Two days passed and the Uchuha family along with the Hokage and his family, Naruto, Miley and a couple of ANBU were standing infront of the gates of Konoha waiting for Itachi to arrive. As they waited, some of the villagers passing by saw and joined in waiting when they found out the truth and soon, almost the entire village was waiting for their arrival. A message was sent to the Hokage yesterday saying that they would arrive the next day at noon. As they continued to wait, they saw four people coming into view, which were the three ANBU and the awaiting person. Finally reaching the gate, Mikoto ran and tackled her eldest in a hug, despite his protests, mych to the amusement to the others.
"Itachi Uchiha, as Hokage of the Konoha I would like to apologize for being wrongfully accused for murder. You hace my deepest apologizes."
"Its alright Hokage-sama. It was just a misunderstanding, thats all." he said still holding onto his weeping mother.
"Its good to have you back Nii-san." Sasuke said as he went to his brother, who smiled and poked his forehead, something that he always did.
"Ahh! Itachi-sama is back!"
"Please go out with me!"
"I knew you were innocent!" this were heard from the crowd of fangirls, all ages, and the rest of the villagers. Having enough, the Hokage told the ANBU to disperse the crowd and they all left. Naruto left saying he had a date with Hinata and Fagaku left saying he had important business to attend to. The only ones left were Itachi, Mikoto, Sasuke and Miley.
"You shouldn't have left ya know." Miley started, as she made her way up to him, "you could have at least told me and we could have done something." She hugs him and he hugs back as he smiles. Going back, he saw an evil glint in her eyes, "Even if the Hokage didn't believe you, I could have easily given him many persuasions to not doubt you."
BONK
"You idiot, you cant beat up the Hokage. Have you lost your mind in the little time I was gone?" Itachi said after he hit her head.
"Oww! Why the hell do you always hit my head?! Do you want me to get brain damage?!" she yelled. He just ignored her and walked away, secretly smiling. "Hey! Don't walk away from me!" She walked after him and when she caught up, he simple held her hand, smiled and continued.
"Itachi"
"Hn"
"Grr, dont 'Hn' me! I had to beat your brother up since he would use real words." staring into the sky she continued, "I also beat him up to get all that Uchiha pride out. Anyways, why are you holding my hand? I can walk ya know!"
"Did you forget what I told you that night?"
"What nigh- ohh...you know I just remembered something, see ya!" she said as she shushined away.
"Does she honestly think that I'll let her go that easily." he sighed and then walked to his compound. All this while Sasuke and Mikoto were watching from afar, as Mikoto giigled and Sasuke was finally understanding what was going on.
"Kaa-san? Does Nii-san like her?"
"Yup! You're brother loved her since their children days. But she had to leave and then come back. I hope your ok with it?"
"Yeah, Miley is really nice and strong. But Kaa-san, she's very scary sometimes too." the boy said, shivering at the torturous training he had to go through. His mother just laughed. "But why does he like her? I know she isn't a fangirl, but does she like him too?
"Well you see Miley is a very bright girl and seeing that she used to play with Itachi when they were younger, she became a daughter I never had and I became a second mother for her, after her mother died at a young age. She does like your brother, but she doesn't know it. Its why she says that their friends."
"But why? Didn't Nii-san already told her how he felt?" he didn't think his brother was a coward. He looked confused when he saw his mother laughing really hard.
"Oh he told her alright. But she thought he meant as a friend and said that she liked him too and then stared naming other people she considered friends as well. You should have seen your brother's face! I dont believe I was him that embarrassed before. Anyways, you see she using this excuse of being friends as a shield from any harm coming to her. Why I dont know. Besides if you want to know why he likes her just ask him yourself." she said as they finally reached their compound.
-
Its been a week since he was back and Itachi Uchiha was official pissed! Why you asked? Well despite the fangirls running towards him, the one person he loved was doing the opposite: running away and was nowhere to be found. Walking through the streets of Konaha, he spotted Naruto and Hinata, who he believed were on a date and knowing Naruto was the closest person to Miley in the village, so he walked up to them and asked,
"Hi there Naruto, Hinata. How are you?" he smiled.
"Were both fine Itachi-san" Hinata answer.
"Looking for Miley again huh?" Naruto laughed.
"Where the hell is she? Is she really avoiding me?" he scowled.
"haha well last time I saw her, she was heading to the Hokage tower, saying she needed to ask him something. But what you did to her, really shook her up ya know." he said a bit seriously. They looked at him, confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Well what I mean is that after that night you kissed her, she came back a complete mess muttering things like 'friends' and 'cant like' and what not. Then she started asking me a bunch of weird questions the next day like 'Is it normal for friends to kiss?' It was really weird. All I know is that for whatever reason, something you have to ask her, she wanted you as a friend and built this mentality that you guys were only going to be friends." pondering on what Naruto told him, he was brought out of his thoughts when Hinata asked,
"We were summoned by the Hokage as well, do you want to come along? I believe she really is there. She keept saying that she needed to ask the Hokage for permission."
