Akanishi-San: Wow, what is up with me and this whole "sister" thing? Anywho…here's one which is ItachixOc (as you peeps must already know since you probably saw the summary) and is going to be Iruka's sister! My first ItachixOc fic, so I hope this goes well.

REMINDER: Sasuke does NOT go with Orochimaru. He didn't even have any idea of leaving, all right? AND! They all advanced to Jounin level, but are still working as a team, Kakashi as their leader. All around age 17-ish I guess.

Chapter 1

"Hey Naruto!" Sakura hissed, stopping dead on her tracks. Both Naruto and Sasuke turned to her, frowning. They were on their way back from one of Kakashi's trainings, and they were about to head over to Ichiraku, to Naruto's delight.

Naruto looked to where Sakura was looking at, the frown deepening. "What's wrong, Sakura-chan?" He asked.

It was then Sasuke realized what she was looking at, and he raised an eyebrow. "Oh." He said.

Naruto turned to Sasuke, glaring at him. "What?" He asked, frustrated. "What's going on?" He frantically looked to where they were looking at, trying to see what was surprising them. "What?"

"Since when did Iruka-sensei have a girlfriend?" Sakura asked, finally turning to Naruto. "And she's beautiful!" She returned her gaze to the questioned people.

"What?" Naruto asked yet again, even more confused. The last time he met Iruka, he didn't have a girlfriend! When Naruto saw his former teacher, he laughed. "Oh, that's not his girlfriend…that's Akane-neechan, Iruka-sensei's…"

But Sakura was no longer listening, her curiosity led her to them. With a sigh Sasuke followed her, and eventually Naruto, shrugging. "Hey Iruka-sensei!" Sakura piped, still looking at the woman before her. Up close, she was even more beautiful.

The woman had long black hair that was tied in a ponytail and sharp dark brown eyes, yet something about them made Sakura comfortable just by looking at them. She had bandages on her under her clothes, and what caught Sakura's eyes were the bandages covering the woman's left arm. 'Anbu?' Sakura thought, looking at the woman over once again. 'But she doesn't even look to be in the late twenties!'

"Why, hello Sakura." Iruka said pleasantly. "And Sasuke…And Naruto!" He obviously showed joy in seeing his former students. "Akane, I want to show you my former students at the academe." Iruka said, pointing to the three as he beckoned the woman. "You've already met Naruto, but here's Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura."

"Nice to meet you." Sakura beamed, smiling. Sasuke merely nodded studying the woman. "So…um, Iruka-sensei, mind introducing her to us?"

"Oh, right. Of course." Iruka said, blushing slightly. "Never thought I'd be told what to do by my students." The woman laughed a little, and Sakura grinned at them. They had to be! They simply had to be couples!

The woman whom Iruka had called Akane held out a hand to Sakura. "Name's Umino Akane." She said, smiling at her softly.

"You're married?" Sakura could not hold her astonishment. She simply gaped at the two, who froze at her words. In a split second, however they were laughing, Naruto laughing along with them. Sakura turned a little red from embarrassment.

"No, no." Akane said, shaking her head. "He's my older brother." She said.

Sakura looked at them, this time she was goggling. "Your brother?" She asked. When Iruka and Akane nodded, she turned slightly more crimson. "Oh." She said sheepishly.

"Did we look like a couple?" Akane asked, chuckling. She turned to him, jabbing her elbow into him. "Hey, I think you should stay a little away from me so some girls might not misunderstand that you are available."

"Like you have one." Iruka replied, to which he earned another jab. He looked at his former students, massaging his stomach where she had elbowed him. "She's usually on missions away from villages, and since she's an anbu, no one really sees her a lot. She just came back from a month long mission today."

Sakura took that in, peering at her again. "So you're an anbu?" She asked with curiosity. "What's it like?"

"Hard, pain in the butt." Akane replied casually. "I don't know why I let Iruka talk me into this."

"Well, you were practically asked with red carpet for you to join the anbu." Iruka said, shrugging. "And Mother and Father would have been proud."

Akane frowned at him. "Why didn't you become an anbu?" She asked.

"I like teaching." he replied.

"He couldn't be one!" Naruto piped in, laughing as Iruka hit him in the head. "Hey! Iruka-sensei!" He whined. "That hurt!"

Akane sighed, shaking her head slightly. "Hey, we were about to go eat lunch, you three want to come?" She asked, looking at the jounins. "We were going to…" She glanced at Naruto, smiling. "Ichiraku."

At that word, Naruto brightened up, hopping in joy. "Yes!" He said, jabbing the air. "Ichiraku, her I come!" He started to run forward, and turned around to them, beckoning to come faster.

