Characters: Itachi, Mikoto, brief mentioning of Sasuke, Fugaku, and Hana
Summary: Her son was perfect, this wasn't supposed to happen.
Pairings: I guess the Mikoto and Fugaku one since they're married but I don't really give many hints. Itachi and Hana, though you cant really tell from the description
Author's Notes: My first upload! I'm so excited, can you tell?
Warning: Uh, AU since Itachi doesn't kill his clan
Disclaimer: I don't and will never be able to own Naruto
Mikoto remembers her child's first steps. Slowly, unsure of himself, little Itachi walked towards his shocked mother, mumbling the word he learned days before, "Kaa-chan." She remembers how happy, how proud she was.
Smile...
She didn't tell her husband. He would have tried to train him-would have tried to break her son if he could-so she kept quiet. Over dinner, how's Itachi doing? He's fine, he's only a baby, leave him alone. Just leave him alone.
Tell…
Her son was a prodigy, worthy of her husband's last name. Her son was so beautiful, black curls spilling over his small shoulders, onyx eyes wide and innocent, pretty face soft and round with baby fat. Her son was so broken. Hatred for his father, anger for his mother.
Her…
Her younger son was a joke. He will never be as beautiful as his brother, or as intelligent. He wasn't as perfect as him. And for Mikoto, that's all she ever wanted. A child who wasn't impassive, wasn't cruel, wasn't cold. A child who accepted and returned her hugs and kisses. Sasuke was his name, and he was perfect-so, so perfect-
To…
When her husband told her Itachi-her Itachi. Hers!-was climbing rapidly in the shinobi ranks, Mikoto couldn't breathe. What? What? Every time her son told her he had a mission, a small part of her died.
Smile...
But Itachi was smart, he always came back to his mother's worried arms-always, always, he always came back- And then one day he didn't. So sorry, his teammates mourned. Forgive me, his teacher whispered. But Mikoto didn't believe them. Her son was only eighteen, he hasn't lived yet-even though he found a pretty girl with dark hair and a booming laugh that made him smile- And then they told her what happened.
- r-r-rou-rouge ninja f-f-found our hi-hide-hideout-
- was a suicide-nin, we didn't see him!-
- Itachi tried to stop him, the stupid, stupid boy-
- b-b-blew hi-himself u-u-up!-
- so sorry Mikoto-sama!-
- told us to tell you one thing-
… Tell her to smile…