Prologue~ Chapter One
"Mirran, the Kokoro Sharingan is not something that is taken lightly you know." Itachi warned his little sister. "I know, but it's just so much work. I never thought it would be this hard." she whined.
"Well, what did you expect? It is something not many Uchiha can unlock. I think you might be the only one who has." he told her. She groaned, and threw her head back in frustration. "Can we take a break from training now?" she asked. "You're such a baby, you know that?" he teased her. "Hey! You're only older than me by three years! Just 'cuz I'm ten doesn't mean I'm a baby!Besides, Sasukes the baby!" she replied.
"Aww, c'mon how come I'm the baby?" 6 year old Sasuke Uchiha said to his older siblings. "We're digressing now, you have to get back to your training Mirran. I may be the only one qualified to teach you." he said. "Stop acting so grown up Ichi! Have fun with us! Besides, you're not gonna be a kid forever." Mirran said to her older brother.
He rolled his eyes, and jogged over to his sister where she was sitting. She stood up, only to be knocked over by Itachis oh so famous forehead poke. "Aww, c'mon!" she whined and her brothers just laughed.
"Hmph." she complained and began to walk over to Sasuke. "What are you laughing about?" she taunted and knocked him over by her own forehead poke. "Not fair!" he exclaimed, and the Uchiha siblings laughed together. "Can't it always be like this?" Itachi had thought to himself, knowing what was going to happen the following morning. He wanted to make the best of it. Because Mirran possessed the Kokoro, she was to work with Itachi. Some one with her ability so strong was no to be killed, the leaf elders had warned him.
Mirran looked over her shoulder and saw her brothers worried face. She knew exactly what he was thinking. She looked down at the ground only to be thinking about what she was assigned to do as well.
"Why so sad guys?" Sasuke said, a wide smile on his face. "N-nothing." Mirran stuttered, and decided to change the topic. "Okay Ichi, let's get back to training." this shocked Itachi from her sudden urge to continue working, but he understood.
"Okay, Mirran, activate your Kokoro sharingan." he instructed, and did as she was told. She sat cross-legged on the floor, and concentrated hard. When she opened her eyes again, her green eyes were no more. Instead, they were red, as the usual sharingan colour. A black X sat in the middle of her eye, while the four commas were in each space. "Very good. Now, I'm going to throw this kunai at you. Control it with your eyes."
She simply nodded and began to do what she was told.
Itachi launched the kunai at his sister, trusting that her abilities would kick in. Sasuke sat, watching in pure amazement. He wanted to grow up to be exactly like his older brother and sister.
"It's getting closer..." Itachi warned.
"I know." Mirran muttered, and in an instant, the kunai had a red glow to it. Nearly centimeters from her face, the ninja weapon stopped in it's track, completely under Mirrans control. "Now, redirect it to me." he told her, and she followed. With hard force, the kunai turned in a complete circle and was now flying at Itachi.
Right before the weapon hit him, she stopped it, and Sasuke let out the deep breathe he was holding.
"You're improving." Itachi stated. "Now, try to control Sasuke." Itachi said with a grin. "Wait, why me?" Sasuke said, a little scared. "Because, Mirran needs to practice more on living things, rather than non living." he informed his little brother.
"Fine." the youngest Uchiha muttered in agreement and then stood still for his sister. "This might sting a little..." she warned him, and then all of a sudden, he was frozen. Like he had no ability of his own. "It's working." Itachi stated, and watched further. "Make Sasuke walk over here to me." Itachi commanded. She followed, and one step at a time, Sasuke inched forwards.
"There you go." Mirran said, and Sasuke stood up straight right infront of his older brother.
Itachi smiled at him, and then stuck out two fingers, and jerked them at Sasuke's forehead. Mirran giggled and Sasuke stumbled back. He pouted, and Mirran gave his control back.
"Sasuke, you know we love you right?" Mirran asked as she ran closer to him. "Course I do." Sasuke giggled as Itachi pulled him closer and pulled him onto his back. "And you know what?" Sasuke said, catching Mirrans attention.
"What?" she questioned.
"I'm gonna activate my sharingan and my eyes are going to be even better than yours!" he exclaimed. "Hmph. You wish. You haven't even activated your sharingan yet!" she told him. "Well...when I do, my eyes are so going to beat yours. Just you wait!" he shouted from on top of Itachis back.
