Er...thanks to my friend's help, if you could call it that, I decided to do the time skip.

To Super Saiyan 2 Gohan: Thanks for the review! I appreciate it!

Kei: Get on with it!

Me: Fine...only if Hikari will do the disclaimer..

Hikari: -groans and rolls eyes- Fine. Yasha owns nothing except for the plot, me, and Kei.

Itachi was now 13, the twins were 12, and the rookie nine was 8; except for Neji, Tenten, and Lee, who were 9. Itachi was an Anbu member while the twins were jonin and Naruto was still in the academy; along with the rest of rookie nine, including Neji, Tenten, and Lee.

It was just another normal day. The twins had just gotten back from a mission on which Itachi had went with them, in his old jonin outfit, not wishing to be an Anbu for such a simple mission. They had to take out a group on bandits, about jonin level, that were terrorizing a civilian town. Once inside the gate, Hikari yawned and stretched, her shoulders and neck popping. "Hey, you two wanna just hang out tonight?" she asked, hands behind her head as she walked backwards so she was in front of them and facing them. "Sorry sis, but I've got guard duty... Joy..." Serenity said and sighed. "I've got some clan business to take care of after I talk to Sarutobi-sama. Hey, want me to send Sasuke over? He's been wanting to visit you for a while now...Maybe you could take him and Naru to the park, the others are bound to be there." Itachi said, stretching, his shoulders and neck popping as well. Hikari sighed before popping her knuckles, "I guess. Lemme change before you send him over though." Itachi nodded and the three parted ways; Hikari to the house she shared with her twin and little brother; Serenity to the store to buy a new jonin outfit for guard duty; Itachi to the Uchiha Manor.

Hikari walked into the house and called out, "Naru! I'm home!" In a matter of seconds, a little blonde boy came rushing at her and flung himself at her. She caught him with ease and smiled before spinning him around and setting him down. "Where's Serena?" Naruto asked, walking after her as she entered the kitchen. "Guard duty. Wanna get me the coffee so I can make some before I have to baby-sit?" "Baby-sit who?" he asked, climbing onto the counter to get in the cabinet that held the coffee. "Sasuke. Itachi is sending him over after talking to ojiisan. Ita-nii has some clan business tonight or he'd come over..." she replied, taking the coffee from the eight year old and starting a pot of coffee. She handed him the container and he put it up before jumping off the counter and landing on the floor rather gracefully for an 8 year old.

Hikari clapped, "10 points!" Naruto grinned and bowed, "Thank you, thank you!" There was a knock on the front door. "Hey, Naru, pick out something for lunch and I'll cook it after I see who's at the door." "Hai ane!" the 8 year old said and went rummaging through the cabinets, fridge, and freezer for lunch. He eventually picked out some apples, chicken, bread, ham, turkey, cookies, and brownies. Hikari opened the door and was surprised at who stood there: Sasuke with his big brother beside him. "I-Itachi! I just thought you were gonna have him walk over...not come with him..." she stuttered. He chuckled, "Yeah, well, the business with the clan was over quicker than I thought it would be. So I decided to come over as well...there's nothing wrong with that, is there?" She shook her head, "N-No. Come on in. I'm gonna make lunch here in a minute before going to shower, want some?" Itachi shrugged while Sasuke nodded. "Doesn't matter." "Yes, or no?" "Like I said, it doesn't matter." "Itachi. I'm only asking you once more, yes or no?" Hikari said, glaring playfully at him. "Sure, I'll have some. Who picked it out this time?" Itachi said, barely smiling. "Naru did. Hey, Sasuke, go and see what he picked out while me and Ita talk, okay?" Sasuke nodded, "Hai Hikari-nee!"

The two teens walked into the living room before the older one sat on the couch while the younger one stared out the window. "Anything happening?" (Translation: Anything going on that I should know about?) "Nope." (Translation: Yeah.) "You sure?" (Translation: What?") "Oh, Naru's birthday is in a month, meaning mine is in two weeks." (Translation: The beatings and assassination attempts will grow.) "That's some good news, you and Serena are gonna be 13 and Naru 9, right?" (Translation: Shiz...want me to assign some Anbu to protect you three?) "Yup." (Translation: Nah, we'll be fine.) He shrugged, "Okay." She flashed him a smile. He had become great at knowing when her smiles and laughs were fake, but with this smile, he couldn't tell. "Hey, change in plans. Can you fix lunch with whatever Naru picked out while I shower?" Hikari said. Itachi stood up and nodded, "Hai." She smiled, "Thanks, I appreciate it, Ita." "No problem, now shower before I have to make you." He playfully threatened. She blushed and went to go shower.

20 minutes later, Hikari exited from the bathroom, fully dressed. She had on a tank top that was black with a silver skull on it and the word 'wicked' written in silver glitter, her bottoms were a pair of shorts she had gotten from Itachi and her ninja shoes. Her hair was down and she was trying to towel dry it; it was about waist length since she hadn't cut it in a long time. "Hikari! Hikari!" Naruto shouted, running down the hallway towards her. "What is it?" she asked, kneeling to where she was his height. "Something happened at the gate! Serenity is in trouble!" he said. Before you could say 'ninja' Hikari had raced to her room to change and grab her weapons: shuriken, kunai, katana, explosive tags, and senbon. A moment later after all her pouches were equipped and her sword was strapped to her back, she ran towards the front door. "Itachi! Stay here with Sasuke and Naruto!" she called over her shoulder, racing out the door and towards the gate where smoke was rising.

At the gate, Serenity was injured and trying to hold off some of the attacking ninjas. "Fire style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" a female voice called out, burning the ninjas that were running towards Serenity. "You okay Serena?" Hikari asked, helping her up. "Yeah, just a few cuts here and there..." Serenity replied. "What about that cut on your side??" she asked. "Kage Bushin No Jutsu!" she whispered, a clone appearing beside her twin, "Heal her." The clone nodded and got to work to heal Serenity's side. "I'll be back." Hikari vowed before rushing forward, forming hand signs and shouting, "Fire style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Some more hand signs were formed, "Ice style: Black Dragon Blizzard!" A lot more of them fell. After those two jutsus, she decided to throw kunai, shuriken, and senbon; some had exploding tags on them.

Hikari cried out in pain as a sword went into her side. She pulled the sword out and swung at the person who threw it and cut his head off. Ignoring the pain and blood from her wound, she unsheathed her own katana and wielded her's and the enemy's. "Kit, you need to heal the wound on your side. I can't, I'm using too much chakra. Only half of what I'm using is helping you fight, the other half is being used to heal small wounds you have." Kei spoke. 'I can't stop to heal it unless you want me to die...' Hikari said, dodging a kick from one person, a punch from another, and some kunai from a third. "Ice style: Piercing Dragon Fierce Tiger!" she shouted and the ninjas surrounding her dropped to the ground, dead.

"It wasn't enough..they just keep coming..." she said to herself, panting. "Kit, I could give you enough chakra to possibly finish them off, but, you only get one chance..." 'Thank you, Kei.' Hikari took a deep breath and slowly let it out. 'Ready Kei?' "Ready when you are." "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" she called out, the jutsu having some of Kei's chakra in it. The rest of the ninja fell dead, as there were other Konoha shinobi fighting. She almost fell face first onto the ground, but someone caught her. "You okay Kari?" Serenity asked. "Fine...just...tired..." she whispered, her eyes falling closed. She started to heal her twin's wound but it refused her chakra. "Freak!" she said before putting her sister on her back and taking off towards the hospital.

At the hospital, some doctors and medic nins took Hikari from Serenity and told her to wait. After pacing for about 10 minutes, she did some hand signs, "Kuchiyose No Jutsu!" After a poof of smoke cleared, a small, baby, tiger stood there. "Go find Itachi, Sasuke, and Naruto. Tell them to come to the hospital immediately." The baby tiger nodded and took off running towards where they were bound to be.

The tiger rushed into the house and called out, "Itachi-san, Naruto-san, Sasuke-san!" Itachi walked over to the small tiger, "What is it, Rikki?" "Serenity-san told me to tell you, Naruto-san, and Sasuke-san to get over to the hospital immediately!" He nodded, "Thanks, Rikki." Turning around he shouted, "Naruto! Sasuke!" Said boys ran over to him, "Hai?" "We're going to the hospital, behave, okay?" They nodded, "Hai!" With a poof, Rikki disappeared in smoke. The two Uchihas and Uzumaki walked, more like ran, to the hospital and met with Serenity. "What's wrong?!" he asked/demanded. "It's...Hikari...she's..." Serenity couldn't finish her sentence. "Hikari-nee isn't dead, is she?!" Sasuke exclaimed, voicing the other two boys' thoughts. She shrugged, looking helpless, "I don't know...she passed out in my arms after I caught her after using a lot of high chakra jutsus...and she was stabbed in the side by a katana...it went through...her side..." She started to cry, so did Naruto. "Ane won't die! She wouldn't leave us!" he said, crying none the less. Sasuke hugged Naruto, trying to comfort him, while Itachi did the same to Serenity.

A little later, a medic nin walked out of the emergency operating room.(A/N: Made it up 'cause I dunno what it's called...) "You four here with Hikari-san?" she asked. They nodded. "How...is she...?" Itachi spoke up. "She's currently asleep... She has a major chakra depletion, and that wound in her side was pretty bad... It wouldn't take our chakra, so we weren't able to heal it any. It's currently wrapped in a bandage, but it's bleeding very heavy..." she spoke, quietly. "Don't let my twin die! Please!" Serenity begged, crying. "We won't let her die, but...we need a donor...she's AB Rh Negative and we don't have any..." the medic nin, Kiko, said. "How do we find out what blood type we are...?" Sasuke asked. "We draw some blood from you and go from there. I'll need to draw some blood from all four of you... If you'll follow me..." Kiko said, leading them to an examining room. She used four different needles and four different vials to hold the blood she drew. "I'll be back..."

Kiko came back a few minutes later, unconsciously biting her bottom lip, "Well, Sasuke-san, you're A Rh Positive; Naruto-san, you're A Rh Negative; Serenity-san, you're B Rh Negative - " Serenity interrupted her, "So, none of us have the same blood type to save my sister?!" She shook her head, "I haven't finished. Itachi-san, you're AB Rh Negative. Do you want to give Hikari-san some of your blood to save her?" Itachi nodded, not needing to think about it twice, "If it'll save her, then yes." "All of you, follow me," she lead them to a room that had a glass wall to where the people outside the room could see what was going on in it, "Serenity-san, Sasuke-san, and Naruto-san, wait out here. Itachi-san, follow me inside." She lead him into the room and had him lay down on a bed. Not even a few minutes later, they had Hikari laying on the other one.

Kiko hooked Itachi up to a machine that drew some blood and it went through the machine to the tube that was connected to Hikari and went into her blood stream. "If you start to feel dizzy or anything, let me or another nurse or doctor know, ok?" Itachi nodded, "Okay. Can Serenity, Sasuke, and Naruto come in and stay here for how ever long Hikari is in?" She looked to be deep in thought, "Hai, I guess. I'll bring in two cots for them to sleep on." She had two nurses go and get two cots and set them up. "Serenity-san, Sasuke-san, Naruto-san, you three can stay for as long as Hikari-san and Itachi-san are here." Kiko said to the three people outside the room. Serenity bowed, "Thanks Kiko-san." They went inside and she went to her sister's side. "C'mon sis...fight back...for me...for all of us...please..." She whispered before kissing her forehead. With that said, she went over to Itachi and hugged him, "Thanks for giving her your blood, Ita.." And then she went and laid down on one of the cots, quickly falling asleep.

Naruto climbed onto his sister's bed and laid beside her, on the side without the wound. He wrapped his little arms around her as far as they'd go and laid his head on her shoulder. "Karu...get better soon, okay?" he whispered, using his childhood nickname for her. Sasuke climbed up there as well and placed a kiss on her cheek, "Live...for me...Naru...Serena...Ita... Please nee-chan..." After he said that, he climbed off her bed and went to his brother's and climbed up on it. He laid beside his brother, resting his head on his chest. Itachi wrapped his arms around his little brother and held him close before falling asleep. The two little boys followed soon after.

Sometime in the night, Hikari had unconsciously wrapped an arm loosely around her brother. In the morning, Serenity and Itachi were the first two awake. Serenity yawned and sat up before stretching, "Morning Itachi..." Itachi sat up as well, moving Sasuke so that he was laying with his head in his lap, "Mornin' Serena..." About an hour later, Sasuke and Naruto woke up and saw that Itachi was reading a book and Serenity was writing something in a notebook. With a closer look, they noticed that she was drawing, not writing.

In Hikari's Mind

"Kit, you're gonna have to leave here soon... You're sister, brother, teammate, and his little brother are all worried about you." Kei said. Hikari sighed from her spot under a random tree, "I know Kei...I know... But, I'm afraid that they'll...hate me...when I wake..." "Kit," Kei sighed, "why would they hate you??" "Because I'm a klutz and was almost...I dunno, killed?" "So? Most ninjas, if not all, mess up at times. You're no exception. And from that look on your face, you know this. So why not wake up now?" "Fine, if you insist..."

In The Hospital Room

Hikari groaned as her eyes opened...

Me: I'm evil for the cliff hanger, ne?

Kei: Yada yada yada. Oh, btw, March 24th, is her birthday. Wish her a happy birthday so she won't come to me crying.

Me: I would NOT cry! Thank you very much! .

Hikari: Review while I try to stop a fight between a demon and a human...!