J: I'm naivekid but I will refer myself as J due to the fact of my real name's initials. This is my first fic. Hopefully you enjoy it. If you don't like the pairings, then don't read. It's that simple.

Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto. That is all.

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"Congratulations!" Itachi dodged his mother's hug, causing her to fall face flat on the floor. "Mou, Itachi, can't your mother even hug you?" Itachi just mentally sighed. He should have known that his mother would react this way.

"Smile, Itachi. You're 13 and you're already an ANBU captain. It's a fantastic achievement. You should be proud of yourself,"

"Hn," was his only reply. In Itachi's language, it meant: Leave me alone.

"So cold," his mother said. "Fine, I won't hold you, hurry along now," she said.

Itachi raised his eyebrows in suspicion. Usually his mother would never let him go. Obviously, she was planning something. Something bad. He quickly left to his room. As he walked down the wide corridors, many other clan members bowed to him respectfully. He only got promoted an hour ago. Words do indeed spread fast.

The Uchiha were one of the noble clans, famed for their kekken genkai, the sharingan. For that reason, it was very hard to beat an Uchiha. (Though I personally believe their arrogant attitude will be the thing that leads them to their downfall.) Most Uchihas are arrogant. Still, once in a while, an Uchiha will be born with a slightly different personality. Well, at least some of them. Uchiha Itachi and his mother Uchiha Mikoto were one of those people.

Itachi was slightly different then the rest of his prick of a family (excluding Mikoto). He was much more quiet and rarely voices his opinion. But when he tends to do so, everybody will listen, because his ideas are effective. He hates the way everything is given to him on a golden plate just because he's an Uchiha genius. He'd rather prove himself with hard work.

Mikoto is by far the strangest Uchiha. She can bear no grudges and always have a silly smile plastered on her face. She is currently a retired tokubetsu jonin. She visits the Sandaime when she has time to make sure that the old man hasn't collapse from paperwork.

Aherm, back to the story. As I was saying…

Itachi stopped when he saw his little brother, Sasuke. "Congratulations, onii-san," Itachi patted his brother's head and went to his room. A tiny smile barely seen on his face.

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A girl was sobbing in the corner of an alley. There were numerous scratches, bruises, and cuts on her. Furthermore, she had a swollen lip. She was hugging her knees thinking of what just happened.

Flashback

"Can I play with you?" a little girl hesitantly asked the kids in the playground. When they saw her, they quickly went away. What did I do wrong? She sat on the swing thinking.

Suddenly, a mob of villagers came. They were holding pitchforks and knives, shurikens and kunais. Then, without warning, they attacked her. They laughed at her feeble attempts to protest.

"Die, demon!"

"You took my brother away, for that, you'll pay,"

"Demons should rot in hell and stay there,"

"I'll do ten times worse to you for what you did on my daughter,"

As she was barely 8 years old and has not learned any form of self-defense (as no one wanted to teach her, and the teachers didn't teach her anything in the academy), she was brutally beaten. Then, thinking that she was dead, they threw her to a deserted alley, eliminating all evidence.

Flashback end

On that day, she was hurt more mentally than physically. As she saw a family happily passing by, her heart felt a pang of sadness. There and then, she realized that she would never be one of them. Never.

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J: Owari! First chapter. Sorry if it seems too short. I promise I'll update as soon as it rains. Believe it! Dattebayo! I'd figure that I'm going to write this halfway. If nobody likes what I'm writing, I'll probably, as in maybe (depending on my mood) delete it. Okay, I'm having exam next week so wish me luck. Though I'll probably fail History and Geography…

(I update when it rains cause I can't go on the Internet. Stupid lightning and thunder. It's your fault I spoiled 3 modems and got banned from using the computer for such a long time… I mean, I hope you look forward to my next update!)

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J: Hi guys, I decided to stick chapter 1 and 2 together. Sorry if I caused any inconvenience.

