Chapter 3

As we were trotting towards the gate of Konaha, I couldn't help thinking about the name Uchiha. What did Isamu mean by that? Was the jutsu that Anbu Man used only usable by Uchiha's? Or…Was this an Uchiha? This Anbu… He can't be…

"Anbu. Are you…What is your last name?" The Anbu seemed very stressed if that's how you want to put it and was reluctant to tell me his name.

"You are so persistent, aren't you? Uhh." *Sigh* "My name…" I just stared at him intently, becoming extremely anxious.

"U-Uchiha. Itachi Uchiha."

I couldn't believe it. Was this guy a joke?

"Are you kidding? You can't be serious, right? Right?" He removed his cat-like mask and turned towards me. His eyes had a somewhat sad glaze to them. I gazed into them, feeling like my mind and spirit was being sucked out of me. I became dizzy and light headed and began to sway, back and forth. "It…Itachi…U…Uchi…"

Then everything went black and my head hit the concrete.

I could feel my body being carried, moving at a slow pace. I wonder who is carrying me. I barely opened my eyes, only enough to make out shapes and shadows. I saw him, what's his face…Itachi. He had an expression on his face that was difficult to make out. It was like sadness, anger, sorrow, and thoughtfulness all together. I guessed that Itachi had sensed a presence and glanced down at me. I quickly shut my eyes, and once again, passed out.

This time when I awoke, however, I was in someone else's arms.

"Great! You're finally awake!" There were two men, one carrying me (Which was great because men don't normally carry me!) and the other, previously talking and now just staring at me with a blank expression on his face. Both men appeared to be shinobi, and turns out that they were Chuunin.

"Uh…Where am I? Who are you?" I was so groggy. I felt like all my chakra had been drained from me.

"I am Izumo Kamizuki and this is my partner, Kotetsu Hagane. We are taking you to the hospital, and we are almost there. An Anbu who was holding you found us at the village gate and asked us to take care of you. He told us that you had fainted because you were training intensely." Yeah, training. Whatever.

I looked up at the men and was forced to squint due to the intense sun light. Izumo and Kotetsu were both cute, but then again, I just awoke from being passed out. My senses were probably a little knocked out.

Both ninjas wore a special grey outfit with many seams and buttons showing, plus a perfect black belt that completes the appearance. They appeared to be around seventeen years of age. Izumo had a cap on rather than a headband, but it still showed off the Leaf symbol. His hair was sticking out everywhere from under his cap, and it covered up almost all of his face except for his left eye and mouth. Kotetsu wore a headband, but it was hidden to some extent by his wild, spikey hair. His face was completely visible with exception to his ears, which aren't really part of one's face. Kotetsu's hair was uniquely colored with a bluish grey, a bit more "out-there" than Izumo's brown hair. Kotetsu also had a strange bandage across his nose

"Oh… My name is Ginako Amaya. I am a genin. Did the boy that dropped me off…Was his name Itachi?"

Kotetsu was first to speak. "Yeah. Itachi Uchiha. He is one strong kid. He's what- thirteen? Fourteen? And he is leader of the Anbu Black-Ops. Not a shocker, though. He is an Uchiha, after all.

We arrived at our destination early in the morning with mist still lingering in the air and people still lying lazily in their beds.

Izumo signed me in and followed the nurse, still carrying me, to my designated room. Then Izumo laid me in my bed gently, letting my slide easily onto my new bed.

"I will be right back, Amaya. I must have you examined." The nurse headed out the door and vanished around the corner.

"You come find me and Kotetsu when you are released, alright? We want to make sure you got out nice and easy. Promise?" Izumo stared into my eyes intently and that threw off my brain.

"Sure, as long as you look out for me. Thank you, Izumo." I watched him disappear, with a wide smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye. "Tell Kotetsu I said thank you!"

Later that day, around noon after the nurse examined me and forced me to rest and regain my chakra, I signed myself out and explored the village. Those two men, Izumo and Kotetsu. I didn't exactly know where to find them. I asked around. Oh, look! A shinobi! Maybe he could help.

I trotted up to a tall shinobi with grey hair and his mouth and eye covered. He held a red book in his hand that read "Icha-Icha Paradise" with a man and a woman on the front. This guy...Is he a perve? Why would anyone read that retarded Romance novel? If you call that romance.

"Umm...Excuse me, someone's sensei. I need your help." The man looked up from his stupid perverted book and looked me up and down, trying to register who I was and what I was doing.

"Hmm? Oh. Can I help you?" He just...looked at me. In a strange way. I felt wiered.

"Yes, you can, actually. I'm looking for two ninjas, Izumo and Kotetsu. Do you know where I can find them?"

"Izumo and Kotetsu, huh? Yeah, I know where they are at. Since they're patrol men, they hang out around the village entrance."

I started looking around, searching for the gate, which I couldn't seem to find, which was wiered because I came from that village (but had never left the gate until Kazuki-Sensei took me to the Forest of Death)

"The gate is that way. To the east."

"Thank you. And, I almost forgot; My name is Ginako."

"Your welcome." Puff. He's gone. What the heck? Can't I speak to people anymore?


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