aya turned to see Sasuke coming down the stairs.
Aya smiled politely to Sasuke "Could you tell me who is it, Sasuke?"
"My brother."
Aya's eyes widened, but she was quick to hide her surprise.
"I'll wait outside."
With that said, Sasuke walked out of the inn.
"I have no idea. How can that be?"
Naruto only sighed before asking her "You never heard about Sasuke's brother and what he did?"
"No." Aya turned to Naruto "What happened?"
"Well, you see. Sasuke's brother was a prodigy and stuff. He was very well-looked by everyone and was a great, I mean, GREAT ninja. But one night, I don't know what happened to him, but him simply killed the entire clan. Well, he spared Sasuke, but used a technique named Menge Sharingan and made Sasuke see his parents death in what seemed 48 hours or more, I'm not sure, but in truth it only passed a few seconds. And then, he told Sasuke to become stronger so he could kill him later."
"How...Awful"
A heavy silence followed Naruto's story, but it was broken when Sakura came in happily, asking them if they knew where she could find Sasuke. Aya pointed her the way the dark haired boy went, before turning to Naruto.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"What was Sasuke's brother name?"
Naruto opened his mouth to answer when Kakashi appeared behind them.
"Are you two ready?"
"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei. We were waiting for you." Aya said, annoyed at the man lateness.
"Hehe...Forgive me, Aya-chan, it's just that I got lost...", Kakashi started with a smile
"On the road of life?" Came Sakura's reply from outside, a note of annoyance within it
Naruto shook his head "Old man, we're inside a inn! Even I can't get lost on a inn!"
Aya giggled as Naruto's statement and the book Kakashi was reading caught her eyes.
"Come Come...Paradise?!" She said, in utter disbelief.
It was going to be a long day.
~*~*~*~*~
Yullia: It's done! Uff...!
Tomoe: *sighs* Nothing to awful today.
Aya: Yeah.
Yullia: Well, today I gave you guys a flashback, Itachi, no kissing, Naruto and a little bit more about Tomoe's past. I should have been studying, because I'm gonna have my math test tomorrow and I can't take bad grades or my mom and dad will take the computer, TV and cable from my room and put it on my evil-cousin's room, and then they will torture me and kill me. I just know it.
Aya: Your parents are evil!
Yullia: Not really. They wont torture or kill me. But I'm sure that all hell will break loose if I come home with a bad grade. Next chapter I'll give you Naruto's mission! Thanks to dragon18 for beta-reading this! Oh, I want you guys to know that I'm not gonna update so often, but I won't take so long like I did this time! Review! They give me strength!
Tomoe: And...
Yullia: And thanks to everyone that reviewed! I'm sure dragon-chan's muse won't have to sick his fish on you guys! Bye!!!
Tomoe: And that would be?
Yullia: I was doing school work. Evil school! Evil teachers! EVIL, EVIL SCHOOL!
Aya: Oh, okay! That's why!
Tomoe: She's just lazy!
Yullia: Am not!
Tomoe: Are too!
Yullia: Am not!
Tomoe: Are too!
*they go on like this*
Aya: *sweat-dropping* Well, on with the fic! Since Yullia-chan's too busy right now, I'll do the disclaimer!
Disclaimer: Yullia-chan doesn't own Naruto. Mean lawyers, leave her alone! But she owns me and Tomoe!
Sound of Snow Falling
By Yullia
Chapter V: Morning
"Can you believe it?"
"No!"
"Who would ever though that Sasuke had a cousin!"
"He never talked about her...Do you guys think he thought she was dead?"
"You tell me! You two know him longer than I do!"
Aya, Naruto and Sakura were talking about the last day's events. Aya woke up early that morning so she could have breakfast with her friends and perhaps help them in theirs mission.
"So..." She asked "What are you guys doing today?"
"Well, we're going to start our mission. We lost one day already and that's a lot" Sakura answered "Hey! Wanna come with us? You would probably help!"
"Yeah! Come with us Aya-chan!" Said Naruto smiling after finishing his bowl of ramen.
"Okay! I have nothing else to do, anyway." Aya said, drinking the rest of her orange juice.
"Really? I though that Tomoe would teach you something today." Said Sakura, while they started to get up.
"No...She said she needed to think about something very important..."
"Something very important?" Said Naruto "You think it has to do with Sasuke?"
"Maybe...Who knows. It also could be about..." Aya started to giggle, earning weird stares of the two other shinobis.
"Okay...I'm not gonna ask." Sakura said, while Naruto shook his head.
Aya smiled.
~*~
Tomoe was washing hers and Aya's clothes when she heard a noise coming from outside. Sighing, she dried her hands and made her way to the back of the house. Looking around, Tomoe noticed Itachi leaning on a tree.
"Why, Hello Itachi." She said smiling.
Itachi looked at her "You don't act like there's a wanted killer in your back yard."
Tomoe blinked "I never did. How can I help you?"
Itachi only kept looking at her. She crossed her arms and waited.
"What's your answer?"
"I don't have to answer you yet. Why are you here?"
"You met Sasuke yesterday."
