Growing Up Uchiha Style

"Kagari, Tou-san wants to see you." Itachi Uchiha, my elder brother, called up as I sat in a tree. My groan was matched by that of my best friend Rin Uzumaki, who was using my lap as a pillow at the moment.

"What does he want? If this is another attempt at controlling who my friends are he can bugger off. Kaa-san doesn't mind it so why the hell should he?" I demanded as Rin rolled of my lap and landed at the base of the tree. I followed being careful not to hit her and looked at an amused Itachi in annoyance.

"I better head home anyway since I have no doubt Naruto has been caught by now." Rin said as she pulled a leaf out of her blood red/blond tipped hair before waving goodbye and running off. "See you later Ka-kun."

"Later Rin-chan." I called back before looking at the smirk on Itachi's face. "What?"

"Oh nothing, I just realised why Kaa-san doesn't mind you being friends with one of the Village Pariahs. Come now, Tou-san will be getting impatient if we take much longer." Itachi said making me blink at him in confusion before following him through the Village ignoring the mixture of arse-kissing and untrusting looks sent our way as the First and Third Born of the Head of the Uchiha.

"About time, you can leave Itachi." Fugaku said as we entered our Home to find him sitting in the kitchen. Itachi bowed to him and left as I moved to the kitchen to learn why he wanted to see me. "Follow me, it is time you had your chakra unlocked and learnt the Grand Fireball Jutsu. I trust you have been practicing Handseals in the mean time."

"Yes Tou-san, I practice them several hours a day." I said neglecting to mention that most of that was done with Rin where we would do half a seal each with both hands. It was difficult at first but it did great for our multitasking.

"Good, for me to unlock your coils I need you to sit in a meditational trance and once you've found your chakra I will inject some of mine into you. The combination will unleash your chakra and help you feel the flow." He said as he led me out to the Pond in our back garden often used by the Clan as they tried to become an adult of the Clan. I sat at the edge of the wooden dock and did as asked since it would benefit me. It didn't take me long to find it, I had been waiting for this since he unlocked Sasuke's, and let out a gasp when I felt him kick start the flow of chakra.

"Whoa, this feels awesome." I said with wide eyes at the feeling of chakra before I forcibly shut it down knowing the dangers of chakra exhaustion.

"You reined it in yourself, that's good. The Handseals are Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse then Tiger. Build up the chakra in your lungs and breathe it out after you're finished with the seals. Until you learn more control I suggest using your fingers to direct it. I would rather you didn't teach this to the Female Uzumaki but I know you will so I will have a Clan Member watch over your training sessions." I stumbled a little and blushed at getting caught but I didn't deny the claims. "For now try the Jutsu."

ASU

"So why are you still training in that Jutsu?" Shisui Uchiha, my escort and training overseer, asked curiously as I ran through the Handseals yet again and expelled a small Fireball.

"You mean aside from the fact that it's a pitiful version of the Jutsu? The more I use it the better I am with it and hopefully I can get rid of all the handseals. I mean seriously, I spend at least four seconds on handseals and I doubt anyone is going to wait that long before punching me in the face." I said between pants knowing I better not try for another Fireball yet.

"I'm pretty sure Naruto would. How do you make this look so easy?" Rin asked going through the handseals and barely getting a flame.

"My guess is that you aren't Fire natured like most Uchiha are, hell I doubt Sasuke is considering the difficulty he's having is almost as bad as you are having." Shisui said rummaging through his pouch for something. I deadpanned as he brought out five pieces of thicker than normal paper. "These are chakra papers. If you channel your chakra into them like so…" He took a piece in his left hand and it burst into flames. "…it shows you your Nature. Unlike what people say everyone can use all five but to different degrees so I want you both to find your two most proficient Natures."

"And how do we do that if channelling chakra only does the most attuned Nature?" I asked sarcastically as I took two pieces and used one getting a burning paper like he did. A quick glance to Rin showed she had a wet piece of paper which explained why she had such trouble.

"Just think of holding your Fire/Water back as you channel chakra and it should get you your second Nature." I shrugged and did as he suggested and blinked as the second paper crinkled while Rin's split in half.

"Huh, you two could be the most annoying of enemies or the greatest team." Shisui said confusing us before grabbing a stick and drawing the Kanji for all five Natures in the dirt. "Each nature feeds another or snuffs another out. Rin's Water counters your Fire and her Wind counters your Lightning. However, Wind can feed Fire and I don't think I need to tell you what happens if something wet is struck with lightning."

"Awesome!" Rin said as she shared a toothy grin with me before turning bright red and looking away much to my confusion.

"However, there is something I need to teach you before you enter the Academy in a few days. Something all Shinobi and Kunoichi need to know before they embark on the hard path and while Itachi doesn't want me to teach you this I believe you both really need to know." Shisui said solemnly but I could see that he was trying not to laugh.

"Well if you think we need to know then just tell us." Rin said making me groan inwardly as she hated things being kept from her. For some reason she believed that what you didn't know could hurt you which I reluctantly agreed with. The problem was I knew we would regret listening to Shisui but there was no way I was going to let Rin go through this alone.

ASU

"What did you do to my Sister?!" Naruto screeched at me as we stood outside of the Academy. I ignored the fact that everyone turned to look at us while I looked away from him as I remembered Shisui's 'lesson'. He took us to a Brothel and had the workers give us the 'Kunai and Sheath' talk with them using there own bodies to punctuate the lesson. I could barely look at Rin afterwards because every time I did my eyes were drawn to her body which, according to the workers, was growing nicely.

"It wasn't anything I did, Naruto. She didn't get hurt just incredibly embarrassed." I said forcing myself to turn back to him and noticing he wasn't impressed with my reasoning.

"I can attest to that Uzumaki-kun, Shisui is going to be in big trouble for that stunt when he shows up." Mikoto said with something I didn't recognise in her eyes as she looked at him. Naruto reluctantly accepted her word as he had never liked the fact that I was his Sister's best friend. I put it down to the fact that he didn't get the full attention of the one that had been through thick and thin with him rather than any true dislike of me.

"Where's Itachi, Kaa-san?" Sasuke asked clearly not interested in the drama Naruto was making. I rolled my eyes at my elder twin wondering why he followed our elder brother like a lost puppy whenever he was around. I idolised the teen but there was no way I could match or surpass him if I was walking in his footsteps like Sasuke was want to do.

"He took a late mission yesterday from the Hokage. He'll make it up to you when he comes back." Mikoto said but I could tell she wasn't happy with the Hokage or Itachi, in fact not many of the Clan was happy these days. "If you want I could teach you some shuriken moves, along with Kagari, Rin and possibly Naruto." I didn't mind the fact that this was the first of me learning about this as I was always happy to learn from her.

"I want Itachi to teach me." Sasuke whined making Naruto's look of wonder at being included turn to sheer disbelief and a little anger.

"Oh, you're such a baby. At least that means more learning for us. Do you want to join, Naruto?" Rin said having come over to calm Naruto down. He nodded shyly making me blink at him in confusion before shrugging. He was going to join our training which would make Rin happy and he wouldn't be making trouble for me. It was a win-win situation.

ASU

"Kagari-kun, can you explain to me why you crippled one of your Chunin Sensei before setting the other on fire." Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage, asked tiredly as he rubbed his forehead while I looked entirely unrepentant despite Mikoto giving me a disapproving look.

"I don't know about you but when someone calls my best friend a demon whore and gives her detention for things others did before sending her out of class when something important is to be taught. I didn't like this so I complained to the Headmaster and got laughed out of his office. Naturally that meant I had to deal with it myself since Rin didn't want to get kicked out of the Academy for 'starting trouble'." I said sarcastically showing what I thought of the idiot's lack of intelligence.

"Do you have proof of any of this?" He asked looking very angry making me snort.

"Just ask anyone from the class and then ask Rin and Naruto. Hell, get a Yamanaka and rummage through my head if you have to." I said annoyed because how could I have proof and who would believe a six year old over an adult?

"Why didn't you come to me?" Mikoto asked with an angry look towards the Academy.

"While you would have believed me initially they would have done everything they could to make me out to be a liar and people tend to believe adults over kids." I said with a shrug making her sigh through her nose. Before more could be said the door slammed open revealing a very panicked Rin.

"Please don't punish Ka-kun for looking out for me!" She pleaded at a volume only matched by Naruto proving that they were related. "Those Sensei at the Academy kept on picking on me and Naruto and the Headmaster wouldn't do anything. Ka-kun has a slight temper." The last part was whispered but we all heard it making the adults chuckle.

"I must punish him otherwise it wouldn't be fair, he did attack people." Hiruzen said making her deflate before he turned to me. "Your punishment is to take Anger Management Sessions with Inoichi Yamanaka and for you to tutor Rin and Naruto, if they want you to, all through the Academy." I nodded knowing it was best not to protest the 'punishment'.

ASU

I frowned as I entered the Uchiha Estate after a tutoring session with Rin, Naruto threw a water balloon in my face when I asked about tutoring him, clearly noticing the odd sound, or rather the fact that there was no sound despite the fact that several shops were still open around this time. I took out two kunai and held them in each hand knowing that something was very wrong. My eyes widened as I looked around the first corner to see a street filled with dead Uchiha. My shock wasn't enough to keep me from sensing and avoiding an attack from behind.

"I'm surprised you managed to sense that." The figure standing there said as I turned to face him. My eyes widened with horror to see a blood soaked Itachi standing there with an odd Sharingan clear in his eyes. It didn't take a genius to figure out that he was responsible for the dead lying around.

"I always took my training seriously. Why did you do this?" I asked ignoring the itching in my eyes as I glared at my brother in order to focus on him.

"I wanted to test my strength." He said simply as if the sky was blue making me deadpan at him since there was easier, better and more humane ways of doing that without massacring your own Clan.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe that?" I asked making him stare at me before sighing.

"Sasuke did but then again you've always been more attentive than he is. What do you know of the Clan's recent actions?" He asked making me blink at him for a moment.

"They're trying to make us have more say in the Village and have been pushing you to earn a reputation on par with the Fourth so you can be Hokage." I said slowly wondering why he was asking.

"They were planning something more but if you knew you would be in danger, Tsukuyomi." With that the world went black.