Jessica: YAY! MORE REVIEWS!! It's because of my faithful readers that I even get up in the afternoon! Oh man I can't wait till summer. Sleep all day, party ALL night!!!
Tiffany: Hell yeah! First day of the summer and we're all of out of school we need to have a sleepover party at your house!
Jessica: Want me to invite Chriiiiiiiissss?
Tiffany: SHUT UP!!
Alice: -much, MUCH calmer- Are you two seriously going on about that thing again? It's not like anyone really KNOWS which Chris, since really, no one knows where we live, and go to school at.
Tiffany: Oh yeah, you're right!
Jessica: Dang it…Hey, you think I can invite Axel today? I love having him around! It's like having another me!
Sam: Which is a HORRIBLE thing!!
Jessica: XP I'm doing it anyway! –summons KH portal and reaches into it and pulls out…uh oh….- Crap…RUN AWAY, WE'RE GONNA DIE!!!
Xemnas: -glares- Jessica, you can not summon any of us, unless I say so. Besides, isn't this a NARUTO fic?
Jessica: I wouldn't be the only author to bring in a few characters into a Naruto fic that were from another show/book, Xemnas-sama!
Alice: Jessica, you're going to be the death of all of us.
Jessica: Speaking of almost dying, thanks for worrying about me, Game-girl209, my mom decided that I deserved those wounds and just slapped a band aid on me! Jeez, I swear she hates my guts! She had more frigging babies and they turned out to be devils in an angels disguise!! I HATE my little sibs, THEY'RE TRYING TO KILL ME!!! Grrrr….
Alice: Band aids….that reminds me of the time when Mackie, Tiffany, Kit, and Kat all (almost) killed Itachi!
Jessica: -shivers and turns to Tiffany- You guys all get scary when you're possessed by hate you know that, right?
Tiffany: -ignores her as she is pissed off by the mention of Itachi- ITACHI? WHERE'S THAT BASTARD!? I'M GONNA CASTRATE HIM WITH A BURNING TORCH!!!
All guys in the vicinity: -covers their manhood and has a scared/painful look on faces-
All girls except Mackie, Kit, Kat, and Tiffany: -_-'''' wow…Poor 'Tachi
Jessica: Wait, you guys can't kill Itachi, he's important in my story!
Itachi: -pops out of nowhere with anime tears- Is that the only reason you care about me? Because I'm a character in your story!!
Jessica: -sweat drop-
Xemnas: -has finally decided to speak up- you are all crazy.
Jessica: We know…Hey, while you're here, can you help a girl out and do the dissy, Xemnas-sama?
Xemnas: -smirks- Fine, since you clearly know how to show respect to your betters.
Sam: -mutters- Arrogant jerk.
Xemnas: -smirks slightly falters- I heard that, and I will let you know that you will be suffering several types of pain after I do this favor. By the way, Jessica, you owe me for this.
Jessica: -pales- Damn it…I hate owing peoples…
Xemnas: Jessica clearly does not own Naruto, nor kingdom hearts, thank ME.
Sam: -whispering to the others- He's as bad as Pein with his God complex, ya know.
Xemnas: THAT'S IT!!!
Everyone: RUN FOREST, RUN!!!
Jessica: tiffany came up with that one, I've never seen Forest Gump. Anyway, on with the story!
Torn Destinies ~rewrite~
By: Jessica, co-written by Alice, and sometimes Jake
Started: 1-09-10
Separated
"Itachi-nii, where are we going now?" asked the young Mitsukaiko as they traveled north, away from Konoha. So far, Itachi could feel no pursuing chakra, so he knew they were safe for now. Looking down at his companion, he smiled.
"Well, we need to get as much distance between ourselves and Konoha as possible. It would be best if we crossed the border by the morning, however that may not be possible. After we cross the border, we will need to go undercover, for a little while so people can calm down about the Massacre. Not to mention the Hokage will post a bill for any to capture you, safe and unharmed of course, and take you back to Konoha."
"Oh, ok…'Tachi-nii…what's going to happen to us? I won't be able to become a ninja if I have no village to be loyal to. And you…you're in more trouble then I am." Itachi didn't answer, he only got into a taijutsu stance as he felt several chakra signatures surround them.
"Shit, they're at least all S-ranked…I can't protect Mitsukaiko if they are who I think they are…" Itachi had heard of the famous, or more say, infamous, Akatsuki. He knew that they had the goal of collecting all the Bijuu, and also strong missing-nin.
"So, you finally found us, hmm?" a voice sounded and out popped a blonde nin with an Iwa protector and a slash through it. He was followed by others, five more. "Good thing Leader-sama sent us out here, it looks like you're going to put up a good fight, hmm." One of the other five members spoke up, with an irritated voice. Itachi could tell it came from the hunchbacked figure, and narrowed his eyes.
"Stop fooling around, brat, we need to recruit and capture today. We're also on a time limit here, and you know how I hate to keep others waiting." The blonde shrugged and grabbed something out of the pouch he had around his waist.
"Then…" he paused, and smirked, "It's time to have a blast, yeah?" he opened his palm, revealing a small bird and sent it to the duo.
"Mitsukaiko, go hide." The red head hesitated.
