Miraculously I did get a wink of a sleep. It was about an hour, but I still got some rest. I was right though something was coming. It was a jolt of chakra that got me out of bed. I visualized the chakra that crossed the tree barrier I created. They were here, and it wasn’t just two or five, no there were at least sixty of them, no I’d say eighty. They were evenly spread in each gate.
“Kakashi, get up!” I yell and run to get my shoes. He was up and following me in seconds.
“What’s the matter?” He says and puts on his pouches and vest.
“Someone is close many of them,” I concentrate on my trees again, now that my brain is up and working I can sense the chakra a lot more individually. I recount an estimate, there weren’t eighty, I’d say there was hundred of them. And not adults only but children too. They weren’t the traveling circus, I can tell by the agitation and adrenaline of the their chakra that they were ready for a fight. Who could it be to send children out to battle, it reminds me of the promise I made to Suzu. I stop when I sense that one chakra among the many ninja. My father was among them, and that is when I knew that it was the Moon who were the ones planning their attack.
“Its the Moon village. My father is among them, so he’s finally made his move. Kakashi you should go inform Lady Tsunade, I’m going to face my father,” I fasten my forehead protector the sweat was already beginning to form. I admit I was nervous on facing him again, but this time I know that I can face him and win. Kakashi grabs hold of my arm.
“No, we’re going together. I’m not being separated from you. Last time you went on your own, you ended up in the hospital, or you old village. I’ll send Paku to inform Lady Tsunade. I’m going with you,” Kakashi says, he has already made him mind. I try to convince him anyways.
“My father wants the sharingan Kakashi. And if he manages to get both of us then its over. He’ll control me by controlling you. Maybe for just this fight, we’ll fight it in separate areas, just to be safe,” I try to convince him. There were so many things going through my head, I just couldn’t think about what would happen if we did get captured. What would happen to the Leaf? What is this peace my father wants?
“I told you, you aren’t doing things alone anymore.” He shakes his head, and summons Paku. I tried to convince him, but we were going to do this together after all. If it did come down to either of us, I knew what I was going to do. A small dog appears and Kakashi tells him the situation as I clip my pouch to my pants. We run out the door, not bothering for once to make sure it is locked. It was a full moon, fortunately it gave us plenty of dim light. My heart raced, I didn’t know if my father was planning on fighting tonight, but either way I wasn’t going to let him go without answering some of my questions.
“They are at every gate aren’t they? Where is your father?” Kakashi says besides me. We hopped from one rooftop to others quickly. I could tell he was a bit taken back from the sudden take of action. It was the Moon village after all, and even though there were kids among them, they were equally as deadly.
“Yes. They are evenly spread out, my father is located at the main entrance. There are children among them. I’m going to restrain them, I want to avoid casualties of young children,” I tell him. He nods, agreeing with me. I don’t think I will be able to harm a child, not ever, that was in my past and I don’t plan on reliving that moment again.
"So he’s back again, that brat doesn’t know when to stop does he?" The beast in me awakens, he is also disturbed by the sudden attack. He wasn’t so fond of father either, which only helps me.
"You know what he is after, don’t you Kiyoko," he asks. It takes me back for just half a second. He didn’t call me by the annoying name. This time he called me by my real name. Maybe the lack of talking pushed him to think and maybe he actually was lonely in my body, now that I didn’t pay much attention to him.
"He’s after the sharingan, and you. But he’s also here to gather information in the Uchiha district. We have to make sure he doesn’t get anywhere near there," He says ferociously. He knows more than I do, I need to know why. But now is not the time to ask.
“Kakashi, we need to get to the Uchiha Province, my father is seeking information that is there. He’s going to be there any moment, I can sense his chakra beginning to move in that direction.”
He doesn’t question how I gathered this new information, but thankfully the reinforcements were getting to the gates. The Moon ninja were flooding in when they sense the Leaf ninja near. The battle was beginning. Kakashi and I raced to the outer part of the village where the abandoned Uchiha district was. The power in this area has long been stopped, it was darker than other places, and it wasn’t just because of the missing lamp posts.
"He’ll be headed for a house at the center of the district. That is where he thinks he’ll get the information," The beast tells me. He directs me to the center of the district, a house with yellow walls stood. It was a small house, a perfect size for a small family of four. My heart pumped harder, like I knew this house somehow, but I know I have never been here.
