Darthwessel666: Thanks for pointing out the error I made. I mightn't have caught it if you hadn't pointed it out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, sadly, in any way, shape, or form. Only Isamu, Hikari, Kei, and the plot that my fanfic follows... Kay-chan owns Serenity. And the random crap I throw in...
Well, this is the second chappy! Yay! Anywho, I'll...just...um...shut up now and let you read... But, before I do, I don't know the Mizukage's name, so I'm just gonna make one up.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Kei talking"
'Kei thinking'
"Kyuubi talking"
'Kyuubi thinking'
Flash backs
Time skips
It took them a few days to reach Mist. "Hey! Hey! Lookie! I see the gates!!" Hikari said suddenly. "Yes, I see it too," Kei said. 'Yup! Hey, what's Mist like, nee-chan?' Hikari asked. "Well, it's rather poor because of Gato, but let's just ignore stuff about him right now. And when I say that it's rather poor, I mean it." Kei said. 'Okay.' "Hey, Karu, you all there...?" Serenity asked. "Yes I am, Nenity!" Hikari replied and stuck her tongue out. "Little kids...I swear..." Kakashi said, smiling underneath his mask, but the only clue that he was smiling was his eye, it was an upside down 'U'. Itachi just laughed.
At the gate, they were stopped, "Halt. Why are Konoha Ninjas here?" "We're here to deliver something to Mizukage-sama. It's from Hokage-sama." Hikari said. "And you expect me to believe that you three little kids are chunin?" one guard asked. "Well, duh! We have on chunin vests, ya know!" Serenity said. "Wanna try us? We could probably kick your butt; we're taking the jonin exams next month!" Itachi said. The guard smiled, "I believe ya three, but I'm gonna have my partner here go get Mizukage-sama to verify that you ARE from Konoha and not here to attack us." Kakashi nodded, "That's fine, but do you have anything that my students could drink? Not sake." "Uh yeah, hang on a sec.." The guard checked his pockets before handing him a bottle of water. "Sorry, but that's all I have..." "It's okay, we can share." Hikari said. The other two nodded. Hikari was handed the bottle of water and she handed it to Serenity. She gave her twin a weird look, "You're, like, not thirsty??" She shook her head, "Iie, not right now..." When it was Itachi's turn to get a drink, he took a drink before handing it back to Hikari, "Drink." She shook her head. "Hai!" "Iie!" "Hai!" "Ahem!" someone cleared their throat. Hikari, startled, looked over and saw that the first guard had come back with a young man following them. The twin's eyes widened.
"Isamu-sensei (A/N: Means courage, bravery)?!" the two girls exclaimed in unison. "Hika-chan?! Serena-chan?!" Isamu, the Mizukage, almost shouted. "You two know him...?" their sensei asked, a brow raised. Itachi looked interested, and hid it, or, tried to anyway... Hikari nodded, "He taught us before moving to Mist..." "How come you didn't tell us you were the Mizukage?!" Serenity demanded. Isamu backed up a little bit, "It's um...because...uh...I was...er...busy...and didn't have to time...uh...write...?" Hikari's eyes narrowed and she stepped towards him, Serenity right beside her. "You never were a good liar...sensei..." they said. He chuckled nervously, "Eh heh heh... You can't hurt me while you're visiting Mist..." The younger twin raised a brow, "Wanna bet?" He shook his head, "Not bets! I suck at gambling!" "If she hurts and/or kills you, I know how to hide the evidence and destroy the body..." Serenity said, stepping a little closer. The Mizukage yelped before hiding behind one of the guards. That guard stepped out of the way, chuckling. The other guard was laughing. Kakashi was trying not to laugh, and Itachi, he was trying to hide his emotions, but couldn't. "Don't you, uh, have something for me from your Hokage?" Isamu asked. Hikari suddenly smiled, "Hai! Oi, who has the thing-a-ma-jig?!" "Here, " Itachi said, tossing a scroll to Hikari. It bounced off her head and Serenity caught it. Hikari glared at him, rubbing her head. She handed the scroll to Isamu. "Well, we've done what we were supposed to, now we must be headin' back home..." Kakashi said. "But...but..." Hikari whimpered. Isamu walked over to the twins, "You two best gimme a hug before ya leave. And, I will write to you this time." Hikari and Serenity both hugged him, "Promise?" He nodded, "Promise." "You swear on your life?" "Hai, I swear on my life." "Yay!!" They suddenly went ridged. "Naru..." they whispered before turning around and sprinting back towards Konoha, using chakra to run even faster. Itachi and Kakashi took off running after them, using chakra to run faster as well.
