Ryumi was clenching the soil when Itachi stood up, grievous. "Itachi, we had to do it right?" Ryumi asked, "We had no other choice ne? We had to fight him," Ryumi asked trembling. "He was not the same" Itachi answered, "When you went away, a lot happened, things have changed and change is the only constant thing, we must accept them no matter how tough or painful it can be, if forgetting the past is painful, moving on is a lot more" Itachi answered.
The jounins have then arrived, Tsunade has already dispersed the barrier and there wearing an Akatsuki coat covering half his face was a man, he was floating in air, Itachi looked up but wasn't surprised to see him there, Slowly the man descended and Ryumi stood up and looked at him. He was like a god; Her heart started beating fast, her sweat now cold, she knew that man very well. The man removed his Akatsuki cloak revealing his face. "No way!" Tsunade said, "He is alive?" Jiraiya wasn't able to believe it. Even Kakashi was confused. For there was the man respected by many, the man know as the strongest shinobi who ever lived, the man thought to be dead…Yondaime.
But then to think that the shocking sequence of events wasn't enough, "FATHER!" Ryumi and Aya chorused, "Ryumi…Itachi…" Yondaime said, his voice stoic and serious. For a moment there was silence, "Itachi Uchiha, don't forget where your loyalties lie… remember it was I who placed you in that position of power, it was I who harnessed your abilities" "I haven't forgotten, Yondaime-sensei but I will never leave Ryumi" Itachi answered looking at him straight in the eye, "What do you mean to say?" Ryumi demanded, expecting an answer from either of the two. "Ryumi, how dare you disobey me, haven't I told you to stay away from this world, haven't I told you to stop being a ninja and to forget the ways of being one?" Yondaime said, he was the man feared most by Ryumi, "I..have been doing whatever you told me father..demo.. I have my own decisions now! I never complained, I did everything you asked me to without hesitation but to take away this joy…" Ryumi cried, "You.. You were the one who called me that night. You didn't want me with Itachi and you turned Shien against us, now I know what you're doing" she said.
"Itachi and Shien have their decisions and I was doing it for your own safety, for your own good" Yondaime said, "And I have no decision?" Ryumi fired back, "I want to live my life the way I wanted it to be father, I don't want to be your pawn anymore, you are the strongest obstacle against my dream" Ryumi answered. "You know what is good for you and yours alone, your reputation but you never cared about me, what I think or feel!" Ryumi answered back, this time she was determined. Her tears faded. "What is your dream?" He asked, "To be like my mother!" Ryumi answered, then Yondaime felt her. Blue-haired, golden-eyed, Yumi. His beloved wife, her spirit, he felt it inside his daughter. Slowly he raised his arms, "very well, before everyone watching, "Uchiha Itachi, Mikagure Ryumi, I am now going to give you your sanin examination. Only then Itachi and Ryumi noticed that there were civilians watching, "A sanin exam? Now?" Tsunade said, Yondaime held out two bells tied in his necklace, "If the two of you are able to retrieve both of these bells and defeat me, then I am now going to give you the title as the youngest sanins in history" Yondaime said.
"This is a bell training" Jiraiya said, "Now we'll see how good you've gotten" he continued "We are lucky to witness this" Kakashi said. "Bell training?" Sasuke asked.
Ryumi looked at Itachi and smiled, "Ready?" she asked, "Yeah, lets finish this" he said as he finally took off his shirt revealing his toned muscles and a red ribbon tied around his left bicep. Ryumi smiled for she on the other hand was wearing the red ribbon on her neck all this time. "This is the real test huh?" Ryumi said, "I cant use sharingan to cheat you off this time" Itachi answered as he pulled out his katana. Yondaime was in a defensive mode. Itachi made the attack followed by Ryumi.
Itachi used his katana while Ryumi uses hand to hand. This was how they fight in competitions. Itachi and Ryumi, they move in such a graceful manner that it seems that they were dancing, every motion has rhythm, somehow they knew what was in each other's mind. But Yondaime was a challenge, defending himself against two of the most powerful ninjas. Both were smiling, like their good old days of glory, this confused Yondaime, like they are happy with the danger they are facing.
Attacks went on for several moments in a swift manner; no one showed any signs of neither tiring nor giving up. Then finally Yondaime was able to notice Ryumi weakening. In order for Ryumi to increase her attack damage, she gathers up charkas on her fists and her feet, this way she can make powerful punches and kicks which is very effective resulting to Yondaime's bruises. Noticing this he quickly created a purplish rasennggan and hit Ryumi right in her midsection, "Darn it!" Itachi muttered as Ryumi was thrown right away and hit a nearby tree. "Now it's just you and me" Yodaime said, as he was able to use both his hands to defend himself, Itachi's eyes became mangekyou.
Ryumi however was revitalizing herself from the hit and gathering chakra as well. Yondaime is now doing the attacking in taijutsu and Itachi the defense; Yondaime's speed is amazing that Itachi can't find the right timing for his attack. Finally he was able to kick Yondaime though it didn't damage him at least he was able to get further away from him. Now this battle took a while and somehow it pains Ryumi to see this sight. The most important men in her life, fighting… Though it is a test, she knew there was a conflict between Itachi and her father that they can only express by fighting. Before anyone could notice Ryumi. She was now in her celestine state. Blue haired and golden eyed with strange markings on her cheek and forehead. Everyone felt her chakra.
She stood up, Yondaime and Itachi suddenly stopped to look at her. "Itachi-kun, it's my turn.. This time, rest" Ryumi said as she approached them, "Demo, are you sure…" "I will be fine" Ryumi answered, then Itachi fainted and Ryumi caught him. Itachi used a technique that puts you in a subconscious state to revitalize and accumulate more chakras,
"Are you going to fight your own father?" Yondaime asked, Ryumi didn't answer he just stared at him. No, she couldn't do it, seeing him in front of her, she is still scared of him, Yondaime was about to hit her but she didn't move, she just let it happen, "So I see you cant fight me" Yondaime said, "If that's the case then I would just.." then Yondaime eyed for the unconscious Itachi beside Ryumi, with a fist full of chakra ready, he made the hit, but no, for Ryumi took the hit, protecting Itachi, blood splattered on her fathers fist which was still on her chest, "Why?" Yondaime asked worried, he held her by her wrist and pushed her away, "Because… because he is important.. That's why" Ryumi said. With a rasenggan ready in his right palm, Yondaime took another aim on Itachi, this time Yondaime jumped to hit Itachi from above. Then, Ryumi leaned over Itachi and again taking the hit, her spinal cord damaged, she was knocked off motionless. Her immobile body rested on Itachi's, blood came from her mouth, and she was having internal bleeding and yes, being hemophilic blood rushed out nonstop and immediately Itachi awakened sat down with his arms wrapped around Ryumi. He realizes what Ryumi has done. "Having that much power has side effects huh? In her case it's hemophilia" Tsunade said. Itachi slowly carried Ryumi in the shade, Ryumi was conscious but she couldn't move. Her blue hair spread to the grass like the sea.
"Why can't she stop bleeding?" Yondaime asked with a worried tone, "You don't know she's hemophilic?" Itachi asked. "She never told me" Yondaime answered, "She never complains, and you never noticed" Itachi answered in a fighting position he too has red markings on his face and a black tattoo twisted in his arms, "Those markings…" Yodaime said, "markings. The true power of the blood limit, its not just an eye technique" Itachi answered as he attacked Yondaime nonstop this time his attacks were faster than ever! You can't even see it in the naked eye! Yondaime was thrown several meters away that were only prevented by a boulder with Itachi's right hand punch. Itachi was panting, he has never used this limit break before, and he doesn't even know the side effects. After several moments, Yondaime stood up, this time the seal of the demon fox was engraved on his stomach that was visible because of Itachi's attacks. The demon fox possessed him.
