Chapter three of An Old Life Reborn
In this AU, the Chûnin exams and the fight with Garra have already happened.
Garra is Kazekage already.
Itachi has become a Chûnin at eight, not ten.
Naruto never went with Jiraiya to train.
Sasuke has not fallen to the lure of Power…yet?? Hehe maybe, maybe not.
Naruto and Garra are not the only Jinchuuriki alive.
Sakura is currently still an apprentice of Tsunade's and because of her rapid process to the art of healing, Tsunade is able to focus on other things at the moment
When are Sasuke, Sakura, and Kakashi's birthdays? I knew them…but it's been awhile since I cared enough to remember them…
Previously on Namikaze Hikaru:
"How dare you try to reprimand me?" he shot back "This mission is a carrier, we need to get there quickly and leave." The reminder made Sakura flounder "Also you can't say much either you were late as well. What if this was a timed mission where we had to capture someone before they got off of Konoha lands? Down the drain." Kakashi flinched, watching as Naruto made for the gates, heading northeast. When none followed, he turned to them, a sneer forming.
"What are you waiting for? An invitation? We have a job to do!"
Chapter Three: Iwagaure
The grin on Kyuubi's face was sending shivers down his spine.
"What's the smile for?" he asked wearily.
Human, the fox started are you even going to look at your memories? He blinked. He'd actually forgotten about his memory loss.
"That would be a good idea, wouldn' it?" The fox sniggered, showing of his massive fangs
Yes it would he agreed and the kit, our host, might stop having dreams that are your memories. He raised an eyebrow at that and then shook his head as the Kyuubi laughed again.
Poor kid, I doubt my memories are a good thing to another person.
Uchiha Itachi glanced at himself in the mirror and flinched back, turning to his companion. His own reflection he really could not stand, but Hikaru's on the other hand…
The blond had been coaxed into a nearly skintight body suit- ("Are you trying to make me lose my balls? This is too goddamn tight!" "Well you are gay-" "Shutup!!")- with a silver blue kimono, the fabric falling to the floor over the suit. ("I look like a hoe, damnit." "That's the point." "…Fuck.") The over all appearance hiding the weapons stashed on his person like Kushi at his hip and Ren'Bukan attached to his back, the hilt down near his ass. ("Don't you even dare." "…I wasn't going to say a word.") At the moment he was barefoot, and playing with the overly long sleeves the kimono displayed. They were an inch past his palm, allowing him to grip the material if needed, but were nearly see through.
Hikaru turned to look at him, long bangs hiding one eye and a sly smile started to grow on his face as he looked his partner over, and Itachi resisted the urge to glance at the mirror again, instead checking on the scroll hiding his own weapons.
"What's wrong?" Hikaru asked, holding down the urge to laugh or just plain stare at his partner. "You look just fine." Black eyes rolled, before their gaze stared fixedly on the bare skin visible at Hikaru's hip. The Kimono was virtuously see through at his arms, abdomen- were a tattoo of foxfire was placed, and his legs. Another tattoo of a vine was located climbing up his left leg, disappearing in the 'No see zone'
"That's the problem." Indeed he looked fine, and was extremely uncomfortable out of his Uchiha crested clothes. Hikaru finally gave up and stared.
He was dressed in all red leather, the damn shirt stopping way to high, and the… pants starting way to low. The definition of his ass and hipbones were visible easily through the skintight material, though he had no problems with being able to breathe in the clothes. Chains were draped over his shoulders, attaching the 'shirt' to the pants, and on the belt, looping around his hips loosely, multiple times. Finally after a minute the two looked up, and caught the other staring: Itachi smirked, Hikaru blushed.
"Why are we doing this again?" When did that slip out? Hikaru laughed.
"This is a Mission. We are Anbu and it is our duty to do as our Hokage orders us. We are young," He paused, then grimaced "attractive, and strong enough to defend ourselves. We perfect for this, even if we have to act like whores. At least no one will try to buy us if it seems like we're together." Itachi's look drew a startled laugh from the blond.
"Or at least, that's what Dad said, and I'm trying valiantly to believe it."
