Naruto: Rewritten

Chapter 3

Third person P.O.V

"Your mission is simple, keep an eye on Konoha and report every so often" the Ninja said. "Hai leader-sama" the half white, half black man said.

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"Hey brat you doing anything?" Morino asked. "Nope! Why Morino-San?" The little red-head asked. "Because I need to do something and was wondering if you wanted to tag along?" He said looking down at Homura. "Sure thing Morino-San! Just let my pack up my books" she said putting the books in a large worn bag. They walked down to the little Dango shop she was in yesterday. "Are we talking to Itachi-kun?" She asked pointing at charcoal-black haired 10-year-old. "Yep. you know him?" Morino asked. "Yes he unwillingly treated me to dangoes yesterday. Here in fact" chirped the little girl.

As they sat down she sent a cheeky smile at Itachi. "Hello again little girl" he said sourly. "Homura Nameikaze" she chirped again sending him a bright smile. "Well now that we are all acquainted lets get on with this" Morino said.

All through the meeting the girl was silent and on guard, occasionally writing something down in a unusually neat scrawl. 'It is as though she expects every person in the room to suddenly start shouting at her' Itachi thought signing another piece of paper. He mentally face palmed at that. 'She is the fourths daughter. People do usually shout at her' he thought. She suddenly saw a very bright and pretty pair of eyes. Cat-like yellow eyes. She stood and followed the eyes out. Ikibi and Itachi watched in silent wonder. Ikibi shrugged and continued on with the work. Itachi slowly returned to the work soon after.

"Man with the pretty big eyes! Are you here?" Homura called out as she wondered deeper into the jungle outside the village. "So it was the child?" Two voices asked. Suddenly roots wrapped themselves around get body tightly. She epped in pain and closed her eyes. "Hm~ so young. You are a monster. so? She doesn't seem harmful. I don't wanna kill her! Orders are orders dipshit" the voices argued. "If you have orders to kill me then please do. I have nothing left and he'd be better without me bring him down" she said fluttering her eyes open. "Brave little soul aren't you? I like you. But orders are, as you say, orders so I must kill her. I didn't say that. So you wanna keep her alive black Zetsu?" The voices continued fighting. A tall figure melted out if the ground. Half black, half white with big pretty yellow eyes and a flytrap around his head. "Zetsu? Is that your name mister?" The little girl asked. "Yes. You're not afraid?" They asked. "No Zetsu-San! You have pretty eyes" she said. Slowly the roots unwrapped themselves from Homura and she fell to the ground. There were bright red marks on her arms and torso, from the roots. Sighing the man pulled out a cream and started applying generous amounts of it to the marks. "You are to leave and you are to never speak of this. Understand?" They asked. "Only if you promise to be my friend!" She giggled. He sighed, as she held out her pinky finger. He extended and wrapped his pinky around hers "promise brat" they said. Suddenly a kunai came from no where and pierced her back.

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Itachi was walking home, after finally completing the papers and becoming a jonin. How his father would be proud and treat him to the same old speech about how he will bring great honor to the Uchiha clan. Like he hadn't heard that one before. He saw as small figure limping towards him. After getting closer he realized it was Homura. "Hey! What are you doing? Why are you hurt?" He asked. "Oh! Hello Itachi-kun! Training accident" she smiled.

Lie.

"Fine but go to the hospital right now" he said pointing in the direction of the hospital. Sending him a happy grin she limped off in that direction. Shoving his hands in his pockets he walked back to the Uchiha compound. Sighing 'I should have gone with her' I thought walking into the main household and hearing his father call him from his room.

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Ikibi walked into the hospital room. "Geez the world is trying to kill ya" he said. "It was a training accident Morino-San" she said softly. "You're lying" he said. "I know" she murmured. He was slightly puzzled by her response. "Look kid either tell me who did this to you or tell me why you won't let me teach you. One or the other and no not answering" he said sitting down. "*sigh* everyone hates me. Often someone will shout at me. It's like what I told you. They just want me to disappear. So what if you just shout at me? Or if you die like mum and dad? And leave me all alone? I don't want to take a risk like that because I don't want to have my heart crushed" she said looking down. He threw back his head and laughed. Not to imply that what she said was funny but because he was relived. This was the answer. "Trust me kid I'll be around long enough for you to get sick of me. Not mention I hate shouting" he said tousling her hair. "Promise?" She asked. "Promise kid" he chuckled. "So I guess I should call you Ikibi-sensei now" he said slyly. "That'll do it. It's all I've asking for" he said cracking a smile.