Enjoy! And Sorry if it's quite cheesy. Lol!
A year passed as Kai graduated from the academy. Just like Itachi, she had only stayed there for a year. Lord Third had debated at first if he should let her graduate. But her height was so much different from the other children's her age, he decided that it was an exception. Being in a squad was a bit harder for her seeing as how she was an extra who wasn't supposed to have graduated at an early age. It was a bit difficult working with her squad at first since the boy on her team wouldn't acknowledge her because of their female kunoichi, whom the boy had a crush on, kept most of her attention on her. But thanks to their Jounin sensei, they were able to put their differences aside as they worked together.
A year after that, the Chunin Exams came. It was thanks to her father's technique of the Space-Time Ninjutsu, which she had learned and figuring out how it worked from his scroll, she was able to make a replica of his kunais for the Flying Thunder God Technique. With this technique, she was able to pass the exams with flying colors. Of course, thanks to her reviving the technique, she was given her father's title, The Yellow Flash. She didn't mind the title, however, it's just that she didn't feel right accepting it. It belonged to her father and she had hoped that it would stay with him as long as others still remembered him. But she wasn't able to reject it seeing as how others kept on persisting saying that she was his replica. And for some reason, her name was in the Bingo Book with her Father's title right next to it. She was gloomy about for a couple of days that it had to take Naruto a while to be able to cheer her up.
Kai, Itachi, and Shisui had celebrated her promotion together on the day that they weren't busy with missions. She could still remember the laughter and joys they all had together at the Yakiniku Q. But it all ended on the day when Shisui had talked with the Council about the Uchiha's Coup D'etat.
Wearing her newly given Chunin vest, Kai had decided to wear the exact replica of her father's clothing. Minus the Hokage cloak. She knew that wearing the exact clothing as her father, making her look exactly like him, wouldn't make the village acknowledge her as 'Kai Namikaze'. But she had decided then when she was taking the Chunin Exams, when her life was on the line, that she will give the title to her little brother. Naruto had earned more rights to that title than she did. He was the prophecy child. The child who will end the war. And she has decided that she will be there to support him. For whatever that will make him fall, she will help him rise again.
Smiling at that thought, Kai finally made it to the meeting point that Shisui has asked to meet up. Walking out of the trees and into the clearing, she saw that the older Uchiha was standing by the cliffside.
"Shisui!"
The Said boy turned around to see her. He smiled when his eyes met hers. She had jogged up to him to stand in front of him. Her height was still nowhere close to reaching Shisui's or Itachi's. It was still the same as ever. Always stopping by the height of Itachi's chin. She was a bit glum at that seeing as how her two best friends were still a lot taller than her. But she soon waved it off.
Greeting him, she smiles, "So, you're finally back from your mission. How'd it go?"
He shrugs, "Not much that I couldn't handle. It took a while longer than expected though."
She nodded, "Yeah. You were gone for a few weeks. Missed your presence here."
Her words put made his cheeks redden, "You missed me?"
She smiled cheekily, "Well yeah. It's not fun here without you since Itachi mostly has Anbu missions or work to take care of. Training with Sasuke is good too but I think he prefers his older brother. And then Naruto is mostly glued to me 24/7 seeing as how I'm the only one there for him."
He smiled as he put a hand on her shoulder, "You seem to be doing fine without me." Rubbing the back of her head, she chuckles, "Yeah. But you know what I meant." He chuckled, knowing fully well that she just wants her two best friends by her side. Which were him and Itachi. Looking around their surrounding, Kai noticed that one of them weren't there yet. "Where's Itachi? I thought for sure he would be here by now."
He turned to look at the sunset as her question was answered when a rustle was heard. Looking behind her, she smiled, waving a hand to him. He waved back until Shisui spoke, "We played here a lot." Itachi looked at the back of his friend, "So you were back."
"Yeah. We finally chased the Hidden Mist away."