"That's what you'd like to think, hm?" Hikaru blushed "Because you make a very pretty girl." Now the red was from embarrassment and anger. Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"Mother said she wishes I were a girl." The blond pouted like a kid who lost his candy, then rolled his eyes "She's always complaining that I'm too pretty and that she still wants a girl." The last sentence came out as a hiss.
"Are you two dressed?" they both looked up to see Minato walk into the room, stop blink, look back up, and then blink again, his eyes glued on his son.
"You look…really nice…Hikaru." The blond blushed.
"Do we really need to do this?" Itachi complained, hooking his thumbs into the waistline of his pants. Minato chuckled
"This guy is on the black market, famous for selling slaves that originated at his district."
"But do we have to dress…like this!?"
"Why yes! We want you to get kidnapped, and tear them down from the inside. Or do you want us to send Kakashi and Gai?" They both flinched.
"Ok, fine." Hikaru started to play with his sleeves again.
"Oh…and if you get the chance, raid his treasure storage and try to find the Orb of Abalask, it's a weapon that-"
"When can we stop!?" Sakura whined. Naruto, currently at the front of the group looked up from the Tessen manual in his hand to look at her.
"Maybe if you drop the space heater on your back, you can go a bit faster." He commented dryly, flipping the thin scroll closed. She glowered, but then turned to the back as Kakashi spoke.
"To get to the center Iwagure on time we can only stop when we have gotten to a certain place at a certain time. We are not there yet." Sakura screamed her frustrations to the sky; arms up, fingers clawing, and mouth wide while Sasuke simply started walking again. Naruto rolled his eyes, then froze, unconsciously reaching for the Tessen to his side.
"Uh…Kakashi…are we still alone?" the Jônin glanced at him for a moment.
Just let your chakra flow threw the weapon and swing. All other technicalities you have to learn for yourself. Naruto winced when his mind summarized the scroll in two simple sentences. Why can't anything I do be easy??
"…Yes. Why?" Naruto shrugged, continuing to glance all around them.
"Nothing…I just get the feeling we're being watched."
"How right you are, boy." At once they all looked back, then Naruto spun around to catch a glimpse of a strangely clothed man an inch away from him before his wrists were grabbed, and his feet knocked out from underneath him as a glowing fist found his stomach. Lights flashed in front of his eyes as he lost all the breath in his lungs. He dropped like a log pretending unconsciousness, hands still held in a tight grasp holding him upright.
"Now then." The man continued "Give me anything valuable you all might have, and I might let this one live."
Ransom. A hostage. Like they'd actually do it. Right on queue, Sasuke snorted, drawing out a kunai, and anger flared through his veins.
Asshole! He opened narrowed eyes and Kakashi caught on, his mouth turning into a frown.
"Sasuke hold!" The Jônin ordered "Now you, release him." The man laughed, and Naruto moved. Forcing his hands, and the thief's arm latched to them, down and forward over his head he launched a foot up, kicking the man in the groin. Relishing in the high pitched scream, Naruto, with a wide smirk on his face, then grabbed a hand, braking the wrist as he spun the guy around, trapping his broken wrist behind his back, to bring a kunai up to his neck.
"Looks like you picked the wrong one to hold hostage." The thief whimpered. Kakashi came forward, pulling the man upright.
"You had no other reason than for money to ambush us?" He questioned, giving the man a quick shake. The man shook his head, whimpering.
Ya, right. Like some normal man would attack Shinobi traveling on the street for money alone.
"He's lying." Naruto commented lazily. Kakashi shot him a look and Naruto rolled his eyes "Have you ever seen a civilian ever attack Ninja for no other reason but money?" He snorted. "That is a suicide mission right there." Kakashi turned back to the whimpering man and sighed.
"Or maybe he is a normal man and thought you were too." Sasuke butted in. Naruto turned to him a frown growing on his face.
"Ma ma." Kakashi sighed, dropping the thief to the ground. "He's just a petty thief." Naruto turned away from Sasuke and gazed at the thief in the face as Kakashi said that. The thief smirked, then winced again. Naruto rolled his eyes then kicked the man in the gut.
