Sylencia – No, I meant to be serious with this. Although, at the beginning it will be cute and everything, there will be dark times since this era was gruesome and horrible. I'm glad you like Madara's personality, I like it too, well, the one before his corruption. So fun to tease! As for the romance, it will come but I'm curious if you know who it will become. If you have a guess, pm me. ;) As for the French part, well, my French is average, not really one of my strongest point. Sorry to disappoint you but your English does look good.
SilverIcy – I love to write about her personality too! I hope her personality will be something like this; devoted to her clan and outgoing with an open personality. In the prologue you read this: "Her eyes widened then, maybe she could use her chakra? Concentrating carefully, she felt the flicker of her chakra, on some miraculous way her chakra was warming up to her. It could feel the soul and it twitched in recognition." That last sentence was to make the readers notice that Shisui has her chakra from her previous life. The fact that I did this is very simple. Chakra is made from your spiritual energy and physical energy so since Shisui has her entire soul and mind with her, her real chakra came with her, though she'll need to up her physical strength but that isn't too hard: training!
Kasai no Oni – Hey! I'm glad you like this story too! Hopefully this one will to your satisfaction too! :D
So here are the ages for the ones that are confused, for this chapter only:
Uchiha Madara=7 years to 8 years old
Uchiha Daisuke (OC)=6 years to 7 years old
Uchiha Izuna=5 years to 6 years old
Uchiha Tetsu (OC)=3 years to 4 years old
Uchiha Shisui=2 years to 3 years old
Era of the Warring States
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By Angelbloodlover
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~ Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
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Chapter 2: Senju's Ambush
Shisui yawned and stretched her tired limbs, getting up she looked at Sachiko, Tajima was nowhere to be seen. Then her eyes moved to Tetsu and she frowned, unhappily. Her brother should get up and train with her. The men and women tend to overlook the fact that she was a girl, only because she was a toddler. Of course, even if they did forbade her, she would still train. She would not let herself be put down like a simple housewife. The itch to train was imprinted in her head, like breathing. She needed to train, just the same as oxygen. Without it she couldn't live.
Tetsu groaned and tried to push her away but one glare from her made him reconsider things, "Shi-chan, I want to sleep."
She shook her head, nod budging. He tried again. "Please?"
"Tetsu-kun, get up." She spoke sternly, crossing her arms, just the way her father used to do. "I mean it."
He groaned again, glaring at her but obeyed her anyway, albeit stiffly. "Fine!"
"Good boy."
He scoffed at her and stretched his arms, yawning cutely. Before she could pinch his cheek, he started walking to the river to wash his face. She followed behind him, proud of herself when she walked as gracefully as a toddler could. Still, she had to concentrate on her steps to make it silent. "Tetsu, don't stomp, glide over the ground."
He waved her suggestion away and continued on walking, crunching the leaves deliberately while peeking at her. He reminded her of Obito, her carefree cousin who got …killed. Swallowing loudly, she hastened her steps and stopped him, "Tetsu-kun, please…" She didn't want to lose him, she liked him too much.
With a sigh, he concentrated on his steps, making them much quieter. "Better?" He asked her annoyed.
She nodded, "Hai!"
"Sometimes you're so weird." He continued, concentrating, sticking his tongue out. Shisui remembered when she had rated Tetsu as average, well, now, she takes them back. He was high intelligent for a three-year old. Maybe the fact she talked to him like an adult, enlarged his vocabulary and his maturity? It could be, especially in the stage between three to five, those were the years were a child sucked up everything.
That's also one of the reasons why she was training him. He was too carefree. She didn't like that, not in this dangerous era. Not when countless conscripted children were being slaughtered like a herd of sheep. Tetsu needed to be serious.
"You're so serious, imouto." He stifled another yawn and grinned at Shisui. "Smile!"
A chuckle escaped her lips, "You're right."
"Imouto, as your brother I'm always right!" He proudly stated, looking smug as ever. "What will be on today's program?"
"Chakra control."
That was all needed to deflate his ego and Shisui felt proud, "You need perfect chakra control to use medical ninjutsu." She was trying to install that in his head. She wanted ensure his survival rate would be higher. She wanted him to be able to use in case of emergencies.
"Imouto!" He protested but she cut him off quickly, "Tetsu! Man up!" That effectively shut him up. Still, his lips tugged down, indicating that he didn't like it a bit. He knew how scary she could get so he sighed and prepared himself for another day of ultimate boringness.
"Hai, hai!"
