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“Sasuke-Kun! Wake up sleepy head! It’s your 16th birthday!” Kotori rapped on his bedroom door, already dressed and showered.
“Uhnn…it’s way to early Kotori-Nee-Chan…” Sasuke grumbled.
“Arrghh…” Kotori muttered. “You’d never know that the great Uchiha Sasuke was such a late sleeper by looking at him!” She sighed, “But here you are, Sasuke-Kun, lying in bed at eight in the morning!” Kotori barged in the room with his freshly laundered clothes in her arms. Upon hearing her enter, Sasuke groaned, pulling the covers up over his head. “Dammit Sasuke!” putting his clothes on the Uchiha's dresser, he walked over to him.
“I HATE the morning…” His words were muffled under the blanket, “Especially when people wake me…”
"Geez..." Kunoichi grabbed Sasuke’s ankles, viciously pulling him off the front of the bed. Sasuke was wearing nothing but black sweatpants, with the “Uchiha” fan symbol across the front. Startled, he hit his head on the floor and slowly sat up, rubbing the back of it with his hand.
“Eerghh…” He groaned, stood up and grabbed his clothes, agitatedly stomping into the bathroom. Kotori waited for him as he came down the steps. She placed a plate full of hot Onigiri on the table. The now fully awake Sasuke came and sat at the counter.
“Ah! Sasuke…I made your favorite, sour-plum filled Onigiri!” A huge grin spread on Kotori’s face, “Oh! And I also got you a present!” She added. His head perked up, a rice ball in his mouth.
“Hmmm? Really?” He looked surprised. Kotori tilt her head.
“…Nani? Are you shocked I got you a gift, Sasuke?”
The Uchiha shook his head and smiled, “I’m just surprised you’d do all this for me…”
Kotori Smiled, “Well…you are my brother…” She laughed. “Here…”
She handed him a small black pouch with a golden tiger on it. He opened the bag up with interest. The contents fell out onto the table. Sasuke picked each item up, carefully examining them. They were a Pair of polished black daggers.
He held the daggers to the light, creating an adverse effect. As the daggers seemed to absorb the morning glow, iridescent blackness soon replacing it.
“They’re fire resistant…” Kotori added. The Uchiha smiled at his reflection in the knifes. “They also link together at the hilt…watch…” The Kunoichi locked the two together, creating a three-foot long double sided sword and handed it back to him. Amazed, Sasuke Held it with practiced precision, eyeing it as a true swordsman would.
“Wow…” Was all the boy could say.
Kotori laughed softly, and pulled out another present. This time it was in a sword carrier, but about half the length. She handed it to Sasuke as he pulled out the item by its gold and black handle. Its was a real life Uchiha fan. The pure white feathers extending from the hilt looked as if the tips had been dipped in blood. It was about two feet in span when fully folded out.
Sasuke was awestruck. “W-where did you get this!?”
“I’m not telling!” Kotori laughed. “Seriously, if you think just the fan is cool…Check this out…” At the top of the handle there was a small hole. She gathered a small amount of chakra on the tip of her index finger and inserted it into the opening. The fan morphed, the feathers became sharp, with razor-like edges. They turned pure black, but were glowing a soft blue. “It’s stronger then steel…” She said. Sasuke’s eyes widened. “It can mainly be used as a shield, but you can also take each individual feather out to use as a razor or whatever…” Sasuke was speechless. Kotori laughed again, “It’s especially useful for when you get tied up, and it can even slice through chains…oh, and to turn it back, you just put another bit of chakra inside the hole.” She demonstrated for him and put the fan back in its case. “Also…the case for the fan is made to hang on the side of your sword’s carrier, for easy access.” Sasuke stared at the fan with distant eyes, regretting the Uchiha clan’s painful past. Kotori placed the fan into his hands, jolting him out of his reverie. He attempted inserting his chakra into the opening, and it morphed once again.
“Heh…Lets try it out, shall we?” He asked. He threw the knife-like fan straight up.
“Ack! Y-you’re not supposed to chuck the whole thing!” Kotori shouted. The fan hit the ceiling, startling a certain brown-haired Kunoichi who was residing there. It stuck fast, and an entire inch or so of the razors were hidden in the wood.
“DAMN…” The girl cursed and leapt to the ground. “What the hell?! That would’ve left me dead…Baka!” Shizu scolded the Uchiha. Sasuke rolled his eyes and glared at her.
“Oh please, I knew you would dodge it. Besides, I wasn’t the one sneaking around someone else’s house…” Sasuke smirked, “The fan works pretty well, I’d say.”
“B-but-” Kotori looked up at the weapon. “Ugh…forget it……Eh, Ohayo Shizu-Chan” Kotori sighed, “Must you come so early?”
The energetic girl smiled, “Hai! I love bothering you! Plus, I was stopping by to say “yukaitanjoubi”to Sasuke-nii-chan!”
Sasuke looked up. “Uh…Thanks, Shizu-Chan…” He replied. The brown haired Kunoichi smiled and nodded, as she climbed back up to the ceiling and grabbed the hilt of the fan. Yanking it out, she threw it back down, hard and fast.
“Whoa!” Sasuke scrambled to grab it, but missed, and the elaborate fan fell into to the Onigiri. It splattered all across the Uchiha’s face, and his expression ranged between shocked, furious and disgusted.
This causing the fifteen-year old Kotori to burst into hysterics, and the fourteen-year old Shizu to bound down from the ceiling. She grabbed some of the plum filling from Sasuke’s face and put it in her mouth. And, upon realizing it was her least favorite flavor; spit it out all over the ground.
“Kotori-Onee-Chaaaaaaaan….” She complained, “This is gross! I can’t believe Sasuke-Sama eats this crap!” Kotori started laughing even harder, falling on the floor. Sasuke, realizing her mirth was at his expense, picked up a handful of the sticky filling and threw it in her face.
“AH HA HA HA-Ack! What the-HEY!” The Kunoichi turned and glared at him.
“How do you like it Kotori-Chan?!” Sasuke exclaimed, half-pissed and half-laughing.
Still surprised, Kotori wiped the stuff from her own face and as if on cue, the two siblings started reaching for and hastily throwing the now ruined breakfast at each other. The two were in an all-out war, not noticing Shizu slipping out of the house, laughing like a banshee all the way down the road.
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It was a warm, sunny morning, and the streets of Konoha were active and animated with people and animals. Sasuke and Kotori headed out for their daily training when they passed by two Jounin chatting.
“Hey, I heard Itachi Uchiha’s hiding out somewhere near the sand village…” The second Jounin looked at him, wide-eyed. Kotori and Sasuke stopped in their tracks.
“W-well…aren’t’ we gonna do something!?” He exclaimed. The first Jounin just leaned against the building and sighed.
“Can’t…Tsunade says it’s to dangerous. Mainly because we don’t know what he’s up to, or who else he has with him.” Upon Hearing his older brother’s name, Sasuke shuddered.
“…Too dangerous my ass…” He muttered as he looked at his sister, she too, was shaking. “C’mon Kotori, let’s go after him!” he exclaimed. Her eyes grew and she shook her head violently.
“N-nani!? Are you out of you mind? You know all to well what Itachi and his “Jaws” friend are capable of!” She looked up at him, “…Do you want to die on your birthday?” she said softly. Sasuke’s eyes narrowed.
“Kotori…this is a rare opportunity…” He looked back at the ground as they continued walking. “I’ve only seen that weasel once since that tragedy eight years ago…”
“B-but!…”
“…Plus…” He continued, “I’d like to try out my birthday present on someone who deserves it.” He smiled sinisterly.
After thinking for a moment, Kotori sighed. “…fine…”
“Oi! Kotori-Chan! Sasuke-San!” Startled, the two looked up at the Kunoichi approaching them. She had several strawberry Onigiri in her arms and one in her mouth.
“Hmmm? Oh, h-hey Shizu…” Kotori forced herself to smile, “Um…How have you been since like, 15 minutes ago?” The hazel-eyed girl grinned at them.
“Well…after the disappointment of eating Sasuke’s nasty plum-rice balls, I decided to go out and buy some of my favorite flavor to make up for it!” Sasuke and Kotori stared at her blankly. “Oh! But what’s up with you guys? You kinda seem…out of it…” Shizu tilt her head to the side as Sasuke’s head shot up, he really didn’t want Shizu knowing about his brother.
“N-nothing! Nothing, um…we were just remembering our, err… p-puppy, who...um….died! …yeah…” A bead of sweat ran down his face. Embarrassed, Kotori slapped her hand to her forehead and Shizu had one eyebrow raised. Sasuke’s sister leaned over and whispered through the side of her mouth.
“It's Itachi…” Shizu’s eyes widened as her friend continued, “…We’re not allowed to, but Sasuke wants to sneak out of the village and try to kill him.”
“R-really!?” She loudly exclaimed, “I want to come!”
“N-not so loud!” Panicked, Kotori grabbed Shizu and covered her mouth just as Sasuke turned towards them.
“Oh no…” He said. “There’s no way in hell I’m dragging you along with us.” Pushing Kotori’s hand away, she placed her hands on her hips.
“Oh really?” She leaned toward him, pulling out a folded fan. It was pure white with blood-red tips. She waved it in his face and Sasuke’s coal-black eye’s widened.
“H-hey! …W-where? …How did you?” The frantic Uchiha, tried to grab it, but the Kunoichi quickly hid it behind her.
“Take me with you…” She smiled menacingly. “Or the fan goes in the paper shredder...” She paused for a moment. “…right after I use each individual feather as a fancy ass wipe.”
“WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?!” Sasuke growled at her and crossed his arms, extremely pissed-off. ‘Damn! So that’s where my fan went’ The Uchiha thought. ‘Chikushou…She’s worse than Naruto sometimes!’ He thought for a moment. “Rrrrrrgg…FINE!” he barked. Smirking, Shizu handed the ornate fan over to him, pleased with her accomplishment. “…Damn you Shizu…” Sasuke muttered.
Sasuke scowled at the Kunoichi. “Hmph…C’mon, speaking of asses…we better get ours in gear. It’ll take like, 3 days just to get to the Wind country.” He bolted off, closely followed by the two laughing girls. Hearing them pissed him off even more and he ran farther ahead.
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When the three of them finally arrived in the dessert near the village of Sunagakure, they stopped at a large, deep ravine. It had a violent, twisting river flowing through it, and the trio stopped at the cliff’s edge, intimidated by the vast depth. Sasuke carefully studied the rock face.
“If my knowledge serves me right…” His eyes moved downward. “The hideout should be there.” He pointed to a massive boulder covering the opening of a cave. Shizu looked down at it, perplexed.
“Ok…well…how are we gonna get down there?” Kotori looked at her contemplative friend as she suddenly stood straight up. “Wait! I think…” Shizu reached into her pouch and pulled out a grappling hook. “Ah! We can use this to slide down onto the boulder!” She held it in front of her and Kotori. She then aimed, and shot the device. It soared across the canyon and attached itself to the Cliff, just above the boulder. Shizu pulled on the rope cautiously.
Kotori looked hesitant. “H-hold on…Shizu, I don’t think you should…I can just su-” But the brown-haired teen was already hanging on the cable, steadily inching across. Sasuke rolled his eyes at her stupidity and his sister tensed up every time her friend stopped for a moment. The line was metal and Shizu didn’t notice the fact that she was sweating under the scorching dessert sun, her hands were becoming increasingly greasy. She was about three-quarters of the way across when she distracted her concentration by looking down at how high she was, and lost her embrace. She screamed as she plundered towards the raging waterway below. Sasuke immediately swerved around in terror.
“Shit!” Without thinking, The Uchiha jumped off the cliff too. Hoping that with his chakra, he could steady himself on the violent torrent and catch Shizu.
“AGH! HOLY CRAP! You guys!” Kotori threw off her knapsack and dug into it. “Geez, they’re both insane!”
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Seconds later, a colossal Phoenix dived into the chasm at blinding speed. In a rush of feathers, it caught both Sasuke and Shizu on its backside. Confused and dazed, the two looked around them. Kotori was at the front, controlling the beast like a horse and securely landing the bird on stable ground near the boulder. The Kunoichi instantaneously turned around to her two comrades, questioning their sanity.
“GEEZUS! Are you guys NUTS!?” Kotori placed her flute back in the knapsack and continued. Her deep blue eyes glared at the hazel-eyed Kunoichi. “Shizu! Don’t ever try anything like that again; no one said it was safe! You can’t just go and slide across huge ravines with rapids below it without giving it another thought!” Her eyes then moved to her brother, “And Sasuke, how in HELL did you think that jumping off the cliff with her was going to accomplish anything!? You’ll both end up DEAD if you keep this idiotic behavior up!” Kotori crossed her arms. Shizu sat there looking guilty, playing with one of the enormous feathers. Sasuke just shrugged.
“Ah, um…I-it was kinda on impulse…Kotori-Chan…I mean, she was falling at 90 miles per hour! What else was there to do but try and catch her?” Kotori rolled her eyes an sighed, jumping off the bird. The others quickly followed.
“Ah, whatever…everyone’s safe right?” Relieved, Sasuke and Shizu smiled and Kotori and her brother towards the boulder, which was twice as big as Kotori’s summon. But Shizu stayed put.
“H-hey!! Do you two not see the huge rock in front of your faces?!” Sasuke and Kotori didn’t even flinch and kept on walking and sighed.
“…Genjutsu…” They said simultaneously. Kotori spoke again, “They put it there so people would think there was no way inside, a boulder like this would be almost impossible to move.” Shizu stood there, looking at them with one eyebrow raised. She had forgotten that Kotori was an expert on illusions and Sasuke had Sharingan. But even so…
“W-wait a minute!” The two stopped. “It’s great and all that we don’t have to worry about the rock…but we can’t just waltz right in there like that!” The siblings turned to face her. “I mean…these are S-Rank criminals right?”
Kotori stared at her. “True…” She said. “I doubt there’s anything to hide behind in a freakn’ cave though!”
“Shhhhhhhh!” Sasuke whispered. “Everyone just stay together, judging by all the noise us and that stupid bird already made…they probably already know we’re here…”
“Oh…fantastic…” Shizu sighed and joined them. The trio slowly and quietly walked through the false impression into the pitch black cavern. There were a few torches illuminated the area and they all hugged the wall as they sidled across it. At first it was quiet, but they jumped when something huge collided with the wall right next to their heads. Sasuke, who was closest to it, slowly turned his head and shuddered. It was a thick sword wrapped in thick white bandaging. The Uchiha recognized it immediately…Kisame’s Samehade.
“Looks like we have visitors…Itachi…” In response, glowing red and black eyes slowly opened deep into the cave. Sasuke’s eyes widened.
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