An: So I'm finally starting to edit this shit show. I'm going to tone down Melia's bitchiness- let's face it she's a brat who needs to get her ass whooped with how I wrote her. I'm also going to try to focus a bit more on making the story less rushed in some areas, like the academy… that… I don't even know what thirteen year old me was thinking. Luckily I'm twenty now. Wow. Twenty years old meaning this story has been up for quite some time and I've barely got anything posted for it… I'm going to have to fix that.

I took a semester off college, I'm a third year. And I recently started working so hopefully I'll have more time to write now that I don't have to study all the time.

Hope you enjoy this version more.

Chapter 1: Prologue

Everyone knows the story of Sasuke and Itachi. Everyone knows how Itachi graduated from the academy at an early age and became an Anbu as a teenager. Everyone knows about the massacre. But what about if events before had been different? What if Itachi and Sasuke had a sister? This is the story of the Uchiha siblings as the world around them speeds up, as it all comes crashing down- leaving them to try to pick up the pieces.

Will they drown? Will they submit? Or will they fight to regain what was lost?

At age four Uchiha Itachi had seen war. It wasn't planned. It was supposed to be a simple errand/ mission to deliver a scroll to one of the patrols by the wall, it was a simple in village errand. It wasn't expected for the enemy to attack.

Uchiha Fugaku looks at his heir, his only son with pity. He didn't mean for his son to get caught in the war. He thought it would have been safe for his son to accompany him while he ran a message over to the patrolling guards. But one side thought manages to pop into his head. This thought is important. The thought is his wife. Why worry about his wife when his son is the one who needs him right now? Simple,

'Mikoto is going to fucking kill me.'

And how right that thought is, Uchiha Mikoto is a kind woman. Many see her as the kind, obedient wife who does as she is told. The truth is very different from that in fact. Though most only saw the obedient wife, those inside the clan know better.

They say that a strong woman is behind her man, but Fugaku would have been stupid to have believed in such things about his own wife. He knows better than to cross her. Though much could be said of the man himself-

Uchiha Fugaku is a strong leader, a strong shinobi- known as wicked eyed Fugaku. His many accomplishments through his shinobi career has brought great honor upon himself as well as the clan. It is part of the reason why he is so revered.

However, for all his strength on the battle field- Fugaku is still a married man. He is thoroughly whipped when it comes to Mikoto. They say love makes you do crazy things, that when you love someone you'd do anything to make them happy. This is doubly true for Fugaku… Especially since Mikoto is best friends with a red headed terror of an Uzumaki who knows sealing. He shudders to think of what his wifes' best friend would help her do to him once Mama learns happened to her pup.

Mikoto is a strong woman, however she has never been behind her husband. She is always right next to his side taking on everything that comes their way.

Fugaku notices a man aiming for his son and shouts out a quick warning as he increases speed, going faster then he ever had been capable of before. "Itachi close your eyes." With that swift order he cuts through the enemy who dared target his child. He leaps forward and severs the head clean. Scooping Itachi up he carries him from the battle field and to a small lake that exists within the village. He scrubs Itachi down, removing all the blood from the childs' arms, legs, face and hair. He scrubbed his own hands as well, so as to not get more blood on the boy.

"Open your eyes Itachi. It's alright now. You're safe."

"O-Otou-san?" The boys voice is shaken and his eyes are dull. His skin is pretty pale and Fugaku knows he must get his son home.

"I'm here my boy. Otou-san is here." He sends some of his men to report and holds his son in his son in his arms as he leaps over rooftops.

Landing on the porch he swiftly brings his son inside and to the bathroom. Turning on the shower head he scrubs Itachi down with hot water to chase away the chill of the lakes cold water, shampoo to wash away the scent of blood. Drying him off in a warm towel and shoving the child into one of Fugakus shirts before carrying the child to bed. Mikoto is already waiting there with food, Fugaku steps back and lets Mikoto try to get him to eat.

'He's my heir. He has to be strong so he can protect the Uchiha.' Fugaku can't help but feel sorrow over his sons' state though.

Fugaku isn't allowed home for a while after this. Itachi constantly meets up with Shisui to go see his dad over at his Hikari-obas'. Itachi and his Shisui-nii meet up and research their shared hobby. Plants, mostly so when they go camping they don't pick the wrong leaves.

After a week of Fugaku not being allowed home Mikoto finally relents to the fact that there was no possible way Fugaku could have predicted the village being attacked. Though she stands firm in her belief that the wall is no place for a child and isn't afraid to tell Fugaku this all the while forgiving him for their son seeing death and destruction.

What Fugaku and Mikoto don't know, is that this experience helps mold Itachi. Helps him form his own belief on people. It encourages him to research the meaning of shinobi, and through that history. He learns about his ancestors, about the Hokages and how the village was formed and why. Always seeking more on what it means to be a shinobi. He knows that one day he'll be expected to become a shinobi. He wants to be prepared.

This is where the story truly begins.

An: Sorry. I know this chapter is insanely short and you had to wait a while for it. I'm sure you've heard all the excuses by now. But truthfully I started a job a couple months ago and I find that besides being tired at the end of each day- I work at a daycare- I have also had another case of writers block. Luckily this one didn't last more then a few months instead of a couple years like my last one. I'm working on editing a bunch of stories so please be patient and support me however you can. I'd love to hear what you all like about the story as I go so please review. I love input.