SHORT NOTE: some of you may have noticed that i have changed the cover. The lovely image was created by snowtitus on deviantart, and I reccomend that you all see some of his art, it's amazing.
Anyways, on with the story...
So who's gonna go first? I don't mind either way.
Alright then let's see, where to start.
Well I'm Hayashi Kirara, and I've had a pretty messed up three years of life.
No I'm not talking weirdly. Hush now interrupting people while they're talking is rude.
I'm going to skip over the small details and just get to the main points then. I lived in a clan, kinda like the Uchiha's, except we were a little outside the village. I don't know much about the history and all, unfortunately I guess I was just never given the chance to learn all about it. They all died before I could eh?
Don't say sorry, did you do anything to cause it?
Exactly.
Continuing on, I was one of the two Hayashi lucky enough to escape with my life. The other being my older cousin, Hisao.
Keep the fact that he's my cousin under wraps please. It's not anything huge, it's just that we didn't want to be separated upon being found and posed as siblings.
Thanks.
Moving forward, I had arrived at this place where all the kids used to hang out and have fun, only to see a destroyed room, the horrid stench of blood staining the air. I had followed a voice, screams, but it was too late. I hadn't been strong enough, fast enough. Then Hisao arrived, I'm not sure how he found this place but he charged in like the buffoon he is. But something was different about him, something was off.
It had been his eyes. At the time I hadn't known about it, but Hisao had unlocked my clans Kekkei Genkai.
I followed soon after, unlocking my own variation of the Niji-Tamashi.
I don't really want to talk about what went down, but I ended up killing one of the men we were facing off against.
The other retreated. I never quite got why though, he could have easily killed us both.
So after this I was out for… I actually don't know how long. All I know is that it was days longer than Hisao.
We left the destroyed village in search of help, hoping that a full out massacre would attract at least a few helping hands.
Yes Itachi, I am well aware that we could have very well ended up right back in the hands of the enemy rather than in the warm hands of the man who actually ended up finding us. We were desperate alright?
You want to know his name?
Uhhhh…
Shoot.
I think it like started with a K… but I know for a fact that he was an Uchiha!
Don't give me that look Itachi, I know that it's pretty bad that I don't remember the name of the man who saved my life but give me a break… I was exhausted.
Okay okay continuing on, after that nothing much really happened. I was in the hospital, so medical-nin had already healed the majority of my wounds and I was in pretty good shape. After that nothing major really occurred. I met up with Hokage-sama, and he apologized for what happened and set me up to live with my current guardian, Asami. Then I met you recently and we're here now.
Okay I'm done, it's your turn now.
My name is Uchiha Itachi.
I'm four years old and the son of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto.
The only things that I'm known for is being the heir to the Uchiha Clan, and being a prodigy. Though the prodigy part isn't really a self given title, it's what they all call me.
Who's they?
Well everyone really.
I'm not really better than everyone my age though, I'm sure that you can easily find someone stronger.
Yes Kirara, I'm being serious when I say that. My father once told me that no matter how strong you are, there's always someone stronger. So you must keep training in order to lessen the chance that you run into someone stronger than yourself.
Either way, I've only been taught basic things so far, like throwing shuriken, handling kunai, and the basic Uchiha taijutsu. You asked me why I was better than most kids my age, and that is because I train rather than play, and read rather than talk. It's not hard really, and truthfully I'd rather do what I do now than just waste my days doing nothing.
I honestly don't know what else to say… there wasn't much in the first place though.
I looked at Itachi as he finished talking, my mind racing with questions.
Questions that unfortunately, I couldn't ask him.
Why? Because they have to do with the future.
More importantly, his involvement in it.
I thought Sasuke was the heir to the Uchiha clan originally…
I mean technically his older brother would have been had he not killed the entire clan, but then again neither of them were originally the heir, right?
Sasuke was only the heir because the actual heir was killed and he was the only one left to take his spot.
Unless…
I looked at Itachi and gulped.
Prodigious…
Antisocial…
Way too strong for someone his age…
Could he be…?
I shook my head in denial.
"Kirara, are you okay, you look really pale all of a sudden..."
Meeting his gaze and seeing the concern, I knew that there was just no way.
There was just no way that Itachi would kill almost the entire Uchiha Clan in a few years.
He's too kind. It's a core part of his personality, something even I, a person who hasn't known him for that long, can say myself.
"Yeah I'm fine Itachi, don't worry about me, worry about how we're gonna get outta here!"
He looked at me like I was dumb.
"Am I missing something?"
He sighed.
"Yep."
"Care to tell?"
"We're both arguably relevant people. I doubt that we have anything to worry about, I'm sure that there'll be people to retrieve us any moment now."
My eyebrow twitched.
"I don't disagree, however shouldn't we at least try to escape on our own?"
"Kirara, that sounds lovely, but we're clearly outmatched."
Just as I was about to yell at this kid for not at least trying despite there being an unimaginably small chance that we would actually be able to do anything, we stopped moving. The momentum of the sudden halt sent me flying.
Not very gracefully either, actually, I face planted.
"Owwwww…"
I got up and grabbed at my forehead, a large lump already forming, Itachi quietly shaking his head in disappointment.
I sent him a mock glare and was just about to start my previously planned lecture before the door was opened. Immediately my senses were on high alert, my thoughts racing.
Oh god they're back. Have we reached wherever the hell they're taking us? Should I grab Itachi and make a run for it? Should I just run at em and bite the hell outta them and hope they surrender to the might of an angry three year old? Should I-
A rather familiar voice penetrated my thoughts.
