Hey guys

I had been reading a lot of Itachi fanfiction and felt that I want to write a little story about him as well

I don't own Naruto

Critics please critique

Chapter 1

"There's just one more thing I need to say to you. You don't ever have to forgive me, just know whatever decision you decide, I'll love you always" bringing his forehead close to touch Sasuke's forehead. His brother's eyes had one of shock, but sadness knowing that he'll be alone once again. 'Naruto, I place my trust in you' was his last thought as the reanimation finally canceled, sending himself back to the nether life.

His conscious seemed to be stirring. Opening his eyes, he quickly closed them again as the glare was causing them to be sensitive. 'What's going on' he thought as he slowing opened his eyes again and looked around; everywhere looked to be surrounded by white, like being stopped in a flow of time.

"So you have finally decided to join me" came a voice behind him. Turing his head slowly, he saw an old man with pale-skin and wrinkles. Spiky, shoulder-length, white hair, with a chin-length braid hanging in front of his left ear. He sports a goatee that's down to his waist. He has horn-like protrusions on his forehead, but what stood really from all that was the Rinnegan eyes, and lacked eyebrows, along with a Rinnegan marking in the centre of his forehead. His palms showed a light-coloured circle representing Yang in his right palm, and a dark-coloured crescent moon representing Yin in his left palm.

"My name is Hagoromo Otsutsuki, and you're quite an interesting young man" the man named Hagoromo said.

"…..The six sage", Itachi said it not as a question, but merely fact.

"Well, I suppose that's one of my nicknames, but I'm not here to talk about myself, I brought you here to give you a proposal" he said.

"…." Itachi just remained quite as he sorted the information in his head. He is dead, and yet he seems to be in an area where time has no effect. The sage said he has a proposal, but could he think he could do at this point?

"I know what you're thinking, but I can make you capable of fixing things so this situation doesn't happen again. You're interesting because even though you a descendant of my first son, your personality and strength derives from my second son. As you know of the Senju and Uchiha rivals, they are decendants from my first and second son, being Senju as my second son, and Uchiha being my first son. My first believed power was the key to peace, but my second son believed love was the key to peace. On my death bed I picked my second son to be my successor. My first, filled with bitterness and envy, did not acknowledge him and they were at a constant battle between each other, which eventually became the Senju and the Uchiha's. The first time my son's reincarnated was through Hashirama and Madara, and now I believe it's happed again through your brother and his friend. The fight and the history just keeps going, they start liking each other, just to fight in the end." He said with sadness in his eyes.

"What does that have to do with me?" Itachi spoke in an emotionless, controlled voice.

"If you could go back and change your choices, would you? Or should you is the question, because I feel that you believing in both power and love can truly help save this shinobi world, and help find a way to destroy the cycle of hatred."

The question caught him a bit off guard, but he already knows he would; every decision, even if he was considered a prodigy, had been a mistake, and all he could do now was leave it in the hands of Naruto.

"If you're willing, I'll send you back through time before you became a genin in order to give you time on how to fix the situation. Even if this war is finished, there still will be a great deal of loss for the sake of bringing peace."

Itachi knows what he would decide, even with all of the suffering of growing up early, of becoming a shinobi as a kid, killing at age 11, killing his family to prevent a war within his home, becoming a criminal, dying at the hands of his brother, brining brought back to life as a tool, he knows what his decision is.

"I accept" there was no hesitation in his voice.

"Very well then, come over here" He said.

Itachi came to where the sage was, "hold out your hands", Itachi held his hands and the sage put his palms on top of his.

"I shall give my power for you to hold on to, you aren't a incarnation of either of my sons so you won't be able to use it, but once you deem a situation worthy and you deem either your brother or his friend acceptable, you can give these to them" what was placed were the yin and yang signatures on his hands.

"Only you will be able to see it, now close your eyes" Itachi shut them. He began to glow once again.

"You will be sent sometime during your time at the academy, my only words left to you are good luck; there will not be a second chance" was all he heard before his conscious faded away.

Waking up suddenly, he could feel the sweat on his forehead. Wiping it away, it suddenly dawned onto him that his hands were small. He got out of bed, and walked to the washroom to get a look at his face; his face looked like a kid. Testing it out, he activated his sharingan; the mangekyo was still fully there with perfect vision. He started to feel the strain and turned it off. It seemed to him that he was still capable of using his abilities due to the memories and spiritual side of his chakra, however, since his body was that of a child's his physical half was lacking.

Crying could be heard from the other room, and he quickly went to it. His heart nearly jumped at what he saw; baby Sasuke in a crib, crying like any baby. He gently went to pick him up, and quietly put him in his arms. Sasuke immediately stopped, and opened his eyes; they innocently were looking at Itachi.

"ahhh" Sasuke gurgled as he stretched his arm and grabbed Itachi's nose.

Thinking about his brother before the reanimation stopped, and then the Sasuke grabbing his nose now made the whole thing hilarious to Itachi.

"Seems he quieted down, he's already attached to you Itachi-chan" said a voice he hadn't heard in nearly a decade. Turning his head, he saw his mom in her night gown; his heart twisted with realization that she was alive.

"Itachi-chan, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" his mom asked.

Crying? He didn't think he was crying as he brought a hand to his face; he felt the wetness in his hands. The last time he cried was when he finished killing off his clan, and Sasuke threw a kunai at him.

He was jolted out of his thoughts as a hand was wiping his eyes away, and then held his left cheek. His mom was always a gentle nature and it just calmed him down.

"….Gomen, I woke up and heard Sasuke cry" Itachi said lamely. He didn't remember much of how he acted as a kid, but figured he showed more emotion than he was used to.

"He just feels calm with you, always looking out for him, its funny how he'll be 1 next month" was all she said.

"Ah"

"Why don't you let him sleep with you tonight Itach-chan, don't worry I won't say a word to your dad" said his mom

"Hai" and with that he returned to his room with Sasuke in hand.

Sasuke was asleep before lying him down on his bed. He got in on the left and held Sasuke close. It had happened he was back in the past, and since Sasuke was almost 1 it meant in a few months he'd graduate into a genin. He needed to remember more and figure out what to do, but tonight he was content that there was a chance not just for the future, but perhaps for the clan as well. Perhaps he could find a way to convince his dad not to deal with the coup, and if not he'll make sure to let Sasuke know this time if it turns out to be repeating itself again. 'This time I won't treat you like a child, if I can't change the clan, then I know you will be able to' thought Itachi, and also, he'll make sure Sasuke grows up to be attached to the village as well.

Looking at his hands, he realized it wasn't just Sasuke he needed to look out for. 'Naruto, I promise later on I'll introduce you to my brother and make sure you're not alone this time'

Well I feel it was a bit rushed this chapter, but can't decide on what

anyway hope the first chapter was enjoyable

another note is that this is not my main focus, the other two, especially the Unexpected survivor are the ones i'm truly focused on writing so this story won't really be consistent on updates like the other two on a weekly basis. I will do my best to not take too long on writing them though.