Summary: Tukiko's life isn't going as well as she thought. Two and a half years ago, she returned to Konoha in hopes of being a kunoichi. She has fulfilled her dream and broke the wedding contract set up with her ex-finace-now-best friend. She has jumped through the ranks of the ninjas more than anyone expected her to be and became one of the top ninjas there was. She thought her life was good but it wasn't. Both of her brothers are criminals and one of them is trying to kill the other. Her boyfriend had joined an organization she is supposed to kill on sight. More troubles are approaching and Tukiko doesn't know what to do. What is she going to do?

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto! I own Tukiko though!

Destined to happen

Chapter 1

In the wild forest near the Grass country, a lone figure jumped through the trees. The leaves barely rustled as the figure landed on each branch before jumping to the next. With the cover of the trees, a ninja could barely tell who the person was running. If one were to look closer all they would see would be a flash of black and grey. The person did not let up their running. They were running late as it was and they needed to be there on time.

Stupid Hokage, telling me to go on yet another mission when I'm not even home! The person thought angerily, their charka bursting slightly as they stomped on another branch. It almost broke within contact. They were mad as it was! They had just finished a hard mission as it was! They couldn't go on another one! The person moved a hand across silky black locks that were long. It flowed down her back like a black curtain shadowing a pale moon. This indicated that the person was a girl. When I get home, I'm going to kill her!

The girl gave a silent sigh through the white porcelin mask on her face. The mask was strange unto itself. It had the two usual eye holes meant for every mask but right beside the eye holes, two elegant swirls danced and swirled until it turned to above the eye holes. Where the mouth was supposed to be, there was a small beak. The whole mask resembled that of a bird's. The girl barely noticed the mask on her face nor could she feel the wind whipping around her. This didn't bother the girl at all. Her clothes were strange as well. She wore a black neck turtle sleeveless shirt with a grey armor over it and black matching pants. On her forearms were grey armguards. Because the shirt was sleeveless, there was a distinct black spiral tatto on her right shoulder. With the evidence of the porcelin animal mask, her clothes, and the tattoo, all of this signaled that the girl was indeed a member of the ANBU. An ANBU of Konohagakure to be exact.

The girl abruptedly stopped on a tree branch, cocking her head to the side. She could sense four chakra signatures now that she stopped. Three of them were very familiar to her while one she did not. Of one of the three signatures it felt like there was more to it than that. There also seemed to be a second chakra hiding behind that first one. She smirked to herself.

Found him. Before the girl took off towards the chakra, she caught herself and remembered something. Oh, shoot! I can't go like this! I have to use my real identity for this mission.

With that being thought, the girl jumped down to the ground where there were bushes to hide her. Once in the safety of the bushes, the girl took out a scroll from her pack. She opened the scroll to reveal black markings, and bit down one of her thumbs. The blood rushed to the surface quickly. She swiped her thumb across the paper when smoke exploded out the scroll. The smoke cleared to reveal a black and white battle kimono with a blood red sash. The sleeves reached past her fingertips should she put it on. There was also black fingerless armguards. Printed on the back of the kimono was a red and white uchiwa fan. Along with the clothes there came a katana that was as strange as the girl herself. Intricte red lightning marks jagged their way from the hilt to the guard. The blade was jagged as well, shaped like a lightning bolt. Now that these items were out, the girl quickly stripped herself of her ANBU clothes and changed into her regular outfit.

A few minutes later, all of the girl's clothes were on with her katana secured with a sash just behind her and her ANBU clothes were in a scroll. To put a few finishing touches to her appearance, the girl took off her mask to reveal startling onyx eyes. She placed her mask inside of her scroll pouch then took out a white ribbon-like cloth with a metal plate on it. On the plate was the symbol of Konoha standing out proudly. The girl wrapped the cloth around her forehead, the ribbon ends getting knotted securely. For her last finishing touch, the girl tied her hair up so that it would not get in the way. Now that she was all ready and done, the girl could begin her mission.

Well, I won't be going in as Swallow, the ruthless ANBU member, on this mission. It's been so long since the real me has been out on a mission. The girl smirked. Well, this is going to be fun.

Tukiko Uchiha left with that smirk on her face as she ran towards the sources of those four chakra signatures.

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Two days later, Tukiko arrived at a red bridge named the Tenchi bridge. This was where her new mission was supposed to be at. She hid in the shadows of the trees, masking her chakra. She stood close to the bridge but not too close. From her position, she could see everything that was going on and yet not hear anything. The wind howling all around her made it too difficult to do that. She bit her lip.

Where are they? Tsunade-sama told me that they were supposed to be here so where...?

She let go of her lip as she noticed a figure at one end of the bridge. The figure wore a cloak, masking their identity. Her eyes narrowed. Was this guy the target? Although she knew that she should make a move, she waited patiently for the people she was looking for. Her patience was awarded but not by the way she figured. At the other end of the bridge, a man with a black cloak with a red cloud pattern started walking towards the center. He had a hunched back as well. Tukiko gasped, noticing the man.

