"Ugh"
He was tired.
All he remembered was a very long, peaceful sleep...
And yet it seemed to be interrupted.
His vision was so blurry, he couldn't even distiguish his surroundings. His head ached, and he was what he never was before.
Weak.
He was weak.
"Good morning, lazy bones."
He quickly turned his head around to see a woman.
She had long blond hair, a green robe and... something very large.
"Stop staring at them. It's annoying."
He closed his eyes for a second, and then he slowly opened them.
And he saw her.
"Tsunade..." he mouthed.
His reflexes told him to stand up for defense, just in case she would attack. But he was too weak even to do so.
"What did you – "
He paused.
He paused because it was not his voice he heard.
It was the voice of a little kid.
"What did you do to me?"
"I just took away a lot of your chakra and capabilities. Sorry, but it was something I needed to do. You, are too dangerous to the Village."
"But... I sound different."
"Not just that, you look pretty different too. Try to look at the big mirror beside you."
He did as he was told.
And the mirror showed him something very unexpecting.
He saw an 8 year old version of himself.
The mirror merely reflected his long black hair, dark eyes, pale skin and naked body.
Then, he grabbed the bedsheet, for it was too humiliating. Now, it was his bedmate who can be seen, completely naked.
"What is the meaning of this?" he asked.
"I don't know actually," replied Tsunade. "But we're all going to talk about it later. Once all of you would wake up."
It's just then when Itachi realized that he was not alone on the bed.
He was actually being accompanied by a naked tomato-red haired boy.
Both of them were naked.
In bed.
"Ah!"
He quickly pushed the unsuspecting kid to the other side of the bed.
And he was awakened.
"Ouch!" he yelped.
Itachi slowly positioned himself to the other side, so that he could get a clear view of who was beside him.
But all he saw was the red hair.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Who are YOU?" said Tomato.
"Do not answer a question with a question," said Itachi. He made his voice as deep and mysterious as possible, but somehow he was too high pitched.
Tomato slowly stood up, not noticing the nakedness, and looked at Itachi. He gained the "Yamato face" and as if on cue, there was an eerie background music...
"...I... am... PEIN."
"..."
Itachi was not amused.
"You don't look like him."
"That's because you never saw the REAL me..."
"..."
There was a silence for about a minute...
Then...
"You are weak," said Itachi.
"What?"
"Why are you weak? It's because you lack... BLANKET."
"Blanket? Why would I need a – "
Pein slowly turned his head to see a wide eyed Tsunade, then turned to see his body.
He ... was naked.
"Aaah!"
Pein quickly grabbed Itachi's blanket, but Itachi held it tightly.
"They don't just look like kids somehow," thought Tsunade. "They act like they are, too..."
"Get your own!"
The redhead quickly ran to where the next bed was located, and grabbed the blanket of both Blue and Silver. He then wrapped himself right away.
He looked closely at Tsunade, and then at Itachi.
"I demand an explanation of why I am alive," he said. "And I also want to know why my voice is higher than usual."
Itachi just pointed at the big mirror beside him.
Without hesitation, Pein walked towards the mirror. He saw himself, but he looked a lot younger than usual. He also marveled at how he looked so cute while holding an oversized blanket around him.
"Are you satisfied?"
Pein stared an angry stare at Itachi. Then, he gained composure ,faced Tsunade, and said that he needed more expalnation.
"I will give you an explanation. But only when all of you are awake," said the lady Hokage.