Conflicting Hearts

A/N: One time for the one time. This is CLEAR OCxCanon (maybe even CanonxOCxCanon) fanfic. We all need to live out our inner fangirls. This is an AU Naruto story. There are things that may or may not be aligned with Naruto-lore and things of the like. If you do not LIKE or DESPISE OC stories, go ahead and please leave and not give the story a chance. I appreciate any suggestions or reviews that are meaningful and not downright trashy/negative. Honestly, we have enough of that offline. I'm saying this once:

I don't own Naruto or anything. I own the OCs. This story I'm working on a whim, but trying to get it together as best as I can. (I'm juggling 10 fanfics, sue me)

Also note, this may or may not become a love triangle so if you're also not into those, you may not want to continue. I'm still teeter-tottering on it. OK.

Thank you so much for giving this story a time of day. I really appreciate it!

"I can't believe it's your first day!" A teenage girl had squealed, nearly jumping up and down from excitement. Her tied hair had flown with her, moving gracefully as she moved herself to the little girl. Pouting, the little girl shook her head as she tightened the straps on her hips. "I'm not. I'm perfectly fine staying home and learning here." She huffed, though the teenage girl laughed. "C'mon Kagami. That's no attitude to have. You're going to meet all the other kids your age and see what they're capable of." Groaning, the girl had sat down after the two blades behind her were strapped on tightly, putting her sandals on. "I guess. I still think I can just stay home."

"Now now, Kagami. Listen to your sister on this one. You'll get to know all the other kids that may be your potential teammates. I know that the Uchiha's kid is going today as well." He joked, the teenage girl, known as Okani, squealed once more. "Does that mean that Itachi-san will be there? You know, to give Sasuke-kun a sendoff to school?!" She questioned, receiving a sigh from Kagami. The young girl knew that her older sister was crushing entirely on the older Uchiha brother and that she took every opportunity she could to see him. After all, they were both jounins, though they were on separate teams. Every moment she saw him, she immediately felt drawn to him somehow.

"He might be. You know those two are usually together." Their father, a rather built middle-aged man with short-cut dark purple hair, replied. He had been dressed in a male's yukata, traditional wear was the norm in the Abaharashi Clan. With another cheer from Okani, the two girls had set off, their father waving at them. "Have a nice day."

Kagami had walked normally compared to her sister who was going on about what to do if she sees Itachi. "Should I ask him to breakfast? Oh!? Should I try to pass Sasuke-kun off to you? Ahhh! What if we walk next to each other while walking you both!?" Sighing, Kagami shook her head, wanting to hear no more of her sister's possible interaction with Itachi. Her sister had been a good foot taller than she was, her lighter purple, almost lavender, colored hair shimmered in the sunlight. She had it up in a high ponytail, wearing beige shorts and a black sweater than hugged her body. She wore her headband in a traditional manner, covering her forehead. Normally the girl would carry her katana that would rest behind her and sit at her lower back, but she had no reason to bring it today. As her sister continued on, Kagami tried to drown her sister out by focusing her attention elsewhere.

Sure, they were close with the family, but that was only because they were one of the top customers for their family business. They were one of the most powerful clans in the village, as they were the special forces police for Konoha. Naturally, the weapons provider and task force should be well acquainted. The Abaharashi had other connections with the other clans, though none were as well connected as these two.

The Abaharashi Clan were excellent in their swordsmanship and craft. Their main selling were various katanas, though their other weaponry were practically on par as well. The steel that they personally mined for, for generations were their strengths and it also didn't help that their fire style jutsus were also a wonder. They had been the only clan with the idea to incorporate chakra within a fire-style jutsu, something that was ingenious. The Abaharashi clansmen were born with a naturally large internal storage for chakra. Using most of it to sustain them as they used fire-breathing techniques to create the blades they were renowned for, eventually the clan came with the idea of adding chakra to the mix, creating the blue flames.

Regardless of this, Kagami didn't seem to realize just what was exactly expected of her. Her only sibling Okani was to be the heir of the clan, seeing as they were the only two children of the head household. Everyone had expected that Okani would be this person, seeing as her whole life she was prepared to do so. Exceling at the Academy, become a successful chuunin, now jounin, it seemed that her sister's excellence only grew.

Unlike her.

