Naruto Primer: Lil' Itachi
Halloween
You read right. This is Lil Itachi's chapter while Hinata doesn't even have one yet! And, since it's a Lil chapter and all, we're going to show you that Itachi didn't always used to be a psychopathic killer…with the Magic Crystal Ball of the Past.
"Itachi!" called the Uchiha mother, looking around the house for her older son. She found him in the bathroom kneeling up on the sink to see in the mirror while holding a little hairspray can that would turn his hair red. "I told you to wait for me to do that."
"I didn't do it." said Itachi, handing the can to his mom. He was seven years old and it was October 31st. That meant that he got to go out trick-or-treating. And, since he had recently done so well with his ninja training to the point in which his teacher stated that he was almost ready for even the chuunin exam, his parents decided to reward him with the responsibility of trick-or-treating without them, something that every child wishes for.
"Do you really need to put this stuff in your hair?" Itachi's mother asked as she started spraying the red dye in and Itachi covered his face.
"Yes!" said Itachi. "I can't be a devil without red hair!"
Just then, three-year-old Sasuke came running over to the bathroom. He was dressed in a store-bought airplane costume that was just the epitome of preciousness. "Mom!" he whined. "Dad says that he's too busy to take me trick-or-treating!"
"I can take him!" said Itachi.
"No, I'm nervous enough with you going out alone." Said the mother.
"Mom, I want to go trick-or-treating!" complained Sasuke, jumping up and down and continuing to whine.
"Please mom?" asked Itachi. "I'll take really good care of him."
There was a bit of a battle, but the mother finally caved in. "Fine…" she said. "But you have to keep a really good eye on him and if anything happens then you'll never go trick-or-treating again."
"Okay!" said Itachi as he hopped off the sink.
After a few more minutes of getting ready, they grabbed their glow in the dark pumpkins and left the house. It was still pretty light outside as the two of them walk down the front walk.
"Let's go to Old Man Uchiha's house first!" said Sasuke. "And Mrs. Uchiha has a haunted house this year!"
"No, Sasuke." Said Itachi. "We trick-or-treat in the Uchiha neighborhood EVERY year and they always give out lame candy. We have to go somewhere else."
"But mom told us to stay in the Uchiha neighborhood!" said Sasuke, hurrying after Itachi.
"Mom won't know as long as you don't tell her!" said Itachi.
"I won't tell her, Itachi!" said Sasuke since he idolizes his older brother and would never do anything to get him in trouble. So Itachi led Sasuke out of the safety of their neighborhood until they were in the regular neighborhood where all the other less isolated clans lived.
"Let's go to this house!" said Itachi as he ran up to the first house that wasn't decorated with the Uchiha symbol.
"Itachi, wait!" called Sasuke, but Itachi was far too excited as he ran the doorbell. He quickly looked back to see that Sasuke was still making his way up the front walk, but then turned back around to gather his candy from the nice lady at the door.
"What an adorable costume!" said the nice lady as she reached into her bowl to give Itachi candy.
"Thanks!" said Itachi as he looked in his little pumpkin to see what kind of candy he got. Then he turned around and walked down the steps, frowning slightly at the Almond Joy he had just gotten. He figured he'd just have to trade with whatever kind Sasuke got. The best thing about little brothers was that they didn't know what kind of candy they liked so it was easy to do an unfair trade with them! Sometimes, he didn't even HAVE to trade!
"Sasuke, I'll be a the next house!" said Itachi as Sasuke started climbing the stairs. "When you're finished here, go over there, okay?"
"The house with all the jack-o-lanterns?" Sasuke asked.
"Uh…yeah!" said Itachi as he hurried off to the next house. He rang the doorbell and waited a moment. The door flung open and a blue Power Ranger was standing there.
"OH NO!!" he yelled. "MOM!! YOU SAID I WOULD BE THE FIRST TRICK-OR-TREATER!!"
A woman with enormous eyebrows came to the door with a bowl of candy. "I'm sorry, Lee, I didn't know that people would be going out so early." She said as she dropped two pieces of candy in Itachi's pumpkin without even really looking at him.
Itachi didn't really want to hear anymore with this family as he hopped down the stairs and ran to the next house.
He rang the doorbell. He received the candy from the nice people at the door. Then he went to the next house and received candy there too. As he left that house, he started thinking that at this rate, he'd get more candy than he got last year. Last year, they were going really slowly.
He had been with his dad and Sasuke last year. Sasuke was REALLY slow and his dad had to carry him half the time. That's what made this year even better because now Sasuke could walk on his own and keep up better.
That's when Itachi suddenly stopped dead and looked around. "Sasuke?" he said slowly. He retraced his steps slightly and continued to look. "Sasuke? Where are you?"
He walked up to a random guy. "Have you seen a little airplane?" he asked the guy. The guy shook his head and continued walking with his kids to the next house. Itachi frantically asked a few more people but no one had seen Sasuke. He knew he was going to get in trouble for not only leaving the Uchiha area but also losing Sasuke. And then he'd never be able to go trick-or-treating again!
"Itachi, look!" came a voice behind him. He turned around to see Sasuke standing there holding up his glow in the dark pumpkin. "Look at what I got! That lady gave me three Reese's Cups!"
"Three Reese's Cups?" said Itachi, looking at his Almond Joy. "Hey Sasuke… how about we trade?"