By the way. This is NOT YAOI OR SLASH OR INCEST. This is a very clean FAMILY story! :) Enjoy!
PROLOGUE.
Itachi Uchiha, age 10, was walking slowly towards the Uchiha District, ANBU uniform still on. The mission was once again completed successfully. Though young as he was, he had the potential to be the ANBU Captain, as well as the Uchiha clan's head. Everyone looked up to him with awe and admiration. Everyone wanted to be him.
The only problem was, he didn't want to be him. He didn't want to be the clan's puppet for glory. He didn't want this much attention. He didn't want his future to be chosen by anyone but him. In short he just wanted to be…himself.
Now, his family was a nice and caring one, though they let themselves be consumed by their hunger for pride and glory, not wanting any flaws or mistakes. His father, for instance, would always be as STRICT as he is. He vaguely remembered the time when his father wasn't so stressed up from work. When he wasn't all stressed up being the clan's head. When he was just a normal father of two. He missed that father. What feared him the most was if his father would turn into someone other than caring, loving, or anything being…a father.
Then there was his ever-loving mother. Mikoto Uchiha, the smiling mother of the prodigy, never fails to make him smile, despite being busy. Though she is an Uchiha, she doesn't really show her thirst for excellence like all the other clan members. She cares for her family as well as her two angels. She never ceases to care for them, setting her own work aside. Though sometimes, Itachi didn't fail to notice that his mother nearly did everything his father wanted her to do, even set the boys aside for the clan.
This was what happened nowadays. Clan first, everything else later.
(sigh) Whatever. It was as if every tie we form with anything special to us must be cut, or broken, in order to concentrate on the clan. Itachi entered the Uchiha district's gates, waving to the guards as he passed by.
Then there was his little brother, Sasuke. The cute chibi at five, never ceases to make me smile, even when I had a bad day. I love him more than anything else because he's the only one who understands me. He's the only one who accepts me, as weak as I am right now. He's the person I can open up to and share almost everything. He's…my only brother.
Though he doesn't know it, the clan hates him. And I despise them for that. They label him as carefree. Who could blame such a child at five years old, not be carefree?! They also point him out as weak. How could they say that about him? He was a child for goodness' sake. How can a child understand strength, if he's always put down by everyone?
This has always made me despise the clan's pride all the more. They better not hurt Sasuke, physically, or emotionally. He's my bestfriend, yet I didn't tell him what I heard the clan say about him, it'll only break his fragile heart. But if he does find out, I'll be there for him, to support him. If he wants to train with me, I will. If he wants to study with me, I will. Anything for my little brother. I guarantee it.
As Itachi neared his house—
"No! Stop it! Please!"
His heart beated faster. He knew that voice too well: Sasuke's. With that he quickly entered their lighted house.