To Protect His Dream…
Thirteen Days Ago:
" Uzumaki-san, where are we?" My brother, Uchiha Shishui glared at the man we just met yesterday, the man that our father called left us with after he knocked us out. We were standing on a red bridge beside what looks to be a training ground since there are kunai and shuriken marks on stumps of trees and on the ground.
"What did I say about that? Ano-sa, don't make me feel sooooooo old. It's Naruto or Naruto-san, ne?" Naruto-san smiled wistfully and replied, "This is where your father and I and your mother trained as Team 7. This is our training ground."
Both oniichan and I quietly absorbed the information and reflected on everything that happened since yesterday.
We both woke up this morning in an unknown room, which later we found out to be our father's old room when he was growing up prior to the Uchiha tragedy. Our father tries to tell us everything, or at least everything that is of importance to our survival. When we first activated our Sharingan, he sat us down and told us of the Uchiha massacre that was committed by otousan's own brother, Uchiha Itachi. And on the journey back to Konoha, he also told us of his childhood, about Team 7, about Uzumaki Naruto, and about his other teammate, the woman that I was named after, Haruno Sakura. And when we came to the Valley of the End, before Uzumaki-san showed up, he told us about the importance of the place…of how he fought his best friend there, of how he met up with Team 7 three years later, and of how he and okaasan raced back to that place and met up with Naruto-san as a witness so that we would be born there, on the outskirts of Konoha…so that we would be citizens of Konoha and have a place later to call home.
Naruto-san had come in right when we were rubbing the sleep on our eyes and cheerfully greeted us an "Ohayo!" which we mumbled back. Then, once we were done washing up, he took us to this ramen stand, Ichiraku, to have a big breakfast full of noodles. I had one bowl of miso ramen while my brother ordered a pork ramen. Naruto-san ordered twenty bowls and right before our very eyes, he inhaled one bowl every three minutes. I shouldn't have been surprised. That was one of the trademarks of Naruto-san, according to otousan.
Afterwards, he took us to a tailor to get custom-made clothes. He explained to us that since Uchiha Itachi, the man that our father left to go kill, already knew of our existence, then there is no use hiding the fact that we are of the Uchiha clan. He ordered us a whole set of wardrobe with the Uchiha insignia of a red fan embroidered on the back, telling us that this is what otousan would have wanted but just forgot to put in the to-do list. Our hands were full of boxes when Uzumaki-san took out this "to-do list" and my brother and I almost dropped our boxes when we saw how long the list was. We started snickering as our father's best friend scratched his head in confusion.
"That Sasuke-teme must think I'm an idiot!" he exclaimed. Then his eyes went wide as he looked at the very first thing on this list. Oniichan and I dropped the boxes and pulled Uzumaki-san down on his knees so we can see this list. In big bold letters, with a chibi-otousan drawing on the left side shaking his head, was the #1 Rule:
Dobe, don't swear in front on my children!
Then, the #2 Rule was:
Uchiha Shishui and Uchiha Sakura, what did I tell you about being nosey! Ask Naruto first if you can see the list.
We all looked at each other and grinned sheepishly, with Uzumaki-san chuckling at our father's insight. He smiled at us and handed over the list so we can properly look at it.
"Arigato, Uzumaki-san!" I chirped at him. He blushed in embarrassment and said in a strict tone that I shouldn't call him that…It's just plain Naruto, or Naruto-san.
The list wasn't really that long. There were only five things there that Naruto-san had to do for us. The reason that the list was so long was because it was peppered with things that Naruto-san should and should not do for himself. Like:
#4: Chew with your mouth close, dobe.
21: Don't eat ramen every single time.
#25: Don't call the Hokage, Tsunada-obachan.
#44: Don't forget to sharpen your kunais.
Then, on the bottom, was the explanation.
Dobe, I don't want my children picking up your bad habits.
"Naruto-san, who's Hinata?" My brother grinned up at him and poked him on the side with his elbow. "Is she your girlfriend?"
"Nani, nani?"
I pointed to #51, the last one on the list. Talk to Hinata.
Naruto-san looked sad and shook his head. "She's not my girlfriend…she's just one of my precious person." He shrugged and stood up. "She already likes someone. Everyone keeps on telling me that."
