Italics= Dream
Rin
I walked into the kitchen to find a fair-skinned woman with long, black hair and bangs hanging on either side of her face to roughly frame her cheeks and black eyes. She wore a simple dark purple blouse with a red-plum skirt and a light-yellow apron over it. She was standing at the sink washing dishes.
I didn't have control of my actions and the next thing I know I yelled "Okaa-san!" (Mother) My voice was higher than it normally was and I noticed everything in the room was way bigger than me. I looked at my hands, which were small. 'I'm a kid?' I thought.
The women, oh wait my mom, turned towards me with a smile on her face. I ran up and hugged her leg. "What's for breakfast mom? Can I help?"
"Rin. Leave your mother alone." Said a stern voice, my heart clenched and I stiffened. Turning my head to face the man that had spoken, he had short, black hair that reached to his shoulders and onyx-colored eyes, with visible creases below them made more pronounced whenever he had a stern look. He wore a simple kimono with grey pants, which had the clan's symbol on the back.
"Oh Fugaku she's just trying to help." Mikoto chided.
Fugaku ignored his wife "Hn".
My eyes fell as I let go of my mothers' leg.
"Imouto-san!" (Little sister) said a voice from behind me.
I turned around to see little Sasuke run into the kitchen and Itachi walked in a few moments later. I could feel myself smile at them as I uttered three words.
"Onii-sans! Ohayou gozaimasu!"(Older brothers! Good morning!) Then the dream changed.
"Otou-san! (Father) Stop it!" I shouted as he dragged me towards the front of the house. When we neared the front door Itachi and Sasuke stepped out from the shadows.
"Onii-san help!" I screamed before a hand covered my mouth. I watched in horror as neither of my "brothers" moved. Sasuke looked at me with apologetic eyes, while Itachi's remained unchanged, then I was dragged out the door.
My father shoved me forward, but before I could fall backwards arms caught me and held my arms firmly behind my back.
"So this is her?" a monotone voice said from somewhere to my left.
My father nodded and I struggled to get out of the grip of whoever was holding me. I flipped forward and kicked the guy behind me who let out a grunt. My victory was short lived when someone tackled me and I ate dirt. I struggled and struggled until I felt something jab my arm.
My vision began to turn black and the last thing I saw was my father turn his back on me and walk back towards the house.
My eyes snapped opened and I jumped up with adrenalin pumping through me. I swung a punch at whoever was near me, but a hand caught mine in a firm grip. Blinking the sleep away from my eyes I saw Kakashi had grabbed my hand when it was inches away from punching Sasuke in the face. Sasuke himself stared at me with wide eyes.
"Woah there" Kakashi said. I relaxed and he released my hand. All the adrenalin I had had vanished in an instant when I realized I wasn't in my dream anymore.
I felt a sting of pain on my side and winced. Then I remembered the fight between me and Sasuke, then the dream. I realized one thing, I was Sasukes sister. The shock must've registered on my face because Sakura asked me. "Do you remember the fight?" I just nodded my head.
I glanced at Sasuke who stared at me with a suspicious look. I was so curious for that dream I had. Why was I being dragged away? Why didn't my own brothers help me? Who was the person who took me?
"What's with you and attacking people when you wake up?" Sakura asked with a laugh, snapping me out of my thoughts.
I shrugged. "What happened?" I asked.
"Well after the fight, you umm collapsed so we took you to the hospital." Sakura explained.
I groaned, "I really hate hospitals." I muttered.
"Why?" Naruto asked.
"I don't remember, but I just do."
"Oh right." Naruto said while rubbing the back of his head.
"Tsunade wanted to speak to you when you woke up." Kakashi informed me, once I changed back into my regular clothes.
I knew where this was going "Okay" I said as I left my team in my hospital room. I could feel all their eyes on me as I walked down the hall.
Knocking on Tsunades door I entered after I heard a brief "Come in." I peeked my head in and when she saw me, she immediately put down her paper work.
I swallowed "You wanted to see me?" When she nodded I gently closed the door behind me and stepped closer to her desk.
"You friends have already filled me in on the fight, you're an Uchiha?"
"I guess."
She eyed me suspiciously, "So you don't remember anything else?"
I bit my lip debating if I should tell her, reason won out and I figured 'what the heck?'
"Well besides that fact that I'm an Uchiha, I've remembered a little about…um my family." The word Uchiha was dry in my mouth.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow signaling me to continue
"I'm not exactly sure about all the details, but it turns out that I'm…ummm… its like.." my throat was really tight and I had no idea how to say it.
