Disclaimer: I own any OCs in this, the rest is Masashi Kishimoto. Sorry for any spelling mistakes.

Characters age:

Akane, Itachi: 14

Naruto, Sasuke: 9

Shisui: 18

Kakashi: 23

It hurt.

It burned.

And it was from the inside. It was the seal. It was acting up and I did not know why.

"MAKE IT STOP!" I shrieked at the top of my lungs, my body only registering that I was in pain. I tried to scratch my exposed and brightening seal but hands kept me from doing it. Tears were freely pouring from my eyes and I fought back. Why wouldn't they let me scratch my seal to make it stop!?

"Akane, stop it!" I faintly heard my mother's voice screaming at me and a foreign chakra appeared in my seal. I tried to push it away, but people were keeping me pinned to the table.

"DON'T TOUCH IT!"

It hurt.

It hurt.

It hurt!

Please someone, anyone...make it stop.

Please.

The Dead Demon Consuming Seal. His soul was supposed to be in a stomach for eternity. He was sure it had not been eternity yet when he felt the void and pain disappeared and troubled feelings pouring down on him more and more with passing time. He did not know how long it had been since he swapped the void for a white space.

He heard a satisfied growl at the back of his head and frowned. Something bad was happening. He knew it, he just felt it.

So he started walking. Forward, the more he walked the more the feelings were intense.

He widened his eyes when he spotted a body on the ground. Was he not supposed to be the only one in here? How could someone be in here with him?

He stopped and crouched next to the person to turn them around. A teenage girl with auburn hair and a pained expression on her face. She blinked slowly and he froze. How long had it been for her? How long had it been for the living? That was her once five year-old goddaughter, he knew it.

How long had it been since Kushina and him died during the Nine Tails attack?

"Aka-chan..." He called her softly, not truly believing what he was seeing. She blinked at him, a dazed gleam in her brown eyes. Now they had a red undertone to them and no innocence anymore. Then, she widened her eyes and got up abruptly, putting as much distance between them as she could. Pointing a shaking finger at him, she tried to form words.

"You're dead!" She managed to yell at him.

"I know that and I'd like to know why you're in front of me right now. Please tell me you're not dead."

"It happened just once Minato-oji-chan." She replied and lowered her finger. Now it was his turn to be shocked. What did she mean by 'just once'? "They said there could be complications if one of the chakra was exceptional...what happened? What went wrong?"

"I don't know what you're talking about but..." he started and gulped when he met the fierce eyes of his goddaughter. "I have half of the Kyubi in me."

She blinked sheepishly at him.

"What in the what!?" She cried out and started pacing in front of him with crossed, in a way that reminded him of Kushina. "Why the fuck did nobody tell me you became a fucking jinchuriki before you died!?"

"Language." He couldn't keep himself from scolding her like he used to do, but the unimpressed look she shot him made him realize it would not be efficient. He was dead, she was alive, and she was the one who seemed to know things.

"Don't scold me like a little girl! I'm thirty-seven for god's sake!" He furrowed his brows in confusion. She looked like a teenager. "Of course you don't know what I am talking about! That's that forbidden jutsu that threw me here in the first place when I should have died! This jutsu is not supposed to fucking kill you god damn it! It will kill and seal those who are not part of the clan!"

"So you see," I said and gasped for air after my explanation about the seal, "that's what's supposed to happen. Now that I know you have the Fox in you, I get what's been happening. I'm a human being, he must have sensed his other half and tried to make his way through me."

Minato's frown deepened and his eyes became serious. I still could not believe it. Oji-chan was right in front of him, exactly how I remembered him to be. Bright spiky blond hair, warm blue eyes, sun-kissed skin and his famous Yondaime jacket. His face had gotten blurry with time, but now, with him right in front of me, I could spot every similarities between him and Naruto.

"I think that's the reason why I started to feel your feelings more and more, my seal was weakening, probably because I am sealed inside of you now. We need to close it." He stated and I nodded absently. "You must have become skilled, can you do anything from here?"

"No. I could but I can feel mom's chakra. It's blocking me, she's the only one who..."

"Then let's trust your mother. She is talented to figure this out. Now we can talk."

"Huh?" I shot him a puzzled look when he smiled warmly at me and I felt a heartache coming. That...that's something I never thought would happen one day. I admit I was jealous of old Naruto when he told me he had met his parents but... "I hate you." I blurted out. His smile fell and pain flashed through his eyes.