"But what about you, niisan!" but her reply was a glare and she nodded. However, a large metal tail blocked her path.
"Do you think we'd let her escape, Itachi-san? Clearly you have heard of us, so you know better." Itachi growled and attacked the hunchbacked figure. "Now, patience is a virtue, surely you know that?" the bird that the blonde released settled onto his shoulder.
"Ha, get ready for a taste of art, Itachi-san. Katsu!" the bird exploded, however Itachi merely 'poofed' into smoke.
"Dammit, a shadow clone!" exclaimed one of the other figures, a silver headed man.
"Clearly, you don't need to explain the obvious, Hidan." Itachi appeared behind the said Hidan and stabbed him in the heart.
"Fucker, you messed up!" taking his scythe, he swung it around at the Uchiha, but again it was met with a cloud of white smoke.
"Dammit, he's getting annoying." The man who scolded Hidan said. Closing his glowing green eyes, he formed a seal and waited for a minute. "There." He sent a mass of black…threads?...at a place in the trees where a curse was heard.
"Face it, Uchiha-san, you will not be able to stop us." The hunchbacked said. Behind the Uchiha appeared a humanoid figure that slashed at the young man. "We have your companion, so I suggest you stop." Itachi looked at Mitsukaiko and noticed that the blonde was holding her. Forcing himself to calm down, he made a few handseals and sent a flame of fire at the blonde.
"What the hell, hmm!" the blonde jumped up, and a large clay bird arrived under him. However, he noticed that he no longer held the girl.
"Deidara, you dumbass, you let her get away!" however, the hunchbacked said different.
"No it was a clone. Enough, I am getting tired of all this foolish banter. Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, attack him at once. I will go after the girl." The other three complied and surrounded Itachi, each getting ready for another jutsu to send at him.
"Dammit, I have to go after Mitsukaiko!" however, he was held up by the three. He dodged the larger bomb thrown at him, and sent a lower sweep kick toward Hidan. The silver head jumped and sent an overhead slash at him, however the Uchiha got out his own sword and blocked. Doing that, though, left him vulnerable for the attack Kakuzu, the green eyed guy, sent at him. Black thick threads wrapped around him and he silently cursed.
"We got the jackass no- huh!" Hidan cursed as Itachi placed himself with Hidan and leapt backwards. He prepared a fire jutsu and sent it at the tied man. However, Kakuzu quickly got the cursing man out of harms way and released the thread.
"This is getting boring, and frankly, I'm not interested in becoming a member of your little organization." Once more, he poofed into smoke, and the real Itachi was following Mitsukaiko's chakra signature. "I have to get to her! I have to protect my little sister!" he muttered, and with that he pumped more chakra into his feet, making him run faster.
Mitsukaiko was not faring very well. Her 'stalker' had finally gotten tired of the whole cat-and-mouse chase, and had appeared in front of her.
"Finally caught up to you brat. You're pretty face, you know that?" the rain had lightened up some, but the wind caressed Mitsukaiko's hair and she stood glaring at her 'stalker'. "Don't glare at me, I really don't want to kidnap a seven year old, but it's mandatory."
"Can I at least get your name, mister? I don't feel like calling you a stalker since that gets old." There was a deep laugh and she heard him reply.
"You are polite, brat, but at the same time impudent. A bit like Deidara, but more bearable?" the last sentence came out as a question, but Mitsukaiko was still trying to figure out what impudent meant. "I'm Sasori, kid, and once again, sorry about this." Sasori raced forward and Mitsukaiko braced for the pain she knew would come. However, when she didn't feel any, she opened her eyes and saw Itachi intercepting the blow. She smiled with relief that her big brother was now here. However, she was confused on one thing and as she saw the others arrive she decided to voice her question.
"Niisan, why can't we go with these people and join them? They are clearly wanting us to go with them, correct?" Itachi glanced at her, still in his stance.
"Mitsu…it doesn't work like that."
"why not? They don't seem like bad people, except for the wanting to hurt you." Once again, Itachi tried to tell her it didn't work like that, but she stopped him with a scowl. "I'm not stupid, I know these people are missing-nin. Well, so are you, aren't you? Better joining an organization of missing-nin then a village and risk being stabbed in the back, right?" Deidara smirked.
"I like this girl, she's pretty smart, hmm."
"Unlike you, dumbass." Hidan retorted and Deidara replied with sending a bomb and exploding it on Hidan's hand, blowing it off. "Shit, you fucker, now I have to get Kakuzu to sew that back on!"
"Niisan…it wouldn't hurt, could it?" Itachi sighed.
"If we willingly go with you, you have to promise you won't hurt Mitsukaiko." Sasori nodded, and the others agreed and it became clear to Itachi and Mitsukaiko that Sasori was clearly in charge.
"Agreed." At this, the rain stopped all together, and Mitsukaiko frowned, not gone unnoticed.
"What, you like the rain, brat?" asked Hidan, and the red headed girl nodded.
"Yes, for me, if it a symbol of being cleansed from past sins, and I can't help but feel as if I did something horrible in my past. The rain is soothing, and reminds me that it is time for a new beginning and that I must let go of my past to get along with my future." The five Akatsuki members were shocked at the seven year olds wisdom behind the words.
