I crouched down behind a bush, my eyes narrowed on the clearing in front of me. There was a boy standing there with long black hair, closed eyes, and pale skin. He wore a black short sleeve shirt, black pants, and ninja shoes. I glared at the boy, balancing on my toes. I took in a deep breath before springing forward and at the boy. I quickly landed on the ground a few yards from the boy and jumped up, a kunai landing in the spot I'd been at. I looked over at the boy just in time to see him appear in front of me, leg pulled back. He kicked me in the gut, sending me flying backwards into a hard object.
"Sasaui (Saw-say-you)!" the object complained, struggling underneath me.
"Sorry," I muttered. I got up, reaching toward the object, which just happened to be a boy. He had dark hair, the bangs hanging over his face, onyx eyes that were glaring at me, and pale skin. He wore a black long sleeve shirt, white shorts, and black ninja shoes.
I looked a lot like him, but that was probably because we were twins. I had dark hair like my brother, one onyx eye and one jade eye (it was weird, but when I was six, some snake spat poison into my eye; even after my father got the venom out, it stayed green), and pale skin that was a bit darker than my twins. I wore a pink short sleeve shirt, black shorts, and black ninja shoes.
My brother and I were apart of the famous Uchiha clan, the only clan to be able to use an eye Kekkai Genkai known as the sharingan. My mother was Mikoto and my father was Fugaku, who was the chief of the police force.
"Come on, Sasuke. Stop complaining and let's get him." I nodded to the person who I'd attacked earlier.
Sasuke smiled, nodding. We both looked over, smiling. We looked at each other for another moment before running at him. Sasuke ran to his right while I took his left. I jumped up and kicked at his face while Sasuke skidded to a stop, using his hand to lift himself and spun, his leg aimed at the other's.
I smiled as my kick and Sasuke's kick landing, eyes narrowing when the man disappeared. "Crap," I muttered, looking around. "Where'd he go?" I watched Sasuke close his eyes, and I started to do the same when I saw something flying from my left. "Sasuke! Move!" I jumped forward, shoving him out of the way, then jumping back. The kunai went right past my face right as arms grabbed me around the arms, pulling me into a slightly muscular chest. With narrowed eyes, I began to struggled, kicking like crazy.
"Coming, Sis," Sasuke said, running forward. The teen behind me threw a shuriken, which Sasuke jumped up to dodge. The teen pulled me back and threw me at Sasuke right before he landed, the air leaving him when I hit his stomach.
"Sorry. Again," I said. I smiled at him before getting off of him before looking back at the teen. "You ready to work on the new move we've been working on?"
Sasuke looked at me for a moment before processing what I meant, nodding when he understood. "Kay," he said. I hooked my fingers together, bending down as Sasuke pulled out a kunai. I waited until he put his foot on my hand to launch him up into the air. I quickly pulled out three shuriken, smiling as I threw them at the boy.
"Take this!" I grabbed three more and continued throwing them, following him as he flew up into the air. I watched as he reached back into his kunai pouch, pulling out the ninja knife. I heard a clang as Sasuke and the teen's kunais collided, echoing off the trees over and over again.
Sasuke landed in a crouch, a cool smile on his face, on the other side of the clearing while the teen landed in front of me. I watched as the cloth by Sasuke's arm suddenly got a cut, blood slowly leaking out of it. "Darn it! I thought I dodged!" Sasuke whined.
The teen chuckled. "Afraid not, little brother," the teen said. He smiled, walking over and ruffling his hair. "You were close, though." He smiled.
"Of course you couldn't dodge, Sasuke. It's like Itachi never misses." I rolled my eyes, knowing it was true but still hating that the fact came from my mouth.
Itachi smiled before he walked over to me, Sasuke on his heels. "Good job. To both of you," he added. "It seems like you're getting better and better," he remarked. Itachi smiled. "I may even have some competition later on in life. For now though…" Itachi shrugged, leaving the sentence hanging and Sasuke and I angered.
"Oh, shut it," I said, rolling my eyes. "Trust me, Itachi. It will take us a while to be as much of a know-it-all as you." He simply smiled before ruffling my hair. "What? It's true? Isn't it, Sasuke?" I turned to my twin, who raised his hands defensively.
"No way," he said. "You are not dragging me into yet another one of your arguments with Itachi. Last time we both got our butts kicked when you jumped at him."
I rolled my eyes. "What? You know how much I hate being called Shrimp," I said. Yes, I was only about three feet tall, maybe a bit more, and Sasuke was at least three and a half feet, but I didn't like being called Shrimp.
Itachi rolled his eyes, smiling as he said, "Okay Sasuke, Shrimp, let's get going." I ran at him, watching as he smiled and dodged.
"Sasaui's a shrimp! Sasaui is a shrimp!" Sasuke chanted, turning and running toward our house when I ran after him, continuing to chant, "You can't catch me, Shrimp!" as he ran, only making me angrier. I ran at full speed, but Sasuke, having longer legs than me, managed to go faster.
"Cheater," I muttered under my breath, and apparently hearing me, Sasuke laughed. "Jerk!" I sprinted as fast as I could, maneuvering around people when I chased Sasuke around a corner and onto a street. "Sorry," I said every time I ran into someone, some of them giving me the finger(s). I glared at the ones who did that.
