Hello! Nina Von Phantomhive here! I really hope that all you lovelies enjoy my Fanfiction! I do NOT own Naruto or its characters but I DO own my OC's pretty much Sanika, Shou, Yuki, Fanfy, Chibisuke, Fuu & Yuu. Other Oc's belong to the fallowing tags once they are introduced3 ANYWAY! I hope you guys enjoy this

CHAPTER 1
Innocence

"Sanika!...Sanika!" a knock came to the bedroom door. A woman with waist long hair tied with a ribbon at the end opened the door. She walked over to a ball of blankets and pillows. "Sanika, honestly its time for you to get up. Youre going to be late for school and Sasuke is already waiting downstairs for you. You better not make that boy late as well with your foolishness." She said as she pulled the covers off the sleeping child. There lied a petite girl with raven black hair and pale skin cuddled up to a small brown curly poodle. "Nm...Mom, I'm too tired to go to schoooool." Sanika grumbled. "Young lady, get out of bed and get ready. Sasuke is waiting." Her mother repeated. With a groan Sanika got up and quickly got dressed, then headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth. Sanika's mother walked downstairs towards a boy with spiky black hair standing next to the front door. "She'll be right down, come in for tea while you wait." He nodded and fallowed her. Sanika rushed down the stairs with her puppy desperately trying to keep up behind her. "Sasuke! Sorry I overslept!" Sanika yelled out. Sasuke smiled at her and sipped his tea. "We got have some time for a snack. Don't worry." Sasuke assured her. After sipping their tea and heading out the door, Sanika turned to Sasuke. "Did Itachi stay at home? Isn't it a bit early for him to be lazy and staying home?" Sanika made an annoyed face. Sasuke shook his head no. "He had a mission and said he wouldn't be able to walk us to school today. But mom said I was old enough to go on my own." The two chatted as they walked to school together.
The bell rang as kids began to run out to the courtyard. Sanika walked out spotting Sasuke talking to two girls. As Sanika approached, the two girls looked towards her alerting Sasuke to turn around. "Are you going to come over for tea and a snack today? Itachi-Nii should be done with his mission!" Sasuke smiled over at Sanika. She nodded in response. She was a bit shy when it came towards Sasuke's fan club of girls. Sasuke turned and waved at the blonde and cherry haired girls and walked with Sanika towards home. "Who were those two girls that were with you?" Sanika asked. "Oh, that was Ino and Sakura. They're in my class." Sasuke replied. "Oh" was all she could say. As they were at the gates to the Uchiha Clan, they spotted Itachi waiting for them smiling. "Itachi-Nii, youre done with your mission." Sasuke smiled. Itachi nodded "I've been done wih my mission for a while." Sanika quickly ran up to him and tried to punch his arm only to have it be blocked by Itachi's palm. "Then why didn't you come to our school to pick us up?! Tch, just goes to show you. I was right! You're a lazy baka!" she scolded. Itachi smiled down at the two and shook his head. "Sasuke, control your girlfriend, she's literally hitting on me." Sasuke's face turned a light pink "Sh-She's not my girlfriend!" Sanika whipped around with her index finger on her chin. "Oh ho, Sasuke likes older girls?" she giggled. Sasuke's face turned into a dark red color "M-more like you have a thing for old men! A-and Itachi likes to smell dog farts!" Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead laughing "Lets go home you two."

Sanika really enjoyed staying over at Sasuke's home. They always welcomed her with open arms and warm smiles every time. It wasn't that she disliked going to her own home, it was that she was a bit lonely since she was an only child. Her mother tended to baby her a lot and her father was rarely home. Born blind in her left eye, her father who is a scientist - tried all he could do to regain sight back into her eye. But all his poking and prodding to fix her eye caused the iris's to turn into a pinkish violet color. She gained her sight, but that eye will never be able to harness the Uchiha power. Her father, ashamed of his failure and causing his daughter so much pain as a new born had began to distance himself from her. He can't even look at her. When her parents found out she wanted to go to the young shinobi school to train to become a ninja, her father left in a rage, while her mother desperately tried to change Sanika's mind. But Sanika begged and cried to weeks till her mother gave in.

