Naruto Fan Fiction
SI-OC!
(Title)
"The Weasel and His Cat"
DISCLAIMER: I do not own 'Naruto'!
WARNING! RATED M! For warnings of harsh language.
The Leaf was slow to rebuild in the months following the Kyuubi attack. Houses and buildings were re-erected and repaired. Stores and merchants restocked. School's reopened. The Human's wept for those lost and kept moving forward, trying to adjust with their new realities.
The Clan was rounded up and secluded off into a corner of the Village, far from it's heart where they had always resided. Once upon a time, decades ago now, the Uchiha and Senju had lived side-by-side at the very center of the Village. They stood beside each other with tentative trust as the other clans came to them and grew the city around them that everyone knew now as Konohagakure.
Fugaku became more closed off to his wife and sons as he steadily became weighed down with balancing the new discontentment among his clansmen and the animosity aimed towards them by those that were supposed to be allies as he also fought against thinly veiled accusations of the Uchiha's involvement with the October 10th attack. Every day, he looked a little more worn down than the last.
Mikoto spent many weeks dedicating herself to helping the families of the Clan to adjust to their new habitat and aiding where she was permitted at the Leaf's hospital. Always making time to stop by the Maternity Ward to look in on all the infants that had been orphaned after that night. She mothered Sasuke to an excessive degree, enough for two children, determined to make up for some failing that was beyond her control.
Young Shisui had come back from his mission out of Village to devastation and a Village in mourning. After learning the events of the night he foolishly felt a kind of guilt for not being present and risking his life with those declared dead. The Feline had made sure to tell him how much of an idiot he was for thinking that. Itachi had not voiced his agreement aloud, but there had been many a blank yet judgmental stare sent the curly-haired boy's way.
The little weasel had decided to grow his hair out. The Feline had snorted ungracefully and mocked him, commenting on how feminine he already was and asking if he had a desire to be mistaken for his Mother. Itachi had not seen this in a negative light however, he respected his Mother greatly and would've been honored to share more similarities to her. Shisui had laughed at the Feline's face as she stared at the far-too innocent boy. She honestly wondered if he didn't understand her intent or if he did and just turned the insult into a compliment on purpose!
She wasn't entirely sure if she wanted to know.
November came and went and Itachi was given and subsequently passed the genin exam with one of the highest scores in it's short history. He graduated the next year in the fall, receiving his headband and was instated as a full genin and a legal adult in the eyes of the Village.
The Weasel and His Cat
TO BE CONTINUED
A/N: Another shot of love, luvs! A brief look at the Uchiha in the aftermath of the Kyuubi and a skip to Itachi's genin days! More things -concerning Tomomi's past- are going to be revealed! Hope you liked it!
Love you!
-Nanami