Chapter Two: Family
The era that had started Konoha had more history behind that it appeared, from the pacts of strange friendships to the relationships between individuals, arranged marriages and even the heartbreaking love between the Senju and Uchiha. After all, hatred could grow into powerful and overwhelming love. Something that could be uncontrolling and indestructible, that could affect not only person but the entire nation, eventually breaking clans apart and causing the lives of many to endanger.
This had been the horror of a love that should have never started between a Senju and Uchiha, because not all stories have a happy ending.
A light blue had tinted the sky, the color encouraging the flow of light around as the white clouds had fluttered with ease. Everything appeared to be happy and peaceful, this was how it was supposed to remain, though with history, it never remained to change and in terms could remain still. The shout of a Jutsu echoed in the air as the wisps of fire had touched the air, dancing along with the heat playing along in temptation, the trained eyes of an individual had been keen into identifying the determination.
The dark-haired siblings had gathered around peering at their brother which had impressed them yet again, the chin haired length boy had been determined as he watched the fire jutsu crowd around him and within his control, he stepped back allowing for it to die down. He peered over to see the rock he had been targetting had been burnt with evidence of cracking, he clenched his fists as he looked over at the rock, he wanted to be stronger more and more.
The sound of clapping filled his ear as he peered over at the people clapping, his siblings. The eldest of them all was Ryusuke, he appeared to be the toughest one of them all, however, he was indeed soft regarding his family, his eyes dark like the rest of the Uchiha clan, his hair had been longer on the sides of his ears while he had tied his long hair into a ponytail, allowing the bangs to frame his face. He had been the oldest which had required him to have the most responsibility, to which he hadn't minded but that was a task he was given being the first-born.
On his left had been the second oldest of the five, Kanato, he like his older brother Ryusuke had been faced and bombarded with the heavy responsibility. As both of the older brothers had often been the ones away on missions. He had been the individual who had taken care of the youngest two in the place, and often found his happiness when he had spent time with Akari and Izuna. Like the siblings he was just as handsome, his hair had been shorter than the rest as on the right side his hair had been shaved not entirely but most of it, while the left side had long hair and had the short bangs resting on his face.
The third eldest, who had been training vigorously at the moment was Madara Uchiha, most people had known him in the future as an individual of power who had clashed with the God of Shinobi, he had been someone who had appeared as a Death God and killed others in cold blood. However, in his childhood, he appeared to be more different and had solely focused on the idea of becoming more stronger for his clan, which had led him to have a reputation. Madara from the siblings had stood out and wanted to be seen as a perfectionist and everything to be perfect, not that it was bad, but it made him being seen as one of the outstanding siblings.
The fourth eldest also the second youngest had been Izuna, who at the young age had been competitive with Madara and had often sparred with him, in order to develop himself more. He appeared to be young, though had displayed that being one of the youngest hadn't limited you to power or what you were capable as a shinobi. He was capable of being strong like the rest of his brothers and were on the path to strength. Izuna was shown to have black spiky hair like Madara that had the blue tint to it.
Finally, the last Uchiha had been Akari. The cursed woman. Had been born into the body of the last Uchiha and the youngest, unlike her brothers with the dark eyes she had bright and outstanding blue eyes which had physically stood out more, with her eyes being the key factor that had interestingly drawn the other members. She may have been the youngest but she was the most knowledgeable and maybe could become even the most talented, in the era women within the Uchiha clan had been often denied the idea of becoming a ninja, though she had been proven to be determined and trained on the idea. Akari had been stubborn for her own good, sly, and intelligent. Which had left individuals to be underestimating her easily.
"Wow." Izuna breathed out as he stood to his feet, he looked over to Madara impressed his dark eyes widened as he energetically jumped into the courtyard. A big smile on his lips, "I can do that as well." Ryusuke let out a light sigh looking at the competitiveness between the two brothers, he bounced his knee as he felt the hands around his neck and the small laugh from his youngest sister. Looking over she had sported a foolish smile on her lips, "they are going to fight?" He nodded and smiled as he rubbed the four-year-old's head.
She craned her neck, "I want to join." She mumbled lightly, Ryusuke's eyes widened at her words followed by Kanato. They both at each other, Akari had been the youngest and hadn't received any training as she was currently forced by their father to train to be a Lady of the Uchiha clan rather than a shinobi of the clan. Ryusuke gently placed her on the ground, "you can't fight. You know that. It is our responsibility to fight." He focused his gaze on her and watched as she raised an eyebrow.
"I am an Uchiha as well." She spoke lowly her voice hard, sly girl, she stood to her full height as she watched over to her brothers. She stepped forward, "you are supposed to be doing embroidery, Akari." She heard the hard tone from the well-known man, his voice hard and heavy as she jerked her shoulders, shocked he had heard her words. She looked up to see the lone eye trained on her as he stared down at her, the hard eyes focused.
She breathed in, feeling the nervousness engulf the pit of her stomach, "I finished." She stated, she remained to keep his posture straight and tall, she didn't want to be seen being scared of her father. Something like that was something she didn't wish for, Taijima Uchiha looked down at his daughter his lips remaining in a sealed line. As he watched his sons bow their head in acknowledgment, he simply raised an eyebrow looking over at his daughter, "then you shou-" She swiftly cut him off, "finished." He felt the corner of his lip twitch in amusement at her words.
Crossing her small arms over her chest, "you were going to say calligraphy, no?" She raised an eyebrow. He peered at her with interest as the corner of his lip twitched upwards, his eyes glowing with interest, "I already finished it." She turned around and glanced over to her two brothers sparring, her eyes glowing with amazement, she had wanted to join in and feel the rush, to cross blades and feel empowered, to learn new things at the hands of her brothers.
"Hm, I see." He trailed off following her intense gaze, over to Izuna and Madara sparring, both intensely, however, the evidence of a smile crawled on their lips. She licked her lips as she watched them tangle in their steps as they performed the fire natured jutsu's, "you want to train?" Her father asked, her eyes widened as she turned over to the superior man, her brothers Ryusuke and Kanato following quickly after. He watched the reaction she had given as she brightly smiled.
Her eyes wide with hope, "can I?" Her hands reached up towards her chest, clenched into small fists which had attempted to hold onto her overwhelming happiness. Her father then heard the steps not too far from behind, looking over his shoulder he had spotted one of his other clan members and his son who had quietly walked beside him. He opened his lips, "Katsu-san." He called out getting the attention of the man, who perked up and looked over at him a smile on his lips, "Taijima-sama." He greeted as he bowed along with his son.
Her eyes peered over at the boy as the boy locked eyes with her as well, he had been marveled at the sight of her eyes. The rumors had been circling of the daughter of the head's clan had blue-eyes but he hadn't believed it and rather often dismissed it, however, he stood in front of the girl, her long hair braided neatly and hung over her right shoulder, resting on her chest, with the small bangs framing her bright and outstanding blue eyes. She was utterly beautiful.
He gasped quietly as she tilted her head at him, "how have you been?" Tajima asked, "well, Sir. I have already finished the recent reports and have placed them on your desk." Tajima nodded with a pleased look on his features, he glanced over at the boy by Katsu's side, he raised an eyebrow, "you must be Okita." He stated, he was sure that had been the boy, he was only at the age of eight and had been seen to be progressing well in his training, Taijima would often hear whispers of the boy becoming stronger and stronger with each session.
Okita nodded breaking his gaze from Akari, "yes, I am. Sir." His voice light as he bowed his head, Taijima looked over to Katsu, "would you mind training Akari, Okita?" Katsu's eyes widened as he looked over to the small girl who looked wide-eyed at her father and pleased at his words, Katsu appeared to be shocked and clearly taken back, he looked over to his son displaying the same reaction as he glanced over to the clan head. He gulped his doubts and glanced down at his son yet again, "Okita?" Katsu spoke lightly.
Tajima craned his neck seeing the silence, "it is okay to decline if y-" Hearing the young boy speak up had taken Akari back, "I will do it, Sir." He nodded his head as he glanced over at the girl. His eyes hard and focused. This girl who helps him with climbing the ladder in the clan could help him being noticed by the leader, being entrusted with more, this could benefit him. But also, this could make her stronger, this could prove everyone wrong about her.
The rumors of Akari had been infamous and were whispers that hadn't gone unknown by the main family, Akari had been known to be the monster that had taken the life of her mother as was secretly discussed as a monster in disguise. The eldest brothers Ryusuke and Kanato had often attempted to dismiss the remarks and destroy them from letting their younger sister hear it, she had known that their mother had died when giving birth to her, but knowing her she would fall and become depressed as being seen as a monster by the rest of the clan, but had they underestimated their younger sister, maybe so?
Tajima looked over to Akari, "starting tomorrow. You will train with Okita." He stated quietly as Katsu had bowed his head and Okita nods his head at the head before ignoring Akari and walking away followed by his father, Akari kept her lips sealed as she watched her father disappear down the hall and the sounds of her brothers groaning in her right ear. Akari had simply stared with his lips sealed, her father had left her yet again, it had been one of the usual things.
Her father was a man of power, a man who never display his weakness to the enemies, he must always remain strong. She had known of this, she was more aware of the world than her father appeared to think, that enemies couldn't only be those not within your family but it could be your family. She would often walk down the hall and would see her father not resting and doing paperwork, she had hated that he never spent time with her but she had known his circumstances.
It wasn't rare for the father of the clans to not be always attentive to their children as they did have the entire clan to run, yet again, this was a time of a different era and a different life. Things hadn't been the same in her last life or the one beforehand. It was different.
