Chapter 20: Childish Dreams

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"There!"

"Get her!"

"Annoying" Aika mutters running in the opposite direction.

The ninja chase after a clone as Aika heads the other way. Word got around that she was spotted by the hidden Mist and they decided to send some assasins after her. They wanted her bounty.

"Who the hell put a Bounty on my head?" Aika questions to herself "time really does fly, I wonder how my brother's are"

"Why don't you just ask?"

Aika spins around and catches a kunai inches from her face.

"Haruto" Aika says as she threw the kunai to the ground.

In front of her stood the pink haired ninja known as Haruto, her big brother.

"We thought you were dead" Haruto says

"Oh I am, don't you see" Aika tilts her head and points to herself "I'm practically a ghost over here"

"It's time to come home" Haruto tells her "stop playing around"

"Aw but it's so much fun" Aika whines "going back to the village will most likely end with me getting my head chopped off so thanks but no thanks"

"Do you have to be so annoyingly pessimistic?" Haruto asks

"Now now don't act all high and mighty big brother" Aika shakes her head "it was the village that put the bounty on my head, wasn't it?"

"You're wrong, we didn't" Haruto argues "all we want is for you to come home, the Akatsuki is no more, you're free"

"How exactly am I free?" Aika asks "I left on my own free will and acted on my own, I wanted strength and power, how am i any different from Sasuke?"

"You're not, we want you both home" Haruto tells her "safe and sound"

"I'm not the same little girl from years ago" Aika's eyes change and a wall of fire appears in front of her

Haruto jumps back to avoid the flames and stares at her.

"I will bring you back" Haruto says

"I look forward to it" Aika turns and disappears into the forest.

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Aika was resting against a tree when she sensed another Prescence nearby, Haruto again maybe. In a flash she was in front of the prosecutor, kunai near their throat but they lifted their hand up and grabbed the blade before it slit them.

"That speed of yours is lethal Aika" the familiar cold voice spoke.

"Sasuke" Aika backed off and stared at him "What in world are you doing here?"

"Tracked you down" Sasuke told her

"How?" Aika looks confused before peering behind him seeing Suigetsu, Karin, and Jugo. She shook her head "Never mind."

"Thier's going to be a war" Sasuke sat on the ground.

"A war?" Aika sat down in front of him "Did you cause it?"

"No" Sasuke glares at her then shakes his head "Look, I need your help, you can't keep leaving me"

"Sasuke, we might be in the same boat, but i'm not like you" Aika tells him "I seek out power, to destroy the tailed beasts"

"But you're possessed by the Pheonix Spirit, how is that any different then a tailed beast?" Sasuke questions judgingly.

"I-" Aika stood up "I don't have to explain anything to you" she turns away and starts to storm off.

Sasuke grabs her arm "Aika, don't leave again"

"You know they're finally trying to bring me back" Aika turns and looks at him "after all this time, they want me back, but only for my head, they don't give a damn about me"

"So, this war can change everything, what if I was Hokage?" Sasuke asks her "then you can come back"

"Keep your head in clouds and you'll fall" Aika pulled away from him "See you around"

With that Aika disappeared from team Taka, the war growing ever closer, and the final battle.

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