Akanishi-san: Weeellll! Im glad a lot of people are enjoying this. Hehe. I hope you guys keep reading this! I have summarized the story, and I am planning for it to end at 17 chapters. Yes, 17. I know, its long, I'm sorry!

Ch9

"Sasuke-Oniichan! Breakfast is ready!" Izaki called out, putting plates out as she threw on some breakfast on them. "Sasuke-Oniichan!" She yelled once more.

Groaning, Sasuke walked into the kitchen with drooping eyes. "I told you to just get up late today." He told her, yawning.

Izaki turned to Sasuke. "Sasuke-Oniichan, even if you say he comes late, he might actually be on time today!" She told him accusingly.

Sasuke shrugged as he sat down, yawning once more. He was up until late last night, thinking on the wolf incident Neji told him later yesterday night. "What ever…but trust me, he probably won't be there until 12 or so." he picked up the chopsticks and began to eat the food. "The earlierst is probably 11."

"But he did come on time on the first day I met him." She informed him, sitting down as well.

Sasuke yawned once more. "I'll go with you if you are planning to go to the meeting spot at 9." He told her. "You probably will be bored until 12." Izaki rolled her eyes but didn't complain to him and ate her own breakfast as well.

As Sasuke and Izaki walked over to the meeting spot, Izaki suddenly realized the people were staring at them. "Sasuke-Oniichan?" She whispered to him, uncertain. "Why are they staring at us?"

Sasuke growled. "Let them say what they want." He told her, and continued to pretend ignore the people around them.

True to his words, they were whispering about them. This was a rare picture, to see Sasuke and his sister waking next to each other. Some were saying positive things, but some were saying negative things as well.

Sasuke shot some glares at people with negative thoughts, but left people alone for positive comments. But positive comments from a guy to Izaki, he thought about threatening, but he didn't because Izaki was there. He just sent glares to them. Death glares that read: Do anything to my sister, you are going to pay for it. Seeing this, some boys actually backed up from them.

As they got closer to the bridge where they were going to meet, they saw Kakashi, leaning against a tree, holding 2 flowers. Sasuke suddenly felt goose bumps grow all around his body. "Kakashi!" He threatened as they got nearer, walking in front of Izaki, who didn't find a problem with him holding flowers. "What are you thinking?" He asked him, acid in his tone.

Kakashi raised his hands in defense. "Nothing, this is not for her." He told him, assuring him that he was not thinking what Sasuke was thinking.

Sasuke looked at Kakashi once more, and realized that he was on time, again. "Wait…" He trailed off.

Izaki smiled. "I told you that he might be on time!" She told him with a triumphant smile. She raiseda hand at him. "Sasuke-Oniichan?" She asked, grinning broadly. "Pay up!" She cheered.

Sasuke groaned. "What ever." He told her, and gave her the money they were betting on.

"You were betting that I wouldn't come on time?" Kakashi asked Sasuke, giving him a sad look. "Aww, Sasuke." He said, sounding sad, but his eye was dancing with mischievious look.

"All right, see you at home." Sasuke said, completely ignoring Kakashi who just shrugged. Sasuke turned to Kakashi once, and his glare gave Kakashi the impression: DO NOT TOUCH HER, OR YOU WILL DIE PAINFULLY! He turned from them with a 'humph' and walked away.

Kakashi smiled weakly under his mask, and turned to Izaki. "All right, Izaki-chan, we have to make a pit stop and do a story time real fast before what ever you want to do." He told her. With out waiting for an answer, he led her towards the memorial.

Izaki followed, wordlessly. The aura around Kakashi told her that he was going to tell her something important, and she kept quiet until he talked. "Well…here we are." Kakashi said, as they stopped in front of the memorial. Izaki looked at the memorial, and saw all the names carved on it. "All the names on here are carved for all the people who died trying to save the people of Konoha." He told her quietly. "My…best friend's name is on here."

Izaki looked at the names carefully, trying to see if she can figure out which one, but they all looked the same. Kakashi knelt beside her, and Izaki followed suit, kneeling. Kakashi pointed to a name, and Izaki read the name aloud. "Obito…" She read and her eyes flew wide open. "Uchiha…Obito."

Kakashi smiled again, sadly. "He was my best friend, and he died, saving me." He placed one of the two flowers onto the ground. He then handed the other, to Izaki. "He should be you two's uncle or something like that." He smiled weakly not at her, but at the stone, the carving of his lost friend.

Izaki took the flower silently and placed it on the ground as well. "Uncle…" She whispered.

Kakashi turned to her, still kneeling. He then lifted his headband up, revealing his sharingan. "This is Obito's left eye." He told her, looking through his left red eye. "He gave it to me right before he…" He didn't continue, but Izaki understood on what he was going to say. She kept silent. "He had saved my life once, by keeping me from death, and saved me more than once after his death with his Sharingan."

Kakashi stood up, placing his headband back on. "He saved my life and this eye saved me from a lot of things." He repeated once more. "I try to help anything out, if it means to repay him, in any way." He told her. "And so, Izaki-chan, if you need anything, tell me." He grinned.

Izaki also stood up, smiling at the Memorial. "I wish I could have met this Obito-san." She said aloud. "And all of the other families I used to have…But I can't do that now. It can't be helped…but what I can do is to go on, right?" She smiled up at him.

Kakashi smiled back. "Yes." He replied. "So, now that I told you on why I want to help you out more than anyone else, what do you want to do?" He asked her.

Izaki grinned. "What do you want to do?" She asked him. "We can always stay here?" She offered. She felt Kakashi's feelings lift at that offer.

But, on the outside, Kakashi frowned. "I thought today was your tour day?" He asked. "I'm sure you have places you want to go to."

Izaki squatted in front og the memorial, looking atit with a smile."This place soothes me." She told him, smiling softly. "Uchiha Obito." She whispered his name once more. "Uchiha…" She frowned. She remained silent for a while, and stood up, shaking a bit.

Kakashi looked at Izaki, frowning. "What's wrong?" He was looking at her with a worried eye, checking around to see if anything had threatend her.

Izaki shook her head, "Nothing." She replied. "Kakashi-san, can you wait here for a while? I think I'll go and buy a bouquet of flowers, from the money I got from Sasuke-Oniichan." She giggled.

Kakashi frowned deeper of confusion, but nodded. "Make it fast; if you get hurt, I'll see Obito earlier than I thought." He said, meaning Sasuke will kill him.

"Why does everyone say that?" Izaki said. "He won't kill you."

Kakashi shrugged. "You don't know what he will do see you get hurt in any way. Even a minor scratch might make the person die." He smiled at her. "You are, after all, his sister."

Izaki smiled. "Right." She replied, and started to run for the flower shop. As she ran, she scowled, thinking hard. 'What name was I thinking of?' She thought back onto the thoughts earlier. 'When I said Uchiha…I thought of another name…it started with an I…I know it…' She left her thoughts like that, for she had reached the flower shop. 'I'll think on this for later.' She told herself, and bought some flowers.

((Ohhh Uchiha I-----? You get what I mean? Hehe.))

When Izaki got back, she saw that Kakashi hadn't moved, and he was exactly how he was when she left him. She smiled, happy that Kakashi really does care for his best friend. Did, and do, now and forever. She walked past him, and placed the flowers next to Kakashi's, and sent a short prayer to Obito.

"Obito-san…I wish you were here…" She whispered. "You could tell me everything about the Uchiha clan with Sasuke-Oniichan…" She said, and that's when it hit her. "Kakashi-san, does Sasuke-Oniichan know that you were friends with Obito-san?" She asked.

Kakashi looked at Izaki and shook his head. "No." He replied.

Izakigaped at him."But you told me..." Her expression turned to sof smile. "I know it was a hard thing to say. Thank you." She said and left Kakashi to his thoughts once more, turning her head back to the memorial.

As she sat there, looking at the memorial, her mind drifted back to the name she thought of earlier. 'Uchiha…It…' She thought, her brows connecting from frowning. 'Who does that remind me of…?' Soon her thought were filled with that name, trying to figure it out, not knowing that this caused trouble for her and her new friends. 'Who?'

The two stood there, staring into the memorial, Kakashi thinking of who knows what, Izaki trying to figure out the name.

"Well, Izaki-chan, want to get lunch?" Kakashi asked suddenly, turning to her after couple of hours passed by.

((Yes, they stood there, for couple of hours! Because I said so! Fear me, I am the writer! MUWHAHAHAH!))

Startled, Izaki jumped up and snapped, "What is it!" She yelled out in fury. "Don't disturb me! I'm trying to figure out something!" She looked at Kakashi with blazing eyes that showed anger.

Kakashi's eyes opened wide as he gaped at her. "Izaki…chan?" He asked her. He never saw her in fury. What was she thinking about, any way? "Are you all right?" He asked, quite uncertain.

Izaki, remembering where she was, she quickly bowed. "I'm Sorry, Kakashi-san!" She apologized. "I'm SO sorry!" She said, bowing again and again. "I was such in a deep thought I forgot where I was and what I was doing."

Kakashi grimaced but answered her. "It's all right, Izaki-chan. I do that all the time." He then glanced at her. "May I know what you were thinking of" He asked. He was curious on what had made her think so much. 'Could it be?' He thought.

Izaki smiled. "It's nothing to worry about." She said, looking up at him. "Anyway, where to for lunch?" She asked. For some odd reason, something told her that it was unwise to tell her new friend of what she was thinking about. For now, she thought to keep it secret from everyone, including Sasuke.

Kakashi scratched back of his head, trying to figure it out, but shrugged it away from his mind. "What ever you want." He answered her mildly. "Of course, nothing expensive." He warned her.

Izaki giggled. "Of course!" She said. "What about…ohh! Ramen!" She said, remembering Naruto's favorite spot to eat. "Ichiraku!" She grinned at him. "Naruto told me they had the best food there!"

Kakashi looked at her. "Another ramen freak…" He said aloud as he chuckled. "You act a lot like Naruto, Izaki-chan." He said.

Izaki smiled. "You make it sound like it's a bad thing." She said, looking at him as they walked. "I think it's a good thing. Naruto-san is someone I respect." She crossed her arms. "Well, I guess sometimes he just says things out of nowhere but it's really fun to be with him."

"To the others, he isn't someone like that." Kakashi replied chuckling. "It means to us, another annoying freak…oof!" he said, as Izaki mildly punched him in the stomach.

"Hey!" Izaki warned with a mocking mean look. "I'm not annoying!"

Kakashi chuckled once more. "Scratch what I said." He said. "You aren't that annoying." He teased her. "Not as much as Naruto anyway."

Izaki's cheeks puffed out as she crossed her arms. "Hmph." She said, as she kept walking. Kakashi had to laugh. She also reminded him of Obito. "What are you laughing about?" She warned.

Kakashi whipped a tear of laughter and sadness off with his hand. "Ah, sorry. You just reminded me of Obito right now. We used to fight a lot like this." He said, smiling at her softly.

Izaki smiled back, her mock anger gone. "So when I met you, you said I look like him, you meant I looked like Obito-san." She said, and Kakashi nodded. "I'm flattered to hear that, to be like your best friend."

Kakashi ruffled her hair. "Well, let's eat." He said, seeing that they were standing in front of the ramen stand. As soon as they got inside the flap, they had unexpected visitors that was there all ready. Neji, Sasuke and Naruto were all sitting down.

"Hey!" Izaki said, jumping on Sasuke. "What brings you here Sasuke-Oniichan?" She asked, her arms around Sasuke's neck, hugging him from the back.

Sasuke looked at her, then at Kakashi. "Well we were talking and we were about to eat. Were you guys going to do the same?" He asked her.

Izaki nodded. "Yup!" She said. "Hey Naruto-san and Huuga-san!" She said, waving at them from her hugging position.

Naruto was glad to see her. "Hey Izaki-chan!" He yelled merrily. "Sit next to me!" He said, patting an empty seat next to him. "Please?" He gave her a puppy dog look.

Izaki giggled. "Of course!" She said, and sat down, and Kakashi sat down next to her.

Kakashi turned to her. "What would you like?" He asked her.

Izaki turned to the menu in response, scanning it quickly. "Erm…I think…Shio Ramen with Chashu…" She said. "Is that all right?" She asked her host, grinning.

Kakashi nodded. "All right. Excuse me, shio ramen with chashu added, and for me, shoyu ramen please." He told Ayame, the waiter who scribbled the words onto a piece of paper.

"All right, coming right up." Ayame answered, and told the cook. "Do you want me to bring all of you guys' orders at once?" She offered, meaning to bring everyone's, including Sasuke, Neji and Naruto's at once.

"Yes please." Kakashi answered. "That would be helpful." Ayame nodded and left them. "Well, why are you all here at once?" Kakashi asked Neji, Naruto and Sasuke.

Sasuke answered the question. "When I was walking back after I dropped Izaki off, Dobe here saw me and we were walking together and we ran into him." He jabbed a finger at Neji. "We talked and we came here." He said and looked over at Izaki. "No, don't glare at me Izaki, it wasn't that."

Izaki was glaring at him. 'It better not be that incident they were talking about.' She thought. "What? Me? Glare? What ever are you talking about?" She said, innocently. "What were you guys talking about, anyway?" She asked, just incase.

"Stuff." Sasuke answered. In truth, they were listening to Neji, who gave them a full report on the day with the wolves.

Izaki looked at Sasuke once, but said nothing more. Naruto, sparked up a conversation. "Well, Izaki-chan! I heard you have a new friend at the animal-nin center!" He said cheerfully.

Izaki turned to him. "Yup!" She said cheerfully. "His name is Mangetsu. He's a pretty red wolf." She said, remembering him. She pictured him in her mind, dreamily telling the blond about her new friend. "He has the shiniest red fur ever, and his eyes are golden! And his name, Mangetsuwhich meansfull moon, and since he's red…its like a red moon…" She said, looking up into the sky.

Izaki turned her head back to her friends, who all dropped what they were doing, to gape at her. "What?" She asked. Sasuke was looking at her with wide eyes, his jaw slightly open. Naruto had been playing with his chopsticks, and he had dropped them onto the floor. Neji was looking at her with huge eyes, his mouth partly open, matching Sasuke. Kakashi had his one showing eye gawking at her.

They just remembered, Red Moon, Akatsuki!

((Aka is red; tsuki is moon))

It was Sasuke who recovered first. "Izaki, I don't want you to go near that wolf again." He told her sharply. His eyes were on her, furious at himself for not noticing before. His anger showed, "Promise me." He asked dangerously. Well, not asked, for he wanted a 'yes' answer, and only that.

Izaki looked over to Sasuke with a little fear of the sudden anger. "Why not?" She asked. "He won't attack me." She said to him. "If you're afraid of that, it's ok, he won't."

"It's not that." He snapped at her. "Just promise me you won't go see the wolf again." He said. When Izaki didn't answer, he looked at her eyes, straight into it. "Promise me." He said over again, dangerously.

Izaki looked away from his eyes, and nodded. "Fine." She said bitterly.

Satisfied, Sasuke got up. "I have to go tell the Hokage something really quick. I'll be back in less than 5 minutes." With that, he left with a flash.

Izaki looked at the seat he was sitting on, confused. Why did Sasuke forbid her from seeing it? 'The red moon…' She thought. 'Akai tsuki…Aka…tsuki…' she thought as she frowned. Where had she heard of that before? 'Akatsuki…'

She played with her chopsticks as she waited for the food, her thoughts thinking about the word. Her chopsticks did twirls in her hand, Naruto still gaping at her, Kakashi carefully studying her. Neji had recovered, and was staring into space, thinking hard on the red wolf. Could it be a trap?

Izaki had her mind fixed on the wolf. 'Akatsuki and…Uchiha…It…' She thought in her head. Somehow, this made her head ache.

Hokage's Room

"Tsunade-sama!" Sasuke yelled, as he threw the door open. "Remember that red wolf we talked about?" He asked, his anger clearly not gone. "Get rid of it!" He yelled at her, and his fist connected with her desk.

Tsunade, surprised of the sudden entry, said nothing. "Why?" She asked.

Sasuke threw his fist on the table once more. "Its name is Mangetsu and he's red! This equals Akatsuki!" He said, furious.

Tsunade's eyes flew open as she stood up abruptly. "Shizune!" She yelled, and the black haired women came. "Get information about the wolves we bought! All of it! And I want them to take the wolves back!" Shizune didn't ask any question, but nodded and bolted out, feeling the importance in the task.

Sasuke once again, threw his fist onto the desk. "It was Izaki who told us! She was the one that reminded us that it means Akatsuki!" He said, furious. "Why didn't I see it before?" He yelled out his frustration.

Tsunade was now pacing. "If she figured it out, that means there might be a risk running here." She mumbled. "I can't use that jutsu again, and then her memory will go hay wire…"

Sasuke closed his eyes, trying to clam himself down. "Can't you use another jutsu to make her forget?" He asked her.

Tsunade looked at Sasuke, her frustration leveling with him. "There are 2 ways to erase her memory. The one I used, but the risk of this is that the second time I am to do this, it will erase everything in her mind. No, the time I did it when she collapsed was just to calm her." She said, as Sasuke opened his mouth who closed it afterwards. "The other is…to give her enough damage to blow out her memory, but I doubt you would like to do that."

"Something with no pain." Sasuke agreed.

Before Tsunade or Sasuke could say any more, Shizune came in, panting, holding onto a piece of paper. "Tsunade-sama!" She said urgently. "The papers…we found out that this seal is fake, and there are no way to trace the seller back!" She said.

Tsunade turned to Shizune. "WHAT!" She then nibbled her thumbnail. "I can't let the wolves go loose out there, they might attack people…" She thought and stopped abruptly. "All of this was planned!" She said, anger filling her up. "A RED wolf, named Mangetsu, meaning Akatsuki, and a way of not tracing back! They meant for the wolf to stay here! Neji said the wolves reacted to her, which means that they were properly trained already!" She yelled out her fury. "Trained to bring her back!"

Back to Naru gang

"Izaki-chan?" Naruto asked, looking at her worriedly. "Are you okay?" He asked, waving a hand in front of her.

Izaki, coming out of her trance, looked up sharply, and saw that everyone was looking at her. "Oh, yes, I'm all right. I was just thinking." She told them, smiling weakly.

Kakashi frowned at her, and so did Naruto. Neji, did not say or showed anything, but inside, he was also frowning. 'What's wrong with her?' He thought.

Izaki then turned back to the table, her thoughts drifting back to the words. She then, saw an image in her head.

A man that looked like Sasuke, but a bit older with a Konoha headband that had a slash mark on it. He wore a black coat with red on it, covering his whole body. His red eyes looked at her, making her freeze on her spot.

'Who are you?' She thought in her head.

The man looked at her through her mind. He said his name.

Darkness slowly surrounded her as she mumbled 2 words as she feinted, bringing horror to Kakashi, Neji and Naruto.

"Uchiha…Itachi…"

Akanishi-san: OOOOO Here comes Itachi! Im glad I got him out. I was starting to think that I will never get him. Every chapter I wrote, I was like: URG! WHERE IS HE? Lol. Yes, at my own story. Anyway, please review!

BTW REVIEWRS:

Uchiha-Clan-San: Of course! Confusion and cliffhangers are my fav. Things to do. Im sorry. I just do. Kinda makes the readers to want to read more, I hope. Hehe. It would suck it they are all: OMG! CLIFFHANGERS! I HATE THIS STORY!

Chocolate Panda: Well, I had to make the red wolf evil. I'm sorry. And Im planning for it to get more eviler to get my story moving.

Mimi: As I said to CP, I have to make it evil. The wolves, I mean. Im sorry! Dont kill me! I like wolves, that's why I used it, but…Im gonna have to make the red one evil.

Raptor: Er…you reviewed on Ch1. Are you still w/ me? Hope you are.

Jazzy Uchiha: Hehe, more Neji coming right up!

JapanAnimeGirl: I thought of Mangetsu because I was reading Full Moon wo Sagashite and the fact that the name was revealed on the meaning here, hehe. I feel so smart now. Okay, well not really. Lol.

TO ALL: Thank you all for reviewing this much! Im glad you guys are liking this story! Im very surprised all of you are reviewing for this story! O0! Thanks again, and hope you stay with me till the end!