**Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the quote below. I just own Sintary ^^ Also I do not own the other OC Kokuro. He's my friend
Wow. Almost two weeks to get this done. I'm super sorry guys, but as I tried to warn you (at least those of you on the blog), I started school, and I worked basically all week. I wrote as much as I could, but the homework load is pretty big. Again, check out the blog ( Dear Itachi News . blogspot . com). It gives you the latest updates (when I can actually get something out there), teasers, and pictures. In between chapters, I try and work on those pictures I promised, but I'll start doing little facts about Dear Itachi. So if you have any detailed-ish type questions, ask away and I'll answer them there!
Without further ado:
"Ohana means family.
Family means no one gets left behind,
Or forgotten."
-Stitch, Lilo and Stitch
"So that's your story?"
"Yep."
"And you're sticking with it?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"You two sound absolutely ludicrous."
"Yeah, we know—"
"We get that a lot—"
"But we're usually right, too."
The busty blonde haired woman sat back in her seat, crossing her arms across her chest as she looked between the two people before her finishing each other's sentences. One a young –emphasis on the word young – woman with long black hair and ghostly pale skin. The other a young male — he looked more seasoned than his companion — with almost equally long, but wild white hair.
"So let me get this straight," her topaz eyes analyzed them hard. "You're saying that the Uchiha massacre that happened five – five years ago, wasn't just a young shinobi cracking under the pressure of the life he had chosen. That it was actually planned out by the late Danzo Shimura and approved by the elders and the Third Hokage?" She had thought the events of said ninja had been odd from what she had heard, but she has seen the horrors people are capable of when they've lost their minds.
The woman nodded softly. "The Third wished for a more peaceful negotiation, but he was overruled. This is what the council thought was the best – and only –option."
"That sounds pretty normal." Commented another member in the room.
"Shut up, you old fool!" The blond woman hissed.
"Hey, hey," the older white haired shinobi raised his hands. "You invited me here to listen and put my opinions out there."
"No," she said firmly. "You came in with these two in tow and sat your saggy ass on my windowsill."
The man looked appalled and insulted. "My insight is invaluable! And my ass is not saggy!"
The woman looked disgusted as she rolled her eyes.
The two younger adults looked between each other, unsure of how to proceed.
"What are you two looking at!?" The blonde shinobi shouted a tad annoyed.
"I think they're waiting for you to continue." The man replied.
"Oh," she said, "right." She thought about where she left off. "So, the Uchiha Massacre happened, you took Sasuke Uchiha in, you got demoted and found out the truth, but you got positioned into ROOT. Then, you found out you were pregnant. Danzo Shimaru tortured you almost daily and fairly explicitly, but left you alone aside from the paternity test." She reiterated pointing between the two of them.
"Yes, that's correct." The young man said.
"Then, this torture continued to happen without anyone's notice?" She asked just in disbelief.
"Well, I noticed," the young woman said. "But the wounds were only that of a normal spare. It wasn't until further on that I noticed more of a personality change."
"So, Danzo would tear you open and apart so to speak, but put you back together before the session was over?"
The young white-haired shinobi nodded. "That is correct."
"Again, knowing Danzo… that's believable." The older man said.
"Quiet you!" She hissed at him before looking at the two youngsters before her. "So then you gave birth to a son, sealed his chakra, and a month later got kidnapped by Orochimaru during the Konoha crush and was his prisoner for four years?"
The black haired woman nodded. "Yes, that's correct."
"But then Danzo Shiruma came and dropped off you at Orochimaru's to be experimented on permanently?"
"Yes." The young shinobi said.
"But then Itachi Uchiha showed up to rescue you and your son," she said looking at the mother who nodded. She then turned her attention to her partner. "And you saw through his disguise with your Byakugan, instantly felt the urge to kill him, and broke out of your cell with murderous intent?" He nodded simply. "And then he released his guise to undo all the seals, thus bringing Sasuke Uchiha into the picture." They both nodded. "Then there was this whole battle in which Danzo Shimura ended up dead, Kabuto Yakushi may or may not be dead, and Orochimaru fled. The Uchiha brothers sorta made up, and you're all looking to live happily ever after in the Leaf Village?"
The woman slowly nodded. "Yes. We would like to settle back in with our family, and only you can grant us this, Lady Hokage."