Satisfied with the outcome, she plopped herself on the ground, patting the empty spot next to her, "Let us begin, aniki."
He puffed out his cheeks but obeyed, "Sometimes I wonder if you're even girl…" When she glared, he grinned sheepishly, "No offense."
"It's just…," She looked down, images of Tetsu, of her brothers, lying in their blood. Soulless. "I don't want to lose you, aniki." Her shimmering black eyes locked with his and he had to swallow at the heavy emotions behind the curtain of black. She looked so worn-out, so tired, so different.
"Imouto, don't worry, aniki will stay with you!" He cheered her up, laughing when she jumped on him and they started frolicking around, their laughter reaching the grown-ups and somehow they indulged in that innocent picture where for once was no blood. Shisui pinned Tetsu on the ground and smirked in triumph, "Got you!"
He shook his head, "Way to state the obvious, sis."
She rolled her eyes and stood up, offering him her hand. With a big smile, he grabbed her hand and stood up, "You're getting too strong, imouto."
"Thanks, now let's start training." She pulled him next to the tree and slid against the giant tree, enjoying the peaceful quietness. "You remember how it is?"
He waved her worries away, "Yeah, yeah, concentrate on your chakra flow and keep the leaf steady." He picked two leaves, twirling them around while using chakra.
A vein popped up her head and she punched him on his head, ignoring his angry cry as he rubbed his sore spot. "You're too aggressive." He had stated while glaring at her.
"You're too annoying." She had countered back, smirking. "I bet you can't do it better than me." If a challenge was necessary to make him serious about this, then so be it.
He narrowed his eyes, "You're on!" And both of the children were keeping the leaf steady on their nose, using chakra.
When Madara decided to take a break from the training, he visited his two youngest siblings, Tetsu and Shisui. Those two were always together, whenever he saw them. What he saw made his eyes bulge out, "What is happening here?"
That shocked the two as their concentration vanished and they looked at him, irritation clear in their eyes, "Aniki!" Shisui had shouted, narrowing her eyes, "Look what you did!"
"Tell me whose idea it was to mess with chakra?" He crossed his arms, looking at Shisui then Tetsu.
Tetsu didn't squirm, in fact, he was grinning mischievously, "You would want to know that, don't you?"
He glared at him but he still didn't tremble like Daisuke or Izuna. He didn't know why this carefree brother of him was that way. Even father wasn't paying Tetsu much attention, either, something he wasn't comfortable with. He will need the training to defend himself from their enemies.
"Tetsu, talk or I'll make you." He threatened, his eyes locked with Tetsu.
Until Shisui stood up and lifted her hands, "No fighting, aniki!" She glared at them both, her chakra flickering angrily and Madara sighed tiredly.
"Shisui, care to explain?" It was no question, he demanded answers now. "Today, Shisui."
She sat down like a cat, patting the spot next to her, "Aniki, sit down."
He obeyed but the glare was firmly in place.
"Tajim-" "Father." Madara corrected her but Shisui refused to use that, he didn't deserve her respect. "Tajima, doesn't show interest in Tetsu so I decided to teach him about chakra. Happy now?"
He glared at her when she still said Tajima instead of father. "Father won't be happy to hear such disrespect from you."
"I don't care about him. He is mean and he prefers you over Tetsu, which is not what a father should be. He should love all his children equally." Shisui spat out, patting Tetsu's arm tenderly, "So I decided to teach him, I don't want Tetsu to be hurt because of that." She continued, averting her eyes to the farthest tent where Tajima was discussing the newest strategies of the Uchiha clan.
Madara sighed and rubbed his temples, "Sometimes you two are more trouble than you're both worth."
Tetsu and Shisui grinned widely, "But you still love us, big brother!"
"Unfortunately, I do." His lips twitched upwards and he helped them with their chakra control, promising Shisui to keep this quiet because father wouldn't be happy about the prospect of Shisui, a female, learning the art of a shinobi, something that was considered to be for men only.
"Daisuke, you're it!" Shisui called loudly, tagging him on his back. The tagged person's eyes widened considerably, not even noticing his sister behind him. How did she do that? Her chakra was practically vanished, he couldn't trace her easily. How come she knows all these things about chakra when no one had ever taught her? He needed to talk to aniki about this.
He growled lowly and ran after her until she was stuck, a tree blocking her path. Still, that wide grin didn't leave her face. "What are you going to do now, imouto?" He smirked and reached out, wriggling his fingers playfully. "You're stuck with no escap- Holy cannoli!"
