Love You, Weasel

Dongo of the Heart

"Today we will be going on a C-Rank mission," said Shikaku as he met up with his team at the training grounds.

"About time!" said Natsu with a grin. "It's been a good few months!"

"Stop it, Natsu," said Hana as she smacked him on the head. "We needed lots of training."

"Where to?" asked Haruka as she ignored her teammates.

"We will be going to Suna," said Shikaku as he also ignored the other two who were fighting. "We will be escorting a diplomat."

"Really!" said Natsu, popping out of nowhere.

'Wasn't he just fighting with Hana?' thought Haruka and Shikaku as they looked at him.

"That sounds like fun!" said Hana with a smile as she appeared behind Haruka.

'What the hell?' thought Haruka as she glanced behind her.

"We will be leaving tomorrow morning. Make sure to pack enough for a month trip. Meet in front of the gates at 8 A.M.," said Shikaku as he then disappeared, leaving his students to look at each other.

"Well, you heard the man. Lets go get everything ready," said Haruka as she turned to walk away.

"Yeah! I need to buy some extra weapons!" said Natsu as he ran in front of Haruka. "See you two tomorrow!"

"Well then," laughed Hana as she walked next to her friend, her dogs walking with them.

"We should get ready too," laughed Haruka.

"Right," laughed Hana as she turned down a different rout. "Later!"

"Later!" said Haruka as she walked home. She walked slowly, trying to gather her thoughts.

'This is the year that the Uchiha massacre is supposed to happen. What do I do? I've tried spending more time with Itachi, but he only put me off. I know that he was only able to get Sasuke spared. Sasuke has Michiru, which he didn't in the manga or anime. But then again, I've seen a lot of things that were never shown or talked about,' thought Haruka as she continued to walk.

"I should really go get everything ready," sighed Haruka as she walked toward the Uchiha compound.

"Get ready for what?" asked a voice from right behind her, shocking her. She turned around and saw it was Itachi.

"Damn it, Itachi! You scared me!" said Haruka with a light blush. 'I'm a shitty ninja.'

"Sorry," said Itachi with a light smile.

"Anyway," said Haruka with an eye roll and a smile, "I have a C-Rank mission tomorrow. I need to make sure I have everything I need."

"How long will you be gone?" asked Itachi as he walked past her, causing her to follow.

"Not sure. Sensei said to pack for at least a month. So maybe sometime around that. Of course, it could always take longer or be shorter."

"That's true. You should always be prepared."

"So, what have you been up to," asked Haruka as they walked into the village.

"Let's get dango," said Itachi instead of answering her question.

"Um, okay, but you're paying!" she said as she smiled at him and started to walk in front of him, trying to hurry to her snack.

"Yeah," said Itachi as he followed her. 'How long will this last?'

The two walked to the dango shop together in silence. There was no need for them to speak as they were simply happy in each other's presence.

Once the two got to the dango shop, they ordered and Itachi payed.