This chapter is completely in flashback. I am also looking for a beta so just let me know if you'd like to.
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The heat was incredible on June nine th. It had climbed past the previous years high mark by a whole ten degrees. Unfortunately, at the Uchiha compound Mikoto Uchiha was giving birth to her first child. Bringing a child into the world was the most excruciatingly painful process for a woman on its own but unfortunately for Mikoto the heat added to the painful and uncomfortable activity.
"Keep pushing Mikoto-san, I can see the crown of the baby's head." The blonde woman delivering the baby said. Mikoto was screaming, the pain feeling unbearable to her. Her husband, Fugaku Uchiha, was off at war fighting against strange creatures and their masters, keeping them from invading his homeland. Fugaku was the head of the Uchiha Clan so the medic delivering his first born had to be the best and the best he received in the form of Tsunade, the best medic in the village. "One more good push and the baby should be out." Mikoto let out another anguished scream and then silence. Of course until the baby started to cry. Tsunade smiled announcing it was a healthy baby boy. She cleaned him up and handed him to his mother. A tuft of soft coal hair was on his head while his eyes were pitch black.
"Fugaku would want to name him, it's his first born after all." Mikoto closed her eyes after those words, falling into an exhausted slumber. Tsunade took the crying bundle before Mikoto passed out and handed the child to the nurse who was helping her.
"Tsunade-sama, Tsunade-sama!" A chuunin shouted as he ran through the halls of the compound. Tsunade sighed as she finished closing Mikoto's door. She turned to the approaching ninja and put on a stern looking face.
"What is it? Can't you see I'm-"
"Shizune, the Mizu, has been reported dead by enemy fire in battle." He cut her off. Tsunade was stunned. Shizune had been her apprentice, even though she had been Kage she was taught by the Mizu of her group who was older than herself. Her love, Dan. She had a very great talent when it came to medical jutsu and when her Dan died before he could have taught Shizune, Tsunade had taught the young girl instead. "I'm sorry Tsunade-sama, I know you two were rather close to one another. Her body is being brought as soon as possible." With that he left. Tsunade looked down, contemplating the situation.
"And thus the new generation begins." She reopened the door and peered inside, watching the baby in the nurse's arms. "And it starts with you Uchiha."
Tsuchi
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Two years had passed since then. The war was still raging on and the only child that had been qualified as one of the six was Itachi Uchiha, the one born on the same day the previous squad had been disbanded, though the remaining members were still fighting strongly to avenge their fallen member. Jiraiya walked around the village, it was so quiet as of late. Many shinobi had been coming and going just to see their families but they never stayed very long, after all everyone was depending on them.
A strange object caught his attention as he passed by the large gates to the entrance of the village. He immediately went into the defensive. Slowly he approached it. The closer he got, the clearer the object became until he could make out the small bundle. He knelt in front of it, his kunai poised at attention for anything that might happen. He reached his hand out cautiously. As his fingers touched the cloth, the bundle squirmed making him retract his hand. A surprised expression came onto his face as he opened the squirming thing. Inside was a baby, yellow blonde hair with two different colored eyes, one a brilliant blue, the other white with blindness.
"Well hello there kid. Who would leave you out here all alone?" Of course the baby would not answer but he asked anyway. He unwrapped the babe from it's dirty sheet, taking off his vest and wrapping the boy in that. "Now are you a boy or a girl?" He moved the tiny cloth like diaper and sure enough it was boy. The baby was only a few weeks, maybe three months at the most from his observation. Then again, what does he know about kids?
Jiraiya played his finger against the boys hand, looking carefully over the small body for any injuries when something wet touched his finger. Thinking the child was hurt there he opened the boys palm, his eyes widening at seeing small slits on them. "Your hurt." Just as he was about the see how deep the tiny wounds were a small pink tongue poked out of the opening. "What the hell..." It poked out again, licking the skin surrounding the mouth. "I don't know what's up with you kid but I'll just let Tsunade take a look at you." So off he went, carrying the small bundle in his arms down to the hospital.
