Unexpected Entrance
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; however I do own Akemi, Yukiko, Zero, Rukia and Sayuri. And the Shīringu is mine and mine alone!
Summary: "When I died and came into the Naruto universe, I didn't think that I would be able to change much. I also thought that if I told anyone that they wouldn't believe me and I definitely didn't think that I could get a Kekkei Genkai either. But I was wrong on all accounts and I could not be happier." SEQUEL!
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Shikamaru sighs from where he was sitting. Originally, he was part of Division Four. However, Division Four had to be split up due to the fact Division One needed help against Kinkaku and Ginkaku. They turned out to be more difficult than planned since they possessed the weapons used by the Sage of Six Paths and also they possessed some of the Ninetails chakra. It had been a direct order by Tsunade for the Fourth Division to be split since that Division had yet to come across an enemy, but half were to remain where they were so they didn't lose any ground.
"How you holding up Shikamaru-kun?" Ino asks, coming over to him to check for any wounds he may have.
Shikamaru watches Ino for a moment. He noticed that her medical Ninjutsu seemed to have improved a lot. "Just a bit tired." Shikamaru admits, there was no point lying to Ino, she'd be able to spot it in minutes and then smack him over the head for lying to her.
Ino nods her head, focusing on his wounds. She couldn't help but feel relieved when she noticed that he didn't have that many wounds, just scraps and cuts which she easily healed.
Shikamaru took this chance to look around. Darui was receiving medical attention at the moment, he had been seriously injured in the battle with Kinkaku and Ginkaku. The battle didn't get any easier when Kakuzu also appeared on the battlefield and other undead Ninjas. The White Zetsu had swarmed the beach like spiders, but they were easy to beat, a bit too easy for Shikamaru's liking. But Division One and Four had won and Shikamaru couldn't feel more relieved, but something wasn't right, there was still something he needed to do.
Standing up, Shikamaru walks over to the sacred weapons that Kinkaku and Ginkaku had used.
"Shikamaru-kun, what's wrong?" Ino asks, looking at him with concern. She had noticed that he seemed distracted about something.
Reaching into his pouch, Shikamaru took out a scroll. It was a special one since it had been made by Akemi. She had warned him of the events that could take place, and she had been right. Akemi had given him one instruction: seal away the scared weapons before Obito could arrive onto the scene. Shikamaru knew the truth about Madara and Obito, only after Akemi had spent hours explaining it to him.
"There's one thing I need to do." Shikamaru explains, opening the scroll and sealed the weapons inside. He made sure to do this quickly. Akemi had stressed how important it was that Shikamaru do this, no time could be spared.
Ino looks at the scroll and recognition shines in her eyes. "That's one of Akemi's scrolls." She says, a serious expression on her face.
Shikamaru nods his head. "It is." That's all he was going to say on the matter. Akemi hadn't told anyone else about her little secret and Shikamaru wasn't about to spread it. Ino was teammate and a dear friend to him, but if Akemi didn't think Ino needed to know, then he would make sure Ino would stay unaware for her own safety.
Once the weapons were sealed away, he used a teleportation on the scroll so it would be transported to Akemi. She had made it adamant that the weapons needed to be sealed away as soon as possible and sent to her just as quickly.
Just as Shikamaru had finished sending the scroll to Akemi, the earth began to shake violently.
Shikamaru and Ino look up, alarm on their faces. "What the hell is that?!" Ino yells out, looking around, hoping to find what was causing the earth to shake.
Shikamaru frowns, so Obito was making himself known now. Looks like Akemi's prediction was right, he had come to get the weapons, but he was too late.
From their view, they could see a statue as big as Chouji in his giant form. The statue was a giant, earthen-coloured humanoid entity with a decayed appearance, a body shaped into a robe, and a number of spike-like protrusions on its back. Just looking at it from here, Shikamaru knew it was the Gedo Statue that Akemi had told him about.
"No way, it's bigger than Chouji!" Ino exclaims, her blue eyes wide in shock.
They both watch as Chouji and his father try and combat against the Gedo Statue, but were unsuccessful. They were both knocked back with extreme force and all other defences were soon wiped out within minutes.
"I'm going to heal the injured, Shikamaru, come up with something!" Ino yells, jumping up to help her comrades.
Shikamaru sighs. "What a drag."
Just then, he felt a chakra appear not too far away from him. Shikamaru turns his head and sees Obito, but Obito hadn't have seemed to have spotted him and he seemed to be looking for something. Shikamaru took this opportunity and used his Shadow Possession Jutsu to trap Obito.
Only when Obito was caught in Shikamaru's Jutsu, did Obito look at him, "Where are the weapons?" Obito asks in a nonchalant tone.
"Long gone." Shikamaru answers him simply.
This seemed to aggravate Obito.
"You're using that thing as a distraction so you could come and get the weapons. There's no way you'd actually come onto the battlefield if it wasn't important." Shikamaru says, observing him very carefully.
Obito chuckles quietly to himself. "It's a shame someone as smart as you is on the wrong side."
Shikamaru narrows his eyes at him.
"If you're worried about the items, I'll happily return them once I'm done with them." Obito says, in a very casual tone. But Shikamaru could hear something underneath that tone. It sounded like a threat but wasn't worded as such.