"Akari!" The shout from her right had come from Izuna, she felt her blood pick up and had dropped to a squatting position, except the palms of her hand rested on her knees as she had bent into a near-sitting position. Hearing the slam of the object above her, she looked up, watching as the sword had stuck to the wall. Kanato had quickly retrieved her from her spot, "Izuna! Madara! You could have just killed her!" Ryusuke shouted at the two boys.
Madara frowned crossing his arms over his shoulders and looking in the other direction, while Izuna rushed towards his younger sister, "are you okay?" She nodded as she rested in Kanato's lap. He let out a light sigh looking at his younger sister, Ryusuke sighed as he got to his feet, "come on. Dinner should be ready." The sky hadn't remained the bright blue it usually did, rather it had turned into an orange-reddish color, it was beautiful but it had signaled to the drawing of the night to come.
Kanato had held Akari in his arms, in which she had wrapped her arms around her big brother's neck. They both had recently come back from a mission Akari had missed them dearly, she had often prayed for their safety and had always been the first one at the gates waiting for them. She watched as Izuna and Madara had closely followed behind them, both the boys bickering about their sparring match. When they arrived at dinner it had been all five siblings.
Tajima had been sealed away in his office and had reported to already had dinner, therefore, the five siblings had eaten together. Kanato had rested Akari in his lap as she ate from the plate in front of them, Ryusuke had peered at the two of them comfortable with each other presence, he had always wondered why his youngest sister had loved her siblings so dearly, wanting to hang around them and hold them. He wondered often, he clicked his chopsticks at the two of them, "why are always with him Akari?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
Akari tilted her head as she took a mouthful of rice and chewed viciously, "slow down." Kanato breathed out lightly as he brushed away the bits of rice from her cheek with a light chuckle, Akari took a big gulp as she looked over to Ryusuke with a wide smile, "are you jealous, Ryuu?" She teased as she watched her older brother get flushed at her comment, she clicked her chopsticks at him as both she and Kanato had burst out laughing.
She took a deep breath and smiled, "sometimes you have to enjoy something while it lasts." She spoke, her brothers peered at her confused, how could a child like her know anything about loss yet? Little did they truly know who Akari was. She had faced more losses and betrayals than anyone could ever face and for that, she had felt like she was a victim to her emotions, she had refused on various occasions to not get close to her brothers, to not love them.
That was impossible. She couldn't ask for herself not to love. It had just happened and she had continued to care about them, she knew she would have to face loss sooner or later. That was life.
After dinner had ended Akari had taken a shower, she had then been on the mission to sneak into Kanato's room. She had wanted to sleep with him tonight and was sure he wouldn't have minded. She crawled towards her door and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath she let her mind wandered as the palm of hand pressed against the floor. She sucked in a breath as she attempted to sense the maids around, she smirked as she hadn't spotted any in the hallway.
With an evil grin, she slid open the door, looking down the hall she quietly tip-toed towards his room. Despite having this curse she had blessed the Gods that she had the ability of a sensory type, she felt almost invincible, however, there would be flaws to this since she had managed to master it in her last life. She had lacked the abilities to master it, however, she could sense the presence of the maids around, however, she couldn't exactly pinpoint it.
Clenching her teeth, she began walking down the hall, with every step she felt more confident and walked passed a door with an opened door with the stream of light pouring from it, glancing over as she walked by she had spotted two maids cleaning the room, they had been talking but looked over to Akari. It was silent for a moment. Before all chaos had broken loose.
Her eyes widened. The maid's eyes widened. Akari quickly turned on her heels and made a dash for it, towards Kanato's room, she heard the thumping footsteps, "Akari! Get back to your room!" They chased after her as she turned down the hall and ran straight ahead, reaching Kanato's room door she slammed it opened and spotted the teen boy reading a book on his futon. His eyes widened as he looked over at his younger sister clutching a pillow to her stomach.
He gasped as she quickly lunged herself to him as he had managed to catch her with ease, and groaned as she slammed her head against his chest, "Akar-" The sound of one of the maids had paused as they had reached Kanato's room door. They had immediately started blushing at the young Uchiha, he may have been young but he had been in favor with the maids, "what has she done now?" He spoke lightly as she glanced down at his sister attempting to hide underneath the blankets.
One of the maids coughed out, "she has to sleep in her room, sir." He laughed lightly as he patted her head through the blankets, "she can sleep in my room for tonight. It has been a while since I had come back." He smiled over at to them, Akari had peeked out the blankets watching as the maids had swoon at his words and blushed lightly. Both the maids had given each other an unsure look before kindly nodding at his words, he chuckled softly.
"Thank you." He smiled at them, one of the maids had rested her hand on her chest, "what have I told you ladies about calling me Kanato. No need to be formal." He smiled brightly at them, "oh K-Kanato." One of the maids had said his name blushing madly, he nodded happily as he watched Akari pop his head out of the blankets and glare at the maids. She flickered her eyes over to her older brother, he had too always charm all the women.
