I wonder what's going to happen tomorrow. Is Itachi in the academy too, or am I stuck with... I almost couldn't stand saying his name;

...Sasuke.

Ugh, how I hated that guy. Please let it be Itachi in the academy, I started thinking what would happen if Itachi and I were on the same team. The missions, the time we'd spend. Whoa! What am I thinking? This isn't real, and Itachi is a fictional character. Nothing here is real! I began scolding myself again.

It was getting late, and I went downstairs to grab a snack. Since, Itachi had said it would be alright to do so.

As I was getting to the kitchen, I overheard Fugaku talking to what seemed to be Itachi and Sasuke. I assume it was just like the flash backs on the series. Since they were so good at sensing people, it wasn't a good idea to listen in. So I continued my 'adventure' for a snack, ignoring what things I could probably get from that conversation. And by 'things', I mean hints to the future Itachi and Sasuke.

When I got to the kitchen, I grabbed an apple and began eating it. I'm not usually one for apples, but this was the juiciest apple I'd ever tasted. I stood there for a few minutes, savoring the taste and dared to take another bite. Once again, savoring the taste. Minutes passed, and I kept eating the apples.

If all food here is this delicious, I don't want to go home! I thought excitedly, not noticing anyone enter the room.

"I hope you like that," I heard a man's voice say sarcastically. Following where the voice came from, I saw it was Itachi.

I smirked and moved the apple away from my mouth and said back, "I do, it's the best apple I've ever had."

He replied with a smirk and said not as sarcastic, "Well there's plenty, in case you want to become an Akamichi."

Frowning, I saw the seven apple cores lying on the floor.

"S-sorry," I said, trying to hide my embarrassment. I scratched the back of my head and looked at him.

He walked over to me and reached his hand to my side. I began blushing and noticed he grabbed an apple from behind me. Scolding myself at the thoughts I had at that moment.

Itachi took a bite of the apple, and I could tell, he was smirking while chewing. He's feeding off my embarrassment, isn't he?

Normal POV :

As Itachi took a step back from her, he saw the blush she tried to hide and smirked, taking a bite of the apple.

She blushes too easily.

He started walking towards the stairs, when she spoke again.

"Where did Mikoto-san go?" She couldn't help but ask. Rachel knew from being the obsessive person she was that Mikoto was alive around this time. And she wasn't a ninja, meaning she couldn't be on a mission.

"She left." He said emotionlessly, continuing his walk to his room.

Rachel was left in silence, wondering what he meant. Left this world? Left the family? Too many questions that required answers went through her head. Added to the ones already in her head, such as : Why was she in the Naruto world? What was the Hokage hiding?

All of which, she wanted answers for immediately. However, she could look for answers tomorrow. She was getting tired.

She walked up to what was now her room, and fell asleep.
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The next day...

"Wake up," said a cold voice, not having much patience in the words.

A few mumbles came from the female.

"Now."

Noticing the absence of patience in his voice, Rachel managed to make herself fall off the bed. Effectively waking herself up.

Itachi smirked at her antics, not knowing anyone who would knock themself out of bed to wake up. She was a unique one. This Rachel.

Quickly recovering from her fall, Rachel stood up and stared at Itachi, who stared back.

"Are you going to get out?" She asked, giving him a sarcastic smirk of her own.

"Hn." He walked out of her room and closed the door.

She quickly got dressed in a light-brown skirt that went to her knees and a blue t-shirt with the signature Uchiha fan on the back. Fixing her hair in a loose ponytail, she opened the door and found Itachi nearby.

"Ready?" She said, hardly keeping in the excitement.

He gave a nod, and they walked to the academy together.

Apparently, Itachi had fangirls as well. Since Rachel received many death glares from most the females they passed.

She couldn't help but giggle a little at them. Which made them even more angry.

They arrived at the academy, and walked into the classroom.

"Stay here a moment." He said, and walked over to Iruka.

When he came back, he walked with her to a seat and went out the door. Where is he going? She thought to herself. Getting a little nervous, she looked around. A few minutes later, Iruka began the class.

Unfortunate for her, the thing she had feared came true. She was in the same class as Sasuke. And Itachi made her sit right next to his seat. Placing her between Naruto and Sasuke. She couldn't help but cry anime tears when he sat by her. Rachel didn't care much that Naruto was, but Sasuke too? It was going to be a long day for her.

Breaking her from her thoughts, a man spoke, "Miss Akane."

She looked up. It was Iruka, "Y-yes, sensei?"

He gave her a smile and said, "Will you come down here and introduce yourself?"

She nodded and walked in front of the class.

Looking around, she recognized at least nine of the students. She saw Shikamaru sleeping and giggled a little, figuring she should stare at him, as not to stutter.

"My name is Rachel Akane, nice to meet you all." Rachel gave a small bow and took a big breath.

Going back to her seat, Naruto gave her a big, goofy grin.

"Hey, Rachel-chan!" Naruto said friendly.

"Hello," she said, giving him a small smile.

"My name's Naruto Uzumaki, believe it!" He said proudly.

"Nice to meet you, Naruto-kun."

He pointed to Sasuke and whispered to her, "That's the teme."

She giggled and said friendly, "Hello, Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke looked at her with a slightly shocked face and asked emotionlessly, "How do you know my name?"

Oh! Um...Excuse, excuse. How did I know his name?

Not knowing what to say, she changed the subject and pointed to Iruka, "Time for class!"

He raised an eyebrow, and turned his attention to Iruka. Annoying pest, he thought, referring to Rachel.

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Author's Note :

Hehe, Sasuke-baka shows up! For future reference, I really don't like Sasuke. I'm working on the next chapter as we speak, so expect a fast update!

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