Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, the Naruto Universe, or anything/anyone/any place within it.

Also, this is a Non-Massacre story.

Team 7, Team 8, and Team 10 are Genin. They range from ages 12-13

Itachi and Shisui are 18.

M for violence and possible adult themes.

Also, I will be switching P.O.V.'s at times and time skips. They will be marked "~*~*~*~" you will be informed early on if it is a P.O.V. change, and sometimes it is both.

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Thank you!

A Change

Chapter One

Assassination Attempt

The Hospital was unusually slow today. And quiet. But, perhaps that was because I usually worked in the Genin Unit, instead of the older groups. But they had no one else to call, after Sanae had to call in sick because her daughter had caught the flu, and her husband was out on a mission. Poor little girl just couldn't shake that flu.

I had to come in because of it, and also because of the fact I had called in sick last week, and I was scrounging for money for rent. After today I would be at a surplus, since I was not only going to be working Sanae's hours, but mine too, making that an Eighteen hour shift. I could make it; I always did.

I walked up to the shift chart and searched for Sanae's name, underneath it was three names. Ina, Uchiha, and Kishi. I reached for the three folders, and moved towards Kaito Ina's room. As the day went on, there would be more folders added as more people got back from missions. I'm actually surprised there weren't at least seven folders.

When I made it there, he was eating breakfast. He looked at me oddly, and I smiled. "Hello, my name is Saki Ito, your nurse Sanae had to call out today, her daughter is very sick." He nodded, and leaned back against the propped up pillows. "Can I ask you some questions?" He nodded again, and turned to face me.

"Do you have any pain, at all? And if so, tell me where." He shook his head, but I could tell he was lying. I nodded, realizing that he wasn't going to tell me anything and walked over to the sink by the door. I washed my hands and then put on gloves and walked over to him. "I am going to re-wrap your bindings around your chest; they need to be changed and the wound needs to be cleaned. If you feel any discomfort please tell me, it will be critical if there is that you tell me as it could be a sign for infection. Please sit up." He did as he was told and flinched as I unwrapped the binding, and pulled it away from the healing wound; it was inflamed. I pressed about an inch away from the wound, and he grunted. He obviously felt discomfort.

"Is that good?" He asked, and I looked up quickly. I nod.

"Yes, if it continues to heal properly. Inflammation is the first stage in healing. Is it sore, or hurt?"

"It's a little bit sore, but it doesn't hurt. When can I leave?" Which means that it is very sore. Damn Ninja's; always trying to get out of the hospital when they better off here. Was it really that bad here? I mean, it wasn't like we beat them or anything. At least not while Tsunade-sama is gone. She can get a bit rough if you piss her off.

I simply nod, and reached over to my cleaning supplies and cleaned the wounds. I re-wrapped it, and looked at his chart as I pulled off my bloodied gloves. "I am going to prescribe you an anti-biotic to make sure that the inflammation does lead to regeneration, and not infection. It will also help with the pain. But it is up to the doctor to decide when you can leave. Sorry, I'm just a nurse."

"Soreness," he corrected. I felt my eyebrow rise. Seriously?

"Soreness, yes." I washed my hands again and left the room. I looked at my charts again and saw that I would need to go to the Uchiha's room. Itachi Uchiha, according to the chart. He was new, came in yesterday. According to this, he had been poisoned, had three ribs broken, had multiple lacerations, as well as burn marks from chakra. Apparently, he was under sedation after he tried to leave the hospital. I hoped he still was—because from these notes he sounded like a stubborn son of a gun.

I walked down the hall and came up to his door, it was locked. My eyes narrowed, and then I looked through the small glass window. There was a fog.

What the hell is going on?

A genjutsu, I realized. A mist genjutsu.

Which meant that someone didn't want to be seen. Although that was a pretty stupid genjutsu to pick if you didn't want to be seen. At least in a hospital, and especially at six thirty in the morning.

I sent a wave of chakra through my hand, and into the door knob. As soon as I walked into the room unnoticed by hiding my chakra and taking soft, tentative steps, I focused on two sets of Chakra who were standing up. Silently I walked up to one of them, whom I noticed was using the most chakra. They were conversing as one of them filled a syringe, presumably one with poison.

"This is pathetic; they say that this is one of the most advanced countries with one of the strongest armies. They can't even tell when one of their own is going to be killed. In a hospital, no less!" I fused as much chakra as I needed to disrupt the Genjutsu into my hand, and then placed it on the back of the one who was preforming it. I forced it into his system, effectively breaking the Genjutsu, and alerting them of my presence.

"Or perhaps you're just too arrogant to realize when anybody is noticing." One took a swing at me, and I ducked. I grabbed one of their wrists, twisted, and threw them into the other assassin. I ducked again when a foot went flying at me. I pulled out a kunai from a small weapons pocket behind me. I could tell it was the Uchiha's from the feel of the engraved fan.

They both flew at me, and I ducked under one of them and impaled it in their stomach, and I heard a grunt. I then grabbed that one by his hair and slammed it against a wall, hard. He fell to the ground unconscious. But I didn't have time to acknowledge my nice handy work as another one went after me.

He grabbed me by the throat. I grabbed the other hand before he could impale my neck with the syringe filled with poison I had seen earlier. I didn't think twice as I gathered chakra at my knee-cap and then brought my knee up to the man's groin—effectively loosening his grip. He stumbled back as I pushed him, and I then broke his wrist, making him drop the syringe, which shattered when it reached the floor. With a fast movement, I swung him around and pulled him into my body and put him into a blood choke. He fell unconscious in seconds.

Then I noticed two other presences.

"My god, if I had known that Medic-Ninja's could do this, I wouldn't have put them through that much crap the last time I was here." It was Shisui Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake. I turned to fully face them both. Shisui was running a hand through his unruly black hair. Kakashi Hatake was putting away an Icha-Icha novel.

"How long have you been standing there?" I asked, annoyance slipping into my facial expression.

"Long enough to know I probably wouldn't ever have kids if I ever pissed you off."

I rolled my eyes and pursed my lips as I turned back to look at the sleeping Uchiha, and then faced the two again.

"Mind getting security?" I asked, even though it wasn't really a question. He nodded. I stepped over the two unconscious men and to the unconscious Uchiha. I reached for his arm, making sure there were no puncture marks. Moving his chin to the side, I checked his neck for the same thing. I then looked towards the machine which was showing his vitals. I reached down towards his wrist and counted for his pulse.

"Is he okay?" Shisui asked, suddenly next to me. I nod.

"No puncture marks, his pulse is steady. A bit high, but steady. The doctor—"

"What the hell happened in here?" I turned to see Shizune looking around frantically.

"It was an assassination attempt. I took care of it. The patient wasn't harmed."

Shizune looked down at the bodies of the ninja's, and then two ANBU members suddenly appeared with Kakashi.

"We will be taking these two ninja to the Hokage. Saki Ito, you will be notified if you are needed for questioning." Shizune and I nodded, and I turned to look at the Uchiha's chart. I then noticed Shisui trying to look over my shoulder, scrutinizing the file. I pulled the chart against my chest.

"Uchiha, tell me, are you a doctor or a nurse."

"Negative." I nod.

"Then don't read the charts." I looked back at the chart as Shizune walked up.

"It's a good thing Sanae called in sick. She wouldn't have been able to handle those two." She muttered quietly. I nodded. Sanae may have been a strong medic—but she wasn't trained like I was. I was a ninja before I decided I wanted to be a medic. "Do you need medical attention?"

"No. I'm fine. His vitals are strong; his pulse is steady but fast." She nodded.

"Dismissed. Take care of your other patients. Four more have been added to your work load." I nodded and turned and walked out.

I sighed as I rubbed my throat. There would be a bruise.

I guess it's all in a day's work for a medic ninja, though.

Darkness surrounded me, a drowsy darkness. It was something I was not accustomed too. This darkness made me feel sluggish, useless. This feeling, I had decided very early on, was something that I did not like, actually, I detested it. It was something I deemed dangerous. It would make it very easy for someone to get to me, and I hoped that it did not last long.

But as soon as I had been aware of it; it had begun to slip away. And I was glad. Immediately I put myself on full alert. I focused on the chakra of the people around me, very familiar chakra's, I realized quickly.

Then I could feel suddenly a light, along with a soft chuckle and voices. My eyes snapped open; and then flinched slightly at the bright light. The lamp next to me was on. Outside it was dark.

"Ah, you're awake! Finally, I was getting frustrated. We came yesterday, but you weren't up." I turned to see Shisui grinning at him, and Kakashi leaning back with his nose in an Icha-Icha novel. They were both out of uniform. And then it hit me. I had been on a mission when I was injured, due to Shisui's inability to sit still for more than ten seconds. I scowled at my best friend, obviously scolding him for jeopardizing the mission. And then, after that I had to be put under when I refused to stay in the hospital. "You know, even when you're in the hospital, you can't help but get a lot of attention. In fact, you almost died twice in two days." Trying to get me off topic before I even began.

I frowned. "What do you mean, Shisui?" He grinned and Kakashi spoke up.

"Someone tried to kill you. Luckily, your nurse happened to have a background as a ninja. She took care of the situation and knocked them unconscious. Rather viciously, actually." Shisui laughed.

"Yeah, and effectively destroyed one of their abilities of ever being able to reproduce. I have never seen a move like that. She's resourceful, I'll give her that!" He was laughing. I could feel my eyes narrow.

"Who tried to assassinate me? And who stopped them?"

"Don't know, Ibiki is torturing them personally with your father." I could see a shiver run through Shisui. "I can only imagine what those stupid bastards are going through right now."

"As for the girl, we do not know." Kakashi spoke up again, and then pulled out his book and buried his face in it.

"What are you doing here, Kakashi?" I asked, he was a Jōnin, and not one of my men.

"Sasuke was worried, although he refused to say it. He is not allowed to see you until tomorrow, which apparently is when you are being released. The Hokage came in earlier and healed all of your wounds."

I nodded. That probably meant that I was going to have a mission soon. The medics here preferred to let wounds heal on their own, if need be, rather than just wasting chakra on small wounds.