The said woman glanced between the two of them. "Well, according to my records: Kokuro Otustuski, you are still a Konoha Shinobi. That status was never stripped of you since Danzo never made it back. For you, Sintary Sacuna, you were deemed as missing, but not necessarily a missing-nin. Now that you were "found" and "freed" from Orochimaru's claws, you are also reinstated as a Konoha citizen. The same goes for Kazuki because he was born in the village, and I have his birth certificate."
"And Itachi and Sasuke?" Sintary asked worriedly.
"That," the Fifth Hokage said, "I will have to take up with the entire five nations." She explained. "They are of missing-nin status and have committed horrible acts against almost every village. They will not be forgiving – not that I blame them."
"But the Uchiha Massacre wasn't Itachi's fault –" Sintary started again.
"Yes, as you've explained," stopped the Hokage. "But we still have to find those records – if they even exist anymore. There is still the fact that Itachi is associated with the Akatsuki for four years now. While he may have been innocent in the murderering of his family, he still joined a criminal organization instead of just laying low or disappearing."
"Actually, Tsunade–" the older white haired man said.
"Dammit, Jiraiya! I said shut it!" The woman snapped at him.
"Calm down, I have something to say that's important." He replied calmly. "My informant of the Akatsuki movements is actually Itachi Uchiha."
To this, the Hokage rose an eyebrow. "And why would he be doing this?"
"The same reason he assassinated his entire family," Kokuro spoke up, "because he is utterly devoted to his village."
Her topaz eyes moved to the shinobi in front of her firmly before sighing. "Well, so long as we can find those scrolls, Itachi has a strong case. Do you have any for Sasuke?" She asked.
"He's an idiot—"
"He's an arrogant asshole."
Tsunade shook her head slightly at that. "A real case."
The two in front of her were silent, but her old teammate spoke. "You don't need a case." He said. "You just need Naruto."
At that, the seasoned woman groaned. "I almost forgot about that annoying bundle of energy. You're right though." She admitted. "The minute he hears of this, he'll be pounding down my door demanding I take him back." She sighed deeply. "This is going to require so much paperwork… and sake." She closed her eyes already feeling a headache coming on.
"Lady Hokage?" Sintary asked her softly. "What are we supposed to do to proceed forward?"
The blonde woman opened her eyes to look at the blue eyed woman. "You can bring Kazuki into the village. We'll give you your keys back, and you can continue living in Konoha." She said simply.
"But what about Itachi and Sasuke? What are they to due until then?"
"What do you mean? They're still listed as missing-nin. We're required to arrest and or kill them on sight. If they want to remain alive, they should stay off the grid until this gets settled." The Hokage stated.
"Wouldn't it be easier to show the council their willingness to oblige to change if they came in on their own accords even risking arrest and execution?" Kokuro challenged the woman.
"He's not wrong. Having the Uchiha's in custody would make it less likely for anyone to come after them – for now at least – and at least show the grand council you have a handle on things. You can make your conditions for restrains and have them monitored for behavior. I'm sure a session with Ibiki and Inochi would prove whether or not they're still a threat to the villages." Jiraiya stated.
Tsunade let out some air as she mulled all this over. She weighed her options and considered what would need to be done to serve the village in its best interest. She knew Naruto would go after Sasuke if he knew the latter was close by… it would probably be easier on her if she just brought them both in now…
"You do realize if we don't find those documents, and I have Itachi Uchiha in custody, I will be forced to persecute him, correct? There will be no leeway if we can't find those even if he has provided us with intel. For all we know without a good character basis is that this is all part of their greater plans." The Hokage explained.
"So we need to find the documents first." Sintary clarified.
The older woman nodded. "Yes. From there I can decide what to do." She rolled her eyes at her decision. "I can't believe I'm actually thinking this could work, and that what you've said is true. As I've said before: it sounds absolutely ludicrous."
Sintary smiled softly. "That's because you never knew the truth."
"I still don't know if that's true. Go find me those documents immediately!"
"Kokuro, I think I found something over here!" Sintary called before coughing at all the dust.
The young shinobi hurried over to where his friend was having pushed a bookshelf out of the way and looked at the door feeling déjà vu. He just felt like he had been before this door before… that there had been a purpose in being here.
"It's sealed or something because there's not even a knob on the door." Sintary observed as she tried ramming herself into it.
"That won't work…" Kokuro told her softly still feeling strange about this door.
"Well, do you have any better ideas? We need to save Itachi!" Sintary retorted trying again with chakra.
"I… I've been here before." He tried explaining. "But I don't remember what I was doing here."
"Can you see a seal on it at all?" She asked him gently since it was invisible to her eyes.