By the time we got to the Uchiha compound, both me and Sasuke were doubled over and panting. "Jerk," I repeated, hitting Sasuke's so pathetically I wouldn't have even considered it a punch. After a few minutes, I straightened, Sasuke doing the same after a moment. We looked at each other for a second before we started walking toward our house. I put my hands behind my head, locking my fingers together and resting my head against them. I waved to some of my friends and happily greeted people who were close to me, such as my aunt and uncle.
"How are you already here?" Sasuke demanded as we arrived to the kitchen, glaring at Itachi while he calmly sipped steaming tea from a cup. Unlike Sasuke and me, he looked as if he'd been resting all day. Unlike him, I was focusing on the smell of chicken coming from a pot on the stove.
"Why even bother asking?" I asked, walking passed him and toward our bedroom. I rolled my eyes when Sasuke jogged passed me, skidding to a stop as he rounded a corner.
"Oh, hey Mother!" Sasuke smiled nervously as Mother stepped around the corner, scowling at Sasuke.
"What have I said about running in the house, Sasuke?" she asked. She had long black hair, onyx eyes, and pale skin. She wore a black dress under a beige apron. After a moment, Mother smiled. "Anyway, welcome back."
Sasuke gave her a huge smile. "Thanks, Mother."
"Hey, Mother!" I yelled, running up to her. "Guess what!" I started jumping up and down as she raised an eyebrow. "I finally figured out what my dream is! I decided what it was while I was coming home."
Mother raised an eyebrow. I knew she didn't see what I was going to say coming. "What is that, dear?" she asked.
"To grow taller than Sasuke so that I can call him the shrimp," I announced, glaring at Sasuke. Both him and Mother burst out laughing, which I'd wanted them to do.
"Well, Silly-head, you and your brother need to go change before you eat dinner," Mother instructed, gesturing down the hallway that led to our room.
"Okay, Mother," I said, going past her. I smiled at Sasuke, and the next second he and I were racing toward our room, Mother yelling "I just said don't run!" at us. I burst out laughing, touching the door a moment after Sasuke. "Butthead." I childishly stuck my tongue out at Sasuke.
"Baby!" I hated how he could call me that just because he was a few minutes older than me. He opened the door before I'd removed my weight from my hand, making me scream and fall face first forward.
I glared up at him as he laughed. "You'll pay for that," I said. I raced passed him, confusing my twin, and grabbed a pillow. I swung it at his head, smiling when he fell onto the ground. Sasuke got back up, nostrils flaring. As he grabbed a pillow, I smiled, grabbed the clothes I was going to wear, and raced to the bathroom. We really sucked at obeying the "no running" rule.
I changed into a baby blue T-shirt with the Uchiha mark on the arms and suck dark blue shorts they were almost black. After making sure I couldn't feel Sasuke's chalkra outside of in our room, I exited. Automatically knowing that meant that he must be in the kitchen and that dinner was ready, I walked toward the place the scent of chicken was coming from. When I came in, I saw that Itachi, Sasuke, and Mother were sitting around the table, leaving two empty spaces. One for me and one for Father. Speaking of…
"Where's Father?" I asked, sitting down beside Sasuke.
"He's in our room changing now," Mother replied, smiling at me. I smiled back lovingly. "And no eating until he gets here," she added as Sasuke attempted in vain to sneakily grab a piece of chicken.
After a few minutes, Fugaku came in wearing a long sleeve dark blue shirt and dark blue pants. On each of his arms, like my shirt, was the sign of the Uchiha. I smiled at him. "Hello, Father," I said. His only reply was a simple nod. He sat down, and the next instant me and Sasuke were filling out plates.
"So how were they today?" Father asked Itachi.
Itachi looked at Father for a few minutes. "Sasaui and Sasuke did great for their age. Sasuke even came close to hitting me with a kunai." I knew he was exaggerating, but he always tried to make us look good. It's like he could tell that we hated it how Father and other people always expected us to be as good as Itachi.
Father nodded. "That's good. Maybe they'll be as good as you one day." See! There he goes, and he's only been home for, what, five minutes? Since it was my and Sasuke's turn to wash dishes, we had to stay and clean while Itachi, Mother, and Father walked off. I absolutely hated chores. And after that Sasuke had to take the trash out while I swept and mopped. We finished in about an hour since we both had to take showers after that.
"Okay, kids. Off to bed," Mother said.
With a sigh, both me and Sasuke trudged off to bed. I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, but I also knew that Sasuke would be able to. I was too excited. The day after tomorrow we would be entering the Academy.
Sasuke almost instantly went to bed after he laid down. I just stared at the ceiling though. I smiled as I thought about becoming a genin. It would be amazing. I almost felt like getting up and jumping up and down with excitement. When I heard the sound of footsteps, I closed my eyes. The door opened and the footsteps got closer. I felt cold lips touch my forehead. I opened my eyes slightly just in time to see Itachi bend down and kiss Sasuke on the forehead as well. I smiled slightly.
Itachi walked toward the door, becoming a mere silhouette. "Go to bed, Sasaui," Itachi said without looking back. I got onto my elbows.
"How'd you know I was awake?" I asked.
Itachi simply glanced back and smiled. "I know more things than you'll ever know," was his only reply before he turned and walked out, shutting the door behind him. With a sigh, I closed my eyes. I stayed like that until I finally went to sleep.