"Hmm, the leader will like you brat, which I must say is a good thing since it will increase your chances of him letting you live." Kakuzu told her and she nodded.
"Are you SURE you want to go through with this?" Itachi whispered to her as they all started walking, Itachi and Mitsukaiko in the middle of the five since, as Sasori said, it was mandatory. She nodded and started to talked with all five of the members, and decided that she liked them, especially Sasori and Deidara. When they got on the subject of art, she found their bickering to be annoying however and put in her own opinion.
"All right, you both like art, right? But you have your own different forms of art. It's simple that neither of you figured out the true meaning of art, since you both are clearly geniuses in the profession. Art is a matter of something you create, whether temporary or eternal, it is a way to express your soul, yourself, your personality! Deidara is flamboyant and has a fiery personality, and his art expresses that! Sasori, your calm and calculating, and your art tells that about yourself! Art is an intimate thing that you show the entire world who you are! Everybody creates some form of art, their own art, and you two are no different. Heck, even the world and its entire mysteries and forces of nature is art." Everyone, except Itachi, was shocked at her amount of knowledge and use of vocabulary.
"Brat, if you show this side of yours to Leader-sama, you seriously won't die." Sasori said, recovering quickly from shock. It was not unusual for someone of seven years to be smart, everyone at Akatsuki had been raised like that, but it was still a shock nonetheless.
"If I may ask, why does your organization even want me dead in the first place?" the young girl asked and Sasori glanced at Itachi.
"Of course you won't know, we were told that you and your twin were both treated as equals in Konoha and it was law for no one to utter a word of it to you. But, I must say that you will learn later, from Leader-sama himself." After that, silence ensued, and each time they got closer they got to the Konoha border, the tenser Itachi became.
Itachi was worried for Mitsukaiko, he did not deny it. The young girl had gone through a serious mental trauma in the past hours, and he feared now for her physical safety. Akatsuki would want the Bijuu, Kyuubi, inside Mitsukaiko, and if this leader required her death he would do everything in his power to protect her if that happened. However, he could also try to convince the man to raise and teach the girl to become a powerful kunoichi. That would benefit more than ripping the Kyuubi's soul out of her, because then Mitsukaiko could be taught to control its power, and the Akatsuki would gain a perfect weapon. Of course, that thought didn't sit too well with the Uchiha either. He didn't like the thought of anyone thinking of his little sister as a weapon, a mere tool. Of course, Mitsukaiko was a girl that anyone could get along with. She could befriend anyone, himself and the five Akatsuki members as a perfect example.
Xxx
Naruto woke up with a yawn, and soon stretched to pop his back and a few other joints. He rubbed his eyes as the sunlight shown onto him. Slowly, she threw back the blankets, not realizing he was repeating last night when he woke up when he heard the clangs downstairs. He slowly trudged downstairs and entered the kitchen, but what he saw made him stop cold.
Blood caked the floor, and he saw a bloody knife knocked onto the floor a few feet away from the bloody puddle.
"W-what happened here?" he quickly spun around when a voice answered him.
"That, my dear boy, can be answered easily. A man, middle-aged it seemed, was standing behind him, along with a few Anbu with weird signs on their protectors. "Your sister came downstairs and grabbed a knife and tried to go upstairs to kill you in your sleep. However, I have posted several special Anbu to guard you two so you won't be harmed. After all, you are very special."
"Wait, what do you she tried to kill me! Mitsu-chan would never do that! You're lying!" the blonde boy yelled and tried to shove past him but the man grabbed a hold of his shoulder.
"I am not lying, boy, you can see for yourself the blood on this floor. It is your sisters, since when one of my Anbu tried to stop her she stabbed him and to stop her, he had to inflict damage onto her. This is her getting away." He pointed to the trail where the blood was heading towards the door. "Of course, she got away, and met up with Itachi, probably an accomplice."
"What makes you say that?"
"Itachi had killed the entire Uchiha clan, save his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha. They then both successfully got away from Konoha. No one knew about the massacre until this morning, and by then the two would be long gone past the border. While Mitsukaiko was trying to get upstairs to kill you, she kept yelling about how it's your fault she suffered every day." Naruto, by this time, believed the lie and looked down, tears escaping his eyes.
"N-no…Mitsukaiko…" he fell to his knees and the man looked on, impassive.
"Naruto, I am sorry for your loss and wish you luck." As the man turned to go, with his Anbu entourage following him, Naruto yelled out.
"Wait, at least let me know your name, please!" the man turned, and smirked.
"My name is Danzo, young child. Seek me out, should you ever want to be powerful. Just yell my name, and one of my Anbu will take you to me." With that, the small group disappeared.
Xxx
Time skip: a few hours:
Mitsukaiko was being carried by Itachi, as the sun settled down behind the horizon. She had been walking all night and day, and had soon collapsed from exhaustion. It had been a few minutes since she fainted, but Itachi knew she would be fine. It hadn't taken him long, however, to notice they were heading towards Amegakure.
"Your leader is stationed in Amegakure?" he couldn't help but wonder out loud and Sasori chuckled.
