Disclaimers suck. Who cares about them. Screw disclaimers I say! Let's sign a petition like we're hippies! . but really, it's common sense that I don't own Naruto.

Part 1

"NANI!"

Naruto gave a wry smile, "yup, I know what you're thinking, and don't try to deny it" he chucked before continuing. "You probably know from Sasuke- yarou's bitching and moaning that Itachi is his older brother that killed his family. Well actually that wasn't true. Sasuke was fooled into thinking it was his brother while it was actually a member of the Akatsuki that massacred his family using henge-no-jutsu. Itachi himself was actually just gone on a mission. Itachi himself never found out until that Akatsuki member was on his deathbed. Then after that, he took on his 'role' as killer of the family. The reason that the other member had the 'mange- sharingan' was because that person was also an Uchiha. Being the proud clan Uchihas were, they did not want this to get loose. So of course, no one knew about the missing-nin. He wanted to return to Konoha but it would cause a riot in the village so I made up the mission for him"

"Tch, this is a shock, does Sasuke know?"

"Yeah, against all better judgment, I told him first. Almost blew up the whole friggin village in disbelief. He would've too if I didn't have a safety barrier around the building just as a precaution"

"Che, figures"

"So, what's the mission?"

He sobered immediately, "Neji, first of all, don't screw this up. If you do, trust me, I will chase your ass from the seven depths of hell and back and I assure you there ain't any more, secondly, Itachi can be just as bad as Sasuke, if not worse. If he wants you to back off, you'd better back off fast. Lastly, you will go to high school. No skipping and shit and try to keep a low profile. Do your damn well best for no body to get interested in your history and try even harder to keep them out if they are. capiche?

"Whatever" I replied nonchalantly, "not whatever, it's 'got it'" he said testily. Wow, this has got to be important. He handed me a scroll, it was rather thick for a mission scroll so I wonder what's in it. "So, what class mission is this?" He snickered, before ascending to a full out laugh.' man, sometimes I don't know how the hell he got into Hokage. But with Godaime retired and he being stronger that all of us...he's got the heart as well, just as immature as always though' I thought as I waited for him to answer.

Finally, he said "well, you'll find out when you read it" I mentally sighed in exasperation, this boy is so annoying! I looked at the time. "Well, got to go now, I'll keep in contact. Sayonara!" I saw him wave once before I disappeared.

As I boarded the plane that was going to take me to Tokyo, I tried to open the scroll. It wouldn't budge. I was annoyed when I saw some words appear on the outside of the scroll. "This is to keep you from trying to kill me until you are far enough" 'Ugh, he is so annoying' I tried my Byakugan. Nothing. Apparently there was a seal technique that blocked even my advanced bloodline. This was frustrating. That's all I could say.

I silently sat down on my assigned seat. This method of transportation was not my favorite but what did Hiashi care about that? One good thing though, I was able to fly like the birds that I loved, however I wouldn't get the same freedom as them, confined in a box. I fingered my pendant, I was going to miss everyone, well, a lot of people anyway. Naruto had given me a small communication device for the mission in case things got too out of hand but it was 'also for someone familiar to talk to' as Naruto had said. He was grateful but didn't let it show easily.

The plane leisurely took off the ground. There were only a few passengers on the plane other than himself. They seemed non-shinobi so they weren't a threat in his book. All their chakra levels were relatively low compared to his and they had bags and bags of stuff. I wondered for a second what they were doing but dismissed it as none of my business. I sighed and leaned back to admire the vast expanse of forest stretching out from all sides. I could see the faint glimmer of water on the horizon.

Suddenly, I was pulled out of my daze by a small hand tugging my shirt. I looked down to see a young girl. Cliché right? Yeah. "um, mister, well... are you a ninja?" she was twiddling her thumbs and playing with her dress as she talked, reminding me so much of Hinata before our first Chuunig exams that it was funny. I gently smiled at her, "yes, actually I am" "Oh, that's so cool!" I saw her timid eyes light up with excitement and was glad.

"Yeah" I agreed softly.

"So...what rank are you?"

"I'm a Jounin"

The little girl gasped,

"But, you're only like 16 or something, my brother's 19 but he's only chuunin!"

Ugh, I don't exactly get complimented that much so I didn't know how to respond. Finally, I just said "Well, I'm a Hyuga so my advanced bloodline helps a lot"

The girl was looking at me like an idol. Shit. I tried to change the subject.

"so, what's your name?"

"my name's Tsukogi Takera and I'm going to be a kunoichi when I grow up!"

she was defiantly losing her timidity. Now I wasn't sure if it was a good thing. I just nodded and looked back out the window. Suddenly, I heard a pounding of footsteps and quickly pulled out my kunai against the oncoming threat.

"there you are Takera! Thank god, you know you shouldn't run off li-"

I lowered my kunai when I saw the threat was the girl's guardian. Call me paranoid but people have tried to assassinate me before. It's best to be on guard.

"gomen nasai, you startled me" I said easily and the woman nodded in acceptance. She took the hand of the young girl and they walked away, the girl chatting about what we talked about until their voices faded away. I returned to looking out the window. I was now above the clouds, the white fluffy substance just below me breaking open in spots to show glittering water. I closed my eyes and lulled by the gentle roar of the engine, dozed off lightly. The plane rumbled to a halt about 1 hour later. I was ushered out of the plane and stepped out back into the fresh air. I was determined to make this worth the effort. Maybe I'll even get let back into Konoha, so fixing my eyes determinately on the setting sun, I promised to myself that this would be the best mission ever...

Uh oh, kinda ooc donchya think? Well, it has been what? 5 years since the manga ended so they have got to change. If anyone doesn't get the Itachi part, e-mail me and I'll try to explain. About the 4matting last chapter, yea... well, I got a lot of complaints so I changed it. It wasn't my fault, honestly. It was properly formatted but when I posted it... it just went smoosh into 3 big paragraphs. Gomen nasai, please forgive me. And 4 those yaoi fans, gomen again but I just can't write it well so I'll stick with straight pairings or none at all. U.U neways, ja ne 4 now.