Title-A Race Against Time

Rating-PG For mild language, fighting, and some romantic stuff

Disclaimer-Naruto does not belong to me

Summary-Kaido (OC) used to be best friends with Uchiha Itachi when they were younger. But one day her suddenly moves away with her father without saying goodbye to Itachi. Twelve years later the Uchiha finds her looking for him. But where has she been for the past twelve years and what is she really hiding?

AN-Yes. Another story with an OC of mine. If you don't like it... TOO BAD! ^.^ Anywho... before you read you should probably know that Hidan is not a swearing machine and Tobi is not Madara but just sweet innocent Tobi. Also I know some things aren't true or whatever but I've altered it to fit with my story. So hope you like it and please R&R!

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The Past

"Ha! You're not an Uchiha! You can't even activate your sharingan," a boy teased a young girl before him. The little girl sat under the cover of a tree's shade.

She looked up from her notebook she had been writing in to confront the boy before her. "As I told you before I don't have a the same kind of sharingan you do. Because I'm a distant relative, my eyes are different too."

The boy scoffed, crossing his arms. "Well then, how come you never show your "sharingan"?" he asked in a mocking voice.

"Because it is always activated. Now, will you please leave me alone?" she said turning her attention back to her notebook. This irritated the boy because he didn't feel as though she took him as a threat. So he snatched the notebook away from her. "Hey! Give that back!"

He flipped through the pages, which were filled with notes ad drawings of different things. "Oh? What's this? Little Kaido has a diary?" He read an entry out loud, "'April 1st. Today is my birthday and Mother died from the illness she had been suffering over the last few months. Tonight I cried by her side and didn't get any sleep. My cheeks are stained with the blood she had coughed up just before she took her last breath.'"

"Stop!" Kaido screamed desperately trying to get her personal belonging back from the foul boy. "Give it back to me!"

Again he flipped through the pages. "'December 25th. Kiyoshi died this morning. He had been suffering the same sickness Mother had been. Why do the people I love always die? And why must it always be on days that are meant to be filled with joy and not tears? Just before Niisan died he gave me a necklace with a jewel on the end. He said that when I am lost, it would always light the way home.' Ha! Is there where you write all of your little feelings?" The boy teased Kaido by waving the notebook around in her face.

"Inari! What are you doing?" a voice rang out.

The two children looked to whom the voice belonged to and saw Itachi, the Uchiha clan's prodigy. "Itachi," Inari gasped, letting go of the notebook in his hands. Kaido, on the other hand, seized her notebook and backed away from the genius towards the tree she had been resting at.

"Is that any way you should be treating our clan's newest member?" Itachi accusingly asked. He made his way over to Inari who was now looking at the ground, ashamed of his actions.

"No," he simply answered.

"Then I believe you should apologize to Kaido." The boy turned to Kaido and said sorry before scurrying off somewhere. After the boy was long gone, Itachi knelt in front of Kaido and smiled. "I'm Uchiha Itachi."

"Yeah. I know who you are. What do you want? To pick on me? To tell me that I don't belong here just like everyone has?" She sighed before looking down. "They're right anyways. I don't belong here. I'm just different."

Itachi grinned and lifted her chin. He titled his head a little. "Well… I like different." Kaido smiled back at him. He looked at her eyes, which were a conglomeration of many different colors. The more he looked, the more he liked her.

From then on they were the best of friends. A little while later Itachi had a baby brother, Sasuke.

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"Father! I'm going to go play with Itachi," Kaido yelled.

But just before she could run out of the house her father grabbed her arm and pulled her back in. "No. It's time to take your medicine," he told her handing her a vial filled with a disgusting looking substance that was the color of pee.

She groaned. "Do I have to take it?" she whined.

"Yes. Now here," he handed her the small glass container. Before drinking it she held her breath and shut her eyes tightly. As the liquid went down her throat it left a nasty taste behind along with a burning sensation.

She stuck out her tongue in disgust. "Okay. Can I play with Itachi now?"

"Okay. But no rough housing. You know you feel faint after a dosage of your medicine!" But Kaido was already far off.

When she reached Itachi's house she politely knocked on the door, which was immediately opened. "Hey Ita-" Kaido began but Itachi interrupted her.

"Kaido! Just the person I need," he sighed in relief as he yanked her inside his home.

As he quickly pulled her arm she asked, "Whoa, weasel. Where's the fire?"

At the mention of his nickname he smiled to himself. "I'm babysitting Sasuke and he just won't stop crying."

"Okay… where do I come in?"

"Well, because you were able to stop him last time I thought you would be able to again," he explained. Now they were inside his baby brother's room. Sasuke was in his crib wailing his little head off. He was crying so much that the blankets surrounding him were soaked in his tears.

Kaido picked him up gently. "My goodness, Itachi. How long has he been crying?"

"Ever since he woke up this morning. I've tried everything from feeding him to singing for him," he said. He took a seat on a rocking chair that was placed in a corner in the room, letting out a stress filled sigh.

She cradled him in her arms while quietly singing a little song. Unconsciously she swayed from side to side. Soon Sasuke was playing with the stone on her necklace, which shined brightly, and laughing joyously. "Did you try changing his diaper? He's soaked," Kaido said.

"Oh. Well… I hadn't thought about that," Itachi mumbled.

Kaido laughed quietly. "Will you get me a diaper then?"

"Of course!" Itachi exclaimed standing up and running out of the room. When he returned he saw Kaido on the floor rubbing her eyes, blood dripping from her hands. "Kaido? Are you all right?" He walked over to her and pried her hands away from her eyes. They were bloodshot, tears of blood trailing down her cheeks.

"It hurts, Itachi," she cried. Itachi pulled her up from the floor and led Kaido towards the door. "Where are you taking me?"

"To the Uchiha clan's personal hospital," he informed her.

Instantly she began to tug away from him. "No! My father told me to go to him when things like this happened!" she screamed, "He'll get mad!"

"Fine. I'll take you to your father, but you must stop rubbing your eyes," he warned her. Again he pried her hands away from her eyes.

"But they hurt so much Itachi," she said trying to look at him. Everything was blurry and she could only faintly see Itachi's fuzzy outline.

He squeezed her hand in reassurance. "Everything is going to be okay, Kaido." He then led her back home where her father took her in and wouldn't let Itachi inside.

After a while Yukio, Kaido's father, successfully healed her eyes. "I told you no rough housing, Kaido!" he scolded her.

"But we didn't fight, Father. Itachi's brother as crying so I helped him out. And then my eyes began to hurt so I rubbed them," she explained. At the moment, she was lying down on her bed, all tucked in and ready for bed. "Can Itachi come in now?"

"No. You have to get some rest. Tomorrow we will be moving to the Land of Rice Patties," Yukio told her as he walked out of her room.

This took Kaido by surprise and all she could say was, "What? Why?"

"Because. There I will have the appropriate equipment in which I need to treat you with," he said.

"Well can I at least tell Itachi where we'll be going?"

"I'll tell him for you. We're leaving very early tomorrow," he walked out of her room, "Now go to sleep." If Kaido could see the look on her father's face at that exact second then she would know that something as terribly wrong. She'd be able to tell that he was lying to her. But she didn't so she couldn't have possibly known anything.

There's chapter one! I plan to update every Sunday so make sure to check next week! And if you like my writing go check out some of my other stories! I appreciate every review and reply to almost every single one so if you have a question go ahead and ask away! Thanks for reading and come back next week for the second chapter.

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