The Cursed Woman

by ThatOneGirl009

To live is something. To die is another. But after death to be reincarnated that is something. "She" had lived through the lives of many, loved, learned, trusted and fallen various ways. However, when she has been reincarnated yet again, she is born into the body of Uchiha, in the era before Konoha. Can "she" finally have peace in this life? Rated M (Rape, Violence, and Gore)

9. Chapter 9

The Cursed Woman

Chapter Nine: Saviour

Many had thought the Uchiha clan was a clan to not be reckoned with, however, the most dangerous were the direct descendants of the leaders themselves. Tajima Uchiha's children had a deadly reputation and were well-known for their skillful abilities. They were beautiful and deadly. Many were aware that being granted such things were dangerous and were meant to bring upon chaos. Especially since most of the children had unlocked their Sharigans, especially, the youngest.

Often the whispers among the Uchihas and the maids had always labeled the youngest to be the deadliest, with her being kidnapped and appearing to have killed dozens of men. People had known the Uchiha's were individuals meant for greatness and power, and at a young age were always trained to fight, but the youngest was a girl a mere child who had been always sewing or practice skills that would assist her in her being courted in the future.

Everyone had known that the child hadn't picked the sword up. She couldn't. She was constantly surrounded by the maids and or her guards. It was apparent when the Elders had found out that she had been found and with a detailed report from the eldest of the Uchiha's, Ryuusuke, the child was strong. Stronger than they thought and something like that was dangerous. They especially didn't like the fact that among the highest power of the Eldest had appreciated that a child could be a ninja as well.

Something like that was dangerous as well. If the child could waver the faith Uchiha Elders it was a problem, that would mean in the future those who had followed her would have power in other places. Few of the Elders had disliked it and always found that women's task was to maintain the household and create more heirs for the Uchiha, something like that was meant to keep the Uchiha blood pure and not tainted. This little girl was becoming a problem in the Uchiha household, and it had been secretly decided among a few that she would have to face the consequences of her power.

"Ah, did you see the fight?" One of the tall Uchiha guards had spoken as he stared into the forest a small grin on his lips and he raked a sharp hand through his hair, his dark eyes focused on the slightly wavering trees in the distance as he glanced at his close friend who sucked in his breath. He immediately grinned, "you mean the one between Akari and Izuna?" He nodded excitedly, feeling his insides jump with mere excitement recalling the scene.

He had heard rumors about the young girl being talented but she was more clever and strong than Izuna, and especially when he had watched the match from a distance it had he found it to be so intense, the way the two had moved so quickly and performed jutsu's that had taken him years to even perform. He was so happy. Ever since Akari had been born he had thought of her to be very different from her brothers, ones that were cold and always focused on the mission.

She, on the other hand, was like a ball of sunshine, constantly on her feet and running around. He couldn't deny that he had felt slight jealous whenever she had curled up to her brothers like Kanato or Ryuusuke, though was seen more with Kanato. He had never really known the relationship between the two, but all he could tell was when Akari had been around Kanato it was like the boy couldn't help but smile and constantly had her in his arms.

He had only wished his sister was like that too him, but all she did was throw and torture his poor soul. He sighed thinking as he would see her when he got home, "what's wrong with you, Ai got you in a bunch, Kou-chan~" He narrowed his eyes at his friend and crossed his arms over his shoulders as he briefly looked down for a moment. He didn't like the nickname as his friend would constantly tease him about but it had been many years since he was using it.

"She is so stressful." He sighed looking up as he raised his arms behind his head feeling the stretch of his muscles, "hm. Most women are." His friend shrugged his shoulders, "right. I might tell Saiko you think like that." He grinned for a moment seeing his childhood blush furiously, he began to laugh feeling the bubbling humor explode within him. Saiko, him and his friend Renta, were all childhood friends and grown up with each other. However, as they had gotten older they attended to the different roles in place for them, he and Renta had trained to be ninja's while Saiko had trained to become a lady.

Ever since they had been young Renta had a strong crush on Saiko, who had been always oblivious to his actions around her. He simply shook his head as he thought back to the recent time they had gathered, the way Renta had blushed when he made the slight contact with Saiko's fingers as she held a teacup, he could only laugh. He couldn't help but felt like a third wheel among the two, despite Renta not having his feelings returned right away.

"Well. I am going to see her tonight." He halted his actions and coughed out loud staring at him, his eyes wide and lips parted as he looked over to him, a bright and wide grin on his face. He raised a hand and jabbed a thumb to his face, he stared at his best friend seeing the joy on his face, he was truly happy for him. He smiled at the action which had caught off Renta, "Kou-" His friend gently placed a hand on his shoulder and smiled brightly at him.

It was the era of war. Families destroyed and homes gone. Renta was one of many to find happiness in a place like this, so he made himself a silent promise to keep him alive no matter what. Maybe it was foolish and childlike, he knew he wasn't the strongest and or the smartest like the talented Uchiha's, but he knew that keeping him safe would bring him happiness and that was something he could live for. He sucked in his breath feeling the brush of the wind against his skin and the glow of the sun touch his skin.