Tsunade gave the child a clean bill of health, keeping him for a week or two so she could study what the mouths on his hands were. Tsunade named him Deidara, with the help of the oh-so-wise Jiraiya but still she could not make out what the mouths were for. At five months old he had gotten a hold of some modelclay that the sick children in the hospital were playing with. After that three walls had to be rebuilt in the children's wing of the hospital for extensive damage done by explosives.
"Well at least now we know what those hands are used for Deidara. I have never heard of a bloodline limit quite like yours." The boy just smiled and laughed, clapping his hands together happily. He had a eye-patch over his left eye, light seemed to irritate it a lot, yet he was still a normal and happy child. Well, except for the ability to be able to make clay explosive.
"Tsunade-sama? You wanted to see me?" A young woman in her twenties asked, her long red hair tied back in a loose ponytail.
"Why yes Kushina-chan. I hear you and Minato-chan have been trying to have a child." The girl nodded while looking down, they tried everything but for some reason Kushina would not get pregnant, of course with the war still going on it was hard to find time for her and her husband to really try to conceive. "Well, how about adopting Deidara-chan here. After all I believe he will make a great shinobi someday."
Kasai
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Tsunade sighed as she looked through the papers piled high in her office. It had been about four years since Deidara had started his training as Kasai of the new generation and sadly he and Itachi Uchiha were the only two children that were proven fit enough to become part of it. She reread the file in her hands.
Hyuga Neji
Age: 1
Health: Has had difficulty breathing properly since six months old.
Reason: A small time ninja found their way into the Hyuga compound for unknown reason. Ended up attacking the child in his sleep. Coroner thought enemy to be intoxicated; Enemy killed by Hizashi Hyuga, the boy's father.
The boy had been so promising, she was even thinking about him becoming Kage, the boy sure seemed to possess the potential for it. The energy and strength of the small child was what the Hyuga Clan had been looking for, a new prodigy that could compete with the Uchiha prodigy. Unfortunately for the accident, he couldn't. Certain activities and playing some games for long periods of time seemed to cause him to hyperventilate. A knock from her office door made her look up. A medic walked in after hearing an okay and handed her a report.
"It's the girl that was born last Thursday." He announced with a smile, Tsunade had given him the order to survey newborns and dub them suitable for positions in The Six. "Her name is Sakura Haruno, born March twenty-eighth. No health problems and her reaction times are remarkable for a newborn. I believe she is capable of joining the squad. Although..." His voice trailed off, leaving the older woman confused.
"What Raku? You just gave me a perfect report of this baby, what could possible be wrong?" She was impatient, four years had passed and new members needed to be trained as soon as possible.
"It's not the baby per-say...it's the mother. She..has gone into depression and refuses to see the baby. She keeps going on about her husband, saying how it was the villages fault for his death in the war. He was a shinobi ranked jounin. I don't think it wise to talk to her about matters such as this while she's in the state she's in." For about the millionth time that day Tsunade sighed. Luck just wasn't on her side was it?
"Alright...I want her treated and keep that little girl in as perfect health as you can. I've waited four years I think a few months won't kill me."
Sakura's mother, Ichigo, was treated for depression as medic after medic tried to help her out. Tsunade watched as the young mother withered away. It was a case which she knew all to well. Ichigo was like a love-bird who's mate had just died. Once one dies the other just gives up on living no matter what's depending on them. Sakura's mother died two months later, peacefully in her sleep.
Tsunade looked down into the crib, watching bright and innocent emerald eyes blink back at her. She hadn't dealt with a baby in ages, not since Deidara. Gently she smoothed back the baby's cotton-candy pink hair as the little girl yawned. Behavior like this made her regret not having children, unfortunately Dan died before they could even say their I do's. "Don't worry little one, I'll take care of you. Just like I did Shizune..." Within the month Tsunade had taken Sakura Haruno to live with her, to train her and to make her one of the best.
