Author's Note: Yo. Okay, first of all, sorry for not updating my other fics, because I have completely zero inspiration for them.

Second, this chapter took an entire day to type, and I have no idea why. But overall I kind of liked it. I wanted to try doing a story which is rather uncommon, in my opinion. And I wanted to try writing a little about Itachi, which I have never done before, or planned to.

Anyways, I did some age alterations for this fic; Itachi's 14 in this chapter, Sasuke's 7, Sakura's 6 and 'Kakashi''s ... 21? 22? Don't worry. It's just for the prologue. They'll be teens in the next chapter.

Btw, it's a possible SasuSaku. And yes, they're still ninjas throughout this entire thing. Though I might do some modifications to the concept of their jutsus. (Hint: I've always liked how Roy Mustang from FullMetal Alchemist only needs to snap his fingers to create some kinda explosion or fire.)

Editted: And yeah, I changed my penname (used to be MaXiMuMcHaKrA). It's really actually my blog url. -.-

Enjoy. :)


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Prologue

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"Itachi! Take Sasuke and Sakura and run!" Uchiha Fugaku bellowed, blocking the swing of a katana. Fire had spread from the main entrance of the village to the residential area, and now to the Uchiha area. It was absolute chaos everywhere, dead bodies, the stench of blood, the smell of death.

"W-what?!" Itachi, then 14, yelled back, holding his own against another enemy ninja. The number of enemy ninjas never seemed to cease.

"Take them and leave! The Harunos have fallen and we're down to half!" Fugaku shouted over the screech of metal against metal and the roar of fire.

"B-but I can't just leave! Where do I go with them?!" Itachi said in a rush, expression of uncharacteristic panic on his blood-streaked face upon knowing the reality of everything; they weren't going to make it and that he was the last hope for them to save the only thing left that could be saved.

"Aniki!" a young, frightened voice shouted over the roar of fire.

"Itachi-nii-san!" another voice shouted, high-pitched and afraid.

'Sasuke, Sakura!'

Suddenly Fugaku gave the ninja he was fighting a hard blow to the head, before leaping over to his son, kicking another ninja on the way.

"Cover me for a moment, Hiashi," he called over his shoulder before grabbing his son's in a firm but somewhat gentle grip. There was a muffled "Hai," from behind.

"Listen, Itachi. I want you to take Sasuke and Sakura and get as far away from here as possible. I don't know where, but please, just keep running until you find a safe place. Tell them everything they want to know about our clans, and teach them the ninja arts. We might be gone after this war - ," but Itachi cut him off.

"D-dad, don't say that - !"

"No! No, hear me out, son. We... We might be gone after this war, but our clans will live on, you hear me? The Uchihas and Harunos... We all depend on you three to escape and start the clan all over again."

Fugaku wasn't exactly a touchy-feely kind of man, but now wasn't really a time to act tough. He only had a last few moments with his eldest son.

"I'm telling this to you now, and you'll tell this to Sasuke and Sakura," Fugaku began. "The Uchiha and Haruno clan, we're always with you. We've always been, and will be, right here," Fugaku placed a finger on where Itachi's heart is. "And we'll never leave, got that?"

Itachi nodded, afraid that his voice would betray his tough facade.

"Good," Fugaku said, patting Itachi's head softly. "Now, hurry and leave. You don't have much time."

He turned back to face the oncoming ninjas, and Hyuuga Hiashi joined his side.

"No one's getting beyond this point," Fugaku snarled at them, in battle stance.

"No one's touching those children," Hiashi said, voice deep and menacing.

Itachi quickly turned and ran to Sasuke's room, where Sasuke and Sakura were.

When he saw them, they were huddled together in the corner, Sasuke's small and yet protective arms around the petite girl, who was curled up against the boy. Debris and fire fell everywhere around them. Weirdly enough, the fire never spread to them, leaving a clean, fire-free circle around them.

Itachi swiftly made his way to them, too out of it to notice how his younger brother's eyes, strangely intense, seemed to flicker between obsidian and crimson, his pale face illuminated by the blaze around them. Neither did he notice the flare of chakra coming from his little brother.

"Hurry. Sasuke, climb on my back, Sakura, I'll carry you," Itachi said hurriedly, voice a monotone, Sharingan activated.

"Itachi-nii-san?" Sakura's small and innocent voice asked as Itachi carried the both of them through the village at breakneck speed. Itachi glanced at her to show that he was listening.

"Where're we going?" she continued, looking up at Itachi with those wide emerald orbs from her position in his arms.

"I'll tell you when we get there." Because I have no idea either.

"Aniki?" Sasuke's little boy voice said, his adorable 7-year-old face next to his elder brother's.

"Hm?" Itachi replied. Red orbs looked left and right as he ran.

"What's happening to our village?" he asked.

"It's at war. Our village is being attacked," Itachi answered straight-forwardly.

"Where's mum and dad? And Sakura-chan's mum and dad too?" the small raven-haired boy asked. And suddenly Itachi's Sharingan flickered onyx before returning back to crimson.

"They're here," he said so softly that it could have been a whisper.

"What? Where? I don't see them! Do you see them, Sakura-chan?" Sasuke said, looking around at the chaos. Sakura shook her 6-year-old pink head.

"They're here, Sasuke. They never left."

The three of them fell silent, and even after Itachi sped past the main gate of the village, none of them spoke a word or looked back.

Itachi just kept running and running.

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"Have the Uchiha children and Haruno child fled the village?" the Hokage asked, his voice deep and old. His aged face was serene and full of wisdom. He was decked in his full body armour suit.

