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Prologue
A young man in an Anbu mask walks in to a door and knocks politely and waits for orders. "Come in" A strong voice says from the other side of the door. The Anbu opens the door and walks in a few feet away from the desk and stops. "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes Lord Hokage." The Anbu replies.
"So what is it that you want?" The Hokage asks.
"I would like some time of leave." The Anbu says to the Hokage.
"That I cannot do." The Hokage replies. The anbu slumps his shoulders in disappointment. The hokage looks at the anbu with sympathy. "I will do something else instead." The anbu perks at hearing this. "I understand that the Uchiha are driving you to the point to breaking." The anbu nods his head. "Remove your mask." He does as he is told behind the mask is a young man no older than fifteen years with short black hair and obsidian eyes. "Uchiha Daijiro, you are hereby assigned an S-rank mission. You are to travel to the land of Amestris and act as a spy for us. You will see if they are planning to start a war, and if they are you will act accordingly. Is this alright for you? Young Uchiha?"
"Yes lord Hokage!" Daijiro says with as much enthusiasm that an anbu can allow.
"Excellent, you are to pack tonight and leave in the morning. But come to see me before you leave. You are dismissed." The hokage says as the anbu disappears in a puff of smoke.
"I received a mission from lord Hokage." Daijiro says to the newly appointed clan head.
"Is that so? Please elaborate." The clan head replies.
"I am to act as a spy for our village." Daijiro says, not wanting to reveal that much.
"For how long?" The Uchiha head asks.
"I don't know." Daijiro answers truthfully. The clan head looks at the anbu in thought.
"Alright you are dismissed." The clan head says. The Anbu begins to walk away, to gather his things for his long term mission. The clan head clears his throat, and the anbu stops to let the clan head know that he was listening. "Good luck, otouto.*"
"Thank you, Fugaku." Daijiro says, before exiting the room. A little ways from his room, he sees a young woman holding a one year old boy. "Good evening Mikoto-san, Itachi-kun."
"Good evening, Daijiro-chan." She says to him while smiling. Itachi reaches out to Daijiro. "I think he wants you to hold him." Mikoto says, looking at her young son.
"Ok" he takes Itachi into his arms. "How is my little nephew doing?" Itachi giggles lightly before burying his face into his uncle's chest. "I'll take that as a good." He says before giving him back to Mikoto. "I will be on a mission for a while Mikoto-san. I won't be able to see you guys for a while."
"Really?" Mikoto asks "Do you know when you will be able to come back?"
"Sorry, I don't know when."
"Oh" she looks down briefly before looking back at her brother in law. "I wish you a safe trip and the best of luck."
"Thank you" Daijiro replies. He looks at his young nephew and notices that he is on the verge of tears. "Don't worry Itachi, I'll be back before you know it." Itachi reaches out for his uncle again. "Would you like to help me pack my stuff?" He asks before he looks at Mikoto, smiling slightly. She nods and gives Itachi to Daijiro again. "Come on Itachi, you can help me make sure that I pack everything." Itachi just nods in response.
"Okay, Itachi is that everything?" Daijiro asks turning from his backpack briefly. Itachi shrugs his shoulders. Daijiro laughs at his nephews antics, before going back to his bag. After twenty minutes more of packing, he turns to see Itachi sleeping on his bed. He sighs and shifts him so that can lie on the bed as well. I don't think Mikoto will mind if he sleeps with me tonight. Daijiro thinks briefly, before drifting to sleep soon after.
Light peeks through the window, shining on Daijiro's face waking him from his slumber. He gets off of his bed and gets dressed silently. He opens a scroll and seals all of his belongings before carefully getting his still sleeping nephew off of his bed and into the kitchen where his mother was most likely to be. Walking into the kitchen and proving his hunch right he greets Mikoto. She smiles while greeting him and takes Itachi from him. "I'm going to put Itachi in his bed, I'll be right back." Daijiro nods his head and simply waits for her to return. She comes back a few moments later "When do you have to leave?" She asks him. He waves his hand to dismiss the question. "Well then, if you're not in a rush, I'll get you something to eat."
"Thank you Mikoto-san." After fifteen minutes of waiting he was presented with a bowl of steaming hot rice, salmon, miso soup, and green tea to drink. After a brief moment of prayer, Daijiro picked up his chopsticks and began to eat.
Daijiro knocks on the hokage's door once more before departing. "Come in" the hokage says. Daijiro opens the door and bows respectfully to the hokage. The hokage opens a drawer with files, removes one of them and gives it to Daijiro. He opens the file and looks through it reading its contents and looking at the pictures in the file.
He closes the file and looks at the hokage with a questioning gaze -not that the hokage could see it- behind his mask, but he had a feeling that the Hokage knew that he was giving him a questioning look. "Alchemy? Sir"
"You are to gather information on that and on anything else you can find that is of interest. Be sure to blend in with the crowd when you get there."
"Of course, lord hokage."
"Good then, you have a long journey ahead of you. You are dismissed"
The young anbu salutes before disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Daijiro had been traveling for two months now only stopping to rest and eat before he finally arrived. He observes the people from a roof in the city he arrived at. "I need new clothes if I am to blend in" he says to himself noticing his clothes were very different from what he assumed to be civilians based on their chakra levels. Occasionally he sees people in blue uniforms walking around. They must be military here. I'm not impressed, it looks I can beat them without even breaking a sweat. Why was lord Hokage apprehensive about them? What is so special about- Daijiro's thoughts were cut off abruptly when he heard an explosion deep within the city and he travels toward the source from the rooftops. When he arrives his eyes widen in surprise as he takes in the scene before him. Spikes were protruding from the ground and bits of ice on the ground. Earth and ice element? No this had to be the alchemy that the hokage was talking about. I can see what he was worried about. It seems that anyone can do this. That would be very dangerous to us. He continues to observe the scene until people in blue uniforms come running to investigate. Daijiro gets up from his seat on the roof and disappears in a whirlwind of leaves.
So I'm done with the prologue. I'll admit that this was a bit short, but thats how I prefer things. Short and sweet. I find that it is so much easier when the chapters are short. I honestly don't have that much of an idea of what I am going to do with this fict. Maybe I'll think of something, or if you like you can give me ideas.
So, what do you think? Good or bad? I appreciate the reviews. I appreciate constructive criticism even more!