Prologue

She was running. Running past the trees, the river, everything. Except for one man. Itachi had a way of knowing exactly where she would be. Of course, this was because of his Sharingnan. But as the last possible Uchiha, she also had the Sharingnan. Still, it didn't help, so she decided to stop for a moment. Itachi floated down, and said quietly,

"Really, Rie, for someone with as much gifted intelligence as you, you sure are stupid. I guess I'll have to kill you slowly now." He passed a rare grin and stepped forward. Thoroughly scared, she did the katas and activated her Byakugan. Rie then took the traditional stance.

"Come and get me, slug. You always were the slow one." Rie replied. That did it. Apparently, Itachi didn't know of her new move, so he just rushed forward. Smirking, she pushed her palm forward and struck his stomach. Itachi started coughing blood. She gave him a few more blows to his abdomen and ran off.

'I have got to hide,' Rie thought quickly, 'but where should I hide?' It then came to her. The third hokage had granted her solace at Konoha. She would go there, but she had one thing left to do. She took out a scroll, slit her thumb, and started the call. Very soon, two vultures surrounded where Itachi was. Rie grinned while she ran. Those vultures were smart enough to dodge any attack from Itachi, and they would stay with her until he died.