That Evening

Itachi could feel Ryoko's heart slowing down when he arrived in Konoha. "Hold on Ryoko." Immediately, he took her to the hospital. There, she was rushed to the emergency room. While they were treating Ryoko, Itachi waited nervously.

After what seemed like a millenium to Itachi, one of the doctors came out with a clipboard. "Mr. Uchiha?"

"How is she?" Itachi asked as he shot up from his chair. The doctor looked down at his clipboard and faced Itachi again before saying, "There was a chance that she might live..."

"Was? What do you mean was?" Itachi feared the worse had happened. The doctor sighed and his expression grew very grim. There was a long silence before he smiled and said, "She's going to be alright."

Itachi sighed with relief. "May I see her?" The doctor nodded and led him to Ryoko's room. There, he saw Ryoko resting peacefully. Her chest moved up and down slowly as she was breathing. Itachi looked over at her heart monitor. It showed that her heart beat was slow but steady.

He sat down next to her and stroked her long light brown hair. She woke up when he accidently tugged at her hair. She smiled when she saw Itachi's face.

"It's nice to you awake." He said as he stared into Ryoko's hazel eyes. She forced herself to sit up when Dita, Kakashi, and the two Hokages walked in.

Dita went over to Ryoko and hugged her tightly. "Ow!" Ryoko pushed Dita off. "That was my impalement wound, you idiot!"

Dita sniffed. She was crying earlier. "I'm sorry. I'm just glad that you're okay." She sucked up her tears. Kakashi put his arm around her shoulders to comfort her. "Don't worry...she's not pushing up daisies yet."

"Yet." Ryoko emphasized. "Too bad you didn't get the blueprints." Yondaime said with a down spirit. Ryoko reached into her pocket and pulled out a scroll. Everybody's eyes widened.

"How did you..." Yondaime's voice trailed off. Ryoko smiled and said, "I have my ways."

"Excellent job, Ryoko." Sarutobi said as he removed the blueprints from her hands. "One question...how did you get caught?" Sarutobi asked. Ryoko coughed once.

"Um...that's for me to know and for you guys to never ever find out." She paused for a moment. "When am I supposed to get out this place. I don't like spending the night at hospitals."

"The doctor said that if your improvement continues at this pace, you'll be out in two days." Yondaime answered. Ryoko did a slight whimper at the thought at sleeping at the hospital during the night.

"How about Itachi stays the nights with you?" Kakashi suggested. Dita knew where this was going. "Yeah, that'll be a great idea don't you think hokage-samas?" Dita turned to them both but mainly Sarutobi.

Sarutobi chuckled to himself. "Yes, as a matter-of-fact, Itachi, you are hereby ordered to 'gaurd' Ryoko during her stay at the hospital." Both Ryoko and Itachi blushed to this.

"I know what you're doing...all of you! And it is...unfortuanetly...working." Ryoko said pointing at everyone except Itachi.

"You two should hug or better yet..." Dita didn't finish her sentence since she knew that they got the picture.

"You keep making all these suggestions for me and Itachi, why won't you take your own advice?" Ryoko shot back. She smirked when Dita didn't respond. "Ha-ow!" Ryoko put her hands over her wound. When she removed her hands, they were covered with blood.

"You must've put too much pressure while you were about to shout at Dita." Itachi said trying to hide his panic.

"I'll go get a doctor." Dita said as she and Kakashi exited the room. "You musn't strain yourself, Ryoko" Sarutobi said.

"We'll be going now. Great work on retrieving the blueprints." Yondaime said as he and Sarutobi left.

Not long after, Dita and Kakashi returned with a nurse. "Well, you have your orders, and we got a date. Later Ryoko. Later Itachi." Dita said before leaving with her hands linked with Kakashi's.

The nurse injected Ryoko with something that apparently made her bleeding stop. "There you go that should you until tomorrow's blood transfusion." The nurse said before continuing her work at her desk.

When she left, there was an awkward silence between the two of them. It didn't improve over the night as well. Itachi watched Ryoko sleep for about an hour until he fell asleep too.

Next Day

Dita woke up earlier than usual. She yawned and stretched her arms. "Another day!" She said cheerfully through her sleepiness. After she got ready, she went to the training grounds where she was to meet Sakura. "Hm...maybe I'll teach her something other than genjutsu today." Dita smiled and left the house.