I clenched my fist and threw myself at him, punching his torso repeatedly.

"You fucking died oji-chan, you died! You told me mom and I would have a good life in Konoha with you Hokage but you died! We couldn't come to Konoha with Danzo around and...and...Fuck, Hoshigaki-san kidnapped me on the order of the Mizukage when I was eleven! I was turned into his student and I became a kunoichi of the Bloody Mist! Do you know what their D-rank missions are!? It's not chasing a cat, it's clearing fucking corpses of people who were against the regime! Do you know how hard it was to be seen as a weapon for two years!? Then...then Shisui saved me but he died too two month after! And the Uchiha clan was killed because they were hated and they hated back and prepared a coup! And...and I trusted an asshole and he killed mom and I was all alone! Again, I was all alone! And I fell in love with Itachi, but he died too and left me pregnant! I had twins right after the Fourth Ninja War and went back to Konoha and I was happy you know? I was finally happy, because I had Naruto and he accepted me right away, and Kakashi-san wasn't a jerk anymore and the twins were growing and I loved them so much! I loved them so much, and Boruto and Himawari, and Sarada, and Shikadai! I had formed bonds but we ended trapped and my son was there and Sasuke couldn't do anything and I thought that technique would work so I used it! And I found myself staring at Uchiha Shisui because he was alive and I panicked and told him everything and...and..."

I ended up sobbing against his chest, his arms around me as I felt like a five years old again. He tried to soothe me, but it made me cry harder because I missed him so much. I missed my godfather, I missed Aunty Kushina. I missed my childhood and it was so hard to see him again after so many years.

He was still dead though.

"You've had a hard life, will you forgive me?" He asked me in a guilty voice. "I never thought things would turn this way."

"Of course you didn't." I replied and snorted, wiping my tears away. I stepped back a little to see him. "But I missed you oji-chan."

"I hope so." He chuckled lightly and it managed to make me crack a smile.

"You know, Itachi told me once you know who you are when you die. I wasn't happy with the answer. I...I was so selfish back then. I hated any representations of the shinobi world so once I left Kiri, I tried to forget anything related. When I went to Konoha and met Naruto, I realized it had not been fair on my part. Because I resented him you know? He wasn't at fault, but I did and I still regret it today. That's why I...I was selfish before and I don't want it to happen again so I try to be the best nee-chan for your son, and even Sasuke. I became the Uchiha and Hyuuga Seal Master. The Uchiha massacre did not happen and I found myself in an engagement to an Uchiha to calm the elders. Danzo has been taken care of but..."

"It's okay to be selfish sometimes."

I looked up at him and noticed his teary eyes.

"Sorry, what you said is slowly sinking in." He laughed it off and wiped his tears with his sleeves. "That's a lot. That's too much even for one person to see people who used to be dead alive once again."

"You have no idea." I sighed deeply. I'm okay now, but the beginning was tough.

"I do. How you've been feeling since you're here, in this era, I've been feeling it too. I didn't know what it was but now it's clear. You're terrified. You're terrified of losing them again, you're terrified for what you left behind, you're terrified of what you know." I gulped and fought to keep my hands from shaking. "And that's okay. You mentioned a war."

"Yeah...About that...the one who will start and the one responsible for the Fox attack...they're the same."

"Do you know who he is?" He asked me sharply, anger filtering in his voice.

"That's the thing...oji-chan...it's Obito..."

Bomb dropped. Shocked Minato.

"He wasn't dead. Madara Uchiha, he didn't die against the First, found him and healed him. Obito saw Kakashi-san killing Rin and...and he went back to Madara and helped him for his plan to put everyone under a genjutsu. He...he succumbed to the Curse of Hatred and he...I hate him." I spat and clenched my fist in anger. "He will steal the biju and..."

"Is he gone too far?"

"Naruto is an orphan!"

"Akane, calm down and forget everything he did. Do you think he is too far gone?" He repeated calmly, even though I could see he was torn between anger and guilt.

"I know you're his sensei, but he has already done things that will get him killed when it's discovered." Konoha and Kiri would never forgive him. "Kakashi-san told me he changed of side at the last moment in the war but...I won't forgive him."

"There is still hope then." He whispered and I frowned at his guilty eyes.

