So yah third chapter! Don't count on these daily updates :b Also this may seemed rushed, but I worked on it for like 7 hours. But I still can't promise that it is clear of typos and the lot.
Warning: Um I'm still in the process of expanding the group of people Akarei interacts with. Please be patient :D
Disclaimer: Why do children have to be strange? Because they are kids. Therefore their actions never make sense and are unexplainable
Beta: I have no betas... because I want people to come yelling at me with their grammar nazi's voices.
Chapter 3: A world beyond the compound
Exploration is Key to Advancement
Obito's eyes squinted at the rays of the sun, as he looked around at the empty frontyard. There were a few flowers, weeds, and bugs; but aside from that, it looked pretty similar to all the other houses around. He hopped from one square to the next, as he waited for Atsuko to finishing putting on Akarei's shoes.
"Wait please, Obito." He hung precariously on the gate. Atsuko finished putting on her shoes, and Akarei rushed to Obito's side, helping down as he seemed stuck on top of the gate.
"Hurry up, granny! I want to go see this park you were talking about!" He hopped up and down, with an impatient expression of annoyance. Akarei calmly stood beside Obito, looking at Atsuko with curious eyes.
"Yes yes. Let me just make sure I have everything."
Atsuko planned today's outing to go see ninja train. She had already opened up the chakra networks of the young children, and Akarei showed more prowess in not spreading her chakra out too much. However Obito was like a burning flame, shining with a bright signature. He would tire easily, but after a snack or meal, he'd be back on his feet. Akarei on the other hand, would always stick by his side; unaffected by his constant chakra output and seemingly fine with her own open chakra network.
Obito was now 4 ½, while the fall season fell on Konoha. She wrapped an orange scarf around Obito, while she wrapped a blue one around Akarei. Obito picked out the color, and Atsuko knitted it. Akarei just wished for any color Atsuko could spare without buying more yarn. She chuckled as Obito scratched at his neck, pulling the scarf looser; while Akarei looked on confused and then copying him.
It was a normal September day, as Atsuko held a hand from each child, as she walked towards the gates of the compound.
The guard was relaxed in his chair, as he turned to their approaching presence.
"Atsuko-san, early afternoon today."
"Yes, the breeze and the sun are perfect for a walk."
The guard looked at the younger children following close behind her. He usually saw her walk them around the compound, usually when no one was around.
"Not going to the community park?"
"I figured they could see outside the compound, help their little minds see how big the world is."
The guard dipped his head, as he smiled to Obito. Obito said hello, before smiling. His gaze turned curiously at Akarei, with a bit of wariness. She turned to Atsuko, before looking at Obito, who still had a ridicious grin on his face. She turned to the guard, smiling.
"Hello."
He seemed a bit surprised, before replying. "Hello, young one."
Akarei titled her head at the phrase. Young one?
"I'm not young one. I'm Uchiha Akarei."
The guard chuckled. "Yes you are. You're young are you not? And I only see one of you. You are a young one, Akarei-chan."
Her eyebrows scrunched together, as Atsuko smiled at the interaction.
"Well, we should be going Haru-kun."
"Bye bye Obito and Akarei-chan. Have a safe trip, Atsuko-san."
The two children waved and said goodbyes, as Atsuko lead the way.
Atsuko looked up from her book, as she felt Akarei's chakra spike with warning. She saw Obito waving to another child. She saw a grey haired boy with a mask, along with his father behind him. She smiled.
"Well I'll be. That old wolf is out here."
Obito rushed over to the other child. The other kid was barely taller than him, and had a strange mask over his face.
"Hey, I'm Uchiha Obito." He smiled, as his grandmother had always told him it was polite to be kind and nice and introduce yourself first. He could feel Akarei tight on his heel, as she stood behind him observing the situation.
The boy did not reply, just staring at the two of them. Obito folded his arms.
"Hey, you're supposed to tell me your name after I introduce myself."
The little boy scoffed. "You never asked for my name, and I never asked to know your's."