Kokuro activated his Sharingan, then his now Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan before shaking his eyes. "I don't see anything with my doujutsu."
"What about… with the Byakugan?" Sintary asked him slowly. "You had that when you fought Itachi a couple days ago."
"I did?" He questioned blinking a couple times.
His friend gave a tiny nod. "You don't remember having it?"
"No… but… I mean, my clan records – what we have anyway – says I have two other doujutsu at my disposal. Maybe the Byakugan was one of them." The remaining member of the Otustsuki clan said slowly.
He slowly channeled chakra to his eyes and actually felt the change. He could see what his Sharingan could not. He saw a very powerful seal placed on the door almost cementing it in its place. Kokuro stepped up and gently placed his hands on his chakra, following his instincts. His hands elegantly worked between the batches of energy in a particular format that he just seemed to know. It was a tap here, a pound here, this way and that, up and down, a full circle of chakra, and a bit of his wind affinity.
When the shinobi stepped back to observe his work, he found the hidden lock. He took to fingers and placed the tips of them in the center of it all. With a bit of chakra in his two fingers, the door lit up a bright seafoam green color that highlighted all that Sintary could not see. He heard her gasp besides him in amazement. Kokuro then slowly turned his finger clockwise and all the seals began unlocking themselves. Once all of them were undone, the door slid into the wall, opening up a hidden room.
Inside was loaded with documents that someone had wanted no one to find out about. From the floor to the ceiling and on every wall were shelves lined with scrolls.
The team looked between themselves before diving in the find the ones they needed to prove their friend innocent.
"This has been here the whole time?"
"Yes."
"I'm the Hokage! How did I not know about this?" She exclaimed enraged.
"Because Danzo and the elders did not wish you to know about everything they've done in the past and or behind your back," Sintary said calmly.
In their digging, the pair had found quite a bit of interesting information – including missions and events Danzo had erased from Kokuro's conscious mind. It had been disturbing to say the least.
"And the scroll for the Uchiha Massacre was in here with all the details?" Tsunade asked looking at them.
Sintary nodded handing over the document. "It was heavily encrypted, but with the Sharingan and knowledge of the basic code we were able to establish this is it. It reads as it should for the naked eye now though."
The Fifth Hokage nodded at that. "I want you two to seal it back up. We will unveil it at the Gokage Summit that is being called into order."
Sintary and Kokuro nodded and did as their Hokage wished. The scroll was reverted back to its original state under her eyes.
"You may go get the Uchiha brothers with a team of ANBU Black Ops." Tsunade stated. "Their chakra will be sealed, and they will both be heavily bound. Any and every weapon will be confiscated before they enter the village. They will be under twenty-four-hour supervision on separate ends of the prison. They both will remain there until we leave with the Summit. If either one slips up, this deal is off. I will not tolerate insubordination or uncooperative, disrespectful, prude boys. Do I make myself clear?"
The two nodded firmly, understanding clear and hard in their eyes.
"We will make sure your message is loud and crystal clear, Lady Hokage." Kokuro reassured her.
"I will assemble a team to meet you two at the gates in half an hour. Do not be late." She said firmly.
The duo nodded once more before leaving the door with the Hokage in tow. They did not make it far before an ANBU appeared in front of them.
"Lady Hokage," he said kneeling before her. "We have detained and captured Sasuke and Itachi Uchiha along with a little boy in their possession."
"What? What on Earth happened!?" Tsunade exclaimed looking slightly peeved.
"Scouts detected Sasuke Uchiha's chakra rapidly approaching the village, and the team of Black Ops intervened before he could reach the village. Itachi Uchiha was being supported by his younger brother while the child was with one of Sasuke Uchiha's clones. The younger Uchiha claimed he and his brother were not here to harm the village, but that Itachi Uchiha needed immediate medical assistance."
"What is the state of the older Uchiha?" The Hokage demanded.
"His chakra reservoirs were substantially lower that previously noted. He was unable to stand fully when arrested, and on the verge of passing out. Blood dripped from his right eye along from the corners of his mouth. It was also found on one of his hands." The shinobi reported to her.
"Has he been taken to a medic?" Tsunade asked harshly.
"No. He has been taken to the seclusion section of the prison, and is currently under heavy guard." He replied.
"Take me to him immediately. He does us no good if he's dead." The Hokage commanded.
The ANBU nodded at that, not questioning his leader. "As you wish." He said and lead them to where Itachi Uchiha was being held.
