So here is chapter three, and the last chapter I'll be able to post until Monday. I'm sorry to say I don't have wifi at the momen, and I'm at the library so I can post this chapter for all of you. I hope you guys won't be mad about it, but I also hope the when I do get my wifi back that there are a bunch of different things with the story that you guys find interesting, like with thismchapter we are going into the past. While I dont want to spoil anything, I want to tell you that we will be back in the present after this chapter. Anyway, here is the next chapter.
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The churning water near a boat can show if there is a whirlpool nearby, but beware, as the whirlpool is always dangerous.
14 years earlier, 2 months before kyubi attack on Konoha:
A young woman with deep red hair is by herself on the path towards the land of fire. She looks closely like what Kira looks like, except she has a large scar that goes from above her left eyebrow to the right side of her chin. Despite the scar she does not look ugly, or marred by most people's standards. Instead she is like in embodiment of strength despite her torn up war vest. On her hip is the same sword that Kira had in her possession as it barely hangs by the loop she put it in. Despite the damage on her however she was barely harmed due to the lack of physical injuries. A few feet behind her is a caravan of roughly seventy people, ranging from the old to the young children.
After a few more feet of walking the woman stops and says "I know your there. State your name and village or I will be forced to treat you with extreme prejudice."
Out of the bushes come close to thirty rogue Kiri Shinobi, by the fact many decided to ignore orders and per sure the rest of Uzu's legacy themselves. All of them were obviously only Chunin rank, but those odds were still formidable for one Jounin rank Uzushiogakure Nin. The Kiri nin who was obviously the lead gave a lecherous look before he said "Well. Didn't expect to see the red demon. Could have sworn you died in the fall of your pathetic village."
"Pathetic village you say... Yet how is it we managed to hold of the combined force of Iwa, Kumo, and Kiri without backup for more then a month and all the while slaughtering thousands of your men." The 'Red demon' asked with a completely neutral expression.
One of the men behind the leader gave a growl, before he was about to throw a Kunai, but before he could his lead stopped him and said "Baka! Don't you see she's baiting you?"
"Distraction actually"A neutral voice stated before the head of Leader, and several arms of the other nin fell off before anyone knew what had happened.
The following fight couldn't even be called that as none of the Kiri Nin managed to scratch or react in time before the 'Red demon's' blade connected to a vital area and killed them in an instant. The second the blood bath ended, the demon used a seal that completely cleaned off any of the gore from the road so that the children didn't have to see it. Once that was finished she walked back to the caravan and said "We are being followed. If you encounter anyone do not under any circumstances attack without me being there. I don't want to lose any of you. Not after what happened to Uzu."
One of the chunin rank Uzumaki, who was name Kunia, smiled at that before she said "Gotcha Taichou."
Kunia looked to be around the same age as the woman who was leading the caravan, and she had a deeper shade of red hair. Her eyes on the other hand were piercing red color that seemed to analyze anything they saw. Her skin was a deep sun kissed color that suggested it was her natural tone, along with her hair being it what could only be in what is called dreadlocks. She usually wore a black chunin vest that had a large Uzumaki spiral on the back. Along with the vest she wore a mesh shirt underneath, as well as a pair of black pants and Shinobi sandals. On the hip of her right leg was her weapons pouch along with the bandages. Finally to complete her look she wore her Uzushiogakure headband around her neck.
The Taichou gave an amused look before she said "Kunia how many times have I said it? Just call me Shiba. Calling me Taichou just feels weird, especially when we grew up together."
"Hai hai, Taichou~." Kunia stated with a teasing expression that actually caused Shiba to blush in embarrassment for a second.
"Alright let's just get moving. We need to make sure these children have a place to sleep tonight after all." Shiba stated with a soft tone that was her trademark tone.
Kunia gave a nod before she jumped back on top of the caravan wagon and Shiba started to lead the caravan again. After a few minutes of inactivity both of the Jounin rank Uzu-nin started to get paranoid. If they were being followed then where was the rest of the enemy? It was either that they were hiding farther up getting read, or that they hadn't reached them yet. Judging by Uzumaki luck when it comes to how big fights were it was going to be latter instead of the former.
"CONTACTS!" A voice from the back of the caravan yelled confirming that it was in fact the latter.
Thinking quickly Shiba had the non-combatants form a barrier seal before the fighters, which consisted of three genin, seven chunin, and two Jounin rushed to the back and encountered a troop of at least a hundred nin that was mixed in consistency of Kiri, Iwa, and Kumo. With a deeper from Shiba yelled "Watch each other's backs and don't do anything stupid! We all go on together or we all fall together! FOR THE PRIDE OF UZU!"
The rest of the Nin cheered as well before they started to fight with a multitude of Jutsu types. The fire users were teaming up with the few wind users, but the deadliest team had to be Shiba, and Kunia as Kunia was a lightning type, and Shiba was a water type. Shiba first performed a Water dragon jutsu that she reverse engineered from Kiri, while Kunia used a laser circus that she reverse engineered from a Kumo nin to electro-charge the water, which in turn electrocuted anyone who was in the way of the Jutsu. The three genin on the other hand were just as scary as they had an earth type, Fire type, and Wind type, which in turn helped them cover both bases of defense and offense.
In the end it took awhile for them to clear out the Shinobi that attacked them, but it helped that they had two Nin that were considered S-rank due to both their individual power, but when teamed up they were considered SS-rank, which was neigh impossible to get by themselves. When everything calmed down the two S-rank Shinobi had the rest watch the perimeter as they searched around for anyone that was still hiding. It helped that both of them could feel chakra to a certain extent even if someone hid it. Once they confirmed that they were alone they regained their old positions and continued the Caravan along.
It took them all day to find a spot for them to rest, but everyone was thankful that it was a cave instead of the open ground. After placing barrier seals around the cave entrance and other parts of the cave everyone relaxed slightly. With Shiba and Kunia however they were on full alert.
"Their getting bigger Shi-chan." Kunia stated with a glum look.
"I know. If we didn't have so many attacks I'm sure we would have reached the land of fire by now. As it is however they seem to make us go in the opposite direction then we wanted. I don't know how there are so many missing nin, but we need to press forward. If it wasn't for that then my husband..." Shiba left the sentence hang.
"Look Shiba. I'm sorry for what happened to Jinbei, but you need to get over it for the good of the rest of the clan. It may seem heartless, but until we get a good place to live, we are stuck here. Just look at Shiki and Tenzo. They had lived in Kusa until we brought them with them, and they have a child on the way." Kunia stated with a sad tone.
"Kunia you don't get it! I'm pregnant." Shiba stated with a hard look which caught Kunia off guard, before she continued " I'm due in a couple of weeks. The only reason I look like I do is because of seals that are protecting both the baby and my body."
Kunai, who was caught off guard by the news quietly asked "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you would have stopped me from fighting." She stated simply causing Kunia to flinch " I will fight for my friends and family Kunia. That's why I didn't tell you. I need to make sure someone is around for them when the time comes as well. That said when the baby comes, would you be willing to be their godmother?"
"A-are you sure?" Kunia asked and Shiba nodded "I'll be honored to, b-but what about Kushina? She's in Konoha right?"
"She's the aunt, remember? Besides don't you remember what I told you before? I was hoping to save her, but with the stupid Kiri, Kumo, and Iwa Nin still coming after us, that won't happen." Shiba stated with a frown.
"I'm sorry." Kunai said with sympathy "Though at least you managed to do some good. You warned the higher ups what was going to happen with the war and we did more damage then before. That and at the least two hundred Uzumaki are now spread throughout the elemental nations."
"Yeah. I did do some good at least. Though now that I think about it, if I did change anything from before the start of this whole shitstorm, then I wouldn't know what could happen." she stated with a sigh.
The thing with Shiba, is that she is from another world that knows what is going to happen up to a certain point in this world. She had been through this via reincarnation and thus she was lucky enough to be the sister of Kushina Uzumaki. After everything that has happened though, she has debated whether or not it really was worth it to interfere. When she thinks about it now though she will without any hesitation say that she is glad she screwed up what had to be history with Karin Uzumaki and Naruto Uzumaki being the last Uzumaki besides Nagato. That said she is also the mother of Kira Uzumaki an Uzumaki that shouldn't be born yet is.
"Saving some more Uzumaki then before shouldn't do much I would think. Didn't you say something about there being countless faces that didn't have names with this world?" Kunia asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah I did didn't I? Well in all I'm glad I can call you my sister in all but blood. Though next on the agenda. I sense a massive chakra source in the lake near this cave. You willing to have us stay here until my child is born?" Shiba asked with a curious look.
"I don't see why not. We should place illusion seals as well as other seals to hid ourselves better from any sensory types." Kunia stated with a slight grin.
Shiba gave a grin right back as she stood up. The two then explained to the rest of the Uzumaki what was going on, so they could settle in. The earth types were the first to suggest creating an underground network for the whole clan to eat, sleep, and practice in. Shiba gave a thumbs up to that idea while the non-combatants worked on the seals for protecting the place. The only thing that she wanted to make for sure there was, was a nursery. When she was questioned about it she explained with an embarrassed expression her situation. She was scolded by the whole clan at that point for fighting despite her condition, but the rest of them agreed that a nursery would help for the ones who were pregnant anyway. Kunia at this point also said that she was in the same boat as Shiba. In the end no one complained as both of the Jounin had wanted to protect the rest of the clan before themselves. Once everything had been set up however both Shiba and Kunia had kicked the training part of their mind into overdrive on the Genin and Chunin. Both of the woman had become slave drivers during the weeks that everyone was in the cave, but no one complained as it was to help them get stronger.
When the day that both of the Jounin conceived their children the chunin and genin had prepared to seal the yang part of the Sanbi into Shiba's young daughter with the name of Kira Uzumaki. Kunia's child however was named Shiro. Finally however the third and final child to be born that day was from Shiki and Tenzo who named their child Karin. Every parent agreed that the beast's yang chakra along with its consciousness would be sealed into the child, while the consciousness of a wild beast would be put into the rest of the chakra, that would also be destroyed once the beast was sealed into the statue the Akatsuki wanted them put in.
The sealing process went along smoothly and without a hitch as far as everyone was concerned, but that didn't stop the uneasiness that Shiba felt. While she couldn't sense anyone near them, even with the turtles chakra blocking out about two feet of area, she couldn't get the feeling out of her system. It was almost like there was going to be something bad happening soon. When she thought about it, they had been in the cave for roughly a month, and now that she thought about it, the Kyubi was going to be released soon. With a deep sigh she told everyone that they needed to get their things, but mark the map of this spot so that they could always come back if need be.
When things finished with the sealing Shiba had right away grabbed Kira and held her as she looked towards the rest of the clan that was with her. She didn't know whether or not they would treat Kira any differently, but she was determined to find out.
She first looked towards the older generation as they were the least willing to change and she asked "Do I have your word along with the rest of the Uzumaki that are here that you will not treat her any differently?"
The older generation looked appalled at the accusation as one said "Of course you do! Uzumaki know how seals work you know. We won't treat her any different then a normal child, of course she's a clan heir though."
Shiba sighed in response as she said "I understand that, but it's just with the way Jinchuriki are treated throughout the elemental nations, it never hurts to ask. I just don't want my child to end up like most jinchuriki."
"Gone insane due to the lack of support from their peers." Kunia stated while holding her little Shiro.
"Exactly. I want things to go differently for Kira then what the rest of the jinchuriki have to deal with." Shiba stated with a sad look towards the child in her arms.
Kunia walked up towards Shiba with a smile as she said "You can trust us. If not then then me. The whole family has your back."
Shiba gave a small smile as she then told everyone at they were going to need to leave as soon as possible. Once everyone was back on the road things started to actually calm down. The attacks by Shinobi had become all but non existent, but that didn't mean they could relax. While they didn't have to worry about Shinobi, they did have to worry about bandits so over the seven years that had followed Shiba had told her daughter everything she knew about this world, including her previous origins, as well as teaching her daughter Iaido with a sword, and any jutsu that she thought her daughter should know, including secret jutsu that Kiri owned. The only problem now was the fact that her daughter had started talking to the Sanbi.
