9. Everyone is going to the Akatsuki hideout!
"So stupid, Jongo! Why didn't you escape?" Yuri mouthed. (Jongo had already activated his sharingan so that he could read her lips.)
"No use escaping." Jongo muttered dully. "This is my-our-life."
"Not mine!" Yuri silently yelled.
Jongo felt some annoyance. Stubborn Yuri. She was always too determined to get her way, to live an ordinary life. Yuri was the one with the best previous life out of all five of them. She and her mom had lived by themselves happily, and they were more isolated from the village than the others.
Jooyeon's mom didn't like her, he knew that much. All the villagers in the Flower Village threw rocks and beat Christo. Yuki had those frequent asthma attacks and bad health. Jongo himself had a different childhood.
Jongo was from one of the more "privileged" class. His mother, Lilyi, had been from a small, but old and fairly powerful clan from the Mist Village. The entire family had disapproved of him, though. They never found out who Jongo's father was, and he knew that behind his back, the called him "Lilyi's bastard child."
So Jongo had a high society upbringing. And he was the last of the line of that clan, and the Uchihas. You would expect him to be "Daddy's favorite." But he wasn't.
Jooyeon had often called him "the wimp" or "softie." But just because he hated seeing living creatures get hurt didn't mean he was weak. Father called him weak all the time, though.
Jongo hated his family. Very, very much.
"I hate this fucking family." Jongo told Yuri. (Yes, he knew swear words. They all did. They did spend some time with Kisame after all.)
Yuri gave one of her signature death glares at Jongo. (Which looked even scarier than Sasuke's and Itachi's combined. Pretty impressive for a little kid.)
"Except for you and Yuki and Christo." Jongo added hastily. "But I still hate Jooyeon."
Yuri's death glare lessened considerably, but she was still frowning. "We gotta escape again." she mouthed.
"No chance of that." Jongo whispered. He quickly glanced in Itachi and Kisame's direction, and then at Jooyeon's. "Look, let's talk about this later."
Yuri gave a quiet sigh. Whenever Jongo said that, he meant, "Let's never talk about this again." Stupid Jongo, always in denial. He was always the worst at sparring out of all five of them. (But maybe it was because he went easy.)
So she would just try by herself. Too bad Christo and/or Yuki weren't here. They would be a lot more useful than Jongo.
"Time to go to the Akatsuki hideout." Yuri heard Kisame say.
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"The Akatsuki hideout! You know where that is?" Naruto yelped.
"Yes!" Yuki yelled back, annoyed. They had repeated this six times now, with an annoyed Tsunade and Sakura staring at them.
"You know where the Akatsuki-"
"YES!" Yuki shouted. "YES! I KNOW WHERE THE FREAKING' HIDEOUT IS, SO STOP ASKING ME!"
There was a moment of silence. Then Yuki cleared his throat. "Sorry. But yes, I do know where it is."
Yuki's lungs started to ache a little from yelling. Oh great. Father called Jongo weak, but it was Yuki who had the genetic problem. Father had been extremely disappointed in his children, but Yuki knew it was Jooyeon most of all. (For some strange reason.) Yuki himself was only second to last.
"So you'll show us where to go?" Sakura finally said.
Yuki nodded. "Then we can save Yuri, maybe Christo and Jongo if they're there. Not Jooyeon. That bitch can burn in hell."
Sakura's eyes widened a little, and then narrowed. "Has Naruto been teaching you swear words?" (Naruto gulped loudly at this point.)
"Nah. Learned them from Kisame-sama." Jongo replied easily. "He had a bad mouth."
"Jooyeon is your sister." Tsunade told Yuki sternly.
Yuki sighed. "Must we go over this again? From what you said, Jooyeon tried to kill my other sister, Yuri. Jooyeon wants to kill me. Jooyeon wants to kill my brothers. Jooyeon works for Itachi Uchiha. And Jooyeon was especially cruel during the time I knew her."
Sakura and Tsunade exchanged a look that meant something, but boys being boys, Yuki and Naruto were unable to understand the private girl language. (I'm serious. At my school, boys are always that clueless.)
"Let's go!" Naruto shouted. "Time to find the Akatsuki!"
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"Mommy?" a little girl with blue hair asked. "Where we go?"
The woman with similar colored hair frowned upon her small daughter. "To the Akatsuki hideout. How many times must I tell you this?"
The little blue-haired girl hung her head in shame. She looked about an year old, extremely young, although in actuality, she was two. She had hair the same color as her mother, except it was short, tight, and curly. She had enormous black orbs for eyes and an almost blank look.
"This way, Ann." the woman tugged impatiently gestured to a certain direction.
The little girl, Ann, tried her best to catch up, but it was extremely hard. (Cut her some slack, she's only two!) She tripped numerous times, scraped her knees, got a cut, ran until she was out of breath, and used up all her chakra.
By the next hour, Ann was nearly in tears. The woman noticed. She sighed and picked up the girl, who squealed in delight.
"Little snot-nosed brat." Ann heard her say, but she was used to an entire range of insults. Snot-nosed brat was one of the mildest. From her own mother, she had been called little bitch.
"Gonna see Daddy? See Daddy?" Ann asked.
"Yes, you are going to see your father."
Ann squealed again, and bounced up and down excitedly. She was going to see Daddy! The last time she had seen him was an entire week ago! But he had done something with her arm so it turned black and blue and it hurt to move. Ann had been angry a little and cried a lot, but Daddy had said it was a side affect to make her even stronger. And Ann (poor naïve child) had trusted him.
He had said she was going to be a "sacrifice for the greater good." What was a sacrifice? It sounded strong and important. But whenever she asked her mother, she would glare at her angrily. So Ann decided to just leave it.
He had said she would be "sacrificed" in about a month, which was a LONG time.
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Yuri had been playing with a stick. She had pretended it was Nani for an entire hour.
To sum it up, it sucked.
Jongo hadn't talked much, he mostly stared into the sky with a brooding face. Jooyeon had been training most of the time, chakra control, while taking five minute breaks every now and then. During her breaks, she would glare at Jongo, Kisame, and Yuri. But mostly Yuri. And never Itachi.
Father had been gone for a while, a few hours, before he came back and announced they were ready to travel. They had gone on for the rest of the day after that, and stopped at nightfall to rest up.
Yuri had decided that she would not complain, and had already made up an escape plan. Very simple. Probably wouldn't work. But worth trying.
When Jongo and Jooyeon had drifted off into sleepyland, Yuri jumped up, dropped the stick, and did a big Fireball Jutsu that burned part of the forest they were in. After that, she had run in the opposite direction.
About fifteen minutes later, she was caught and dragged back to their badly burned camp.
Escape Attempt#1 hadn't worked. So Yuri did Escape Attempt#2.
She had henged into Jooyeon and casually walked off into the other direction. Oh, and she tied the real Jooyeon to the tree with chakra strings. But Itachi's sharingan easily caught her and she was (again) dragged back.
It sucked to be Yuri Uchiha.
After two hours of practice, Yuri finally managed to resurrect her voice, although it was still soft. She wanted to talk so she could discuss things with Jongo.
"Why don't you try to escape with me? Two's better than one!" Yuri had urged Jongo the day after her second escape attempt.
"It's useless. We'll be caught, anyways. Father is one of the best shinobi ever! We're just a bunch of little kids to him." Jongo replied dully.
"Has he ever hurt you?" Yuri huffed. Jongo nodded.
"Tsukiyomi doesn't count! And by that, I don't mean little bruises and cuts, but something permanent!" Yuri snapped back so loudly that Itachi, Kisame, and Jooyeon glanced in their direction.
Yuri kept her mouth shut after that. (Mute. Again.) But the gears in her brain moved at a frightening speed. She thought of what to do and when to do it. But somewhere deep inside, she knew it was hopeless.
Please note that even if Yuri was a fairly decent ninja, very mature, and an Uchiha, she was still four years old. So she cried silently. Tears ran down her cheeks. When she realized what she was doing, she blushed furiously and wiped them away as quickly as possible.
