Training had just ended for the day and Luna had sent Sakura away with the instructions to go straight home, take a bath, change her clothes and pack a travel bag like she had taught her to.

Squinting up at the sun, she saw that it was about three pm and was pleasantly surprised that they would be able to travel for a bit before night fall. She never did really like travelling at night that much.

Calmly picking up a stray bean bag, she nonchalantly tossed it between hands before raising it and chucking it behind her into the trees with enough force to send someone flying. She heard rustling and then someone jumping down and landing softly, almost inaudibly on the clearing's soft grass. She didn't even bother to turn around and carried on packing up her things.

"Was that really necessary?" A cool voice said from behind her. She rolled her eyes and piled the buckets into each other.

"Had it been necessary to spy on me the whole of these three weeks?" She asked halfheartedly trailing her fingers around the rim of the red bucket. She smirked when she heard his blunt response.

"It seems that my suspicions were warranted Haruno Akaia" The sarcasm that was in his voice was palpable.

"Can't hide anything from you can we, Itachi-san?" She asked amused while straitening up and turning around to stare at him right in the eyes. He didn't flinch meeting her head on. She felt giddy, this boy would make a great ally, a great asset to her plans and now that she had drawn his attention, it was only a matter of time before he would come over to her side. A few years at most. He was watching her again with his dark grey eyes, and for the first time she realized how cute he really was and couldn't help but think how handsome he would be when grown.

"Who are you really?" He asked finally broaching the subject. Flicking her long white her over her shoulder, she smiled innocently.

"Someone who you will eventually join in the future. It's only a matter time, maybe three years." Luna declared seriously. She was done playing, now was the only opportunity to sink her teeth into him and she was going to take it. If not now, then she would have some serious problems, especially if she thought she knew that damned man as well she did. Her father had always taught her to be prepared.

"I am loyal to no one but Konoha." He declared unperturbed. She waved him off like an irritating fly and rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Yes, that's all well and good but at the rate that this village is going, it will perish, you along with it." Itachi seemed more alert now, interested in what she had to say. Clearly she was a threat to Konoha, but he could not bring himself to attack. At least not without proper prompting and more information.

"What nonsense do you speak of?" he asked searching the white haired girl's face for any indication for what she had just declared.

"You will just have to wait and see. You are a passive person by nature are you not? Have you never considered why there is the KPF? Or why there aren't many Uchiha in active rotation? Or even why the compound is so far on the outskirts of the village? I hope it wasn't because you think yourselves so high and mighty that you deserve to be treated better? Think about it, because it is not my place to say. What you should know is that they are molding you into an emotionless killing machine, that's what the Uchiha are doing. And one day, you will understand why…What is it they say every time they give you a mission? Ah, yes, "For the sake of the clan, you must…" It's always for the clan isn't it? Why, I must wonder if they even serve Konoha or themselves! Aren't the clan meetings always about how they do not enough power? Yes, I admit what this village is doing is not fair to your clan but they are not helping matters at all! Oh no no no! But who am I to talk, I am just an innocent bystander…" She said cryptically. It seemed that she had gotten her point across and inwardly smirked, she made it like it was an option, but she already knew he would eventually join her when he learned the truth. Calmly she put all her things in a storage scroll and stashed it away in her weapons pouch while he thought everything over. He would need sometime of course, and she would give it to him.

"Well look at the time! It seems I must be going! Think about it Itachi-san. Oh, say hi to Sasuke-chan for me! And I trust all this shall remain between just the two of us…" And then she disappeared in a swirl of white lilies.

"Sakura? I'm here. Are you ready? We must leave before nightfall." She called out into the relatively posh apartment that the nine year old girl had bought with the money in her account. Taking off her shoes in a manner of tradition, she ventured into little Sakura's room, only to see her fast asleep on her travel pack. Smiling softly, she decided to let her be until she herself had finished getting ready and with one last glance, gently shut the door behind her.