Kagami didn't have the praise of her parents or other clansmen's interest. When she would enter a room, she would be greeted and shown respect as she was still the daughter of the clan leader, however, when her sister would enter it seemed all eyes and attention were at her beckon call. At first the young sister couldn't help but be jealous. Trying to either make herself weaker than her sister to gain pity, or even to do silly things to get the attention she longed for. Regardless, she chose to accept that this was her fate; to be the second-rate daughter of the Abaharashi clan. Accepting this, she pushed forward, wanting to grow stronger to atleast be of use to her clan in the future…to help with her sister when she became the new clan leader.

"Ah, there they are!" Okani had cheerfully said as she waved to the two Uchiha brothers walking just across from them. "Itachi-san!" She called out, grabbing the raven head's attention who waved back, halting his little brother to allow the two girls to meet with them.

"Ah, Okani-san. Kagami-chan. Heading to the academy?" He questioned, giving a small smile to both girls. Okani had practically swooned as she nodded her head quickly. Kagami sighed to herself as she looked at the taller Uchiha. "You must be excited right? Since it's your first day and all." He said to her, though in response, she huffed. Her older sister, seemingly embarrassed by her behavior, wanted to hit the girl. "It's nothing special. I would prefer to just study at home." Kagami had admitted seriously.

A chuckle escaped Itachi as he listened to the girl's response. He had always found the youngest daughter of the Abaharashi to be kept to herself. In fact, it was interesting that she was such a distant child, yet his brother had been the opposite. Sasuke was always clinging to him, wanting to go everywhere, train all the time with him. He was even excited to go to the academy to learn about new things that he didn't learn with Itachi. Smiling to himself, Itachi looked down to see Sasuke staring at the young Kagami. "Sasuke. Aren't you going to say hello?" His older brother teased. Sasuke nodded and lifted a hand as a greeting.

"It's been awhile, Kagami-chan." He said, getting the girl's attention. Her bright sunset colored eyes looked at him as she nodded. "It hasn't been that long." She corrected him, though Itachi couldn't help but laugh. "I'm sure you guys will have a great time at the academy. I remember when your sister was in my class." Itachi said to the smaller girl. The group had started to walk and talk, continuing their conversation which seemed to keep the younger kids' attention.

"Ahh. Those were the easy days." Okani had said, her hands held themselves behind her back. "Yes. Not that many missions. Only D or C rank." "With only having to worry about getting better." She chimed with him, as they both nodded and laughed amongst themselves. Before they knew it, Sasuke and Kagami had walked ahead of the two as they chatted, deciding to talk amongst themselves.

"Whose class are you in?" Kagami had asked, tilting her head slightly to look at him. The raven-haired boy was slightly taller than she, wearing his usual high-collared blue shirt with beige shorts. She hadn't seen the boy for a couple of weeks. Granted, the two did live at different ends of the village and she only really saw him when her father would make her come to understand how their relationship was with the Uchihas.

There were a couple of times where she would see the two brothers together, whether for training to just hanging around. She had joined them a handful of times, though she realized that she was mostly there to listen to them.

Sasuke had turned to Kagami, giving her his attention as he replied, "Iruka-sensei. How about you?" Her brows lifted as she gasped, "Me too. That's good to know I'll know one person." She said thankfully. When the group had reached the gates of the school, Itachi and Okani had stopped in their tracks, grinning to their younger siblings. "Alright you guys. This is where we say, see ya!" Okani said cheerfully as Kagami shook her head, knowing that her sister was going to try and spend her free time with the older Uchiha. Itachi looked at Sasuke and said to him, "Have a good day today." Sasuke nodded, and turned on his heel, Kagami looking at her sister as she continued to smile at her. "Go on." Okani urged her until finally she followed Sasuke.

"Say, Itachi-san?"

"Hm?"

"What do you say to breakfast? If you're not busy or anything." Okani's blush seemed to surface as she asked. Her eyes trailed to look at him, seeing as he smiled to her.

"I've already eaten…but we can grab something small." He suggested, earning a quick nod as she grabbed his hand and pulled him along to leave.

The two children had entered the classroom, seeing it half-full of some familiar and unfamiliar faces. Sasuke had been bombarded with some girls of the class that found him utterly cute while he attempted to make his way to the back corner of the class. Kagami, meanwhile, looked around and saw a couple of people she recognized.

"Ah! Shikamaru-kun, Kiba-kun." She waved to them, bringing the two boys from their conversation with each other to give her a slight wave.

"So, you're in this class too, huh." Shikamaru said, the girl nodding, replying, "Who would've thought we would all be in the same class."

"Atleast we'll have friends amongst the losers." Kiba tried to joke, though Kagami folded her arms across her chest. "That's mean. Who are the losers?" She questioned, watching his eyes travel to the group of girls that surrounded Sasuke as he made his way to finally sit in the top corner of the class.

