Chapter 6:Family Problems…
Naruto sighed opening his apartment door. The Dust rose from the floorboards. It had been over a year since anyone set foot into it. He put his hands onto he floor and a small vortex picked up all the dust. He opened the window to throw out the dust. He opened his refrigerator to find an unpleasing odor. He pinched his nose, to bear the stench. The Sight of Rotten milk, empty instant ramen cups, and a sock was too great. The stench was overpowering him. He fell to his sighed and gasped for air.
"Let's see how I should clean" said Naruto picking his ear, in deep thought
As a matter a fact Naruto didn't have the slightest clue how to clean. This is due to the fact; he hasn't done such a deed before. After ten minutes he found a way to get rid of it. He opened the balcony door and then put the fridge outside. Naruto found all the heaps of Garbage old clothes and other decayed objects and put them in a garbage bag. Naruto saw that the apartment was clean except for a few odd jobs here and there. Naruto sighed went out to the balcony, had a good stretch and sighed.
He then formed a rasengan in the palm of his hand. He retracted it making it smaller but denser. He continued packing down chakra on top of it and molding it. The Rasengan made an eerie sound like a skate being sharpened. This Rasengan shined luminously a pure dark blue. The Rasengan made contact with the fridge and it spun rapidly. The mere contact of the Rasengan spun it.
"True Rasengan!" shouted Naruto
Winds howled and twisted as it sent the fridge into the air. The motion was too great and the acceleration of the fridge started to get on fire. The Rasengan ripped through the steal of the fridge. Afterwards because so much air was displaced it crumpled up. The heap of metal still continued go faster and faster. It really began to get consumed by the flame and was incinerated.
Naruto unpacked his things and made himself at home. He blew the dust off of the picture of team 7. It was good to be home.
Meanwhile….. (Hinata's POV)
"Bu- Bu but Dad" said Hinata
"No! NO Buts! No God forsaken reason will make me ever accept that boy to court (date) you." Said Hiashi (Hinata's father)
"…" Hinata looked down depressed
"You will carry on the family name! You will lead this clan to Power! This is no time to think about BOYS! Especially after … after… well you know" said Hiashi
"I thought I wasn't heir anymore" whispered Hinata
"Well, I changed my mind you are strong very strong! Stronger than most main branch members in history! I wish for you to carry on as the clan head!"
"What about Hanbai, or Neji. They are all-"
"Unacceptable! Neji is strong and not a main branch. Hanbai does not have your strength!" Yelled Hiashi
"But I"
"If you do not follow my wishes get out!" yelled Hiashi
"GET OUT"
"GET OUT!!"
"GET OUT!!"
Hinata had a tear in her eye and left.
"She'll come back" said Hiashi to himself "She will …. Sooner or later she will come crawling back to me and she won't complain to me anymore who is going to shelter her huh? WHO!!"
Its 9:30 p.m and Naruto just purchased a plasma screen TV and a DVD player. He bought some furniture and a new king size bed. He slumped to his new 3 man couch and turned on the TV. Then he realized he hadn't a clue how to hook it up with the high definition satellite a satellite guy installed an hour ago. In fact, he barely knew how to put the plug in the socket. It had been a year since he had seen technology. He had been in the middle of the dessert for little over a year. It took about 6 months to find their way out of the dessert. Naruto couldn't sleep the wind bothered him. It urged him to stay awake. He closed his eyes and used the wind around him to capture sound waves into his ear. He heard the sound of snores and yawns. The village was either in bed or getting there. He then picked up the sound of a water drop falling near his house. He focused in on it. It had not rained. He released his chakra into the wind. Every vibration of the past echoed through his ears. Like a bat he used his chakra like sonar.
"GET OUT!!"
"GET OUT!!"
Hinata had a tear in her eye and left.
"She'll come back" said Hiashi to himself "She will …. Sooner or later she will come crawling back to me and she won't complain to me anymore who is going to shelter her huh? WHO!!"
He heard/saw Hinata walking near his house.
"I shouldn't bother Naruto… It's not his problem…" said Hinata walking away
Naruto went out of his echo vision and jumped off of his balcony. He landed silently and sighed.
"Hinata you alright?" said Naruto
"Oh, Hi Naruto! Yup everything's fine!" Said Hinata cheerfully, but Naruto saw right through her act
Hinata couldn't hold the tears for much longer. Naruto frowned and patted her on the back. She started to cry and Naruto embraced her. She buried her face into Naruto's chest. She sniffed and subsided and she began to tell what had happened the last couple months that Naruto was absent. The Hyuuga clan has been severely damaged, and all Hyuuga members are working hard to restore their clan. Training extra hard, doing double missions. The pressure her father put on her. Then worst of all, he forbids her to love Naruto. Naruto just sighed and acted like a shoulder to cry on.
"It's getting cold" said Naruto "We should get inside"
"We…?"Said Hinata
"No, I was talking to the wind" said Naruto
"Oh…" said Hinata depressingly
"Hey!" said Hinata punching Naruto in the arm. "That wasn't nice!"
"Hmpf! Punching your boyfriend on the arm isn't nice either" replied Naruto
"Oh… Go cry about it" laughed Hinata
Naruto's smile widened then he offered Hinata his hand. Hinata grabbed it all too willingly. He sighed "want to go rent a movie"
She nodded, starting to feel better…
In a desolate shoreline the crescent moon grew pale. It was if the forces of darkness darkened the night sky. Itachi continued his merciless journey back to the Akatsuki. It had been a few weeks since he killed half of the Hyuuga clan. The Akatsuki's new hide out was only a few more miles away. He felt exhausted; his katana was stained with the blood of a Hyuuga. The blood turned crimson in the pale moonlight.
He barely had anything to eat, running out of supplies and no money to pay for more. He thought to himself, stealing wasn't my thing. He looked out to the ocean beside him. He could tell Kisame was thrilled to be near the ocean again. He picked up the scent of fried mackerel…marinated with… soy sauce… with tofu and sashimi on the side. The mackerel seasoning scent was awfully familiar… In fact, that was an Uchiha recipe…but, how? Then the scent of lavender and the overpowering scent of weapon polish, made it all make sense.
"Takumi…"Itachi whispered
Itachi knew this was a bad situation. If Takumi found him in this state, he would be killed. But, on the other hand, he was pretty lost, tired, hungry, low on supplies and actually a bit curious to see how she's been all these years.
At the fire, Takumi sighed. She was so lonely and coming out to the ocean made her feel a lot better. But, this time she was hungry for a companion. She traveled the Shinobi nations for five years alone. Then footsteps approached Takumi and faint whistle. This whistle was to let the other person know that he or she is not an enemy during the Shinobi war.
"Who approaches?" said Takumi reaching for the explosive kunai on her left ankle.
Takumi wore ordinary shinobi attire. She had long dark brown hair. Her eyes were as black as night. She was beautiful and quite well manner in edicit. But, she was quite dangerous.
"It's been awhile hasn't it Takumi?" said Itachi moving closer to the fire.
"Itachi Uchiha…I have been waiting for this day!" said Takumi
"Which day might that be?" said Itachi
"The day you die!" said Takumi as her eyes glowed a bright dark blue
"The Arashingan?" said Itachi "Tell me what you see with its power a power that supposedly surpasses the sharingan?"
"I see your death!" said Takumi "Sharingan!"
Itachi backed off in surprise as Takumi's eyes mirrored his own but, as he shut off the sharingan. Takumi also was forced to de-activate the sharingan.
"So that's the power of the Uzumaki clan that died off years ago" said Itachi
"The true power of replication it acts a mirror much like the sharingan…Or, is it part of the origin of the sharingan" said Itachi
"That's not all it can do!" said Takumi using rapid hand signs "The Arashingan can enhance the level of Ninjutsu, GenJutsu and Taijutsu equal or higher then the Hokages"
Itachi only smiled, "Is that so…So that's the weakness of the Arashingan"
Takumi smiled back "Yes, it takes an enormous amount of chakra to reform your own DNA in your body to refill the requirements of copying a bloodline and enhancing your chakra to a more concentrated and condensed form"
"…"Itachi still smiled, "in that case the Arashingan is no where near the power of The Sharingan"
"We'll see about that Water style: Water Dragon Jutsu" said Takumi as 5 dragons arose from the sea.
'I'm still injured but…' thought Itachi 'Mangekyou Sharingan'
"The Mangekyou Sharingan…of course the thing you most rely on" said Takumi getting caught in Tsukuyomi
In the dark realm, Takumi saw that the sky was black and she smirked at Itachi.
"Teikiatsu Arashingan" said Takumi "Secret Art: Storm GenJutsu reflection"
The two forbidden GenJutsu clashed in the form of a red sky and a storm. Itachi's eyes met with Takumi's. His red and fearful eyes met hers. The Teikiatsu Arashingan was looking into a storm, its vibrant blue color constantly becoming darker, lighter and changing tone. But the middle of its eye was a dark pit like an eye of a maelstrom. Itachi tried to press on as best as he could. But, this GenJutsu reflection was much more then he expected .Itachi fell backwards as he crashed into the ground. Takumi pinned Itachi to the ground and a kunai to his neck.
"You finally beat me in GenJutsu" smiled Itachi remembering them together at the ninja academy
"Yah, I did I told you didn't I?" smiled Takumi "I promised I'd best you in GenJutsu and have you at my mercy. I meant what I said…Too bad you didn't mean what you said back then because, if you had I would have spared your life"
Takumi stabbed Itachi in the heart and tore deeper.
"I'm just returning the favor" cried Takumi
Itachi whispered it so softly, Takumi barely heard it, "I meant what said, but I couldn't fulfill that promise…It didn't turn out that way"
Takumi wiped some tears from her face, "Liar! I can see through all your illusions! Your entire damn Amenity, All your sins! The Arashingan showed me that!"
"You can see through all my illusions?" smiled Itachi "I'll hold you to it "
"Its true" said Takumi plunging deeper into his heart
"You got lost in your own illusion" whispered Itachi "You made an illusion what people thought, and what you think that is true that is the worst of all illusions because it can consume you and tear you away from reality. You lost yourself into hatred and rage. An illusions that blinds you to see the truth…Now how can you see through my illusion, without looking through your own"
"Shut up that isn't true" yelled Takumi "Is your death and this pain an illusion to you"
She tore deeper until the blade impaled through his heart. Itachi whimpered in pain.
"No" he coughed out with his last breath
She smiled delightfully and kissed him but, was startled when Itachi smiled back.
"That's your illusion to see through" whispered Itachi
"What illusion?" said Takumi
"That would be cheating but…I'll give you a hint" said Itachi
"…" Takumi was indeed troubled
"You put too much wasabi in the soy sauce" said Itachi as he disappeared into smoke
"Shadow clone" whispered Takumi
Itachi sat behind Takumi chewing the mackerel slowly and savoring the flavor.
Takumi turned around and ran at Itachi.
"You still can't see through your own illusion" said Itachi
Before Takumi's blade made contact Itachi poked her on the head and she fell on the ground.
"My death will not solve your misery, anger, or hatred" sighed Itachi "You think that just because, I perish I will disappear forever"
Takumi slowly got up again, but due to Chakra exhaustion she fell back down again.
"If you keep pursuing my life, you may take it" said Itachi
Itachi walked up in front of Takumi and grabbed her by the collar. He slammed her against the sandy beach. He kneeled down and squeezed her neck. Itachi leaned in and whispered in Takumi's ear.
"You will never kill me!" said Itachi "And, in the end I will kill you"
She opened her eyes in shock.
"Because…"
"Because……"
"Because…if you did kill me today, I will always be a part of you like the ghost that watches you when you sleep, like the demon in the back of your head….I will always be part of you" said Itachi letting go of her neck " I will be there to witness your death"
Itachi got up but Takumi pulled his collar and forced him on top of her.
"That's fine with me…that way I will not miss you" said Takumi "as long as I am with you I feel happy"
"Now die!' screamed Takumi rolling on top of Itachi. She took a kunai from her pocket and lunged downward.
Cliff Hanger No Jutsu