About a Girl

As I packed the few belongings I wanted to take with me on this journey I would be making to my parent's home Village. I found the one photo that I knew had to come with me. It was a picture of me when I was a few days old my father was holding me with a loving look in his eyes and my mother laid in the hospital bed staring at us. Yes this was going with me, not only as my favorite picture of us but as proof of who my parents were. My father died before I could even know him, at one point I asked my mother how did it happen. She said he died protecting us, but now that I am twenty years of age I know the truth. The whole truth of who my father really was and what he had done. I wasn't mad about it nor was I mad that it was my own uncle who had been the one to kill him. They both had their reasons, what's done is done. My uncle was now the only family I had left, I also knew he had a daughter and was married.

I took one last look around the house my parents had built to be my home. Now with my mother gone I felt it was time to move on from here and let the world know that I existed. I, Hatsuharu Uchiha, am the one and only child of Itachi and Izumi Uchiha.

My journey to Konaha was about a two week walk when the gates of the village I was going to came into view I was great full the journey was over. Upon reaching said gates I was stopped by the guards.

"Excuse me Miss, but we need to see some sort of identification please."

"Of course."

I removed my hood and reached into my bag and pulled out my identification for them to verify who I was. They looked at it, looked at me, then looked back down at my picture and read the information again.

"This has to be a joke."

"No, it's very real. My name is Hatsuharu Uchiha."

"Give us a moment."

They both walked back to the desk and one of them reached for the phone mounted on the wall. Not but a moment or so later a shinobi dressed in black with armor over his clothes and a mask covering his face showed up.

"Miss I am here to escort you to the Hokage's office. Please follow me."

"Okay,"

I followed the masked man not bothering to put my hood back up even though there was a light drizzle of rain in the air. He walked briskly and I was almost at a run to keep up with him, I think he noticed because he slowed down a bit. It was about a twenty minute walk from the gates to reach what I assumed was the Hokage Tower. The masked man opened the door and held it for me to go in first.

"This way Miss,"

He walked to the left of the door and I saw there was an elevator. We both got in and rode almost to the top of the building.

"It's not much further, come on."

I continued to follow him in silence. We reached a door and he knock before being allowed to enter. Once inside I saw a blonde haired man sitting behind a desk, I assume he must be the Hokage. Standing next to that man was another with his hair on top his head like a pineapple.

"Is this her?"

"Yes My Lord."

"Thank you, you can leave us now."

"Yes Sir."

The masked man left the room and I was alone with the other two.

"The guards at the gate say your name is Hatsuharu Uchiha."

"Yes Sir it is."

"And do you have proof of this. If you don't mind me asking?"

"No, I have my identification papers and a picture of myself as a child with my parents."

I reached into my bag once more to get my papers and the photos I had. I walked up to the desk and handed them to the Hokage. As he looked through the pictures he spoke.

"Are these real? Izumi Uchiha died during the Uchiha Massacre."

"My father was a genjutsu specialist Lord Hokage. It would have been very easy for him to fake my mother's death."

"Then how do we know these things aren't fake. If you really are Itachi's daughter it would be very easy to change real documents and photo to look the way you want."

This came from the man with the pineapple hair.

"I didn't tamper with them. They're not fake, they're…"

"That's enough, Hatsuharu."

A hand squeezed slightly on my shoulder, when I turned my head I saw it was my uncle. I bowed my head and let my uncle speak.

"Naruto, it's real all of it. She is Itachi and Izumi's daughter."

"You knew this whole time Sasuke."

"My brother still has more enemies then we can count. I kept her and Izumi a secret from everyone."

"Sakura?"

"I have just recently told her about Hatsuharu."

"I can prove it even more."

I said and as I did my eyes bled the red of the Sharingan. They were fully matured and had been that way since I was eight. Yet even though I was able to unlock my Sharingan at an early age it still drained me of chakra and energy very quickly.

"You can turn it off now, I think they get it."

My uncle first spoke to me then turned his attention to the two men standing in the room.

"I'm taking her to Sakura and I will be back to discuss the details of her staying here permanently."

"Sasuke, the Village won't be too happy about this."

My uncle turned his eye to the pineapple haired man.

"She is my family, I'm not going to leave her on her own now that Izumi has passed. Let's go."

We walked out of the office and down the stairs rather than the elevator. When we got outside he finally spoke to me.

"I'm going to take you to my wife and you will stay there until I can clear things up with your papers."

"Understood."

As we walked another person or actually the same person with the face mask stopped in front of us.

"Lord Uchiha I have been asked to escort the two of you home and stay there while you speak with Lord Hokage."

"This is Shikamaru's doing. Fine just don't get in my wife's way while you're there."

"Yes Sir."

We continued our walk through the market and to a district that was lined with apartment complexes.

"The girls are staying in an apartment for now because my wife broke the house. It is being rebuilt as we speak once it's done you'll have your own room but at the moment you will share with Sarada."

"Do they know I'm coming?"

I said as we walked up the stairs to the right apartment.

"Yes and no, I had hoped you would have waited for me to come and get you. I am sorry though that I was not there when Izumi died. I'm sorry you had to go through that alone."

