Author's Note: YAY! NEXT CHAPTER! ^^
Chapter 10 – Bonds
Kushina's family, Akahi, and Shizune were at the house.
"So, how did you guys get here?" asked Kushina's mother. Akahi spoke.
"Well, we have a mission. Our sensei and her two former teammates came to get rid of Hanzo." Nagato grinned.
"That man needs to go," he said. "I'd like to thank your sensei later." Everyone had finished their food, so Kushina's mother dismissed them all to their beds.
"Akahi, can I talk to you?" she asked when they were alone in the room.
"Sure," replied Akahi, sitting down.
"It's about Kushina. This village is full of war. If she stays, it will be like the Uzushio incident all over again. That's why, even if you have to use force, I want you to keep her with you in Konoha."
"Then what about you?" Akahi asked, eyes wide with surprise. "This village isn't safe for you, either."
"I'll try leaving with Nagato sometime. But Kushina's father is set on staying here. I have no choice but to stay… Oh yes, one more thing: Is Kushina happy in Konoha?"
"I can't say that… She's a Jinchūriki… So she has quite a sad life. But so am I, so I help her."
"I see… Thank you. Oh, are you by any chance related to the second Hokage?"
"You mean Tobirama Senju… Yeah, he's my granduncle."
"No, I meant Hikaze Senju…"
"What? She was Second Hokage?"
"Well, the day she officially took up office, she died…"
"How long ago?"
"Around 20 years ago." Akahi put together her thoughts. She was a Senju, she was Hokage, she named me, she was friends with Mitarashi-sama, who also was a Senju, her mother was Granny Mito, and her father was Grandpa Hokage, people mention her a lot around me, she died 20 years ago. Who is she?
After spending two nights at Kushina's family's house, Akahi said it was probably time to leave. Kushina objected to this, but after Akahi told her what her mother had said, she came reluctantly. They started off. When they were just a few feet from the house, they heard a crash. Then they heard voices. Screams sounded, and one dying voice rang out above all the others.
"Nagato… Run."
It was Kushina's mother's voice. Anxious, Kushina ran to the window.
There were five corpses on the ground.
Two Konoha shinobi, Nagato, and Kushina's parents. All of them were dead.
Kushina fell to her knees.
"No…" she sobbed. Shizune rushed to her side.
"I'm so sorry-" Kushina pushed her to the ground. Shocked, Akahi helped Shizune up.
"I understand how you feel-"
"NO YOU DON'T!" shrieked Kushina, orange chakra began to envelop her. The chakra sprouted four tails, and claws of chakra surrounded her hands. She came for Shizune with a claw. Akahi shielded her and took the blow. She started bleeding heavily, but she had enough strength to activate her Mangekyo Sharingan. Her left eye now glowed red. Shizune saw all her blood and gasped.
"I'll go fetch sensei, she'll know what to do," she whispered frantically, running away. She used her trademark speed, which was really fast.
"You were alone from the start," growled Kushina, clawing at Akahi, who kept dodging. "You have no parents, no brothers, no siblings." Tsunade and Shizune arrived just then.
"That's true…" Akahi murmured, standing still. Kushina struck another killing blow. Akahi fell, the light fading from her eyes."What is family?" she asked in her last few breaths. Seeing her, broken, her life spilling out in front of her, Kushina came to her senses. The cloak disappeared. Tsunade checked Akahi's pulse. Closing her eyes, she realized that her cousin was dead. Seeing her sensei's expression, Kushina's lip trembled. She erupted into sobs, loud and regretful. Shizune comforted her two teammates, though her own state was much worse than theirs.
Suddenly, in one whisper, when everyone knew that Akahi had gone, someone said something.
"Izanagi." Her Mangekyo eye opened, but it was glowing pink.
She woke up in an otherworldly place. In front of her was a girl who looked to be her age.
"My name is Kurokaze Uchiha," the girl greeted. "I gave you that Sharingan."
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