RefleR – Hehe. I got carried away. Anyway, I can see why it bothers you. But try to look at it from a different side. Those shinobi's didn't expect children to be that strong, which was why they never used strong jutsu's but the Uchiha siblings did. But I do understand you, really. Just go with the flow and think that the invading clan was one of the weakest and most undisciplined clans from that time. :p Next time, I'll try to concentrate on that aspect but thank you for letting me now. I appreciate it. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter.
SilverIcy – I apologize for the sudden death of Uchiha Tetsu but it had to go like that. Don't hit me please! *uses her laptop as a shield* So, about Shisui's overwhelming hatred. Let's hope that she won't be carried away with the Curse of the Hatred, ne? No, it was one of the minor clans who thought they could invade the Uchiha clan and take over the camp. Meh. I needed stupid invaders like them. So, no Senju's attacking the camp. I'll describe it in this chapter which clan it was. I'll probably use some of my imagination to make them up. Well, Tajima noticed the Shunshin no Jutsu that Shisui had used, which he had forbidden her from using chakra again. Hope that explained it. And yeah, she was the first one of her siblings to activate her Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan at the same time. Poor Shisui… I'm so mean, I feel so evil right now. :p Enjoy another chapter!
Sylencia – Hihi, it's alright, you're great. Loyal readers rock! ;) But not looking at the chapter's title is weird, well for me anyway. It gives a very short summary of the chapter, so that's why I always read it but don't worry, not reading it isn't bad either. Don't worry, Madara will be violated by my imagination. ;) Oh that soundtrack is awesome! I have it too! It really is inspirational! Go Naruto! Hihi, I can totally understand your logical, you love both geniuses and hard-workers, well, Tetsu was both of them. R.I.P. Tetsu-kun. :'( Thank you for the correction, I already corrected but I couldn't find the "me" in chapter 6, though I did look. What can I say? I'm pure evil. Sorry, my loyal reader. I did make a chapter with fluff where Tetsu was all adorable and cuteness. Please, don't hit me! *hides behind her computer* We can only hope for the best. Don't worry, after this will be the promising chapter with our dear Senju! Like I promised! So, I do intend on making it a long story but you never know how a story turns out until the end. Once again, thank you for your lovely support and review! You R.O.C.K. ! :D
treavellergirl – Ahn, welcome back! Well, it's simple why she hadn't dropped unconscious. Like I had explained from the very beginning, Shisui's chakra from her previous life had returned, not entirely all of it, but most of it, and combined with her current body's chakra, she got a lot. Still, that does not mean it affected her. Before Tetsu sacrificed herself, Shisui started feeling the over-usage of her chakra, which ended with Tetsu's death. Enjoy another chapter!
So here are the ages for the ones that are confused, for this chapter only:
Uchiha Madara=12 years to 13 years old
Uchiha Izuna=10 years to 11 years old
Uchiha Shisui=7 years to 8 years old
R.I.P. Uchiha Tetsu – Another Uchiha at the tender age of 8 had died through self-sacrifice, which was Shisui's legacy, people.
Era of the Warring States
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By Angelbloodlover
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~ Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.
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Stephen King
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Chapter 7: Friendship
Days went by.
Weeks passed by.
Months passed by.
And Shisui still had nightmares about Tetsu's sacrifice. Sighing softly, she placed a single sakura flower on his grave, and another one on Daisuke's grave. Of course, Tetsu had a funeral service, along with the other casualties, cremation to be precisely, just like they had done for Daisuke. Clenching her fist, she turned around and walked away, praying for her deceased brothers who had honourable died.
Tajima had not been happy about the fact that his only daughter had trained and using chakra like a boy. But then that was all erased from his mind when he had found out that not only did she awaken her Sharingan but also her Mangekyou Sharingan, something that was very hard to achieve during this era.
Smirking, he had decided from the on to take Shisui with them towards battle. She seemed even strong, if not stronger than Madara, the pride of his clan. Of course many of his fellow kinsmen were disapproved by the fact that a girl came into battle with them but he had explained to them that she had awakened her Sharingan and her Mangekyou Sharingan, which ceased their disapproval. But even with their displeased frowns, Tajima would have put Shisui into good use. Maybe she could bring honour to the Uchiha clan?
Of course, Sachiko was adamant about that and had refused to put her only daughter in battle. In the end he had won. Like always.
