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Chapter 47
The long scroll lay before him as he attempted to rehearse the complicated hand seal sequences that the jutsu required. He was the only one who could do it- Kakashi was on a trip to Grass village for political reasons and had left orders that under no circumstances was his wife to use any amounts of Chakra unnecessarily. Neji had left similar instructions for Michelle.
Mika couldn't perform the jutsu on herself…therefore her husband would do it.
Said woman stood in front of her husband, shifting her weight from one foot to the next. Gaara had already sketched out the required runes with his blood and she was standing in the middle while he rehearsed and rehearsed the proper seals. "Remind me again, why exactly the jutsu is supposed to be preformed on me?" she asked, brushing a wisp of hair up, tucking it into the ponytail so it wouldn't smear the blood runes. Gaara faltered in his seals and sent his wife a softened version of his glare.
"Because…" he said in a mildly patient voice. "You have the closer bond with Kenji…and that's what the scroll says to do… it has to be the mother. When he sees you, the counter jutsu will kick in and we will have our son back." Mika nodded again, uncertainly. "Ok."
"Now…can you please stop ruining my concentration?" Mika giggled before saying "Yes Kazekage-Sama. But please, permit me one more interruption…"
She leaned in and planted a kiss on his mouth. "Thanks Gaara…for doing this jutsu…even if it doesn't work, at least we're doing all we can to try and get him back." Gaara smiled (something he only ever did around her) and said "Mika-Koi…forgive me for being so angry earlier…I was just worried about you, you know how I get when I think you're hurt…" Mika interrupted him by pecking him on the nose. "How many times do I have to tell you after we've fought that you don't need to apologize to me?" He chuckled dryly. "Probably at least once more."
"Now hush…I'm going to do it for real now." Mika nodded watched in amazement as her husband began to form hand seals at a fantastic rate. At the beginning she could keep track of what seals he was doing –Boar, Monkey, Snake, Boar, Horse, Dragon- after that she lost track. So, she looked down at the scroll to try and follow along…
She noticed, in the middle of the hand seals that her husband had inserted a couple of his own hand seals. She frowned because she knew the dangers of making adjustments to jutsus, however, for the sake if his concentration kept her silence.
With the last hand seal was finished her body began to glow in an unearthly manner. There was a slight tingling in her right hand but as the glow dissipated, the tingling went away as well. When she looked down her body, nothing was really different…
Except for the small kanji that had appeared on her right hand- the Japanese Kanji for 'Mother'.
"Just wondering Gaara but what hand seals did you insert into the jutsu and why?" A slightly mischievous glint appeared in her husband's eye. "An addition of my own invention…when the counter jutsu comes into effect it will put the caster of the original jutsu through an incredible amount of pain-something that Itachi won't be expecting, something that will weaken him to a point where we can kill him. I think, however, that we should get everyone who has a grudge against Itachi in our group should come here…we will only be able to leave him incapacitated for a few hours."
Mika nodded and immediately set about to planning a barbeque.
It took about half a day but they managed to get everyone-even Kakashi, all the way from Mist- Across the portal and into Michelle's backyard for the barbeque. It was partially celebration at the fact that someone who had caused them so much grief was about to be vanquished and partially in celebration at the fact that one of their own lost was going to be brought back. Either way…it was time to celebrate.
The children had, however, been locked up (for their own safety) in a safe room inside so that if Itachi and Luka/Kenji did wind up attacking, they wouldn't have something distracting to worry about.
Neji and Kakashi had wanted to make Seyann and Michelle stay with the children in order to protect the babies but the two girls would have nothing to do with that idea-they were, in fact, ticked off at being treated as delicately as they were.
The group sat, chatting and laughing about the twin bumps that Neji and Kakashi now sported, about how Gaara was very possessive of the barbeque fork and the barbeque itself, about how Mika was standing behind him to make sure no sand went in the food…about life
The way the picnic table was positioned was with Kakashi, Neji, Sasuke, Naruto and Gaara on one side and their respective wives sitting on the opposite side. With the food ready (after much debate between Mika and Gaara about who was the master/mistress of the grill) the group dug in.
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The wind blew his hair across his face as he pulled out a shuriken and said, "Today…is the day. I swear. Today is the day I fulfill Itachi-Sama's request…and kill that woman!" the wind caused his hair to drift again, this time revealing a part of his neck…
Exposing a kanji that faintly glowed…
A kanji whose existence, he didn't even know about.
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All of the people at the table were ninja, all had heard the sound of shuriken cutting the air before…and they heard it now. Gaara immediately raised a sand barrier around the table to protect all sitting there and the ninja stars pierced the sand.
Once he was sure that nothing else was coming, he lowered the barrier and prodded his wife forward.
From where he was sitting on a tree branch, observing, his red eyes could clearly see the action that Gaara was pulling. "He's encouraging her to fight?"
Mika took a shaky breath and stepped forward, looking her son right in his jade eyes-eyes like his father's. She raised her right hand so that the kanji was showing and began to focus her chakra into the mark on the back of her hand.
Itachi's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "They found the counter jutsu…" he hissed.
"What. The hell are you doing?" Said her son in a lazy drawl. "Watch your mouth son." Said Mika wearily. "I don't want to hear you say words like that again." The assassin narrowed his eyes. He opened his mouth to begin to say 'I'm not your son.' However stopped when the kanji he didn't even know he had began to tingle and warmth was spread through his body. His body seemed to pulse as he looked up and his breathing became harsh and ragged. A shaking hand reached up to clamp over his neck. He looked at Mika intensely.
Until the hard eyes of the assassin vanished and he looked at her through eyes that appeared to be those of a child. His voice was no longer hardened and cold but rather timid and scared, as if Itachi had aged him to 3 or 4 instead of 18 or 19. "…Mama?" he said quietly.
His body began to pulse, visibly. As it pulsed, the kanji on Mika's hand pulsed as well. Both of their bodies took on a bluish glow.
As he watched the jutsu reverse itself, it suddenly felt as though his entire body had been lit on fire-it was so sudden that, unable to take it…he screamed in pain. Before he could react…the sand had him trapped.
As the glow faded, the clothes that Kenji had been wearing stood in his older form for about a moment before slumping to the ground…in that pile of clothes…
Was an infant no more than a month old with red hair and blue-green eyes. Kenji…
But a Kenji that willingly held his hands out to be held by his mama…a Kenji that knew her. Mika leaned down and gently scooped up her son, rocking him slowly.
A scream of pain echoed in the backyard. Mika saw Gaara and his sand react instantly and knew who that was who had screamed. Before she could blink…Itachi was in front of them…
Encased from head to toe in sand.
The missing ninja stared at the group of first shocked, then infuriated ninja with only two thoughts on his mind. One was his pain…and the other he murmured out loud.
"Oh crap…"
A/N-YESH! HE HAS BEEN CAUGHT! NOW ALL THAT IS LEFT IS THE PUNISHMENT (Paprika cackles sinisterly.) with this there is a short one-shot in 'Pieces'
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