Chapter 1

Things are Set in Place

The night air was clear, and cool. The full moon had just reached its peak, when the cries of two newly born children split the night's peacefulness. Moments later the children's cries were joined by a chorus of howls from the forest that surrounded the small manner. This forest was home to a pack of fierce wolves that had been known for attacking and killing wayward travels. The wolves as if by some strange call had gathered around the house. What humans didn't know was the wolves had been summoned to meet the queen of all living things. Humans had long since forgotten her completely, but now she had fused herself with one of the children. A little girl. The other child; a boy, was of no concern to the pack. The leader of the wolf pack stepped onto the front porch and yanked the door open with his teeth. No one came to stop them; at the time no one other than the two families lived in the house. The whole pack of wolves followed their leader into the house and came into the room where the girl had been born.

The human male stepped between his family and the perceived threat. Wielding only the small scalpel he had used to cut his daughter's umbilical cord, as a weapon against the pack, but a force froze him in place. The leader stepped closer to the bed and bowed down to the little girl. The infant squirmed out of her mother's tired arms and wobbled around her father before he could grab her.

Once the girl stood well within striking range of the wolves gave her one of the few gifts they could offer their queen. They sang the most beautiful song with a haunting melody for her to welcome back their queen home, and to renew their pledge of loyalty to the queen as their ancestors had once done. The girl reached out to scratch the alpha wolf lovingly behind his ears. She then went and petted its mate. She was a beautiful wolf with a reddish brown coat. The wolf leader pulled a small wooden flute seemingly out of nowhere and placed it at the infant's feet. The girl took the token and smiled as she whispered into the old wolf's ear,

"You are always welcome in this place little one." She scratched the wolf again behind his ears. "But I must request that humans are left alone. They could use your help and in return you have their protection, but remember not all will keep this pact." It nodded then the pack turned, walked back through the manner, and left; harming no one further. When the girl was returned to her mother's arms her mother saw another sign her daughter was special. The seal of the great spirit on her belly. The mother traced the intricate swirling design. She knew upon birth the girl and the spirit were one being. The spirit in question was and ancient being known as the Medeina, the queen of living things and mother of spirits.

The girl was hence named Haku. In the language of the spirit the name meant Song from the heavens. But to humans of the father's culture the name meant gentle warrior.

In the manner at the same time as Haku's birth; Isora was born to the only other family that resided. Not far from the manor, in the village of Konoha, a third child was born to a family called the Uchiha. They named their son, Itachi. Itachi's mother; not long after he was born, went to a fortune teller to ask about her son's future. She warned this,

"Your son will be powerful; he will be liked and feared by his classmates and all others. But there will be a woman, she who will fall in love with him and him her. She will become his teacher and very dear friend She will have a great and powerful spirit born within her. You will know her by the mark she bares on her forehead and the seal over her stomach. This friend will make a promise to protect your son. She will keep her word, but she will be kidnapped by someone, taking your sons place in chains. The blame will fall on your whole family and you will pay the greatest cost. But the girl will not forget her promise and she will do what she can to help him from afar. If you don't find a way to stop her kidnapping your only two sons may well wage war with one another. They will bring the destruction of the village and help bring Orochimaru to power."

Only one year after Isora's birth his parents fell gravely ill. Haku's parents worked tirelessly to save their friends and though they lived in what had grown into a small community of some of the greatest doctors. They were unable save either of them. On their deaths they made Haku's parents swear to look after little Isora. Haku's parents agreed and adopted little Isora as their own son. He and Haku became as close as blood siblings. Together their powers grew thanks to the many powerful healers and ninja alike called the manor home and acted as teachers. Isora developed his skills as a healer and soon was able to bend most plant life to his will. While Haku seemed especially gifted with animals, spending long hours in the woods just speaking with the inhabitants.

Age five, when Haku and Isora were working in the gardens. When a voice came from within Haku,

"Your powers have yet to develop to their full potential. It is time you learned to harness some of my power. If you do not, you will be a danger to your family. Go out into the forest and you will find your teachers waiting." Haku was afraid and ran to her mother and father. She told them everything the voice had said. Her parents shared a look with one another. They knew whose voice had spoken to their daughter and knew it would be wise to do as instructed. So, Haku set off alone into the forest, where she found a strange collection of animals gathered in a clearing. A female tiger sat on the opposite edge of a small clearing. Two timber wolves lay wrestling in the middle of the clearing; one male and one female. A falcon sat perched on a low hanging branch watching the two wolves play. Then Haku noticed the small black ball of fur curled up on the tiger's paws; a capuchin monkey. A twig snapped under Haku's boot and five pairs of eyes snapped to her. Haku's breath caught in fear. The voice inside her chuckled, "Do not fear child, they are your teachers. Go greet them, they will not bite you." Haku stepped out from the cover of the trees nervously. Each animal rose walked forward creating a small semicircle. Each animal bowed slightly and introduced themselves. The wolves were Anubis and Megami. They were a mated couple. The tiger introduced herself as Kasai. Kuki was the falcon and Saru was the monkey. After introductions the misfit band took off to begin their yearlong training session.

In the village Itachi had also already grown very powerful and the other children looked up to him and respected him. As Itachi grew his parents watched for the girl who would love him, but Itachi showed no interest in any girls in his class even as they threw themselves at him. If fact he seemed absorbed in becoming stronger, always practicing in the forest. As they watched over their son they breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe the time the seer spoke of would not come to pass.

Two year later Haku returned home at the age of seven; it had taken months to get back home through the far away war torn countries. Isora was watching out his window as his sister came up the road with her animals at her side. Over joyed that she had finally returned, he raced out to meet her. He embraced his sister so tightly that she cringed a little.

"I missed you so much." He muttered tears rising up to choke him.

"Not as much as I missed you Isora." she replied back. Isora stepped back to see if anything had changed about his sister. Her eyes seemed to have dimed like a piece of her soul was missing. He asked,

"What is it Haku?" she looked at him then reached for a string that she had around her neck and pulled it out revealing a white crystal. He knew that it could only be one thing, a spirit crystal; a stone with a spirit's pure Chakra in crystallized form. The stone his sister held now was something whole countries fought to obtain. Only, it felt wrong, like it was a raw nerve pulsing beneath the thin glass surface.

"It's not finished. I need to make a bridge so that way the power in the stone can tapped without fear of injury." The spirit stone's power; Isora remembered, was far too dangerous for a normal human to use because it could consume the user's mind and leave on a shell of what was. Haku tucked the stone back in her shirt. The two siblings then made their way back into the manor to greet their parents. Isora didn't ask why Haku withheld information about the stone from their parents. He knew she had her reasons.

Haku's parents were ecstatic to have their daughter home and unharmed. Though they tried not to notice the small changes in their daughter, it was impossible not to notice. The lack of color in her eyes, how her smile always seemed sad, and her soft crying after waking up to nightmares. The animals comforted her as best as they could but not all things could be comforted away. When her parents tried to comfort her, she would only shake her head and tell them,

"I promise it won't come true. I won't let it come true." No amount of soothing or prying would make her tell her parents what nightmares haunted her dreams.

Note from the Author,

Thank you to anyone who has read my story. I unfortunately have to address a problem. I got a review from a guest account, shown below. So I can't address their concerns properly. 1st off, in my summary if you take the 10-30 seconds it takes to read it, says quite plainly this story is about Itachi and a GIRL ,Haku. Anyone who knows even a little bit about Haku from Naruto knows he looks like a girl but isn't. They could then take the comparison of a blond girl, and compare to a raven haired boy and make the obvious conclusion they aren't the same person. There for Haku, is an OC character. Second, Sasuke is male (not sure why that's odd), Naruto is also male (not female, not sure why you think that here either), and Sakura is female (cleary you need to read more carefully). Quite frankly if you don't like them don't read them. The Sasuke and Sakura pairing happen later in the story. I apologize about any confusion that may have caused. I wanted to make them the B pairing, but with no A pairing (Haku being OC) they became default A pairing. If anyone else has comments, questions, or you see something wrong, I would actually love to hear them. My writing can't get better if no one speaks up. Please use you actual account if you have one, I really don't like doing this...

guest101 chapter 1 . Jun 16

what happened to all the good sasusaku stories? / nothing gets updated anymore and now we get these gay pairings all the time and the dumbass OC's fanfics
or these malesasuke malesakura female naruto female sasuke ect... what is wrong with people? we want normal pairings and normal fanfics... not this stuff