LONGER UPDATE~ YAY!
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Now everyone has probably been wondering about RED, no? kekeke~ Well, then... Enjoy~
Itachi set down the bag in the corner of the front courtyard. As he turned to get a pair of gloves, Sasuke came barreling into him.
"ANIKI! YOU JERK! YOU KNEW! I'LL NEVER SEE THEM THE SAME! MY EYES! YOU BIG FAT JERK!"
Tiny fists rained down onto Itachi's stomach.
"...Sasuke."
The drumming stopped.
"Nani?"
Itachi's index and middle finger jabbed Sasuke's forehead, removing Sasuke from his particularly close proximity.
"Oof! ANIKI!"
"Stop hitting me, otouto. And I'm not fat, you're nearly as heavy as I am."
"You are too, fat! And You set me up~!"
Mikoto exited the house as Sasuke whined, carrying a basket with her arsenal from the early years of Itachi. A light quirk of her lips gave away her amusement.
"Sasuke-kun. Itachi-kun. Yameroyo."
Itachi moved away as Sasuke pouted defiantly.
Their mother walked over, put on a set of gloves and flipped Sasuke's bag end up, letting the vile affections flutter out to the floor as books and scrolls landed with thuds.
Sasuke completely forgot his earlier statement as he watched on with interest as his mother prodded through the former contents with a disgusted expression. Never before had he seen such an expression on his lovely Kaa-chan's face.
He tugged at Itachi's shirt, eyes never leaving Mikoto's form and whispered.
"Aniki, why does Kaa-san look so angry at the papers?"
Itachi was momentarily confused, stumped for an answer that didn't let Sasuke catch onto the fact he had fangirls they were aware of.
"...They smell really bad, remember?"
Sasuke's face held a look of understanding, not doubting his brother for a second.
Oh otouto, how unaware you are.
Mikoto sorted Sasuke's supplies from the accursed papers. Picking his things up, she deemed them safe enough to handle without gloves and handed them over to Itachi.
"Make sure those are untouched."
And back to examining she went.
Itachi flipped through the pages of the books and homework and found them untouched, much to his relief. He opened the scrolls and checked them over, also finding them safe. Sasuke peered at him curiously and Itachi dropped the homework, books and scrolls in his arms.
"There you go. Go do your homework, otouto. Your things haven't been touched by the smelly papers and whatever those weird girls put in your bag."
Sasuke's head lolled to the side in disappointment, wishing he could have gotten away with not doing homework. Itachi rolled his eyes at his brother's expression, poking his forehead forcefully.
"Go."
The young Uchiha scurried off to do his homework, cheeks puffed up in irritation.
Fugaku walked into the hallway, bored and feeling strange after being spotted flirting with his wife by both his sons. Just then Sasuke turned the corner. Father and son froze, not sure how to react to each other.
"...Sasuke..."
"...Otou-sama..."
Silence settled over them again, neither of them taking a step forward, but neither daring to leave either. A few more moments passed, both still trying to figure out how to act around the other.
"...Um... I'm going to go do my homework."
"...Ok."
Sasuke nodded hesitantly and turned into the kitchen to go down the other hall, leaving his father in the first. Fugaku squeezed his eyes shut, regretting the whole event.
Never before had Fugaku felt so awkward with his youngest.
Itachi and Mikoto stood in the yard, staring at the scented papers.
"Did you see the tomatoes one of them stuffed in his bag?"
"I tossed it. Must have been trying to poison him."
"...I doubt that."
"...Should we read them to confirm identities of who to kill on sight?"
Itachi's eyes widened considerably as he stared at his mother in mild shock.
"Kill on sight?!"
Mikoto's serious expression hinted that she was completely aware of her statement.
"Kaa-san, these are eight year old children."
"So?"
"They do make up the next generation of kunoichi."
"We have Rei. When you or Shisui realize how nice of a girl she is, the pair of you can make lots of babies to make up for that."
"..."
Itachi gaped openly, mouth opening and closing like a fish, right eye twitching in pure unadulterated shock.
"Kaa-san! I-!She-! We- We're twelve! Where did that even come from?! Stop it!"
"So? You are twelve, now be a normal boy and start making moves on your crush. By the way, that girl we planned betrothed you to back then is turning out to be quite a brat. There is another girl I have in mind just in case, but I happen to like Rei alot as well. So try to get on her good side will you? "
Mikoto turned to see her son looking utterly lost.
"...But I'm not crushing on anyone..."
Rolling her eyes, she sighed and turned back to the topic at hand.
"Fine. We'll just keep them away from Sasuke. No more killing on sight. You'd think you'd be a little more crazy, since you're an Uchiha in ANBU and everything."
Itachi just continued looking like his brain needed a reboot, not sure how his mother could go about this... topic.
Mikoto picked up a stack of the letters and turned. Suddenly she smiled at something behind Itachi. He turned and found out exactly why his mother had brightened so suddenly. The other topic of their prior discussion. With a very confused expression.
