Here's chapter two!!! Hope you love it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the characters in it, except Talin.
Sasuke awoke and found Talin still in bed and Itachi already down in the kitchen eating. He quickly got dressed and joined him. "Where are Mom and Dad?" Sasuke asked. "They went out to go shopping. I'm in charge of watching you two." Itachi replied quietly, and took another drink from the pink lemonade that their mother had made. "So what are we going to do today?" Sasuke asked. "I don't know. Talin has a fever, she's sick, so I need to keep an eye on her. Maybe you can go run to the medicine shop and buy something to help her." Itachi said after a little bit. Sasuke nodded; glad to help them both out. So Itachi went back to the bedroom with a bunch of wet washcloths and Sasuke ran out.
Sasuke went quickly to the medicine shop, and spent an hour buying medicine, and then going to the candy store to buy something for both of them, and a little something for himself, with his own money. "Talin will feel much better with this medicine and some of her favorite chocolate." He said happily, and ran home. It was surprisingly quiet as he stepped into the Uchiha village. "Hello? Is anyone there?" Sasuke asked uncertainly as he walked down the usually busy main street. "There should be people here… Auntie and Uncle were just here when I left. I should check their house." Sasuke thought, and knocked a few times. The door swung open on its own. Sasuke simply stepped inside, and was met with the most startling thing he'd ever seen. Both his aunt and uncle lay in a bloody pile on the floor… dead. Sasuke screamed, and fled from the house. "What's happening? What's going on?" He thought, panicked, as he ran for the house. He turned onto the one street, and slid to a stop. Bodies lay everywhere… Rukia, the girl who owned the flower shop, lay just feet away from him, shuriken and kunai sticking out of her back. Many more people he knew lay all around, some still armed. "No, this is horrible… what about Itachi, Talin, Mother and Father?! I need to get to them! I need to be safe!" Sasuke said out loud, and took off as fast as he could.
He took his shoes off, slamming the sliding door behind him, and locking it. "Mother? Father? Itachi? Talin? Are any of you there?" Sasuke called as he walked into the kitchen. A loud thud came from somewhere off to his right. Scared, Sasuke ran for his parent's room. Just as he got to the door after nearly falling, he heard another thud inside. "Someone's in there… is it mother or father, or… or the killer. I need to see… can't move. Come on, move. Move!" He ordered himself in his mind, and grabbing the handle, pulled the door open and went inside. What he saw would stay in his mind forever.
His mother lay face up on the floor, his father laying face down across her. Both had blood pooled around them, and they were… dead. Sasuke gasped, and was about to run forward to them when the sound of heavy footsteps came from the darkness just beyond them. Sasuke's heart stopped as he waited… and into the light stepped Itachi, Talin hanging over his shoulder, eyes closed. "Big brother, what happened? What's going on? Who did this?" Sasuke stuttered, feeling lost to the world. Itachi didn't answer, just stood there, Talin hanging seemingly lifeless. Suddenly something slashed past Itachi's shoulder, thudding into the door behind him. Sasuke grabbed his shoulder, wincing, and looked up. "Why did you… you did this?!" Sasuke gasped. "I almost pity you, but I pity Talin more. She witnessed it all. Now you will too." Itachi said quietly, and suddenly Sasuke fell into the world of Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan.
Sasuke watched with horror as Itachi attacked everyone around him. They tried to fight back, run away, protect themselves, and all fell. Blood spattered everywhere. "Itachi, why are you showing me this?! Stop it!" Sasuke cried, holding his head. He saw Talin in the background, hands over her mouth, terrified as Itachi did what he was doing. He then approached her afterwards, and put her over his shoulder. The scene shifted to his parents, kneeling in their bedroom, talking. Itachi snuck up behind them, putting Talin down. And as he made the fatal blow, Talin watched, eyes wide. Then, Itachi looked at her, and she simply said, "I love you, Itachi. But for this, I will never forgive you." And suddenly she became unconscious, passing out from her fever.
"No!" Sasuke screamed as he saw Itachi approach his sister, sword out. Was Talin dead, and not unconscious? Sasuke escaped the world, and fell, holding his head, screaming "No!!! It can't be!!" As Sasuke lay there, he looked at his dead parents, at Talin… he slowly sat up. "Why, Itachi? Why, why did you do it?" Sasuke asked, shaking. "To test myself. To prove my strength." Itachi replied. "So you killed your entire clan?!" Sasuke snarled. "I needed to test my ability. To test myself…" Itachi said. "You're out of your mind!" Sasuke suddenly screamed, and ran at Itachi. Itachi easily punched Sasuke in the stomach, knocking the air out of him. Sasuke fell to the floor.
"He… killed them. Did he kill Talin too? Why did he have to… why?" Sasuke thought. Suddenly Itachi stepped towards Sasuke. Fear washed over him like rain. "I don't want to die… I'm scared. I'm scared!" Sasuke thought. Now crying, he ran for the door, plowing out. He ran down the streets, crying. "I don't want to die, no!" Sasuke panicked as he ran. Suddenly Itachi was in the street in front of him, Talin still over his shoulder. "No… Itachi, please, don't kill me!" Sasuke begged, looking terrified. "You're not even worth killing. Talin proved to hold out all right during the slaughter, but I guess her fever got the best of her. I tried to kill the both of you with the ice cream, with poison, to make it easy on me. But no, neither of you took it the right way. You weren't affected by it at all, and Talin just got a fever. But it's not worth the effort now. By all means flee. Live your wretched life in disgust knowing you're the only one to survive. You were too weak, too much of a coward to even share their fate. If you really want to kill me in the future, foster your hatred for me, and let it grow." Itachi said. "The only one? What about Talin?" Sasuke asked, still scared.
"I don't think she's going to make it. After the trauma she's been through, and her wound, plus the fever, her chances are slim to nothing. You'll be alone." Itachi said, and put Talin down. He looked down at her, almost fondly, and suddenly pulled out his sword, and slashed it quickly over her right forearm. "Get away from her!" Sasuke snarled, running forward. "Foolish little brother… I'll see you sooner or later. Goodbye." Itachi said, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Sasuke ran to Talin, looking her over. A slash went across her stomach, very deep, and it was bleeding badly. Her fever was a raging 105, and the new cut on her forearm was bleeding too. Sasuke quickly carried her back to the house, and wrapped her up in bandages, and forced the pill and some water down her throat. A few moments later, she screamed to awareness.
"Sasuke, he… he…" She stuttered, eyes wide. Suddenly, she grabbed onto him, and held him tightly, hugging him. "You're alive… you're alive." She breathed, tears flooding down her cheeks as she let go of him. Sasuke was still crying. "I… I'm going to kill him." She said suddenly, getting up. "No, don't! You don't stand even the slightest chance!" Sasuke cried, running after her as she stumbled off. "Sasuke… you're the stronger of the two of us. I just want to take a piece of him with me… you know I'm not going to survive the poison. I want you to stay here, tell everyone what happened, and… get strong enough that you'll kill Itachi when the time is right. Promise me you won't come after me, and see me go… I want you to remember me just like this, smiling and happy. Our parents were right… you're the next Uchiha heir. Please… promise me you'll send Itachi to his rightful place, and then come to me when your time is over. And you never know… I might actually survive and come back for you. But don't be hopeful. Please, Sasuke… I don't want you to see any of it. Please…" She said. Sasuke started crying, but nodded. "Go… I love you, Talin. Tell Itachi I loved him too." He said, and hugged her tightly. "I'll see you around, Sasuke." She said, and disappeared in smoke too.
"I love you too, Sasuke." Her voice echoed in the wind. Talin was hot on Itachi's trail, but how she was able to stay there, she didn't know. Soon, she found him sitting on the ground, breathing hard, and tired from his mad race out of the village. She landed just a few feet away from him, and doubled over, couching up blood. "You had enough strength to even get out of the village… you impress me, little sister. More so, you left Sasuke behind… maybe you can become more like me. But it looks like you're going to die soon." Itachi said, getting up. "Sasuke said he loves you. Now I'm going to do what I came here to do." Talin said, and pulling out a bunch of kunai and shuriken she had gathered on the way out she flung a few at Itachi roughly. He easily dodged them. "Let me ease your suffering and end this quickly." Itachi said, pulling out his sword.
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot into his back. "How did you…?" He began, and suddenly another shuriken sped past his leg, cutting into it. Talin lay on her side, panting, but still threw more kunai. Itachi was shocked. How was she doing it? As she ran out of weapons, she got up again, and formed a jutsu. "Father was just starting to teach me how to do this. I'm going to try it, and you better not ruin it." She said almost teasingly, and spat out a bunch of small fireballs. Itachi dodged them, and as his sister was about to fall to her knees, he suddenly caught her, and turning her around, held her up. "You have more potential than I should have realized, little sister… you're coming with me." He said. Her eyes widened. "Why?" She breathed. "Because your Sharingan has been activated, and you're younger than I was. We'll meet up with Sasuke in time. But for now, we're leaving."
Talin was about to fight back, to object. "Well then, you've given me no choice. Mangekyo Sharingan." Itachi said. He twisted it deep into her mind. "You will stay with me. I will train you, and you will become my partner, my apprentice. You will have free will to do anything, but in time learn to trust me. But you will be forced to stay with me, no matter what." He said. She blinked a few times, eyes blank, and then she stopped fighting. "Good little sister. Now, come on." He said, putting her arm over his shoulders. He then pulled her with him as he ran.
That was the end of the trail. The ANBU lost their tracks a mile from that spot, and no one reported seeing them ever again. Sasuke assumed Talin was dead, and after the names of the entire Uchiha clan was written on the Memorial stone, and all bodies buried in the cemetery, Sasuke made a separate memorial for his beloved sister, in her favorite place. A small clearing in the field was filled with all types of flowers. She'd loved to come here… and now her picture rested on top of a stone he placed in the center. He went there every day, sometimes leaving presents, and always talked to the picture like she was actually there. He began to get stronger, work himself harder. He was going to kill Itachi, no matter what. By the age of 13, he was a Genin, top of his class, and extremely skilled. He was grouped with Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki. His team captain, Kakashi Hatake, the copy ninja. He activated his Sharingan during his fight with Haku and Zabuza Momochi. Now, he was in the 3rd stage of the Chuunin exams… that is, until the attack by Orochimaru. He then fought Gaara, the boy who held Shukaku, the sand demon. Sadly, the curse mark Orochimaru placed on him stopped him. Luckily, his teammates showed up, and saved him, while also defeating Gaara. Now, as the Konoha village repairs itself, and mourns the loss of their Hokage, 3 dark figures approach the village.
After Itachi had escaped the ANBU, he tended to his almost dead sister. He then began to train her, train her harder than he'd been trained himself. And she held up through it all rather easily. Soon, she was close to activating the Mangekyo Sharingan… but what truly made her Itachi's pride and happiness was her other ability. Her control over fire was outstanding. Although her eyes were onyx, like her brothers, they had gold around the edges, and when she used fire, the entire thing would be gold. And when she used her Sharingan, the gold would dance just behind the turning wheels in the red pool. Her pitch-black hair fell to her waist, the raven color that she shared with Sasuke at the bottom. She also had a knack at wielding a sword. Her sword was a zanbatō, and was only just a little shorter than her 5"7' height. It was jet black with a red thorn covered vine curving up both sides. There was also a hole close to the end. The handle was wrapped in red bandages. She also joined her brother into the Akasuki group, being the 2nd girl in it. Now, she joins her brother and their partner Kisame Hoshigaki, one of the 7 Swordsmen of the Mist. They were headed right for Konoha village, right after Orochimaru's attack… right after the Hokage had been killed. Their target, the Nine Tailed Fox Demon. And secretly, inside, Itachi and Talin were hoping for a glimpse at their brother.
The 3 dark figures stepped out of the mist, and walked towards the side entrance to the village. "Excuse me, you're not allowed in…" The guard said. Itachi lifted his hat just a little, and using his Mangekyo, put the guard to sleep. We walked into the village, and as the day started, they went up onto the high wall overlooking the empty Uchiha village. "To think you came back here, Itachi. I think they hate you here more than they did back in my village." Kisame said. "Who cares? No one will recognize us if we keep our faces hidden. And Talin can go out without a disguise. She's changed quite a bit, I doubt anyone would recognize her. Talin, why don't you go find out where Sasuke is." Itachi said. "And what do I do if I find him?" She asked, lifting her hat up slightly. Her dark onxy eyes flashed in the sun. "Just follow him around a little bit. And I need you to go find our target. Kisame and I will be at that sweets shop, if it's still there. If not, we'll be at the training fields." Itachi said. Talin smirked, laughing just a little. "This will be fun." She said, and pulling her Akatsuki clothes off, revealed her other clothes underneath. She wore a black tank top and black shorts, and her weapons were tied to her leg. She pulled on Konoha style boots out of a bag hidden under her Akatsuki clothes. Pulling on a Konoha headband (which she had stolen a while ago off a dead konoha ninja) she smiled, and looked at Itachi. "Not too suspicious?" She asked, swiping her hair out of her face.
"Not at all. I hardly recognize you… I think a little eye makeup and silver earrings will help. Here." Itachi said, and handed over a bunch of old Konoha money. "It's still their currency. Go buy yourself some things, look unsuspicious. We'll see you later." Itachi said as Kisame picked up her clothes. She nodded, and disappeared in a puff of smoke, reappearing down just outside the Uchiha village.
"Well, the village doesn't look dead… Sasuke must be taking care of it." She thought as she walked away. She went into the first store she found and bought small silver hoop earings, and gold liquid eye makeup, plus eyeliner. Once done, it threw off all hints she was even close to an Uchiha. Smiling, she walked out into the street. She felt no uncomfortableness, no shyness… nothing. It was her village, after all… She headed right for the target's home. Knocking a few times on the door, she continued waiting until someone walked past. "Excuse me, do you know where the boy who lives here is?" She asked the old man. "The blonde kid… ya, he went out of the village with Jiraiya. You know, one of the 3 Legendary Sanin. I think they went looking for Lady Tsunade." The old man replied. A pit of anger filled Talin. "Oh… ok, thanks." She said, and disappeared in another puff of smoke.
"Now, if I were Sasuke, where would I be?" She thought as she walked through the village. A squaking hawk above caught her attention. She only had to look at it for a minute, and then smirked. "That hawk was created by genjutsu… I think I'll follow it, just for fun. Sasuke can wait." She said out loud, and began running after the hawk. She slowly began to get a little worried as the hawk seemed to be leading her right to the place where Itachi and Kisame were supposed to be. "Itachi, what're you dragging me in for?" She thought as she ran on. But then she realized, Itachi wouldn't send a hawk for her. He'd simply send someone. "Is someone on to us?" She thought carefully as she walked around the corner.
Her heart stopped, but only for a second. Ahead, leaning against the wall right outside the restaurant, was Sasuke, talking to a man with wild silver hair. Beside them were two others… Asuma and Kurenai, Talin's old Academy teachers. Suddenly, Itachi and Kisame were standing behind her. "Well?" Itachi asked. "The kid left with Jiraiya, to look for Lady Tsunade. It should be easy to track them, there's only one place to go first when you leave this village." Talin reported. "And Sasuke was just there… well, our goals have been reached for here. Let's go." Itachi said as Kisame handed Talin's Akatsuki clothes back over. She slid them on easily, wiping her eye makeup off and taking the earrings out. She put the eye shadow in the pack with the earrings, and then they headed off for the exit, which held the still sleeping guard in it. As they walked next to a small stream, on direct coarse for the way out, two people appeared on the trail in front of them, and walked towards them. "Talin, go over into the woods. I want you to remain our secret surprise." Itachi ordered. Talin nodded, and disappeared in another puff of smoke.
"Hey, aren't you guys from another village? I don't think you should be here." Asuma said as the two stopped to face each other. The 2 didn't reply. "Who are you guys, anyways? You really stick out in a crowd." Asuma said. Itachi grinned a little, and pulled his hat off. "You!" Kurenai gasped. "You have a lot of nerve showing up in this village after what you did." Asuma growled. "Kurenai, Asuma, how nice to see you both again. Look… I have things to do. So just leave us alone." Itachi said simply. "Itachi, who is this guy? I don't like the way he talks." Kisame growled, also pulling his hat off.
"Well well, if it isn't Kisame Hoshigaki. You're an S-rank criminal from the Village Hidden in the Mist." Asuma said. "How nice, you even know my name." Kisame said, grinning.
Now, you all know the fight that went on between Itachi, Kisame, Kurenai, Asuma, and Kakashi.
"Kisame, let's go. People will get attracted to here, and as much as I know you'd like to fight, we should leave. Our target is getting a little out of reach." Itachi said. Kisame nodded. As they disappeared, Itachi motioned with his head for Talin to follow. She did so, and no one noticed her.
The moment Sasuke found out Itachi and Kisame were after Naruto, he ran as fast and hard as possible. He would save Naruto, and also destroy Itachi with his new learned Chidori. It was time for his revenge.
"Well, Sasuke looked like he'd gotten big, and stronger. Maybe he took my advice." Itachi said as the group ran along towards the town. "Maybe… I'd enjoy a little clash with him." Talin said, smirking. "To think, he believes you're dead. It'll be fun to see his face when he knows you're alive." Kisame teased. "Yeah." Talin replied. Itachi glanced at her, and smiled a little. They came to the town entrance, and went in, but only on the edge. "I know Jiraiya well. We don't want an encounter with him. I also know how to distract him. Talin, make a distraction clone and bring it with you. Find Jiraiya and send her over. Make sure she distracts him. Then send us the signal, and we'll get the kid." Itachi ordered. Talin nodded, and instantly a very good-looking girl appeared.
Talin took her by the hand and going back into Konoha shinobi mode, went into town. "There he is. Take him for a very long, very distracting trip, all right? And don't mention anything about the kid." Talin said to the clone. The girl nodded, and walked out, giggling a little as Jiraiya won a ball throwing game. "Hey beautiful, want a go? I'll pay?" Jiraiya said, grinning. The girl laughed, nodded, and instantly Jiraiya was busy. "Hey Naruto, go back to the hotel. I'll be there in an hour." Jiraiya said to a blonde haired blue-eyed boy. The boy looked annoyed as he walked away. Talin followed the boy to the hotel, and sent the signal, a little blue jay bird. A few moments later Itachi and Kisame appeared. Kisame again gave her Akatsuki clothes back, and as she pulled them over, Itachi grabbed her arm. "Stay in the shadows out here. Be our guard." He ordered. She nodded, and stepped into the dark shadows, completely disappearing. Itachi then went inside, Kisame following.
"Why do they get to do all the fun stuff?" Talin thought, rolling her shoulders a little. Suddenly, she heard the sound of feet lightly running down the street. Curious, she looked around the corner. "That was fast… well well well, Sasuke." She thought, gripping the handle of her sword. She decided against herself. "No… let Itachi deal with him." As Sasuke ran inside to ask the woman at the desk something, she sent up a little black butterfly. "Now he'll know so he won't get annoyed by a nasty surprise." She thought, and walked up the side of the building to the second floor window. She saw Kisame and Itachi standing in the hallway, the blonde kid in front of them, looking stupefied and scared. Then, Sasuke appeared.
More talking, more fighting… Talin felt a glee inside her form. "Ah Sasuke, you've gotten so much stronger and quicker… but still not strong enough." She thought as the Mangekyo knocked Sasuke out cold. As they turned to take the blonde kid again, in stepped… Jiraiya. "Oh great, he knocked out the clone." Talin thought, gritting her teeth. Suddenly the entire inside of the hallways blocked off by some strange pink stuff. "What is this… it's filled with chakra? It's too strong! Can Itachi get out?" I thought. I heard them running… towards the opposite side of the building. I ran out to meet them. Suddenly, the side of the building blew wide open, and black flames exploded out. "Amaterasu? It was that strong that he had to use that?" She thought as two figures raced out of the exit. She ran after them as fast as she could, and yet they seemed to be pulling ahead. Using a burst of chakra I caught up.
"We can still get him, why are we running?" She asked as they ran on the moving stream. "I've over used my Mangekyo, and using Amaterasu is always tiring. We won't stand much of a chance if I'm weak. I need to recover." Itachi replied. Talin could actually hear the exhaustion in his voice. It was bad. They stopped at a secluded area in the woods, and Itachi instantly lay down and went to sleep. "You know, if I'd gone in there with you guys, I could've still managed to grab the kid." Talin said, lighting the fire with a flick of her finger. "Maybe… you're not expecting me to cook you food, are you?" He asked, sounding annoyed. "No, I don't plan to eat fish again, for the 5th night in a row. I'm going out to get the food for once, and it won't be fish. Besides, Itachi needs something a little more energizing when he wakes up." Talin replied. She grabbed a few kunai, some ninja wire, and measured explosion tags, and went off.
"Now, to find some fresh tracks…" She murmured, and going up into the trees, began searching. "Oh good, a deer. Here just a few minutes ago. Well, fun time." She said, and snuck past the deer, following the easily marked trail it was on. Once ahead far enough, she strung the wire all over the trail, and attached the explosive tags. Along with those, she set up a kunai release tag. So, when the deer hit the string, whichever one it hit, all the explosives and weapons would aim for that area, and not miss. She then jumped up and hid behind a large group of leaves and branches, and waited.
5 minutes later, a snap, followed by many cracking, popping sounds, and the sound of metal flying through the air, sounded loudly. As the dust cleared, Talin looked out, and smiled. "Venison's on the menu tonight." She said gleefully, pulling out a large knife. She then went to the deer, and cut out the good meat, and then dragged the deer down into a ravine, where the animals could get to it without attracting the attention of ninja. Then she headed back to camp.