The Tale of Ely Senju

Chapter 41

Ely POV

Neji and I trained hard. Neither of us wanted to embarrass ourselves. We both had so much fun that we completely lost track of time. I tried to put a bit more speed into my attack and I actually managed to knock him out. 'I don't think I've had such an equal opponent for a long time. But I also have to admit that I think you held back. That wasn't your full ability.' 'That's true, but I didn't want to hurt you and besides, using only one part was enough.'

Neji and I said goodbye to each other, and I walked to my appartment. Shikamaru was already waiting for me outside the door. 'Shikamaru, what are you doing here?' 'Ah Ely, there you are. I wanted to ask you something.' 'Okay, let's go inside.' I unlocked the door, and we stepped into my appartment. In the living room, we sat down on the floor, and I looked at Shikamaru questioningly. 'What did you want to ask me?' ''Right, there was something. As far as I know, we all have a day off in a few days and the idea was to spend the day together. Have a barbecue together, visit the hot springs. Would you like to come too?' 'I would be delighted. Just let me know again when exactly you want to come. I don't have any missions at the moment anyway.' 'I'll let you know again. Then I'll leave again and help my old man with something. See you then.'

I walked Shikamaru to the door and said goodbye to him. Back in my room, I noticed the necklace that Sasuke had given me. I picked it up and looked at it. I closed my eyes and put my hand, which was holding the necklace, close to my heart. Damn, after everything that had happened, after everything he had done, even if he had good intentions, I couldn't suppress my feelings so easily. On the one hand, I didn't know what to do, should I hate him? On the other hand, my heart was literally crying out for him, for his closeness. My thoughts were buzzing about tomorrow evening and I still didn't know whether I should really tell him everything.

I started the next morning very comfortably. I walked to the Yamanaka flower shop to pick up my flowers for the cemetery and then headed to the cemetery, where I distributed the flowers as usual. In the corner of my eye, I saw that Kakashi was also there and walked towards him. 'Hello Kakashi. Are you visiting your father?' 'Yes, I haven't been here for a while. Somehow, I feel bad that I'm here so rarely. You come here so often, bring them flowers and I miss it far too often.' 'Don't beat yourself up about it. As long as you still have him in your heart, everything will be fine.' Kakashi looked at me in surprise and smiled slightly under his mask. 'Thanks Ely.'

The rest of the day passed without any major or noteworthy events and so in the evening I sat on a tree trunk in my favourite clearing and waited for Sasuke. I was about to leave when I felt his chakra. 'I thought you weren't coming.' He sat down next to me and looked at me questioningly. 'I'm a sensor ninja, I can sense your chakra at a distance.' 'I had to somehow manage to disappear without this being noticed, but I said I'd come here and I'm sticking to it.' My gaze travelled across the clearing, and I decided at that moment that I should pluck up courage and tell him everything. After all, he's not pressurising me.

'You wanted to know what Tsunade meant and who I got the necklace from; do you still want to know?' Sasuke turned to me and nodded. 'But let me finish and don't interfere. Do you promise me?' 'I promise I won't interfere, and I'll just listen.' I took another deep breath and began to talk. 'Tsunade and I are related. She's my mum's cousin, which means I'm the great-granddaughter of the first Hokage. But that's not all. My father wasn't a normal ninja. He was an Uchiha. My father was murdered before I was born and my mother shortly after I was born. I never became part of the Uchiha clan because they are the reason why I had to grow up without parents. The Uchiha clan was behind the murders of my parents and the plan was actually to kill my mother before I was born and therefore me as well. My name is Ely Senju, and I am proud of it. At a certain point, I was trained by Shisui Uchiha, and he became like a big brother to me. I was training with Tsunade when I received a letter containing the necklace. The letter said that if I receive it, he's no longer alive and he still wants me to have something with me that reminds me of him and my Uchiha origins. That's why I don't want to take it off. It means so much to me. It's the last thing I have of him.' I had to take another deep breath and was nervous about how he would react. I couldn't look him in the eye, but what if he didn't believe me? So, I closed my eyes and felt the familiar tingling sensation. I turned my head in his direction and opened my eyes. Now I looked at him with my Sharingan. 'I awakened it when I was three years old, and I already have the Mangekyō Sharingan.'

Why doesn't he say anything? I can't interpret the look on his face. Damn, why am I so nervous? How will he react? What will he say?

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