When Dita arrived at the training grounds, she saw Sakura sulking on a tree stump. Sakura let out a miserable sigh. Dita walked over. "Hey, what's wrong?"

Sakura looked up at Dita. "Nothing, Dita-sensei." She stood up and immediately recognized Dita's "I don't believe you expression". Sakura gave in. "Okay...something is wrong." She admitted.

"Tell me everything."

Sakura took a deep breath in before telling Dita. "Sasuke...he-he...he said that I was annoying."

Dita was quiet for a few moments before bursting out by saying, "That's it?! You're sulking because of those little words? Sakura, you have to understand...a lot of guys think that even the girls that they have a crush on are annoying. Like...Itachi and Ryoko. Itachi thinks Ryoko is annoying yet he still likes her. Who knows, maybe Sasuke really does like you and he's trying to hide it. It kinda runs in the Uchiha family to hide your feelings for a loved one."

Sakura had to agree with Dita on the last sentence. "Okay, now that we have that cleared I'm going to teach you something totally new. This time...it's not genjutsu or anything that ends with jutsu."

"Then what are you teaching me?" Sakura asked confused. Dita got a mischievious smile. "How to get a guy to like you more..." Sakura's face lit up.

"Are you serious, Dita-sensei?"

"How do you think I got Kakashi? I experimented in middle school and highschool okay."

Sakura couldn't help but laugh a little even if she was a little skeptical of Dita's lesson for the day. Dita gestured to Sakura to follow her into the village.

Back At the Hospital

Ryoko woke up before Itachi. It took her a while to remember what happened yesterday. She forced herself out of bed to use the bathroom. When she came out, Itachi heard her footsteps and assumed that they were someone else's footsteps. He woke up and held a kunai to her throat without thinking.

Ryoko gasped. When Itachi realized that it was Ryoko, he apologized and insisted that she stayed in bed to fully recover. "What the hell was that all about?" Ryoko asked rubbing her throat.

"I heard footsteps and thought they weren't yours." He replied thinking Ryoko would punch him as hard as her weakened arms would let her, but she did nothing except sigh deeply.

A crew of nurses and a doctor came in with a needle and two A positive blood bags. "Time for your blood transfusion." The doctor said happily.

Ryoko's eyes widened when she saw the needle and then swallowed hard. "You mean...you're gonna stick a needle through me?" The nurses and the doctor nodded. She whimpered and clutched Itachi's arm.

"It's okay, Ryoko. At least they're not sticking a sword through you." When Itachi pointed this out, Ryoko calmed down but still held on to his arm. The doctor attatched the needle to the blood bags. As the needle neared her, Ryoko moved her grip to Itachi's hand. He was surprised by this gesture.

The needle pierced Ryoko's skin and Ryoko was surprised that she didn't feel a thing. "Wow...I didn't feel the slightest pinch."

"Because you've had worse." Itachi said still holding Ryoko's hand. The doctor put some adhesive to the needle and got up. "With the way you're progressing, you should be out of the hospital by tomorrow morning."

"Finally!" Ryoko said with a great sigh of relief. When they left, she gave Itachi a hug. He was taken aback by this bigtime! Yet, he returned her hug. "Thank you." She whispered before letting go of him.

Hinata was at the door when all this happened. "I never knew you two were dating." They both turned to the door and saw Hinata.

"Hinata!" Ryoko shouted. "I'm sorry Ryoko-sensei but I was about to enter when I saw you hugging and that's when..." Her voice trailed off.

"It's okay...but now you owe me an extra 15 minutes of training!"

Back At Dita and Sakura

"Sensei?"

"Shh"

They were outside of Sasuke's house. Dita had planned on getting Sakura to talk to him and then evaluate how she did. She pushed her closer to the door. "Go and talk to him."

"But what am I going to say?" Sakura asked shrugging her shoulders. "Try asking him what it's like to be the brother of the Uchiha prodigy. If that doesn't work, then try...something else okay." Dita winked and rang the doorbell before running behind a bush.

Sakura's hands got sweaty as she could hear Sasuke opening the door. "What do you want, Sakura?" He asked impatiently. Sakura cleared her throat. "Um-uh-I was just wondering...what is it like being the younger brother of the Uchiha prodigy?" She stuttered.

