Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but if I did Itachi would have never died, but he is dead so I don't own Naruto. Poor Itachi. V_V

The Book

December, 14 2003:

So many people have looked at the Uchiha clan as very strong and very skilled, but there are always those few that think that those clans that are very skilled are also very dangerous to the well being of a village. That was what started it... all of this commotion, and planning. I wish that none of this was happening... why does it have to be us? When did all of these problems accrue? Mother and Father say that it has always been this way and that we are the only people that are keeping it from getting worse... if only they knew the truth. It is killing me to keep this a secret, and I don't trust to write it here on account that someone might find it, and that would be too dangerous. It will be war if this keeps going, and I have already dealt with that before, and the twins are too young to deal with that, I was too young. Well Sasuke and Hitake are trying to kill Itachi again... heehee they are too cute, so pure,... I better try and save my idiot twin brother...I'll write again soon...

"So that was what you were talking about confusing Naruko," Sasuke said after she finished reading the passage in the book. She was really trying not to cry from reading something written by her sister that talked about how she and her brother were at that age. She thought about what it might be about, but she couldn't figure it out. She had turned to random page in the book so the passages before might hold some clues on what it meant.

"Yeah, I really didn't understand, but how did you read the very one that I read?" Naruko asked. His hair was lying on his forehead without his headband holding it up. His brother and he looked too much alike, and their names were too close too. Naruko was wearing his normal orange jumpsuit, it was nearly the same as Naruto's but the parts that were blue on Naruto's jacket, were black on Naruko's.

"There was something about this one," Sasuke answered, "There are parts on the page that are wrinkled like she had cried when writing this."

"I think that was why I read it too," Naruko replied. He looked at Hitake to see if he was going to talk, but when he looked at the twelve year old, all he saw was his back. "Hitake are you ok?"

"Mmmmhh," Hitake answered weirdly, "I...I just needed to turn around."

"Hitake are you crying?" Sasuke asked knowing that even though he hated there sister, he missed her too, and hearing those words were pretty big. To write something good and sweet about them when she never would think that they would find this and read this was pretty big to him.

"No, I am not crying..." Hitake answered trying to defend himself, "I just am trying to figure it out what she is talking about to."

"Hitake, why are you crying? It is just something that was written a long time ago," Naruto asked not aware of the importance.

"Naruto this isn't just some dumb writing from a long time ago!" Hitake yelled at the blonde not afraid to show that his face was stained with red streaks from crying, "This was written by my sister! Don't you even remember her! I mean you came over every day pretty much!"

"Well sorry, I thought that you hated her!" Naruto shouted back.

"I did, but that was before-" Hitake couldn't continue for the fear of crying again.

"Before what?" Naruto shouted. Naruto wasn't told the truth of what had happened. None of the people in Sasuke's and Hitake's age group did. Naruko was really the only person from Senatae's and Itachi's old "rookie ten" that came around, and he made sure never to bring anything about their family up.

"Naruto, stop yelling at Hitake," the eldest of the group shouted at his younger brother, "It is about time that you found out about what really happened with these two's lives."

"What really happened?" Naruto asked.

"Come with me," Naruko said indicating Naruto to follow him to the kitchen.

After a few minutes both of them came out, Naruko with a very serious look on his face and Naruto with a very shocked, almost sad face. "I-I am sorry Hitake, I would have never said that if I knew," Naruto apologized.

"It's fine Naruto, you didn't know," Hitake said, but he was looking at the book that was now on the coffee table in front of them, "let's just start this book from the beginning,"

"Yeah," Sasuke said, "Hey I just noticed this, but this was written about three months before the incident, while they were acting weird and all,"

"You're right, it was during all that!" Hitake exclaimed, "Maybe we can find out why."

"What do you mean by they were acting weird guys?" Naruto asked.

"Senatae had stopped fighting with father for one thing, and Itachi was getting in fights with everyone in the clan, even father," Sasuke explained. This was strange behavior for Senatae and Itachi because there was pretty much no day that Senatae and their father didn't fight, and it was very rare when Itachi and father fought.

"Wow, that is strange...wow," Naruto agreed. Naruko had already known his teammates strange behavior while they were on missions.

Picking up the book from its sitting place, Sasuke turned to the first page. It was filled with a lot of writings and pictures by a young four-year-old Senatae. Looking at it Sasuke realized how much her sister had changed from when she was four to her years of 13 and 14. Then she was happy and cheerful, but as she grew older her mood changed to being very gloomy and confusing, always masking her feelings with anger, never wanting to let anyone in. "I think that we might have to take turns reading this," Sasuke commented.

"Sure. I think that would probably be the best," Naruko agreed knowing that at some parts it may be hard for the two to read the pages written by their missing sister.

"Ok... let's start this-wait," Sasuke interrupted herself to notice the drawings, "Hitake can you draw a flower real quick?"

Not knowing what the point was Hitake agreed and found a piece of paper and a pen. "Ok what am I drawing again?" He asked.

"A flower."

"Ok," Hitake said sort of confused. He started to draw and right away his twin could tell what it was going to be like. Terrible.

