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The dust settles, splatters of blood litter the ground. The clashing of swords in the distance. Great stone faces nothing but rubble on the ground, years of shinobi history broken. The Village Hashirama and Madara built. The Village lives had fought for in countless years of blood-filled battles. For the loss and the grief to be lost at the hands of men like monsters with power unimaginable.
The wind shifts behind them, in a flash the very creature of the darkest reaches in ones mind, with its hand reaching out around her neck
Kai shot up straight in the bed breathing hard. Her hands went to her throat feeling at the skin that was tingling in a bundle of nerves. Kakashi moved up quickly sitting up beside her, the white haired man didn't speak soothing the back of his wife.
With the last war's end, Kakashi made good on his promise. The world was calmer, he was calmer. They had a son and then a daughter. Shikaku might no longer have been with them but Kai couldn't imagine her son growing up without a sibling.
As her breathing evened back out, "I just had the strangest dream" Kai breathed out slowly, hanging her head into her hands trying to get the images from her mind. I didn't see anything, you're crazy in your old age Suudar that immortal chakra dragon sealed within her yawned in her head evidently annoyed to be woken.
The man to her side hand moves in closer soothing motions over her back, "The war?" Kakashi asks gently combing back her hair. They all still suffered, both had been in more than the last war those left scars you couldn’t get rid off. "Something else. The Great stone faces, they were destroyed. The whole village" Kai shook her head putting the images away into a neat folder away in her head.
Yeah, you're crazy, Turning into a crazy older lady Suudar snorted in her mind's space "Shut up Suudar I don't want your opinion" She growled aloud to the dragon at Kakashi amusement. "You wouldn't think this has anything to do with Sasuke's Mission?" Kai leaned her head back casting a glance at him. "Maybe. I’ll speak with Naruto when it’s more respectable hour. I’ll get us some tea" Kakashi was already getting up from the bed holding out his hand,
Kai reached out using him to lift herself up from the bed, "I'll join you in the kitchen in just a minute, I'm just going to check on Rin." Kai kissed his chin in passing, slipping down the hall for the youngest daughter's room. With the door creaked just open, Rin was already waking up at Kai's appearing Chakra.
"Mum?" she rubbed her eyes setting just up from the bed, "Go back to sleep Rin sorry for waking you" Kai kneeled down at the bedside. Kissing her daughter's forehead. "Oh okay?" Rin blinked confused leaning back into the pillows watching her mother's disappearing figure. Already drifting back into depths of sleep.
Boruto's butt hit the ground as he fell back from the older teen’s shove. "HEY," he yelled back. Sarada, Rin and ChoCho ran down the steps towards him “Knock it off!” Sarada was about to snap at them when suddenly black-haired tall boy stepped out from around the bend, In a second the troublesome boy was thrust into the air. “Picking on kids is a little low, even for you Sokaze” another boy taller than the first with brown hair and mixed coloured eyes. “What the fuck do you guys want?” Sokaze huffed “Put me down!” he flaying his legs around.
Boruto wanted to groan, great he was back again to save the day and everyone was going to swoon over him. It was always Itachi Hatake and Zhao Shiranui. “He’ll piss his pants you dorks!” Mirai laughed coming around the other side of Zhao,
“Apologise and we’ll let you go” Itachi, the black haired boy wearing the Hatake clan crest shrugged dropping Sokaze down, the boy stumbling on his feet back into Zhao who narrowed his eyes at him. The boy mumbled some response darting his eyes away from them.
"Don't go bullying kids. Dumb, dumb move" Zhao chuckled under his breath shaking his head slowly. “Go Sokaze” Itachi sighed levelling the slightly younger boy with rich grey eyes, touch lighter than Kakashi’s. "See ya 'round! Best not run into Itachi or he might beat ya into the ground" a girl with that same black hair, but striking deep red eyes perched on the railing above them waving on the kid.
“That wasn’t a bit much?” Rin stepped forward putting her hands on her hips, “Not at all he knows better” Itachi shrugged, “Hey Sar! ChoCho!” He smiled waving back to the other two girls as Boruto grumbled under his breath standing back up. Zhao rolled the senbon around from left to right, turning on his heels to walk up the stairs. ChoCho bounced forward grabbing onto Itachi’s arm “Knight to the rescue! Say Thank you Boruto!” ChoCho scolded clinging onto Itachi’s arm. “Yeah, Thanks” Boruto muttered rolling his eyes.
Sarada sent narrowed look his way, “You three must have just returned from a mission,” the young Uchiha discerned “Yup! Successful as always with this team” Mirari called from above sitting up straighter with a grin plastered across her face. Zhao leaned with his back against the railing glanced back over his shoulder at them, “If we could hurry up, I’ve had long journey of sleeping in trees and hard ground, I want to get to bed” he yawned, “Zhao it’s midday” Mirari rolled her eyes at him. “Why you wanna join me?” He countered “Piss off” Mirari poked her tongue out at him trying to stuff down her laught
“Catch you ‘round” Itachi smiled as he left with his team. Sarada dark eyes followed after his lanky form with that same spiky style of hair she’d seen Kakashi wear if not for the striking black colour of his mother. His name always rung a sort of bell in her mind that Sarada could never place. “He’s so handsome isn’t he” ChoCho whispered in her ear scaring the young girl, “ChoCho stop it!” Sarada whispered back going red, “Hey! What are you guys talking about” Boruto butted in between them, “Nothing for boys, Right Sarada” ChoCho giggled. Boruto groaned loudly, Itachi always bursted in and had everyones attention.
"Oh shut up Kakashi" Kai gave him a pointed look causing the man to snicker under his mask in such a subtly cheeking tone leaking such naughtiness innocence. He was about to come back with something when the door opened revealing Shikadi opened the door of the Nara head house to the family, Rin jumped forward giving Shikadi a one-sided hug and trotting past him racing up to Temari who she too greeted with a hug and a quick "Let me help you with dinner aunt Temari". Kai followed suit although she was not one to be helping in the kitchen, with a bad habit of burning everything cooked. Kakashi was the better of the two.
Shikadai and Itachi retreated outside to a already set shoji board. "Boruto wouldn’t shut up about you bursting into his fightt" Shikadi revealed. Itachi had half the mind to assume some game here with Shikadi, maybe something with Inojin. For Shikadi to bring up information meant he had some angle to it.
Itachi moved the game piece in front of him. "How has Sarada been, Have any of them been picking on her?" he allowed the concern to sweep into his voice. Shikadai gave a lopsided smirk in return. It was almost like trying to get information out of his dad Shikadai thought, Itachi was a quick thinker and a good strategist that made playing shoji with him interesting. "A little. Not like it was. You really know how to scare the ever-living shit out of someone you know that. Not that Boruto is grateful" Shikadi laughed casting his gaze back to the game board mapping out his own strategy.
"Comes with the job of being an older brother-" the undertone of maybe one day you might be one too was left hanging in the air between them. "You goin tell me about how school is going?" Itachi countered raising an eyebrow waiting to see the path Shikadi would take. “Ha- Well played. Fine fine" Shikadi shrugged back flickering another game piece forward on the board.