A/N-Wow…24 reviews when I woke up this morning…please note that most of those were from SEYANN! Who decided to review the story even though she's already read the rough…but for those of you who aren't characters in this story, I shall thank you here-Kyiri Makrono, MyNameIsKelsie13 (glomp for new reviewer) Loku, Kyuubi92, ReiKai101, Duckichan87, Dog of the Dead, and Supershark1. Read and Review.
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Chapter 38
He paced around the small hut, his long black hair swirling as he went. It had been several days since he had kidnapped these children and his thoughts caused a wicked smirk graced the face of Uchiha Itachi. As he went, he kept throwing glances over to the bundle of children... he had removed the chakra ropes, only to replace them with real ropes, thick ones. He figured that the kids were all about 4…what kind of trouble were they going to cause him?
The smirk was for what exactly he was going to use these children for.
The boldest one-the one that the Kazekage's wife had struggled to protect-Keiko or Kikyo or something like that- spoke up. "Umm…Mr. Itachi…what do you want us for?" Sliding a red eye over towards the small black haired girl, he sent her his best glare. This, for some reason, caused Mika to giggle.
"Your face looks funny…it looks like my daddy's after he's had a hard day at work." She said between giggles. "Seriously…Mr. Itachi why did you take us?"
"I'm not quite sure yet…your parents did something to me several years ago… I'm just thinking…" he smirked. "Children are so easy to brain wash…I'm thinking to send you guys back to your parents as little Akatsuki soldiers…that would be appropriate revenge." Keiko's hazel eyes widened in fear. "No…I'll never fight my mother…or my daddy."
She was interrupted when a silky female laugh filled the room. "Yes, Itachi this is all about revenge. This is revenge because you and your pathetic Akatsuki lackeys couldn't get your hands on me 6 years ago." He almost gasped from shock. "It won't work you know, Uchiha idiot…" she glanced over to the black haired boy "No offence Itachi-Chan" The younger Uchiha shook his head. "It's ok."
There was a smirk in her voice as she continued. "They will come for the children."
"You… which one are you." The small silver haired girl who was bound behind Keiko looked up, her eyes in the shape of a Neko. Walking over, he bent down so that he could look directly into her eyes. "My spirit is split into two as a form of protection…fight me and Seyann will know. And she will be able to track me down. This vessel is her daughter Sienna." There was a sound that resembled a sword being drawn from a sheath…except almost a more natural sound.
Like claws being unsheathed.
A murderous glint came too the eyes of the 4 year old. "And I am Celina…"
Unnoticed by Itachi, Celina had been subtly moving around until she was loose enough to carry through with her plan…and swung her hand forward towards his face, severing the thick rope with her razor sharp claws.
Seyann, Mika and Michelle were sitting down to a meal that they had prepared together when her half of Celina alerted her to the fact that Sienna was fighting. She clutched her fork and knife tightly in her hand, shaking very unnoticeably. In fact Mika and 'Chelle didn't notice anything until Seyann managed to squeeze some words out. Gasping softly, she said, "She's…fighting… him." Immediately the other two put down their utensils and dragged their chairs over to Seyann's side, arms around her shoulders. Her body shuddered as she felt Celina take some of her chakra in order to try and sustain the half, which was in combat.
"Michelle go call Kakashi!" Said Mika in an urgent voice. The Uchiha complied but before she even got down the stairs, Seyann was doubled over and screaming in pain. "I didn't know this would happen…when I found out she had half of Celina…but I feel everything..." Gasping again, she looked at Mika with tears in her eyes. "He just hit her…"
Blood from three identical scratch marks dripped down Itachi's face where Celina's claws had struck him. Her Neko eyes looked almost murderous, as she prepared to strike again. He, however, caught her off guard when he reached up to brush his face. "Not bad." He said. However, Celina had made the mistake of keeping within arms reach of Itachi. Before she could move, he backhanded her on the cheek-hard.
And sent her flying across the room.
Kakashi came through the mirror at a dead run and, putting chakra into his feet, ran up the stairs into the kitchen. Seyann was sobbing quietly into Mika's arms, while Mika stroked the woman's straight dirty blonde hair. As soon as Kakashi showed up however, Mika handed Sey right over. The Hokage placed two fingers on his wife's forehead and muttered a quick, temporary sealing jutsu, which temporarily bound Celina so that Itachi wouldn't hurt his daughter for resisting anymore.
A look of relief crossed Seyann's face. "Thank you Kakashi." She passed into unconsciousness, just limp in his arms.
Sienna lay immobile against the wall, as Keiko, young Itachi, and Kame looked on in horror. It took them a moment, however, to realize that when Sienna had severed the ropes, she had set them all free. As such, the other three were quickly around Sienna, flanking her and prepared to protect her from the older Uchiha. Being rather young, they didn't have that much chakra control yet but they were their parent's children.
Keiko always had some paper weapons on her, her mother having taught her how to use her bloodline trait, and these she transformed and delegated to her friends.
"Touching." Said Itachi dryly. Creating some chakra ropes with his hands, he prepared to tie the children back up, saying, "You know, I really didn't want to have to hurt you guys."
The three conscious children exchanged a look. This grown up obviously hadn't dealt with a group of 4 year olds before. These two were a fluid team when it came to escaping adults…at the age of three, working together, they had managed to get out from under Gaara's watchful eye (as in his third eye) and had escaped to play on the streets of Suna. As her father had taught her, Keiko held out her hand and summoned her sand from a small ring she wore on her hand.
As he sat in the office of the Kazekage, his senses tingled slightly. He could tell that the sand was responding to someone else-not him. He hadn't summoned the sand…and as far as he knew his daughter was the only other one who bore the ability to control sand…
He leaned back away from his desk, sighing. Unable to focus on his paperwork while this sense was acting up, he ran a hand through his red hair, wondering if this meant that the children were fighting back.
It hadn't taken that long to subdue the adult. The first thing that the children had done was Itachi Jr and Kame both raced towards his feet faster than he could see and grabbed onto his legs. Keiko had then walked forward, hand outstretched, causing the sand to wrap around his body. Being so young and untrained at using this weapon, however, it didn't hold for long and Itachi had soon broken free of his restraints. Which was exactly what the children had wanted him to do.
When he leapt forward to break out of the sand, there was a rope of combined chakra waiting for him. Using a technique he had seen his father do, he had taken some of Keiko's chakra and Kame's chakra and combined them to make a chakra rope. Itachi fell into this rope and it immediately wrapped around him and held him fast.
"Nice work Itachi-Chan." Said Keiko with a smile. Itachi blushed and muttered some nonsense before going over to pick up Sienna. As he did this it stirred the young girl from her unconsciousness. Itachi snarled from where he was tied up. "You guys will pay for this."
"No Itachi….Celina is telling me what to say…Papa must've sealed her in mama or else she'd be saying this." Sienna took in a breath. "She says you won't be able to touch us again. Our parents will protect us with their lives. You just let us slip out of your fingers…nice try."
With her body supported between Kame and Itachi-Chan, they went over to Keiko.
Who promptly summoned her sand again, doing something she hadn't done before…transport with the sand. She tried to get them as close to Konoha as she could manage.
Gaara had just come in from Suna, and was walking through the forest towards the city gates when he felt an unusual spike in chakra behind him. Whirling around, he saw a cloud of sand plume out of nowhere. Stepping forward quickly, he held out his arms…
And caught his daughter as she collapsed from exhaustion.
A/N-There you go...I think that that might not have been enough Hell but...Itachi can't get them again, that should be enough! Review! I've put a new one-shot in 'Pieces'...enjoy...gotta hurry, my power is flickering!
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