Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, shape, or form, own Naruto or any of its characters.
Alright, here comes my pitiful attempt at a fight scene! Please excuse any grammar/spelling errors.
Hikari stared into Itachi's crimson eyes. She saw a smirk tug at the edges of his lips, and she readied herself for an attack. Instead, he just stood there. She saw a slight change in his eyes, and after a moment of silence, his smirk faded, and a sense of confusion clouded his features.
"What's wrong?" Itachi thought to himself. "Why won't my Tsukuyomi work on her?" His adrenaline began to flow in a panic, but he quickly calmed himself. He closed his eyes to think. "Her eyes…" he pondered, "There's something more to them; some incredible strength behind the exotic color. I wonder what Orochimaru did to her." His eyes opened again. He debated what course of action to take, seeing as his Sharingan was somehow rendered useless in Hikari's presence.
His smirk appeared once more as he thought, "Looks like I'm doing this the hard way."
His feet moved rapidly as he seemed to fly at the kunoichi.
Her figure blurred as he quickly approached her, and he was left standing where she had stood; the kunoichi was gone.
Itachi quickly turned around with a kunai in hand, barely in time to block the kunai that Hikari had lunged at him with. Her figure blurred yet again, and soon she was behind Itachi, lunging at him with her kunai again, and once more, Itachi barely managed to turn around in time to block. All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
"Her speed is truly amazing," Itachi thought to himself, "I can barely keep up." His forehead slightly wrinkled, "I can't predict her movements quickly enough." Hikari became a blur once more as he thought this.
He quickly turned to block the kunoichi and her kunai again, his eyes widened as he thought, "This one isn't her."
The kunoichi appeared behind him as he was blocking her clones' attack, and she swiftly kicked him in the back.
Itachi flew and landed about 15 feet away.
"Woah," said Deidara aloud, "It hasn't been more than 15 seconds and Hikari's already landed the first blow."
Kisame put on an arrogant smile, trying to hide his surprise at the kunoichi's speed as well, "Lucky shot," he spat.
"No one gets lucky," thought Deidara, "when they fight Itachi."
By now Itachi was on his feet, trying desperately to think of a way to break through the kunoichi's speed. He made a quick hand sign, and then Hikari was surrounded by both Itachi, and two clones.
Hikari surveyed each of the three ninja before her. "What's he up too?" she thought to herself.
A gentle breeze was the only noise around. Hikari's hair slightly blew in the wind. Her eyes smoldered with exhilaration as she waited for Itachi's next move.
Finally, one of the clones leaped out at her. Hikari quickly side-stepped the clone and threw a kunai into its back. Before the kunai completely left her fingers, Itachi's other clone had a tight grip around the kunoichi's wrist. As her kunai pierced the back of the first clone, the second had both Hikari's arms pinned behind her back.
The real Itachi stood before her, and as his first clone disappeared, Itachi lunged at Hikari with a kunai. Time seemed to stand still as Hikari thought of a way to break free of the clones' hold. A smirk appeared on her face as Itachi plunged the kunai into her stomach.
Itachi looked up into the eyes of the person his kunai had penetrated; he found himself looking into the crimson eyes of his clone.
"Kawarimi no jutsu," he mumbled. (A/N: Also known as Substitution)
Hikari was above him and thrust the heel of her foot into his back; he didn't even have time to breath after he finished his sentence.
His final clone disappeared as Itachi lied deep in the earth. Hikari stood over him and smiled wickedly as she looked down upon him.
"Too easy," she commented. She gasped and snapped her head up as she felt a presence behind her. The Itachi Hikari had just planted in the ground erupted into a cloud of smoke, and the real one behind her flashed a few hands signs, and raised two fingers to his mouth before executing his jutsu.
"Katon Goukakyuu no Jutsu," whispered Itachi before an enormous fireball flew at Hikari's back.
A couple seconds passed after the fireball made contact with the kunoichi. Itachi's hands dropped from his face as he watched the dancing flames.
In less time than a heart took to beat, a fist engulfed in lightening soared out of the ground underneath Itachi's feet; and uppercut Itachi.
He flew back and landed in a crouching position on the small pond, barely having time to use his chakra to keep himself atop the water's surface. Small cuts now adorned his face, and a small string of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Hikari was soon standing opposite Itachi, a slight ripple of water danced under her feet.
"Chidori," thought Itachi as he stood up, "She always did love that technique." A smile appeared on his face.
There was no doubting it; Hikari had grown incredibly strong over the years just as they had predicted. And being under the wing of Orochimaru, her strength was only augmented. Itachi could still clearly see that little girl 8 years ago, all the potential she displayed; all the high expectations people had of her in her already incomparable career as a young kunoichi, all maliciously broken by that snake.
