Plot Starts

A/N: Will be using some episodes from Shippuden about Itachi's past.

Episode(s): Shippuden 454

"There's a full moon tonight," said Haruka out load as she stood outside her house. Her mother had gone out with Mikoto and her uncle was also out with his old team mates. Haruka was home alone, but she was fine with that.

"What's today?" she said out loud as she tried to remember. 'I know that Naruto is younger than Sasuke, so he should be born soon, right?'

"Today is October 10th," said a voice. It was male, but young. Haruka turned around in shock to see a boy standing not to far away from her.

'He must be Uchiha, he has the features,' thought Haruka to herself.

"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," said the boy. "My name is Shisui Uchiha. What's your name?"

'This is Shisui!' thought Haruka to herself as Shisui walked closer to her.

"My name is Haruka Uchiha," said Haruka once Shisui was in front of her.

"Well, it's nice to meet you, cousin," said Shisui with a huge smile. "Why did you want to know what day it was?"

"Reasons," said Haruka out loud with a pout, making Shisui laugh as he patted her head. "Stop!"

"No way! You're so cute!"

"I am not! I am a powerful ninja!"

"Well, Miss powerful ninja," laughed Shisui as he continued to pat her head. "I bet you can't hit a target."

"I so can!" said Haruka as she grabbed his hand and pulled him to wear the targets were set up. She then grabbed a kunai and threw it, hitting the target in the center.

"Well, I stand corrected," said Shisui as he laughed at the triumphant looking Haruka.

"Good job, Haruka," said Anzen as he walked into view.

"Oji-san!" said Haruka in shock.

"I stopped by to see how you are, but it looks like your hanging out with your new boyfriend, Itachi might end up jealous," laughed the older man.

"Who would want to date him," asked Haruka as she pointed at Shisui, shocking him.

"What's that supposed to mean! I'm great!" said Shisui as he started to list off the reason as to why he was great, causing the other two Uchihas to laugh at him.

"I'm sure you are," laughed Anzen as he patted Shisui on the back.

"But I am! All the ladies love me! Right, Haruka-chan," said Shisui as he turned to the little girl.

"If they're blind, then I guess so," said Haruka with a grin. 'This is fun. I wonder if this is what it's like to have an older brother. Too bad I can't get Itachi to react this way. That would be the day.'

"I am! I'm good looking and strong!"

"I haven't even seen you do anything yet!"

"Well, let me tell you! I'm awesome!"

"No, you aren't!"

"Yes, I am!"

"Children, children! Let's remember that I am the best!" declared Anzen. The two just looked at him with a straight face.

"Be quite, old man," the two said together. Anzen looked down.

"I'm not old," he mumbled as the two laughed at him.

'Wait, did he say October 10th?' thought Haruka as he eyes opened wide. She was about to say something when the wind started to blow like crazy.

"What is this," said Shisui as he got closer to Haruka.

'What, what is this feeling. Is this the Nine-tails chakra?' thought Haruka to herself as she grabbed onto Shisui in fear. 'It feels horrible.'

Then, there was an explosion.

"Shit," said Anzen as he covered the two children. "Let's go."

"Right," said Shisui as he grabbed Haruka's hand and pulled her along.

The three ran toward the evacuation point but were stopped by an explosion that caused all three of them to fly. Shisui, still holding onto Haruka, used his body to cushion her fall.

"Haruka-chan, are you okay?" asked Shisui with gritted teeth and one eye closed. He then opened both eyes to show his Sharingan.

"Yeah," said Haruka as she stood up, allowing Shisui to stand as well. "Where is Oji-san?"

"I don't know," said Shisui as he grabbed her hand. He was about to say something when she screamed.

"OJI-SAN!" yelled Haruka as she looked to her right to see her uncle impaled on broken wood pieces. He hand a major piece coming out of his stomach with several smaller pieces coming out of the rest of his body. Both children knew he was dead without having to go check. The amount of pieces in him and blood dripping onto the floor made sure they knew. Seeing his body like that after losing her uncle caused Haruka to see red.

"Haruka-chan," said Shisui in shock as he noticed her Sharingan had activated. It had two tomoe. Shisui gritted his teeth again and began to pull her with him. "We have to get you to the shelters, Haruka-chan."

"Oji-san," said Haruka, sadly as tears fell from her eyes. 'I can't believe I lost two important people to me in only a matter of months. This isn't worth the Sharingan.'

"I know it's hard, Haruka-chan, but we have to go. Don't let his death be in vain," said Shisui as he got to where they were evacuating people. He saw Fugaku. "Fugaku-san."

"Shisui," he said uncaringly, but looked shocked when he saw Haruka's eyes. "What happened?"

"Anzen is dead," said Shisui while pulling Haruka closer to him as she cried. Fugaku looked at her, then to Shisui. "Take her to the shelter. Stay with her."

"Yes, sir," said Shisui as he guided her to the shelter, following other evacuees. "It's gonna be okay, Haruka-chan."

'How can it be okay? I lost my Oto-san, Oji-san, it's only a matter of time before you die, and mom,' thought Haruka as she cried harder.

'Haruka-chan,' thought Shisui as he looked at the younger girl cry. 'I will protect you.'

"We, we were gonna train. He said he would train me now that Oto-san was gone. We trained a little. Who's gonna train me now?" asked Haruka as she looked at the floor. 'How can I get stronger now. The people I want to protect are dying around me.'

"I'll train you!" declared Shisui as they made it to the shelter.

"What?" asked Haruka in shock, her Sharingan disappearing.

"Yeah! I will help you train! You can call me Shisui-nii!" said Shisui with a smile as he patted Haruka on the head. Haruka only cried harder, shocking Shisui. 'What do I do!?'

"Shisui-nii!" said Haruka as she threw herself at him and hugged him.

"It's okay, Haruka-chan," said Shisui as he hugged her. 'I promise I will protect you, Haruka-chan.'

~The Fallowing Day~

Haruka stood with other members of the Uchiha clan as they honored the dead. She held her mother's hand as she cried.

'At first, all I wanted to do was survive, and now, I want to be able to protect the people I love. So why are they dying? Is this world really the cruel?'

"Let's go, Haruka," said Ai as she pulled her daughter along.

"Hai, Oka-san," said Haruka.

"Wait, Ai-san," said a voice. The two Uchiha females turned to see Shisui.

"Shisui-nii?" asked Haruka, shocking her mother.

"I just wanted to say that I will be coming over to help Haruka-chan train from now on, if that's okay with you," said Shisui as he bowed.

"That fine with me," said Ai as she bowed in return. "Thank you for keeping her safe."

"Of course! I'm here Shisui-nii now! It's my job!" declared Shisui as he puffed his chest out, causing the two females to smile.

"We will see you late, Shisui-kun," said Ai as she turned.

"Bye Shisui-nii," said Haruka with a smile as she waved and turned to follow her mother.

~Months Later, Opening Ceremony For the Academy~

"Look, Haruka, there's Itachi," said Ai as she walked her daughter to the Academy. "You should go stand with him, so you aren't alone."

"Hai!" said Haruka as she walked away. She turned to wave at her mother. "Bye Oka-san!"

'Things have been okay for us since Naruto's birth. We had to move, which was fine, but I know that this is now where the conflict between the Uchiha and the village will arise. I made sure to get my dad's scroll before we left, and I re-hid it with Shisui's help.

'Shisui-nii and Itachi have been helping me train, which is good. I'm not as skilled as Itachi, which is fine, but I'm still good,' thought Haruka to herself as she walked to Itachi.

"Itachi! Hi!" said Haruka as she stopped in front of her friend. Itachi smiled at her.

"Hello Haruka. How are you?" he said as he turned to stand in line, she followed him.

"Good, though I'm still somewhat sore from our last spar," she said, honestly. 'He really doesn't hold back.'

"Sorry about that, Shisui told me not to hold back," he said with a smile.

'Asshole! I'm gonna kill him!'

"But you should be fine for now. They won't make us do much today."

"Yeah, guess your right," said Haruka as she looked forward, though she noticed something from the corner of her eye. "Itachi, I think that girl is looking at you."

"Hmm?" questioned Itachi as he turned to look to see a girl smile and wave at him. "her name is Izumi, I saved her during the attack."

"Ahh," said Haruka as she smiled at Izumi, only to be glared at. 'The fuck?'

"What's wrong?" asked Itachi as he saw Haruka's face.

"I don't think she likes me very much," she said with a sweat drop.

"That's fine. I like you, so that should be enough," he said with a sweet smile and a very light blush, though Haruka didn't notice it.

"I like you too!" declared Haruka with a smile. The two then looked back to the Hokage as he spoke.

~In Class~

"Let's sit here," said Itachi after the two walked into the classroom.

"Yeah," said Haruka as Itachi sat in the middle and she sat to his left.

"Itachi-kun!" yelled a voice, causing the two to look over to see Izumi run up to them and sit on Itachi's right.

"Hello, Izumi-san. How are you," said Itachi, ever the polite boy.

"Good! And you?" asked Izumi with a smile.

"Good. Have you met Haruka yet?" he asked as he turned his attention to Haruka.

"Haruka?" she question as she looked at the other Uchiha girl. 'Are they that close that he doesn't use chan?'

"Itachi! I can introduce myself," said Haruka. 'That's right, brat, I'm closer to him then you are.'

"Sorry," said Itachi with a chuckle.

"That's fine. Anyway, I'm Haruka Uchiha! It's nice to meet you, Izumi-san."

"It's nice to meet you too, Haruka-san. I'm Izumi Uchiha," said Izumi with a small smile.

"Alright class, sit down," said Sensei. "I'm sure some of you have already been taught ninjutsu in your households, but here at the Academy, you will also train to coordinate and work together as a team when you are in a group. The fundamentals are very important, make sure you learn them well."

'Our days in the Academy has started. The count down to the massacre has started. I need to gain as much knowledge as I can! I have Shisui-nii and Itachi to help me. I can't give up!' thought Haruka as Sensei began to talk about fundamentals. She felt a tap on her right hand and looked toward her right to see Itachi smile at her. She smiled in return. 'I can do this.'

~Months Late~

A few months have passed, and Itachi has greatly surpassed his fellow students. Haruka is second best, but still far behind Itachi.

"Itachi, looks like you have a fan club," said Haruka as she pointed to the window in which their class room was. Itachi looked, only to see all the girls in their class, beside Haruka, who was with him, and Hana, Haruka's friend, watching him. "Though I wonder what the boys are looking at."

"What?" said Itachi as he turned quickly to see the boys in their class looking at Haruka. He glared at them.

"They must want to be like you," said Haruka with a smile as she looked at Itachi. He looked back at her a gave her a somewhat strained smile though she didn't notice.

"They're looking at you," he said as he turned to start walking.

"ME!?" said Haruka in shock. 'I don't want a fan club! Why are they interested in me?'

"Haruka, coming?" said Itachi as he kept walking.

"Wait! Itachi! Explain why they're watching me! Itachi!" yelled Haruka as she chased her friend. He slowed down to allow her to catch up before he started talking.

"You're pretty, smart, and have great skills. It's obvious to anyone who has eyes that you will be a great Kunoichi. They would be stupide not to like you," said Itachi as the two walked into the building. Haruka blushed, but what she didn't know was Itachi had a light blush as well.

"Thank, Itachi," said Haruka with a smile. 'He is so sweet! I will save you! You deserve a good life! I will find you the perfect women! I have to get Hana's help!'

Itachi and Haruka were walking down the hallway, only to hear screaming from behind them. Three of the boys from their class run around them and turn Itachi around, while hiding behind him.

'What?' thought Haruka in shock as she was pushed out of the way. Luckily she managed to stay standing.

"Who the hell are you?" yelled an older boy who was chasing the three boys from their class. "A friend of theirs?"

Itachi looks at the boys around his and simply puts his hand up and makes a sign while looking at the older boy.

"All the freshmen this year are stuck up!" yelled the older boy as he went to punch Itachi, only for Itachi to grab his hand and flip him over, much to the shock of everyone but Haruka.

'Hana so owes me food. Told her something like this would happen,' smirked Haruka as she watched. 'Though, I do know the future, so maybe that's cheating? Who cares!'

"Take him to the infirmary," said Itachi as he looked at two random boys who looked at him in shock.

"O-okay," said one of them in shock as the two went to grab the older boy.

"Itachi-kun, you're really strong!" said Kamano, one of the boys who was being chased.

"Kun?" questioned Itachi as he turned to look at the boys.

"Even upperclassmen are easy targets for you, Itachi-san!" said one of the other boys that Haruka couldn't remember the name of.

"San?"

"Good job, Itachi!" said Haruka as she hugged her friend with a giggle. "I'm glad you're okay."

"Thank you, Haruka," said Itachi with a smile as he hugged her back lightly.

"Itachi-san even has a beautiful girlfriend!" said the three boys, causing the two Uchiha to blush.

"Girlfriend?" said Itachi as he looked at Haruka who had let go of him.

"We-well then, lets get back to class," said Haruka with a blush. 'We are not dating! We are only friends!'

"Right," said Itachi as he moved to follower her. 'She looks cute when she blushes.'

"Move it, move it!" said one of the boys as the ran to walk in front of the two Uchihas. "Itachi-sama and Haruka-Chan are coming through!"

'This is embarrassing!' thought Haruka as she tried to make a break for it, only to have Itachi pull her back.

"If I have to suffer, so do you," whispered Itachi.

"But Itachi!" said Haruka as the boys continued to yell.

"I'll buy you dango," he replied.

"That's more for you then me and you know it!"

"Fine! I'll buy you BBQ?"

"Deal!" said Haruka with a smile. 'BBQ is so good!'

~A Few Weeks Later~

"Itachi, ditching me again?" asked Haruka to the Itachi clone. She could tell if it was a clone or not, but could not perform the Jutsu herself, yet.

"I'm still here, just not fully," said Itachi-clone as he walked with her out of class.

"Whatever, I'm gonna hang with Hana! Later!" said Haruka as she walked away. 'He's so smart. Makes me wonder if Shikamaru would have been like this if he would have put in the effort.'

"Haruka!" yelled a voice, causing said girl to turn around and smile.

"Hana! Why did you walk out without me!"

"Well, I saw you were with Itachi.. And I figured I'd leave you to you're boyfriend," laughed Hana as she was followed by her three ninken, the Haimaru brothers.

"It's a clone."

"Really! Wow! That's so advance!"

"It is, and he left me here with you!" said Haruka with fake tears, causing Hana to laugh and jump on her, knocking her to the ground. The Haimaru brothers jumped on the two girls, causing them to laugh.

~The Next Day~

"You're graduating! Congratulations!" said Haruka as she hugged Itachi.

"Guess this means you're gonna be alone with Hana," said Itachi with a chuckle.

"Hey! I'm great company!" said Hana as she glared at Itachi. The two laughed at her.

"You're the best, Hana," said Haruka as she hugged her.

"And don't you forget it!"

"Anyway, best of luck, Itachi! We have to get to class!" she said as she smiled at him.

"Thank you," he said in return as the two girls turned to walk away. The two walked a little bit away when Haruka stopped and ran back to him. "Haruka?"

'Now or never, best of luck my friend,' thought Haruka as she kissed Itachi on the cheek and then ran back to Hana who was laughing at her pick face.

'Cute,' was all Itachi could think with a blush of his own. He then walked to where he was going to be assigned his team.