Dreams are mystical things. Many things can happen within them that is beyond our comprehension. Many times people forget them, or they remember them because of something that strikes with them emotionally. Or, there is those times when the dreams can turn into all the doubts you've had over the years compiled into one big darkness.
This dream is called a nightmare. And Itachi is having a major one right now.
At first it was a pleasant dream of the times with Sasuke. Teaching him how to throw shuriken or shoot a bow accurately, like he had on most nights. This one, however, turned ghastly.
"Big brother, can you show me one more time how to throw the shuriken right?" Sasuke asked, giving off big puppy-dog eyes.
The older brother laughed. He motioned the kid forward by waving his hand. The second Uchiha heir ran forward with a grin. Itachi smiled and poked him in the middle of the forehead with his index and middle fingers.
"Maybe next time."
Wait. He never said that in his dreams to Sasuke. What was-
A ripple occured as the vision faded away, replacing it with a bridge and river below the bridge. Rocks were tossed around on the bridge and a massive tree sprung up from the side of it. Sasuke stood in the middle, near two girls. One with red hair looked injured, judging by the blood dribbling down the side of her mouth. The other one had pink hair, and a white cloak. Sasuke, however, was the one who caught his eye the most.
He was wearing a grey v-neck shirt with a multitude of rips and tears with it. There was dark blue pants to go with it and a summon seal wrapped around his left wrist and a black armband around the right one. What struck Itachi most were two things about him. His left eye and his belt. Sasuke's left eye had blood running down it, like he had used the Mangekyo. The belt scared him because it was the same one Orochimaru used. His little brother couldn't have run off with Orochimaru, could he? When would that have even happened? Maybe, he used him as a vessel? That would explain the similar outfit. No, Sasuke would never go off with that snake right?
Sasuke mouthed something incoherent to the girl in pink hair. She drew out a kunai. Wait, isn't she on Sasuke's team? It was Sapuko right? Or, maybe Sakuro? Aha! Sakura, that's it! So, maybe he didn't leave Konoha then, if he was still with his team?
Sakura walked forward towards the injured girl. She stopped in between the two people. Was she hesitating? Sakura's hair started to sway as Sasuke's left arm flashed with lighting chakra. Her eyes widened in surprise. His arm came up with amazing speed as he tried to jab it into her heart as Kakashi Hatake came into play.
Kakashi grabbed his arm and turned the last Uchiha around. Sasuke tried sweeping the jonin's leg, but he jumped and kicked him away. Kakashi sent ninja wire out, wrapping around Sasuke. A puff of smoke later a log ended up being subdued by the wire. Sasuke was a few yards away, safe from anymore attempts to subdue him with more wire.
"Hn. One after another." the Uchiha smirked.
"Sasuke, I've told you this before and I don't like to repeat myself. I'll say this once more. You've got to forget about revenge." Kakashi said, his eye focused, replacing any form of sleepiness it usually has.
So this whole future is all because of me? He went too far with his revenge on me? I wanted him to be a hero of Konoha, not a traitor to fufill my sick thoughts of any form of redemption.
Sasuke continued though. He laughed, going from a chuckle to a full out bursting at the sides. His laugh rang throughout the canyon, while Kakashi narrowed his eyes. Sakura's mouth opened in surprise.
"Itachi, my father, my mother, my entire clan. Bring them all here to me and I'll quit right now!" Sasuke roared in rebuttle.
What?! Sasuke was asking for him back? How..why? Nobody else knows the truth except the Konoha leadership, and they would never tell. They clutch their secrets like it would be the end of world if they didn't. Then who else knows? Wait. Madara. He must've told Sasuke... but when? I've been keeping an eye on him and Konoha affairs... it must be after I've been vanquished.
"Sasuke, I don't want to kill you."
"Do you really think you can kill me at any moment you wish? Stop acting like you're still my sensei. Go ahead and try something if you'd like, I've been just itching to kill you, Kakashi." Sasuke said as he tilted his head with a malicious grin.
Sasuke is really a traitor? Sasuke's a traitor. And its your own fault. Your. Own. Fault. All that preparation you had wasn't enough to save him. Your little brother threw his life away because you were to much of a coward to finish yourself off. You screwed up Itachi Uchiha.
Itachi woke up as his upper body jumped forward out of his cot.
He was sweating profusely and panting. Was that nightmare a glimpse into the future?
Kisame glanced over at his partner. He made a grin with his mouth that would have been scary to almost anybody else. To Itachi, as maddening as it seemed, was calming.
"Nightmares? I imagine killing your entire clan does that to you from time to time. Honestly, you should've expected it."
"Kisame. I forget, where are we?" Itachi asked, trying to compose himself.
"In the Land of Fire, between Ame and Konoha." the human-shark replied.
"May I ask for a personal favor? I would like to go to Konoha to check on my brother. We aren't on assignment. Of course, you don't have to come." Itachi asked as he watched the fire.
Kisame grinned and nodded. Itachi drew a small smile onto his face.
"I'll take over the watch. Get some rest Kisame. I won't the rest of the night, might as well put it to use."
The next morning came quick for the kin-killing duo. They packed up their camp with haste to leave for Konoha as fast as possible before they were assigned a new mission by Leader. The whole time while packing, Kisame kept glancing towards Itachi nervously. Itachi noticed this and decided to confront the problem before it spiralled out of proportion.
"Yes, Kisame?"
The fish-man jumped at being called out. He looked at Itachi sideways. Kisame gulped then decided to speak up.
"Last night, when you awoke you had your Mangekyo showing. I decided not to say anything but it scared me. You looked ready to kill someone. I was unfortunate to be right there. Ha ha ha." Kisame laughed nervously.
Itachi sighed. He would have to word this carefully to keep his persona up. Last night he slipped up in telling his partner he wanted to check on Sasuke.
"I dreamt that Sasuke actually grew strong enough to kill me. It won't happen while he is with those weaklings in Konoha, but I would like him strong enough to provide a challenge for me. Finding a balance like that is hard to do, Kisame. I just want to reassure him what he is doing is worth it."
The Kiri-nin nodded. They worked in silence after that. After they were all packed, they hit the road. They would arrive in Konohagakure by midday tomorrow.
Orochimaru laughed the hardest he had in years. Sasuke was turning out to be an interesting subject. The snake sannin had thought that he wouldn't had any connections in Konoha since he had vowed himself to revenge, but boy was he wrong. He just caught Kakashi defending the boy. Hahahaha!
Orochimaru wiped a tear from his eye. It will feel like much more of an accomplishment when he ripped those bonds right from under there noses. The total anihilation of Konoha was a total plus, but not essential.
Suddenly, an Oto spy jumped down in front of the pale man. His name was Kabuto Yakushi.
Orochimaru chuckled. Yes, things were going to be fun.
Konoha Crush indeed.
Itachi and Kisame strolled past the Konoha gate guards. The Uchiha put them into a genjutsu induced sleep. They wouldn't remember anything during the sleep other than that they were on duty and nothing noticeable happened.
"Let's find a tea shop. After that, I don't care what we do for the rest of the day, Kisame. I will check on my foolish little brother tomorrow." Itachi said nonchalantly.
"In that case, I heard of this great ramen shop in Konoha. I'm sure you've heard of it? It's called Ichiraku Ramen." Kisame grinned.
"Yes I have. Its been around for quite some time, since at least I was young."
The Akatsuki pair walked until they found a tea shop. Itachi ordered some tea to go, as a favor to Kisame. It tasted bland, almost like hot water. Well, looks as though that tea shop was a bust. They left the building.
The duo walked through the streets, suppressing their chakra to make it look like they were mercenaries or bandits just walking through the streets. THey came to the ramen shop and sat down. Kisame ordered shrimp ramen while Itachi just ordered a rice bowl. They were quietly and politefully eating.
"Hey old man. Can I have some pork ramen please." a blonde boy said loudly. Itachi's eyes snapped towards the boy. He was on Sasuke's team too right? The Kyuubi Jinchuuriki right? Smart pick, Lord Third, using both Kakashi's sharingan and Sasuke's eventual sharingan to keep the fox demon at bay.
Itachi cleared his throat, "Cook, I would like to pay for this boy's ramen."
