The Child of Prophecy

└ C10 ┐

└ If you turn your eyes away from sad things, they'll happen again one day. If you keep running away, you'll keep repeating the same mistakes. That's why you have to face the truth straight on.   —Riki Naoe (Little Busters) ┐

"Y-You're..!"

Kakashi smiled at the young girl through his mask, making Naruko sweatdrop.

"Oi fuzzball. Why is Kakashi-nii here?" she asks the bijuu in her mind as she stares at the ANBU jounin in front of her, completely baffled.

The nine-tailed fox, however, just sneers at her as response. Hence, she decides to ask her 'older brother' of sorts instead.

"eto.. What happened?" Naruko tilts her head to the side while squinting her eyes, and Kakashi was just about to answer when the door suddenly opens and another familiar face greets her. She beams at him. "Itachi-nii!"

Itachi smiles at her as he approaches with a tray of food. He places the tray on a nearby table, before he grabs a kunai, and with one slash, the ropes tying Naruko up were all gone.

"Hungry, Naru-chan?" he asks before he lays her the tray of food on her lap, and she nods her head enthusiastically.

The sound of Kurama growling in her head answers the question as to why he wanted her to leave, then. Of course, it just had to be due to his hatred for the Uchiha.

"So, what happened? And where are we?" she questions, watching as the two ANBU members looked at each other for a moment before turning to her again.

"We're in my apartment," Kakashi answers as he sits down on a chair, "As for what happened to you..."

He turns to the Uchiha heir as if to tell him to continue, and Naruko remains silently waiting.

Itachi then sighs to himself, before speaking, "We just returned from a mission and were giving our report, when Kushina-san suddenly raided the Hokage office, crying about how she was very worried about you. So, Hokage-sama sent us to look around the village. Kakashi-senpai and I separated to look for you from different streets, and I found you in an abandoned street near Senpai's apartment and the Uchiha compound."

He pauses and Naruko stops eating as well to look at him, showing that she was still listening. Meanwhile, Itachi glances at the older male, clearly hesitant, but Kakashi averted his eyes away.

"So? What else happened?" Naruko urges him to continue, making him sigh once more.

A frown then paints his features before he says, "Some civilians were.. beating you up, along with a few chuunins. Had I not found you at that moment, they might have even... killed you by now."

The little girl stills in her position, and the two males begin to grow weary, wondering if telling her was a right decision on their part.