Itachi came to stand beside them on the cliffside as he too, looked at the sunset. Speaking up, Kai asked, "Why did you want to see us Shisui?" Becoming serious, he decided to ask the question. It was more for Itachi than for her, which she didn't mind because it involved their clan. So when she heard him spoke of Fugaku still wanting a Coup D'etat, she was surprised. She kept quiet though, knowing fully well that it wasn't her right to speak up.
Silently listening to their conversation, Kai put her hands in her pocket as the two spoke. The both of them were against the Coup D'etat. But Shisui warned Itachi that he couldn't do anything seeing as how he was being watched by him. This information seemed to have caught Itachi by surprise. His eyes widen, fully understanding why. He had hoped that they hadn't caught on. But it seems his actions have made him become suspicious.
Sighing, Kai caught their attention as she rubbed the back of her head, ruffling her hair a bit, "Just when we finally thought we have a bit of peace. Things just have to go downhill very quickly." Chuckling, Shisui scratched his cheek, "Sorry about this Kai. But I needed someone else who was close to me to know about this information without leaking it out." She waves a hand in dismissal, "Don't worry about it. You and Itachi are my best friends. What are friends for if we don't have each other's back?"
Without her noticing, Itachi has somehow stood in front of her. Since she was on the other side of the older Uchiha. He had grabbed the hairband and pulled it out of her hair, letting her hair splayed out onto her shoulders and back. Her hair has gotten longer as it now reached to the mid of her back. She was about to whine to him about his habit of doing this to her hair but was stopped when he ran his hand through seemed to always calm her down for some reason as she closed her eyes and enjoyed the feeling.
She snapped out of her daze once he was done. Opening her eyes, she saw Itachi smiling softly down at her as he still kept a hand in her hair. She pouted, "Do you always have to do this every time the three of us are together? It's thanks to you that Sasuke has been acting weird around me lately ever since that one day when he joined us in training." He raised an eyebrow at this new information, "Weird? How so?"
Putting a hand on her chin, she frowns, "Dunno. He's been blushing more and kept hiding behind a tree ever since he found out that I was a girl."
Itachi couldn't help but twitch an eyebrow. He knew he shouldn't be jealous of his little brother. Sasuke was just a year younger than her, even though she doesn't look her age thanks to her height. But even he knew that Sasuke couldn't help himself. She was pretty to look at but once her hair is down, she was beautiful.
Not hearing a word of retort from Shisui, Kai turned to look at him, "You're awfully quiet." Frowning, she saw that his face was completely red again. She walked up to him as she put her hands on his cheeks, "You're not catching a fever again, are you? You always turn red when Itachi always put my hair down." And again, Shisui stutters as he tries to pry her hands away from his face, telling her that he was fine. Itachi sweat dropped as he forgot that Kai was a bit dense when it comes things like this. She wasn't really one to focus on her love life seeing as how she was still a kid. Though she has a brain of an adult. She was more focus on helping out the village and being there for Naruto.
Kai was chasing Shisui in a circle now. He was trying to get away from the Sunset beauty as he tried his best to try and make his blush go away. But just one look at her with her hair flowing down behind her back, his face reddens even more. Having enough of this cat and mouse game, Kai used the body flicker move, that she has learned from him, and quickly pinned him down onto the ground.
Shisui was on his back while Kai was on top of him, straddling his waist as she pinned his wrists on either side of his head. She smirked, "Finally got you." His face flamed an utter bright red as his nose bleeds and fainted. Confused, she let go of his wrists and put her hands on his chest, tilting her head, "Shisui?"
By this point, Itachi was raging in jealousy. Just as he stood a couple of feet away from where the two were, he was instantly behind Kai, wrapping his arms around under hers as he pulls her off of the still-fainted Uchiha. Confused at his sudden action, she looks up at him from over her shoulders, "Itachi?" She froze when she saw his angered face, his Sharingan activated in his eyes.
Nervous, she weakly smiled at him, "I-Itachi?"