"Thank you. I guess I will come along."
When they finally reached the Hokage office and opened the door, they were met with the faces of the Hokage and his family, Sasuke, Sakura and both their mothers and Hinata's mother, as well as Miley. When Miley saw Naruto and Hinata, she smiled, but looking at who came with them, a scowl on their face she frozen and then turned a dark colour red, as she quickly looked away.
"Well then Miley, now that everyone is here why don't you tell us what was so urgent?" the Hokage said in a calm tone. Composing herself
"Well I guess I should get straight to the point. I want to talk my four students out of the village for three years to complete their training." there was silence and then
"WHAT?!" they all said.
"Why would you need to do that? You were training them quite well inside the village?" Hitomi Hyuuga asked.
"Well you see there something that I want to look for. Something my brother and I believe existed and still does. If I leave now, then their training would be incomplete, and I don't want to start from scratch again. Besides, it'll be giving them real life experiences of the world outside. That's why I wanted to ask for you permission to leave Hokage and wanted permission from both the parents and students." she finished.
"I want to go." Sasuke started. "I know the training that you made me go through was hell, but in about two weeks of being a genin with your training, I easily became low chuunin. If you think that leaving would help completing my training then I'm in. Besides you helped me, the least I could do is help you with your goal *turns to mother* can I go Kaa-san?"
"*smiles* well if its you Miley, then I have nothing to worry about. I see you like my daughter, so better keep both yourself out of harms way." she said the ending bit a bit seriously.
"Thank you Mikoto, I appreciate that. I've always seen you like a second mother." she said with a smile. Then Sakura spoke up,
"I want to go to. Miley you were the one who told me that I had great potential, that I wasn't weak, and you helped in in becoming someone confident with who they are. I'll go with you and when we come back in three years, I'll be the most badass medical nin around." she said as she pumped up her fist. Her mother just laughed,
"I agree. Thank you for giving my daughter hope. You have my approval." she said smiling calmly/
"Thank you. I promise I won't let you both down." Then it was Hinata's turn,
"Miley, you already know my answer, of course I'll come. Your like an older sister to both me and Hanabi."
"I believe my daughter speaks for the both of us. You also brought confidence into my daughter, after my foolish husband branded her weak, and I trust you. You have my approval." Turning to Naruto,
"Why are you guys looking at me? The thing she's looking for is something were both looking for. Beside, if your not in the village, what exactly do you think I'll be doing? Nothing of course! I'd probably die from boredom." he exclaimed as they all started to laugh. Turning to the Hokage to give permission,
"Well they agreed, and honestly I don't mind, but do you mind telling me what your looking for?" he questioned.
"If I told you now and couldn't find it, then I'd look like a fool. I'll tell you about it. So? Can we leave?" she asked anxiously.
"Alright, you may leave, but under one condition." he said, which stopped their celebrations.
"And what is that Hokage?" she questioned curiously.
"I want you to take my daughter with you and train her as well." Looking at the said girl, they saw a smugged look on her face, to which they all scowled at. Damn spoiled brat!
"I'm sorry Hokage, but I can't do that." she tried to be calm. Blinking he asked
"And why's that?"
"There are I number of reasons of why I cant train her, but let me tell yo the main ones. Firstly, she isn't my student, meaning that I would have to start from scratch-"
"But you trained them from scratched!" Kushina exclaimed.
"Yeah, but that's because they didn't have their family styles grinded into them when they were younger. What you taught her, will always be her normal stance. Its something that I cant undo. Secondly, I don't like her, she doesn't like me, we both hate each other. I hate spoiled, up struck brats. I had to beat him *points at Sasuke* up to get rid of all the 'Uchihas are superior' and "your all beneath me' crap. I was almost going to beat her *points at Sakura* for being such an annoying fangirl, if she didn't get out of it after my talk with her, heck I almost beat Hinata up for having such low esteem of herself. Sorry but no can do Hokage. Besides, why do you need me to train her when you could ask Jiraiya or you train her yourself. You've been doing that all her life anyways." she finished.
"No!" they look at where the out burst and saw that it was from Naruko, "I want you to train me. I demand that you do, or else I'll beat you up!" she yelled. Everyone in the room burst into laughter at her.
"Kit that girl is gonna get herself killed one of these days." Kuruma said as he roared in laughter.
'You sure got that right Kyuu'
"Naruko calm down. You shouldn't go trying to charge into a fight, especially one that you'll lose in" Kushina said, as she tried to calm her daughter down, but only made it worse.
"Kaa-san, you don't think I could beat her! How could you?"