Naruto looked at the man, surprised. He was in awe of someone just doing this random act of kindness. The blonde broke out into a big toothy grin.
"Thanks mister! My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm gonna be Hokage one day! What's your name?" Naruto asked.
Itachi and Kisame shared a glance. Should they share their real names? They would eventually hunt this boy down, after all. Well I guess it wouldn't hurt. It might raise alarms in the heads of Konoha leadership, mainly Danzo.
"My name is Itachi, and this is my partner, Kisame."
The cook tensed at the names. Naruto however didn't look fazed as he gulped down his second ramen happily.
"Are you Itachi Uchiha?" Teuchi asked.
Itachi sipped his tea quietly as he shook his head no.
"My mother was inspired by him before he... you know, went crazy." Itachi said quietly.
Teuchi nodded his head, but kept his face firm as he went back to cooking.
Naruto turned to the Akatsuki team and asked, "Itachi Uchiha? Sasuke's brother? What was he like?"
Itachi hummed, thinking about how to answer that.
Finally, he decided to speak up, "I don't really know how to answer that but from what I've heard that until the Uchiha Massacre he was a pure genius, everyone wanted to be like him."
Naruto's eyebrows raised. He looked down into his bowl with an intense glare.
"So that's why Sasuke wants to surpass him, huh?" Naruto's fists tightened into fists.
Itachi's eyes widened a bit at that statement. Sasuke did want to get strong, but he wanted to surpass Itachi's own legacy?
"Hey, thanks Itachi! You two Kisame, even though I guess we didn't talk like at all. Hehe," Naruto said sheepishly while rubbing his neck.
"Goodbye, Naruto. I have a feeling we will see each other in the future." Itachi said.
"See ya! I'm off to train with Pervy Sage!" Naruto said as he ran off.
"Jiraiya the Toad Sage?" Kisame asked, raising his eyebrows. They walked out together, careful to keep low voices.
Itachi shrugged. Last he heard, the sage was out looking for information on the Akatsuki.
Kisame shrugged as well, "I suppose you could go toe to toe with him if you needed, with your Mangekyo of course."
"Hn." Itachi grunted.
Naruto got halfway across the river when he fell in again.
"Ergahhhhh! This is soooo stupid!" the Jinchuuriki cried in frustration.
"Naruto. You're never gonna get it if you don't concentrate. Focus your chakra yadda yadda yadda." Jiraiya said waving his hand dismissively as he went back to watching his ladies.
"Ugh. Sorry Pervy Sage, I met this guy named Itachi earlier and-" Naruto was cut off.
"Itachi? What did he look like?" Jiraiya now had his full attention.
"Oh, uh, um, he had like brown hair, a cloak that had these red clouds, he even had his partner Kisame with him. I think they're together, y'know, romantically. Hehe."
The Toad Sage rubbed his chin. Itachi Uchiha and his Akatsuki partner, Kisame, are in Konoha? This is big news indeed. Especially added with the rumors of Orochimaru in the village too. This could be a big power play by Akatsuki. Last he heard Orochimaru was still apart of the criminal originazation.
"Uh, Naruto. You keep working on this. I'll come by again in time, ok? I have important things to do." Jiraiya said as he got up. "I've got to do some research on this Itachi and Kisame fellow.
SO thats done. Whew. Constructive criticism is very welcome. It might not be exactly clear on who is thinking and such, but I made this chapter thing during a 12 hour car trip to California. I still got a bit of a way, but hey I decided I'd get his out when we stopped a hotel. The idea came to me during the trip. What would Itachi do if he saw Sasuke at his (in my opinion anyway) darkest moment. This is what I think would happen. Also, this is gonna be a hobby. I'll proofread it once or twice over but other than that I'm not gonna get anything big like a beta. If you got some story ideas for this message me and I might incorporate them. I still only have the general idea in where this is going. I just hope I keep this story going as this is actually the first time I've written as much. Also, this story will mostly be from Itachi's view with little views sprinkled in to add some flavor to the story. So please enjoy and review!
(The italics are showing the thoughts they are having. its pretty sucky of me to have this at the end.)