Chapter 32 - Final Exam and Rescues
The Akatsuki looked around the village, heading toward the Hokage's office, to try and capture the three-tailed beast host, Sasuke. Itachi was being held captive, as whoever was acting in charge of the Akatsuki - not Pain (Nagato) anymore - knew that Itachi would try stop them at all costs.
"We're nearing the office." Hidan informed.
"Soon we'll have the three-tailed beast." Kakuzu said.
"And have gotten rid of one of the annoying Sharingan users... Those Uchiha's, hmm." Deidara grinned.
"We've not to kill Itachi, unless he tries to get some word out to the others in the village, to stop us." Konan told them.
"I can see why the boss wanted him tied up and blindfolded." Kisame smirked. "If he was free he'd try and stop us. Even with just his hands tied, he would still try use his Mangekyo Sharingan on us to trap us in a Genjutsu."
"Why do you think we blindfolded him...? Idiot." Konan sighed, shaking her head.
The Akatsuki slowly headed to the Hokage's office, where Naruto was training with Jiraiya, and Sasuke was in the Hokage's office, while they figured out how to remove the cursed mark.
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Lilly wasn't able to sleep that night, so lay awake, looking at the ceiling, wondering about her brothers and hoping they were okay. She was incredibly worried about them, but wasn't allowing anyone to know, as she didn't want anyone - Mei, Mammon, Shiru, Naruto, Zack or Cecilia - worrying about her, like she was her brothers, but that wasn't the case. Naruto always seemed to worry about her, as well as Cecilia.
Cecilia was staying the night, and felt like something was wrong, so got up and headed into Lilly's room to see if everything was alright, only to find her staring at the ceiling.
"Are you okay Lilly?" Cecilia questioned.
"Not really... I think something is going on in the village... and I'm also wondering what my brothers are up to." She sighed softly.
"I see." Cecilia smiled a little, sitting on the edge of the bed. "They'll be fine. I bet they are thinking about you. I'm sure they'll be home soon." She said with a soft and kind voice.
"I hope so." She sat up, and looked over at Cecilia. "I don't want to lose them."
"I know sweetie." Cecilia smiled, her soft smile.
As the two of them talked, a loud crashing noise came from within the village. Lilly had thought something wasn't right, and grabbed her kunai, running outside - having been still in her normal clothes - heading towards where the crashing sound came from. She suddenly halted at the sight of Itachi tied up and blindfolded, and Sasuke knocked out.
"Let them go!" She shouted.
"Lilly!" Itachi shouted. "Get out of here!" He sounded worried, as he recognised his sister's voice, and wasn't wanting her to get hurt.
"Oh look. The Uchiha kunoichi is here to play." Kisame smirked, appearing behind her.
"Let my brothers go." She said, her voice implied that she wasn't happy and was angry, yet also worried.
"No. The boss wants them. However, he doesn't need you!" Kisame smirked, kicking her in the back, sending her towards the ground, but Lilly managed to use that momentum to do a front flip instead.
"Nice try." She smirked a little. "But that's not going to happen." Just as she started to fight with Kisame, Cecilia and Zack appeared, setting Itachi free, while trying to get Sasuke away from Hidan and Kakuzu.
"Leave her alone!" Itachi growled, trapping Kisame and the others in his Genjutsu, however, some had managed to get free, and Kisame started to fight with Lilly, as the rest of them started to help Sasuke out.
Lilly was trying to battle with Kisame, however, she wasn't doing very well, he was able to dodge all her attacks, but she was able to dodge nearly almost all of his, only a couple of his attacks tended to hit. By the time the rest of them and freed Sasuke, Itachi grabbed Kisame by the neck, his eyes those of the Mangekyo Sharingan, revealing how pissed off and angry he was at someone hurting his little sister.
"Touch her again and you'll pay..." Itachi spoke, in a dark voice.
"Big bro..." Lilly groaned a little, holding her arm, as it had ended up getting slightly sprained. She seemed a little beaten up, but otherwise, she was fine. "Don't... I'm fine." She smiled softly.
"Alright..." Itachi sighed, dropping Kisame to the ground, giving him a kick to the ribs, before walking over to his sister and everyone else, before picking her up, his dark brown eyes back, instead of the Mangekyo Sharingan. "Let's get home." Itachi smiled a little, looking over at his unconscious little brother, in the arms of Cecilia. "We'll take him to the hospital first."
"Right." Cecilia nodded, vanishing within an instant, only to later on appear at the Konoha hospital.
"Will big bro Sasuke be okay?" Lilly wondered, worried about him.
"He'll be fine." Itachi said, poking her cheek, before heading off, back home.