Wait a second...Isn't that...?

Tukiko wanted to jump in right now but still had not made a move. She watched as the man with the black cloak on raised his hand up in a thumbs up. When that thumbs up came, two figures came running out of the bushes. One of them attacked the cloaked figure head on. The person who Tukiko thought was the target dodged all of the attacks and started to run away. This was when Tukiko reacted.

They're not getting away that easily! She growled. She jumped down from her position in the trees where the person was starting to run. She landed on the ground and quickly tackled the cloacked person to the ground. The person, a male, gasped as he was tackled to the ground. Tukiko pinned him to the ground, smirking. Hah! Got him!

That was not the case. Instead of seeing the surprised unfamiliar face that she should have seen, Tukiko was instead met with the surprised face of someone she did know. It was a man with spikey brown hair and a metal head plate with the Konoha symbol on it. The man opened his eyes, surprised to see Tukiko on top of him. "Tukiko-sama, what are you doing here?" he asked in a surprised tone.

"T-Tenzo-senpai...?" Tukiko felt her face flush red with embarrassment. Uh-oh! This wasn't the target! It was one of the people she was supposed to meet up with.

"Hey, who the heck are you!?" A loud obnoxious voice Tukiko remembered very well. She looked up to see angry blue eyes and blond hair that was like sunshine. She blinked at the boy, her mouth going into a smirk. The boy became angered by the smirk. "I'm asking you a question!"

Tukiko let out a silent laugh. Even after all these years, he was still the same. She turned her attention back to Yamato and quickly got off of him. She brushed the dirt off of her dress before helping Yamato up. Yamato brushed off the dirt on his pants while staring at Tukiko. She smiled in embarrassment.

"S-Sorry, Tenzo-senpai. I thought you were the target," she said with sign language.

Yamato shook his head. "Don't be sorry, Tukiko-sama. That is a mistake many of us have made before."

She frowned. "Yeah but it doesn't happen to me that often."

"Well, that is true."

"Y-Yamato, d-did you say T-Tukiko?" The blond haired boy stuttered with wide eyes. He was staring at Tukiko startled. "A-As in T-Tukiko U-Uchiha?"

Tukiko giggled silently again. Same old Naruto to be the last one to recognize things.

"Tukiko-chan!" There was a squeal in the air and Tukiko suddenly found herself being hugged to death. The air was knocked out of her as two arms wrapped around her. All Tukiko saw was cherry blossom pink hair to know who it was. "I haven't seen you in so long! It's been nearly three months!"

Tukiko winced as Sakura hugged her tighter. Although she could take on the most tough opponent, the only thing she couldn't handle was Sakura's choke hugs. She could barely breath. Seeing as how she couldn't move her hands, she moved her lips instead.

"S-Sakura...hurting me!"

Sakura read the girl's lips then quickly let go of the girl. Tukiko collapsed on the ground, taking a huge gulp of air. Sakura laughed nervously.

"I-I'm sorry, Tukiko-chan. You know how I tend to get when I haven't seen you in so long," she apologized.

"N-No, it's okay. Just give me a second to get my lungs to work and I'll be fine." Tukiko winced again. Sakura and her may have become close and almost like sisters over the two and a half years they've known each other but her hugs still hurt. All of the training that she did with Tsunade was going to kill her one day if Sakura kept learning from that woman. Tukiko finally got her lungs to work and stood to her feet. She smiled. "There, I'm fine."

"Can someone please tell me if that's Tukiko-chan or not!?" Naruto yelled so loud that half the country could hear him. Sakura resisted the urge to punch him but repressed herself. Though she did chew him out for it.

"Naruto, stop shouting! It is Tukiko-chan, all right? Jeez, he's so loud," Sakura muttered that last part to herself. Tukiko giggled again.

"T-Tukiko-chan?" Naruto scanned Tukiko, making sure that it was really her. In his opinion, Tukiko looked nothing like that girl he met when he was twelve. Before, he only saw Tukiko as a girl who could be like a brother to him than a sister. Her looking like a boy helped with that. But now that he saw her, all of those thoughts of her being a brother to him were thrown out the window. Now at the age of fifteen, Tukiko looked more like a girl than he would have ever thought! "Is that really you?"

Tukiko nodded with a grin on her face. She also noted that Naruto had a pink tinge across his cheeks when she smiled. She lifted her hand in a wave.

"Hey, Naruto. Long time no see!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow when Tukiko's lips moved but no sound came out. He knew what she said because Ero-sennin taught him how to lip read. If he could lip read then he could understand what people from far away were saying. But why wasn't Tukiko speaking?

"Tukiko-chan, is there something wrong with your throat? Why aren't there any sounds coming out?" he asked.

Tukiko's grin dropped as well as her hand. Her eye began to twitch as she closed her eyes. She folded her arms in a huff.

"That's the first thing you say to me after two and a half years? No hug or even 'it's been so long?'" Tukiko scoffed, scowling. "How many times are you going to convince me that you have changed but then change my mind when you go back to your old habits?" She sighed. "I'm mute to answer your question."

Naruto gaped at Tukiko. Mute? How could she be mute? When did this happen?

"It happened around the time that you left the village to train." She opened her eyes, her expression becoming softer. "I haven't spoken a word since you and everyone tried to get him back." Tukiko's eye's became the color of night as she turned her gaze to Naruto. They narrowed considerably. "Don't you dare start to say that you feel sorry for me. I hate it when people do that."

"It's true, Naruto. Tukiko doesn't like to be pitited," Sakura interjected. She smiled sadly at Tukiko. She, in, return stuck her nose up, scowling. She hated it when Sakura or anyone else mentioned that stupid event that made her mute. It just irritated her to no end. "She's just fine being mute, though I would like to hear her voice again."

Naruto did feel sorry for Tukiko. She had lost her voice right about the time that he failed to bring Sasuke home. The last words she had ever spoken was that promise to give Sasuke her bracelet. He was able to keep that promise but failed to keep Sakura's promise. At this, he felt so guilty.

Tukiko suddenly brightened up, smiling happily as if they didn't have a depressing conversation. "Enough about that stuff. Can I ask who in the world that guy is right there?" She tilted her head over to the pale teenager that stood right by Yamato. When he was mentioned, said person smiled. She saw through the smile. It was fake.

"My name is Sai. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Tukiko." He bowed then straightened up.

"Hey. My name is Tukiko Uchiha. It's a pleasure to meet you too." Tukiko smiled as usual. This was how she acted with any fellow Konohagakure ninja. It was also a constant habit. When she was very little until she was six, Tukiko had taken noble and ladylike lessons that would teach her how to be the perfect housewife. This was to prepare her for the marriage that she once had when she would turn sixteen. When Tukiko found out about this, she left the village after her sixth birthday party. Even now, at the age of fifteen, she still took to her manners.

Sai still had his smile up as he said, "So your name is Tukiko Uchiha, right? Your fake smile is so real that I can barely tell if it's fake or not."

Tukiko's smile dropped as she stared at Sai in confusion. What was he talking about? She wasn't fake smiling. Now that she mentioned it, Tukiko could never tell the difference if she was smiling fakely or not. It was like she used the same smile for everyone. She would have to talk about this with Sakura later.

"You know, I never figured that Uchihas would even smile so easily in the first place. By what I've heard of Sasuke Uchiha, he was the perfect example of one who would not smile," Sai continued. "I suppose that I could be wrong since that smile is fake. Are you anything like your brother?"

"What did you say?!" Naruto yelled. He grabbed the fabric of Sai's shirt, glaring at him. "Tukiko is nothing like Sasuke! She is a different person from him!"

"Well, Sasuke was a traitor while Tukiko is still in the village so I suppose that means they are different."

Naruto glared at Sai more fiercely. He was shaking with anger. Tukiko and Sakura thought that he would punch Sai or something but all he did was shove Sai away from him. Then he turned his back on him. "I will never consider you a companon or a member of Team Kakashi," he said.

Yamato sighed. "This is getting pointless."

"So you still consider Sasuke a companion? Even after he betrayed the village, you still refer him as your friend?" Sai asked curiously.

Naruto glanced over at Sai, the hatred and anger in his eyes. "If it's to help my friend, I would do anything. Even work with you." He walked away over to the trees.

Tukiko stared at the ground after hearing what Sasuke's best friend had to say. She hated that Naruto was hurting as badly as she was when it came to Sasuke. Naruto was like a brother to Sasuke and Tukiko. If he was hurting then she was too. Why did Sasuke have to hurt them and scar them so badly? She sighed.

Sometimes I wish that Sasuke never left...

"Tukiko-sama." Tukiko was brought out of her depressing thoughts. She lifted her head to Yamato. "I didn't get a chance to ask this but why are you here?"

"Oh, I'm here to help out on your mission, of course," she said as plain as day. "From now on, I shall assist you in the capture of the Akatsuki spy stationed in Orochimaru's force." She growled at the next thing. "And I'm here to retrieve that traitor of a brother if possible."

Yamato's face fell. "You're the one that Tsunade-sama said that would come help?"

She nodded. Truth was, she didn't want to do this mission since it involved two things: Orochimaru and Sasuke. She hated Orochimaru and strongly disliked Sasuke. Both of these things together infuriated her. It wasn't like she had a choice in her missions, either. She couldn't refuse this.

He sighed. "I have a feeling that this mission just grew more hetic."

Indeed it would.

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There's the first chapter of Destined to happen! I already had this done a few weeks ago when I finished making the chapters of the Uchiha sister. I don't know if this story is going to be as good as the first but we'll just have to see.

That's pretty much it so review please!