Shisui had to chuckle at that word, she had taught them some words that were used in her previous modern time. Sticking out her tongue, she concentrated until she flipped over him, using chakra to soften her landing. Sweat was already dripping down. Damn, that was much harder than she expected but she succeeded and that was everything that she needed to know, still training her chakra control will be necessary. Running away from him, she lifted her fingers, "Ja ne!"
Daisuke was left there, gaping at the vanishing back from his sister. He moved his eyes to the tree where she had used chakra to flip over him. There was not even a sign whether she had used too much chakra, which meant her chakra control was flawless. But how? His ears perked up when he heard the bush rustle behind him. Grinning, he moved towards the bush, intent on getting one of his siblings.
When he pushed the bush aside, his eyes widened in horror. "Aniki!
Shisui stiffened when she felt that foreign chakra, "Daisuke-nii! Aniki!" She cried out in worry, concern clouding her entire petite body.
Without another word, Madara had appeared next to her, Izuna and Tetsu following behind him. "Shisui, go alert father! Now!" He screamed when she was still frozen.
"I'm coming!" She blurted out, already charging ahead.
He growled in annoyance and looked at Tetsu, "Go alert father!"
"Hai!" And gone was he.
"Izuna, follow me and don't do anything rush." Madara spoke quickly, running behind Shisui who was very fast for her age. But then again, she was no normal child.
Shisui felt their chakra before they were close to her, "Aniki, if something happens to Daisuk- Eeek!" She squealed when Izuna lifted her up, "Izuna-nii, put me down!" She shrieked quietly, hitting his back but he didn't listen. "I'll be in your way-" "Who said you're going to fight?" Madara asked angrily, pushing his limbs to go faster. "You're only two years old, Shisui, what will you do? Fight him? Ha! Don't make me laugh!" He spat out, eyes still on the road.
That made Shisui think over her actions, maybe she was a bit rash. He was right, she was only two. What could she do? She rubbed her eyes furiously, wishing the itching would disappear. That stupid phantom pain from her Sharingan. It was as if her Sharingan was there but then it wasn't. Her eyes were tearing up and she prayed that Daisuke would be alright. This was her idea to start with, she had convinced them to play 'Ninja' with her. If something ever happened to him, she wouldn't be able to forgive herself. Please, Daisuke-nii, be safe.
When they arrived there, they saw a tired Daisuke fighting against three Senju's, she noticed their symbol on their chest. Without another thought, Madara charged straight at one, using Shunshin no Jutsu to flicker behind him. The kunai impaled his lungs and one was down. Her brother looked like a vicious tiger, protecting his own kin. He didn't even bother to watch him die, instead he jumped next to his brother, pushing him behind as if to protect him.
The moment she saw his injured arm, she trashed violently on Izuna's back and when he only tightened his hold, she used chakra to enforce her muscles, somersaulting over the bewildered Izuna. Growling, she took a kunai from his holster and threw it with perfect accuracy –chakra included- towards the confused shinobi on the left. His pained scream echoed around the forest and he looked straight at Shisui.
"You stupid, cowardly, idiotic, worthless, gutless, despicable," She took a deep breath and continued, "Nauseating, brainless, imbecilic Senju!" Madara's eye brows twitched and everyone stared at her as if she was mentally underprivileged. "What?! They are cowards for picking on children!" She ran towards Daisuke and pulled him away from the battle. "Daisuke-nii, you did enough, let aniki finish it."
He grunted but allowed her to pull her away, biting his lips from the pain. Shisui looked with worried eyes at her brother, the one who kept working, day in, day out. He wasn't one who was a genius, he was a hard-worker.
In a world of constant war only the strong will survive...
His father was right, in this world only the strong ones will survive, like Madara-nii, and the weak ones will…die. He had to get stronger, he had to get stronger fast, much faster. But he did his best, what more could he do? He felt like he was never good enough, like he would never satisfy his father.
Shisui furrowed her brows and concentrated chakra on her palms, seeing it flicker from blue to green made her angry, "Come on." Her hand was shaking but she managed to get control over her mystical palm jutsu. Her chakra knew she was Shisui but the fact that her physical energy wasn't in balance with her spiritual energy made it difficult to concentrate on her jutsu and maintain it. She had enough chakra but it was as if she had to tame it all over again. Furrowing her brows deeper, she grimaced when she assessed his injury. The wound was too deep, it even cut through his muscles. Shit! If she wouldn't be able to fix his muscle tendons then he wouldn't be able to use that arm of him. She had to fix his arms. "Daisuke-nii, this will hurt." And then she started healing him, her experience winning over her chakra problem.