"Just say it." Tsunade said as if reading my mind.
"I'm Sasukes sister!" I shouted.
Tsunade looked at me speechless. "What?" she finally muttered.
"Its true, I remember it, seeing Sasuke as a kid and I called him Onii-chan."
Tsunades eyes narrowed "How come he doesn't remember you? Where were you during the massacre? Where have you been all this time?"
"I don't know." I interrupted, "All I remembered was seeing Sasuke as a kid. It was a brief memory, nothing more." I lied. I just couldn't tell her about the other half, I was still confused about it myself. Tsunade seemed to notice I was holding something back, but dismissed it.
She sighed, "Well seeing as how you can use the sharingan, I have no reason to deny that you are related to the Uchiha clan in someway, but there are still many things unknown so make sure to tell me if you remember anything else." She said sternly.
I nodded and hesitated before speaking "Tsunade-sama?"
She looked at me expectantly.
"I was wondering if we could keep the 'me being Sasukes sister' thing a secret. I want to know all the details before I tell him."
She nodded at me with understanding.
"Thank you." I bowed.
"Now go home and get some rest." She nodded her head towards the door.
When I got home I plopped on the bed and groaned. I stared at the ceiling for a while wondering about my past when a knock at the door interrupted my thoughts.
"Coming!" I yelled. When I opened the door I saw Sakura, Ino, Tenten and Hinata outside. "Ummm hi?" I greeted.
Sakura smiled at me "We came here to get the details!"
I sighed, 'girl talk' I thought. Then I remembered that I have no idea how to do this 'girl talk' thing, or at least I don't think I've ever done it.
"Why don't you guys stay for dinner, I'll explain it all to you then." They all squealed and walked into my apartment, with the exception of Hinata who blushed and stuttered out a thank you.
"What's for dinner?" Ino asked while making herself at home on my couch.
I walked over to the kitchen and yelled, "Curry!"
Once dinner was served the girls started drilling me with questions.
"Are you really an Uchiha?"
"Where have you been all this time?"
"Do you remember who your parents were?"
"I don't remember you at the academy!"
"Did you leave the village?"
"GUYS!" I yelled to get their attention. They all kept their eyes locked on me expecting answers. "I have amnesia remember?" I asked pointing at my head, "I don't actually remember anything. The only thing I do know is that I am part of the Uchiha clan. I don't know how I wasn't killed in the massacre or anything like that. So its useless to ask me." I felt bad about lying, but I wasn't about to let anyone know about my family just yet.
The girls (Sakura, Ino and Tenten) seemed satisfied and went back to regular girl talk about clothes and boys. Hinata was really quiet so I tried talking to her instead.
"Your really quiet, you know?" I told her.
She blushed, "Yeah s-sorry."
"I didn't mean it like that, it was just an observation. I was just trying to get you to talk."
"A-about what?" She asked nervously.
I laughed "Anything. Family, friends, whatever floats your boat."
"W-well my fathers Hiashi Hyuga head of the Hyuga clan." She offered.
I smiled "That's a great star—wait you're the Hyuga clans heir?!" I was really shocked, this shy little girl was going to inherit the biggest clan in the village, or so I was told.
She shook her head sadly "Oh, no. My younger sisters most likely going to be the heir."
"Why?" I asked clearly stunned.
"S-she's a lot better than I am. So father thinks she should be the one to inherit the leadership of the clan."
My mouth dropped open. "That's not fair! What about you?"
She shrugged "Its okay, I don't mind." She smiled at me. It was fake, I could tell, but I didn't want to press her any further. I continued to ask her questions on various topics ranging from favorite foods to favorite places. Time went by and the next thing I know it was 11 o'clock and everyone was getting ready to leave.
"Hey Rin, I forgot to tell you. Team 7 is suppost to gather at Lady Tsunades at noon tomorrow, okay?" Sakura told me as they left.
"Sure, see you then!" I shouted as they walked down the streets. I smiled to myself at the warm feeling in my stomach.
"What are you so happy about?" said a monotone voice from behind.
I jumped and turned to face Sasuke.
"Nothing." I spat.
"That didn't look like nothing. I've never seen you smile like that." He said bluntly.
"And why do you care?" I asked in a harsh voice.
He looked down at the ground almost-almost as if he were pouting. "Just curious."
