Britt's Story 6

Britt gaped at Madara, completely shocked. She felt as if her heart had stopped beating.

Time stopped.

Madara was still staring down at her, his black eyes cold and ruthless. He cocked he head, surveying her like she was an oddity.

"Now…you have no choice but to accept my offer" he said quietly, his demeanor somewhat calmer.

Britt yanked free from his grasp and raced down the hallway, throwing herself into her room. Once she was on the bed she allowed the tears to flow.

Sobbing, screaming, she allowed her emotions to overtake her until she passed out from exhaustion.

Konohagkure, 9 years earlier.

The boy was completely passed out on the hammock, his mouth wide open and a string of drool slowly making its way down his chin. The girl smirked as she moved closer to him, clutching a long white feather in one hand, and a can of whipped cream in the other.

This would be too easy.  

The boy made a swatting motion as a fly buzzed around his head, completely unaware that the girl was getting closer. Soon, she was standing over him.

The smirk on her face widened as she gently grabbed his hand and held it, palm up, then gently sprayed some whipped cream into it. She lowered it next to his body, making sure that the cream didn't smear onto his shirt of fall off his hand.

Then she began tickling his nose with the feather. He grumbled in his sleep, turning his head from side to side. When that offered no relief he swatted at the feather with his hand, smashing the whipped cream onto his face.

The girl burst out laughing.

Emerald green eyes flew open and locked with blue-purple ones. For a minute, time stood still.

"…BRITT!!!!" roared the boy, leaping off the hammock and charging after the girl, whom had already started running, still laughing.

"C'mon char char it was just a joke!" Britt yelled over her shoulder, dodging around a fruit cart.

"When I catch you…you're dead!"

"Ha! then you gotta catch me first!"

Charles sped up, and so Britt followed suit, still looking over her shoulder. She was so lost in what was happening she didn't notice the boy in her path until it was too late.

"Oof!"

Both went tumbling in a jumble of arms, legs, and groceries. A carton of eggs sped toward the ground, but the boys hand shot out and caught it before it hit. When the dust from their collision cleared, Britt was on top of him, her face smashed into his, while he lay flat on his back. A smaller boy that looked almost exactly like the one Britt had collided into was peering at them from behind a flower cart, dark eyes widened in shock.

"Heh…heh I'm sorry about that…" she apologized, rubbing the back of her head in embarrassment.

"It's…ok…but watch where you're going next time" he replied quietly.  

Britt stood up and helped him to his feet, then quickly picked up all the groceries she had made him drop. The boy was looking at her intently, the corner of his mouth lifting up into a slight smile.

"I remember you…"

"You do?" she looked at him quizzically.

"We met when we were very small…..you had a raccoon in your arms….you ran up to me and said his name was Scooter….."

"Oh wow….wait that was you?"

"Yes…"

Britt grinned at him. "Wow you've changed a lot uh….what's your name?"  

"Itachi...Itachi Uchiha…"

"Nice to meet ya! I'm Britt Nara!"

"It...is nice to meet you again too…." The smaller boy had walked up to Itachi and was tugging at his shirt, eyes focused on his face.

"Nii-san…..when are you going to teach me ninjutsu?"

Itachi looked down. The indifferent stare he had given Britt was replaced by a sweet smile.

"Soon Sasuke…but first we have to take these groceries to Kaa-san"

"Ok Nii-san!"

Itachi chuckled and ruffled Sasukes hair. He then looked back at Britt, his face once again sliding into an indifferent mask.

"I better get going…it was nice talking to you…"

"Nice talking to you too!"  

Itachi turned and walked away, Sasuke following him closely. Britt watched them leave, a slight grin on her face. She then turned and looked around for Charles.  

He was standing near a fruit stand with three other people, two boys and a girl. The first boy had long black hair and dark complexioned skin. He wore a purple shirt that was similar in design to Itachi's and Sasukes, and black capris.

Wait…a shirt like Itachi's and Sasukes…and he had the same red fan symbol on the back.

Wasn't Billy's last name….. Uchiha? He must be related to them…even though his skin color was darker; he had the same silky black hair and soothing black eyes.

