Yay! Today is the first Saturday of February. I would like to achieve over a thousands hits like last time. More will come during February's wintry season. But really, is my work that difficult to read? I'll work on it and make it better when I'm done. Now here's chapter six.

Chapter Six: Weasel's denial

"So, how is her healing process?"

"Good so far. But I can't tell whether or not she has a bijuu or just the devil roaming around in her body."

"What do you mean by that?"

"No offense or anything, do you allow just anybody into the village?"

"Yamanaka san, that was out of line." Voiced one of the guards. He got silenced by the hokage. "What's going on hokage sama?"

Sarutobi studied the man. It seemed as an unreadable energy similar to the girl's was around him.

"That thing is using him against us."

"Shall we dispose of him?" Questioned a guard.

"And let his child live without a father? That's preposterous, just remove him from the office."

The anbu nodded at his request and removed Inoichi from standing and causing havoc near the hokage's desk. He twirled around in the rolling chair in joy and settled near the window. Sarutobi's eye sight was settled on the lone window where the murder victim was residing. The man's voice signed deeply, none of their plans were expecting to be working at the fullest. When the first hokage was in office he wasn't having any problems like what the third is going through right now.

"Wait a minute.. That's it!" He shouted and scribbled some information on the scroll.

Sarutobi whistled a tune and the open window allowed a black raven into the office. It opened it's beak and got the scroll placed in it's mouth and floated away into the breeze. The bird found it's target sitting underneath an oak tree and flew around in circles. Said man looked up and watched the crow above his head and dive down and hand him the scroll. He read it silently to his self and disappeared in black smoke into the hokage's office.

"You wanted to see me?"

Sarutobi stopped writing. He placed the ink feather down and started speaking. "Yes I wanted to see you. Your able to talk with bijuus right?"

"Of course." The man replied gruffly. "Oh wait, you want me to hang out with Naruto? I thought Iruka was already handling him.."

"Not at all. Instead you will talk with a little girl who goes by the name of Sakura."

He took a few steps back. "You mean the little girl that caused a commotion in the park three years ago?"

"Yes, I mean that girl."

"Why don't you get Itachi to do it? He seems to be open to talk with her."

Sarutobi starting thinking on his suggestion. "Really? He didn't tell me about that.."

"In fact, why don't you let her stay with him for a while? She's probably tired of being cooked up in that hospital bed all day."

"I'll consider it. That's only if Fugaku agrees to the decision."

"Okay then, so I'm off the hook then?"

"No. Your still required to figure out what's wrong with her."

"How? I can only halt a bijuus movements, not talk with them." he defended his logic. "Like I said before, allow Itachi to figure her out. I don't think she was ready to allow Inoichi and probably my self to dwell inside her mind." The man ended with a puzzled face.

The third hokage signed deeply. "Alright, I'll make it Itachi's mission to observe her."

"Great. Now I'll be on my way!" He shouted. The man saluted at his leader and disappeared in green leaves.

Sarutobi frowned at his quickness and resumed writing on the paper. It seemed as if the man crossed out the name Yamato on his list. Then his pen lifted across over to the words Uchiha Itachi. He lassoed the feathery tips ink around the name and formed it into a circle. The third placed his pen down on the oak and settled into his chair then took a light snooze.

Which didn't last for over ten minutes. Just five seconds.

"Old man have you seen my nii san?" Shouted naive a chibi voice.

The man jumped up in surprise. His head went south towards the complainer. "S-sasuke.." Sarutobi stuttered. "What appears to be the matter?"

"My nii san is missing. Where the crumbs is he?" Bellowed the boy.

Said old man scowled at his blocked profanity. "He's on a mission. Where else would he be?.."

"Yeah, but for how long?"

"Ugh, I have no clue." he answered until a light bulb went up across his head. "Would you mind giving this to your father?"

"Perhaps." The little boy trailed and lifted his palm up.

The third groaned and lifted his self over the desk placing a wad of cash in his hand. Sasuke accepted the scroll and the cash and then exited out the office. He walked around and ignored all the old ladies cooing and say how cute he was ending up in his own district. Sasuke moved passed other relatives and ended up near one of the Uchiha residences where he resides.

Mikoto was inside cooking lunch. She heard the door slam open. "Oh my, one of my angry men are home to see me."

Her family, a little pint sized version without the lines on his face, inched closer. "Okaasan, there's a letter here for father."

"From who?"

"The third hokage."

"Alright, I'll take it." She said and took the letter from her son. Mikoto placed it on the counter and resumed chopping onions. The woman quit tending to her meal and kept stealing glances over to the scroll contained with many information waiting to be opened. Her breathing paced in slow motion when a bulky man with brown hair walked into the room.

Sasuke ran over and stuck to his pants leg. "Otousan! I'm so glad that your home!"

Fugaku shook him off. "Not now Sasuke." he said and looked at his wife. "Any mail for me today?"

"Yes, in fact it's right here."

The elder opened the scroll and started reading it. He didn't exactly take his time with it rather then skimming down the lines and using whatever he knew ass a reference. Fugaku rolled up the scroll and retreated for the living area. Sasuke was on the floor playing with his fingers and signing in sadness while Mikoto tried to finish making lunch. She felt sorry for listing the boy and kept listing to him grumble and complain that his own father won't spend any time with him.

Suddenly, something hit her. "Sasuke kun, why don't you practice your katon for a while?"

"Why? No one will congratulate me for it.."

Mikoto was about to coax him into it when Itachi came home. "Ah, Itachi kun. Take Sasuke outside and teach him the katon."

Itachi nodded and took his brother outside near the patio. "Alright little brother, you need to.."

Fugaku appeared behind him. "Itachi. I need to have a word with you."

Said boy threw a weary glance near his brother and watched the boy shrug and run away down the stepping stones chasing a butter fly. Itachi shook his head at his innocence and moved away to speak with his father in private. Fugaku didn't seem so mad about disguising this with him and kept a monotone mask on.

"What is it father?"

He couldn't figure out how to word it. "How am I suppose to say this.." and came up with something quite amusing. "Do you remember your little girlfriend that you have been seen with?"

Sasuke heard it. "Ahaha, you got a girl friend?" and fell back wards into the bushes.

Itachi watched his brother lay in the shrubs and look his father's way. "She's not my girl, just a friend."

"That's not what your cousin Shisui tells me."

"I don't know about love so don't ask me about it."

"Good, because love for a female cannot block this mission."

"What mission?"

"The hokage has asked for our permission to allow, Sakura, to stay with us until he finds her a more stable place to live." Fugaku explained.

Itachi thought long and hard. This case was open and spreading like wild fire. Apparently some nuke nin wearing a pumpkin mask murdered her mother. What made this problem stand out was that there wasn't any blood coating the side walk except the little girls. Luckily, he can't perform on this because of his young status on being a ninja. The weasel heard of her failed attempts to kill her self on the roof which isn't really optional when the anbu want answers from you.

So the hokage's plan is to the information from her to him. "Seems logic enough. I'll do it."

...

...

Said boy stood on the ground near the hospital. His normal clothes stuck to his back like glue. She would probably be pleased to see him after today. Itachi took his time and ventured up the concrete into the calm atmosphere filled with nurses and doctors. The boy's eyes traveled around the room and stopped near the front desk.

An assistant blinked when he appeared by her desk so quickly. "May I help you Uchiha san?"

"Yes, which room does Haruno Sakura reside in?"

"Let me check.." She suggested and scanned through the files. "Ah, here we go. Please go down the hall way and enter a room to your right."

"Thank you."

The nurse resumed her work and let the weasel go through with his operation. Itachi followed the directions with ease and stopped in mid step. Restless questions about what to get her and how to find it flooded his mind. No, she wouldn't want a home made card or balloons.

'What should I get her?'

'Your heart.'

'...'

'Hahaha! Never mind, I have no clue.' Chuckled his inner weasle.

'While your laughing like a mad man. I'm going to the gift shop.'

Then there really is no point of asking me that when your doing it any way.

'Huh?'

'Hehehe, your so naive.'

Itachi ignored the inners bickering and wandered over near the gift shop. He payed no mind to the girls that were giggling at his purchase of frilly pink balloons with a monstrous teddy bear on them. Once the weasel completed his purchase he left the area towards the patient ward. The boy stood still when voices were being heard inside the room.

"I'm sure that someone will visit at some point.." Started a little girls voice. "It has been three months since the accident though, and canceling out the friends I used to have, I guess it's not possible."

'Is she referring to me?'

'Probably. What are waiting for? Let's go!'

He swallowed saliva and ventured into the room. The voice subsided into soft sniffles of joy and merriement from his sudden appearance. Itachi stood there and motioned the balloons over to the bed. Sakura leaned her body forward and touched them with her fingers.

'Mmm, she seems well.'

'For now, but the girl looks paranoid.'

'I am always paranoid but the clan gives me pills to subside it.'

'Offer her some of yours.'

'I can't. Who knows how much powerful one pill can be.'

'Alright then. Until you can figure out who did this then your stuck with her.'

She was talking to her self again. "See? I told you that someone will appear today."

"Sakura."

His voice snapped her out of it. "What is it Ita-kun?"

'Tee hee, she called you Ita-kun. Not even your own mother calls you that!'

'Pipe down. I'm trying to figure out a way to break the ice.'

'Break it on your face because it's starting to boil in here. Are you blushing on the inside cause your not good at hiding it.'

'Shut up.'

Itachi quit talking with his inner and spoke with some one else. "Do you have any plans after the dispatch from the hospital?"

"No, not really." She answered and saw a scarecrow appear in a puff of smoke. "Kakashi san!"

"Yo. Hello sakura chan." He smiled. Kakashi looked around the room and found a weasle. "Oops, am I interrupting?"

'Yes you are! Get the fuck out of here!' Roared inner.

"I don't find any hint of distraction from your visitation." Itachi replied steadily.

"Good." and turned towards Sakura. "The hokage wants me to sign you out early today."

"About time, I can't stand looking at these white walls anymore."

"But that's not all. For the time being you will stay with the Uchihas until we find you a suitable home."

Itachi waited for a scream but never got it. He looked away and felt and extreme pressure on his torso.

"Omgosh, I get to live with you Ita-kun!"

'Omgosh, get off me. Now!' Growled inner weasle.

Sakura released her self off his body and settled near Kakashi. "Can we stop at my old house? I need old my wardrobe back."

"Sure. We can leave right now if you want."

The weasle was bothered and annoyed by this conversation going on in front of him. Kakashi was stealing away his thunder! His only pill for the insanity and corruption that is taking place in the entire world around him. Itachi crept out the door as Kakashi wandered down the halls giving Sakura a piggy back ride.

He turned around walking back wards in slow motion. "You don't mind that I bond with the girl for a while don't you?" and resumed moving forward.

"No, not at all.."

'Yes you do! Steal her back with candy, anything!'

'I'm not a pedobear.'

'You will be years from now when you let this little girl slip through the cracks.'

When the trio reached outside in the broad day light, Itachi was still bitter. He wouldn't admit that he's heart broken and instead devised a plan to get his cherry blossom back. Itachi started taking notes of what he was missing when the scarecrow bonded with the little girl. They went everywhere including stores and the park playing around in prosperity.

The weasel and scarecrow were sitting on a bench. "I don't get it. Why does she favor you more then me?"

"I have an answer. Maybe it's because we both lived the rest of our childhood without a father."

Itachi absorbed the information like a sponge. There was a short mention of her mother being unknown, but the father? Without his name or hers there's no background on this child at all. At least Kakashi knew his, for a short length of time though. Hers was just getting started.

He let them play and watched carefully from a distance.

This is a very critical moment for her.

I used the 'We don't know her parents' scenario for the bonding with Kakashi.

Why Kishimoto? Why? Give us her fucking father's background!

Was she a test tube baby or inserted fertilization? We will never know!

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