His crimson eyes bore into her amethyst eyes, and he couldn't help but smile wider when he saw that smirk he loved so much appear on the kunoichi's lips. "She always did look cute when she got cocky," he thought to himself.
"Did you see that?!" shouted a hyper Deidara, "I bet they haven't even been fighting for two minutes!"
Kisame's arrogant smile fell to a frown.
"Wow, Hikari must be one lucky fighter, right Kisame?" Tobi commented sarcastically, making Kisame glare at him murderously.
Hikari felt confident, "I might actually be able to beat him," she thought to herself.
Her confidence quickly faded as she felt the familiar pain in her abdomen flare up.
Her eyes widened, alarming Itachi.
His smile vanished as he looked at the kunoichi, pain evident on her face.
As the pain spread throughout Hikari's body, her amethyst eyes slowly faded back to their normal hazel color. Her arms instinctively wrapped around her stomach; her breathing became wheezy. She fell onto her hands and knees. Hikari stared at her reflection in the pond.
"Not again," She thought as she gaped at the fright in the reflection of her eyes.
The coughing fit came, along with the blood she was so petrified of.
The last thing she remembered before slipping into unconsciousness was the sight of Itachi's feet running across the water towards her as she sunk under the surface.
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"We have to get her to a hospital," stated Itachi as he looked over at the kunoichi, unconscious on his bed just as she had been only an hour or so before.
"No," said Kisame furiously, "You'd be exposing yourself and us if you took her to a public place."
Itachi's vicious glare focused on Kisame.
"Fish-face is right," commented Tobi in a dreary tone, "You're too recognizable, and we don't need to jeopardize our cover."
Itachi's glare turned to Tobi. His anger only grew as he realized the sense in Tobi's words.
"Wait," cried out Deidara, drawing the attention of all three men, "I've got it."
Itachi threw a questioning glance at Deidara, hoping he had a useful proposal, "What have you got?"
Deidara put on a devious smile as he grabbed Itachi's wrist; his eyes glowed vibrantly as he said, "I have the absolute perfect outfit for you!"
Kisame's eye twitched faintly as he thought to himself, "Since when was Deidara so…gay?"
Tobi sighed. "Same old Deidara," he mentally said.
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"No. Fucking. Way!" shouted Itachi from the bathroom, emphasizing each word to communicate his rage.
"Come on," pleaded Deidara.
"No!" answered Itachi, "I look…there's no word to describe how stupid I look!"
"You're looks aren't the focus here," stated Deidara, "Our main focus is Hikari."
Deidara heard Itachi sigh, and soon the handle of the bathroom door turned.
Itachi stepped out reluctantly.
Deidara's eyes twinkled as he said, "Perfect!"
Kisame whistled at the sight of Itachi.
Itachi glowered at him as Kisame followed his wolf call with a boisterous laugh.
Itachi was clad in tight black pants with a matching tight sleeveless black shirt, both of which accentuated his slightly muscular body, and black boots.
"You look…great," said Tobi between deep fits of laughter.
Both Kisame and Tobi were wiping tears from their eyes as Itachi balled his fists, steaming angry, "Why I ought to!" He lunged for the two ninja.
Deidara jumped onto Itachi's back, trying to restrain him, "Stop it you guys!" he yelled.
Itachi had Kisame and Tobi underneath him, pinning them to the ground with a hand wrapped around both of their throats. Deidara had his arms wrapped around Itachi's neck, leaning his weight into Itachi's back to try and pull him off of the two.
Hikari began to recover consciousness. Her eyes slightly opened, and her eyes were instantly averted to the sight of all the noise.
Her eyes shot open at the sight of all the men on top of each other. Her eyes glittered and her jaw dropped in pure surprise. An earsplitting squeal erupted from Hikari. She couldn't help it, yaoi just did that to her; a shameful weakness she had.
Her balled fists came to her chin and she squealed into them. The men stopped yelling, and turned to stare at the flustered kunoichi.
"So hot!" squealed Hikari as she shook her head left and right.
Hikari's nose gushed blood as she flew back and out the window behind her, squealing all the way, even after she hit the ground with a thud. The men just stared at the broken window for a few moments, each mentally twitching.
They recovered their senses soon; Itachi and Deidara darted for the window, alarm in their eyes, and Kisame and Tobi quickly followed.
They all looked down onto the kunoichi; she wore a ridiculously large smile and a trail of fresh blood dripped from her nose; she was on her back, unconscious again.
"…" Deidara looked at Itachi, "I-I think you guys should go before she really does kill herself."