"Yeah. He's so different now. He's a lot colder." She narrowed her eyes slightly "Thanks to you."
Itachi raised an eyebrow "Why are you acting like this all of sudden?"
Tomoe raised her eyebrows in mock surprise "What do you mean?"
Itachi sighed, annoyed and turned to leave, stopping when Tomoe spoke.
"Why did you use the Menge Sharingan Jutsu on him that night?"
He looked at her. She was wearing a serious expression, with her brows furrowed and her mouth twisted in a disapproving way.
"It was necessary."
"Why didn't you killed him like you did to the others? You would have spared him all this."
"...He wasn't strong enough."
"Liar. None of them were and you killed them anyway. Why spare Sasuke?"
At Itachi's silence, she continued.
"Why make him live with hatred?"
"So he could be stronger."
"Hatred doesn't make anyone stronger. It only makes one life's full of misery."
Itachi narrowed his eyes at her.
"I have no time for your poetical non-sense, Tomoe. Keep looking at things like this and you'll fall too. I'll meet you at night."
He disappeared inside the forest, leaving Tomoe standing there. She sighed and went back in.
~*~
'Hatred doesn't make anyone stronger. It only makes one life's full of misery.'
Tomoe's word kept repeating themselves inside Itachi's head as he made his way to Orochimaru's house, taking his time. He was annoyed by Tomoe's actions, and her mood swings didn't helped either.
Not that he was annoyed just because of Tomoe. No, Tomoe's words only made his mood worse. The thing was, ever since Tomoe had showed up, things started going wrong. First, he had to endure Orochimaru's glares and questions about 'that girl'. After that, he had went to her house to talk to her only to hear the 'Why won't you talk to me?' lecture. Then, his brother and his friends had to show up because of some useless shinobi that spilled information about the Akatsuki's whereabouts.
Of course, Tomoe just had to meet Sasuke.
And then, she just had to come with another lecture. It was enough to drive him annoyed. Of course, no one else knew that. He was still the cold killer outside.
Not to mention that he was having the feeling she wasn't telling him everything. That blue Sharingan was strange, he had never heard of anyone besides Tomoe that could use it, and he was sure it couldn't be a cross between another special abilities by her father's clan, since the Mimori's didn't have any.
Then again, he could be wrong.
He didn't knew much about Tomoe's father. Well, he did. But not important. He only remembered his uncle to be a funny person, but very strict when it was necessary. That and the fact that he loved Tomoe and spoiled her every chance he got, without transforming her into a futile girl.
He also remembered that Tomoe's father was a great ninja and liked to help people, even thought he had a really short-temper when he started to get annoyed by something.
Tomoe's mother, his mother's sister, was a teacher at the Water Village. She didn't get along well with the rest of the Uchiha clan. Itachi thought it was because she had never developed the Sharingan and was the most rebellious child. But she was a kind and intelligent woman that tried her best not to have arguments with the rest of the clan.
But he had never heard about any ability like the Sharingan running through the Mimori's clan. Only...
'Maybe it's a cross between the Sharingan and the spirituals powers?'
The Mimori's clan was a clan that had a lot of powerful priests and priestess. Was it possible that Tomoe's Sharingan got "mixed" with her powers?
Itachi furrowed his eyebrows in thought. It was the only explanation to such a thing.
He let his memories wander a little.
~*~ Flashback ~*~
A five-years-old Itachi and Tomoe were making his way trough the snow. They were talking and laughing when Tomoe asked him.
"Itachi-kun, what's that Sharingan thing that mommy and auntie were talking last night?"
"You mean you never heard about it, Tomoe-chan?" Little Itachi raised his eyebrows at Tomoe.
"No."
Itachi sighed. "Well, you see, the sharingan's a special ability that let's the person that's using it to see his opponents movements..." He paused "Well, I don't know very well how to explain because I never used it, but it's let you see your opponents or anyone else moves and memorize it, so you can do it yourself."
Tomoe's eyes widened in surprise "Really, Itachi-kun?! So it can makes someone almost invincible! Imagine if you see the Hokage's, or any other moves and learn them!"
Itachi smiled "Not so fast. You can know how to do it, but if your body's not strong or fast enough, then it will be useless. That's why the worst enemy of the Sharingan is a Taijutsu user."
"Why?"
"Because they're really, really fast."
"Oh. Thanks, Itachi-kun!" Tomoe smiled and stood on her tip-toes so she could pat Itachi on the head "You're the best!"
They remained silent for a while till Tomoe broke the silence again.
"Itachi-kun...Do you want to have the Sharingan?"
"Well, yeah. It's a very useful technique, and no one besides the Uchiha clan can use it."
"Why?"
"Because is a special technique of our clan."
Tomoe pouted "You're not explaining anything."
Itachi smiled "Don't worry. I think you can have it too."
"What...?"
Itachi looked at her "Wasn't that you were wanting to know?"
Tomoe blushed "Well..."
"Y'know, just because your last name's Mimori doesn't mean that you aren't a Uchiha too."
