AN: Hey guys, long time no see… first I want to apologize for not posting posting in such a long time. School has been in the way of everything so I can't get to writing as much anymore. However I'll do my best to update as much as I can! I've been really into this fic about Shisui and the Uchiha brothers so this chapter is kinda dedicated to him. Enjoy!

Itachi: age 13

Sasuke: age 7

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Small, quiet feet wandered down the hall as they made their way to their destination. It was early in the morning and Sasuke was certain that his big brother was still asleep.

Now was his chance.

The young Uchiha slowly opened the door to Itachi's room and quietly closed it behind him as he entered.

He clutched the can of whipped cream in his hands closer to him as he quietly made his way to his brother's sleeping form.

Today was the day. The day that Sasuke would finally trick his flawless older brother.

Now don't get him wrong. Sasuke loves Itachi dearly, but he would love to be able to trick his perfect older brother at least one time in his life.

The young raven carefully examined his brother, making sure that he was really asleep. Itachi has a tendency to wake up as soon as someone touches his door knob, but still remains as if he were still asleep.

Sasuke knows from experience.

The older Uchiha's lips were slightly parted as deep, even breaths came in and out.

Sasuke smiled. He's definitely asleep.

His brother looked so at peace when he was sleeping. Too bad he was about to ruin it.

After finally confirming that Itachi was asleep, the young Uchiha quietly opened the can of whipped cream and carefully put some in one of Itachi's hands that was closest to his face.

He was afraid that his brother might go all ANBU mode on him once the whipped cream came into contact with his hand, but Itachi stayed perfectly still.

Now for the final step.

Sasuke pulled on his sleeve and carefully reached over to lightly tickle his brother's face.

One, two, three…

"Ah!" The little raven yelled in surprise as his face got covered in whipped cream.

He saw a smirk form on his older brother's face as he opened one eye.

"Nice try otouto." Itachi said in amusement.

Before Sasuke had even touched Itachi's face, the older raven swiftly slid his whipped cream covered hand on his little brother's face. Thus successfully counter attacking his little trick.

"No fair, nii-san!" Sasuke pouted. "I thought you were asleep!"

Itachi chuckled.

"I was," he replied. "Until I heard you coming down the hall."

The child sighed as he sat on the edge of the bed.

"I thought I had you that time." he muttered.

Itachi playfully poked his brother's stomach with his clean hand. "Better luck next time otouto."

Sasuke laid down on his side and rested his head on his brother's stomach.

"Are you busy today?" he asked innocently as he started wiping away the whipped cream on his face.

Itachi sighed. "Yeah, I am."

Sasuke frowned.

"I thought you didn't have any missions today."

"I don't," The older raven began running his clean hand through his brother's hair. "But Shisui wanted to train with me today."

The young Uchiha suppressed an eye roll.

Sasuke likes Shisui. He's almost like a second older brother. But sometimes he can't help but feel somewhat irritated whenever Shisui takes Itachi away from him.

The prodigy saw his brother's reaction and smiled sadly.

"But I can spend time with you when I get home." he reasoned.

Sasuke smiled.

"Okay." he replied as he sat up.

There was a moment of silence before a mischievous grin grew on the young Uchiha's face.

He turned to his brother. "Guess what nii-san?"

Itachi was skeptical. "What?"

Sasuke quickly wiped his whole face and wiped the excess whipped cream on his big brother's own face.

The young raven watched as his brother's face went from wide eyes to evil smirk in one second and took that as his cue to bolt out of the room.

Itachi, who had been laying down the whole time, swiftly got out of bed in one fluid motion and chased after his foolish little brother.

"Ah, the whipped cream wake up prank huh?"

It was only a couple hours into the day before Itachi had met up with Shisui.

They had just finished some training and were now resting at their usual spot near the Uchiha training grounds.

The prodigy had told Shisui about Sasuke's little prank that morning and had earned a cheeky grin from his friend.

"It was a good try," Itachi replied. "But I made sure I got my revenge."

Shisui chuckled. "You better watch out, he's gonna get you one of these days."

