In the evening, the Uchiha family sat around the dinner table. However, there were plates with food only for Sakura and Sarada, as Itachi couldn't eat, being reanimated.

"Hey, Uncle Itachi, you don't like the dango? Maybe mother will cook you something else! Please, mom, we cannot let Uncle Itachi starve!" Itachi smirked, as he was thinking about how compassionate his niece was. Compassion was a quality that only a few of the Uchiha possessed in the history. Kagami was compassionate, giving his life for his friends in the village, Shisui as well… Itachi didn't consider himself to be compassionate, as he thought that a shinobi who killed his family cannot be a kind being.

"Sarada-chan, I love dango. It was my favorite thing to eat in life, but right now, as a reanimation, I cannot eat or drink anything. I wouldn't be able to feel the taste and it would pass through me with… messy results!"

"Ugh!" Sarada started to laugh.

After the dinner, Sarada continued to overwhelm Itachi with all kind of questions.

"Hey, Uncle Itachi, would you please train me? I want to be powerful as daddy and you, so I can become Hokage!" Itachi was impressed:

"So, you want to become the first Uchiha Hokage? That's impressive, Sarada-chan." That's good; it would heal the rift between the village and the Uchiha once and for all. "But for that, you must be really strong!"

"I know. Please, can you show me some of your jutsu? Please, please?"

"Sarada! NO JUTSU IN THE HOUSE!" Sakura snapped. "You know what happened the last time you used your Fire jutsu in the house. You almost burned it down!"

"That's incredible. You are able to perform Fire Style jutsu?"

"Yes, Uncle! Mommy, can we go the basement? I promise to be careful!"

"Fine…"

A few minutes later, Itachi and Sarada arrived to the basement.

"Good, Sarada! Now, I will create a Shadow Clone. Try to dispel it using your Fire jutsu. If it's strong enough, the clone will disappear." Itachi created a clone which stood in front of Sarada.

"OK, Uncle! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" A small jet of fire exited Sarada's mouth and burned the coat of the clone, but it did not dispel it.

"Ugh! So close!" Sarada pouted.

"Don't worry. I know exactly what you must do. Listen: whenever you want to use Fire Style, you must first increase the temperature of the chakra inside you. Then, you expel it and it would be far more powerful. Here, let me show you! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Itachi's fireball was so powerful that almost obliterated the floor of the basement, not only the Shadow Clone. Sarada was baffled:

"Wow… awesome! But… the floor is burning!"

"No problem!" Itachi waved a few signs: "Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu" A large stream of water quickly extinguished the fire.

"Wow, you can use Water Style too?"

"Yes, and Wind Style, though I was never very skilled with it. Let me show you: Wind Style: Miniature Tornado." Sarada then started to float around Itachi, because of the small air vortex below her feet.

"Whee! Why are you saying you are not skilled with Wind? You are awesome!"

"Well, compared with Suna's Wind users or your current Hokage Naruto, I am quite a novice when it comes to Wind chakra. I know a thing or two about it but that's it!"

After an hour, the two returned upstairs. Sakura already went to bed, after a very difficult day. Sarada went to bed too, being tired after the training session and Itachi, being unable to sleep due to his condition, started to remember…

"Fire Style: A Thousand Degrees Flame!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

The two techniques collided in midair and annihilated one another. "Well, Itachi, it seems that you have a few tricks up your sleeve. But with all that water around you… Lightning Style: High Voltage Zap!" Itachi fell to the ground, shaken by the power of Shisui's Lightning jutsu. "Get up, silly. You improved tremendously since we last trained together!"

"Not quite, Shisui… I wasn't able to counter your Lightning jutsu. If you hadn't decreased the jutsu's intensity…"

"Well, there's room to improvement, as always, without a doubt! But still, you fought with me and survived!" Shisui winked and smiled, making Itachi blush. Both shinobi then walked near the right bank of a river.

"So… what's the situation with Sasuke? He is still sick?"

"Yes, tummy aches."

"Bah, don't worry. I remember the time when you missed the Academy classes for a day because of your tummy."

"Shisui, it's not the sickness itself that worries me. It's the fact that Sasuke is so sensitive and… I love him; I don't want to see him in pain!" Shisui the Teleporter started to laugh:

"Ha, ha, ha! You are a fool, love! Can't you see that Sasuke is much stronger that you think? Remember when he came with you to kill that boar? What child his age would do that? He loves you too, and he fights for you, but you must acknowledge his abilities. That child needs his brother!" Shisui's words made Itachi sad, but he knew that his lover was right.

"Yes, I know, but what would happen if the clan would start the coup? Konoha's shinobi would never forgive us, and would slaughter anyone, including children… I don't want to see Sasuke dying…" Without letting Itachi saying another word, Shisui kissed him.

"Hush now! Don't worry about it! I have a plan!"

Itachi enjoyed these memories, yet they create a great amount of pain in his soul. However, he was happy that he met his niece and that she was a talented and smart kunoichi. His purpose was clear now: to save Sasuke and to protect his clan, with his third chance at life.