Shikamaru smirks slightly. "Well sorry to disappoint, but they're no long in my possession anymore."
The Nara could practically feel the glare coming from Obito.
"Who does?" Obito demands.
The smirk never leaves Shikamaru's face.
Even without saying anything, Obito already knew. "Akemi." Obito hisses under his mask.
Shikamaru was about to say something, but stopped when he noticed a shadow over him. He looks up and sees the foot of the Gedo Statue coming down above him. Shikamaru's eyes widen as he cancels his Shadow Possession Jutsu and jumps away, just in time as the Gedo Statue's foot makes contact with the ground and water below it. The water forced into the air now came down, like it was raining.
Looking up, Shikamaru looks for Obito and the Gedo Statue, but finds both gone.
"Shikamaru!"
The Nara looks up and finds Ino and Chouji running towards him.
"Are you okay?" Ino asks, looking over Shikamaru with a panicked look. She'd seen the attack and feared the worst.
Shikamaru nods, "I'm fine."
Both Ino and Chouji sigh in relief.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Back with Division Three, they were working hard against the Seven Swordsman of the Mist, minus Zabuza since he had already been sealed. Zabuza had been made a priority due to his Hidden Mist technique which allowed the other Swordsman to have coverage and kill without being detected. But now Zabuza was gone and it made the playing field fairer.
Haku was immobilising as many enemies as possible; there were still White Zetsu around too to deal with.
Haku punched another White Zetsu that tried to sneak up behind him with precision. Haku took this moment to look for the Sealing Team that was in each squad. They were rushed of their feet at the moment, trying to seal away as many as possible.
This battle wasn't easy, and it only got worse when the Swordsmen got their swords back, then they became deadly war machines.
Looking around, he made sure to hit more enemies. Haku was mainly using Taijutsu due to the fact he wanted to reserve his strength, he knew that something was coming and he wanted to be ready for that. The White Zetsu were also easy to deal with and didn't require anything more than Taijutsu anyway.
It was the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist that required more effort.
"How you holding up kid?" Kakashi asks him as he flew past him, stabbing a White Zetsu behind Haku.
Turning his head, Haku grins. "Couldn't be better." It was a slight lie, Haku was tired. They had all been fighting for hours. They had started the war at early morning and now it was nearly sun set, everyone was bound to be tired.
Kakashi looks ahead. "Kid." He says, his voice becoming sharp all of a sudden.
Haku follows Kakashi's line of sight without hesitation.
In the distance, Haku could see Zabuza's sword in the ground. When the swords had been summoned, Zabuza's was left behind due to the fact the user wasn't there to use it. It had been ignored for the entire fight.
Only now someone was trying to claim Zabuza's sword, only they couldn't get it out of the ground, where it was imbedded.
Haku saw red.
He charged over to where Zabuza's sword was with intense speed. When he was in close proximity to the enemy, Haku attack.
Using his senbon needles and kunai, Haku pins the enemy to the nearby tree. When Haku landed next to the sword, he glared at the enemy with hate in his eyes. No one would wield this sword other than Zabuza; no one else deserved that.
More enemies began closing in on Haku and Haku got rid of each one before they could even get to close to the sword.
When a lone enemy tried to come for the sword, Haku reached into his pouch and felt no weapons in it.
Haku panicked slightly, he was out of goddamn weapons now of all times. This would have been the worst time to run out of weapons. Haku now realised that he should have picked up his discarded kunai and senbon needles from the dead bodies of the enemies.
Looking at his old master's sword, Haku bit his lip. He had no choice.
Haku picked up the sword from the ground and quickly noticed that it wasn't as heavy as he thought it would be. As a child, Haku had wanted to hold the sword and Zabuza had granted him that wish on Haku's tenth birthday. But the sword had been way too heavy then, or Haku was a bit too weak, either way it caused the ten year old Haku to fall to the ground. Zabuza had a good laugh over that, and laughed for a while before helping Haku.
Testing the sword out, Haku swung at an enemy, cutting him in half.
Haku looks down at the sword with wide eyes and then he grins. Holding the sword properly, Haku charged into the crowed of enemies, ready to cut down their numbers.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
"Put me down." I say, looking at Sasuke with a serious look on my face.
Sasuke smirks, while looking ahead as he walked. "No,"
I grumble to myself. I felt embarrassed to be carried like this, but no matter how many times I told Sasuke to put me down, he never did. He also didn't let many people near me who were asking if I was okay. Sasuke was currently walking me over to where Hinata was laying, as unfortunately she got stabbed when Yukiko attempted to stab me in the back – literally. As Sasuke and I got closer to where Hinata was resting, I took this chance to look around the battlefield, after all we were still in a war. The White Zetsu were nearly all gone, the rest of our Division seeming to have a handle on the situation. I could see Karui happily chopping the White Zetsu down with her sword and I could see Kurotsuchi also annihilating them with glee on her face.
"Akemi!"
I turn my head to where I heard someone shout my name. I look ahead and see Neji running towards me, a panic stricken expression on his face.