The first thing she did was take off the black fingerless gloves that she normally wore, the only thing that wasn't fake in her false Konoha ninja attire and resisted the urge to flinch when the cool air touched her hands, she had always felt exposed without them on. Then she stripped down completely and took a shower, thoroughly washing her hair while she was at it. Then when she was done, she took the brush and ran it through her locks, satisfied with way it slipped through easily. Although, she did miss the way her primary maid Sachi would do it for her in such a tender and loving way. Ever since her mother died, it seemed the caretaker had taken her place and the white haired girl had come to view her as such. Of course they could not be so open about their relations, considering the big difference in social status but the point was she was most probably the only other person she loved. Excluding her pet cat and a select few, that is. She didn't love Sakura, but she was growing fond of her.

When she finished, she changed into her normal shinobi clothing. The one she used to wear before she had infiltrated Konoha. A long sleeved black shirt which was loose at the end, matching black leggings and to complete the look, custom made black shinobi sandals which also had a hidden senbon compartment in the thick soles. Then she put back on her gloves which had her clan symbol on them, a simple white empty circle.

Then the white haired female got a traveling back pack from her closet and packed it with all the essential needs, Kunai, shuriken, senbon, poison vials, a first aid kit and then her toiletries. All of these were put into storage scrolls of course and then in one more, she packed some dresses and civilian shoes, in order to deceive others into thinking she was a helpless little girl. She also did the same for Sakura, having bought a few for the little girl and kept them in her closet. Finished, she headed out into their kitchen with one last storage scroll to pack many bottles of water and dry rations. They would be out for at least a month. She had many things to do in the different hidden villages and it would be the perfect time to introduce Sakura into the world of politics. Of course, no one would readily listen to a nine year old, but that just made it even more fun.

She woke up Sakura when she was finished and bleary eyed she stood up and smiled sleepily. Luna smiled back halfheartedly and instead looked out the window, it was now six o'clock and from information gathered, in one hour, they would change and double the patrol shifts around the village and at the border so they really need to hurry up.

"Sakura-chan, come, it is time to leave okay?" She asked the little girl, gently picking her up and placing her on her back in order for it to be easier to sneak out the village. The Haruno nodded and complied easily, shifting in order to be more comfortable on the backpack of the older girl. Once sure that the child was secure, she opened and jumped out the window, and with the skill that only a highly trained shinobi could have, ran into the forest behind the building and soon became a blur amongst the trees. The forest was the whole reason why she had chosen the apartment building; it would make for an easy escape if needed and now was the perfect time to use it. She knew of a secret hole in the otherwise highly guarded walls of Konoha which was just big enough to accommodate a child of her small stature. The pink haired child behind her held on tighter in order to keep from sliding off at the speed that she was going and the yellow eyed child fought to keep a smile off her face. During the past month they had been together, she had grown fond of the child she had come to think of as her little sister and apprentice and she was glad to know that the child was so comfortable and trusted her completely. It truly said something about the way she was treated before and her inner kind nature. Although she could be harsh when training her and during serious times the little girl knew she did it because she cared.

When they arrived at the wall hidden by the forest, she hurriedly, but silently brushed away the shrubbery that hid the weak point and when she found it, put Sakura down and prepared to crawl in.

"Follow me and stay close. It is dark in there and you might lose track. It is fairly long but once out we will appear in the woods. Understand?" She asked in a serious voice. The younger girl nodded and both of them proceeded to crawl into the small tunnel. She was right when she said it was dark, and Sakura crawled a little faster, trying not to think about the things that could be on the walls around her right now that she could not see. After a few minutes, she could make out a small light which was growing steadily larger as the pressed on and to her immense delight, realized it was the end of the tunnel. They arrived and emerged silently, brushing themselves off and it was then that Sakura could truly appreciate how thick the village walls really were.

"Come, we must hurry and get to the next village." Swinging the youngster back onto her previous perch, the white haired girl jumped and flew through the trees even faster that before and Sakura was amazed at the speed they were going at. Even more determined, she promised herself that she would be able to go this fast in just a few years!

They went on for most of the night, Luna deciding to bypass the village in order to make more time and with some exasperation, she realized the child on her back had fallen asleep. She supposed that was a good thing though and now reassured that the little sapling was sound asleep, picked up speed until the trees were just a green carpet surrounding her.

Taking advantage of the silence, she decided to think about the next course of action.