"I am happy for you." He breathed out seeing the soft smile, Renta smiled softly, "thank you. For everything." Both of the boys stared at each other in silence, it seemed that the only thing could be heard was the sound of the wind and the light bustling within the compound. The stare wasn't of romantic love, rather it was the opposite and purely based on the brotherly love both of the boys shared for each other. With the amount of time they had spent it was almost as if they were brothers.

They both laughed, "now. We got to find someone for you!" Renta linked his arms behind his head as Kouta shook his head, he didn't hate the idea but it seemed to be the least of his interest at the moment. He shrugged his shoulders at the comment and focused his eyes on the forest until suddenly it had been a flicker of clothing that had dashed into the forest he gasped as he got into an offensive position and narrowed his eyes catching the attention of Renta.

Both of them had easily noticed it was fast but they could spot the outline of the dark blue clothing, "you saw that?" He nodded sharply as he took off, "you let someone know and I'll go ahead a-" His friend sharply cut him off, "yeah right." Renta scoffed Kouta shook his head as both he and his friend had taken off, both foolish and stubborn to let the other be the hero. So both of the boys had rushed through the forest attempting to follow the figure which appeared small and quicker than both of Sharigan could keep up with.

Renta gritted his teeth, "they are fast." Kouta nodded as he watched suddenly the small figure glanced back for a moment and vanished into thin air, the boys were taken by surprise and stopped at the stop in the clearing where the figure had suddenly vanished. Both of them thought they would come across a field of nothing, instead, they had stumbled across a group of people, people who were too close to their compound. He gulped seeing as he landed beside Renta, both boys staring in horror at what was in front of them.

"What the hel-" How did guards not find this!? It was a stream of people, ones who looked broken and destroyed, men, woman, children and even the elderly, attached to a line of chains that were wrapped around their ankles, wrists and some even their necks. Kouta felt the disgust in his stomach as he looked at the horror in front of him, Renta beside him was speechless and stared. Both of the boys gulped as they contiuned to stare soon gaining eyes on them.

It was the era of war, weapons needed to be made, bases needed to be built, the only way to get this to speed up was the use of civilians; those who didn't have power and were considered to be weak. Kouta curled his fist as he unconsciously stepped forward drawing his weapon that his friend immediately followed, they felt the tingle of fear crawl their arms as the men with weapons turned to them and begun to laugh at them. One of the men with the largest weapon had been cocked his head to the side revealing the large smile on his lips.

"Uchiha?" The men around him had held their weapons close as they peered at the two boys, "ah. Uchiha's." One of them nodded as they stared at the crest on their clothing, Kouta and Renta looked around seeing it had been at least more than a dozen men who imposed threats. Kouta's eyes briefly flashed over the eyes of the those who were chained, broken and helpless, except there had been a few who had looked upon them with faith.

Kouta tightened his grip on his kunai, he eyes looking around making sure he had counted the right amount of enemies, he gulped feeling the pain burn his stomach as he looked to Renta who whispered to him troubled with the current situation. Renta laughed softly like he was crazy, well they both got into this mess, fight or die, he often heard his clan leader speak those words. He breathed out softly feeling the relax of his muscles, he never knew enslavement of people was happening, and right under the Uchiha's noses!

"Uchiha's would be a great addition to the group." One of the men spoke with a crooked smile as he craned his neck locking eyes with Kouta, feeling the chill run through his body, he barked at the men in anger, "what are you people doing!" He stepped forward angered, somehow having these people tell him what they were doing was an attempt at settling his nerves and bring him to the light of realization. It was child-like. But he was still a mere boy.

The rumble of laughter echoed, "well. Boy. You already know." A man had approached them, he had been short with a fan in his hands and sported a round tummy. He grinned madly as the chain of jewels shined in the sun and the gleam of his teeth reflecting as well. Kouta growled lowly, "this is wrong." Renta spoke, his voice falling into the those who were chained their eyes widened and the faith in their eyes shined. Kouta glanced around as he looked at the markings on their bodies, how long have they been like that?

"Well. It is the time of war. We have to do what we have to do." He shrugged his shoulders not caring about the attitude of the two young boys, "then you should pay them and let them work. Not chain and beat them!" Kouta quickly attacked, this caused a twitch in the man's eyes. Anger radiated in his eyes as he stared at the boys, clearly showing that he was annoyed with them talking, he glanced over to one of his men and nodded.

Slowly the weapon had dropped the chains and moved closer to them, "kill them-actually keep them. I want to have those Uchiha eyes." He grinned as he lifted his fan and casually walked away into his carriage, both of the boys leaned closer to each other as they watched their movements of their enemies. They had so many questions, how did they know the power of the Uchiha eyes? Which clan were they from? Who exactly are these people to be having slaves?

Many thoughts evaded them. Kouta had thought it would be another day at the gates of the compound and watching on in the forest, but now it was more than that, he was going to have to fight for his life and the life of others. He gulped. That was a lot of pressure on his hands, could he handle it? He wasn't sure. But he was going to give them a good fight.

Renta had been the first to engage with one of them, locking his kunai with the short sword of one of the men. While Kouta had lifted and thrown shurikens with great precision and watched as it managed to hit the limbs of several guards, he mentally grinned but stood tall as he dodged a kunai that barely missed his face. Bitting the inside of his cheek he rushed forward and blocked a straight attack, quickly countering it he moved to the side and attempted to swipe him.

The man dodged in time and lifted his feet to kick underneath his, Kouta grounded his teeth and jumped and smashed his foot onto the spot the man was previously who fluid-like had moved out of the way. He hummed as he looked around, these men were ninja's, trained. Now, who was hiring these ninjas? "Don't lose focus, boy." He felt the heel of the foot landed into his stomach as he cried out smashing against the nearby tree, he groaned feeling his head rock with pain but shook it off.

He stood tall and lifted his weapon, Renta groaned as he landed beside him as well. The battle wasn't going in their favor, but they knew this from the beginning of when they encountered them. Kouta glared ahead feeling his Sharingan twirl with ease, "we have to escape." Renta whispered to him, Kouta shook his head wildly and looked over to his friend, he was ready to bark things at him but watched as his hand trembled, he was scared.

Kouta looked down to his hands, he was scared as well. He narrowed his eyes, "we can't leave these people here. They have done nothing wrong." Renta bit his lip, "you don't understand, we are not strong enough. Too many enemies and we are hurt. That doesn't look good. Kouta." The seriousness of his tone made him flinch for a moment, Renta had always used his nickname in any situation, however, his dear friend had seemed to be more than serious. What was he kidding this was his life, after all, that was serious.

"I know. But I am not going to let innocent people die." Kouta was simply a boy who thought he could take on too much at one time, he wanted to be like the infamous Uchiha's in his household, strong and intelligent, but he knew he was none of those. He also had a bleeding heart, one that had been too kind for this world, he wanted to protect those around him even if he didn't know them, it was foolish but was one of the characteristics that always brought some form of recognition too.

He sucked in his breath, "w-" He watched as another man attacked, separating Renta and Kouta, both boys defending against their opponents while others had stood around with a simple grin and crossed their arms. This was entertainment for them. Kouta cursed silently as he ducked quickly feeling the air around him slice as he twirled his kunai in his hand and buried it into the thigh of his enemy, who let out a loud cry, immediately other enemies enclosed around him.

His Sharingan darting around as he predicted the movement of another ninja on his left he stepped back watching as the short sword had missed him, he quickly reached out and grabbed the wrist of the man, disarming him within seconds he lifted him over his shoulder and threw him onto the ground. The man cried out, Kouta clenched his teeth watching his opponent crumble to unconsciousness, he hissed feeling as a kunai buried into his shoulder.

Keeping his lips sealed he looked around, they kept coming and coming. He bit the inside of his cheek, "let them go." His words hard and determined, "nop-" He replied as he spoke with a grin on his lips, "more Uchiha's will come and before you know it." He was bluffing majorly. That was the only thing he could do, bluff, right now he was powerless at the number of enemies around him. So maybe if he got enough time and hoped that someone had actually come it would save them.

"And what makes you think that we actually believe that?" One of them cocked their head at his words, he smirked even wider, he shrugged his shoulders as he looked at him. The action brought much anger to them and seemed to annoy them incredibly. He raised his kunai's with a bright smile that shown off his perfectly white teeth, "guess we have to find out, don't we?" Renta stared at his friend like a madman but hoped it hadn't shown on his face too much.

He turned to his opponent in turn and narrowed his eyes and relaxed his hands before striking at his opponent, he caught him off guard and performed a series of effective kicks that resulted in him skidding back with a groan. Renta than quickly returned to a defensive position and stared around him and glanced at his friend for a moment, he could feel the grin on his face, his dear friend was someone who wanted to be someone much more powerful but well-lacked in power.

Grinning to himself, he couldn't help but laugh. He was certainly loving the reaction of his enemies. Both the boys were fools, but they hadn't been as clever as they perceived. The tall broad man cursed as he moved over the line of people and grabbed a small child, this had brought Renta and Kouta to a halt, they didn't want anyone to get hurt let alone a mere child. Watching as the child begun to wail and frail in the hand of the man, the little girl wailed and wailed as he gripped her by his hair.

One of the women from the line stumbled to the man, "p-p-please, my child! L-Leave her alone!" Fear was in her voice, but somehow it didn't matter when it was her child. She attempted to rush at him but was held back by a fellow ninja, both the Uchiha's felt their insides tighten and their lips screw up. The life of a child was on their hands now. Kouta gulped and raised his hands looking at the man and the crying child, the child looked to be only three years old and in horrible condition.

"You don't have to do this." He spoke softly, the man raised his eyebrow up, "leave us alone. Or I'll kill this kid." Kouta felt like rocks settled in his throat, he couldn't talk anymore, what was he suppose to say now? He stared at the face of the child, it was blotchy with tears and sparkled with minor bruises along her face. He cursed and looked to Renta who stared at him, both boys were unsure of what to do. Attacking a group of people without their clan knowing was already against the rules, they been taught to protect their clan and fight. However, they were never taught how to fight for the life of another.

The man narrowed his eyes, "if you don't I'll continue down the line a-" Kouta and Renta felt their hearts jump as they watched the hand of the man that held the young girl was suddenly falling, it happened in all slow motion, his piercing scream that echoed in the tears and the figure that covered the smaller girl. Kouta stepped forward his eyes wide as the small figure had stepped forward not wasting a moment and sliced his neck, letting his head roll onto the ground.

"What did I miss?" Kouta felt his heart in his throat as he watched Akari Uchiha stand calmly over the small girl, she twirled the sword in her hand before replacing it in her sheath. She blinked and looked around, as Renta had stepped forward smashing his fist into an opponent and sending him sprawling into the nearby tree. He sucked in his breath and both the boy's locked eyes with each other, it was shocking, the small figure was her!?

Kouta recalled the scene moments ago, the way her speed and strength was so quickly demonstrated was easily the best he had ever seen. He gulped, "M-M-Milady." Kouta called out letting her eyes fall onto him, she craned her neck as the small strands of her hair fell into her eyes. She was beautiful as her sharp and bright blue eyes had focused on her opponents, her hair blowing in the gentle breeze as she stood tall over the girl and looked at her enemies.

The people in the line were shocked, they had perceived the Uchiha boys to be strong-willed but would be killed in attempting to defend them, people they hadn't known at all. But, they didn't expect a child to kill one of the men who had brought upon hell in their lives. The small girl with beautiful blue eyes and thick long black hair had stood before them, she looked back at the woman who was held by the two guards, "let her go." There had battle cries followed by the sounds of weapons being drawn.

Akari stepped forward, "no! Don't hurt her." The woman had thrown herself at one of the ninja's who had thrown her, Akari had been startled by the action and looked away for a moment as she felt the presences around her. She ducked the weapon and skid feeling the soil against her sandals, she twirled focused her aim into the back into one of the men watching as she was still for a moment as she pushed feeling the bones adjust underneath her foot and pushed off quickly.

He cried out as he slammed into three other ninja's before hitting the trees, she flipped back as she reached for her weapon pouch and quickly threw three kunai's that landed onto different ninja's. She could almost feel the grin on her lips as she slammed the heel of her foot onto the face of a ninja who fell into the ground. She stood her ground watching as the group had surrounded her and rushed at her altogether, she focused chakra into her legs.

Feeling it pump into her veins effortless and jumped. CLANG! It had been the sound of all the weapons tangled as she jumped and landed onto to, quickly performing a jutsu watching as the lighting scattered along the stainless steel swords and quickly reaching the hilt shocking her enemies, however, a few manage to escape quicker than she thought. Glancing over she watched the two other Uchiha's fighting enemies, she rested her hand on her shoulder and stared at her enemies.

"Who are you?" She spoke softly as she threw a ninja into the ground, pushing the heel of her foot into the back of his head. She calmly breathed out seeing as the dozen of ninja's had been only a few, she craned her neck waiting for an answer. Her eyes shined as the other ninja's cautiously looked behind her, she knew what was behind her, it was the leader of the ninja's. She hummed as she pressed her heel into the ground focusing her chakra and watch the man cry out as the cater had formed.

Cut the head off the snake, will make the rest of the body render useless.

She remembered that quote from one of her lives, the person who had told her that was a sensei. Her sensei had been from the sand village and was an excellent man, though he often found that once you got rid of the highest body the rest of those underneath him will run wild. She could see that the ninja's around her were unsure of what to do, as their strongest and leader was killed by a child. They didn't know what to do, continue the mission? Or leave it and run away?

"I gave you a question, why don't you be good since your leader died?" She cocked her head to the side seeing as they remained determined and looked at her, she looked around it had been six to be precise. She huffed and lifted the head of the man, before slamming it onto the ground and leaving him unconscious, maybe her actions were so forceful because of what she had seen. People that were innocent and treated like slaves, children, elderly, women and men. She hated it.

She reached her hand up watching the fear settle in, "we were just hired!" He squeezed out in a tight voice, his fellow ninja's looked at him in anger. She nodded and proceeded to place her hands at her side and waited for the guy to answer her questions, she knew he was scared but that was a trait that ninjas should never show. Weakness. She watched as another ninja wrapped his hand around the collar of him and lifted him from his feet.

"You understanding what your doing!?" The slightly younger boy ground his teeth and shoved him away, "we were threatened-for our lives-" She raised a brow and crossed her arms over her chest and stared at them, the men who looked injured had fought for their own lives while torturing others. She narrowed her eyes, "so you decided that your life is more important-because what? You're ninjas and these people aren't?" She growled and reached up for her sword.

The group of remaining ninjas had seen what she was capable and feared that "w-w-we want to live." She took a deep breath and let her eyes flickered over to the group of people, they were shaking in their tattered clothing and were scared. The ninjas that stood in front of her were arrogant and selfish, they could have used that power they had and fight for them. After all, she simply sliced the arm and neck of the man, he wasn't that powerful.

But she knew what true fear was.

The same feeling of fear as Kyro had used in her many ways for his games, she looked down for a moment and closed her eyes, she opened them with the Sharingan. The group of ninjas had became stood and stood still, she had blue eyes Uchiha's eyes were usually black and dark. Immediately she took a deep breath before she performed a genjutsu, similar to the one on Tobirama. The men were still for a few moments before they became still and slowly started to drop onto the ground unconscious.

Licking her lips she felt the tug on her arm, she looked over to the same little girl, "h-ero" She furrowed his brows as she looked up to the woman who ran from the line the cling of her chains echoing her ears, she shook her head as she heard the sound and turned her head to the little girl. Hearing the small rumble from her stomach, she reached into her pocket and pulled out a candy that Rika had given her early today. She opened it and pressed it against her lips, the little girl raised her brows but opened her lips.

The small ball of sweetness had formed a small ball at the corner of her cheek, "y-yummy!" She chuckled at the form of language the little girl used, she had to admit, that was what she sounded not too long ago. So she grinned at the little and rubbed the top of her head, the woman embraced her daughter pressing her head into the crook of her neck. The little girl giggled as she turned to Akari again with a bright smile and reached out.

Her small hands touching her cheeks and pulling her closer, she stared into the dark brown eyes of the girl she smiled brightly, "pretttyyy~" She smiled as she stared into her eyes, she sucked in her breath realizing her Sharingan was activated, she closed her eyes and opened them again revealing the beautiful blue. The young girl smiled shocked but smiled and repeated the words again, Akari couldn't help the blush from the young girl's words.

"Miss." She turned around seeing the two compound guards, they bowed as she turned to them. She raised a brow, "now I have questions for you-" She heard the intake as one of the guards narrowed his eyes and stared at her, "we as well." The look from the other ninja had quickly hit the head of his friend, Akari blinked a few times as the other ninja shook his head and simply smiled, "don't listen to him." She smiled softly catching both of them off guard.

"W-What is going on here!" She looked over to the voice as Kouta and Renta had quickly managed to subdue the man, she wrapped her fingers behind her back and walked towards the man, "you have created a huge crime. One that shall not be forgiven." She hummed as she stared into the carriage seeing the pounds of jewelry littered across the inside of the carriage, she was surprised that the man didn't hear the commotion and attempt to escape.

"Those people are my slaves-you can't tell me what to do." She hummed craning her neck, "oh, yes. I can. Have you forgotten you are the Uchiha's territory?" The man's eyes widened, "and well. Enslavement of any kind isn't allowed here." She stared into the eyes of the man watching him struggle. She stepped back and watched the man contiuned to struggle, she took a deep breath as both of the boys raised there hands and striking the back of his head, knocking him out.

She sighed running his fingers through her hair, "well. Let's get them tied up." She jabbed her fingers to the enemies sprawled out onto the floor, she wanted to kill them for the actions they had committed against these innocent people, but at the same time, she wasn't sure. She wasn't sure what to do, especially since they were on the Uchiha grounds, it had made it a clan affair. Akari tightened the rope around the wrists of one of the men and continued to wander.

Getting into their territory had meant they had passed through the beginning of their border guards, she bit the inside of her lip. That had meant that either they were killed, and or paid off. She bit the inside cheek as some of the civilians had helped tied them up. She scratched the back of her head, however, she had determined the best outcome was to bring them to the compound. She lifted her face for a moment seeing the two older Uchiha boys chuckling softly among themselves.

She had planned to only watch, she wanted to gain more information out of who these people were but the boys seemed to get the most they could and that was when she had used it to her advantage. So she shrugged her shoulders, they were a good distraction? She stared harder at them, they had sported minor bruises, but she will let her father know of their actions. They were the compound's guards and are supposed to be reprimanded because they left their post, but it appears it was good for them leaving.

Turning to the line of civilians she began to detach the chains from their bodies. She watched the tears and smiles spread along their faces until one woman had spoken, "y-you aren't going to keep us yourself?" Her voice was quiet and dry, she craned her neck as she looked at the people, they looked destroyed it, even having freedom in their hands they looked around unsure of what to do. She smiled softly and shook her head at the woman's words.

"Your lives are yours," she paused as she looked down and bowed deeply, "I am sorry I didn't help you before!" She heard the gasps in the air as the people around her whispered as she felt the burning pain in her stomach, only if she could rid the world of such things like this would the world be better? Feeling the gentle hand on her shoulder she looked up, the woman from before with the child had smiled and bent down to her level.

Akari sucked in her breath feeling the gentle and warm kiss on her forehead, her eyes widened as she stared at the woman. The woman was beautiful with long brown hair that curled down to her hips and the light green eyes, her smile though was something that was more enchanting, sincere and genuine, "thank you." The woman whispered as the tears leaked from her eyes, Akari felt her heart rate pick up and her body stiffen for a moment.

She stepped forward wrapping her arms around the woman and pulled her close to her, feeling as the woman went still she cursed herself for messing and jumped slightly as she felt the arms of the woman wrap around her. She chuckled softly, Akari looked at her and smiled so softly, "such a good girl." She spoke her words lightly. Akari paused as she heard the words, she had demonstrated her abilities to easily kill and this woman had spoken that she was a good girl?

She was speechless at the words. But somehow it managed to make her heart warm. In all her lives, she had brothers and sisters, even cousins, but somehow having a father or mother had been little to none. If she did have one it was often with her parental figure being abusive, she didn't want to say anything but this woman was a mother already. Akari stared at her as the woman had touched her freely like nothing, she averted her eyes feeling the embarrassment on her cheeks at the smile the woman gave easily.

The woman stood up as Akari stared at them, "we are thankful for you, Uchiha-sama!" One of the men shouted in the crowd followed by a few who agreed easily, she watched as she was praised by the people and she shook her head in response. She was not going to lie she felt the pride bubble in her stomach with excitement, but she wasn't going to admit that at all to them. She took a deep breath and smiled softly, "do you have somewhere to stay, tonight?" The people looked around and shook their head.

When Kanato had received the bird he had been with Ryuusuke, both boys dripping with sweat as Izuna and Madara both had been sparring as well. He had been searching for Akari but had found that the maids said she would be around the compound and had left with Okita. He only sighed, but when he had received the bird his fellow brothers flocked to him to see the message as the raven had perched onto his shoulder before flying to the nearby tree for shade.

"Nee-san! Please prepare LOTS OF FOOD, we will be having guests over~" Kanato chuckled softly at the use of her writing, "are we suppose to be having guests?" Ryuusuke asked, his other brothers shook their head. Though Kanato hadn't doubted the words of his sister and asked for lots of food, appearing as if they were having a feast with another clan, this had easily gotten the attention of Taijima as he heard one of the maids whispering about preparing much food.

He had approached Kanato, "what's this about preparing food?" He crossed his arms as he looked at his son, "Akari asked." His father raised an eyebrow, he was so easily tossed around by Akari, the boy was simply wrapped around her finger. Tajima had mentally made note of that. He took a deep breath as his single eye locked with his son's, "and you listened?" Kanato raised an eyebrow shocked at his father's words and took a double take before speaking again.

"Well. She never has been wrong about anything." Hearing the loud noise from the entrance of the compound both of the Uchiha's headed over in confusion, it had almost been dinner time. Kanato had been expecting his little sister and a few guests but what he didn't expect was a large crowd, Taijima felt his eyebrow twitch with annoyance as he watched Akari help an elderly woman. What was she doing with all these people!? And without telling him!

Tajima had quickly rushed over to his youngest in anger, "what is going on." His voice hard as Akari gently passed the woman to another, she stood straight and tugged on the ropes as several beaten and bruised individuals had come from with the center of the crowd. She cleared her throat, "I had found them on our lands. They were carrying slaves from our border to the nearby border." She stared at her father waiting for a reaction.

He gritted his teeth as he watched the heavy man appeared, immediately enraging Taijima as he rushed to him and wrapped his fists around him. Lifting him high off the ground, "you!" He barked out loud, everyone around them had halted their actions and looked at the leader of Uchiha's, he grounded his teeth as without hesitation Taijima lifted his fist and smashed it into his cheekbone, hearing the defying crack echo throughout the compound.

Akari sealed his lips tightly watching on quietly. She felt her lips curl in a tiny smile as the heavy man flew into the nearby tree with a crack, well she clearly had seen that her father wasn't losing any strength as he was getting older. Her fingers curled behind her back as she remained her eyes focus, Taijima shoulders heaved as he grounded his teeth and stood tall his emotions running wild as he sighed and placed a gentle hand on his forehead.

"Akari." She heard the light voice. Looking over she watched the wide smile on Kanato's face, her body jumped at the expression on his face. He appeared to be so happy but she knew what was going to happen later, he was going to scold her. She grinned widely trying to avert her eyes. She didn't really care, because anything she had done he would forgive and she would play the naive baby sister and shower him with kisses and hugs. She was grateful she had discovered the weapon of kisses and hugs that affected her brothers, it had become her ultimate weapon. Feeling the laughter in the back of her she paused seeing as her father called her.

Looking up the young girl could feel the piercing eyes attached to the simple movements, she was appearing to be the goddess they had preached about in their cells that would come to save them. It had been foolish, to think of Akari to be seen as a supreme being in their eyes. However, after everything she had done it, protecting them against the men that had driven many of them to their ends, it was satisfying and relieving to be finally saved, to be freed.

She looked up feeling the brush of her hair on her forehead, "escort these people to the dining room." She smiled lightly and bent forward bowing, showing her respect for father. Kanato directed his gaze to the anxious group of people and projected his hand forward and coated a beautiful smile on his lips, unaware of his effect he gently guided one of the young women who had swooned at his actions. Akari narrowed her eyes at the actions and only got the reaction of Kanato tilting his head, she turned her head away and frowned. She didn't like Kanato giving attention to anyone, he was her big brother.