"You can say that. You'll soon see though. We are still a few weeks away from the village though, so I suggest we stop at the next village we pass. Since we have long since passed the border, we will be fine." Itachi agreed and the group slowed down. After another hour of traveling, they reached a village and it was now twilight. They reached the first decent hotel and bunked there for the night and rested. Itachi didn't get to sleep until late, worry and nervousness for his shoumai (another word for little sister) making him wide awake. He ran through different plans through his head, many arguments popping up that he would say to convince the leader to keep Mitsukaiko alive. It was a risk, but he would do anything to protect his last link to sanity.
With that thought, Itachi closed his eyes, sleep finally overtaking him.
XxX
In Konoha, it was all over the village that the Uchiha clan had been massacred and that Mitsukaiko had gone with him. Although many believe she was kidnapped since some claimed to have seen him carrying her bleeding and wounded.
In his now empty house, Naruto was trying to get over the betrayal of his sister. He felt several emotions run though him; anger, sadness, and acceptance. If his own twin couldn't love him, how could anyone else? The Hyuugas was an exception, but at the same time he didn't want to see them right now. He ran his hand through his hair, and he suddenly knew how he could cope. He would need to get more powerful, so he could find his sister and exact his revenge. If she had tried to kill him, it was only fair he did the same, right? He knew what he had to do.
"I want to take Danzo up on his offer. If what he said was true, then there should be Anbu watching me right now. So…HEY! Did you hear that! I wanna take Danzo up on his offer!" suddenly, an Anbu popped up in front of him, wearing the same symbol he saw last night.
"I will take you to him, Uzumaki-san." The Anbu, woman from what he could tell from her voice, told him emotionlessly. She grabbed his arm and the two disappeared out of the house.
XxX
"Niisan, what are we doing here?" asked Mitsukaiko to the young Uchiha who had brought her to a clothing store.
"Simple, imooto, we are getting a new attire. I can't go running around in an Anbu attire, that will cause to much suspicion, not to mention you need to change your look also to avoid attention. We are near the border of Iwagakure, and it is colder up here then it is in Konoha, so we need to get warmer clothes." Mitsukaiko nodded at the logic and wandered off to the young girls department. Of course, Itachi followed her so she wouldn't get lost or kidnapped. Soon, he regretted bringing her to a clothing store for the young girl soon showed him her wild side. She ran from rack to rack, picking out a few shirts, then a few pants, some skirts, then she would drop all of those once she found a different cute outfit. He was about to pull out his hair. Finally, after a few minutes, she picked out an outfit that he couldn't quite see as she went into one of the dressing rooms. A young teenage girl went up to him, smirking. He frowned, thinking the worst: fangirl.
"You know, it's so cute to see a 13 year old help shop with his younger sister. I'm surprised you haven't flown out of the store by now, with the way she shops." The girl, whom was at least 16 and was a worker here, started picking up the mess his little sister made.
"I'm sincerely sorry about that and as for your other statement, no, it's not embarrassing at all." The worker quirked an eyebrow and shrugged as she walked away.
"Whatever, good luck with her growing up, I can already tell she'll be a handful." Itachi looked at the sauntering woman in amusement.
Muttering to himself, he replied, "You have no idea, miss."
He heard a door open and turned to see Mitsukaiko blushing as she came out and Itachi smirked. The young girl was wearing a long sleeved black shirt, and a red tee over that which had a black rose etched onto the front. To match, she had on black and red camo pants (like…you know, army styled pants, but only in black and red) and black boots on since Sasori had told her that the terrain would become to cold and rough for sandals.
"We haven't been with them for a day and already they've got you wearing their theme colors!" Itachi complained, but it worked, he couldn't help but notice. Her eyes glowed with happiness and they shut tight as she laughed.
"It was either this or the pink and red outfit. However, I couldn't help but feel as if that was too girly and un-ninja like. After all, that's STILL my dream, to become the best kunoichi there is!" Itachi smirked at her declaration and shook his head at her attitude. Smart and logical, she was still a child and loved to show it.
"All right, can we go now? I still need an outfit too, you know." Mitsukaiko nodded and followed her older brother to the teenage boy section. She blushed as she saw an underwear advertisement and Itachi quickly pulled her away and to the shirts and jeans section. It only took him a couple minutes to find an outfit, unlike the hour it took for Mitsukaiko to find her outfit.
When he came out he was wearing a plain black tee, black ninja pants, and combat boots that had a steel toe in front. He was also wearing his necklace, that she noticed he wore. It was simple, as it held three separate circles, each circle at least two inches away from each other. She couldn't tell if there more circles or not, but it was an awesome accessory.
"We are both ready to go now and pay, correct?" Mitsukaiko nodded and they went to the register where the same girl Itachi spoke to earlier was, chewing and popping gum. She noticed them and smiled.
"Ah, I see that you two are finally done? Like I said before, it's so cute to see siblings shopping with each other." The girl charged up their price and Itachi paid for it with the money Sarutobi had given him for his last mission, the massacre.
"Ready to meet up with the others, imooto?" asked Itachi and the girl nodded.
"Yep, all ready, niisan!" Mitsukaiko replied happily and she skipped out the door, with Itachi following slowly and calmly. They went to the hotel and saw the others all there waiting for them.