"Sanika." Mikoto said lovingly. Sanika snapped out of her thoughts to look up at Sasuke's mother handing her a sweet bun. "It seems you were deep in thought, I'm sorry to have interupted that." Mikoto stated. "O-Oh no! Sorry, I was day dreaming. It was nothing important. Thank you for the bun." Sanika smiled up at the beautiful Uchiha woman. "Daydreaming? Of your boyfriend?" Itachi chuckled as Sasuke tried to hide his curiosity with a laugh. "N-no! And its none of your business. Hmph." Sanika replied trying to hide her blush as she bit into her sweet bun. "Sanika, do you want to stay over tonight? Its getting a bit late. I can call your mother and let her know if you'd like." Mikoto stated. Itachi's face became grave. "YEAH! You should stay! We can play my new video game!" Sasuke chirped up. "Oh, uh no its alright. I just live a couple of houses down. I can walk home. I don't want to be a bother and I have quite a bit of homework to do. Sorry Sasuke, maybe another time?" Sanika replied. Itachi stood up. "I can walk you home." Sasuke quickly got up to tag alone bug his mother stopped him. "Sasuke, you have school work to do. You can play later." Sasuke puffed his cheeks and waved bye to Sanika. As Sanika was placing her shoes, Itachi handed her a bag. "Here, these are some sweet buns. Mother asked me to give these to you so you can enjoy them later." Itachi smiled softly at her. Sanika's cheeks blushed a light pink as she accepted the little bag. "Thank you..." She said quietly. As they began to walk towards Sanika's home, Itachi sighed and glanced down towards her. "Sanika...Are you good at keeping secrets?" Itachi asked. She quickly looked up towards him and blinked nodding that she could. "Can you promise me that no matter what, you will stay in your room tonight and you will NOT come out no matter how loud it gets or how scary it seems." Itachi said in a monotone. Her eyes widened a little "W-why?...Is something bad going to happen?" Itachi patted her head "A monster is going to visit everyone tonight and I just want to make sure youre safe. I'll do everything I can to come save you ok? But please...stay in your room and dont tell your parents." Sanika nodded "Yeah, I will. Mommy and daddy are really strong so you don't need to protect me!" Itachi chuckled a bit "You sound so grown up for a 5 year old." Sanika puffed her cheeks and softly punched his arm "I'm 10!"
Itachi walked her to he step and hugged her. "Remember your promise. Goodnight Sanika." he whispered. Sanika walked inside her home and closed the door. "Oh, youre home. How was your day with the boys?" her mother chirped. "It was a lot of fun. Ms Mikoto san gave me some sweet buns to share with you and papa." Sanika beemed. "Oh how wonderful. Shou, darling come over. Lets have some tea with these sweet buns." Sanika's mother called up the stairs. Sanika's eyes shimmered in happiness hoping her father would come down to eat with them. He slowly and quietly walked down the steps and looked over at the two kneeling down at the table. "Yuki, I'm very tired and worked all day. I just want to read in my -" Yuki interrupted him "Oh come now. Since when do you get to spend time with your family! Come on and join us Shou." He sighed, he knew he couldn't win against his wife. He loved her too much to disagree with her. He walked over to the table and sat down with them. He glanced over at Sanika to see her staring at him happily. Yuki nudged her husband. "Sanika...How did your day at school go for you?" Sanika's eyes widened and she chirped up happily. "OH! It was great! Sasuke walked me over to school today! Itachi had a mission today so he wasn't able to walk me and Sasuke to school. Ms Mikoto-San said that he was old enough to walk home with out Itachi! And Sasuke is only 3 years younger than me!" Yuki giggled at her daughters enthusiasm. "My, Sasuke must be a very responsible boy. He's only 7 and already walking to school." Sanika nodded. "Although I think Itachi is just lazy! He's always teasing me and Sasuke." Shou looked over at his wife "The Anbu boy?" Sanika nodded towards her father "Yeah, he walked me home tonight with the buns." Yuki looked over at her daughter "That must of been why Fuu was barking so much in the yard. That dog is never easy around that boy." Sanika's father's face showed a stern look "There's something about that boy that I don't trust" He muttered under his breath. "Speaking of dogs, Sanika don't you think this is a great time for you to thank your father for your gift?" Yuki patted her daughters head. "OH! Father...Thank you so much for Fanffy, he is so warm and cuddly, I love him very much." Sanika said shyly. 'Hn' was her fathers reply. Sanika smiled brightly, she was so happy that she had a change to speak to her father. Its been so long that she was able to sit down at the table with him and try to talk to him. He still didn't make eye contact with her, but she knew in her heart she would be able to speak to him on a heart to heart basis.