"Oh my Gosh," Sasuke said after the picture had been finished, "You draw worse than a four-year-old!"

"What? Let me see that," Hitake shouted wanting to know what she was comparing his picture to. As soon as he saw the picture in the first page he could see just how pathetic he drew. The picture in front of him was a beautifully detailed white rose. "H-how could a four-year-old draw this?"

"I don't know but it is far better than what you or me could draw," Sasuke commented, "Anyway, let me start to read this first, then it will be Naruko, then Hitake, then Naruto if he wants to, if not then me. Ok?"

"Ok," everyone agreed. Sasuke looked for the first passage of writing in the mess of pictures and random words written all over the place. Finally she found it, and she started to read the passage out loud:

June 9, 1994:

I just got this book a few minutes ago fer my buwthday! I can't beweive it though thince I got it fwom daddy who doesn't weally wike me that much. :( I aint going to let that get me down though! I weally don't know what to write though, so I guess I will just dwaw some more. Bye-bye! XD

"Wow Thenatae-I mean Senatae really didn't write well at four," Sasuke said after reading the passage.

"Yeah, really," Hitake agreed.

"She wrote like she talked, but I guess I am reading the next one," Naruko said taking the book from Sasuke. He looked for the next written passage and it was on the next page, but the date was four months latter and Naruko knew the date well.

October 28, 1994:

Why is this happening? Me, Itachi, and a boy named Nawuko were all moved to a big locked up place, and it was weally scawy. Nawuko is two years oldew than me and Itachi, but even he was scared. This guy even twied to gwab me, but befowe he got to me he got a buwnch of kunai thwown into his thide. I is weally scawed that I is going to get taken by some stwanger. DX The bwight thing is that Mommy and daddy awe ok... at least that is what the people awe telling me and Itachi...I stiwl worry about them though... I have to go now. We are getting moved to a "safew place" as they call it, so bye till then...

"This is the date right before your sister was almost taken from the village by the enemy in the third great ninja war," Naruko said after he finished reading.

"What? I never knew that," Sasuke said a little shocked from what Naruko just stated.

"Yeah, and I will bet that the next chapter will be after that, she will be even more scared," Naruko assumed emotionlessly looking down at the book that was still in front of him.

"I guess I will be the one to read that," Hitake commented holding out his hand for Naruko to put the book in it. The problem was that Naruko wasn't paying attention to him. In fact Naruko was lost in a memory of the war; the memory of when Senatae was taken.

"Senatae the people told us to stay hewe!" Itachi's voice shouted at his twin. He hadn't really learned to annunciate his R's yet.

"Itachi I am just going to take a peek of what is outside, gowsh," Senatae yelled back at her brother from the ledge that she was on, her speech was the same as her brothers, W's for the R's. The ledge was right below a window about six feet above the ground, and Senatae had climbed a series of other ledges to get up there since there was nothing to stack up, plus that was too noisy and she didn't want the guards to see what she was doing. I should have stopped her then, Naruko thought in his head while the memory played itself in his head, I should have told her to get down, or something bad was going to happen. But I didn't.

"Do you think that is very safe?" Naruko had asked instead.

"I don't know, but my thister is too stubbown to listen to anyone," Itachi said back looking up at his sister as she looked out the window. Naruko was looking up at her too and that was when he saw his new friends face turn to a look of horror.

"Senatae, what is wrong?" Naruko asked.

"There-there all dead!" Senatae stammered, "I can't-I can't watch this-" She suddenly started to scream, and what happened next I wasn't surprised. All of the sudden the wall in which Senatae had been standing on was suddenly in a puff of smoke and debris, and Senatae was on the ground in front of me unconscious from the fall and hurt too. I couldn't think strait and then there was this guy that I had never seen before standing in front of us.

"Ah… now I see where they are protecting them, I will have to bring more of my fellow teammates to get the other two but for now this little girl is ok," The man spoke to himself, and I think to us a little bit, but it didn't matter. All I was thinking about was to get Senatae away from him, and that chance was slowly slipping away. The man was starting to pick the unconscious girl up. Naruko had quickly thought and ran up and bit the man on the leg, but when the guy felt the small bite of the six year old through his pants he simply kicked the boy off and ran out the hole. Naruko though slowly fell into unconsciousness from the impact, and when he awoke again Itachi and him were in another hideout and his head had been bandaged up. The one person that he wanted to see though was nowhere in sight, where was Senatae? Naruko had thought.

"Itachi, where is your sister?" Naruko said to Itachi who was sitting next to him.

"Nawuko, you'we awake!" Itachi exclaimed after hearing his friend, "I heawd that Senatae had been found almost out of the village walking like she was asleep, but she is being bwought hew as soon as possible. I was so scawed because you were asleep and she was gone, I was the only one awake fow about fouw houws!"

"Itachi are you ok?" Naruko asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine but awe you ok, you wewe thwown weally hawd by that guy!" Itachi answered.

"I am fine too, so now we just have to wait till Senatae gets here and then we are going to be a-ok! Got it Itachi?" Naruko responded.

"OK!" Itachi exclaimed. At that moment in fact the doors had burst open and a weird guy in a kitty cat mask came in carrying the black-hair minor. Her hair was in her face so the two couldn't see if she was awake or not, but by the way that she really didn't fight to be held, Naruko thought that she was probably asleep.

The cat-faced person quickly put her on an available bad, and the Medical Nin worked to make sure that she had no broken bones or any other injuries. After fixing the ones that she had they left her alone and that was that. Naruko had gone to ask Itachi something but he quickly saw that the young boy had fallen asleep, and soon Naruko fallowed him and fell asleep as well.

"Naruko!" Hitake shouted at the twenty-year-old.

"What Hitake?" Naruko said after coming out of his memory.

"I have been yelling at you for the past five minutes for you to give me the book," Hitake replied annoyed.

"Sorry I got lost in a thought for a while, here you go," Naruko said giving over the book.

"Thank you, now where were we," Hitake mumbled looking for the next passage, "here it is."

October 29, 1994:

I'm so scawed!!!!!!!!!! I was just looking out the window and thewe wewe people evewywhewe but they were all dead, then thewe was this huge boom and then I wemembew falling then evewthing went black. When I woke up this guy was cawwying me, and I didn't even know him! I twied to get away, but all he did was make it so that I couldn't hit him, I finally gave up, but when he had to put me down I saw someone tell me to come over thewe, I could tell that they wewe on my side because thewe headband was the same as daddy's. They then told me to wun in some diwection so I did. Once I tuwned my back though, I heawd the guy that had had me scweam in pain and the sound of metal hit skin. The guy was dead but I wasn't going to stop wunning, I had to stawt walking but I still didn't stop till I got back to the village. I walked for a while too, I think I might have fallen asleep walking, I don't know. But when I woke up, Itachi and Nawuko were by me so I was happy again. I am still scawed that it will happen again, so when I see mommy and daddy again I won't leave theiw side! Nevew Evew! XO

"Wow… That is weird," Naruto said after Hitake finished, "I guess you were right Naruko-nii-san."

"Yeah, unfortunately," Naruko moped. He couldn't look at his brother or the raven haired Uchihas, the fact that she was so traumatized by that experience that she wouldn't want to leave her father's side ever, He started to realize how Sasuke and Hitake had felt after the massacre.

Naruko stared at the hallway that lead to the bedrooms of both pairs of twins. Hitake's room was visible and clearly a mess. Sasuke's room was just as obvious, but her room was clearly kept in order. The older two's doors were too far down the hall to be seen, but Naruko already knew that if their rooms were able to be seen the doors were closed anyway.

Then an idea started to form inside Naruko's head, so he got up and started down that corridor.

"Naruko, where are you going?" Sasuke asked her sister's former teammate though he didn't answer her question.

"What are you doing, Naruko turn on the light," Hitake shouted down the hall when the blonde was no longer visible in the darkness.

"Come on we better follow him," Sasuke told her brother. She got up and started down to the rooms farther down, but before she did she turned on a light, and saw that Naruko was gone.

"Naruko-nii-san, where did you go?" Naruto worriedly asked after coming up behind Sasuke and Hitake. As they got farther down the hall though, Sasuke could tell where he was going.

"Naruko I don't think it is a very good idea to go in there, not now at least," she said hoping that he would agree and just come out and they could just go back to reading the journal, but she knew that that wasn't going to be the case. They were already going past their parent's rooms, and the rooms of their brother and sister was just a few feet away.

"Sasuke, where is he? Don't tell me he actually thinks that we are going to go through the room now," Hitake asked afraid of the answer.

"I think that we are going to have to go through it once and for all Hitake," Sasuke answered. The raven-haired girl's obsidian eyes staring straight ahead of her, she was almost afraid to turn her head for the fear of seeing memories of when this hall was in constant use.

The group soon came to the door of Uchiha Itachi, multiple cuts and holes were in the door from Hitake and Sasuke releasing anger. Other than that though it looked like it had always been used, but that was because the twins had made sure to always go through it over and over again for something more to crack their brother's insane mind.

Once they passed that room though, the only room left was the second eldest Uchiha sibling, Uchiha Senatae. The door was visible, but it had obviously not been used for a long time. The light was on in the room from Naruko being inside, but it was like a smoky looking light from all the dust that had built up.

Naruko was standing in front of Senatae's dresser searching through one of the drawers, but he had looked up once the trio had made it inside the room. "I guess we are going to have to finish reading tomorrow," Naruko said smirking a little bit. There was something in his eye that Sasuke and Hitake could tell was going to make sure that they didn't leave until every nook and cranny had been looked at. The twins looked at each other as if they were protesting to each other instead of Naruko, and started to look. This is going to be a long night, thought Sasuke.

Ok so for those who don't know, Nii-san mean older brother and Nii-chan means older sister. So what will they find inside Senatae's room? I hope you like it so far, I am really into this story now. The next chapter is going to be called, A Room with a Secret. Yeah I really suck at making titles and names for chapters. Oh Yeah I have recently found out that Itachi was really born 1982, and Sasuke was really born 1988, well this story has their birthdays being June 9, 1990 and July 23, 1996, so yeah it is a little different, so don't comment on that please.