Ok so at the moment this story is Itachi/Hana, but it might have some Itachi/Kurenai in it. But for now all Itachi/Hana.
Uchiha Itachi was an ANBU captain, he was the prodigy ninja, he could do anything, complete any jutsu, be a success on any mission, and here he was protecting a stupid little chuunin who had gotten in the way of his mission. It was routine, kill the rogue shinobi, the Hokage had said nothing about having to save a chuunin and her dogs. The rogue idiot came charging at him, but soon went flying away in pieces as Itachi sheathed his sword on his back. Adjusting his headband he glanced at the ground where a hamster was staring at him fearfully. Cocking an eyebrow he picked it up curiously, holding it in front of his face.
" Strange," he muttered, putting the small terrified creature in a pouch, then he turned back to the unconscious chuunin, " now what do I do with you?" Hearing a noise behind him, he glanced back to see that her dogs were awake and walking over. Realizing that she was an Inuzuka he sighed and knelt in front of her. The dogs came to his side, and sat sniffing their master.
" Well what am I supposed to do with her?" Itachi wondered glancing at the biggest dog, he turned to look at Itachi.
" Help her," he replied simply, Itachi didn't move, " we need to get her to the village, into a shelter, it's going to rain." Itachi glanced up, noticing the rain clouds; he could sense the storm coming.
" There's not enough time to make it to the village," he said, the dogs grunted in agreement, " it's okay, I know a place that we might be able to reach in time." He leaned over and pulled her into his arms, shifting her until he thought that he could run with her. One arm was under her back, with the other under her legs, and her head was rested in the crook of his neck. He nodded at the dogs and they jumped into the trees, following Itachi as he led them away from the battlefield. As they ran he glanced down at the girl in his arms, he couldn't understand why he was helping her. It would have been easier to just leave her to die in the forest, but no, he had to help. Suddenly he looked up as a raindrop hit him on the cheek, swearing he stopped on a branch, the dogs landed beside him.
" We need to cover her with something," he said quickly, they nodded, " we can't let the rain get into her wounds." He finally pulled out a blanket, that he kept for survival situations and wrapped it around her. Then he jumped away with the dogs, all of them pushing Chakra into their legs so that they could go faster. Finally they reached their destination, a small cabin, that wasn't too far from the village. Itachi landed and leaned the girl against the wall.
" What are you doing?" the medium sized dog growled, " we need to get inside!"
" Urusai!" Itachi snapped as he activated his sharingan, forming hand seals he tapped the door, " kai! Okay, now we can go in." he leaned down and picked up the girl, as the dogs held the door for him, when he was in they shut it and shook themselves. He walked over to the small bed and laid the girl on top of the blanket. Sighing he pulled out a medical kit, and began bandaging her wounds, finally he dropped the rest of the kit. Standing he walked to the window and stared at the sky.
" This is going to last for a long while," he muttered darkly, glancing at the dogs, which were huddled at the foot of the bed to keep warm, " unless you want to try for the village, we're stuck here."
" We need Hana to wake up first," replied the large dog, the others nodded in agreement, all four of them glancing at the bed, " then we will decide what to do."
" Ah," Itachi replied sitting down at the desk, he began writing his mission report.
" What is this place?" asked the large dog, glancing around the room, at the messy piles of scrolls and paper, to the overflowing bookshelves.
" I study here," Itachi replied absentmindedly, he found that he liked talking to these dogs, " my friend Uchiha Shisui once worked here, but he gave it to me, so that I could have a place to escape to."
" Who are you?" the smallest dog asked him, he sighed.
" It's polite to introduce yourself first," Itachi muttered scratching something out.
" Right sorry," the smallest dog replied, " I'm Katsu, and this is Akira and Amaya. And you are?"
" Uchiha Itachi," he replied, noticing the dogs glance at one another, but before he can say anything more, they all look at the bed where the groan just came from. Katsu jumps up and licks Hana's face, she moans softly and her eyes flutter open. Bringing her hand up she buries it in Katsu's fur.
" Katsu?" she whispered, the dog nodded, suddenly she bolted upright, " Akira! Amaya!" Both dogs leaped up and came to her side, her breathing calmed as she saw them.
" What happened?" she muttered, " I remember that ninja, but then it's all dark. How did you get me out of there… and how the heck did you bandage my wounds."
" We didn't do anything," said Amaya, " like we could bandage your wounds. It was him, he saved you and brought us here when the storm started." Hana looked over at the desk, he was apparently oblivious to all that was happening beside him, her jaw dropped.
" Uchiha Itachi?" she gaped at him, he glanced over and nodded to her, then he continued to write on the paper, " what were you doing there? Aw damn! That stupid hamster's probably been blown to bits."
" Hamster? This hamster?" Itachi asked pulling out the hamster and handing it to her, she stared at it, the thing was asleep, " and I was there because that man was a rogue shinobi and I was sent to kill him. It was you who got in the way, usuratonkachi."
" Urusai!" Hana shouted, he looked over coolly, " it's not my fault this stupid thing went into that clearing."
" Whatever," Itachi muttered folding the paper and putting it in an inner pocket, he walked to the window and glanced out, " it's still raining pretty hard, do you feel up to heading back to the village?"
" Of course I do!" Hana said jumping up, she swayed and started to fall, when a strong hand caught her, " I'm fine!" Itachi rolled his eyes, and glanced at the dogs who nodded their agreement.
" I need to return to the village now," Itachi said as he picked Hana up again, " so you'll just have to deal." Hana muttered a couple of choice words at him, which he ignored, as he turned out the light. Stepping out he set her against the wall again; she stared at him as he performed some genjutsu on the door. Picking her up again he nodded to the dogs as they broke into a run for the village.
" Why do you put genjutsu on the door?" Hana asked folding her arms trying to keep warm, Itachi noticed this and stopped putting a blanket around her, " thank you."
" Ah," he replied as they started off again, " so that no one else can enter."
" Why don't you want people to enter?" Hana asked she could feel her eyelids growing heavy.
" Cause I don't like people," Itachi replied.
" Why?" Hana asked he scowled.
" They're annoying," he said looking down at her, " like you."
" Well your annoying," she said resting her head in the crook of his neck again, " so you should get along well with me." She trailed off as she fell into sleep, inhaling his scent she sighed, feeling safe in his arms. Itachi looked down and rolled his eyes as he and the Haimaru Sankyodai entered the village. Finally he walked into the hospital, intent on getting rid of this girl. But as he was laying her on a stretcher, her hand wouldn't let go of the intense grip on his arm. Scowling he followed along until one of the doctors managed to pry her hand off his arm, then he stepped out of the room, where the Haimaru Sankyodai were waiting.
" See you," he said nodding to the dogs as he walked down the hall.
" Thanks for your help," Amaya said, he raised a hand and vanished in a puff of smoke.
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