She rolled her eyes, "goodnight." He spoke as the maids closed the door. He sighed looking over at Akari as she wiggled herself up to his chest, he gently leaned over placing the book down. He adjusted the blankets as Akari had placed her pillow down beside her brother's. He looked over at her with a light sigh and a gentle smile on his lips, "you're always trouble." He spoke with a smile on his lips. Kanato stroked his younger sister's hair with a smile, he had loved her dearly.
She had been different from the other siblings, aside from being a girl and for him wanting to protect her, he had bonded with her quicker than the others and she had always been the one she was constantly around. He had clearly remembered her waiting at the gates the morning, and her screaming with happiness as she had jumped into his arms greeting him back with a large smile on her lips. However, despite her attitude he had felt something had been off with her.
At certain times he had felt she was more matured and more intelligent that it had scared him, like earlier today, he had watched her dodged the sword without hesitation like she had done it countless times before. But, her reflexes hadn't gone unnoticed both by him and Ryusuke. She was fast. And if she could train her power and strength correctly than her power could maybe overpower all of them, he had been unsure, but it was just a thought.
He was sure, however, despite her nature, she had known boundaries. He felt saddened at this, he had wished for a peaceful life were his younger siblings had to worry about not getting yelled at their parents instead of practicing jutsu's day and night and be forced to be on the battlefield. When he had looked at Akari he could often distinguish the difference between her emotions, her eyes had been the key, he would stare into them for a moment, somehow seeing the depression and betrayal she had faced.
He shook his head, it was a foolish thought, a foolish one indeed. But, he was sure his youngest sibling wasn't like every child her age. There had been moments when she appeared to be wiser than she seemed, she had also acted mature and elegant when needed. Especially the embroidery, he had overheard a group of maids talking and mentioning that Akari had already mastered the ways of embroidery since she had first picked up the needle.
He had known embroidery to be difficult, but for her to master it so quickly as soon as she picked the needle up. He smiled softly watching as she curled her arms around his stomach, she certainly was a fast-learner, was that a downfall? No. It couldn't have been. He gulped as he watched her for a moment as she glanced up for a moment if she had possibly mastered the ways of a ninja and became a kunoichi. . .She would be placed on the battlefield, would his father do that?
His father had been a superior individual, he was always thinking of the clan first instead of his family, but could he put his daughter on the battlefield to fight? Could he. He clenched his fists into the sheets looking at his young sister, he didn't want that. He couldn't imagine seeing her lay motionless on the floor with the pool of blood surrounding her, he didn't want it, he coughed lightly as she tightened her grip on him. She had sensed the change in his attitude.
"I couldn't help it." She frowned slightly as she buried her head into his chest, "you had been gone for so long." He laughed softly at her words as she wrapped her small arms around him, he closed his eyes holding her, he had wanted to protect her, even if it cost his life. He shut his eyes as he pulled her closer to him, he felt her breathing slow down and her muscles relax beside him, pressing a light kiss on her forehead he took a deep breath.
The both Uchiha siblings had remained asleep in the room, their eyes shut and the rhythm of their heartbeats mixing with the gentle sounds of the wind. The moon had peered at them through the small window, however, that hadn't been the only thing that had watched them. With light breaths and swift movement, the group of ninja's had watched from the tall trees. Their eyes filled with malice and hatred as they looked upon to two siblings.
One that had been crouching with glowing eyes had spoken first, "let's kill them." He breathed out as he licked his lips. Rumors of the Uchiha had a daughter had been true, and it had also been true that the child had appeared to be a beauty at the young age. It had made the ninja burst with lust as he urged to take a step forward. The hand on his head had been placed as he had groaned lightly before casting a dark look to the hand, he brushed it away with narrowed eyes.
"We have to have them alive, Kyro." The deep voice of the man echoed along the large group of masked ninja's, "tch." He turned his head as he stood up before glancing back at them, his eyes glued to the young Uchiha who had unknowingly caught his neverending attention. He grunted as he turned his back towards the group of ninja's, watching as one of the figures had stepped forward as it was the individual with the deep voice.
His eyes glowing in the dark with a glint, "we are to get both of the Uchiha's." He stated, "alive." He breathed out as he looked among the group, Kyro frowned as he placed his hands in his pockets and slumped his position, his eyes continuing to narrow at the man, "I can take care of the girl." He frowned watching as the man turned to him, his eyes heavy and powerful, "no." He stated hard again, "you're no fun. Yura." He cocked his head back, entwining his fingers together behind his head.
The night had grown dark and no longer anyone had roamed the ground other than the patrolling guards, who had lain motionless underneath the sea of bushes. It was unknown by the presences of others, however, peering at the two Uchiha siblings the youngest had stirred. The soft sound from Akari had escaped as she turned in her sleep feeling the heavy pressure on her chest, she drew a breath out as she peered out the window, for a moment she had thought the moon had been the one to catch her gaze but she was wrong.