"Well, well. Looks like the brat is already to join our group, eh guys?" Hidan smirked. He had to cut down his swearing, less he suffered the wrath of not only Itachi but the others, so he stuck with saying a swear word only once in a while. However, if their Leader did decide to take Mitsukaiko under his wing, he would get her to start swearing, Jashin damn it!
"Let's get going, safe from Konoha we may be, but we are not from other villages should they choose to fight us."
Sasori said simply and the group nodded. They left the hotel with Kakuzu paying for the hotel (for the Akatsuki members decided he had more money, much to the misery of the turtle-like man)
"Dammit, there goes five hundred bucks from my pouch. Next time, Hidan, YOU'RE paying!" the said man didn't agree.
"What the hell, Kakuzu! You know I don't have the damn money to pay for any thing like a hotel!" Mitsukaiko, for the millionth time hearing Hidan swear, turned to Itachi and tugged on his shirt.
"Niisan? What does damn and hell mean?" Hidan snickered, but quickly paled when the others, except Mitsukaiko, turned and gave him a death glare.
"Shit." He said before Sasori cut off his head. Mitsukaiko gasped and giggled when the head started yelling.
"THAT HURT YOU DUMBA-"
"Hidan, finish that sentence and you will be without a certain part of your body I'm sure Kakuzu won't want to sew back on." Sasori threatened and Mitsukaiko shrugged. It's not like she didn't know the words Hidan said, she heard them all the time in Konoha, however neither the Akatsuki members nor Itachi knew that so it would be fun to mess with them while she still could. She suddenly grinned.
"Hidan-nii looks funny without his head! How does he do that, Itachi-nii?" the young teen (1) shrugged.
"How DOES he do that, Sasori-san?"
"He's a Jashinist and for some reason all Jashinists are immortal. They also have a tendency to swear a lot. I've only met two in my life, Hidan and his sister."
"What's a Jashinist, Sasori-nii?" the young girl asked and Itachi felt like she wouldn't stop asking questions, just for amusement. It was something Sasuke and Mitsukaiko would do, when they were bored. However, Sasori, who was unused to being around kids, didn't feel such a feeling.
"A Jashinist is someone who follows the God Jashin, which you won't learn about until you're older." Sasori replied, trying not to give too much information away.
"Why? Am I not old enough now?" she asked, and Itachi groaned while covering his ears. Sasori and the others now knew something was going on, but only Deidara figured it out, since he too, used to be around children and would pull this on his foster parents sometimes.
"For seven, you are too young to learn about Jashin."
"Why?"
"Because he is…well….Hidan, you explain it." Sasori sighed and Hidan, whose head was now sewed back on thanks to Kakuzu, smirked.
"Jashin is an amazing god, well, my ONLY god, that allows me to be immortal. However, because I don't want to get my head chopped off by Sasori again, I won't say anything else." Mitsukaiko cocked her head to the side.
"Why?"
"Because it hurts dammit!"
"Why?" at this point Itachi was ignoring anything happening in the real world and Deidara was covering his mouth and snickering quietly. Sasori noticed but didn't say anything.
"BECAUSE IT DOES!!! WHY DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?!!" Hidan screamed and Mitsukaiko held in her laughter, by biting her cheek.
"Why is the sun yellow?" she asked and Sasori frowned.
"Are you doing this on purpose?" both Deidara and Mitsukaiko burst out laughing.
"Are you guys completely clueless when it comes to kids, hmm? When they get bored they will do anything to get rid of it, and will mess with your heads. What Mitsu-chan just did was the 'Question Game' which means the kid asks as many questions as possible before getting found out or laughing and ruining their cover, hmm. I used to do it all the time to my foster parents, yeah."
"What? You mean the brat was doing this on purpose?" Hidan asked. Itachi groaned and everyone looked at him.
"Is she finally done?" he asked and Deidara smirked.
"Yeah, she is, hmm. And yes, she was." He answered to the two questions.
"You knew about the dame, Itachi-san?" inquired Kakuzu.
"Yeah, her and my little brother always would gang up on me or our parents. It's cute at first, but after the fifteenth time it costs you your sanity, I swear to Kami."
"Jashin." Hidan piped up, and he was glared at except by Mitsukaiko. "Jeesh, tough crowd." He mumbled and Mitsukaiko giggled.
XxX
"So you have accepted my invite to join me, Naruto-kun?" asked Danzo as the two were alone in a dark cave-like room. Naruto nodded.
"Yes, Danzo-sama. I need to get more powerful to exact my revenge on my twin and make her pay for what she did." Danzo nodded and grinned, though Naruto couldn't see it since the man was enshrouded by shadows.
"Good, good choice, my son. However, I will let you know that if you are to be trained as my soldier, you will have to let go of your emotions. You will have to be cold, calculating, and emotionless. Of course, when you are off on a break, you will be allowed to show emotions again, but on duty you will be a perfect ninja. You will kill when told to, whether you want to or not. Training under me will mean you will kill on a daily basis. Can you accept that?" Naruto didn't hesitate as he nodded.
"Yes, Danzo-sama."
"Good, training starts today."
Xxx
"Mitsu-chan, while we are traveling, I might as well make use of your boredom and teach you a few tricks and moves." Itachi sighed as he talked to the young girl while walking. The redhead nodded and looked at him curiously. "Since we are surrounded by mountains and rocks, I will teach you to climb."