"Nii-san, wake up. It's time for training." Shisui murmured softly, looking at Sachiko who was still sleeping soundlessly. A year had passed by ever since that attack on their camp, granted they had lost casualties but in contrary to the invading clan it was nothing to be bothered about. While the Uchiha clan had lost twenty people, Tetsu included, the unknown clan, which was known as the Kuriko clan, a savage clan that specialized more in brute strength rather than in intelligence. They were rather concerned about the quality of the men rather than the quantity, which explained the reason why they were killed off so quickly. Tajima was very displeased to know that such a lowly clan invaded their clan barked at his men to train more and be more alert instead goofing off like children.
Shisui had despised the Kuriko clan and still does. She was bothered by the fact that she sought revenge, something she vowed not to do. Ever. After the fight, she had realised that Tetsu wouldn't have wanted her to be like that so she had tried to be her old self, the Shisui before Tetsu's death. It was hard. It was struggling.
But in the end she did, not for her sake but for Tetsu's sake.
Shuddering out a breath, she smiled softly at Izuna who rubbed his eyes and yawned quietly, getting up in one smooth move. He reminded her like a jaguar, flexible and cunning. Before she could wake Madara, he had already blinked his eyes open, groaning slightly at the light that attacked his eyes.
She chuckled softly and grabbed his hand to help him up.
"Let's get going, Tajima is waiting for us."
He nodded, not caring if she said Tajima or father. He knew she wouldn't say that word, even with their mother, she had trouble saying kaa-san.
They went towards the river and washed their face, no one talked, all occupied within their minds, having lots to think about. Afterwards a small breakfast was made by Shisui and they ate in another comfortable silence. When they finished, they cleaned up their mess, not wanting to burden Sachiko, leaving her some prepared food behind in case she would be hungry. Tetsu's death had made her quiet, too quiet. She barely spoke to them, she didn't take care of her appearances, something she was always engrossed with. Beauty had been her only thing she excelled at, which every Uchiha women was envious of. But that aside, Sachiko hardly ate, she was depressed and wouldn't even smile. Shisui had talked to her about her condition and voiced her disapproval but Sachiko only waved her worries aside, stating that she was feeling perfectly fine. To which her daughter had frowned in displeasure. Ever since that day Shisui kept talking to Sachiko, hoping she would get through her thick skull, even till now, she wasn't achieving anything. Day by day, Shisui had to watch Sachiko getting paler, thinner, her bones were literally protruding out her skin and she had flinch whenever she bumped against Sachiko. It hurt. Not because of the prodding bones but the fact that she was starving herself was like a stab through her heart. And every fucking day she had to witness it.
When they arrived in the wide clearing Tajima was already waiting for them, arms crossed and stern expression on his face. He nodded in approval at Shisui's earliness, "Good. A shinobi must be on time. Engrain this in your memory, Shisui."
She nodded, "Hai!"
"Good, now I want you to attack me. I want you to go all out, Mangekyou Sharingan activated."
Shisui winced at that but activated it anyway. Madara and Izuna cast her a curious glance, observing the small shuriken inside her Sharingan that spun lazily. Anxiously, Shisui waited for Tajima to be done with checking her eyes so closely. Her fingers twitched when he remained there, watching her with a frown. "How did you know about Amaterasu?"
She answered as truthfully as she could, "It came out of my lips." Which was true, the words escaped her mouth before she could think about it. In her previous life she had hardly used that technique ever since she had noticed that it deteriorated her sight. Of course, she had tried researching about the Mangekyou as much as she could but before she could have found anything remotely important she died. Sure, she used a small medical Ninjutsu which eased her eyes and the chakra that clogged her eyes but when she used it again, her vision became the same as before. The only solution she could think of right now was to use it in case of emergency only, as a last resort. And then she would rest her Mangekyou for a month before she would activate it again.
Till now she didn't find anything taxing if she activated her Mangekyou Sharingan, only if she used the special Dojutsu techniques.
"Hn. I want you to come at me with the intent to kill. I want to see how strong you are." Tajima spoke with a smirk, already taking his defensive stance. "You can use everything in your arsenal." That meant he wanted to see her Mangekyou Sharingan in action. Sighing softly, she shuffled her feet open and raised her arms, Madara and Izuna jumping away from them, not wanting to be dragged into the fight.
She didn't miss their nervous, worried glance either.
"Start." Tajima spoke, Sharingan already activated. He didn't even give her a moment to start, his hands already moving with such a supreme speed, Shisui had to hold back a gasp from disbelief. She knew he was strong but never in her life did she imagine Tajima to be this strong. He breathed in deeply and spewed out fire balls as large as a comet, without uttering the jutsu's name.