She felt her heart tighten as she watched the balls of blue chakra had been circling and twisting in odd directions, maids hadn't been able to control chakra, she sucked in her breath as her eyes grew wide. No. Maids were trained to train their chakra, she gripped the arm of Kanato who groaned softly, those were ninjas. She squeezed his arm and shook him violently, "get up!" She shouted it was then she saw the rush of the chakra balls moved towards her with speed.
Without the proper training in sensory ability, she wasn't able to tell how many there were, but there was more than enough to make her squirm. Kanato looked up half-lidded, "Kai-Intruders!" She shouted watching as he rose quickly, she felt her throat tighten and her blood pump in her ears as the first ninja crashed into the window, landing inside of it. She gasped as she reached underneath Kanato's pillow and pulled the kunai from it and swiftly threw it at the ninja.
She watched in disbelief as the ninja had stumbled and cradled his neck as the blood had squirted between his fingers. Kanato quickly rose to his feet and protectively stood in front of, "Akari. Stay behind me." The group of ninja's had swiftly made their way into the room, clutching multiple weapons in their hands with dark and heavy eyes. She clenched her fingers around the robe of Kanato's, her heart pounding wildly, was this how she was going to die in this life?
She scanned the weapons from a sword, kunai's, sickles, sai's the endless possibility of having her being brutally killed at the hands of these masked individuals. She grounded her teeth as she narrowed her eyes at the man in front of her, "Hello, dear, A-k-a-r-i." The man had shined his eyes that had been only displayed, she knew from the tone and his body language that the man had seemed to be excited and indeed thrilled with the situation.
Sucking in her breath her eyes swiftly adjusted to the darkness of the room and took in the surroundings, the ninja's around her hand been tall and buff appearing in different sizes and shapes though remained straight and tall. Her eyes flickered on the dark clothing they had worn, she no markings nor symbols had been on the clothing they had worn. It was impossible to see who these people were. Curling her fists a broad man had stepped forward.
"Come with us, Uchiha." Kanato's hands pushed Akari further back, she glanced up at him, his eyes hardened and no emotion to flatter his stance had shone on his face. She gulped watching him intently, he wanted to protect her, he truly did, and he hadn't cared if it had costed his own life. She watched as Kanato had twirled the kunai in his hand holding it upright, "no." His voice low. Akari felt pride fill her stomach, he wasn't going to give up.
She held the piece of clothing in his hand, he glanced done for a brief moment before sending a small smile her way, "it will be all over soon." He spoke softly. He turned his gaze back to the large group of ninja's, it hadn't gone unnoticed by him when he recalled the actions of his youngest sister, the way she had thrown the kunai so quickly and accurately in a way to killing the person, it was as if she knew what specific part of the body that could kill someone.
Kanato quietly glanced at the man, looking at the bloody mess on the ground, the blood was thick but sinking into the thick material of the mat. He clenched the kunai harder, she had definitely hit the carotid artery. He gulped as he also recalled the way she had managed to identify that ninjas were coming, Kanato hadn't been able to sense them despite being forced to be trained as a sensory type, he couldn't, however, it has seemed that his sister is a sensory type.
It was both admirable but terrifying, because of this she will be placed on dangerous missions, because of her ability. He certainly wasn't ready for that. Releasing his breath, he counted the ninja's around them, it was about eleven of them and within the span of 5 meters. The broad-shoulder man had spoken again, "I don't think you are in the position to decline." His voice deep and heavy, "well I don't exactly want to accept your graceful proposal either." He scoffed.
"Leave us alone." Akari had spoken roughly, Kanato had taken a look from the corner of his eye to see her holding a kunai. The man in front, that had been standing beside the broad man had spoken with a certain gleam in his eyes as he took a step forward almost more than thrilled to come near us. His breath heavy, "I just want you, Akari." Kanato had felt himself hold Akari closer to him as he narrowed his eyes at the man a sort of twisted lust in his eyes.
"Ew." Akari mumbled as she looked at him, "fine." The heavy-toned man spoke again, his eyes narrowed as he shifted from one foot to another, "get them." His eyes were dark as the sounds of quick footsteps echoed in his ears as Kanato had watched them surround both him and Akari, he gritted his teeth as he twisted securing one hand behind his back to guard Akari, he dodged the sickle, catching his own reflection on the weapon before swiftly knocking it aside nearly hitting another man.
He raised his foot as he slammed his heel into a man before digging his kunai sharply into the neck of the man, hearing the squeal of pain Akari clenched his clothing tighter as her eyes drifted around looking at the men, only three tall and broad men had remained and watched carefully as if they eyed our movements, memorizing them and analyzing the patterns of the Uchiha siblings. Akari clenched her teeth as Kanato barely managed to avoid the swipe of a sword, he couldn't have been able to defend himself properly with having to protect her.