The scream that tore through his lips made her blink her tears away. He was only seven years old, he was a goddamn child. He didn't deserve to be hurt like this. Gnashing her teeth, she tried to send some soothing chakra to numb the pain down but it wasn't enough, he was still screaming, gaining everyone's attention.
"Shisui! What are you doing?!" Madara shouted loudly, flipping over the Senju. He didn't dare to glance behind him, he had to keep his attention on the enemy.
Shisui didn't answer him and bit her lip, keeping the chakra green, "Come on," A small flicker and then her green medical chakra turned off. Shisui stood there, mouth wide open while she watched the blood pour out. "No…come on." She cursed when the only thing she could get was a flicker of ethereal green and then it switched off. "No! Nonono! Don't fail on me now!" She cried out, eyes moving to Daisuke's worried ones. No, she couldn't let him down! Pushing out more chakra, she converted them into medical chakra.
When her hands were once again encased in green, she started knitting his muscles, his tissues, his flesh until a straight pink line was visible, the tender flesh that needed time to heal naturally.
Shisui smiled weakly, black spots appearing on her face, "Daisuke-nii, I healed you but don't overdo it, mmm, okay?" With that she fainted right on spot, already knowing that she had exhausted her body by using more chakra than it was used to.
"Shisui!" Daisuke cried out, wincing when pain seared through his healed arm. He grabbed her with his healthy arm, concern etched on his face. "Izuna! We have to bring her to mother!"
Izuna nodded slowly, scared for the faith of his dear sister. "But aniki…" He whispered afraid, glancing at his brother who looked ready to drop dead at any moment. Right at that moment, Tajima appeared with twenty more Uchiha's behind him, all wearing furious snarls on their face, Sharingan active.
"Daisuke, Izuna, take Shisui with you and get out of here." He averted his eyes at Madara and grimaced, seeing his son's bloodied figure. It was time to teach the Senju's a lesson. Growling, he surrounded the Senju who looked pale, eyes wide in fear. "Filthy Senju, you'll be sorry to attack my children."
Daisuke and Izuna were already running away but they froze on spot when they heard a piercing scream that send shivers up their spines and then nothing. "…Let's go." Daisuke whispered, eyes moving back and forth, feeling very paranoid at the moment. Izuna nodded, fear apparent in his eyes, "H-Hai!"
When Madara came back to the camp with his father and the rest of the Uchiha's, injured and sporting a black eye, he had limped straight to his tent, "Mother!" He hoped Shisui was alright, right before his other brothers left, he had seen Shisui's pale condition, shaking and shivering as she curled up on Daisuke. Worried eyes searched in the tent until he saw Shisui's bad condition, "Mother! How is she?"
Sachiko turned around, her lips in a thin line, eyes shimmering slightly, "I-I don't know…"
Right then and there Madara felt his heart stop beating, his knees buckled and he crouched towards Shisui, "No…nonono! No! Shisui-chan! Imouto! No! This can't be happening!" He choked out, grabbing her shaking hands and kissing them, "Please…be nice for once and come back, imouto." He pleaded and cried but Shisui kept shivering and mumbling incoherent words.
Day in, day out, Madara and the other brothers kept a watchful eye over Shisui, dipping her head with a cold towel. Still, two weeks were passed and Shisui didn't show anything positive. Sachiko and her sons were fearing the worst until one day, "Sachiko, I don't think she will recover from this."
She whirled around, eyes blazing, "What are you suggesting, Tajima?"
"I'm suggesting nothing, I'm merely stating for the better of the Uchiha clan. Madara's training is suffering." Tajima answered, eyes narrowed.
"So you suggest we should kill her off?" Sachiko snarled at him.
Tajima had enough of this and slapped her, glaring at her. Hard. Crimson-red eyes were twirling with fury, "Don't you dare to talk to me like that."
Sachiko touched her throbbing cheek, wide eyes shining with fear as she watched her husband, her angry furious husband storm out of the tent. She dropped her arms on the ground and looked at Shisui's pale complexion, "Shisui-chan…" She hid her face and started sobbing, her muffled voice echoing around the tent but no one came to console her.
A groan escaped her lips and she blinked her eyes open, feeling as if she was slammed against boulders. "Wha?" She was disoriented, shaking her head slowly and feeling it throb way too much. "Aniki…?" She asked softly, searching for her brothers. She found none of them.