Obito's chakra spiked with anger, as Akarei assessed the other child.
"It's cour-cour-cour-"
He rolled his hazel eyes, "Can't even pronounce courteous."
Obito's face turned red with embarrassment and anger. The older gentleman behind him, patted his head.
"Sorry sorry. Kakashi you should act nicer. I'm Hatake Sakumo and this is my son, Hatake Kakashi."
Akarei saw Kakashi pout, before whispering a few words with his father. Sakumo locked eyes with Akarei, as he smiled. "What's your name, little one?"
Akarei at first wanted to correct him, but then realized he was saying the same thing the guard was.
"I'm Uchiha Akarei."
Kakashi looked questioningly at her. "An Uchiha with red hair?"
"Yah she's my little sister! And we're not going to play with a jerk like you." Obito grabbed her hand, as he stalked back to Atsuko. However Akarei looked back at the grey haired duo. She looked to Obito's hair, before grabbing a small portion of her own and looking at it. True she saw many Uchiha's. There were only a few colors she saw for the Uchiha's. Black for the young, white and grey for the old.
"Ah Obito, what's the matter?" Atsuko asked, as she saw Obito's enraged face.
"Nothing." He muttered.
Atsuko turned to Akarei. She looked on worriedly at the sad child. Akarei usually held a calm expression, but now it looked like she was about to cry.
"Akarei, why do you look so sad?"
Akarei's head popped up from it's down position. "Nothing. I was just thinking." The girl looked back to the Hatake's as she turned back to Atsuko. "That little one over there," She pointed with her finger. "He didn't think I was an Uchiha because of my hair. Am I not an Uchiha because I don't have black hair?" Atsuko was stunned.
"Of course not. You are an Uchiha, and you're my grand-daughter no matter what anyone says." She hugged the young quiet child, while Obito grabbed onto her leg, wanting to be part of the hug.
"Now you two should go make friends with him." Atsuko pointed to Kakashi before Obito stuck his tongue out.
"No I don't want to!" Akarei stood next to Obito, and Atsuko understood she was agreeing with him.
"He can't be all that bad. How about you play tag with him?" She tried convincing them.
Obito was about to protest, before he looked at the other boy. Akarei was always on his side, so they could double-team him!
"Fine." He kicked at the dirt, before racing back to the other two. Akarei followed after him.
"Hey, Kakashi!"
The boy turned back irritated. "What do you want?"
"Let's play tag!" Obito shouted, before coming a stop a short distance away from Kakashi.
"Why should I play a silly game with you?"
Akarei looked between the two, as she interjected. "Are you saying you're scared of playing tag with us?"
Sakumo chuckled as Kakashi gritted his teeth. "No, I didn't say that at all! I-"
She interrupted him. "Then if you aren't scared, then it shouldn't be a problem for you to play, right?"
Kakashi glared at the red-haired girl. "Fine I'll play you're stupid game. I'll be the person who chases okay?"
The two Uchiha's nodded their heads, as Sakumo headed on over to Atsuko.
"You have nice grand-children. Although the girl is more mature. With a tad bit of passive aggressiveness."
Atsuko offered a cup of tea, but Sakumo held up a hand against it.
"Why of course, women are always more emotionally mature than men, Sakumo. And she's only like that when it concerns Obito and how he is feeling. She is really overprotective of him, although she is younger."
Sakumo nodded.
"I don't know about that. 'Women are always more emotionally mature.' part. I remember when I came to Konoha almost all the women were rolling over me."
The two chuckled, as they saw Kakashi chase after Obito, before finally catching him. Atsuko raised an eyebrow.
"Have you been teaching him ninja techniques?"
"Only a few basic taijutsu and strategic fighting techniques. He's been mostly getting into my library and trying to read. But the kanji is too difficult for him."
The two continued to look, as Obito and Kakashi were now chasing after Akarei, as she was now climbing a tree. Obito tried to go after her, but slid down the tree. Kakashi started to walk up the tree with only his feet.
