"Do we have everyone we need for this?" Sasuke asks Daisuke who seems thoughtful.
"I think so, but… I wonder if we should wait until Rinsu becomes Hokage before we do this…"
"Because we don't have a guarantee that Rinsu will be Hokage." Now turning to Senka, he adds bluntly. "Your involvement in this can't be known. It will be easier to stay out of trouble if it seems like an isolated incident involving only Uchiha. My clan has already been dragged through blood and darkness, an act like this, if we end up getting arrested will just seem typical. But if you are caught, it could damage Rinsu's reputation."
"Yeah… I get that…" She answers, stretching her back out as she leans back, touching her hands to the floor before pushing up and righting herself. "I'll admit I'm probably the slowest one here."
"We'll have you be the first to leave; take the youngest child with you so you won't be slowed down more than necessary." Sasuke instructs before Daisuke clues him in.
"Nobuko will probably only trust me. She's the three year old."
"Alright. What about your oldest young sibling?" Sasuke then asks.
"Seiji has… some athletic skill. He's not as fast as any of us, but…" Daisuke then shrugs softly. "He can carry his own as long as the person he's with isn't too much faster."
Looking around the other two; Mitsuki and Lee, Sasuke's gaze fixes on the green clad teen who nods.
"I won't have any trouble slowing down for him to keep up." Before giving a thumbs up. "I'll see to it your brother gets back here safely."
"We're going to be all wearing a unisex uniform." Sasuke recants. "Daisuke and I are the only acceptable people to take the fall here. As such, he'll be going before I will. If any of the rest of you are spotted, drop what you're doing and escape. If the police of their village apprehend us, we'll stick to the story of the rest of you being shadow clones. Oh, and leave anything linking you to Konoha here on this table." The Uchiha man explains, motioning to the furniture in front of him.
Frowning before taking off her forehead protector from her forearm, Senka then smirks slightly with a sigh as she places it upon the table. "I've actually gotten used to wearing that thing."
Bending down to take her own from her leg, Mitsuki asks worriedly. "You guys promise I can tell Naruto about this after it's done, right? I don't wanna hide anything from him, but I really wanted to help…"
"Yeah… we're just worried about him trying to stop us. But he doesn't know what kind of people they are; drinking their money away like irresponsible adolescents, to the point that my brother, who's fourteen, needed to find odd jobs to make money so they could have food. And my stepfather has a good job! They're just money hungry. When I was younger, I saved the Daimyo's life, and got a big reward. …I've never seen most of it. It all went straight into their pocket."
"How old were you?" Lee asks curiously.
Seeming thoughtful, a bit of a dark look comes to Daisuke's eyes for a moment before he blinks it away and states simply. "Ten."
"I'd like to hear that story later, or on the way, but for now we should be getting ready. It's already well into the afternoon, and we need to be there by the early morning." Sasuke informs.
"We'll have to be especially careful. Remember, this guy owns a gun." Daisuke reminds making Lee frown.
"It's illegal for civilians to even purchase a gun… most people in the ninja countries have never even seen them."
"Yeah, most haven't, but I have. When my team escorted the Princess of the Land of Snow to her home. We'll be careful. Don't fight him, use clone and replacement techniques to just get away. He's still just a civilian after all." Sasuke encourages.
"Oh, just take all my fun. I was hoping I'd get caught so I could give his ass a good ass kicking." Senka grunts with a smirk, pulling off her shirt and exposing her chest, wrapped in sarashi bandages.
Blinking alittle, Sasuke then looks away with a somewhat awkward frown and a slight blush. …She's pretty shameless isn't she? While Lee blushes as well and looks off.
Otherwise seeming undaunted, Daisuke just shrugs. "Don't try to get caught. But if you have to fight, I don't care… it'll serve him right for what he did to her." The brunette mutters leadingly, but vaguely to those who wouldn't know his past.
Grinning as she looks about the room, Senka points out as she pulls her shirt on over her head. "I know Lee's uncomfortable beause I'm Rinsu's sister, but jeez, Sasuke; you act like you've never seen breasts before. I am wearing a sarashi. I'm sure you and Sakura; two horny teens, weren't really able to hold off for marriage."
As Sasuke twitches slightly and starts to blush deeper, Daisuke chortles. "But if you compare Sakura, to Senka… it's almost like he hasn't."
