Title: Angel Wings
Chapter 3: Kane, Takara and a New Team
Disclaimer: TOF: Well I clearly don't own Naruto, or the song.
Sasu: Thank god.
TOF: Hey!
Sasu: What? We all know you like yaoi. If you owned Naruto you'd pair all the guys together.
TOF: Actually… in this story I…
Sasu: Whom did you pair together?
TOF: Not telling!
Sasu: No whom did you pair together?
TOF: I told you I'm not telling!
Previous Chapter:
"So this is where we're staying eh?" a woman's voice echoed around the room. Both Uchiha brothers instantly went tense while Hotaru remained relaxed.
Suddenly two girls appeared out of nowhere behind Hotaru who was drinking her tea as if nothing was happening. The two girls looked around curiously. And the brothers remained tense, read for a fight.
This Chapter:
The girl who's dressed in all black looked around. "Nice place they got here." She said.
The two Uchiha brothers stood and took out kunai, getting into a fighting stance. "Who are you?" asked Sasuke.
Hotaru sighed and placed her cup on the table. "I wish you guys wouldn't just pop out like that." She said to the two girls.
"We just wanted to look around." Complained the one dressed in black.
"Well you could have waited until they new about you. Look they're all tense now." Said an annoyed Hotaru.
"Moron."
"Jerk."
"Bitch."
"Slut."
"Humph."
The two brothers could only stare as the pair fought like siblings. They slowly put down the kunai.
"I'll ask again. Who are you?" Sasuke asked now much calmer.
"Hotaru, I think you should explain what's going on." Said the other girl in white who had been silently watching the fight.
"I should shouldn't I? I don't know how you're a part of us Kane. You're nothing like us." Facing the two boys she told them not to worry and if they could sit. They did so.
"Well, this is Kane of the Light." She gestured to the woman who looks to be around the age of nineteen or twenty. She has white hair the same length as Hotaru, except it's kept in a braid instead of a high ponytail. She has silver eyes and is wearing a plain white t-shirt with a 'v' neck and gold hemming. For bottoms she wears white flare pants with little gold roses embroidered on them and has no shoes. Then behind her are white angel wings with black tipped feathers.
"And this is Takara of the Dark." She pointed to the other girl who looks to be seventeen, maybe eighteen. She has wavy black hair down to her knees and red eyes with black flecks, reminding the boys of the Sharingun. Takara wears a short skirt about mid-thigh in length with red roses on it. Her sleeveless top that shows part of her stomach is black with red hemming. For footwear, she wears simple black sandals. Behind are black angel wings with white tipped feathers.
"Kane, Takara this is Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke."
"Yes we know. We were listening before." Said Takara.
"Hello boys." Greeted Kane politely.
"What are you?" asked Itachi.
"They are two angels sealed inside of me." Said Hotaru sipping her tea. "Don't worry, they won't hurt you. Not that they could." She whispered the last part. But it was still heard.
"What do mean that they couldn't hurt us?" asked Sasuke.
Hotaru sighed. "It's a seal that the elders of my village put on me. They were afraid that I wouldn't be able to control them and put a seal on me."
"How does the seal work? How can they appear like that?" asked Itachi.
"We don't know what allows us to appear and the seal limits what we can do." Explained Kane.
"Like what?"
Hotaru took over. "Such as not being able to touch anyone. They can only touch me. Anyone else they will go through. Like a ghost. But they can touch objects as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, like a knife they can't touch or other weapons such as shuriken or kunai. They can only use my sword or weapons made from their own chakra."
"Can they go anywhere they want?" asked Sasuke.
"No we cannot. If Hotaru is in the kitchen we can wander around it but we cannot leave." Said Takara. "Outside we can't get very far either. Not that we appear outside."
"Kane and Takara will only appear when we're in the house or when only you two or anyone else who knows about them is around." Said Hotaru.
"Who knows about them?"
"Um, Kakashi, Tsunade-sama, now you two…I think there are a few others but I can't remember who."
"Hotaru, are we actually going to live here? No more moving around?" asked a hopeful Takara.
Hotaru nodded. "We're staying here."
"You must have moved around a lot." Said Itachi.
