Emily: Hey, I'm pregnant!!!
Me and Katie: Yeah, a pregnant bitch...
Emily: WHAT??!!!!! By the way, I have to get married soon.
Katie: Why?!
Emily: Because it's against my religion to have premarital sex. So nyah!
Me: God DAMMIT!! STUPID SPOILERS!!!
Chapter Twenty Four
"Sir, the Tsuchikage is out of commission. Now is the time to strike?" The Akatsuki were pacing in their base, and Hermione and Itachi were in the ER for their injuries inflicted upon by Rock Lee. Hidan was playing with his scythe, muttering words of death and prayer under his breath. It was his partner, Kakuzu, who was negotiating with their leader.
"He was the one who promised us domination over the Shinobi Villages and the rest of the Jinchuuriki, when in return he got the Kimochi cousins. Frankly, I thought it was a fair trade." The leader's voice broke in anger as he spoke.
"Why do you say, "I thought it was a fair trade," sir," Kakuzu asked, curious of his leader's actions.
"I say that, my dear friend. because I hadn't known that the Kimochi cousins possesed so much power. And having three on the other side isn't helping business. Especially since they've gotten such powerful boyfriends."
He turned his attention to the room that Hermione and Itachi resided in, for Itachi was staggering out, holding his ribs. His cloak was off and he was in assasin pants. There were bandages wrapped around his ribs and right shoulder. He was panting from the strain of standing up. "Why Itachi, you shouldn't be out of bed!" Itachi shook his head.
"I know sir...I'm sorry for...disobeying, but there is some valuable...information that needs your full attention." Itachi then staggered toward the floor in front of the leader's throne, and knelt down, grimacing from pain as he did so. "As we were battling, I analyzed...the techniques of the Kimochi cousins. And I saw...a weakness." The leader's eyes widened.
"Well come on then, continue! Kakuzu, get him a chair, he can hardly breathe!" After Itachi got situated into the chair, he continued.
"Well sir, the each have a separate weakness, but one stands clear for them all..." The leader held his breath.
"Emily Kimochi is too cocky. She puts too much trust in her abilities-I mean, you don't see me doing that, and I acheived ANBU captain at age 13! Katie Kimochi just...just doesn't do a lot of fighting. She sits back and watches the others and occasionally gives the enemy so powerful grief, but it won't always work. And Kenisha Kimochi...how should I put this in a way you'll understand..."
"Are you saying I'm unable to comprehend this," the leader said, raising an eyebrow.
"No sir, it's just really complicated...her jutsu are some of the most powerful in the Kimochi clan, only rivaled by wind Chakra. But when put into the sky in one of her favorite jutsus, Tears of Atlantis, it's unstoppable. But when she runs out of Chakra, it opens either a big weak spot or our worst nightmare..." Itachi shuddered.
"And why is it classified so?" The leader was getting impatient.
"Because if she was left unprotected, like in the Land of Waves, she is an easy target. It's just that now...she has a powerful boyfriend: Rock Lee, the current Taijutsu Master, even more powerful than Maito Gai. But when he tells her to stay back from the fight, she's defenseless." The leader nodded in agreement.
"And also, we can't let the Emily and Kenisha do any more combos. They probably have more up their sleeve than just that one, so we need to be prepared. And that Weapons Mistress, TenTen...that Cry of the Dragon Jutsu kicked us up the ass and out our mouths. And she just keeps learning more." Itachi rubbed his temples, irritated. "This would be so much easier if Hermione were concious...AAARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!" Itachi's hands rushed to the bandages his side, which were soon dripping with his crimson blood.
"WE NEED TO GET UCHIHA'S RIBS CLOSED, NOW!!!"
"We need to get 3 turkeys," Anko said, checking her list another time while they walked through the store.
"But I'd much rather have some low fat chicken or something--"
"Nobody asked the health freak, Ino," TenTen said irritatedly, since this was the fourth time that Ino had suggested it.
"Yeah seriously, what's the problem with a little turkey? You can have it with stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, and...mmmmmmm..." Kenisha moaned, drooling. Ino backed away from her slowly. TenTen ignored her.
"Anyway, what's left on the list, Anko?"
"I just said it: 3 turkeys. TO THE FREEZER AISLE," Anko bellowed, scaring some of the Thanksgiving shoppers in the other aisle. Kenisha awoke from her Thanksgiving feast stupor and ran to the freezer aisle, coming back 10 seconds later with 3 large turkeys, her fingers a little on the blue side.
"ALRIGHT, NOW TO THE CLERK TO PAY FOR THIS!!" Anko, Kenisha, and TenTen ran through the packed aisles of shoppers while Ino looked on, holding her mouth in surprise.
"How the hell did you do that," Ino asked as they walked out of the store, wrapping their jackets around themselves.
"Do what?" Anko and TenTen had walked ahead to get out of the now falling snow, leaving Kenisha and Ino to walk to the Hyuuga compound together.
"Go so fast and get the turkeys without killing anybody you ran into." Ino seemed to stress the words "turkey" and "killing" she spoke. Kenisha gave her a small smile.
"I learned how to run from my clan, mainly my older brother, James. He could use the wind around him around him to accelerate himself forward, but since I didn't get the Wind trait and the Water trait like him, I had to rely on my small size and my Chakra."
"So you use your Chakra to run as fast as you do? That isn't real speed." Kenisha shook her head as they turned the corner, going past the curry shop.