Now that they were heading to the other hidden villages, it was important that she have a few more loyal followers to help her in her quest. Perhaps the Jinchuriki of the sand would be greatly beneficial. Plus it would much easier to get him on her side now since he was still young, only four years old and at least he would have someone in his life who did not hate his guts. She had once seen the way he was treated by the general populace of Sand on a diplomatic mission with her father and it disgusted her. It was even worse than the way they treated the leaf's own Bijuu host. The poor red head was constantly subjected to the scorn of the villagers and assassination attempts by his own father! If she could just grab him and go she would, but that would create an international crises that she would greatly like to avoid, not to mention her brother wouldn't particularly like to deal with a war.

Yes, truthfully he was a kind sweet and innocent young boy and it really wasn't his fault that he ended up killing so many people on a daily basis. Her only consolation was that his uncle didn't actually hate him like all the other villagers, but she was a bit scared that would change. Also, now that he was still young, she could gain his absolute loyalty without fear of his father turning him into a mindless weapon. As well as his ability to control sand which she had a sneaking suspicion that it was a Kekkei Genkai that he inherited from his mother that had nothing to do with the Ichibi residing in him. Also the fact that it was his mother that had loved him so much that she had taken measures to protect him even in death. It was a good plan to start in Suna, she could mold and love the container as much as he deserved and still gain a very powerful potential ally. Oh no, she didn't want him to work for her, but as the most likely candidate of future Kazekage, even if no one knew it at the time, it could work very well in her favor. Like all the high-ranking people she would need. And as soon as she had finished with the little boy who she had neglected to find out his name, she was going to search for the Kaguya clan in mist. Before that blasted Orochimaru could get to them like he tried to do with her own clan. Though at the rate the clan was going, they would probably destroy themselves! She wanted to have a little chat with the Kaguya clan's secret weapon and she and Sakura would only spend a week at most in Suna. Best part is the clan was in mist, so it would give her the opportunity to visit her cousin! How she missed the jovial teen! Once done there, she needed to go find a certain someone in Iwa…Hopefully before he did anything stupid.

Nodding in acceptance of her plans, she changed her path to the west, heading in the direction of Wind country, deciding to go through the land of Rivers instead of Rain. It would most probably take two days to get to Suna, depending on how fast he traveled with a little child on her back who weighed at least twenty-nine kilos. Meh, she decided to think of it like training…She had been slacking off ever since she started training Sakura and that was unacceptable, especially in the long run. When they arrived in Suna she would try a different regime for both herself and the little emerald eyed girl.

Talking about different regimes…Maybe she would also pay home a visit. She did miss her brother just a tad bit…No, it was too early. Maybe in a few years she would go back.

They traveled through the night and most of the morning until noon when the white-haired girl felt she was going to collapse, she may be strong but travelling for such a long time with a child on your back wasn't easy. If she was alone, she could have gone another day but she also needed to remember that Sakura needed proper rest, so she stopped in a village a few hours after passing the River and Fire country borders. Putting the little girl down, they walked together to the Inn, Luna once again with her Henge and ignored the questioning looks the got. Heading to the small ATM in the town, she drew enough money to last them until they got to Suna. It wasn't very much, roughly five-hundred ryo but it was enough. Even if she was rich she didn't want to spend all her personal money on this little trip of hers. After all, it was only for food and an inn. She wasn't planning on staying in a village every night! Just there in River. When they were in Wind country, she would bypass all the small towns and they would be camping, and training in the desert. Facing the harsh sun during the day and the freezing temperatures at night. This of course drew her travelling plan back by two days but it would be worth it for what she had planned. It was important to learn how to survive in different terrains and it had been a long time since she had been to Wind country.

Once done there, she and Sakura headed to the popular Inn in the center of town, it was safer to be with other people. Sakura trailed behind, her hand firmly clasped in the other girl's so they wouldn't get separated in the busy street. When they arrived, they were greeted with a pleasant-looking inn run by a kind looking old man and a young woman smiling and helping a customer at the counter. Pasting on a smile she approached the two, Sakura in tow.

"Good afternoon little ones! What can we do for you?" The old man exclaimed smiling down at them brightly. Luna let her manners that were forced into her since birth kick in and looked at them kindly, happy with the good customer service.

"Hello. We would like to request one room for the night." She asked politely. She was glad to see Sakura was back to her naturally bubbly personality and smiling brightly at them. The young woman looked like she was about to spontaneously combust from the cuteness of both little girls and was visibly restraining herself from pouncing on them both and hugging them to her like teddy bears.

"Oh? And may I ask what two young ladies like you are doing in a village all by yourselves?" The young woman asked looking amused. It was an innocent enough question coming from civilians but Luna automatically became defensive, but she didn't let it show. As she was about to reply with carefully chosen words, Sakura beat her to it.

"We're going to visit Okaa-san! She said to stay in an Inn and not to talk to any strangers and she would pick us up tomorrow and we would go home together!" The henge'd girl was secretly surprised at how well the younger child could lie, complete with bright smiles and hand movements. She supposed it was better she had said it, that way no one would even suspect the lie from a little enthusiastic and 'naïve' pink haired girl.

"Yes we are. We just left from visiting our father the last town over. Our parents are were recently …separated you see." She deliberately added that pause as a way of making them think she was sad.

"Oh you poor things! Why you must be so distraught! We'll give you one of our best rooms free of charge! You can't pay for anything in your states! Why your poor mother must be working so hard and that's why you're so skinny! We'll even provide room service! Order anything you want, on the house!" The woman gushed sympathetically. The old man was nodding somberly at them as well. Sakura pretended to sniffle a bit and Luna smiled 'sadly'

"T-thank you so much! You're right. Our mum thinks we can't see but she's so stressed. Thank you so much!" Luna replied. She really was grateful for free food and a room.

"Oh, it's nothing. Come with me little ones, I'll show your rooms." The woman said grabbing a key and ushering them up the way, the old man giving them reassuring smiles the whole way up.

Their room was on the second floor and was very nice, with a king size bed with many, many pillows and a white fluffy looking duvet covers and a fluffy caramel carpet. There was also a big TV and a small kitchenette. The bathroom had a very big tub and shower with a sink with complementary toiletries, such as a toothbrush, toothpaste and soap, and bubble bath and scented salts. There were also many big white towels and face cloths.

"I hope you like it! You deserve it! To dial room serve press "1" on the telephone and order as much as you want! We'll take care of it. If you need anything don't hesitate!" And then she ruffled their hair and left, closing the door behind her. As soon as she left, the red-head dropped her henge and started searching the room for bugs and traps. Finding none she dropped her pack on the floor and motioned for Sakura to do the same. The she took off her sandals and headed into the bathroom and started drawing a bath with salts and all.

"Sakura, I am going to take a bath okay? You can watch television if you want or relax. I won't be too long." The white-haired girl said distractedly, while setting up her own traps on the windows to prevent anyone from entering.

"O-onee-san?" A small voice asked hesitantly, fidgeting in place while tugging her shirt.

"Hmm? What is it little one?" The golden eyed girl asked offhandedly whilst taking off her gloves.

"C-can I…C-can I take a bath with you?" The pinkette asked shyly, rubbing her foot in the carpet. Luna paused momentarily and looked at the tomato faced girl with an amused expression. It was no problem for her if the toddler wanted to take a bath with her.

"Of course you can! You don't have to be shy about it! Take off your clothes and leave them on the bed. You can get in first. I will join you soon." Luna instructed smiling and Sakura smiled brightly, doing as she was told.

Itachi was never one to doubt his superiors, doing as he was told without hesitation and to the best of his capabilities. Now though, even a day after Luna had asked him all those questions, he could not stop thinking of them. It seemed that she was completely right in all her points. Especially now when he sat with his clan elders trying not to glare at them.

"Itachi, we have recently received an invitation for you to join ANBU. We accepted of course, but we thought it wise to remind you of what is expected from the Uchiha heir. Now you are part of the Hokage's personal army and you must not shame us. You must complete all assignments given with the best results. Of course you shall report everything to us once finished. You must rise through the ranks quickly and bring honor to the clan. For the sake of the clan you must." The young tensai almost flinched after that one phrase. Was his clan as really as self-absorbed as the white-haired girl had pointed out? Everything they had said up until that moment indicated that yes indeed she was correct. And they even had the gall to order him to report about ANBU missions! Did they not know that they were classified? Even he, who was currently a chunin knew this.

"You will be sent to a training camp in two days for five months and when you come back, we fully expect you to have risen above their expectations and show them how great the Uchiha clan is. Do you understand?" The stern looking old woman who was their honorary spokesperson asked him. He sighed inwardly but replied nonetheless.

"Hai."

The red-haired man sitting in his office stared at the official scroll in his hands with growing dread. It seemed like their plans were not going on the right track at the moment. Oh no, especially with what he had just read. If the information were leaked, it would cause an international incident that they did not need at the moment. It seemed Orochimaru was on the move again and he resisted the urge to crush the fountain pen he had gotten as a gift from his beloved sister to pieces. What was the old snake up to this time? His last big plan had fallen out in failure, he had seen to that personally, but to open a hidden village? That did bode well for anyone and he couldn't help but wonder what the other Kage thought of this new unanticipated development. Perhaps they had just decided to leave him be? They had to take action, especially since the shape shifter had an intense grudge against Konoha. Maybe he would send old Sarutobi a message… Just to see what his plan of action was.

"….-Sama?" He caught the last part of his title being called and realized he had been lost in his thoughts. Looking up from the paper in hand, he saw his assistant shifting from one foot to the other, looking at him nervously.

"Yes Junko-san?" He asked raising an eyebrow at her. She seemed to shrink under his gaze and he resisted the urge to sigh, after all these years of working for him, she was still painfully timid.

"W-what will out n-next course of action be?" The brunette asked, tucking a stray piece of hair behind her ear and adjusting her glasses. He thought about that for a bit; there was not much they could do about it really. All they could do was stay back and watch.

"Nothing. We shall just wait and see. Bring me Kenji." He the red-haired said leaning back in his chair and crossing his arms.

"Hai-cough!-sama." It seemed she choked a bit at the beginning. No matter. He wasn't that big on titles anyways.

He briefly wondered about how his younger sister was doing on her self-appointed mission…He missed his young sibling that had a mind much older than her years.

He was in the mood of a worthwhile game of Shogi.

They had just finished their bath and Luna was now towelling little Sakura's fuzzy pink hair while the little girl was immersed in the documentary about the human body on TV and eating a bowl of vanilla ice cream they had left over from desert. She smirked in amusement when Sakura gasped at the detailed explanation of the digestive system then looked in wonder at the Ice cream in her lap. It seemed that she was very interested in the body.

"Sakura? Do you understand what they are saying?" She asked setting aside the towel and grabbing the brush, running it gently through the pink hair which now smelled of lemons. It would have been better to use something scentless but she decided to just relax and let them indulge.

"Uh huh! They are talking about how the stomach muscles squeeze the food very hard and the releases it into the small intestine in a mixture called chyme. I think that it's all very interesting!" The white-haired girl pondered on that for a while, thinking that perhaps in a few years the girl could study medical ninjutsu when her chakra was more developed. Even if she already had excellent chakra control, she needed to wait a bit until her chakra coils were grown.

"I see. Well, we'll do something about that won't we?" She asked separating the long pink hair into four parts and started plaiting it instead of using three parts. She liked it better that way.

"What do you mean?" Was the confused question thrown her way. She smiled and hmm'd a reply. She carried on her task at hand and understood why Sakura was interested in the program. It was quiet interesting learning about the different parts of the body in detail, of course she already knew about them from all the training courses she had but it was still interesting to learn about it from a different perspective.

A few hours later it finished and she stood up from her place on the floor behind Sakura and yawned quietly, not forgetting to cover her mouth. Looking out the window, it was most probably only three in afternoon but already she was extremely tired. It was all the travelling she had done and she decided to sleep anyway.

"Sakura-chan, I am very tired. I am going to sleep now okay? When you are done eating, put the bowl on the tray and put it outside. Just by the door alright?" The little girl nodded and she knew she would do exactly as told. With a smile, she crawled into the left side of the bed and was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

What the heck?! Only one review?!

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21 views but only one review! Hmm...You guys have clearly been slacking off in your duties...

Anyway, second chapter came out a little earlier that promised so you should be happy!

I think for that I deserve more than one review for that don't you think?

Anyway, this chapter may seem unimportant but trust me, it's crucial to the plot.

I'm planning on making this story a three arc thing.

This is the first arc: The training Sakura bit which should last a most ten chapters.

Each chapter as well should be around four thousand words, bordering on five sometimes.

Anyway the next chapter should be on Wednesday and this time no early updates!

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It should't even take five minuets of your time.

And could someone please tell me the proper way to write 'Jinchuriki'?

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