"Who, Naruto-san?" I asked, tipping my head up to look at him.
He just grinned at oniichan and me and said it wasn't important. Then, he took us to a building he called the ninja Academy and signed us up to start school the next day. And now, we're waiting for Naruto-san's friends, the ones who would test our skills to determine which level we will be entering in.
"Naruto-san, please don't tell anyone our age," oniichan crossed his arms and closed his eyes. He looks just like otousan when he does that. "Otousan doesn't want anyone to know who our okaasan is."
"Even if I don't tell my friends your age," Naruto-san grinned, "they will know." He looked at oniichan then at me. "You both have your mother's eyes and also her skill. Once they test you, they'll know. But don't worry, no one else can tell. Only shinobis can pick up details like that."
"Her skill?" I raised my eyebrow. "What skill?"
"Perfect chakra control. When you guys execute a jutsu, it will be apparent. And you can't fake it either…you can't waste more chakra when you know how to do it the right way. So do your best. Show them what an Uchiha can do. Make your otousan and okaasan proud. Your father graduated as the top rookie and your mother as the top kunoichi."
"Hai," We said it together. I grinned at oniichan and he flashed a smirk back. This is going to be fun. Naruto-san unknowingly gave us the green light to use our full power and not to hold back.
We didn't wait too long before four figures stepped onto the bridge. They looked at us first before nodding an acknowledgement to Naruto-san. I can see it in their eyes that they have figured out who we are.
"So these are the children of Uchiha Sasuke." A man with pearl colored eyes turned to towards a woman with the same eyes as him. "Hinata-sama, do you want to administer the tests?"
She spoke softly but her voice held a quiet authority. "Neji-ni-san, I think you should do it. These children are strong." She glanced at Naruto-san and a red blush appeared on her cheeks. But Naruto-san seemed to be oblivious to this. "Naruto-kun…what do you think?"
"Let Neji fight them first. Then we'll have Shikamaru's son fight them as well."
"Do I have to? How troublesome!" A boy with blond hair pulled up into a spiky ponytail frowned. "Otousan, you said I could go cloud-watching with you today!"
"Hai, hai," A man with dark brown hair and the same hairstyle as the boy shrugged his shoulders. "But your okaasan would be yelling and screaming at me later if she finds out I pulled you out of school just for that. We can go cloud-watching after this."
Naruto-san smiled at us as he took our hands and led everyone to the training ground. He introduced everyone to us and vice versa. Then, he explained to us the rules, that we will be teaming up against the pearl-colored man named Neji and then we'll be fighting Inomaru, the little boy, individually. Then finally, all three of us, my brother, Inomaru, and I, will fight Naruto-san.
Hyuga-san got into the battle stance. However, I looked worriedly at my brother then at Naruto.
"Don't hold back," the stern voice of Hyuga-san snapped my attention back to him. "I am an elite Jounin. You have to come at me with a killer intent or else you won't survive."
"Sharingan!" Oniichan had activated his Sharingan and was waiting for me to do the same. I hesitated for a moment before activating mine as well. Everyone else, with the exception of Naruto-san, was shocked. Hyuga-san's eyes narrowed as he smirked.
"Oniichan," I yelled out, keeping my eyes on our opponent. "Remember what otousan said. Genjutsus won't work on a Hyuga. Their eyes are sharper than ours. "
"Also to keep our distance," oniichan added. "And we can't copy some of his techniques because they are part of his advanced bloodline.
Hyuga-san straightened up from his battle stance and crossed his arms. Looks like we have to attack first.
I looked at oniichan and he nodded back at me. We have trained together for so long that we can communicate without words our strategies. Our movements are synchronized and when I start doing jutsus, I don't have to worry about hitting him. He knows where to go and what to do to boost up my own attack and vice-versa.
"Kage bunshin no jutsu!" He yelled out. Three replicas of my brother popped up. Then, they all started forming seals, but each one was doing a different technique. It had taken us many months to be able to master moving our replicas, control our chakra in every one of them, and getting them to form a different technique from us.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu!" And the whole battlefield was covered in mists. It was a good thing that there was a river nearby so that we can use water jutsus too.