Shooting Daisuke a glare, Sasuke stays silent but the chunin just chuckles.
"Sasuke, while your eyes are as sharp as they are infamous for being, Rinsu's have the capability to kill a man in one strike!"
Blinking a bit, Lee then just chuckles quietly while Sasuke scoffs and looks off.
"Most women are not as open about disrobing in front of a man regardless of what she's wearing underneath."
"Well Senka has had me on her team along with two other girls for over a year now. And besides, she's not showing her body off that much so there's no sense in getting touchy over it." Daisuke points out. Then shrugging he adds. "She's showing about as much as Ino does." to which Sasuke just scoffs and rolls his eyes.
"You don't want my opinion of Ino."
Squinting suddenly, Daisuke then frowns. "If you wanna start that, then fine. You don't want my opinion of Sakura!"
As Senka only clears her throat and goes about dressing, she points out a bit bluntly. "…That inference was pretty uncalled for, Sasuke. And if you think so lowly of Ino and myself, not to mention my sister dresses like that, well… Maybe you shouldn't be here."
Frowning at Senka, Sasuke puts a hand on his hip. "I just think she's annoying, clingy, and pushy."
"That's not what you inferred." Daisuke rumbles lowly. "I think Sakura's temper makes her psychotic, not to mention that she broke off her friendship with Ino, who was the first person to make her so popular all because of you." the brunette snaps, pointing sharply at the black eyed Uchiha. "Then there's the way you both used to treat Naruto, that was just stupid. It's a good thing you don't anymore otherwise I wouldn't bother associating with either of you!"
As Senka again becomes silent, finishing her dressing, Sasuke frowns and closes his eyes. "Regardless, Sakura was the one who matured past it."
"Really, Sasuke? Or did she just think she had it in so good she didn't bother fighting with Ino for you anymore? If you got beaten horribly, and then that person walked away while you were standing for more, would you just let them walk away?"
"That's completely different." Sasuke mutters with a fairly nostalgic frown.
"Not really. Especially when you're a teenager. Besides; how I hear it, Ino and Sakura were best friends, back when everyone teased Sakura and acted like she was a freak, Ino was the only person that bothered being her friend. Then, Sakura went single white female when she got popular and purposefully started liking Sasuke just because he was popular. She told Ino they had to be rivals for your love. Years later Sakura says 'I'm worried about Sasuke, so let's stop with the rivalry and not bother being friends at all. Ino freaked and there you go." Senka explains with a gentle frown, putting her hands on her hips.
"Look, let's just quit talking about this. It's probably better to just forget about it for now." Daisuke offers, shaking his head before turning to Mitsuki with a grin. "Might as well just get ready to go."
"That sounds like a great idea!" The black haired girl offers with a smile after her worried expression fades. "Right, Lee?"
"Yeah…" Lee nods while rubbing his neck a moment and then pulling off his jacket and picking up a non-descript black gi. This is loose enough for me to wear right over my jumpsuit..
Hours later, the group stops outside of Daisuke's old home; a house that looks fairly big from the outside, but constantly under construction. Seeming to take in the surroundings for a moment, Daisuke makes a simple deduction. "They aren't home; probably drinking again."
"That just makes it easier." Sasuke comments as he walks to the door and stays to one side of it. "You said in this sort of circumstance, you can get your brother to let you in. Then I'll leave it to you."
Nodding, Daisuke walks up to the door while the others take various places around the house and Mitsuki lets out a series of butterfly scouts to watch the block. Once this is done, the brunette chunin takes down his mask from the front of his face and knocks on the door. It takes several tries, until the door opens at a crack, and then more fully revealing a young man just as tall as Daisuke, but with brown eyes, lighter hair and a lankier build, seeming a bit bishonen; mildly effeminate.
"Wow, what're you doin' here?" the teen boy asks while Daisuke frowns, spotting a set of bruises on his brother's neck, suddenly frowning in worry he explains.
"I'm gonna take you guys outta here."
"To Dad's?" Seiji asks, suddenly looking excited.
"No, I can't take Nobuko and the others there. I found some extended family where I'm staying; we're all gonna stay there."
"We're takin' the kids too? …I.. I dunno… what if they find us?" the younger brunette asks, sounding worried.
"We're ninja, kid; he won't find us." Senka offers, hanging upside down over the doorway with a smirk down at the boy; though her face remains concealed.
