A/N Timeline is gonna be a little messy, but Im doing my best to comply with the Naruto timeline. That being said, I want Viviel to meet Itachi in the Academy, and for them to bond a bit.

As some will notice, 5 is younger that most students joining the Academy. Im editing it to be structured like so

•1st year, 5 year olds learn shinobi basics

•2nd year, 6 years olds learn Shinobi history, and maintain their skills

•3rd year, 7 Year olds learn simple justsu and expand upon shinobi tactics

•4th year, 8 year olds learn the genin structure and improve on all of their general skills

5th, final year, 9 year olds narrow down a specialization and prepare for a genin team. Children who fail and must repeat a year will move forward and simply repeat the 5th year.

Viviel is a yearish older than Shisui, three yearishs older than Itachi. With Riddle making her lie to appear younger, She will be attending Academy with Itachi. Being naturally intelligent and older they will both graduate Early.

I don't own anything I'm fanfictioning, but I do own a few plushies

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The cool air felt nice on her skin, but the sunlight felt incredible. She thought about memorizing it forever with her Sharingan, but didn't take the chance as anyone could be watching her.

She made it to the Academy and into the classroom. The first to arrive, she chose an uninteresting seat. Third row of Five, Leftmost side. This put her near enough to the door to escape if necessary, but didn't draw attention to her.

Soon after her, a boy with smooth black hair walked in. His eyes lingered on her for a moment. Studying eachother, the children felt like they knew eachother. an odd sense of familiarity. The boy walked towards her, holding her gaze almost as steadily as she held his.

"Good Morning classmate. What is your name?"

"I am Peverell Vick, five years old. It is a pleasure to meet you, classmate." She stood and bowed a short, polite bow.

He returned the gesture, "I am Itachi Uchiha. Your name is unfamiliar. Can you tell me of your family Peverell-san?"

"I have a mother, and a father. They do not approve of me joining the Academy. I am please to be here, and eager to learn. I have read much of your family, it is an honor Uchiha-san."

Itachi sat beside her. While V wanted to know more of the boy, sitting next to a clan child would bring negative attention. Troublesome.

Their conversation ended, as more children began to shuffle in. As the seats filled, most children gave V odd looks, and gave Itachi respectful nods. The clan kids, anyway. Children from civilian families didn't appear to know much of the Uchiha, and were unfamiliar with anyone they hadn't grown up with.

Five minutes before the scheduled start time, a large man walked in. This was to be their teacher, and he smiled brightly at them all. He introduced himself as Daikoku Funeno, to be addressed as Funeno-Sama.

V's first day of Academy covered basic Shinobi knowledge; some of it she already knew, but it was clear that Riddle-Sama had skipped basic things he was sure the academy would teach.

She now fully understood a Shinobi's purpose, to serve the village. She knew her power was called Chakra, and that in the coming days she would learn how to use it in a few ways.

During a break for lunch, V was once again approached by Itachi. They sat together by a large tree. They discussed the days lesson in soft tones. Itachi was clearly a genius and V wondered idly if he too was truthfully older. They spent a few of the final minutes meditating, focusing on their chakra. Neither of them paid any mind to the gossiping children watchign them with wide eyes.

In order to bring the day to a close, Funeno-Sama ordered each student to address the class, intruducing themselves. Many children spoke shyly. Itachi seemed to slightly rush through it, uncofortable with the attention.

V's Turn

"My name is Peverell Vick, though I prefer the nickname V. I enjoy studying and look forward to learning alongside you, my peers. Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself, Funeno-Sama."

A day's learning done, V bid Itachi farewell and hurried home.

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"The Uchiha are a proud clan. They will be your allies one day. Befriending Itachi early will benefit you greatly."

V didn't understand how it could, if she truly was destined to suffer and die. She was finally considering how little sense going to academy made if she was going to be killed anyway.

"Crush that thought. It matters not Why I have ordered you to go. I have Ordered it. I will allow you rest tonight but tomorrow, you will return to the academy. When you are back we will begin training again."

V felt a dull ache in her mind as she attempted to sleep. A yearning for more learning, more light. She would one day be in the light forever. She promised herself.

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Once again V had arrived early, and spent her time studying the lesson plans on the board. They would begin throwing kunai today. A box of the blades, clearly dulled sat next to the desk.