"What's wrong?" I ask immediately, seeing Neji in such a panic wasn't ever a good sign.
"It's Hinata." Neji says softly, looking over to his cousin.
I follow his gaze and see Hinata laying on the ground. A medic was beside her, but even she looked confused. As I stared at Hinata, I could see something wasn't right. She was far too pale and was sweating far too much.
I look to Sasuke. "Bring me to her, now." I order him.
Sasuke nods his head and speed walks over to Hinata, with Neji by his side. However, this didn't take long since we were already so close to where Hinata was.
When close enough to the Hyuuga Princess, I jump out of Sasuke's arms. As soon as I landed, I was by Hinata's side, looking at the wound on her chest.
"When did this start?" I ask, looking around.
"Just minutes after contact." Neji answers me, a grave expression on his face.
I nod my head slowly and look at the wound. The medic had removed Hinata's Chunin Jacket, and I almost felt jealous. I had mine on and I hated it, it was scratchy and uncomfortable. Looking at the wound, I could see that the flesh around it was inflamed and the blood vessels around the wound were now a black colour.
"Poison…" I mutter to myself.
Neji seems alarmed by this. "What?"
"She's been poisoned. That blade was meant to kill, and I say with how quickly it reacted with Hinata, I would say it was quite potent." I say to Neji as I began to work. I quickly did a Diagnostic Jutsu to check her organs. As I did this, I could see the poison in her system and noticed something strange about it.
"That son of bitch." I mutter to myself when I realise what was wrong with the poison inside Hinata.
Sasuke looks to me. "What is it?"
I immediately look in my bag and took out an antidote along with another one, mixing the two together. "That poison wasn't meant for Hinata, it was meant for me." I say, concentrating on my work.
"We know that." Neji says, rolling his eyes slightly.
I look up at him to glare momentarily before getting back to work. "What I mean is, that poison was specially made to kill me. It was designed to eat away at my chakra until there was nothing left. It has some of my chakra in it so it can track and find my chakra inside of me." I explain to them as I inject Hinata with the antidote in her neck and her arms. Since the poison was so strong, the antidote needed to be just as strong.
Taking away the needle, I look at Hinata. Some colour was already coming back to her face. "It's also a good job Hinata's a Hyuuga too." I say with a smirk.
Neji looks at me with a confused look.
"Hyuuga's are quite resistant to poisons, they naturally push the poison from their body." I explain with a small smirk on my face.
Neji narrow his eyes at me.
I smirk back at him, I had worked with a few Hyuuga patients while I worked at the Hospital. It was a Hyuuga that revealed this bit of information to me, asking me to keep it confidential. He had been bragging and then realised he had revealed a bit too much information to an outsider.
Looking at Hinata's wound, I see the blackness of the blood vessels was disappearing slowly. I check Hinata over once again and I see that the poison is leaving her system through her sweat.
"She'll be fine in a few hours, now she just needs rest." I say standing up.
Immediately after I did this, medics rushed over with a stretcher to take Hinata away from the battlefield.
Just before the medics' lefts, I stopped them. "She going to be sweating a lot and Hinata will more than likely have a fever, give her these and she should be fine." I say handing them some pills.
The medic gives a sceptical look before she takes them and leaves with Hinata.
Sighing in relief, I lean again Sasuke – who was standing right beside me. I still felt a little weak, but that was mainly because I used a lot of chakra and seeing Hinata injured had made the adrenaline rush through me, now that it was gone though I felt a little tired.
Sasuke grabs me by my shoulders. "You okay?" He whispers lowly.
I nod my head. "I'll be fine, I just need a chance to regain my chakra." Once my chakra was back, I'd be fine and back to my normal self.
Out of the corner of my eye, I see Neji's Byakugan activated and looking into the distance. I turn my head to him. "What's wrong?" I ask.
Sasuke looks up to Neji with a curious look.
A shock look appears on Neji's face clear as day. He looks to Sasuke and then back to into the distance.
"Neji, what's happening over there?" Sasuke asks, a demanding note in his tone.
Neji snaps out of his shock, his face becoming stoic again. "Enemies in the distance, should be here in a few minutes." He says, his voice void of any emotion.
"Who's coming? Do you know them?" I ask. His reaction had been quite unsettling, why did he look at Sasuke like he was seeing ghosts?
Neji shakes his head. "No, but Sasuke will." He says, an ominous tone in his voice.
Sasuke and I look to each other, both looking confused. Why was Neji being so cryptic now? This was war, a time where you couldn't be cryptic, you needed to say it how it is so we could prepare for the enemy. But Neji had left his explanation vague and open to interpretation.
That's when I felt it, it made my head snap up and look in the direction of where I felt it. It felt like hundreds of chakra signatures, rushing towards us at high speed. However, something seemed off about them. I look to Sasuke, the enemy coming towards us had similar chakra signatures to Sasuke and Itachi, but at the same time different to them. Sasuke seemed to sense them too, a curious expression on his face.
It didn't take long for the enemy to get here. Neji had informed everyone of an incoming enemy and now everyone who was still able to fight was ready for round two.