Without an answer, he walked, more like stomp, them a couple of feet away from the faint Uchiha and sat them on the ground. She blinked when she saw that he had made her sit in his lap, his arms still tightly wrapped around her waist. Blinking a couple more time, she looks up at him, "Itachi? What are you doing?" Instead of an answer, he merely pouts and looks away.
Confused, she scratches her head a bit as she tilts it, not fully understanding what was going on.
The next day, it was late in the afternoon as the sun was setting. Both Itachi and Kai were waiting on Shisui. Itachi was leaning on the giant boulder with his arms crossed in front of him while Kai had her hands in her pockets. They were supposed to meet up. But she couldn't help feeling that something was wrong. Turning to look at Itachi, she spoke, "I'm going to go look for Shisui. I have a bad feeling that something might have happened." He uncrossed his arms as he stood up straight, "So you too, huh?" She nodded before flickering away.
As she jumped, she tried to get a locate on his chakra. But for some reason, she couldn't. It was almost as if he was hurt or slowly depleted of it. Worried, she decided to use the Flying Thunder God technique as she transported herself directly to him. She had branded a seal on both Itachi and Shisui so she could get to them faster in case they were ever in a bind. When she finally made it to him, she was breathing a bit hard. She hadn't expected for the distance to be so far. It's thanks to that that she has used quite a bit of chakra.
Feeling something aiming for her head, she quickly grabs the hand that held the kunai and pins the culprit onto the tree trunk by having a hand to their throat. When she saw that it was the person whom she was worried about, she quickly let go, "Shisui!"
He chuckled breathlessly, "Should've known it was you, Kai."
She rubbed the back of her head, "Sorry."
When she saw him had his right eyes closed, she frowned in concerned, "Shisui, what happened to your eye? You're bleeding."
Before he could answer, they were quickly attacked by Danzo's Anbu Roots. Jumping away from the branch that they were standing on, Kai took a kunai out as she battled it out with two of them. "Lord Namikaze, this has nothing to do with you. So please stand down," said one of them. Narrowing her eyes, she used the body flicker to appear quickly in front of them, slashing her kunai at one of their throats, ending their life, "You're trying to kill my friend and comrade here so I don't think so."
Bringing a kunai up, the one that wasn't killed by her said, "Fine. We weren't ordered to kill you but since you're in our way… I'll have no choice!" He leaped towards her with amazing speed, kunai ready in hand to kill her off. Throwing her special kunai at him, he quickly deflected it. Just as he was near her, she instantly disappeared.
"Wha-?"
He was cut off when he felt a hand on his shoulder. While in mid-air with her kunai in hand, Kai glared at him, "Whatever Danzo is planning. I'll make sure to stop him no matter what. And him hurting Shisui is unforgivable." Without giving him a chance to counter or defend himself, she ended him without any second thought.
She didn't think that she had taken that long just to finish the two until a loud boom was heard. Quickly turning her head towards it, her eyes widen, "Shisui!" She teleported herself next to him just in time to grab him before the enemies kunais could hit him. What she didn't expect was two Fireball being shot from the tree lines straight at the two still standing Anbu Roots. Killing them.
Taking the both of them far away from the scene, she was able to get away before Itachi caught up to them. They had stopped at the cliffside that they were at just yesterday. Itachi grabbed the older Uchiha from her when they stopped and gently set him on the grass, helping him lean on the tree trunk behind him.
Kneeling next to him, Kai put a hand on his cheek with a worried look, "Shisui…" He sadly smiled at her as he leans into her hand, "Sorry Kai. Looks like I wasn't able to do anything." She softly shook her head, "You're going to be fine." He shook his head and slowly stood up to his feet. She helped him as he smiles at her, appreciating it.
Once he was finally able to stand, he walked to stand at the edge of the cliff. His back was turned to them when he finally spoke, "It's too late to stop the Coup D'etat by the Uchiha. If civil war breaks out in the Leaf Village, other nations are sure to attack… which means a full-scale war. I was going to try to stop the Coup D'etat with Kotoamatsukami, but… Lord Danzo took my right eye…" He then looks at them over his shoulder, "He doesn't trust me. He intends to protect the Village his own way, no matter what it takes or how it looks." He then turns away from them, "I suspect he'll come after my left eye as well."
