Okay, guys. Here's the first chapter of Even Angels Fall. I am so crazy about this story - even moreso than my other fanfics for some reason. By the time this story is over, I can gaurantee that you will not be able to think of Itachi the same way again (Even though Madara already changed people's views of Itachi). This is the romantic, funny, and tragic untold story of Itachi.
~Oh, and something you all might now know, but right now around the time Sasuke is born, Itachi and his grade are roughly around the age of 6.~
I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Disclaimer:I do not own Itachi or any other of the characters that belong in Naruto. However, I take full ownership of the mysterious girl :)
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Itachi paced around the room for a while. He was getting more and more nervous with every passing minute that someone hadn't come home yet.
His best friend, Shisui, stared up at him from his position on the floor. He had tried a few times to get Itachi to sit with him, but to now avail. He was getting annoyed with Itachi's pacing.
"Will you give it a rest already? You walking back and forth isn't going to make your dad come home faster."
Itachi turned and looked at him. "You're right." He then took the open spot next to Shisui. He stared at the door, barely blinking.
Shisui sighed. He had never seen Itachi like this before. He was usually calm and collected, but now it was like anything could set him off. He never knew that Itachi would be this affected by getting a new baby brother.
The silence dragged on. Itachi continued to stare at the door. When is father going to get here? He had wanted nothing more than his father to come through the door, so he could go see his mother and new baby brother. He wasn't so sure how his new brother would react to him. But, he did hope that he liked him. Itachi was lonely in this house. He always had Shisui, but they didn't live together. He felt that his father put too much pressure on him. He would feel better when he had someone in the house to be with.
Shisui broke Itachi's train of thought when he asked, "what do you think they'll name him?"
Itachi shrugged. "I don't know. They haven't really talked about names around me."
"Let's just hope it isn't something that means weasel," Shisui said and laughed. He had hoped to get Itachi out of his worried state. It seemed to work.
"Shut up." Itachi lightly hit the top of his head and smirked.
"Hey! Who said it was okay for you to hit me?"
Shisui tackled Itachi to the ground. The two boys continued to roll around the floor - trying to best his opponent. They were so busy that they didn't notice when the door opened and Fugaku stepped in.
Fugaku was baffled to see his son acting this way. "Enough!"
The sound of his father's voice made Itachi stop what he was doing. He turned to see his father, looking a little annoyed.
However, the look he was receiving didn't matter. He rushed to his father's side. "Can I go to the hospital now?"
"Yes." He then turned his attention to Shisui. "We'll drop you off at home on the way."
Shisui nodded. He never liked speaking to Fugaku. He didn't understand why everyone thought that he was so great. He was so cold towards others. Even if he praised Itachi a lot, Shisui could tell that he was a very selfish person.
He had told Itachi once before how he felt about the man. Itachi had smiled at him, not yell at him like he had expected, and told him, "I know." And that was all that was said on the matter.
Shisui knew that Fugaku was not a man to be trusted.
Walking through the streets of the Uchiha compound, Itachi's eyes shown with questions. How was his mother? What was his brother like? Did he look like him? Then the most important question that Itachi wanted answered ran through his mind.
Will he like me? Or hate me?
They were now in front of Shisui's house. Shisui waved good bye and ran to the front door, where his mom opened the door for him. He was finally happy to be away from Fugaku.
Itachi and his father made their way to the hospital. Itachi smiled when the building came into view. He was so close. Even though he knew he was almost there, the walk to the entrance seemed to take forever.
When they were finally standing at the door to his mother's room, Itachi rushed in. He didn't even knock he was so excited.
He stood next to his mother's bed and looked down in awe at the bundle in her arms. Mikoto smiled at him and then returned her gaze to her newborn baby. Itachi slowly brought his arm up and gently placed it on the bundle. His eyes stayed fixed on the sleeping baby's face. He had never seen something so innocent, so pure, in his life.
"He's so…small," Itachi said in wonder.
"Would you like to hold him?" Mikoto gently smiled and began to place the baby in Itachi's arms. He held his arms awkwardly, not knowing how to hold a baby. This made Mikoto slightly laugh. "Here," she said and put his arms in the correct position.
Itachi smiled at her and then looked down at the bundle in his arms. On his head was a little bit of black hair that looked like it would be unruly when he got older.
Itachi continued to stare down at his brother as he asked his mother, "what's his name?"
Mikoto smiled. "Sasuke."
"Sasuke." Itachi slightly nodded. He was glad that they hadn't named him anything weird. Itachi smiled and bent his head closer to Sasuke. "Hello, Sasuke. I'm your older brother, Itachi. And I'm going to be the best big brother there ever was."
Just then, Sasuke's eyes slowly opened, as if he was responding to what Itachi had said. Dark eyes stared up at the man that held him. They shone with trust.
"His eyes opened!" Mikoto said happily. "He must like the sound of your voice, Itachi."
Itachi smiled at his mother. If what she said was true, then Sasuke must not hate him. He was so happy.
A hand slapped down on Itachi's shoulder. Itachi's grip tightened to make sure that he wouldn't let go of Sasuke. He then looked over at his father standing next to him.
Itachi slightly glared at his father and then looked away. Why did he have to do that? What if I dropped him?
"Time to go, Itachi. You have school tomorrow."
Itachi slowly nodded and handed Sasuke back over to his mother. He said good bye to her and took one last, long look at Sasuke before he was ushered away by his father.
Why does he have to ruin everything?
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"Sasuke?" Shisui whispered.
Itachi nodded.
"Well, I have to admit. It's better than being named after a weasel-"
"Uchiha Shisui!"
Shisui jumped and turned towards the front of the room. A sheepish grin on his face.
"Don't think I can't hear your lame excuse for whispering!" Some classmates snickered at this. "Now, shut up and pay attention!"
"Yes, sensei," he said and waited for the sensei to turn around. When he finally did, Shisui turned his head towards Itachi. "How come you never get in trouble?"
"Shisui! I said shut up!"
A small blush spread on his cheeks as more of his classmates laughed at him. He turned to see Itachi smirking at him. He mouthed something at the smirking boy.
Itachi chuckled at what Shisui had just mouthed. He was very good at reading lips and what Shisui had said was 'you suck'.
"Not as much as you," Itachi whispered back at him.
Shisui smiled and looked back at the sensei. This would be the day that The Uchiha Itachi got into trouble. But, to his great disappointment, the teacher didn't notice Itachi's whispering. Baffled, he whispered, "how do you do that?"
"That's it, Shisui! Lunch detention!"
Itachi continued to smirk as he watched his friend groan.
The lunch bell rang and the students got up from their seats. Itachi got up and smirked down at his friend.
"I hope you have fun."
"Yeah, yeah. Just go eat your lunch."
Still smirking, Itachi turned and walked out of the room. He walked over to his favorite tree and ran up the trunk and onto a branch. He stopped smirking once he remembered that he didn't have a lunch.
His mother makes him his lunches; He had never had to make his own lunch before, so it never occurred to him that today was any different.
He put his back against the trunk of the tree and swung his left leg off of the branch. He placed his hand over his growling stomach and sighed. He was so hungry.
"Hey, you! The one with the hungry tummy!"
Itachi looked down and saw a girl with long black hair and deep blue eyes. He was confused that she was talking to him; he had never met her before.
"What?" His voice sounded king of harsh. He was angry because his stomach had just grumbled again.
The girl placed her hands on her hips. "Don't get angry with me. I was going to give you food, but maybe you don't want it anymore."
"…Sorry."
"Ah, so you still want it then?"
Itachi continued to look down at the girl from his spot of the branch. "What is it?"
The girl lifted her bento box to show him. "I have an extra onigiri."
Itachi jumped down and held his hand out to the girl. She then gave him the food. He was surprised she had offered to give him food in the first place, but he was more surprised to see that she had an onigiri. They were one of his favorite foods.
He took a bite and swallowed. The little bit of food seemed to make his stomach stop complaining. He looked back at the girl, who was smiling and watching him.
She began to laugh.
"What's so funny?"
"You," she answered bluntly. "I've never seen anyone jump out of a tree that fast for an onigiri."
Itachi didn't really know how to respond to that. The only person whoever really laughed at him before was Shisui. And now this girl, who he didn't even know, was laughing at him.
He finished the onigiri. "Thanks for the food." He turned and walked back up the tree and sat back down on his branch. He looked down and saw that the girl was still there, staring up at him.
"Do you want something?"
"Um…well, I was wondering if you could show me how you climbed that tree?"
He could see the want in her eyes. "Is that why you gave me your food?"
She shook her head. "No, I saw you climb the tree when you first got out here." She smiled and then said, "I gave you my food when I heard your stomach grumble."
"Aa."
"So…will you teach me?"
Itachi stared down at the girl for a few seconds and then nodded his head. "Sure." He joined her back on the ground.
The girl was beaming at him.
She reminds me of mother. The way she smiles all the time.
Itachi started to explain how he climbed the tree. "First, you-"
He was cut off when the warning bell rang.
The girl frowned. "Darn." However, she quickly brightened. "I'll see you tomorrow. You can show me then!" She turned and ran off towards her classroom.
When she ran her hair moved, giving Itachi a small glimpse of her back.
He stared in amazement at the girl's retreating form. Right in the middle of her shoulder blades was the proud clan symbol of the Uchiha.
Who is she?
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"I don't know what his problem is! Now, he gave me lunch detention for the rest of the week!" Shisui exclaimed to Itachi. They were now at their seats, waiting for class to start.
"Why? What did you do now?"
"I didn't do anything! All I said was that if he wasn't so boring, I wouldn't be whispering in his class."
Itachi shook his head. "And you wonder why you get into trouble." He paused and remembered about his lunch. "Do you know a girl our age who's an Uchiha?"
"Well, there's a few. What does she look like?"
"She has black hair and dark blue eyes."
"There's gotta be something else about her. Maybe a scar on her face or something?"
"No."
"Well, I don't know what to tell you. What you said pretty much describes most Uchihas."
Itachi thought about that. He's right.
"Well, it's not important. I'll see her tomorrow."
"When?"
"Lunch. She wants me to teach her to climb trees."
"Man! I won't even get to see her."
"Too bad for you." Itachi smirked and went silent as the sensei entered the room to begin class.
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Oh, so I'm not really sure how old babys are when they open their eyes, but I'm thinking that the day they're born is too soon. But, remember people, it is a fanfic and Sasuke needs to be able to open his eyes and make noises for the sake of the story. Besides, I love thinking about Sasuke making adorable baby noises, don't you?
Okay, so there you have it! The first chapter of Even Angels Fall, the one I've mentioned in a few of my other fanfics (That I swear I will update as soon as I can! I promise, so just hold on a little longer).
Anyway, I really like this plotline I have lined up for this story. I really want to make this a truly, beautiful fanfic and I hope that you will read through it to the end.
As always, Review!!!
~LazyApples