I'm here with the next chapter of my second story on this account, and I actually got one review before starting to type the second chapter, that made me happy. I'm not typing this at midnight this time, so it's not going to be as strange as the last one. Or is it? It is Halloween after all.

Begun: 10/23/05 5:55PM

Finished: 10/25/05 4:23PM

LunaGoddessOfFoxes - I'm glad you think it's cute, more cuteness is in the next few chapters. Enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 2: Happy Birthday!

"Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday dear Sasuke! Happy birthday to you!" Several people sung at Sasuke's first birthday party, Itachi blew Sasuke's birthday candle out for him, since he was only one year old and didn't exactly understand the concept of birthdays or birthday candles yet.

After posing for a cute picture with Sasuke, Itachi sat down in his chair and started eating the slice of chocolate cake that he'd gotten. "Dis is rea-ry gud, kaa-san." He said through a mouthful of the cake.

"Don't speak with your mouth full, Itachi-chan." His mother said, kneeling on the opposite side of Sasuke's high-chair and helping him eat a miniature piece of cake.

Itachi swallowed and replied, "Hai, kaa-san." Just about ten more minutes and the few kids who were there and eating cake finished, Itachi and Sasuke's father announced that it was time to open presents.

Sasuke got several neat things, a few of them being a blanket and a few new toys that were specifically meant for teething kids. Several of the less neat things being new clothing from relatives in the Uchiha family (all of them having the Uchiha fan of course). "Well, I think that's all the pre–" Their mother started saying, when Itachi walked over with something hidden behind his back.

"Um... I got Sasuke-chan a gift, too. I've saved up for a long time to get him this." Itachi held out a badly wrapped present and handed it to his mother to open. Inside there were one of those toy keyrings, but instead of keys (like we have in the real world) there was a small rubber version of a kunai and a shuriken on the little ring.

This was definitely an 'Awww...' worthy moment, and that's what most of the adults did, let out a small, quiet, "Awwww...".

"That was so thoughtful of you, Itachi-chan. I'm sure Sasuke-chan will love it." In fact, Sasuke reached up and grabbed it just then and started chewing on the fake kunai. (I know all of you readers are/have saying/said 'awwwww.' at some point durring that! I just know it!)

A little more than three months later was Halloween, and it was the night of the big Halloween party at the ninja academy. Games like bobbing for apples and a haunted house would make the night one of the most fun out of the whole year for a certain five year old boy dressed as a devil.

"Thanks so much for making me this costume, kaa-san!" Itachi said, turning and trying to look at his costume from different angles in the full length mirror in his parent's bedroom. He had a little red tail and horns, along with red and black wings that stuck out on either side of his back, and his costume was made complete with one of those plastic pitchforks that are taller than the kids that are holding them.

"Itachi-chan, I'm going to walk you to the academy since it's dark, okay?" His mother said as he finally walked away from the mirror, sure that his costume was going to be the best one there.

"Okay!" They set off for the academy, seeing several trick-or-treaters on the way. Since the academy wasn't too far away they reached it in about five minutes.

"I'll come and pick you up and 10, Itachi-chan. You'll have to go to bed as soon as you get home, though." Itachi's mother said once they reached the front door of the academy.

"Okay, see you then!" Itachi ran into the academy after giving his mom one last hug, as soon as he got into the building he noticed that there was a whole change in decorations. There were several jack-o-lanterns and the (obviously) fake bats hanging from the ceiling.

He was greeted by his sensei from the year before, Taidan-sensei, dressed up as a vampire. "Velcome, Itachi-kun!" He said, laughing. "Heh, how are you? If you want to go to the haunted house, it's in the left hallway, and if you're wanting to go to the games they're upstairs, and there's food, drinks, and music in the cafeteria. Have a good time!"

Being the young kid that he was, he automatically headed for the stairs so he could play the games. In his classroom for the current year there was bobbing for apples, so he decided to go there. There wasn't much of a line, so he was able to get up there quickly.

There was a teacher he didn't know at the bucket of water that he had gotten in line for. "If you get the apple with the small piece of black cloth tied around the stem you'll win a new set of kunai, so go for it!"

Itachi nodded and took off his devil horns, since he didn't want to get them wet. Dunking his head under water after closing his eyes he randomly found one of the apples, shoved it against the side of the barrel, and sunk his teeth into it. The only problem? His feet had lifted off the ground in his attempts to get the apple and he couldn't pull himself out of the barrel.

After quickly realizing what was happening the chuunin pulled Itachi out of the barrel and gave him a towel. "I'm so sorry about that, are you alright?"

After getting the apple off of his teeth Itachi replied, "Yes, I'm fine. Heh, stuff like that happens to me all the time." He smiled, despite the fact that his upper half was soaking wet and it was a rather cold night.

Before he knew it, it was 10 o' clock and he was being picked up by his mom. Thankfully he'd dried off by then so his mother didn't make a huge fuss about it. "So... How was it while I was at the party?"

"It was okay, Sasuke was crying about something and we couldn't figure out what it was. Maybe it was because of all the people who were coming to the door and kept knocking so I couldn't pay too much attention to him since your father is away on a mission he wasn't really being paid much attention to the whole night..." His mother explained, "He's asleep now, so I didn't have to worry about that, but I'll check on him when we get home."

So, they reached their house and when his mother walked into Sasuke's room she screamed. "Itachi-chan! Come here!"

"What is it, kaa-san?" Itachi said, walking into his little brother's room, though he noticed what was wrong when he looked at the crib in the corner of the room where his mother was.

"Your little brother is missing, help me look for him, okay, Itachi-chan?"

"Hai!" Itachi instantly ran out of the room looking around the house for his younger brother. The only bad think about having one of the richest families in Konoha: Having a huge house. Sasuke could be anywhere. "Sasuke!"

They had looked everywhere in the house, so they decided to check back in Sasuke's room. "Sasuke, are you in here?" Itachi said, checking every corner, high and low for Sasuke. Itachi decided to check the closet, where he found his little brother in his own toy box buried among his several stuffed animals and other various toys.

"Kaa-san! I found him! He's buried with his toys!" Itachi called, lifting Sasuke out of the toy box and carrying him over to their mother. Sasuke was giggling like it had been hide and go seek.

"Thank you, Itachi-chan." She said, hugging Sasuke. "Both of you should be in bed right now, so run off to your bed so you're rested for school tomorrow." She laid Sasuke down in his crib and was singing a lullaby to him.

Itachi walked too his room (which was further down the hall) and got into his dark blue pajamas with kunai and shuriken on them, with the Uchiha symbol sewed onto the sleeve (of course, you can't forget the Uchiha fan!). "Oyasumi nasai, kaa-san!"

"Oyasumi, Itachi-chan." His mother called from just outside of his door, since it was about an hour and a half past his usual bed time Itachi quickly fell asleep to dream about when he was older, passing the Chuunin Exam, eventually becoming a Jounin, and his ultimate dream, the police force or the ANBU.

Okay, this chapter is short, barely four pages, don't bug me about it. You try typing well when your little brother is whacking you over the head with a pillow and yelling at you to get off his computer so he can get on and do something like Neopets.

Geh, I'll try and update as soon as possible. (And I actually might start another new story, one of the future fics.) If I have more fics, I'll feel more rushed, therefore I'll update faster but the chapters quality won't be later, I'll make sure of that.

Until next time, Ao Hana out!