Haruno Ryoko

-8.bro, i'd die for you

The Uchiha compound loomed over me in all its glory.
On the way here Kakashi had briefed me about my stay.

This whole thing about me was a secret to the village except for some higher-ups. I was to stay with the head family, namely- Fugaku, Mikoto, Itachi and Sasuke.
I was pretty excited about meeting Itachi. I mean who wouldn't be? We're talking about the Itachi Uchiha-

"Why did you do that?" asked Kakashi, effectively interrupting my internal fangirling.

"Do what?" I belatedly realized he meant the scroll fiasco.

"Why did you try to sneak inside the hokage tower?", he clarified.

"I told you I was sleepwalking, didn't I?" To be honest, I had just spouted the first thing that had come to my mind.

"I don't believe your lies." Well, it was a pretty stupid excuse.

"Why did you stand up for me?" I countered, ignoring his previous question. He glared at me, or I think he did, you can never tell with those ridiculous anbu masks.

"I only did that for Naruto's sake, not for you.", he scoffed.
Wow. This Kakashi is so much different from adult Kakashi, but I guess porn does that to people.

"Thanks anygays."

He stilled. "Don't you mean 'anyways' ?"

"Nope" I replied, popping the 'p' and continued forward. We were almost there and the security around us was becoming more and more prominent. We had stuck to the alleys rather than the streets, 'cause an anbu and a toddler casually strolling would have made a great scene.

We reached the gate and Kakashi turned to me. "This is my queue to leave." He stated and started walking away.

"Wait!", I called out "Tell Naruto I'll drop by later."
He gave no indication that he heard me and left, but I knew he did anyway.

I took a deep breath and turned towards the door in front of me. I knocked twice.
Instantly the gate opened making me jump back. Mikoto's face kindly stared down at me.
Was she waiting at the door?!

"Hello there, sweetie. Welcome to the Uchiha house!",saying that she quickly ushered me inside.

"Um, sorry for the trouble.", I mumbled stepping inside and taking off my worn out shoes.

"Oh goodness, look at the state of those shoes! We'll have to buy you new ones.", she said inspecting my shoes.
I simply stared at her. What's up with this woman?

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, didn't I? My name is Mikoto Uchiha. But you can call me mom!"

Okay, hold up now-

"Mom!" - came a new voice and we both turned to see Sasuke holding a dinosaur stuffed toy, smiling brightly while tilting his head, he asked "who's this?"

Bro, who tf even are you and where's the emo duckbutt-

Mikoto beckoned him forward and he quickly ran forward and stopped beside her.

"Sasuke, this is Haruno Ryoko-chan, she is the one I was telling you about. Ryoko-chan this is my son Sasuke."

I openly gaped. This smiling angel was definitely not Sasuke. He curiously glanced at me. He suddenly grabbed my hand and pulled me forward.

"I'll show you your room!"

After some twists and turns he stopped.

"We're here" he declared letting go of my hand. "This is my room." He said pointing to the room beside mine, "and that one's nii-san's.", pointing to the room beside his.

I nodded and went into my room. It was small but cozy with a bed, a cupboard in one corner and a desk in another.

The second I dropped my bag inside, Sasuke grabbed my hand again and started pulling me, "I'll show you the house!"

He showed me the kitchen, the living room and several other places. The house was large but modest, it had a feeling about it that said 'home'.

After the exclusive home tour, Sasuke led me to the kitchen again where Mikoto was making dinner.

"Mom", he grabbed the corner of her dress and tugged on it, "I showed her the house, what do we do know?"

She smiled at him, "Dinner is almost done, your father and brother will be here any moment, why don't you kids go and play for a while?"

Sasuke enthusiastically nodded and turned to me, grabbing my hand again "Let's go!"
He took me to his room, which was more or less the same as mine except it was much more personalized with toys littering the floor and several pictures on the wall.

We both sat down and he introduced me to his toys, as if they were real people. I just let him ramble and after some minutes he went quiet.

"Why don't you say anything?" His eyes widened "are you mute?!"

"No" I deadpanned "I can speak perfectly well, thank you very much."

Just then we heard a 'I'm home!' come from outside and Sasukd immediately sprang to his feet. He dashed outside and I heard him scream 'Nii-san, you're back!'.

A few seconds later Sasuke came back holding Itachi's hand. I sucked in a breath and suppressed the urge to squeal. Oh my gods, it's him.

He smiled when he saw me and I almost died, "Hello. I'm Itachi, Sasuke's older brother. You are Haruno Ryoko?"

"Yeah" I replied. Getting reincarnated was definitely worth it.

He sat down beside me, while Sasuke stood clutching his hand. "So you'll be staying with us for the next 4 months. I hope we can be friends."

Bro, I would die for you

He whipped his head around, an incredulous look on his face. "What?"

"What?" I replied intelligently.

"What you just said before-"

Shit did I say that out loud?

"Whaaaat? What are you talking about I didn't say anything, haha" I cut him off, laughing awkwardly.

He narrowed his eyes at me but let it drop. Soon we heard Mikoto calling us down for dinner.

At the table sat Fugaku who glared at me the second I stepped inside. Ignoring his glares I sat down. Mikoto had made an entire feast and I almost drooled at the sight of all the food. It seemed Sasuke shared my thoughts because he actually did start drooling. I guess this wasn't a normal occurrence.

We all said a small prayer and dug into the food. It was absolutely delicious and I had to restrain myself from stuffing everything i possibly could into my mouth.

Unlike the food, the atmosphere on the table was not good- mainly because of Fugaku sending glares at me every 5 seconds.

"So, Ryoko-chan" began Mikoto, "Tell us about yourself."

"Um....I'm 4 years old."

"I'm 4 too!" exclaimed Sasuke.

"Do you have any hobbies?", asked Itachi.

"I like reading, I guess." Since they already know I can read, why not?

"My, my, you're so young and you know how to read?" Said Mikoto looking surprised. Had to admit, she was a pretty good actress. I had no doubt Fugaku had told her all about me beforehand.

After a few more beats of silence. Mikoto clapped her hands together, "We are very happy to have you here, Ryoko-chan. Make yourself at home and don't hesitate to ask for anything."

The glare your husband is sending me begs to differ.

I nodded and we finished our dinner while Sasuke blabbed about random things, oblivious to the mood.

***

I closed the door behind me and sat on the bed. I was not expecting this. Since, I was staying with the 'noble' and 'great' Uchihas, I had thought I would be given a corner of the house with some blankets and the bare necessities, but they were treating me like family.

Maybe this whole ordeal wasn't so bad after all.