Her modified Sharingan already predicted the movements of the fireballs and with the aid of chakra, she flickered away. Left. Right. Right. Left. Tajima wasn't impressed and instead starting doing another set of seals, slamming his hand on the ground. She looked with wide eyes how a giant earth wall appeared and then Tajima literally surfed on it, spitting out fireballs, even larger than before. How the hell could she avoid this?
Smirking, she performed her set of seals, "Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu." The ground beneath her became mud and she sunk in it until she was safely underground, away from Tajima's dangerous jutsu's. He wasn't one to be joked about. She had to make a plan fast, think carefully about which jutsu's she should use and which ones not. He seemed to be favouring fire jutsu's a lot. Maybe if she could trick him into using one while she… Hmm… that may work if she was lucky enough. Her ears perked up at the sound of something, listening closely she heard it coming closer and closer…
A yelp escaped her lips when she was forced out of her underground safety. The moment she was out of there a barrage of kunai's flew at her with amazing speed that would have made the Yondaime envious about. She wouldn't be able to avoid them. Cursing softly, she moved her hands quickly, "Suiton: Suiryuudan!" A huge rushing water projectile in the shape of a dragon appeared out of thin air and destroyed the kunai's. Not missing another beat Shisui swiftly used another jutsu, "Suiton: Kokuun!" Smirking, she watched as dark clouds appeared out of nowhere above him and then it started raining a black smudge.
Tajima scoffed at the dirty rain and glared at her, "What is this- Oil?" He smirked in amusement, "You think I'll be stupid enough to use a fire technique? You disappoint me, Shisui. Lesson one: never underestimate your opponent!Suiton: Suigandan!" He shot out multiple water projectiles towards her and she avoided them by leaning backwards, flipping over another one, gliding under another one and twisting her body just to avoid the razor-sharp water bullet.
"Good but not good enough! Try to avoid this!" He charged at her, using Taijutsu to finish her off.
Shisui ducked under his punch but couldn't avoid the fast side kick that hit her stomach. Gasping, she staggered backwards, holding her stomach as blood dripped down her lips. Tajima didn't stop after that, he lifted his leg like an axe and hammered her back, crushing her underneath his soles. She coughed out more blood, her lungs must have been ruptured badly and she had a few minutes before she would drown in her own blood. What a way to die…
Before he could punch her, she rolled away, shouting out in pain when her ribs poked her lungs even more. She stumbled upwards, glaring at him with her Sharingan as she spit out a handful of blood. Taking a deep breath, she moved her green encased hands towards her lungs but Taijma didn't allow that. He charged at her again, striking her arms. Her concentration on her hands vanished and she was forced to duck and avoid the hits with the aid of her Sharingan. Though, her body was starting to tire out and it was harder to avoid his hits.
She moved chakra towards her fist and tried to smack him upside down but he somersaulted over her, grabbing her collar and throwing it away with a force that made her skid on the ground, crying out in pain as her body was being violated under his heavy assaults.
With shaking hands, she stumbled upwards, moving her hands as fast as she could when Tajima was once again storming towards her, "Suiton: Mizuame Nababara." She aimed a stream of sticky, syrupy liquid onto the clearing to form an adhesive trap for him. Of course, he took her bait and avoided the sticky liquid but it was never aimed at him. When he touched the ground, his eyes widened considerably, trying to lift his feet but he couldn't.
Spitting out another handful of blood, she moved her hands again, "Gouka no Jutsu!" She forced a large amount of chakra out from her body and turned it into a devastating wave of fire, sending it towards Tajima who was struggling against the sticky substance, mixed with the inflammable oil. The moment the fire touched the liquid, a giant explosion occurred, sending her flying towards a tree. She cried out in pain, feeling the tree barks clawing on her skin.
If Tajima had survived this, it wouldn't surprise her either. He was smart enough to get out of it but this was just something that could give her some time to heal her punctured lungs. She had one more minute left, wiping off the sweat on her forehead, she started knitting her lungs together, trying to pinpoint Tajima's location. "Almost…" She hissed out, grabbing the tree bark for support. She knew he was forcing her to use the Mangekyou but she didn't want that, she would only use that for emergencies only.
A strangled cry left her bruised lips when Tajima bashed her head against the tree, his Sharingan spinning furiously, "That was very smart, Shisui-chan." He mocked her, pulling her up from her head and looking her deep in the eyes, "Hinote Engan no Jutsu." Shisui's eyes widened when she felt a scorching hotness appear from under her and then move up, burning her alive. She screamed loudly, trashing against his grip, her mind screaming at her to kill herself, just to get away from this insufferable pain.
Choking on her spit, she tried to clear her mind to find a solution, until, "Magen: Kyoten chiten." Utilising the copy and counter abilities of her Sharingan, she could reverse any Genjutsu cast on her and use it against the original user, in her case it was Tajima. The moment she came back to reality, she was welcomed by Tajima's gleeful smirk, "You're very good. This training is getting excited."
She glared at him, "You call this training?!" She screeched at him, moving her hands into another set of seals as Tajima send another punch towards her stomach, "Raiton: Raijingu Sanda." Instead of hitting her body, he hit her small electric field around her abdomen, which caused him to grunt in pain and flip backwards to create place between them. Then Shisui used another set of clones, one that Itachi had taught her, "Bunshin Daibakuha." To Tajima it looked like two normal clones, charging towards him but to Shisui they were much deadlier.
The smirk that appeared on her face the moment Tajima fought against them, was one that scared even Madara and Izuna.
Then Tajima locked eyes with her when the two clones grabbed his arm tightly and detonated. The explosion that came forth made her shield her eyes but she chuckled in glee, until she felt a kunai aimed at her throat, a sinister voice whispering in her ears, "My, my, Shisui, you would dare to kill your own father?"
"Yes, I would," was her sincere reply.
Tajima frowned and clicked his tongue in disapproval, "I wonder where I went wrong with you?"
Shisui snarled at him, "The moment you viewed me as a mere useless girl."
"Hmm…," He pushed the kunai deeper in her neck, blood dripping down, "I don't like your attitude towards me. You're very disrespectful." Without another thought he stabbed her shoulder, making her scream in agony, and then he kicked her away.
Madara wanted so badly to stop this fight but the look that father gave him made him reconsider things. If things went really bad he would interfere, no questions asked. Father was just toying with Shisui and it made him angry, even Izuna was shaking from unsuppressed fury.
"From now on I expect you to be respectful," He flickered in front of her flying body and punched her hard, hands encased in fire, "No questions asked." He appeared once again in front of her and hammered her down, knocking her out of breath. Shisui wheezed out, black spots appearing in her vision. She had to do something before he would destroy her pride. Mustering her entire energy, she looked him in the eyes and whispered ominously, "Tsukiyomi." Afterwards, she appeared in a world of red and black, a red moon casting a red light throughout the illusion, a cloudy atmosphere to give the background a blood-red appearance while Tajima was depicted in an inverted grey scale. She looked down and noted that her injuries were vanished and she felt no pain.
Meanwhile with Tajima who looked fascinated about this jutsu looked at her with a raised brow, "What will you do now?"
She smirked at him, "It seems we have a draw, tou-san." A kunai appeared out of nowhere, "In this world I control time," Chuckling, she continued, "You see a few seconds seems like many days have passed while in reality it didn't. This Dojutsu technique is made to torture your opponent's mind, destroying their sanity. Now, tou-san how will you get out of this one?"
"Simple, I'll fight you off since I share the same blood as you." She hid her surprised expression and looked him in the eyes as he was suddenly being lifted in the air, black tendrils keeping him in place. He struggled enormously when small, shadowy creatures were flickering towards him, their animalistic breathing getting louder as the demonic-red eyes glinted with a never-ending hunger. A snort came out of his throat, "You think this will scare me?"
She watched with morbid fascination as the monsters started clawing his eyes out, gouging them and ripping them out while the others started feasting on his body and the scream that erupted from his lips made her shudder in disgust. One of the monsters tore his arm out from his shoulder, emitting another strangled scream from Tajima while he tried to struggle against these hideous creatures. Another one started sawing his head open, scooping his brains out and started digging into them. More and more monsters appeared and they were getting wild, violent, trashing against each other while they fought for the living flesh of Tajima.
Shisui felt sick just watching that but couldn't leave this place until the time was done. As if she hadn't enough, the monsters started fleeing away when more black tendrils appeared, stabbing him continuously, bursting his ribcage open and pulling out his lungs. Oh Kami, Shisui turned around but she still heard the loud squelching sounds and the horrifying screams. Crouching down, she covered her ears, wanting this to stop but how? This was her second time, using this technique, she knew practically nothing about it.
As if Kami listened to her prayers, the surroundings seemed to flicker back to the training field and then back to the shadowy creatures. It seemed that Tajima was fighting off the Genjutsu with his willpower. She mustered up all her chakra and forced the Genjutsu to stop.
