I don't own Naruto, sadly
1st person
"You know, I never got your name."
"Itachi."
"Well Itachi, I'm Shiori Uchiha. It seems that we're in the same clan."
"Hn."
This short introduction happened when we were walking from the safe houses.
It's been a few days since the Kyubi attack. There a funeral for the late Minato and his wife. Naruto was sent to the orphanage, and the village was preparing itself. But all that didn't affect me much, what did affect me was the fact that the Uchiha compound was relocated, they suspect us as the cause of the Kyubi attack. I was also nearing Academy age, and so I was studying and have started training, I also had to make my choice soon. But all that right now is completely irrelevant.
"Kaa-chan, where are we going?" I asked as we were walking in the compound
"Just going to see an old friend of mine, she has a son about your age." With that one statement, I started panicking. I really thought I was getting betrothed to someone I don't want to be with. Kaa-chan must have noticed because she then assured me that this was just a visit. I also wondered why Kaa-chan never let me meet her friends before, she talked about them, but I never got to see them. Maybe it's because I really left my room, unless food was involved, or new practices.
We stopped at the home of the Head of Clan, I got nervous, like trembling nervous. Kaa-chan noticed that, for sure.
"This is where my friend lives Shiori-chan." Kaa-chan told me with a soft voice. She then knocked on the door. I froze. Mikoto Uchiha was standing in front of my 'mother' with a warm smile.
"Kano-chan! And this must be little Shiori-chan! Come in!" She was so warm. Do Uchiha act like this to friend and family? Wait, yes, yes, they do, I'm one of them. Or I just happen to meet the ones that are somewhat emotional. While I was lost in thought, Kaa-chan walked me in and we were now sitting in a welcoming room, or whatever you call it.
"Itachi! We have guests!" Mikoto shouted. A few moments later, Itachi walked into the room, Sasuke was probably asleep. He walked over to his mother's side. Fugaku was most likely at work, since he wasn't here.
"Itachi, why don't you keep Shiori-chan company, while Kano-chan and I catch up and get tea." A simple question with a simple response. A nod later, the two mothers left the children to entertain themselves. To honest, I had no idea what to say to him.
"Well, isn't this awkward." Trying to start a conversation with Itachi is hard. Anti-social brat. He hadn't said a single word since I arrived. I started babbling about things and philosophies and life. Why? I thought that would catch his attention and then he would talk to me. But no, he just sat there for the whole time.
Eventually, I stopped and just stared at the table, tracing the patterns in the wood with my eyes. The two Uchiha women came into the room after a few minutes, chatting away. They were carrying two trays, one with a tea pot and cups, the other has snacks.
"I'm sure that Itachi-kun is intelligent, but Shiori-chan has finished all the mathematics courses that the Academy would offer and a bit more." Kaa-chan was comparing me to Itachi, oh no…
"Yes, I'm sure Shiori-chan is capable, but has she mastered all the taijutsu forms offered in the Academy?" I whimpered a bit.
"Oh, she will be taught the Uchiha taijutsu style instead, it is better than anything the Academy could teach"
"Will? Does she not already know? Why Itachi already has started training." Itachi just drank the tea offered to him, completely ignoring the mothers as they brag about their children.
This continued for a few minutes, before they stopped and just stared at each other, as if having a telepathic argument on which child is better. Itachi looked up, I guess he noticed the sudden silence and was making sure the women didn't kill each other. But then again, I'm not a true Uchiha or Itachi, for all I know, he could be just thinking of what type of dango is the best. Why are Uchiha's so hard to read, I hate it. They always have the juiciest secrets and gossip.
More time pasted and the women have yet to break eye contract while drinking their tea. Itachi was eating a few snacks and I was sipping the sweet beverage made from leaves in my hands. The silence was getting awkward, like really awkward. Even Itachi was affected, and it was god damn Itachi! I started to think that the mothers were rivals, which they most likely were, they are the same age and Uchihas. I can just imagine a 'Sakura and Ino' situation with Fugaku as Sasuke. How funny would that be, though they probably kept it secret, again, they are Uchihas.
Now that I start really thinking about what they were talking about earlier, did they want Itachi and I to be rivals…?
AN: Well here is the new chapter. I need to know if you guys want a chapter with Shiori's regular life, what she looks like, or how others view her. Maybe I'll just write all three, don't know. Feel free to review and point out mistakes.