"That's okay." The prodigy said easily. "I'll just get him back afterwards."

The body flicker laid his body on the grass and looked up at the sky. "How old is the brat now anyway? Four?"

"Seven." Itachi corrected.

Shisui waved his hand at his friend. "Same thing."

Itachi smirked.

"Anyways, what's with the whole not mandatory duty thing tomorrow?" The body flicker asked.

The prodigy sighed.

The Hokage had requested extra shinobi earlier this week to be on duty tomorrow. It was quite unusual considering that it was optional duty, not mandatory.

"I'm not exactly sure, but I think it's about those spies who infiltrated the village. I think they're just looking for extra shinobi to scope out specific areas so they find them faster." The younger teen answered. "And knowing my father, this will probably be mandatory for us."

Shisui groaned. "Man, this week is going to suck! First the branch meeting, now this?" He sighed. "I'd rather eat dirt than do some boring mission."

"How appetizing," Itachi stated. "But I thought the branch meeting was next week?"

"It's been moved." Shisui complained. "You know how boring those meetings are? I have no one to talk to. The only people there are old geezers and annoying brats. Maybe I can skip this one-" he interrupted himself as an idea hit him. He slowly fixed his gaze on his cousin and offered him a smile. "Hey Itachi-"

"No." The younger said quickly.

Shisui made a face. "Awe come on! Come with me! Do you know how big a deal it would be if the clan head's son came to the branch meeting?"

"No." Itachi repeated.

"You're killing me 'tachi!" Shisui whined. "You don't want me to die of boredom, do you?"

The prodigy shrugged.

"That's harsh." The body flicker stood up and looked down squarely upon his cuel cousin. "Then let's make a bet." He said as he crossed his arms.

"A bet?" The younger teen asked.

Shisui nodded. "You and I both know we're going to fly through tomorrow's mission. So how about if I manage to finish before you, you have to come with me to the branch meeting. But if you finish before me, you don't have to come and I'll have to buy you dango." He held out his hand. "Is it a bet?"

Itachi thought for a moment before grabbing Shisui's hand and nodding. He's gonna get some dango out of this, so why not?

The body flicker smirked.

"Alright then. I guess I'll see you at the branch meeting."

Sasuke was on his way back home from the training grounds as exhaustion slightly weighed down his small frame.

He was really hoping he could train with Itachi today, but obviously that wasn't the case.

The young Uchiha was about to reach his house when he saw Shisui standing by the front door.

"Sasuke!" Shisui called with a wave once he saw his little cousin.

"Shisui?" Sasuke said confused. "What are you doing here? Isn't nii-san with you?"

The body flicker gave his baby cousin a smirk. "I'm here to talk to you, brat."

Sasuke scowled. The old man is calling him names again.

"Why?" the small Uchiha asked bluntly, annoyance in his voice. He looked towards his house. "Is nii-san home?"

Shisui shook his head. "He had stuff to do at the Hokage's office." he replied. "Anyways, I need your help with something."

Sasuke raised his eyebrows. "You need my help? With what?"

Shisui sighed. "So I made a bet with your brother-"

"You're dumb." Sasuke interrupted with a small chuckle.

"Hey punk, I'm your older cousin. Don't call me dumb." The body flicker scolded as he pointed an accusing finger at his brat of a cousin. Sasuke simply made a defiant face which Shisui chose to ignore. "Anyways, you and I both know that Itachi is pretty good at what he does. So there's a big chance that I might lose this bet, which is not good. So I need your help."

Sasuke scoffed. "And why would I help you? If anything, I want nii-san to win your bet. Not you." The young Uchiha walked past his cousin, towards the front door. "Nice try."

Shisui faked a sighed. "That's too bad. I guess I'll have to trick Itachi on my own then."

As if on cue, the body flicker heard his little cousin's footsteps abruptly stop and couldn't help but smirk. His plan worked.

"You're going to trick nii-san?" Sasuke asked, slight interest in his voice.

Shisui turned around to face the small Uchiha and nodded. "Face it kid, I know all about you wanting to trick your brother. This is your chance."