"Okay, when you do, and IF you do, I'll let you..." she paused to think of something. "I'll let you do this to me." she said, and then poked Sasuke's forehead for the millionth time. He rubbed his forehead in pain and smiled. "I can do it now!" he exclaimed and stuck his fingers out where he expected Mirran to be. "Too slow." she said in his ear from his other side.
"How?" he wondered. "Like I said. In. Your. Dreams." she said, pronouncing each word carefully.
"Hmph. Just you wait." he repeated and Mirran grinned. "Until then?" she said and raised her eyebrow. "Until then." he replied, smiling back.
"I shouldn't have stayed practicing with my Shyuriken. Now I'm totally late… Uh? What was that? I could have sworn there were someone there…" Sasuke said, making his way home, only to see the dead bodies of his fellow clan members.
Mortified, he ran to his home, hoping to see his older brother and sister alive. When he saw them alive, it was not at all how he wanted them to be. "Big brother? Big sister? But...but why?" he said, seeing them stand over his dead parents bodies. "Why did you do it? Why?" he shouted, tears streaming down his face. Itachi may have been able to hide his emotions, but seeing her younger brother like this, Mirran had to look away.
"We did it to test our ability." Itachi answered.
"To test your ability? That's why you did this? You're telling me that that was the reason that you butchered every single member of our clan?" Sasuke questioned. "You don't understand..." Mirran mumbled, not loud enough for anyone but herself to hear.
"I had acted like the older brother you desired for one reason. Because I wanted to discover how powerful you were. I needed to find the worthy opponent to test the limits of my own abilities. You have that unique potential. Now I've made you hate me. Now you have the desire to defeat me. Which is exactly why I'm going to allow you to live. Don't you see? It's all for my own benefit. Just like me, you may be one of the few people who are able to use Mangekyo Sharingan. However, there's one big catch to it. Take a life of your best friend! You must kill him! Kill him, just like I did!" Itachi explained.
"You're saying it was you? You killed Shisui?" he asked, looking up at his siblings.
"I did. That's how I obtained these eyes. In the main hall of Nakano shrine, underneath the seventh tatami mat from the far right… is the clan's secret gathering place. There you will find a secret document… an explanation of Uchiha clan's Jutsu. It tells of the Visual Jutsu's true purpose. If you discover how to activate it, you will be the third person to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan including myself. To ensure that happens… that's enough reason to let you live. Oh, don't worry Sasuke. You're not worth killing. If you wish to kill me one day, in hate and revenge, surviving in such ugly manner as this. By all means free, claim to your retched life… and then, one day when you possess the same eyes… come back and face me!" Itachi shouted, and turned his back.
He turned once more to find his little brother about to collapse on the ground. At this sight, a single tear slid down his face, but to Sasuke, that was only a dream. "Mirran? Why?" he asked, looking into his sisters large eyes.
Just like Itachi, she had tears on her cheeks, and her voice was caught in her throat. "I'm sorry Sasuke." she whispered, and those three words were merely just what Sasuke had thought.
The two siblings jumped away in the night, leaving their dead clan, and younger brother.
"So big brother, where are you off to now?" Mirran asked Itachi, after being far away enough from the Village Hidden in the Leafs.
"I've heard of a clan called the Akatsuki. I've considered joining. I'm assuming that you're doing otherwise?" he questioned. "Exactly Ichi." she replied. "But where will you go? You're so young." he said to her. She activated her Kontoro Shanrigan and flashed her eyes up at him.
"Well, I think I'll manage. Besides, I think I need some more training. Don't you think?" she said. Itachi nodded in agreement, and Mirran smiled up at him.
"You've always had a couple inches on me, haven't you?" she pointed out, standing at her highest point, only to be bested by her brothers height. "Hmph. I always will be." he taunted. "Okay, so I guess we go our separate ways now?" she asked him. "I guess so." Itachi replied.
"You never know, maybe we'll see each other again." Mirran said.
"Yeah, you never do really know, do you?" Itachi said. Mirran took a piece of her wavy black hair, and twirled it in her fingers. "Until then?" she said, repeating what she had said to Sauske, gaining a smile from her older brother. "Until then." he replied, and the two ninjas parted.