"Your mother is only telling you the truth Naruko. If you don't want to die then stand down." Minato said. He and his wife had about enough of her whining and it was about a week before that they learned that their daughter was really rotten.
Flashback
"Naruko come down here. We need to talk." Minato yelled from the living room, as his wife sat beside him. Running downstairs she came down, thinking that she was going to get something. Oh how wrong she was!
"Yes Tou-san, Kaa-san!" she answered.
"Is what Naruto said during your match true?" Kushina questioned.
"Umm I don't know what you mean" she said sweating bullets.
"You know exactly what we mean young lady. Did you call your brother a demon? Yes or no?" Minato asked sternly.
"Yes, but I didn't mean to really! He just got me angry, that's all!"
"So you call him a demon and tell people not to be his friends? How is that justified! Your brother was beaten and hated by everyone of the villagers and its all because of you! What can of daughter did I raise!" Kushina wept.
"What do you have to say for yourself young lady?"
"I was sorry ok! But he isn't coming back! He's only seeing that whore as a sister no-" she said as tears started to form in her eyes, but was cut off
SLAP!
"How dare you use such valgur language! I neglected my son because we wanted you to defend yourself, since he had the Kyuubi in him and yet he's the one that turned out well. I regret ever passing him over for such a foolish person. And yet you have the audacity to call names to the one person who could help us get our son back. You are no longer a chuunin. She was right. I was favoring you, even though you lost your match, but I thought that you might have had good leadership skills. I can see now that you don't having anything in becoming a chuunin. " Minato said harshly as he walked away with his weeping wife. Naruko just stood there crying with angry and sadness.
End of Flashback
"Anyways, its alright, you may still leave. Your reasoning is understandable. Thank you for being honest." the Hokage said.
"Its alright Hokage. Well then if there is nothing else, I suggest we leave."
"When are you planning to leave?" the Hokage asked.
"Tomorrow around... I really don't want to wake up early but everyone be ready by 11 am in front of the gates."
"Are there certain things we have to bring?" Sakura asked.
"Well some clothes and food would be alright. You don't have to worry about money or tents. I'm the leader, which means that its my responsibility. Anything else?" the shook their heads no and then were out the door. Itachi stood at the door, glaring at the girl, who when she saw him, reddened and then shushined away.
"Better luck next time Itachi." Naruto said as they left the office.
-
It was later that evening that Miley came back home and she saw her brother sitting on the couch watching a movie.
"Welcome back Nee-chan." he called out.
"Thanks" she mummbled.
"So, when are you going to stop avoiding Itachi?" he asked. She tried avoiding the subject, but he caught on. "Miley, stop trying to change the topic and tell alright. Aren't I your brother?" he asked innocently. Sighing she finally gave in
"So what exactly do you want to ask?" she said as she took a sip of her hot chocolate.
"Do you like him?" that nearly caused her to spit out her drink. "Answer the question Myles, yes or no?"
"Naruto, bro, he's the heir to his clan. I clan that literally hate me. When we were younger, I would always steal him away from training, wanting to play with him. Later on, when they found out who my dad was, they didn't want their heir to be 'stained by a demon's darkness' as they put it. Mikoto, was against them, and thought that he should enjoy his childhood, and since I was actually doing so she defended me. Him being my friend was bad enough for his reputation, but-"
"Miley are you even listening to yourself!?" Naruto yelled, finally snapping, "Why the hell do you care about those things?! He doesn't care! He's the one that loved you first! Not the other way around!"
"I can't date him at all, OK! No matter he thinks, he will always be someone that people need to look up on, and if he's dating someone like me then-"
SLAP!
She looked up the one who slapped her eye wide. Naruto, with tears in his eyes looked at her.
"Why do you think so lowly of yourself!? Aren't you the one who told Hinata not to lose confidence in herself!? Miley your kind, your strong, your beautiful heck you have everything a guy could ever want in a girl and Itachi is the same! Wasn't he your first friend? Wasn't he the one who stood up for you? When he looked at you, he saw you for who you are, why can't you see him for him and not as the heir of a clan or as a prodigy, but for himself? Can't you at least do that much?" he said the last sentence a bit softer. Thinking back, she knew he was right, that what she was doing was selfish and wrong
"So what should I do know?" she sobbed. He looked at his sister and hugged her as she sat on the floor. He had never seen her this fragile and weak before. Just goes to show, that even the strongest of people sometimes have moments of weaknesses.
"You are going to first answer my original question. Do you love him?"
"Yes, yes I do love him. Don't make me say sappy things"
"Good, cuz now your going to toughen up and go to him and apologize for avoiding him the past week. Then your going to tell him how you feel, got it?" he said with a bit of superiority in his voice. She looked at him and then blinked her eyes,
"Yeaaah, I think I'm going to sleep now." she said as she began to run towards her room, but was pulled by the back of her shirt.
"Miley why don't you wanna go?" he sighed.
"I'm afraid, alright! What if he hates me? Or worse, what if its a prank? Then I becom-"
"Miley calm down!" he said shaking her, "I think your over thinking this. Just go tell him, and if he says no, then you have three years to forget it. You'll be nineteen when we come back, and then you'll be too old to cry over a rejection."
"Can't I just leave a letter? If he doesn't hate me then I guess he'll come after us and tell me so. I watched that in a movie once! It was so romantic..." then she started talking about for sometime, before she was shooed by Naruto, telling her get started on her letter. When she was gone, he called out
"I hope heard everything you need to. Just remember, if she finds out about this, we'll both be dead." he told a figure in the shadows. Emerging he said,
"Don't worry, Naruto, it was kind of sweet of her to think those things about me. I guess I'll have to wait for the letter." the now fully seen Itachi said. "but that was a bit dramatic, was it really necessary to slap her?"
"Whatever, she has to see that she isn't those things. Anyways you better leave before she arrives." and with that he left.
-
It was the next day and the people leaving on their journey were all in front of the gate along with their parents. The only people they were waiting for was Miley and Naruto.
"Where are they? I hope there on their way?" Sakura said.
"Knowing Miley, I bet she slept in, and threatened Naruto about something deadly." Hinata said as the others laughed. Another person not there was Itachi, and his family didn't see him all morning. Just then they saw two figures running towards them, and sure enough they saw it was the two they were waiting for.
"Sorry about that, but someone *glares at Miley who looks away* decided that she wanted to sleep more and kill all who came in between her and her sleep." Naruto yelled.
"Hey! Your the one who didn't wake me up properly!" she shot back.
"I did and then you threatened to...actually I won't say it." he looked away in shame.
"Anyways, everyone is here, right? Then lets go!" she said. They all said their good byes and were out of the gate. After five minutes of walking, Miley's hand was suddenly stopped, making her turn around really fast, since she was so focused on the map, and came face to face with an angry Uchiha.
"Hello there Miley." he said calmly, but the angry was visibly shown. Gulping in fear as she covered her face with the map
"Hey there Itachi. Ha Ha. How's life.." she said awkwardly.
"Really, is that how you want to go on." he questioned. Sighing she made a shadow clone and told the others to continue without her. When they were out of sight, she turned her attention to the person before her.
"Look I know your angry-"
"Angry isn't the word Miley. You avoided me for an entire week, and when you saw me, you ran away. Do you know how much that hurt." he looked her straight in the eye and said, "Do you hate me that much?" he said in a sadden tone.
"NO, NO I don't hate you, I.." she answered too quickly and then shut her mouth.
"You what Miley?" he said, knowing everything that happened last night, he wanted to make fun of her for a bit. "So now you don't want to see my face." he said as she was avoiding looking him in the eye.
"Well...you see I...Umm" she started to fidget on the place she was standing, cursing herself to be put in this position. All the while Itachi just wanted to laugh
"I guess I know my answer huh? Well sorr-"
"Shut up!" she yelled, startling him a bit. "I don't hate you damn it, I love you! There you see, I said for heavens sake!" she yelled. But she was met with a laughing and smiling face, "I knew it. It was a prank. Well congra-" she was cut of has he grabbed her by the waist and pulled her in with a kiss, which she returned. After they parted, he looked at her and said,
"I guess its official this time, right?" she just pouted, reddened already, and nodded her head. "Well I guess we have to catch up with the others." he said holding her hand as he began to walk in the direction they walked off in.
"Wait, your coming?"
"Don't you want me to?" he said, sounding a bit disappointed.
"NO no I don't mind at all. I was just asking."
They finally reached the four children, and she dispelled her clone. Seeing the two older teens coming back, hand in hand, they were happy.
"I guess you two are together now, huh. Congratulation!" Sakura said as she hugged the girl. The other three did the same
"Nii-san, you coming with us?"
"Yes I am, little brother" he smiled at him
"Say Miley, what exactly are we looking for anyways?" Sakura questioned.
"We are off on adventure ladies and gentlemen! We're looking for, drumroll please, the sky island!" she yelled, punching the air.
"You can't be serious, can you? Does that even exist?" Hinata asked.
"You it certainly does, in fact we found a map of the island."
"Oh was it that paper you found when we were coming back from our C-rank mission?" Sasuke asked.
"Yup, an we're going to find it. But you guys are also going to do your training in the meantime."
"This is gonna be one great adventure!" Sakura said as she punched the sky.
"It sure is" Naruto smiled.
What was in store for them was the greatest adventure they could ever have.
Sorry. I'm a bit rusty on love scenes. I'll try to improve in the future. Hope you like it!
