Inevitable
Chapter 12

Itachi and Amejisuto stood in the middle of the forest theyliked to train in. There were eight targets along some trees and one behind arock where they couldn't see it. The Ishi stood to the side as she watched hersensei take a few breaths and turn on his sharingan. He leaped high into theair, doing a half back flip, throwing six kunai in one direction and anotherthree immediately after. The three hit the first round of them, sending allkunai in different directions. He landed back on the ground and they bothwatched as all kunai hit the middle of each target, even in the blind spot behindthe rock.

"That was awesome!" Amejisuto cheered.

"That was a demonstration of what you will soon bedoing."

"What?! But I don't have the sharingan! I won't be ableto exceed my body's limits like you can! If I even try to stay in the air thatlong, I'll fall on my head and die," she worried.

"Your jutsu has improved greatly, but your weaponskills are average. While training to do this, you will have to manipulate thewind to make up for not having the sharingan. It will help you get better aimand strengthen you more when using weapons, and it will also increase youragility and chakra control," Itachi explained.

"Wow, I never knew something like that would benefitthat much," the brunette said in amazement.

"First things first: Manipulating the wind so you canstay suspended in air for a longer time. Do you have any jutsu that would helpwith that?"

"Well there might be something in the scroll that mymom gave me for my birthday. I haven't read all the techniques yet." Theywent back to their house and she got the scroll from the back of her closetwhere the other scrolls and weapons were. They sat down in the dojo and openedit. "Earth cloak… Grass bombs… How to speak the language of trees...Ahah!" She pointed at a diagram. "There's a jutsu for floating, thoughit would take lots of practise."

"I don't expect you to learn the whole kunai targetmethod in a day, but you should set goals. How about… One week to master thewind jutsu, another to improve on your target practise, and another to mix ittogether and perfect it," the raven suggested.

"That sounds good. I should start right now!"Amejisuto quickly looked over the diagram and stood up straight. Sheconcentrated on trying to spread her chakra to the air around her body. Unfortunately,she tried that for several hours without taking a break and used up all herchakra. Itachi could see with his sharingan that the last hour of her effortswere mildly successful; some of her chakra could be seen seeping out and connecting,almost forming a full-body air cloak.

He sighed as she collapsed yet again. "You really haveto work on making a chakra reserve so you don't use it all up. This is thesecond time this week," he helped her up and directed her to the kitchenso he could make her some tea that would help keep her a bit more energised. Itwould be terrible if she fell asleep, since she would most likely have to takea day of resting.

"I'll pay a visit to my mom and ask if she knows anyway to do that," the Ishi replied. "I'll do that after I finish thistea, actually. I should also visit Sora. It might keep my energy up."

"Should I come with you in case you collapse?"

She chugged down the rest of her tea and stood up. "No,this time I left just enough chakra in me to walk, and this tea hasre-energised me. Thanks for making it. I’ll see ya later," she waved. 'I guess today is the day I finally face her,'she thought as she quickly grabbed something from her room and ran out ofthe house. Once she got to the Ishi district, she looked down at the thing shewas holding. One 'get out of bet free as long as you admit I'm right' card thather cousin gave her for her birthday. She got to her house and knocked on thedoor, instantly being greeted by the bubbly blonde.

"Oh Ameji! Sonice to see you! And I see you have a certain little card with you," shesaid slyly.

"As long as I don't have to dance, I'll admit it,"Amejisuto sighed.

"Go on, say the words," her cousin leaned closer.

"Alright, alright, but don't go around telling peopleor I'll put you in the hospital." The brunette took a deep breath and saidthe sentence that she had gotten used to saying many times to her cousin."I admit that you, Sora Ishi, the master of bets and all thingsscandalous, are right and have won this bet." The blonde Ishi squealed andleaned even closer, anxious to hear her next words. "I, Amejisuto Ishi,have fallen in love with Itachi Uchiha."

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"Deidara, Kisame, your mission is to capture the threetailed demon," Pain said to the bomb enthusiast and shark-like man."It has no jinchuriki. It might be more powerful, but less intelligent, souse that in your favor."

"Hey! I just captured the one tails three months ago,yeah! Why do I have to get this one so soon? Un!" Deidara complained.

"I'm looking forward to it. The three tails lives inthe large lake by Kirigakure. I used to go there all the time to train as aseven swordsman member," Kisame said excitedly.

"It looks like a large turtle," the leaderinformed, ignoring the comments.

"How large?" Asked Deidara.

"About fifty of your clay birds that you fly on."

"Awesome, yeah! The extraction will be easier too andthere won't be any spirit killing involved!"

"Let's go, girly boy," Kisame turned and walkedout the door.

"Hey! Just because I have long blonde hair does not mean I'm girly! I'm about as manlyas they come, unlike you, fish face. Yeah," Deidara ran after him.

"Really? How?"

"I'm a hundred percent human, yeah!"

Pain was left with a headache as the two walked down thehalls and out of the hideout. "Well, no matter who he's with, he's notcontent unless he's bickering."

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"Hah! I knew it! Well, I said you wouldn't last amonth, but oh well, I bet a year!" Sora laughed. Amejisuto sighed and facepalmed.

"Yes, well, keep it to yourself. I'm not even actinglike I have any interest around him, and so far, my acting is working. Now ifyou'll excuse me, I have to go see Mom for some advice on something."

"Is it advice for your loooove life?" the blonde teased.

"I don't have one, so shut up." the younger cousinwalked away to go see her mother on the other side of the Ishi district. Shewas greeted by many people along the way and realised that she never visitedher old home and hadn't seen her mother since her birthday. "Wow, timeflies," she laughed. She entered her mom's home without knocking and madeher way to the kitchen where she knew she would probably be having tea andsnacks while signing papers. She was usually on a schedule and was predictable.

"Mother," she bowed when the Ishi leader looked upand smiled. "I'm sorry I haven't visited in a while. I've been caught upin training and missions."

The older woman blew softly, making different vibrations inthe air. It was the language of the wind; a secondary language for the Ishiclan. It made not having a voice much more tolerable for the woman. "How is life with the Uchihaclan?"

"It's fun but exhausting. I keep using up all my chakraby accident. That's the main reason I'm here right now."

"What do youneed?"

"Itachi suggested I ask if there's a way to keep asmall portion of my chakra locked away so I don't use it all up and pass out orcollapse," the brunette explained.

The leader smiled. "Iknew it wouldn't be long till you would ask me. There is a way to store yourchakra, but it only saves just enough for you to stay awake. You would still beweak and powerless."

"Anything is better than things going dark and wakingup a few hours later in my room. It's kind of embarrassing and I feel bad thatItachi sometimes has to carry me from wherever we’d been training."

"You always diduse too much chakra. I don't know how you even made it to Jonin."

"Mom!" the young Ishi playfully shouted.

"It's a reallysimple technique," Sirami stood up, showed a few hand signs and thensat down again. "That's all you needto do before training or going into a fight.”

"Thank you so much! Well, I should go now. Itachi mightget worried if I'm out too long," Amejisuto stood up and hugged her mom."Goodbye, mother. I’ll make sure to visit again soon."