After Aphrodite left. Sasuke had pulled Kira in for a quick kiss. "I thought you didn't believe in my strength." He speaks quietly down to her as he stares into her eyes. "When you sparred with Itachi, it felt like you only did it because you thought I wasn't strong enough." He admits to her causing Kira to nearly frown as she reaches up and places her right hand gently on his cheek. "It's not that at all. I believe in your strength. Everything I've done this last year was to boost the power you already possess. It's why I had Itachi further your training. I even pushed you during our team training to further hone your eyes and your timing." She informs him watching as he reaches up and cups her hand with his upon his cheek. "Put an end to this war and come back with me." With her words, Sasuke leans down and presses his lips against hers. His spare hand slipping around her waist and pulling her flush against him. She meets his kiss as she presses her lips further against his. Fully expecting him to nip her lip to request his tongue's entrance into her mouth. Knowing in a moment he will release her hand and hold her more tightly to squish her against him. His inner emotions to come to the surface knowing that Itachi is standing there and watching them. But he never did. His lips remained gentle and pliable. Warm and compassionate. Only causing her chest to ache. A kiss she isn't used to from him. Usually, their kisses were alight with their passion, filled with their desires. But this one... nearly broke her heart. It almost felt like... he was saying goodbye. As if he believes he won't come back.

These emotions brought tears to prick against her eyes as he pulls away from her before leaping away from the area. Leaving her behind. He couldn't help but frown at the look he had briefly witnessed. The pain in her gaze that hasn't been there since she had chosen him. A deep set pain that only made it that much more difficult for him to leave. -Kira.- He silently says her name as he closes his eyes a moment. Forcing his body to move faster through the trees. -"I've given you everything you need. It's you that will put an end to this war."- Her order for him rings in his ears, telling him what he must do. "I can't go back." He tells himself. Reminding himself that Kira believes in his strength enough that she expects him to win this war.

Kira couldn't help but frown looking towards the trees Sasuke had left in. Her heart was breaking and it hurts. -He will come back- She tells herself, fighting against the urge to chase him down. Itachi steps up to her and places a hand on her shoulder drawing her eyes up to him. "I know. Believe in his strength." She utters out quietly and looks away from him. Itachi sighs before stepping away from her to complete his orders. "Itachi." She speaks up watching as his steps stop. "Please... be safe." She breathes out drawing his eyes to her. He then turns and grabs her arm pulling her against him. Wrapping his arms around her and he lowers himself to place his chin on her shoulder. Holding her close to him. "This won't kill you Kira. You can stand back and trust us to do what you cannot." He speaks gently as she wraps her arms around him returning his hug. "Return to me Itachi." She practically whimpers as she buries her face in his shoulder to hide the pain she knows is slipping through her hold. "Nothing can keep me away from you." He proclaims to her and as he pulls away she could feel his lips brush against her cheek in a chastising kiss. A kiss stolen from his little brother's girlfriend.

When Itachi steps away from her he watches her shimmering gaze. Her dark eyes practically glistens with unshed tears. Yet as he turns to leap away the sudden crack echoing through the air pauses his movements as the area around them ignites in electricity. A familiar feeling he has felt twice now. The sudden earth shuttering force pulls Kira to turn around and look in the direction of the sound as Krista and Lucas abruptly stand. The energy Kira can feel had her gasping and her chest constricting. She had expected Damen to return with word from the adults since so far they have only used the children for her tests. However, as the woman with long black hair steps out of the portal that unlike before didn't automatically close. Her hardened dark eyes skim the area. The dress clinging to her every curve didn't suit the person Kira can remember. It was a pale blue almost white with one strap over her right shoulder. The way the fabric glistens catching the light it almost looked like the dress was made of ice, matching her gaze even as the woman finds Kira.

To Itachi, the one who stepped out of the portal looked nearly identical to Kira if her body would allow her to reach her twenties. The woman looked the same age as him if not a year younger. This had a lump nearly building in his throat. The power radiating off of the woman was immense and her stature just screamed dangerous. This had him on guard readying himself for a fight. "Kira." The woman's voice rings out full of anger. "Come." She orders watching her daughter. "Mom." Kira breathes out quietly nearly drawing Itachi's eyes to her. When Kira made no move to obey the intense atmosphere seems to become even heavier. As if just with the woman's will she was trying to crush the four of them. "Why?" Kira asks as her eyes downcast to the ground at her feet. Her question was spoken so quietly Itachi could barely hear it. "Why?" She speaks up a little more loudly. "Why was I alone for so long? Why didn't you and dad treat me like your daughter? Your own flesh and blood? Why did you suddenly take an interest in my life when I was no longer living the life you forced me to live?" With each question, Kira's voice continues to raise. Becoming loud enough for her to be heard.

