Itachi/ Hana

We Were…in Love

REVISED EDITION – I'm skipping all that anime filler nonsense so Naruto is gone…and Kakashi is doing whatever he's doing

Sequel to "You'll Always Have a Spell on Me". The title is from Pretty Ricky's "Make It Like It Was". This is a great R&B/Rap song, by the way. Hana's leaving the Leaf Village to search for Itachi. Itachi the S-Ranked criminal, she can't possibly expect to find him if he doesn't want to be found…or does he?

Hana's POV

Here I am, outside the Hokage's office. Whatever emotion that possessed me before is gone. I must be dumb if I though I could do this. Itachi, oh thank you kami that thing's back. So now I'm knocking on the door and Shizune gets it.

"Hana? What are you doing here?" Shizune asks.

"I wanted to request a mission from the Hokage." I respond.

"That's new, usually I have to hunt down you ninja," Tsunade announces from her desk. She looks half drunk. "What kind of mission?"

"I want to get out of Konoha for a while." I said. Her sudden scowl gives me my answer.

"You know we're still in trouble, so I can't have you wandering around like Naruto-"

"I know but I need to figure things out, and I can't stay here and do that." I can't believe I just cut the most tempered Hokage off.

"Great for you but I have to know where you are," She rubbed her temples. I guess I'm frustrating her. "That said the best thing I can do is send you as a diplomat to Suna."

I think for a minute. Stay here where I know I won't see him, or be stuck in the Wind Country where he's bound to pass. "I'll do that then."

Tsunade writes something down in an S ranked scroll. "So I need to find a fill in veterinarian, and I need to find someone to replace you in the emergency force." The blond sighed.

I thought about my mom. The Inuzuka style is great, but if it fails we definitely need backup. I know Shizune will be going through hell trying to find a ninja that compliments my mother. Lady Hokage damn sure won't do it. As for a vet., I know there is more than one in this village. I don't get why Tsunade is acting like this, maybe there's something she's not telling me. Or maybe you're just being paranoid, yeah, that too.

So now I have to deal with the overenthusiastic mother. I think she's glad to get me out of the house, but I'm only 18.

"This is the perfect chance for you to be moved up in the ranks," she droned. "If this goes well Suna could nominate you to ANBU."

"Yay." I said sarcastically. I wish she would get the hint that I only wanted to pack, not have this unnecessary conversation.

"The only thing that is nagging at me is what you need to 'figure out'," I stiffed before standing my full height and looking at her. "It's because of Itachi isn't it? I remember the first time you told me about you and him."

Flashback

"Hi girls!" an eight year old Hana ran up to a group of academy students. She was the only girl her age to graduate the academy. The girls stared blankly at her before continuing there conversation in a group.

"You know she cheated to get out of the academy right?"

"Yeah, her mom was on the same team as the chunin that decides the teams."

"Who are you guys talking about?" Hana asked. They ignored her and kept talking, a little bit louder this time.

"That's how a sorry kunoichi got put on a team with a great ninja like Itachi-kun."

They're talking about me, Hana thought. She turned to run away when she heard her name.

"HANA-CHAN!" Shisui Uchiha called. Next to him, Itachi looked even smaller and colder than he really is.

"HI ITACHI-KUN!"

"CAN I TRAIN WITH YOU ITACHI-KUN?"

"DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE PARK ITACHI-KUN?"

Said boy just did a scan-and-glare as he looked through the group of girls for his teammate. When he finally found her, he merely said, "Hurry up. We looked everywhere for you. Genma-sensei has something to tell us."

She didn't know what he said, he couldn't possibly think she did. He spoke at conversation level like they weren't across the road from each other and his fans were vying for his attention. Hana smirked before running to her teammates. She didn't spare those girls a second glance as she walked away with her boys.

"So what did you say Itachi?" Hana asked with her smiley face.

This Uchiha hated repeating himself. He hated her bright face, it made him soft. "Genma-sensei has something he wants to discuss." There, that's technically not repeating.

"Oh," Hana said before her face fell again. Why do me friends hate me? She asked herself.

"What's wrong with you?" Itachi asked. He didn't care, he was just curious.

"My friends hate me."

"Then how are they you're friends." It was a statement, not a question. Hana answered anyway.

"Because I grew up with them."

"So did I, that doesn't make me hate them less."

Hana laughed, he liked her laugh. "That's because they harass you."

"Well if they did this to you, I wouldn't like them anyway."

Hana giggled before latching herself on to Itachi. "Oh Itachi-kun, train with me!"

Itachi twitched at her touch, but he made no motion to shake her off. He did a silent prayer that Shisui wouldn't turn around. "That doesn't work, you're different."

"How?" Hana asked bluntly. Itachi was going to clam up any moment now.

"I like you." He said quietly.

Hana grew bold, she kissed his cheek. "I like you too."

Hana ran away, trying to hide her embarrassment. Itachi sprinted after her, now he can blame his redness on running.

End Flashback

"Yeah, that was when we found out that only Shisui was going to be in the upcoming chunin exam. Itachi was so mad, he got his Sharingan that day." I said smiling, which was weird because I was scared silly when it first happened. We had to wait until we were ten before Genma-sensei let Itachi and I do the exam with Shisui, who failed his first time. I still don't know what happened, and I doubt Genma-sensei would tell me now.

"So it is about him." Mom said while raising her eyebrows. I forgot she was here. No sense lying to her.

"Promise you won't tell anyone about this," she did. "Well the other day, when I was walking the dogs, I saw him."

She was holding her tongue. I knew she wants to yell at me. "What happened?" she asked as calm as she could.

"Stuff." Well, so much for not lying to her.

"Inuzuka Hana. What the hell happened."

"I told him what happened, with Kiba and Sasuke." I said while going back to my packing.

"And…?" Kami she is getting annoying.

"Fine. He apologized, we kissed, I pushed him away." I gave the shortest response.

My mother seemed to be having an inner conflict. I know it is hard being the best friend and mother to a teenage girl, but she could say something.

"I see." I looked at her retreating form like she was crazy, that's all? "Do what's best for you." With that the door closed.