Disclaimer: I dont own Naruto. Still. Yet.
A/N: Second chapter. I changed some things, so it's better to read :) It all takes place within the Uchiha-district.
And we love little Sasuke, dont we? Such a... spoiled brat lol Nah. See yourself :)
toozakaru omoide wa itsumademo mabushisugite
mou nido to aenai kedo
Sasuke was at the playground and sat with a sad expression on a swing. Back in the days his brother had accompanied him here more often. But he had changed. Ever since he was a member of this weird Anbu organisation, he had gotten serious and distant. No fun, no playing together – no even BEING together.
"Do you need somebody to swing you?" Surprised he looked up.
"Shuiro!" He cheered as he saw her. The girl had been in the same Team as Itachi – and was still there. She stopped in front of him and smiled friendly. "Yeah, please. Itachi is – guess what – not here. I have to swing on my own…" On his own. Always on his own.
„Keep your peckers up, Sasuke. Your brother is probably saving some human lives at the moment. Its another good thing besides swinging, isnt it?" Sie stepped behind him and pushed him forward. He moved halfhearted.
"I don't care. He shall come back… to mum and dad and… to me", He murmured.
„He will. For certain – until then, you just look for another swinging-partner",
„And who? YOU?" Er showed playfully his tongue and snickered loudly, as she pinched him for it. „You don't have so much time, either, Shuiro",
„Well, in relation to others, I have a lot of time – but you will always have more time, Sasuke. Maybe you should look for another hobby? How is it going in the Nin-school?"
„I'm the BEST!" He boasted. „Nobody is as good as I am. Today at throwing Shuriken, I hit the wood every single time. So??"
„You will become a great Ninja, Sasuke. And who knows – maybe even better as your brother?" He looked back, his eyes glimming brightly.
"Yeeah? You think so? Is it even possible??"
„For certain. You definitely have the talent and the ambition for it", She sat down in the swing beside him. "I couldn't do the fireball jutsu with five years. It's really impressive",
"Ah, it's nothing. Itachi could do it much earlier", He lowered his head again. "Daddy says I'm not as talented as he is",
"It depends on what YOU think, Sasuke. And if you think, it's possible, then it is. If you want, we can even train together",
"Hum, I don't know. Usually I wanted to… train… with Itachi", He answered and made a sad face. The same moment the sand from the playground crunched. "Itachi!" Sasuke shouted and jumped to his feet. „You were so fast! You stay here? You don't go away again?? Can you swing me?!"
„Shuiro", Itachi took a small bow to her and stepped to his brotherAn, who bounced beaming to the swing and swung with enthuisum, while Itachi pushed him gently.
"Shuiro offered me to train with her!" Itachi threw her a short glance. She responded it friendly. „But I wanna train with YOU!"
„You could train with the TWO of us?" She suggested. Sasuke opened perplex his mouth.
„Hum, yeah. You're right. YEAH, I could do that! Is that okay, Itachi? Okay, if I train with Shuiro, too?" Itachi didn't even answer. He seemed to be lost in thoughts. Just nodding slightly to the Sasuke's questions, he kept on swinging him.
"Mother's calling you, Sasuke", He stopped all of a sudden. Shuiro hadn't heard a thing. She recognised again, that Itachi's ears were a lot better than hers. Well, not just his ears.
"Stay here! I come back!" Sasuke said to them and sprinted away. Itachi blinked, took two slowly steps around the swing and sat down beside her, his shoulders sunken, the head bent.
"Everything's alright, Itachi?" She asked concerned and recognised the bloodtraces on his skin and his Anbu clothes. The pony tail hung red glimming over his shoulder.
„How is Sanosuke?" He responded. Sanosuke was the third member of their team. Itachi caused some inferior complexes in the poor guy.
"He's fine. Soon we get a new member. Maybe then we can do some upper ranks mission again. He's really looking forward to it. The D-ranks get to him",
"You wanna train with Sasuke?"
"He was really sad. It was the only thing that came into my mind to cheer him up. He misses you so much",
"Yeah…" His glare got glassy.
„Maybe someday he will understand that your profession takes a lot of time. And who knows - maybe through your absence he will get more self-dependet", He blinked and threw her a glare from the corner of his eye.
Suddenly he sat up, fully aware again, his head turned to her.
"What are you doing, Shuiro?" Her smile got a little embarrassed, she started playing with her fingers between her knees.
"I'm doing… missions and such stuff",
"And besides?" She didn't know if his glare stood for interest or politness. Breathing deeply she answered: "Sometimes I make music… or I read. I go for walks a lot",
"Hm…" He blinked and turned away again. „Sounds good", He stood up, his hands bent in half-opened fists. "Maybe we can go together from time to time", Surprised she raised her brows. She just managed to shrug approvingly.
"Sure. Everytime you want – but maybe you shall spent some time with Sasuke before", He nodded slightly, stayed for another second and walked away then. She sat there, looked after him. Itachi never really cared for her. She was rather one of those, he didn't even look at. This boy had a clear goal in mind and everything else was not even worth thinking of.
Though she knew he could be all warm-hearted and caring – He was like that, when he was with his brother. Sometimes she asked herself, what had made him so distant to all the other people of the clan.
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A/N: The headline is from "The last song" by Gackt. The meaning of it will be revealed as headers of the chapters :) there will be three parts of the story. Each ending of it can be interpreted as the real ending. So you can just stop the story there lol or keep it going.
Well, for now it seems they will meet again. Dont they? And will Shuiro find out why she is suddenly worth a thought?
Btw - Shuiro means vermilion. Beautiful word. In every language obviously...