Chapter Seven: Fate
Two years had passed Uchiha's and Senju's had fought, the heights of death remained the same. Losing loved ones had always been something that was common, where the war between the different clans could only rage on. It was a long year for many, as Akari had managed to convince her brother's of her past and who she really was. It wasn't something that had been easy, explaining in deep details of about everything and how she had lived, but it was certainly a starting point.
The Uchiha household had remained the same, however, Okita had begun to train Akari immediately after her wounds had healed, physically wounds could have easily drifted away but emotional it had appeared that it was longer to deal with. Though, Akari with the help of her family and the loved ones around her she had been able to slowly go through the process, mainly with Kanato and Izuna, both brothers that had stuck to her like glue after she had arrived.
She had finally decided that she was going to change the future, the future between the Senju's and the Uchiha's. All she knew was that becoming more strong was something that she had to learn, from her sensory abilities to her fighting style. She had to adapt to the new-formed lifestyle, Okita, a boy who was slowly becoming a teenager had been tasked as Akari's bodyguard. Ever since he had started training her he had always been near her, whether in the next room or down the hall, he was always near.
As the year had continued Akari had grown stronger and at a time would spar with her brother's as she was growing more confident in her abilities, along with her abilities to perform medical ninjutsu, something that had been rare during the time-period in the Uchiha household. She could only search the grounds of the Uchiha's terriority and gather herbs, she was well aware that the Senju's had been better healers, but she was aware that she had one thing they didn't.
Knowledge.
With the number of lives she had lived, she had been forced to adapt to the life of a ninja and could only increase her abilities. She had also been aware of the Senju's, especially, Tobirama Senju, at odd times she would recall the sight of her kissing him and the sight of his flushed features as he stuttered but she simply couldn't forget the way he had looked so disappointed once he had seen she was an Uchiha. He looked so broken. She could only chew her lip at her memories, she had wondered how he was doing, she had thought he would hate her, that was what she had thought.
"Now. Your opponent is Izuna, are you ready?" Akari looked up to Okita, his eyes narrowed at her in slight confusion, she slowly nodded her head as she looked at Izuna. After the brother's had faced the truth behind Akari they had noticed they had underestimated, hell, the entire Uchiha household had, therefore, when she had easily acted like she knew things they could only watch in amazement. It had been hard not to believe her, based on everything.
From the medical ninjutsu, the ability to control chakra so easily, and especially the way she had killed those men. It had certainly appeared like she had done it million's of times, yes, she had been their younger sister, but they had to acknowledge she simply wasn't someone who was younger than them and naive, the individual who had taken it the most serious was Kanato. Only he had smiled through it and hugged her. His actions towards her hadn't changed, only loved her more than before.
No matter what he was told, he had loved her, whether a woman had been the bodies of many or not, he had loved her like his younger sister. He had always been aware that something was strange about her, from her actions, her aura and even the walk she had talked. He had known something about her was different than other Uchiha girls at that age. However, he was slightly disappointed when he was told about her, and only smiled through everything, that was all he could do.
"Yeah. Don't think I will go easy on you." Izuna bent his knees slightly getting into position snapping Akari into reality, she narrowed her eyes as she slowly took her stance, the stance had been something that was different for her. It was one she had been taught by Okita, it was to remain both on the offensive and defensive, overall a neutral stance, quick to attack and quick to defend. She flickered her eyes at her older brother, she had known his weakness and the fact he was right-handed, and that he always takes three steps back before performing a jutsu.
The years of watching her brother's fight had made her more aware of their weakness than they knew themselves, "be careful, Akari." Kanato called out. He alongside with the rest of their family members had eagerly watched, after the Elders and the rest of the Uchiha clan had been aware of the power of the youngest Uchiha they had always been eager to see her. When she would fight or train, they had initially been shocked. The Elders originally had planned to marry her off at the age of 13 and create more heirs for the clan.
But the entire clan had been shocked when the news spread of her abilities to perform medical ninjutsu and for her to able to easily kill grown men at her age, they had always forced the Uchiha women to be the housewives and remain docile, but no matter what it appeared that Akari had been too loud and outstanding in attracting the right attention she had wanted, especially when it required for her to change the opinions of others. Especially since she had been the first Uchiha of the five to unlock her Sharingan.
Because of the wave of interest they had decided that they would hold a small tournament, for the children, between the ages of 6-10. It had been decided that the children of the Uchiha household boy or girl would be given the right to fight and show their strength by participating in battles among their other clan members. And the result of the winner who been given one of the hidden scrolls of the clan and a set of armor, it wasn't much but for children, at the age of wanting to become stronger, it had granted the interest of many.
Out of the five children, only three could participate, which were Madara, Izuna, and Akari. Madara being the eldest among the three and well known for his strength and ability had easily beat his opponents, Izuna also being able to easily defeat his opponents along with the use of his cleverness and trickery while Akari had been the biggest surprise of them all. She had used all three, from the brute strength, intelligence, and trickery.
Now on this specific day, it had become a test of siblings, who was the strongest? And who was the weakest? Everyone had known Madara and Izuna's strength but they had also underestimated Akari, was it possible that she was stronger than both of her brothers. Akari had been excited ever since Okita had mentioned it to her, she wanted to test her strength and see if she could truly defeat her brothers, she had nothing to lose, she had already had gained respect from many of the clan members by being able to perform medical ninjutsu.
"I wouldn't want you to go easy on me." She breathed out as she twisted the short sword in her hand so easily, the sword acted like an extension of her arm and moved as one with her. Izuna narrowed his eyes as Okita raised his hand as both of them ready themselves, with a sharp swing of his hand Okita and brought his hand down with ease. Immediately both of the siblings clashed, they would fight until one was unconscious or until the other had admitted defeat and given up, both were stubborn so it was sure to end with one being unconscious.
Akari pressed her sword against Izuna's his eyes glowing with excitement as they broke off before they entangled again, Akari leaned forward for a moment and caught him off guard as she pushed his sword aside, his grip flattering for a moment as she swiped her feet at his legs, Izuna quickly jumped and raised his sword to slam it down onto her. She quickly reached up as the sound of clanging metal echoed on the battlegrounds, both of the children fierce in their movements.
Izuna gritted his teeth as he stepped back, precisely three steps as Akari had predicted, he quickly began to perform a jutsu, "Katon: Goukakyuu No Jutsu." The small boy had performed the infamous jutsu that the Uchiha's were well known for, fire style jutsu's. The flick of the flame had expanded and was spinning with the undying flames, the fireball was massive, bigger than Akari expected as she slid back and quickly countered it with a water style jutsu.
She sucked in her breath feeling the pressing eyes on her figure, "Suiton: Suiryudan no jutsu." With a swift action, the thick water dragon formed around her body and quickly with a roar had leaped at the large fireball, Akari breathed out feeling as her Sharingan was brought to the real feeling as it spun and was active. She narrowed her eyes watching as the dragon and the fireball collided, immediately creating steam around them, she was unwillingly sucked into the steam but only smirked.
She was at a great advantage, she had the Sharingan and her brother didn't. She dashed into the steam obviously able to notice as Izuna struggled to keep his eyes focused around his surroundings, she swiftly landed behind him slamming the hilt of her foot into his back, he groaned out loud as she quickly appeared in front of him and slammed her fist under his chin he stumbled back in response as he quickly swiped at her again but only missed as she had faded into the smoke.
His vision had flattered as he struggled to find her but Akari had only watched him from the distance with the help of her eyes, she stepped forward focusing her chakra around her hand and with urgency she had made herself known watching as her brother looked behind too late as she slammed her fist into his cheek, she watched helplessly as the boy soared through the smoke and into the clearing. She easily stepped out of the clearing clenching her sword, watching as Izuna had slowly got to his feet.
He was stubborn. She wasn't sure if she was enjoying that. Her eyes narrowed as Izuna smirked, "got you." He breathed out, she sucked in her watching as the explosive tag gleamed in front of her. She stepped back in a haste to avoid it but gulped watching as the light flicker and her hands went to the tiger hand-sign as she quickly performed the substitution jutsu, she felt her breath leave her as the light exploded around her and the sound of the explosion went off.
The Uchiha's had seemed eager, seeing as Izuna managed to get Akari when she knew she was at an advantage, he managed to slip an explosive tag. Ryuusuke's eyes narrowed as he watched along with Madara and Kanato, however, among them Taijima wanted to be surprised. He had heard great things from Okita about the advancement of Akari's training, he wanted to see the fruits of her training and see if she truly was as she strong as he claimed, however, he sighed as he watched the smoke clear again.
Akari laid on the floor unconscious, he furrowed his brows as he looked at her figure, many of the Uchiha's had shaken their heads in disappointment, they had all secretly voted for Izuna to win. However, some had doubted seeing that Izuna would win comparing to when Akari had killed all those men, Izuna leaped to his feet with a wide grin but felt the burn in his chest, he wasn't entirely happy with hurting her. He stepped forward as he glanced at Okita.
The boy had a slight show of disappointment as he raised his hand, "Izuna Uchiha, you have hereby declared the wi-" Izuna felt the gasp slip through his parted lips as he felt the cold metal pressed against his neck, and the presence of the girl behind him, his eyes widened as he looked ahead seeing as the body of Akari had disappeared and instead was replaced with the sight of a mere log, he flickered his eyes hearing the small chuckle behind him.
"I win." She breathed out, the hushed voices of the Uchiha had rung as they watched Akari pressed her sword against her brother, Izuna gritted his teeth, he was for sure going to battle this until he had no strength. His father was watching him, his brothers were watching, everyone was watching them, he couldn't simply just give up because Akari had slipped behind him. He quickly lifted his kunai and clashed it with Akari's short sword, she stepped back watching as he charged.
Her eyes wavered for a moment, she hadn't expected him to quickly fight back, she had thought he would give up and admit defeat. She cursed mentally, she was angry, the winner of the match would have to fight Madara and if she were to compete against her older brother she would need to conserve her chakra. She breathed out as Izuna pressed his kunai against her sword, he leaned forward, clearly having the advantage of his shock factor.
His dark hair fluttered in the winds as Akari's had smoothly followed, both siblings evenly matched in their cursed beauty had not only magically hypnotize others around them by their beauty but by their strength and the fact that they were easily underestimated. Akari's eyes moved around his body in search of a change in his movements, if she had seen a weakness she was sure to use it to her advantage, she heaved her breathing as Izuna pressed the kunai harder before quickly grabbing another from his robe and pressed harder onto her.
Akari may have been the cursed woman with the knowledge of many jutsu's and secrets, but she was in the body of a mere child. One that was growing and her opponent was her brother, older and physically stronger, no matter what she had been known for she was still at a disadvantage. She stumbled back but quickly watched as Izuna leaped forward with a quick swipe of the kunai, she leaned back, feeling the ache in her lower back as the kunai had missed her.
In response, she lifted her right leg in an attempt to get him, but he easily dodged it and flipped backward, his movements smooth and easy. She watched as he took an offensive stance, his eyes clear with determination as he stared at her, "I am not going to give up." She bit the inside of her mouth for a moment, secretly she was excited, she had been pleased by the fact that her brother wasn't someone to underestimate and give up, he was determined.
"Never expected you too." She breathed out as she swiped the sweat above her brow, she was nervous now, the match was taking longer than she expected and she still lacked stamina. She calmed her raging senses for a moment and inhaled deeply, she was thinking too much, this wasn't a simple spar between siblings. This was something more. Bigger than she could imagine. The match had shown who was the strongest and weakest, but it also was a demonstration to see if she is capable as a ninja and not a woman.
If she could be a ninja in this life while being a woman, which was frowned upon, losing this match could mean she would fail and lose everything she had argued and gone against the Elders for. If she were to win the match she would still have to face Madara, but it had been a step to showing that she was strong and capable, and not a mere young girl who couldn't handle anything thrown at her. Her family had yet to know what she truly had been through those past weeks away from the household.
Gulping for a moment, "you have gotten stronger." She watched as Izuna's gaze wavered for a moment as the posture in his left leg had flattered for a moment, she sucked in her breath and narrowed her eyes before locking them with her brother's. That was it. She grinned. She found his weakness and now to exploit it. She smiled softly at her brother before twirling the sword in her hands as she looked at him, she stepped back before smoothly placing it in the sheath.
Reaching up she began to perform another jutsu, one the Uchiha's had been familiar with, "Doton: Dosekiryu." She quickly formed the last needed handseal before slamming her fist into the ground, she watched as Izuna's eyes had widened, the Uchiha's hadn't been fond of the element of the earth and stuck to fire in most cases, but earth at times had been favored in individuals. Though this was something that was used in battle often, something Izuna had yet to still experience.
The jutsu was something that had been easily used as a method to distract your opponent and catch them off their guard, therefore, they will expect the unexpected. Izuna gripped his kunai as the wave of the earth had risen and rolled towards him, almost similar to wild wave and moved towards him intensely, he could no longer see the small figure of Akari as he was too occupied with the wave, he quickly jumped up and landed onto the branch of the nearby tree.
It was quick and fast, something he had struggled to keep up but kept focused despite his pumping nerves. He breathed out watching as the large wave of the earth was halted and the movement had stopped, he sucked in his breath as he looked around, his eyes scanning for any signs of anything out of the ordinary, "Katon: Blazing shuriken dance!" The shout of the jutsu took him off of his guard as he watched the dozen small fireballs rushed towards him.
He jumped back able to avoid a few until he felt the brutal pain on his shoulder and the slicing pain cut into his skin. His hand immediately went up to the wound, grounding his teeth he managed to avoid a few of them but had received wounds regardless, looking at the fireballs that had landed into the ground he had seen that the shurkiens had been marked into the ground. His eyes widened, she had managed to conceal the shurikens with her flames, he hissed lowly at the sting of pain, she was clever, clever than he expected.
However, he was still determined, he was going to win. He steadied his feet as he looked around in search of Akari, in front, behind, to the left and to the right. Where was she? He looked around, he had to see her, she had to be somewhere. He attempted to step forward, but gasped as he felt the small hand wrap around his left leg, he groaned in pain as he looked down at the protruding hand from the ground. His eyes widened as he felt his stomach jump as he was pulled into the ground.
Izuna shut his eyes tightly expecting a wave of pain, but he could only feel the tap on his head. He opened his eyes seeing the wide smile across Akari's eyes and bright gleam in her eyes as she looked at him, she sat right in front of him with her sword resting on the ground, "I think I win." He looked around in an attempt to move his body but was unable, he gritted his teeth as he tried to shake only to feel the intense eyes of his youngest sister in front of him.
A small smile on her lips. Okita had than moved over to their side, "can you continue?" He asked, his eyes locking with Izuna, who only turned away in anger and grumbled. He couldn't move at all. He huffed, "I concede." He breathed out, Akari grinned as she placed her hands in a seal and released him from his position, the sounds of clapping echoing in both of their ears. Akari tilted her head as she eagerly bounded towards Kanato who opened his arms widely with a big smile.
"I won!" She buried her face into his chest, her older brother laughing as he praised he, quickly he looked over to Izuna who looked downward as Madara teased him to losing to Akari. "you did an excellent job as well." Izuna bit the inside of his cheek as he heard the praise, the blush crossing his features as he watched Akari curl around Kanato and Ryuusuke who laughed. He narrowed his eyes hearing as Madara continued to tease him.
He didn't like that Akari had been carelessly hugging them, in fact, he hated it. He hated the attention she had given her elder brothers. He only wanted her to focus on him, he wanted her too hug him and wrap her arms around him. Feeling the tap on his head he shook his head looking up at Madara's dark eyes, "everything okay?" He nodded as he went over to the porch as one of the maids had provided him with a warm towel as he sat down.
"You did great." Hearing the deep voice he looked up to his father, seeing the single eye exposing to him watching him deeply. He sucked in his breath as he glanced over to Akari for a moment, "I lost." He breathed out, his father had quietly nodded before taking a seat next to him. He flinched seeing as he done so but remained silent when he did so, licking his lips he pressed the warm towel to his face relaxing at the warm feeling as it spread across his body.
He had believed that his father would immediately ridicule him for losing to his younger sister, the one who had gained her Sharigan and known a diverse amount of jutsu's one that the clan never knew of. He thought that he would insult him, instead, he is doing something else? Feeling the gentle hand on his shoulder he looked to Taijima as he sent him a small smile one that looked to be a tipped smile, "you are still learning. Don't forget that." Izuna simply stared at him, was this a pity party?