Kage
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Once again Tsunade was at the Uchiha estate, this time delivering Mikoto's second son. The woman lay in bed, looking ill as Tsunade took her blood pressure. "I'm sorry that you have the flu Mikoto-san but this baby isn't going to wait. Your contractions are a few minutes apart so you have some time before we had to start." The pregnant woman just moaned, almost crying. She remembered the pain of Itachi's birth and that was in the heat. This time not only was it hot, but she was sick as well.
"Okaa-san?" A little head poked in through the door, watching it's mother. Itachi Uchiha was a prodigy, he was already at jounin level and he was only six years old. Tsunade was going to give him the title of Kage, unfortunately the boy didn't seem too stable to her, like he could snap at any moment, she wouldn't blame him for it if he did. With a father like Fugaku Uchiha it was hard not to be perfect and in Tsunade's own opinion a child should not have that much weight placed upon their shoulders.
"Well hello there my little Tsuchi. How are you today?" She greeted happily. "You know I delivered you just as I'm about to do for you're new brother."
"Greetings Kage-sama." He gave a generous bow to the older woman and ran to his mother's bed. He hopped up gracefully and sat on the edge, watching the going ons of the women. "Father says that my brother will be one of the six just like myself. Is it true?"
"Uhm..well. I'd have to see if your brother was healthy enough to be part of your squad Itachi-chan, but he could be." She gave him a small pat on the head. She noticed his eyes were distant, as if he was thinking things way beyond his years. In fact, she was sure that was what he was doing. A loud scream brought her attention back to the boy's mother.
"It hurts!" Mikoto screamed as she coughed. Tsunade told the medic, good ol' Raku, to get the boy out of the room as she tended to the Uchiha matriarch. A hour later the screaming from the room stopped and was replaced by the cries of a baby. Tsunade cut the umbilical cord and placed the boy onto a nearby table. She cleaned him off, wrapping him in a new blue blanket and handed him to his mother.
Mikoto's second son also had dark hair, but not as dark as his older brothers. Instead of coal it was a soft raven color with the slightest blue tinge to it, just like his mother's hair. The resemblance between older and younger son didn't differ much after that since both had the intense pitch black eyes, which both also inherited from their mother.
"Raku, please write this down. Uchiha, male, born 1:54 pm on July twenty-third, perfectly healthy from what I can see, and place the title of Raikou onto the chart as well. We'll keep him in reserve and check on him in a few months to see it he's fit to join. Mikoto-san his first name?"
"Hmm? Oh, his name is Sasuke after my father." She smiled as she handed the babe back to Tsunade. "I don't want to get him sick." She closed her eyes and slept. Tsunade felt bad for the woman, both of her labors were more uncomfortable then they should have been.
"Can I come back in now?" The older Uchiha asked as he once again peeked his head in through the door. He waited for an answer before fully coming in. He walked over to Tsunade, who was still holding his new brother. "He's really small...How can he be a great shinobi when he looks so weak?" The question caught her off-guard. The boy could memorize complex assassination strategies but he didn't know that babies grew up and became stronger like him?
"Don't worry Itachi-chan, with your help he'll grow up to be strong just like his onii-chan, alright?" The boy gave a nod and continued to stare at the crying infant.
"Can I hold him?" After showing him how to properly hold the child, she sat next to the brothers, watching. "His name was Sasuke, right?"
Raikou
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Jiraiya sat in the living room of his favorite student, Minato Namikaze. The boy, well at least compared to his age he was a boy, was nervously playing with his adopted son Deidara. The screaming from the upstairs room continued. He and his wife Kushina Uzumaki had finally conceived, which caused the former Kasai to be withdrawn from the war. She made him promise to not let her go threw the labor alone so he made Tsunade give him a leave a week before his wife was due to deliver. Now here he was on October tenth, sitting in his living room listening to his wife curse and scream from their bedroom.
"Tou-san, what's wrong with Kaa-chan?" The little boy asked. Now at age five, he was a talented shinobi. His blind eye had a special machine over it, allowing him to see a person's chakra signature. It was something that Tsunade had come up with, developing it after the Hyuga Family's Byakugan.
