"Otou-san…" Eneko whispered fearfully. All three other girls' heads snapped back to her. None of them could ever remember hearing Eneko this afraid. She got down to one knee and put her forehead on the upper knee. "What do I owe this honor, father?" She asked quietly. Akari whispered for Sakura and Hinata to run and get the boys of which they immediately ran off to do.
"So…" Eneko flinched at her father's voice. "What have you been up to?" He tried to lighten the mood, looking embarrassed. Eneko brows furrowed in confusion and she stood.
"Uhm…I've been out finding Itachi…. and trying to explain to people I haven't been dead?" She answered shakily. Her father nodded, looking uncomfortable. She studied the man she hadn't seen in years. He had her brown hair but he had blue eyes instead of green. "What are you doing here, father?" She asked suddenly. Her father looked straight into her eyes.
"I'm here to test your skills, Eneko. Where is your husband?" He asked. Eneko was about to answer that she didn't know before a hand was placed on her shoulder.
"I'm right here." She heard his voice turn cold. She looked up at him gratefully and he smiled down at her. Eneko's father looked at Itachi, studying him, almost judging him.
"Fine. Eneko, you must come with me, come back to the Clan. The elders have to test you. It's been ten years since you left." Eneko glared, her aura becoming dangerous.
"I will not leave my village." Her father's eyes widened. "That's right. My village. I don't belong to the Twilight anymore. Now that I'm married to Itachi I belong to the leaf. I'm related to the Hokage by some distant relation and you have no right to take me away from here." She told him coldly. She flipped her hair over her shoulder. "And besides, Itachi and I have to prepare to teach a genin team in a few months. I have no time to go back to the Clan's new grounds and be tested." Her father was fuming.
"Then I have no choice but to test you here." He put the scroll on the ground and got into a battle stance. Eneko shrugged Itachi's hand off her shoulder and got into her own.
"Eneko, are you sure? Shouldn't I help you?" Itachi asked her, worried. Eneko smiled at him.
"I'll be fine, Itachi. You protect our family." She told him. He nodded and gathered everyone else. Both Winged Dragons did the hand seal for their kekki genkai.
"Wings of the Feathered Dragon!" They both called out, their wings spreading from their shoulder blades. Eneko snapped open her fans and her father brought out two swords. They leapt into the air and began doing combat at such a fast pace they were blurs to any onlookers below. Suddenly, Eneko skidded to the ground with a crash. She immediately got back up and jumped back into the air. Itachi looked up worriedly. Suddenly, he felt a hand on his shoulder and saw his father looking at him.
"She'll be fine, son. Eneko's stronger than you give her credit for, I'm sure." Naruto and Sasuke both nodded.
"She raised us from skilled genin to nearly jounin level in around seven months." Sasuke reminded his brother.
"Yeah. I even beat Jiraiya with the skills she taught me." Naruto told him, grinning. Itachi smiled and nodded.
"She's going to kick his tail back to the Twilight." Itachi told himself, watching the skies again. A winged form suddenly crashed to the ground so hard they made a crater a little ways away. Itachi thanked the heavens that Eneko lived close to a large, open field and ran over. Eneko's father wasn't moving, but he was, unfortunately, breathing. Eneko landed on the ground softly and deactivated her wings.
"Does that mean I pass the examination?" She grinned at Itachi, breathing heavily. Itachi laughed and hugged her tightly.
"I bet so, Eneko. I'm so glad you're alright." She smiled and gave him a smug grin.
"Was there ever any doubt about me, Itachi?" She asked him teasingly. Itachi laughed again. Eneko was congratulated and patted on the back by the rest of her friends. She smiled at everyone and then was suddenly picked up by Itachi, bridal-style. She blushed a beet red color and covered her face with her hands.
"Now, if you will all excuse us, we have a honeymoon to get to." Itachi did a few hand seals and made himself and Eneko disappear in a small plume of smoke. The others smiled at each other and dragged Eneko's father out of the crater and deposited him in the hospital. Then they all went to prepare themselves for Itachi and Eneko's return in a few days.
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"And we're home!" Itachi called, opening the door to now their house. Finding it was pitch black; the couple smiled at each other and flicked the lights on, ready for anything. As soon as the lights turned on, Eneko and Itachi were both tackle hugged, laughing.
"Welcome home, lovebirds!" Everyone called. Eneko and Itachi laughed again and Itachi's arm snaked itself around her waist and her head found it's way to his shoulder.