"No way" Itachi muttered, "I am not in the condition to fight someone like him, not now, I am not at my fullest" Itachi said, surely he can always use his mangekyou, tsukiyomi to trap Yondaime his world, but Itachi has too much respect for him that he battles using his trained jutsu techniques. If there is Itachi's weakness that is his use of chakra, almost all of his jutsus require a lot of chakras and his chakra is very limited. This is where Ryumi comes in the picture; Ryumi is called "The Bearer of Manna", and what does that mean? Ryumi is walking powerhouse of chakra, she never runs out of it, she does the healing, regenerating, and the transferring of chakras while Itachi does the attacks, that's how they used to be 4 years ago… but with a side effect, a mere body of a 17 year old is not capable of holding that amount of power, ones overused her body can be destroyed or worst the chakra outburst, where everything can be destroyed just like what happened before.
Right then Yondame was filled with red chakras. He sneered at Itachi as he ran towards him; Itachi saw that Ryumi was finally moving so he didn't dodge Yondaime's attack so that Ryumi can still have time. This time Itachi and Yondaime was below a cliff and yes, aerial combat, aerial taijutsu but Itachi, though at full defense was still severely damaged for Yondaime's entire body was surrounded by red chakra that his every attack though dodged is still damaging. Itachi's arms are bleeding but he didn't mind, finally they reached the end of the cliff where the last hit was made by Yondaime and hit Itachi's neck, Itachi vomited blood, his sight blurry, his organs damaged, he has no other choice. "I have to use it then" Itach said, "I wont give up" Then within a split second Itachi was enveloped in a whirl of black chakra, Itachi tried to hold it but still he yelled in pain. "Itachi STOP!" came Ryumi's voice as she jumped through the cliff and ran towards Itachi, "No!" Itachi answered, his voice shaky. "I cannot control you, don't rely on me!" Ryumi cried, "Don't use it!" she yelled. "You are the only one that can stop me after this" Itachi answered no one knows what was going on behind the whirls of chakra. "We will do it together then!" Ryumi said as she released a strong amount of chakra, the light, the chakra of light. Seeing that this could mean danger, Yondaime decided to aim for Ryumi, with a red rasenggan on both hands, he ran towards Ryumi, but before rasenggan could hit Ryumi, there were two hands who caught his, gripping Yondaime's wrist tightly was Itachi?…
His hair longer, his nails sharp and his fangs, with red and black markings in his face and body, his naked torso revealing the strange symbols, his hair was spread in his back and his eyes.. his eyes were bloody than death. It was not mangekyou, it was different. Yondaime's power was still overwhelming as he tried to thrust his rasenggan on Itachi's chest but behind Itachi, the whirls of light stopped and like a bird tat broke free from ones grip, a pair of large wings spread beautifully and wrapped itself around Itachi. "RYUMI?" Yondaime was shocked, "these two had that kind of power?" he thought as he distanced away from the two. Slowly the wings revealed Itachi and Ryumi. Ryumi made the transformation as well. Long, silver hair and gray eyes, "the power of light and darkness huh?" Yondaime said, he then began to form another rasenggan, no it is not rasenggan it was bigger, while doing this Ryumi began to chant while Itachi transferred on the opposite side to form hand seals, Yondaime was cornered but he didn't mind, he continued with the creation of another strange power which was hued in a wide range colors. It took about 30 seconds when Yonaime was able to create it, it was as big as a ball and seemed like a rainbow of pastel colors inside a glass bowl. He ran towards the nearer person who was Ryumi. But at the same time both Itachi and Ryumi opened their eyes.
The ritual was finished, Yondaime stopped, and no literally he stopped. Time freezing technique. Yondaime was stuck in space, he is still in a running position, he couldn't move a single muscle, and the ball was still in his hands. The bird, the falling leaves, the wind. It all stopped and the only ones moving normally in the area was Ryumi and Itachi. So with a white rasenggan on Ryumi and a black one on Itachi that he copied, they aimed at the stationary Yondaime. The time freezing technique, a forgotten jutsu was revived together with the inventors, the Goddess of Light and the God of Darkness with the most powerful element, Time.
