This is the second part of my story Winter Rain, if you haven't read it, I highly suggest that you go back now and either read it, or just go back. I didn't write this story to make any kind of sense unless you've read its prequel. So once again, if you haven't read Winter Rain, you won't want to read Spring Rain. I'll have the rest of the Auther's Note at the end of the chapter. Enjoy. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything of the sort. This, just like all of my other stories, are simply for fun and I gain nothing from of profit. Promise.

Flashbacks "italics"

"Ow!"Mayumi cried as she hit the ground.

The six-year old swiftly pulled her scrapped knees to her chest as she began to cry. Her knees weren't deeply scrapped but still there were a few places where blood fell. Slowly she looked up with her tearful lavender eyes and stared at her offender.

"S-Sasuke-san…"

"I said you can't play with him!" Sasuke seethed, his small hands fisted at his sides.

Mayumi continued to stare up at him, her tears dripping from her rosy cheeks. She knew Sasuke didn't like when she played with Naruto –though she wasn't sure why- but he had no say in what she chose to do. That's what her Otou-san taught her anyways, and as far as she knew, he wasn't wrong. Always be yourself and don't let anyone tell you who to be, were Kakashi's words of wisdom to her.

"I hate you…" She murmured softly, wiping drops of blood away that were sliding down her leg.

"Sasuke!"

The six year old didn't bother to turn and look at his brother. His dark eyes were wide as he stared down at his friend. He wasn't entirely sure why he'd pushed her, but when he'd seen the blonde boy running away from her he just reacted. She was his friend, not Naruto's.

Itachi's eyes landed on the crying girl in front of Otouto and his eyes widened. Her knees were scrapped up enough that there was clearly some dirt in them and her plump baby fat cheeks were tear streaked while his brother's where a furious red. Walking over he scooped up the young girl and looked at his brother.

"Come on Otouto, Okaa-san isn't going to be very happy with you."

Itachi balanced the sniffling girl on his knee as he cleaned her scrapped knee. The dirt and small rocks she'd got in it had been pushed in a little bit deeper than he first thought. He'd ended up having to resort to tweezers and a needle to get most of it out. So far though, the six year old had been pretty good about it all, only whimpering a few times; then hiding her face in one of Sasuke's teddy bears that he'd given her for comfort. He only wished that he knew what his Otouto had been thinking, when he'd pushed her down.

"Ow! T-That w-wasn't a rock!" Mayumi shrieked as he accidently pinched her torn skin.

Itachi flinched then pulled her into a tight hug, "Sorry Mayumi-chan, I'm almost done I promise. When you're done how about I get you some ice cream? How's that sound?"

The girl sniffled and wiped her tears in the bear, "M-Mint…? W-W-With peanuts a-and c-chocolate chips...? A-And-"

Itachi chuckled softly, "Anything you want Mayumi-chan, I'll get you anything you want."

Itachi held the limp female in his arms as he jumped from the trees. Once his sleeping jutsu had taken affect she'd dropped swiftly into a deep sleep. He'd known that she wouldn't be able to the small kitten; naturally it hadn't been a real cat though. A thing he knew now however, was that she'd be a handful once she'd awakened, and the Uchiha only prayed that she wouldn't wake up until after he had her secure in the base. She was the perfect way, to get his Otouto's attention.

"Squirrel…" Mayumi murmured softly in her sleep, and then turned her head into his chest.

Itachi let out a soft sigh and jumped from the next branch. He knew from experience that she was only ever calm in her sleep but… He'd always kind of enjoyed her energy to be honest. It was refreshing in its own way, as everyone he'd ever been around was normally mellow and calm. Part of him had hoped that she'd rub off onto Sasuke. Unfortunately, they'd grown apart he'd come to find out not all too long ago. His brother had never given her a chance to change him.

