"Sasuke-kun! Congratulations!" Eneko laughed, her emerald eyes laughing as much as she was. She was hugging her friend tightly and he was blushing, seeing as his head was in her chest. He pushed her off gently.
"Oh, I'm so sorry that I couldn't be there to see you, Sasuke-kun. I had a mission that I tried my hardest to get back from. Please forgive me, Sasuke-kun!" She begged, throwing in a pout. Sasuke blushed even worse.
"Eneko-chan! Cut it out! It's fine. It was just the genin exam finals. It was a simple clone jutsu test and you helped me practice on that! But listen, Eneko! Now we can go find Itachi!" Eneko hesitated.
"As much as I want to, Sasuke-kun. We should wait. You need to get friends other than me and your new team will be perfect. Can't we just wait until then, Sasuke-kun?" She asked pleadingly. Sasuke just stared at her.
"But Eneko…he was your fiancé and my older brother…I want to find him and you said that when I passed my genin exam that we would!" Sasuke challenged. Eneko gaze traveled away from him and to her hand. A simple ring adorned her finger. Her eyes welded up with tears and she stood up and walked away, going into their small house and sitting down on the small sofa. Sasuke immediately regretted challenging her.
"You're right Sasuke…but I'm scared…I'm so scared he won't remember me…I'm just…so scared. How can I be scared? I'm a kunoichi. But Itachi…was always able to make me feel…as if I didn't have all those expectations raining down on me." She smiled sadly up at Sasuke, who was now feeling horrible. "Can we just get you to make a few friends? Try not to be so cold? Invite that Naruto boy over for dinner. I'm sure that'll get him to be friends with you. And ask him what he likes. I'll cook both your favorites." She promised. Sasuke sighed.
"But, Naruto, nee-chan?" He asked, slightly whimpering. "Why him? I'd rather have the fan girlish Sakura chasing after me…" He whined. She crossed her arms over her chest and gave him a stern, but playful look. "Fine." He dragged out. "I've got training in the morning and I'm apparently not supposed to eat." He told her.
"Really? And who is this sensei that wants to deplete my little brother of his nourishment?" She asked, playing the role of a protective older sister. Sasuke groaned.
"His name is Hatake Kakashi. He's a jounin, so don't embarrass me, Eneko-chan!" Eneko's face contorted to an expression between a laugh and calm.
"You're eating anyway, Sasuke-kun. I know what Kakashi-san is trying. My sensei tried that with us once. It's all a test for teamwork. Work with your team and you'll pass. Don't and you won't. Understand?" Sasuke's eyes widened and he nodded.
"Yeah! Thanks, nee-chan!" He yelled and went off to train for tomorrow.
"Come home for dinner, Sasuke! Don't be late or it'll be cold!" She called after him and laughed. She grabbed her ninja equipment and locked the door behind her as she left, leaving a note for Sasuke in case this took too long. Then, she teleported herself outside of a small house and knocked on the door lightly. A man with silver hair and one eye covered over by his headband answered the door with a lazy, "Yes?" Then his eyes widened.
"Tsubasano-san. I wasn't expecting you of all people to show up at my door. I thought you had been killed." He stammered. Eneko grinned.
"So did Itachi, but you men are always wrong about this sort of thing, now aren't you?" She told him, slightly scolding him. "And where did you think Sasuke had been living this whole time? With me, silly. I've been training him. I was after all, Itachi's fiancé. Now, I just came to say that I was glad that my Sasuke got you as a sensei. After all, with your Sharingan you two should be able to train well with each other. So, who all is on his genin team?" Kakashi was just staring at this beautiful young woman talking to him. She looked exactly like the description of one of the characters in his Icha Icha books. She knocked on his head and he snapped out of it.
"C-come on in, Eneko-san. I guess we have to catch up on a few things." Kakashi said, stepping aside. Eneko thanked him and stepped inside taking everything in. That's when she saw the orange book on the table and picked it up.
"Oh, Kakashi-san. You don't read these awful things do you? Even if they were written by Jiraiya-sama, they're still…interestingly enough good to read. But if you take it in a perverted context that's when things start to get bad and - " She cut off, staring at his expression. "You DO take it in a perverted context. Kakashi-san, I'm ashamed of you!" Her outburst was met with a sheepish grin and a snatching of the infamous orange book.
"So, what are you doing here again, Eneko-san?" He hid the book in his sharingan holster. Eneko plopped down in a chair and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Drop the formalities, Kakashi. I want to know everything about Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno." Kakashi sighed. This was going to be a long day.
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"Go Sasuke!" Eneko called quietly from her hidden spot in the stands. She wasn't comfortable with people still being surprised she was alive. Sasuke was participating in the chuunin exams now. It had been such a long time since Itachi had left the both of them and after this, they were going to go find him. Naruto-kun had just fought Neji-san. She was a helper for both of them and was proud of their skills. She jumped over to Kakashi.
"He's getting good, don't you agree, Kakashi-san?" She murmured. Kakashi smiled slightly at the hooded figure standing beside him.
"He really is. He's been training under Jiraiya-san. It's really funny that the same person that trained his father is now training him." Eneko smiled slightly and nodded.
"How's Sasuke's training been going? He's been keeping it a secret from me. He wants to be surprised when we get Itachi back." She smiled larger. "We're finally going to do it. Naruto wants to come and help too, and I'm going to take him. Sasuke needs a friend through this and not one he considers an older sister." She told Kakashi, a slight sad tone in her voice. Kakashi was about to reply when Sasuke and Gaara both came onto the field. Naruto ran up the stairs.
"Eneko-nee-chan!" He called, hugging her. "Did you see me, Eneko-chan? Was I good? Don't you think I'll become hokage –ttebayo?" Eneko smiled and hugged him back.
"You're defiantly on your way if you can beat the Hyuuga prodigy, Neji. I've trained with him, Naruto-kun. He's very strong. So, what's the deal with this Gaara kid?" She asked the blonde shinobi.
"He's really strong. He beat Lee when Lee used the hidden lotus. Lee's in the hospital and they said he may not get to be a ninja, Eneko-chan…I'm really worried about him…" Naruto admitted. Eneko hugged him again.
"If it makes you feel any better, I'll go see him with you after this, kay?" She asked with a smile. Naruto smiled back and nodded and then they both settled down to watch Sasuke fight. Eneko's heart went out to him during the battle and then when he did Chidori her head snapped over to Kakashi, who was smiling under his mask. She smiled, but then the sound and sand villages attacked. She grabbed Naruto and got out of there fast, running down to the arena. Sasuke was jumping off, trying to finish his battle.
"Sasuke! GET BACK HERE!" Naruto cried from her arms. Eneko barely heard him, concentrating the chakra in her feet. She ran straight up the side of the building, her hood falling off in the process. Her brown hair flowed in the breeze and her green eyes were determined.
"Come on, Naruto. We're going to get him back. And then we're going to get Itachi." She pulled a feather out of her weapon's bag and shot it down at the battlefield, making it be covered in dust. "Kakashi!" She called through the dust. "We're getting them back! We're bringing the Uchihas back! I PROMISE!" She put Naruto down and they both jumped off. Eneko took off her cloak revealing her ninja clothes underneath. Naruto saw two slits cut in the back of her uniform.
"What're those holes for, nee-chan?" He asked, curious. She just smiled and motioned him closer.
"A secret technique that's my kekki genkai, Naru-kun. You'll see if it comes to that, okay?" Naruto's eyes widened and he nodded quickly. It took them about an hour and a few fights with the sand shinobi to find Sasuke. Naruto saw Gaara going Shukaku on Sasuke's butt and started going Kyuubi. Eneko pulled a seal out of her sleeve and stuck it on Naruto's head.
"Ow! Eneko-chan that hurt!" Naruto said, pulling at the seal. Eneko smacked his hand away and pulled out another seal.
"When I get Sasuke away from the one-tail, you tell him our plan, okay, Naruto-kun? I'm going to seal Shukaku so that Gaara can only use his powers without being taken over, like you, Naruto-kun." Naruto's breath hitched. "Don't worry, I won't tell Sasuke-kun that you've got the Kyuubi sealed inside you. I think it's kind of cool actually. Be right back." Eneko told her friend as she jumped down on tree branches. She threw a few kunai before jumping off to throw off the demon and stick the seal to Gaara's forehead. She made a few hand seals and chakra was shown in her fingertips. She slammed her fist into Gaara's stomach.
"Seal of the Winged Dragons!" She called and jumped back. The signs of Shukaku slowly disappeared and Gaara was left standing there, staring at her. She smiled. "Hi, Gaara-san. My name is Tsubasano Eneko. I wish you a good life and I've got to go now. Bye bye!" She leapt off, landing near Sasuke and Naruto with a soft thump. "Ready boys?"
"Yeah, Eneko-nee-chan! We're going to get your love back right –ttebayo?" Naruto asked, excited.
"We're getting Itachi back, Eneko-chan? Do we know where he is?" Sasuke asked, looking at Naruto with an odd look. Eneko sighed and shook her head.
"No. But we're going to find him." She promised them, touching her ring slightly. "We're going to bring him home…."