Clearer and Brighter Than Before

A/N: Hi everyone! I looked back on an old account that my friend had and she said for me to fix it and to put it on my account. She deleted it off her account, of course. So I hope you guys enjoy it – I've already got a few chapters done already.

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Name: Akira Katou

Age: 11

Personality: Nice to everyone she meets, bubbly, polite, friendly, smart, studious, and easy-going but sometimes (rarely), she could get snappy.

Appearance: Shoulder-length black hair, side bangs that frame her face, brown eyes and purple glasses. She usually wears her school uniform and when she doesn't she likes to wear anything blue or aquamarine. Akira also loves to wear hoodies and pants.


Chapter 1: Intro~

Akira was an average primary-school girl–at least she thought she was. One day, she decided to switch schools because she moved houses. Little did she know that her first day there would change her life…

First day….

She was pushed around the school campus and it was getting hard to find her way around. Akira saw the principal, Kabuki-sensei, and took a test. As usual, she sped through it. Kabuki-sensei decided that it would be fit for her to skip a year. Akira went from being a sixth-grader to being a seventh grader.

When she entered the classroom, she was greeted with a couple of insults, spit-wads and books thrown at her face. Nice…she thought sarcastically.

"Would you like to introduce yourself, Katou-san?" asked the teacher, Watashi-sensei.

"Yes, please. Ohayou everyone! My name is Katou no Akira. I skipped a year of schooling from my sixth to your year."

"Arigato, Katou-san, please take your seat next to Mizuki-kun." spoke Watashi-sensei.

Haruka took her seat where she was passed a note. It said: Welcome to Hanabi Academy! Don't worry too much about the others!

~ Chikaku no Mizuki

She smiled and looked over at Mizuki who smiled back.


Over a few weeks, they had a couple of first-term tests. As usual, Akira almost aced them all with probably a few mistakes – well, we can't be completely perfect! Everyone looked at her with either shocked, jealous or annoyed expressions on their faces. At lunch break, Akira went to hang out with Mizuki who was sitting with a bunch of his friends.

"Thanks for the note, Chikaku-san!" said Akira.

"No worries, just call me Mizuki-kun. It wasn't fair for you - especially on your first day. Anyways, I think that you're really smart for your age", complimented Mizuki.

Akira blushed and smiled at this comment. "Thanks…" she said, her cheeks turning a light tinge of red.

A group of eighth-graders came over and insulted Akira on, well, everything.

"Oh…guys would rather look at vomit than look at you!" insulted one of the girls;

"You'll never get Mizuki-kun to like you! I'm having his babies!" shouted another.

Akira stood up; her fist clenched. She was just about to punch one of those girls in the face until Mizuki stood up.

"Well in that case, I'm leaving." The girls shut up instantly and walked away.

"Wow Mizuki-kun…" said Akira in awe. "Well, those girls had it in for them anyways," Mizuki replied, shrugging his shoulders and sitting back down. Akira smiled. She had just made a really great friend on her first day.

They continued to chat and soon, it was time to go home. Mizuki offered to walk Akira back to her apartment. On the way, they talked about what they liked and other stuff. Suddenly, Akira felt a sharp pain in her head and she fell to the ground. Flashbacks slowly flowed back into her head.


*Flashback*

A small baby was cradled in a woman's arms.

"Is that me?" wondered Akira.

A man approached them with a snake beside him. The baby could sense it and started to cry. Another man came out and threw a shuriken at the snake guy. The snake guy deflected it with ease and summoned snakes to tie the two others' legs to the floor. He took the baby and was about to leave until he was stopped by someone in a cloak. The cloaked disappeared and reappeared next to the snake man and took back the baby. The snake man said, "I'll be back for you, Katou Akira…" The jutsu was released. The cloaked man gave the baby back and disappeared.

*End Flashback*


Akira woke up in Mizuki's arms, with him still walking. "What…what happened?" asked Akira. "You just suddenly fell down so I decided to carry you to my place," explained Mizuki.

"Hey Mizuki…" said Akira.

"Yeah," answered Mizuki.

"I had a flashback,"

"What was it about?"

"There was a baby whose name was the same as mine and this weird snake guy,"

"Mmhm…"

"And the snake guy tried to take the baby from her mum and dad,"

"Yeah…"

"Then a cloaked individual appeared and saved the baby,"

"Let me guess… you think that the baby was you,"

"And th– wait, how did you know?"

Mizuki smirked, "Just a lucky guess."

And so, they continued to talk until they reached a park.


"Let's stay here for a while," Akira suggested. So they took a break at the local area. They talked about mangas and animes such as Naruto and stuff like that.

"Mizuki-kun, you look slightly like Itachi-kun except younger! Did you know that?" Akira pointed out and held up a picture of Itachi to compare the two. Mizuki's eyes showed a bit of shock but returned quickly back to his facade without Akira noticing.

"Is that really true? I never noticed…" replied Mizuki.

Mizuki needed to go to the park's toilet so Akira was alone for a while. She felt like she was being watched but waved the feeling off.

A person finally came out from behind a tree.

"Who are you? If you are someone bad, I would like to inform you that I am not afraid of hurting you," Akira bluffed. She actually wouldn't be able to protect herself and in no way would she be able to actually land a hit on anyone.

"I am Yakushi no Kabuto of many villages," replied the man who approached her, "Come with me, my master is waiting so we mustn't make him wait."

Mizuki came out from the toilets and saw the scene. He leapt in front of Akira whose knees were trembling.

"Kabuto-san, what are you doing here?" he questioned.

"Oh, I was just retrieving the girl for Orochimaru-sama, Itachi-kun," Kabuto replied. Itachi/Mizuki released his Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique) and turned back into his usual 17-year-old self.

"So you are Itachi!" exclaimed Akira, who tried to make sense of the entire situation. So Kabuto Yakushi from her favourite anime series is trying to capture her, and her newly-made friend was actually a henge made by Itachi Uchiha. And they were both in her world? Seriously, she must have hit her head hard when she fainted.

"Akira-chan, move out of the way," he stated, doing the signs for Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique. Mizuki/Itachi blew and many balls of fire flew straight at Kabuto.

Kabuto dodged most of the balls of fire but a few went and hit him in his stomach. Then, he did a jutsu that sent snakes flying at Mizuki/Itachi and Akira. Mizuki/Itachi gave a kunai to Akira and they sliced their way out of the barrage of snakes. (Well, in Akira's case, she held the kunai in front of her and prayed that she wouldn't get hit – her prayers were never answered…) Mizuki/Itachi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and used Amaterasu on Kabuto.

Kabuto barely escaped and said, "I'll deal with you another time... As for you, Akira, I will see you again, very soon…." After that, he disappeared.

Akira suddenly fainted - again! Mizuki/Itachi took one look at Akira and saw that she needed medical help – urgently! He looked into his bag and took out an antidote for Orochimaru's snake venom. 'I knew Orochimaru would come looking for her one day….' thought Mizuki/Itachi. Akira had multiple (meaning MANY) scratches and wounds on her.

'I should have known,' reflected Mizuki/Itachi, 'Akira has near-zero experience in fighting…meaning that she would be lucky to get out of this whole problem alive.'

Akira's eyes slowly opened and she mumbled something to Mizuki/Itachi.

"Mizuki…Itachi…whoever you are…thank you… arigato…."

EDIT: 11th June 2013 - Wow, so many mistakes! Also, I changed a few things to make it easier to understand.

I will have a Q & A session here - you can answer this in your review or do don't have to at all... On the next chapter, I will give you my answer.

Q: Who is your FAVE character?