THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW

It's been peaceful in the village after the attack of the samurai and things have been going back to normal it seems. However Konohamaru felt a little lost...and a little defeated. He didn't know what to do with Shinasui. He told her that he loved her and she admitted the same, but ever since they came back to the village, she's been acting different. Konohamaru wanted to take her out, get her to smile and laugh...get her to be with him but she's been spending all of her time in Obito's old home and even had Shisui move in. Konohamaru would be lying if he said he wasn't extremely jealous of Shisui, but Shina and Shisui had become incredibly close friends in their short time together.

Konohamaru was walking along the streets of Konoha at noon thinking to himself what he should do to get the attention of the girl he loved so much...that was until he was harshly pulled into an alleyway. 

"Wha-" A hand was clapped firmly over his mouth to silence him, but he relaxed when he recognized the unique eyes looking narrowly at him.

"Neji what the hell are you doing?" Konohamaru whisper shouted. Neji looked like his pride was wounded before straightening himself out.

"I wanted...I wanted to formally declare my defeat." Kono raised an eyebrow, confused by what Neji had meant.

"What do ya mean?" Neji looked embarrassed but held strong, knowing what he was doing was honorable.

"You won in this battle. You won her heart and I am telling you that I accept it." Konohamaru's chocolate brown eyes went wide, the Sarutobi surprised by the Hyuga's admission. Neji placed his hands on Konohamaru's shoulders, a hard look on his face. Neji genuinely looked...sad. He looked defeated mentally and Neji knew that if he only had the guts to tell Shinasui how he truly felt when she was of age she would be his. If only he didn't give into the demands of his clan and admitted he was in love with Shinasui Hatake...daughter of the Fifth Hokage...then perhaps he would be happier. However Neji knew that Konohamaru would die for her and would do everything necessary to keep her safe. Konohamaru would walk through fire and run for days if it meant keeping Shinasui happy. With that thought, Neji at least was able to admit defeat peacefully.

"You need to promise me something though Konohamaru." 

"Yeah?" Neji's expression made Konohamaru feel so bad...man to man like this, they knew this was the closest they ever will be to understanding each other.

"Remember everything that makes her special. Remember that her favorite color is white and she loves to read. Remember that her favorite breakfast food are pancakes with fruit and that she takes her tea with two spoonfuls of honey. Remember that she likes to run in the rain and that she hates snow. Remember that her birthday is April 12th and her favorite season is Spring. And most importantly...you better remember to love her every single day because she deserves the entire world and more." Konohamaru was speechless. When Neji proclaimed his love for Shinasui in Tenzin, Kono thought he was just trying to compete with him. He had no idea that Neji's feelings were completely genuine and the Hyuga felt heartbreak for the first time in his life. Neji knew Shinasui since she was a baby...he was her best friend and her confidant. Neji knew Shinasui better and longer than anyone else. Konohamaru felt so inferior to Neji in that moment. Konohamaru felt like he didn't deserve Shinasui if a man like Neji was this heartbroken over her.

"I promise Neji." Despite his doubts, Konohamaru knew that Neji passed on the job for caring for Shina onto him and he couldn't give up now. Konohamaru was in love with Shinasui and wanted her to feel like a queen everyday of her life...so now he had to fulfill his promise to Neji. Neji had a relieved expression on his face, a smirk curving on his lips. He stepped back from Konohamaru, taking his hands off of the tall Sarutobi's shoulders.

"Good. Now I can fulfill my clan's wishes in peace." 

~~

Konohamaru felt a mix between good and bad. The guilt he felt inside for the pain Neji must be feeling was eating away at him, but he finally had Shinasui all to himself. He's been waiting for the moment to be with Shina for years, his once rival turned lover was his goal he never seemed to be able to reach. Now it was just time to actually ask her the question he's been dreaming of. He walked towards the Uchiha compound, spotting a pregnant Yumi on a walk with Mikoto. The Uchiha mother was due within the next month or two so her daily walks with her daughter consisted of an awkward penguin wobble. 

"Konohamaru! How are you sweetie?" The purple haired woman had her hair tied up in a bun and out of her face. Her icy blue eyes were so vivid and piercing that you couldn't help but be trapped in her gaze. That was probably one of the reasons why Itachi cared for her so much. Their daughter had the Uchiha clan standard beauty, dark onyx eyes and light peach toned skin. The only feature uncharacteristic of the legendary clan was her silk dark lilac hair.

"I'm okay! Looks like the bun is coming out of the oven soon haha!" Konohamaru lightly chuckled. Mikoto was excited when seeing Konohamaru, the little girl liked to jump all over him.