Madara and Izuna were scared out of their wits. One moment father and Shisui were staring at each other and the next he heard father scream loudly as he tried to claw out his eyes. He had immediately moved towards him and tied his hands with ninja wire while Izuna checked on Shisui. She seemed to be unconscious but her shaking form was making him scared and started healing her injuries which were a lot.
Then just like that they stopped moving and Tajima, only him, fluttered his eyes open.
"Madara?" Tajima asked hoarsely after all the screaming.
"H-Hai, father." He replied quickly, untying him when he had regained consciousness.
Tajima coughed loudly, struggling to get up, "I want water."
He gave him water and watched him gulp down his entire canteen hungrily, "That technique took me off guard." He eyed Shisui and chuckled, shaking his head, "That girl sure is something. Now help me up, we need to get back to camp."
Tajima had never encountered such a Genjutsu before and he had to give Shisui her credit for taking him off guard like that. Only Butsuma was able to take him off guard like that. But he knew the weakness of that technique. Still, that didn't mean that he didn't respect his daughter's skills. After this, she had earned his growing respect. What such a child with her amazing prowess would do to any opposing enemies, even the Senju's. She just needed to grow up and she would be unstoppable.
He chuckled darkly, licking his lips, plans already moulding in his head while Madara eyed him warily, hoping that nothing bad would happen to Shisui.
After two weeks Shisui regained consciousness and he body welcomed her with a soreness that made her groan in agony. Her eyes throbbed painfully and she cursed herself for using that technique. She should have been smarter and not give in to the temptation of that jutsu. Clenching her fist, she vowed not to be finished like this again. Tajima may have won the battle but not the war.
Three months after that disaster and Tajima was still training his three children to the bone, pushing them to their utmost maximum. He wanted to make them invincible and he had already an idea as how to grant his other two sons more power.
How he loved the word, "Chikara." He licked his lips and smiled in mirth, his plans would become reality soon.
Madara and Shisui were having a peaceful walk, wanting to clear their mind on one of their free day. Tajima was a brutal teacher that literally drilled everything in your head and no mistakes were allowed. Their bruises could testimony for them. "Let's rest here, aniki." Shisui spoke softly, placing her tanto in the ground as she sat down on the stony surface, observing nature's beauty. Izuna decided to take a nap and relax his sore muscles, too bad because Shisui wanted to have a relaxing walk with him too.
"Sure." He thrust his sword in the ground and placed his kimono on the hilt of his sword and picked up a stone, throwing it to the river and watched with a frown how the stone skipped a few times on the river and sunk down. Shisui giggled at the cute expression that he made and stood up, smoothing her kimono down, "Aniki, let me try that."
He raised his brow but threw her a stone, which she caught without blinking. Smirking, she looked at the river and aimed it carefully. Then she threw the stone, smirking when it skipped over the river and even hit the stone from the other side. This made Madara sour, glaring at his sister in envy, "I can do that too."
Shisui giggled softly, "Then by all means, aniki, do it."
Madara grumbled under his breath and picked another stone, not feeling like losing to his five-year younger sister. Izuna would make fun of him, thankfully he wasn't here. "This time I'll make sure it reaches the other side of the shore." He threw the stone a couple of times in the air but before he could throw the stone Shisui stiffened, feeling another presence, one who was hiding his chakra very well. "We know you're there. Come out." She spoke loudly, standing next to Madara with narrowed eyes.
A child with shoulder-length hair that was cut in a bowl-cut style, brown strands hanging around his face. He wore a light-coloured attire with a short jacket, a light scarf around his neck, and a dark-coloured sash around his waist. Somehow he reminded Shisui of an important person but she couldn't place a name on him, though she had a nagging feeling that he was someone important but who?
The boy smiled, winking at Shisui, "You're a smart girl. Didn't know girls could be kunoichi's too?"
Shisui's eye brows twitched at that comment but before she could say anything Madara beat her to it, "Who the hell are you?" He asked him none too friendly.
"You can call me Hashirama. Probably best if I don't give you my surname…"
Right at that moment, Shisui felt her heart stop beating, eyes going wide but before Madara or Hashirama could notice it, she was looking at him with curiosity. Holy frickin' shit! This was none other than a Senju! Senju Hashirama, the future Shodai Hokage from Konoha. She felt fascinated and strangely homesickness invaded her veins. This was the person who would make a truce with the Uchiha clan and form her home village.
She didn't know how to breathe anymore. Here in front of her was a walking, living legend and she had the pleasure to meet him.
So, Shisui did the most logical thing. She fainted.