"You better be talking about the girls." Sounding as if to warn them, Shikamaru smirked, joking with her. "Why? You don't think Sasuke is a loser?"

Kagami shook her head. "He's just minding his own business. Plus, the girls clearly have their heads with fantasy and not with being a shinobi." She huffed. Both boys chuckled, knowing it would get a rise out of the violet haired girl. "Alright, alright. Everyone take a seat." A booming voice came through the sliding door. A tall man with a scar across his nose came, walking with a notebook of a sort as he moved to the head of the class. The girl quickly moved to sit at the top with Sasuke, wanting to enjoy the breeze of the opened window that was next to him.

Sasuke looked at her, whispering, "Why are you next to me? Don't you wanna sit with your friends." He motioned to Kiba and Shikamaru, but the girl leaned over, whispering back, "Nah. Kiba will eventually annoy me and we'll both get on Shikamaru's nerves. Plus," She pointed at the window, "There's the nice breeze you have here." He stared at her for a second, before shaking his head, giving up on picking on her seating preference.

"Okay…let's here who's here..." Iruka had begun calling out names for roll, the students waiting to hear the names on who was going to be in their class. Kagami had been the first name on the list, waving her hand slightly to gesture to herself. Onwards the name calling went, that is, until the door slammed open.

Huffing and puffing, a certain infamous blonde boy had walked in. He had been covered in paint on his clothes and face, though that didn't stop him from grinning at the teacher. "I made it on time!" He said aloud, though some students laughed, Iruka had been the one yelled at him. "On time?! You're late, Naruto! Go sit down!" The teacher scolded him, Naruto shrugging, making a mean face at the jounin and moved to take a seat at the other end of class, sitting himself in the middle of an empty row.

Kagami had watched Naruto as he took his seat. The young Abaharshi girl never met him personally or talked to him. Her father had told her to avoid him, saying it was 'best not to get close' though she never understood why. Sure, maybe it was because he was always causing a ruckus wherever he went, or maybe because he was pranking everyone that he became a pain in the ass to all the jounins. Whatever the case, Kagami didn't see anything wrong with it. He was an orphan, losing both his parents and had no one on his side. If anything, Kagami had felt sorry for the blonde.

Drawing her thoughts to a close, she turned to Iruka who had begun the lesson for the day. Sighing, she propped an elbow on the desk, resting her cheek on her open hand as she listened boringly to the lecture.

This was going to be a long day.

"Finally!" Kiba stretched, reaching his hands to the air as class had finally ended. "Hey, want to go play at the park?" He asked Shikamaru, who nodded. "Sure, why not?" He said. The two had started to leave as he turned to Kagami who moved down the steps and headed to the door. "Oi, Kagami. Wanna play with us at the park?" Kiba asked, though the girl shook her head.

"Sorry. My sister is waiting for me." She told them, and they nodded, heading out first. Sasuke had walked behind Kagami, seeing her turn her head to see if Naruto had left the classroom as well, which he did. She didn't even recall him leaving that quick.

"Oi, watch where you're going." Sasuke said, watching as she stumbled over herself. He managed to grab her arm to stop her from falling forward, though Kagami chuckled to herself. "Sorry sorry."

The girls had continued to call Sasuke from behind, though he made no effort to turn around. "Your fangirls are calling you." Kagami joked, though the Uchiha shrugged. "I'm not going back there. They'll hold me up for the rest of the night." A small laugh escaped the girl as she nodded. "You're probably right. Ah, there's Itachi-san."

Itachi had been leaning against the school's outer fence, waiting to pick up his little brother. "Ah." The older Uchiha said to himself as he waved at the two kids who walked towards him. Kagami had waved, though Sasuke gave him a nod.

"Kagami-chan. Your sister wanted me to tell you she couldn't get you from school. She got called on a mission earlier." He told her. "Oh…" Kagami said, trying to hide the disappointment in her tone. She had wanted to tell her sister about class and who she had. Itachi, noticing the young girl's change in expression, had offered her, "We can walk you back home if you want." The girl looked up, smiling softly and shook her head. "No, it's okay. I'll see you guys tomorrow?" Itachi nodded. "Okani-san said that to come by and pick you up and take you to school." The girl pouted. "Okani-neesan thinks I'm small and helpless but I am not!"

Itachi laughed, shaking his head. "But…if she said so, then I guess it's…okay." Kagami gave up, the older Uchiha nodded his head. "Okay. Then we'll see you tomorrow." He turned, Sasuke nodded, saying to her, "See you."