"Well, she's having your little brother right now Dei-chan and it hurts her a lot." He picked the little guy up and sat him on his lap. Deidara scrunched his face up and looked at his father.
"But why is the baby hurting her? How is he hurting her? Is Kaa-chan going to be okay?"
"Uhm..." Minato could see his teacher snickering in the background. "Hey Dei-chan, how's training going with your friends. Is Orochimaru-sama a better teacher than Kaa-chan?" The subject had to be changed or it would lead to the birds and the bees lecture way before the boy should hear it.
"No. I don't like him. Kaa-chan is a betterer teacher. Sakura-chan is really cute though but she's tiny and can't do much, just like Sasuke. Itachi's mean and a jerk." He jumped off his fathers lap in his excited talking and walked over to Jiraiya.
"Dei-chan, betterer is not a word. You say Okaa-san is better than." Minato corrected him.
"Don't worry about it Minato, the boy doesn't need to speak properly. He's only five after all. You can say betterer if you want Dei-chan." Jiraiya winked as he patted the boy on the head.
"How old is everyone? I haven't been in the village in a long time and since I've been back I haven't gotten to really see the next batch. They can't be that old, right? I can't even remember how old I was when my training began." Minato asked as he rubbed the back of his head. Once again he felt the need to change the subject.
"Itachi is seven, of course Dei-chan here is five and Sakura and Sasuke are both only a year. You were trained since you could walk, I would know. I was the one who trained you all that time." Both teacher and student laughed at the memories being shared. The silence of the upstairs room was finally noticed and father, son and teacher all made their way upstairs. Tsunade stood outside the door with a stern look on her face. Minato instantly rushed to her, wanting to know what was wrong.
"Kushina has extensive bleeding and needs to be rushed to the hospital so I can properly treat her. Just a heads up, when she gets back on her feet you two won't be able to have anymore children, she could die the next time." She opened the door and in Minato ran, taking a hold of his wife's hand. He was smoothing back her hair and murmuring sweet nothings into her ear.
"What about the baby Tsunade?" Jiraiya asked as he held Deidara in his arms. The boy was struggling, wanting to see what was wrong with his mother. Minato looked up at her wanting to know as well. He had forgotten the baby truth be told. The sight of his wife was what immediately took over his train of thought.
"The baby is healthy with a great set of vocal cords. He's in Dei-chan's room if you want to see him." Kushina stirred and looked around, she felt cold and tired.
"I want to see my baby. Minato where's my baby." She tried to get up but was softly pushed back down. Her husband gave her a reassuring smile, telling her to go back to sleep and sure enough she did. Within the next fifteen minutes she was in surgery to stop the internal bleeding.
Minato held his newborn son. According to Jiraiya the boy was the spitting image of himself, the bright yellow blonde hair and the sky blue eyes. All was alike except for the whisker like birthmarks on the baby's face. "What do you think we should name him Dei-chan?" He asked his other son. The boy had been quiet since his mother had gone into surgery and Minato needed a response from him.
"Kaa-san likes that book Jiraiya wrote." He said randomly. His father gave him a strange look before he finished. "The one with the guy named Naruto. I think that would be a good name for him. Kaa-chan says that, that guy is very amerable, I mean admirable." The kid had a point and so Minato smiled, cradling the sleeping baby gently.
"Alright, Naruto it is."
Kushina's surgery went over fine. Both parents were incredible happy, until of course, Minato had to return to fighting. Kushina was off on maternity leave. It was hard to raise the boys on her own, but much needed help came in the form of a white-haired pervert. The father got to see his sons once or twice a month, until a letter was sent to the Namikaze/Uzumaki residence.
Dear Kushina Uzumaki,
The war has finally come to an end thanks to your husband, Minato Namikaze. Unfortunately in order to end the war, his life was claimed in the process. His sacrifice has saved countless lives and Lady Tsunade, head of the council, has requested your presence for word of preparation for the ceremonies in honor of our fallen hero.