Feeling the light hand on her hand, "go!" She watched the little girl from before cheer holding her hand up high, the Uchiha's around her had gotten on their guard. It was unusually for any outsider to come in touch with anyone, the only people they had been in touch with was other clans and the Senju's in battle, but for someone to physically touch one of the clan leader's children that wasn't a maid was a punishable crime. Akari looked at the bright grinning girl and gave her the look to her guards.

They narrowed their eyes but nodded and put their hands on their sides. The journey to the dining room had been short but quiet adventurous in Akari's words as the young girl holding her hand would point out and shout loudly, this easily annoyed the Uchiha. The tall and looming Uchiha guards escorted them to the dining room, looking sharply annoyed at the young girl who freely touched Akari and talked loudly. They desisted the way the girl touched her so easily, the Uchiha's were well aware that the level this civilian girl and Akari was on different levels, therefore they didn't want anything to poison her.

The Uchiha were a clan that was close as can be, each individual considered as family and the loss of one was extreme in cases where the entire clan would mourn in their place. It was also the clan that had the curse of hatred but it was yet to be discovered, and when it would make its next appearance all hell will break loose. They simply wanted to the Uchiha's to be known for their power and kekkai Genkai, something that was viewed to be beautiful and dangerous.

Akari watched in amusement as the young girl raised her arms and danced around her, she was well aware that the sound of music had been none but hadn't cared and simply danced with a smile around her. Akari sucked in her breath watching the girl wrap her small fingers around the palm of her hand and pulled her along, she felt the ghost smile on her lips as the young girl hummed a light song and followed the Uchiha guards.

Being an Uchiha had its advantages and disadvantages, both in which were varied. Being an Uchiha had led to being one of the many holders of the eyes of the Sharingan, but it in a way it is a disadvantage at the form of isolation the Uchiha clan had. They had stuck to those within their clans, and outsiders were seen to be beneath their feet.

The young girl displayed her bravery she had freely held the hands of Akari and touched her so easily. Especially, since the girl had murdered someone in front of them. She tilted her head back glancing at the mere civilians that had followed behind her, some looked into the garden that her mother had taken care of and others whispered among themselves. However, the woman from before stared at her with a light smile and tilted her head a little bit, Akari furrowed her brows and looked away.

She watched the guards in front paused before bowing to Akari and opened the doors, Akari gestured her hands into the room. She watched as the people filed into the room before granting her grateful looks, they gasped as they looked around even Akari couldn't help but gasp as well. Long small tables had been placed on the ground and were decorated with various plates of food that had covered every inch of the table, she glanced overseeing as the young girl gasped and nearly stumbled on her way to the table of food.

Akari had watched as the civilians drifted towards the table of food, not before each and every one of them had thanked her. She simply smiled and nodded. Watching as they all sat at tables, she wrapped her hands behind her back, "for those who have more critical injuries you will be provided with soup for tonight, just because you will have to be looked after more critically tomorrow to asses your injuries." The civilians had nodded as some received soups.

They sent her grateful looks, "after you have finished you will be escorted to your rooms for rest. While those who are more injured will rest in another." The people hummed in acknowledgment as Akari had bowed gracefully before exiting. The civilians could watch in amazement in the young girl, she was powerful and so intelligent and was automatically seen to be something of a form of a goddess. The way she appeared was random and unexpected.

It had been from one of the tales of their villages, that a goddess would come to them and save them from their destruction. Many people had lost hoped after being dragged and used for the power of others, hope and will have been gone, however, it appeared something that vanished had appeared within thin air. During the dinner, many of the civilians had talked amongst themselves, whispering that the daughter of the Uchiha clan had been one of great fortune.

Even the guarding Uchiha's outside of the door had heard the way they had praised their Lady, they were happy. Akari had been unlike anything before, her presence, attitude, abilities and her love was something the Uchiha clan was in need for. Something like that was so precious, something they wanted to keep from others and feared what this uncertain form of brightness may do to others. Majority of the night that consisted of the civilians was to praise Akari and was to finally feel safe.

Akari had arrived at Kanato's room seeing as her other brothers had been in the room engaging in a pillow fight. She raised an eyebrow as Izuna threw himself at Ryuusuke sending him toppling into the mat, Madara had quickly jumped beside Izuna jumping onto the back of Izuna, Akari tilted her head watching as her brothers groaned in pain as Madara sat on top of them with a bright grin on his lips. Stepping into the room her eyes followed around the room.

The pillows scattered followed by the messy sheets, however, as her brothers were tangled together in the middle of the room Kanato had remained near the corner reading scrolls and sipping tea. She smiled brightly and bounded towards him, she furrowed her brows when he hadn't noticed and seemed to be more in-depth with the scroll. Frowning she sat beside him waiting patiently for him to turn to her and wrap his arms around her.