"Do you really want to know?" Sasuke asked narrowing his eyes. Sakura's eyes shifted to the corner and nodded. Sasuke sighed and started explaining. "First off, you are ignored because you can't do whatever he's capable of doing. And you're pressured to surpass him all the time. Point being, it's not exactly great."

Sakura listened intently and nodded her head. "How do you deal with all that?"

Sasuke shrugged. "I don't really know...you know, for a talkative annoying girl...you're a good person to talk to." Sakura smiled and it made Sasuke feel...nice. "Listen...if you're not doing anything tomorrow...would you like to uh-um-g-go on a date?"

Sakura could hardly breathe and it took her a while to pull herself together. "Sure." "Good, I'll get you at...3 so we can catch a movie or something."

Sakura bit her lip to conatin her excitement. "That's perfect." "Okay, bye." With that Sasuke went back into the Uchiha house. Dita came out from the bush she was hiding in. "That was great!" she said as she clapped her hands in joy.

"I know! I scored a date with Sasuke-kun!" Sakura couldn't help but let out a fangirl squeal. "Okay let's go shopping for an outfit for your date and tomorrow, I'll show you how to apply make-up!"

They were jumping for joy for at least another five minutes.

Back at the Hospital

"How long is this needle going to stay in me?" Ryoko asked tempted to rip the needle out. "Just be patient, Ryoko." Itachi said. Twenty minutes passed before a nurse came in and removed the needle from her arm. "Before you leave, we need to run some tests to make sure that you're ready to go back on missions."

"I am never bringing my I.D. card with me on missions anymore."

"So that's how you got caught!" Itachi stood up from his chair so suddenly that his chair fell over. "It was an accident. It fell out of my pocket." Ryoko said acting like it was no big deal.

"Accidents like that could get you killed! When I finally got you out of there, I thought you were going to die!"

"So what! People die everyday!" Ryoko's heart monitor was rising and going faster. "What difference would it make if Konoha lost another person that wasn't so prominent to the village?!"

"It would make a difference to me! If you died..." Itachi didn't want to finish what he was going to say but Ryoko wanted to know. "How would it make a difference to you?!"

"Because you're a prominent person to me!" Itachi wasn't holding back any feelings right now. "Don't you get it, Ryoko?" His tone was gentle this time.

"What is there to get?" Ryoko asked not raising her voice. "Don't you get it, " Itachi repeated, " I love you..."

Ryoko thought she had lost way too much blood and couldn't believe what Itachi just said. "Someone must be punking me...no...he really admitted it. He loves me?" They were both silent for a moment when Ryoko broke it.

"Is that why you came?"

Itachi was silent. Ryoko couldn't help but smile a little. "Is that you're first time saying that you love someone?"

"Yes..." He answered. "Will it be the only time?"

"Probably n-" Ryoko interrupted him with a kiss. If Itachi had a heart monitor, it would've gone so fast that it would've broken down! "I love you too."

Next Day

Dita wakes up and gets ready to go to the hospital. "Since the chuunin exams are coming up, I'll bring Ryoko with me to become a senital." Dita entered the hospital and went over to the nurse at the desk. "Excuse me, I'm here to see Ryoko Aizawa."

"Of course. Well, you have to wait because she should be coming out soon. I'll go and let her know for you."

"Thank you." Dita took a seat in the waiting area. After fifteen minutes of waiting, Ryoko and Itachi came out. Dita stood up. "The senital thingy will start soon so hurry up!"

"What senital thingy are you talking about?"

"The one where the proctor for the chuunin exams will determine who will be spotting the cheaters at the first part of the exams. It starts in ten minutes so let's go!" Dita rushed.

"I never agreed on going." Ryoko said crossing her arms in defiance. Dita pursed her lips. "I'm sure there will be cute guys there. Oh and one of the chuunin proctors is uh..what was his name? Oh yeah...Genma."

"Okay see you later Itachi!" Ryoko kissed him on the cheek before leaving with Dita. "Hehe...I knew that would work on her." Dita thought to herself.

At the Senital Thingy

Everyone is lined up in two rows across from eachother. "Dang he is-" Dita nudged Ryoko. "Shh." Genma walked down the isle and as he did so, all the girls-except for Dita- leaned over to see him until they leaned in too far and fell.

