Itachi's arms where around me squeezing the life out of me.
"having -trouble -breathing -Tachi" I choked out. I could hear mom and dad laughing, but was to focussed on my imminent death. Itachi let me go giving me a sheepish look.
"I'm so glad you've decided to graduate!" my eye's bugged in surprise. Not the answer I was expecting. See what I was expecting was a forced grin and the silent treatment.
"Mom and dad did a pretty good job at pretending we were at the same level, but your a bad actor, I could tell you where faking being out of breath after we trained together or throwing your kunai off, so you didn't have perfect aim. I've always been scarred I was holding you back. But now your mentoring with the hokage! That's amazing!" he smiled genuinely at me, and I could just tell, that he was happy. I let my self feel all the joy I should feel from graduating so early, I even made a new record for youngest graduate.
"I guess it is pretty cool!" Itachi nodded happily at me. This is the most emotion Itachi had ever show. "we wont be together all the time though." I added sadly. To be honest that's what freaked me out the most. I had been separated from my parents before, but never ever Itachi maybe a few hours while I went off to train but that's it. We where always together. Itachi hugged me again this time softly.
"we have all evening, and all night, and our whole lives. We are twins, we are always together even when we are apart." I hugged him tightly back. I know technically I'm a grown up and shouldn't have separation anxiety, but I'm just going to blame it on my four year old body. I heard sniffling across the room, me and Itachi broke our hug and turned towards the noise.
"Mom?" I asked, she was crying across the table from us trying to hide behind her tea cup.
"I'm fine, you two are just so cute." she continued sniffling. I looked at dad beside her, he was rubbing her back comfortingly. Huh, that's a strange thing to be emotional about. She wasn't on her period. I know its weird to track your mother period, but mean sometimes it was for your own protection. Even Mikoto, the gentle loving mother I came to know her had, got incredibly moody on her period. Like this month she- wait a second. She didn't have her period this month!
"Mom?" I asked again. "Dad? Something you want to tell us?" I said with a knowing look on my face. They both looked up in surprise, knowing what I was implying, mom wiped the tears from her face. Oh shit. A four year old shouldn't be able to tell these sorts of things! Quick quick! Think of a lie, think of a lie! "advanced kenoichi lessons taught me a thing or two." they glanced at each other, silently communicating how to go about this. YES they bought my lie!
"we were going to wait a month, but since you are so smart I don't know why we thought we could keep it hidden." Dad joked. "your moms pregnant, so that mean you two will be getting a new brother or sister!" he said excitedly. I jumped up clapping in excitement, then went to go hug them both. Itachi looked a little shell shocked, once I was done freaking out we looked over at him.
"How? When?" oh someone was going to get the birds and the bee's. Poor soul.
"I'm going to go train." and I swiftly exited the room, leaving Itachi to deal with that trauma alone. For the next hours, I did drills in the air since my hand still hurt. Than I sat down to meditate, I was trying to sense peoples chakra's around me. I had been working on this for a while, all I got was vague flickers. It was frustrating, it's exceptionally difficult to make your mind blank. Today was different, I locked into the mind zone needed, at first it was uncomfortable, I could sense people on the road, in our neighbors house, each person felt like little puffs of heat. I felt a chakra approaching me and opened my eyes. It was Itachi, his face was flushed and he looked traumatized.
"Have fun?" he shook his head then flopped down onto the grass beside me. I laid back into the grass and he followed suit.
"That was not something I wanted to know." I laughed at how scarred his voice was.
"just think! Now you can scare our little brother with that information! Tell him where he came from." Itachi turned his head to the side to look at me.
"Little brother?" he asked wistfully.
"yeah I'm just hoping it a boy, what about you?" he thought for a second.
"one sister is enough, I think I'll hope its a boy too." I looked over at him feigning hurt.
"you wouldn't want another me running around?" He laughed lightly.
"I wouldn't mind that, fighting off all the boys is hard enough with one sister, two and I would never get to relax!" I elbowed him playfully.
"psssh as if! You make it sound like I have loads of admirers."
"you do. You just don't see them, because I do such a good job." I giggled.
"what if your sending away my one true love." I said in mock horror. He scoffed in response.
"none of them are good enough." he said monotone.
"with yours and dads standard I'm going to be forever alone." I complained.
"neither of us has sent Shisui, Akio or Kakashi away." noted Itachi. "Dad even let you go out with Kakashi."
"You make it sound like it was a date! We just went to pick up the food Kushina forgot." apparently it was a BIG step for my dad, and my mother had to restrain him from spying on us. "that's only tree guys! I don't like anyone them." He just scoffed again.
"well that's more than the ONE girl you let near me."
"we both know you don't care about girls."
"and we both know you don't care about boys" We stayed silent laying on our backs side by side. "Lets cuddle tonight, since we will be apart tomorrow."
"yeah, I'm really nervous. Not even about the mentorship, but because its my first whole day without you. I can't even remember being away from you for more than an hour." he grabbed my unhurt hand tightly.
"we will be okay." I wish he felt as confident as he sounded, but I could tell he was just as worried as me, maybe even more.
"Hey Itachi! Kina! I heard some weird rumor you guys where expelled for jumping out a window? Or maybe one jumped out the window because the other was expelled?" Shisui called as he walked towards us. We both sat up realising each others hand "I thought I'd come check up on you." he sat down in front of us.
"No one was expelled." Itachi said in his annoyed voice reserved for Shisui.
"Though Itachi did jump out the window." I playfully poked my brothers arm, than winced because I accidently used my left hand.
"what happened to you?" Shisui sounded concerned.
"you should see the other guy." I pointed to the headless dummy. "exploding wood and fists don't mix" I joked. Shisui let out an impressed whistle.
"remind me not to get on your bad side." the boy started making fun of Itachi for the whole window fiasco. Poor guy, no one is going to let that down.
You know, maybe this new mentorship wont be to bad. Right?