"Jeez, Kisame's so slow, just like before. Well, guess he'll never change."

Little Daisuke was strolling the rocky roads of Konoha. He was headed to a wide and grassy place, for their Kiba-nii said that it is where they would do their special training. This is the main reason of why he woke up early to get ready, but Kisame… uh… let's just say that he slept so late last night.

This is also the reason why Itachi left him.

"Hmm… I wonder what Kiba meant by 'special training'…" he mumbled to himself. "I hope he doesn't make it too easy for us this time."

Yesterday's training was very easy for him. Yes, throwing kunais was like spreading a piece of butter on toast. This next training might even be a lot easier than the last. There was not a single activity that this Uchiha can't handle.

Finally, he reached the grassy fields. He quickly ran to the greenery which seemed to call for him. It was very tempting to run around the peaceful place.

Then it happened.

The moment he arrived, hundreds and hundreds of butterflies fluttered towards the sky, all at the same time. The way they were flying against each other made it seem like they were blending all their colours.

It was one huge group of one of nature's most beautiful creatures, all together and all in sync.

And chibi Itachi was standing right in the middle when that wondrous miracle happened.

"Whoa…"

Even this special event mesmerized the so-called emotionless missing nin.

Suddenly, he felt a certain lightness in his heart. It was like each butterfly carried to him a wonderful memory that no longer existed in his soul. He felt so high up, and almost even laughed due to the happiness he felt.

And he reminisced those times he had with his little brother Sasuke.

"Sasuke…" he mumbled.

He closed his eyes, and stood there in peace amidst all the flying colours. The wind blew his raven black hair, and the breeze seemed to be calling for him.

A voice then interrupted this wonderful moment.

"It just gives you a wonderful feeling, doesn't it?"

The kid turned around, and saw his Shino-nii leaning beside a big sakura tree. Its pink leaves were giving up to the breeze's cool embrace.

"Shino-nii! I'm here and ready for training!" said Itachi in a childish voice.

The Aburame just looked at him, and studied a few of his physical features.

"That face… that face does remind me of that Uchiha Naruto's been chasing after… This kid reminds me of… Uchiha Sasuke…" he thought. "But that smile doesn't fit it all. It ruins the reputation."

"Niichan, are you alright?"

The bugboy then snapped back to reality.

"Oh…" he said. He looked down at the kid, and concluded that he was no Uchiha, not after giving him that cute, wide smile.

"Daisuke… I want you to do something for me."

"What is it, Shino-nii?"

Shino walked towards the back of the tree, and grabbed a few stuff. He returned to Itachi with both a butterfly net and a jar with holes in its cover.

"Hn… butterfly catching?" thought Itachi.

His niichan then bended his knees, so that he could see the kid eye to eye.

"I want you to catch me a butterfly."

He then handed him the equipment for butterfly catching. Then the little kid became depressed inside.

"I thought that this was special training!"

"… Just go and get me a butterfly."

"But – "

"Butterfly."

"Hmph!"

He stormed off, with both the jar and the net in his hands.

"Butterfly catching? With this many, one swish of the net will give me about twenty of them!"

But nonetheless, he tried to do the said activity.

"Maybe this training has a hidden meaning…"

So off he went, to search for one.

The problem is that there were so many in front of him, and he couldn't choose which one to catch.

After a certain eye struggle, he fixed his mind to one of the flying creatures.

A sky blue coloured one.

"Ah, there's my target!"

He swished the net with all his strength, and did catch about three butterflies.

One was plain red, the other had black dots, and the last was yellow.

But there was no blue butterfly.

"Whatever. At least I caught some."

He placed the three of them carefully inside the jar, and then he closed it tightly.

"It's still 8 in the morning, and yet I already finished training…" he thought in a very bored way.

Itachi then ran to his Shino-nii with his little feet.

"SHINO-NII!"

The Aburame, still leaning on the tree, looked at his little angel running to him with delight written all over his face.

"I caught some! There are… one… two… three! Three butteflies!"

He handed him the jar, and Shino picked it up with his cold hands. But the cold was neutralized by the warmth of the seemingly innocent kid's hands.

He then looked closely at the jar.

And he didn't seem to be satisfied.

"What's wrong? Is something wrong with the ones I caught?"

Shino looked at the kid, covering the stern eyes behind his goggles.

"I noticed something."

"What is it, niichan?"

"There is no blue butterfly."

"…!"

The little Uchiha then stared at the bug using nin with blank eyes that are filled with confusion.

"How… how did he know…?"

"It was your target, wasn't it?"

"Yes… i-it was… but look, I caught three – "

"Catch me your butterfly."

"…"

He bowed his head, and went to the 'currently older' nin, and grabbed back his jar.

Then, he walked away with a bowed head and strange aura.

Shino didn't mind. It was normal for kids to wonder how he knew what was going on, despite the fact that the one he was looking after was far away. You see, one of his bugs followed the young nin and –

"Shino-nii!"

The bugboy looked at the face of the young lad. He was wearing a smile, this time wider than usual.

"I'm going to get you my butterfly!"

And with that, he ran towards the greenery, leaving behind his trainer.

"Good luck," he muttered to the air.

"That guy… he's a creepy one."

He was currently strolling around the green fields. Still, there were thousands of butterflies around him, but they were now very dispersed compared to how crowded they were earlier.

Daisuke was still searching for his butterfly.

"I wonder what he wants me to catch…" he thought. "One thing's for sure, he wants that the butterfly I'll catch would be the one I would first lay my eyes on – "

And on that very moment, it passed by.

The most beautiful butterfly the Uchiha has ever seen.

It was rainbow coloured butterfly.

Its colores blended perfectly with each other, and there where huge swirls of beauty on each wing. The wing's design was so pretty, that people could mistake this one for a fairy.

And littie Itachi's eyes are now fixed on those pretty wings.

This was his new target.

"Forget about blue!" he cried. "I'm catching you, you swirly palette of paint!"

He ran towards the huge butterfly, and swished his net.

Unfortunately, he caught a green one, and a white and yellow one.

"Sorry guys…" he said as he let them out of the net. "… but this jar is reserved for him only!"

He ran again, in search of that one. Finally, he saw the swirls again.

"I'm getting you now!" he said as he swished the net.

But, it escaped.

He was only able to catch a dark blue butterfly and a moth.

Itachi let go of these too, for he wanted that butterfly alone.

"I don't care if it takes me forever to catch you! I'm going to give you to Shino-nii no matter what!

And so, he began to swish and swish his net, as he went closer to the butterfly.

"Huff… huff… pant…"

It was already 10 in the morning, but the cool breeze kept the heat from reaching the ground.

"Finally… huff… you….are… pant… mine…"

Itachi stared at his newly caught butterfly, which he named Swirls. Never in his life did he feel so tired after training.

"I hate you…" he told the butterfly. "I hate you so much for making me this tired!"

But despite the sweat falling from his face, he can't help but smile at the butterfly. And it seemed like the butterfly smiled at him too.

"Congratulations, Daisuke."

Shino handed Itachi a bronze coin.

"It was good that you picked this one. This, little boy, is your butterfly. It's the one you set your mind on first. It's your primary goal of this mission. Don't just go swishing your net, becoming satisfied with every single one that gets caught in it."

"Yes, Shino-nii! I get the idea!"

"He… is wise, in his own way…" he thought.

"Daisuke…"

"Yes?"

"Always aim for the best, the greatest, and work hard for it."

The shinobi carefully inspected the beautiful butterfly in the jar.

It was around 11, and Itachi already scurried home to get some lunch money from his new father, Kakashi.

"Very beautiful. Colors seem to blend and create harmony on the amazingly patterned wings…"

He opened the jar, and let the butterfly fly out.

Then, it poofed.

Yes, it POOFED.

"Jeez… I was suffocating in there! You should have opened the jar the moment he left, Shino!"

"Kiba…" he said in a calm voice. "… there were holes on the cover. You should be able to breathe easily."

"Well, let's just put that matter aside, shall we?" he said, with a hint of annoyance in his tone. He then looked at Shino with happy eyes.

"You know what? That brat's gonna grow up to be a good ninja someday…"

And both smiled.