The Uchiha's
Prologue - The Beginning of the End
Three of the last remaining members of a clan have the story of how their entire clan was destroyed and how they managed to look after each other - mostly the older brothers looking after the little sister - for about 10 years, maybe more.
Each of the three are different in each way. Itachi Uchiha, is the oldest of the three of the siblings. He has been looking after his younger siblings since they were born and even til this day, he continues to look after them. Sasuke Uchiha, is the middle child of the three siblings. He and his older brother sometimes never get along, although it shows how much they are able to work together when it comes to looking after, protecting and nearly raising on their own, their little sister. Lilly Uchiha, is the youngest of the three and is also the only girl of the siblings. She sometimes feels helpless and usually doesn't want her brothers help at all. She is surprisingly stubborn and wants to be able to do things and look after herself, although she knows her brothers won't let her, even though they know she is able to protect herself.
In the beginning, there was a couple that were from a certain clan - the Uchiha clan- called Mikoto and Fugaku, and one day they were blessed with a child. This child would grow up to protect his younger siblings - although, at the time, nobody knew that. He was Itachi Uchiha. Itachi had been the only child of the family for about 5 years, until his younger brother, Sasuke, was born. As the Nine-Tailed beast attacked the village of Konoha, where the Uchiha's were living, Itachi was left protecting and looking after his baby brother. Itachi, even though he was busy studying at the academy for the first 2 years of Sasuke's life, would always find time to play with his little brother as his father was more interested in Itachi more than Sasuke.
As the brothers grew up, they really started to think that it would be the two of them - brothers forever. However, at the age of 11 - Itachi - and 6 - Sasuke - the brothers were told something they weren't expecting. They were going to have a younger sibling. Both were wishing for it to be another brother, but as the days passed, their wish for a brother was destroyed. Their little sister was born, and at first, neither brother seemed really happy when they were around her. Although, most of that was just show, as one day, the two brothers were out having fun that they hadn't had together in a while and both were incredibly happy and talking about how happy they were to have a little sister.
However, all the happiness between the family was coming to an abrupt end, as just 2 years after Lilly - the little sister - was born, something drastic happened and changed the families lives forever. Itachi was intent on destroying his clan, even though he was only 13. The strange thing is that after Itachi killed his parents, Sasuke was the one who found their parents dead and Itachi standing over them. Why had Itachi only killed their parents and not killed Sasuke and Lilly as well? Had Itachi been ordered by someone to destroy his clan? Was he determined to protect his younger siblings from whoever had ordered him to kill his clan? Only one person knows the answer to those questions... Itachi Uchiha - the oldest sibling.
Chapter 1 - Itachi and Sasuke Uchiha
From the time he was born, Itachi Uchiha was always the kind of guy who seemed to be dedicated to his work, studies and training. All of this showed when he graduated the academy, in the village of Konoha, at the age of 7 - only 2 years after the birth of his little brother, Sasuke. Even though he was busy preparing for exams that he would sit when he would be 10 years old, Itachi would always find time to occasionally play with Sasuke.
Itachi had impressively mastered the Sharingan - a power that only people from the Uchiha clan got - just a year after graduating the academy, that shows how much he concentrates on his training as well as everything else. This pleased his father, as Itachi was well praised by him, however, their father was spending al his time with Itachi and was clearly neglecting Sasuke. Itachi was determined to show his father how well Sasuke was, as he even tried getting him to attend Sasuke's enrollment ceremony into the academy. This however, would not be easy as at this time their father was busy on a mission, a mission that would hopefully guarantee Itachi a place in the ANBU ranks - which it did.
During his years in the ANBU - at almost 11 - he had been ordered to either kill his entire clan, or his little brother. At this point, nobody had heard - not even Sasuke and Itachi - that they would not be the only ones left in the clan. Itachi started to act strange from then on, however, he changed once again - back to his normal self, only for a while - when their mother told them that they would be having a little sister.
After hearing that, both brothers, were happy and spent sometime together that day - time they hadn't spent together in a long time - and went back to the old ways. Sasuke - studying at the academy - had met a few people who would later become friends, to a certain extent.
"Big brother, what is up with you?"
"What do you mean?" Itachi said, looking up at him - as Sasuke was getting a piggy back ride from him.
