A/N: .. unknown territory makes my brain hurt. The song is all messed up by sum41
"What a strange town.." Naruto murmured, looking around at all of the buildings and bustling people. Shinobu following just a step behind in silence.
"Naruto, Shinobu, today we're staying here." Jiraiya nodded to himself, holding up to sets of keys into their hotel room. Shinobu prepared to take it until she realized both boys were no longer mentally with her.
"Aaaah!" They both grinned in unison causing Shinobu to take a step away, as if she didn't know the two. About three feet away was a beautiful woman and to say they were both looking would be an understatement. Gawking or drooling would have been a more appropriate term.
"Naruto!" Jiraiya grinned.
"Huh?" He asked, eyes not drifting from the woman.
"Here's the room key! Go up to your room and refine your chakra as training! Shinobu can watch to judge how well you're doing!"
"WHAAT? NO FAIR!" Naruto whined, crossing his arms.
"Yes fair." Shinobu sighed, grabbing his collar before dragging him away. "We definitely don't want to be there."
"What is this..? What is this?" Naruto hmmph'd from his spot sitting on the bed.
"Don't complain, Naru." Shinobu sighed, though she agreed.
"But this sort of thing is always happening with Pervert sannin! My training? Right! I can see what he really had in mind." He whined in time for a loud knock on the door. "See? He's already been rejected and is coming back."
"Just keep to your training, I'll get it." Shinobu replied, eyebrow twitching as the knocks grew louder.
"It's hard to concentrate when they're being so noisy. WE HEAR YOU! SHUT UP ALREADY!" Naruto shouted.
"Naruto! That's rude!" Shinobu scolded, fiddling with the lock.
"Jira-..." Shinobu stared wide eyed at the man standing in the doorway. Itachi.. How did he find us so quickly?
"Neh neh, this kid kinda looks like you, Itachi." An older man with blue skin chuckled.
"Hn."
"So girly, do you know where the Naruto kid is?" He asked.
"Not here, sorry. He left with that stupid white haired perv. Something about teaching him the ropes." Shinobu quickly collected herself and gave them a small glare before scoffing and rolling her eyes.
"Don't lie to me. It didn't work for him.. it won't work for you." Itachi stated simple, flicking Shinobu in the forehead and sending her stumbling backwards into the room. The door swung open behind he leaving a confused Naruto in the open for all to see.
"Che, we don't want them running around on us.. maybe I could just cut off a leg or two each?" The fish-like grinned.
"W-what's going on?" Naruto finally spoke up.
"Naruto.. we'd like you to come with us." Itachi spoke calmly. "Come out of the room."
"Don't move.." Shinobu ordered, glaring at the man as she backed him out of the doorway and into the hall, away from Naruto.
"Well isn't this a cute little family re-union." Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"What.. you.. you knew?" Shinobu whispered, but he didn't respond. Instead looking past her before speaking.
"It's been a while.. Sasuke."
"Uchiha.. Itachi.." Sasuke growled.
"Eh..?" Naruto whispered in shock looking back and forth between the three.
"Hey, hey indeed! Today is a special day, don't you think? This is the second time I've seen another Sharingan." Kisame grinned.
"I will.. KILL YOU!" Sasuke shouted, eyes flaring.
Once they were an older brother and younger brother to each other.. now all that's left is hate.
"The same name as Sasuke and Shinobu.. Uchiha.." Naruto muttered to himself.
"Hou.. Sharingan.. he seems to be familiar with you Itachi. Who is this guy?" The man asked.
"Don't you go near either of them." Shinobu glared cutting them both off before activating her own Sharingan.
"Three?" The man asked looking shocked.
"He.. is my younger brother." Itachi stated before turning to the glaring girl. "and she.. is his twin sister. Our younger sister."
"I heard the entire Uchiha clan was wiped out.." Kisame muttered. "..by you."
Naruto's eyes hardened as he watched. He was the one Sasuke was talking about during introductions.. the one who kills Shinobu's family. He caused their pain.
"Gyaaah!" The two twins screeched in joint pain.
"What?"
"Heh.. Itachi's genjutsu." The blue man smirked.
Sasuke POV
"Aa.. AAAAGH!" Sasuke screamed clutching his head, the images of his mother and father slaughtered played before his very eyes.
"..Why... did you brother...?.." Sasuke's seven year old self whimpered.