Kagami gave him a small wave, saying back, "See you."

Sighing, the young girl started to walk home, taking her sweet time. Her home was further away than the Uchiha's complex, so it was a miracle that they would come to pick her up. 'Maybe Itachi-san does like Okani-neesan…' The young girl told herself as she walked. The sun had begun to set behind her, seeing her shadow grow darker in front of her.

"S-Stop!" She had heard a faint cry. Kagami halted herself, straining herself to listen for the cry once more. "I said stop! Leave me alone!" There it was again. This had made the girl bolt, running towards the sound she heard. Turning the fenced corner, she saw that there was a bench and forest clearing behind. The voice had gotten a little louder as she ran, realizing it was coming from the forest.

Hopping the fence that separated the woods from the dirt road, Kagami darted. She saw a familiar blonde hair on the ground, holding himself as three kids, seemingly larger than the boy and herself picking on the small boy. "See? That's what you get for letting that kid go." "Yeah! You're so annoying why don't you just die." One boy said menacingly. Kagami, shaking her head stepped forward, yelling at the boys. "Oi! Leave that boy alone!" The three looked, seeing the young violet hair girl with her hands on her hips. The boys started to laugh, seeing the small girl speak up to them. "Why don't you go home and play with your dolls." "Yeah! Mind your business." They teased her. Scoffing, Kagami had yelled again, "I'm telling you right now! You better quit it or you'll get hurt." She tried to warn them, though they looked at her. "Hurt us?" One boy questioned, laughing at her statement.

Kagami nodded. She had reached for one of her small daggers that rested behind her on a holster that made an 'X' on her front. "That's right! So you better quit it!" Her hand gripped the handle of the dagger, slowly pulling it out, and the boys realized that she was serious.

"C-C'mon guys! We don't need to bother with a psycho and a loser!" One boy said, motioning for the other two to follow suit. "Y-Yeah! You'll regret this!" Another had said before the three ran off. Sighing, the girl let go of the blade and hurried over to the blonde.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked, the boy pulling from his huddled position to reveal that it was a familiar face.

"N-Naruto-kun?" Kagami gasped. The boy, raising a brow asked. "You know me?"

The girl nodded. "We're both in Iruka's class together. I was sitting next to Sasuke." She told him, Naruto pondering the idea. "Ah! I remember."

The girl stood up, offering him a hand to help him to his feet. "Anyways. Are you okay? What happened between you guys?" She questioned. Naruto's hand reached out, taking hers as she helped him to his feet. He dusted himself as he told her, "I'm okay. They were picking on some kid for his money, so I stopped them. The kid got away, luckily, but well…" He trailed off, the girl understanding the rest of the story. "I see."

"But, thank you! That was the first time someone had actually stopped to help me." He admitted to her, Kagami furrowing her brows in confusion. "What do you mean?" She asked him. Naruto sighed, recalling other times where he was attacked by other kids on several other occasions. "A lot of other kids jump me sometimes. I always yell for someone to help since the kids are bigger than me, but no one seems to come." He explained.

The girl looked saddened, feeling pity for the boy that was her age. "That's terrible." She told him, though he shrugged. "I mean, everyone avoids me, so now I just wait until they get bored of beating me up." Biting her lip, Kagami looked at him, her eyes full of compassion as she told him. "That's not right! Look, if someone picks on you again, you tell me! I'll beat them up for you!" She told him. The blonde simply blinked at her response before grinning widely. He had suddenly felt his stomach in knots, feeling…happy that someone had something so kind for once.

"You're funny. You don't have to—"

"No! It's not right for other kids to do that! Don't worry, I, Abaharashi Kagami shall make sure that you, Uzumaki Naruto will not be bullied by those losers!" The girl placed a fist on her heart, as if to pledge.

"Abaharashi…wait! You're…you're Abaharashi Kagami?!" Naruto exclaimed, the girl looked at him and nodded. "Yeah. So?"

"So?! Your otou-san is one of the best weapons maker in the entire village!" She nodded. "Yep."

"Woah…that's cool." He told her, earning a laugh from her. "You're funny, Naruto-kun." The girl smiled, motioning for them to leave.

"It's nice to meet you though…I gotta get going. I might get scolded for coming home late." Kagami told him, Naruto nodded. "O-okay, Kagami-chan. I'll see you tomorrow?"

She nodded as the two left the forest area and got back to the dirt road. "See you!" She waved to him as she ran off, heading back home.

It was too bad her sister wouldn't be home tonight to listen to her stories of today.