"Hey Ryoko you dropped something." Dita said laughing. Ryoko looked around her. "What?"

"Your dignity." Dita said helping Ryoko up. "Well can you blame me? He is fine." Ryoko looked at Genma once more and bit her lip. "What about Itachi?" Dita asked.

"What about him?" Ryoko said as if she could care less about him. "Don't you think he's fine too?" Dita reminded Ryoko. She paused. "Well, yeah but..."

"But what?"

"Sometimes he can be...hesitant. Though he is a very sweet guy..and very hot and hot and-" Dita interrupted Ryoko. "Okay, okay. I get it. In my opinion, I think you should dump him."

Ryoko punched Dita's shoulder hard. "Ow!" She rubbed her shoulder in pain. "Think what you think but I'm not dumping him! What makes you think that I should dump him anyways?"

"Well...isn't it annoying when he doesn't express how he feels about you?"

"Duh! You see the thing with Itachi is that even though he may be fine..he can be...let's see how do I say this? He can be the sweetest guy in the whole world." Ryoko smiled remembering what happened yesterday.

Dita cocked her head to the side. "Really, how?"

Ryoko looked as if she was lovestruck as she explained to Dita. "Yesterday he found out how I got caught and he was angry at first but..."

Dita's eyes widened waiting for Ryoko to continue. "But what?" Ryoko took another few seconds. "But he actually admitted something that was really nice."

Dita was getting anxious and wanted to know exactly what Itachi said to Ryoko. "What did he say? What did he say?" She asked impatiently.

"He said that I was a prominent person in his life and that he loved me." Ryoko turned a slight pink. "Awww. That is really sweet. Who knew he-" Dita was cut off when Genma came over and cleared his throat. "Excuse me ladies." He eyed Dita and Ryoko. Ryoko pushed Dita out of the way.

"Hi! I'm Ryoko."

"Pleased to meet you, Ryoko." He turned to Dita. "And you are?"

"Dita." She said holding back a scowl.

"Dita and Ryoko...why do those names ring a bell...oh right. You two are the new jounin from an unknown origin am I right?"

They both nodded. "Well, I trust that you will be perfect as senitals for the first stage of the chuunin exams." He handed them a blue paper stating when and where to report on the day of the chuunin exams. Ryoko handed it back to him. "Sorry but I was forced over here after leaving the hospital. Little Miss Happy-go-lucky here didn't want to be alone."

Dita glared evily at Ryoko. "Understandable. See you around ladies." He looked at Ryoko up and down before leaving. "Oooh, did you see the way he was looking at you, Ryoko. I think he likes you." Dita elbowed Ryoko as she said this. She looked at her watch.

"I have to help Sakura before her big date with Sasuke. See ya!" Dita headed for Sakura's house. "Sasuke and Sakura have a date?" Ryoko said putting her hands on her hips. "He's too much of a butthead for that..." She shrugged her shoulders and left.

At Sakura's House

Dita rang the doorbell and Mrs. Haruno answered. "Hello there Dita! Sakura!!" Sakura came down the stairs in her new outfit for her date. "Dita-sensei! C'mon I've already picked out the color eyeshadow I want!"

Dita rushed up the stairs and into Sakura's room. There stood a large vanity with make up containers scattered all over. "You don't need to go overboard with this make up, Sakura." Dita said picking up the eyeshadow.

Sakura closed her eyes as Dita applied it for her. "There, it's perfect for bringing out those emerald orbs of yours. Now hand me that blush over there."

Sakura happily handed her the blush. Dita put a light dose of it onto Sakura's cheeks. She took a few steps back to get a full view of Sakura. "There's only one more thing." Dita picked up a few hair clips and put Sakura's hair in a bun that went well and she lets some strands of her pink hair hang loose.

"You look very pretty. Now he should coming soon-" Just then the doorbell rang. Sakura gasped. "That must be Sasuke-kun! Okay Dita-sensei...wish me luck! Bye!" Sakura went down the stairs and saw Sasuke wearing his usual outfit.

Sasuke looked up and was amazed at how pretty Sakura looked. "You look...um..pretty." He blushed at saying this but Sakura only smiled.

