Ino meets the new Uchihas

Ino Yamanaka is fuming.

It hasn't been long since Sakura, her best friend, had transformed into Forehead, her arch enemy, and Ino has firmly decided that the sacrifice is necessary for her future as Mrs. Sasuke Uchiha.

Sakura is fun and all, but Sasuke-kun is just so sexy (it was a word she'd learned from her older cousin. Apparently it meant 'very good looking' which Sasuke-kun definitely was). Even tou-san agrees, because when Ino had brought this up the night before, he'd gone all red, and had started choking. If that wasn't a show of agreement, then she didn't know what was, and it made her all the more determined to achieve her goals.

She was sure she was going to win. Sasuke-kun may not pay her much attention at the moment, but Ino has pretty hair, and a normal-sized forehead, and she'd managed to sit behind Sasuke-kun in class the other day. He'd even glanced in her direction, even though Forehead claimed he was just looking at the clock at the back of the room.

But then Sakura walks into class, and she's talking to Sasuke-kun (and that orange weirdo, but Ino doesn't care about him). And then she goes and sits with Sasuke, and all Ino can think is, 'how could this HAPPEN?!'

Later, she corners Sakura before she can leave, and demands to know why Sasuke-kun is talking to her.

Sakura smiles. "I'm an Uchiha now."

"What?!" Ino shrieks. "You're lying!"

"I am not!" Sakura snaps, the smug look fading to one of annoyance. "Itachi-nii made me his colony, so I'm an Uchiha now. And don't say I'm lying Ino, because Itachi-nii is smarter than you, and he said so!"

('Itachi-nii' had also nearly killed her with scones, but Sakura leaves that part out).

She does say, "Sasuke-kun saved my life", because there's no way she's not rubbing that in Ino's face.

Ino goes home, and proceeds to freak out, because who is she if not the future Mrs. Uchiha?!

She spends the next few days desperately trying to find out all she can about Itachi Uchiha. Apparently this mysterious boy has the power to make people Uchiha's, and Ino needs this. She has never wanted anything so badly in her life (except for Sasuke-kun, of course, but this would get her that much closer).

She finds out a few things:

1. Itachi is Sasuke-kun's big brother
2. He has an imaginary friend called 'Flying Mint Bunny'
3. He has really nice hair
4. He's super smart, and super strong

Ino decides that, no matter what, she will become an honorary member of the Uchiha clan. And to do that, she's going to need Itachi Uchiha's help. From the information she'd gathered, she realises there are a few things she'll need for this to happen:

1. Good hair (which she already has)
2. An imaginary friend (because no one else in the village has an imaginary friend like Itachi does, so maybe he'd like her more if she did)
3. She'll need to be strong. Because then he'll be impressed, and he'll be begging her to be his colony (she's still not sure what a colony is, but apparently that's what Forehead is, so that's what she's going to be too).

Ino smiles. Yes, that's what she'll do.

It takes Inoichi a few days to realise that his daughter hasn't mentioned Sasuke Uchiha much, and that she seems to be taking her training far more seriously than she had in the past (when he tries to casually ask her, she yells something along the lines of "sorry Tou-san, busy right now, need to get strong!"). She also keeps talking about something called "Flying Pink Kitty" but Inoichi just figures it's a doll of hers, or something.

It doesn't matter. Anything that stops his little girl from talking about/thinking about/associating with boys is welcome.

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AN:

Okay so I intended to include another drabble here, but this ended up being longer than I expected, so I decided to save it for the next chap.

So...yeah, I'm including way more characters in this, especially a lot of the younger generation, because...well. This story started with me fully intending for it to be focused solely on Sasuke and Itachi, then expanded to Sasuke, Itachi and Naruto, then to Sasuke, Naruto, Itachi and Sakura, and now I just want Itachi to be everyone's big brother.

Soooo any suggestions for what you guys would like to see in this fic? Which characters you'd like him to meet next? And I'm going to have more of Itachi and Sasuke in the next chapter.

Also, I don't plan for the massacre to happen in this fic, but the reason why might not be revealed for a while. But the reason I'm telling you now is because I fully intend to post little AU/non-canon bits for this story, and I want to include my original ending for this, back when this was only going to be a one-shot (where Itachi/England has an...interesting reaction/response to news of the coup).

Anyway, hope you enjoy this, and thank you to everyone who has been reading so far! And thank you for all your lovely comments!