He never did though, and before Hana knew it another four years had passed, and her mother was getting impatient. In the Inuzuka clan, the heir to the clan was supposed to marry young, so the line would not diminish. So Hana, as the heir, should have married at eighteen, but she couldn't, somehow every guy that her mother set her up with made her feel worse. Also every time that they tried to track Itachi, they could never find him, it was almost like he was dead. But Hana wouldn't accept that, Itachi couldn't be dead, he wouldn't dare die on her.
" Hana!" Tsume's sharp voice awoke her from her daydreams, " come on, we're going into town."
" Hai," Hana sighed, she knew that this day would be coming; her mother was so set on her marrying a strong shinobi. A strong, respectable shinobi, one that could help her lead the clan, someone trustworthy. She wouldn't hear of Uchiha Itachi, so Hana had never tried. The Haimaru Sankyodai were the only ones that Hana could talk to about Itachi, as they were the only ones who knew about them. Eyeing her mothers back as they walked into town, she wondered which place they were going. Her jaw dropped as they stopped, they were standing in front of the best beauty salon in all of Konoha.
" Okaasan! What's going on?" Hana exclaimed as Tsume dragged her in and set her in a chair, " why are you making me do this."
" Because you're meeting your fiancée in two hours," Tsume replied, Hana's jaw dropped even further, " oh by the way, I've arranged for you to be married."
" NANI!" screamed Hana, the beauty salon people shushed her as they began to work on her, " okaasan how could you! I can find my own man! Who is it?"
" Ebisu-san," replied Tsume glancing through a magazine, ignoring her daughters screams and shouts, " enough, you do not have a choice in this matter, if you had wed long ago, I would have allowed you to choose. But since you chose to daydream about the Uchiha traitor, I have chosen your husband. Don't look at me like that, I knew about your infatuation with the Uchiha all along, but he is not coming back. So give it up and accept that you will be Ebisu's wife, within the next two month's."
" But… but," Hana spluttered trying to find a way to argue, but Tsume was ignoring her, so she attempted to argue but the salon people were keeping her quiet. And an hour later, she was finished, and she was pissed off. They had dressed her formally, done her hair, and put make-up on her. Tsume pulled her out and they began walking down the streets, where she received constant whistles and stares from the men. Suddenly they came upon Kurenai and Tsunade, who were talking, and then they looked over, and dropped their jaws.
" Wow, Hana-san?" Kurenai said slowly, looking her over, " I barely recognize you, you look nice."
" Thank you Kurenai-san," replied Hana, blushing furiously as a group of Chuunin's walked by staring at her, " hello Tsunade-sama."
" Hello," Tsunade replied waving someone over, " over here! I believe you all know the traitorous bastard Uchiha Itachi?" Hana felt everything slow down, she grew cold inside, Itachi was here, and he was going to see her like this! Kurenai glanced over as the young man, strolled over.
" I missed you too Tsunade," he said calmly, as Kurenai smiled slightly, he glanced as Tsume and Hana, " ohayou, Tsume-san, how are you?"
" I'm well," Tsume said glaring at him, " what are you doing here?"
" Tsunade recruited me," replied Itachi, Hana stared at him, he was ignoring her, " I'm going to be training Konoha's shinobi army. Orochimaru is strong, and he has the sharingan, so we must expect a strong battle."
" How can we trust him?" Tsume asked Tsunade.
" I trust him with my life," replied Tsunade calmly, Tsume and Hana both looked at her like she was nuts, " is that not enough for you?"
" No it is," replied Tsume, Hana stared at Itachi who still hadn't given her a second glance and was walking away.
" Itachi-kun," Kurenai said walking over and putting a hand on his arm, " I believe you know Hana-san." He stopped in his tracks, Hana blushed again as he turned slowly to look at her again. Tsume and Tsunade had stepped away to talk; he walked right up to her and stared her in the eye.
" No way," he said simply, Kurenai smiled evilly, Hana glared at her, she seemed to have a huge grudge against her, " Hana is a kunoichi, and not a boy crazed idiot."
" She's trying to impress her fiancée," said Kurenai, Hana's eyes shot up to meet Itachi's but she saw nothing just the black eyes, " she is engaged to marry, Ebisu."
" Excuse me?" Itachi said slowly, his eye twitched, " Ebisu… that closet pervert?"
" That's the one," replied Kurenai, Itachi closed his eyes and opened them revealing his sharingan. He stared at Hana intently and she noticed his eyes narrow when he confirmed that it was her.
" Well congratulations, Hana-san," Itachi said calmly turning away, Hana watched him go, " I'm sure you'll be very happy." He walked by Kurenai who fell into stride beside him.
" Welcome back Itachi," Hana said softly, he raised a hand before disappearing with Kurenai.
" Hana! Let's go!" Tsume said and they continued walking to meet Ebisu, " Hana, I never want to see you with Uchiha Itachi, understood?"
" Why?" asked Hana, Tsume's look was enough for her, " fine okaasan, I will never see him again." Tsume smiled, and continued walking, Hana followed but her mind was elsewhere.
Finally an update! Sorry it took so long, I thought I had it updated for like 3 more chapters. So basically I've got three chapters coming soon. But first I need reviews!