"But Mama! Iso-san is nice! He hasn't tried to get me to come to his cage at all, and instead he talks to me!" An almost eight year old stated.
"I'm not saying you shouldn't talk to Isobu, but you need to be careful sweetie. You don't know how he could react to you trying to befriend him." Shiba lectured which caused Kira to groan.
"I know Mama! I won't try to let him out until I'm like... Eleven! Yeah, eleven years old so that I can beat him up if he tries anything!" Kira stated in a childish voice that was still soft like her mothers.
"Whatever you say sweetie. How about you go play with Shiro and Karin? Mama needs to talk to Auntie Kunia for a minute about ninja stuff, ok?" Shiba asked with a soft smile.
"Ok Mama!" Kira stated before she rushed off towards Shiro and Karin, both of which were playing a card game where it seemed Karin was getting more and more pissed off due to a loosing streak.
Kunia laughed a bit as Karin finally screamed in anger before she kicked the deck of cards, only to fall backwards and land on her back. The scene amused both parents, but Kunia asked "So what is it you needed 'Auntie Kunia' for?"
"I'm going to be heading out by myself for awhile. Seven to eight years at most." Shiba stated with a hard tone.
"So it's finally time huh? I'll take care of the rug-rats, no need to worry there. With Karin's parents gone though things might be harder. You don't need to worry. Your little brat will be just fine." Kunia said with a small smirk.
"I'm sorry to just drop a bomb like that on you, but I'm worried. I need to sort things out you know. I promise you I'll be back" Shiba said with a smirk towards Kunia.
"Don't make promises you can't keep Shi-chan." Kunai teased.
"I don't." Was Shiba's simple response before she walked over to the kids.
Once she walked over she saw that Karin was apparently even more pissed, while Shiro seemed confused as to why. When Karin called, it became obvious they were playing poker, even though their chips were crackers. Shiro slumped a bit when he saw Karins three pair of aces, while Kira had a full house with kings and queens. Shiro said something about how he had bad luck, right before he laid down a royal flush of spades. Karin froze at that before her right eye started to twitch. After a few seconds she exploded as she yelled "I can't believe this! Third time in a row!"
"Hey, wasn't I the one who got the royal flush last time?" Kira asked with an innocent tone.
"Nee-san! Don't you dare bring that up!" Karin yelled right back.
Shiba chose that point to chuckle as she said "As amusing as this is I need to talk to my daughter for a few minutes, then you can get back to your game, ok?"
"Hai Shi-san" both children stated before Kira walked over to her mother.
"You needed to talk to me about what Mama?" Kira asked with a curious tone.
"I don't know how to be soft about this, so I'll say it right out. I'm leaving." Shiba said with a sad tone.
Kira obviously didn't like this as she yelled "What?! Why?!"
Sighing at her daughters behavior, Shiba said "I need to do something, ok sweetie? I promise you I'll be back and I'll bring you lots of souvenirs. In the mean time, I want you to become a very successful Kunoichi, ok? Depending on how high up you are by the time I come, back I might even give you something extra special when I get back. Also I'm going to have you be the acting clan head of the Uzumaki ok sweetie? You can keep the position until I get back, and I hope you do everything you can to protect your clan."
"I will Mama! The clan is family and family always comes first!" Kira recited with a joyous look.
"Right you are sweetie. Now before I go I want you to have my Katana. Use him well and treat him nicely. I won't ask for him back when I come back, but I will want to see him. Remember what I told you about swords?" Shiba asked with a soft tone.
"All swords, katana's even more so, have a soul and a personality. If you treat them well, they will in return treat you well" Kira stated with a smile as she held her mothers Katana she was famous for.
"Right sweetie. Now I need to leave. You do whatever you want, but make sure that you treat everyone with the respect they deserve, and the kindness they need." Shiba stated before she stood up and ruffled her daughters hair.
Kira gave a sad salute to her mother as she cried, and her mother gave it right back, before she disappeared. Kira put the sword onto her belt loop for her sword, and she fastened it there, before she looked at where he mother was one last time. With a strengthened resolve Kira started to order everyone around so that they knew they were going towards the land of fire so that they would arrive at the same time the Uzumaki arrived at Konoha all those years later.