"He can already tree-walk?"
Sakumo sighed as he put a hand to his head. "I wasn't planning on teaching him until he had turned 5."
Atsuko turned her head questioningly.
"Probably learned from one of my books. Kakashi may be a great student, but sometimes he just gets too obsessed with training. I've been taking him outside so he would hopefully make friends. Unfortunately, he is so cold to everyone." The two continued to watch as Kakashi was gaining ground on Akarei.
Obito cried out, "Don't lose to him, Akarei! Remember the safe spot is his dad!"
Sakumo looked to Atsuko, while she smiled. "I'm sure Akarei will find a way to get here. She's a prodigy herself."
Akarei looked down, as she saw Kakashi was less than 3 feet away from her. She looked across the field and felt the familiar chakra of the older Hatake. She looked to the other trees, and then leaped to another tree, landing on a limb. She quickly descended the tall tree, then sprinting across, as Kakashi gave chase. However he landed on the limb, and since he was bigger and heavier, the branch broke under his weight. He quickly grabbed to the tree with his hands and feet covered in chakra, as he came to a stop.
Akarei made it across as she touched Sakumo. Obito jumped up in the air with joy, before giving out a cry of victory. He high-fived Akarei, as the two smiled at one another. Kakashi walked on over, a few scrapes and a bit dusty from the fall, before glaring at the younger Uchiha.
"I want a rematch."
Obito however stuck his tongue out, "Don't get one loser."
Kakashi's eyes glared at him. "You're the loser, losing in less than 30 seconds!"
"Hah! Akarei and I are a team! Therefore I didn't lose if she won!"
The two tackled each other, as they wrestled with one another. Akarei stood by unsure of whether to intervene. She was worried she might hurt Obito if she hindered him or if she attacked and accidentally hit him.
Sakumo put a hand on her head. "Don't worry, they can't hurt each other that badly. People get stronger from their struggles."
Akarei looked up to Sakumo, impressed with how wise he was.
"Hey! You bit me! Ouch! Why I outta-"
"You threw dust in my eyes earlier! You shouldn't be- Hey, tickling is off limits!"
"So Kakashi, this is your weak spot!"
Akarei chuckled, as she smiled at the two. "So this is men-bonding?"
Sakumo raised a curious eyebrow at the phrasing, before smiling back. "Ah, I guess it is. How weird isn't it."
Akarei looked back to it. "I've seen stranger."
Sakumo ruffled her red hair, as he turned to Atsuko. "In 5 days is Kakashi's birthday. Obito-kun and Akarei-chan are welcome to come."
Kakashi had Obito in a head lock before his eyes looked at his father with betrayal and dread.
"What do you mean they can come!?"
Obito's eyes were lit up with excitement. He loved parties, especially birthday parties; most of all for the delicious sweet birthday cake.
"A party?! Can we go, granny? Please, please, please!"
Kakashi let go of Obito, before tugging at his father's pants. "I don't want these two to come to my birthday party!"
However he knew he had no say, as Atsuko and Sakumo were already agreeing to what time the Uchiha's should arrive. Akarei looked to Kakashi before looking to Obito.
Kakashi sat there, as he saw all the older adults. Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Kushina, Nara Shikako, Yamanaka Inoichi (in place of his father), Choza Akimichi, Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Sarutobi Hiruzen. Kakashi sat, as the adults talked. From the door he felt a chakra signature, as he dreaded those two were coming.
"Oh, you have more guests, Sakumo?" Orochimaru questioned.
"Ah, I forgot to mention them. Kakashi you're friends are here."
Kakashi muttered under his breath. "They're not my friends."
Minato ruffled Kakashi's head, as Kushina looked on over with curiosity.
Sakumo came back in, as Atsuko came in, followed by Obito and Akarei.
"Ah Atsuko-chan, it has been to long." Hiruzen walked on over, as they gave a short hug. Akarei looked between the two, while Obito walked directly into the house, jumping first onto the couch as Kakashi ran over to scold him for wandering around like he owned the place.
"Who's this little cutie?" Jiraiya came on over as he picked up Akarei.
Tsunade scoffed. "Isn't she a little young for you?"
"Give her 15 years, and she'll be a fine beauty."
Kushina kicked Jiraiya, as she caught the little girl from his falling arms. "Hmph. No girl is safe from you and your perverted ways."
"Hey! I was only kidding! I'd never touch a girl under 20! Back me up, Minato!"
"That's right, sensei doesn't find them attractive since their prepubescent bodies are too similar to a male's body."
Tsunade and Kushina let out a wrathful vengeful chakra. "So you would go after her, if she were shaped like a woman!"
Jiraiya cowered behind Orochimaru, as he rolled his eyes. "This is what you get for openly showing your pervertedness, Jiraiya."
The elders of the group coughed, as the younger adults and teens said no more about the subject.
Kushina looked into the black eyes of the red haired girl. "So what's your name?"
"I'm Uchiha Akarei." She replied back, her expression unchanging. Kushina hugged her tightly as she burrowed her face into her as she waved the child back and forth.
"HOW CUTE!" She cried out. Minato felt sorry for the poor the child, as the Sannin caught up with Atsuko and the others.
"Ku-Kushina, how about we play with Kakashi and his other friend as well." They walked outside of the kitchen, as Obito and Kakashi noticed the new people entering the living room.
"Yes! We can play house! You can be the father Minato, I'm the mother. Akarei, here, is our sweet little daughter." She then pointed to the other two in the room. "Kakashi can be the dog! And you can be the cat!"
Obito and Kakashi glared at Kushina. "What no way am I going to play a dog!"
"I'm not going to be a house cat either!"
Minato looked to the two, before Kushina gave him the puppy eyes. "We'll open presents and have cake after this."
Obito's eyes glittered at the word cake, while Kakashi's widened at presents.
"Fine." They both said.
Atsuko looked on over at the 5 younglins messing around, as she then turned to Hiruzen.
"I'm surprised you didn't bring any young ones around. Even Jiraiya brought his student and so did Sakumo."
Hiruzen was smoking on a pipe, as he turned to the older woman. "I figured Sakumo wouldn't want me to bring Asuma. Lately he's been rebellious and disobedient."
Sakumo chuckled. "So he's already hit that stage."
Hiruzen let out a sigh. "It's probably because I haven't been spending enough time with him, since I'm locked up in that room all day."
Tsuande sneered, while Orochimaru gave a chilling smile. "I'm sure being Hokage can't be all that bad, Sarutobi-sensei." He teased.
Hiruzen glared at his palest student, while Tsunade and Jiraiya rolled their eyes. The all knew being Hokage had it's benefits, but it was always the worst job to have in terms of time. There never was enough time in the week for a Hokage.
"Well I've already wished Kakashi a wonderful birthday, I shall have to take my leave to go do some more business with Kumo."
The others left it at that, as Hiruzen left the Hatake residence.
Tsunade looked on over at the children in the house, before turning to Atsuko.
"They are quite young to have their chakra activated, are they not?"
Atsuko looked on at Sakumo. "Yes they quite are, aren't they Sakumo."
He scratched the back of his head shyly, knowing he had activated Kakashi's as soon as he could walk.
"Well, I figured he could walk, so why couldn't he learn to start molding small amounts of chakra."
Tsunade rolled her eyes. "This is why we should have more medics in the community. Everyone at the hospital knows the opportune age to open chakra is 7. There are less risks of chakra sensitivity, and the chakra networks are more fluid at that age-"
Before Tsunade could go on a raging scolding on the elders, Orochimaru held a hand and interjected. "But there are some cases of those who have had their chakra opened very young and they turn out to be very talented ninjas."
Tsunade scoffed and then muttered. "And how many of them end up having to work their asses off because they didn't wait."
Atsuko smiled. "I'm glad you worry for the children of Konoha. I assure you though, Akarei and Obito were ready to have their chakra networks opened. Although Obito has a harder time keeping it under control with his emotions, it'll help him grow bigger networks to store more stamina to overcompensate that lack of control. Akarei will learn to hone in controlling her chakra before the academy, and have a little bit of head start."
The group then heard a cry from the living room, as they all rushed in.
Before them, Minato was pinned under Kushina, who was being squished by Kakashi and a few pillows, while Obito sat on top. Akarei was brushing off her hands, while she looked on over at the adults.
"Wh-What happened, Minato?" Jiraiya asked, while he was helping him out.
"Akarei accidentally set off some paralyzing seals." The others let out a sigh, before Atsuko pulled Akarei aside.
"Akarei, you shouldn't use your chakra against friends."
"Friends? But Kakashi clearly has already voiced we are not friends." Akarei replied. "I don't like being the daughter of Kushina and Minato. Kushina tries to play with my hair too much, and Minato just follows whatever Kushina wants to do. The only one who is my friend is Obito."
Kushina threw a pillow in Akarei's direction, but she dodged. "Hmph, all I liked about you was your red hair." Kushina muttered, while Minato tried to calm her down, as she was now glaring at the 5 year old. Kakashi also joined her in glaring at Akarei. Akarei stared on, looking as if she didn't feel any guilt towards what happened.
Sakumo clapped to get everyone's attention. "Well how about presents and cake!"
The others went into back into the kitchen, but Kakashi pushed Akarei out of the way as he entered before her. Obito puffed up his chest, as he looked ready to beat him up, but Atsuko stopped him and told him he wouldn't have any cake if he hurt the birthday boy.
They sung a quick happy birthday song, as Kakashi blew out the candles. The Sannin helped pass around the cake, as Kushina looked on with guilt, as she was trying to lose weight, but in the end happily devoured the delicious frosting covered dessert. Minato calmly ate his, while sitting in between the Uchiha trio and Kushina. Obito messily ate his, while Atsuko kept on cleaning his face with a napkin; she declined a treat due to medication she was taking. Akarei stared at the piece of cake, before looking at how everyone else was eating it. Jiraiya ate slice after slice, before Tsunade complained about him eating too much. Orochimaru declined the sweet slice, but sipped on some tea. Sakumo ate his cake, as his son ate it in the same manner as his father.
"Another one, granny!" Obito cried out. Akarei pushed her cake towards Obito who looked in confusion.
"I don't want to eat it anymore." Akarei spoke quietly, before Obito took it and started to eat it. Kakashi looked at them weird. Akarei earlier had been speaking about how she liked strawberry cake, and that's the cake Kakashi had gotten. So why was she not eating it?
The Sannin left after the cake was consumed, as the others stayed behind to see Kakashi open all his gifts he had received from quite a few people.
Kakashi opened his presents, as he got a variety of things. But as he opened the gift from Obito and Akarei, he looked at the strange red scarf before looking at the two of them. It was knit in a similar fashion as their own, so it must've been made by the older woman. He really didn't like the two, so Kakashi thought he ruffle them up a bit, so they wouldn't come back.
"Where's the second one?" He questioned.
The young Uchiha's looked on questioningly, before Kakashi held out his hand. "There's two of you, so you should bring two presents. Where's the second one?"
Sakumo turned red, but before he could reprimand Kakashi, Akarei spoke up. "I didn't bring one. I don't know you very well, and before you said we weren't friends, so I didn't bring anything."
Kakashi was caught off guard, most children his age would deny doing anything wrong; but this little girl just confessed to not bringing anything.
"Well then I want to spar with you." Atsuko immediately stood up.
"I'm afraid Akarei doesn't know how to spar-"
"It's okay, grandmother. You will teach me how it is done, and then I shall spar with you." Atsuko frowned, but Akarei looked determined to fulfill the birthday boy's wish. "Then we can be friends."
Kakashi raised an eyebrow at the last statement. "Fine, then we can be friends."
The other's followed them out, as Minato took on the role of proctor, while Sakumo and Atsuko stood closely beside.
"So you hold your hands like this. This is the Seal of Confrontation." Kakashi demonstrated. Akarei copied. Obito sat next to Kushina, wondering what was going on. Kushina just played his hair, but was mad at how much softer it was than hers.
"Then we wait for Minato to tell us to start, and we fight."
Akarei waited, not truly understanding what the word fight meant. She knew fighting could mean using words, but it could also mean tackling and wrestling a person down. She would wait to see what Kakashi would do, and then make her next move.
"Begin." Minato said, as he swung his hand down. Kakashi raced ahead, as Akarei stood their, confused more than anything. As Kakashi swung a fist, she rolled to the ground. However, Kakashi kicked her, expecting her to dodge, and she cried out. Atsuko's chakra shivered with panic, and Obito noticed it, before looking on worriedly, as before he looked on with excitement.
Kakashi pinned Akarei down, before punching her repeatedly. Sakumo intervened, grabbing Kakashi before he could do anymore damage.
"Enough Kakashi." Kakashi felt he had done his job, now the little girl wouldn't want to be friends with him. "Make the Seal of Reconciliation."
Akarei sat up, wiping her bloody nose. She felt pain, but she didn't cry. It wasn't too painful, but at the same time it was the most excruciating pain she had felt. She felt she had felt this pain before, but she had never had a bloody nose. Kakashi looked on at her, as her face was filled with confusion.
"You lost, hurry up and get up."
Akarei dusted herself off, as her blood ran down her face, dripping onto her clothes. Obito recognized the blood, he had scraped himself a couple times, but Akarei wasn't crying so he couldn't understand that Akarei was in pain, since everyone cried when they were in pain.
Kakashi held out his hand, his first two fingers pointed out. "You do the same as with shaking hands, but only use your index and middle finger." She wiped her bloody hand on her pants, as she took his and then shook.
"So now we are friends?"
Kakashi looked on confused. He had just beaten her up, and she wanted to be friends?
"No, we aren't friends." Sakumo looked at Kakashi, before getting ready to scold him.
Akarei interrupted him once again. "I see. I guess because I'm not a boy, we can't bond through fighting."
The others looked on in confusion, while Sakumo held back his chuckles as he remembered the day at the park.
"Is that what you thought this was, Akarei-chan." He ruffled her head. She nodded, as Atsuko came in and started wiping her nose. Akarei flinched from the older woman's touch.
"That hurts, grandmother." Atsuko turned to Sakumo.
"Do you have any ice?"
"Of course." Sakumo quickly went inside, as Obito glared at Kakashi. He definitely did not like this guy.
The Uchiha's left after that.
Obito watched as Akarei huddled over, with ice on her nose.
"Does it hurt that bad?"
"Not too bad, just hurts." But Akarei did not move from her spot on the couch.
Obito wished he could've sparred, that way he could beat Kakashi up. Atsuko came in with some warm tea.
"Here this should make both of you feel better."
Akarei got up with the ice still on her face, as she took a few sips, and Obito sipped on his too fast, burning his tongue.
"Grandmother, can I learn to spar better?"
Atsuko looked curious at Akarei. Usually when one has a bad experience with a particular thing, they avoid that normally.
"Yes you can learn to get better, but you are still young."
"I want to learn how to spar too, granny! I'll kick that Hatake's butt!"
Akarei looked at Obito, before looking at the Atsuko. "Where did Kakashi learn to fight like that?"
"From his father, Hatake Sakumo."
"Do you think he would teach us?"
Obito looked a bit put off, to be in the same presence as a Hatake.
"I'm sure he would not." Atsuko replied. Akarei noticed the hesitance in her voice.
"Do you know someone who teach us?"
Five days. Akarei had been asking for a teacher for five days straight. Atsuko did not know if she should just give in or ride it out. Sooner or later the child would give up on the notion to fight, would she not?
Kagami was walking down the street, as he saw Atsuko disheartened face. He then saw the two children next to her, as Obito was happily eating dango. The younger red haired one continued to speak, before silencing herself as Kagami approached the trio.
"Ah, Kagami-kun. Congratulations for your daughters happy wedding. I heard it was quite the extravagant event."
Kagami nodded, remembering the horrible memories of all his cousins and relatives coming over and having to deal with too many stoic faces at once. But it was also a very happy occasion as he saw his daughter light up with a smile he hadn't seen in so long.
"Ah, it was a great day. Now she's going to have a son soon. So you taking these two for a walk?"
Atsuko was suprised at the fast pace it seemed. Just yesterday Obito and Akarei were 3, and now they are 5, and Emiko is having a baby. She looked to her younger ones, as she turned back to Kagami.
"Yes I'm showing them the way to the academy, since they start in two weeks."
Kagami looked at the young ones, as Obito's cheeks puffed out like a hamster, and the other stared at him with a too adult-like gaze.
"I see. Are you excited to go to the academy?" The boy nodded his head wildly, while the girl stood silent. She suddenly walked up to him, as she maintained eye contact.
"Mister, do you know how to teach someone how to spar?"
Atsuko's chakra spiked with worry, as immediately apologized. "I'm so sorry about that. You can ignore what she said Kagami-kun, she's just been continually asking me to find her a sparring teacher, and I-"
Kagami chuckled, as he looked at the boy. "Do you wish to spar too?"
Obito swallowed, as he smiled brightly, a few pieces of dango stuck on his teeth. "Yeah, I want to kick Hatake's butt!"
Kagami chuckled more at that. "Then I see no problem teaching them a few Uchiha taijutsu moves, Atsuko."
The children's eyes lit up with thrill, as Atsuko let out a sigh. "I didn't think they'd grow up so fast." She mumbled.
"Do you two wake up early in the morning."
Obito shyly twiddled his foot on the ground. "No."
Akarei was about to reply with a yes, but then looked at Obito's interaction with the older man. "Ye- No sir."
Kagami looked on strangely at the younger girl, but then bent down to their level. "Well then I guess we can have practices in the late afternoon." Obito brightened up, as Akarei smiled.
"We'll only have 3 training sessions though. But that's all you'll need to learn the basics, since your Uchiha's. You'll learn in no time."
Atsuko frowned at the propaganda of Uchiha superiority, but didn't say anything against it, since she too once held a viewpoint like that.
"Of course there are other great clans to beware of in this village. Especially the Hatake's." Kagami warned, as Obito and Akarei's chakra bristled with a it of fear.
"Ah but you two don't have to worry. They won't start sparring in the academy until your second year."
Kagami said goodbye to the two, as the children went on continuing their shopping chores with Atsuko.
As Atsuko tucked them in, she looked at the photo of Ai and Yuto together. She then looked back to Akarei, as she kissed her lightly.
"I'm sure Ai would've loved to have you as well."
Akarei mumbled in her sleep, as Atsuko left.
Akarei continued to roll in her sleep, her head starting to break out into a sweat as she moaned and groaned in her nightmare.
The dark sky murged with the murky clouds of purple and black, as the dark red heavens swirled around and in between the clouds.
She was trugding through the mud, the black squicky mud as sharp prickles poked at her from underneath in the mysterious goo. The pain was terrible, and she lifted one foot to give it a fleeting chance of relief, while the other digged in, spiking her nerves and her cries. She looked around seeing other people walking in the same swampy area. At first they looked like lines and rows, but as her eyes focused on them in the dark rain, she could make out moving limbs and heads. Soon she was picked up, as she looked to her left to see a woman with red hair, and blue eyes.
Her eyes were dead and murky, empty of everything and anything. The woman's groans and cries were hoarse, as if she had been here for so long, her voice was gone. Her bones stuck out on her face and chest. Here everyone was barren and naked.
Akarei cried out, as her hand was jerked by a white mass, before it began to sow them together with a dark black moving thread. The thread tugged and jerked, causing pain in her hand as it was joined together with the woman next to her left. Akarei's right hand was then jerked, as she turned to a man next to her. He had long spiky hair, but his face was turned down.
He had a what seemed to be fair skin, but it was hard to tell in the bloody rain. His body too, was skinny, but from the sags of skin and some areas of his main body, it looked like he had once been fit and atheletic. He groaned, but seemed to not know what was going on, and the pain didn't affect him too much.
Akarei's eyes were melting with tears, as her feet were now being sown, both at the same time. The left to the woman, and the right to the man.
"Be quiet."
Akarei took in gaspful breathes, as she turned to the man who had spoken in a gruff voice.
"I said to be quiet, you little leech." His eyes turned to hers, as his red eyes and their tomoe merged, creating a new design on his eye, before she blacked out.
Akarei woke up, gasping for breathe. Her body ached, as all her muscles were cramping and multiple spasms were causing her pain. She could feel her sweat soaking in her clothes. She moved, but then felt a small puddle between her legs. She had peed in the bed?
She silently got up, moving her futon towards the laundry basket. She pulled the bathroom door open, before closely it silently and locking it. She went to the shower, and sat in the corner as she tried to remember her dream, but even though she stayed awake until morning; she could not remember what had frightened her.
Akarei flinched, as she heard knocks come from the doorway.
"Akarei are you in there? Are you okay? Please open the door. It's me, grandmother."
She slowly got up, her legs weary from kneeling for so long. She slowly made her way to the door, before opening it up. The light pouring in from the window signaled to Akarei that it must be morning.
"Oh what's wrong, Akarei?" She wiped at the crust forming around her eyes, the amount told Atsuko all she needed to know. Akarei had stayed in the bathroom crying and frightened.
"I-I peed the bed." Akarei rarely stuttered, and Atsuko hugged the girl, while petting her hair.
"It's okay. There's nothing wrong with peeing in the bed. Did you drink any water before going to sleep?"
The girl shook her head. Atsuko then helped her clean up and change. She located the dirty futon, and put it in the wash.
Akarei followed her, watching her clean up process. "I'm sorry, grandmother."
The older woman smiled at her fondly. "Oh there is nothing to be ashamed and sorry for." She lightly touched her shoulder. "Everything will be okay."
Akarei nodded, but then Obito woke up with a scream. Both of them immediately raced to the children's sleeping room.
Akarei saw Obito crawling away from his futon, as he then raced to Akarei in the doorway, and hid behind her.
"Sp-sp-spider..." He pointed with his finger, unable to continue his sentence.
Akarei reached for an old toy they no longer played with, and then squashed the offending arachnid.
Atsuko let out a sigh of relief.
"Well, I guess it's time for you, young man, to get ready. Can't have either one of you late to Kagami's training."
They both chorused with a happy yes, as they started their morning routine.
So whew done with that chapter! Also Akarei isn't entirely a normal child, well because she isn't entirely normal. She mostly learns from those around her, but doesn't copy all of them. More will be explained next chapter when she goes to the academy.
Anyways thanks for sticking in to read these three chapters! I hope the stuff hasn't gotten too boring.
Sadly I want them to get along with Kakashi, but I feel Kakashi at this point would be pushing people away, and wanting to spend more alone time with his father to train. There fore he'd try and find anyway to make people not want to be friends with him. Especially people weaker than him (like Obito and Akarei)
Well hopefully they can catch up?
Also I noted how her percentage of blood earlier last chapter. Yah that's why she can control her chakra better. She doesn't have too many Uzumaki traits (except for the red hair). She won't have super huge chakra, huge stamina, or chakra chains, so sorry for those who were hoping she'd get stuff like that.
I kinda want to focus more on Akarei interacting with everyone, than learning skills. But I also don't want Akarei to be super weak... Oh the woes of a OC insert author.
I'll get more into SI stuff when she's older. You'll see soon enough :b
well for those who read my whole rant thanks!
Leave a review if you have an comments/suggestions/questions. :P I shall try to address them.