Sasuke stared at Shisui as he tried to think. He doesn't want to get in Itachi's way of winning a bet, that would make him a terrible younger brother.

But then again, this might be his only chance to actually fool his perfect older brother…

"What do you say brat? You in?" the body flicker asked.

The young Uchiha hesitated before looking at his cousin.

"I'm in. But what's your plan? Nii-san won't get hurt, will he?" Sasuke asked cautiously.

Shisui laughed nervously. "No, of course not." The body flicker averted his gaze. "But you might have to."

Sasuke made a face. "What?!"

"Okay just hear me out-" Shisui began.

"What do you mean?! I don't want to get hurt over this!" Sasuke said angrily.

"Just listen," the body flicker said. The little Uchiha crossed his arms as he grudgingly obliged. "When a five year old like you falls and hurts yourself, what do you do?"

Sasuke glared at his cousin. "I'm seven."

Shisui rolled his eyes. "Whatever, just answer the question."

"I get up and deal with it." The young Uchiha answered bluntly.

Shisui sighed. "No, no, no. Your supposed cry. What's wrong with you?"

Sasuke huffed in annoyance. "This is making no sense."

Shisui smirked.

"Don't worry, just trust me on this one."

It was the next day and Itachi was just about to head out on his mission.

He had woken up to a vacant home this morning which was quite odd. He figured that his parents must be out doing errands, but wasn't sure where his little brother had gone to.

It was pretty early in the morning and Itachi always wakes up before Sasuke does when he has a mission, so it was strange that his brother wasn't home.

Had he gone with their parents perhaps?

Itachi sighed as he put on his shoes. He couldn't believe he agreed to turn this mission into a bet with Shisui.

At least he's going to get dango today.

The prodigy stepped out the front door and began making his way to the Hokage Mansion faster than he normally would.

Itachi was just a little ways away from his house when he heard a familiar little voice call him.

"Nii-san!"

The older Uchiha stopped as he turned around.

"Sasuke?" he said confused.

"Nii-san!" Sasuke called out again. He was running full speed towards his brother.

Itachi watched as his brother came running towards him, trying to close the very large gap between them. Where the heck did he go so early in the morning?

Sasuke was still far from him when the prodigy's trained eyes saw his brother stumble on his own feet causing his heart to drop somewhat.

He wanted to act on impulse and try to catch his baby brother, but he wouldn't have made it. So his was forced to watch Sasuke stumble to the ground as his small, little frame ruthlessly skidded on the pavement.

Itachi suppressed a wince.

The prodigy waited anxiously for Sasuke to get up and continue running towards him again so he could tell him that he was okay, but instead he saw his brother slowly sit up from the ground.

Worry began nagging at Itachi's heart. He was okay right?

The older Uchiha was about to call out to Sasuke before he saw tears rapidly falling down his baby brother's cheeks.

Itachi took in a sharp breath as he ran towards his brother. He kneeled in front of Sasuke and immediately searched for injuries.

"Are you okay otouto?" Itachi asked worriedly. "Did you hurt yourself?"

Sasuke shook his head as he quickly wiped his eyes. "I'm fine." he answered, immediately grimacing in pain afterwards.

The older Uchiha took a better look at his brother's face and found a cut along his left cheek. He then took his right arm and found several wounds that had formed there as well as wounds on both his knees.

Itachi wiped away his little brother's tears that still continued to fall before turning around and motioning for him to get on his back. "Let's go otouto. I'll take you home."

Sasuke sniffed miserably. "But you-"

"Come Sasuke." The older Uchiha interrupted gently. "I don't want your cuts to get infected."

Sasuke obliged as he sorely got onto his older brother's back. Itachi then stood up as he began making his way back to their house.

The older Uchiha couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Shisui was probably halfway done the mission by now, meaning he's going to end up attending the branch meeting after all.

It also means no dango.

But Itachi quickly brushed it off. Sasuke needed him. He couldn't just leave him for some lousy bet. What kind of older brother would he be if he did?

Maybe he can talk his way out of going instead…

Sasuke was sitting on the kitchen counter as he watched his brother put away the med kit.