Tomoe smiled "You're right. Hey, Itachi-kun, did you knew I'm able to see the future through fire now?"
Itachi snorted "Yeah, right."
Tomoe pouted "It's true! Auntie Natsu's teaching me!"
"Who's Natsu?"
"Aya-chan's mother."
"Who's Aya-chan?"
"My daddy sister's daughter."
"Who's uncle sister?"
"Auntie Natsu, dummy!"
"You're the one that can't explain it all in one sentence! Say she's your cousin!"
"But then I couldn't have called you dummy."
"You can't call me dummy because I'm smarter then you!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Are not!"
"Am too! Listen!" He covered Tomoe mouth's before she could reply "Just keep telling me the fire-thing."
"Okay. So, auntie Natsu's a priestess, and she's teaching me an...Itachi-kun, what's that word that we use when something's really, really old?"
Itachi blinked "Ancient?"
"Yeah! Well, she's teaching me an ancient method that uses the fire to predict the future! It's cool!"
"Well, if your uncle sister's a priestess..." Itachi dodged some snow that fell from a tree branch "Isn't uncle's clan the one that has a lot of priest and priestess?"
"Yep. Auntie Natsu's good at seeing the future on fire. But Auntie Shiori's better at seeing it on water."
"I have no idea about what you're talking about."
Tomoe giggled, pecking Itachi on the cheek and running "I told you I was smarter!"
Itachi rubbed his hand violently where Tomoe kissed him "Eww, cooties!"
~*~ Present Time ~*~
The tiniest of the smiles crossed Itachi's lips.
~*~
"So, what's the mission is?" Asked Aya as she and Naruto waited for the others.
"Well, there's this group, the Akatsuki, that's like, really evil and stuff. It's composed by killers and people like that. Our mission's to gather information about them."
Aya brows furrowed "Who's the leader?"
"We don't know. We only met Orochimaru and some other ninjas when we fought them last time."
"Really? Who else did you met?"
Naruto suddenly looked uncomfortable 'Well, it's not like she never heard about Itachi! Tomoe-chan must have told her something about Sasuke's brother! It's not everyday your related to a psycho!' Then again, Aya could be Tomoe's cousin by the last girl's father, and that wouldn't relate her to Sasuke, and so there wouldn't be any reason for Tomoe to tell her, right?
"Yes."
Naruto and Aya turned to see Sasuke coming down the stairs.
Aya smiled politely to Sasuke "Could you tell me who is it, Sasuke?"
"My brother."
Aya's eyes widened, but she was quick to hide her surprise.
"I'll wait outside."
With that said, Sasuke walked out of the inn.
"I have no idea. How can that be?"
Naruto only sighed before asking her "You never heard about Sasuke's brother and what he did?"
"No." Aya turned to Naruto "What happened?"
"Well, you see. Sasuke's brother was a prodigy and stuff. He was very well-looked by everyone and was a great, I mean, GREAT ninja. But one night, I don't know what happened to him, but him simply killed the entire clan. Well, he spared Sasuke, but used a technique named Menge Sharingan and made Sasuke see his parents death in what seemed 48 hours or more, I'm not sure, but in truth it only passed a few seconds. And then, he told Sasuke to become stronger so he could kill him later."
"How...Awful"
A heavy silence followed Naruto's story, but it was broken when Sakura came in happily, asking them if they knew where she could find Sasuke. Aya pointed her the way the dark haired boy went, before turning to Naruto.
"Naruto?"
"Yeah?"
"What was Sasuke's brother name?"
Naruto opened his mouth to answer when Kakashi appeared behind them.
"Are you two ready?"
"Yeah, Kakashi-sensei. We were waiting for you." Aya said, annoyed at the man lateness.
"Hehe...Forgive me, Aya-chan, it's just that I got lost...", Kakashi started with a smile
"On the road of life?" Came Sakura's reply from outside, a note of annoyance within it
Naruto shook his head "Old man, we're inside a inn! Even I can't get lost on a inn!"
Aya giggled as Naruto's statement and the book Kakashi was reading caught her eyes.
"Come Come...Paradise?!" She said, in utter disbelief.
It was going to be a long day.
~*~*~*~*~
Yullia: It's done! Uff...!
Tomoe: *sighs* Nothing to awful today.
Aya: Yeah.
Yullia: Well, today I gave you guys a flashback, Itachi, no kissing, Naruto and a little bit more about Tomoe's past. I should have been studying, because I'm gonna have my math test tomorrow and I can't take bad grades or my mom and dad will take the computer, TV and cable from my room and put it on my evil-cousin's room, and then they will torture me and kill me. I just know it.
Aya: Your parents are evil!
Yullia: Not really. They wont torture or kill me. But I'm sure that all hell will break loose if I come home with a bad grade. Next chapter I'll give you Naruto's mission! Thanks to dragon18 for beta-reading this! Oh, I want you guys to know that I'm not gonna update so often, but I won't take so long like I did this time! Review! They give me strength!
Tomoe: And...
Yullia: And thanks to everyone that reviewed! I'm sure dragon-chan's muse won't have to sick his fish on you guys! Bye!!!