They were just about to hit Yondaime Itachi from the back, Ryumi in front when…
Sasuke: NIISAN!
Aya:NEECHAN
Then Ryumi and Itachi suddenly came to their senses like they've been awaken out of a trance. They realized they had the rasenggan, and that they froze time, Ryumi and Itachi looked at each other, centering Yondaime, they smiled as they dispersed the rasenggan, they pulled out the bells from Yondaime's neck then everything went to normal. The bird flew, the leaves fell slowly the wind continued, the grass danced Ryumi was Ryumi again and Itachi was Itachi again. As time revived the ball of whatever it is from Yondaime dispersed and he fell to the ground, Itachi caught him and Ryumi held his hands.
"We got it" Ryumi said as she dangled the bells, Yondaime smiled as he held his daughters face, "You…You were just like your mother" He said, hearing this Ryumi cried, her dream…
"Let's go back home dad I am now content, everything I fine now" Ryumi said "I have a confession" Yondaime said, "Your mother cheated death for me" he began, "I was meant to die when I sealed the demon fox but then your mother gave me life, she died giving her life to me, I then lived secretly, I lived a life with a purpose and that is to make sure you and Itachi are guided, I misguided you instead but you guys were able to look for the right path. Now, I am not needed anymore", "What do you mean by that?", she demanded "I took you to another world, a world where your mother came from fearing that you may accumulate the responsibility of a Bearer but your mother was the one who opened the portal that is why you discovered Konoha, and it was I who summoned you to come back and I who summoned you here, do you wish to return?" he asked. "Iie, I found my home here" Ryumi answered, "Good, for I can no longer bring you back ones I'm…" "What do you mean?" Ryumi cried, "It's time Ryumi, I am tired, and I miss Yumi" he said tearing. "But father" Ryumi protested. "Take care of Aya and even Natsume and you" Yondaime looked at Itachi, "I've influenced you when you were ANBU huh? I put you in a lot of trouble; I put you in Akatsuki but as your last mission from me, take care of Ryumi, and your brother and look after this village the two of you and say hi to them for me" "Yes" Itachi and Ryumi chorused as Yondaime took one last look at the sun and….
"Ryumi-san" a voice said, Ryumi looked back and saw them there, the so-called Goddess of Light and God of Darkness they were human? "You…you helped us" Ryumi said, "We have been released" the woman said, she has the same blue hair and gold eyes and a man stood behind her has long black hair and black eyes. "Anyalesca" the woman said, "Khai" the man followed, "We were the first of the Uchiha and Kanazake" she said, they wore traditional clothes. "Our blood has been sealed and for generations, your family has savored the power of the celestine and the sharingan, the family of Uchiha and Kanezake has sealed the ultimate power fearing that it can be very destructive but you released that when the two of you used it" Anyalesca explained, "Thank you" the man said, "We are going to grant you a wish" Anyalesca said, "For releasing us from a century's old curse" Khai said, Ryumi looked at his dead father on her arms, Itachi looked at her.
"We cannot bring the dead to live again, we have the power of doing it but they themselves are the ones who chose to rest, they are tired, but they are happy now, I know what you want Ryumi" Anyalesca said, "and I am willing to give it to you just so you could know how it feels, even for one day" "It is enough" Ryumi sobbed, "Even for just one day"…with that Ryumi felt warm, light surrounded them as she saw Anyalesca and Khai walking away with her last words, "To live a life without deaths, to live with ones you love"
Nicky mail:
Well I got tired doing this chapter, I don't know if you guys can understand it, but writing is hard specially fighting scenes, I really don't know how to put it in words unlike before, I really had trouble writing this I was thinking if you can get the picture in my head. And I am dead serious right now, I don't have any idea whether I should continue or not, I'm really sorry… its just so hard… I wanna know how you guys feel…