Akiri frowned, her eyes focused on her older brother as she got ready to attack him. Her chakra had amazing capabilities and Akiri knew that herself, due to it's infusion with the Kyuubi chakra. So, she got ready. It had been just a week but she was certain she'd got the rasengan down to the best she could do it. She'd been practicing since deciding she would take down Itachi.
What she hadn't told anyone was that she would find him and beat sense into him.
"Your best shot then, come on. Let's go."
Akiri focused the chakra in her hand, using one hand to spin it as though she were doing it physically and not just as a mental help. The blue energy manifested in her palm and the orb began to blow up in size, getting bigger and bigger until she was certain she couldn't put much more chakra into it. Instead of it's colour being a brilliant blue like her father's, or even an indigo like her brother's, Akiri found her chakra to be crimson red anyway. And soon enough, she was running at her older brother.
Hinato dived left but found his feet to be stuck and he landed on the floor. When he looked around, Akiri had disappeared, replaced by just the empty training field and the few adults nearby watching to evaluate Akiri's progress.
"Gotcha!" Akiri yelled as she forced herself down.
Hinato jumped left. The crimson rasengan missed by a mere inch, catching his sleeve before the orb hit the ground. Akiri watched her brother come running at her, grimacing at the damage to his coat. Akiri chuckled, standing to her feet, smiling. She quickly performed a few hand seals before hitting the ground and watching as an over-sized cat jumped into the field. It was a panther, it's green eyes shining as it bounded toward Hinato.
"Not too shabby." Hinato called as he threw a kunai in the direction of Akiri.
Two hand seals and she disappeared in a cloud of dust, as did the panther. For a second, Hinato stood there dumbfounded as the crowd of onlookers gasped in shock. He gulped, feeling the cold metal of a dagger against his throat. Then, he smiled and slowly turned to look at his younger sister.
"You win." Hinato chuckled, seeing the look of pure determination on her face.
Akiri dropped the dagger, turning to look at her Father, her eyes the same blue but now filled with determination. Her long blonde hair hung loose and it was in waves as she pushed the two blonde bangs away from her face. Finally, she grimaced before yelling, "What of the search and destroy mission?"
"It's all yours." Naruto sighed, quickly running to stand beside his daughter.
"Good. I'll leave tomorrow."
Itachi grinned, knowing the jutsu was nearly complete. He knew every step off by heart and all he needed now was a viable vessel for her to take over. He was walking through the town, sporting a black cloak and his old headband to show peace with the small village in the Fire Nation. Smiling, he walked into a flower shop and saw a pretty girl working there.
She was nowhere near as beautiful as Akiri had been, but she was certainly pretty all the same. The girl had long brown hair and a kind smile, making her big, doe eyes look even kinder. After a minute, Itachi caught her eye and he smiled, causing the girl to blush. Then, slowly, he walked over to her and began to bring her in.
"I hate to ask but I feel I need your assistance, if you're not too busy." Itachi asked, smiling kindly as he spoke to the young, naive girl.
"I'm not too busy." The girl said, her voice like a melody as she spoke and a peach blush crept onto her cheeks. "Can I help you?"
"My mother is in hospital and I just want to find her some flowers. Could you possibly help me?" Itachi asked, smiling as though he were slightly nervous by the girl's kind response. "I don't really know much about flowers."
"I'm sorry about your Mother, but I'd be happy to help. Is there a specific colour or species of flower you'd like?"
"Not really, I just want some flowers with a message saying 'I love you and hope you get well soon' sort of thing." Itachi said, smiling like he felt a little awkward. His acting skills weren't too bad at least.
"Well, when I was a little girl, my own Mother fell ill and she was given hibiscus flowers and they are, of course, very small but beautiful flowers. So how about those?" The girl asked, blushing.
"Certainly."
After going through the motions of paying for flowers, Itachi went through the motions of complimenting the girl and finally asking her out to dinner that night. Intoxicated by the idea of having lunch with him, the girl agreed and no sooner had he left the shop did he trash the expensive flowers he'd bought. They smelled putrid and to him, they were too feminine for his liking.