"Yeah. But some places were pretty cool. Do you two remember Germany?" she asked the two sealed angels.
"Oh yeah." Said Takara.
"I wonder how Ed and Al are doing." Said Kane.
"I wonder what Mustang's doing. That place was one of my favorites." Hotaru smiled at the memories she had there.
They talked for about an hour, mostly Hotaru, Kane and Takara telling about the two years of traveling they've done.
Afterwards, Hotaru said goodnight. The two angels faded from sight. But not without warning the two Uchiha's about hurting Hotaru and if they do they'll be in for a world of pain. The brothers didn't doubt that warning.
Sometime in the middle of the night, Itachi couldn't sleep. The night of his clan's murder still haunted his dreams. Of course, no one knows of this. He quietly wondered the halls of the house until he ended up outside.
The full moon was bright and lit up the sky with the stars. Shadows cast over the land from the trees and buildings around. The wind blew gently, a warm breeze shifting the leaves of the trees.
There, he saw Hotaru sitting in one of the trees, lacking her normal attire and wearing simple black shorts and a gray top. Her back facing him.
He silently made his way towards her but stopped behind a nearby tree when he heard singing. Her singing.
Is it true what they say;
Are we too blind to find a way?
Fear of the unknown cloud our hearts today.
Come into my world,
See through my eyes.
Try to understand;
Don't want to lose what we have
He heard her sigh, and she continued singing softly.
We've been dreaming
But who can deny,
It's the best way of living
Between the truth and the lies
See who I am,
Break through the surface.
Reach for my hand,
And shout out that we can
Free your mind and find a way.
The world is in our hands,
This is not the end.
Hotaru looked at the full moon in the calm night. Singing had always helped her, helped relax her. She decided to sing just a little more before going back to bed.
Fear is withering the soul
At the point of no return.
We must be the change
We wish to see.
I'll come into your world,
See through your eyes.
I'll try to understand,
Before we lose what we have.
She stopped suddenly, hearing a noise. She turned around and saw Itachi staring at her. She blushed slightly when she realized that he had heard her. Managing to get her voice back and make her blush disappear, she spoke. "Itachi-kun, did I disturb your sleep? I'm sorry if I did." She said softly jumping down from the tree.
"No. No you didn't."
"Ok then." She walked back towards the house but a hand on her wrist stopped her. She turned to face Itachi.
He looked intently at her. "That song."
"W-what about it?" she questioned trying to hide a blush she knew had appeared again. 'Damn, why am I blushing so much?' Nothing was said, so Hotaru broke the silence. "Um, Itachi-kun…can you let go?" she lifted her arm where his hand was wrapped around her wrist.
He hastily let go muttering a 'sorry' before passing her and going back into the house.
Hotaru blinked thinking. 'Weird.' She then shrugged off the man's behavior and went inside thinking. 'Something tells me that tomorrows going to be a fun day.'
A/N: I thought about ending it here but I just had to continue, I have some idea's and I'm not about to forget it.
Hotaru woke up to the sound of birds chirping, the signal that it's morning. She quickly dressed wearing a new pair of jeans with one pant leg missing up to the knee with blue sandals and a gray sleeveless shirt top that says. 'I would rather be hated for who I am.' On the front in bold white letters then 'Then loved for who I'm not.' On the back. She attached her sheathed sword to her side and quickly threw on her bag and cape.
"Time to go." She murmured to herself.
Rumble
She looked down at her stomach and laughed. 'I should probably eat first.' She thought walking into the hall and into the kitchen. 'Hm, let's see what they have.' She went into the fridge and took out bacon and eggs. She took out two pans and set them on the stove.
Hotaru then heard someone walk in. She turned her head and saw Sasuke dressed in his ninja gear, looking half asleep and grumbling about having to be up to damn early for training. This is how she learned that he's not a morning person unlike herself.
"Morning Sasuke." She greeted turning back to the sizzling bacon and eggs.
Sasuke went to the table and sat down. "You can cook?"
"Yeah why? Can't you guys?"
"Well, Itachi can cook but he doesn't like to share. And the only thing I can make is toast and pancakes."
