The lithe blond form of her eight year old elder brother, he was three years older than her, as he climbed up the tall tree with ease, she stared up at him and cried out wanting to join him but being too small to be able to climb the tree. She held her arms up to him and called out his name, he looked down at her smiling and held his hands down so she could grab hold. Laughing she grabbed on tightly to both of his hands and was pulled up by him onto the thick tree branch. She looked around amazed how high she was, everything thing seemed so small from up here, she nearly fell as she leaned over the edge to get a better look but her brother caught her and pulled her into his lap to keep her safe. She laughed at their puppy who was jumping at the tree trying to reach them, smirking her brother passed her a small scuplture out of clay, it was a daffodil. She had always loved daffodils and their bright yellow petals, they had always been her favourite flower when the other girls such as Sakura and Hinata had always preferred more elegant flowers like roses and lilies. She squealed in delight and hugged him tightly in gratitude, she always loved the figures he made for her, he smirked and kissed her on the fore-head.
"You're welcome my little daffodil." He smiled to her, she stuck her tounge out at the name he called her though she secretly loved it, and he pulled out a bird he had also made, beautifully crafted the sinews and muscles were clear in the bird and its feathers ruffled in the wind. She gazed at it delighted, she was proud of her older brother and his talent with clay, she gasped in shock as the bird suddenly began pruning its feathers and flapped its wings. It took little leaps and landed on her outstreched hand when it began pecking it softly, she giggled, her brother smirked and carefully lifted the bird out of her hands and brang his hands up, the bird flapped its wings and began flying around their heads elegantly. She laughed in wonder and when it landed on her shoulder she smiled as if there had never been any sadness in the world.
"How was it like in the academy?" She asked curiously wondering about her brother's day at the Konoha shinobi academy, her brother's face suddenly fell.
"Uchiha Itachi was showing off again, then he showed me up in the playground and gave me this..." her brother said sourly holding up his arm and pulling down his sleeve where a scar was clearly visible, she frowned. Uchiha Itachi was a jerk hurting her beloved older brother like that.
"Well you should tell him off." she told him determinedly, he smiled and began tying her hair up in a bun on top of her head.
"Maybe I should." He replied, she frowned as her brother began playing with her hair.
"I need a hair cut again, I don't know how you like having long hair." She said fingering her short blonde hair, her brother smirked.
"But you'll look lovely with long hair," he said trying her hair up in a high ponytail like his own, she pouted, he then had an idea "I heard Itachi saying that Sasuke likes girls with long hair." He whispered into her eye, her eyes lightened up and she looked at him excitedly.
"Really? Did he really say that?" she asked, her voice showing her silly little crush with Itachi's younger brother Sasuke. He smirked "Shall we go ask Sasuke if it's true to make sure?" he asked, she blushed.
"We can't do that, what if he laughs at me!" She cried hiding her red face, he laughed.
"How about I ask him and you just watch from a distance?" he told her, she nodded excitedly.
"Yeah, you're the bestest brother I ever had!" She smiled hugging him, he raised an eyebrow grinning.
"I thought I was the only brother you ever had." He said, " Unless there is some brother in the closet that you, Okaa-san and Otou-san aren't telling me about." he added, she shook her head giggling her brother was so silly sometimes. Suddenly her brother's head pricked up.
"Hey isn't that Naruto?" he said looking as a little blond head ducked out of sight, she nodded her head.
"Yes, he's a bit weird isn't he." she said, her brother looked at her disappointedly.
"Don't be so mean, you should really be nicer to him." He told her, she pouted.
"But he's weird and none of the adults like him." She replied, he tutted and leap out of the tree bringing her with him.
"Hey Naruto." He said kindly to the bush where two little feet were sticking out from, a blond head peered from around the bush nervously.
"H-h-hi, 'ttebayo." Naruto said stuttering, her brother sighed and kneeled by him.
"Do you want to play a game with us?" he asked kindly, she looked at him dismayed, what was he thinking inviting the weirdest boy in Konoha to play with them. The whiskered blond boy just stared shocked, he had never been asked to join in a game before.
"Y-y-yes p-please." He said nudging the ground with his bare toes, her brother frowned did he not have shoes?-
-She was amazed to find Naruto was fun to play with, she had been brought up to think he was some sort of a monster or nuistance, Sakura had found them and began playing with them. By the looks Naruto was giving Sakura, her observitive brother could see that the whiskered child liked her, he saw Sasuke watching them from the corner of his eye.
"Hey! Sasuke! Do you want to play with us!" He shouted to the small dark headed boy, he blushed upon being spotted.
"I should be t-training." Sasuke said hurriedly, her brother groaned he was like Itachi had been when he had begged him to join.
"But Sas-kay, this is good team building which is vital in being a shinobi." he pleaded, Sasuke gave in.
"If you insist." Sasuke said paying with his bangs which went down the side of his face, his sister grinned at him happily. Soon Sasuke was having fun playing with them, laughing just like the rest of the children, Sakura caught Naruto and brought him crashing down suddenly everyone decided to tickle him, Naruto was rolling on the ground in tears of laughter, then they did the same to Sasuke. It was then when Itachi walked in, he rescued Sasuke and glared at her older brother evilly.
"Sasuke should have been home by now, you should of thought twice before invovling him in your games." Itachi said looking at her brother in dislike, he held his own brother in his arms, anyone would of thought him to be twenty rather than ten, two years older than her own brother.
"He wanted to join in, what's so wrong about him having a little fun." Her brother said arms crossed, Itachi glared at him.
"Fun isn't for shinobis." Itachi said coldly, her brother snapped.
"HE'S ONLY A FIVE YEAR OLD! HE'S A MERE CHILD! YOU AND ME ARE STILL CHILDREN! WE CAN HAVE FUN IF WE WANT TO!" Her brother shouted at the famous child prodigy which was Uchiha Itachi, Itachi blinked at him.
"Let's go Sasuke." Itachi said walking away with a wide-eyed Sasuke in his arms, Sasuke had never seen anyone shout at his brother before. Her brother screamed in frustation and kicked the nearest tree before storming off. Naruto and Sakura stared wide eyed at her.
"Itachi annoys your brother, doesn't he." Sakura said, Naruto nodded looking frightened and sucking on his shirt, she looked over to where her brother had went.
"Itachi is really mean to him, he gave him a scar and often beats him up." She whispered in a small voice, Sakura and Naruto's eyes widened in horror.
Ino woke up dazed and confused, that dream had been a real odd one, as far as she was concerned she had no older brother but here she was dreaming of one she didn't have, why did she have such a dream and why did it seem so familar to her? It was very different to the dreams she usually had which consisted of girlish teenage fanstities of her and Shikamaru/Sasuke holding hands in a field of flowers or having a moonlight stroll along a beach. Usually she would of asked her father about the dream but Inoichi was away with the interagation squad at the moment, sighing she decided to ask Sakura about her dream in the morning, she would give some information or possibly laugh at her for getting worked up over such a dream. Probally the latter but at least then she could forget about it.
It was getting dark, he was walking along with his family, his little sister clung onto both his hand and his father's, golden balls of light hung from posts lighting up the night with a cheery glow, it was a festival. Goodwill was in the air, cheerfullness filled the night. He stopped smiling when he saw the approaching group of people, Itachi and Sasuke and their parents. He did not mind Sasuke but Itachi had recently beated him to a pulp, his long fringe which covered his left eye also covered the almighty black bruise which Itachi had given him. He glared at Itachi in hatred, one day he was going to become a strong shinobi just so he could give him some of his own medicine. Itachi looked at him emotionlessly, his anger flared up oh how he hated that emotionless bastard, why couldn't he just for once aknowledge him. He didn't even realise his grip had tightened or he was gritting his teeth until his sister whimpered, he hurriedly softened his grip.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." He said ruffling her hair, she pouted, he was glomped by Sasuke. He fell over, he could feel Itachi's protective and jealous glare bore into him.
"Hello, Sasuke." He groaned clutching at a painful broken rib that was a present from Sasuke's brother.
"Guess what, I managed to get ten bulleyes in a row at class." Sasuke said excitedly, he grinned painfully at the hyper five year old on his chest.
"That's great! When I was your age I only had seven." He said lying slightly, in fact he had seventeen when he was four but he wasn't going to tell Sasuke that.