His head hung as guilt had been eating him alive all morning.

The little Uchiha had woken up extra early and hid in a hiding place Shisui had showed him the other day. As soon as he saw his brother walk out of the house, he had followed exactly what Shisui had told him to do.

The crying part wasn't as hard as he thought it would be, even though it did made him feel like a huge baby. But all in all, the whole plan was a success.

He actually tricked his flawless older brother.

Then why did he feel so terrible?

Is it because he used someone else's plan? Or... is it because he took advantage of Itachi's feelings and made the bet unfair to him?

Sasuke grimaced as he clenched his fists in frustration towards himself.

What kind of younger brother was he? How could he just betray Itachi's trust like that? And to top it all off, he was covered in cuts and scratches now. How stupid could he be?

The young Uchiha sighed as he looked up from his lap. A small noise of surprise then escaped his lips as he saw his brother's face directly in front of his own.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asked. "Are you still in pain?"

Guilt clenched Sasuke's heart even tighter. "Uh, no I'm okay. Thank you for taking care of me nii-san."

The older Uchiha continued to stare at his brother, his position unchanging.

"You're lying." he suddenly said.

Sasuke bit the inside of his cheek. He wanted to tell him. No, he needed to tell him. This whole thing isn't right.

But would Itachi be mad at him? He hasn't ever been mad at Sasuke before. He wouldn't be able to handle having his precious older brother angry at him.

But no, he needs to do the right thing. Sasuke brought this upon himself. He deserves any punishment that might come his way, no matter how terrible it may be.

The younger Uchiha took a deep breath. "I'm sorry Ita-nii." he blurted out. "This whole thing wasn't an accident. I fell on purpose. Shisui told me about your bet and asked me to help him win so I can finally trick you. I didn't feel good about it, but I was being stupid and followed the plan he made against you. And now because of that, your losing your bet just to take care of me even though I clearly don't deserve it 'cause I'm a bad brother and I don't deserve your love and care, and you should just kick me out into the streets."

Sasuke inhaled deeply after saying all that in one breath and bowed his head. "I'm so sorry Ita-nii."

There was a moment of silence before the young Uchiha heard an amused sigh come from his brother.

He then felt Itachi lift his chin so that he was looking at him. Sasuke braced himself for what was to come.

"First of all," Itachi began lightly. "I'm not going to kick you out into the streets. Second of all, never listen to Shisui. Ever."

The younger Uchiha looked at his brother in surprise. "So you're not mad at me?"

"No, just a little disappointed." The elder replied.

Sasuke sighed. "I'm sorry nii-san. I didn't mean to make you lose your bet. I promise not to do it ever again."

"Sasuke, I'm not disappointed because I lost the bet." Itachi stated. "I'm disappointed because you resolved to hurting yourself for a trivial trick." The prodigy lightly poked his brother's cheek playfully. "Look at you, you're all scratched up."

Sasuke pouted. "Yeah, Shisui's plan was dumb. I wish I hadn't listened to him."

The young Uchiha saw a smirk form on his brother's face.

"I have an idea." Itachi suddenly said. "And I need your help otouto."

Shisui was back at the usual spot him and Itachi usually meet at.

He had completed his mission in under an hour and was now waiting for his cousin to finish it as well.

Shisui smirked. It looked like Sasuke was able to pull his plan off, meaning he won the bet.

Now Shisui wasn't a bad person so he couldn't help but feel a little bad for cheating. But since he won, he's not gonna be alone during the branch meeting and he might as well buy Itachi the dango anyway, so it's kind of a win-win situation.

He should also tell him about the plan he came up with as well just to be fair.

The body flicker continued to wait and it wasn't until two hours later when he felt his cousin's presence finally arrive.

"I told you I would win Itachi." Shisui said out loud, playful arrogance in his voice. "They don't call me 'Shunshin no Shisui' for nothing."

He turned around to shoot Itachi smirk. His expression soon disappeared when he saw his cousin's grim looking face.

The body flicker walked towards Itachi. "Hey, what's wrong? Did something happen during the mission?"

Itachi shook his head, his face unchanging.

"I didn't do the mission." he replied, his voice devoid of any emotion.

Shisui was confused. "Why not?" Worry began building up in his chest.

"Sasuke is in the hospital." The prodigy finally said.

Shisui's blood stopped cold. "What? What happened?"

Itachi sighed. "When I was on my way to the Hokage building, I saw Sasuke running towards me. It seemed like he wanted to tell me something, but he tripped and hit his head on the ground. Hard." he explained. "He passed out and I rushed him to the hospital. The doctors say it isn't looking good. He hasn't woken up since."

Shisui clenched his jaw. He remembered telling the brat to make his fall realistic, but not that realistic. Guilt suffocated him. This was all his fault!

"Is he going to be okay?" Shisui asked worriedly.

The younger of the two shook his head. "I don't know."

The body flicker bit the inside of his cheek. Itachi was going to kill him.

He took a deep breath. "I'm so sorry Itachi. This is my fault." Shisui watched as his cousin's facial expression change from grim to signature Uchiha glare in one second, but continued on carefully. "I wanted Sasuke to stall you so I could win the bet. But I didn't mean for this to happen."

"You did this?" Itachi asked in a low voice.

Shisui could've sworn he saw Itachi's sharingan activate for a second. He could literally feel the anger bubbling in his cousin. "Itachi listen-"

The prodigy turned his back on his cousin. "I'm done listening to you." he replied coldly. "I'd appreciate it if you'd never speak to me in the future."

The body flicker watched as Itachi began walking away. As much as he deserved this, he couldn't just let him walk out of their friendship just like that.

"Itachi wait," he called out. "I know what I did was bad, but we need to talk about this. We can't just drop everything!"

"Are you deaf or something? He said to never speak to him ever again. How dumb can you be?"

Shisui jerked his head to the side as he heard a familiar little voice and instinctively backed a good few feet away.

"Oh my god." the body flicker blurted out. He took a better look at who spoke and his expression grew irritated as he realized who it was. "Is that you punk?!"

Sasuke pointed a finger at Shisui. "My arms and legs are covered with cuts because of you."

Shisui marched up to his little cousin and pushed his little finger away. "You told Itachi, didn't you?"

The little Uchiha simply stuck his tongue out at him.

Shisui gritted his teeth. "Why you-!"

"I guess my plan worked." Itachi said as he came up next to Sasuke.

"Itachi, how could you do this to me?" the body flicker asked dramatically. "I really thought this brat was in the hospital."

The prodigy simply shrugged. "That's what you get for cheating."

"And coming up with a dumb plan." Sasuke added.

Shisui quickly shot him a glare, but it soon turned into a small smirk.

"Whatever, I deserved this." he said. "But don't forget Itachi, I still won this bet even though I cheated. You still have to come with me to the branch meeting."

Itachi sighed. "Fine. But you know who else should come?" The prodigy shared a smirk with Shisui before both of them looked at the youngest Uchiha.

Sasuke crossed his arms as he pouted at them. "Why do I have to come? I did nothing!"

"Yeah right," Shisui said incredulously. "You were a part of everything. It's only fair that you go too."

Itachi put a hand on top of his brother's head. "He's got a point otouto."

The little Uchiha huffed in annoyance as the older teens laughed at his cuteness.

"Don't worry brat. Your going to love it there." Shisui took a step towards his baby cousin, mischief written on his face. "I can just see the elders cuddling you and giving you those wet, sloppy kisses."

Sasuke made a horrified face.

"Don't forget them pinching those cute, little cheeks of yours." Itachi added, the same expression on his own face as he too slowly closed in on him.

The body flicker looked over at his cousin. "Shall we demonstrate?"

"Nii-san, no." Sasuke begged.

Itachi smirked. "Good idea Shisui."

Sasuke began running as fast as his little legs would take him, hoping he could escape the inevitable torture that was to come.

If only he hadn't gotten involved, maybe he would've been spared.

AN: Sorry for the really sucky ending, I tried to finish this as quickly as I could. I hope you enjoyed though!

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