"You can barely make those little brother." They turned to see Itachi standing in the door, dressed in his jonin uniform.
"Shut up Itachi!" Sasuke stood suddenly.
"Sit down Sasuke or I'm not feeding you. And Itachi don't bug your brother." Said Hotaru placing three plates onto the table, each with two eggs and a few pieces of bacon with cutlery.
She could have sworn she heard a "Yes mother." Remark.
Sasuke promptly sat down and began eating.
A/N: Ok, this part is boring so I'm just going to skip ahead to Hotaru walking with Itachi through town to meet their students at the training field with Kakashi (who popped out of nowhere)
"So what are the kids like?" she asked Itachi trying to make a conversation. It didn't work.
Hotaru turned to Kakashi – who's reading his pervy book – he said. "They're very skilled and work well as a team."
Silence. Again. Hotaru hated the silence. She was about to speak when a shout of "My youthful rival!" was heard followed by a man dressed in green with black hair and really bushy eyebrows appeared.
Kakashi sighed. "Hello Gai." He said not looking up from his book.
Hotaru stared at the man in front of them. "Hello Gai."
"Ah, who are you young lady and how do you know me?" he asked.
Hotaru looked at him with mock hurt. "I'm hurt that you don't remember me Gai." She turned to Kakashi. "Kashi-kun, he doesn't remember me."
This time Kakashi did look up from his book. "Gai do you remember that little girl that we met from the Sky Clan?"
"Of course! Hotaru was such a spirited girl."
"Well that spirited girl is standing in front of you."
Gai looked surprised, then hugged said girl. "Little Firefly you look beautiful and so full of youthfulness."
"Gai! I-I…can't b-breath…" she gasped for air as he let go. "Um, wouldn't have the Hokage told him I'd be here?"
"She did but Gai was away on a mission." Said a woman's voice from behind Gai.
"Hi Kurnai. Asuma." Said Hotaru.
"Good to see you again." Said Kurnai with a bright smile. Asuma just shrugged and muttered something about a troublesome girl back to torment him.
Hotaru then noticed that the three senseis were not alone. She smiled brightly at them and said. "Hi, my name's Sukai Hotaru." There were mutters of 'hello's' but names were not given. Still smiling, she said. "So am I going to hear your names? Or will we have to stick with nick names, like 'Bushy Brow' and 'Dog Boy'."
"Hotaru this is Rock Lee, Tenten and Neji." Said Gai.
"Hello. Nice to see you again Neji-kun."
"Hn." He nodded to her.
"How do you know Neji?" asked Tenten.
"He and his cousin found and helped me."
"I am Rock Lee! Konoha's Tai-jutsu specialist!" shouted Lee.
"Tai-jutsu specialist eh? I wouldn't mind sparring with you sometime." She grinned then looked back at Kurnai and Asuma.
Asuma sighed. "This is Ino, Shikamaru and Choji."
"And this is Shino, Hinata and Kiba." Said Kurnai.
Hotaru nodded. "Hello again Hinata-chan."
Hinata smiled at her and managed to say "Hello." With out stuttering.
"BARK!"
Hotaru turned to the sound of a dog barking. She saw a white puppy jump out from Kiba's coat and land in front of her.
"Aw, how cute! What's his name?" she asked.
"Akamaru." Answered Kiba.
"He's adorable." Akamaru barked some more and began pulling at her cape. Hotaru bent down to his level. "You want to know what's under my cape don't you?" she asked him as if asking a person and not in an annoying baby talks voice.
The white dog barked once more before hopping onto Kiba's head.
"Oh yeah. You said you're from the Sukai Clan. Akamaru must want to see what type of wings you have." Said Shikamaru.
"Yes. Taru-chan has really beautiful wings." Said Hinata.
"I'll show them to you if you want." She offered briefly looking around.
The group of chunin nodded and just as she was going to take off the cape, a shout of Taru-chan!" came followed by a yellow and orange blur that tackled Hotaru to the ground.
"Ah…Naruto-kun." They both sat up, neither noticing the pairs of jealous eyes watching them.
"So you've met the others huh?" said the blond standing up, pulling Hotaru with him.