He quickened his pace and tightened his grip on the girl as he took a particularly long jump; trying not to shake her to terribly much. Another thing he'd learned over after the time he'd spent with her; was that she was at her worst when someone else woke her up. Itachi was no novice when it came to the younger blue haired female. Heck, he'd been her babysitter on so many occasions sometimes he felt he had known her just as well as Kakashi. Had known, he didn't really know her now, and the last time he'd seen her, heck, she'd actually hid. She'd feared him, and that was something that he just honestly, wasn't content with. He'd rather she hate him then fear him. The reason though, he wasn't completely sure.

"Alright you two, sleep. No more chit chatting," Itachi said in a stern voice to the children.

Sasuke huffed in response to his brother then smiled brightly at him before turning onto his side and closing his eyes. Mayumi however, decided she wasn't ready for bed.

"'Tachi-san, where do babies come from?"

Itachi's eye widened at her question and he stopped shutting the door to peak his head around it and look at her. Had he really just heard her right…?

"What was that Mayumi-chan?"

Mayumi sighed loudly and pushed herself up so that she was sitting, "I said, where do babies come from?"

"I think you should wait and ask Kakashi-san about that Mayumi-chan."

"Nii-san, I wanna know too," Sasuke spoke as he rolled back over. "Tell us where they come from."

The little girl whipped her head around and looked at the boy with a funny look on her face, "No, you're too little to know."

"I'm the same age as you…" Sasuke said, giving her a blank look.

Itachi gave a loud sigh and walked into the room, sitting himself down on the edge of the bed. The two children continued to argue about their ages while he simply stared at them. He couldn't decide if he really wanted to be the one to explain this to them or not.

Finally annoyed with the little boy's argument Mayumi looked at Itachi, "So are you gonna tell us 'Tachi-san?"

"Fine," Itachi said softly. "When two people love-"

Mayumi covered his mouth with her small hand and stared at him, "You don't have to make it fluffy. I know love doesn't always have something to do it, that's why babies can be left all alone sometimes."

He stared at her, completely unsure what to say as his mind had gone blank. What could he say to it?

Mayumi let out a soft sigh as Itachi laid her down on the bed. He'd rented the room for a few nights and told the innkeeper that they were a married couple. His reason as to why he was carrying her? She'd fallen asleep. If they heard her scream? She'd lost her mind and he'd calm her in no time. He had this all figured out, or so he'd thought. The lady who was running the place, Shinako, had insisted on the room with only one bed. She thought that it'd be a lovely for the couple to, enjoy themselves, as she then proceeded to make a list of places they'd have fun visiting together.

The Uchiha sighed softly as he walked away from the girl to look out the window. He should have realized before he'd done this, that claiming she was his crazy cousin would have been easier. He hadn't counted on a loveless innkeeper who wanted to assure his love life was to be a good one. Forget that, he didn't even have a love life to begin with. He sighed again, reminding himself that this was all for the sake of the Uchiha.

"God- Holy freaking balls!" Itachi heard Mayumi finally speak as she woke up. "I should have known it'd be that kitty! It's always an animal with you!"

Slowly she pushed herself up so that she was sitting. She was still really tired, so tired she could feel it down to her bones. Wow the floor was pretty soft, kinda felt like a bed.

Her lavender eyes looked at him slowly and narrowed, "…You're into some pretty twisted things aren't you? You sick, sick man…"

Okay, well that's the end of the first chapter. I should be updating more frequently then I have been in the past, so that's a good thing. I still feel really bad taking so long before but I swear I'm full of fresh ideas now :) . Also, I'm going to be focusing on Itachi and Mayumi for awhile as obviously in Winter Rain, there wasn't a lot of development between them. So that's going to be fun. Another thing, I'll start to try to get the humor back in it but bare with me, when I first started these stories I was thirteen and always hyper. Now, not so much so it's harder for me to come up with the things I used to, but I'll try my best. Anywhore, I thank you very much for reading, I love each and every one of my readers/reviewers, you guys are what make writing fun. So I hope this was a good chapter, please read the next one if you liked this one, and also, please do review. :)