The other boy had long brown hair and was tall and skinny. He wore a black long sleeved t-shirt and black pants. His ears were gauged and he was very pale. His name was Shawn Kaguya. He had come to the leaf village as a small five year old child and was raised by a non-shinobi family. Apparently, his clan had destroyed itself, leaving only him and his baby brother alive. His brother's whereabouts were still unknown.

The girl standing next to Shawn had long black hair that was pulled into a ponytail similar to Ankos. The front of it was a vivid green. She had blue-green eyes, pale skin and freckles. She wore a purple shirt under a violet kimono top and black shorts that stopped just above the knee. Her name was Kayla Sarutobi.

Britt walked over to them, grinning widely as she approached. Charles glanced at her, his hand quickly shooting out and yanking her headband from its place on her neck.
Britt gasped in shock, glaring at her brother.

"Ch-charles give that back!"

"Never" he said with a smirk, tying the headband around his neck where it managed to clash with the emerald green one he wore on his forehead.

Britt leaped forward, but was caught by Shawn as he threw out his arm, pushing her back.

"Shawn! Get out of my way!" she groaned, trying to dodge around him.

"You'll have to do better than that…..one of a Shinobi's best skills is their agility" replied the Kaguya with a wide grin.

Britt's eyes narrowed. Ducking under the others arm, she grabbed hold of the dark purple headband he wore around his waist and gave it a hard pull, twisting him around and using the momentum to hurl herself at Charles. The latter was caught by surprise and could only gasp as she collided with his stomach, knocking the air out of him.
She gave a whoop or victory and retrieved her headband, grinning widely.

"Well….I guess they didn't make a mistake when they allowed you to graduate the academy" Charles said, pushing her off him and getting to his feet.

"You have some good skills Britt" chuckled Shawn, "not as good as mine, but pretty good"

Britt laughed as she stood up, beaming at her friends. They grinned back, then snapped to attention when a tall man with red tipped spiky black hair and a ponytail walked up to them. He wore a Jounin vest, had vivid blue eyes and pale skin. An Uchiha crest was tattooed on the back of his neck.  

After hugging Billy and ruffling his hair he focused on Britt, Charles and Kayla.  
"Hello you three,…"

"Hello Taigamaru Sensei!" they replied

"Ok you three you have a mission.... "

"Oh…sweet! What do we have to do? Protect a village? Fight rogue ninja? Escort a prisoner?..."Britt rambled excitedly.  

Tai chuckled.

"You guys aren't Chūnin or Jounin yet Britt….you guys have to find Miss Atcheyus cat…."

"Again?!"  

"How boring…" added Charles with a sigh.

Tai rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

"Tufty is well…….restless…"

"I hate that cat..." grumbled Charles, rubbing a scar on his upper forearm.

"Don't we all" muttered Britt, rubbing the back of her neck which contained a similar scar.

"C'mon you guys…who knows the next one might be a C-rank! Now go….he was last seen at the edge of the forest..."

The three Genin grumbled as they began to walk in the direction he was pointing. Nobody enjoyed doing D-rank missions. It was long and boring work, and nobody really understood why they had to do it.

"Well. Let's get this over with" sighed Kayla, handing the other two the earpieces they had to wear in order to keep in contact.

"He's probably by the river like the last three times…I'll go check" Britt said, turning and plunging into the forest. Charles and Kayla sped off in different directions, all three keeping an eye peeled for the black and white tuxedo cat they had to find.

Britt slowed down to a walk, keeping her eyes peeled for any break of the deep green color that surrounded her. Hearing a stirring of leaves on her right, she turned her head and glanced in that direction.

The instant she stopped paying attention to her right and front sides, three shapes appeared out of nowhere and tackled her to the ground.

Britt could only let out a muffled scream as a black gloved hand closed around her mouth. She heard a distant roaring, and then found herself flat on her back, gazing up into an ANBUs mask, its cat face grinning mockingly at her. Her shirt was roughly yanked up, and she was flipped onto her back. A huge amount of chakra surrounded her, and she could see the ANBU standing in front her doing hand signs.

Wincing from the bruises that had been caused by this sudden rough treatment she began to push herself up when suddenly she felt a horrendous pain, unlike any she had ever felt. The roaring grew louder, seeming to come from inside her instead of around her.

Everything became black as she passed out, screaming.