Clenching her hands into a fist, Kai took a couple steps towards him, "Then we'll stop him somehow! If we tell Lord Hokage about what he's done then-" She was interrupted by him, "Both you and I know that it can't be done. The only way to have done this was if I have both of my eyes, this would've been a lot easier. No blood shed would have to occur."
Gritting her teeth, Kai knew that he was right. If only Danzo hadn't interfered. If he wasn't so bent on trying to…
Tears fell from her eyes as her shoulder shook. Softly smiling at her, Shisui undid her hair just like how Itachi would do all those times that they were together. He let his hand stay in her hair as he gently tilts her head up, "You know. This is actually the first time I have seen you cry. You should smile instead. You look more beautiful with it instead of tears."
As he said those words, the memory of her parents smiling before their death flashed through her mind. The feeling was just like back then. She knew that she couldn't cry. That those who were close to her did not wish to see her tears. They wish to see her with a smile as they part this world. And yet, to hear him say those words… She knew that he was going to die.
Taking a deep shaky breath, she gritted her teeth before giving him a teary smile, "Okay!"
Shisui smiled. He was glad to be able to see her like this one last time. To see the girl that he has been in love with holding a smile for him. Even if she was seven years younger than him. He felt sorrow creeping its way into his heart. How he wished to be able to live a lot longer to be with her. But, fate had to be cruel and end his life here. Without thinking, he leaned down and kissed her, closing his only available eye.
This action caught her by surprise as her eyes widen in shock. She hadn't expected for this to happen. For Shisui to develop feelings for her. So when he pulled away, her face flushed red as she stutters, "W-Wha-?!" He chuckled, "You know. You're cute when you get all flustered like this. Guess I should've done this a long time ago."
"Hey!"
She pouted as her face was still red. Laughing, Shisui sighs. He was definitely going to miss this the most. To be able to laugh and smile with the two. Sighing, he became serious again. He turned to look at Itachi, who had turned his head away to give the two privacy, and gained his attention, "I want to give you my other eye before he has a chance Itachi."
Itachi quickly looks at him with grief while Kai became depressed again. Bringing a hand up, Shisui used it take out his left eye as he handed it to him, "You're the only person I can count on, my best friend. Please protect this Village… and the honor of the Uchiha name."
As Itachi accepted his eye, Kai silently cried as she watched the exchange between the two. The both of them were like brothers. Just as much as Sasuke was to Itachi. But Shisui was the one person who has ever been there for him. The only one who had ever understood him beside herself. So to see him sacrificing himself just for Itachi to achieve the Mangekyo Sharingan… It was another sacrifice in order to save the Village. Just like her parents had with the Nine-Tail Fox.
Feeling a hand on her shoulder, her eyes quickly snapped towards her only Uchiha friend. His eyes, now holding the Mangekyo, held grief as tears of blood ran down his face. Bringing a hand up, she gently wipes them away. It was quiet between them as they looked at each other. His eyes changed back to their onyx color until he tightly hugged her to him.
She could feel his tears as they soaked her neck. He had buried his head in the crook of her neck as he silently cried for his dear friend's death. Bringing her arms up, she tightly hugged him back, "It's going to be alright Itachi. I promise."
"No. It's not. Not with how stubborn the Uchiha clan people are."
Pushing him a bit away from her, she gave him a stern look, "That may be so. But we'll stop it somehow together. We'll try and stop the Coup D'etat."
He shook his head, "Only I can do this Kai. You know that."
"But-"
She was cut off when Itachi brought a hand to her cheek, "I don't wish to get you anymore involved as it is. I'm sorry." Sighing, she gradually nodded, "Okay. But!" She said as she points a finger at him, making his eyes widen a tad bit, "We're still going to hang like usual and no secrets from each other alright?"
