Chapter 4

“You should be at the academy, no?”

The mature woman turned toward the younger sibling. Then they shared a look and the boy nodded, all under the gaze and beaming smile of the yellow-eyed woman.

“Don’t worry, little girl. I will take good care of your brother. You might even see me there later today.”

The girl sprinted out of the room, late for classes. The woman’s eyes turned predatory once again, examining the boy, ready to devour him. Letting go of the sheet covering her, she helped the boy to her own bed.

“Come on, Ryochi. Lie down on my bed. Big sis will fix you right up.”

A genuine smile was still plastered on her face, and she even hummed a tune as she worked. Sauntering, left and right in the gaudy room, picking up various equipment, completely unabashed by the fact that she, was only covered in her black lace underwear. The boy’s eyes were stuck on the woman. What followed was a very touchy-feely examination and the woman’s eyes furrowed, now focused on her work as a medic-nin and the concern was not hidden.

“Aw, Ryochi. How did you survive these wounds? You are hurt very badly.” Still, in her pouty and innocent tone, the woman intoned, But her face was scrunched in genuine worry about the boy, which the boy noted.

“Who even would hurt a child like this?”

The boy found himself, weak to the woman’s charms. He knew this was a game, about information, perhaps for nefarious reasons or not. He was also experienced in such situations but was always weak to women’s charms. All he had to do, he noted to himself, was to stay silent. Unexpectedly and to his own surprise he spoke.

“I was hoping you could tell me, big sis. I just woke up in a cold doorway, in an unfamiliar place, barely able to move and with lethal injuries. With no memories, of people, names, or places. I didn’t know my own sister, nor do I know you. If we met before, I am sorry, for not remembering.”

The woman’s beautiful features shifted to wide eyes and an open mouth, as soon as his words left his mouth. She froze for a moment, like a beautiful sculpture.

“Aw, Ryochi-kun, that sounds awful, but that just means we get to spend more time together as I tell you, some stuff.”

“So tell me, big sis. It’s not like I don’t have time.”

“Well, your father was a blind man, but skilled in fuinjutsu, and that is all I know about him, and your mother was a Hyuuga, that ran from the clan.”

“That is the reason I can see through walls? I got a Byakugan, but only one. Isn’t that strange? My sister too. That is why it’s bandaged, to hide.” The boy was just thinking out loud, puzzle pieces clicking into place.

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“Yes, your mother was a stern, serious, prim and proper woman always. So I have no idea, how this mess came to be.”

“So the Hyuuga are trying to kill us? To keep the Byakugan from spreading?”

“Ah, Ryochi are you lying to big sis, how could you know that, when you just said you don’t have memories?”

The woman grabbed the broken fingers of the boy’s small hand and gently squeezed, enough to remind him of the presence of pain and smile at the boy, a smile that did not reach her eyes and promised more pain. The boy unphased explained.

“Please, big sis no need for that. I have some knowledge, but it is too disconnected to explain why I remember that and not other things. I know about the Uchiha and their doujutsu as well. I got a surface level of knowledge about what ninjutsu is, I know what the word fuinjutsu means. But I don’t think I have enough knowledge to graduate from the academy.”

“I suppose if you were lying, you would have known about your injuries, which by the way are healing very nicely. Rather quickly I might add. Fine big sis will believe you for now, but lying is bad and big sis doesn’t like liars.” She puckered her lips as she spoke, the perfect image of an innocent girl offended.

The woman’s hands were still roaming upon the boy’s bare chest, even as she was pouting. The boy grabbed her left hand with his right and pulled away, so she would fall on him, in a rather intimate position, with her soft and voluminous chest pressed against him.

“What are you doing you, naughty boy?” The medic-nin asked, coyly with no real bite in her words, as she nestled her head between his chin and collar.

“You have me enchanted big sis, and I was feeling a bit chilly.”

The boy had caught on, this person was trying to get into his good graces even perhaps into a more intimate relationship, but there was more than that, some of what she showed was genuine, and the boy decided on a risky move.

“Big sis, you wield your allure, expertly and I cannot lie I am cut by it, also I am tired and injured to play such games. I can see some of it was genuine, and I am already caught in your trap with nowhere to go, I would prefer being upfront.” Then the woman smile and lightly laughed into his chest, trying to stifle herself, with little success.

“Smart boy, is it so wrong to try and attract someone that you are attracted to?” Still holding a viper-like smile she continued.

“Fine.” She said as she snuggled into him tighter like he would try and escape.

“When your parent’s got together and they learned your mother was pregnant with you, they decided the only way to protect you from the Hyuuga was to make you… a jinchuuriki. Your mother was often placed on missions to Suna, she had gotten some info at the time and with your father’s prowess in seals, they managed it. They got away with the kettle that held the one-tailed demon at the time. I am told it is sealed in you in a rather tight seal, so the demon would not affect you until you are older, but at a certain age it will loosen and you will be normal jinchuuriki. I was hoping to influence you enough, so you would do things for me when you grew up and made a name for yourself.”

“Now isn’t that a bit easier? I can agree to that, we can come up with more details. Since everything is out in the open, there is no guilt isn’t that better?” Said the boy jovially. After squeezing her tighter in his embrace he continued.

“I am sure you wanted me wrapped around your finger, an attack dog to sic at your enemies. Either way, I will be in your care from now on, I guess. I am protective of those close to me. I also feel my body healing. I am very sleepy, hope you don’t mind.”

And just like that the boy fell asleep.