Except, no one rushed to fight when the enemy came into view and we could see them clear as day. My mouth dropped open when I saw who the enemy was, putting a hand over my mouth in horror. Everyone had similar reactions to me, all looking at the enemy in absolute horror and shock.
In front of us, where hundreds of undead Uchiha's, all brought back by Yukiko. They all seemed to be wearing their Ninja clothing, and the Uchiha symbol standing proudly on their clothing.
Sasuke looks at them in horror, he was frozen to the spot. In front of him was his dead Clan; everyone, his grandmother, grandfather, aunties and uncles. They were all there. All Uchiha Clansmen even had their eyes, all looking at us with Sharingan eyes.
A lot of Division Two looks to Sasuke.
"Holy shit…" I mutter to myself. Seeing the whole Uchiha Clan here was amazing yet terrifying at the same time. I had never seen so many Uchihas in my life and seeing them all here actually made me realise how much Itachi and Sasuke had lost.
The stalemate eventually came to an end when an Uchiha made the first move, charging at us at full speed.
"Attack!" I hear the cry of our Commander.
Our Division roars in response, rushing to the enemy. However, I and Sasuke seemed to be the only people who didn't rush out immediately.
I look to Sasuke, who was still staring at his Clan in shock. He looked horrified to see them, and I don't blame him.
I was angry and shocked myself. To get their bodies, Yukiko would have had to desecrate the Uchiha's mass grave while also taking some of their DNA.
"I'm sorry Sasuke." I whisper to him before joining in with the war. I jump away from Sasuke and run towards any Uchiha I could see. Grabbing scrolls from my pouch, I began trying to seal Uchiha's; I personally didn't want to hurt any of them because I knew how much they meant to Sasuke. It wasn't like we could kill them again, they would only come back. Sealing was the only option against the undead.
As I had my back turned, I felt someone sneak up behind me. Turning around with my Sai in hand, I block the kunai that was thrown at my face and I come face to face with my attacker.
Mikoto Uchiha, Sasuke and Itachi's mother.
Mikoto stares at me blankly, the whites of her eyes completely black, making her red Sharingan eyes stand out even more. She looked exactly like she did in the anime, her eyes and attire being the only thing different about her. But the chillingly dead look in her eyes was disturbing.
I back off immediately as I stare at Mikoto. Mikoto was the beloved mother of Sasuke and Itachi, she loved them dearly and they in return loved her dearly.
I grit my teeth, feeling pain as I did this because I knew how much Sasuke would hate this. I grab a scroll from my pouch, fully intending to seal Mikoto away. However, I stopped when I felt another presence behind me again. I jump away and look for the other person that tried to attack me.
Fugaku Uchiha, Sasuke and Itachi's father.
Much like Mikoto, he was also looking at me with a blank expression on his face. He too looked exactly like he did in the anime; harsh and stern. The only difference was his eyes, the whites of his eyes were also black and his red Sharingan eyes were staring through me. I almost felt intimidated.
"You've got to be kidding me." I mutter to myself. It was just my luck that Fugaku and Mikoto would choose to attack me out of the whole entire Division. But I had a feeling that it wasn't a coincidence. Yukiko knew how close Sasuke, Itachi and I were and that's why she sent their mother and father after me. Yukiko wanted Sasuke and Itachi to suffer, and she knew that I would suffer watching them suffer.
Fugaku attacks from the front while Mikoto attacks from the back. I jump up to dodge their attack and I watch them. They seemed to work well together in a battle, they were practically bouncing off each other.
I barely dodge their next attack, they were both extremely fast.
Just then, Fugaku begins to make hand seals.
"No!"
My head whips to the side and I see Sasuke jump onto the scene, stopping his father from completing his hand seals. Sasuke's Sharingan was activated and his eyes seemed glossy, like he was near tears but he wouldn't let them fall.
"Seal my mother." Sasuke orders, his voice stern.
I nod my head not saying anything. Sasuke was close to breaking, that much I could tell. I grab my scroll and make hand seals. "Suikusari no Jutsu!" Chains made of water appear from the ground and chased after Mikoto as she tried to escape. However, the chains soon caught her and they wrapped around her legs and arms, so she couldn't perform any Justus. I then look to the Fugaku and perform the same Jutsu on him, which was easy to do since Sasuke was distracting him.
Sasuke jumps away, not looking at either of his parents. He wanted to, but he knew that if he looked at them, he would break. It had been so long and the last time he saw his parents, they were dead and covered in blood. Sasuke didn't know what was worse, that sight he saw when he was six years old, or now, seeing them being forced back to life to fight in a war.
I reach out and touch his shoulder, Sasuke tenses for a moment and then slowly relaxes against my hand.
I hear a groan and I look to Mikoto, the whites of her eyes were no longer black, but grey.
"S-Sasuke…?" Mikoto says, her voice soft as she stares at her son.
Sasuke turns to face his mother. "Okaa-san…" He whispers softly.
Mikoto smiles, it was a loving and warm smile. "Oh Sasuke, look how much you've grown." She says, tears gathering in her eyes as she looks at her son. Now that she wasn't be controlled, her face was filled with warmth, just like she was in the anime.
I smile sadly at this. The last time she would have seen her child was when Sasuke was six years old. Nearly eleven years had passed since them.