Feeling the heaviness on her chest Akari swiftly moved from Kanato's hand and stepped backward, he shouted out in protest, "Akari! Get back here it's dangerous!" His voice rang in the room as he attempted to move towards his younger sister who had also been surrounded, he had immediately been entangled in a fight with a swordsman, he narrowed his eyes and he urged to push the man as he focused on the man, his thoughts were to immediately race over to his sister and deal with the man quick.
Hearing the groan, Kanato had spared a glance and had watched as Akari had twirled a kunai in her hands, at the foot of her had been a ninja, one that had remained still and bloody. His eyes widened as he clenched his teeth and swiped his feet at his opponent and lunged forward, he prayed that his younger sister could defend herself. The whistle in the room echoed as the three men looked over to the small girl, Kyro peered at her with more interest and licked his lips.
"Strong." His words came out as a growl as he looked at her, watching as she dodged her enemies and avoided their attacks, he had been sure that the women in the household of the Uchiha had been trained to be docile and weak and only handle things such as household work. He had been shocked seeing as she avoided the movements of her enemies and seemed to be so sure of them as she knew when to attack and defend, she was a mere child in his eyes, however, her actions had proven otherwise.
A child of the Uchiha, a girl, shouldn't have been able to move the way she did. Her movements appeared to be so fluid-like and swift as if she had done them million's of times, Yura had kept his lips sealed as the man beside him had spoken in a low voice, "this is taking longer than it was timed." His eyes drifted over to his left-hand man, he flickered his gaze to the two siblings watching as they defended against the ninjas in dark clothing.
He looked over at the man on his right, "Kyro." His voice was soft but remained hard, the man looked up with a bounce in his step as he watched the dark grin spread underneath his mask. The man barreled forward as he pushed the other ninja's and lunged forward with Kanato. He bounced in his steps as he twirled the kunai in his hand as he ducked the attacked from Kanato and slammed the heel of his foot into the young Uchiha's stomach, causing him to crash into the ground.
Kanato groaned as he clenched his stomach, his breathing became heavier as he had felt the dull pain in his ribs, he had already suspected that he had broken or cracked a rib, he had looked over seeing as Akari had been slammed into the wall, her cheek red as she clenched the kunai around her fingers. He stared at the man in front of him, aside from the other ninja there had been something about him that was terrifying. He gulped as the words of his father had been erased for a few moments, he felt scared, he felt weak, he didn't know what to do. He just wanted to protect Akari.
He groaned as he slowly pushed himself up on his knees, his arms trembling from sporting multiple cuts and wounds along his arms, "leave her alone." He bit his tongue as he aimed to make his voice sound determined and hard, there was silence as he could feel his younger sister's eyes on him. He tightened his grip around his stomach as he slowly pressed himself up to his feet and trained his eyes on the tall and broad man in front of him, who had appeared to be excited at his reaction.
"She is a child." Kanato had breathed out, he became still hearing the man laugh in front of him, his eyes gleamed with happiness as he twirled the small kunai on the palm of his hand as he stepped forward. Kanato had gulped feeling the fear in his chest, don't be scared, he prayed for the words to become true. He was strong but for a boy that had been only twelve summers, he had been trained by his father and older brother, told to kill his emotions in battle, however, Akari had been the one he was fighting for.
He was sure that if she wasn't here he would have been killed or kidnapped a lot earlier, somehow her simple presence had made him act in different ways, made him want to jump and leap into the face of danger for her. She was just a child. His younger sister he had grown to love so much ever since she had been born, he didn't want to see her in a pool of blood, something like that had made him scared for his life, he was well aware if he could protect her he would give everything to see her live.
Akari had felt her heart pound against her chest as she looked at her older brother, his skin appears to be bruised and wounded so heavily, the way his voice croaked as he pleaded for her freedom made the tears spring to life in her eyes. She never knew that being love like that could make someone act so foolish, she bit her tongue, she had been the one who had died in her last life protecting the one she had loved. She had known the emotions one could feel when protecting the one they love.
She wanted to cry and hug her brother, this form of love had been something new to her. All the past lives she had experienced had been ones filled with hardship since her first life, living in the darkness, being alone, running from the past. She had only lived like that. Living in the home filled with a stern father, and loving brothers had been something new to her. Yet, she knew she wanted to protect what she had. Was that selfish? She just wanted everything to be the same.
"The Uchiha are prized individuals. Meaning having the both of you would increase the value." The tallest man spoke as he stepped forward, in front of Kanato's trembling figure. The soreness on my cheek had evaporated as I watched the sad look in my brother's eyes from a distance, "though." The man breathed out as he spared me a glance, his eyes glowing with a sight of amazement, "I will give you respect for protecting your younger sister." He nodded, Kanato's shoulder's shook as he looked over to her.
