Screw what I said in the prologue about the disclaimer applying to every chapter. Here I go.

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Chapter 2: The messenger boys and the gay prank

Itachi had gotten home late…. again. Therefore his sleep was deep, and his dreams were vast. Although like most people, he could never hold onto a dream for long, whether he wanted to or not. But he enjoyed sleep nonetheless. Days in ANBU were tiring for anyone, but staying out extremely late at thirteen will wear any teenager down at his age.

Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz…

"What…?" Itachi thought groggily.

BUZZ…BUZZ…BUZZ…BUZZ…BUZZ!!!

Itachi immediately jumped to his feet and smashed the alarm clock, which had raised him from his rest. His breath became heavy from the surprise, and his thoughts were angry at his father, who was undoubtedly the person who placed it in there in the first place. He glanced at the time before the clock finally died. It read six in the morning. He felt his stomach growling and decided he might as well eat while he's up.

When he arrived in the kitchen down the hall from his room, his mother was up already making breakfast. He smelled eggs and bacon, something he hasn't eaten in a long time. He decided to sit down and relax for a second, but he refused to get too comfortable, he knew that if he fell asleep both Fugaku and Mikoto would scold him.

Itachi yawned and looked at his mother, she turned to Itachi and smiled lovingly, "Good morning Itachi!"

"Good morning, mother." Itachi said with a soft smile on his face. "Is father up?"

"Yes, he's out getting me some butter and milk, but he'll be happy to see the alarm clock worked."

Itachi nodded and responded, "Yes, but he'll be brought down by the fact that it no longer exists, it's now an ornament for my floor."

Mikoto shook her head and made tsk'd three times, "Why do you destroy things like that?"

Itachi looked to the front door, leaned the chair back on its hind legs and sighed, "I hate buzzing noises."

Mikoto decided to drop the subject, deciding it was useless to convince her son that getting an alarm clock will benefit him. She returned to her work and began humming some tune that Itachi could not recognize.

The ANBU captain stood up and walked outside. He felt the morning chill and began to rub his arms like it was going to stop it. Then he saw his father coming back, and when he saw Itachi, he smiled.

"I see the alarm clock worked!"

"Yeah, I love it." Itachi said sarcastically.

Fugaku walked into the house and slid the door shut behind him. Itachi shrugged and glanced over what he could see of Konoha. A small mist covered everything. He walked over to the wall with the Uchiha fan on it and leaned next to it, he felt relaxed here whenever he had nothing better to do, which was seldom. He almost always had work, but then again that was when he slept in. Busy days occupied his life now, and he didn't know whether to feel blessed or cursed. Then he weighed the fun missions with the tedious ones and dropped the thought from his mind when the fun missions outweighed the others.

"Itachi, breakfast is ready!" Mikoto called out. Itachi pushed himself off the wall and walked back to his home with a steady pace. Once he arrived in, everyone was sitting at the table, and Itachi decided to sit down with a content look on his face. Then a few seconds later, everyone began to enjoy their meal.

Itachi had not had such a good breakfast in a while. He thanked Mikoto for making it, but was still agitated by his father giving him an alarm clock. Itachi stood up and noticed it was about eight, and Itachi got his tools together, and decided to go meet Sarutobi without his ANBU uniform, and just try to enjoy whatever mission that he was given.

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Itachi arrived at the Hokage's office, opened the door slowly and walked in slowly. The only other person in there aside from Sarutobi was Han. Han looked back at Itachi and was surprised to see his captain on time.

"It's good to see you this early, Itachi." Sarutobi smiled as he took a puff from his tobacco pipe.

"My father helped me wake up this early."

"I'll have to thank Fugaku-san." Sarutobi chuckled.

Han nodded at Itachi and said, "I don't think Katsiru is going to join us. Didn't he volunteer to do guard duty one more day?"

Sarutobi nodded and Itachi winced. The last thing he wanted was to be near Katsiru when he told another story about guard duty. His face still tingled from where the hot ramen splattered all over him.

"What is my mission today, Hokage-sama?" Itachi asked.

"I have decided you and Han shall do this task together. I need you to make a visit to the Hyuga estate to deliver a message, and I would like you to return here. This shouldn't take you but about two hours to do so, so be ready, because I will have a second task."

Han and Itachi bowed and took their leave after receiving the message. Once they walked about ten yards from the building Han asked, "When did Hokage-sama decide to give us tasks like these instead of what ANBU usually does?"

"I suppose there isn't any major crisis happening that requires ANBU to step in. So until then we are just like anyone else." Itachi placed the scroll in his right hand and began to walk at a pace where he was content. Han followed closely behind and asked another question.

"So why do you suppose he sent both of us out to do this?"

"No more questions."

Han grunted and just watched the people in the path ahead of them moving this way and that to get to their work or for the academy students to get to where they learn. Itachi seemed oblivious to this, however he dodged the oncoming traffic of pedestrians with such dexterity it almost seemed impossible for the fact he still gazed at the sky with extreme boredom. Han became jostled in the crowd and lost sight of Itachi for a moment. When he saw Itachi again, he saw the entrance to the Hyuga compound.

"It's been a while since I've been here." Itachi mumbled loud enough for Han to hear him.

"I haven't been here at all; I haven't even seen a Hyuga for so long. I wonder why they haven't been as active as the Uchiha clan.

Itachi glanced over to Han with a slight cross look on his face, "Perhaps because you've never bothered to find a Hyuga."

The two walked in slowly, and Itachi wasn't surprised at all to find Haishi of all Hyuga, to be waiting there for them.

"Welcome boys. I'm sure you're here for a reason." Haishi deactivated his byakugan.

"I'm sure you already know why we're here and what this message says, so don't play dumb with us." Itachi threw Haishi the scroll. "So what is the response to this message?"

Haishi opened the scroll and looked over it. Itachi activated his sharingan to see if he could read the message based off the reflection in Haishi's eyes. Itachi smirked for a second and deactivated his sharingan when Haishi looked up.

"Tell Hokage-sama that I'll see what I can do, until then, let the owls do the job."

Itachi nodded and signaled Han to follow him. Han quickly caught up to Itachi and looked him in the eyes. "You may have been able to fool Haishi but you can't fool me. I saw your sharingan and I saw you focusing. What did the message say?"

Itachi showed no emotion in the face but was laughing in his thoughts. "It doesn't matter. It's the Hokage's business anyway." Han looked disappointed and decided to ask again later, maybe when Itachi is tired or intoxicated. Han began to walk in front of Itachi with a much faster pace so that he could arrive at Sarutobi's office to ask about the message.

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Itachi arrived back at Sarutobi's office and saw Han looking at the floor with a defeated look on his face. Itachi could tell what had happened and decided to let a small smirk escape from his thoughts. Then he turned to Sarutobi and said blankly. "Haishi responded that he will se what he will do, until then, let the owls do the job."

Sarutobi nodded and waved his tobacco pipe in front of his face, "Good job, Itachi, Han. Now, the second task is has been taken care of by Katsiru, and of all things…" Sarutobi began laughing, "It was an accident!"

Itachi hated Katsiru.

Sarutobi regained his composure, "The job was to oversee demolition of the old western gate so we can rebuild a better, sturdier gate."

"How in the world do you destroy a gate by accident?" Han asked skeptically.

"They said he was getting supplies for the guards patrolling the area, and was using a carriage pulled by oxen. Unfortunately, he whipped them too hard and they ran straight into the gate, making it collapse."

Itachi hated Katsiru more than before. He clenched his fists in thought of strangling his clumsy ally. Han stood up and walked over to the desk. "So what do we do now, Hokage-sama?"

Sarutobi popped the pipe back into his mouth and responded, "You two can go about your business, I have no more tasks for you."

Han took his leave, Itachi remained and asked, "May I take tomorrow off?"

"Why?" Sarutobi asked quizzically.

"My father would like for me to stay with them for one day."

"Yes you may, Itachi. I'll get Katsi…" Sarutobi hesitated with his judgment. "…Kakashi to take care of that job."

Itachi found the hesitation humorous, but decided to leave before Sarutobi could notice.

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Why did Katsiru bother sending Itachi messages like he does? Itachi wished he could figure this out, because once again, he requested a get together similar to the night before. Sasuke delivered the message to Itachi, and before Itachi was out the door to leave, he asked.

"You have tomorrow off, right?"

Itachi turned to his little brother and smiled, "Yes."

"Could I come along wherever you decide to go?"

Itachi thought through this thoroughly. He decided to agree because it had been ages since they have done something brother to brother.

"Thanks Itachi." Sasuke ran back into the house and Itachi began walking to the diner down the road.

When Itachi arrived, Shisui, Han and Katsiru were sitting at the bar instead of a table. They all had some sake, and Itachi detested most kinds.

"Hey! There he is!" Katsiru slurred.

Shisui apparently had not taken a sip of his drink; in fact, he pushed the drink away some time ago. Itachi walked and sat next to his best friend. Katsiru apparently had gotten into one of his stories, and was telling about the gate incident. Itachi had heard and seen things that Katsiru had done that was very similar, so this was nothing new to him. Then Katsiru stood up and sat next to Itachi.

"Heey Itachi!" Katsiru said in a flirty tone.

"Oh god…" Itachi closed his eyes tightly and took a gulp, then reopened his eyes in hopes that he was an illusion. No such luck existed.

"I've been watchin' you lately!" Katsiru laughed. He was about to put an arm around Itachi when the ANBU captain snapped.

"Touch me and you loose that arm."

Katsiru laughed and took another drink. "Aww…come on…you know you're like that too!"

Itachi turned to Katsiru and activated his sharingan, "If you weren't drunk I would kill you now."

Katsiru laughed again and leaned real close to Itachi, "Come on, Itachikins…take a drink!"

"I'm leaving." Itachi pushed Katsiru away and walked out of the diner. When Itachi was out of sight, Katsiru let out a sigh of relief.

"I have never been that scared in my life." Katsiru poured the water out from his glass. "Shisui, I told you, if that bet had cost me my life, my family would have come and claimed you responsible. That act nearly killed me!"

Shisui and Han were almost on the floor laughing.

"Shisui, that was brilliant, and cold." Han complimented.

"Yeah, it was cold. I'll apologize tomorrow, but that was funny." Shisui wiped his eyes.

Katsiru grabbed Shisui by the collar, "Okay, I did the prank, now give me the currency."

Shisui smiled nervously. "Actually, I didn't think you would really do it, so I kind of don't have the money."

The diner had suffered a small scuffle that night.

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Mean old mean Katsiru.

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