Hey there people! First story so don't be mean! Comments are greatly appreciated. NO FLAMES!!! If you flame your comments will just be ignored. This story features an oc. If you don't like that you are welcome to leave.
Disclaimer: I DON"T OWN ANYTHING!!! The only thing I own is my oc and her family.
Chapter One
It was dark in the Konoha forest as it would soon be night. The shadows of the trees danced on the ground to the rhythm of the wind. Two small figures made their way down the path as they headed home. They were cold and hungry, yet they would rather stay in the forest than go back to what was supposed to be their home. They knew that when they arrived they would be beaten for arriving so late and would have to sleep on the cold, bare ground without food.
Even knowing this Kouji Hatori who was eight years old and a genin held the hand of his six year old little sister, Rei and headed home. Whatever his step-mother wanted to do she could do to him, but she wouldn't harm Rei, he would make sure of that. They walked into the house and he stood in front of Rei so that he would take the blow that they were met with.
"Nii-san!!!" Rei cried out.
"Rei stay back!" Kouji said.
She stayed where she was watching her brother stand up ready to defend her.
Their step-mother looked furious.
"How dare you show up this late after I've told you not to! After all that I've done for you, you still wish to defy me."
"What have you ever done for us? You've done nothing but make our lives miserable. You won't even let my little sister go to the ninja academy because you're afraid that she'll be more powerful than you. You know that she can become much stronger than you and you're afraid of her because of that aren't you?"
"That is not true. The reason I don't allow her to attend the academy is because she is weak. She will never be able to become a shinobi."
"That's not true!"
"Shut up!"
She punched him in the stomach and he coughed up blood.
I am so tired of you two ungrateful little brats. I'm going to get rid of you once and for all!"
She grabbed a kunai knife and rushed at Rei.
"I'll start with you!"
Rei raised her arms to protect herself and closed her eyes waiting for the pain, but it didn't come. She opened her eyes and felt tears run down her cheeks.
Her brother stood before her. The kunai that was meant for her was embedded in his chest above his heart.
"Nii-san!!!"
She ran to him as he fell to the floor, blood trickling down the side of his mouth.
" Rei …run and…get help….Be a good …shinobi…." he gasped.
"Don't bother running girl you can't get away from me."
Rei sat there on the ground, fear visible in her eyes as her step mother approached her.
Suddenly all of the pain that she had caused her and all of the hate that she felt towards her woke something that had long ago been sealed away. As she stood up, even with tears in her eyes the hatred that she felt was evident.
"Don't tell me that you're going to try to fight back now. Just give up, you don't stand a chance."
Rei stood there staring at her step-mother. Her stare made shivers run down her spine and she rushed at Rei with a kunai in hand. She stabbed Rei in the stomach.
'Too easy' she thought, smirking.
She was pleased, but then there was a puff of smoke and Rei disappeared.
"What!?! A clone!"
She looked around, searching the room for any clue to where Rei could be.
"Rei where are you, you brat! There's no use in hiding"
Suddenly she felt a sharp pain in her back. She turned and saw Rei holding a kunai knife with blood. Before she could do anything Rei jumped back and did some hand signs. Spikes made of rock shot up from the floor. She dodged them, but received a few scratches. Just when she thought that she was safe a spike shot out of the wall that she was standing in front of. Her blood splattered the walls and some of it reached Rei, staining her clothes and left cheek.
Her eyes returned to normal and she panicked when she saw the corpse of her step-mother. She saw the blood on her clothes and felt some trickling down her cheek. Fear took over as she realized what she had done. She tripped over her brother's body and screamed. She got up and ran outside.
She ran into the forest, a path of tears forming behind her. She ran until she couldn't run anymore. She sat beneath a tree and cried until she fell asleep from exhaustion.
In the morning an ANBU squad found Rei and took her to the hospital.
When Rei woke up the Third Hokage was sitting next to her bed.
"Oh, you're awake." He smiled at her.
She looked at the Hokage and started sobbing.
"Hokage-sama I'm sorry."
He patted her shoulder.
"It's okay, you don't have to apologize. We already took care of everything. Although there are some things that I would like to discuss with you. Rei due to the many talents that you posses, and by that I mean your kekkei genkai, I think that you should attend the academy. I would like you to learn to control your power. You have the potential to become a great shinobi. I won't make you go, but you must be aware that you are now the last remaining member of both the Hatori and the Tsuki clans. It is your duty to maintain these clans as they are two of the most powerful in Konoha."