"You didn't hear right, did you? I said my size and my Chakra. Since I'm naturally small, my Chakra can get to where I want it easily. Every day I used to focus my Chakra into my feet, and I would try to keep it there the whole day. And I would train in my special Taijutsu with James, so it was also benificial to my kicks. Eventually, it became muscle memory, and now my Chakra is always focused into my feet."
"Sometimes you try to run without your Chakra, right," Ino said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, that's what you just saw in the store. I wasn't wearing my weights, so it's obvious that that was as fast as I can go. But with my Chakra focused and when I'm in the zone, I run as fast as Lee-kun with the 3rd gate opened. but I rarely get in the zone." Ino nodded, but then scrunched up her nose.
"You're avoiding my other question, aren't you?"
"What other question?" They were almost at the Hyuuga compound now, turning another corner and kicking at the snow.
"The one about not killing anybody you ran into," Ino said, her teeth chattering a little bit as she spoke.
I watch where I'm going now; I'm not going to fall anymore," Kenisha said softly, staring at the falling snow beside her to sheild the tears that fell down her cheeks from Ino's view.
"You okay?" Ino tried to lean in and see whatwas wrong, but Kenisha quickly wiped her tears away and gave her a wild grin.
"Yeah, I'm just fine Ino. Let's get to the Hyuuga compound and get everything ready! Come on!!"
"Wait up," Ino called after Kenisha, who was running to the compound's front gates.
"Kenisha-chan, you are alright?"
"Yeah, is there anything wrong with training in the snow?"
"There is when you're all alone on the Hokage Monument." After she helped get the Hyuuga compound ready for Thanksgiving, Kenisha said that she was going to train and went out; no one objected because she gave Katie an icy glare when she was asked to stay. And her eyes looked all too similar to Hokkaido's for Katie to respond.
But Lee was worried. She was going alone, and she usually asked him to come with her. It wasn't that they had to be together all the time, it was just odd. So he scoured the training grounds for her, until he saw a large snow drift moving at top speed to the Hokage Monument and stopped at the top. And he only knew one person who could run that fast.
"I think there is something wrong--"
"Lee-kun, I'm just thinking. I'm fine," Kenisha said hurriedly, turning away from him. Lee wasn't convinced, so he went to sit next to her, wraping his arm around her snow-covered shoulders. She shivered, but then relaxed and stared at the frozen pond in front of them.
"Are you sure?...I have been wanting to ask... what did you and Ino talk about earlier today?" Kenisha stiffened under his arm.
"She asked me about my speed, that's all. But then it got personal..."
"Yes? It is okay, you can tell me." Kenisha took a deep breath.
"When she asked me why I didn't run into anybody when I ran for the turkeys, I told her that I wasn't going to fall anymore, because inside I knew that my falling caused me to lose my family." Lee's eyes widened, and he shuddered.
"You did not tell me that before. Why? What happened?"
"I couldn't keep up; I was tripping and I used to many pointless jutsu. I was too tired to react, all I did was keep fighting. I ignored my brother's pleas, and Hermione's words of warning. I just went on fighting...but it wasn't enough to stop Big Brother. He tried to get me out using his summoning, Ichigo(Me: Yeah, ripped off the name, but bear with me. Katie: Once again, NO!!) to try and stop me, to get em to flee the village with him and some other villagers. He said that Mom and Dad were already fighting to get the entrance open, that I had to hurry. But I..." Kenisha got up and walked across the frozen pond, the ice cracking beneath her feet as she jumped to a frozen white tree.
Lee got up and followed her, but stropped at the base of the tree. "It's okay, you don't have to tell me the rest--" Kenisha jumped down and put her index finger to his lips. Her voice was shaking in a sad way.
"I'm going to anyway. You need to know...I didn't go with him. I wanted to stay and fight for our village. I was tired of the constant arguments, the constant negotiation, the constant fighting...I wanted it all to end, and he wanted to run away. So I told him that I'd be fine and to tell Mom and Dad that I loved them. Then he said that if he doesn't see me flashing past him to the gates that he'd send Ichigo on me. So I summoned Hokkaido to stave him off. I said that I loved him and ran off to help Emily, Katie and Hermione...I guess you know the rest." Kenisha sighed heavily and turned away, watchng the falling snow again. Lee gave her a loving hug but she didn't make a move to return it.
"I've always wondered what it would be like if I had went with him, if I had just dropped everything and went with him, with the villagers, with my parents...it hurts to know that I will never know now...Lee-kun...I'm never going to see them again, never see their smiling faces, or feel their warm touch, never again. It's stupid that I'm just realizing that...but it's true. They're gone. Big Brother, Mom, Dad...Never again..."
She cried, her tears running cold trails down her cheeks. Lee held her, whispering, "Kenisha-chan, I know...I know...It will be okay, you still have Emily and Katie, and you have all of Konoha...you still have us..."
"I know..but there's some wounds and some bonds that will never heal or be repaired, Lee-kun...Never..."
The snow fell upon them, white and cheerful with out a care in the world. But to Lee and Kenisha, the snow only froze their sadness into place, making their hearts go cold and their tears turn to ice.
Sakura and Ino: THAT WAS SOOO SAD!!! OMG!!!
Emily, Katie, TenTen, Hinata, Shizune and Tsunade: SHUT THE HELL UP, OR WE'LL F--KING KILL YOU!!!
All boys except Lee and Sai: YEAH, WE HATE YOUR MUSHY SHIT!!! Now shut the f--k up!!!!
Somewhere else
Me: Never again, Lee-kun...I'm never going to see them again...
Lee: 'still holding me' I know, but you still have a family right here...with me...
Me: Lee-kun...
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