Sending some soothing chakra to her head, she sighed in relief. Time to start looking for them. With wobbly, shaky legs she stood up and walked clumsily out of their tent, blinking her eyes when the bright sunlight attacked her sensitive eyes. Before she could register anything, a body tackled her to the ground, "Imouto!"
Ahn, good old Tetsu, "Tetsu-nii!" She groaned in pain but when she noticed his tear-stained face, her eyes softened. "What happened?"
"You didn't wake up after the Senju's ambush."
Her eyes narrowed, "How long?"
He looked nervous, "Two months…"
Her eyes widened as saucers, "T-two months…?" Then she remembered Daisuke's injured arm, "How is Daisuke-nii?"
"He is healthy and good, thanks to you." He smiled and stood up, pulling her with him, "But next time, you better not do something like that again."
She grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head. "I'll try but I can't promise, nii-san."
"Guess that's all I can get out of you?"
She nodded and then another giant smile blossomed his face, "Aniki!" Her eyes were shimmering in happiness when she saw all her brothers walking towards their tent.
The moment Madara and the rest heard her they froze and looked right at her, their shocks vanishing and smiles taking their places instead.
Madara, Daisuke and Izuna ran straight at Shisui, scolding her for her rash actions. "You are such an idiot, baka!" Madara said, hitting her on her head. "Don't ever do that to me again." He continued, putting his hand on her head. "Alright?"
She nodded, pushing herself upwards and placing a kiss on his cheek, "Sorry to make you worry, aniki."
He blushed but smiled nonetheless.
"Shisui…I-I..," Daisuke started, stuttering, "I'm s-sor-" She could see how this pained him, the way he looked at her was obvious to her that he was blaming himself, "Daisuke-nii, if I could go back in time, I would have done the same. I'm not sorry for healing your arm perfectly, I'm not sorry for falling in a coma for two months and I'm definitely not blaming you for it." She clamped her hands around his calloused hands, smiling at him, "So no need to worry, worry-wart."
He chuckled softly and nodded, "Thank you."
"No need to thank me. We're siblings and we have to stick for each other." She grinned at Izuna and took his hands, "Right, 'Zuna-nii?"
He bopped his head up and down, "Right, imouto!"
She stretched her hand out, waiting for them to put their hands on it, "You're supposed to place your hands on mine." Their confused looks vanished and each of them placed their hand on hers.
"And now what?" Madara asked uncertainly, looking at Shisui.
She scratched her head with her free hand, "I guess we need to say something corny like 'forever together' or something...?"
Her brothers just looked at her, "Really, imouto? Really?" Madara deadpanned.
She laughed sheepishly, "Let's skip that part. Who agrees?"
"Count me in," was Daisuke's reply.
Izuna nodded too, smirking, "I agree."
"That sounds much better than 'forever together'. Kami, Shisui, you are so weird at times." Tetsu piped up, shaking his head.
"Hn. End of this lame discussion." Madara ended, chuckling when Shisui was as red as a tomato.
After the little chat with her sibling, Sachiko interrupted their blissful moment and hugged Shisui as if her life depended on it. She kept thanking Kami for this chance as tears rolled down her porcelain face. That image of her crying biological mother made her heart skip a beat. She really loved Shisui with her entire heart. So she hugged her mother back, murmuring comforting words at her.
Tajima came to check upon her late in the night, he had returned from a fight with the Senju's. Again.
"Shisui, I need to know how you performed that medical Ninjutsu. Talk."
Shisui gulped and decided to go with a half-truth, "I just wanted to save Daisuke and then that happened…"
He stared at her, arms crossed, "The art of a shinobi isn't made for women. Your job isn't on the battlefield. I don't want you to utilize your chakra anymore nor do I want you to play outside the camp anymore, am I understood?"
"But-" "No buts. From now on, you'll be with your mother, learning to weave, sew and cook. Don't disturb your brothers anymore, they have better things to do than play 'Ninja'."
Shisui looked at Tajima and supressed glaring at him. She had no respect for him whatsoever. Pushing away all the emotions in her eyes, she replied in a calm, detached tone. "Understood." But that didn't meant she would obey his command. Not in a million years.
"Hn." He turned around and left the tent, leaving her there alone to think.
When she was sure he wasn't there, she glared at the spot he used to stand, "Watch me become stronger, Tajima." She sneered at the empty spot, tiny knuckles clenched. First, she needed to find a way to be in two places at the same time. "Mmm… that could work." Grinning widely, she checked her chakra that was healing faster now. She just needed to increase her chakra control and she just had the perfect idea.