His eyes soften, "Yeah." Guilt hit him. He knew he couldn't tell her about Madara. For if he did, he knew that she will be in danger next.
Two years have passed after Shisui's death. Kai was then made Jounin at the age of nine. The entire village was quite impressed at how quickly she had been promoted. At such a young age too. It has been quite a while since a child that young has reached that level. Then again, she was a born prodigy that some were proud and envy of.
Of course, she wasn't the only who got promoted. Itachi himself was also promoted to Anbu Squad Leader. The both of them celebrated their promotion by having his favorite food, Dango. It didn't feel the same without Shisui, but the two of them managed. They still trained together from time to time when they aren't given mission. But other than that, things have been running their course.
Kai couldn't help but notice that Itachi has been becoming quieter as time passes by. She understood his feelings. So she left him be as he tries to figure things out on his own. Especially on trying to stop the Coup D'etat somehow still.
It was a late night. Kai was under the moonlit night as she walked. She had just taken Naruto home from the Academy and was now walking to her home. But as she walked, a bad feeling suddenly overcame her. She didn't know if it was her instinct or something else telling her, but what she does know, it involved Itachi.
Quickly taking a kunai out, she instantly activated the seal on him and teleported herself to him. When she had, she hadn't expected for a short sword swinging down on her. Bringing her kunai up, she deflected it. Glaring at the wielder, her eyes widen when she saw who it was.
"Itachi?"
She brought her kunai up to defend herself from his swing again. Gritting her teeth, she pushed him back and quickly slashed at him, making him jump a couple of feet away from her. Bringing her kunai up, she shouted, "What's the meaning of this Itachi? Tell me!" Straightening up, he gestured to his surrounding, "Look and you'll know."
Doing as what he said, her eyes widen in horror. Everywhere around her were dead bodies. Not just any bodies. They were corpses of the Uchiha clan. Every last one of them. Finally understanding his resolve on stopping the Coup D'etat, she lowered her kunai
"Now you know," said Itachi, lowering his weapon as well.
Clenching her fists, she sadly looks at him, "Was this really the only way?" Instead of answering her, he used his Mangekyo Sharingan on her. He made her enter Tsukuyomi, trapping her within his genjutsu. Surprised at the sudden change of scenery, she quickly looks at her surrounding. Everything was black and red, just like the color of the Sharingan. Turning to look back at Itachi, she frowned, "Why did you put me in one of your genjutsu Itachi?"
Itachi stood a couple of feet away from her as he answered, "This way, no one will know what I am about to tell."
Relaxing, she nodded, "I'm listening."
"I didn't have any other choice but to do this Kai. Danzo had threatened me that if I didn't do as he says, he would've killed Sasuke."
Her eyes widen, "What?"
He nodded, "There was that and…" he trailed off as he looks to the ground.
Wanting to know everything, Kai pressured him a little, "And what? If Sasuke's life is already being threatened Itachi. It's best if you just tell me everything even if I don't like it."
Sighing, he continued, "My father… after the meeting at the shrine… He showed me that he will use his Mangekyo Sharingan on Naruto once his men have captured him. Unleashing the Nine-Tail Fox and controlling it. Destroying the village. Just like Madara Uchiha had once done."
Shock, the memories of that night flashed itself in her mind. The fox, the battle, the death of her parents as her little brother cried, and then the man in the orange mask. Fisting her hands, she sternly looks at him, "I'm guessing you couldn't handle it anymore and decided to end the clan. Am I correct?" He nodded, "I couldn't stand how selfish everyone has become. Shisui had understood that this might happened. Which is why he entrusted me with his eye. I will fulfill his wish, even if I do become a rouge ninja after this."
With downcast eyes, her shoulders slowly slumped, "And what about Sasuke? Even if you did threaten Danzo about killing Sasuke… he will still be vulnerable." He softly shook his head, "No he won't." Confused, she looked up at him with a frown, "What do you mean?"
