Itachi was lying in a pool of his own blood, dying after less than twelve hours. He felt a bony hand on his shoulder, as someone told him to think of good things. As Itachi thought about the good times he had with Sasuke, he died.
Itachi woke up in his dark room, sweating like a pig.
He was breathing really fast. His heart was beating wildly in his chest, while his head was throbbing.
The Uchiha took his time to calm down. After all, he shouldn't do anything while in a state, similar to that one.
When he was sure his heartbeat was normal again, Itachi finally noticed that his bed was on a wooden floor, which had a pair of carpets on it. There were a few shelves, a closet and a small shelf with a TV. However, what caught his attention was the small, soft and pleasant to touch thing underneath him.
Moving a little, just so he could free the object and grab it, he could feel the plush toy before he saw it. It was a brown teddy bear, which was innocently smiling at Itachi. He looked at the teddy bear, and it looked back at him.
"What is the meaning of this?" Whispered Itachi, looking at the teddy bear as if it had slapped him across the face, hard.
This was a toy. A child's toy. However, Itachi remembered well that he had stopped touching toys at all, when he was barely five years old. As he looked at the small toy, he realised, that he was not just holding a teddy bear. No, he was holding five years of his life. The first five years of his life. His short childhood.
Itachi didn't mean to do it, it was just that his body moved on its own, and he found himself hugging the teddy bear. For some reason, he felt a whole lot better now that he was hugging his teddy bear. However, Itachi knew something was wrong. So he stood up, slowly, and looked around.
There was a desk in his room, which already had short books and small pencils in it, along with a few notebooks. What shocked him, however, were the foots on the desk. Only two of them were present.
The first one showed him, when he was about two years old, barely standing on his feet, holding his mother's hand. His fathe, with all his pride and stoic behavior, had placed a hand on his head, as if he was about to ruffle his hair. Which he did, to Itachi's annoyance.
The second picture showed him, five years old, once again holding his mother's hand, with. The difference that her stomach had a bulge. She was pregnant, with Sasuke. His father was nowhere to be seen, but Itachi knew that Fugaku was not happy with the revelation that his mother was pregnant.
The head of the Uchiha clan had his son, his firstborn genius. He didn't want anyone else. No more children. Just the one boy who could do it all. But Itachi wanted to have his brother, he wanted to have a small bundle of joy, which would be happy for both of them.
Itachi sighed. Something was really wrong. Then he realised. He was short. He was barely able to see over his desk. Itachi's eyes widened, and he looked at himself. He was wearing a dark blue pajama. But that was worrying. He looked at his hands, they were small. Like, small small. He was small. Really small.
The Uchiha took one of the notebooks and looked in it. Ugly looking kanji littered the whole thing, but he was looking for the date. Itachi, being organised as he was, always wrote down the date. Going through the whole notebook, he finally discovered the last date.
Itachi's eyes widened. Sasuke was going to be born after one month. He was six years old.
The Uchiha felt how his heart got smashed, then cut into tiny little pieces.
"Think of good things..." Itachi realised that the bony person who had told him to think about good things had something to do with this. However... Think about good things... Itachi realised. The bony figure had done something. Itachi was... Back in time? That made Itachi's eyes widen. He was going to protect everybody.
Itachi felt his eyes shine for a moment, then his vision became clearer. He had activated his Sharingan, and the tomoes were spinning slowly, until they grew and he activated the Mangekyou Sharingan. Itachi sighed, deactivating his doujutsu.
"I will save... Everybody!" Said Itachi, determination radiating off him. The Uchiha then remembered the fact that his body was now weaker, and that his chakra had probably changed, or weakened. But he didn't feel any difference. Itachi realised something. He didn't care. Even if he was unable to perform his jutsu, he'd still be able to warn everybody. He'd warn the fourth Hokage for the plan of Madara to make the Kyubi attack the village, he'd try and persuade his father to help in the deffense of the village, he'd save Shisui from Danzo, he'd even go as far as to try and stop Orochimaru from going and biting his brother, marking him.