The way he looked made an image flash through my mind. It was a 5-year-old Sasuke who was all depressed because Itachi couldn't play with us. I shook my head to snap me out of those thoughts. 'Where the hell did that come from?' I thought to myself.
When I looked back up at Sasuke, who was still pouting unknowingly my heart softened. "Look its nothing, really just forget about it. See you in the morning."
He wiped the pout of his face when he finally realized how he must've looked. "Hn."
At noon 5 of us stood at Tsunades office, apparently we were getting a mission.
"Yes!" Naruto cheered "Haven't had a mission in FOREVER!"
"Shut up Naruto! Let me explain it first." Tsunade glared at him. "Since it's been a while, this mission is going to be D-ranked."
Naruto smile vanished "NO! NO! No thank you!" he said holding an X up with his arms. "I don't want some D-Rank mission!"
Tsunade pounded her fist on the table "Naruto your still a genin and genin take D-Rank missions so suck it up!"
Naruto pouted still not happy, but remained silent. I stifled a laugh.
"Now," Tsunade continued, "This is very simple, you are to head to the outskirts of the land and gather these medical herbs that are much in need for the hospital." She slid a piece of paper toward Kakashi who took it and tucked it into his pocket.
Naruto was about to complain even more, but Sakura had him in a headlock to prevent him from doing anything stupid.
Soon we were at the gate with a bag or two to hold the herbs. Naruto was grumpy, Sakura was doting on Sasuke whom remained inattentive.
"Lets just get this mission over with so we can get a REAL mission!" Naruto complained and on that happy note we set out.
After about 4 hours of walking we stopped for a break by a stream. I refilled my water bottle and splashed my face. Naruto was ranting about how he wanted food while Sasuke and Sakura were ignoring him. Kakashi was standing on a nearby hill overlooking the path we were traveling on.
I walked towards Kakashi and spoke once I got to the top of the hill, "Is something wrong?" I asked. He looked at me as if noticing me for the first time on this mission.
"Oh nothing," he said dismissively.
I could tell something was wrong, but I couldn't figure out what. "It has something to do with the ranking of this mission doesn't it? Is it because I'm suspicious?" I asked.
He looked at me shocked, "No no this mission has nothing to do with you." He said as he gave me the usual eye cringle smile.
"But I am suspicious." I stated looking towards the path. I knew he wouldn't be able to deny it, it was true, I knew it too. I was surprised when he patted my head with his hand, "You wont always be." He smiled down at me and I couldn't help, but laugh.
He turned around and started walking back to the others as he clapped his hands. "Okay everyone breaks over let's get moving."
Naruto groaned, "But I'm tired! We've been walking for hours and all we get is a 5 minute break?"
Kakashi cocked his head to the side "I thought you said D-Rank missions were to easy. Maybe I should tell Lady Tsunade that you're not good enough to—"
"No way!" Naruto yelled cutting him off. "I'm not tired! I'm ready to go!"
I sighed at how he fell for that simple trick. Sasuke just grunted. I glanced at him and caught his eye, we stared at each other for a minute or two and I couldn't help, but think about that dream. 'Why didn't he help me?' I thought bitterly. I found myself glaring at him again. He noticed and turned away with a "hmph".
We were only walking for two minutes when a rain of shuriken fell towards us. We all scattered to avoid getting hit and regrouped a couple feet away. I brought out a kunai and got into a ready position.
Two shadows jumped out from their hiding spot and landed in front of us. One of them had a distinctive shark-like appearance; complete with pale, blue skin, small, round, white eyes, gill-like facial markings under his eyes, and sharp triangular teeth. He also styled his blue hair in the form of a shark fin, his mist headband had a slash through the center. He wore a black cloak with red clouds on it and dark-purple nail polish.
The other was a man with onyx eyes, and jet-black hair that was pulled back with a red elastic in a low ponytail. He also had center-parted bangs that framed his face, extending to his chin. He wore a slashed Konoha forehead protector and the same cloak. On his right ring finger was a ring, which was red and bore the kanji for "vermilion" (朱, shu). He also wore purple nail polish on his fingers and a necklace that had three silver rings with red gems inside them.
'Itachi' I thought bitterly.
Kakashi stepped towards them "What do you want?" he asked coldly. He sounded pretty confident, but I could tell those two could kick our butts.
"We've come to for the Jinchuuriki." Itachi stated bluntly. Sakura informed me that this dangerous organization, under the name Akatsuki were after Naruto, or rather what was inside of him blah blah blah.
"Over our dead bodies." I spat. Itachi turned his head towards me and I resisted the urge to growl.
"Hello Rin." He greeted monotony.
Sasuke turned towards me with a look of disbelief. "You know him?!" he asked/yelled.
Itachi beat me to answer him, "Tsk tsk Sasuke." He shook his head disappointed, "You can't even remember your own sister?"
I don't know what felt worse at the moment, every ones piercing stare, or the the pain in my skull that was growing each time I looked at my borther.
"WHAT?!" Sakura, Naruto and Sasuke yelled in unison.
Everyone stared in disbelief looking between me, Sasuke and Itachi.
"Do you still hate Sasuke and I?" Itachi questioned in a curious voice. "I wouldn't be that surprised."
My glare on him hardened "Why should I hate you? What happened?" I asked in a pleading voice. I didn't want to sound week, but I was desperate for answers and he seemed to have them.
All that jerk did was smirk, which ticked me off even more.
He threw a smoke bomb to the ground so fast I didn't even have time to register the shock on my face. Before I could jump out of the smoke I felt a hand on my shoulder. I was about to scream when a hand covered my mouth.
"Its useless to ask Sasuke if he remembers." It was Itachi and he sounded… sad?
"mmph phmt?" I mumbled against his hand. I meant to say, "Why's that?" but its hard to talk with something covering your mouth.
He seemed to get what I was saying as he answered, "Lets just say Father liked to cover up his tracks." The words "Father" was like adding gas to a fire and I felt enraged once again. Before anything else could happen charge of lightning came towards Itachi forcing him to jump away back to his blue-skinned partner. Kakashis lightning blade fizzled to a stop in his hand.
"You okay Rin?" Kakashi asked.
I completely ignored him, "He may be your father, but he was never mine." I spat.
"I see we came at a bad time, we'll take our leave then." Itachi said.
"Wait! Get back here and tell me what I want to know!" I jumped at them.
"Rin don't!" Kakashi called, but it was to late.
I was originally aiming for Itachi, but the blue guy stepped in front of him and came at me with his sword. I turned in the air to avoid getting hit. The sword swung harmlessly over my head, but I saw the blue guy smirk.
I landed softly and was about to charge when I felt it. Or rather couldn't feel it, my chakra, which just a second ago was full, was now drained to a mere 1/3. The blue guy must've notice my confusion and spoke "My sword eats up chakra kid, I can drain you with another swipe." He lifted his word onto his shoulder and all I could think was 'shit'.
Sasuke took this opportunity to charge Itachi. 'That idiot' I though, but then again was I any better? I just did the exact same thing a few seconds ago. I shrugged it off, too late to change now. I heard Kakashi shouting at Naruto and Sakura to stay, as he headed off to help Sasuke, who just got punched in the face.
"I didn't know Itachi had a sister." Kisame said nonchalantly.
"I am NOT his sister." I spoke in a deadly tone.
He simply chuckled, "Just like Sasuke."
In a flash I punched him in the stomach and he let out an amused "oomph".
"Don't compare me to either of them." I glared.
"Well your much faster than Sasuke I must say." My punch didn't even faze him, which kinda saddened me. "Look," he said "I'm not in a mood to fight, besides it looks like your "brother" might need your help over there." He pointed an amused finger.
I turned around and he took that opportunity to punch me in the gut, not to his full power, but it manage to knock the wind out of me as I doubled over.
"That was for before." He smiled. I merely glared at him and he held up his hands in surrender. "You Uchihas and your glares."
"Whatever" I rolled my eyes as I hopped towards a beat-up Sasuke and my struggling Sensei.
I brought my right hand forward. Out of my palm shot a water dragon that crashed into the fireball Itachi had sent towards Kakashi. Itachi spared me a glance and narrowed his eyes at me.
"Great to see you to." I said sarcastically.
"Rin get out of here!" Kakashi yelled.
"Fat chance!" I responded.
Itachi was fast and had Kakashi by his neck in an instant. I froze where I stood, "Move and he dies." Itachi stated while holding a Kunai to Kakashis neck.
I sighed, "Leave him out of this. I want to talk to YOU and I want some answers."
"Impatient as always."
"As always?! How would you know? You knew me for about 3 years before you let HIM do what he did!" I yelled impatiently.
Itachi raised an eyebrow "So you remember?" he asked.
I looked down at the ground "Not much." I admitted.
He shook his head like he understood, which really set me off, but since he was holding my sensei hostage I couldn't do a damn thing.