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J: I'm quite surprise that a lot of people putted this story on their 'story alert' list. For that, I'm truly grateful. I'm also please that my first review is not someone trying to declare how much they hate my fic. Thanks for everyone's support. This early update is for ksune who was the first one who review the story. (In your face, Zi Xuan)

I also realized that the last chapter was too short for my taste. I'll expand this one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. (If I did, jinchuurikis will be getting their revenge…)

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Naru hid behind a large sakura tree, observing a little girl from the academy trying her best to perform henge no jutsu. Over the years, she had learn how to hide from the villagers, thus she was no beginner when it came to stealth.

That is provided she is wise enough to hold back her curiosity, which she always can't seem to do.

Creak. 'Eep,' she thought. Her curiosity took over when she saw the little girl turn into a completely different person. She took a step closer and accidentally stepped a dead branch, thus alerting the little girl.

The girl flinched as she heard the sound. Naru watch in fascination as she closed her eyes tightly and started reassuring herself that she wasn't going to die. When she had finally dared to glance at her 'attacker' she sighed in relief, seeing that it was only a girl slightly around her age.

"Hi!" Naru said.

The girl shyly answered, "H-Hello," Naru raised her eyebrow as she saw what little self-confidence the girl possessed. "I'm Uzumaki Naru, and you are?"

"H-Hyuuga H-Hinata,"

'Okay, this girl seriously needed some confidence boost.' "Nice meeting you. Mind telling me what you were trying to do?"

"I-I was t-trying to perform the h-henge no jutsu,"

"Oh, what does it do?"

"I-It temporarily changes your appearance into the person you want to change into," Naru nodded her head understandingly.

After debating with herself, her curiosity finally took over. "A-Ano, don't you s-study in the a-academy?"

Naru good-naturedly answered, "Nah, I have no time for that," Truth is the academy was outraged when Naru tried to attend it, all claiming to refuse to teach the 'demon child'. The village council then, once again, overruled the Hokage so he could only watch in regret as Naru plastered on a fake smile saying that she didn't mind. "Ne, Hinata, why aren't you playing with your friends?" Naru asked, curious in why a little girl like her prefer practicing than playing.

"I-I have no f-friends," she sighed sadly. Naru raised an eyebrow, wondering why a sweet girl like her had no playmates. Looking at Naru's expression, she answered the unasked question. "T-They all say t-that I-I'm too s-shy and t-that I'm a-a spoiled H-Hyuuga brat," at this, she broke down and started weeping.

Naru, being a person who understood the feeling of loneliness quite well, immediately felt pity for her. Suddenly, a light bulb appeared beside Naru's hea-, I mean, suddenly she thought out an idea. "Hinata, lets make a deal,"

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Uchiha Fugaku was walking toward Uchiha compound, just coming back from the village council's meeting. Recently, he noticed his son has been taking a lot of S class missions. That alone was not suspicious. However, taking a lot of solo S class missions when he knew he was in charge of a whole ANBU team was very suspicious. His son has also rarely seen at home. It was as if he was avoiding it. But no matter how much he racked his brains, he can't find a reason why Itachi would avoid his house.

He stepped in his house just in time to see his wife walking gracefully toward him. They both had no feelings for each other. The only reason they married each other was because their parents had arrange a marriage for them. They had no say in the matter. Both knew perfectly well of the dire consequences if they disobeyed their parents.

Uchiha Mikoto because she once experienced it first-hand as she had an affair with someone outside the clan, and Uchiha Fugaku because he had 'accidentally' killed his little brother due to anger management problems.

Even though they accepted the marriage without protesting doesn't mean that they don't detest each other.

Mikoto because she thinks that Fugaku is a stuck up bastard whereas Fugaku thinks that Mikoto 'does not contain any Uchiha blood in her body, therefore she didn't deserve to be his wife'. They only talk to each other when it concerned of their sons or the clan.

"What," he hissed when he saw Mikoto.

She looked at him with a serious eye. He shuddered a little as he felt her gaze on him. "It's about Itachi,"

"So, you noticed too," It wasn't a question but rather a statement.

She tilted her head a little, "Of course, I am his mother after all," He resisted the urge to glare at her at managed to keep his usual stoic face.

"Lets go to a more private place first," she quickly gestured to their room. They both walked side by side and slid the door open when they reached the room. Mikoto, being the daring person she is, sat down first. Then, Fugaku mirrored her and sat opposite.

"What do you think the problem is?" he asked her haughtily.

"Not enough freedom," she said bluntly. 'Once again, straight to the point, eh, Mikoto.'

"I think he needs more pressure, he's too free," He watched in satisfaction as Mikoto narrowed her eyes at him, pleased that he pissed her off.

She stood up and left, before leaving, she said, "I see that we once again have totally different opinions." Fugaku barely suppressed the urge to grin as it was un-Uchiha like and for the clan head to grin would be one of the greatest embarrassments.

"Oh, and one more thing, I will be out for a while tomorrow to see the Hokage," at that, all happy feelings of the clan head disappeared as he could feel a sense of dread towards that matter. Before he could say anything, Mikoto was gone.

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Sasuke raised his eyebrow at the quietness of dinner. Sure he was happy that his brother was back after an S class mission and was able to join dinner but it was just too quiet. His mother hasn't spoken at all except muttered an "Itadakimasu," but that was all. And that was alone was freaking him out. He then decided that he would rather have a loud mother than a quiet one.

On the other hand, he had caught his father occasionally sneak some glances at his mother. He looked nervous. As a kid, he didn't know much but he had come to a conclusion that they had relationship problems and had promptly wondered in fear if they were going to have a divorce like Aya Takina, his classmate's parents did.

Throughout dinner, Itachi just remained his usual stoic self and was thinking if he should quit being an ANBU captain and become a hunter-nin instead, so he could do more solo missions and have more freedom.

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Hinata happily, greeted Neji when she saw him. Neji eyes soften as he saw how happy she seems to be. "Hinata-sama, did something happen today?"

Surprisingly, she replied without her usual stutter, "Hai," and proceeded in walking to her room with a smile plastered on her face. Neji just shook her head and tried to come up with reasons in why she was acting that way.

Hinata was in her room when she laid down on her futon, thinking back of what just occurred an hour ago.

Flashback

"Hinata, let's make a deal," Hinata shyly glanced up at Naru curious and wanting to know what she's going to say. Seeing that she fully had Hinata's attention, she then continued. "If you teach me what the academy teaches you then I'll help you practice and try to gain more confidence," Hinata eyes widened at that.

"Y-You'll h-help me?" her eyes full of hope.

"Course, but you'll have to help me too," Naru grinned.

"Arigatou," she said, truly happy.

"Well, just because you're my friend doesn't mean I'll go easy on you," Naru said. If possible, Hinata eyes shot open. "I-I'm your friend?" "Course, what did you think?"

Without hesitation, Hinata flung herself at Naru, and repeatedly said "Thank you,"

Naru just smiled, "We'll meet here tomorrow at 10 in the morning, ok?" Hinata just nodded.

"I'll be here tomorrow, I promise," and they left after saying their goodbyes.

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"Hinata-sama, dinners ready," Hinata nodded at Neji still happy. The memory of her conversation with Naru still on her mind. She knew that going to the sakura tree instead of the usual training grounds was a wise decision as she wanted a change of scenery as most of the training grounds were already occupied.

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J: I'm quite surprise that a lot of people putted this story on their 'story alert' list. For that, I'm truly grateful. I'm also please that my first review is not someone trying to declare how much they hate my fic. Thanks for everyone's support. This early update is for ksune who was the first one who review the story. (In your face, Zi Xuan)

I also realized that the last chapter was too short for my taste. I'll expand this one.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. (If I did, jinchuurikis will be getting their revenge…)

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J: That seriously took a long time. It's a real pain to write the stuttering. I'll change that. Hinata will most probably be Naru's best friend. I can't wait to write the conversation between Mikoto and the Hokage. Just a hint but she is going to request him of something. If you manage to figure it out, then I'll promise to update again tomorrow. And I never break a promise, dattebayo!

On the other hand, thank you so far for the support. I was very nervous when I saw I received a review, I thought someone was going to start criticizing me… Well…be grateful to God that it rained.

I'm still holding my promise. If anybody guessed right the request Mikoto asks of the Hokage, I'll write chapter 3 whether it rains or not.