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Decision

After that new year spent celebrating with Naruto and Fran she and her team had resumed their training. By this time she had learnt more on her teammates and they her and despite all else she had grown too attached to them even their sensei.

She had learned that Itachi had mastered his Sharingan a year or so after becoming a squad and that so had Shisui. During that time they had spent more time together outside of squad trainings, in which were relatively few compared to how much training, and missions they did.

A few good things that had come out was that she, Fran and Naruto had become slightly accepted by the Uchiha clan and they no longer gave them rather intimidating stares whenever they entered their district. Fran and Naruto had also become friends of Sasuke so at times, Mikoto offered to watch over them when they were training or they took a C-rank mission that would last a few days. She remembered amusedly one time when they had come back how Fran had been.

"Yume-nee! Thank god you're back! I don't believe I could stand being around duckbutt-chibi any longer." Fran said as he went over towards her.

"My names not Duckbutt-chibi, you overgrown hat emo!"

"Hey that's my name for him you duckbutt!"

"Shut it you whiskered Fishcake! He's the one who's been annoying me the whole time, leaving you alone."

"That's not true! Have you even heard what he's done to me when you leave! He pushes me into the pond!"

At that comment she looked at Fran with a raised brow. He gave her an innocent look. "I did no such thing Yume-nee." She rolled her eyes as she looked at Mikoto.

"I am grateful for you looking after them Mikoto-sama. I hope they weren't too much trouble."

"Not at all, it was a pleasure having them here to keep Sasuke company."Mikoto smiled at her, having already gotten used to Naruto and Fran being around the compound. Her shock and the hesitance she and her husband felt towards Naruto had slowly faded. He was now welcomed into the district, so long as he didn't play any pranks or mischievous deeds inside it. Outside he wasn't their problem but inside the Uchiha district he would be and they did not want the attitude of the villagers to change too much if he misbehaved and they allowed it in their homes.

She also noted that Sasuke, although he would never admit it, always anticipated when Naruto and Fran would come over. Despite his outright denials if asked, his actions proved otherwise. And although, Fran annoyed him with his use of words, they got along. That is after Sasuke, finished taking out his frustration out on him. Fran didn't seem bothered by it but did appear to let his frustrations on things around him. Although it was hard to tell from his expression.

"I'm glad then, I wouldn't like it if they caused you any trouble Mikoto-sama."

"Ah Weasel-chan, you're back too. You should take care of your Duckbutt brother." Yume held back a smile as Itachi gave Shisui, Naruto, Fran and her an unamused look. It was almost as if he knew that they were amused by this, well it was pretty obvious with Naruto and Shisui who were both laughing out loud. "Oi, bedhead you should really learn to comb your hair." Fran said to Shisui and hung tighter onto Yume. "Also, it stinks in here take a bath will you weasel-chan, bedhead-kun."

Coughing to hide her laughter she patted Fran on the head. She then took hold of his and Naruto's hands. "Come we should be going now. It'd be rude to intrude any longer." She then bowed.

"Again, thank you for watching over them Mikoto-sama and please give my regards to Fugaku-sama. Take care Shisui-kun, Itachi-kun, Sasuke-kun." Sasuke pouted as he waved at her goodbye.

"Bye Yume-nee!"

"See you at training tomorrow Yume-Chan!" Shisui said cheerfully despite his annoyance with Fran. "By the way Naruto, next time you're here I'll help you with planning some awesome pranks!" At that comment Itachi gave Shisui a disapproving look.

"Shisui, don't encourage them."

"What? It's not like they're injuring anyone."

"Hn.."

"Ehheh."

"Good bye Yume-san." Itachi said as she looked at them amused. He and Shisui had started to get used to her change in behavior and were happy that she seemed to open up to them more. Although, at times he could sense there was still hesitation in her actions towards all of them. There was also a feeling of restlessness coming off of her for very short amounts of time. At first he thought he had imagined it but that same feeling had come off of her more than once, so he knew that he was not imagining it.

She smiled at him, and he felt a sense of warmth spread through him. "Till tomorrow then."

She then turned around and left their home and as he looked up towards his mother she had a small knowing look in her face. He then felt a tug on his sleeve. "Aniki, play with me now."