Sasuke stiffly nods his head. He looked ready to break down, but he was trying to hold it together. I take my hand from his shoulder and grab his hand instead. Sasuke grabbed my hand tightly the minute I placed my hand in his, it was like I was his anchor at the moment.
"Sasuke, I'm so sorry you had to grow up alone." Mikoto whispers, tears running down her face. Remorse filling onyx eyes, as she had deactivated her Sharingan.
Sasuke grips my hand tighter, but I don't mind.
"There was nothing that could be done." Sasuke answers, his voice tense.
Mikoto smiles sadly. "I love you Sasuke."
That seemed to break Sasuke, the tears fell from his eyes as he cried quietly. Sasuke walks towards his mother and hugs her tightly, not letting of my hand still.
I perform the tiger symbol and lower the water chains so Mikoto could hug her son. It may not have been a wise decision as Yukiko could probably take back control at any time, but I felt it was appropriate.
"I love you too Okaa-san." Sasuke whispers lowly into his mother head, since was a head taller than his mother.
I watch the scene with a smile, I could feel tears welling up in my eyes. But I felt like I was intruding on their moment, so I let go of Sasuke's hand.
Sasuke didn't let me go at first, he tried to tug me back. But with one last yank, I got my arm free.
"I'll go seal your father." I whisper to him, walking away.
Walking over to Fugaku, I stare at him and he stares back at me blankly, the whites of his eyes still black. It didn't look like Yukiko was going to use him to emotionally manipulate Sasuke. Then again, Fugaku wasn't portrayed as the best parent in the anime, he was shown to be mean to Sasuke and favour Itachi considerably. That was the one thing I hated about Fugaku the most. I could never understand how Mikoto – who seemed to be a lovely woman – could marry such a horrible man.
Activating my Shīringu, ready to seal him away.
As I was about to do this, Sasuke and Mikoto had stopped hugging and were now talking to one another with a happy look on their face. Sasuke's eyes still looked glassy, but there was a content look in his eyes; he truly was happy. Mikoto couldn't look happier either, the smile on her face made her seem even younger than she was.
"I see you've found someone special." Mikoto says, a suggestive grin on her face. Her eyes were looking at me and then looking back to her son.
Sasuke blushes slightly, but nods slowly. He couldn't lie to his mother, he couldn't as a child and he couldn't now.
Mikoto squeals slightly, an ecstatic look in her eyes. But then she calms down, "I'm glad you've found someone special. And if you like her, she must be great." Mikoto winks at her son, only making him blush more.
"Even Itachi likes her." Sasuke answers, a small smile on his face.
Mikoto's eyes widen. "H-he's back?" Mikoto began looking around for her first son. She hadn't seen him in ten years, and the last time they saw each other, Itachi was killing them. Mikoto knew the reason, Itachi told her and Fugaku before he killed them, and Mikoto held no grudge against her son. She still loved him dearly and nothing would change that. Mikoto wanted to see him, so she could tell him that and let him know it wasn't his fault.
Sasuke nod his head. "Akemi convinced him to come back."
Mikoto's gaze immediately looks to me – not that I noticed. A smile appears on her face, "I'm glad." Mikoto whispers softly.
Just as I was about to seal Fugaku, something changed in him. The whites of his eyes were no longer black but grey. Fugaku groans lightly and takes a moment to survey his surroundings. "What village are you from?" He demands, looking straight at me and my Hitaiate.
I stare at him for a moment. I was wearing the Allied Forces Symbol on my Hitaiate that Haku had picked up for me. It was black like the last one and it was around my waist. I didn't know how to feel at this point though, I didn't like the man yet he was Sasuke's father.
"Sasuke!" I call over to him, doing the first thing that came to mind.
Fugaku's head snaps up when I call his son's name. He looks around the battlefield until his gaze lands on Sasuke himself. When he sees his son, Fugaku's eyes widen. "Sasuke…" He mutter, looking shocked.
Sasuke turns around when he hears me call him. He sees his father with grey sclera and not black. "Otou-san." Sasuke mutters, feeling even more shocked to see his father in control.
Sasuke slowly moves towards his father and I could see Mikoto wanting to follow her son. After mentally debating with myself, I lowered the water chains down until they were gone. When Mikoto saw her restraints were gone, her eyes light up and she runs to catch up with her son.
However, I do not let Fugaku out of his restraints, mainly because I didn't like him.
"Sasuke, you're all grown up." Fugaku mutter lowly, he couldn't stop staring at his son.
Sasuke slowly nods his head.
Mikoto smiles warm at her husband. "It has nearly been eleven years dear." Mikoto says, a gentle note in her voice.
I pull Sasuke closer to me. "Sasuke we need to act quickly, Yukiko could take back control at any moment." I whisper into his ear, looking around the battlefield so no one could attack us with our backs turned.
Sasuke nods his head, he knows full well that Yukiko could take back control at any moment.
"Excuse me, did you just say Yukiko?" Mikoto asks, looking at me with a curious look.
I nod my head. "I did, why?"
"What does that woman have to do with anything?" Fugaku demands, glaring at me. With his tone, I would hazard a guess that Fugaku knew Yukiko and didn't like her.