"Hai, Hokage-sama," a silver-haired ANBU replied curtly, his Sharingan eye spinning wildly as he concentrated on the small blur of Itachi, Sasuke and Sakura as they sped through the forest from his position at the top of the Hokage mountain.

The Hokage nodded, looking at ease.

"Have you created the portal to the other dimension?" The Hokage looked upon the chaos which was Konoha.

"Yes I have. I'm leading them to it now," Kakashi replied, mentally creating illusions so as to lead them to the opening of the other dimension.

And suddenly the blur disappeared completely off the face of that dimension. Kakashi closed his eyes, feeling wiped out after such a chakra-consuming technique.

"Feeling alright, Kakashi?" the Hokage asked. Kakashi nodded.

"Then your job here is done. Now it's time for us to fight."

Kakashi nodded, stepping forwards as he unsheathed his katana.

"Hai, Hokage-sama."

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Uchiha Itachi was exhausted. More than that, he was dead on his feet. His muscles were on a lockdown, his feet barely dragging them anywhere at all. Not able to take the physical strain anymore, his legs gave up and he collapsed onto the ground, Sasuke and Sakura snuggled up next to him, his back against a tree.

'Maybe I'll just rest... for... a while...'

As his consciousness slowly drifted away, a new voice started talking, the sound slight muted and distant.

"... okay, kids? Kid? You alright?"

Itachi's eyelids fluttered opened, and there, like some kind of guardian angel with the sun shining brightly behind him, a familiar silver-haired man leaned over them, kneeling down on one knee next to them, looking concerned. He looked not more than early-twenties.

"You okay kid? Where're you from? Where're your parents?" the man asked, sounding worried and glanced around. Itachi narrowed his eyes against the glare of the sun.

'Where are we…? What happened?'

"I'll call for help. Hang in there."

He finally noticed what was different about this man. Both his eyes were dark chocolate. No scar, no Sharingan. However, there was still a mask on.

"Hatake... Kakashi?" the older Uchiha child rasped. The silver-haired man froze, fingers unmoving over his cell phone.

There was silence as the boy stared at a piece from home with hope in his eyes.

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"How... How'd you know my name?"

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And that was the tale of how two dimensions clashed, sending three children into another world, a completely different and yet still somewhat similar one, with familiar faces but diverse places.

Both Itachi and Kakashi were perplexed as to what had happened, whereas Sasuke and Sakura were simply too young to understand much.

That evening, Kakashi had sent them for medical help from a very busty blonde woman instead of a hospital. The woman, Tsunade, owned some sort of private clinic, and she knew Kakashi as a good drinking and gambling partner, because he never got drunk, and usually won every gamble he made.

After that, the Uchiha had tried explaining to Kakashi what really happened, and who he looked identical to, back home. The silver-haired man had been unconvinced, but that was before Itachi had whipped out pictorial evidence.

Apparently Itachi kept pictures of his family, friends and fellow ninjas in his wallet, which he kept in his weapon holster. He had jabbed the picture of the smiling, Sharingan-wielding Copy-nin from Konoha with a finger, looking as smug as a 14-year-old could be. This had left the normal-eyes Kakashi scratching his head, muttering something along the lines of, "Wow. I looked cool."

"Oh wow, Itachi-nii-san! You have a picture of me and Ino-chan!" Sakura had exclaimed excitedly when she saw the picture, emerald eyes shining.

"It's 'Ino-chan and I', Sakura-chan," Itachi had corrected her, patting her head affectionately.

"Wait, what? Ino? As in that blond girl from the Yamanaka residence? The family who owns that flower shop?" Kakashi had asked, looking puzzled. Itachi nodded, giving him the 'I-told-you-so' look.

"Hey, hey! Aniki has a picture of me and that baka Naruto!" Sasuke had said happily, pointing at a picture of two blonde and raven-haired boys laughing together.

"Naruto? Uzumaki Naruto?" Kakashi repeated, sounding alarmed. "The school idiot?"

"More like village idiot, but that's close enough. His idiocy must be really strong, spreading across the dimensions," Itachi snorted lightly. Despite the weirdness of the situation, Kakashi had to laugh.

And then that was what they did for the next few hours, till late at night, sitting there, exchanging information about their respective worlds, reliving memories, thinking of the future.

"How're you planning to survive in this world, then?" Kakashi had asked rather hesitantly. Itachi had pondered for a while, before shrugging and saying, "We'll just keep moving from place to place, I guess, until we find a place to settle down."

Kakashi winced. Twitching, he offered, "Y-you can s-s-s-stay here w-w-with m-me. I'll t-t-t-take g-g-guardianship f-for you k-k-kids."

Itachi grinned at him, showing him his even set of white teeth.

"I knew you'd say that. They're just too cute for you, aren't they?" Itachi had said, looking rather evil, gesturing at Sasuke and Sakura laughing and giggling and just being kids. Kakashi twitched.

"It's unfair, you know," Kakashi had said, frowning at Itachi, who laughed.

Kakashi sighed.

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He was so going to regret this.

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Author's Note: Ah yes. A lil' drama. -.- (I think the tense in the last portion of the chapter is messed up... -.- I got myself confused there.) And were the characters a tad bit too OOC? Darn.

So what do you guys think of it? I think this fic'll probably be updated really fast becasue it has typical ordinary life and school elements and the main point of the Naruto manga; ninja elements. Therefore it's easier for me to write about, because I face school every single day.

I've already worked out the ending for this fic, so I just need to work out the middle part of it. You guys can help and contribute by putting up suggestions for later chapters.

Anyways, read and review, please? Constructive criticism welcomed.

-kin