The Uchiha brothers were sitting infront of their father as he crossed his arms looking at them with a smile that wasn't seen that often.
"haha...that's my boy. You've come quite far since your promotion to anbu... you've already come far." Both his sons said nothing, still waiting for what their father had called them for. Well, just Itachi anyway...even though Sasuke was there it was like he wasn't since his father hadn't even acknolleged he was there.
"About tomorrow's special mission...I've decided to come along."
Both Uchiha looked at their father in disbelief, Itachi because he didn't want his father interfering like always and Sasuke because tomorrow was Sasuke's entrance ceremony. What kind of father forgets? Fugaku Uchiha was one of them.
"If this mission is succes full...it's assured you will be captain of the anbu." then he activated his sharingan. "You know that right?!" What Fugaku didn't know was that Itachi has been a captain for 7 months, only that the Hokage hadn't made it public except for his most loyal anbu.
"You don't have to worry so much. Besides..." he looked at Sasuke, giving him a nod to speak. Sasuke looked at his father a bit shily.
"Father...to morrow is my-"
"Tomorrow's mission...Will be important for the clan!" he interrupted and Sasuke adverted his eyes and looked down sadly.
"I'm not going on tomorrow's mission." Sasuke looked at his brother in disbelief while Fugaku exploded in fury.
"HAVE YOU LOST YOU'RE MIND?!!! YOU KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINKING?!"
"Tomorrow I'm attending Sasuke's Ninja Academy Entrance Ceremony." Fugaku seemed to finally remember and Sasuke awaited his father's decision.
"It's costumary for student's families to attend...you recieved the notice, right fater?"
"All right enough...I'll go to the academy" he said and got up, Sasuke and Itachi followed him. When they exited the room Itachi turned to Sasuke and smiled.
"Sasuke, go put some ice on that leg."
"Alright" Itachi then left and followed his father. The next day Hade arrived just as the Hokage began his introduction to the new students. She hid at the top of a tree and looked through the crowd of kids until she spotted Sasuke's shirt which had the Uchiha symbol; then she spoted his father who was a couple of rows down close to the tree she was hidden in.
"Everyone! Congratulations are in order." the Hokage began. "From this day forward, I hope you all work hard...to aspire to the shinobi way." when the hokage was done Fugaku met with Sasuke's teacher who had been Itachi's teacher before.
"Well..you remind me of Itachi. I guess that's to be expected." Sasuke smiled shily.
"You honor us by teaching both sons."
"The honor is mine." the theacher said. "Itachi was one of the most gifted students I ever had the pleasure to mentor. He was a very remarkable student...we barely had to teach him anything at all."
"You exggerate."
"oh no no" then he smiled at Sasuke "I expect great things of you Sasuke."
"Follow your big brother's example and become a great shinobi."
"...Yes father." When the teacher had gone Fugaku looked at his son.
"I have to pass by the Police Headquarters and get some papers...will you be fine by yourself?"
"Yes father." With that Fugaku left and Hade walked to Sasuke when his father was out of site.
"You know your dad is proud of you right Sasuke?"
"No he's not...it's all about Itachi." he said in a whisper. Hade heard him and flicked his forehead. "Ow! Hey!" She ruffled his hair and put an arm around his shoulder, pulling him closer to her.
"Don't say that Sasuke-kun" then she started to lead him away from the academy. "How bout we celebrate with some delicious ramen?"
"But what about class? I can't ditch!"
"Don't worry Sasuke it's only going to be for a little while. Besides, class won't start in another half hour...we have plenty of time."
When they arrived to Ichiraku they order some pork ramen and began slurping.
"Sasuke...why do you think everything's about Itachi?" Sasuke stopped eating and stared at his bowl of half finished ramen.
"Because all father cares about is Itachi...he had a mission today and father said he was going to go."
"Woah woah...he forgot?!!!" she asked in disbelief "That aint right. Then how did he change his mind?!"
"Big brother told him he wasn't going to go to the mission because he was going to come to my ceremony. That's when father decided to go."
"Sasuke...I'm sure what your father did was wrong, but Itachi never asked for Fugaku's attention." she smirked. "In fact, he tries to avoid him"
"Really?"
"Uhu...when his father wanted to work with Itachi Itachi told him there was no need because he had me and my sensei."
"And?"
"Your father wasn't happy, but Itachi never failed to find an excuse were his father wouldn't get involved." This seemed to lift Sasuke's mood a bit and began to eat his ramen a bit more joyfully. Then there was a ruffle of the curtains flapping as a young boy with blond hair and intense blue eyes ran in and jumped on a stool.
"One big order of beef ramen Old Man!" The owner looked at the boy with a smile as if he was used to this boy coming in every day.