"You're dead, regrets or not, you can't do anything." I said coldly and he winced at my tone. But it was true. I knew he had a part of responsibility. I mean, even if it was the war, he was their sensei. Now Kakashi-san was still in depression, even though it was less than before, Obito was plotting to destroy the world and Rin was dead. Those I would call 'Rin-nee', 'Kakashi-nii' and 'Obito-nii" were killed during the Third Ninja War.

"I can. If we can't prevent him from stealing biju, then we can steal them back." He refuted firmly. I blinked, puzzled at what he said. "I can teach you how to execute the Eight Sign Seal."

"What do you mean you see the chakra of the Nine-Tails!?" Akiko spat at Hyuuga Hiashi. The seal on Akane was not wavering, but it was being corrupted by something. "How is that possible!? Naruto has that Fox inside of him!"

"Only half, Minato sealed the other half in him before he died." The Hokage informed her and she cursed under her breath. Now she understood. Akane's body couldn't take Kyubi's chakra, who must have been trying to reach his other half in Naruto.

The good thing was that at least, her seal had not showed any weakness so far. A pact with Death itself was stronger than anything apparently. But now, how could she keep that demonic chakra from hurting her daughter that way? She would need to strengthen the already existing seal.

Akiko was a Seal Master, she would find the good technique soon enough.

Akiko was a mother, and she did not want to lose her daughter again.

On the other side of the village, Naruto was watching Sasuke and Itachi throwing shuriken. His cousin was in the hospital and had been for three days. His aunt had sent him to the Uchiha for the time being because she was taking care of her daughter. Naruto understood that, but it was not appeasing the dread in the pit of his stomach. He had a family now and he loved them from the bottom of his heart. He used to be alone and now he had a motherly figure and an older sister. He adored them. So when he heard Akane screaming in pain in her room, when he saw her curled up on the floor, clenching her stomach in pain and tears running down his face, he had been utterly frightened.

The fear of what people told him at school or in the street was nothing next to that. Next to the fear of losing family.

What if his sister did not wake up?

His eyes got teary and he hid them behind his sleeve. Akane would not want him to cry, so he would not.

"Naruto-kun, she will be fine." A voice told him softly in front of him. He peeked at Itachi and snorted. "Akane-san will get out of the hospital quickly and will be back at her usual self."

"Really?" He inquired in a quivering voice.

"Yeah."

"Are you sure nii-san?" Sasuke asked him quietly, his eyes boring holes in the grass. "Nee-san will be fine?"

"Trust her. She's stronger than she looks, and she won't leave the two of you for too long." The oldest reassured them as much as he could, even if he was doubting his own words. He was fearing the moment Shisui would return the following week.

"I don't want to use it." I mumbled, executing the last sign. "I don't think I would handle making a jinchuriki."

"I understand, and I hope you will never have to use it. It's..." He did not finish his sentence that he touched his stomach with wide eyes. I started to feel lighter and looked at my hand, to notice it becoming transparent. "Akiko has succeeded."

"Already? But..."

"We do not belong in the same place anymore, you know that." He reminded me with a sad smile. He stepped forward and wrapped me in a fatherly hug, that I returned immediately. "I'm glad I had the chance to see you, even if it hurt you. Thanks for taking care of Naruto for us, Kushina and I will forever be thankful to your mother and you." I nodded as new tears came to my eyes. "No matter what happens in the future, don't hesitate to say out loud you're scared. It's okay to feel that way. Remember you can't always save everyone even if you know things." The feeling of his arms around me started to disappeared. "I love you Akane, I've always seen you as a daughter and Kushina too. I regret not seeing you and Naruto grow up but I believe in you."

"Thank you oji-chan." I whimpered and I etched his smile as much as I could in my memory before I vanished.

"That's done." Akiko announced as she allowed herself to relax. She made a Four Symbol Seal to lock the demonic chakra and prevent it from sliping out of the Shinigami Seal. But as it was on an existing seal already, it drained almost all of Akane's chakra.

"She will need a lot of rest to recover her chakra." A nurse informed her.

Naruto jumped on her when she told him Akane was out of danger and needed sleep. The child had been worried sick since she was admitted in the hospital.

Akane was not aware of Minato's condition, she was sure of it. She would have told her that she would end up in pain at some point. There had been nothing. Akiko knew her daughter, she must have thought it was a persistent cold and kept it to herself. How come nobody told them? Saying she was not mad at the Hokage would be a misconception. Even if he was surprise none of them knew about it, especially with Akane's special case, she was mad.

But her daughter was out of danger.

At least for now.

Only God knew how she could attract unwanted attention and troubles to herself.