Sasuke was the one to answer. "Yukiko was the one who brought you back."
I was about to contribute to the conversation when I felt someone appear beside me; an enemy. I avoid an attack another Uchiha, but just barely. All these Uchiha were fast and they weren't holding back at all. Another one appears behind me, and this time, Sasuke grabs the Uchiha by the scruff of the neck and thrown them away.
"Listen, we don't have much time. Yukiko could take control back at any moment. You have two options at the moment; either you can break Yukiko's control or you can be sealed. Your choice." I say, punching another Uchiha away from me. I could feel the glare that Fugaku was giving me, but I ignored it and continued to fighting. Grabbing my Sais from my pouch and kunai, I began pinning Uchiha's to nearby trees so they could be sealed away later.
Mikoto frowns, marring her gentle features. "I refused to be sealed away until I see Itachi." Mikoto says, conviction in her onyx eyes.
Fugaku scoffs. "What makes you think we have to listen to you?" If he could have, he would have crossed his arms but they were being restrained.
I stop my fighting immediately and I see Sasuke stop too. I turn around to the older Uchiha, glaring at him with hate in my eyes. "If it weren't for the fact you are Sasuke and Itachi's father, I would punch you so hard." I whisper in a deadly calm voice. Nothing would make me feel better than tearing Fugaku a new one.
Fugaku frowns and stares at me.
Mikoto looks around and sees her fellow Clansmen getting sealed away. Some getting 'killed' again and respawning just a few minutes later like nothing ever happened.
"What do we need to do?" Mikoto asks, looking to me.
"Okaa-san?" Sasuke says, looking to his mother.
Mikoto smiles softly. "I refuse to allow myself to be controlled. It's obvious that Yukiko had betrayed us and is now controlling us with a forbidden Jutsu. Now, what do we do?" Mikoto asks me again, a kind look in her eyes.
Fugaku narrows his eyes. "Mikoto, how do we know we can trust her?"
"Sasuke-kun trusts her, that's enough for me." Mikoto answers simply, a knowing expression on her face.
Fugaku was silent for a moment before nodding his head. "Fine."
I smile, looks like the only person Fugaku would ever bow down to was his wife. "Just copy these hand seals and you'll be free." I say performing the hand seals. They were Snake, Ram, Boar, Dog and Tiger. Once released, Mikoto and Fugaku would have all the benefits of being of being brought back and there wouldn't be any risk of Yukiko taking back control, they would be in control the whole time instead.
Mikoto was the first to follow my instructions, eager to find her eldest son.
Fugaku took a little more time, he was still looking at me with a sceptical look on his face.
"Kai!" Mikoto exclaims, her body tensing for a moment before relaxing.
"Kai!" Fugaku exclaims, his body also tensing before he relaxes.
Fugaku opens his eyes and looks around. His stare lands on mine and Sasuke's Hitaiate, "What is that?" He asks, but it sounded more like a demand.
Sasuke answers him, "It's the Allied Forces symbol. All Five Nations gave come together to fight one enemy."
Mikoto and Fugaku's eyes widen, but Fugaku hid his shock quicker than his wife. "Impossible, that would never happen." He dismisses.
"Look around you, we're in a war and all the Uchiha's have been brought back from the dead." I say in a plain voice. I was quickly becoming sick of Fugaku's attitude.
Mikoto speaks up. "Who the war between?" She asks, looking at both Sasuke and I.
"The Akatsuki and Madara Uchiha against the Five Nations." Sasuke answers her.
This time, Fugaku outright laughed. It was patronising laugh and sounded very condescending all at the same time.
"Madara Uchiha is dead, has been for a long time." Fugaku says after he had calmed down. "Someone must be just using his name." He says after some thought, there was no way that Madara could still be alive.
Mikoto nods her head, but there was some doubt in her eyes. She heavily doubted that all Five Nations would get together to fight if it was a waste of time. No, the person they were fighting against must be powerful, and who could be more powerful than one of the founders of Konoha. Mikoto wasn't a fool, she had heard the stories of Madara, and the majority of the tales twisted into Madara's favour because it was Uchiha's who were telling the tale.
I nod my slowly, agreeing with Fugaku. Under normal circumstances, Madara should have died when he faced Hashirama, but he didn't. "That's because Madara used Izanagi to alter what happened in the fight between him and Hashirama." I explain to the older Uchiha. By using Izanagi, Madara could alter events and make it so he didn't die, but it came with a hefty price. The price of using Izanagi was that you would lose an eye, but Madara found a way around that.
Fugaku seemed to freeze for a moment and Mikoto was looking at me with a shocked expression on her face.
Before I knew it, Fugaku was in front of me, looking at me with a menacing expression. His Sharingan was activated and pointed at me.
My eyes widen, I hadn't even seen him move.
Fugaku raised his arm to strike me, and it was only at that moment did I realise he had a kunai in his hand.
In a flash, Sasuke appears Fugaku's side and has a sword pointed to his throat. "Touch her and I'll make you regret it." Sasuke hisses lowly, his own Sharingan activated and spinning widely in rage.
Fugaku stops where he is, looking at Sasuke in shock.