I formed my own Kage Bunshins. Three replicas of me also popped out and I instructed two of them to form the same technique while the other one was to work with me. This replica formed some hand seals and transformed into four giant shurikens. I grabbed them and yelled out, "Kage Shuriken no Jutsu!" and threw the giant four-windmill shuriken towards the area where my brother was aiming his Katon jutsus.
Oniichan, right after the mist-covering jutsu, had performed the Katon Goukakyuu no jutsu, the very first jutsu that we learned from our father to mark us as an adult in the Uchiha clan. It was set to distract Hyuga-san since his eyes could pierce through the mist. Then he performed the Katon Housenka. It shot fireballs towards Hyuga-san with shurikens hidden in the flames. The attack complements my Kage Shuriken no Jutsu. I watched in anticipation as Hyuga-san danced away from the flames and threw his own shurikens to deflect oniichan's attack. Then he twirled around and created a shield made of chakra to deflect my giant four-windmill shuriken and threw a kunai to hit the hidden shuriken. My bunshin popped out as it got hit.
Suddenly, my other two replicas had completed their own jutsus, and two sets of hands popped out from underneath the ground and held Hyuga-san by his feet. His eyes widened as oniichan smirked.
"Katon Ryuuka no Justu!" I yelled out after performing the proper hand seals. My brother's voice yelled out at the same time, "Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" Two twin dragons, one made of water and the other made of fire, raced towards Hyuga-san's body. I grinned as the two collided and a huge column of mist rose up. However, oniichan started yelping out and my eyes widened in shock. A log was in place where Hyuga-san once stood. Then my feet were off the ground and I started kicking and screaming.
Naruto-san was laughing and holding his stomach. The girl with the pearl-colored eyes, Hinata-sama as Hyuga-san called her, was clapping her hands. And the little boy, Inomaru, was snoring while standing up. His father, Nara-san, was just shaking his head.
Both my brother and I were held up by the back of our shirts by Hyuga-san and his replica. We were tossed to Naruto-san and landed on our bottoms. I winced as I hit the ground.
"Next time," Hyuga-san's voice held a tinge of amusement, "remember that your own technique can be used against you."
"What happened?" Oniichan stood and scowled, dusting his pants off. "When did you do a Kawarimi no Justu?"
Nara-san spoke up, his voice had a tint of lazy drawl. "When you did the mist concealment, he performed the Kage Bunshin no jutsu and had a replica standing in his place. He placed himself in the trees and just waited. Then, after you two performed the dragon jutsus, he made two replicas and each of them just strolled up behind you two and lifted you off the ground."
"Wait, so where's Hyuga-san?" I looked around and saw Hyuga-san coming out of the trees. His two replicas bowed to him before disappearing in a puff.
"My initial job is to assess your skills. You both need to be more aware of your surroundings." Hyuga-san bowed to Naruto-san and took his place behind the woman that Naruto-san has a crush on. "Hinata-sama, should we get going?"
"Naruto-san, should we call her Hinata-sama too?" Oniichan scrutinized her up and down. "Is this the woman otousan wrote on his list?"
"You should ask her out on a date!" I smirked as the woman turned bright red. I could see a big sweat-drop forming on Naruto-san's forehead. Behind her, Hyuga-san was also smirking. "Unless you're scared, Naruto-san."
"Then we'll ask her out for you!" Oniichan turned to the woman and bowed, "Please go to dinner with Naruto-san, Hinata-sama. Or else my sister and I will end up eating ramen for dinner!"
"Oh my…"
I don't own Naruto. I am not making any money off of this fanfic so please don't sue me. I'm just a poor college student. Please review if you like the fanfic. Warning: this is going to be a long fanfic. Here's some explanation: People tell Naruto that Hinata likes someone and he doesn't get the hint that Hinata likes him. Therefore, he thinks Hinata likes another guy. I got the name Inomaru from Prime Minister's fanfic "Worth the Trouble." Please don't get mad, Prime Minister. I couldn't think of what else to name him. I hope you don't mind. If you do, I'll change it. Also, the reason the twins know so many jutsus is because their father showed them the jutsus and even though they don't have a large amount of chakra, they have perfect chakra control like their mother. Please review.