"But 'Tachi-nii, I already know how to climb." Mitsukaiko stated, confused. Deidara snickered and Itachi smirked.
"Of course, but do you know how to climb…without your hands?" with that statement he leapt onto the surface of a large rock and started climbing without his hands.
"How do you do that!? And I thought you normally did it on trees?" she asked.
"Well, yes, in Konoha they learn to use trees for this exercise. However, in different countries there are different terrains, meaning different forms of exercise."
"In Suna, we used sandstorms, and would learn to walk on the sand without sinking. Once we mastered that, we would have to walk on quicksand, making it more difficult." Sasori added. Deidara smirked and pointed at the rocky terrain, making it clear he came from Iwa and used the exercise she was about to learn.
"In the waterfall, we would have to walk up a waterfall, which is very dangerous and hard." Kakuzu also put in his two cents. Hidan shrugged.
"In my village, we had trees, water, and sand."
"Wow, what was your village?" asked Mitsukaiko, eyes wide.
"It's long since gone now, kid. Destroyed in the war." However, he pointed to his protector, that was around his neck. "But since you asked, I hail from the Village hidden in the Hot Springs (2). Had the best spas in all the nations when it was still up and kickin'." He sighed and stretched. "Man, walking sure is boring and slow." He sighed and cracked his neck, then his back, and finally his knuckles. Only Deidara and Itachi winced at this. Mitsukaiko, however, was used to this since Naruto did it all the time.
"Ok, ok. So, what do I do? Push chakra to my feet, right?" Itachi nodded and watched as Mitsukaiko made a seal and pushed chakra to her feet. She ran up to the large rock and ran up it, getting at least four feet. Itachi was impressed and smiled. Mitsukaiko fell and did a flip, landing on her feet. Turning to Itachi she asked, "How'd I do, niisan?"
"Very well for your first time, Mitsu-chan." The young girl smiled at this and went another go, this time making to about five and a half feet. She frowned, as it was little improvement. Gritting her teeth, eyes narrowing, and mouth set in a line of determination, she redid the technique, over and over again, using her chakra. Down below, the others were talking amongst themselves, watching the girl, who was determined to make it to the top, which stood at twenty-five feet.
"She's doing good, hmm. She's has good control for being the Kyuubi host." Sasori nodded.
"Agreed; she also has large reserves for being a girl. There's few kunoichi who has such large amounts of chakra." The scorpion added.
Finally, after an hour and a half, the determined redhead made it to the top of the large rock. She stood at the top, fists clenched on her hips, a large grin was on her face, her eyes were closed, and the slight breeze blew her hair gently across her face.
"I made it! Niisans, did you guys see that!" she shouted to the group and the said group smiled. However, something occurred to the young girl and she looked around. "Um…how the heck do I get down?" she muttered to herself and looked for a way to get down. She could go back down the way she came up, but that was too boring. "What would happen if I jumped down and spread my chakra all around me, creating a sort of cushion? If it doesn't work I'll always have one of my niisans to catch me." Nodding, she turned around, much to the curiosity of the group below.
"What's she doing?" muttered Kakuzu and the others shrugged. However, they soon got their answer as she suddenly appeared and jumped off the large rock. They gaped and they all prepared to catch her when they saw that she had created a sort of barrier around herself, using red chakra. She landed, albeit not softly, softly onto the ground, and grinned at her brothers.
"Look what I did! You see, I decided going down the way I came up would be boring, so I decided to see if I could spread my chakra throughout my body, creating a sort of barrier. I did, but for some reason my chakra felt really weird when I used it, like it was more powerful. Did you see anything weird, niisans?" the group looked shocked at her knowledge.
"That was a really smart thing to do, Mitsu-chan, hmm. But, as a matter of fact, what you felt was your second chakra, which is partly the reason why our leader wants you, yeah." Deidara explained, and the others looked at him.
"Cool, I have another chakra!" Mitsukaiko jumped around and as grinning happily, something that made the entire group smile.
XxX
A few weeks later:
So far, as they traveled, Itachi had taught Mitsukaiko the kunai spinning technique, rock climbing technique, and had taught her basic taijutsu. She was grinning, glad that she was finally learning how to be a ninja, and sometimes the others piped in. Sasori taught her a little about poisons, Deidara taught her some genin level earth jutsus, Hidan taught her a few genin level lightning jutsus, Kakuzu taught her water genin jutsus, and Itachi even taught her a few basic genjutsu. However, she was no where near powerful, low genin at best.
Soon, they entered a rainy country that Sasori claimed was Ame no Kuni, the Land of Rain, where Amegakure resided. Mitsukaiko had started grinning when she felt the cool raindrops fall on her skin. If the leader let her live, she would really love this place.
"We are almost there, we will need to enter the city and get to our headquarters, which is centered in the middle." Kakuzu spoke up, and both Konoha natives rolled their eyes with a sigh.
"Of course." They both said at the same time, annoyed. Deidara and the others looked at them, with an eyebrow raised. Still walking towards the entrance, Mitsukaiko explained.
"It's just it's a little predictable. Most important buildings are always in the center of the city. It's pretty useful having the main Kage building in the center, but at the same time a weakness because if…let's say the village was invaded. Well, take out the main building, which is in the center, you can also take out the strength of the village. If you blow the building up, that blow could also devastate other buildings, which also surround the main building. Like I said, useful, because no matter where you are you can get to the building in a matter of time if it's important. But, lets say we place all the main buildings underground, away from the lesser buildings like houses and such, in the back of the village, heck with the correct jutsu, you could place them in the air. But, lets say you take the important buildings and place them in one of those places, they would definitely be harder to destroy, and could make a good defense. Have you ever heard of a village underground?" they all, but Itachi who heard this before, shook their head. "Exactly. The perfect defense. Of course, that could also be disastrous if the enemy found the village and they could make the ground collapse on top of the village. Of course, not with the proper structure, then you could probably make the perfect defensive village in the countries. Hmm, possibilities." Once again, she was stared at and she shrugged. "What, I am merely averring facts that could be proven useful." It was enough of talking, now though, because they had just reached the gates. After they proved who they were, they started walking towards the center. Mitsukaiko looked around and saw many happy faces and couldn't help but smile sadly. It seemed like this was perfect paradise, too bad she wasn't born here instead of Konoha.
"You are correct in your wondering, Mitsu-chan, but what about the village in the sky? How could they be protected from any projectile attacks, hmm? I am a man of flight, so anyone who knows how to create clay birds, or even have bird summons could fly up and destroy the village."
"Simple, remember when I jumped from the rock and created a barrier around myself? With a large enough chakra supply, and a continuous supply, you could create a defensive barrier around the village. To create it, all you would have to do is raise the village from the ground with an earth jutsu and raise it as high as you want, then keep it floating with an air jutsu, and then make the barrier." A voice was heard behind her and she looked behind the group to see a blue shark-like man grinning.
"I got an idea. How about a village hidden under the sea? How would that work?" Mitsukaiko grinned back at him and shot back a reply.
"Well, it's simple. Take a chunk of land with your village and create the same barrier around it and with the proper water jutsu, sink it. If the village needs more air, make an invisible tunnel rising out from the chakra bubble and take it to the surface. Tada!" Kisame grinned and looked at Sasori.
"I like this kid. But enough of this, Leader-sama is getting impatient. Best to hurry." The group nodded and quickened their pace, heading towards the center.
"Kisame, do you think Leader-sama will hold a meeting before the channeling. We wish to see if there is another way to access the second chakra without killing the child." Sasori looked to Kisame, who shrugged, grinning.
"Possibly, he's a man of compassion, so if he sees how young she is he might just waver. And then you can do whatever you want to do, to convince him not to kill her." the fish man paused, sending another crooked grin at Sasori. "Guys grown to her already, 'eh? Can't blame ya, I can see she's a little like all of us. Pretty weird since we don't even know her, right?" Sasori stayed silent but nodded. Weird indeed.
They made it to the center building, and walked in, not even stopping to see if they were being expected. The secretary didn't stop them, and Mitsukaiko was amazed that she didn't glare at her, only sent a look of curiosity.
As they entered the door, Mitsukaiko saw an orange haired man going through a bunch of papers, with a scowl on his face. With he felt the group enter his office, he sighed with relief and looked up, putting the pen down.
"Ah, I see you have them. Good work." he then saw the little girl and raised an eyebrow. "I thought I told you to capture the Jinchuuriki, not a little girl." Mitsukaiko shifted, not knowing what a Jinchuuriki was. Kakuzu spoke up, not hesitant in the least.
"Sir, she is the Jinchuuriki." The man hesitated and looked a little guilty as he saw that they would have to kill a little girl, but Itachi jumped into the conversation.
"Sir, we came willingly, if you would agree to our deal. We were told that you would listen, and that you were fair when it came to children." Pein nodded.
"Yes, Uchiha-san, I am. What is the deal?" the Uchiha looked him right in the eyes and stated;
"If you let Mitsukaiko live, she will train under the Akatsuki willingly, and I will be willing too, to stay here. She is my little sister and I don't want harm to come to her. Not to mention I was told that you two are more alike than you know." The grey-eyed man raised an eyebrow.
"Really now? How so?"
"You both like the rain, and you both listen to both sides. I also heard you were kind towards your village, and were both betrayed by a close comrade, and now that I know who you are," a glint could be seen in the young teen's eyes, "You are both related to Kushina Uzumaki, wife to Minato Namikaze, the fourth Hokage of Konoha." There was a gasp from everyone in the room, most noticeably from Mitsukaiko and Pein.
"Wait a minute, niisan! You know who my parents are? Why didn't you ever tell me?" Itachi looked at her and smiled.
"Because, it wasn't safe to do so, and it was an S-class secret to those who knew, which were only few. I figured it out by accident, since you and your twin are spitting images of your parents."
"Wait, are you actually saying that she is my sister's daughter?" Itachi nodded and Pein sighed, running his hand through his hair. "I need time to think, everyone out, and meet at the Akatsuki headquarters in one hour." They nodded and left the office, leaving Pein to his thoughts.