Itachi slowly clenched the teddy bear, which he had taken with him. He'd even save his childhood...
Itachi woke up again, but this time, it was not from a dream. He just knew it was time to get up. So, Itachi fixed his bed, left the teddy bear to lie on the fixed bed and smiled as his small hand patted the bear. This bear was the reminder of his childhood.
When Sasuke was born, Itachi had given his little brother all the toys he owned, but left the teddy bear. It was... Special.
Itachi stood up and walked into the kitchen, where he found his mother, preparing breakfast. Mikoto Uchiha was a beautiful woman, with long black hair and wonderful black eyes, which looked just like his future bother's onyx speheres. She had a lithe figure, with curves in the right places, though she never wore anything other than the most modest clothing. Right now, she had a hump on her stomach, telling everyone that she was pregnant.
"Good morning, mother." Greeted Itachi, smiling as he saw his mother. She was a wonderful person, kind, caring and really nice with almost everybody. Itachi remembered how his mother used to talk with a red haired woman, and that her name was Kushina. But a while ago Kushina had disappeared. Or left.
"Good morning, Itachi-kun. How did you sleep?" Asked his mother. Itachi immediately suspected that she had noticed that he had woken up in the middle of the night. Though he didn't show it, Itachi tensed.
"It was a normal night, mother. How did you sleep? Did my brother cause you trouble?" Replied Itachi, smiling back at his mother as she grinned.
"Your brother is almost ready to come out, and you and I both know he will be even calmer than you. He hasn't kicked at all!" Announced his mother, making Itachi to smile even wider. Sasuke would be a really cute and calm baby, just as he had been before. But Itachi knew that his family would be happy for only a few more years.
"What are we going to eat, mother?" Asked Itachi, changing the topic. His mother had returned to cooking, and Itachi sneaked next to her, looking at her cooking. She was making... Pancakes.
"Oh, it's just pancakes, Itachi-kun. But... Why don't you go tell your father we will be having breakfast soon? I think he is in the study..." Offered his mother, smiling kindly. Itachi nodded silently and turned to leave. "Oh, and Itachi-kun..." Itachi turned and looked at his mother, who was smiling kindly. "Thank you for caring." Said his mother, before turning back to cooking.
Itachi swiftly left the kitchen as he felt his eyes watering. No! I shouldn't cry! I'm going to save them... Thought Itachi, struggling against his tears. He felt his mind going back to that night.
Itachi held the sword with trembling hands. Tears were flowing as rivers from his eyes. Snot was coming out of his nice at record speeds for anybody. Itachi's eyes were slits, trying to stop the tears coming down his face, onto his hands and then the floor.
His mother and father were kneeling on the small carpet, looking in front of them. listening to their eldest son cry. They were not capable of killing him, so they just waited. After what they said, Itachi had been so shaken he couldn't think properly, but one though was not leaving his mind. They were proud of him. They were proud of him for killing the entire clan, for choosing the village over them. Itachi couldn't believe it, but he knew it was true.
His eyes were so full of tears, he couldn't see a thing. The Sharingan was useless now. His head hurt, and everything was bad. Itachi wanted the whole coup to be just a bad dream... But he knew It wasn't.
He heard someone weakly open the door to the house, so he froze. His sobs stopped immediately, and his emotions left him. Sasuke was home. Itachi knew very well, that this was going to happen either way. He swung.
Itachi silently cursed as tears managed to escape his eyes. He sobbed for a few seconds, before standing up and drying then with his sleeve. The Uchiha walked to the small door, which led to his father's study. He knocked two times and waited patiently. His father was pretty much always here, always planning the coup. At least, that's how Itachi remembered his father.
When he earned no reply, Itachi knocked again, but three times instead of two. And a little harder, as well. Acted a few moments, a man's voice allowed Itachi to enter. The Uchiha opened the sliding door and came in the study, looking at his father, who was reading a scroll.
Fugaku Uchiha was a tall, proud man. He had shoulder long brown hair and hazel eyes. He was quite tall, and Itachi thought that even after sixteen years he wasn't as tall as his father.