Sasuke sighed softly. "Big brother.. you've been acting strange recently. Although, when mom told us we'd be having a little sister you became your old self again." Sasuke was surprisingly observant of his brother's changes in personality. Itachi knew that well enough, but still he lied to protect his little brother.
"I've just been tired from my exams, that is all bro." He smiled softly, as he ruffled Sasuke's hair.
Sasuke smiled, only a little. "Alright then brother."
Not long after they had some time together, like they used to before Itachi was in the ANBU and everything started to change, they had a surprise that would hopefully make them happy again a few days later.
Chapter 2 - A Little Sister and the Death of a Clan
Not long after the two brothers had heard the news that they were going to have a little sister, she was born. Lilly Uchiha, the youngest and the most vulnerable of them - just now that is. Sasuke and Itachi both smiled softly at the sight of her.
"She's so small."
"Yes she is little bro. You were like her once." Itachi chuckled softly.
Sasuke blinked. "I was?" He rubbed the back of his head.
"Yeah you were."
Mikoto seemed so pleased in seeing both her sons happy that she asked Itachi first, if he wanted to hold his little baby sister. "Itachi."
"Yes mom?" Itachi blinked, looking at her.
She smiled softly. "Would you like to hold Lilly?" She held Lilly out towards him.
Itachi carefully took his sister from his mother, holding her gently and properly. "Thank you. She's so cute."
For a first two years of her life, everything seemed almost normal to them. Nobody outside of the clan was told about Lilly at all. Only people in the clan knew that Sasuke and Itachi weren't the only children Mikoto and Fugaku had.
However, one day when Itachi was doing his job, one of the guys said to him; "Kill your entire clan, or we kill your siblings, and not just Sasuke." with a evil smirk across his face. Itachi never wanted anything to happen to his brother, let alone his sister - who wasn't even 3 years old yet. What bothered Itachi that day was trying to figure out how that guy had known that he had another sibling, other than Sasuke, because nobody had been told about Lilly at all except the people in the clan.
Itachi was stuck having to make a big decision; kill his clan, including his parents, or have his little brother and sister killed. For him, that was not really a hard choice, he was not going to lose the ones he cared about the most and wanted to protect, so later on that day, Itachi made his move and started to kill his clan.
As Itachi was killing his clan, Sasuke was busy studying at the academy, while Mikoto and Fugaku were taking care of Lilly at home. However, by the time Itachi came to killing his parents, he was hesitating slightly. Mikoto, at the time, was busy holding Lilly trying to get her to fall asleep. Fugaku was the one who knew Itachi was going to kill them. However, before Itachi asked his mom to put Lilly in her room, in her bed and before he killed his mom and dad, Fugaku looked at Itachi and said, "We are still proud of you no matter what you do to us, but all we ask is that you protect your brother and sister."
Itachi nodded, tears in his eyes. "Of course I will." He killed them, and also, as he killed them, awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan. He looked down at them, tears falling a little and whispered. "I'm sorry."
Not long after killing his parents, Sasuke had come home and came in on a horrible sight. The sight of his older brother standing over the limp bodies of their parents. At the sight of seeing that Sasuke's Sharingan awakened. Tears were falling, like a river, down Sasuke's face. "W-what have you d-done?"
"I killed our parents to see how powerful I have become." Itachi lied to him. "I'm not killing you because you aren't worth killing and of course, Lilly is too young to be harmed, so I won't kill her." Itachi headed to Lilly's room to see how she was. Sasuke had followed him. "You've always wanted to be better than me brother. That is why I'm letting you live... if you decide you want to kill me, hate me, or despise me.. by all means go and live your life." Itachi picked Lilly up and hugged her close, tears falling.
Sasuke was so upset with his older brother, that he knocked off his brothers headband, and took Lilly off him. Lilly awoke and rubbed her eyes looking at her two brothers, both of them looking at each other tears in their eyes. Itachi went down and picked up his headband, tears falling. "Put Lilly down bro. I don't think you want her getting hurt in something that is between us."
"SHE NEEDS TO KNOW!" Sasuke shouted, tears falling, while Lilly looked up at him.
Itachi sighed. "And she will... but not now.. she's too young to know. Do you want her getting upset?" He gently took Lilly away from his brother and placed her in her bed, kissing her forehead, looking at her. Lilly just blinked, a few tears showing in her eyes from worry. "Sleep sis. Please." Lilly sniffled, closing her eyes, falling asleep. Sasuke came over to Lilly and wiped away the tears that had fallen.