XxX
"Naruto, you are improving. Good." Danzo complimented as the blonde went through a serious of complicated taijutsu stances. His pupil nodded, accepting the compliment. In the past few weeks, whenever he was Danzo, he was emotionless and never spoke unless asked a direct question or was allowed to speak. He has gone through gruesome training, but he would persevere, for his revenge. However, he didn't let his hate control him, and had room to be with his friends and the old man. They all knew he had gone through a change, but didn't say anything about it, for they didn't want to get him angry. He had also made friends with Sasuke, since both were on the same goal, however the young Uchiha slightly resented the other boy since he still believed Mitsukaiko was kidnapped by his brother. If he could, he would save Mitsukaiko when the time came. "Now though, we will increase your weights. I want you to do the usual, 100 push ups, 100 sit up, 100 chin ups, 150 laps around Konoha, and 200 punches and kicks, make sure to mix those up now." Danzo grinned sadistically as his tool went straight to work, without complaining or questioning him. He had almost gone insane waiting for the perfect moment to turn the Uzumaki boy, and his patience had all but left him. But now…he had perfect control over him, and using him he would get rid of the other girl and control Konoha. When the time came, he would have Naruto kill Sarutobi, and place himself as Hokage. It was all a matter of time…
Behind the scenes:
"OMG, I'M TURNING INTO SASUKE!!!" screamed Naruto and the said emo glared at him.
"I don't know how Mitsu-chan stood living with you! You're so annoying!"
"I'd rather be annoying than emo!"
"Dobe!"
"Bastard!"
"Idiot!"
"Jerk!"
"I'm not letting you kill her!"
"Like I would! It's a friggin story!! I wouldn't kill my own twin, idiotic teme!"
"I don't care!!"
"SHUT UP!!!" with that Jessica grabbed the two and shoved them into a closet together. Everyone stared at her as she stood there, eyes ticking.
"Um…you do know you'll need to bring them back out soon, right?" Jessica glared at Tiffany, who made the comment.
"No…" everyone else sweat dropped as muffled cries came from the closet.
"Take five everyone, God knows I need after the shit that got pulled today." Sam sighed and rubbed his head.
"Yeah, that was a good prank that Alice and Trevor pulled, wasn't it?" Jessica said to Tiffany, who nodded.
"We all need to get a life…" Jake muttered but everyone just threw food at him for that statement.
Jessica: Ok, how did everyone like the twists? Everyone who hates Danzo, I agree. He's a bastard and WILL get his just desserts, but I am NOT turning him into an emo, angsty bastard who does nothing but brood. Him and Sasuke BOTH have a life and won't let their avenging business get in their way of having a normal life. Naruto will also still train under Kakashi and Jiraiya. I think this is pretty fair, since Mitsukaiko will have the Akatsuki as her family and senseis. Not to mention they will both train under their separate Kyuubi and ONE more person. For those who have read and seen my other story know who they are, but those who haven't, I won't spoil the surprise.
Alice: What's up with Pein and Mitsu-chan being related, dude?
Jessica: Well, that's simple. Pein is a cool guy, but I doubt he'd really not kill her, even if she is seven, so I had to give another reason. Plus, Pein is usually Minato's brother, and I hardly see a story where Pein and Kushina are sibs, so I decided to do it this way. I'm thinking on giving Mitsukaiko the Rinnegan and having Naruto learn their father's techniques. I'm trying to make them both equal in power, and trying now to make them SUPERSUPER powerful, since that gets boring, and quick. The next chapter will skip a few years, and sorry about the fight scene, I SUCK at those.
Jake: you forgot the one and two…
Jessica: Oh yeah!! (1) Is because I forget that he's still only 13 years old, and I may have said young MAN instead of young BOY or TEEN, so sorry if I did that. He's SO FRIGGIN MATURE!! So for a few times, I'm at least going to make him act his age. Anyway, (2), there is still confusion on where Hidan hails from, but I have researched and researched and finally just said, "fuck it, I'm going with the hidden springs village". Many believe he did come from there, so…yeah, Hidan comes from the Hidden Hot Springs village. I guess after it got destroyed, Akatsuki became known of the Jashinist and decided to enroll him in their gang.
Alice: You actually researched?
Jessica: I'm not as lazy as I was before. I only drop the research when I can't find a proper answer. You can also see that my vocabulary was widened considerably! I love English, it's my fav subject.
Jake: You mean Literature? That's the class where you read and write essays.
Jessica: -sheepish- Yeah, that class I mean. Oh, and art…too bad art class is over…At least now I'm going into English 10 and Space science!
Alice: Unfortunately we both have Geometry first period…
Jessica: WHY'D YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME, DAMMIT!!
Jake: She has math issues…
Jessica: I HATE MATH AND ANYTHING THAT RELATES!!! –calms down- Anyway, hope you like this chapter. Don't get used to the long chapter, it will go back to being 3000 words again…that is if I don't get carried away again…
Alice: Anyway, please review! We enjoy your input on the story!
Tiffany: Yeah, plus it's FUN reviewing.
Jessica: What she said! Speaking of which…GET STARTED ON YOUR STORY TIFFANY! YOU HAVEN'T WRITTIN ONE CHAPTER AND I WANT EVERYONE TO SEE HOW GOOD YOUR STORY IS!!!
Tiffany: -sticks tongue out- Stop being mean and I MIGHT!