Mikoto places a hand on her husband's shoulder. "Dear, put the kunai down, now." She says, stressing last word.
Fugaku grits his teeth, "She knows too much." He seethes.
"Oh I know a lot more than that." I say with a smirk, feeling smug. The smugness only grew when Fugaku turns back to me and gives a death glare and the grip on his kunai tightens.
Sasuke looks to me. "Could you be helpful and stop antagonising him."
"Nope." I answer plainly.
Sasuke sighs to himself but says nothing more on the matter. He looks back to his father, "Put the kunai down." Sasuke demands, gripping the hilt of his sword tighter.
Fugaku slowly relents and lowers his kunai.
Both Sasuke and Mikoto relax, breathing a sigh of relief.
"How do you know such things?" Fugaku demands.
"Let's just say I'm not from around here." I answer him, a mischievous grin on my face at the vagueness of my words.
Fugaku noticed this and his eye began to twitch in annoyance.
"Where would be find Itachi?" Mikoto asks, bring the conversation back.
Sasuke shakes his head. "You won't find him. He's protecting Naruto."
"The Nine-Tail's orphan?" Fugaku asks, his tone rather blunt.
Mikoto slaps his shoulder. "He is Kushina and Minato's child, do not call him that." She hisses at him, glaring at her husband.
Fugaku frowns and keep his mouth shut.
I look around the battlefield. It seemed that the number of Uchiha's were going down, but there still seemed to be quite a few left. They were a lot stronger than the White Zetsu we just faced beforehand and it seemed that people were struggling. Even Neji looked to be struggling against the two Uchiha in front of him.
"Look, we need to seal these guys away and we can't do that by standing around talking." I say to Sasuke and his family.
Sasuke nods his head.
"We'll help too." Mikoto says, looking to her husband. There was a silent threat on her face that he had better listen to her.
Fugaku nods his head, looking at his wife with a cautious expression.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN
Breaking out of the barrier surrounding the island was easy. It was easy when Naruto and B combined their Jinchuuriki powers together, and it was even better when Itachi used his Amaterasu. What wasn't easy was telling everyone else that they were leaving. There was a small riot, Itachi's ANBU squad didn't agree and tried to fight Itachi on that, but they were soon subdued.
Naruto, Itachi and B were all running now, sailing away from the Island to join the war. Both B and Naruto were fed up being on the island and Itachi was getting very irritable on the island.
"It shouldn't take us long to get there." Itachi announces to the two Jinchuuriki.
Naruto nods his head, a serious look on his face.
"Okay man." B say, his voice chilled and relaxed.
Itachi's eye twitches. He had finally found someone who was more annoying than Naruto: Killer B. If it wasn't for the fact Itachi's mission was to protect both Jinchuuriki, he was certain he would have assassinated B already. But the worse part about the whole experience was the raps Killer B would do.
"Keep your eyes peeled. Kisame could be anywhere." Itachi instructs, surveying the area carefully. Kisame wasn't dead and the only remaining living Akatsuki member besides Obito. Akemi had already warned him that Kisame would more than likely be hunting for Naruto and Killer B to find their location.
Itachi was also conscious as well that Black Zetsu would know they had left the Island. That means Obito would be alerted immediately.
He knew all the risks he was taking. He was disobeying Tsunade's direct orders. He had abandoned his ANBU team and he was now assisting Naruto and B. Itachi knew that the minute they all left the island, their location would be found out. But he couldn't stay behind and let all his friends and family fight in a war while he stayed behind and was safe for the most word.
Itachi was pulled out from his thoughts when he sensed someone else's chakra. It was a chakra that he knew very well since they had been partners for many years.
It was Kisame's chakra.
Itachi stopped, landing on a tree branch and looks around. His eyes eventually land on the body of water that was near.
Naruto and B stop when they see Itachi had stopped. "What's wrong?" Naruto asks, looking concerned.
Itachi was about to open his mouth when something jumped out of the water near them. It was Kisame, with his sword in hand. Kisame propelled himself towards Naruto, intending to swing his sword at the Jinchuuriki.
But Kisame never met his target.
Itachi jumped in the way and blocked Samehada with his own kunai.
Kisame smiles widely. "So we meet again, Itachi."
Itachi doesn't answer him, and stares at his old partner with a blank stare.
Naruto was about to jump in when Itachi stopped him. "No!" Itachi exclaims, still not looking away from Kisame.
Naruto stops. "What? Why?" He looks to the older Uchiha, why didn't he want his help?
"Get out of here, I'll deal with Kisame." Itachi instructs.
Naruto looked unsure for a moment, but it was Killer B that made the decision. B grabbed Naruto by the scruff of the neck and jumped away, leaving Itachi with Kisame.
Kisame jumps away from Itachi, fully intending to go after Naruto and B, but he was blocked when Itachi jumped in his pathway.
Kisame grinned and put his sword over his shoulder. "Well lookie here, an ex-Akatsuki member actually protecting not one Jinchuuriki, but two!"
Itachi says nothing.
"I always respected you Itachi you know? But I've also always wanted to fight you more!" Kisame roars as he charges again at Itachi, swinging Samehada.