"You better bring her back by 10:01 or else I'm going to hunt you're ass down!" Mr. Haruno called as they left. Mrs. Haruno sniffled. "There she goes on her first date! Next thing you know she's going to get married and then we're going to become grandparents!"

Mr. Haruno feared the thought of becoming a grandfather. "Like hell she won't!" He marched upstairs with his arms crossed. "See you guys later!"

Author's Note: I'm sorry but I don't feel like writing in Sasuke and Sakura's date. Sorry to those who wanted me to but laziness can you at a bad time. (

Next Day

Itachi went over to Ryoko and Dita's house. He rang the doorbell and knocked but there was no answer. The door was unlocked and he decided to go inside. He heard a loud thud upstairs and went over. There was the sound of a shower then he heard a loud snore.

Naturally, it came from Ryoko's room. He entered her room to find her wrapped in her blanket on the floor with drool trickling down the corner of her mouth. Itachi couldn't help but smile slightly. Ryoko shifted and muttered, "Itachi...hot...dragon country...Hinata...needs training."

Itachi shook her awake. Ryoko cracked her eyes open and when she saw Itachi's face looking at her she jumped and struggled to her feet. "Who the hell are you?!" Itachi looked at her weirdly. "Oh Itachi..I'm sorry." She took out her ponytail and let her waist long hair flow as she dug through her drawer for another outfit for the day.

"So what are you here for?" She asked not looking at him. "My parents want to meet you." Ryoko stopped rummaging through her drawers and turned to face him. "Say what?"

"My parents want to meet you." He repeated. Ryoko took out her outfit and changed in the bathroom. "Okay let's go. I think it'll be fun meeting them. I hear your mom is a bit silly."

"Yeah, but you learn to get used to her anyways." Itachi said. Ryoko smiled and left with Itachi.

At Uchiha Compound

Mikoto and Fugaku were waiting at the front gate. "Oh look! She's here!" Mikoto ran over to Itachi and Ryoko. She scrutinized Ryoko. "Is this the girl, Itachi?" She asked still examining her. Itachi lightly nodded. "Yes mom."

A large satisfactory smile hovered over Mikoto's face. "Wow! I have to take picture of Itachi's first girlfriend." She pulled out a camera and a blue flash haunted both Itachi and Ryoko's eyes for a few moments. "Mom!"

"I'm sorry honey but a mom can't help it." Fugaku came over. "Is this it?" He said coldly. "Yes, father." Itachi said formally.

"Not bad..." He crossed his arms and walked away. "Oh don't mind him. He's just grumpy because he's always overworking himself.

"It's okay. Itachi's like that most of the time as well." Ryoko and Mikoto laughed as Itachi stood there embarassed. "C'mon let's go inside. I'll show you some of Itachi's baby pictures."

"Mom!" Itachi was red from embarassment. Ryoko just smiled and held his hand. "So what's your name?" Mikoto asked leading them into the living room. "Ryoko."

"Last name?"

"...Aizawa."

Mikoto's eyebrows rose as Ryoko metioned her last name. "Aizawa as in from..." Mikoto asked not finishing. Ryoko nodded. "What are you two talking about?" Itachi asked confused. Mikoto shook her head. "Nothing dear."

They entered the living room and Mikoto pulled out a large photoalbum. She sat down and both Ryoko and Itachi sat down as well. "This was when he first started walking. How fast they grow..." Laughter was clearly visible in her eyes when she turned the page. Mikoto held the album to her chest and had a huge smile.

"What is it?" Ryoko asked trying to get a look at it. "I know Itachi will hate me for this but I can't help it. She showed Ryoko the picture and Ryoko burst out laughing so hard that she fell on the floor. Itachi stood up.

"Mom...you didn't show her that picture did you?" Mikoto's eyes grew shifty. "Uh...maybe." Ryoko got up off the floor. "That was a picture of your first-" Mikoto covered Ryoko's mouth before she could finish. Itachi took the album from Mikoto's hands. His eyes widened when he saw the picture. "MOM! You promised to never show anyone when you took the picture!"

"Promises are meant to be broken...well this one was due to be broken soon anyways."

