This is the story of the last three members of the Uchiha clan and their friends from other clans; eg. the Uzumaki clan.
Chapter 24 - A Christmas Day Celebration
As everyone went to Ichiraku's for ramen, after Iruka having given up, nobody seemed to think about all the troubles of the last year. All people could think about was the future, and what would happened after the Christmas holidays. Even Itachi had forgotten all about the Akatsuki, Hanzo, Ebony and Orochimaru. All he was hoping for was to be able to spend Christmas with his younger brother and sister, along with all their friends and their families.
When the four of them - Sasuke, Naruto, Itachi and Lilly - all got back home, after having had ramen, they automatically started to help Shiru, Cecilia and Mammon Zack with the Christmas decorating.
"Alright. Let's put the tree right here." Shiru said, giving out instructions to everyone.
"Okay." Zack smiled, helping Mammon and Mei put the tree in place.
"What about the mistletoe?" Itachi questioned, holding it behind him.
"Somewhere only you know." Cecilia suggested.
"Like..." He grinned, holding the mistletoe now above Shiru's head. "Here." He smiled, giving Shiru a kiss, as she smiled softly, blushing lightly, before kissing him back.
"Yes." Sasuke chuckled softly.
"That's a great place for it." Shiru smiled, after the kiss.
As the decorating for Christmas continued, Sasuke whispered something to his older brother and Naruto, both of them smiled towards him and nodded in agreement.
"That's a great idea." Naruto smiled.
"That would be awesome lil bro." Itachi smiled, patting Sasuke on the head.
"What are those three planning?" Zack questioned, curiously.
"I don't know..." Cecilia smiled. "Although, I would like to find out."
"I think it will probably have something to do with what Sasuke and Itachi will get Lilly for Christmas." Shiru said, softly. "But, I may be wrong." She giggled, lightly.
"It probably will be." Both Zack and Cecilia spoke.
Lilly seemed to be not paying one bit of attention to them all, as she seemed to be enjoying herself helping Mammon and Mei decorate the Christmas tree.
"She seems to be enjoying helping." Zack smiled.
"Yeah she does. I hope she'll have nothing to upset her, like what happened on her birthday this year..." Cecilia sighed, as Zack put his arm around her, comforting her.
"Same here."
"I'm sure nothing will go wrong." Shiru said. She was always upbeat and positive about things, hardly anything would bring her down.
"I hope you're right sis." Zack sighed softly.
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As Christmas day grew nearer and nearer, Lilly continued to keep training, even though her older brothers had suggested to her that she forget about training, as she wouldn't want to use up her chakra and collapse again. However, Lilly being slightly stubborn, continued to train.
"Sis..." Sasuke sighed, shaking his head slightly. "You shouldn't train so hard... I mean I'm glad that you're training, but maybe you should just give it a break."
"But big bro..." She complained.
"No buts little sis, now come on inside."
"Fine..." She sighed, picking up her kunai, putting it into her pocket, before running back to the house.
"Don't be down sis." Itachi said, patting her head as she walked in the house.
"Sorry. I just like training."
"We can see that." Naruto smiled. "But don't over do it."
"If you over-do it, then you'll collapse like last time." Sasuke spoke softly, worry sounding in his voice.
"I'm sorry..." Lilly sighed, looking down.
"Hey... It's okay." Sasuke smiled a little, hugging her softly. "You get more training than what I had before I entered the academy."
"Yeah... Sorry about that bro." Itachi chuckled softly, poking his younger brothers forehead with two fingers. "Maybe next time." He grinned.
"Yeah right." Sasuke laughed, rolling his eyes at his brother. "Every time you said and done that, you never kept your promise."
"I know... and I'm sorry about that." Itachi patted him on his head. "I wasn't a good brother then."
"You're still not a good brother now..." Sasuke muttered.
"Hey!" Itachi complained.
"Got you." Sasuke laughed, before running off as Itachi chased him. This was one of the first times Lilly had seen her older brothers actually having fun and getting along, not just for her sake.