Itachi jumps out of the way in time, but Kisame appears behind him and swings his sword again. This time, his sword made contact with Itachi. Kisame grins, thinking that he already won.
That was until there was a popping sound.
Kisame looks down and sees a log in the place of where Itachi was. Kisame begins looking around the trees, trying to find Itachi. He tried sensing his chakra, but Itachi had managed to hide his chakra extremely well and Kisame couldn't feel his presence anywhere.
Itachi was currently behind a tree not too far away. Itachi took this opportunity to think. Kisame had a knowledge of his move set, but Itachi also knew Kisame's. However, Kisame had only ever seen Itachi sick due to his illness, and Tsunade had practically cured the illness by now. The illness only ever came back when Itachi overexerted himself. When it came to stamina in battle, Kisame would win with that. He wasn't known as the Tailless Demon for nothing. Kisame tended to get more powerful as the fight went on, while Itachi would get weaker. Itachi knew that if they were to fight, Itachi would need to deal with Kisame quickly. Itachi also knew that Kisame wasn't stupid enough to look into his eyes, so not to risk Mangekyou Sharingan. Kisame also having Samehada made it harder, so he would need to separate Kisame from his sword before he could really attack him. Itachi knew he was the stronger out of the two, but that doesn't mean Kisame wasn't powerful too.
Itachi took out a scroll him his pouch, he opened it and took out a sword. It was a thin but powerful sword. Itachi knew that fighting with kunai wouldn't work with Kisame; that would allow Samehada to get too close.
Jumping from his spot, Itachi attack Kisame with his sword in hand.
Kisame met his attacks with his own. "Come out of hiding have you?" Kisame mocks with a grin.
Again, Itachi remains silent. He knew that Kisame was trying to torment him, Kisame had done that plenty of times to all his victims.
Itachi began attack forward, causing Kisame to be pushed backwards. This continues until they were in the middle of a forest area. Itachi spared a glance Kisame for a moment, making Kisame suspicious. However, Kisame didn't turn around, also believing it to be a trick.
When Kisame didn't turn around, Itachi hid a smirk.
Two clones of Itachi were hiding in the trees, waiting for an opportunity. Itachi had made them while he was still hiding behind the tree, formulating a plan.
When Itachi had pushed Kisame back so far, Itachi stopped.
Kisame stares at him confuse, not looking into his eyes. "Why'd you stop?" He demands, not smiling anymore.
Itachi smirks.
Wires came out from the trees, all wrapping around Kisame, keeping him in place. Kisame tries moving, but the wires only cut into him, making him wince. Kisame looks down at the wires, he tries to move his arms, but finds that he can't. "What have you done?" Kisame hisses at him.
"The wires are coated with a poison that will paralyse you temporarily." Itachi explains. When Kisame had struggled, the poison had been able to gain access to Kisame's body and paralyse him. It was a particularly powerful poison and very potent that he had asked Akemi to make since he wasn't too good with making poisons.
Kisame curses Itachi loudly, willing his body to move but to no avail.
Itachi made the hand motion and Kisame's immobile body was sent flying to the nearest tree. Kisame hisses on impact, feeling his spine ache badly.
Itachi walks forward. "Can you move your fingers?" He asks.
Kisame was about to roll his eyes, but he found that he could move his fingers, not that it was much help on the situation. It was also only slightly he could move his finger too, he couldn't even perform a Jutsu with the lack of mobility in his fingers.
"Why?" Kisame demands.
"Let go of your sword." Itachi tells him, waiting patiently.
Kisame laughs madly. "Never." He says, glaring at Itachi's feet. He still wouldn't look him in the eyes, not taking the risk. He had seen what Itachi could do, and he wasn't about to voluntarily look into his eyes.
Itachi sighs deeply.
Raising his sword, Itachi swung down and chopped Kisame's hand that was holding the sword off. Kisame shrieks in pain, watching as his hand and sword lay on the ground and blood pours from his wound.
Itachi grabbed another scroll him his pouch, this time a sealing scroll. Kneeling down, he opens the scroll and seals the sword inside it.
"Now you can't use Samehada." Itachi says simply.
Anger consumed Kisame, and he makes the mistake of looking into Itachi's eyes; his left eye to be exact.
Only to be met with the Mangekyou Sharingan.
With Kisame's mistake, Itachi activated his Tsukuyomi.
Kisame fell silent and his body relaxed for a moment. However, this didn't last long. Within seconds, Kisame was screaming, a blood curdling scream that made any birds nearby fly away. The screaming lasted ten seconds before he fell silent all together.
Kisame's head fell forward.
He was dead.
Itachi sighs as he deactivates his Tsukuyomi and his Mangekyou Sharingan. Now his eyes were back to their onyx colour. He had tried to get information out of Kisame and he refused. Kisame chose to be tortured for three years in his Tsukuyomi world and never said a word, he chose to stay loyal to the Akatsuki. Kisame's heart had given out from the extensive torture along with his mind.
"Goodbye, old friend." Itachi says, sealing Kisame away in another scroll. One made specifically by Akemi.
With that sorted, Itachi ran to catch up with Naruto and B, it was beginning to become dark and he needed to find them soon.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN