FurikoMaru
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You go slightly cold. Shisui? But... Shisui can't be dead. Don't be ridiculous. He's only... you don't know how old he is, but he's not old. He's young enough that he doesn't really know how to pick up girls yet. The last time you saw him he was getting a tongue-lashing from his superior about flirting with Yura-nee at Admittance while supposedly on-duty.
[X] Deploy the hug.
You don't even think about it. This isn't like with Weasel, this is Sasuke, and right now his chakra is so twisting and pained and unlike him that you want this to stop now.
You ignore several people's 'OOOoooh's and give Ami an apologetic look and a hold-on hand gesture. Her frown goes from jealous to concerned, and she rushes over.
"Catfight!" Kiba crows. Ami smacks him in the head on her way past.
"Sasuke-kun," she says worriedly, "what's the matter?"
"His cousin passed away," you say in a low voice, releasing him from the hug. Ami's mouth drops open, then closes again in a firm line. She lays a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, and squeezes it, stroking his back with her thumb. For once, he doesn't shrug her off.
You don't mention it, not in front of other people, but there's an extra harmonic to his chakra that tells you he's not actually all that upset about Shisui; there's something else. Maybe something related to his cousin's passing.
It makes sense; you never really got the impression the two of them were close. But...
Okay, you weren't close with Shisui either. He was a skeevy loser.
... no, you think, looking back on your memories, and really looking at them, he wasn't. He was young, and sometimes mean, and sometimes kind.
And now he can't be anything any more, because he's dead.
"How did it happen?" Ami asks quietly.
Sasuke swallows. "... Mom told me it was a mission, but then I heard Dad and some policemen talking to nii-san. They said... he k-killed himself."
What? Bullshit. That doesn't make any sense. It's Shisui. You can't think of anyone less likely to commit suicide.
"If you wanna talk after class," you begin, but Sasuke shakes his head, and you roll your eyes. "All right, fine, if you wanna hit someone after class, let me know and we'll head over to the usual place."
He shakes his head. "I don't want to fight."
"Who're you and what have you done with Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Just leave me alone."
"Denied." You cross your arms. "You're sad, and it's a friend's job to make sure their friends aren't sad. Isn't that so, Ami?"
Ami nods vigourously. "You're not getting rid of me."
"How is that any different from normal with you?" you ask, and she scowls at you.
Ignoring Kiba's clueless muttering about 'Uchiha-hime and her handmaidens', you and Ami spend the rest of class sitting on either side of Sasuke, not really doing anything out of the ordinary, just... providing a buffer zone, you guess. You try to get some schoolwork done, but you can't get your mind off this whole thing.
The longer you think about the situation, the less sense it makes. Shisui might have been secretly depressed or something, but you doubt it. Yeah. It's a coverup. Shisui's either still alive and in hiding for some reason (which would explain Sasuke's mom's 'mission' explanation), or he was murdered. Maybe an A-rank prisoner he brought in (occasionally dumb or not, Shisui was certainly strong) broke out and killed him. Or maybe he was sent out on some mission and did something that made the Clan look bad, so they made him commit seppuku to make amends.
You can't just let this go. Yeah, ninja die all the time - you know that now, you're not three anymore. But there's something about this death in particular that doesn't add up. And you want to know what it is.
But. You're gonna need backup.
[X] Sasuke. Hell, it's his cousin, isn't it? Maybe it'll help his mood to have something to do about it.
[X] Ami. An extra set of eyes never hurts.
[X] Hinata. If you're looking for details and stuff, even a recently-activated Byakugan is going to be a big help.
[X] Kiba. An Inuzuka's nose is pretty sharp. You're sure you can convince him to do Sasuke a favour. (How?)
[X] Shikamaru. He has a habit of noticing things even you would miss; he'll be exceedingly handy to have along.
[X] Write-In?
[X] Fishie. If you're doing this, you're doing this right. No half-measures.
[X] Now that you think about it, you should probably solo this one. If something really big is happening, you don't want to risk getting the others in actual trouble right along with you.
[X] How do you want to go about your investigation?
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Right, so, I don't know all that much about Shisui aside from what it's necessary to know, which could make him the single greatest ninja in the history of Naruto. That, along with partial inspiration from Kisame's fanon relationship with Itachi and Itachi's remark that Shisui's ideals are similar to Naruto's, is what made me decide to give him two modes, like most Konoha-nin seem to have; on-a-mission mode, which of course you don't get to see in this story, and hanging-out mode. Is there anything I've written in hanging-out mode that would contradict canon?
I do feel like my Shisui's a bit derivative - there are a lot of slightly goofy dateless wonders in Konohagakure - but I figure, hey, he's not all that much older than Itachi, and his favourite trick is teleporting. To me that speaks of a playful personality that can be turned off when the moment requires it, not a guy who's serious all the time.
*removes hat* Here lies Shisui. He *bamf!*ed fast, and died a virgin.
[X] Deploy the hug.
You don't even think about it. This isn't like with Weasel, this is Sasuke, and right now his chakra is so twisting and pained and unlike him that you want this to stop now.
You ignore several people's 'OOOoooh's and give Ami an apologetic look and a hold-on hand gesture. Her frown goes from jealous to concerned, and she rushes over.
"Catfight!" Kiba crows. Ami smacks him in the head on her way past.
"Sasuke-kun," she says worriedly, "what's the matter?"
"His cousin passed away," you say in a low voice, releasing him from the hug. Ami's mouth drops open, then closes again in a firm line. She lays a hand on Sasuke's shoulder, and squeezes it, stroking his back with her thumb. For once, he doesn't shrug her off.
You don't mention it, not in front of other people, but there's an extra harmonic to his chakra that tells you he's not actually all that upset about Shisui; there's something else. Maybe something related to his cousin's passing.
It makes sense; you never really got the impression the two of them were close. But...
Okay, you weren't close with Shisui either. He was a skeevy loser.
... no, you think, looking back on your memories, and really looking at them, he wasn't. He was young, and sometimes mean, and sometimes kind.
And now he can't be anything any more, because he's dead.
"How did it happen?" Ami asks quietly.
Sasuke swallows. "... Mom told me it was a mission, but then I heard Dad and some policemen talking to nii-san. They said... he k-killed himself."
What? Bullshit. That doesn't make any sense. It's Shisui. You can't think of anyone less likely to commit suicide.
"If you wanna talk after class," you begin, but Sasuke shakes his head, and you roll your eyes. "All right, fine, if you wanna hit someone after class, let me know and we'll head over to the usual place."
He shakes his head. "I don't want to fight."
"Who're you and what have you done with Uchiha Sasuke?"
"Just leave me alone."
"Denied." You cross your arms. "You're sad, and it's a friend's job to make sure their friends aren't sad. Isn't that so, Ami?"
Ami nods vigourously. "You're not getting rid of me."
"How is that any different from normal with you?" you ask, and she scowls at you.
Ignoring Kiba's clueless muttering about 'Uchiha-hime and her handmaidens', you and Ami spend the rest of class sitting on either side of Sasuke, not really doing anything out of the ordinary, just... providing a buffer zone, you guess. You try to get some schoolwork done, but you can't get your mind off this whole thing.
The longer you think about the situation, the less sense it makes. Shisui might have been secretly depressed or something, but you doubt it. Yeah. It's a coverup. Shisui's either still alive and in hiding for some reason (which would explain Sasuke's mom's 'mission' explanation), or he was murdered. Maybe an A-rank prisoner he brought in (occasionally dumb or not, Shisui was certainly strong) broke out and killed him. Or maybe he was sent out on some mission and did something that made the Clan look bad, so they made him commit seppuku to make amends.
You can't just let this go. Yeah, ninja die all the time - you know that now, you're not three anymore. But there's something about this death in particular that doesn't add up. And you want to know what it is.
But. You're gonna need backup.
[X] Sasuke. Hell, it's his cousin, isn't it? Maybe it'll help his mood to have something to do about it.
[X] Ami. An extra set of eyes never hurts.
[X] Hinata. If you're looking for details and stuff, even a recently-activated Byakugan is going to be a big help.
[X] Kiba. An Inuzuka's nose is pretty sharp. You're sure you can convince him to do Sasuke a favour. (How?)
[X] Shikamaru. He has a habit of noticing things even you would miss; he'll be exceedingly handy to have along.
[X] Write-In?
[X] Fishie. If you're doing this, you're doing this right. No half-measures.
[X] Now that you think about it, you should probably solo this one. If something really big is happening, you don't want to risk getting the others in actual trouble right along with you.
[X] How do you want to go about your investigation?
----------
Right, so, I don't know all that much about Shisui aside from what it's necessary to know, which could make him the single greatest ninja in the history of Naruto. That, along with partial inspiration from Kisame's fanon relationship with Itachi and Itachi's remark that Shisui's ideals are similar to Naruto's, is what made me decide to give him two modes, like most Konoha-nin seem to have; on-a-mission mode, which of course you don't get to see in this story, and hanging-out mode. Is there anything I've written in hanging-out mode that would contradict canon?
I do feel like my Shisui's a bit derivative - there are a lot of slightly goofy dateless wonders in Konohagakure - but I figure, hey, he's not all that much older than Itachi, and his favourite trick is teleporting. To me that speaks of a playful personality that can be turned off when the moment requires it, not a guy who's serious all the time.
*removes hat* Here lies Shisui. He *bamf!*ed fast, and died a virgin.