"Sasuke, I don't think that he really appreciates someone sitting on his chest when he has several broken rips." Inoichi said smiling at the little five year old. Sasuke gasped and clambered off.
"How did you get broken rips." Sasuke said horrified, he glared slightly at Itachi, who stared blankly back.
"It was nothing to be worried about." He answered, then he smirked, "Hey, Sasuke do you prefer girls with long hair or short hair?" Sasuke blinked surprised by the question, his sister buried her red face into their father's coat and Itachi began glaring at him.
"Long hair because Kaa-san has very pretty hair." Sasuke smiled "And so does Itachi." he added, Itachi's face went remarkedly blanker than usual. He laughed, then he choked on his laugh when Sasuke said "And so do you, too." Itachi looked smugly at him. Suddenly the group heard chanting and jeering, a crowd was gathering from the far end of the street, he heard the cry of a whiskered blond he knew so well. Suddenly he was up on his feet and making his way to the crowd which was in the form of a circle. Everyone blinked at him astounded even Itachi.
He leapt into the circle, he pushed past the men and women which made it up until he got into the middle where he saw Naruto cowering in fear, bruises up his side from where objects had hit him. He was suddenly filled with anger, how could they do such a thing. He ran into the middle of the circle and picked up the crying child who was only four years old. Naruto stared at him in shock and clung onto him in terror.
"IF YOU TREAT HIM LIKE A MONSTER HE'LL BECOME ONE!" He shouted at the people holding Naruto close to him protectively, Itachi stared at him thoughtfully whilst the rest looked at him distainly including his parnets and Itachi's. Naruto began sobbing, he scowled at the people and began comforting the small blond. His sister stared at him wide-eyed, why would he do something like that for Naruto? Sasuke was clutching madly at Itachi's hand, why was everyone doing that to Naruto? His parents looked at him disappointedly, they thought he had ruined their reputation. Stupid bastards, they could just stand back and allow these people throw stuff at a poor defensless child and yet look at him disappointly when he leapt in and saved the child. Damnit he hated his family, well he liked his little sister but she was mislead by the other people, she couldn't see how this was wrong.
"HOW CAN YOU ALL JUST DO SUCH A THING TO A CHILD! MOST OF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, DO YOU DO THIS TO YOUR CHILDREN! IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHICH MAKES ME ASHAMED TO BE PART OF KONOHA!" He screamed and ran off tears forming, he didn't let go of Naruto fearing if he left him they would kill him. He could just see the thoughtful filled face of Itachi and the guilt filled faces of some of the circle, whilst the others jeered at him. Last of all he saw the disappointed and embarrassed faces of his parents.
Deidara woke up clutching at his bed covers, he was breathing heavily, he thought back to his dream. What weird drug induced that? He walked into the en suite bathroom each and every Akatsuki member had and splashed some water onto his face. That dream was just so weird, why was a ten-year old Itachi in it? Why did he have a sister? Why was the Kyuubi there? Why was in Konoha where he had never been? These dreams had been happening ever since the encounter with the Kyuubi and that pink whore who had killed Danna, they were quickly becoming irritating. He heard a knock on the door sighing he opened it already knowing who it was. Itachi stood there arms crossed, pink bunny slippers covered his feet and he was wearing pyjamas which said 'You lack sleep' on the shirt and repeated sharignan on the bottoms. He was always being awoke by Deidara as Deidara's room was right next to his and he was a light sleeper.
"You shouted in your sleep again." Itachi said in monotone, Deidara nodded absentmindedly his mind on his dream.
"I want to go to Konoha." Deidara said suddenly, Itachi blinked and stared at him.
"You're not allowed to go and kill the pink-headed girl, it will be too risky going through Konoha's defenses and you'll probally end up dead." Itachi said, Deidara smirked.
"I just want to confirm something." Deidara said thinking about his dream, he wondered if Konoha at night was as pretty as it been in his dream.
"If you go I'll have to go with you seeing as I'm the only one who knows Konoha." Itachi said knowing that Deidara would rather die than go with him, but to his surprise Deidara just nodded.
"Fine, we'll go see Leader-sama in the morning about it." Deidara said and closed the door in Itachi's face, Itachi blinked and went back to bed.
A/N: Idea came to me after school and I had to write it down. Hope you like it.