Kin's POV

I watched as Sasuke ran from the room. He had just been told that Itachi had killed his father. I scampered after him. He was surprisingly running straight for Itachi's room.

"Nii-san! Did you really-really…"

I tried to stop as abruptly as Sasuke had and slid past him scrabbling on the floor in a panic before I crashed straight through the thin paper screen separating Itachi's room from the hallway. I really did hate the hardwood floors.

The two brothers were looking at me strangely. Itachi raised an eyebrow. I proceeded to groom myself rapidly. Itachi sighed before answering Sasuke's question.

"Yes. I did." Sasuke shifted slightly in the doorway.

"He was acting weird after that man visited him a while ago. Like he was crazy. He wasn't the same person after that."

Itachi' eyes widened slightly as he looked at Sasuke.

"Man? What did he look like?"

"He was pretty tall, he had black hair cut short, but I couldn't see his face. It was covered by an orange mask that had a swirly thing on it. He scared me. He felt…dark I guess."

"Thank you little brother."Itachi said as he gestured Sasuke forward with a smirk. Sasuke naturally came forward only to be poked in the forehead.

I watched the exchange blankly. Orange swirly mask. I only knew of one person like that. Uchiha Madara. Dang.

"Now, Kitten. Don't be getting any ideas."

"Too late."

"Well, what is it."

"We're going to train to combat the Eternal Mangekyo sharingan. If we don't do something, when Madara reveals himself, Itachi will be the one ordered to fight him first because of his Mangekyo sharingan. Then Itachi will die and well, I don't want that to happen."

"So you want to kill him first."

"That's the idea, yes."

"You're going to need a human body. Which means we'll probably have to leave Konoha to find a way to turn you back."

"Yeah, that and a talk with Shisui. I need to be able to call in a favor, maybe two."

"Wonderful. Go train tonight and Shisui will follow you."

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I glided up the path to one of the Uchiha training grounds. It was a more secluded area than even I usually trained at, and I was preparing to stay there for a while. I needed a long talk with Shisui and Itachi was speaking with the Hokage, meaning I didn't have to worry about him following me as I usually did. Thinking about it I didn't really have to worry , he could take care of himself, but I couldn't really help it.

I stopped as I reached the center of the training grounds, turning instantly to where Shisui was hiding. He had followed me the whole way here, thinking that I had no idea he was there. It had been amusing to say the least. He was fairly good at remaining unseen, but I didn't rely on my eyes like most people did. I used the chakra traces people, animals, and even plants had to "see". I could still "see" even with my eyes closed. Sometimes I could "see" better with my eyes closed. It depended on the situation.

Shisui emerged from the trees lining the path hesitantly and I caught him instantly in a genjutsu showing my human form. My hair was longer than it had been the last time he had seen me. I liked it better that way. And there was now a dark red leather trench coat concealing the other clothes I wore.

"Hey Shisui."

"I came to thank you. I don't think the clan would've stopped with just Konoha."

"They probably wouldn't." I hesitated. I didn't want to ask him any favors. I should really find a way back into Konoha myself.

"What is it?"

"Shisui, I'm going to be leaving. Not today, not for at least six months to make sure that the clan doesn't rebound and end up back where it started. But I'm going to be leaving Konoha."

"Why? You seem to like it here. Even being coddled by Sasuke and Mikoto."

"I was human."

He went silent. For a moment before he regained his bearings.

"So you came to Konoha to spy on us?"

"Nothing like that. I was a civilian before I got caught in a jutsu that should have killed me. Instead however, I got fused with the creator of the jutsu. A demon cat by the name of Kohaku. We share one body now. But I would like to be human again. And that's why I'm leaving."

"Wait, so you're a demon?"

"Very eloquent Shisui. No, the demon is inside me, I am not a demon. You can meet her if you like, she's not really all that bad. Just a slightly larger than normal amount of bloodlust. We sort of even each other out. She's why my chakra is purple."

"A mix of demon chakra and normal chakra."

"Precisely."

"So what is your actual name?"

"Kin. You can still call me Chibi if you feel like it."

"So why are you telling me this?"

"I'm leaving Konoha, but my loyalty remains with the Uchiha now that Itachi is the clan head. I want a person in Konoha I can pass information I find on to, who can get me into Konoha as a ninja after I am human once more."

"You want to come back."

"Yeah."

"Why didn't you just say that?"he asked incredulously, running a hand through his short hair, "And why do you think I'll have the influence to get you back into the village?"

"Itachi is going to make you Head of the Konoha Police department."

"He told you this?"

"No. I figured it out. He's going to want to remain a ninja, and he won't have the time if he's chief of police and head of clan."

Shisui shook his head.

"Well. I guess I'll be training with you from now on. I need to be able to recognize you when you get back."

"You just want someone to train with besides Itachi."

"You got it."

It was my turn to shake my head as I released the genjutsu. Shisui pulled out a kunai and activated his sharingan. I let my chakra begin to flow freely. We leapt at each other and claws met kunai in midair. I would have smiled if I could have.

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