Shisui meets Itachi

The first time Shisui meets Itachi, he decides that his cousin is the cutest thing he's ever seen. Itachi has big dark eyes, and lots of floppy dark hair, and is absolutely tiny. It takes all of Shisui's control not to pinch his cheeks.

His control only extends so far though, and he can't stop himself from squealing, "oh my god, you're so cute!"

"I know that," his cousin says, pouting, and, oh my god, so, SO damn cute! "But what about my eyebrows?"

Shisui blinks. "…What?"

"My eyebrows," Itachi repeats.

(Of course Shisui doesn't know this, but England has only just realised how gloriously not-bushy his eyebrows are. It's his absolute favourite thing about this knew life. That, and his glorious locks. He has to admit, even for a child, he is quite aesthetically pleasing in this life).

"They're…very nice?" Shisui isn't really sure what to say about that. He hadn't even spared a second thought about Itachi's eyebrows.

Itachi frowns. "You don't seem so sure," he says, accusingly.

"…Do you want to train?" And please, please, don't let his adorable little cousin hate him. Not only because Shisui genuinely wants Itachi to like him, but also because Aunt Mikoto and Uncle Fugaku would probably kill him.

Shisui likes being alive.

Itachi sighs. "Fine. We can train."

Shisui beams, deciding that all is not lost after all.

...

It takes England about a month to decide that he likes Shisui Uchiha after all. At first, he isn't sure, because people didn't always reveal their annoying quirks immediately (it had taken England a little over five minutes to realise that France was a horrid pervert, after all. It was something that he was still very embarrassed about). But Shisui, despite being almost annoyingly cheerful at times, isn't unpleasant to be around. In fact, he'll go as far as to say that he considers the older male (or younger, if he was going to be technical) his first real friend here.

It's almost like having a big brother. That's not exactly a new thing for England, but in his experience older siblings meant a drunken Scots, mocking jeers from a Welshman and an Irishman, and, of course, his childhood 'brother figure' France, who ended up being a nothing more than a perverted Frog.

So yes, older brothers mean bad things (and he supposes his experiences with younger brothers hadn't been much better…although Whats-His-Face, who looked disturbingly like America, hadn't been too bad). But Shisui seems genuinely nice, and seems to genuinely care from him. Also, he doesn't seem like a pervert, which is a huge bonus.

He tells him this while they're heading back to the compound. Shisui had taken him out for dango (which were almost as good as scones), and England had permitted him to give him a piggy-back on the way back to the Uchiha compound (he'd complained a bit for show, of course, but he'd inwardly squealed; piggy-backs were simply marvelous).

"Shisui," he says, his mouth full of dango.

Shisui smiles at him. "Yes?"

"…This is nice."

Shisui's smile widens (and inwardly, he squeals. Oh, his baby cousin is just too cute).

"It's nice to have an older brother figure who isn't a pervert," England continues. Shisui continues to beam at him, apparently very excited to be considered his precious little cousin's big brother, and then the rest what England has said catches up with him, and he freezes in horror.

England, oblivious to this, continues to eat his dango.

(Shisui's eyes narrow, and he decides that his baby cousin must be protected at all costs. Also, when he found out who dared display that behaviour around Itachi, they would pay).

...

Omake: Shisui meets Britannia Angel

His cousin is yelling for him to wait, alarm and horror in his eyes, and Shisui feels a wave of regret for making Itachi watch this. He wishes there was another way, but his cousin needs to know. It's all in his hands now.

It doesn't mean Shisui doesn't regret leaving all of this on his cousin's shoulders, especially since Itachi seems to be breaking under the strain.

(He's lost count of all the times he's found his cousin sobbing drunkenly about how he hates coups, and how this reminds him way too much of that 'blasted revolution.' And then something about tea, and stupid Americans. Whatever that meant).

But. Well. His cousin is a capable shinobi, and Shisui knows he can do this. He knows his cousin will protect the honour of their clan, and protect their village.

So he says, "don't stop me Itachi,", smiles, and throws himself backwards of the cliff. He keeps his eyes closed as he falls, feels the air rushing around him, and thinks 'this is it.' It's not how he thought he would die, and he can't say he's ready for this, but it's what he needs to do. To protect his village, and to protect his clan, he can do this.

And then there's a sudden jolt, and he's not falling anymore (he's pretty sure he's going to feel this later though, because he doesn't think his neck is supposed to jerk that way).

He opens his eyes, and then realises that he shouldn't be able to do that. Because Danzo ripped one of his eyes out, and he ripped the other one out, so — seriously, what?

He then realises he is floating midair, and that someone is holding him.

And then he realises who is holding him, and any thoughts of flying, and magically regenerating eyes vanish, because, what the absolute fuck is his cousin wearing?!

Itachi deposits him back on the cliff, and gives him a unimpressed look. All Shisui can see are the huge fluffy wings, and the star-tipped wand, and the toga.

Itachi was wearing toga.

"Suicide Shisui — really?" Itachi says, his eyes narrowed. "You're lucky I was able to change into my Britannia Angel form, and grab you before you hit the water. I'd rather not get my outfit wet. As great as this is, getting wet when you are wearing thin white material is not a good idea."

Shisui's mouth opens and closes.

"What's wrong?" Itachi frowns for a brief moment, and then his eyes widen in realisation. "Oh. Your eyes? It's alright, I used my magic to regrow them for you."

Shisui chokes.

"Yes, yes, impressive, I know. But hardly the most difficult thing I've ever done. After all, I once turned Korea into a child. And summoned a demon. Well — Russia, but he is very demonic, and I'm sure all the other nations would agree with me." A sigh. "But enough of this — we really need to figure out what we are going to do about this coup. And Danzo, because I'm not sure how I feel about taking orders from someone who ripped your eye out of its socket —

Shisui decides he'll use the near-death experience as an excuse, and promptly passes out.

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AN:

So…here's another chapter xD Shit, I am having WAY too much fun with this story. I really need to work on my other ones.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed that chapter. I didn't realise how fun it would be to write Shisui. The last part isn't actually part of the story, but I thought I'd include some AU/non-canon scenes for this story, because I have so many ideas (these will include having other countries being reborn as other Naruto characters. Ive already planned a Sasuke-is-America drabble for later on because…well. Could you imagine England's reaction to that?).

Thank you for all your lovely comments, and thanks for taking the time to read!