"Look for the unseen." He stated in a monotone. " "Shinobi read the hidden meanings within the hidden meanings." You did say that right?" Kakashi gave him a look that seemed to bore into him
Something is wrong here…why has he not interrogated this man yet?
"If there are no hidden meanings then there is nothing to look at!" Sakura shouted, "Stop making everything so complicated!" Naruto looked at her boredly, then shrugged.
"I'm not the Jônin." He stated plainly "It's not my job to teach you not to be stupid." He went back to the man, and used a foot to roll him over "Why have you not gotten up yet, faker?"
"Like…you have…much to…say." The man wheezed. Naruto rolled his eyes then kicked him again.
"You were holding me hostage, what else should I have done? Squirm around to you could stab me? Not likely." He kicked him again. "So now will you tell us what you really wanted?" The man opened his mouth and Naruto squatted. "And don't lie this time, I might have to hurt you worst than this, and I will enjoy it."
"NARUTO!! LEAVE THE MAN ALONE!!" He glanced up, then stood.
"Watch this come back to kick us in the ass." He told Kakashi dryly "And I promise I will try not to gloat… too much."
Hey, human. Said man looked up from his contemplations. Are you ever going to actually look at them? Kyuubi tilted his head to the mass of blue orbs flouting near where he had awoken
"Yes…but it feels wrong." Kyuubi raised an eyebrow
'Feels wrong'? He nodded, gesturing
"Like I'm not supposed to just yet, I'm still missing a piece of the puzzle." He raised a hand to his temple, then gazed at the pale flesh.
I'm gaining back a natural skin tone. It's just not my own. Kyuubi continued to study him, then golden eyes went wide when the human suddenly arched his back as he gasped aloud, curling over to hug his chest as if struck.
What The Hell? The human looked up with one eye closed, blue eye flashing in pain
"It felt like someone took a lot of chakra and punched me in the gut." He grimaced, letting his head fall back to the ground with a groan "My ribs aren't quiet healed just yet, and there's another fracture now, I think." Kyuubi nodded
Question. How, when you don't even have a physical body, did you get hit? The man flinched, then with a hand still over his abdomen rolled over onto his hands and knees.
Right onto an orb. The orb seemed to pop as he touched it, then the surroundings vanished into a whirl of black, before a room appeared before him.
Two people, teenagers, were on a bed, one over the other, with clothes thrown haphazardly all over the floor. Feeling a blush over take pale skin, the man quickly turned his eyes to the floor, then spotted a blue silver kimono, most of the cloth very see through.
Who in their right mind would wear this? Then he saw a Tessen lying in the ground near the kimono, and knelt putting a hand to it. On the cool silver metal were glowing blue symbols, spelling out protector, warrior, defender then on the other side, all on it's own was a name, Kushi.
One of the people on the bed cried out, before let out an angry hiss
"Don't fucken stop!" He growled out. The man froze "Quit playing around with me, or so help me I will hurt you I swear it!!"
That was his own voice, threatening his…lover.
"Why should I?" The other voice questioned softly, baritone voice sending shivers down the man's spine. The teen on top softly caressed his prize, easily coaxing the other into a pool of panting mush "I want to hear you beg me, Hikaru." The other…the blond haired blue eyed man-teen currently pinned to the bed hissed again sounding furious. Suddenly he somehow freed one hand that was bound to the sheets with wire, and roughly gripped Itachi's unbound hair to pull his head down, kissing him harshly as he hooked a leg around the elder teen's waist to grind them together.
"You start this you finish it!" Itachi pulled away with a grin, forcing the free hand down again as he retook control.
The Man…eighteen year old Namikaze Hikaru put a hand to his mouth, backing up until he hit the wall, before all feeling left his body and he slid down the floor.
Everything rushed back. Then confusion came
…How? How did I get trapped in the seal, when I…?
Twelve-year-old Hikaru in the memory gasped aloud, his scream of release muffled by the mouth against his own, and current Hikaru glanced up, a smile gracing his face as he watched the memory play through.
Hikaru slumped back down breathing hard, one eye open to catch the smug grin adorning his lover's face.
"Wipe that look of your face." He ordered with a half glare. Itachi only smirked at him, still fondling his lover's member.
