Disclaimer: Nope, still don't.

YO, PEOPLE- read the first chapter first- it's been completely rewritten.

Crisis Averted

The two teens had finally decided to help us find Moku and Miyabi, Mika's parents and the kind people who adopted me. I had actually attached myself to the quieter Itachi since Mika seemed to have made it her job to annoy the life out of Shisui. Many of the adults we had passed had cooed at us and how cute we were.

It was strange.

The funniest part of the trip was seeing their fangirls gush about how kind they were for helping us. Especially since Itachi was trying to keep me between the girls and himself- of course, being the nice girl that I am, I allowed him to use me as a human shield. Soon, I could see the top of the tower we had been in over the rooftops. I smiled and moved to grab Mika's hand. "We can find our own way from here."

Mika hopped on my back (I thanked my genes nearly every day for making me nearly a foot taller than her) and leapt onto the roof nearest me. I took a second to regain my balance before taking off quickly- I desperately hoped we arrived before the meeting ended. We would be in so much trouble otherwise. I jumped down and stopped in front of the huge building so I dump Mika on her own two feet. I paused, both to catch my breath and to make sure that they were still inside, before pulling Mika along behind me.

Mika started to complain about all the steps within only a minute of walking. 'You coddle her too much.' I froze in shock upon hearing my 'imaginary friend's' voice. I licked my lips nervously but pretended that I hadn't heard her. 'She is supposed to be a kunoichi- yet you treat her like a child.' I glared at her but decided to respond. 'That's because she is a child. As am I.' 'Yet you speak like an adult.' 'And?!' I waited for a response but the fickle woman had vanished.

"Sukoshi-nee you look pale." I smiled at the sweet girl. "I'm fine. Now hurry up or we'll get in trouble." She continued to look at me for another full second before my words sunk in. "Oh yeah!" She immediately began to dash up the stairs with me only a step behind her. I couldn't keep the grin off my face as I decided to turn our mad dash up the stairs into a contest. "First one to the top wins!"

Of course I let her win, since I'm the best 'big sister' ever. We paused in front of the chairs we had been in not even an hour ago to catch our breath. I quickly hopped up into the chair that was 'mine' and began to swing my feet while Mika flopped out on the floor. Her stomach growled at her not even a minute later. "Nee-chan, I'm hungry~" "And? What do you expect me to do about it?" We both froze when the door opened though Mika recovered quickly enough to fling herself at her parents. "I want lunch kaa-san!" Miyabi smiled down at her before glancing up at me. "You're hungry as well I assume."

I smiled and nodded before hooping off the chair and grasping Moku's large calloused hand. I usually liked him better than Miyabi because he never tried to force me to tell him anything about my past. She meant well, but some things I didn't want to tell anybody. He picked me up and set me on his hip with a flash of smile before Miyabi moved to take the lead. "Well, let's go eat!"