"You know the answers to your questions." The woman states plainly watching Kira closely as she begins to shake with her pent-up emotions. "To protect me." Kira states with a frown before she suddenly raises her gaze to look upon her mom. "Forcing me into solitude, keeping me ignorant to anything kin. Our power, our strengths, our weaknesses. None of this is to protect me." She states as her eyes ice over matching her mother's. "All that you did was only meant to hide me. If you wanted to protect me you would have helped me achieve the skills and power to stand against your enemies." She then shakes her head. "And Aphrodite says I'm an idiot when it comes to kin." She nearly chuckles. "You are lacking in your deduction. It is missing substance. You needed a rational and impartial deduction yet clearly your reasoning was flawed." A sudden streak of yellow catches Itachi's gaze. Igniting his Sharingan he moves forward placing himself at Kira's back as he pulls a kunai. Bringing it up and placing it at the man's throat. The blond looks to him with a chuckle as his feline eyes take in the situation. Lowering his hands he had raised meant to capture Kira he steps back away from the blade. "This one will do." He chuckles almost as if Itachi hadn't nearly just killed him.

His gaze never leaves Itachi's as he remains unwavering before the man. Keeping himself between him and Kira. "Your loyalty is unshakable. You know you are up against beings you don't have the power to fight and yet you still stepped in." This time the blond chuckles and finally looks away from Itachi towards the woman. "Itachi." Kira speaks up and the new arrivals watch as Itachi lowers his kunai. "He's right, you can't win. Not against them." She informs him as she takes a step back if only to feel him against her. "Kira." Itachi goes to question causing her to shake her head. "They found out that the ones they sent couldn't force me to return. Remember, my mother's strength won the kin war. My uncle. The man in front of you is her lead enforcer. If he wanted you dead, you would be." She elaborates on the situation for him. "Use your strength to your advantage." She utters out as she raises her right hand and casts her chakra blade. Itachi nearly nods to her eyes his red hues change, activating his mangekyo. He knew what she had meant. Tsukuyomi. The man he is looking at fighting would overpower him physically. But in a dream escape under his control, he can break the man's mind.

"Stop." The woman speaks up again and he could feel Kira flinch against him. "He can come. But only him. A loyalty that strong will suit you well." She voices confusing Kira. "And Sasuke?" She questions just before the woman moves up closer to her. Stopping before her as she looks down at Kira. "No, you know as well as I. Sasuke is critical to this world. Without him, they will lose this war and future struggles. If we remove him the balance of this dimension will crumble. However, Itachi was meant to die. His presence now risks the balance."

Kira frowns at her mother's words. "You brought Uncle here, to test him. You were never going to leave him here. Basically, his test was to see if he comes with us or dies." She breaks down the situation more for herself though she couldn't miss the tension in Itachi's body. "Good, you have matured nicely." The woman smirks before grabbing her and leading her towards the portal. Kira knew with the grip her mother now has on her arm. If she were to fight both she and Itachi would die. She looks over her shoulder seeing Her uncle sticking close to Itachi, his claws already extended and ready to lash out with just one word from her mother. -Sasuke..- Kira thinks silently as her gaze moves back towards the trees. A tear finally does dislodge itself from her eye.

Seeing bright blue hues staring at her from a branch, her long blond hair shifting in the breeze. She had been the first to leave. Aphrodite should have been long gone by now, and yet she was standing there. Almost as if she had expected her mother and uncle to come and retrieve them. With a nod, once Kira's gaze meets hers Aphrodite leaps away from the scene. -Please Aphrodite, get Sasuke.- She all but whimpers in her head before her mother yanks her through the portal. With the pain swelling up inside of her. Kira tugs against her mother's hold and reaches her hand out behind her. Seeing this, Itachi steps forward closing the distance between them quickly. He takes her hand with his and walks alongside her. His head lowers so his bangs cover his face. He knew it too even without Kira reiterating what her mother had said. They entered his dimension for two reasons. To kill him, and to take Kira home with them. He should count himself lucky they decided to spare him however, he was leaving the only world he has ever known. He is now entering Kira's world a place he knows he doesn't belong. A world full of immortals.

With one look at Kira's expression, his heart was breaking. The woman he loves had chosen his little brother and now she was being forced to leave him when they had only just started their life together. The pain on her face knotted up his stomach painfully so. Yet, she gently squeezes his hand and looks up to him trying to smile. "I won't let anything happen to you." She speaks quietly as if she knew he is nervous. Once again Kira is pushing her feelings aside and trying to help him. "As long as I am here. Nothing will happen to you." He reiterates for her and finally, she does manage a small painfilled smile. "For eternity." She all but whispers in a way he barely caught it causing his eyes to widen. "I will defeat time for you." She finished and his heart gives a painful quivering pound. The very dream she's clung to for years. Her notion of stopping time so she can go back and save Light. She had just openly admitted her views had shifted. She will achieve her ambitions only this time, it will be to keep him instead.