Hana and Itachi

"Naruto! Look out behind you!" Cried a girl with shoulder-length black hair and dark eyes. She jumped over to the blonde-haired shinobi and pushed him down as a few shuriken nearly hit him from behind. She flipped the surprised boy over and checked him over. "You're not hurt, are you Naruto?" She looked up, seeing the same thing happening to Sakura, who was fighting someone else. She did a hand seal and activated her bloodline trait.

"Manipyureito!" She called. Her bloodline limit allowed her to manipulate someone's movement and she used it to make Sakura duck as the kunai and shuriken were aimed at her back. She released her jutsu and pulled Naruto to his feet, checking him over one last time before healing a small cut on his forehead and jumping off to fight.

"There are too many of them!" She heard Sakura call from the other side of the battlefield.

"No there aren't Sakura! Some of them are clones! Concentrate! We'll make it!" She did a few hand seals to blow a few of them up with exploding tags she had set up around the battlefield. Most of the clones were destroyed and three ninjas remained. She, Naruto, and Sakura each started attacking them, knocking them out easily. She smiled slightly as Naruto and Sakura laughed and rejoiced in winning the battle. Hana wasn't as happy as them. She was glad they had won, of course, but that was just three more to add to the ever-growing list of her wins. She wished there could be more to her life than this. She felt so lonely at times and seeing Naruto and Sakura's great relationship with each other, she wished she could have that sort of relationship with someone else. Suddenly, she heard clapping and spun around, kunai in hand.

"Who's there?" She called. A man with dark hair and eyes came out from behind a tree. Hana immediately recognized him as Itachi. "Itachi. What are you doing here? The battle is over." "I just came to watch, Izumo-san. Your reputation doesn't fail you. You're very good in battle. You too Naruto, and you, Sakura. You're getting better. I'm glad that Sasuke became friend with the both of you." He smiled. She shook her head.

"I still can improve on a lot of things. I'm not that great and I don't have a reputation!" She denied. Itachi smiled.

"It also says you hate complements. Can I talk to you alone, please?" He asked quietly, motioning for her to come with him. She looked back at Sakura and Naruto.

"Go home you two. I'll be along in a few minutes. This shouldn't take very long, okay?" She looked back at them. "Stay together, and go get some band aids or something to cover those cuts! I'll treat you to ramen when I'm done, okay?" Naruto ran off to do what she said and Sakura had to run after him, yelling at him to stop. She turned back to Itachi and walked with him to talk.

"So, Itachi-kun. What's up? Why'd you want to talk to me?" She faked happiness when she felt sad so she didn't worry anyone, but Itachi just smiled at her.

"You're faking it again, Hana-chan. You know you can't do that around me, right? It doesn't work when you're a sharingan user." He told her in a high-and-mighty voice. She laughed.

"Oh yes, the great Sharingan user is soooo scary." She giggled. Itachi looked at her and smiled. "Now, why'd you call me 'Izumo-san' around Naruto and Sakura but call me 'Hana-chan' when we're alone? Are you trying to confuse people?" She asked. He merely pressed her against a tree, smiling. She blushed sixteen different shades of red. "I-Itachi…wh-what are you doing?"

"Oh…nothing…just trying to make you not feel so lonely anymore." He kissed her neck, making her shiver.

"Okay…it's working…c-can I g-go now?" She stumbled over her words. He chuckled at her modest demeanor.

"So, you can go and hide your marks that I give you? I don't think so you little manipulator." She smiled, playing along, even though her face was still red and captured his lips with her own. He kissed her back and they stayed like that for a while, in each other's embrace. Then they sat down and actually began to talk.

"So, I feel lonely because my whole family is dead, but you also feel lonely even though your family is all alive? How does all this work, Itachi? I'm so confused." She confessed to the boy she had just kissed. He sighed.

"It's like nobody really knows me sometimes. They just know I'm 'The Uchiha Prodigy' and that's where their knowledge ends. I feel lonely in that sense I guess." Hana smiled at him.

"Well now neither of us can feel lonely when the other one's around, deal?" She held out her hand. He shook it.

"Deal, Hana-chan. Now, didn't you promise Naruto you'd buy him ramen?" He asked playfully. She smacked her palm against her forehead.

"Oh yeah. It's a good thing I take so many missions or I'd be broke at the end of this night. See you later 'O Mighty Sharingan User'!" She called. Itachi, also being playful grabbed her butt and then grinned.

"Yes, see you later my little big-butt."

"ITACHI! YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!" She cried, chasing after him.

Well, Ramen-chanx018? How'd you like it? I tried my best to stick to her personality, but I think I got a little OOC! Whoops. Such is the fate of having random ideas pop into your head. Hope you enjoyed it!

Kulani Tawanoki