Tanjoubi Chapter 1: Uchiha Itachi tsuyu, a naruto fanfic

Story Title: Tanjoubi

Disclaimer(s): Naruto is Kishimoto Masashi-sensei's. Otherwise, this wouldn't be called fanfiction, wouldn't it?

Author's Note: Tanjoubi (Birthday) is composed of one-shots (drabble-fics and otherwise) centering around the Naruto characters' birthdays (from the data book). The title is actually sort of misleading, because I will be including other holidays/festivals as I see fit.

Each installment will have a 'prompt', usually a kigo or two. Kigo are season-specific words; they are used very often in haiku in order to place the setting/mood/season. The kigo I will use will be based on the seasons of the traditional lunar calendar, unless stated otherwise. International haiku poets often employ seasonal words native to their own region/country, so expect a few non-Japanese words. More information on kigo may be found on Wikipedia and other independent sites, should you be interested in checking this out.

Warning(s): M Rating, for future language and situations. There is a strong possibility of shipping in the future. Manga spoilers may abound (I usually keep abreast of updates, so please consider yourselves warned.)

Uchiha Itachi, June 9. Tsuyu.

Itachi was born at the onset of the longest and most intense tsuyu in Leaf's history; this caused some concern for the Uchiha elders. They worried that this might be a bad omen for the heir of Konoha's powerful fire jutsu clan. Fugaku and Mikoto's eldest, having been born earlier than anticipated, began his life with water, and not the expected heat of midsummer.

While the rest of Konohagakure would afterwards remember that summer as the greenest in decades, and a much-welcome respite from the travails of war, the elite of the Uchiha would recall their slight misgivings over the boy.

Itachi seemed to prove them wrong in later years. He was the best and the brightest in the Leaf, an Uchiha prodigy who had far exceeded their expectations.

It is when they stare into the terrifying crimson eyes of the clan's most powerful offspring, drenched in scarlet rain, would they realize they had been right all along.

Tsuyu is a summer kigo meaning "rainy season."