She smiled and looked to her feet and narrowed her eyes once Kanato hadn't turned, she leaned over looking at the scroll he had been intensely staring at the thick writing of the ink. She hummed lightly as she read along the writing, "lava release." Kanato jumped at her soft words looking over at her startled, his eyes wide and lips parted as he sighed lightly before shaking his head and gently pulling her into his lap.

Humming softly to herself she was more happy to have his attention, "yes. Lava release." He breathed out slightly, "I can't exactly figure out everything about it-though it's very difficult and hard to even master." She nodded as he gently pressed his chin to his forehead as Akari began to softly place with his fingers, he seemed deep in thought but had openly voiced his words. Akari looked up to him for a moment, her sharp and unique eyes locking with her brother.

"To be able to perform the release you have to master both fire and earth releases." He stared at her hard for a few moments before nodding, he craned his neck looking at the scroll for a moment. He had been excellent in the ways of fire but was trained little to none in earth release, he sighed hopelessly, all he could do was read and take in the information, being able to have the ability to perform such a thing was a dream something he wishes he could achieve.

Sighing lightly he closed the scroll, dreams, hm. Feeling the small hands of Akari he watched as he placed her hands on his cheeks, "you're sad." She whispered, Kanato shook his head smiling at the girl, what would he truly do without? She was the reason he was breathing, the reason he had contiuned to live in this destructive era. He pressed a soft kiss to his cheek making him provide her with a small blush, the girl may be younger than him but he had always managed to blush by the amount of attention she had given him.

"How could I be sad when you are here?" He smiled watching as her eyes widened as she spread the widest smile on her face, "Kanato, let's get married!" Her words caused everyone in the room to freeze and look at them, Kanato sucked in his breath as he stared at her, did she know what marriage had meant? He gently ran his fingers through her long thick hair and rubbed her cheek lightly the action causing her to curl against him.

"NO!" Kanato was shocked as Izuna had tackled him and Akari to the ground making them hit the wall, Kanato groaned softly as Izuna narrowed his eyes at Akari, "no!" He spoke again, his voice loud and sharp causing everyone to look at him like he was a madman. Kanato had watched as Akari argued back and forth between Izuna, before getting into a fight as the two siblings were tangled in their limbs and Ryuusuke had to pull them apart by their collars.

He craned his neck seeing the red-face of Izuna, something that was uncommon for the boy, he looked over to Akari who crossed her arms and stared in the other direction annoyed at her elder brother. Kanato leaned forward as he gently placed both his reading materials and the teacup away on the side. The Uchiha were a clan that had possed a Kekkai Genkai, just like the Hyuuga's, however, in order to keep the line rich of Uchiha blood there had been times that cousins within their clans would marry even brothers and sisters.

Something like that seemed strange to others on the outside and appeared to be looked down upon the world, but the Elders and many others within the clan of Uchiha's had found this had been one of the best methods for creating a stronger heir and keeping the Uchiha blood pure. He contiuned to study his two siblings, it wasn't an impossible idea and seemed that he thought his very own father had thought over about.

Especially since Akari had proven to be close to her brothers, it seemed that the idea is something that the Elders could probably think off, either having her marry Izuna or Madara when she is older. She would then provide heirs for the Uchiha family, however, the idea of her being a woman at home had been something he couldn't see her doing. With her skills on the battlefield, knowledge, and medical talents, the Elders simply tying her down to be a housewife would be foolish.

He watched as the smile spread across her face innocently as she tackled Ryuusuke who cried out as the two other brothers followed Akari, easily triumphing over their elder brother. He contiuned to stare at her, he could feel the burning fear in his chest, the one that he realized was a rising fear. He feared the future of Akari. Day by day she had contiuned to impress everyone, their father, the Elders, and even outsiders.

Somehow she didn't belong to him anymore and was going to be shared with everyone. He had noticed the glint in his father's eyes when she had brought back that man someone who had been apart of his father's and mother's past, and the way the civilians had looked upon at her. She was becoming an individual that would hold power. Even Kanato had easily noticed, he sucked in his breath as he slowly broke up the siblings and lifted them off Ryuusuke.

She had the potential to become the clan leader of the Uchiha clan.

Kanato kept his thoughts to himself as he pulled the sheets up after a half-hour of calmly his younger siblings down. His eyes looked up to the ceiling as he felt the arms around Akari wrap tighter around him, he gulped and promised himself he would see his father about this as soon as possible.

So the quiet night in the Uchiha house had led to the siblings all sleeping in Kanato's room, while the rest of the siblings had spared their rooms for the civilians to sleep. It was a kind gesture for the children to give, something that hadn't gone unnoticed by the people Akari had saved. Who preached for their saviors of the Uchiha clan. With the tangled limbs and the soft smile of Akari, all the siblings slept together peacefully.

HEY GUYS!

So I wanted to hear what you think bout the story so far?

I have so many ideas of possible endings? I was leaning more towards a bad ending? But I have no problem doing either. I wanted to know what you think about the ending, good or bad?

BTW: Who is your favourite character so far?