Stumbling back in surprise, Seiji then grins a bit and chuckles. "A-alright. If you guys are sure… But I gotta get my stuff…!"
Stepping inside after his brother, Daisuke then waves a hand inviting Lee and the others inside. Spying the infant in the basinet in the living room, Lee blinks and frowns.
"Do they really leave only you to stay here with a child so young?"
"I've done it before…." The younger male mutters sheepishly, shrugging gently.
This one is very young… By the time he's three, he won't remember this place at all. Sasuke thinks to himself while looking around at the half-finished house that looks nearly capable of collapsing in some spots, while completely finished in others. "This place.. Seems so unsafe…"
"It's improved a lot since I've seen it last." Daisuke offers. "When Nobuko was an infant, there were still random holes in the floor she could have fallen through." Then turning to Sasuke. "When we get back, do you think we could get Sensei to put in a complaint to the child protection service here?"
Nodding softly, Sasuke still frowns. I can't believe parents let children live in a place like this… Helping Daisuke to gather some of the children's necessities, Lee helps Seiji to carry some of his things while Senka gingerly picks the youngest child; Raito, then seems to wander throughout the house.
"Nobuko and Kazuya are both upstairs." Daisuke informs him while the two Uchiha males make their way deeper into the house. Walking into the young girls room, Daisuke moves to lift her without waking his younger sister, but she shifts and rubs her eyes, and then looks up at him.
"..Daiki…?"
"Daisuke, Nobu, and yeah… I'm here…"
Smiling obliviously she nuzzles into her older brother. "I like you…"
Sasuke appears in the door holding a young boy with bright orange hair who is still very much asleep. "I think we have all we need, or can carry. Anything else, we'll just have to get a new supply of."
"Alright.. I'll go now." Daisuke nods before slipping out of the upper window, and using the concentration of his chakra to work his way down the outer wall to the ground where Seiji is waiting.
"Whoa. You've gotta teach me how to do that…"
"One thing at a time…" Lee offers urgently. "We should go now…"
"Wait…" The younger brunette returns before looking his sister over. "Where's Chu?"
"Who's 'Chu'?" Daisuke utters back with a confused look, causing his brother to roll his eyes.
"Chu's Nobu's stuffed mouse. You're gonna have hell from her without it!"
"Alright.. Hold her, I'll go get it.." The hazel eyed sibling returns, carefully offering his sister to Seiji before he goes right back up the wall into the window and closes it after himself.
Still inside the house, Sasuke finds Senka in the parent's room and frowns. "What are you doing?"
"They stole five million ryou from Dai. I have a few ideas on how to get it back. So far, I've found a few hundred, but what I really need is a-" Grinning as she lifts a bag from under the mattress, she opens it, revealing large, long, flat coins of gold. "Let's go."
Nodding, Sasuke moves back through the house meeting Daisuke at the door holding a yellow plush mouse doll. "We're ready. Thank Senka." The black haired adolescent offers to his shorter counterpart before they both leave.
Now back in the Uchiha compound, Daisuke slings off his mask while his siblings all sleep, looking to Sasuke he frowns gently. "I had one more thing to talk to you about."
"Hm?" Sasuke looks up and Daisuke slips down to the floor, sitting with his hand propping up his head, and his legs crossed for balance.
"It's fine, for them all to be brought up honoring Uchiha traditions, but… I want the choice to become a ninja be their own. I don't want any of them to feel forced or obligated, otherwise they might not give it there all, and I don't want to feel responsible for any of my brothers or sisters dying for that reason."
Watching him a moment, Sasuke frowns gently. "Even if something like that happens, it won't be your fault." Closing his eyes, he shrugs. "Things only really get dangerous past the Chunin level… I'd at least like to see them graduate the academy. I've already made plans to talk with my academy teacher, Iruka Umino. I know he'll take good care of them. Besides, they should at least understand their kakkei genkai, or it might end up being dangerous. The Sharingan is a very coveted ability…"
"…Alright. Sorry, when I was barely considered a genin, I was already running a suicide mission."
"I did say I'd like to hear that story, and you never got around to talking about it on the way."
Narrowing his eyes thoughtfully, Daisuke sighs before shifting onto his back. "At eight… I wanted to be a ninja… At ten, there was a jonin in our village who saw me throwing some of my father's shiruken around… My father's family is from Tekumi village, and he trained in Kumogakure to be a ryori nin."