"Shisui." He groaned, already knowing what was going to happen next.

A nurse walked in, carrying dinner, I presume.

"Well, hello Uchiha-san. I have brought your dinner."

"Hey, what's your name?" Shisui asked, albeit a bit rudely.

"Uh, my name is Ren." He grinned.

"Great, can you tell us the name of the girl who was taking care of Itachi-kun?" My eye brow rose at '-kun'. He winked at me. I simply sighed, and took the dinner the girl was handing me. Later, I would have to speak to him.

"Shizune-san?" He shook his head. She frowned, wondering who she should be thinking of. She turned and reached for my chart.

"The one before her."

"Saki? Saki Ito?"

"Yes! Tell us about her." She shrugged.

"Well, I don't know that much about her."

"Well, tell us what you do know." Shisui grinned and winked at her.

"She usually works with the Genin, as she is much more liked by them than some of the other medics that work here. She's a Chūnin, too…But I've seen her take down some Jōnin who were trying to get out of the hospital pretty quickly. She's pretty nice; the kids love her. But she's young, I think she's…seventeen? I've been told that she just decided when she was fifteen that she wanted to be a Medic." Shisui grinned.

"Do you know how we can get a hold of her, Ren?" I spoke up, she turned to me and shook her head no.

"No, I don't really have much more than a working relationship with her. But you could ask Shizune, or the Hokage. She goes on a lot of missions for the Hokage. From what I've heard from the Jōnin."

"Well, what's the next time that she will be in the hospital." She frowned, and looked at her chart, which apparently had a schedule on it.

"According to this; two days. She'd be working the night shift."

"Thank you, Ren, it is much appreciated, know when is the next time you get off of work?" A blush filled out through her cheeks, and I did my best not to sigh.

"N-no problem, Uchiha-san." She turned around and scurried out, choosing to ignore his last question.

"She was cute." I shot Shisui a cool look.

"Well, we've got to head out, Itachi. And you've got some visitors." I sensed them just as they touched the ceiling. They were my own men. I simply nod.

"Shisui, we need to—"

"Sorry, Itachi-kun, gotta go!"

He disappeared. I frowned, but had the urge to laugh. That was always what Shisui did. He made people want to laugh.

"Goodbye, baka."

There was something about the night that had always intrigued me. I didn't know if it was about the loneliness that seemed to follow with it, or perhaps the stars that shone brightly enough to comfort the cold darkness.

The darkness seemed so much easier to connect with. It knew nothing but eternal loneliness, even if the stars tried to show it otherwise.

"I'm surprised you're not sleeping." I turned to see Kurenai smiling at me. I grinned, and turned back up to look at the stars. I usually slept a lot after I got off work. I mostly stayed up during the day. I'd be lucky if I got four hours of sleep tonight before I had to wake up.

"I got to work yesterday at six in the morning. Got home at eleven today. It's almost ten. I think I slept my fair share. What are you doing tomorrow?" I ask her, turning to face her. She shrugged. "Have a date with Asuma?" She scowled.

"There is nothing going on with us."

"And that's why you had a hickey a week ago."

"Shut up."

"So tomorrow? You wanna go and have dinner with me? I have two more days free before I get to go back to screaming genin about how they 'have just a scratch' or sick genin who won't stop complaining that their nose is runny."

She laughed. "Sure, ramen?" I shrugged. "I heard that you saved the heir of the Uchiha clan." I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah, and now I have to go to the Hokage tomorrow about it. All I did was my job. No one will shut up about it."

She smiled at me sympathetically. "Well, that's what happens when you save one of the strongest ANBU members, as well as the heir to the Uchiha clan." I nodded.

"His mom sent me flowers. Nice of her, they were pretty. But I feel like I don't deserve them. Everyone is making it seem like I went through the strongest men on earth. Oh, and thanks by the way."

Her eye brow rose. "And why are you thanking me?"

"Because you were the one who taught me how to break a Genjutsu."

"They used a Genjutsu, on an Uchiha?"

"Well, I'm not really even supposed to be saying this." I groaned and looked up at the sky. "Theoretically, they were using Genjutsu probably so no one else would walk in on them. Too bad they picked fog. Truthfully, I think they were trying to spit in the face of Konoha.

"Dumbasses."

"Uh-huh."

I deleted this story, just because I felt that I hadn't edited it well enough the first time. There are a few subtle changes, but nothing huge. Just big enough to make a difference and be a bit more detailed.

This is a Non-Massacre story; so this means, somehow, before Itachi was forced to destroy his clan, an agreement was made and peace was found. (I may or may not include this in the story, if you want me too, tell me.) Also, as stopping the Uchiha clan from being massacred, as well as starting the 4th ninja war, many things have been affected. In this story, Sakura, as of now, is not a Medical Ninja. But; the danger of Orochimaru, The Akatsuki, and the Masked Man Tobi still looms, as well as my own villian. So, tell me, which villain would you like to see first, and would you like to see Orochimaru in the Akatsuki? Or no? So, this is my question:

Who would you most like to see in the story be a criminal first?

Orochimaru

Akatsuki

Tobi

My own villain.