Prologue

Kana's breath exploded from her mouth in a quick, cold cloud of white. The snow beneath her feet crunched like dry bones as she ran across the frozen lake, as she ran for her life...

"Almost there," she told herself. Looking behind her, her eyes widened in surprise as she watch in horror. "He's gaining on me," Kana Hatake scream helplessly in her mind. Shutting her eyes tightly, she turned her head back towards her destination. The eight year old pressed her lips together in a thin line, hoping to suppress the scream she had been so desperately trying to hold in. She needed to focus on the goal ahead of her; the abandoned warehouse.

The sound of the running footsteps neared and now she could smell the rusty scent of blood rolling off her pursuer.

"I have to get to the warehouse! I know I'll be safe there!" Kana heard herself think franticly. Jumping onto the walkway, the teen ran until she finally got to the old house. She grasped the cold metal handles and pulled with all her strength only to fall backwards into the cold snow. Snapping her head up to glare at the door she noticed the handles were iced. "Of course," she said under her breath. Violently pulling her mittens off with her teeth, she exposed her small, pink hands to the arctic air. Kana got up and pulled at the door again. It opened reluctantly.

"Yes!" she breathed a sigh of relief, letting yet another puffy cloud spill from her cold, red lips. The girl ran in and leaned against the metal door with all her strength. She had just enough time to hear the man that has been chasing her pull on the door knob. He flung it open easily, sending Kana flying to the ground in the process.

"Kya!" Kana's tiny body hit the back of the metal tin wall and she fell to the ground with a thud. Her side was screaming in pain and she could feel the hot sticky liquid dripping down it.

Opening her eyes a little she saw the fuzzy outline of a man walking standing over her. She tried crawling backwards, but only met the cold dead end of the wall. Looking past the man, she saw that the door was still slowly closing. Her only hope left was slowly fading away. The light in the warehouse was almost gone and was just about completely black. Then she heard the man chuckle. He sounded so far away, yet she knew he was right there. His breath was on her face and the scent was disgusting. She would never be able to look at peppermints the same way if she survived this. Kana took one last frantic glance at the closing door

'There has to be some way out!'

Kana turned her scared eyes back to the man who was now bending down to grasp her throat. Kana's breath's were quick and shallow now as he began squeezing the life out of her protesting body.

'What am I thinking?' She looked up through long tunnels "He just killed his whole clan in less than two hours! I can't win!" The man above her chuckled when she looked longingly at the door.

"Don't think you can escape me now Kana..." he purred

"I'm not going to run," she gasped out.

The door was almost closed now. About an inch left.

"I'm going to fight you."

Half an inch!

"And I will win!" The door closed with a riveting bang. With the strength she had left she bit down on the man's arm. His grip loosened just enough for her to get away. Kana jumped up and did a messy flip over Uchiha Itachi.

After staring at her in anger, he tried to recompose himself.

"You don't actually think you could kill me. I mean, I am your little boyfriend's brother. Would you be willing to hurt him like that?" His sarcasm was leaking through his voice like venom.

Kana's serious expression quickly turned to one of despair.

"Your right," she said with a sad frown, "there's no way I could do that to Sasuke."

Itachi smiled demonically.

"But then again," Itachi's smile dropped, "I can at least capture you and turn you in!" Itachi laughed hysterically.

"You? You think you can turn me in? That's rich! At least Sasuke was smart enough to beg me not to kill him! You're only a little eight year old!" Kana had to admit, she was taken aback by this statement, so she quickly did some handseals.

"Kaiton: Fire Jutsu!"

The little flame did nothing but singe his cloak a little. Little Kana was terrified. She slowly stumbled back towards the door, wanting nothing more than to escape.

"I thought you were going to capture me?" The sound of blade being drawn tore the girls hopes apart. Little Kana's eyes were wide with terror. Itachi grinned.

"You should have begged me when you had the chance, you stupid girl."

Kana only had time to think about one thing before Itachi reached her.

"Sasuke, I love you!"

There was a sudden, deep and excruciating pain on her back. She didn't even have time to scream before her body hit the ground. Kana could feel the warm blood running against her snow cold skin. Everything was getting dark. Kana helplessly laid there as her body slowly went numb. She could hear Itachi in the distance, leavening.

"Goodbye Kana." He stopped and looked down at her blood body. "This will be the last time."