Chapter One: First encounter

The village of Konoha was a great place to live, pleasant. People walking in the streets, with bag full of groceries, sharing the news of the day.

A young girl was sitting on the top of a post looking at the sunset. The sky was pink and she loved the sunset the most. Night was great too.

She had long, wavy black hair with strange greenish blue eyes. No pupils at all, like the Hyuga clan. Her hair was tied in a braid, winds lifting her hair in the air. She only wore a large coat, hiding everything under it. Black leggings. Sandals. She had wrapping around her right thigh. She was, at most, five years old. She was waiting for her mother and father to come back from visiting friends. She didn't want to join them, and so here she was.

Children voices attracted her attention and she looked down, she saw kids running after each other. Must be playing tag. There was the kid with red markings under his eyes. Another one with the same type of coat, spiky black hair and thick sunglasses. There was a little girl with short bluish-black hair and white eyes. But this wasn't what attracted the attention of the little girl. She saw a little boy, alone, bright blonde hair. From the point she was, she couldn't see the color of his eyes, but she was sure they were blue. He had some kind of scratches on both of his lower cheeks. He looked so lonely, the little girl jumped from post to post and finally landed in one of the branches of the tree near him. He was sitting on a swing, looking at the ground. He looked normal yet the girl was intrigued, and she jumped down from her hiding spot.

'' Good evening.'' The young boy lifted his head up and looked around him before looking over the ground again. The girl sighed. '' I am talking to you, you know…'' He then looked sideway towards the black haired girl. His eyes were blue and he had such a boyish smile. He looked happy and surprised.'' Hey, do you want to play?'' She looked up.'' Yeah, why not.'' She jumped high in the tree, looking at the blondie. He had his mouth opened to its maximum.

''Close your mouth or else bugs will go in.'' She said with a smile. '' Why are you not avoiding me? ''

''Did you do something worth avoiding you?'' He looked unsure.'' I don't know. Kids don't want to play with me, they are avoiding me. '' There was a ball near him so she jumped down again.

''How do you do that!?'' He asked, impressed.'' Ninja training. Mom and Dad are ones. I learned by looking at them.'' She said, while kicking it in the air over and over again, without missing it one time. And then, with a swift movement of the ankle, threw it towards the young boy. He catches it and tried to do the same thing as the girl, and had a great difficulty doing so. You could see that both of the kids had a great time playing with the other one. The little girl with strange eyes was smiling, which was actually rare. And the blondie was not so lonely anymore. Every kid looked at the girl with disbelief. Who would want to play with that kid? The blondie one. Someone touched her shoulder and she turned around. There was her mom. Short haired on the left side and mid-long on the other. She wore a long black pull and and over the pull was a strapless tank top red too. She looked down at her daughter. The both of them looked alike. Only difference was their hair and eyes color. The little girl had the same face as her mother. Big eyes, straight and thin nose, full lips. They were of a really pale rose, almost the same color as her skin. Then, her dad arrived. His hair was black and she had the same eyes, same color. He wore the usual outfit of a Jonin. He crouched down and looked at both of the kids.

''I suppose you made a new friend.''

The little girl looked sideways towards the blue-eyed boy. '' Is it wrong?''

''No. It's absolutely perfect. So you met the kid we wanted you to meet. Be friends with him, okay?''

She sneered at her father. ''Already done, sir.'' The father looked towards his wife.'' She sneered at me! You thought her! Kana, you did!'' His wife rolled his eyes at him, her brown hair shining with a pink light.'' Takumi, I didn't do anything. It's her personality.'' Kana looked at her daughter.

''Dear, tomorrow, we will come again at the village and you will have some special training with two fast ninjas. And after that, we will have a meeting with the Hokage. And after all this, you will be able to play with the young Naruto. She looked at her husband and walked away. '' We are going ahead of you.'' Takumi followed her. The little girl turned towards Naruto. He looked uneasy. '' Are you sure you want to be friends with me? The kids will resent you.'' ''No one's telling me what to do.

She walked towards her parents, who were discussing, a little ahead of them. The young Naruto looked at the back of the black-haired girl with happiness. His first friend.

''Hey!'' She then turned around, bathed in the light of the sunset. '' Let's play tomorrow!'' She waved at him with a smile. '' Yeah!'' She then jogged towards her parents.

''Wait!'' Screamed Naruto to the top of his lungs. She turned around again. ''What is it?''

'' What's your name?'' She then runned towards Naruto. '' Screaming in not polite, you know, it's uncivilized.'' She preached him, but still she was smiling. '' Sorry. What is your name?'' She then looked at the sky before staring in the eyes of Naruto. '' My name is Akane. Pleasure to meet you! '' She said, holding her hand in front of the blonde boy. He looked at it, and shook her hand with both of his, a brilliant smile on his face, but he shook her hand so violently that it wasn't only her hand that was shaking. When he realised what he was doing he let one of his hand go. She looked somewhat disoriented and it made Naruto laugh. As they were shaking hands, normally this time, bathed in the light of the sunset, her parents could feel that a great friendship would come of it. They were sure of it, because the little Akane didn't smile often. Really, those two had a strong bond between them.

From not so far away, a boy with black hair and dark eyes looked at the two young persons. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with the emblem of the Uchiha family on his back. White shorts. He didn't understand why the girl wanted to be friend with that troublemaker. That loud, obnoxious boy. She looked like the quiet sort. He joined his hands under his chin. He never saw her before but he did saw her parents couple of times with his own parents. He saw her the moment she climbed up the tall post and sit at the top, her legs hanging. She had looked at the sunset with an expressionless face. Then, at the voices of the other children, she looked down and she saw Naruto. She jumped down and landed in the tree near the blonde kid. The kid from the Uchiha clan couldn't hear them but he could see the smile on Naruto's face. He was curious, what could that girl possibly say that would bring that kind of smile on that stupid boy's face.

''Oi, Sasuke.'' The young boy turned around to see a young boy some years older than him but they both had the same dark hair and same eyes. ''It's time to eat, come.'' Sasuke then stood up and looked back to where Naruto was. The girl was gone. Where the hell is that girl? He looked at her parents and they were discussing happily. Not worried by the disappearance of the little girl. ''Hey you.'' He almost jumped at the sound of the feminine voice. He turned around to see the little girl he saw from afar right in front of him. How the hell did she do that?

''Akane, don't scare my brother that way.'' She then looked at Itachi, her greenish blue eyes staring at Itachi, expressionless. '' …'' Itachi almost smiled. '' You don't talk much, do you?'' '' Not really, talking in exhausting…'' '' And yet you were talking to Naruto.'' A glimpse of shyness passes through her eyes.

''Maybe. No… I did, he is…intriguing, I guess.'' '' You talk like an old woman.'' '' I suppose it's a compliment.'' Itachi smiled before ruffling her hair. '' What are you doing here?'' '' Mom and Dad were with your parents.'' He sighed as he looked at the young girl. Even though she didn't show it, she felt dejected. '

' Still thinking about your training as Ninja I suppose?'' '' Yeah. I am a little genius after all.'' She sneered, making fun of herself. She then turned towards the younger dark haired boy.

'' You must be Sasuke.'' He sighed. Was she a fan girl too ? '' I'm not one of your fan girl if that's what you are worried about.''

Itachi laughed out loud. ''I think your parents are searching for you, they are looking everywhere.'' Itachi flicked her on the forehead and Akane tried to slap his hand away. The quiet young girl then looked at Sasuke with a little smile.'' Pleased to meet you, Uchiha Sasuke.''

She then disappeared. Sasuke was still flabbergasted and Itachi laughed as he saw his little brother surprised. Surely, that girl was a weird one.