"It's alright Uncle, I understand."

He nodded his head and then opened the door to the apartment.

"Sakura."

He called to his wife.

"You're back, you left in a hurry Sas.."

She trailed off when she saw me, the way her eyes widened made it look like she'd seen a ghost.

"Oh, hello."

"Sakura this is Hatsuharu Uchiha, my niece."

"Oh, Sasuke I thought,"

She stopped speaking and shook her head.

"It's nice to finally meet you."

"Yes dear you as well. Sasuke she is.."

"I know, almost an exact replica of my brother."

"She's staying with us?"

"Yes,"

"Okay. Come on dear I'll show you to Sarada's room the two of you will have to share for now."

When I moved to follow her there was a knock and a voice that came from the other side of the door.

"Sasuke-Nii, Sasuke-Nii."

My uncle went to answer it and revealed a male shinobi on the other side.

"What is it Konohamaru?"

"Naruto-Nii is waiting for you."

The man looked around my uncle and saw me. His eyes almost fell out of his head, no doubt he had thought the same thing everyone else does when they see me.

"Hey who's…."

"Sakura I will be back later. I have some things to finish."

"Yes dear, we'll see you later. Come on Hatsuharu."

I followed her with my eyes still on the male shinobi who I was going to assume was Konohamaru.

"Hi,"

He tried to talk to me but my uncle pushed his aside and they left.

"Come now dear let's get you settled in. Sarada will be home later she is in class right now at the academy."

"Okay,"

"So it is a bit small but this is only temporary for now, Sasuke and I already have a room being factored into the rebuild of the house so you won't have to share with Sarada."

"Thank you,"

"I'll let you get settled in, and when you done we can go to the market and get with what to make dinner."

"Sounds good I won't be too long."

Sakura left me in the room to put my things down. There was a dresser and second futon in the room, they had been expecting me, just not yet. I set my bag down and pulled the storage scrolls from it. I opened them up and undid the released the jutsu so as to get my belongs from them. It did not take me long to put my clothes away and few other belonging set up on the dresser. I walked back to the front of the apartment to where Sakura was.

"I'm all done."

"Great lets get going. Do you have anything special you like to eat?"

"Not really, I'm not picky about food."

"Okay, well if you see anything you are more than welcome to get it."

"Thank you."

I kept my cloak on because it was still raining slightly outside, Sakura grabbed a cloak as well. It was weird walking around the Village and not trying to hide who I was. Like my uncle had exclaimed I looked more like my father then my mother. But here, here so far no one looked at me like they'd seen a ghost.

"Okay so now that we have with what to make dinner, why don't we pick up something's to help make you feel more comfortable at the apartment."

"You don't have to do that Aunt Sakura, I am perfectly fine with the things I have."

"None sense, you are our family. I do not mind providing for you. Now if you would like to get a job that is fine as well. Do you have any special skills or shinobi training?"

"My mother didn't like the thought of me being a shinobi but I do have a little training."

"Well we can see if Naruto can maybe have a rank test set up for you, this way you would be able to take on missions and make a little money for yourself. But it's really no pressure, like I said Sasuke and I don't mind providing for you until you find your place in the Village."

"Thank you, I have some medical training as well."

"Oh that is perfect, we could always use more help at the hospital. Good reliable help is so hard to find these days. Most of the young people around here think it's an easy job, and they cut out when it gets too busy for them."

"Well you won't have to worry about me. My mother said I work best when things get too busy."

"Yes, yes this is very good. So maybe tomorrow while Sarada is at the academy we can stop in at the hospital and get the paperwork ready for you to start work there."

"That would be nice."

We finished with our shopping in the market then returned home. As I put way the groceries my aunt started dinner. My uncle still had not returned when Sakura came close to finishing dinner, when I heard the door open I had thought it was him. But it turned out to be my cousin Sarada.

"Mom, who's this?"

"Oh, Sarada you're home. This Hatsuharu your cousin, remember your father and I told you she would be coming to live with us."

"Oh. Hi, it's nice to meet you."

"And you as well Sarada."

"Mom! The food is burning."

I looked over to the stove and saw that in deed the food she was cooking had started burning.

"Mom, you should have just waited for me to get home."

"I wanted to do something nice considering your cousin will be living with us now."

"It's okay aunt Sakura I appreciate the consideration."

Sarada was looking over the mess that was made.

"I might be able to salvage this. Where's dad?"

"He is at the Hokage's office discussing Hatsuharu becoming a citizen of the Village."

"So he will be home late."

"No, he's been there most of the day so when he does come home he's going to be hungry."

"Then I will start to try and save our dinner."

"We will get out of your way Dear. Come Haru let's finish getting you settled into the room."

"Okay,"

The two of us walked to the room I would be sharing with Sarada. My uncle finally came home shortly after and we all ate dinner together. I was also given my official papers as a citizen of the Village of Konohagakure. Late in the evening we retired to our rooms to sleep, Sarada had done so early because she had school the next morning. So when I went to our room I tried to stay as quiet as possible so not to wake her. I wasn't sure what the next day would bring or any other. All I knew was that I had a family who I was going to protect this time.