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A/N:I am so sorry for taking so long but life intervened ,as well as my computer who had and still has several serious problems. I hope things will get better but plz have some patience…I know I try to have some but it is like the universe is plotting against me. Many thanks to my faithful readers and especially my reviewers, it is because of you that I haven't abandoned this story.
"Hokage-sama?" a 11 year old Ame asked ,almost timidly, as she stood in the half-opened door of the Hokage office. She looked in and saw that he wasn't alone, an ANBU was in the room as well, so she had hesitated to get in. The Third had summoned her but she didn't want to interrupt anything they were saying.
"Ah, Ame, you are here, come in" said the Hokage.
She nodded and entered while closing the door behind her. As she approached them.
"Itachi why don't you remove that mask so that I can introduce you two properly?" said the Hokage and the ANBU immediately complied. Ame was surprised. It was highly irregular for the ANBU to reveal their identity like this, but what surprised her even more was that once the mask was removed, she found herself staring at the face of a boy approximately the same age as her and not a grown up man, as she had naturally assumed.
"Ame, this is Uchiha Itachi, Itachi this is Tsurugi Ame. As I just was explaining to you Itachi, I want you to train her."
"Eh? But…"Ame stuttered.
"Ame, listen to me. Itachi is an excellent ninja who, despite his age, has already joined the ranks of the ANBU. You know I can't go on training you and you are too old to go to the academy, so this is an ideal solution. Itachi will be your teacher and I believe he will do an excellent job."
"…"Ame couldn't say anything to counter him but seemed thoughtful, not fully accepting the idea.
"I don't want however, anyone to find out about this arrangement, so Itachi will continue doing missions for ANBU normally. Also, Itachi will test to see your strength and weaknesses but I would recommend to focus her training on taijutsu and weapon training mostly since Ame has limited chakra reserve.
"Yes Hokage-sama!" he said obediently
"Very well, Itachi please step out for a moment, I want to talk to her, I will call you once we are done."
Itachi slid his mask in place and with a bow left the room.
"Sarutobi-sensei…are you sure this is the best solution?" Ame asked, deeply troubled.
"Yes. Don't you trust me?" he said and his eyes were full of tenderness.
"I do, of course I do" she hurried to assure him" It is just that…I am afraid. What if something happens?"
"With both seals in place there is nothing to worry about and you will finally get the training you have to have in order to join the ninja ranks. Isn't that something you want?" the Third said.
"…yes" she answered after a small pause.
"Then, it is settled, Itachi will be your sensei from now on and I think you will get along superbly" he concluded with a smile.
Ame opened her eyes slowly. At first she didn't remember where she was. She looked around, taking in her environment. It was her room. Then she remembered…last night, Itachi, the rain...Eventually she pieced them all together. Early in the morning she had come in, wrote a message to work that she was not feeling well and then lied in bed where sleep quickly enveloped her. She didn't have to wonder why she dreamed what she dreamed, it was a natural thing to happen after last night.
Now, fully awake, she knew that this was all the sleep she was going to get so she pulled herself together and out of her bed. After her morning shower and preparation she headed to the flower shop, where she bought a few roses. She had a visit to make that was long overdue.
"Hello mom, dad. I am sorry I haven't been here in a while but a lot of things have happened. I take comfort in the fact that you are together, since I am neglecting you a little…You probably know this but the Third died recently and things have been a bit hard for Konoha, so I have been very busy lately…but I promise to come here more often from now on" Ame said and then placed all the roses, but one, on the grave.
She offered a brief prayer and then walked away to another grave, a more majestic one.
"Sarutobi-sensei…"she whispered. "You know…I dreamt about you today, or perhaps I should say, I remembered the time when you first introduced me to Itachi…He came here last night…he wanted to know about my eyes, at least that was what he said but I don't believe it…maybe I am just deluding myself but…it would be nice if he came just to see me because he missed me…wouldn't it?
When you assigned Itachi as my teacher, it was easy to see that you had another purpose aside from him teaching me, you wanted me to perhaps find a friend…and it worked. We became friends and I eventually fell in love with him…I suppose you couldn't have known what would happen, even I hadn't suspected anything. Masks I suppose are a requirement for ninjas and some of us wear them better than others…What am I supposed to do now sensei? I love him still…am I supposed to just let him go again? Or am I supposed to kill him when he comes looking for Naruto again?"
"Heh, how pathetic am I? I am talking to a grave stone and expect it to give me the answers I can't come up with" she said to herself with a bitter smile.
A/N:I hope you like this.I apologize for the shortness but the next chapter is half way done so you can expect it very soon. It is a bit rushed but that is only because I didn't want to have you wait longer.Please review!