"What do you know? Why is my father looking in this house?" I ask him.
"I don’t think its the time to tell you just yet, little Kiyoko. I have secrets to keep."
“Why are we in the middle of the district?” Kakashi asks me.
“My father is looking for something in this house, he’s heading this way right as we speak,” I tell him.
“How do you know? Why this house?”
“The beast told me my fathers is looking for something here, but just what he’s looking for is unknown. The beast won’t tell me,” I say. I hear Kakashi hum. What connection does my father have to the Leaf? This was all so confusing.
“We need to come up with a strategy to take down your father. Tell me what you know about his skills,” Kakashi looks around.
“I’ve never seen him fight in real combat, he used his subordinates to fight for him. I know he is an advanced ninja, he’s the leader of our village after all, but I don’t know what nature he has or is he is a long, middle, or short range fighter. He’s kept that hidden from me, now I know why. He knows he has the upper hand, he’s been watching us,” I sigh. I should know more about my father, but he wasn’t a very hands on parent to begin with. I’ve never seen him fight, but he’s coldhearted. He’ll kill Kakashi, and if I wasn’t the vessel to this important power, than I’m sure he would kill me too.
“For now, we’ll have shadow clones in our place, and make them attack to see his patterns. That’s the only way to even out the playing feel,” Kakashi says. I agree, and make a shadow clone, my father was minutes away, we had to get to a hiding place quickly. Kakashi hides underground with an earth jutsu, I on the other hand couldn’t use my wood or earth jutsus. I can’t let him know I’m a wood user. For this fight I had to use water, and I have been brushing up on old and new jutsus for both water and earth, while learning wood. I’ve been training until I could no longer.
"You can’t go easy on this fight, little Kiyoko. It will be very troublesome if he manages to capture you and that Hatake man. I will lend you my power if you need it," the beasts says.
"Why are you helping me?" I think in my head, I make sure he can hear me.
"I may hate him more than you. Certainly I hate him more that anyone alive. So if he is no longer around then it will be much more easier to live for both of us.," He grunts. He still does not let me see him clearly, whenever I got near to his cage, he made sure that he was hidden well in the darkness.
"I’m doing it for my benefit, so at least try to kill him, okay little Kiyoko. Or else I might have to butt in and be inhumane with that worm."
He was joking around, I wonder if something had happened that changed the way he acts towards me. For now he wasn’t so hostile to me, I want to ask him why he hates my father so much, but I don’t have time. My father is meters away and I hide in a well near by, it was full of unclean water, but my chakra dissolved into it anyways. I’ll just be part of the water, no way he’ll be able to sense me.
Our shadow clones stood there in front of him, defense up and ready for an attack. My father laughs, a laugh that makes me shiver. My scars pulse, like my body was remembering the sensation of being stabbed. I felt like I was stepping on eggshells, I had to be cautious, but my nervous body was not helping. I see him seal a jutsu, I know those signs. He slams his hands on the ground. He is an earth user, I feel the earth beneath the well begin to push the water up. He knows where we are hiding. At least lightning is dominant over earth, and even though water isn’t very powerful, I can make it destructive if I put chakra into it. I materialize from the water, and land on my feet while the water gushes out. Kakashi stumbles to his feet.
He’s skilled alright, he managed to sense us seconds after he arrived.
“Nice try hiding, but really,” He laughs again. Kakashi has his chidori ready, both his clone and him are ready to fight. He puts his hand up, making us wait.
“Wait, I need to catch my breath. And I’m sure you don’t want your friend to get harmed,” He says. He flicks his finger, and two ninja come out of the shadows, they held Sakura in their arms. A cloth was tied around her mouth, but she was limp. She’s not dead, I can feel her chakra. She must be in a genjutsu.
“I’m curious, how did you know I was going to come to this house? By chance do you know this house?” He asks. I don’t answer, right now I was thinking about a plan to get her out of their grasps. Maybe if she is released from the genjutsu, then she can punch her way out. I can see from this far that her hands were tied loosely, she must have put a fight, and they were in a hurry.
I need to touch her to release the genjutsu, but there is no way they will let me get near her.
“Answer me when I am talking to you. You do know what happened last time you gave me the silent treatment. I don’t want to harm your friend, maybe you need for encouragement. Should I take Kakashi as a hostage as well,” he asks.
