"Your never gonna find me Sasuke!" A young boy with yellow hair and whisker like scars yelled out from the top of a tree. A similarly young boy with black hair came walking towards him.
"Where did you go?" Sasuke muttered under his breath. He heard some muffled laughter from where Naruto was hiding.
"There you are." He grinned. He snuck up towards the tree and looked up.
"Caught ya!" He yelled out.
"Ahh! Hey no fair! I was laughing!" Naruto scowled.
"Thats not my fault dobe." Sasuke grinned.
"Hmph." Naruto jumped down and stalked off down the path leading to a play ground.
Sasuke followed him and sat on a swing next to Naruto.
Everything was quiet for a moment before Sasuke took a breath and began to talk.
"Hey Naruto." He started.
"Yeah?" He looked over at him.
"I think somethings wrong with Itachi. I mean he's been acting weird."
"What do mean? He's been acting the same as always."
"Well...I don't know. He's just upset more I guess."
Naruto was quiet for a moment.
"That's it!" He shouted.
"Whats it?" Sasuke asked.
"I bet he's just tired from being such a cool Shonin all the time that he needs to stop and eat some ramen! Then when he's done he should come and show us all the cool things he can do!"
Sasuke stared at him.
"I'm not sure he likes ramen," He said with a smirk from Narutos reaction," but maybe he would like to come hang out with us. I don't think he has any missions soon so I'll ask him to come tomorrow."
"Great! And he can teach us how to do that cool trick he show us last time! You think he'll slow down?"
"No."
"What?! But how can we ever figure it out if he does it so fast?!"
Sasuke grinned. "I've gotta go." He mumbled. "See ya."
"Alright, Iruka-sensai said I should get home earlier anyway. But, I'm so gonna win tomorrow!"
"Whatever dobe!" He yelled running off.
Sasuke walked up to his house. His mother was sitting down, waiting for him on the porch as he walked up the steps.
"Did you have fun today?" she asked while getting up.
"Yeah, me and Naruto went out to the river and saw a really weird bird. Then we played a game he made up yesterday and..."
"Okay,"She grinned "sounds like you two had fun."
Sasuke nodded. "Yep."
"Good. Now go wash up and you can help me get dinner ready, okay?"
"Alright." He said running inside.
He finished drying his hands and passed his older brothers room.
Itachi was sitting at his desk pouring over papers littering his room.
"Hey Itachi, wanna help make dinner?"
"No."
Sasuke frowned. "It'll be fun."
Itachi sighed looking up at his little brother.
"Okay, fine. But I get to chop the vegetables." He said knowing that was Sasukes favorite chore.
Sasuke thought a second. "Okay." He muttered reluctantly.
"Lets go."
Sasuke ran straight to the kitchen and began cleaning the vegetables.
Itachi walked in and began chopping.
"What wonderful helpers I have." His mother said.
"Well, now that that's done, why don't you two go set the table."
After dinner Itachi walked Sasuke to his room.
"Whats wrong?" Sasuke asked. Itachi had been quiet since dinner and now he was taking him to bed. Something didn't feel right.
"Nothing." Itachi forced a smile. "Now go to bed."
Sasuke climbed into bed and looked at Itachi who was glancing around the room.
"You know, you look tired." Sasuke started thinking back on his and Narutos conversation.
"Hmm?"
"Tired. Maybe you should come play with me and Naruto tomorrow."
Itachi stared at him with an unreadable expression.
"Sure." He said softly. "Just go to sleep now, you look tired too."
"Hn." He replied as he closed his eyes.
"Good night, Itachi."
"Good night."