Two Years Before The Uchiha Massacre
"Hey look whose here!"
"Hahaha! Forehead! Forehead!"
Shoving a pink haired girl into the sand, the bullies destroyed the sand castle she worked hours upon.
"No! Stop it! Please!" the girl begged the bullies to stop.
"Haha! As if we would listen to losers like you!"
"Yeah look at her hair! It's pink! How about we cut it off for her?!"
Cheering their consent, the leader of the group whipped out a pair of scissors.
"NOOOO!"
Walking silently next to his cousin Uchiha Shishui, Itachi looked anywhere else besides the girls they happen to be accompanying.
Cursing his mother in his head for the over flowing amount of marriage proposals.
"NOOOO!"
"Hey Ita-chan! Did you hear that?!" A startled Shishui yelled out.
Narrowing his eyes, Itachi Uchiha murmured,"Yeah..."
"Come on! Lets ditch these girls and find out!"
Grinning to himself, Shishui used his body flicker jutsu and disappeared. Only to reappear on the rooftop of the building they stopped next to. Following his example Itachi disappeared with him as well.
Then they dashed off to the area they had heard the scream.
Ending up in the playground where most young civilians come to play. Looking around Itachi and Shishui found the person that had yelled fighting tooth and nail against the boy with the scissors.
Waiting for the right time to intervene the two Uchihas stood back to watch.
"NOOOO!" The pink hair girl yelled. Feeling a sudden rush of adrenaline the girl shoved back the boys holding her down. Hearing a loud cry from them, she then turned towards the boy who had the scissors. With a loud feral cry the pick haired girl socked him right in the face. The boy tumbled down with a shout, and the girl wasn't done just yet.
"How dare you! Just because my hair is pink doesn't give you the right to try and fix it! Do you think that I like my hair?! I don't! I don't like my forehead either, but I can't do anything about it... I can't..." Her fury ending in just seconds, she was shoved off by the boy she was on top of. The bullies ran away with tears streaming from their eyes, one with a bloody nose and a a black and blue face
Sitting alone in the sandbox, the girl cried to herself. With tears going down her face, she sobbed.
Itachi then got up from his spot and walked up to her. Silently, he put a hand on her shoulder. Looking down at the girl who gave him no response, he picked her up bridal style and poofed away.
Ignoring the shouts from his cousin Itachi continued to run from rooftop to rooftop to the top of the Hokages Mountain.
It took a few minutes for the girl to calm down. Wiping her nose she looked up. Through red rimmed eyes she stared at Itachi. Looking directly at his eyes she whispered, "Thank you."
Nodding at the girl, he replied, "Aa."
On that Fateful Day...