"You already beaten so many people before, losing once doesn't mean you are weak. No, it proves that you have things to improve on, yes, but not weak." Izuna bit the inside of his cheek, his father had meant to say he wasn't perfect? He hadn't been up to his standards. Tajima breathed out staring at his young son's face, "being strong doesn't always mean its always physical. No, it requires mental strength as well." Hearing one of the Elders call upon him he made a swift move and got up.
Izuna was still young. He needed to understand that physical strength isn't the only thing that is important and rather being mentally strong as well could complete an individual, and from the looks of it, he was in need of it. He looked up staring at Akari as one of the maids had handed her a cup of tea as she flashed them a beautiful smile, leading the older woman around her to swoon. Izuna had quietly watched as Okita had stood nearby, his posture tall.
His eyes, however, remained glued to Akari as he stood at his father's side. Izuna wasn't the only one to notice it but his fellow other brothers, they had been aware of Okita's job being her teacher and guard but had found the teen boy to always being around her without providing any space to her. Madara especially had gotten frustrated at points, he had found Okita being around Akari too much to his liking. He had a strong understanding of his young sister's personality and the way she easily grabbed the attention of others.
From her bubbly and happy attitude to her serious and determined traits, everything about her had been different from what Uchiha's were expected to be. Somehow being different was something that the Uchiha's had learned to love more, especially since she was growing, and with her growing strength, she had become one of the most desirable children in the clan. Many men had already asked for their son's to marry her in the future, of course, their father had declined.
Tajima had learned to think of his children first and decided that in the future if Akari wanted to get married she will be the one to decide, leading many of the Elders to be angered, but of course, Akari had cared and was solely focused on the idea of becoming stronger. Akari smiled at the maid, "thank you, Kon." The maid giggled as Akari wrapped her hands around the maid's waist, who blushed at the action and couldn't help but smile.
After a long hour and a half, it had been decided that Madara and Akari would fight, Akari had only nodded and jumped off of Ryuusuke's lap and onto the battlefield. Madara gave a stern nod and moved towards the battlefield, watching as Akari gave him a small smile. Her eyes brightened as she stared at her older brother, she felt the excitement rush through her blood and hear the pounding of her own heart in her ears. She was going to fight her older brother. Madara.
If that wasn't exciting enough, she didn't know what was? However, she simply seemed entertained as she twirled the sword around her fingers as Madara had narrowed his eyes at her, he had watched her fight before, meaning he had been aware of her fighting style. Now she would have to completely change everything. Taking a deep breath she watched as Okita had gotten into position, he raised his single hand in the air before looking between the siblings, ensuring they were ready.
"The fight between Akari and Madara Uchiha will commence," he paused, "on y-" The loud shout had shattered the tense atmosphere around the two, "my Lord!" A teenage boy had run down the porch clutching a document between his fingers as everyone looked at him like a madman, he breathed out heavily and paused gaining the attention from Taijima as he stepped forward. He stood tall as he looked down at the small boy, the boy looked up in a rush a bead of sweat running down his neck.
"T-The scouts. They had found a clue for the kidnappers." He breathed out, Tajima's eyes widened as he took the document quickly scanning it and thoroughly reading the words written on it. He sucked in his breath, the scouts he had placed had found a location that had been known, it had been an underground hideout, and from the information provided everything had been put away neatly and all evidence of the people there had vanished. Like they knew the scouts would get there.
Tajima clenched the paper as he continued on, apparently, the individuals had left questionable notes, all that had been regarding Akari. One of the notes provided had been detailed in what they had done to her, he sucked in his breath feeling the pulsing anger course his body as he read the words, the writing of the scout being barely understood as he made out that the scout didn't feel pleased finding out what happened to her. He rolled the paper up and tucked it into his breast pocket, it had been two years, and they finally had a lead.
He looked over to Akari who watched him her lips pinched together and her eyes blank, she hadn't told anyone, no one knew of what happened to her. But, now her father had known, he had known everything, he had believed what those people had written simply because his gut had pinched him in anger that the words were written were most likely true. He knew now. He knew why she didn't smile when she woke up. And when she remained docile for the few months, at the end of the day woman or not, she was a person his child someone who wasn't supposed to experience anything like that.
