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Chapter 4

Ari groaned and rolled out of the sunlights rays as they shined down on her bed. She was so glad it was a saturday. She was also glad that she did not have to go to the academy today. She had completely drained herself with training the other day and she was content to be lazy this morning. 'Yes! Dad is away on a mission. I can finally sleep in.' she thought.

Knock, knock, thud.

Or not.'

Ari pulled herself out of bed and picked up her yukata from the chair she had thrown it over last night when she had gotten ready for bed. She hastily put it on and then ran to the mirror to make sure she didn't look like a complete wreck. Which would have been alright for a normal 6yr old, but not for Ari.

Knock, knock, thud.

"I'm coming!" She yelled as she made her way down the hall grumbling.

When she opened the door her frustration only mounted.

"What the hell are you doing here so early in the morning, Uchiha?" She demanded fixing her angry gaze on him. Though she had to look up and the effect wasn't as harsh as she would have liked. He stood a foot taller then her and her neck had already begun to cramp.

Itachi looked down at her rumpled yukata to her bare feet before bringing his eyes back up to look at her face. Ari fought the urge to slap him.

"I didn't know you had such a mouth on you Ari-san. I was told by the hokage to come get you. He has some important news that he would like to discuss with you."

"Well, thats all nice and dandy but why did he send you, of all people?" she said as nicely as she could.

"I didn't think to ask." he said taking a step forward. "Are you going to let me in? Or should I wait for you out here?"

"Let you in? Of course I am not going to let you in! I want you to leave. Now good bye!"

She tried to shut the door quickly but he was too fast. In one fluid motion he had caught the door and slipped past her into the house, knocking her to the floor in the process.

"What the hell do you think you are doing?!" She fumed as she got up. "I said 'Good bye' not 'Come in'. Get out!"

Itachi walked into her living room without paying any attention to her. "I will wait in here until you are ready." With that he chose a book from the bookcase and sat down on the couch to read it.

"No!" Ari cried storming up to him and yanking the book from his hands, she returneded it to the bookcase and then marched back over to stand in front of him.

"I want you out of this house immeadiatly before i call the police and have them drag you out. I told you to get out before. I don't want you here. I refuse to go anywhere with you. I do not need someone to hold my hand on the way there." She yelled at him. She was glad he was sitting down because that was when she towered over top of him, which was a nice change.

Itachi sat still watching her. He seemed to be pondering whether to leave her house as she had told him to or just kill her for daring to yell at him.

"I am not going to move until you are ready to go see him. He asked me to bring you to him and that is what i intend to do." He spoke calmly, watching her face turn red with anger.

Ari's mouth dropped and before she could think about it, her fist flew toward his face and her foot followed quickly. Itachi caught both easily before they could hit him and he flipped her away from him. Ari managed to control herself and landed lightly on her feet across the room. She didn't feel like breaking any of her furniture. She watched like a hawk when he stood up and moved toward the door.

"I will be outside waiting. Be ready in 10 minutes or i will come back in and drag you there by your hair." he said as he opened the door and stepped out onto the porch to wait.

Ari was furious. She wanted to sit in her room and not even bother to get ready, just to make him mad. But to keep the hokage waiting would not have been wise. So she quickly ran her comb through her hair and put on clean clothes and was flying past him on the porch in less time then he had given her to get ready.