"But why? I've been telling you that you'd enjoy this…and the fact that I had to get you drunk to finally be allowed to do it only adds to the deal." Hikaru rolled his eyes, then sat up, wrapping his hands around the Uchiha's neck to kiss him slowly, then put a hand to his chest to push him back, a sly smirk on his face.
"What are you up to?" Itachi asked wearily. Hikaru shrugged, idly tracing patterns onto Itachi's skin with a forefinger
"Oh, nothing too important…I just recalled that your usually so intent on getting me to let you pleasure me…that you forget that-" He flicked the member in between them and Itachi's breath hitched "-this is in need of some… attention." Itachi started to sit up, and Hikaru licked his member from the base to the head, placing a hand on Itachi's hips when the elder groaned, falling back.
"My turn." Hikaru said in a sing song manner a delighted grin growing on his face as he repositioned himself, moving waist long hair out of his way. "And I'll make sure you enjoy it too." Itachi chuckled
"How can I not?"
Hikaru finally broke free from the memory and blinked rapidly.
What just happened? Kyuubi asked, annoyed.
"Nothing too important." Hikaru answered absentmindedly, unconsciously repeating himself as he examined his surroundings. Most of the orbs were gone, returned to his own mind, save a few, the blue orbs held in silver chains.
You're…you seem different. The fox told him.
"That does happen when thirteen years of life suddenly returns to you, and then you find out you're sealed inside your little brother." Hikaru retorted, rolling his eyes as he touched a chained memory. It flashed a deep blue, then sparked at him, his hand recoiling instinctively.
"Father." He spoke, irritated "You locked off some of my memories, huh? But why…?" Hikaru's eyes took a glazed quality as he searched his mind
So you remember now.
"Mostly everything…but not the fight…or about a week up to it…something must have happened before and during the fight that he doesn't want me to remember until I am ready for it." Hikaru glanced at the orbs again, mentally scanning all of his own memories, then shrugged, turning away from them to study Kyuubi.
"Why are you acting like such an asshole to me?" He questioned suddenly tilting his head in confusion.
You are a human! Was the immediate reply, his voice holding a growling quality as if insulted. A race inferior and below me! You deserve nothing les- Hikaru cut him off with a wave, blue eyes piercing
"Oh cut the crap." He said, "I know you really don't think that."
Oh? Kyuubi challenged And how do you know that?
"Because I know why you came to be in Konohagure." Hikaru snapped out, then his voice softened as golden eyes widened, as he quietly informed him
"I know why you attacked us."
The Hidden Village of Stone, Iwagure no Sato, was impressive… and slightly boring.
In Konoha, everything seemed alive, and there was life everywhere, weather it be human or creature, Konoha's People also tried to work with nature. Here, it was… all stone. So incredibly creative. Houses cut into stone, the office of the Tsuchikage was stone, hell, even the training grounds had seats of stone, and targets made out of stone! Naruto felt like he was about to rip his hair out.
And the people!
Everyone was staring at them!!
Kakashi didn't seem to care, nose in his porno novel again. He was getting mostly death threats and evil vibes anyway.
Sakura, for once, was caught between her intellect- she wanted to study the Village of Stone from the inside, and her fangirl syndrome- wanting to, like the crowd, stare at Sasuke. Her head was flying back and forth, one minute looking at the building, then the other staring at Sasuke, drooling slightly. The crowd seemed to be studying her too, one man said audibly "Is her hair natural?"
And Sasuke was preening. Visibly.
Luckily for them all, the teen could not tell exactly what the crowd said, as they were commenting on Itachi, the somehow merciful killer of the Uchiha Clan, and did not seem to give a flying fuck about Konoha's only loyal Uchiha, duck ass head here.
And they stared at him too. Some commented on the Gen-jutsu he had over his clothing, some on his hair ("Why does he seem to glow? He'd even heard one man say he looked familiar. It left him on the edge.
But when they finally made it to the Tsuchikage's office, Kakashi turned to them.
"I'll take it from here, why don't you guys go scope the place-"
"Hatake Kakashi, are you trying to hide your students from me?" A pleasant female voice drifted from the door in front of them. Two heads whipped to the door as Kakashi sighed and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
Impressive…she must have advanced hearing.
"I don't care if the Uchiha and Pinkette wander off…but the blonde, I'd like to meet him." Naruto shot Kakashi an amused glance, then opened the door.
Goddamn, she…is ugly! Red brown eyes glanced at them from a curtain of orange green hair, the combination making him want to hurl. She had on the brown Tsuchikage robes, making her all together looked like something someone just puked up.
"What an honor to see you again, Sharingan Kakashi." The Jônin let out a sheepish smile
"Tsuchikage, beautiful as ever." Naruto flinched. "Also this is my blond student, Uzumaki Naruto." Did he see those bloody mud eyes widen at his name?
"Naruto, eh? Your mother was obsessed with her clan powers but sheesh."
Kakashi winced. Naruto's eyes widened
"You know who my mother is?" the woman grinned
"Yes…and if the people of your own village have yet to tell you, then it is not my place to do so." Naruto turned to Kakashi, one eyebrow raised as the Jônin grimaced.
"We came to deliver a message from the Hokage." He held the scroll out, not moving an inch when the scroll suddenly left his fingers and flouted into the Tsuchikage's hand.
"Come back in about an hour, and I'll have a reply." She murmured quietly. Kakashi bowed then, with a hand to Naruto's neck, they left.
They where barely out of the office when Naruto rounded on Kakashi, eyes narrowed in anger.
"You know who my parents are." The words were hissed out of clenched teeth as Naruto fought to keep still.
"Yes." Kakashi sounded resigned, like he already knew of his fate
"Why have you never told me??" Naruto shouted gesturing furiously "Do I not have the right to know?"
"By degree of the Yondamie Hokage-"
"Fuck that!!" Naruto interrupted "This is my family we're talking about! My blood! How can the word of the man that condemned me to a life shunned by the village have any say in this??" Kakashi flinched and a look of extreme sadness crossed his face as he knelt to look Naruto in the eyes
"He set up the degree to keep you safe, just incase his last wish was not obeyed, and it wasn't. If you know who your mother was, then that knowledge will lead you to your father, and if you know him, then your life will be in grave danger. He had many enemy's…and they will not hesitate to kill you for revenge." Naruto gazed at him, then looked down
"Am I not strong enough to protect myself?"
"For your age, yes, you are strong, but against those foes…no. And if I must I will show you that." A resolve grew in Kakashi's visible eye, and then he nodded, seemingly to himself, quickly calling his team together.
"I need to show you just how big the gap between a Jônin and your status as post- Chûnin are.
"How dare you insult me like this!!" Itachi knelt on the hard floor, his red gaze downward as his father paced angrily in front of him, quietly panting as he watched the elder move wearily.
People were running around outside the doors, looking for him and Itachi reflected on the reason why. Fugaku had taken him from the Med-nin tent while he still had grievous wounds; he pressed his arm against his chest, trying to hide that every breath hurt.
"You came so close." Fugaku whispered throwing his hands into the air as he suddenly screamed "You were a hair's weight away from total victory! But then you lost! I saw your movements, I saw your mistakes, you failed!" Itachi flinched unconsciously, then bit his lip to stop a pained cry as his ribs shifted
At least…two are broken… Fugaku continued despite his son's pain, but Itachi started first
"Just because…I did not come out as the victor of the entire tournament…doesn't mean that I will not gain Chûnin status Father-" His father turned, face quickly turning a tomato shade of red
"SILENCE!! That is completely beside the point, and you know it! Do you think that really matters??" Fugaku thundered angrily "You lost to a low level commoner! Some filthy blood trash, you, the Genius Uchiha Heir! The True Heir to the Sharingan, and the next Lord after me, and you lost!" Itachi closed his eyes; chakra finally depleted and fought the urge to collapse right there "You have shamed us all!" The cry echoed as Itachi finally fell forward on one hand and knees as he clutched at his chest
"And now you collapse before me, what are you a weakling now? Can not take any pain-?"
"Uchiha Fugaku, how dare you say such things!" A young voice cried out. Namikaze Minato forced the shoji door open and bright flashes of chakra exploded into the air as Hikaru ran into the room. Bright blue eyes widened as his son knelt by Itachi, forcing the elder over, and a pale hand started to glow.
