If Only Things Were Different

Chapter 15

There are only two ANBU and Kakashi left for Shisui to fight, had not he appeared with the others and distract him with Karin, he could've beaten all of them with ease but since he just got his sharingan back and only had one eye, he still has a little trouble adjusting to it.

Shisui hopped and threw the first set of kunai towards the ANBU when they tried dodging it, he threw another set of kunai and fatally wounded the two leaving him to face only Kakashi and Sakura.

"You've grown so much, Shisui," Kakashi said as he revealed his sharingan.

"I know you're after my sister," he never let his guard down nor let his gaze leave Kakashi.

"We won't harm you, just let us have sensei," Sakura said.

"And have Ibiki do whatever he wants? I don't think so."

"Then," Sakura readied herself, "we're forced to fight you."

"Sakura wait--"

Sakura didn't listen to Kakashi and jumped right towards Shisui but he flickered behind her and kicked her back. Kakashi then took the opportunity to attack Shisui using his chidori but Shisui was fast enough to dodge it and hit the tree instead. Shisui is now the one standing on the branch and the two, on the ground.

"Shisui is known for his mastery of Body Flicker," he informed Sakura.

"Don't forget my sister too, Hatake."

Kakashi remembered the time when Karin flickered in front of him when she took the book from his hand. He admits Karin is too fast for him.

"Sakura, don't be reckless this time. You're a medical ninja,"

"Medical Ninja, huh?" Shisui grinned.

He quickly does his hand seal and did the fireball jutsu, being the Uchiha along with Itachi's father, to ever accomplish such massive fireball, Kakashi was stunned and almost couldn't dodge the attack. Whilst Sakura who also barely escaped, burned her arm.

"Hm, you dodged that," Shisui eyed Kakashi, "what about your student?"

Kakashi turned to Sakura and saw her sleeves ripped and half of her arm burned.

Shisui took this opportunity to throw multiple fires towards them and have some kunai transformed as fire wounding the two.

Meanwhile, Karin was fighting against the three Hidden Leaf shinobi.

After showering the three with long fire-coated-needles, Naruto was the one who took most of the blow leaving Neji and Shikamaru in scratches.

Neji jumped in and fought Karin with Taijutsu, sensing something between Sakura and Kakashi, Shikamaru went back to give the two aid.

Noticing it, Karin put more strength in fighting Neji. Their fight gave Naruto the chance to form a rasengan and run towards the two physically fighting each other.

"Neji, move."

"No, Naruto!"

Being distracted for a second by the Uzumaki, Karin saw the opportunity and focus her chakra on her right fist and landed a blow on Neji's jaw causing him to spit out blood and hitting Naruto with his feet along the way, blowing rock with the rasengan he just made.

Karin then ran after Shikamaru and when she arrived at the scene, Shisui was trapped in the Nara's shadow paralysis. She saw Kakashi forming chidori, ready to strike her brother. Karin rained them fire and manipulated it into forming kunai, distracting Kakashi and have Shisui use his body flicker to escape.

Karin jumped beside her brother on the branch.

"Onii-san, are you okay?"

"Onii-san?" Shikamaru asked, "she's an Uchiha?"
Neji and Naruto arrived at the scene.

"Sensei, don't fight anymore. Please come with us." Naruto begged.

"Its no use, Naruto," Sakura said.

Had not Karin and Shisui exhaust themselves by maintaining a transformation jutsu for hours, they could've taken them on with ease. But because they've drained enough chakra for the jutsu used earlier, they couldn't.

"Shisui, I'll take them on," she placed a hand on her brother's shoulder, "go."

Although he would usually argue with Karin for calling him 'Shisui' whenever she's serious, it is not the time for him to do such a thing.

"Are you out of your mind? I'll stay here. You go."
"Shi--"

Shisui grabbed Karin and hid behind the bush.

"Please Karin, let me protect you."

"Nii-san,"

Meanwhile, Neji activated his byakugan and found the hidden siblings, he pointed to where they are and Naruto made a rasengan. Shikamaru then released his shadows and trapped the two.

Karin gasped and before they could get caught by the shadow, he pushed Karin out of the way.
Naruto ran towards them but before he could reach them, Karin hopped out and quickly did her seals and blow a massive fireball to them causing Naruto to cancel his rasengan and hopped back to avoid her attack.

The light from the fire also undid Shikamaru's jutsu and free Shisui.

"If you hurt my brother, you have to face me."

"Come with us and we'll leave Shisui unharmed," Kakashi said.

Karin's eyes squinted as her brows drew closer and closer, glaring at the latter. At this rate, Karin has decided she'll trade everything just to keep her brother safe. Even if it cost her her own life.

"Kakashi, what are you saying?" Neji spat, "we're told to get rid of everyone but Karin Kikuchi."

"Say, Kakashi," Kakashi looked at her, stoic, "is being soft to the enemy the first thing you teach your students?"

Sakura growled and ran, ready to punch Karin but Shisui interfered, drawing a kunai, cutting her already burned arm.

"Karin," Shisui reached out his hand for her to grab and when she did, they flickered deep into the forest.