"Kono! Kono! Kono! Catch me!" She ran towards the monkey boy who quickly caught her. 

"Woah! Y-you're getting heavy!" Yumi and Mikoto both laughed, the elder Uchiha smiling mischievously at the Sarutobi successor.

"So...what are you in the Uchiha compound for? Visiting someone?" Konohamaru blushed immediately, setting Mikoto down and scratching the back of his head awkwardly.

"Ah...just taking a stroll...haha..." Mikoto took her mother's hand and the two began to continue their walk.

"Tell Shinasui we said hello!" Konohamaru's expression broke out in bright red, the ninja being found out easily. Konohamaru sped up his trip to the girl's house he was hoping to get to unseen. He walked to the door and knocked twice, waiting with his hands in his pockets. The door opened up to reveal a shirtless Shisui with a bright smile on his face.

"Oh hey Konohamaru what's up?" Konohamaru's red face only became a darker shade. However a bit of panic set in when he realized Shisui was walking around shirtless with Shinasui.

"Uh is Shina home?"

"Oh Kono is that you?" Her sweet voice rang out. Shisui moved from the doorway so Konohamaru could see Shinasui walking towards the door with a laundry basket on her hips. She was in a tight fitting tank top and little lounge cotton shorts that probably could pass for underwear. The jealousy Konohamaru felt earlier was multiplied.

"Yeah...why the hell are you guys walking around half naked?" Kono said annoyed as he walked into the home. Shisui had a knowing smirk on his face, one of his increasingly favorite things to do was making Konohamaru jealous. Shisui was brilliant, rivaling Itachi's intellect. So figuring out that Konohamaru had feelings for Shinasui was a walk in the park.

"Sometimes Shina and like just like to get naked with each other. You know, loosens up the muscles a bit." Shisui said while closing the door and leaning against the wall. Konohamaru went stiff before a loud laugh from Shinasui woke him.

"Oh shut up Shisui! It's laundry day Kono. We try and wash as much of our clothes at once. It saves the water bill a bit." Konohamaru felt a little relieved that what they were doing was just to complete a chore and not because they like to get naked with each other like Shisui had said. Konohamaru looked around at the place Obito once called a home. The house was built from wood and had been lacquered and polished evenly. The furniture was nice and the place was decorated with various Uchiha symbols and heirlooms. Obito might have lived here but Shisui and Shina had turned this place into a home.

"Why don't you relax and have lunch with us? I'm making some onigiri." Shisui said. He ruffled his hand through his curly silk black hair. His chiseled jaw curved upwards with his lips when he smiled, feint dimples on his cheeks. Shisui was taller than Itachi despite being nineteen and the latter in his thirties. However it wasn't too much of a surprise because the only Uchiha that was taller than Shisui during his original lifetime was Fugaku, Itachi's father. Konohamaru observed Shisui, noting everything that he had that was better than the Sarutobi. His jealousy was skyrocking by the minute.

"Yeah lunch sounds good." Shinasui went into a side room with the basket, tossing clothes into the washer and the wet clothes into the dryer. She walked back out in the living room, pulling her white silvery hair in a bun. Konohamaru felt so warm inside when he observed her movements. He looked at her smooth legs, remembering when they were wrapped around his waist...her hands when they were gripping his biceps...her lips when they were on his...

"Kono did you hear what I said?" Shinasui said, her violet eyes looking at Konohamaru with a teasing expression. Kono shook his head, trying to ease the dirty thoughts out of his head.

"Ahh..yeah...but just in case I wasn't paying attention, can you say it again?" Shisui laughed, sitting down on the couch and crossing his ankles. 

"She asked you what you came over for." He said. Konohamaru embarrassingly scratched the back of his brown head.

"Oh uh I was wondering if I could talk to ya for a minute." Shinasui blushed a bit before smiling.

"Yeah sure. Come upstairs with me. I need your help anyway." Shisui whistled teasingly as Shinasui and Konohamaru walked up the stairs. Shinasui stuck her tongue out to Shisui with a grin on her face. Konohamaru notice how happy and carefree she was with Shisui. He knew Obito's death tore her heart out and she was devastated for a long time...but something about Shisui made her very happy. Those two were two peas in a pod. The thought only heightened Konohamaru's jealousy more.

The two made it into Shinasui's room which was once Obito's. The room looked relatively the same except for feminine clothing in the closet. Shinasui sat on the edge of her bed, looking up at Konohamaru.

"So...what's up?" Konohamaru suddenly grew nervous. What if she said no? What if the things she said weren't true? What if she never really loved him?