"Good morning, father." Greeted Itachi, looking at his father. Fugaku, upon hearing his son, stopped his work and looked at the young Uchiha. The man sighed, faintly smiling to Itachi.
"Good morning, son. What is it that you want?" Asked Fugaku, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, mother is preparing breakfast and she wanted me to call you. You know, to eat with us." Said Itachi, a slight change to his voice since he spoke with his mother.
Itachi... He didn't like his father. Of course, Fugaku had everything that took to be a good ninja, or a clan head. But Fugaku couldn't be a father even if he dreamed of it. He was not good at being a father, that was for sure.
Fugaku nodded. After a while. Itachi knew that he want wanted, so the young Uchiha bowed and left, closing the door behind him. He tried to remember if at this time his mother had chosen a name for the baby, but he couldn't. So when he went back to the kitchen, he was going to ask.
"Mother, you have chosen a name for my brother, right?" Asked Itachi, looking at his mother with a sad smile. Mikoto Uchiha looked at her son. The pancakes were almost ready, so she wanted to be swift about the whole thing.
"Itachi-kun... We still have not chosen a name for yohrbrother, but I am thinking about... Something." Said silently his mother. Itachi nodded. But then he smirked.
"You should call him Sasuke!" Announced Itachi, his smirk growing into a smile. His mother's eyes widened. *Sasuke? That was exactly what I was thinking...*
"Great idea Itachi-kun... You know, I was also thinking about that name! What a coincidence!" Said Mikoto, with a silent smile on her lips. Itachi also smiled, closing his eyes for a second.
Then he regretted it, because he saw his mother's dead body, sprawled on the floor, his father's body underneath her. The look on her face was the thing which scared Itachi the most. She looked calm. That was the scary part of it all.
Itachi had expected his parents to be shocked with his treason against the clan. But he didn't expect them to understand it, to understand and forgive him.
He was ripped back into reality by his mother's worried look and her calling his name silently. He opened his eyes and look at Mikoto's worried gaze. He smiled reassuringly and tapped her hand. It was so soft and white...
Itachi stopped himself from thinking such things.
A chibi Itachi was slapped by a giant hand.
Then, Itachi felt a sinister presence nearing them. As he was about to get into a stance, he realised it was his father. There was something wrong with him though. And Itachi knew it, as he saw his father's Sharingan inspecting the little boy, whose mental age was three, if not four times greater than his body's age. But as soon as Itachi noticed, Fugaku deactivated his doujutsu.
"Good morning, Mikoto. Itachi." Greeted Fugaku, nodding to both of them as they sat down and prepared to have breakfast, Itachi's eyes were not leaving his father. The man was eating a pancake with chocolate, when Itachi finally decided to speak.
"Father, do you like the village?" Asked Itachi, making his mother cough on her drink and his father's pancake almost fell out of his mouth.
"W-what are you talking about, Itachi-kun? Your father loves the village, just as you and I do..." Interfered his mother swiftly, but Itachi didn't leave Fugaku.
"Mother. I want to hear what my father has to say on the matter." Replied Itachi, his eyes not blinking, watching as his father sighed. His mother placed a hand on her forehead and sighed, but her sigh was not like Fugaku's, it was pained.
"The village is... Clo-"
"The truth. Father." Interrupted Itachi, staring down his father, even though Fugaku was twice his size. Mikoto's eyes were wide as she realised her son was not being the kind child he always was. Fugaku sighed again.
"I like the villa-"
"The truth!" almost shouted Itachi as his black eyes turned red, and the tomoes spun around his iris. Fugaku's eyes widened as he saw the fully matured Sharingan in Itachi's eyes, staring at his father with the tomoes slowly spinning. Mikoto was feeling her heartbeat fasten. This was... This was scary!
"I hate the village." Answered Fugaku at last. His answer was short and court. Itachi nodded, then his tomoes started spinning faster.
"And are you planning something to do about the village?" Asked Itachi, his voice dark, and pitched very low. Fugaku felt sweat drop down his forehead. "Mother, please leave, this is not good for my brother... And for you." Said Itachi, looking at her with a deactivated Sharingan, a sly smile on his lips. She complied, but was stopped by Fugaku.