Itachi nodded his head slowly, still wide-eyed. He composed himself after a moment, and executed a transformation jutsu, altering his face and hair. He jumped out of the window, and picked up Hikari carefully, then proceeded to run into the forest.
"I wonder what her problem is…" said Deidara, "Maybe Orochimaru tortured her a little too much?"
"Naw," said Kisame, "My unfathomable sexiness was just too much for her adolescent eyes."
"…." Deidara turned to look at Kisame with a sickened expression on his face, his right eye twitching slightly.
"Personally," said Tobi suddenly, "I've seen canned tuna that looked more appealing."
Deidara fell onto the floor laughing as Kisame furiously glared at Tobi.
"What'd you say you fucked up excuse for a face?!" yelled Kisame as he balled a fist and lunged to attack Tobi.
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Hikari's eyes slowly opened.
"Mmmm," she groaned as the bright lights of the room stung her eyes.
She looked around the white room for a moment, "I'm in a hospital?" she thought to herself.
The door opened, and in stepped a pink –haired girl. Noticing Hikari was awake; the girl smiled and said, "You're up. How are you feeling?"
"U-Uh." Hikari stuttered, looking into the girl's dark aqua eyes, "Okay I guess." A man walked in behind the pink-haired girl.
Hikari was stunned as the man smirked at her, "Itachi?" she thought to herself. Hikari brooded over the current situation in her mind.
"My name is Haruno, Sakura," the pink-haired girl disrupted Hikari's thoughts, "And I'm to oversee your care while you're here. "
"What's wrong with her exactly?" asked the man.
"I'm sorry," said Sakura, "Your name was?"
"Katsuo," replied the man.
"Well, Katsuo-san, Hikari-san cannot see any visitors at the moment, other than family that is."
"I'm her husband," replied Katsuo nonchalantly.
"Oh," Sakura said as shocked at the statement as Hikari was, "I'm sorry. Well," she looked over the papers on the clip board she had brought in, "Your wife seems to be suffering from internal bleeding, originating in her abdomen. But…" Sakura hesitated.
"Yes?" Katsuo pushed her to go on.
"The internal bleeding isn't natural," Sakura's eyes looked down, then back up to the man, "It seems to be caused by an injury that is normally sustained in a battle. A pressure point seems to have been hit hardly; the blow should have impaired her from being able to walk normally, and even moving for that matter. But it doesn't appear like it has stopped her much, so with her forcing her body to move normally, she exerted an intense amount of strain on her already strained body. The internal bleeding looks to be her body's response to all the strain."
"Mm." Katsuo took in the news, thinking it over. "Can you fix it?"
"Of course," replied Sakura, "I just can't imagine how your wife could have gotten such a harsh injury in the first place, let alone continue on normally for as long as she did."
"How long has she been like that?" Katsuo asked, arching an eyebrow.
"I can only approximate," said Sakura, "but it looks to be about two months, four at the most."
Katsuo's eyes widened in shock, and both he and Sakura turned to look at Hikari.
"Uhh." Was all Hikari could say.
"I know it's not my place to ask Hikari-san," Sakura walked to sit in the chair by Hikari, "but how could you get such an injury?"
Hikari's hazel eyes locked onto Sakura's dark aqua ones, she saw that the medical ninja truly did care. Hikari averted her eyes to the wall behind Sakura, trying to think of a convincing story.
"I-I," she began to speak as a story took form in her mind, "I was just walking down some street at about seven in the evening, I'd always taken night walks, when I heard some muffled screams. I ran up to the corner, and looked down the alley to see a man on top of a woman. He looked as if he were trying to rape her. I shouted out, telling him to leave her alone. And that's when he attacked me, jabbing his hand into my abdomen." Hikari put a hand on her stomach.
Sakura's eyes looked at her as if to apologize for such an incident occurring.
"Oh." Sakura spoke, "I forgot to mention. Hikari-san also has a minor concussion. Unlike the internal bleeding, it looks to be very recent—"
"When can she leave?" Katsuo interrupted.
Sakura turned to look at him. "Well, after we relieve her pressure point, she needs to stay for the night. And probably one more day for observation, to ensure that she heals properly."
Katsuo nodded, and then turned his head to the door as it opened.
A tall woman, with blond hair separated into two pigtails that trailed down her back, walked in. Dark amber eyes made the painted diamond on her forehead stand out. But what stood out the most about the woman were her unusually large—
"Tsunade-sama!" Sakura stood to greet the woman. "What brings you here?"
The woman looked over Katsuo, and then focused her attention on the girl lying in the bed. One eye brow arched, "She looks…familiar." She try tried to file through her memory, looking for a name to put with the face. Sakura's voice disrupted her thoughts, "Oh. I'm just dropping by for a surprise inspection."