"Well well well, of all the people in the clan I didn't expect you to get kidnapped Itachi."
I turned and looked at the newcomer.
It's him!
The guy who saved Hisao and I!
"And didn't I find you like a few months ago? Geez I have a feeling that you're gonna be a troublemaker."
Itachi sent me a "I told you so" mini smirk and then turned and politely bowed.
"Hello Kagami-san. Thank you for saving us."
So that was his name!
I knew it started with a K!
"My pleasure, though do you mind me asking how you got yourselves into this situation? I gotta write a report on this mess after I get back to the village. Not to mention the fact that Fugaku-san is just about two seconds away from darting out of the village to find you. Mikoto-san, on the other hand, has already threatened to castrate these men if there is so much as a single mark on her precious 'Tachi-kun."
He talks a lot.
Kagami took a step towards Itachi, his features scrunched up as he examined his figure.
"You got a bruise on your face? Ah those poor thugs don't stand a chance against the wrath of Mikoto." Peering at me he saw the large bump on my forehead and chuckled, "So that was the noise I heard when I stopped the cart."
Okay I know I'm clumsy but you don't need to rub it in my face ya know!
Kagami swiftly turned around muttered something along the lines of how terrified he would be if he were in the thugs shoes before he started talking again.
"Alright come follow me, we don't have time to waste. I have get you two back to the village and you guys aren't the only ones these men kidnapped. I can't reveal many details, but they're men who go around collecting kids with kekkei-genkai and then selling them off to be used as soldiers."His gaze darkened, "They tend to have a lot of business during times such as these."
I immediately looked around Kagami at the mention of other kids and found to figures standing behind him. One of a girl with olive green hair, caramel skin and goldish eyes, the other a guy with brown hair, tan skin and orange eyes.
The girl appeared to be rather shy and reserved, while the boy seemed to be more outgoing. How could I tell? Well the girl was staring at the floor and avoiding eye-contact, and the boy was literally standing there with a hand on his hip and a scowl pasted on his face.
I looked at Kagami as I realised something. "Kagami-san, why are you the only one who was sent to retrieve us?"
Kagami slowly turned towards me with a huge smirk on his face and he stared at me for a few moments.
Why is he staring at me like that?
I have an eerie feeling that it's something I did…
What did I do… Oh shit.
The second my realisation dawned on me he was already speaking.
"SO SHE CAN TALK EH? Everyone back at the village will be glad to hear it, especially Asami I'm sure, the poor woman's been hoping you would talk for a while now, you shoulda seen her practically crying tears of joy when you started laughing at her. Anyways, to answer your question, we don't exactly have a lot of Shinobi at the moment."
Ignoring my huge blunder(god I'm an idiot)I continued to question him.
"Why don't we have a lot of Shinobi at the moment?"
Kagami shot me a deadpan look that was oddly reminiscent of the one Itachi always gives me.
Is it a weird Uchiha trait or something?
"Well, the Third Great Shinobi World War is kinda going on right now. All of us shinobi are rotating on who protects the village and who goes out to fight. Right now, as you can probably tell, I'm helping the village."
"Third Shinobi World War?"
Now both Itachi and Kagami were giving me a look.
Yep. Definitely an Uchiha thing.
"Damn kid you've been living under a rock. Anyways, it's not my job to explain all of this to you, go ask that Asami, will ya?"
Kagami stepped out of the cart before continuing to speak.
"Anywho it's best that we get out of here now." Kagami turned to the other kids. "Now if you two could just join them in the cart that would be lovely-thank you. Please do not be alarmed by the unconscious men who will also be sitting in the cart, I have taken certain measures to ensure that they will not wake up for a day at least. Alright now I'm closing the door, try to get some rest all of you."
And with that Kagami slammed the door shut, four kids who didn't know each other just sitting there awkwardly staring at each other, bound and beat up criminals not more than a few inches away.
Try to get some rest my ass.
Within the next minute we were moving once more and pure silence still enveloped us all.
Damn, this is too awkward for me.
I turned towards Itachi to see how he was doing, and of course, being the antisocial person he was, he was daydreaming without a care in the world.
Sighing I turned towards the other two, who were also looking at me. They were staring at me almost expectantly.
Do I have to be the one to initiate conversation?
Accepting my fate I quickly pulled a lock of Itachi's hair to get his attention before I spoke. I at least wanted the one person I knew to be paying attention.
That and now that I'm technically talking again, Itachi will not be able to escape socialising.
"Um, so anybody up for introductions?"
Hey guys, V here,
This is like, the second time that I've just gone MIA and not updated and I'm sorry for that but it was necessary for me at the time cause well, life can be an ass. But I'm back now!(I hope) AND WHOA WE HIT 100 FAVORITES AND OVER 100 FOLLOWS ON THIS STORY WHILE I WAS GONE THANK YOU ALL SO SO MUCH! Either way, in this chapter I introduced two characters that will have a huge impact on the plot, so stay tuned for that. Also, Kirara's cover is up now, so she's either gonna have to figure something out or suck it up and attempt to become a shinobi(with help from Itachi of course). I kinda wanted to make a point in the story that it's gonna be very hard for either Itachi or Kirara to be exposed to much violence as a child(that they haven't already experienced) as long as they stay in the village, because of their status. Even if they are kidnapped, the village can't lose one of the last members of a clan they were supposed to protect, and they most certainly can't lose the heir to a powerful clan, much less the son of the Chief of Police Force. Also, thank you for all your lovely reviews! Anyways, thanks for reading my story! Please follow and R&R this story! Constructive Criticism is appreciated! See y'all next time
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