"Now, now Sasuke. You're brother just came back from a mission. You should let him rest he must be tired." Itachi smiled slightly at his mother but shook his head. "It's fine mom. I'll play with you Sasuke." He said as he patted Sasuke on the head.

"I'll play too" Shisui said and Sasuke humphed at Shisui. "I don't feel like playing with you."

Shisui's jaw dropped before going to a corner to sulk saying loudly. "Why are all the kids so mean to me."

Yume hadn't gone too far and all three of them had heard what Shisui had said. However, they had ignored it. It was normal with them after all, he said that after Fran insulted him too many times.

She then sighed, as she stared at Shisui and Itachi sparring against each other. Lately she had been feeling more restless than usual. Their sensei had been pushing for them to train more ever since she had refused to participate in the Chunin exams the last few times. It also didn't help the exams were held bi-annually, and their sensei had been pretty upset that every time she refused. Her reasoning had been that as a nine year old, while they were pretty skilled she and Itachi would be targeted more if they participated too early.

Of course their sensei had said that, it would not matter and that it would better their ninja careers as well as show off the prowess of the ninja of Konoha. She had wanted to comment rather rudely at that. While she did not harbor any ill intentions towards the village she had no real care towards all of the village. Only those that she cared about, and had grown attached to. Despite all of her efforts, she had grown closer to her squad, Naruto and some of the Uchiha. She now referred to Shisui and Itachi as Shisui-kun and Itachi-kun. That of course had made her teammates happy and had pleased their sensei because he could see she had started to trust them more with knowledge about herself.

They had learned that her birthday was on May 6, although that was something their sensei had already known, she was pretty lenient with most things, she cooked food both familiar and sometimes unfamiliar to what they knew. Although, if asked about that food she never really gave them an answer but she smiled secretly.

The fact that she was acting like this scared her, and worried her. She knew it was dangerous to feel attached to everyone, because when she'd leave they would feel betrayed and if things came to it. They would have to fight against each other, and she didn't think she could actually kill them if she had to. Fighting against family, and friends with the intention of fully harming them wasn't something she was capable of. Perhaps Itachi and Shisui could but not her.

Looking back her eyes hardened. She would have to tell them soon of her intentions, that way they would not misinterpret her actions when she does leave. At least, in that way betrayal would not be felt too deeply by them. First though, she had also decided enough was enough with postponing the time for them to take the Chunin exam. She knew Shisui had begun to feel tired of just training, practicing on doing their elemental jutsu, a bunch of D-ranks and some C-ranks. He wanted to move on as she felt Itachi did too. Just not for the same reasons. His clan had begun putting too much expectations on him and wanted him to become Chunin already so they could gloat about the Uchiha's greatness. Not really in those exact words but the message was clear.

"Sensei?" She approached their sensei who had been monitoring the spar as she had taken a small break from her own chakra control training.

"Yes Yume-chan?"

"I've been thinking…..I want to take the Chunin exams this year." Daitaro looked at her surprised while continue of being aware of Shisui and Itachi's spar.

"You do realise that's only five months away, and the last one had only been a month ago in which you refused."

"Yes."

"What brought this on?"

"It's just….I think it's about time we take the exams. Also...it..it might help with all this restlessness I feel." 'It might also help me with finally figuring out a way to go home.' She didn't add that part as she stared at her sensei.

He was quiet for a moment before he smiled and looked back at the spar, in which Itachi was winning. "Well, at least there is no doubt you'll all pass."

"Yes."

"So you're saying we can finally take the exams?" Shisui asked excitedly as he looked at Daitaro.

"Yeah, Yume-chan finally agreed, although I'd have hoped she had decided this last month." At that she shrugged, she didn't believe they were ready then, and thought they were still too young.

"Yes! Finally!" Shisui jumped in the air while Itachi merely nodded and looked at Yume. He wondered what had brought on her change.

"Yes, yes. I'm glad you're excited Shisui, but the next exam won't be until five months. Until then I expect all of you to try even harder in training and to sharpen your skills. I wouldn't want my teaching methods to be critiqued if you don't pass and I've had at least three years to show nothing for it."

"Hai, sensei." They all said as Shisui then promptly glomped Yume. "Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you!"

"Good, training is over for today."

"Get off Shisui-kun."

"But we can finally take part in the Chunin exams!" She deadpanned as Shisui held her close and lifted her off the ground. She wasn't amused because for one, he was a teenager and a lot taller than her, another thing was she didn't like to be reminded she was short.

Itachi just looked at them and shook his head. It was a while before Shisui finally put her down and as she turned towards Itachi she felt a poke on her forehead protector. She sighed as she looked at Itachi, she was only an inch or two taller than him but she knew he would eventually pass her in height.

"You two don't know anything about personal space."

"Of course we do, it's just we don't care about invading yours."

She humphed at that and looked away, noticing that their was no one anywhere near the river area they always came to after training was over. 'Maybe...I should tell them now?' She felt a wave of panic at that. What would she say? How would she say it? Would they take the news well?

As these questions went through her head her body had tensed and Itachi had noticed. Frowning, he gently put his hand on her shoulder. She looked up and looked at Itachi's questioning gaze. For some reason she had the urge to blush and had noticed that Itachi had begun to get tear troughs on his face, despite his young age.

She looked away and sighed, as she forced herself to relax. She had to come clean, she knew that but that prospect was scarier than she had first thought it would.

"Shisui-kun...Itachi-kun.."She began hesitantly and rubbed her arm with her hand. Why was this so much harder than she thought it'd be..

"Hm? What is it Yume-chan?"

"Ah...well…" God was this so difficult.

Itachi lightly put pressure on his hand. "It's ok Yume.."

She then took a deep breath and smiled gratefully at Itachi. 'He's right, it's ok. I'll just get this over with..'

"I….well...I guess I better explain some things. Um…" They gave her expectant looks as turned her gaze toward the river. "...Remember when I said my goal was to find my sky when we had to introduce ourselves to our sensei?"

"Ah, yeah. That's a pretty weird goal to have Yume-chan."

She chuckled at that comment but didn't move her gaze from the river. "Well….what I meant is that my goal is to find my family again."

"Well...that's not such a bad dream. Why didn't you just say so?" Itachi however, sensed there was more to that, than just finding her family.

"Shisui-kun...to find my family again would mean I would have to leave the village." Shisui didn't seem to get her meaning as she just looked at her confused while realization dawned on Itachi.

"...You'd leave the village….for good wouldn't you?"

Softly she replied."Yes...that's why I didn't want to get too close with all of you. I'm scared, I'm scared of hurting you, of getting hurt myself because it'd be like abandoning you. However, it's too late not to get close now. I've gotten too attached with all of you, you have all become important to me." While the news that they were important to her brought them happiness, they now understood why she had always seemed so reluctant to get closer with them.

It'd be easier to leave someplace if one didn't have any close bonds or attachments with others. The fact that they had gotten close with her, brought her to worry on the results of what would happen when she left. She had worried on how they would react, on how they would feel. It would also had meant that they, if it had come to it, would have to fight and possibly eliminate her.

"Well...you could just ask permission to leave can't you?"

"You don't get it..I...me and Fran might never come back when we leave." She said quietly, as she let her words sink in for Itachi and Shisui.

"..."

It was Shisui who broke the silence. "Then...we'll just have to enjoy the time we have together. When that time comes we'll worry on what to do with your leaving." He smiled as he hugged Yume. Yume squirmed uncomfortably at that. "Off Shisui-kun."

"Nope, didn't you hear me? We'll enjoy our time together, right Itachi?"

At that Itachi smiled and poked her on her forehead protector again while she was held in Shisui's grip. "Of course. No matter what happens, we'll enjoy the time we have right now. It also doesn't hurt to know that even if you leave you have no ill intentions towards anyone in the village."

She rolled her eyes but smiled gratefully to them and relaxed in Shisui's hug. They were ok, and they didn't hate her for the fact that she would leave someday. Her chest filled with warmth and as she looked back towards the river. She knew Shisui was right and they would not worry about what will happen until that time came. They would enjoy their time together, no matter what.