He closed the gap between them as he walked to stand in front of her. Bringing a hand up, he undid her hair like he always did, brushing her unruly hair. Once done, he put his hand on her cheek, "I'm entrusting you to protect Sasuke. The Hokage will know about what happened once he sees the massacre and he will help you to protect Sasuke as well. But if anything… I trust you that you will lead him in the right direction."
Holding his hand that is on her cheek, she sighs, "Since you're leaving him alive. And I know that you probably told him lies about you testing out your eye powers… You know I won't be able to stop him once he makes up his mind to become stronger to kill you. To get revenge for the clan, right?"
His eyes soften, "I know."
Sighing, she leans into his hands, "First Shisui is gone… and now you. I'm going to miss you, Itachi." She tilts her head down as her hair covered her eyes so he wouldn't be able to see the tears. But Itachi tilts her head back up so she could face him again. He looked at her with sorrowful eyes as he cups her face in his hands, wiping her tears away with his thumbs, "I'm going to miss you too, Kai. I'm glad to have both you and Shisui in my life."
He slowly leaned his head as he touched his lips with hers, surprising her just as much as Shisui had. Her eyes were still wide when he leaned away, hands still cupping her face. He chuckled when her face flamed red, smoke steaming out of her head.
"Wha-?" she started, as she was lost for words.
Smirking, Itachi poked her forehead, "You didn't think Shisui was the only who has fallen for you did you?"
Pouting, her blush disappeared as she rubbed her forehead, "That's not it."
He raised an eyebrow, "Then what is it?"
"Isn't Izumi your lover?"
Her question caught him off guard as he was silent for a while. Wondering if he was okay, she waves a hand in front of him, "Hello? Itachi?" He snapped out of his thoughts as he shakes his head, "What gave you that idea?"
She shrugged, "Shisui and I have seen you interact with her sometimes. So we just thought that you two were together. That's all."
Sighing, he hugged her as he buries his head into her hair, "Izumi and I never had anything going on between us. It has always been you who had captured my eyes and heart. Even before Shisui had started to like you." He grumbled the last part out. Chuckling, she pulled herself away from the hug, "Well… You should get going. The Anbu's and the Hokage will be arriving shortly." Nodding, he dispelled Tsukuyomi on her.
The scenery changed back to the real world and Kai noticed that Itachi was now gone. Bringing a hand to her chest, she fisted it at her heart, "Don't worry Itachi. I promise to protect Sasuke no matter what. I won't let him die."
Once her promise was said, a bunch of Anbu's appeared themselves around her. They all soon scattered as they went to check on the corpses, hoping to find any survivors. Hiruzen appeared as he walked towards her, "Kai, what happened?" Turning herself so she was facing him, her eyes went over to Danzo, who was standing a few feet behind the Hokage, but they quickly went back to the Third as she kneeled, eyes downcast, "I don't know sir. I had felt something off when I was walking back home. So I decided to check it out and had found the entire Uchiha clan had been slain."
Humming, he put his hands behind his back, "Are there any survivors that you may know of?" She shook her head, "I don't know sir. I had just come a couple minutes before you. I haven't got a chance to check it out yet, sir." He sighed, "Alright. You may be dismissed."
She stood as she quickly bowed, "Yes sir."
Taking a step to leave, she stopped when one of the Anbu's had shouted that there was one survivor. Quickly turning her head to their direction, she jogged over to them, "Where?!" The Anbu, who had announce, moved so she could get to him.
Stopping next to him, she kneeled as she gently turned him on his back. Sighing in relief, she was thankful that Itachi hadn't hurt him as she softly put a hand on his cheek. "Sasuke, you're going to be all right. I promise you," she said, as she carefully lifted his body in her arms. Putting her forehead to his, she softly whispered, "I promise I'll protect you. No matter what."
Lifting her head off of his, she turned to look at the Anbu, "I'll take him to the hospital in case he might've been injured." The Anbu nodded and with that, she left. Saying one last goodbye to Itachi in the wind as she teleported to the hospital.
Still find it cheesy lol! But look forward to more next week! Chow!