Disclaimer: I own any OCs in this, the rest is Masashi Kishimoto. Sorry for any spelling mistakes.

Characters age:

Akane, Itachi: 14

Naruto, Sasuke: 9

Shisui: 18

Kakashi: 23

Okay, so Kakashi-san was obviously avoiding me. Well, I got out of the hospital and I laughed my ass off when Shisui almost had a heart attack because of Itachi calling me 'Akane' and how I was nice to him and not bitchy. Yeah, he had missed a lot in two months. And he kept complaining on how I ended up in the hospital in a very bad state when he was away. He also pestered Itachi and I to know how we ended up on good terms.

He busted into laughter when Itachi told him, with his pokerface, that it was because he pissed me off for good and I attacked him. Hey, we all have our own way to bond with people okay?

But still, why Kakashi-san would avoid good little old me? That was simple. I wanted those special papers which tell you you chakra nature for Naruto and Sasuke, and I thought Kakashi-san would be able to get me some. And he could.

That ass just didn't want to. It was already taking me a lot of time to actually find him and corner him in my free time, but he would just ignore me and bodyflicker away from me. So, I had an idea. What could make Kakashi-san react?

His kohai. Hopefully.

And my targets were right in front of me. I cackled evilly in my corner and joined them.

"Hello~!" I hummed happily. Kakashi-san rolled his eyes.

"No." He flatly refused when I was at Tenzo's level. The latter gave us a questioning look. I did not see Tenzo, so Yamato, often, but he was nicer than the silver prick.

"I'm not here for you. I'm here for senpai." And that got his attention. Yamato's too as he pointed a finger at himself with an astonished face. I nodded and grinned at him. "Do you mind me calling you senpai?"

"No but..."

"You're not a ninja Akane, Tenzo can't be your senpai." Kakashi-san said and put his book away.

"Don't care. Ne Tenzo-senpai, would you mind doing something for you kohai?" I asked as sweetly as I could. I think being called 'senpai' had a nice ring to it because he started smiling as he shook his head. "Great! See, I'm teaching things to my cousin and his friend and I wanted to test their chakra nature, but Kakashi-san doesn't want to get me some papers. I'm not a ninja so I can't buy them. But I thought 'Hey, Tenzo-senpai could, he is much cooler than Kakashi-san after!'. And that's true! I mean, Mokuton!? Please, it's much more interesting than some lightning! You're cooler!"

"Well," he started, holding his chin with closed eyes. He nodded thoughtfully but I picked up on the fact he was playing along with me. "I can't say it myself because he is my senpai but if someone thinks so, who am I to disagree with them?"

"Oi..."

"Exactly!" I approved excitedly. "And you don't read weird books in public!"

"Hey."

"Yeah, I know right..." He told me and raised a hand so that Kakashi-san could not see our mouth anymore. "I swear that sometimes he's laughing weirdly when he thinks he is alone."

"And he always thinks he's superior to anyone, seriously when I say you're cooler..."

"STOP!" We both glanced at a wide-eyed Kakashi-san. Oh, did we hurt his pride? "I'll buy them just...shut up!" And he left.

"Senpai," I started with a satisfied smirk, "it was a pleasure to work with you."

"Don't mention it!" He chuckled. "That was my pleasure too."

Moral of the story? I got my papers. And Kakashi-san made me say that he was still the coolest shinobi around. Yeah, I had a good laugh.

"The Shodai's name was Hashirama Senju you dobe!" Sasuke snapped at Naruto and broke his pencil in half. He was stressed recently.

"Everyone makes mistakes!"

"Hey hey you two, calm down!" I scolded them harshly and they lowered their eyes under my glare. I was trying to grade works gosh damn it! "Sasuke why are you on edge?"

He frowned and glared at his glass of juice. Fall was there, already, and Naruto had turned nine. There was a small party, where he smiled all along. Shisui turned eighteen and introduced us, Itachi and I, to his newest girlfriend. Have I mentioned he seemed like the kind of guy who wanted to enjoy his youth as much as he could before settling down? Because, believe it or not, Itachi and I, we argued on what her name was because we didn't really listen. He had the right name, that douche, and I had the name of his ex.

"Nii-san left on a mission and he broke his promise. Again." He grunted and clenched his fist on his pants. Itachi...that guy really needed to stop promise things to his brother.

"Can't you ask your dad?"

He shifted in his seat after Naruto's question, and I frowned. That was weird. Even if Fugaku-san was to refuse, Sasuke would not have trouble asking him. Maybe it was some kind of secret jutsu between brothers?

"Nii-san told me not to..."

"Sasuke, what did Itachi promised exactly?" I cut him sharply. He seemed to measure if it was safe to tell me as he stared with uncertainty.

"Nee-san...you remember that night when Shimura Danzo kidnapped us?" I nodded. "Well, what I had at my eyes was...the sharingan."

"That thing I saw Shisui-nii-chan do the other day?"

"Naruto, you keep everything you hear today for yourself." I ordered my cousin, who looked lost. "Your dad doesn't know about it?"

"Nii-san told me to keep it quiet until I knew how to use it. But I haven't been able to activate it ever since."

I glared at Naruto when he opened his mouth and he went back to his homework fast.

"You'll get a hold of it one day Sasuke. All in good time."

"That's easy for you to say, you don't have a father who only sees your brother Akane!" He snapped at me and I gaped at him. Never had Sasuke called me anything else than 'nee-san'. "You don't know how it is to be in the shadow of a genius all the time!" He ran away. I stood up and shot a look at Naruto.

"Go nee-chan! I have homework anyway!" I gave him a smile and left too.

It was not as if an Academy student would give me trouble to find him. I was not the best sensor ever, but I was average. And because of his anger, Sasuke's chakra was wavering a lot through the crowd in the street. I sped up, found him, grabbed him and, while he was struggling against my grip, took us to Minato's rock face.

"Let me go!" He railed against me but I just sat on the rock, Sasuke's back against my chest and my arms keeping him in place.

"Now you shut up and stop acting like a little punk. You can't just blow up at someone's face and leave as if your life was the saddest life around here."

"You know nothing! You don't know how hard it is when Father only sees Itachi! I thought it would change when you started teaching me fuinjutsu, but it was just for a while! Why can't he see me!? Why can't I be like nii-san!?"

"I don't know how it is to be an important figure of clan because mine is dead Sasuke. You know about that." He went silent at that but I could still feel anger radiating from his body. "You're not your brother either. You'll never be your brother." I gritted my teeth when he tried to get up but I kept him in place. "And that's okay. Because Itachi and you are two different people. There's no point in trying to be him. It's not because you don't rise to the top as fast as your brother that you won't be as good as him in your own way. But I gotta say that you're wrong on something."

"Oh yeah?" He scoffed and I rolled my eyes. You bet he'd be a moody teenager.

"I totally understand how it is to be in your older brother's shadow because he is a genius who reached your kekkai genkai at a young age."

That got his attention. He raised his head to me.

"You don't have a brother and you don't have a kekkai genkai. Everybody can learn fuinjutsu."

"And who told you my whole life story midget? You know nothing about me. If you don't believe me when I say I have a brother, then follow me. I'll introduce the two of you."

He stared at me for long seconds, as if a second head was growing on my body. But he ended up standing up and followed me. I saw him looking around in curiosity as we moved in Konoha, and his face falling when we reached the Konoha cemetery. His footsteps became slower as I walked with familiarity between the tombstones to finally kneel in front of one in particular. I joined my hands and closed my eyes when I felt Sasuke stopping behind me.

"Onii-chan, this is Uchiha Sasuke. Sasuke, meet my older brother Sasaki Fubuki."

"He..."

"Dead? Yeah."

We stayed silent for a while and Sasuke decided to sit next to me. I cast him a quick glance and noticed his pained eyes.

"What happened to him?" He murmured, all traces of anger gone. I looked up at the sky. Hum...I think therapy worked in the end, it looked like I could talk about it.

"What I am going to tell you Sasuke, I need you to promise that you will keep it for you. Don't even talk about it to Naruto. He doesn't know anything yet."

"I promise nee-san." I smiled faintly at him and sat instead of kneeling.

"I think that, even if you're only nine, you can understand a lot of things." He nodded. "Where to start...my brother, Fubuki, was Shisui's age. I loved him very much. And he could have been a powerful shinobi if we had not left the village I was born in."

"What do you mean? I need to know the context to understand!"

"Right, right...I'm from the Land of Water and I was born in Kirigakure." He widened his eyes at that. "As you know, my mother is from the Uzumaki clan. However, my father was only half Uzumaki. His father was from a different clan in the Land of Water, the Yuki clan. This clan has a kekkai genkai. They can use an Ice Release. And my brother was a genius. He could use his Ice Release very young and mixed it with seals. His best technique was to make it snow or hail and incorporate explosive seal in every snowflakes, even though he was only six."

"Is that even possible?"

"You're not the only one to have an amazing big brother. My father was a powerful shinobi of Kiri, from what I heard he could have been chosen as Mizukage if it was not for his stubbornness. But we left the village when I was one. Here's the thing Sasuke," I told him when he opened his mouth to cut me off, "Konoha is probably the best place to be a shinobi. The Land of Fire in general. The Land of Water used to be ravaged by civil wars, in which those with kekkai genkai would be extremely effective. But once they were over, they were discriminated and killed. My father decided we would leave Kirigakure and we settled down at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water. But here's the thing. Fubuki, for how strong he was, seemed to not have inherited the strong vitality of the Uzumaki clan. He developed a serious illness that would weaken his body."

"He died because of an illness?"

"I wish. You see, that was the Third Shinobi World War Sasuke, and there were fights everywhere. Kumogakure and Konohagakure were enemies, so shinobi from those countries had to cross the Land of Hot Water and the Land of Frost, these two nations becoming the scene of many battles. It wasn't pretty, and my dad ended up losing it, thinking that peace would never be in order with the system. Long story short, I was not as good as my brother and he tried to kill me when he failed to use me as a sacrifice for some big dangerous thing. My brother got between between me and the attack. Then I went to Konoha and met your brother and Shisui."

I heard him gasp a few times, but now it was silent. I turned to him and took his hands in mine when I saw his eyes full of despair.

"I guess that what I'm trying to tell you is that, you may be in your brother's shadow now, but you will be seen as your own person one day. Your father will see it one day, you just need to work on it. But until that day, enjoy your family and friends and do not resent them for what they can do. You're your own person, and you may find it difficult for now, but one day you'll be thankful for how you used to be shielded back in the days."

I flicked his forehead.

"It's frustrating, but the time will come where you'll shine too Sasuke. Trust me, I know you are bound to make great things and to be an awesome shinobi."

"You really think so?" Insecurity spotted.

"Yeah, just don't burn the ste..." I didn't finish my sentence that he had thrown his arms around me and was hugging me as strongly as he could. I hugged him back. "Hey, I believe in you Sasuke you know?"

"Thank you Akane." He mumbled softly against the fabric of my sweater.

"Anytime Sasuke. Anytime."

What was I doing here?

"Iruka-sensei, my classes are over you know, so why..."

"I know, I know Akane-sensei," How weird it was to have him calling me 'sensei' when he was older than I was. I looked around, Naruto's and Sasuke's class staring at us. "but I heard your knowledge of the Water Release was pretty good so..." Of course it was good, Yagura-sama wouldn't have had it any other way. He would throw his Tailed Beast Ball at me.

"That's not in my contract." I deadpanned at him, wanting to go home. I was finally understanding the secrets of the Hiraishin and was thinking of the many possibilities I would create later. "What do I gain in this?"

"That's..."

"Can you even fight? You don't have the Konoha headband!" A girl spoke out. Pink hair huh...my sister-in-law was a fangirl if I remembered well what old Sasuke and old Naruto once told me. Talking about Sasuke, he glared coldly at her and she looked at her shoes.

"I feel like I'm going to have fun with you guys in a few months." I stated and started a series of hand signs. "Suiton: Water Dragon Bullet Technique." A water dragon raised from the pond and they gasped. I stopped the jutsu and they were all left under the temporary rain my dragon caused. "If you all want to survive while being a shinobi, then you better not underestimate any opponent you have. Some will hide their potential in order to break your guards, and some others will just show a hidden power that could get you killed. For all I know, those of you who have good grades now could be weak shinobi later on."

"Thank you Akane-sensei, that would be all for today!" Iruka-sensei told me and took me aside, leaving slightly terrified children behind. I spotted Naruto and Sasuke talking in a hushed voice and Iruka-sensei blocked my sight. "Do not terrify the kids now!"

"What, it's true and you know it. If they judge people's strength on their appearance or rank now, they could be killed on some D-rank mission. I'm trying to help them."

"Yeah but..."

"Anyway, you owe me, don't forget it. By..."

I tensed and glanced behind me. An ANBU had just arrived.

"Sasaki Akane, the Hokage wants to see you."

"I can't make him wait now, can I?" I said as I followed the masked guy.

Well, I would have them in my class in like two month. I would turn fifteen soon too. And to be fair, I was surprised. Of what? That Kirigakure did not come yet. Ever since my conversation with Sasuke, I started thinking more about it and about what, or more who I left behind. Yeah, I hated being a kunoichi and being there, but...not everything was that bad. Here's a thing about the Kiri-nin. They were feared and had a cruel reputation, but it was facade most of the time. When I became a genin, the test at the Academy had already changed. I was under Yagura-sama's teaching, but had to pass the test. It's not some jutsu like here.

The first task is to fight against a recently made chuunin for ten minutes when they have the intention to kill. If you survive, good for you you go to the second task. If not, you're dead. Then, the second task is tough. Kiri had a huge rate of nukenin, and those who did not get far and had nothing special were kept underground. The second task was killing a prisoner. Just like suffering a killing intent was a part of the Academy program.

You can't let anything trouble you in a mission. You can't let your first kill keep you from completing the mission. Those who can't do it or who're traumatized don't pass. The others become genin. With the politic of how shinobi were weapons there, we had to build ourselves an expressionless mask to succeed. Some would forget who they were and would live as weapons, others would only know the feeling of killing and lose themselves in the process. And there were the others. Those who would let their mask off when they were not on missions.

Like Mei-sensei for instance. She was the person I would go to when Yagura-sama was just too much. It did not surprise me she would be the Mizukage later, it was perfect for her and for the village. Hell, she never hold it against me when I tried to run away from Kiri those five times. She was my personal tutor for my kekkai genkai, and once I was a genin she was my team's sensei.

My teammates too were people who would let their mask off. There was Dai Terumi, sensei's younger brother. Born on the same day in the same hospital than me. Unlike sensei, he had no kekkai genkai, just a water affinity. But he was an iryo-nin. It was useful for the wounds I would always had because of the Mizukage's training and for our other teammate when he was playing too much with his swords.

I was shocked, and sad, when old Kakashi-san told me Mangetsu was a part of the resurrected soldiers in the war. I did not know he was dead. Frankly, Mangetsu was probably my best friend of some sort. Being under the Mizukage's wing is the worst thing ever. People will be nice to you and talk behind your back because Yagura-sama was a bastard. If Dai was acting politely to me, it was for his sister's sake. Mangetsu, him, saw quickly I did not like being in Kiri. He confronted me and I told him I was forced to be there, to be a kunoichi when I did not want to fight. He understood that, that I had a different vision than him and respected it. That I would always showed up at training or on mission with wounds helped too.

I did not know how he died. How he could die, because hopefully he was still alive right now. Alive and training with Suigetsu. The brat.

I was shocked when I saw him at an Orochimaru's hideout when old Sasuke took me once. I was shocked when we were catching up together and he told me he was kidnapped by one of Orochimaru's men after his brother's death in mission. He was shocked I was still alive. Because he had been at my funerals.

So basically, I had a grave at Kirigakure right now.

My team was the only thing that made Kiri bearable. When they discovered the truth on how I came to Kiri, Dai and Mangetsu planned my fifth evasion with me. I had reached the border when Yagura-sama in person stopped me.

I wonder how they were doing. If Kiri never found me before, now there were more chances. I was a powerful weapon for the village, if they found out I was in Konoha, they would send the oinin without the shadow of a doubt, cut my head off, destroy my body and end of the story. That was what the Akatsuki did before. They were sent to get ride of us and Mom died. I wonder how they could proceed this time. Using the Akatsuki would be stupid if I am in Konoha anyway.

But still, I would only be half surprised if one day they found me. I had never gone outside the village at that point, but who knew what could happen?

I widened my eyes when we arrived in front of the Hokage's office. What...what if...I would not become the cause of a possible war, right?

"Why do you look so terrified when I did not say anything yet?" The Hokage with genuine curiosity in his voice.

"I'm paranoid, that's all..." I muttered, more for myself than him. "I told Naruto to stay away from paint and the cliff, he listened. What's happening?"

"Calm down, I did not call you here because of him. Fugaku and Hiashi gave me reports on your work with their clan and they're good. How is teaching going?"

"Well, I'll probably get a quarter of all the classes I'm teaching next year. Many don't control their chakra with enough precision and others just don't care." I explained coolly, my eyes following a bird outside. "They're too young to understand the beauty in seals."

"I guess so. But from what I heard, Naruto made some progress."

"Not in theory though. In sparring probably. I've seen him and Sasuke sparing once or twice. From the moment they end up in a team together with Sakura and Kakashi-san I'm fine with that." I shrugged and shoved my hands in my pocket.

"I have to say that the more I see those two, the more I think they would be good for Kakashi once he'll be a jonin." Oh, I guess it would not be long before it happened then. "Anyway, I have a mission for you."

"I'm sorry but you have a what for me?"

"A mission. Even though if you're not a kunoichi from Konoha, you are a Seal Master who resides here. As such, I am allowed to give exceptional task." He stated and took his pipe out of his mouth. Wow, I did not like where that was going at all. "Suna and Konoha are allied, as you already know. The Kazekage has asked to send one of the two seal masters we now have to check the seal on the Ichibi jinchuriki." Oh fuck it. "Your mother is busy, so you will go."

"Are you sure? I don't want Kiri to hear about me and..."

"I will send you with guards, do not worry about it."

I was going to meet Gaara? He was nice and a good leader, but from what old Temari told me, it was thanks to Naruto he changed. Before he was bloodthirsty because he let Shukaku have too much control over him. I did not want to die again!

"Sandaime..."

"Yes?"

"Would you let me take Naruto with me?"

His eyes turned dead serious and I gulped. Maybe meeting Naruto now would help him earlier so...that would be good? But the Hokage was scaring the shit out of me. Staring straight into my eyes and not saying shit.

"It takes three days to reach Suna, I'll be gone for at least a week. Naruto won't let me go that easily for so long, and as you said mom is busy. She won't be able to properly take care of him."

"You want to take the jinchuriki out of the village Akane-kun. That's too dangerous."

"Hokage-sama, it would be good for him to see the world outside. I'm sure this jinchuriki is hated in Suna too, he could use some interaction with someone who lives the same thing than him. And I won't let him loose control, the seal is too strong anyway."

"It's too dangerous, the council will never allow that."

"The council is not really..."

"Watch your word Akane-kun," he warned me coldly, "I may trust you, but the council is not in the same case. They're not happy with Naruto living with you and your mother. They are still mad about Danzo and think he was not entirely wrong, and it includes you being used much like how it was where you are from. They think your presence here could get a war started one day with the Hidden Mist. As long as you do as I say, you are okay, but you are walking on thin ice. Do not push your luck." I nodded absently. "Fine. You will leave in two days for Suna with ANBU I will choose and stay until the Kazekage deemed you have done enough. You are free to go. And Naruto Uzumaki will stay here."

I left and breathed out deeply. I hated the council so damn much. All stuck in their own time and...I let a sigh of exasperation leave me. That was a drag.

But hey, did it mean I would meet Temari!?

"Suna!?" Shisui exclaimed with a dumbfounded face. "You're going to Suna!?"

"That's what I said."

"Naruto-kun and Sasuke won't be happy to hear about it." Itachi droned, spotting his dango arriving to our table. I made a sound of approving, staring outside. It would rain later in the afternoon. "Are you allowed to tell us more about your mission?"

"Nope. I don't want to get killed by the Hokage and Kazekage." I sighed deeply. I was slightly scared of meeting Gaara to be honest. I cared about each limbs of my body. "It's a drag, I'm not good with hot and dry environment."

"It's the total opposite of where you're from." I nodded absently and felt Shisui averting his attention to his cousin. The latter did the same. "What?"

"You know where she's from? You became the best of friends when I was away or what?"

"Don't worry Shisui, you're still the only one in my heart. After senpai of course." I snickered at him and he furrowed his brows with fake hurt on his face.

"I'm not okay with being second. And you've already called me 'senpai', who's that one?"

"I called you that only once, and I'm talking about Tenzo. He's always up for annoying Kakashi-san with me." I informed them coolly. I always had these small crushes on my senpai actually. Tenzo because he's cool and would annoy Kakashi-san with me, Utakata-senpai because he's handsome, obviously. I jumped suddenly when I felt a hand on my shoulder. "What?" I snapped at Itachi, who was the one sitting next to me.

"You were spacing out." He told me calmly. Now he was used to my mood swings.

"Ah, sorry. I think I'll go home, to get ready you know. Bye guys!" I waved at them from above my shoulders and left the place. Suna had a pretty decent level in fuinjutsu. They didn't need the Shodai to obtain a biju after all. But from what I gathered in my past life, the seal they used for Shukaku...not that it was weak, it just let a lot of power to Shukaku, and when the mind is already weakened...

"Gooooooo!" I screamed at the top of my lungs at the two ANBU waiting for me at the gate. I slided beautifully between the two and gasped to catch my breath. "Naruto...wanna come...followed me...gotta go...now..."

"NEE-CHAN!" A ball of bright yellow appeared at the corner of the street, far from us. But he was approaching fast. I grabbed one of my teammates hand and started running away. Again.

Naruto had been bugging me to tag along, exactly as I thought. Mom and I told him he could not come for hours but he would not have any of it. So, when I left this morning, he was waiting for me at the doorway. I spent ten minutes to try to lose him at some point but when I noticed the time I ran to the meeting point, Naruto on my heels.

Now that we were jumping from tree to tree with Kakashi-san and Yamato-senpai. I relaxed greatly, because Naruto was still in the village and I was not. Not that I was glad because of Naruot, but because I was outside Konoha. It was dangerous, but it felt good. To not follow the same daily routine for once was good. And...mom made me sign for my summon! Yeah! Now I could summon wolves! Even if Gaku was always grumpy and used to never listen to me in my old life at the beginning.

"Stop." Kakashi-san ordered us. I stopped of a thick branch and shot him a quizzical look. He took a kunai from his pouch and threw it with deadly accuracy behind us. A squeak was heard and Naruto's head popped out of the leaves.

"What are you doing here!?" I yelled, jumping in front of him. He flinched but I grabbed his arm harshly. "Do you know how risky that was!? You're not even a genin!"

"I wanted to come! And you're not a genin either!"

"That's different!"

"Yo!" Came Pakkun's voice behind me. I turned to see Kakashi-san whispered to him and he left in the direction of Konoha.

"If we go back to the village now, we will be late for the Kazekage and we can't afford that." He explained me when he noticed my stare on him. "We'll wait for the Hokage's orders."

"How come you didn't feel him coming?"

"I thought he would give up quickly." was the silvered-haired nin answer. I rolled my eyes and let go of my cousin's arm.

"Do you know how freaked out mom must be right now?"

He kept his head down as I kept scolding him. I hoped the Hokage would not kill me, because I was innocent.

Seriously.

Thanks for reading ! And feel free to leave reviews ! Thanks for the reviews, following and putting this story in your favorite. but except from that, I had my first week of class, second year of my english degree in college, and I couldn't write a single thing! So yeah, I'm not a fan of how the next chapter turned out and the updates may be slower in the futur. Because, college is important you know. and I'd like to go in the UK next year, so I should work seriously unlike last year x)

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