Dear readers,

This is my first story here so please be nice in your reviews. I do understand criticism but hope you put good feedback in as well.

I rated M because there will be violence in some chapters and possibly a lemon.

I do not own Naruto.

Thanks for reading.

Itachi was heading back to the Uchiha compound, for a five year old he was very self-sufficient. He had been practicing outside the compound so no one would see the high level jitsu he had been practicing. In truth he could perform them adequately for a week but he knew nothing but perfection would satisfy his father. Although, nothing really seemed to satisfy his father when it came to training. Even now Itachi could picture the glare his father would have given him had he known that Itachi had stopped his training early. Itachi; however, was satisfied that his training had gone well as he had not made a single mistake and cut the time it took to preform the jitsu in half.

Itachi rationalized this was good enough and now he headed home where he was needed by his mother even though she never said it. In general he loved being near the calm composed woman whenever he got the chance, but right now it was even more import. Mikoto was very, very pregnant and Shuiri had told Itachi that 'she could pop at anytime'. Itachi felt he needed to be there just in case something happened to his beloved mother, he needed to protect her and he knew that once his baby brother came his alone time with his mother would be cut in half if not more. His father had started shooing him away from his mother a year ago and now every moment he got with just her was precious.

And so he left the training grounds with haste, he had trained for three hours and felt that anything could happen in that time frame. In his rush, Itachi did not pay attention as he rounded a wooden fence corner and abruptly fell back when he crashed into something warm, big, and soft.

"Whoa, are you alright kid?"

Itachi looked up into the greenest eyes he had ever seen before. The face of the woman was unfamiliar, which didn't really surprise him, as she was obviously a civilian if her clothes were any indication. She had long blonde hair, a friendly face, was surprisingly pregnant and seemed to have been too hungry to go home and eat her snack, as she had already opened the container of sweets and looked to be about half way through them.

Itachi stood and bowed fluidly, "I am fine. I apologize for running into you ma'am; I was not paying attention to my surroundings. You have my word I will not let it happen again."

The woman lifted an eyebrow, "No harm done, I have some extra padding right now so I didn't really feel it. Where were you running off to anyway?"

Her question reminded Itachi of his original rush and he quickly explained, "I was on my way home, there are responsibilities that I must see to immediately."

If possible her eyebrow went higher, "responsibilities? You can't be more than six. You should slow down and play, you don't want to grow up too fast."

This time it was Itachi's eye that lifted and his mouth dropped into a deep frown, "I do not have time to waste playing."

"Uchihas, always think they know everything," muttering to herself the woman stared at the intense little boy in front of her.

His eyes narrowed and his face darkened, "how did you know I was a Uchiha?"

Throwing back her head the woman laughed, "How could I not know you were a Uchiha? Not only are you wearing the Uchiha crest on your back, but you also look of one. Not to mention my husband is a chunin so I've had to deal with your clan when he is partnered with one of them." She said the word 'deal' as if it was one of the hardest things in life she had had to endure. And while Itachi could understand that, he had the pride of his family and quickly opened his mouth to defend them. But before he could say anything the woman paled, gasping she doubled over in pain.

Itachi's eyes widened, "you aren't going to 'pop' are you?" He didn't know what he would do if she did, as he had never seen anyone 'pop' and did not know what the proper etiquette was for someone popping.

The woman still hunched over lifted her blonde head, "no…not yet. My son is just trying to prove he will be a shinobi like his father when he is born. Either that or he will be a champion wrestler, his kicks are already very strong." She sighed and slowly lowered herself to the ground using the fence as her backrest as well as for shade. Rubbing her stomach she continued, "I have no doubt that he will break hearts no matter what he does. His father is just like that too."

Curious, Itachi tilted his head and voiced the question he had planned to ask his mother if he hadn't gotten shooed away by his father, "how do you know it will be a boy?"

Beginning to eat her sweets once again the woman smiled at the cute little boy in front of her, "the doctor told me." Patting the ground next to her the woman explained about the different ways a doctor could tell what the sex of a baby was. When she finished Itachi was sitting next to her with a frown once again on his little face, "there is a chance for error. The baby could be a girl."

"True but the actual chance of error is small enough that I believe them. Plus, I know it's a boy…mother's instinct and all that."

She looked down at the rest of her sweets knowing that she shouldn't eat them all, but not feeling the urge to restrain herself, "hey…since I taught you something, I need a favor."

Itachi sat a little straighter and solemnly answered, "what is it? If I can be of service, I will do my best."

"This kid is a hoot!"

Laughing on the inside she held up a dango stick, "save me from myself. I don't want my little Sakuya to be addicted to sweets before he is even born."

Itachi eyed the candy, while it was true he had never had dango before he thought it smelled nice and if he didn't like it he could always find a way out of eating it. He reached for it even as his father's words ran through his head 'it could be poisoned!' Itachi looked up at the beautiful green-eyed lady still smiling at him. "No, she would not poison me." He took the stick and nibbled a little, then quickly gobbled the rest. "Its delicious", he thought.

The woman's smile grew, "I thought you would like it. Well I must be off little Uchiha, I still have lots to do today and there isn't a lot of day left to do it in." she carefully climbed to her feet and continued to walk on her way.

Itachi starred after her. Today had seen many of Itachi's firsts; first time trying dango, first time all his new jitsu went right, and last but not least Itachi's first love. As Itachi watched the woman round the corner he silently vowed to find her son later, he would protect him for her. He had forgotten to ask her name but that was okay, he was sure there would be a resemblance and he also knew what the boy's name was going to be "Sakuya."