"Thanks everyone!" Eneko yelled. She kissed Itachi, causing him to grin and cheers and catcalls to be heard from her audience. She giggled and put her hands on her hips. "So, how many more days do we have until we get our genin team then?" Sakura looked up at her and thought about it swiftly.
"One. They've moved up the examination day because they think everyone is ready." She told her. Eneko pondered for a moment and grinned.
"One day, hm?" She looked up at Itachi. "This one's going to be a lot of fun." Itachi grinned back at her and kissed her again. She laughed. "You just can't keep your hands off of me, can you, Tachi-kun?" He shook his head and smiled.
"Of course not, niji-chan. You are mine. Now and forever." He told her possessively. She smiled at him and patted him on the head.
"That's my Tachi-kun. Always so very protective of his little rainbow." Her audience chuckled to themselves. "So, anyone want to tell me what happened to my father while I was gone?" Sakura's eyes glinted sadistically.
"Let's just say sensei-chan had a few words to say to the head of your Clan." Eneko's eyes had the same look in them.
"I wish I could have seen that. That must have been funny." Hinata shook her head and examined her nails, nonchalantly.
"No, Eneko-chan. The funny part was when she punched him through a wall and out of the hokage building." Eneko stared at Hinata before bursting into laughter. Itachi grinned.
"I think we're going to have to invite Tsunade-sama over for dinner. We owe her a large bottle of sake." He told his new wife playfully. She grinned.
"Yes, Itachi, I think we do. Well then, everyone, why don't we have some lunch and we can share news and things since I haven't really gotten to talk with my parents-in-law since they've been back?" She asked. Everyone nodded slightly.
"I've already made lunch back at the Uchiha compound. If you would all come with me?" She requested before leading everyone out of Eneko and Itachi's house and to her and Fugaku's. They all sat down to eat lunch and grinned, sharing stories and asking questions.
"So, I heard something about during the last leg of your journey, Itachi getting very possessive?" Fugaku asked with a smile. "Care to explain?" Itachi blushed and leaned his head on the table while Eneko patted his shoulder, laughing.
"That's actually quite a funny story. You see, when we first entered the fire country again, we stopped in a small town to catch our breath for a few days and then start heading back home. While we were there, a man, well, we'll say took a strong liking to me." Itachi groaned.
"Eneko, please not this story again…" He whined. She shook her head at her husband.
"Your father's the one who asked, Tachi-kun. I'm just following orders." Itachi groaned again and slammed his head on the table, causing a few giggles. "Anyway, I was taking a bath in a local hot springs when this man suddenly comes in and starts trying to kiss me and," she paused, trying to think of the right words to describe this scene, "well, you know. I screamed for Itachi and he came in and beat the guy to a bloody pulp." She finished. Akari looked at her oldest son, confused.
"I don't get it, what's to be embarrassed about, Itachi-kun?" She asked. Eneko grinned mischievously.
"Because. He was in the hot springs opposite me and when he heard my cries for help, he sprang into action so fast that…" She broke into laughter, unable to finish. Itachi's face was now a bright red color and he sighed, finishing the story with a quiet response.
"…I forgot a towel." Those four words made the whole room burst out laughing. Eneko hugged her embarrassed husband tightly.
"I'm sorry, honey. It was very valiant of you to come so quickly to my calls for help." Itachi made a face at her and slammed his head on the table again. Sasuke then started sharing the stories of training under Eneko while she tried to get Itachi to stop hitting his head on the table. Laughing, she pulled him up and kissed him, causing the blush to immediately disappear from the older of the Uchiha sons. He rubbed his forehead and gave her a playful glare before starting to tickle her, causing all stories to stop at her peals of laughter. Sasuke, Naruto, and Fugaku all started doing the same to their significant others and soon the whole room was laughing. Itachi pulled Eneko up and kissed her, causing her to blush.
"Okay! We all need to go to bed now because it's probably past midnight and Eneko and Itachi have a big day tomorrow." Akari said, clapping her hands together.
"No, their big night was a few days ago on the night of their honeymoon." Naruto piped up cheekily from the corner of the room.
"Naruto-kun. You realize I have to kill you now, right?" Naruto's eyes widened at Eneko's threat and he ran out of the house screaming at the top of his lungs.
"GET BACK HERE!" She laughed, chasing him. Itachi shrugged at the people left, started whistling, shoved his hands in his pockets and walked out the door to catch his wife. The room burst out laughing again, knowing that their marriage was going to be a fun one.