Was this her entire life? A tool of Father's whims? Stuck with Jongo and Jooyeon for the rest of her years?
'NO! I won't allow it!' Yuri thought. 'But first, I have to get stronger. When I get older and bigger, then I'll make up a better escape plan. But not now. Not now."
Itachi was observing Yuri by the corner of his eye. First she had that look on her face that meant she was thinking as hard as she could, and then an expression of hopelessness replaced it. She started crying, and then was filled with shame when she found out. Suddenly and surprisingly, fierce determination flooded her face.
So his first and favorite child was a fighter who never gave up. In time, she would become a useful weapon.
Again, Itachi felt that twinge in the small, very small, extremely tiny section of his heart. Maybe he should let the three children he currently have take a long break. They looked rather worn out.
Itachi shook off that feeling. It wouldn't do for him to feel that much.
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"Sasuke, why you so grouchy?" Christo had asked curiously that day.
"Shut up." Sasuke snapped. Christo did.
There were many conflicting emotions within Sasuke. Of course, keeping Christo would be the wise choice to do, but still…
He was the son of a killer. Whenever Sasuke looked at him, Christo looked even more like his father. The same pale skin, black hair, nose, and black eyes. Why hadn't he ever noticed it before?
They were both by themselves at camp, and Team Hebi was elsewhere. (Sasuke sent them off to do a nonexistent errand so he could brood on his thoughts without Karin interrupting him.) Sasuke had been quiet lately because he was too busy thinking.
"Christo, how much do you know about your father?" Sasuke finally asked to break the silence.
Christo flashed a smile in Sasuke's direction. "Not very much. I know he looks like me, and his name, and some of his jutsus, but I think that's it. I hate him."
The last three words were said as casually as the rest. "I hate him" pretty much summed up what Sasuke and Christo both thought of Itachi.
"He killed your mother?" Sasuke half asked, half stated.
"Yeah." Christo didn't say anything else.
Sasuke knew he shouldn't push for details (having had the same experience before). But he couldn't help asking, "Why?"
"He said that it was t-to make me s-stronger." Christo mumbled and looked down at his hands. His face had an unmistakable guilty look. "If I wasn't born, maybe she wouldn't have died."
"Don't feel guilty." Sasuke told him. Then he said the magic words, "It isn't your fault."
Christo looked up worshipfully at Sasuke. Nobody had ever, ever said that, not even his mother. He had always thought it was always his fault, and his alone. Nobody had ever said those four words, "It isn't your fault."
"It's his." Sasuke told him.
"You mean Father?" Christo asked. Did Sasuke know Father?
"He and I know each other. And I plan to kill him." Sasuke half-smiled down at him, and Christo still stared at him with awe.
Then he pouted. "But I wanna kill him!"
Sasuke felt irritated. He didn't need any competition for the murder of Itachi Uchiha! Then he said, "You will help me kill him, and you will be one of my useful allies. How about that?"
Christo smiled. He felt better than he did for a long, long, long, long time. "Sound good, Sasuke."
"Call me Uncle."
Another chapter is finished!
Just saying, if you guys have noticed, Nani has the same surname as I do. That's because I named Nani after one of my cousins, Nani Lim. Jongo is also named after another one of my cousins. (Actually, I don't know Nani very well. Jongo and I were close when we were younger, though.)
"Lilyi" is pronounced the same as "Lily." I just added an extra "i" at the end because it seemed more artistic.
And I also bumped into another story called "Yuki Uchiha" while browsing through fanfiction. Not only that, there was also another character named Yuri! (Although Yuri and Yuki are not brother and sister and the plot is much different.) I did not copy anything off of there, I just bumped into it recently. I do not believe in plagiarizing. (Besides, like I said, the plot is much is different.)
Ann has now come out! The blue haired woman is Blue Hair from Akatsuki. Yes, her mother. Her father is (well, I'm sure you already figured it out, but it'll be implied who he is in the next chaper.)