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Katerina walked home with her gifts in her bag, and the kitten in her arms. She opened the door and Kanashimi was just coming down the stairs. He rose an eyebrow. "Hey Kat."

"Yeah,"

"Where'd you get the cat?"

"Oh, um." She turned pink. "Itachi gave him to me…do you think mom and dad will let me keep him?"

"Oh, yeah I'm sure they will. I was just curious."

She nodded and went into the living room. "Katerina, there you are…is that a cat?"

"Yeah, um, Itachi got him for me. Can I keep him, please?"

Her parents looked at each other. "He's your responsibility."

She grinned and hugged her parents. "Thank you!"

She didn't realize her hair flipped back revealing Itachi's mark. Her parents didn't see, but Kanashimi did. When Katerina went to take her kitten to her room, he followed her.

She set the kitten down, and felt someone pull her hair back over her neck. She turned and saw Kanashimi. "I…"

"Relax Kat, I won't say anything or lecture you. Just be careful what you do or mom and dad will see. Trust me Amaya hid marks for quite a while." He said.

She smiled at her older brother. "Thanks Kanashimi," Then she realized something. "Hey, I didn't need the mental image!"

"And you think I wanted an image of you?"

"Ugh, touché brother, touché."

Kanashimi smiled. "Come on, dinners almost ready."

Katerina's mom had made her favorite for dinner, along with baking a cake. After dinner they did gifts, which consisted of more new clothes for Katerina, which she was grateful for. She hit age thirteen and was at that point where she needed her own clothes. By the time everything was said and done it was nearly ten and everyone began getting ready for bed.

Kanashimi came in before he went to his room. "Goodnight Kat, and happy birthday."

"Thanks Kanashimi, and goodnight."

"I have a mission tomorrow, so I might not be here when you wake up." He looked back at her one last time. "Don't stay up too late." He said leaving her room and shutting the door behind him.

Meow.

Katerina looked down at the kitten that was pawing at her feet. She picked him up and took him over to the corner of her room where she had set up a food and water bowl. She had also set up a litter box from a cat they had before she was old enough to remember in her bathroom. She watched the kitten as he lapped water out of the water bowl.

It was then that she heard a tap at her window. She walked up and opened the window letting Itachi into her room before she shut it again. It was rather cold outside.

"Hey, so how was the rest of your night?"

"It was good, although my brother had to save me because I'm an idiot who can't keep her hair in one place."

"I thought your brother didn't approve of our relationship."

"He didn't, but his now fiancé talked some sense into him."

"Your brother's getting married?"

She nodded. "Yep, in the spring."

"Do you…think that could be us someday."

Katerina turned red. "Maybe, I guess only time could tell that."

Itachi set his hand on her face. "I want it to happen someday. I want to spend my life with you, and have a family with you Katerina."

"Itachi…it will happen someday. I know it will." She put her hand over his. "We have time to figure out how."

He smiled. "I love you Katerina."

"I love you too Itachi." She kissed him lightly.

They spent the rest of her birthday until midnight together. Itachi left after that and Katerina went to sleep content.

Katerina awoke the next morning to find Kanashimi already gone and her parents not home. She made something to eat and then went out to the village. She had nothing to do, so she decided to go down to the market and see Kana. She hadn't seen her in nearly two years.

She walked up to the old stand she helped run when she was younger. "Hi Kana." She said to the old woman who looked up at hearing her voice.

"Katerina, is that you?" The old woman asked.

"Yep," She said. "It's me."

"You've grown up so much, how are you?"

"I'm well, I made Chunin a while back, so I've been rather busy."

"Ah, I see. How is that boy you were always with, um, Itachi I believe it was."

"Huh? Oh, he's good. We still hang out a lot."

"Are you sure that's all."

Katerina turned slightly pink, but kept a straight face. "What do you mean?"

"Katerina, I understand your position in your clan compared to his, but I could see something between you two. I don't know if you have acted on it yet, but you know it's there."

Katerina smiled. "Kana, we're together, but you can't tell anyone."

Kana smiled back. "My lips are sealed my dear."

"Thank you Kana. Well, I'm going to go see if Yasashi and Yujin are busy. Bye Kana, take care."

"Goodbye Katerina, come by more often. Oh, and be careful on any missions you receive."

"I will, and thank you Kana."

The old woman waved as the girl ran off. 'She truly has changed.' She thought.

Katerina walked up to Yasashi and Yujin's house and knocked on the door. Their mom opened it and upon seeing Katerina let her in.

She went up to their room and knocked before entering.

They looked up. "Katerina, what are you doing here?"

"No one's home and I'm bored."

"I'm surprised you didn't go to Itachi's first."

"Oh right, because I'm just going to walk up to my clan head's house and see if I can hang out with Itachi. Fugaku may accept me, but I don't think that would go over very well."

"Okay, okay, point made."

She smirked slightly, but then her face turned serious. "Hey guys,"

"Yeah," They asked not liking her expression.

"If I was to join ANBU, would you guys forgive me for leaving you?"

"Katerina, why would you ask that?" Yasashi said.

"Yeah," Yujin added. "We're your team, and we accept any decision you make. Joining ANBU would be an honor for you. If you're skilled enough for it and want to then go for it, we'll stand by you no matter what."

She smiled. "You guys are the best, but don't worry, I'm not going to try until after my fifteenth birthday."

"So we have another year?"

Katerina laughed. "Yeah," She said. "We have another year."

Katerina spent the rest of the day with her friends. Actually she spent the next week, since Itachi had been sent on a last minute mission. After that week she got a mission of her own. Her first A rank, and it would cause problems that she never wanted to face.

And now we're phasing into the action portion of the story. I hope you guys are still enjoying this. Some good and bad things happen in the next chapter. I have a cosplay party on Saturday of next week, but I'll still try to update once if not twice.

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