"They were just a measuring stick to test myself." Itachi stated, Sharingan still activated as he looked down on the collapsed, crying boy.
"A measuring stick..? That's why.." Sasuke paused. ".. That's why you did it.. you killed everyone.. everyone! For that?" Sasuke cried out in disbelief.
"It was very important for me to do so." Itachi spoke again in only monotone.
"What for.. that is.. that's.. JUST BULL SHIT!" Sasuke screeched, darting forward around his now dead parents to attack only to double over as a fist contacted with his stomach.
Collapsing to the ground his eyes widened as he came face to face with his father. I'm scared.. Tears trickled down his cheeks. I'm scared!
"Uwaah! Don't kill me!" Sasuke darted away from his parents, his brother and out the door in a desperate attempt for escape.
"You're not even worth killing.. foolish little brother.." Itachi spoke. "If you want to kill me.. live miserably. Hate me. Survive through the ugliness!..run..run... learn to survive.."
"I've been wanting to say this to you.. I've lived hating you.. I've lived only to kill you!" Sasuke growled, electricity sparking the air around him. "I've lived for this!"
"Chidori?" Itachi murmured as Sasuke charged, more than prepared to stop the attack.
"Gyaah!" Shinobu cried out clutching her head, genjutsu still more than active. Itachi turned around in slight shock. He had expected them both to pass out.. Sasuke was out of the jutsu and Shinobu was still up and fighting it. He winced, a pain grazing his shoulder. "Shit.. I got distracted." He muttered, grabbing Sasuke's wrist, so had he apparently.
"I need to do something." Naruto muttered before quickly gathering chakra.
"This bastard.." Sasuke growled.
"You're in the way." He looked him in the eye for a minute before quickly snapping it causing an ear shattering scream of pain and throwing the boy down the hall.
"Ninpou! Kuchise no-"
"Too late." Kisame grinned as he dragged his blade through the air near Naruto.
"Huh?" Naruto growled. "Crap.. crap! What's going on I don't feel on chakra!" He shouted.
"My 'Samehada' .. eats up chakra!" Kisame grinned. "Now that your jutsu is gone.. you shouldn't be anymore trouble. First of all.. should I chop of an arm or cut off your leg?"
Naruto's eyes widened before he squeezed them shut concentrating fully on a jutsu to save him, Sasuke and Shinobu no help.. one wincing in pain on the floor the other off in another world altogether. But as Samehada came down it wasn't the sound of blade tearing skin, but rather blade to armor.
"You don't seem to know very much about me..." Jiraiya smirked, a large frog in front of Naruto and the woman from early unconscious on his shoulder. "I'm better at getting girls than they are at trying to get me. Even though it doesn't look like it.. it's my specialty." He grinned before going into an all too familiar pose that had Naruto biting his lip to avoid groaning.
"I, Jiraiya, the epitome of manliness! I will fall for no woman's wiles! When you're someone like me, you'll only have to flash that sexiness to have women fall at your feet!" He grinned at his own introduction.
"don't say anything Naruto.. it's not worth it Naruto.." Naruto mumbled to himself before chancing a glance at his sensei. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" He snapped. "That girl just winked at you and you went scampering after her! And now you're trying to look all cool and classy! You pervert-sannin!"
"Hey! Can't you stop calling me that in front of others?" Jiraiya pouted.
"Screw that! It's those guys over there we should be worrying about! Pervy sannin!"
"Hehe.. so it's Jiraiya.. one of the three legendary sannin then?" Kisame smirked. "You like beautiful women but we didn't expect such a simple method to stall you anyway.. it seems you've already undone the genjutsu binding the woman."
"You guys wanted to draw me away so you used the Sharingan to cast a genjutsu on this woman, huh? Not a very manly way of doing things." Jiraiya spoke as he set said female down against the wall. "So you really are after Naruto.." He frowned.
"No wonder Kakashi knew about this.. you were the source of information." Itachi spoke calmly, sparing a glance at his siblings. "'To abduct Naruto' .. Those were the orders given to us by the higher echelons of our organization. 'The Akatsuki'."
"You two won't get Naruto.." Jiraiya said slowly.
"And why not?"
"Because right now.. right here, you two will die by my hand." Jiraiya frowned.
"Don't.. do it." A voice groaned. "This guy.. IS MINE!" Sasuke growled, shakily standing up.