"No one is leaving this table. What have you been doing recently, son?" Said Fugaku, looking at his son with something of the kind of... Admiration?
"You are not the one asking questions... Father. Answer my question. And I might do the same with yours." Replied Itachi, his tone cold, his eyes back to the spinning tomoes of the Sharingan. Fugaku was about to slap his son, when he froze into one place. Something had happened to his son's eyes, something which his registered for barely a second, or even less. Something dark had looked at him.
"I am... I am planning a coup." Answered Fugaku. Itachi nodded. Mikoto didn't know how Itachi would react to this, but she was sent through the roof when she heard his reply.
"Then I challenge you for the leadership of the clan... Fugaku." Simply said Itachi, standing up and leaving the table. Behind him, his mother and father were shocked beyond words.
It was five hours after the small argument that the duel was going to be held. Itachi had went all around the clan's district and had went around, searching for the elders and other important Uchiha, telling them to be pressent in front of the clan leader's house, at noon.
Itachi was now standing in front of his father, who was looking shocked, terrified and also furious. Shocked because his son had awakened the Sharingan and had matured it at the age of six, terrified by that darkness which he as in his child, and furious because of his son's behaviour and the fact he had challenged him to a duel, for the leadership of the clan. Fugaku wouldn't hold back, he was going to give a beating to his foolish son.
The elders had assembled, sitting on the chairs in front of the clan head's house, looking at father and son. Not far away, on the path which led to the house, a small criud had been assembled, looking at the clan head and his son.
"Itachi-san, why did you call us here, in this hour?" Asked one of the elders, looking at Itachi, but his eyes were jumping to Fugaku occasionally. The young Uchiha sighed.
"I have challenged my father to a duel, for the title of clan head. I see his ways unfit, and not in coordination with the nation we live in, so I have challenged him to a battle today. The Hokage should be arriving shortly." Replied the young boy, shocking most elders and almost the whole croud.
The Hokage, Namikaze Minato, was a busy man. But because of his incredible speed, he could go anywhere he wanted, loosing only a little time in the way to his destination. Itachi knew that well, and had contacted the Hokage, calling him to be present as the duel was important.
Shortly, a yellow flash appeared right in front of the house and Namikaze Minato appeared. He was wearing his long white coat, with the kanji for 'fourth', with his spiky blond hair and blue eyes. He looked like Naruto. A lot.
"Ok, Itachi-san, I am here, just as you asked me..." His enthusiasm wore off as he saw all the surprised and some shocked faces of the elders. "Am I interrupting something?" Asked the blond Hokage, looking a bit worried. Itachi came to the rescue.
"No, Hokage-sama. I called you here, at noon, because I will duel my father for the title of clan head, because I deem his ways of leading the clan wrong. You were invited to this event because all major events occurring in the village or any of the clans concern you." Explained Itachi, shocking the blond man with his choice of words, and his maturity. He looked around and saw that everyone was looking at the small boy with almost the same expression.
Fugaku, however, was not. He was standing there, ten feet away from Itachi, looking as if he had just eaten a lemon. He bowed slowly to the Hokage.
"It is... True, Hokage-sama." His voice was heavy and hesitant as he said '-sama', but other than that, his demeanour was expected. The Hokage nodded and jumped to the roof, away from the Uchihas. He landed on the roof, crossed his hands in front of himself and looked at the father and son.
"Father. I want to tell you something. You shouldn't hold back, and be warned. I do not tolerate what you did tolerate." Warned Itachi, falling into a battle stance. He, however, didn't activate his Sharingan. Fugaku felt as if he was boiling up.
The elder fell into his own battle stance, activating his Sharingan. Then, he charged at Itachi without ceremony. Everyone expected the first hit to connect, to send the young Uchiha flying, but Itachi simply sidestepped and rammed his hand into his father's neck, shocking absolutely everyone.
His father felt the pain, it was not what he would've expected from a kid, but what he expected from a full grown adult. He made two steps and jumped a few feet away.
Upon landing, he was instantly forced to dodge an attack as his son had moved at speeds only experienced jounin and higher could register. The young boy went into the offensive, jabbing and hitting, but not even once trying to kick.
Fugaku didn't notice this, as he was blocking and partying, but then he found a space for counter attack. As his fist flew, he was shocked when his son's knee made contact with Fugaku's arm, sending it flying up. Using his momentum, Itachi flew up in the air, kicking his father's cheek, sending him reeling.
Everyone was silent as Fugaku hit the ground. The older Uchiha was shocked, surprised beyond words. His six year old son was beating him, using only taijutsu and only taijutsu, against his father who had experience, the Sharingan activated in both of his eyes and a considerable edge in body mass. But still it seemed as if Itachi wasn't even trying hard.
"Katon: Phoenix flower jutsu!" Shouted Fugaku as he made the hand seals. As his fire shot out, Itachi made the tiger seal and said one thing.
"Katon: Fireball jutsu." A giant sphere of flame shot out Itachi's mouth, consuming the fire jutsu his father tried to use against him. Fugaku and everyone else was too shocked to think as Itachi dashed through the fireball, dispelling it with his body going through, and landed a powerful punch in his father's gut.
Fugaku doubled over, and itaxhix shot his leg out, kicking his father's face, knocking the older Uchiha in the air, just two feet above the ground. As he did this, Itachi leaped, spun and brought an uppercut on his father's head, sending the man to the ground. With a loud thump, Fugaku landed.
He groaned in pain as Itachi looked at him from above. The younger Uchiha nodded to his father and walked to the elders, and the Hokage who was still standing on the roof.
"I am now the clan head. And I order you all to end any preparations, plans or thoughts of a coup dé tát. Understood?" Announced Itachi, shocking everyone. Minato was so surprised, he zoned out, but was back almost the same instant.
"Well... You surprised me, Itachi-san. I never thought that a person your age could defeat someone with the experience and skills of your father... But I still do not understand, what is this thing about a... Coup?" Asked Minato, who had jumped off the roof. Itachi nodded.
"I would like to speaks toy you and the events this coup would have triggered in your office, if possible. Hokage-sama." Replied Itachi. Minato was surprised once again by the manner of speech Itachi showed. This was not just some kid. This was... A genius of geniuses. It was incredible. And he didn't even have his Sharingan. Also, the way Itachi acted, the way he thought... The things he did... It looked as if he had thought of absolutely everything, he knew absolutely everything.
"Well, if you don't mind, I can take you there..." Offered Minato, still a little dazed by Itachi.
"Ok, but first, I would like to give a few orders." Minato nodded. "I want all of you to return to your day. Fugaku, I am expecting that you immediately end any and all preparations for you-know-what." Ordered Itachi, shocking everyone. He called his father by his first name, and didn't even use a honorific. Itachi turned to Minato. "Hokage sama, I am ready."
The Fourth Hokage nodded and used his signature jutsu to teleport away, leaving a very shocked Uchiha clan behind.
"So, Itachi, care to explain?" Said Minato, looking pretty tired. Itachi nodded and remembered something.
"How is Kushina-sama, Hokage-dono?" Asked Itachi, making the Hokage almost jump from his seat.
"How did you-"
"I know. A lot of things. I knew I should've avoided asking, but I wanted to see your reaction, Hokage-dono." Replied Itachi, raising his hands in the air, as if in surrender. Minato sighed. What was going on in the name of Kami?
"She's alright. I'm all yours, so go ahead and tell me everything. The room is soundproof." Said the Hokage. Itachi wanted to ask when was the baby due, but he already knew.
"Ok. My father was planning a coup dé tát with a part of the clan. I learned that and decided to stop it. No one should've been planning to do such a thing." Minato nodded.
"I understand, Itachi-sama... But how did you manage to defeat your father? I mean, he was a jounin, and you-"
"Are a kage level ninja, maybe even above that level, if it exists." Minato's jaw dropped.
