??? P.O.V

I can hear the wind rustling my hair gently, the crow of gulls as they fly over head looking for pry. I can hear the waves crashing against the shore intermingling with the sounds of children laughing and running thru the shallow water. I open my eyes and a head of black hair covers the sun, I smile and sit up "Here to visit the beach again Sasuke?". The child giggles and nods gleefully "Yup! My big brother and his friends brought me!" he wraps his arms around me and makes sure not to step on the sweater that lays on the ground, keeping the sand from touching my sun kissed skin. I put the child down and I grab my bag, I rummage thru it for a moment before finding what i was searching for. I hold out a seashell "I found it this morning, would you like it?" It was a beautiful conch shell, about the size the boys head. It had a gorgeous iridescent purpleish blue tinge to it that made it look magical, "Can I really have it! Its so pretty, but not prettier then you!" I laughed gently at his compliment "Thank you. But nothing and no one is prettier then you! And don't let anyone tell you otherwise." I tapped his nose and told him to run along before his brother came looking. "Thank you Naru!" The boy waved as he ran to show his brother, better get moving before he comes back with more people. I close up my bag but before I can get any further then that I hear a distinct slithering sound and I look to my right to see a pure white snake moving towards my leg. I wait to see what it will do and when it wraps itself around my leg I ask it a question "What does your master want now little snake." I let my eyes flash red and the snake darts away just as I hear little foot steps running back to me and I barely withhold a flinch when the child jumps on my back. I look back, momentarily forgetting that a certain snake has made itself known again. "What are you doing, I thought you went to show your brother the shell." The kid pouts "He told me to give it back, said that I shouldn't have taken something that wasn't mine." I frown, but then I smile. "How about I come with you this time so he knows I gave it to you, hm?" Sasuke nods happily, I get up and collect my stuff before the kid starts pulling me with him. As we walk up to a group of people I hear the faint whisper coming from who I assume is Sasukes brother "Naruto" I look up at him and a memory infiltrates my mind.

Flashback

I look at the boy beside me, "Ita, I want to show you something." He nods and I take his hand. We run down to the shore together and I let go of his hand, I go looking for a shell that is perfect for it. I find it, a large conch shell. I run over to him with it "Okay. You cannot freak out alright?" He nods "Okay" I tell him to put is palms out flat facing the night sky and I place the shell in them. I put my own hands over and I take a deep breath in, and let it out slowly as my deep blue eyes swirl purple. The shell glows for a minute and when it stops Itachi is staring at it with a blank face, after a few minutes I start to worry "Ita-" "C-can I... can I have it? Please?" I nod slowly.

Flashback end.

I blink a couple times, I haven't seen him since then. Him and his family disappeared after that and never came back. "I'm sorry, what was that?" I can feel Sasukes eyes darting between the two of us. Itachi fingers his necklace wich has a piece of iridescent black shell on it, my breath catches. "I, uh, Its nothing. Sasuke, did you give the shell back?" Why wouldn't he want his brother to have it? "Oh, no its fine, I gave it to him." I ruffled his hair and knelt to his level "I have to go, okay sasuke? See you next time okay?" he nods in confusion and I get up. I smile and wave at him as I walk away, what I wouldn't give to just run straight into Itachis arms and weep, begging to be told why he left. I just hope he didn't see the tear that rolled down my left cheek when I turned the other way and walked off.

Itachis P.O.V

I watch the blonde haired boy walk away, I knew that blonde hair, I knew those eyes. I knew that boy and all I'm doing is watching as he walks away. He would only be 17 right now, I was told he has died and with those words my father had smashed the shell that I cherished the most, the item that tied me to the memory of the blonde haired boy that could make items light up along with my heart. He had only been 5 and I 8 when I was told by my father that he was murdered, found on the beach. He shattered the shell and my heart on that day. But, I had just seen him, alive and gifting my brother a very similar shell to the one that now hangs around my neck in a single shard. "Hey Itachi, you fucking good dude? Was he a whore? Did you get attached to it?" I turn a cold glare to the person I call a friend and slowly stand up "You would do well shutting your mouth Hidan, especially in front of my little brother. And if you must know, he is a friend that I thought died 13 years ago." He paled, he knew exactly who I was talking about. "Sorry." I let out a heavy sigh and eased up on my glare to face my brother "Come Sasuke, time to head home." I just hope no one saw the tear that fell down my right cheek as I walked away, holding my brothers hand.