"Sir, I want to be strong. My brother wanted me to become a shinobi, he told me before he died."
"Then you will become a shinobi. I'll make sure of that."
Four years later Rei Hatori was walking to her house after having completed a mission. As she walked she sensed that someone was following her. She turned around and saw three boys around her age. She recognized them as some of the boys that always bothered her because of who she was and what she had done.
"Well, well, if it isn't the freak."
"What are you doing here? No one wants you so just go away before we make you go away."
She didn't know what to say. She remained quiet, staring at the ground.
"What, are you ignoring us now? Do you think you're too good to talk to us?"
"No, I just-"
"Shut up we'll teach you to respect us!"
"Please I don't want to fight."
"Well, that's too bad because we do!"
One of the boys punched Rei in the stomach and sent her flying into a tree. They were about to attack her when she was rescued.
An eleven year old Itachi Uchiha was walking with his five year old brother, Sasuke. He had taken Sasuke to the town for a while and they were now heading back home. Suddenly he heard a loud "THUD". He looked around and saw a girl with her back against a tree. There were three guys that were bothering her. Itachi disappeared and appeared in front of the girl.
"Leave her alone" he said calmly.
"Why should we? Besides we're just going to teach her a lesson about respect."
"You truly are pathetic. You are willing to attack someone weaker than you, but you fail to see that you are the ones that are weak and pathetic."
"What did you say!?!"
"We're going to teach you a lesson."
They rushed at Itachi and he defeated them easily.
"I told you that you were weak. I didn't even have to use my sharingan."
"Sharingan? You're a Uchiha!?!"
"You're Itachi aren't you?"
Itachi didn't respond. He took out a kunai knife. The other guys had heard of the genius of the Uchiha clan and they weren't foolish enough to pick a fight with him. They ran away.
Itachi turned to the girl that he had just rescued. She had short blonde hair and brilliant ocean blue eyes. Her skin was pale, but her cheeks were rosy. She was wearing a white shirt with black trimming(like the one Tsunade wears) and black pants that reached halfway down her calves(like Haku's , but not as big). She was really pretty, but he hadn't seen her before.
"Are you alright?" he asked.
"Yes, thank you for helping me."
"It was nothing."
Sasuke went running towards Rei and Itachi.
"Nii-san, who is she?"
"Sasuke, we should introduce ourselves before asking her name. I'm Itachi Uchiha and this is my little brother, Sasuke. What's your name?"
Rei didn't want to tell Itachi her real name. She was afraid that he wouldn't like her if he found out who she was. Every time people found out who she was they turned against her. So, she did the only thing that she could think of. She made up a name.
"Rika Hotaru. Thank you for helping me, but I have to go."
Before Itachi could say anything she was gone.
Two days had passed since Itachi had rescued that girl and he couldn't stop thinking about her.
'Who was she?' he wondered.
'I haven't seen her before.'
He decided to distract himself by training. He got up from his bed and left.
Rei was walking to the store when she ran into the guys that had bothered her last time.
"Look guys it's Rei. Why don't you play with us?"
"I-I h-have to go." She stuttered nervously.
"You're not going anywhere. You owe us for last time and Uchiha isn't here to help you this time."
They approached her and tried to punch her, but she blocked all of their punches and kicks. They started to get frustrated and one of them took out a kunai knife. He tried to cut her, but she jumped back. It started to rain and the ground became slippery.
The guy with the kunai knife managed to cut her on her side. She was distracted by this and one of the other guys landed a punch to her stomach. She fell to the ground and started to get up. The guy with the kunai lunged at her and scratched her cheek. She kept blocking the attacks, but soon she was cornered into a tree.
Her side was throbbing along with the rest of her cuts and bruises. She stood up ready to block more attacks, but she didn't have to.
Itachi was walking back home with Sasuke after training. As they were walking back Sasuke saw Rei and the other three guys.
"Nii-san look! Onee-san is in trouble!"
Itachi saw Rei and frowned.
"Sasuke stay here."
He appeared in front of Rei and punched the guy that had rushed at her.
"I thought I told you to leave her alone."
Rei opened her eyes and saw Itachi standing in front of her.
"Why don't you just go away Uchiha! This doesn't concern you!"
"I won't leave until you stop bothering her."
"Why should we? Don't you know who she is? She's Rei Hatori, she murdered her step-mother when she was only six and is already a Jounin. She's a freak!"
Rei turned away expecting Itachi to turn against her now that he knew who she was. To her surprise he didn't.
"So you hate her because she's different? Because she's stronger? You are truly foolish."
He beat the guys in an instant.
"I suggest that you leave her alone."
The guys got up and ran away. Itachi turned to Rei.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes, thank you." She tried to stand, but her side throbbed with pain.
Sasuke ran over to where they were.
"Onee-san, you're hurt!"
Itachi looked at her wounds and frowned.
"That cut looks serious, we better take care of it soon. Our house isn't too far from here, we can take care of your wounds there."
"I appreciate the offer, but you've helped me enough already. I couldn't ask you for more help."
"Come on, Onee-san, come play at our house!"
"Well I-" She was cut off by Itachi picking her up.
"Don't worry we don't mind." He said.
Itachi carried Rei on his back and put her down once they got inside. Sasuke ran down the hall.
"Mom we're home!" he called out.
A few moments later a woman that looked like both Itachi and Sasuke appeared.
"Itachi, Sasuke's soaked and-" she stopped when she saw Rei.
"Mom this is Rei, she's injured so I brought her here."
"Come with me dear, Ill take care of your wounds. Itachi go change into some dry clothes and make sure Sasuke does too."
She took Rei's hand and led her away. She cleaned and bandaged her wounds. She then gave her some dry clothes.
"Why don't you stay for dinner?"
"No, thank you. I wouldn't want to be a bother."
"Don't worry, you won't be. It wouldn't be right to send you home in this weather. We'll talk to your parents and tell them what happened."
"That's alright, I don't have parents."
"Then who do you live with?"
"I live by myself."
"Well, in that case I insist that you stay for the night. We have plenty of room. Now come let's get you something to eat."
They went to the kitchen and soon dinner was ready. Every one sat down to eat except for Sasuke and Itachi's father he was out on a mission.
"So what is your name, dear?"
"Rei Hatori." She waited to see her reaction.
"I've heard about you from my husband. He says that you are a genius. Is it true that you're a Jounin?"
"Yes."
"That's very impressive. I've also heard of your kekkei genkai. You must be very strong."
"I'm not strong, Uchiha-san. In fact I'm very weak compared to other shinobi."
"Onee-san don't say that! I bet you're really strong!"
"Thank you Sasuke-kun." She smiled at him.
After dinner Itachi took Rei to her room.
"Thank you for helping me." She said.
"It was nothing, but why didn't you defend yourself if you're a Jounin?"
"Well, I don't really like to fight…I don't like to hurt people."
"Then why did you become a shinobi?"
"My brother always wanted me to become one. He was murdered by my step-mother when I was six. He died trying to protect me because I was too weak to defend myself. I've always thought that if I had been stronger he would still be here…"
"He wanted you to be strong so that you would be able to protect yourself. If you still can't take care of yourself then it doesn't matter if you're a shinobi or not. You lack the strength you need to be a true shinobi."
After he said that he left Rei alone to think about what he had said.
When Rei woke up her clothes were folded and set in the bedside table. They were clean and mended. She put them on and went outside where she was met by Sasuke.
"Onee-san, breakfast is ready, come on!"
He pulled her into the kitchen. Itachi was already there. They ate and then Rei offered to help with the dishes, but Uchiha-san wouldn't let her saying that she was a guest. Rei got up ready to leave.
"Thank you very much for your kindness and hospitality, but I think that it's time for me to leave."
"Wait dear, maybe Itachi should take you back home."
"That's okay Uchiha-san I-" she was cut off by Itachi.
"I don't mind, let's go"
They left to Rei's home.
"Rei I'm sorry for what I said last night. I was too harsh."
"No, it's alright. You're right, I'm not strong enough, but I want to be. From now on I'm going to train hard to be strong. Thank you, Itachi-san you've inspired me to try my best to become stronger."
Itachi looked at her amazed.
"If you want I could help you train."
"Thank you, Itachi-san, I would appreciate that."
"You're welcome, and please, you don't have to call me Itachi-san, that's too formal."
"Alright, Itachi-kun." She smiled and he smiled back at her.
END CHAPTER ONE
When I wrote this I thought that maybe I should divide it into two parts and post the first part as the prologue and the second part as chapter one, but then I realized that if I did that Itachi wouldn't be in the first part. I didn't want to make you guys wait for until the next chapter for Itachi to appear so I kept it as one chapter. I thought, screw it, people want to read about Itachi so I'll give them Itachi. I hope that you liked it. If you did please comment and if you don't have anything nice to say keep it to yourself. I'll probably mention people who comment on the next chapter. I might post it on the weekend depending on how much school work I have. Until then, Bye!