“What is it that you want?” I hiss.
“I came to claim what is mine, you’re coming back with me, and so is Kakashi. You two will come with me with no problems. Then I will release your friend. I’m sure you care for her deeply,” He says.
“I’m done playing your games. I am not following your orders,” I snarl. Feeling the anger rise. He whistles lowly, but I don’t think about his next move, I have to get Sakura out of here. I hope this works. I travel my chakra through the ground, and let it get to her. I make the release sign, hoping it works. I see her eyes snap open, taking in her surroundings. She quickly snaps the loose ropes, and I run to cover her. Kakashi attacks one of the ninja that was holding Sakura. I create a wall to keep the earth jutsu that my father sent my way. Sakura uses her monster punch to land a blow on one of the ninja. He is sent flying, but he stands. He is a jounin, I believe all of the Moon ninja here were. Her battle will be a difficult one, but I need to face my father today. He won’t leave unscratched.
“I too am done chasing you. This time I will show you, our true identity. It is time that you learned to bear the weight of your crown!” My father yells at me.
He seals his hands once again, and I form a water whip in my right hand, ready to dodge whatever jutsu he throws at me. Earth spikes protrude, I dodge them, keeping me on my toes. I look down at my feet, and the next time I look up to my father there it is coming at me at full speed. The hotei technique, the wood arm grabs hold of my throat, immediately cutting me off of my air. He controls wood release too. What is going on here? My head hurt, maybe it was the lack of air, or maybe it was the sudden revelation. How the hell is my father a wood user. But how?
“You and I we are of the Senju clan. We have this powerful chakra that can do many marvelous things. But why are you not seeing it? You and I can do so many great things to this world. It was what your mother and I dreamed of. World Peace. Starting with this wretched place, we will rebuild it using our own chakra.”
I kick the air, trying to make contact, but he made it hard with the angle he has captured me. I grab hold of the wood wrapped around my throat, and I begin to suck away the life from it, like I did with Sage Moriko. It seemed like it was going slower than other times, but eventually It grew brittle and no longer held my weight. I fall harshly to the ground, gasping for air.
“What the hell are you talking about? I am not a Senju, I do not know what you are talking about,” I gather my thoughts. I was born in the Moon Village damn it! He can’t possibly use wood, he must have stolen Hashirama’s DNA.
“Don’t try to lie to me, I’ve seen you. I know where you go off to to train. There is no escaping me, you won’t be able to hide for much longer, not when this world is growing unstable by the day. Are you simply going to let it fall to pieces. Your mother and I had great plans for you,”
“Shut up! I don’t want to hear about mother or you! This is all a lie. You’re insane!” I tell him. He can’t know that I use wood, this would cause such a big problem. But now I know, he uses wood.
“Don’t you want to know why we put that beast in you?”
Get up, brat! Fight! Kill him, you must kill him! The beast inside my head yelled at me.
Is what he saying true? I ask him. I hear him grunt in agreement. I was not a Tsukino, I am a Senju. My mother, what is she? Was she really a Moon villager or was she a lie too? Why hide this?
“You must know about the Life of Library, correct. I’ll just say that your mother was powerful enough to get rid of your’s and her’s before she died. With her last chakra she only managed to change mine. If you want to know more then you must come with me. I will tell you the truth, and then you will understand why we must rejuvenate this world to its great glory.”
I shake my head. No, I was not going to go back with him. I don’t care about the truth! Sometimes it is better to not know at all. How could I know what he saying is true? Lies. That is all he made of. I won’t use wood, I won’t let him win this fight. I feel Kakashi close by, getting closer to where we were. My father has taken me to the outer forest while he had me by the throat.
I seal my hands quickly before he can tell what jutsu I will use. I push the jutsu from the belly, creating an enormous amount of water to make the perfect stage for Kakashi’s lightning style. My father creates a wall, but it won’t hold me back. Even if he is a Senju I have chakra that can’t be stopped with a wooden wall. I push my chakra fiercely, concentrating on him. The wall breaks, he falls, and I see Kakashi use his lightning style to electrocute him from a far. Three Moon Ninja get to my father, who struggled to get up.
“You’ll come to me one day for answers. I’ll be waiting patiently. Kiyoko Senju.”
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