He was walking with Yuuhi Kurenai, she was talking about something, and he would nod or occasionally answer with a short phrase that would get her started again. She was younger than him, walking alone with the Haimaru Sankyodai. Even being younger, just graduating from the academy, she knew who he was. He was the Uchiha prodigy; the one they all relied on, the best ninja to grace Konoha since Hatake Kakashi. The thing that she wanted to see most was his sharingan, the red eyes with spinning black prongs. All the girls at the academy would talk about him, about the way he walked, the way he talked, not like they knew how he talked, as he never did, at least to them. Hana watched him closely; he didn't walk much different from Kurenai. His hands were in his pockets, with his head down and eyes closed, it was more of a stride with his jet-black hair falling in over his eyes. As they passed each other, his eyes flickered open and he glanced at her. His eyes meeting hers, she stared right back at him, until his eyes flickered forward again. She continued walking as though nothing had happened, but his eyes, those dark black eyes, had been so cold, so empty full of loneliness that she felt sad for him.
After that initial ' meeting,' if you could even call it a meeting, she decided to be his friend, since he was almost always alone. So every time that she saw him, she gave him a big smile and a hello. Usually he nodded, or stared at her blankly, but some days he would reply with a polite hello. It wasn't until she finally became a chuunin a couple of years later that they actually spoke more than a word to one another.
The Hokage had called her for a tracking mission; something about a missing hamster and no one could seem to find it. So they needed her dogs to track the little thing. Walking up to the Hokage's desk, she bowed formally.
" Hokage-sama," she said, he nodded pulling out a piece of paper.
" Hana-san, this is what the mission entails," he said handing the paper to her, " this is an easy mission, and I would give it to a genin team, but they can't track a hamster. And it belongs to a very rich woman, who will pay great amounts to have it returned. So good luck."
" Thank you, Hokage-sama," Hana replied bowing as she and her dogs left the room, she glanced down at them, " this has got to be the stupidest mission ever."
" Ah, no kidding," growled the biggest dog, " let's just get it over with." So we left, immediately, the dogs picked up on the scent and we were off. Soon we were miles from the village's entrance, getting further away by the minute.
" How could a hamster have gotten this far?" Hana wondered out loud, the dogs shrugged and continued to sniff out the hamster. Finally they stopped on a tree branch. " It's in the clearing ahead, but another person is there. Should we continue?" They looked at Hana who nodded, so they jumped into the clearing, where they saw a man racing around in the grass chasing the hamster.
" GET BACK HERE YOU STUPID THING!" he screamed trying to catch it, Hana stared at him blankly, " I HAVEN'T EATEN IN DAYS! YOU'RE MY DINNER!"
" Hey!" shouted Hana, the man stopped and glanced over at her, then he pounced on the ground grabbing the wriggling creature, " give me that hamster!"
" The hell I will! It's my dinner!" the man shouted back, Hana scowled at him.
" If you don't give it to me, I'll take it by force," she said calmly, he started laughing, the Haimaru Sankyodai started growling, " fine then. Shikyaku no jutsu!" Her teeth grew longer, and her claws came out as she and her dogs charged at the man. He stopped laughing, putting the hamster in his pocket, he evaded all the attacks sending all four flying across the field. They landed in a heap, Hana leaped up, he was no ordinary man, he was a ninja. And now he was walking towards her, gripping a kunai knife in his hand, she scowled darkly. Waiting for his attack, she watched him until he vanished; appearing behind her he knocked out the dogs and started to beat the crap out of her. He was just too fast; she couldn't keep up with his movements, even with her jutsu enacted. She crashed into a tree and slid to the bottom as he laughed at her. She could feel herself losing consciousness, but just before she did, she saw another man dressed in black appear in front of her, then everything went dark.
Ok so thats this chapter, there will be more Itachi/Hana in the next chapter. Please Review!