That, that was definitely an Uzumaki thing.

"Shisui is going to kill you."

"Because I so wanted to be in the hospital and sleep for two weeks." I said sarcastically and pouted. "I'm surprised he didn't come already."

"He was injured in his mission." Itachi told me and sat in the chair next to my bed. He eyed me with a deadpan expression. "When I told you to rest I didn't mean in the hospital you know."

"I thought I would bring it to a whole another level you know?" I replied with a smirk. He scoffed at me and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I'm regretting asking to get to know you Akane-san."

"Shhhh!" I shushed and put a finger on my lips. "Don't mock someone in an hospital bed and drop the '-san' already, we're the same age. I'm just from April. Anyway, I hope Naruto was not too much of a handful."

"Except for him and Sasuke bickering almost non-stop, that was fine. He did mention your terrible aim though and asked me to show him tricks to reach his target." He explained to me.

"If I try to tell you I'm not that bad, you believe me?"

"Sasuke confirmed it."

I crossed my hands behind my head and turned it away from him. He was such a big meanie inside, no matter what. A fucking smart ass. But a smart ass who would go very far for peace. I was glad we could prevent the coup and the massacre. Civil wars were the worst, the ones where civilians are victims. I would always remember the night the Kaguya clan attacked when I was just made chuunin with my teammates. Blood, fire and death everywhere.

"Are you okay now?" Itachi asked more quietly. I hummed at that and stole a glance at him. Yep, he was trying to hide it, but I knew he was worried. Too bad for him, I knew him better than he would ever know.

"Yeah, I recovered most of my chakra. I'm just being lazy to get as much time off as I can right now."

"Somehow I know now why Shisui and you get along so well."

"You're wondering how you can put up with the two of us now huh?"

He sighed and I let myself have a laugh. Too bad for him, he had to deal with it now. I was about to tell him that when someone knocked shyly on the door. I told them to enter and Hinata and Ko appeared at the doorway. And Hinata was holding a box! A box of food I'm sure! She flushed when she realized I was staring at her and stepped forward when Ko gave her an encouraging push in the back. Did I mention Itachi and him were like, staring at each other?

Because they were. Uchiha and Hyuuga...urgh.

"A...Akane-sensei, I hope...you're okay now I...I made a ben...bento because..." She stuttered, blushing even harder when Itachi looked at her with his usual blank face.

"Because hospital food is awful! Hinata, you're an angel! Thank you so much!" I cried and took the box handed to me. I quickly took a bite and hummed joyfully. "That's so good, you're a great cook!"

"Thank you sensei!" She beamed and bowed deeply at me, happy I praised her. Well, she was talented so that was not really rare. Himawari looked so much like her mom. The two were adorable.

"Ne Ko, do you by any chance know when I would be released? You should know, I mean, Hyuuga-sama must want to know when I can get back to work with his daughter, right?" My toothy grin and smart ass question was a combo that would always exasperates him. But, he shook his head in defeat.

"In three days. I hate it when you do that Sasaki-san, it's annoying." I blinked innocently at him and he rolled his eyes.

"Nee-chan!" Naruto screamed when he opened the door. And ran to the bed and climbed it with ease, Sasuke and Mikoto-san behind him. I shot a glance at Hinata, who was tomato red and looking between Naruto and I. Oh, she didn't know we were related I guess.

"Sorry Hinata, I've never told you Naruto and I were distant cousin, have I?" She widened her eyes and shook her head. Naruto snuggled against me, his arms around my neck.

"You're my big sister," he mumbled softly and I rubbed his back, my food in my other hand, "not cousin, sister nee-chan."

"Yeah, sorry." I looked at Sasuke, who was almost glaring at Hinata next to his brother. Ko sensed it and moved closer to his charge. Before I could say anything, Itachi poked his forehead and gave him a look that said to behave. He pouted and turned to me.

"Are you alright nee-san?"

"Yep." I emphasized the 'p' and nodded to prove my point. "You didn't cry, did you?"

"Pfff, no!" He denied and frowned as if that was the worst thing I could do to hurt his manly pride. He pointed his finger at Naruto. "He did! When we were training with shuriken he cried and said that maybe you'd never see him becoming better than you!"

"Hey!" And their bickering started again and I started to sulk. Would they ever forget I was bad at shuriken jutsu?

Would that be how I would be remembered one day? As the girl who couldn't touch her target even with ten kunai?

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