I'm sorry for the loss of your husband,
Hatake Kakashi, your friend, family and Raikou.
P.S.
I'm not as heartless as you think I am. Tsunade-sama requested I write this to you and it's taking everything I have to keep myself from crying. Minato was one of my best friends as are you. Obito and Genma have also passed on in the line of battle. It is just you and I that are left of our once great squad. I love you Kushina.
She had completely collapsed into herself, not wanting to believe that the love of her life was now gone. Deidara had discovered her, crying in bed cradling his brother tightly after he returned from his training with Orochimaru. He dropped his things and ran to her. She held him just as tightly as he started to cry too. He didn't know why he did so, but he felt as if something left him.
Jiraiya had ran off towards the house as soon as he received the news of his students death. He had explained death to Deidara and comforted Kushina, who refused to let go of her sons. It took two years to have the loud and bubbly girl that had married the villages savior back.
Tei
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A year had passed since the war had ended. Kakashi Hatake and Kushina Uzumaki had become council members, it was their right after all. The squad had only five members. Itachi Uchiha was the Tsuchi, Deidara Uzumaki was the Kasai, Sakura Haruno was the Kage, Sasuke Uchiha the Raikou and Naruto Uzumaki the Tei. They still needed their sixth member who came to be in the winter month of December on the twenty-seventh.
The Hyuga compound was in a frenzy. The head of the clan, Hiashi Hyuga, was having his first child. He had been disappointed with the fact that he was having a daughter while his twin brother had, had a son but a swift smack from his wife straightened the man out. Tsunade had come to deliver his daughter, as she had done ever since the new six had to be picked out.
He waited outside of the compounds birthing room, which was just like the hospitals delivery room except it was only for Hyuga family members. His brother was with him an assuring hand placed on his shoulder. Hiashi's wife had gone into labor a few hours ago and apparently the baby was just coming out.
"Ah, I remember when you were the one reassuring me nii-san." Hizashi laughed. It was true, when his own wife had gone into labor he was a mess and the only thing keeping him sane was his big brother. It was nice to have the tables turned.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah...whatever you say." He watched the doors to the birthing room as if they would tell him what was going on. A nurse finally came out, smiling happily as she announced the arrival of the new Hyuga heiress. She dragged the clan leader into the room to see his wife and their new baby girl.
To him, both of the females in front of his were beautiful. His wife, was smiling softly at him as she fed the baby. Pearl white eyes looked around the room to take in all the new sights. Her hair a soft purplish color. Hiashi moved to his wife's side and placed a soft kiss to her temple. "She's adorable."
"Yes she is." Tsunade said as she washed her hands. "If she ends up having great chakra control you can bet that she will be Mizu. In fact, I'll train her myself." She couldn't pass up the opportunity. A Hyuga medic would be a great asset to the team and the fact that a Hyuga had slipped through her grasp already was enough to jump at the chance. "Congrats to you Hyuga-san."
"Hinata will be the perfect Mizu" He announced with pride.
Mizu
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At the age of thirteen Itachi Uchiha had the first mission with the team. Sure they had been on missions before, but they always had an experienced ninja with them. Sakura Haruno, seven, listened to Tsunade throughly. She and Itachi were told the details and then it was their job to brief the others and lead the team to success.
"Understand you two, this isn't one of those C-rank or B-rank missions you're usually on. This is A-rank and that means it's important." It was a simple A-rank but a A-rank none the less. Both nodded and left the room. Sakura had to jog a little to keep up with the older boy but happily went off .
The younger Uchiha leaned against a store wall as he watched the hyperactive Naruto bounce off the walls. Deidara wanted to see what would happen if he gave his brother a few pixie-stix. The boy was hyper enough but adding the pure sugar that was a pixie-stick he was a blur to the eye.
"Naruto-kun...uh p-please calm down." Hinata stuttered. The shy heiress was always studdering, especially around the hyperactive blonde.
