Akihiko Uzumaki had been an emotional wreck when he managed to leave his sister. To the hands of who could be the most manipulative monster nonetheless. Despite it being his sister's own choice of leaving with Tsuki to become stronger, she didn't take into account about becoming a criminal alongside her. Akihiko could only do so much for Kumiko against Tsuki's compelling words. In the end, his sweet, naive little sister fell into Tsuki's trap and Akihiko had to stand by and watch as she did. Tsuki stole his sister away from him, and Akihiko would do anything to make the younger twin forget everything Tsuki said just to make her come back to Konoha.
Everything the two of them said against one another... It still stung his heart even after so long. Akihiko's conscious had been eating away at him day by day, week by week, the very thought of his sweet little sister whom he had stood by was now working for the monstrous disaster that spoke such beautiful words to lure in her victims. It kept him up at night. His sweets tasted sour in his mouth, and gradually, everything about him as a person was beginning to fall apart. His former sensei... Hibiki had been there to listen to him. He stood by him through every moment his emotions tried to break through the mask he wore. Not once did he push him aside or tell him to suck it up. Said main pieced him back together with such care and steady patience it warmed the Uzumaki's heart every time he thought about it. He was the only one in the village whom Akihiko could comfortably talk to about his troubles and not think of himself as a weak, bothersome crybaby. Neji had his own problems, and the other people he knew weren't close enough to him to really hear his story...
Hibiki became a very important person to the older twin. He'd do anything for him.
The two had just gotten into the more intimate side of a relationship, the physical. Akihiko had been nervous, but it didn't stop him from going further with Hibiki. Each new bite just fogged his clear mind over with a new found lust he still wasn't used to. The caresses, the touching, everything was going smoothly... Until the doorbell rang. And just like that, it was all over.
Akihiko gave an annoyed groan, catching his boxers as Hibiki tossed it to him. He stood up, hurriedly putting on his underwear as the blood from his wounds was running down his just and collar. What the hell was he going to do? He had to answer the door because no one knew of his and Hibiki's relationship yet! These random people at his door couldn't know first! Hibiki couldn't answer the door with messy hair and hickeys on his neck, and even less could Akihiko answer with bleeding bite marks on him. But what the hell else was he to do?
"I'm not. Your guess is as good as mine." He answered the other, running his hand through his hair to make it neater all the while getting a tissue to wipe off some of the running blood. Dammit Hibiki... Damn teeth being put to good use... He grabbed his pants and did his best to put them on, all the while heading to the door to check and see who was there. All he could do to hide his wounds was try to use a hand to cover it, but either way it wouldn't work too well in his favor.
"Hm? Hello, do you need something?" He asked politely, having answered the door in a way that his boxers and pants were hidden, but a few of the bite marks could be seen despite his best efforts.
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Kumiko knew of the Konohagakure festival. Invitations had traveled everywhere and she, Tsuki, and Daichi had managed to see before it was too late. The younger twin was eager to see what had become of her brother, old sensei, and ex teammate Uchiha Neji. She missed them dearly, but the only way she and her brother could have gotten stronger was if she had accepted Tsuki's training and she took them with her.
Kumiko and Akihiko had been afraid of her the first moment she had begun training them. Each year moved progressively slow, and as time moved on they gradually became stronger and stronger. Kumiko began to learn and understand Tsuki and what her intentions were. And after those four long years, Kumiko believed that Tsuki was doing absolutely nothing wrong. The Uchiha woman was just getting the justice that she deserved, with the younger Uzumaki by her side. She could understand the means of suffering injustice, because to this day the man that killed her father could still be running free or praised as a war hero.
Whoever that person was, he made orphans of the Uzumaki twins. They would have been adopted by separate parents or not adopted at all. They could have been separated and never know the other's whereabouts again. Where was the justice the two of them deserved? Kumiko, with the death of her father in her heart and by Tsuki's side, she was going to aide in the destruction of the main villages. The man held the sword of what could only be owned by a prosperous village, which meant a main village. Kumiko would receive her own justice alongside Tsuki.
But first, she wanted to enjoy the time of peace her birth village was celebrating. The younger twin wasn't heartless, she was just following the ideals that didn't match everyone else's. Kumiko still loved the people within Konoha and wanted to at least be there and listen to the festival. Perhaps she could do something to see the festival from overhead... Anything to see how Akihiko, Neji, and Hibiki were doing...
She jumped through the trees of the forest, rapidly approaching third training ground. Where it all began... She nearly stumbled right where she was. Her breath caught in her throat to see none other than Uchiha Neji in the training grounds. What was he doing there? Was he not going to enjoy the festival? He looked to be so deep in thought, but she didn't want to provoke some kind of unnecessary battle between them. So, instead of approaching him, she called out to him. To alert him with distance in between them while she untucked her hair to cover her sharingan eye. Kumiko's voice was still not as strong as it should be. It was the same soft and gentleness as it had been during her Genin years, though was slightly different due to her physical maturity.
"Neji-kun..."