"Sleep well sis. I promise we will tell you everything when you're older." He kissed her forehead, tears falling and walked out of her room. Itachi followed close behind, closing her door behind him, hoping that the fighting that was going to happen wouldn't wake her.
The time had finally come. Two brothers, who loved and cared for each other, were going to fight.
Chapter 3 - A Fight Between Brothers
As little Lilly slept in her room, her brothers were about to fight and the outcome would not be good.
"This is all your fault!" Sasuke growled, eyes that of the Sharingan and filled with tears. "You killed our parents! Now Lilly will never know them!" Lilly was only 2, not even near 3, years old. "She'll just have to live with what she is told, but I know that she will feel deeply upset about not knowing them."
"I know..." Itachi sighed, looking down as tears fell - eyes were those of the Mangekyo Sharingan. "I feel bad because of that."
Sasuke had had enough of talking. He took out his kunai and ran towards his brother. Most people would have said Itachi would have the advantage in the fight, being older and having learnt more than Sasuke, and they would be right.
After a good few minutes of fighting, Lilly still somehow asleep, Sasuke was done. He'd taken way to much and collapsed. Itachi looked down on his little brother and sighed softly. "I'm sorry bro." He picked his brother up and took him to the hospital, not before going to check to see if Lilly was alright and still asleep. She was.
After Itachi had placed his little brother in the hospital to be looked after, he headed back to their home - were their parents still lay dead - and headed into Lilly's room to get her. She was awake and crying a little with worry. "Shhh Lilly... I'm here." Itachi softly said and picked her up. He gently wiped away her tears. Lilly looked up at him and sniffled, as he hugged her close. "It's alright sis, I'm here for you." He took her out of the house but on the way out, she noticed her parents.
"M-Mommy...? D-Daddy...?" She blinked, and looked from them to her oldest brother. Tears were filling her eyes again. She may have been young, but she knew something was wrong.
As Itachi walked out the house, holding Lilly, a few people seen him and started to get suspicious. One person, who was suspicious, came over to him. "Why are you taking her?" She plainly asked him. Cecilia Uzumaki was a few years younger than Itachi, but older than Naruto Uzumaki - who was in the same class as Sasuke at the academy. "She your sister or something?" She questioned him. Nobody had been told about Lilly being Sasuke and Itachi's little sister, except those who were - sorry, had been - in the Uchiha clan.
"None of your business. Who are you anyway?" Itachi glared at her.
"Name's Cecilia... Cecilia Uzumaki." Cecilia smiled. "And you are?" She said, raising an eyebrow.
"Itachi Uchiha." He looked down at Lilly - who he was still holding - had fallen asleep, tears falling down her face. Cecilia came over and seen Lilly's tears, wiping them away.
"I don't know if she's your sister or what, but she seems upset... I hope she's alright." She sighed softly.
"She'll be fine, I'm sure of that." Itachi smiled softly, still looking at Lilly. "Now I got to go. Bye." He walked off with Lilly.
Itachi was leaving the village, knowing that people from the village would find him a traitor for what he did to the entire clan. He had left his sister with someone he had a feeling he could trust, even though his brother couldn't stand him one bit. Naruto Uzumaki. "Look after her please. I will be back when I can for her. Alright Naruto?" Itachi had said to him.
Naruto nodded. "Anything else I need to know, Itachi?"
"Yes. Sasuke will get worried about her, wondering where she is and want to see her. Next time you see Sasuke at the academy, tell him that Lilly is with you and that the only reason she's here is because I left her with you. Alright?"
"I understand Itachi. I'll look after her until either you or Sasuke come for her." Naruto smiled, as Itachi gave him Lilly. Lilly looked from Naruto to Itachi and as she looked at her older brother, tears filled her eyes and she reached out to him, not wanting him to go.
"I'm so sorry sis. I'll be back." Itachi wiped away her tears and kissed her forehead, before leaving, tears falling as he didn't want to leave her.
For the next week or so, Lilly was staying with Naruto, as he looked after her. Sasuke always came to see her, even with his hatred for Naruto. However, as for Itachi, no-one had seen him at all.