"Here they come guys." The older blonde said was he whacked his brother over the head, knocking him down. They all watched as Itachi and Sakura came into view. "Whoa...are they holding hands." Naruto and Deidara started to laugh as Sasuke stood quietly watching and Hinata looked confused.
"Itachi has a girlfriend!" Naruto screamed when they were in hearing range.
"Itachi and Sakura sitting in a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g." Sang Deidara as he joined in his brother's taunting. Quickly Itachi let go of the girls hand, surprisingly keeping his cool.
"I'm her Tsuchi, it's my job to do as she wants me to do. She was nervous so I held her hand to comfort her. Grow up you two losers." His voice was calm with only the slightest hint of annoyance.
"You son of a-" Deidara started, until of course he remembered what happened the last time he had cursed. His mother had found out and beat him black and blue. It was an experience that he would prefer not to repeat in his life.
"Can we just get this mission over with?" Sasuke said, officially making his presence known. He looked away from the group angrily not wanting to see his brother or their Kage. Sakura and Itachi let the mission details loose as they began heading out of the village.
And so their first A-rank mission began.
Things had gone wrong. Very wrong in fact. They had been ambushed, of course for them they were the prodigies of their village and could easily take out the four jounin attacking them. It was smooth sailing until a few more showed up and a few more after that and so on and so forth. They found themselves splitting into three groups of two; Tsuchi and Kage, Kasai and Tei, and Raikou and Mizu. It was dangerous with Hinata being their main medic and all, but it was a decision that Sakura, with the help of Itachi, had come up with. They were all to head to the village and the first team to make it was to bring reenforcement.
Sakura gasped as she leaned against the tree Itachi and herself were hiding behind. There had been another four enemy ninja following them last time they had checked. Both were exhausted and wanted nothing more than to just give up. They both knew though that the enemy would have an advantage on their comrades and village if they did though.
"Do you think we're going to die Ita-kun?" Sakura asked. Itachi had jumped up into the tree for a better vantage point and was now looking at her with a serious face. "I've had a bad feeling all day. Maybe is was a warning about my death." She started breathing heavier as the words slipped through her lips. Her mind was racing and she was shaking from more than fear of being found.
"Sakura?" Itachi climbed down and took hold of the younger child. Her eyes were frantic and she seemed to be hyperventilating. He knew something was wrong with her and he started to panic. The last thing they needed was her to go hysterical on him, so he did the first thing that came to mind. He kissed her. It was both of their first kisses. He stood there with his lips pressed to hers, not moving them or anything. It was very chaste. A few seconds later he pulled away with his cheeks a soft pink, almost invisible on the dusk light. "I told you Sakura, I'll protect you with my life. As Tsuchi it is my job to keep you safe."
"Ita-kun..." She launched herself into his arms and cried silently. For being attacked, almost killed and having a emotional breakdown, the situation was being taken pretty well.
It had taken the rescue squad till the afternoon of the next day to locate the two children. Sakura was out cold, having fallen asleep in her companions arms. Both were treated for minor cuts and scrapes and after hearing the report Itachi had given her, she tested her student. Fortunately the girl had only suffered from her fears rather than having anything wrong with her.
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The elemental squad sat in a local teahouse, enjoying their first day off in a very long time. Itachi was now twenty and felt some what out of place with the younger shinobi. Deidara was eighteen, Sakura and Sasuke were fourteen, Naruto was thirteen, while the timid Hinata was only twelve. So out of place. He was so much older. He watched his younger brother and the loud mouth blonde's, who acted just like their mother, argue about stupid teenage stuff. Deidara thought he knew better than the younger teens, since he was an "eighteener".
"Hey Ita-kun." His charge greeted as she sat next to him. Whenever she was around he felt like a pedo. He liked her very much and not in the sisterly way either. Damn hormones, he needed to get laid very soon. He gave her a curt nod and continued to watch the younger members of his squad. Yes his squad, not Sakura's and it will continue to be his squad until Sakura turned eighteen and was officially responsible for her own actions. "Something wrong? You seem tense Itachi." She placed her hand on his shoulder and his body tensed up. "Oops sorry, I forgot about the no touching rule."