"Rei-chan! Are you here for Itachi?"
She patted Itachi's shoulder.
"He's a handsome boy, no? Wouldn't he make a nice boyfriend?"
"Kaa-san!"
Rei's hand slackened and the bag she held dropped, cracking some sort of glassware that was in it. She ended up just standing at their courtyard entrance with an expression of absolute shock, jaw hanging and eyebrows raised. There was no reaction available for this at all.
Mikoto had dragged Rei and Itachi together and left them alone in the courtyard with a giggle, telling them "have a nice time together" as she left to "go through the blasted letters from those little heathens after her baby boy".
The duo stood quietly in the yard, both feeling ever so awkward as they could hear Mikoto giggling from behind the door. Rei buried her face in her hands in a feeble attempt to soothe her embarrassment and headache. Itachi simply stood there and gave up, letting the exhaustion take him.
"...So...How much did you hear?"
"...From 'next generation'..."
Silence settled over them again.
"...I can't just restart from when we dropped off Sasuke, can I?"
"...No... but I wish we could, too."
Rei shook her head and sighed, picking up the bag she had dropped earlier.
"Well, I was going to give you, Shi and the rest of the family some of the desserts and things I brought back, but I'm pretty sure that drop broke some of the containers."
Itachi tilted his head remembering his cousin.
"Ah. I still have to give him his dinner. Oh yeah, you recovered pretty fast."
Silence met his ears.
"You just pushed aside the fact until I reminded you, didn't you?"
The bag was suddenly shoved forward.
"Here. That's for all of you. I have to go and-"
"Rei."
"-You know, sort things. Paper work. All that stuff-"
"Rei."
"-I mean, I gotta go. Like now. Now now. So take that and-"
"Rei."
"..yes?"
"The bag is leaking."
Mikoto's frustrated scoff was heard and she whisper shouted to her son.
"Make a move already, Itachi!"
The already uncomfortable duo shared a mental facepalm, Itachi turning to hiss in embarrassment.
"Kaa-san!"
The red haired child rearranged the bag, pulling out the untouched sweets from the bag filled with spilled anmitsu.
"Here, those have all the rest of the desserts. But the anmitsu's no good now."
Itachi's eyebrow rose as he took the packages.
"Anmitsu?"
"Yes. Anmitsu. I'm a ninja, I travelled fast enough to not let it spoil. Anyway, I'm going to leave before my head explodes and kills me. Mikoto-san! I'm leaving now! Oyasumi!"
Mikoto slid the door open, somewhat disappointed by the lack of romantic relationship building between the two.
"Aah. Arigato, Rei-chan! Oyasumi~"
A small backward wave and the girl vanished around the corner, obviously headed back to her house to nurse her mind.
Shisui stepped out of his bathroom, rubbing the towel over his head vigorously.
The shower had done him good, as his head was no longer pulsing to the beat of some terrible creature that infested his mind. His stomach growled in protest, demanding to be occupied.
Ah. He was owed a dinner.
He shook out his damp hair, abandoning the towel and letting it hang around his neck. Shisui did not want to deal with anymore of the troublesome things that came with his cousins.
Ramen would do.
Sauntering out to his kitchen, he began opening doors and drawers. Just as he took hold of a pot, he heard a clang of metal from outside his house.
"ACK!"
Shisui peered out his window. A very familiar head of red hair was crumpled on the ground.
Rei.
And she wasn't moving.
Shisui groaned. He really hadn't wanted to deal with this kind of situation at all for the next week. He watched the crumpled heap a little longer, hoping it'd give some sort of indication that all was alright.
Nothing happened.
"Damn it."
Muahahahaha! Oh~ what is this? Shisui, your red headed trouble has fallen from the sky! haha I'll revealed what happened later xD
And now, the question of RED.
I made you all pick, Red or Black.
It was...
RED: Involve Itachi
BLACK: All yours, Shisui
So since Itachi's now involved, it's like one big chaotic mess of slight background romance, blunt and flirty parentals, crazy fangirls, and one obliviously innocent Sasuke.
Though I admit, so far my OC isn't very background, I assure you that will change soon. I have really long "days" right now, so bear with me!
Now about Mikoto's statement. [I personally know these kinds of women, it's hilarious when they aren't doing one of their "set you up" or "hint hints" to you.] So yes it's weird cus they're tweens and Shisui's practically a hormonal teenager, but they don't do anything much, it's supposed to be a background romance. If I feel like it, or I get persuaded I'll do something with this. But until then.
My mission is my Uchiha Duo's mission to protect. [I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY, THEY'RE MY VERSIONS OF SHISUI AND ITACHI. I'M ABDUCTING THEM FROM YOU, KISHI!]
Alright, enough of me doing that. I hope you all enjoyed the chappie. Feel free to let me know your thoughts :3 [hinthintwinkwink]
Until next time!
With half-mad giggles,
Silent-Himitsu