Just some quick information! Itachi is 15 going on sixteen so that would make Sasuke 8 going on 9. Just saying this because my story starts before Naruto actually starts. I know it says in the story but Kagome is 5 going on 6. Kisame is 26 years old.

Anyway I don't own anything, enjoy the story!

Two men were going through a village. It was a rather small village, but large enough for what they needed. They were restocking on supplies and gathering any information that might seem important. They had been through this town a few times before but not enough times to be of any notice. Every single person knew to stay away from these two men though. They had an aura around them that screamed approach me and you die. The shop keepers that they visited always cursed their luck at getting to intimidating men. The last time they had gone through the town they caught the eye of a small little orphan girl. Unlike all of the other people in the village she was not afraid of the men. In fact she wanted very badly to go with the men. She had tried to approach them but she lost the nerve. By the time that she gathered her courage again they had already left and she knew she was too little to follow them by herself. But it had been a little over a year since the last time they were here, she was five and a half now and she could do this. The townspeople weren't mean to her, but they weren't nice to her either. For some reason the small little girl saw something in the two men that she didn't see in anybody else. Well not in this town at least.

She followed them down the street and when she got close enough started listening to their conversation.

"You get the supplies, I'll see if there is anything interesting here." The one that spoke had long black hair and black eyes.

"Yeah fine. Meet at the exit in two hours then." This one had blue skin and quite frankly reminded the girl of a fish. She giggled behind her hand, she loved fish!

When they started going their separate ways she was torn for a moment, which one should she follow? With a split second decision she followed after the first one. She followed him around for close to an hour, he was just listening to people's conversations. She must have daydreamed for a second because when she looked up he was gone. Her eyes widened in a panic and she started looking around hurriedly. As she spun around she let out a gasp and fell onto her butt. He was standing right behind her glaring slightly at her. Her courage left her for a second, but only a second. She quickly got up and smiled at him. "Hi!" she said with a toothy grin.

He seemed to be studying her for some reason. He had noticed her right away when she started following him. At first he thought it was just some curious kid with too much time on their hands. But she had continued following him for an hour, no bored kid is that determined. So while she was caught in thought he transported right behind her. He watched her panic at his absence and when she saw him again she fell comically to the ground. "You should go home kid, it's getting late."

She got a sad look on her face and mumbled "I don't have one." He narrowed his eyes but before he could say anything she continued "Hey mister what's your name?" she added a cute little head tilt to prove her curiosity.

He thought it over for a bit, there was absolutely no reason to tell her. At the same time telling this small, curious, determined kid his name wouldn't hurt anything either. Finally he simply said "Itachi."

Being only five and a half and having no formal teachings she had a bit of trouble with his name "Tachi?"

Itachi sighed slightly, why is it that little kids always have trouble with his name? "Close enough."

She beamed at him "Hey Tachi what is Fishy's name?"

Itachi's eyebrow shot up, fishy? She must be talking about Kisame. Also finding no reason not to tell her he said "Kisame." Itachi could tell that this kid was no threat what-so-ever.

Her face screwed up in distaste, then she pouted. "I'll just call him Fishy." She said. She was rather irritated that she wasn't able to pronounce his name. Nicknames are just easier she decided. Itachi almost chuckled in amusement but stopped himself in time. He started walking away but realized that the kid was still following him.

He sighed internally then turned back to the kid "Hey, kid, what do you want?"

She stopped in place and started getting nervous. How in the world is she supposed to ask if she can go with him? "Um, well… I was wondering." She paused wringing her hands nervously "Can I follow you?"

Itachi nearly rolled his eyes "You already are kid."

She sighed in frustration. "No that's not what I mean!"

Itachi kneeled in front of her "So what do you mean?"

She took a deep breath then said quickly "Can I follow you out of the village?"

Now to say Itachi was surprised was an understatement. This little girl wanted to go with two criminals. Not that she knew they were criminals but she should have taken a clue when everyone in her village was scared of them. Itachi started walking away, the girl thought it was permission at first but then Itachi said behind him one word "No." then to the girl he simply disappeared.

She was instantly upset but the last time she cried in front of the villagers they weren't very nice at all. She made her way to an alleyway and broke down in tears. She cried long and hard, probably close to ten minutes. Then when she stopped crying she had made up her mind. They were going to let her come with them whether they wanted to or not. She was not staying another day in this rotten village. So she did the one thing that made her so different from the other towns people, she looked for Tachi's aura. She would have gone for Fishy's first but she didn't get a good look at his aura. Ever since she could remember she could always see everyone's aura. It wasn't until a year ago that she started playing with the ability. She can see the darkness in everyone's aura but at the same time she could also see the light. Both Tachi and Fishy do not have as much dark in their aura with how scared everyone is of them. She figures they are just really good at hiding their good side. About a half a year ago she realized that if she focuses really hard on a single aura then she can sense where it is and follow it and find the owner of the aura.