A/N: The picture is when a 12 year old Itachi just got out of bed and he's rubbing his head from drowsiness. If you down at the picture, you can see a bulge and a wet spot there...the pic was of his first boner! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...hilarious isn't it?

"Don't worry Itachi...I won't go around telling people. I promise" Ryoko giggled to herself. "Please don't tell anyone, Ryoko." Itachi pleaded. Ryoko stopped giggling and saw his eyes which practically read "Please don't tell anyone. Please,please...I'll take you to a buffet if you don't."

Ryoko went over to him and took the photoalbum. She looked down at it's cover. "Fine."

At Dinner

Mikoto was staring at Ryoko and Itachi when she finished her food. "Soo...have you two lovebirds been intimate yet?"

The kitchen fell dead silent. Fugaku looked at Itachi with the "We need to talk look." then he glared at Ryoko. "What does that mean?" Ryoko asked breaking the silence.

Mikoto just had her hands on her chin and her elbows on the table as she leaned in. "Well..."

"What does intimate mean?" Ryoko asked again impatiently. "Did you have sex yet?" Sasuke clarified form out of the blue. Fugaku's stare at Ryoko grew icier before Ryoko spat her food out and it landed in Fugaku's face.

Everyone's eyes widened as he wiped the food off. "Oh my god. Mr. Uchiha,sir...I-I-I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to.."

"Ryoko...run...now." Mikoto said. Ryoko got up and ran. Fugaku bolted after her. "You can run but you can't hide!"

"I said I was sorry! What else do you want me to do?" Ryoko ran into Itachi's bedroom without noticing it was his room. She hastily locked the door. "Open the damn door!" He banged against the door.

Mikoto came over and clamed him down. There was knocking at the door. "Ryoko?" She recognized Itachi's voice and opened the door. "Are you okay?"

"Of course I'm not okay! You're dad chased me around the house!...but you're here so I feel better. Itachi the closed the door behind him. He turned around and saw Ryoko digging through his drawers. "Hey! What are you doing?"

Ryoko held up a pair of his boxers. "These look like they could be Sasuke's." Itachi snatched it from her hands. "That was my first pair that's why it looks small."

"Or..could it be that you are small..if you know what I mean.." She had a playful smile. "It's okay though...I don't mind but if it's too small then we have a major problem."

"I am not small...I'm..." Itachi wasn't going to tell her his size yet. "Okay then let me see if you say you're not small." Ryoko reached for his pants but Itachi stepped back. "I don't feel comfortable with you just looking in there." He said blushing.

"Oh c'mon just a little peek won't hurt." She giggled at the thought that he might be small. "No." Itachi said turning around. Ryoko puted until he turned around, when he did she started chasing him around the room. "You're such a wuss!" Ryoko said while chasing after him.

Eventually, Itachi ended up pinning Ryoko down to the floor. "For the millionth time, you're not looking down there." Ryoko merely smirked as she got out of his grip. "You could at least tell me how long it is." Ryoko insisted.

During all the struggling with trying to keep Ryoko pinned, down Itachi got a..uh..let's just say "pinnochio". Ryoko felt something against her leg and looked down. "Oh my god! Does that mean I get to have a peek?"

Itachi knew he couldn't avoid it now and gave into Ryoko's puppy eyes. "Fine." He reluctantly took down his pants and under garnments. Ryoko's eyes widended. "See you shouldn't be complaing since you're not small. You're actually about...a seven or eight...seven and a half!" Ryoko was easily turned on and yeah...

Author's Note: I won't be describing those nasty sex scenes like some authors do okay! Anyways Itachi and Ryoko lost it to eachother and yeah...you get the point.

Next Day

Mikoto knocked on the door and didn't hear an answer so she came inside Itachi's room. There she a trail of clothes leading to the bed. Ryoko's arm was slinged across Itachi's bare chest.

"Hm..let's see. She's not wearing a bra, they're in the same bed...Oh my god!" It took Mikoto a while to process the information through her brain before shouting out, "You two had sex!" She took out her videocamera and started taping them. Itachi sprang out of bed when Mikoto shouted out.

He saw the videocamera and started panicking. "Mom give me the camera!" He manuvered around Ryoko and went after the camera held in Mikoto's hands. Mikoto ran into the kitchen, slipped, and landed on her butt. "Ow!"

