Miri and Sean crawled out of the pit. Both of the Shinobi they faced waited outside with their arms clenched on their wounds. Miri grabbed their masks and pried them off. She spat in both of their faces.
"That little angel told me what you sick freaks have done. Either you return her home or else we'll be back." Miri warned.
"She's the savior of-"
Miri grabbed the man's collar. "I'm not asking again." She shoved the man hard enough to trip him to the ground.
They started their journey back to the village. They were just outside the village boarders when they took their rest. Their mission wasn't a complete failure as they did obtain a new kekkei genkai. But their reason to get it was unobtained. They made a small camp in eye sight of the village. A small fire was between them with a couple fish on sticks propped above it.
"What are we going to say to Tsunade?" Sean exhaled.
"We got the jutsu, I can save somebody and you perform the Rinne Rebirth."
"That's not what I meant, Miri, I have to tell you the truth."
"Okay, that's kind of out of nowhere."
"I didn't want to kill Amari, the day I encountered Itachi I also encountered something else. It's called Black Zetsu. I don't know how but it entered my mind. Almost took over. All I could think of is power, power to give to somebody called Kayuga. With the Byakugan, Mangekyou Sharingan, and Rinnegan I was supposed to unlock the Rinne-Sharingan. So everything in my mind told me to get power. I was clouded and blinded. I never got the chance to truly apologize to you."
"Wow." Miri grasped her hands and covered her mouth with them. "Will I get something like that? I carry all those, but I don't have that, uh, urge for power."
"Hopefully not, I hope nobody possesses whatever that guy wanted. If it wasn't for him I'd be able to tell them what Madra looked like. Tell them his weakness, but I can't remember."
"Sean, I want to know everything about the Tozoto, the Sage of the Six Paths. Everything you've kept for me."
"The Sage of the Six Paths had a mother named Kayuga and unknown to him or his brother, Kayuga unleashed a thing called the Black Zetsu. Who now aims to resurrect his mother with the help of Madara. And Zetsu learned that the Sage's son Ashura created a kekkei genkai to pool together all his follower's unique jutsus. And now the Black Zetsu is aiming to use one of us to give our power to his mother. He was unable to capture us because previously we haven't had the strength in our Tozotos to be captured. Stage one only accesses the Tozoto's ability to see and predict movement based on our wind chakra. Stage two allows us to copy the kekkei genkais but only to the original holder. And the third stage locks the eye from growing again but that only happens if the user dies and comes back to life. And with the third stage, it's able to get absorbed inside the Rinne-Sharingan. So if I had grown the Rinne-Sharingan then Kayuga could absorb my eyes. The entire time I was brainwashed, my only goal was to get you the Rinne-Sharingan and lock your eyes afterwards. If Madara's plan worked then Kayuga would get our powers and take over."
"I thought Madara's plan was to unleash the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
"That would revive Kaguya. I don't know how it works but that's what it is going to do."
"We have to let Tsunade know, this information could change how the war is played out."
"That's rational but not smart to do. If this information becomes public knowledge then all moral is gone. Everyone knows The Sage of the Six Paths sealed the Ten Tails inside the moon. If people find out that she can be taken out of there and brought onto our world, nobody would be safe. This war would be over."
"You lead me this far, what do we do now. Black Zetsu will soon find out that you aren't under his control and try to reestablish it."
"We go into hiding. I know it isn't ideal now that we are Leaf Jonin but if we get captured, the war is over before it began. We make one last trip inside the Leaf, tell Tsunade that we are going to find more Kekkei Genkai for the war and return when Madara is found."
"It's sad isn't it, every home we find we get out of. Orochimaru we escaped and will never return to, the home on the lake we ran after their destruction, Konoha. We can't find a home to stay in."
"Konoha is our home, we just need to go on a trip before we can settle down. Miri I can't promise after this war it's over. As long as I have the Rinnegan I can revive you but your Tozoto will be locked. If for some reason a strong power arrives again, then they need us to have every ability available to defeat them. Besides." Sean sniffled. "I found love and so did Amari, we gotta get you a boyfriend before we die."
The both shared a laugh. "Funny."
Sean's facial expression turned serious. Miri noticed a became a bit worried from his face. "I need you to do one thing for me Miri. I want to fight you. But you just kill me at the end with your Sharingan. And perform the Rinne Rebirth on me afterwards."
"That sounds something the Black Zetsu would want."
"This will be the only chance to kill me before you run out of opportunities to get the Mangekyo Sharingan. I remember Itachi telling me something before he died. Danzo's Sharingan in his eye was Shisui. He held the strongest genjutsu in his eye. Strong enough to make the opponent's memory changed for good. If we can put Madra under it then we can stop this war when he shows up."
Miri got up from her seated position and moved over to her brother. She slapped him. "I don't love you Sean. I can understand what you did was not under your control. I can follow you from end to end. But I can not love you like I did before. I will never forgive you for killing Amari. For killing our mother. I will get your life back because your my brother. We're a broken family Sean and that's it."
Sean stood from his seat and walked past Miri. He grabbed a massive rock from next to the fire and dropped the rock on it. "Let's get moving."
10 years ago
"Miss Angel." A young Sean spoke.
Konan looked down at the young boy she lead. "What is it Sean?"
Sean's hand gripped tighter around Konan's hand. "Why can't Miri and Amari come with us?"
Konan stopped walking down the alleyway of the Rain Village and knelt down to Sean. She cupped his arms and lifted him to her chest. In one of the few times in Sean's lifetime he saw her smile. Paper wings formed from her back and flew them high above any building in the village. The entire flight both of them laughed from pure joy. She curled around a small radius for Sean to see the entire village.
"Sean tell me what you see." Konan politely demanded.
"I see the village. And the ocean." He answered, unsure of why she asked. "You see the same things I do."
"No, with your Tozoto. Why do you see what I can't?"
Sean closed his eyes and opened them back up. He saw deeper in the village than before. He could see the shape of the people and where they walked, who they talked to, who they were. "I see the people and what they do."
"Unlike Miri and Amari, you see how these people are people. You see the best and worst of them. Only you can save these people from the curse of the Shinobi world. And Pain see's that. One day you'll guide these people to harmony alongside us."
"So like how your the angel, I'm the warrior. And you protect us from the pain around us."
Konan grasped his head and snuggled it in her chin. "I will always protect you Sean. Even if nobody else will."
"Thank you mom, I mean Angel."
Konan let out a small giggle. It's okay. Between us, I'm your mother. If Miri or Amari doesn't see this, if they leave your side. I'm always with you."
Present day
'Is it true , Konan? Miri follows me but she doesn't feel the same way we did. Will I be able to protect her like you protected me?' Sean thought. They traveled back in silence.
"Sean. I'm sorry for what I said earlier." Miri finally talked in eye sight of the gates to the village. It was near dark by the time they arrived but still made it before the next day. "It's not that I don't love you like a brother. But what you did, I can fill that dark spot in my heart with just words."
"I know." Sean said as he walked up to the gate and pounded on the door. "Hearing those things you said. It opens my heart." Sean walked to his sister and kissed her forehead. "Even if you despise me for the rest of your life, I will always love my little sister."