A chibi Minato got his ass handed to him by a chibi Itachi.
"I understand you are shocked, Hokage-dono, but I am well aware of things that have not happened. I will also try to prevent them. In three months due time, something will happen. you and I both know. But something else will happen. I cannot share much, but I want you to be warned that one day you will have to fight to protect the village by an enemy you cannot defeat with sheer strength, simply because he is immortal. I want to ask you one thing."
"Go ahead, as I said, I'm all yours." Answered Minato, feeling as if he was on a... *trip*.
"Good. Tell me who are the current Kages. I will require all information you have on each of them. Also, I have the feeling that one is not going to be a good thing to keep in the world of the living. Also, I want all information you have on Hoshigake Kisame, Kakuzu, Hidan, Deidara, Sasori and finally... Orochimaru." Said Itachi, as if he owned this place.
However his words did not fall on deaf ears. Minato nodded. His ears had suddenly perked up.
"The current Kages are A, Raikage, Oonoiki, Tsuchikage, Terumi Mei, Mizukage, the Fourth Kazekage, who's name I do not know, and me, as the Fourth Hokage. About those people... Well, I guess you could go read a bingo book, because I only know of Sasori. S-class missing ninja from Sunagakure." Explained Minato. True, he didn't know the name of the Fourth Kazekage, but he knew the man was... Not a nice person, too stern for his own good.
"I do not have a bingo book. Could I borrow yours, Hokage-dono?" Asked Itachi, looking at the Hokage. Minato nodded and rummaged through his pockets. He found a small orange book, then handed it to Itachi.. The young Uchiha thanked and started reading. To his surprise, only Sasori was in the bingo book. The others were not criminals at this time, or were still unknown to the world.
"Thank you, Hokage-dono." Said Itachi, handing the book to Minato.
"There is one more thing I to ask of you, Hokage-dono. I would like you to know, that I am loyal to Konoha, and only Konoha." This didn't seem to make sense to Minato, but it probably had something to do with the next few words. "I wish to learn the hirashin."
A chibi Minato got slapped through the face by a chibi Itachi.
"I am affraid this cannot happen, Itachi. The hirashin is..."
"Complicated. A combination between ninjutsu and highly advanced fuinjutsu. It is a teleportation technique, but unlike people think, it does not need your seals to teleport. You only use them as waypoints. It can also be combined with the Rasengan to defeat entire armies, just like you did when you fought in the third war. And it can happen, I am fast at learning, and I am not really far from being advanced in seals, probably only good at it." Minato's jaw dropped, again. Even Kushina didn't know this much about his jutsu!
"I... I cannot understand how you know so much, Itachi... But I am affraid I cannot teach you the hirashin... It can only be activated withholding chakra." Replied Minato, feeling as if that chibi Itachi was still slapping away at chibi Minato's face.
"Show me the basics and I will be able to recreate it. I already have a similar jutsu in my arsenal, although it moves much slower, as if ibwere sprinting at full speed. still not fast enough for me. I need to be able to reach places for only a little bit of time. I must do a lot of things." Countered Itachi.
"I am sorry, but I don't want to share this jutsu, Itachi. I can provide you with everything else, but not with this jutsu." Replied Minato, sighing.
"Well then, Hokage-sama... I require a Konoha headband and allowance to leave the village for unlimited time. Also... I want to have permission to perform CRA." Said Itachi, shocking Minato.
Chibi Minato was so shocked when chibi Itachi carted in his face.
"I... I think I can do this." Answered Minato, still a bit shocked. After Itachi waited for a while, Minato looked back at him and handed him a few papers. "Well, that's all. I don't have a headband so... You can have mine. I don't really have a problem giving it to you." Itachi was surprised.
"Well... Thank you, Minato-sama." Thanked Itachi as he took the scrolls and sealed them in a scroll. Then, he carefully took the headband and out it on his forehead.
"By the way, Minato-sama... He really looks like you." Said Itachi as he dissolved in a flock of crows. Minato was shocked beyond words.
Chibi Minato's cheek hurt from all the slaps.
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