"I..ah...wanted to know...if you..would be my girl..friend..?" Konohamaru was awkward and shy sometimes, despite his usual boisterous attitude. It was his tender moments of sweetness that Shinasui loved the most. Shina smiled at him, stood up and placed a light kiss on Konohamaru's lips.

"I would love to." A smile as bright as the sun broke across Konohamaru's face. He deepened the kiss between the two, pulling Shinasui closer by the  waist. He loved her more than he could ever say...but at least now she was his. 

Finally.

~~

Konohamaru couldn't get the smile off his face, even during the relentless teasing Shisui did when the two came back downstairs. Shina acted like nothing happened while her new boyfriend grinned like a kid in a candy store. Shinasui finally finished the laundry she was doing, tossing Shisui's clean clothes in a pile and folding hers. She knew Shisui wasn't going to fold them anyway so she didn't bother wasting her time. Everything was relatively normal, the two men chatting in the livingroom and Shinasui happily folding her shirts.

That was until she felt the darkness creep back into her chest. She dropped the shirt she was holding, clutching her chest. She nails were enlongating,  a feral look in her crimson eyes. Her teeth were sharper and the whisker marks appeared back on her pastel cheeks. Orange began bubbling out of her, her chakra incredibly unstable.

"SHISUI!!" She screamed out. The Uchiha immediately was by her side, his teleportation making him much faster than Kono who also sprinted into the laundry room.

"Again?!" Shisui gasped. Shinasui looked embarrassed at Shisui, the power of the nine tails chakra becoming more unstable by the minute.

"What the hell?? Shina what happened? Why are you in the nine tails cloak?!"

"I'll explain in a minute when I'm done." Shisui opened his eyes to reveal his sharingan, his eyes an even brighter red than Shinasui's. The sharingan was reflected in Shinasui's eyes, the nine tails chakra quickly quelling. She weakly dropped to her knees, Konohamaru helping her stand.

"Thanks...Shisui..." Shinasui panted. The Uchiha deactivated his sharingan, looking at his roomate with a cautious gaze.

"We really need to talk to your mom and brother about that...this isn't normal Shina." Shisui stated.

"Will someone tell me what's going on here?!" Konohamaru growled annoyed. He looked to Shina for an answer but Shisui spoke instead.

"Ever since that battle, Shinasui lost control of the nine tails chakra. It keeps flaring up at random instances and the only thing that has been stopping it is my sharingan. She can't stop it on her own anymore." Konohamaru looked at Shina with worry, the fairy haired beauty casting her violet gaze to the wooden floor.

"Shina...is this true?" Konohamaru asked. She slowly nodded, upset with her weakness.

"I...am endangering people by not being able to control this chakra. That was the fifth time since the war that I've lost control." Shinasui slowly stood up, realization hitting her expression. That scared Konohamaru more than her nine tails outburst.

"...but I'm ending it today. I'll be back." And almost as fast as the wind rustling through fall leaves...Shinasui vanished.

"What the hell?" Konohamaru said, looking at Shisui with an odd expression. Shisui looked extremely bothered by something, as if he knew what Shinasui was up to.

"Konohamaru...I think she is about to do something very dangerous...and equally stupid."

~~

"Naruto, where's Itachi?" Shinasui asked while in the Hokage office. As second in command, Naruto was responsible for assigning missions or granting certain permissions for people when Itachi wasn't there.

"Erhm he must still be in a meeting. What's up Shina?" Naruto asked while he was relaxing at the Hokage desk. Shina looked determined and Naruto knew that whenever she had that expression, she was up to something. Her clothes were odd too. She was wearing just a regular white t-shirt and shorts...nothing like the usual attire when walking around the village.

"I need permission to exit the village for a few days. I have a personal mission to attend to." Naruto narrowed his blue eyes.

"Like what? It's been like a month since you've been home and you want to leave already?"

"I just need a few days to tie some loose ends I've inherited. Please just...trust me." Naruto sighed, giving into the puppy expression his sister gave him.

"Will four days be enough?" Shinasui nodded, her expression softening.

"Yeah. Thanks Naruto. I owe you." Naruto smiled at his sister lightly.

"Just be safe and come back soon. Whatever you're doing Shina...I trust you." Shinasui gave her big brother a hug, trying to swallow the building fear in her stomach.

"Yeah...see you." Shinasui quickly left the mansion and went back on her bath to exit the village. Once she was finally out, she formed handsigns. She summoned three items...the most important ones Obito had left her.

A map, a mask, and a cloak.

And with those three items she left her home to surrender her most powerful asset: the nine tails.