"This is amusing." He smirked "I guess ill give you a clue, lets see how you handle things when you remember." Before I could even blink, he hit Kakashi on the back of his neck and he fell to the ground unconscious. Itachi then appeared behind me. I stood still, I didn't even breathe as Itachi leaned into my ear.
In a voice barely audible he whispered "Experiment." And vanished turning into crows.
Experiment. My eyes widened as I felt something coming back to me.
It was a continuation of what I had dreamed earlier:
"So this is her?" a monotone voice said from somewhere to my left.
My father nodded and I struggled to get out of the grip of whoever was holding me. I flipped forward and kicked the guy behind me who let out a grunt. My victory was short lived when someone tackled me and I ate dirt. I struggled and struggled until I felt something jab my arm.
My vision began to turn black and the last thing I saw was my father turn his back on me and walk back towards the house.
I came to in a dark room with my hands bound by chains. I was wearing a bandage around my torso and some ninja shorts, but nothing else. The door opened and a man approached me, he had black, shaggy hair, and his right eye was bandaged. He also had an x-shaped scar on his chin and wore a white shirt, with a black robe over the top of it covering from his feet, to just over his right shoulder.
I glared at him, which earned me a whack with his stupid cane. "You need to learn some respect." He spat. I scoffed which resulted in another hit.
An ANBU came into the room , "Finally you're here!" he spat.
"My apologies, Lord Danzō." He bowed.
"Erase this girls memory at once." He spoke.
The ANBU looked over at me and nodded "Yes sir." He stood up and made his way over to me. He disappeared behind me and soon I felt a burning sensation between my shoulders. I screamed in pain and my world went black.
"Rin. Rin! Can you hear me?"
I slowly opened my eyes to see Kakashi who breathed a sigh of relief.
"What happened?" I asked, my voice hoarse.
"Itachi. Remember?"
That name struck a chord and memories' came flooding back. I winced and put my hand on the spot between my shoulders where the seal was. It was slowly breaking, getting weaker, but that didn't make it any less painful.
"You okay?" he asked clearly concerned.
I nodded and looked around to see Sasuke bandaged and lying on a blanket by a river with Sakura tending to his wounds.
"Are you okay Kakashi-sensei?" I asked remembering the fight.
He just smiled at me "I'm fine, thanks to Sakura."
I nodded, and stood up stretching.
Kakashi seemed to be debating something in his head.
"What did you want to ask me?" I asked.
"Are you really Itachis and Sasukes sister?" he asked troubled.
My throat got tight, but I nodded.
"How?" he asked.
I debated whether telling him the truth, but then I figured I'd tell him once I remembered everything.
"I don't know, remember." I lied. "But Itachi said Sasuke doesn't remember anything either."
"I know you remember something Rin, you admitted it to Itachi, remember?" He asked.
I cursed I'd totally forgotten that Kakashi was their when I told Itachi I remembered some things. I bit my lip.
"I was their sister." I admitted.
"Was?" he questioned.
I nodded, "I think when I was about 3 or 4 I was separated from them, I don't exactly remember all the details though." Which wasn't a complete lie.
"Why do you hate them so much?" he asked.
My eyes narrowed "That part is especially fuzzy, I remember asking them to help me when I was being separated from them, but they did nothing." My voice was bitter.
"I see."
I looked off into the distance, unable to meet Kakashis gaze. I could feel his eyes filled with pity, but I didn't want it.
"It doesn't matter anymore." I snapped trying to regain my composure. "I'm gonna take a walk... alone." I didn't wait for an answer as I took off in the trees. I needed to clear my head. I almost lost it back there. I almost cried. Cried! The wall to keep my emotions in check that I had spent a long time building was slowly breaking, just like the seal. It was only a matter of time before both of them shattered and that was something I didn't want to happen.
After about 10 minutes of walking I made my way back to the resting site. When I walked into view everyone raised their heads from whatever they were doing to look at me.
I made my way over to Kakashi and sat down, "So what happens now?" I asked.
"Well complete the mission" he answered "but it might take a little longer since Sasukes injured."
I glanced at Sasuke who was making his way over to us. He had a bandage holding his arm on his right shoulder. Other than that Sakura did a good job of healing him.
"Can I talk to you?" he asked me.
The last thing I wanted to do was talk to the bastard. I still felt grouchy about my dream. "Fine" I replied reluctantly.
He turned and led me to a tree by the river where we couldn't be overheard. We stood in a pretty unnerving atmosphere until he finally broke the silence.