"Tsunade-sama…" Sakura's head dropped. "She never drops by like this without wanting something," she thought to herself. She sat up and turned to Hikari, "Excuse me," she smiled warmly, "I just need to speak with her for a few minutes." Sakura faced Tsunade, and the two left the room, leaving Hikari and Katsuo alone.
Hikari looked over to see Katsuo leaning against the wall with his eyes closed. "Katsuo?" she asked. His eyes opened and his head looked up to meet her gaze.
"Where'd you come up with that name?" Hikari continued with a smirk.
He smiled and pushed off from the wall, walking over to sit on the bed with Hikari. "I'm not the one that had to go and cough up blood," his eyes looked down for a moment, then lifted back up to her face, "right when I was about to beat you I might add," a smirk on his face again.
"Pffft." Hikari rolled her eyes.
Itachi smiled at her, "You had me worried there," he said in a soothing tone.
Hikari's eyes showed some surprise in response to his words, "He can't be serious," she thought to herself, "Uchiha Itachi, the so-called murderer of the Uchiha clan, cares?"
"Now," he said, "How did you really get your pressure point so messed up?"
Hikari sighed, "Apparently I wasn't convincing enough," she thought.
"I was on a mission in Konohagakure about three months ago," she started, "Simple reconnaissance mission, but someone got in my way. I had to fight. I defeated them, but not before they did this," she put her hand on her abdomen.
Itachi looked down at the hand she had placed on her stomach, then back up at her.
"Would you recognize them again?" he asked.
"No," Hikari replied distantly as she recalled that night, "It was pitch black, I had to sense their chakra to fight them."
Hikari sighed, and placed her hand back by her side, "I can't believe I'm stuck here for two days."
Itachi's hand slowly moved across the sheets until his fingertips touched hers, and then he placed his hand fully on hers, "I'll be right here," he said.
Hikari couldn't help but smile; she then thought, "I wonder why he's being so…nice." She quickly shrugged the thought from her mind, deciding that it wouldn't be wise to bring it up. She did, though, look down at Itachi's hand around hers; a few minutes later, she slipped into a peaceful sleep.
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A rustling noise caused Hikari to wake up. She looked to her side and saw Sakura injecting a fluid into Hikari's I.V. tube.
Sakura noticed the girl stir and looked down at her, "Did you have a good sleep Hikari-chan?" A tender smile decorated her face.
Hikari smiled back and nodded. She surveyed the room, then asked, "Where's Ita—, Katsuo-kun?"
"He had to be sent to the waiting room," Sakura sat on the side of Hikari's bed, "Visitors aren't allowed in the room while the medics are healing a patient, even if they're family. "
"What's my prognosis?" Hikari asked teasingly, "How long am I for this world?"
Sakura laughed, "You'll be just fine. You can leave tomorrow afternoon."
Once again, Hikari looked around the room, "Where are my clothes?" she asked, "Please don't tell me a nurse threw them away!" panic filled her voice, "Those are the only clothes I have." Realizing she'd said too much Hikari shut her mouth before she could say more.
Sakura's eyes widened slightly, "You're not serious," she said. "Well," her eyes looked around the room for no particular reason, "I guess I'll just have to take you shopping then." A smile spread across her face.
Hikari arched an eyebrow, "Really? I assumed patients weren't allowed to leave the hospital unless they were first discharged."
"Well." Sakura tapped her finger on the bed, the smirk on her face widened, "It's okay for patients to leave the building under the supervision of a medical ninja."
Hikari had already taken the I.V. out of her arm and was climbing out of the bed, "Let's get out of here then!"
Sakura reached in the drawer of the small table next to the bed, taking out Hikari's black apparel and handing it to her, she asked, "What about your husband?"
"What about him?" asked Hikari as she slipped her shorts on under her hospital gown.
"Well," Sakura blushed a little, "He just looks kind of, well…those pants and…the nurses and other girls in the waiting room look like they're ready to attack him.
Hikari laughed as she pulled her shirt over her head. "You could say I'm kind of used to that. Besides, don't let those hot pants fool you, Katsuo-kun is stronger than he looks, I'm sure he can handle himself." Hikari grabbed Sakura's hand and dragged her out the door, "Let's go!"
Yeah, I know; this chapter isn't as well written as I made it out to be. You try writing while sweating to death! Darn this heat! I don't think the next few chapters are going to be anything really important; I'm just going to introduce a few other characters, and whatever else I think of . I'm going to try and plan things out a little more so the next few chapters have some important parts in them. Please review! (: