oOXOo

"Bring on the chill rain, and we'll go back in time. Everything's the same. We're falling into place." -Deja vu

oOXOo

I yawned, rubbing the sand out of my eyes. At first it was blurry, but after a few moments my vision cleared up.

"Mmm… God I feel like shit."

The weight on my chest shifted. "Onee-chan!" Naruto cried, jumping back onto me and wrapping his arms around my neck. I smiled softly, patting him on the head and rubbing his back. "Hey Naru-chan."

He cried softly, nestling his face into the crook of my neck. "O-Onee-chan.. I was so scared…" He whimpered. I comforted him in my arms, hugging him tightly.

Where was I?

It looked like the hospital room I was admitted to after the fight with Danzo, but different.

Why was I in the hospital?

I frowned. "Hey Naruto-kun, why am I in the hospital?"

Naruto flinched, looking up very slowly. His eyes were wide, his cheeks glistening with streaks of water from his crying. He looked like he wanted to say something, but…

"You were training, and then got burned by a fireball. Remember?"

I turned, watching as Itachi got up from his seat on the couch. He walked over to my bedside, his eyes stoic.

"Oh? Well.. that explains my hair…" I said, fidgeting with my new hairstyle. I liked my long hair. It's a shame that it was burned off.

It didn't look burned off. It looked… cut.

"...It looks cut-" "The doctors cut off the burned edges." He said, quickly. A bit too quickly.

I looked back at him, scanning for anything unusual.

"You're hiding something." I said.

Itachi looked at me, confused. "I don't know what you're talking about."

So I pursed my lips, biting my tongue.

Naruto nuzzled against me. "O-Onee-chan… I missed you…" I smiled, looking down at Naruto and efficiently glomping him.

"Oh you little blonde foxy I missed you too!" He wheezed, being pressed against my body. I giggled, messing with his hair and making him whine in frustration. "H-Hey!"

Itachi chuckled. I felt him put his hand on top of my head. "It's good to have you back, Kaida."

I smiled up to him.

He said back.

Not awake.

Back.

oOo

"Seika-san, I truly believe you should go back to be-" "I'm fine. Chillax."

I rolled my eyes as doctors continued to usher me back to bed. Honestly, I was fine. A couple scars and sore muscles, but other than that I was fine.

I had been bedridden for three weeks. My training schedule was totally off.

Unfortunately, the Hokage was busy with his duties, so I was stuck training alone. Itachi has been… avoiding me. I could tell, because after I woke up, he didn't come to my room anymore. Now I know, 'He could be on a mission or super busy', but I asked the Hokage about it. No missions were given to Itachi since some rescue mission.

I made Naruto go home and focus on school. He had missed enough already.

I had too. Man. My grades must be terrible.

So here I was, being pestered to get back to bed. I ducked under one doctor's arm before full-out running towards the stairs.

...Or attempting to.

I tripped before I got there and landed flat on my face..

"...Shit."

I heard someone snicker above me, making my eyes narrow into a glare. I aimed it at whoever was above me, ready to kick their ass.

It was… a boy I've never seen before. He had short, fluffy looking bright red hair, pale skin, a skinny abdomen, but he was still well built. He looked at me, with bright green eyes. If anything, he kinda reminded me of a cuter, male version of Sakura if she had red hair.

He looked no older than sixteen, with an ANBU mask clipped to a belt around his waist. He wore a black, muscle shirt that was DEFINITELY put to good use. With his nicely fitting shirt, he had a pair of olive green shorts and his black ninja sandals.

Before I knew it, he was holding his hand out towards me. I took it, letting him help me up.

"Sorry about laughing, it was just kinda… funny." He said, a small snicker interrupting his sentence. I rolled my eyes. "Oh yes, I do try." He flashed a wide grin at me.

"Mmm… I haven't seen you around here before. My name is Tora."

I smiled. "Seika."

I noticed the corner of his mouth twitching. But he kept the smile on his face. "Well… Seika-san, what's a pretty girl like you doing in such a drab place like this?"

I shrugged. "Got injured. Got healed." I said, lazily.

This guy kinda felt familiar.. But I couldn't put my finger on it.

"Ah," He said, taking a moment to think. "Would you like to go out for tea, in celebration of your departure from the hospital?"

Who was this guy? I've never seen him in the anime before. I have to say, he was very attractive. But… Why did he seem like he knew who I was? He flinched when I mentioned my name, his eyes were staring so intensely at me. I felt kind of uncomfortable around him, but at the same time…

"Sure." I found myself saying.

xXx

Itachi Uchiha was cold hearted.

He was a ninja, a prodigy of the Uchiha clan. He became an ANBU twice as fast as any other ninja.

He didn't need anyone.

But he wanted her.

Itachi didn't know he was capable of feeling this kind of emotion. He didn't dislike it, but he wasn't… comfortable with feeling this way.

He was young, he knew that much, but even so he was still as mature, if not more, as an adult.

And so was she.

He threw another shuriken at the tree. How frustrating. These… petty emotions. He wished they never existed.

But she made them resurface.

Emotions. Thoughts. She was haunting him.

He was afraid. Itachi Uchiha was afraid. Not of her. But because of her.

She was changing him, rapidly. It was too fast, too soon. She was making him feel things, think things.

A single shuriken missed.

Itachi clenched his fists, the sharingan blazing in his eyes.

"What do you mean she doesn't remember me?!" Tora yelled, outraged.

Itachi had explained to him the situation. He remember Tora trembling. He had his fists clenched and his eyes shut. Itachi had told him to calm down.

"...Fine… She won't remember me. She'll remember you and remember everything she had ever done with you. But she won't remember me. I'll start over then, and win her over one way or another." Tora spat at him.

Itachi felt his heart ache.

"I love her," Tora declared, his eyes burning with passion. "I won't let you have her."

He had to stay away from her. At least, until he got a grip on his emotions. He couldn't let her change him like this. He needed to be the strong, role model Sasuke needed. The emotionless, strong ninja everyone expected him to be.

...Everyone… except for her.

xXx

Tea was… pleasant. Tora was kind, polite, and funny. It was weird how a sixteen year old ANBU member would bother with me, if he didn't know my secret.

Oh god… I hope not.

I was honestly tired of having people keep me around for my power.

I wasn't pointing fingers, *cough* Uchihas *cough*.

...I knew… Itachi only kept me around because of his clan wanting to keep me and my super dragon skillz close. It wasn't a nice feeling, but… at least I was wanted.

… I've never been wanted before.

YoU DO noT bElong HeRe

My body froze, chills ran down my spine as I felt fear crawl into my chest.

..Why… was I… afraid?

Why… can't I move…?

Why… why… why… it's so dark…

The sound of crying made me snap out of it. I turned, looking at a small, pink haired girl from a distance. I began walking over to her, standing in front of her small figure. She was hiding behind a large, oak tree. Tears streaming down her face, her breaths were short from the unsteady hiccups, and her hands covering her eyes.

I leaned down, holding my hands out towards her.

Sakura flinched, her chin slowly looking upwards as her red, puffy eyes stared into mine. I smiled.

"W-who are you?" She asked quietly.

"My name is Seika. Why were you crying?"

She looked away, I lowered my hand. "...B-Because…"

I leaned against the tree, sliding down to sit next to her. She hugged her knees to her chest. "...I-I have… a wide forehead…"

Even though I did not like Sakura's character in the anime before shippuden, I didn't like her being bullied more. As someone who has been bullied, watching a young girl like her get bullied so badly as she did just pissed me off.

"Nope."

She looked up to me, confused.

I smiled at her.

"You don't really have a wide forehead. Humans are psychologically forced to find flaws in themselves that others may not see. So if you think your forehead is too big, it really isn't. You're beautiful just how you are."

Sakura wasn't convinced. "I-If I was.. Then why can't I make any friends?"

I shrugged. "Have you tried?"

"O-Of course! But… nobody wants to be around me…"

I looked at her. "Are you sure you've tried?"

Sakura hesitated. "...I.. think I have."

I smiled softly. "I know how that feels. You think you're trying really hard to make friends when you actually aren't. You're just sitting to the side, hoping someone will come up to you and ask to be your friend." I said.

Sakura shot to her feet, tears brimming in the corner of her eyes. "I-I am trying really hard! But nobody wants to be friends with me! H-How could you know how that feels?"

I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck. "Listen. I don't know you or your lifestyle, but I do know how you feel on some level." Damn. She was really getting on my nerves.

I got up from my spot, looking down on her, for she was a couple inches shorter. "I was just trying to be friendly, alright? But you don't need to snap at me. So I'll take my friendliness somewhere else."

Before she could say otherwise, I turned my back and began walking away.

I knew it was cruel and mean, but I did not want to deal with Sakura. She was okay in shippuden, but her cutting off her friendship with Ino, obsessing over Sasuke, and being utterly useless for 50 plus episodes is just… nah.

"S-Seika-chan!"

I turned, watching as Sasuke ran over to me, as fast as his little legs could carry him.

Well actually… he was almost as tall as me… CURSE YOU PUBERTY!

"Sasuke-chan." I acknowledged. He panted, leaning on his knees for support.

"My mom wants you and dobe to come over for dinner." He breathed out. It's been awhile since I've seen him. He came over twice while I was in the hospital, but he's busy with his studies so… I allowed him to get away with only seeing me twice.

"Oh… Alright. I'm actually on my way home so I just need to change and we can head o-" "S-SASUKE-KUN!"

The pink haired girl rushed over to us, knocking me out of the way. "Sasuke-kun! Hi! I haven't seen you in a while!" She squealed.

Sasuke cringed, looking very uncomfortable whilst I snickered behind the squealing pink girl. His eyes pleaded with me to help.

"Haruno...san." He acknowledged.

Sakura beamed, blushed, and some other b-word. "Sasuke-kun, do you want to hang out?" She asked, her cheeks turning as pink as her hair. Suddenly, the energetic girl became very 'shy'.

"Er… Actually… I-I have to go with Seika-chan! Right Seika?" He said, dragging me into this conversation. I snorted, putting my hands on my hips.

His eyes pleaded.

I cringed.

He pouted.

Crinngggeeee

Poooouuuttttt

"AH FINE." I groaned, moving around Sakura and taking Sasuke's hand. "Sorry pinky, we gots to go."

She flinched, her eyes staring into mine for a moment before full out glaring at me. I smiled politely before turning my back and dragging Sasuke behind me.

"S-seika-chan! Slow down!"

"Pft, bitch please. This is what you get for using me as an escape route for your fangirls."

Sasuke pouted again.

"Stawwwwwwpppppp."

"Eh?"

"Stawp pouting. It's too cute."

"E-eh?" He began to blush. "I-I'm… not… cute." He muttered. I snorted. "Sure. Whatever you say, ladies man."

"Oi! It's not like I want to be liked by so many girls!"

"Sure sure…."

He pouted again.

"ARGH! NOT AGAIN!"

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Chapter End.

Author's Note: Hey guys, I hope you liked this chapter. I know it was short, but I'm exhausted and have been dealing with some health problems, so updating with thousands of words is getting harder to do.

I know that Itachi is VERY OOC as of now. But I don't really know how else to have him as.

A review came to my attention, that Kaida and Itachi seem to have a more… brother/sister relationship. The thing is, I didn't really know what their relationship was going to be.

I still don't. Like I said in an earlier author's note, I'm winging it.

But I do think that on some level, Kaida and Itachi do have some connection. Although I'm saving the romance for later.

But I thought it would be realistic is Itachi would begin to think about some sort of romance between him and Kaida, because he hasn't had a girlfriend before.

When you think about it, if you've never developed a crush before and all of a sudden, some pretty girl / boy takes an interest in you, cares about you, and saves you from suffering, this can cause some sort of connection to be felt by the recipient.

Even if he's a great prodigy, Itachi is still human with emotions.

But I'm also looking into GaaraxKaida , ToraxKaida , and SasorixKaida (Later on)

I added Tora in for a reason. Tora has a role to play in this story.

Unlike Nakumaru, who was created for convenience.

Review what you guys think!

PM if you have any questions!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO