SPOILERS IN THIS FANFIC! DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE LATEST NARUTO CHAPTERS.

This fanfic took a little longer to make. . First reason is that it's already school days; second, it took me some time to decide on Itachi's lover's name. But in the end, I didn't name her because she might be mentioned in the future chapters but I had a hunch that she's an Uchiha too but a distant cousin of Sasuke and Itachi.

I had no idea how to start this chapter but please do review, it helps a lot. XD

Anyway…

THAT GIRL

She was a shy and silent girl. An Uchiha too; her black hair and dark eyes made her beauty shine through her impenetrable silence.

She and Itachi met when the two walked home. She was carrying a lot of books.

"Doumo," The thirteen year old Itachi greeted. "I'll carry that for you." He said, gesturing at her book-laden arms.

"Eh?" She said, confusedly. "Oh…Arigatou." She blushed.

"Are you going to be a medical shinobi?" Itachi asked as he walked beside her, referring to her books.

She nodded.

"You could at least say 'yes'." He said, laughing lightly. "I see you going home everyday and I'd like to hear what your voice sounds like."

"Uhm…" She answered embarrassingly. "Yes, I am."

They walked in silence once again.

"I think we were classmates before." Itachi said a little while later. "You sat behind me."

"Yes." She replied timidly.

"I hope I can talk to you like this everyday. I see you a lot, but you're not around with much people you know." He continued. "Meet me here tomorrow at the same time."

She looked confused but agreed all the same. He knew that she was an Uchiha too.

After that the two thirteen year olds started meeting daily on the same time and place. As they met everyday, she became more and more talkative, releasing her years of solitude.

"ANBU?" she said one afternoon, surprised and impressed at the same time. "You're going to be an ANBU captain?"

"Yes." Itachi replied nodding and smiling. "I'm starting tomorrow."

"It seems like you're going to be busy." She said, looking a little more serious now. "You won't have much time spending with Sasuke-chan."

Itachi remained silent for awhile and then said, "It's alright, even if it's awhile. It's okay if it's just a short while can spend time with my little brother."

The two walked in silent again. She noticed a red book sticking out of his bag. Without thinking, she took out and tried to open it. Itachi saw it and grabbed it out of her hand.

"Hey! Don't look at someone's notebook without their permission." He said firmly and rather angrily.

"I-I'm so sorry." She apologized, looking ashamed. "I didn't mean to—it was sticking out of your bag and I—"

"Don't open it just because it was sticking out of my bag."

She noticed that Itachi looked offended. It made her feel guilty.

"I'm so sorry." She apologized again sadly.

The following day, Itachi didn't meet her on their meeting place.

She sat at the base of the tree where Itachi usually greets her. She hugged her knees and thought that he must've been so offended of what she did that he didn't want to see her again. She thought that he hated her for what she did the other day. Two hours passed and it was getting dark. She didn't move from her spot; she kept thinking about Itachi, on how he was so friendly towards her, on he talked to her, on how he noticed her when no one did. Her first friend.

"I'm sorry." She said softly to no one in particular, but Itachi's kind, smiling face swam in her mind.

She stayed in her spot for another hour. She doesn't want to go home anyway. She lost her parents and her younger brother years ago. Who was there in her house to greet her?

"What're still doing out here at this late?" said a voice she wanted to hear at that time. She looked up.

It was Itachi.

"There was an emergency meeting Hokage-sama had with us ANBUs that's why I came late." He explained.

She scrambled to her feet and rubbed her eyes, but she wasn't crying.

"What is it? What's wrong?" he asked. She looked so sad as if she was about to cry.

"I love you, Itachi-kun." She said suddenly. Her voice was so sincere and quiet but those words seemed like it fell out of her thoughts. "I love you."

Itachi froze and stared at her. Then he pulled her in his embrace.

"Hey…we're not really cousins are we?" he asked her rather desperately.

"I-I don't think so." She answered, surprised that Itachi embraced her.

"This isn't incest is it?" he pressed, still embracing her.

"I don't know." She answered uncertainly.

"I hope this won't complicate things a bit…."

A/N:this isn't complete yet...please wait for the second chapter.

Okay...the usual on my romance stories: I had no idea how to end this chapter...the same goes for the start. I had more ideas on the second. Please consider. I'd appreciate the reviews; it really helps me A LOT. I might edit this in the future.