Forbidden Love

A/N: I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

FEM!SasuXItachi

OOCNESS IS EVIDENT! DX

Naruto Characters © Masashi Kishimoto | OC's in this Story © me (unless said otherwise).

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in ANY WAY nor form.

Chapter Five: Friends

Sachiko sighed as she kicked another tree, effectively destroying a part of it since she enhanced her kick with chakra. The sun had long set, and Sachiko would have passed out from chakra exhaustion right now, were it not for her need to take out her anger out the nearest thing – or person – ASAP.

It has been about one year since Itachi had joined Akatsuki, with Sachiko being an apprentice of another apprentice and the rest (well… most) of the members.

"Why the hell am I out here, again?" She asked rhetorically. "Because of that damn Tobi and his stupid training regimens, URGH!" She scoffed. "Stupid Tobi, stupid Tobi! Tobi is a bad boy, a very bad boy!" She sighed as she destroyed another tree, than another, then another then… Well, you know, she practically destroyed the forest – almost. Soon after her rant, Sachiko was too tired to move from chakra exhaustion and slept in the – partly – destroyed forest.

| Just Before the Sun Rose the Next Day… |

A young, eight year old boy paced calmly through the forest. He was adept to the forest and was just returning from a little scavenger hunt out in the forest. He had golden-yellow hair, piercing azure eyes, naturally tanned skin and, a birth mark of sorts, six whisker-like lines, three upon each of his cheek. He'd been out looking for vegetables and water of sorts within the forest, his findings all in the rather large sack, which he held with the sack swung over his left shoulder.

He decided that, since it was late, it was best to take a little short cut – though, that's when he noticed something… odd. Well, that may be putting things a little… subtly… A little? Ha! That was an understatement!

In the middle of (or close to) the forest was a girl about his age, unconscious from chakra exhaustion and she was surrounded by, by at least ten to twenty metres in diameter, broken to fully knocked down trees. Whatever this girl was doing, it was painfully obvious that she was strong – for her age, anyway.

His eyes widened a few as he stared at the girl. What in the world had she been doing?! In the forest, no less!

Sighing warily, he picked up the girl, bridal style, while somehow balancing his findings on his shoulders, he took on a quicker pace towards his long term 'home'. His 'home' was an abandoned cottage he'd found a little while when he had left his other home, though he didn't really consider it home. It was big enough to fit about four people, though it be a little tight.

Entering the cottage, the boy gently placed the girl on a spare futon he had lying around. Starting up the fire in the kitchen, he started to cook his breakfast, making sure to make extra for the girl that was peacefully sleeping in the room adjacent to the kitchen.

| Forbidden Love |

Itachi walked into the Akatsuki compound, heading for the training grounds as soon as he had reported his mission – a success, of course. Walking through the doors of the training grounds, it was something he did not expect. First, there was no little black blur trying to glomp him (which, though he wouldn't admit verbally, he had grown accustomed to and quite liked it, actually), second, there was no definite sign of training and, third, was the fact that Tobi was lying around lazily on the ground. He growled slightly, his mood taking a turn for worse. Of course, to most shinobis, this would've gone unnoticed, to the eyes of those who knew Itachi – that was a different matter.

If one were to look very closely, they could see the slight twitch of Itachi's right eyebrow, which only twitches when he feels angry, upset, annoyed or if he'd been waiting to see his precious little sister after a tiresome mission. Now, the other sign was that he was unconsciously tapping his right thumb and index fingers together, which was something he did when he was trying to control himself. All in all, this seemed to be directed to Tobi. Things didn't look quite good at the moment. An angry Itachi was bad to deal with, an angry and annoyed Itachi was really bad to deal with, an angry, annoyed and upset Itachi was road kill; but, an angry, annoyed, upset and Sachiko deprived Itachi was like facing hell itself – both literally and metaphorically.

So now, Tobi has found himself reintroduced to a force of nature – gravity.

"Oh, hi, Itachi-san!" He said cheerfully as he landed head first into the ground.

"Where is she?"

"Who?"

"…" He gave a threatening stare.

"Oh! She's out in the forest, training."

"…" He gave a look that was equivalent to: 'She shouldn't be outside unguarded/alone, she could be discovered by the village'.

"Aww! Come on! I mean, Sachiko should be able to know the wonders of mother earth!"

"…" He gave a glare that could be interpreted as 'if she ends up in the, Akatsuki equivalent to, hospital, then you'll regret it' or 'if Sachiko even complains when she comes back, then I'll Tsukiyomi you until you drop dead!'. At this point, it was probably both.

| An Angry Brother Later… |

Sachiko stirred awake, slowly getting up. She rubbed her eyes, in an effort to get them active once more. She looked around the room she was in. The walls were a fading purple colour. The sliding door opened, revealing a boy with golden yellow hair and piercing azure blue eyes, pulling Sachiko out of her reverie. She turned to the boy, blinking a few times. The boy walked over to her, placing a tray of food beside her. Why does he look… familiar?

She looked at him curiously, he looked at her amusedly.

"Hey, I know I'm handsome and all, but you shouldn't stare."

Her eyes widened to a degree before immediately narrowing. "Who in their right mind would be in love with you?! I mean, yes, I admit you are a bit handsome, but there's no way I could – not with you, anyway – besides, I'm already in love." She didn't care if that sounded un-Uchiha like, it didn't matter, she didn't care if she sounded like a fan girl… much… But, she was still a girl – albeit young – in love, and that's all that mattered, at that moment, anyway.

He merely smirked before it turned into an amused grin. "He he he, you really haven't changed, huh, Sachiko-chan?" Sachiko's eyes widened again.

"Wait a minute! How? How could you… be here? Naruto… You're supposed to be in Konoha!"

His smiled turned into one of regret. "Yes… But things happen… I've been here for a year, and I'm only to go back when the Genin exams are due to come."

She tilted her head. "So… Unless you don't want to tell me, what exactly are the 'things that happened'?"

"I don't want to tell. Besides, I should ask you the same question, the Uchiha's are supposed to be all dead, you know."

She looked away, her gaze on the floor, her eyes were shadowed. "… That's true… But… I… I'll tell you… Why I'm here… In return, you tell me why you're here. Deal?"

The two shared a glance of understanding. Both, though through completely different situations, had reasons for not being in Konoha. In fact, Sachiko and Naruto had shared a little rivalry of sorts, but underneath the rivalry exterior, the two had found a complete understanding of each other – or, at least, of each other's body language, but not necessarily the other's life in itself. But, the bond was still there, despite how short it was.

"… You want to go first, or should I?" Naruto asked. His eyes locked with Sachiko's eyes, sighing dejectedly. "Alright, where should I begin?" He asked, though it was rhetorical. His eyes closed for a moment before opening. Sachiko, not wanting the food to get cold, started eating her food a bit eagerly, her exhaustion finally catching up with her.

"It was… eight years ago, at the time of my birth, the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze, took me away to seal the Kyuubi within me. If my… intuition is right… then, the Yondaime was probably my birth right father. Yondaime had made it as to say that I should be treated as a hero, as, if I didn't exist, the Kyuubi would probably have taken their lives already. This… wasn't the case, though… The villagers… They all treated me differently. Like a monster. I realised that they sure are close-minded… I still wonder why the Yondaime sealed the Kyuubi in me…"

Sachiko nodded, that explained his lack of chakra control, not that she understood completely but, looking at it simply, the Kyuubi is a creature of mass chakra, thus, sealing it into a new born baby with probably an already slightly larger chakra mass would over throw the balance in power and make it harder in controlling. That, and that Jutsus that needed lower amounts of chakra would be difficult for him to accomplish as – because of his control – he'd probably end up using too much chakra when performing the Jutsu. All in all, in a way, Sachiko also saw that the Yondaime 0 rather than a last resort – had entrusted this power to Naruto.

Placing her half eaten bowl down, she answered his question with her own thoughts. "Ne, Naruto, maybe you shouldn't see having the Kyuubi within you in that way. I mean, you could call it a blessing too, after all, now you have the gift of stamina, right? Plus, there's still the fact that the Yondaime probably entrusted you to the Kyuubi. He probably believed you could be a great shinobi, maybe him sealing the Kyuubi within you was just to increase your… watcha call it? Oh, right… potential." Naruto looked up at her with surprise.

She wasn't scared of him, nor did he scowl. In fact, she simply gave him some plausible answers to his questions. He smiled a foxy smile. "Thanks, Sachiko. Right, now continuing, the reason I'm here is because of the incident of the Uchiha clan. You see, the villagers just wanted to have, at least, a reason to why they attacked me. They chose that just as an excuse. And, I was saved by a funny, silver haired Cyclops, who took me to the Sandaime. I was injured by… quite a bit. So, about a day or two after the mob attack, I was given the time of training from now until the Genin exams about four years from now. I admit, I'm getting better, but it's hard to tell."

"No problem." She said, smiling. It was now her turn… Urgh… Why couldn't he have taken longer? Taking a large breath, she started talking. "Alright, about a year ago my nii-san and I were just enjoying the festival when Shisui, I think his name was, attacked us. Then, my nii-san told me why he attacked… And how they were going to attack Konoha. My nii-san put me under a Genjutsu and I was taken to the Sandaime. Nii-san then took me out of the village with him and ever since, he's been a part of an organisation called 'Akatsuki'. And… well… My sensei is an energetic yet strong guy whose very annoying. And, it's because of him that I was in the forest. That reminds me! I'm going to beat his ass someday, definitely!" Naruto chuckled.

"An Uchiha being expressive? What's next, an Inuzuka being timid?"

Sachiko huffed indignantly, picking up her bowl of food, she resumed eating and finished shortly after. "… Hey, Naruto…"

"Yeah?"

"… You do know that Hinata-san likes you, right?"

"Yep."

"Then, why… ?"

"I promised to come back. And I never go back on my word – it's my nindo, after all!"

"Oh…"

"Plus… I miss her already…" He sighed, fiddling with a necklace around his neck.

"That's from Hinata-san, right?" She asked, smirking slyly.

"Yep!"

"Such the player."

"Hey! I'm not! I mean… l like her and all… I mean… uh… I don't know what I mean!" He blushed a lot. Sachiko simply giggled.

"So… It must be lonely here… Why don't you come with me? I mean, the whole Akatsuki organisation is pretty cool, though a few of them are quite… Uh… Eccentric."

"Hmm… Why not?" He said. "Besides, I could use a rival!"

"Ha! Don't think you can beat me easily!"

"We'll just see about that!" The two shared the same fiery determination within their eyes, before laughing.

| Forbidden Love |

"Soon…" A portentous voice said, from within the darkness. "Soon… I will have everything needed to complete my plan… Soon… She will become mine." The voice cackled.

"And then… He shall fall. All… is going to be mine!"

| Forbidden Love |

It had been about an hour before Naruto had finished packing. Though, most of it wasn't for packing, but rather for him to clean up the place a little. Alright, stopping with the understatements, Naruto just had to clean all of the rooms in this house/cottage and then he had to hide some stuff and then he packed his stuff. Of course, all this was done with the help of several shadow clones.

After it was done, the two set out, Sachiko leading the way. And, in the deep recesses of her mind, she swore that she would definitely kick Tobi's ass. Or at least, one day, she will.

| To Be Continued… |

A/N: OK… I'M SORRY!

…FOR THE LONG WAIT!

… FOR THE SUCKINESS!

… FOR… FOR…

- runs out of things to say sorry for -

… Pwease review!

(Please note that the authoress is in an unstable mood right now… Please excuse her…)