They all laughed as they followed, and Sakura and Akane quickly became friends in no time. There were five year difference between them, sure, but that didn't stop them. They talked of all kind of things, and Akane asked about their positions as ninjas. Sakura she learned was now a medic-nin, second best to Tsunade who was still the Hokage. Sasuke and Naruto were among the top jounins, and together they made a good team so Sakura had informed her. Also with Kakashi in their team, they were one of the best groups around.

In return for their information Akane told them all about being an anbu. "Sometimes the missions are dreadful, but if it's for the country, I would do it." She was saying. "You know what I mean?" She asked them, smiling.

"I would, too." Naruto said between mouthfuls.

Sasuke made a face at him. "Eat with your mouth closed, and speak when your mouth is NOT full." He said as he ate.

Naruto glared at his friend, sticking a tongue at him. Even at age 17 he seemed like a child. "Make me!" He said, and slurped up more ramen.

"Akane." A voice said behind them, and the group turned to face a man in anbu outfit.

Akane raised an eyebrow. "Yes?" She asked. Seeing the mask, she frowned. She knew him; he was her fellow teammate with a tiger mask. "I thought that the mission was going to start tomorrow."

The man nodded. "Yes, but recent messages has informed us that they are on the move." He replied.

Iruka looked at his sister, alarmed. "You're leaving already?" He asked. "If I knew your job as anbu was going to be like this, I would have never talked you into it." He sighed.

Akane stood up, nodding to the man. "I'll be there in a sec." The man nodded once again and disappeared. "But I like this job." She stated to her brother, hugging him around the shoulders. "I'll see you later, and wish me luck! It's the mission I told you about earlier, so I need all the prayers I can get."

Iruka sighed once again, returning her hug. "Be careful."

"I'll see you guys later then." She said, looking at the jounins. "Hope that one day we fight on the same battle field side by side."

"Good luck, Akane-san." Sakura said, "And I hope that your mission goes well."

"Me too." She replied, and with one more smile she disappeared.

Iruka let out a deep sigh, looking gloomily at his food now. "You know, I don't see her often anymore." He said. "She's always on missions."

"But that means she's skilled to be in them." Sakura said, smiling. "Your sister must be really strong, to be an anbu that young. When did she say she joined? 17?" Iruka nodded. "You must be proud of her."

Iruka nodded to that, but he still looked gloomy. "It's just that being an anbu really…is dangerous. I thought it was for her best, since she would be able to exercise her powers the way she wants to; to protect her country. But most of the deaths come from anbu."

"Iruka-sensei, we're talking about Akane-neechan here!" Naruto said, finishing his food. "She really strong, she even got Kakashi-sensei unawares!" Sasuke raised his eyebrows. She was that strong? "She's going to be fine!"

"Yeah, I guess so." Iruka replied, looking slightly better. "Yeah, you two are right. I shouldn't worry. She can take care of herself."

"She's lucky to have a caring older brother like you." Sakura said, resuming her eating after she saw to that he was better again.

"Caring brother, eh?" Sasuke whispered. Now he realized who Akane reminded him of. Itachi. Not the looks or anything but they were about the same age, Itachi and her, and both being anbu and all. He hadn't seen Itachi since he had encountered him last time, when he was saved by Jiraiya and Naruto, and later healed by Tsunade. 'Where are you?' He thought to himself.

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"Akane?" The man who had come to get her earlier asked. He was in his anbu clothing, and so was she. They were accompanied by 5 other anbu, all camped in the forest covering Konoha.

Akane held out a finger motioning him to quiet. She looked around through her hawk mask, trying to see through the thick forest. "They are coming…" She said and placed a hand over one of her daggers at her hip belt.

"Ah. Konoha anbu." Someone said through the forest, and the anbu tensed. They huddled in a circle, their backs facing each other. "Is this a welcome party?"

"You stay well away from Konoha!" Akane growled, looking around trying to locate her enemies.

"Temper, temper, temper!" The voice laughed, and two figures approached the group. They both wore a black cloak, red swirls imprinted on them.

"Uchia Itachi." Akane breathed, glaring at the man in front of her. "Traitor of Konoha."

Akanishi-San: Oooooh! Suspense! Haha. Okay, so Itachi's partner is Kisame, but I wanted to end it this way. And it's so weird because my earlier fic had a character named Akagane (a dragon in my KakashixOc fic A Change in Life) and it confuses me with Akane and Akagane. But, I had this planned for a while and I like the name so I didn't change it.

Anywho, how was the intro? Please review!