"Yeah, they wanted to see my wings."
"Naruto you BAKA!" they saw an annoyed and mad Sakura approaching, followed by a silent Sasuke. They were waiting for Kakashi and when he didn't show instead of waiting like they usually would, they decided to go look for him. Naruto had seen Hotaru with Itachi and Kakashi talking to his other friends and ran ahead. "Don't run off like that!" she shouted getting ready to punch him in the head.
But her fist never made it. Everyone (except the sensei's, Itachi and Sasuke) stared wide-eyed. Hotaru had quickly removed her sword from its sheathe and stepped in front of Sakura. Sword tip at the pink haired girl's neck.
"I told you yesterday pinky! Don't hit him! He doesn't deserve it!" she shouted fiercely. The chunin's eyes remained wide. Hotaru's entire being seemed to be ready to strike at anytime.
"What are you going to do about it?" Sakura glared back.
"Would you like to find out?" hissed Hotaru.
"Anyway," started Naruto trying to lessen the moment of tenseness. "What were you doing Rei-chan?"
"Uh…I was going to show them my wings." She said putting her sword back in it's sheathe and stepped away from Sakura, turning her back on her.
Hotaru looked around again, the street remained quiet. She unbuckled the front on the neck and slid it off, exposing the angel wings.
Kurnai smiled. "They're beautiful Little Firefly." Everyone else except for Sakura agreed.
Hotaru blushed faintly. "Thank you." She whispered.
"So where are you heading?" asked Ino.
"…Shit!" she exclaimed quickly pulling her cape back on. "Itachi-kun, aren't we going to be late to meet the kids?"
"Only by a few minutes." He answered.
"Well got to go guys. I'm meeting my students today! See ya!" she waved and ran ahead, Itachi along side her.
'Taru-chan sure is cool.' Thought Naruto. 'Hm, there's a festival coming up…I wonder if she'll go with me.' He wondered.
Hotaru and Itachi ran through the streets, then took a sharp turn and entered a training area where three boys were sitting in the middle of it.
A boy with spiky (like Naruto) red hair and green eyes noticed their arrival. He wore a black t-shirt and gray/white baggy pants with sandals and his leaf headband on his forehead. "Hey Itachi-sensei. Who's that?" he asked, his eyes flickering to Hotaru.
"This Kyou is Hotaru. She'll be my co-sensei."
"Hi, my name's Hotaru. I like training, singing and reading. I really don't dislike much except for shallow people and those who only care about power. And no I will not tell you why I wear a cape. You'll just have to find out on a mission." She added after seeing their curious faces – now disappointed faces – looking at the cape.
"My name is Kyou. I like sparing, going on missions and hanging out with friends. I dislike anything boring."
Next is a boy with dirty blonde shoulder length hair and hazel eyes. He wore a black t-shirt with a yellow leaf symbol on the back and yellow short with black stripes on the side. "I'm Tai. I like relaxing outside on a nice day, swimming, reading and the summer. I dislike winter, homework and having to move around a lot."
"Hello Taru-sensei!" said an enthusiastic gray-eyed boy with straight neck length black hair. He wore something similar to Hotaru, except that both pant legs were torn off up to his knees. His gray top has one sleeve. "I'm Kuro! I love training, sparing and going on challenging missions, and hanging out with friends. I don't like shallow people, being bored or have those I care about hurt!"
Hotaru smiled at them. "I think we'll get along just fine."
"So what are we doing first Itachi-sensei?" asked Kyou.
"Some sparing."
"I want to spar against Taru-sensei!" shouted Kuro.
"Why? You'll get your butt kicked for sure!" shouted Kyou.
"Nu-uh!"
"Sure, I'll go against you." The two walked away from the others and separated.
Itachi spoke up. "You can use any weapon or jutsu you choose."
"Get ready to loose!" shouted Kuro getting into a fighting stance.
Hotaru smirked. "You wish."
And the battle…er…spar is on!
To be continued…
TOF: Finally!
Naru: So what's going to-
TOF: Don't bother asking about the next cause I will not tell you.
Naru: Fine.
TOF: So what did ya think? Give me some reviews and I'll think about updating.