"What's the occation Naruto? You usualy order the big special when you have done something satisfying."
"Today is going to be my first day at the Academy!!"
"Ah yes I heard it was today." he said with a congradulating smile. "Congradulation Naruto, tell you what this one's on the house."
"Really?!!" His eyes shone so brightly they could blind anyone. "Thanks old man!!"
Sasuke looked at the boy with a little curiosity as well as Hade. Then the big order arrived and he began devouring it so fast both they're eyes popped out. Hade made motion to the old man and whispered.
"Is he really going to finish that?"
"He has an amazing stomach...usually he eats four bowls."
"WHAT?!" Sasuke heard and both his and Hade's mouth dropped open. They both kept eating but they always kept their eyes on the blond kid who was almost done with his ramen. When they were done they paid the old man and Hade looked at her watch.
"Well Sasuke, you have ten minutes I better get you back to the academy."
They thanked the old man and returned to the academy. Once there she said good-bye to Sasuke after wishing him luck, then headed back to the ramen stand. When she was about to enter someone called to her, she turned and saw Shisui with another shinobi. To her surprise part of his cheeck was black just like the other shinobi, she looked closer and noticed it was soot.
"Do I want to know what happened to you two?"
"We were pranked-"
"I swear it wasn't me...honestly."
"We know you didn't do it...this is the pranks of a rookie."
"Hmm?"
"A kid about 8 did this...you haven't seen a kid with blond hair and wisker like marks on his cheeck have you?" Hade's thoughts instantly whent to the blond kid that had eaten ramen and inwardly smiled.
"No...but when I do I'll let you know." They asked the old man and he also denied having seen the kid, when the shinobi had left Hade sat on a stool and asked the old man for a small bowl of ramen. When he served it to her she began slurping and out of her periferal view she saw the man cast glances to the wall next her making her smile.
"There's no need to hide kid, I know you're there." The wall came down and the blond kid appeared, the "wall" was nothing more than a camouflage sheet. The blond kid looked at her with suspicion and she laughed. "Relax shrimp I'm not going to turn you in...now why don't you sit and tell me what you did to get those shinobi a face full of soot?" The kid sat on the stool and looked at her with less suspicion as she began to eat calmly.
"I put an exploding tag on the door that led to the hokage's building." Hade did a spit take and began to laugh, slighlty choking on her ramen.
"hahahah...oh my god....hahaha seriously?!!" she gasped. The blond kid began to smile, realizing he like this girl. "poor Shisui...he always seems to be in the wrong place at the wrong time."
"How did you know I was hidding? No one ever manages to see past my camouflage."
"Well, for starters..." she pointed at the sheet. "That sheet is starting to fade so you might want to get a new one. Second." she nods her head at the owner. "He wouldn't stop looking at the spot you were hidding. And thirdly" she points at her nose. "I could smell the soot from the explosion on your clothes."
"Wow!!! You must have a good sense of smell." then he looks at her headband which is tied on her arm. "Are you a gening?"
"Nope...I'm an anbu." his mouth dropped open.
"ANBU?!!" then the old man looked at her as if for the first time.
"I remember you now...you're Hade Kihari."
"That's right!" she said with a proud smile.
"You were the one always causing the Police force trouble with all your pranks!" she almost fell of her chair with a sweatdrop at the fact that he only remembered her by her pranks, but the kid looked like he'd found heaven.
"You prank people too?!"
"Pranked, past tense...sadly I don't do that anymore."
"Hey Naruto, shouldn't you be at the academy?"
"Oh I'm late!!! Iruka-sensei's going to kill me!!"
"wait...you have Iruka as your sensei?!"
"Yeah...I met him a few days before the ceremony though."
"haha he's a good guy...kinda strict though."
"Was he your sensei?"
"No...but I did a few missions with him. I'll walk you to class that why he won't yell at you hows that?"
"Thanks." Hade payed for her and Naruto's second bowl a ramen and ran to the academy. Once there they walked to Iruka's classroom.
"By the way" Hade began looking down at the blond kid. "What's your name?"
"Naruto Uzumaki, the worlds next Hokage! Believe It!!" Hade giggled and he smiled a goofy smile.
"Nice to meet you Naruto, I'm Hade Kihari." they arrived at the classroom and Hade opened it as she placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder. Iruka stoppe talking and saw Naruto.
"Naruto you're fifteen minutes late to class! And it's not even the second day yet!" some kids in the class giggled and Iruka then noticed Hade.
"Naruto...I heard you put and explosive tagged on the entrance to the Hokage tower!"
"Don't worry Iruka-sensei the guys are alright nothing happened."
"You caught him?"
"No, we he was eating ramen with me that's why he's late...sorry for holding him up." Iruka doubted, knowing her pranking history but he had class to teach.
"It's alright thanks for bringing him, Naruto take a seat."
"I should get going, nice seeing you again Iruka-sensei. Later Naruto." he wave as Hade walked out the door.
"Hahaha are you serious Hade?!" Toshiru laughed when Hade had gotten home and she told him of the blond hyper kid she'd met.
"I'm not joking I even saw Shisui with his cheeck covered in soot."
"Well what'd you know, a new prankster has come and become your succesor...can't wait to see they kind of truoble he's going to cause the police force."
"I can't even imagine the heart attacks Fugaku is going to suffer when he goes after that boy."
"What did you say that boy's name was?"
"Naruto Uzumaki...doesn't it sound familiar, cuz it does to me."
"Just the last name, Uzumaki....I think I've heard it too" then he shrugs. "Oh well, I'm sure I'll remember it later." then he turned serious and asks Hade.
"Has you been seeing Itachi lately?" Hade's looked away, trying to compose her face as she got sad.
"No...I haven't seen him in almost 7 or 6 months....It's driving me insane I want to see him so badly Toshiru."
"This...has turned more than just a crush hasn't it?"
"Toshiru it's more than that...It's always been more than that." she said as she looked out her window. That night she was heading to her room ready to go to bed as she dried her wet hair with a towel when she sensed someone was in her room. She grabbed the closest thing within reach which was a knife letter opener and quickly opened the door. To her surprise there was no one in her room, except for a dark blue close to being black rose and a note. Hade hanged her towel on her chair as well a placing the letter opener on her desk. She sat on her bed opening the note and grabbing the rose at the same time. Her eyes whent wide and she gasped at recognizing Itachi's writting.
I can't keep up not seeing you...meet me here in your room tomorrow. I know your parents or your brother won't be there tomorrow. I'll come in the night when everyone's asleep I can't risk being seen.
I promise I'll explain everything when we see each other. I'm counting the hours until your safe in my arms again Hade.
Itachi.
"He's really coming tomorrow." she whispered as she brought the note to her lips and tried to inhail it as if searching for his intoxicating scent that always brought her into delirium. There wasn't a single say that passed were she didn't think about him, she could even remember when he told her he loved her as if it was only yesterday.
It was on a dark thunderous night, they were completely soaked to the bone in a cave barely big enough to fit both them and a small fire. Hade was bandaging Itachi's 1st degree burn that he had recieved when he fought a shinobi protecting Hade. Their 1st A-rank mission alone, they were caught by enemy shinobi when they ran away from their completed mission. Hade had been close to being killed and he had protected her by risking his own life. Hade wasn't happy about it.
"Why did you protect me Itachi, you didn't have to."
"I had to-nhg!"
"Sorry."
"You're my teamate Hade." her eyes whent wide she wasn't use to him calling her by her first name.
"That's not an excuse Itachi I could've still been able to-"
"HADE I CARE ABOUT YOU!!" His sharingan activated and she looked at him in surprise. He sighed and took her place gently between his hands, placing his forehead against hers and whispered. "I care about you Hade...I couldn't let anything happen to you." He brushed his lips against hers making her eyes half close as he brought his hands to her neck and carressed it.
"You have no idea." he said "No idea how everytime I saw you I wanted nothing more than to have you this close to me...ever since the chunning exams."
"Itachi..." Hade whispered.
"No please," he begged "Let me finish...You were a constant thought in my head I couldn't make it stop...it was torture yet pleasant."
Hade held his wrist and brushed her cheeck against leaning till their lips were a move away from touching and both half closed their eyes.
"Well I couldn't stop thinking about you either." that was all Itachi needed before closing the space and kissing her fully on the lips. But the firery kiss lasted only but a second before Itachi pulled back.
"No wait I can't do this..."
"Why?!"
"My father hates you and your family...if he ever found-but he doesnt have to find out." he contradicted him self as he took hold of her hands between his. "We can meet in secret."
"Where?"
"There's a private traning area reserved only for me, on the far edge of the training forest." she looked at him doubtfully. "Hade my father has always taken everything from me except training...and I'm not going to let him be the reason I can't be with you." she opened her mouth to speak only to be inturrupted by Itachi kissing her again. It started out soft and sweet, then it began to get more intense and she said between kisses.
"So...we'll...meet in secret...just like..."Her arms whent around his neck. "just like....Romeo and Juliet..." Itachi let out a laugh, it was so rich and musical to her ears that she knew that it was going to be a laugh that was for her and her alone.
"Yes..." one of his hands whent to her hip and the other to the middle of her back as he used his body to make her lay down gently on the ground. "Just like Romeo and Juliet Hade" their wet bodies pressing further together as passion began to filled their chest and he groaned in lust kissing her morre passionately. "Like Romeo and Juliet."