"I have absolutely no interest in you right now." Itachi replied plainly before kicking Sasuke down into the wall at the end of the hall.
"You assholes!" Naruto shouted, making a move to go forward and attack.
"Naruto! I told you, don't!" Sasuke shouted. "This fight is mine!" He growled, a dark bruise like mark slowly making it's way down Sasuke's arms and neck.
"When did he meet Orochimaru..? There hasn't been a chance.. the last time would be the invasion but Sasuke was fighting Gaara..!" Jiraiya growled to himself.
"Orochimaru's seal.." Shinobu whimpered, staggering as she finally caught on to what was going on around her. "Why.. why would he give it to you?" She shouted.
"Come on!" Sasuke yelled, ignoring Shinobu all together as Itachi moved forward.
"FUCK NO." She growled, darting forward and around Itachi before slamming Sasuke into the wall. "When-did-he-give-you-that?" Shinobu spat.
"What the hell is it to you? Get out of my way!" Sasuke spat back just as ferociously.
"HE WOULDN'T EVEN GIVE ME THAT DAMNED SEAL AND YOU GOT IT! TELL ME WHEN nii-san." She hissed watching his eyes widen. Had he not heard Itachi say it before?
"Got it just before the invasion.." He muttered, eyeing her.
"He thinks you're better than me too then! Fuck Itachi, I'll kill you myself." She growled her eyes shining a violent red as she stared her brother down.
"Shinobu-chan.." Naruto whispered.
"Er.. what's going on.." Kisame asked, eyebrow raised.
It only took a moment before Shinobu had Sasuke on his stomach, facing the ground with a kunai to his neck. Adrenaline and anger helping her a fair bit.
"Imouto.." Itachi spoke slowly, watching the two, and quickly earning a glare before the girl in question watched Itachi in shock.
"What did you.." Sasuke asked slowly.
Itachi POV
"Please, Fugaku. You could train her to be strong.." Itachi listened to his mother and father bicker. They were planning to rid the family of his younger sister?
"Make her stronger than their sons..?" He paused and Itachi was tempted to go offer to help train her himself."And what if she failed us? Then we'd be the failures.. we'd become the weakest family. I will not be labeled as weak, nor will I tarnish Itachi with weak siblings." He finalized.
Itachi stood in the hall way with wide eyes, mind reeling with information. He had known that he was going to have a sibling.. a brother as his father promised. He couldn't wait to have a baby brother.. to train with, to take care of, to show off to. He would sometimes imagine a sister and smile but knew it wasn't going to happen because his father said so. Why was his father so against having both the twins? A girl and a boy.. it would be perfect. He didn't understand. Then again, who could understand the antics and thoughts of a person who could not understand themselves. The young boy went back to his room quickly before his father saw him.
The scene before him quickly changed to a small way later.
"I'm in a genjutsu.." Itachi paused after a moment, he hadn't expected her to be able to and was almost tempted to break it but instead stayed to see where this accidental jutsu would take him.
He was walking down a dark ally way, after just witnessing his mother run off. He hid behind a garbage can as she left the ally. A small cry echoed off the surrounding buildings. His mother named her Shinobu.. endurance.
"Imouto-chan.." He whispered looking at the onyx eyed baby in awe before gently picking her up and cradling her in his arms, smiling as the child stopped crying to clutch at his fingers.
It seemed as if only seconds had passed before Itachi noticed the sun rising.
"I need to go.." He sighed. "Imouto.. I can't come back, but become strong alright? Join the academy and give Sasuke a run for his money. Show him you can be strong. I believe in you."
With that the baby dissolved from his arms leaving him feeling oddly empty as a familiar scene came before him. His little brother trying to get him to play in a field, a faded outline of a girl playing behind him.
"You can't keep me trapped in a genjutsu like that.." Itachi finally spoke, deciding to break the genjutsu.
"Not like I meant to.." Shinobu muttered more to herself, still slightly awed.
"As fun as this little reunion was.. you're now wasting my time." Itachi said, calmly walking towards them.
Then the world went black.
A/N: So there we have it, we've learned some new things and re-lived some old stuff.
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Alpenwolf: Hehe, I went and fixed that the moment I read the review :P It was meant to read "her brother fought Kakashi" Though Kakashi being a sibling could be an easy misunderstanding. I wonder if anyone's ever tried that in a fic? Ya.. Hiruzen living does not make for good plot-age. I agree there :P thanks for the review!
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