"Stay out of my affairs, Namikaze." Fugaku hissed. Minato turned away from his son to glance at the man as Hikaru looked up to openly glare at him, before turning away in an obvious sign of dismissal. Itachi opened an eye as he tried to sit up
"Thank you, but I insist, you should go." Minato raised an eyebrow at the boy as Hikaru's face started to turn red, his eyes bleeding green.
"Itachi-kun." Hikaru purred. Said boy looked at him with an eyebrow raised. Hikaru simply sent him an extremely pissed off look as he pinched a pressure point.
"Now I see were Itachi got his stupidity from." Hikaru mused, eyes returning to their natural color, chakra fluctuating in his anger as he painstakingly split his energy to heal Itachi and restore his chakra reserves. "Stupid heartless old man!"
"Don't speak of your elders so." Minato ordered quietly, but his eyes held amusement as he leaned back on the shoji doors.
"Then what else can I say??" Hikaru shot back, eyes flashing green "What else can I say about a man who lets his Heir be reduced to this and not seem to even care?" Itachi flinched and Hikaru let out a breath, visibly calming as he picked his friend up
"He has more injuries than I can heal." Minato didn't say a word as his son excused himself.
"I am a hairs width away from taking that boy from you, Uchiha." Minato stated quietly as he closed the Shoji doors and recast the ward upon them. Fugaku blinked
"And just what do you mean by that Namikaze?" Minato looked the elder man over, smirking
"Our boy's are best friends you know." He commented "It seems like they might be more soon." Fugaku paled before going bright red
"WHAT?? MY SON IS NOT A FAGGIT!!" Minato shook his head with a roll of his eyes
"Like you would have a choice! Every time you harm him Itachi goes to Hikaru. He comes to my home to be healed and forget the wound to his heart you cast, then goes back to your side. The perfectly obedient son. I've purposely raised my child to think about what I say before he obeys, he has his own mind. But Itachi obeys every command you give, and look what it has done to him. A Chûnin at eight years old, so powerful yet so young, you have stolen his childhood from him!"
"Like you can say much else Namikaze!" Fugaku shot back "Your imp of a son can match mine near perfectly!" Minato smirked
"Thank you for the complement, but I did not force it on him! He trained with your son, so Itachi could keep on his toes and not become arrogant as you and the Uchiha Clan have become! If those boys never became friends I tell you now they would be bitter enemies, and your son would still be out of your control, but all the more worse! A genius with no happiness goes insane, Uchiha, and his hate for you would not help at all." Fugaku blinked staring at him "I will not force more responsibility on my seven year old son, Uchiha, until he asks for it. Powerful or not, he is still only a child." Minato turned to the door, the added
"I watch Uchiha, and I do come here often, more so than you think. Don't test me." Wind blew around the Jônin as his eyes flashed then he left.
Hikaru looked up from his place hidden at the corner of the room as Fugaku stormed away.
This is it. Will…he leave? No, I won't allow that. I refuse to let him pull away.
"Are you sure this is the right place, Itachi?" The Nuke-nin from Konohagure turned to his partner, and raised an eyebrow, coming to a stop at a raised stone.
"I do know what I need to do." He knelt on the ground, then put a hand to the stone, hand glowing with chakra…but not his own. The stone slab shifted, reveling a hole in the ground.
"Here is a shortcut to Iwagure." He stated plainly, then started down. Konan and Kisame turned to each other.
"Can he get any stranger?" Kisame complained quietly. Konan giggled
"Yes. He is a teenager, mind you." Golden eyes rolled, and then the two followed the Uchiha Heir.
Well, the end of chapter three.
Hm…As you can see, Iwa still remembers the third Shinobi war…will this effect the mission?? Hehe you bet! Kakashi has a large target on his ass and forehead.
That memory of the Chunin exams for Itachi…is months old. I never though I would use it…eto, do any one want to see Hikaru's final battle in his exam?
Thank you to all who voted in my poll. if any of you care, Hogwart's Visitor will be updated first, as soon as I get a good idea to revamp it…sigh.
Edited 10/12/08