They made it back to Konoha in record time: about an hour and a half. "Serenity, go get ojiisan! I'll go find Naru!" Hikari shouted, before racing off to find their little brother. Serenity raced to the Hokage tower. "OJIISAN!!!" she shouted, busting open his office door. Sarutobi looked up from his paper work, "What is it?" "It's Naru! He's in trouble and Hika-nee went to try and find him and save him!" "What?! I thought Iruka was watching him?!" "I thought that too..."
Hikari's eyes widened when she saw the jutsu being used on her little brother. 'That's...!! Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu(A/N: Not sure if I worded that right...)!!' "Hurry Kit! We've got to save him, or he's dead!" Kei shouted. 'Hai!' Hikari said, and used chakra to speed up enough to get to her brother and use her body to shield him before the jutsus hit him. Even though she had been trained with lots of pain, the pain of the same jutsu being done by three people and it being powered up, was a LOT more pain than she had felt. She screamed in pain. Naruto started to cry, his sister was in major pain and he couldn't do anything and was the cause of it.
Itachi and Kakashi had just walked in the gate. Kakashi froze while Itachi sped towards where Hikari's scream came from. "Water Style: Water Vortex Jutsu!" a voice called out. "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!" another called out. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" a third called out. There was a loud sizzle as the water jutsus met with the fire jutsus. Naruto got out of Hikari's hold and looked behind them. "Ita-nii! Nenity! Rutobi!" he shouted and ran to them. Itachi and Serenity ran over, "You okay, Karu?" She looked up at them, tears in her eyes, "It...it hurts..." "FU – Er...FREAK!" Serenity shouted. Itachi forced her to lay on her stomach and held his hands above her back and green chakra came from his hands. "Dang it...! Serena-chan, can you help me heal her?!" he asked, biting his lip in concentration. She nodded, "Hai!" She placed her hands near Itachi's and green chakra came from her's as well. "Ojiisan! We need someone else to help us!" the older twin called out, sweat running down her face. "Kakashi! Summon one of your summons and have it go get Hana Inuzuka!" Sarutobi called out to the jonin. "Hai!" Kakashi said. He did five hand signs and called out, "Summoning Jutsu!" There was a 'poof' and when the smoke cleared, a small brown dog stood there. "What do you need Kakashi?" the dog asked. "Pakkun, I need you to go and get Hana Inuzuka! If she asks why she's needed, tell her Hikari is dying!" Pakkun nodded, "Okay." With that, he raced off to find the Inuzuka.
Pakkun came back, 10 minutes later, Hana behind him. Itachi's head was bowed, green chakra still coming from his hands. Serenity was close to crying, her hands shaking but green chakra was still flowing from her hands. Hikari moved one of her hands towards Serenity and her twin lowered one hand to hold it. She moved her other hand to Itachi, who grasped it tightly. Hana gasped, "What happened to her?!" She kneeled on Hikari's other side and started healing her. "She protected Naru from three Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsus that were powered up..." Hana looked at Sarutobi, "Seriously?!" He nodded, "Hai." "I applaud her for her bravery." Hana said. "I...was...just pro..tecting...Naru..." Hikari managed to choke out, her voice scratchy because she had screamed. "Shh, don't speak.." she said. Hikari nodded, although it hurt.