Her mind made up she fixed the small pack on her back and started after Tachi's aura. He was already a good ways away, but the girl didn't mind. In fact they had left earlier then they said they would, they had already left the town. Without her! She pouted in anger and took off running, they weren't going to get away from her. She followed them for a long time, what seemed like forever. She was glad when they stopped, but that meant they were stopping for the night. It was getting dark, she didn't want to admit it but she was getting a bit scared. She wasn't afraid of the dark, that wasn't it. She was afraid of what was in the dark. There are animals and scary people. She focused on Tachi's aura again and realized that she was actually pretty close, she had almost caught up! Ignoring how tired she was she started running in the direction of Tachi's aura. She was almost there when she heard a noise behind her. She froze instantly, turning around to see what it was. To her horror it was a fox. She used to like foxes but then she learned from the townspeople that foxes are really really mean and that they can kill little kids like her. She started backing away from it slowly, it followed her step for step. She decided to take the chance and go for Tachi. They were really close and he would save her. With a small eep she took off into the woods, heading straight for Tachi's aura.

Itachi was waiting for Kisame to get back, he had sent him out hunting. For some reason he couldn't get that kid from the village out of his mind. She wasn't in the best shape. Her clothes were dirty, torn, and getting way too small for her. Her hair was a tangled mess and very greasy. He could also tell she didn't get quite enough to eat either. What he couldn't understand was why she had wanted to go with him and Kisame. To be honest she reminded him of Sasuke a bit. She seemed to be about the age Sasuke was when he left. Itachi wouldn't admit it but he had a bit of a soft spot for kids. He heard some noise coming for him, he assumed it was just Kisame being loud as usual. He was completely shocked when that girl from the village came flying through the woods and launched herself at him. "Tachi!" she screeched. Seconds later a fox came through the thicket. He picked the girl up and jumped to a tree branch at the same time throwing a kunai at the fox killing it. Well at least they would have something to eat. Then he jumped back to the ground, placing her in front of him.

She let out a breath of relief, she made it to Tachi in time. She smiled up at him "Thanks Tachi"

"What are you doing here?" Itachi demanded of her.

She sent him a sweet smile "I followed you." She said completely proud of herself.

Itachi narrowed his eyes, there was no way possible that she could have followed them. As soon as he left the girl he found Kisame and they left the village. Then they traveled at a brisk speed for a while. There is no way that a little kid would be able to keep up for that long. "How?" he asked her.

Her face scrunched up in thought, she didn't know how to explain it. What she was seeing was auras, but at the same time she didn't know what they were called really. All she saw were pretty lights around everybody, some more pretty than others. Finally she said "I followed you light."

Now Itachi was really confused. Light, what light? They didn't have a light on them. "What light?"

She got really animated, jumping around and gesturing. "Everyone has one. They are all different colors. Sometimes they are really close to the person and sometimes they spread out from them. There are really dull ones and really bright ones. I like the bright ones they are pretty."

A light around a person, what in the world is she talking about? Does she have a type of kekkei genkai? Before he could say anything Kisame came back and saw the little girl. "What the hell Itachi? Where did the shrimp come from?"

"Shut up Kisame, did you get anything?"

"No, it's like every animal is in hiding."

"That would be because of the fox." Itachi said.

"Fox? What fox?"

Itachi nearly rolled his eyes and pointed to the one he had killed.

"Oh that fox. Hey you didn't answer my question, what's with the shrimp?"

Itachi ignored him again and turned to her "Does he have a light?"

She nodded with a smile. "Yeah Fishy has a really bright blue one. You have a red one, a bit less bright though."

"Itachi answer me damn it! What. Is. With. The. Shrimp? And what lights is she talking about, we don't have any lights." When he figured out that Itachi wasn't going to give him anything he decided to go straight to the source of his curiosity, the kid. "Hey kid, what is your name?"

She smiled at him "My name is Kagome. And you are Fishy." she said very sagely.

Kisame tick marked, Fishy? "No shrimp my name is Kisame, not Fishy."

Kagome pouted at him "No you name is Fishy!"

Kisame, not feeling like arguing with a little girl, went a different route "So where did you come from shrimp?"

"Oh the village that you just went though. I followed Tachi and Fishy here because I want to go with them."

Itachi jumped in "I already said no kid."

She pouted for a moment then became determined "I don't care. I'm coming!"

Kisame started laughing "The shrimp wants to come with us? Oh that is rich."

Kagome ran over and clung to Kisame's leg looking up at him pleadingly "Please, I don't wanna go back."

Kisame sighed "Look shrimp, we aren't the best of people to travel with. We are bad people. Didn't your parents ever tell you not to go with bad people?"

She shook her head "Daddy said that Mommy died so I could live. Then Daddy died close to two years ago. But before Daddy died he said not to go with anybody who has a dark light. You guys don't. There are people in the village with much darker lights than you do. Plus there is something interesting in your light that makes me trust you. Please let me come with you."

Itachi and Kisame shared a look, what exactly were they going to do with this kid?