Fugaku took the camera from Mikoto and saw what was recorded. "Nice, Itachi...very nice." Ryoko came into the kitchen rubbing the drowsiness out of her eyes. "What's going on?"

Fugaku looked up at her and smirked that infamous Uchiha smirk. "Fuck.." Itachi said under his breath. "Yes, that's what you did to her." Sasuke said as he walked over to the fridge.

"Would somebody please tell me what's going on!" Ryoko demanded in frustration. Fugaku held the camera where Ryoko could see what was recorded. "I don't get it..." Itachi went over and explained to her in a whisper. Ryoko's eyes widened. "Oh my god!"

Sasuke sat at the table enjoying the commotion that was being caused until everything was interuppted when three Uchihas from the police arrived. "Itachi!"

Itachi went over to face them. "What is it?" One of the Uchihas looked at him with disgust. "There were two people who didn't attend yesterday's meeting...Shisui and you. When we found Shisui, he was dead and we found this suicide note." He handed it to Itachi.

"His body was drowned and was apparently a suicide" He eyed Itachi more suspiciously. "I hear that you and Shisui were close."

Itachi closed his eyes. "Yes, he was like an older brother to me. It is unfortunate that he died."

"You know, those with the sharingan can copy his handwriting. It seems out of the blue that he would commit suicide."

Itachi crumpled the suicide note a little and activated his sharingan. "Why won't you be more direct?! Are you trying to say that I killed him?"

"That's right you little brat! If you betray this clan, you won't get away with it so easily." Itachi was about to attack the three Uchiha policemen when Ryoko stopped him. "No, if you attack them then you'll be even more of a suspect."

One of the Uchihas smirked. "When we find out that you really are Shisui's killer, don't be surprised if something unfortunate happens to your little girlfriend." He eyed Ryoko.

Itachi got out of Ryoko's grip and attcked the Uchiha policemen. "Don't you ever threaten her. If you do-"

"Itachi! Enough!" Fugaku shouted. He came into the yard. "What is going on?" He demanded. "This clan...this clan is afraid of change and power. They limit themselves to reaching their full extent. and they threatened Ryoko." His sharingan seemed to turn redder.

"Itachi, please stop." Ryoko pleaded. Itachi calmed down and fell to his knees and bowed. "I'm sorry...please forgive me for it will never happen again."

Fugaku sighed and signaled the other Uchihas to leave. "Just remember we'll be keeping a close eye on you." they looked over at Ryoko, "You should keep a close eye on him as well...he might kill you." With that they left and everybody, except Ryoko and Itachi, went inside.

"What happened exactly?" Ryoko asked as Itachi got up. "Nothing." He replied coldly with his sharingan still activated. "Did you really kill Shisui?" She lowered her voice as she asked this question.

"Just drop it." He went inside the house aggrevated at what had just taken place. Ryoko began to worry about Itachi and followed him inside.

Not Long After

"It was very nice to meet you, Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha." Ryoko said giving Itachi a worried glance. Mikoto smiled. "And it was very nice to meet you too, Ryoko." she elbowed Fugaku. "Oh-uh..likewise." Is all he said.

"Can we have a minute?" Ryoko requested. Mikoto nodded and went inside the house with Fugaku. "Are you going to be okay?" she asked. Itachi didn't answer which irritated Ryoko but she chose not to show it. She approached Itachi, who was trying to avoid her eyes. "Will you at least look at me?" Ryoko said with irritation.

Itachi looked up at her and met with her eyes. "What happened earlier..." Ryoko began, "Even if it is true, I just want you to know that it doesn't make me love you any less than I do right now. Just tell me the truth right now, did Shisui really commit suicide or are your relatives' theory correct?"

Itachi paused for a long while before answering, "I had something to do with his death." He wanted to make it sound like he didn't kill him so he wasn't really lying to Ryoko, though she kinda knew that his answer meant "yes".

"Okay...good enough. Well, I'll see you later...oh and tell your father that I'm really sorry about the whole spitting the food in his face accident." Itachi couldn't help but show small smile. "Sure."

The whole chapter was about Ryoko I know, but Dita will soon have a chapter to herself. Anyways thanks for reading! Oh yeah..in the next chapter Ryoko makes a bet with Dita and the chuunin exams start. REVIEW please!