It took Hana about an hour to heal Hikari's wounds as best as she could. Itachi and Serenity helped her up. There were some scars on her back and arms that Hana couldn't heal. "Kit, you okay?" Kei asked. 'I...I think so, Kei...' Hikari replied and leaned on both her teammates for support. She needed their help as they walked towards the apartment the twins and their little brother lived in. Hana walked in front of them, holding Naru's hand.
On the way to their home, they encountered Naru's friend, Shikamaru, and his mom, Yoshino. "Hika!! Yoshi!" the blonde boy shouted and Hana let go of his hand so he could go greet them. "Hello, Yoshino-san." Itachi and Serenity said in unison. Hikari managed a weak smile, "Yoshino-san." "Naru.." Shikamaru said and slightly waved. "Surprised he ain't cloud watchin'..." Hana muttered. "Hikari-chan! What happened?!" Yoshino asked, instantly worried. She had become fond of the two girls since their brother and her son were friends. "She protected Naru from three fire jutsus that were powered up...we could've lost her..." Hana whispered. Shikamaru looked at Hikari, Serenity, and Itachi, he considered them to be his brother and sisters. "Hikari, you okay?" he asked. She smiled, still leaning on her teammates/friends, "Oi, Hika. And hai, I'm fine."
"You ain't foolin' no one honey." Yoshino said and walked over to them. Serenity looked around, "Where's Ino, Sakura, and Chouji...OH! And Kiba? What about Shino, Hina, Lee, Neji, Tenten, and Sasuke?" Shikamaru's mom chuckled, "They had to go home...and I just now found Shika-kun..." "What kind of son are you, to worry your mother like that?" Hana scolded. "Gomen nasai Mom." Shika said. Hana smiled, "As much as I'd love to stay and chat, I really do, it's just that Hikari needs to rest and Naru needs to go to sleep..." Naru made a face. Hikari slowly stood up, not leaning on her twin, nor Itachi. She walked over to Naruto and picked him up, inwardly wincing and cursing. "You really shouldn't strain yourself...it'll reopen some of the not-so-fully-healed scars on your back and arms..." Kei said. 'So? I wanna hold my baby brother and NOTHING is gonna stop me!' she mentally stuck her tongue out at her.
Naruto fell asleep on the way home and Hikari was stumbling a lot. Thus, this found Naruto in Hana's arms with Serenity on her back, sleeping also. With Hikari on Itachi's back. She yawned and snuggled closer, falling asleep as soon as they were in the girls' apartment. Hana walked into the room that the twins shared and set Serenity on her bed while Itachi set Hikari on her bed. The Inuzuka girl then walked to the only bedroom left and set Naruto on his bed before entering the living room and flopping down on one of the couches; they weren't in the best condition...but they worked. Itachi flopped down onto the other.
"Hey, Hana-san, you staying here...?" Itachi asked before he yawned. Hana nodded, "You?" "I don't think I could get up if I wanted to..." he said quietly. "'Night Itachi-san..." Hana yawned, closing her eyes. "G'night Hana-san..." Itachi replied before closing his eyes as well. Hana fell asleep shortly after her eyes closed. Itachi, on the other hand, didn't because his mind got to wandering; which it was starting to do more, now that he had a team and friends. 'Friends...' he thought, never once saying that word in a positive way since he only had fangirls since he could remember.
They fell asleep like that, on the very uncomfortable couches. Although it didn't look like it, they were alert to their surroundings in their sleep, no matter how much of a heavy or light sleeper they were; it was what a shinobi learned to do.
Me:Now, I have mah sissy to thank for helping me with how Naru would pronounce some names. I'm quite depressed that I only had 1 review! C'mon! People, review! You know you wanna! You'll get my most awesomest cookies ever!! And...and...my undying gratitude! And my love! And...uh...
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