In the middle of comparing the kunai to her own, a curious Itachi set down his bag and walked over.

"Your kunai is beautiful Peverell-San."

"Thank you, Uchiha-san. It is a gift from my mother."

Returning to their seats, the two kids drew diagrams of the throwing angles. While V's previous experience with the blades gave her an edge, Itachi appeared naturally gifted with arithmetic and physical calculations.

Other kids found their seats, and Funeno-Sama arrived at the same time as yesterday. V and Itachi's collaborative learning didn't escape his eye, and he took a note to watch their progress. If they proved to be exceptional, he would recommend them for Advanced Placement.

He greeted his students and explained the days task. Picking up the box, he ordered they follow him to the practice area. Itachi and V managed to be the first behind him, in their eagerness.

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Sighing to himself, Funeno corrected another student on their wrist movement.

Many of these kids weren't as skilled as his usual lot, though he supposed it was due to the war being over. Skimping on training your children because it was peacetime was a mistake in his eyes. Two notable exceptions, exceptions who had yet to Not hit the center of each target, stood to the side. Quietly they discussed the finer points of each throw, the differences in throwing positions, and shared tactical ideas.

Funeno had seen a few bright minds pass through his class but he had a feeling these two were of a higher calibre. Itachi, Funeno mused, was very dissimilar to his cousin Shisui, whom Funeno had taught 2 years prior. Shisui was loud, proud, and delighted in showing off his Uchiha prowess. Itachi had proven distant to anyone besides this civilian girl, Peverell.

The girl appeared to understand much more than any her age should. She understood and truly grasped his ramblings of Shinobi culture, and when he called on her to answer a question she almost always expanded upon her answer with a detail he Hadn't taught. A private tutor, perhaps? If she was being taught already, it would have to be by an Uchiha, as that would explain her familiarity with Itachi.

Sounds of crying shook him from his thoughts, as a boy had thrown his practice kunai straight up. The boy had clearly not payed attention to the trajectory speech, as it of course fell down and smacked him in the face. Before he could begin walking near, Vick was there, a ring of bandage cut from her arms to staunch the blood from the boys broken nose.

Definitely tutored by a shinobi, to have such an automatic response.

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"Activate it."

V pulsed her chakra, pushing it into her eyes silenty. Two tomoes spun around each red eye.

"Throw"

Targets flew around the room at incredible speeds, but V's kunai met them at even greater velocity. As they were struck, they fell to the floor.

"Acceptable. Again, with senbon."

Repeating the process, each target took three perfect senbon to fall. One of them took four total, as she had slipped up, hitting just shy of the center circle.

"Noticed your mistake?"

"Yes, Riddle-Sama."

"Good. Crucio."

She took the familiar pain standing, eyes closed to help her focus on remaining silent.

"Now with the practice spell."

V cast the stinging spell as quickly as she could. She had to predict each targets movement, as the physical form of the spell was much slower than any kunai or senbon. She was successful in knocking each target, but realized that He had added more targets. No, we was raising them as they fell. The massage was clear, "Faster"

She called upon her chakra to help her throw the spells faster, not fully realizing so much as feeling her third tomoe fade into view.

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Riddle ordered her to bed in the early morning. Exhausted, she slept in her academy clothes.

That had been a mistake. That went against His orders.

One hour before she would wake to go the Academy, she woke up whimpering in pain. Riddle stood by the door, wand in hand.

"I ordered you to change. You disobeyed. here are the consequences of your inattentiveness. Crucio"

She spent the hour being tortured. Tears flowed openly, her clothes soaked in sweat.

"Clean up, and go to the Academy. Tonight we will run the same course as last night. Do better."

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Weeks began to pass as Vick Peverell fell into the new routine. Her reflexes surpassed anyone else, only being challenged by the boy prodigy Itachi.

Vick realized he must be going through something similar, to be just as skilled.

Their friendship had grown to a true, caring bond. Itachi brought knowledge to share and Vick brought training to physically improve themselves. They had gotten into a habit of finishing lunch early to spend the last half-hour of it training. Vick secretely healed the rare injury Itachi would acquire, and in return Itachi did not pry into her abilities.

Both children had recently spoken with Funeno-Sama, who congratulated the two of them on their future advanced placement. They would both be moved to the last year of the academy, after which they would become Genin. He spoke of the notes he made in their file, requesting them to remain placed togethed to encourage their impressive teamwork. Itachi and V silently appreciated the gesture, and Funeno-Sama became an important, respected figure to the two.

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October

An impossibly loud roar shattered the night. Red light poured from an imposing figure, in the shape of a fox.

Shinobi threw everything they had at the beast, as it rampaged through building and slaughter people.

Their Hokage, the Lord Yondaime, was nowhere to be found.

V had woken begore the roar, shaken by the mass of chakra and malice rising in the village. Riddle burst into her room soon after, ordering her dressed and equipped.

Riddle bore a strange Mask, and handed her a smaller version. He then granted her a new wand. A Powerful Wand. She hadn't time to admire its craft before Riddle rushed out into the fight. Riddle would later erase her memory of the masks features, and the wands design.

Riddle threw impossible magicks at the creature though many bounced straight off. He finally landed a Mass of vine-like chains that pulled the beast to the ground, working in tandem with the Third hokage who used his summons to bat at the demon.

V rushed around the village, rescuing villagers and shinobi, providing quick medical attention when called for. She threw the odd spell towards the large fox as she ran. She refused to allow it to wipe out her village.

One such odd spell came back to bite her, as a powerful itching hex resulted in a powerful tail swipe accidentally throwing V far off. She landed in the nearby forests, unaware of how distant she was because she still heard battle. Healing her wounds simply and efficiently, she followed up with a potion Riddle had provided. After swallowing the mixture she felt re-energized and stormed towards the sounds of fighting.

She froze as she recognized her Hokage, Lord Minato Namikaze, battling an unknown ninja. Steeling her resolve, she threw a spell towards the shinobj, catching him off guard as his sandals burst under his feet into crawling vines.

He glared towards her but it was clear fighting the Fourth took all of his attention. V stood amazed as the Fourth used a wind technique on the man; but it and the Lord Hokage flew straight through the unknown enemy. V's vines however, kept growing up his form and startled him as they did. He blew fire over himself with a handsign and allowed the fire to flow towards Minato as well.

Sensing a tougher fight than anticipated, the ninja made a mocking statement of Konoha and claimed to be Madara Uchiha.. a name that chilled V to the core.

Minato responded with a a Kunai that the ninja avoided by disappearing completely.

Minato then smiled brightly at V, causing a blush under her mask. He ordered her back to the village, knowing she was of Konoha due to her mask, and disappeared as well in a flash.

By the time V made it back to the village, the beast was all but subdued. Hit from all sides by constant streams of Jutsu, held down by endless chains of various materials, the beast could do nothing. V got back to work helping the people of the village.

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"The spell will require one soul. It's not pretty but its the only thing I can think of. Your seal would leave both You and Her dead."

"I understand. Take mine, please. Kushina will do fine raising Naruto. My legacy and reputation will secure them many friends."

"No, Minato. You are too important to the Village. There is noone else who can carry the vision you do. Use my soul Shika."

"Hiruzen No! This i-" Minato was cut off by a flash of red light.

Shika agreed with Hiruzen's reasonings. Casting the spell, Hiruzen felt honored to give his life protecting his village. Even more honored giving his life in stead of the Fourth's life. Minato was the right man for Konoha.

Shika steeled his resolve before striking Hiruzen with the spell. Hiruzen yelled in agony as his soul was ripped from his body. His personal soul left for the heaven. His soul chakra fueled this spell. Pulling on the Nine-Tails' chakra, Shika forced each and every drop of the being into the rune on the babies stomach. The baby cried out as it felt the pressure inside.

Kushina awoke to the sound but knew if she stopped it now her son would die. She could only hope his body was strong enough to withstand the malice and power.

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A/N and that readers is the attack of the kyubi. As per my timeline comments at the beginning, the year itachi turns 5 is the year of the attack. Having two powerful sorcerers sure helped their odds, but Konoha is still devastated from this attack.

Kushina and Minato live at the cost of Hiruzen, lord third. I know kushina originally was dying from the release of the beast and birthing naruto, but im leaving it to be inferred that Shika/Riddle saved her with healing spells.

from here were gonna cover the aftermath of the attack, leading into the genin years of Viviel.

ages of important characters rn:

Viviel 8

Minato 24

itachi 8

kakashi 14

naruto just born