"This event will be canceled, Ryuusuke, Kanato, Izuna and Madara gear up we will be going out." He headed straight towards his room for his supplies, he was going directly there to see what happened. He wasn't pleased by the words, he needed to see this place, he needed to gain an understanding of what happened there, and he knew for a fact he wasn't going to rest until he had answers. Somehow that would revolve going back to Akari.
Akari could only watch as Madara had quickly run after there father with her brother's quickly following, the other Uchiha's nodded to each other and immediately scattered leaving Akari on the battlefield with Okita. She breathed out looking around, a fight with the Senju's? She bit the inside of her lip as she charged after her father, she made a beeline straight to his room, seeing as he was rummaging through his draws and hooking his weapons around his waist.
She clenched her fists, "father." He continued on, "father!" She shouted. He paused looking over his shoulder, the single Sharingan exposed. She gasped at his eyes, "what." He barked as he moved towards her as she marched into his room, seeing the scrolls and paperwork scattered across his room. Everything had been in complete chaos, everyone looked as if they were preparing to fight, the last thing she was going to do was sit back and watch everyone she loved die.
Breathing out sharply she narrowed her eyes, "let me come." Tajima narrowed his eye, "no." He turned away and gathered his weapon pouch, she curled her fists tighter. She had shown how much she had grown over the years, she wasn't a child that could be easily beaten, so why was he denying her from coming, she narrowed her eyes watching as he walked around her. Ignoring her presence, this was something that had angered her even more.
"I am coming." She narrowed her eyes as she stepped forward, Taijima sharply turned around clearly angered, "no and that's final." She raked a hand through her hair, "if you are fighting I am coming too! I am strong enough I can protect myself." He became still for a moment and Akari was sure that he would agree to it, but his shoulders slumped as he turned to her, his eyes flickered downwards and the sight of his Sharingan was gone and replaced by his dark eye.
"You cannot come." Akari felt her blood boil, what if something happened to her brother's or father? It wasn't labeled when they would die exactly in the textbooks just said they had passed away, that could have been any day, especially with the life expectancy of shinobis. All she wanted was to protect her brothers. Was that hard? Wanting to be with them? She couldn't stand the loss of Kanato and felt nearly destroyed when she had watched him "die" in front of her. Hell, she wasn't sure if she would be sane losing another person close to her?
He shook his head, "leave me." His voice was deep and filled with authority, but Akari had years of experience and was customed to that by now, she narrowed her eyes. Pushing her hair back, "no." The flash of anger ran through her father's body as she was expecting him to yell or throw something around his room, what she hadn't expected was the feeling of his hand swiping around her face and slamming onto the ground. She could only gasp with her eyes wide and she held the redding mark.
Tajima felt his heart crack as he heard the gasps from the doorway, he looked over in a panic seeing his sons gathered at the doorway. Ryuusuke stepped forward angered, "how could you!?" He angrily claimed as he stepped into the room, everything was falling apart. He didn't mean to hit her. Everything was just a mess, his mental state and everything that could exist. He looked down to the palm of his hand and quickly locked eyes with his young daughter.
His pride too much for him, "get out." His eyes glowing with anger, Akari didn't need to be told twice as a reminder she wasn't welcomed. She quickly burst through the porch and ran out, leaving the Uchiha siblings in a confused state as Okita had quietly followed after her, however, with her speed it seemed it was going to be a challenge for even him. Tajima kept his lips sealed looking over to his displeased sons, he didn't mean to hit her.
Sighing mentally, "let's go." He didn't make any attempts to bring up about the situation up at all. He just wanted to reach the location where his scouts were. He curled his lips together as he rushed out with his sons following close by, none of them said anything and remained quiet, he was going to be judged on his actions now. All of his sons held a special place for Akari and loved her dearly when she went missing they all had been the ones in which had been searching for her, and when finding her, that was a shock. Now from everything she had faced, having her father hit her was the last thing he wanted.
He secretly promised himself that when he had arrived back he would apologize to her. She was mature enough to understand and him. And he was hoping that his thoughts about her would be true. However, for the moment he had to be focused on his current mission, meaning he had intended to find out about those who had initially had intended to steal Akari and kill Kanato. His emotions would have to be placed to the side as he focused on his mission.
