AU of Itachi Shinden. Shisui's plan sort of worked and the Uchiha's coup was delayed. Danzo is still causing trouble for the Uchiha. Takes place around the time of the start of Naruto, so Itachi is 21. Also because he is not a missing-nin and never awakened his mangekyo sharingan, Itachi isn't dying.
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A muffled flushing sound from the adjacent room, a brief crack of light in an otherwise dark room, and a dip in the bed as Izumi settled next to him.
"You knew I was here. Danzo had you watching the clan again." Izumi stated softly with a quiet understanding.
It was mid-day, although you wouldn't be able to tell from looking around the room thanks to the excellent black-out curtains that Izumi had installed in her apartment. Itachi had just gotten off duty, but he had not wanted to go home. While surveillancing the clan, he had briefly noticed that Izumi had come home around lunch. Itachi had basically jumped Izumi after she left him in, using sex to distract his thoughts.
Of course, Izumi would know what was going on. She was one of two people that knew all Itachi's secrets. She was one of the three people that Itachi loved unconditionally. Even before Shisui's genjutsu, she had been against the coup, encouraging him to keep trying to convince the clan on other options. Unlike Itachi and Shisui, Izumi wasn't entrenched in ANBU, which provided Itachi and Shisui a different perspective when considering plans and she provided an alibi for Itachi since the rest of the clan was still suspicious of him.
"It was a long day. I saw the man that killed my teammates visiting the Shrine again. I hope you don't mind my intrusion." Itachi stared at the dark ceiling as Izumi leans her cheek against his left bicep.
"We will have to tell Shisui about that, but know you can come here any time. You actually came at a good time. So although the B-rank took four days, it was really uneventful. I was just unpacking. Anyway, now I have enough cash if you want to take Sasuke and his brand new team out to dinner in celebration. Because everything you told me about Hatake leads me to believe he isn't going pay."
"I think Sasuke will hate that." Itachi replied as Izumi seemed to straddle him clearly telegraphing her intention to kiss him.
The kiss ended all too quickly, as Izumi pulled up. "Now, I want to make sure that I have this straight. No one is expecting you until Sasuke finishes up, and no one is expecting me anywhere for the rest of today."
"Correct"
"And you didn't even get to see me off before my mission because you have been away for two days."
"Correct"
"So I think that means that we need to have like a week's worth of sex. Unless you are too tired."
Itachi responded by running his hands softly up her torso, stopping just below her breasts, using his thumbs to lightly caress the underside of her boobs. Izumi moaned, wiggling enticingly, and then engaged his mouth with a hot breathy kiss.
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Sasuke came in looking particularly cute and disgruntled. Itachi didn't even try to hide the smile that crept to his face.
"Having fun with your genin team little brother?"
Sasuke responded with a scathing glare, which only made Itachi's smile widen.
"Izumi says we should take your team out for a celebratory dinner" Itachi continued.
"So your girlfriend's back, and she wants to submit me to more time with the idiot."
"Genin teams are important" Itachi countered patiently
"Well I never see you spending time with your's" Sasuke replied without realizing the sore spot he had just hit. Maybe it was time Itachi told Sasuke that story. He wanted to protect Sasuke from everything, and yet Sasuke was a ninja now. Itachi would only be hurting him if he coddled him too much, a voice that sounded like Shisui noted in his head.
"That is because most of mine is dead. I wish I could go back and spend more time with them. This ninja life is dangerous. Your team might frustrate you now. Kakashi likes being frustrating on purpose, but I promise that these bonds will be important to you one day."
Seeming to calm down and looking shocked and maybe a tad bit remorseful, Sasuke agreed "Okay, I can let everyone tomorrow." Sasuke still had that bad habit of idolizing Itachi. Itachi was conflicted betweening loving the way his most precious person clearly loved him, and being all too aware of his flaws and failings.
"Hey, nii-san. I'm sorry about your genin team"
"I appreciate your concern, Sasuke. Now, why don't you clean up before Father comes home for dinner." The corresponding flash in Sasuke's eyes before he turns and goes down the hall means that Sasuke had forgot all about both dinner and Father."
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After hearing a delightful (in Itachi's opinion) story about Kakashi trying to teach his three genin teamwork exercises.
Fugaku turned to his oldest son and ask about his day.
"I had an mission, and then Izumi returned from her mission today"
"What type of mission?"
"That is classified"
Fugaku paused, "There are no secrets within family"
Mikoto wanting to stop a argument interrupted "Izumi is back and you didn't think to invite her to dinner."
"She has her own mother to visit, Mother. I will be sure to have her over later in the week. We actually talked about throwing some sort of dinner for Sasuke's team"
"Why, that is a wonderful idea. I am glad she is back in the village. Your cousin Takeo's wife had their second child, and I was hoping Izumi could come with me for the visit." Mikoto smiled sweetly. Itachi understood the request. You have to look underneath. While this could be Mikoto passed off as trying to teach Izumi about the duties of the wife of the Clan head, it was opening the air for Mikoto to make comments to Izumi about babies. Ninjas die young, and so it wasn't unusual and slightly encouraged for Ninja to marry young.
There would have been a time when Itachi would have been all for supporting his mother's plans to get Izumi to retire, help his mother with house, and raise their children. There was a time Itachi told Izumi that he thought she was too soft and kind for the shinobi life. These day Itachi realized that it was him that struggled most mentally and ethically with Shinobi life, and him that longed to take care of the house and a small herd of children. Unfortunately, Itachi had too much of his father in him to quit and live the civilian life. There are too many threats to Konoha, too many injustices in the current political system for Itachi to simply give up. It was pride, stubbornness, and duty all things which he had learned from his father.
Understanding that about himself helped him understand Izumi, but understanding Izumi also made him realize his mother would need to do so much more than take Izumi to visit babies to change her plans.
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Shisui was waiting for him by the time Itachi got to the training field.
"He was at the Shrine again." Itachi informed Shisui as he approached his closest friend.
After Shisui had put a halt to the Clan's planned coup, Itachi told Shisui about the mysterious Uchiha he had noticed during his surveillance of the clan. When Itachi had told Shisui, he had come to the conclusion that the mysterious Uchiha was Madara. Shisui had put a hold on that idea, pointing out that there were a few other Uchiha whose bodies had not be recovered because of the third shinobi war. People that could have gone mad during the war or been brainwashed by Iwa. Shisui pointed out that the mystery Uchiha wasn't acting like your average 90-something-years-old man.
"I know. I think I have a lead."