Yasha: Here's the 3rd chappy, have fun! R&R!

By the end of that week, Kiko was glad to be able to walk around. Sukarae was at her wit's end because of her sister. Who could blame her?

"Woo!! I can get up and move and stuff!" she did a victory dance. "Sis... What am I to do with you?" Sukarae asked. "Love me, feed me, never leave me...?" she asked, sniffling. Her older sister nodded, "Yep, I guess."

"You guess?!" Kiko exclaimed. Sukarae nodded, grinning.

"Pwease don't fight you two!" Naru pleaded. The sisters couldn't help but listen to Naru when he pleaded/begged.

A Few Days Later

Kiko sighed. She had decided to go into the forest with Sukarae and take Naru with them. They were only out there to get some fresh air.

"Hey, is this clearing good enough?" Kiko asked. Sukarae nodded, "Hai."

A few hours later, Sukarae had went to go find some flowers with Naru and Kiko had stayed behind.

"Well, well, well... What do we have here?" a male voice asked. Kiko jumped up and winced in pain; she wasn't supposed to suddenly strain her ankle like that. "And look at that, she's injured." the same voice said.

She spun around to see two missing nins; one from Konoha and the other from Wave. "What do you two want?!" she demanded. "What the Leader wants, of course." the one from Wave spoke. "And what is that?"

"The biju's; you and Naruto are the only two in Konoha and you're more dangerous than the blonde is." the one from Konoha spoke. "You know what it was like for me and Su-chan! Why would you do this to your childhood friend?!" she shouted at the missing Konoha nin. "You mean nothing to me now." he spoke, emotionlessly.

"Enough chit-chat Itachi. Can I cut a limb or two off before we take her back to the Leader?" the blue shark looking man asked. "No, Kisame. Take care of her sister and the blonde; they're not too far away; I've got her." Itachi said.

Kisame nodded and left to get fight Sukarae.

Kiko stared at Itachi. "Why...? Why did you leave me?! The village?! Sukarae?!" she almost shouted, trying not to let her urge to approach and hug him take over. He's a missing nin; people don't just hug them. "It was necessary." he replied, getting into a battle stance.

She sighed, "Please! Don't make me do this! I...I can't bring myself to fight you... You were my first friend besides Su-chan... I-I don't want to lose you...! Not after the way I lost Shiro..!" "I can't do that, Kiko; this was destined..." "Don't you go talking like Neji! He's obsessed with 'fate this' and 'fate that'! And he ticks me off with all that destiny and fate bull crap!"

During their fight, no one landed a solid hit; only small cuts and scratches, nothing deadly. It was like neither one was aiming to kill...but that's kind of to be expected; they were friends once upon a time.

Finally, Itachi landed a solid hit on her, making her fly backwards and hit a tree.

A memory suddenly flashed through her mind.

Flashback:

A four year old Kiko was at the park without her sister since she was busy and some bullies had decided to take advantage of that. One, the one that seemed to be the leader of them, punched her; sending her flying backwards into a tree.

She bit back a cry of pain and stared at them with pure fear in her eyes; she knew what some of them could do to her.

A boy, not much older than her, suddenly appeared in front of her. "Hey! Move out of the way!" one of them shouted at the boy.

"She hasn't harmed you, yet you harm her? Why?" the boy asked, seemingly interested in the answer. "She killed my brother and sister!" another shouted. "She killed my parents! Leaving me as an orphan!" the leader shouted.

"She did? I highly doubt that... What about her? She's only four and her five year old sister has to take care of her with the money that she gets for helping out around the academy! How would you feel?" Kiko could tell the boy was glaring at them.

When the boy took a step towards them, them took off running; not daring to try to hurt him.

The boy turned towards her, "You alright?" She stared at him for a moment before nodding, "H-Hai..."

"Here," he said, offering her his hand. She hesitated before trusting him, and letting him help her up. "A-Ano... may I...know your name...?" she asked quietly.

He nodded, his raven hair swishing, "I'm Itachi, and you are...?" "Kiko... Kiko Hitsugaya..." "Well Kiko, I have to get home, but, I'll escort you to your house before I go home." Itachi said.

"But... Don't you live on the other end of town...?" Kiko asked, staring at him. "Hai, I do..." "Then, there's no reason for you to go in the opposite direction when you don't need to." she stated. "I know, but I want to..." "If you want to... But, it's almost dinner time, so you have to stay!" "But, I wouldn't want to put your sister in a difficult position; I know how hard it is on her to get enough money for rent and bills, let alone enough to feed another person..."

"Fine. But, I'll see you tomorrow, right?" Kiko asked, tears in her eyes. Itachi stared at the four year old before nodding, "Hai." She smiled and ran off towards her house, calling over her shoulder, "Bye Ita!"

End of Flashback.

Kiko was surprised. She had forgotten that day. "You once saved me from bullies...but...now... It seems like you are the bully..." she whispered.

"What day?" Itachi asked. Kiko stood up, a hand to her side; the one that was hit. "When I was 4 and you saved me from that group of bullies..." "I...remember that day...now..." Itachi said.

Yasha: What'd ya think?