"What's his status?!" Boomed the blonde medic nin as she stormed the prison.
"In and out, vomiting blood as well as coughing it up." One of the guards told his Hokage.
"Let me in there, now." Tsunade demanded.
The guards easily let her pass, but stood firm with her followers.
"I need the girl. She's a medic." The blonde informed them.
Sintary looked back at Kokuro. "Find where they have Kazuki. He's probably scared. He'll need a comforting face. Tell him I'll be with him shortly."
Her friend nodded before heading to find his god son as she dove pass the guards and headed in with the older woman.
They hadn't been exaggerating. There was blood over most of the floor having spread from its original spot. The sight would have unnerved Tsunade three years ago, but she had changed since then.
Sintary rushed over to where Itachi laid on the ground having been unable to support himself much.
"I don't understand how he could be so sick. He was fine a couple days ago." She insisted gently rolling him onto his back and holding his pale hand.
"You also haven't seen him for four years." Tsunade reminded her.
"He wouldn't have been able to fight it if he was this sick." Sintary tried pointing out.
"He is a shinobi capable of wielding any disguise he wants. While many reports have reached me about his appearances, he is hardly one to physically fight. He could – and my presumption is that he has – been sick for a while now, but no one has been able to detect it do to his distance from battle." The medic tried explaining to her as she stepped closer. "But none of that matters because as it stands right now he's prognostics does not look good."
Upon looking down at the younger woman, Tsunade observed that her breathing patterns had changed. It deeper as if she was trying to catch her breath. Her head full of black hair slowly started to shake back and forth as if she was saying 'no.'
"He can't… he can't die." Sintary whispered under her breath as her throat tightened.
The older woman concluded what was going on, and her eyes narrowed in disdain.
"Get a hold of yourself!" She snapped at the woman on the ground.
Immediately, blue eyes looked up into hard, topaz ones. Her eyes were wide with shock and fear.
"You're a kunoichi! A supposed medic-nin based on your file. You cannot afford to panic over this!" Tsunade told her sharply. "Right now, it's not about you – it's about him. He needs you to be focused and calm because if you're not: He will die."
Understanding flooded her young eyes as it replaced the fear. She gave a small nod as response to the older woman.
"Now, we need to assess the damage first. Then we'll stabilize him and head over to the hospital. He's lost too much blood to keep this here."
Sintary nodded and began removing the cloak Itachi had adorned carefully, but quickly. The bulky material would just get in their way. She then worked off his grey shirt leaving him in the mesh he wore underneath it.
Tsunade then took over, placing her hands on the Uchiha's chest as they started to glow green. She tsked as her chakra flooded his system. The damage she found was more extensive than she had previously believed, and it was only getting worse.
"Dammit." She hissed.
"What's going on?" Sintary insisted as concern settled over her face.
"His disease had to be genetic… it's the only way it could have gotten this bad this quickly… dammit!" Tsunade swore again. "I need a gurney immediately! Get Sakura and Shizune and have them ready at the hospital doors with a room!"
Sintary turned her head as she watched the men quickly act on their Hokage's words. She then swiveled back to the woman before her.
"What is wrong with him!?" She demanded.
"Everything!" Tsunade shouted at her. "He's going to crash if we don't get him to the hospital as soon as possible."
The blonde woman saw her companion's face set hard with determination. "If he does, I'll keep him going." She said firmly. "I can do this."
The other woman was just about to question her when she felt his heart give with her chakra as the gurney appeared.
"Well, you're about to prove your worth! Get him on the gurney, and you get on top of him!" Tsunade shouted as they moved into action.
The two ANBU helped the Hokage move the unconscious Uchiha onto the bed, and Sintary climbed on top of him. She placed two hands where Tsunade's had originally been and began loading her chakra into him. She forced the blood to circulate while she worked on starting his heart again.
"Hang on!" Tsunade yelled as she began to push the gurney at a quick pace.
Sintary lunged forward, almost losing her position, but forced herself to stay put. She kept pumping her chakra into him; sparking his heart while moving his blood around. Just from the blood flow alone, she could tell there was damage to several of his organs.
It was in that moment that Sintary realized even if she got his heart started again, unless they were able to save his other organs, there wasn't much hope. She could lose him for good this time.
It was also then that she realized he was not going to just let him walk out of her life again. They had a son, and another child on the way. She was not going to let them grow up without a father without having poured every ounce of her being into saving his life.
Itachi Uchiha was not going to just die and leave them.
She swore on it.
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