Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Naruto.
Itachi arrived in Konoha in the dead of night. He silently crept into the shop of Nekobaa and found the old cat woman herself, waiting with a sack of supplies in front of her.
"Greetings, Itachi," Nekobaa called.
"Were you expecting me?" Itachi asked.
"Yes, ever since we heard of your leaving of the Akatsuki. Sasuke and I have missed you so much," She replied.
"You've missed me?" Itachi asked, unsure of what was happening.
"Oh course, you were always my favorite Uchiha to help and I missed you terribly when you went missing," She continued, "I take it you just want to take the supplies and go?"
"If that is acceptable, then yes," Itachi said.
"Could I come with you?" Nekobaa asked suddenly.
"Aaahhhhh, no." Itachi replied.
"But I could help you with your injuries and sell you products at a discount price!" Nekobaa cried desperately.
"No, no, I really don't need your help," Itachi said hurriedly.
"But Itachi, I…" Nekobaa began. But Itachi had already vanished along with the supplies.
"Nuts! They always leave before we get to the good part," Nekobaa mumbled to herself dejectedly.
"Grandma, are you talking to yourself again?" Tamaki yelled from her bunk.
"No, no, dear. Grandma's just going through one of her phases again," Nekobaa yelled back as she climbed back into bed.
The next day Itachi was wandering through the forest when he came across a strange sight. A basket of ramen cups and rice was sitting at the base of a tree with a rope tied in a loop around it to catch anyone who tried to take the food.
"Who could be so stupid to try a trap like this?" Itachi thought.
Itachi stared at the basket for several minutes.
"Will you just hurry up and take the bait?" someone yelled from the trees.
With lightning quick reflexes, Itachi threw a kunai at the spot where the voice had come from. An orange blur flew from the tree and landed in front of Itachi, followed by a pink blur coming from a separate tree.
"I told you it wouldn't work," said Sakura.
"It would have worked on Kakashi," Naruto mumbled.
"What are you doing here, Naruto?" Itachi asked annoyed. "Are you here to use me in some insane scheme to get Sasuke to come back to Konoha?"
"Um… Maybe?" Naruto said hopefully.
"Haven't you noticed those never work." Itachi said.
"I told you I wasn't the only one who thought so," said Sakura.
Suddenly from behind Itachi Naruto and Sakura saw someone rushing toward them. It was Sasuke!
"Sasuke! Sasuke!" they cried with overwhelming happiness.
The pair ran full speed toward their long lost comrade and… hit a tree.
"Damn Genjutsu," Naruto yelled, now realizing Itachi had tricked them and left.
Another average day in the life of Itachi, the runaway, missing, rogue ninja.
More on the way and REVIEW, the plot bunnies are starving! What kind of people are you?