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Rewrite date: 11/14/11

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Chapter 1

Observant eyes, followed the young child throw what she determined as sharp objects at a dead stump which had a target painted onto it. His eyes were quite flat as he tossed each one into the dead center to the pleasure of the man who stood not too far behind him, and the ring of older men who stood back further still, their eyes whirling a malevolent red that scared her.

"Good job Itachi." Said the older man in which she had determined as the young child's father from her vantage point, she could determine that they were testing the young child, although it was different from the testing her mother and father gave her. They were kind, their expressions supportive and kind. A far cry from the calculating and ambitious gazes the older men had on the young child.

"How is he in taijutsu?" asked one of the elders. The older man nodded. The next moment he went to throw a punch at the younger child who easily dodged and flipped the older man who landed on his feet and nimbly turned and lunged, the next moment Itachi grabbed his father by the wrist and twisted. The older man using his superior strength threw the child, but the child didn't hesitate and wrapped his smaller legs around his fathers' arm and prepare to snap his father's elbow.

As she watched the young Seirei watched caught in between interest and pure horror. She could never do what the two were doing, she could never manage to attack her father and she was sure that the loving figure her father was always to her could never attack her either.

With every blow and strike she could feel her heart drop, how could humans do such things to their young? She knew that such a relationship could only be born from illicit trust in one another, or that there is little love for there to be had to be interference in the relationship. From the blank stare she saw in the child and the superior smile in the father that was far from loving, she knew that it was the latter.

If things continued this way she knew that even the strongest of individuals would snap. The father caught the small child powerful punch to hug the young child around the waist making the very picture of loving parent but she knew better, it was apparent from the lack luster reaction of the child that this was no loving embrace, the child in fact tensed to be in his fathers' arms.

"Very good." Said one elder as their eyes began to fade back into a more natural black.

"You've raised a good head Fugaku, the clan approves."

"You honor me and my son." The man said nodding.

In a moment they were gone, and Fugaku let go of his child who looked relieved to be away from his father. All the pretenses of love and warmth was absent.

"You did well, continue to do well." Said the older man flatly.

The young child bowed, the very picture of obedience. "Yes, chichiue-sama."

The older man walked away. "You may do as you please for the afternoon."

When the older man was well out of view, the young Seirei decided that it was now or never today she had set out to meet this young boy, the one that had caught her interest from the first moment.

It hadn't been long ago when the seed that was her physical body had dropped from her mothers' branch to land very close to the boy's house, she was only able to wander this far because she was still in what she was sure the vicinity of his family's home.

As she walked into the open she began to concentrate her powers into her limbs bringing forth a humanoid body much like her mothers.

"Interesting." She said rather awkwardly unused to human speech.

The child whirled to see a child similar to his age, seeing that she was far from a threat he relaxed, and fell behind a blank mask. To that she frowned. How was she to interact with him if he was going to hide behind a defense so quickly?

Interestingly enough he spoke first. A break in his normal stoic discipline. "Who are you? I haven't seen you around the village, and your looks are not part of any of the Kekkai Genkai here."

Looks? She looked over to a nearby pond to see her reflection for the first time. She walked a little closer to see a small child with pink hair and green eyes, her skin was very fair, and she was dressed in a pink kimono. She smiled she was almost a mini version of her mother.

Looking back at the perplexed child she awkwardly smiled. "My name…is..." Name? It wasn't something that anyone could pronounce in the human language. She looked to him for help, her head slightly tilted.

The young child sighed and re-sheathed his kunai finally deciding that he had nothing to worry from her. A mistake, if she had been any other Seirei Ki, but she wasn't out to hurt him so she guessed there really wasn't anything for him to worry about her.

Walking to her he held out his arm. Was she to take it? When she just stood there confused he sighed and took her hand and wrapped it around his elbow.

"Are you lost?" he asked.

"Lost?.."

She shook her head, no she wasn't lost. Smiling she pointed in the general direction of her physical body.

"Nearby…I live." He looked confused. She laughed, she dragged him along. He wished to see where she lived why not show him?

They walked along the floor of the forest to the Sakura trees, she would always be at peace and at home among her brethren, among her dormant brothers and sisters. Among the whirling petals, she spun around after letting go of him.

"Home!" she said with a big gesture and a smile. He looked more confused as ever. She sent a mental image of her family into his head to drive the point home.

Now he looked down right angry, she wondered what she did wrong. The next moment she found herself on the ground him over her a kunai raised, but she knew that she could never really be threatened by human means, especially there among her brethren.

"Don't make fun of me! What is your name?" Her name. She sent a picture of a Sakura tree into his mind. It was what she was.

He looked perplexed but began to show signs of calming down. "Sakura?" he asked.

She nodded. "Sakkura."

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While she baffled him, through her predictive words and thoughts, he had decided that she was interesting, as she did him. That singular moment, had let them become good friends. While she showed herself to no one but him, they managed to spend time together in the training grounds when he wished to hide from his clan and his father.

She showed him places where not many humans entered, safe places that were beautiful and wild far different from the society and world that he was from. In return he showed her, things, interesting things, ultimately they were human things. While he had his suspicions of her, and her origins he never asked, and she never told. She could feel in his thoughts and his emotions though that he knew that she was different. And he accepted that part of her, and she accepted him.

That was their mutual relationship. It served them well. Right now? He was reading and she was patiently sitting beside him, looking over his shoulder at the human scribbles before them. He didn't need to speak, she could already hear the processing of his mind as if he were reading the story to her, it allowed him a little peace and it allowed her to pick his brain and thought processes.

Gently she leaned against him, feeling the slow and steady rise and fall of his chest. It was funny humans needed to breathe, her? She did not. Unlike her he was warm, his skin flushed when he was hot. His eyes glared when he was angry. While he didn't know it his head slightly tilted when he was curious.

Despite what he tried to think or portray himself as she could only see him as someone his own age, only more reserved. It brought a small sound of amusement from her. Pausing he went to look at her, when she shook her head he rolled his eyes and went back to reading.

Jigen paused, how was he to overcome this ordeal? As an ANBU captain he had an obligation to take care of his team, two were dying and needed immediate care, he only had one functioning member left. At the same time he needed to complete the mission that Hokage-sama had given him. The mission objective was just behind that door. He was stuck. What could he do?

"Captain." Said the voice of the strained medic beside him, Kinu. He wavered. But finally he decided. He wouldn't lose good men to this. Putting two hands together he summoned five clones. Hopefully they could fulfill the mission objective, plucking up his courage the young captain slung one of his loyal men across his shoulders, and departed…

She shook herself from his thoughts feeling a presence approach. Still shy to new humans aside from the one she had chosen she winked out of existence into the spirit plane where no human aside from the purest could see her.

Itachi paused, but continued reading as if she weren't there. It wasn't long after until one of his clan arrived. He was older, by a few years perhaps? He looked happy, but something about him set her on edge.

While Itachi couldn't see her he could feel her, and she pressed closer to him. Something about this new
Uchiha would bring calamity and she didn't like it.

"Yo! Little Cousin!" the boy said happily.

Itachi merely gave him a deadpan stare. "Shisui."

Both of them fell into silence. Finally the older one replied. "No hi back? Just 'Shisui'? That's cold, my heart, its breaking to pieces little cousin."

"When I find you worth my time I'll address you accordingly. You coming here at this time also means that someone wanted to find me."

Shisui pouted. "Fine, you got me…Fugaku-oji wants you."

She felt the younger boy's shoulders sag just the slightest. "Do you know what for?"

Shisui shook his head, "He just told me 'clan business'."

Sighing Itachi closed his book, and got up. She got up along with him, taking his hand even though he showed no indicators of his presence. He knew that she didn't want anyone to know of her. It would be best; she had a feeling that at the moment he couldn't get any more pressure from his clan.

Quietly she followed, she could feel, that things were beginning to change.

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"Itachi, it has been decided that this is the best time for you to graduate from the academy. You've learned enough from them, it's time to broaden your horizons."

You mean you want to take what little time I have left as a child and turn me into the soldier of the clan. Sakura hid behind Itachi even though she knew that Fugaku couldn't see her, she disliked him, and he was evil.

"What does, hahaue-sama say?" Fugaku flinched.

"Your mothers opinion doesn't matter. You're taking the test tomorrow." If her opinion didn't matter why are you trying to push this when she's out on a two day mission? I know oka-san doesn't agree. I know that she is beginning to hate you. Sakura hugged Itachi around his shoulder, hoping that she could comfort him in some way. Her parents would have never forced her into anything. She was sad that his would.

"…yes chichiue-sama." I hate you. She held him tighter. She wasn't a being capable of tears but if she could cry for him she would.

"Good. Remember Itachi. Failure is. Not. An. Option." A mental flash of Fugaku lying in his own blood flashed through the young child's mind, sending a small shiver down her spine. One day. You'll get what's coming to you, and you won't even see it.

Itachi bowed and without another word he left, Sakura tagging behind him, sticking close. Shaken.

He brought her to a clearing, one obscured by trees, when she felt it safe she showed herself. She took his small hand and held it, at the small river side they sat together.

I'll always be there for you. She told him after a while as she looked down to the rushing water.

He nodded. It took him a while to calm down. His breathing began to even, his thoughts became a little less violent.

Black eyes looked to green. In a false attempt to cheer up he asked, " Do you wish for me to teach you how to use human weapons?"

She smiled, and nodded, and together in silence they walked to a secluded training field. If it would take his mind off his pain. She was willing to do just about anything.

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As you all should know I've been rewriting my story Seirei Ki. I'm trying to get the character to be a little more to their originals instead of OC's hopefully you'll like it just as equally! Also, hopefully it's a whole lot more interesting! :D