*3 years later.*
"Itachi, we have a mission." woke me from a light sleep. I groaned and grabbed my cloak that was hanging on my bed post. I slipped it on and grabbed my pack of weapons that I prepared the night before. I walked out and yawned.
"Sorry. I haven't been sleeping well lately." I said as Tobi handed me a cup of coffee.
"That's not good...oh wait... maybe if you're tired I can beat you in a battle now!" he said, all excited and jumping around. I laughed and drained my coffee. We walked over to Pein's office and he scowled.
"You two have to go over to the LeafVillageand collect information on the Jinjuriki living there. Just go..." he said, rather annoyed and we left. I noticed that my hand was shaking as we left and I kept making fists trying to fix it. Tobi saw and shook his head.
"He should have picked Sasori and Deidara for this..." he mumbled and I grinned.
"It's fine. I'd have to face them eventually." I said and he just nodded his head. We walked along a path for a few hours, talking. I still never told Tobi what really happened that night. A few miles from the village, I grabbed Tobi's hand and pulled him into the brush, handed him an Anbu mask and clothes. He smiled as we changed. He turned and quickly changed masks. I tried to see his face, but he was too quick. I used a jutsu to hide them and we walked out, putting the masks on. I frowned, remembering the last time that I wore these... the night that I murdered my family.
"Nice thinking... that's why I like being you're partner." Tobi said as we kept walking, ending it in a giggle. I laughed and smiled under my mask.
"You only like being my partner so I can save you're ass all the time." I said and he punched my shoulder. He chuckled and said, "You know it."
We entered the village with no complications. I saw people that I recognized and then heard a voice that stopped my heart.
"You are such a dobe." it was Sasuke's voice. I felt Tobi watching me behind his mask. We just walked and then I saw him. He looked a lot like father. He was with a pink haired girl... and the... Jinjuriki. Great... now I would have more contact with him than I wanted. We passed them and I saw Sasuke look up at me. He just glared at me and I saw the hatred in his eyes towards someone, that someone being me. I felt him watching me as we passed him and I inwardly sighed. This was going to be difficult. I then noticed that someone was following us. I recognized the chakra, it was Kakashi Hatake. I tilted my head and Tobi nodded. We vanished in a split second and appeared, in our normal clothes, on a river nearby.
"I knew that it wouldn't be that easy... but I got the info that we needed." I said and Tobi frowned at me.
"How did you… wait, the Sharigan right?" Tobi said as we walked on top of the water. I nodded and shook my head.
"That little boy… his chakra count is off the charts. The demon inside him is rather mature. If he were to loose control of that demon, that village is dead…" I said, thinking about that split second I saw that beast. It's always hovering around the boy like a death cloak. We broke into a run across the water, but I held my arm out, making him stop.
"Wait…" I said and frowned. "It's been too long, Kakashi."
I turned around and my old friend was glaring at me. "Yes it has, Uchiha."
"Why the formality?" I asked sarcastically. I looked at Tobi. "Mind dispersing him?"
He smiled and a battle started. Tobi attacked them with a few jutsus, but they were all immature. A few more ninja's joined the battle, but I kept hidden to see how Tobi would fair. He killed all but Kakashi. That's when his little squad showed up and I stared blankly. It was the Jinjuriki, my little brother and a pink haired girl with an extremely high chakra count. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and I smiled, feeling proud of him. I knew that they wouldn't stand a chance of defeating Tobi, so I appeared beside Tobi, making my little brother stare wide-eyed at me.
"Tobi…" I said, looking at him. "Let's go, we have the information we need."
"Awww! But Itachi! Can't I kill… wait, is that you're little brother?" he asked, looking at Sasuke. I looked at him too, giving him an icy glare.
"Yes, it is."
"I thought that you killed them all? I'm confused!" he started jumping around like and idiot and I glared.
That's when I was starting to get frustrated. "Do you want to be stuck in Tsukyomi again?"
He shook his head quickly and I said, "Then listen to me and let's go."
We started walking away when they all jumped in front of us again. I could tell that Sasuke was 3 seconds from either trying to kill me or crying. Probably both. I sighed, giving them a sympathetic look.
"I don't want to kill you at the moment." I said and shook my head.
"What!? Like you didn't want to kill OUR entire clan!?" Sasuke screamed and I paused, looking at Sasuke. I frowned, thinking. I looked at Kakashi. I activated my Sharingan and 3 seconds later he was passed out on the surface of the water. I looked at Sasuke.
"I'd prefer not killing you, but there is something that I have to tell you." I looked at him and trapped him in Tsukyomi. He was out and I picked him up, glaring at the other two. Naruto, or the Jinjuriki, was fighting with Tobi and the girl was trying to wake up her sensei.
"Tobi, let's go!" I yelled, taking Sasuke with us. We got out of the village with little interruption after that. It was well into the night when Tobi and I returned home. I put Sasuke in my room and used a jutsu so that it wouldn't let him out of the room. If he tried, he'd get a really bad electric shock. I walked out and went to Pein.
"Pein…" I said, entering his room. He grinned and said, "Well, what did you find?"
I explained the chakra count, the age of the beast, and the best way to deal with it. I also let him know about Sasuke.
"Why is he here?"
"There is something important that I need to tell him." I said, walking out and back into my room. Sasuke was sitting up, holding his head. He looked over and I stared blankly back. Acting like he wasn't there, I calmly hung my cloak up and leaned against the wall, staring at him.
"Hello, little brother…"
