Disclaimer: I don't won Naruto or any of the Naruto characters.

'Recap'

"Hokage –sama, who will be my partner?" asked a curious Naruto.

The Sandaime smiled slightly and said "He is a young man who is a prodigy much like yourself, he should be here soon." Just as he finished talking a knock came at the door.

"Enter" the Sandaime said. The door opened to reveal a young man with a weasel mask and a sword strapped to his back.

The young man bowed as he entered the room and said "Greetings Hokage –sama"

"Weasel –kun, I'm glad you could make it." the Sandaime said with a smile.

Naruto watched the older boy with curiosity while Shiro smiled seeing Naruto's partner.

Behind the Weasel mask a young boy of about 11 looked at the two other people who were in the Hokage's office. Looking he saw that one was a man and the other was a boy. He noticed that the boy was probably about the same age as his younger brother Sasuke, which would be about 5 or 6 he mused to himself.

Looking at the man he realized that he was an Uchiha, but as far as he could remember he didn't recognize him. After looking at the other occupants in the room he turned to the Sandaime Hokage and said "You called for me, Hokage –sama."

The Sandaime looked at the young boy and said "Weasel –kun, please remove your mask. I have a some information for you."

Weasel nodded and slowly removed his mask from his face to reveal black hair and onyx eyes; the unique traits of a full blooded Uchiha member. Shiro looked at the young boy and guessed that he was the son of his Uncle Fugaku, the current head of the clan.

"Itachi-kun, as you can see I have called you here to speak to you and the two other people about something very important and might interest you at the same time." the Hokage said.

"If I may be so bold to ask what it is Hokage –sama, and also to ask who is the young boy and the man with us in the room." Itachi said softly.

The Sandaime smiled and said "As you know Itachi-kun, Anbu usually work in pairs when not on a mission that requires a full team of 4 Anbu personnel. As you might have noticed you currently have no partner due to the odd amount of full time Anbu officers such as yourself."

To this Itachi nodded knowing that it was true. He was well informed on how Anbu usually operate on teams of 2 while not on missions that require a full team of operatives. He also knew that because of his age it would be difficult for the partner and himself to work well.

"I understand this Hokage-sama, but what does it have to do with the two other people in the room?" Itachi asked softly.

Shiro let out a small soft laugh and said "The reason, Itachi-kun, is that he will be you new partner in Anbu." Itachi looked at the man and saw that he was pointing to the child next to him. Itachi looked at the child and noticed that he wore a jounin vest.

"Itachi-kun, I'd like you to meet my young charge Naruto Uzumaki." Shiro said softly to his cousin. Itachi turned to look at the speaker and saw that it was his older cousin Shiro.

"Shiro-nii, it's been a long time since you've visited the house. Oto-san has been wondering where you have been." Itachi said as he looked at Shiro.

Shiro smiled slightly and said "I've been with my young charge on a little trip…he's very skilled, much like you."

Itachi turned his gaze to the younger boy who was no doubt the same age as his own younger brother. He slowly walked up to Naruto with his sharingan on and gazed deeply into his eyes. Naruto seeing this did not turn away, but looked straight into his gaze with one of his own with his deep blue eyes.

"I see, he is strong…it will be a pleasure working with you, Uzumaki –san." Itachi said with a small bow. Naruto looked at the older boy and also bowed as he said "I too look forward to working with the famed Uchiha prodigy."

Please Review