Months had passed and so much was going on that Aika had no idea what was happening anymore. She had been training constantly and nonstop with Itachi. It was like he was shoving a whole lifetime of training into her. Right now her, Tobi, Itachi, and Kisame were heading somewhere.
"Itachiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii" Aika whines
"What?" He asks without even looking at her
Aika stops and sits on the grass, they had been walking for days.
"How much farther I'm so tired?" Aika whines
"Stand up" Itachi looks at her
"But I'm so tired" Aika says
Itachi sighs before picking the girl up and continuing on walking.
"Itachi and Aika are close yeah?" Tobi asks Kisame
"Strangely.." Kisame looks at him "When Red first arrived at the hideout demanding to join the Akatsuki we thought she was crazy and asking for death. Surprisingly Itachi immediately said come in.. not even asking Pain first"
"And Itachi has been training her right?" Tobi questions
"yep, I say he's kinda like her big brother" Kisame replies
"Itachi put me down" Aika complains
"First you didn't want to walk and now you don't want to be carried" Itachi says casually "which is it?"
"...I don't wanna walk" Aika answers
"Then be quiet" Itachi orders
"fineeeee" Aika agrees
The group arrives at a giant building, the old Uchiha hideout.
"Wait a minute" Aika takes out the necklace around her neck given to her by Sasuke years ago
Itachi glances at her as she walks up to a sign and looks between the Uchiha symbol marked on it and her necklace's pendant.
"this is a place belonging to Uchiha's!" Aika shouts
"...did you not tell her what we're doing?" Kisame asks Itachi
"No" Itachi replies before walking up to her "Aika"
"hm?" Aika looks at him as she places her necklace back on around her neck
"How long have you had that?" Itachi asks
"The Uchiha necklace? I don't know, maybe 3 years now" Aika replies "Sasuke gave it to me before he left the village"
"...today.. you're going to see Sasuke" Itachi tells her
"huh?!" Aika shouts "what do you mean?! It's not time yet is it?!"
"It is" Itachi replies calmly
"No!" Aika argues "I'm not ready for you to die! Y-you still haven't-"
"You are more then ready" Itachi places his hands on her shoulders "to continue your journey without me" he whispers to her "take good care of him for me"
Aika wipes the tears coming from her eyes as Itachi walks into the Uchiha hideout
Tobi had left to delay team 7 while Kisame and Aika stood outside of the Uchiha hideout waiting for Sasuke and his supposed new team to arrive.
"You going to be ok Red?" Kisame asks
"...yeah" Aika smiles "I'll be fine"
"show time girly" Kisame looks ahead "they're here"
Aika and Kisame look ahead with straight faces as 4 figures stop in front of them. In front of them stood Sasuke, Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo.
'OH MY GOD SASUKE GOT SEXY'
Aika turned around and hit her head on a post.
"What the hell Red?!" Kisame asks
"I'm fine" Aika clears her throat and faces the group "Itachi-Sensei says that only Sasuke is allowed to pass"
"Sensei huh.. that makes you his 'student'" Sasuke stares at her
"I was" Aika replies "until I surpassed him, now go right ahead in, he's waiting"
Sasuke turns to his team "stay here, I'll be back"
As Sasuke passes Kisame and Aika he heard the red head mutter "I wonder whatever happened to Mr. I Work Alone"
"Well while he does that" Suigetsu picks up his sword
"that sword.." Aika stares at it before a memory flashed in her head "It belonged to Zabuza! How dare you take it from his grave?!"
"Huh" Suigetsu looks at her confused "yeah it was his.. you seem oddly angered by this"
"I was there" Aika steps forward "when he died"
"I heard Zabuza was bested by some Copy Cat Ninja and his little team of genin" Suigetsu smirks "So.. you were one of them"
"Yeah that's right I was one of them" Aika glares at him "That sword marked the grave of a very troubled man who died in vein.." her fenikkusu activates and she charges at him "So give it back!"
"heh" Suigetsu smirks and faces her
"Suigetsu dodge!" Karin shouts
Suigetsu laughs "this is no problem-"
Aika's fist caught aflame and Suigetsu turns into water. Aika's flame touches the water and immediately begins to evaporate. Suigetsu shouts in pain and moves away before turning solid again, his stomach was badly burned.
"You.. You burned me.. when I was water" Suigetsu looks at her
"You idiot that's the Fenikkusu!" Karin shouts hitting him over the head
"The Feni- what now" Suigetsu looks at her confused
Karin sighs and began explaining "The Fenikkusu Kekkei Genkai is-"