"It's alright Kage." He addressed her. Her eyes were downcast at his formality. Lately he had been getting distant and she didn't know why. Was she doing something wrong?
"Sakura come and play, we need a fourth player. Nii-san doesn't want to join us 'little' kids." Naruto joked. "Unfortunately you have to be on a team with mister happy pants over her. While the lovely Hina-chan is on a team with me." He had pointed to Sasuke who glared at his best friend. She gave one more fleeting look to Itachi before running off to join in the game.
"Sakura, why do you always want to hang around my brother?" Sasuke asked as he walked his leader home, after all he was a gentleman. At least that's what his mother told him to be. She turned her head to look at him, giving a thoughtful expression.
"I guess it's because he's my Tsuchi. It's like it's programmed that we have to be compatible with one another. That and..." She blushed slightly and turned her head. The young Uchiha watched her, he had a the feeling of anger course through his body when he saw her blush while talking about his brother. "He gave me my first kiss."
"What?" He gaped. Itachi was six years older than them and giving someone as young as Sakura a kiss on the lips...wait. "Was it a kiss on the cheek or..?"
"Well...It was a kiss on the lips. My first and only. Remember our first A-rank mission." He nodded his head in acknowledgment. "Well when it was just the two of us I got scared and he gave me a kiss. It was really nice and sweet." Both were silent as they continued walking, she in her own little fantasy world and he thinking over the information he had just received.
Finally they had made it to her house and she bid him goodnight before heading to the door. "Sakura." He shouted before she went in. She turned around only to be met up close and personal with Sasuke. His lips brushed hers' softly before he looked down at the ground, his face slightly red. "I really like you Sakura-chan. Anyway, I have to go." And off he went, disappearing into the night as all ninja have the ability to do. Unconsciously her fingers touched her lips. They were tingling and it brought a small smile to her face. If Itachi was a lost cause to go after, maybe the younger Uchiha would be the better boyfriend candidate. She slipped into her house quietly after that to start some training with her Aunt Tsunade.
"You saw Sakura home safely, right otouto?" Itachi asked his younger brother. As he looked the boy over he noticed that he was red. "Did you get into a fight with her, you're all red."
"Uh, no I didn't get into a fight with her nii-san." He made a move to walk away from Itachi when he decided that he needed some advice. "Itachi-nii, can I ask you something?"
"You just did and there goes your one question for the day privilege."
"Ack, aniki this is important, it's about girls." Itachi laughed. He couldn't help it. He thought his little brother's pride would get in the way of him ever wanting girl advice. Itachi knew the younger boy was frustrated since he had used three different nicknames to call him.
"Alright Sasuke I'll help you, but you have to tell me absolutely everything." And so Sasuke told him. He told his big brother that he really liked Sakura, that he had kissed her and that he knew that Itachi had kissed her before him.
Itachi was silent for a while before he gave Sasuke five simple words to follow. "Stay away from Sakura Haruno." With that he left, the younger was hurt badly but refusing to show it. After that incident the brother drifted even farther apart than they already were. Of course both kept the faithful incident to themselves and of course both still pursued Sakura Haruno in their own ways.
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Very angsty at the end, ne? I like the ItaSaku pairing as well (you can probably tell). It was a lot longer than the other chapters. I hope you all enjoyed. It would really get me motivated if I got some more reviews. One more thing, I have the story all planned out and if I wanted I could make it into a two part story. Give your opinion to help me out here. Thankies.
Oh yeah, just so you know;
Obito Uchiha was the Kage of the group, Genma was the Tsuchi, Shizune was the Mizu, Minato was the Tei, Kushina was the Kasai and Kakashi was the Raikou.
That was just in case you got confused about who was on the team at the time of the war.
Geeze that was a long authors note...and now I'm just making it longer. .