The swelling in his eye becoming more evident, "please. I beg you. Let her go." Her heart broke watching as he fell to his knees pressing his forehead to the ground, one of the men above him had laughed as he pressed the heel of his foot onto her brother's head, he wanted me to be safe. Why? Why! Grinding my teeth as she watched as her brother begged and the man press the heel harder on her brother's head, his poisoned laugh echoing in the silent room.
Curling her fists, "get away from him you snake!" She shouted hearing her own voice ring in her ears, the eyes around the room locked with mine as she charged forward. Avoiding the rest of the ninja's as they stumbled to grab me, tackling the man's foot he stumbled back as she bit my teeth into his leg. He groaned out loud as he attempted to shake her off his leg, "Akari!" Kanato shouted as the man slammed his fist against her cheek, keeping the solid grip on his leg the man cursed.
The pounding on her head had made me clench tighter as she felt the tears spring from my eyes, she wasn't crying of physical pain, no, the tears she had let fall were ones of her pain of her older brother. The love he had felt for her and need to protect her that he was willing to sacrifice himself for it, she had tackled the man in anger, it was as if her heart had controlled her emotions instead of her brain. She had let her emotions overrule her yet again. She felt stupid, but somehow she didn't care how she appeared.
She felt her fingers release the man's hand as he slammed his fist against her, she stumbled back into her brother's arms. She narrowed her eyes as she felt her brother tug her closer to him, he wanted to hide her behind him, he wanted to take everything instead of her. She quickly swiped the blood running from her nose as she glared at the man, who narrowed his eyes at her, "you're so feisty." Her nerves had jumped around as she had been yet awaiting for her father to arrive along with the Uchiha's.
Bitting her tongue she had figured that the usual security had been killed, "I will kill you." She breathed out as she clenched her fists, her anger grew out of place as she glanced back at brother. She wanted to protect him as she watched as the men around her stepped closer in the tighter circle, "stop." Kanato's pained voice filled her ears, she sucked in her breath as she felt the hand wrap around her shoulders and draw her closer to him, she forced her to bury her face into his neck.
He breathed out lightly, "I will protect you." His voice was low as she cried harder in his arms, clutching his clothing as she wrapped her arms around him, he smiled lightly as he pressed her back into him lightly. She was a child. Her back so small, yet, she wanted to protect him. He had felt the pride in his chest for her, she was so young and yet she had acted like this. It was a miracle to have a sister like her, so beautiful, young, intelligent and strong. He truly couldn't have asked for anything else.
"Please. Leave us alone!" She cried out as she wrapped her arms tighter around her brother, the blood soaking through her clothing as she felt his body heat. Resting her hands on the wound she prayed that she would be able to help heal his wound, "isn't this a scene to behold." One of the men spoke as the men around her had laughed at her action with her brother, they both simply sat they're awaiting their fates, would they die by their hands or be kidnapped and tortured for hours.
Kanato wasn't ready for that, so he attempted to get up and yet protect her, except when he had gotten up he had felt the pain spread through his body as he looked down. The sharp gleam of the sword had evaded his vision as he watched it bury into his body, he coughed as he heard the sound of his sister shouting as she cried harder in his arms. He felt the weight of his body become heavy as he gently fell forward as the sword was pulled out harshly, he looked to see his sister having the splat of blood on her face his blood.
He groaned as his fingers immediately went to his wound watching in horror as the blood pooled between the crease of his fingers, he watched as Akari had quickly shouted something that was so vague as the only sound had been the pump of his blood in his ears. He was going to die. He fell onto his side as he watched his younger sister hands fall to his wound, the glowing green light becoming intense as she focused her eyes on it, he watched her expression twist as she shouted something.
His vision that appeared so clearly had been denying him, the spots of black had been evading his vision. His sister was trying to save him, he had so many questions he wanted to ask her, to know how she knew to fight? To defend herself without the proper training? And even how she knew how to heal? He somehow was so sure that his sister was someone he would be so proud of in the future. He wanted to see her grow up, to see her get married. He wanted to be with her.
Was that wrong? To want to be with the ones you loved. Kanato had strained his lips watching the blackness crept upon him like a demon, "r-run." He gasped out loud watching with a heavy heart as the tears dripped onto his face as she attempted to heal him. He watched through his heavy eyes as the men pulled her away from him, he reached out to hold her, he was going to be no use to them as they had realized that from the start.
He was going to die. He knew it. While she was going to be taken away and god knows what will happen to her, Kanato hadn't been unaware of one of the men's eyes on his young sister. He looked as if he wanted to consume her. Kanato had simply looked watching as Akari's green light around the palm of her hand had faded as she cried hysterically her sharp bright blue eyes shining within the dark room, his hand remained on his wound as he hoped for a few more seconds.
Suddenly he watched as she performed some sort of handsigns, the handsigns had been unfamiliar to him as the lighting had appeared and covered her entire body, flickering as it touched the man who touched her. As soon as the multiple hands pulled off of her she stumbled towards him and began to perform the healing, he watched as she shut her eyes as the glowing green had been the only thing shining as he watched her eyes the next moment.
Red. The piercing and shining bright red, it had made him still as he watched his sister unaware of her eyes. He watched in amazement as the single tomoe had filled his view, the piercing red around her pupil had been faint. She sucked up her breath as she touched her eyes, she had awakened her Sharingan. Kanato had bit the inside of his cheek, he had been the cause of her awakening, his death had activated her eyes. Strangely he felt both proud and sad.
She truly has loved him so much, yet, being able to activate her eyes she had to see the death of her loved one.
"Sharingan." One of the men breathed out, Kanato had finally shut his eyes unwillingly as the scream of her voice echoed in the room. The piercing sound of her scream had awakened all the residents in the household, in the furthest room her father had immediately gotten to his feet, followed by the rest of her brothers and the men. Yet, as Akari had stood over her brother's unconscious and still form she felt the tears in her eyes as she felt the heavy hand on his head as she was successfully knocked out.
It had been then that the ninja's had rushed and left the still form of Kanato in the room, the dark clothed forms of the ninja's disappeared into the thick tree's the sounds of the other Uchiha's had become evident as they gotten further and further from the hideout. Only to get closer and closer to their destination. One that had been unknown to the young girl.
When Tajima Uchiha and his sons followed by the other Uchiha men had arrived at his son's Kanato's room they had been shocked. Watching as the multiple dead bodies around the room and the splatters of blood sprinkled around, and the unconscious form of Kanato. Tajima had immediately dashed towards his son, he bit the inside of his cheek as he looked at him, seeing the blood seep through the tatami mat and the stain of his blood sinking through his clothing.
He twisted his expression, "get me a medic!" He shouted as his other sons filled the room, he immediately looked over his shoulder at his eldest son who looked at his younger brother. He gulped for a moment his head pounding as he regretted his action for falling asleep, he had been awake for three nights straight as he was buried into his paperwork. He hadn't known that he managed to fall asleep, yet, the moment he did something had happened and terribly.
He cursed himself mentally as he hadn't sensed the presence of the ninja's sneaking into the room, he had heard the scream, the scream was not one of Kanato's but rather his daughter. His eyes grew wide as his eyes followed the burns on the mat, he had easily identified it to burn from the use of lighting. He looked down to his son, he had begged that the thought of his daughter being taken was his imagination, he hoped it hadn't become his reality.
He gulped, "Ryuusuke. Take eight men and clear the perimeter, look for any tracks of any enemies. They had gotten past our security, so check all the security posts." He nodded as he watched both Madara and Izuna had walked into the room, their eyes falling on their older brother, they gasped in horror as Ryuusuke attempted to move out the room but was halted as one of the maids nearly crashed into him. Her eyes wide and frantic as she looked around.
She shouted, "my Lord!" She cried out, her eyes wide. Tajima had than felt the pressing weight of his heart, "s-she's missing! A-Akari!" Ryuusuke's eyes widened as the medic rushed in and easily took over the head of the clan's place, the individual had scrambled with bandages as another had begun to heal him. He stood to his feet as the maid continued on, her voice filled with horror and regret as her voice seemed untrained and scared.
"She had been with Lord Kanato." Tajima had looked over to Ryuusuke and nodded his head, he was bitting back the guilt on his shoulders and his anger. He couldn't let his emotions run wild, he was the head of the clan, not a mere normal man, he had to appear a certain way. He clenched his teeth and sucked in his breath as he looked around the room, this had been the work of not one man but rather a group, he curled his fists watching his son being healed.
He wasn't sure if he was alive, but he had known that his son had fought bravely, he was sure that he had tried to protect Akari until his last breathing movement. Taking a deep breath, "let's go. Katsu, take some men and secure the perimeter, Ryuusuke, grab the others and we will go look for Akari." As he walked through the door he had watched as his youngest sons had stepped forward, their chests puffed out and their eyes determined.
"We will help you, father." Tajima had remained still as he looked around and shook his head, "fine. Ryuusuke. You're in charge of them." He breathed as the group of Uchiha had begun the long night which hadn't last for many hours. It hadn't been something they thought would be easy, but rather the cursed night had been something that had led to the drastic change in both the Senju and the Uchiha. As the meeting between the youngest had led to the form of a strange and odd love.
Hello! Another chapter!
I just wanted to let you guys know that the original theme of the Naruto plot might be a little different than the usual. Meaning characters that had died might live, or the ones that had lived will die. I am still unsure about everything and just write what I think is right.
I also want to remind you guys I AM NOT THE BEST WRITER! Grammar and spelling along with punctuation are my worst enemies!
There will also be mature themes in the next chapter, such as violence, blood, rape, gore. etc. So please, be mindful of reading. Not all readers will like it. But I do hope you enjoy it.
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