He was going to do this for him, his family, his clan and most of all for his daughter.
Akari wasn't sure where she was anymore, all she could see was the long stretch of the stream and the calming sounds of running water over the rocks. She did know it was nearby, not like she was entirely lost but she had vaguely known where she was. She took a deep breath out. Running her fingers through her hair as she kicked one of the free pebbles and working her way along the small stream, her shockingly blue eyes gathering the peaceful atmosphere around her.
Lifting her head she felt the beads of the sun touch the lids of her eyes, how calming, she needed fresh air. Feeling the slight sting on her cheek she raised her hand up and held it to her cheek feeling as used her medical jutsu on healing the swollen part of her face, she closed her eyes sadly. All she wanted was to go with them. To protect them. She couldn't imagine any one of them leaving her so soon, and that had included her father as well.
She had watched everything when he hit her, the amount of shame and guilt he had, he was an adult man who had run a clan and was constantly fighting the Senju. She had believed that her words weren't the only thing to set him off, but the amount of stress he had over the while had personally taken a toll on him and he had just gone off. Was she just giving excuses because she loved him? She shook at her own thoughts, even she was a mess.
Hearing the small mewl her ears tingled, she opened her eyes seeing the small animal down the stream. She quickened her steps getting a closer look at the animal, she watched as the two tails of the fox gently flutter as she gotten closer. Her heartbeat picked up, two tails? She questioned herself for a moment as she bent down she placed the palm of her hand watching as the blue hue filled the palm of her hand as she gently moved down the body of the fox.
She sighed in relief as the fox hadn't been in worst condition that she couldn't save it, she breathed out as she gently picked up the fox feeling the wet fur against her loose training pants, she shrugged off her long sleeve jacket, leaving her in a vest and wrapped the fox in the piece of clothing. Immediately the small fox curled into it, she quickly rushed over to the shade and sat onto the tree branch and slowly begun to heal the fox.
The bloodstains tainting the pure white fur of the fox, she gulped as she watched the tails flutter for a moment and the sight of the fox cracking a single eye open for a moment, the sharp red eye locking with her's for a moment as she gently smiled running her fingers over the tender fur, "you're okay." She whispered lightly watching as the fox closed its eyes again and rest against her lap as it was knocked out. She sighed looking at the fox.
After healing the fox she simply held it close to her chest to provide more warmth, she leaned her head against the tree feeling the graze of the warm sun against her skin. The feeling was smoothing and something she had relished, everything was happening too quickly, from feeling the palm of her father's too cradling a two-tailed fox? Could anything worse happen? She mentally laughed as she felt the brush of its hair against her skin.
The two years had been great to her, despite being a child her features had enhanced and the slight tan on her beautiful skin had shimmered along with her bright eyes that had been framed by the thick lashes. Nothing had physically affected her as she emotional affected the most. Taking a deep breath again she closed her eyes again, she supposed a small nap wasn't going to harm her? That's what she thought. Expecting to feel the presence of Okita, she was shocked by another, one that was more familiar than she expected.
Her eyes widened as she clenched the animal to her chest and the slight breeze had teased her skin creating a trail of goosebumps. She gulped as she sensed the presence, she gulped being aware of the lecture she would hear from her Uchiha guard, except she was hearing the soft crunches of the leaves and the sound of the steps. Watching as his body had come from the shadows of the forest to the bright light, she sucked in her breath, her eyes growing wide.
The boy she had seen two years ago had stood in front of her, a shocked expression etched onto his handsome features, his dark brown hair matted against his forehead his eyes locked upon her's as he became still both of the children simply stared at each other for moments, both in which assuming that the time around them had suddenly stopped. He took a cautious step forward, his hands clenched at his side as he stared at her as Akari felt her heartbeat pick up.
"Kawarama." She breathed out, "Akari?" He appeared puzzled as his eyes screwed in a confused expression. Senju and Uchiha, both in which stood meters away had simply looked at each other, in amazement, relief, and disappointment, except the stand-off, hadn't been one that was met on the battlefield but simply one near a lake where the only battle that seemed to exist was the one with their very own emotions.
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