Sweet Sensations
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Gripping the weapon tightly in his hand, Daichi followed behind his father and Kisame who killed countless ninja that got in their way. Blood covered Daichi's entire body and he felt like a cold, heartless killer...
Jumping out of the way of a soaring kunai, Daichi sent shuriken flying towards an unsuspecting shinobi and watched as the person fell to the ground, numerous shuriken embedded into his back, blood pooling out of his wounds...
Entering the castle, Daichi watched with wide eyes as his father slaughtered anyone standing in his way and ordered him to follow close behind him. Kisame severed many heads fro, their bodies and watched as they rolled to the floor, mouths still open...
Daichi was suppose to retrieve a scroll from the castle; entering a dimly lit room, the youngest Uchiha avoided being hit from behind and snapped the neck of the ninja who dared to attack him...
Taking the scroll and safely pocketing it, Daichi left the room while calling out to his father who was busy fighting off numerous ninja...
"I've got it dad!" He cried.
Nodding his head, the elder Uchiha signaled for Kisame to finish the small amount of remaining shinobi and left the castle. They had been traveling for a day and it would take another day just to get back to Akatsuki...
My son...
New fine member of Akatsuki...
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Chapter 24: Reunited
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Embracing both her son and husband, Sakura gave out a sigh of relief knowing that they were fine and arrived safely back to Akatsuki base. Itachi placed a hand on Daichi's shoulder, giving it a firm squeeze and smiling at him when the boy looked up at his face.
"You did good Daichi..."
Smiling back, the brown haired male left both his parents and proceeded into his room, closing the door behind him and laying on the bed provided...
I can't believe I'm apart of Akatsuki now!
Turning on his side and glancing at the clock, Daichi let his eyes fall closed and was lulled to sleep, his dark orbs closing and opening for a short while and then, nothing...
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"Naruto... the 6th Hokage of Konoha..."
Tsunade began a coughing fit as her lungs tried to take in more oxygen...
"Tsunade-sama!"
That was the very first time he had added 'sama' after her first name, usually he referred to her as 'granny Tsunade' or 'baa-chan'...
"Naruto... you've grown to be a fine young man-"
She clamped a hand over her mouth to cease the oncoming coughs that began to erupt from her sore throat.
"Take care, 6th hokage..."
Hazel eyes closed as the rise and fall of her chest came to a halt. The kyubi holder shook her shoulders, screamed her name countless times, even though he knew that Tsunade would never again wake up...
Rest in peace...
Tear filled cerulean orbs closed as Uzumaki Naruto held back sobs and tremors that ran throughout his entire body. He held her so close to him, yes. She did get on his nerves almost all the time, but he had grown to respect her...
You were the closest person I had to an actual relative...
Tsunade-sama...
"Naruto..." A deep voice interrupted his crying.
Turning his head to the side, he watched as Hatake Kakashi approached him, his one visible eye filled with unshed tears that he held back... The older male pulled Naruto to his feet from the spot on the floor he had been accustomed to for almost 2 hours...
Taking the hokage's official hat off the bedside table, Kakashi handed it to his former student and watched as he placed it on his head while looking at the lifeless body of the 5th hokage...
If only Sakura were still here... she might have been able to save her...
Balling a fist, Naruto tightly shut his eyes and opened them abruptly when Shizune, Tsunade's apprentice, entered and lowered her eyes at her dead teacher...
Falling to her knees, Shizune let a river of tears fall freely from her wide eyes as she continued to stare at Tsunade. She knew this day would come, Tsunade had already told her in advance that if she were to leave this world, Naruto would be the next chosen Hokage to rule Konohagakure...
Bowing in respect, Naruto left the room along with a crying Shizune, who he escorted out, since her knees would buckle each and every time she would try to stand...
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In a days time, the former hokage's funeral was held, everyone in Konoha paid their respects to her and brought flowers of parting to her. And that same day, Naruto was officially the 6th hokage; everyone showed him respect by bowing their heads. Though, Naruto was too saddened to do anything but stand their...
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"Naruto-sama!" Shizune called from inside the hokage's tower.
He had grown a lot, looking like an exact duplicate of Yondaime. Sitting back in his chair, Naruto watched as Shizune stumbled into the office, bowing her head for not knocking first before entering.
"Shizune, I already told you that you don't have to add sama after my name."
"Just call me Naruto..."
Bowing in apology, Shizune was spoken to again.
"And you don't have to bow either..."
"Yes of course Naruto..." Shizune said, almost bowing again.
Clasping his hands together and placing them on his lap, Naruto parted his lips.
"What was it that you wanted?"
Snapping back to why she had come into his office, Shizune replied sternly.
"ANBU have just reported back, Sound is supposedly planning an attack on Konoha..."
Narrowing his eyes in anger, Naruto stood from his seat and headed out the door.
"Then we'll stop them from invading, summon the following shinobi..."
Naming out 10 familiar names, Shizune went to work on gathering them in the hokage's office. She did in a matter of minutes, all the said ninja stood lazily in the hokage's office, a few with their hands in their pockets, some with their arms crossed, standing completely straight and one reading the latest issue of icha icha paradise...
Nara Shikamaru...
Hatake Kakashi.
Akimichi Chouji...
Aburame Shino...
Inuzuka Kiba...
Hyuga Neji...
Might Guy...
Rock Lee...
Tenten...
Sai...
Most of the rookie nine from years back, Naruto explained the plan carefully and all agreed to do what was best to protect Konohagakure and keep Sound away... Raising his arm in the air, Naruto declared that he would be going as well, which shocked everyone but Kakashi who smiled behind his orange book.
It was decided that they would leave early in the morning the very next day and meet at the front gates of Konoha. Removing his hokage wear, Naruto pulled on his old orange jumpsuit from when he was just fifteen years old and continued to wear until now.
It felt so good to be in his old clothes again, almost made him feel like he were still a teenager and like he were going on a mission with Sasuke and Sakura once again...
That was then and this is now...
Their both gone...
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Pacing around his room, Daichi thought about the mission his father had just informed him about a few minutes ago. He warned his only son that it was one of the most dangerous missions they would ever be going on!
Something about a new Sound leader being even stronger than the last, named Orochimaru...
Itachi had told him that he wasn't going to force him to do the mission, but something in his heart was telling that he should accompany his father, even if it meant that he might die...
"Daichi..." His father said upon entering the room.
Looking at him, Daichi spoke.
"Dad, I want to go on the mission."
Nearing his son, Itachi placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I already told you that you don't have to go, you can stay here with your mother..."
"But, I want to go!" Daichi nearly yelled.
Gripping his son's shoulder, Itachi gave him a small smile.
"If that's really what you want, I'll go tell your mother now..."
He left the room, left Daichi to go over the many gruesome conclusions about the mission... If both he and his father died, his mother would be heartbroken...
I hope I'm making the right decision...
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"I see..." Sakura said flatly.
Caressing his small wife's cheek, Itachi pulled her close to his body, wanting to feel her body against his before he left for the mission tomorrow morning...
"Sakura, I want you to know..." He began.
"That if anything happens to me, I'll always love you..."
Sealing the promise with a chaste kiss, Itachi watched as she held back unwanted tears but failed miserably and sobbed against the crook of his neck, taking in his sent just incase he weren't to return to her...
"I love you too and always will..." She breathed as sleep overpowered her...
"Same goes for me..."
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The morning sun had yet to rise, but all Akatsuki members excluding Mayou who offered to stay at the base with Sakura, arrived at the front doors nonetheless. Itachi had just said goodbye to Sakura along with their son, who hide his tears...
Now as they continued to run at a quick pace towards sound, Daichi couldn't rid himself of a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach... Itachi could feel a great amount of chakra coming from the west and came to a stop telling Akatsuki to be alert and split go in pairs to search and destroy the enemy...
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"Do you feel that Naruto?" Shikamaru said quietly.
Splitting up into pairs, the team searched for whoever wise was in the large forest along with them. Dodging Shuriken thrown at them, Naruto and Kakashi landed gracefully and were on high alert as two figured appeared from above and tried to perform a head assault, resulting in the two shinobi avoiding their weapons.
"Itachi..." Both men breathed in realization.
Both their eyes scanned over the other cloaked figure who they had no clue was. Narrowing his eyes at the young member of Akatsuki, Naruto got into a fighting pose and ran at them head first, fist raised at the small boy who easily dodged.
"Who is he!?!" Naruto growled.
Silence reigned over the four men, as everyone stayed completely still and watched as Itachi parted his lips and spoke in a stern voice.
"My son..."
Their eyes widened at what they had just heard...
"What?"
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Author's Note
Lol that was kinda short I think. But w/e how did all of you readers like it? In the next chapter things will start to get really intense since I'll hopefully make it extra long and you will all be blown away!!! XXP
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