Itachi's Promise: Chapter Eighteen

Hours after returning Sasuke home, Itachi and Kisame now stood just outside the village. Itachi clutching the side of his shorts with his uninjured hand and Kisame watching the forest around them. Hearing something behind them, Itachi turned and looked into the darkness.

"Itachi," Kisame whispered, nudging Itachi's arm and turning his attention back to the front.

"Welcome, Orochimaru," Itachi greeted, seeing Orochimaru standing a few away from them.

"Why did you want to see me?" Orochimaru asked in greeting.

"I want to make a 'deal'," Itachi told Orochimaru.

"What?" Orochimaru asked, glaring at Itachi.

"Kisame, can you leave for a second?" Itachi asked, looking up at his to be partner.

"Itachi, call if you need anything, I will be watching," Kisame said, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.

"My brother, he is an important part in your plans," Itachi stated.

"Yes," Orochimaru answered.

"I'm not going to kill him, but I will never let you take him. You can take all the Uchiha bodies you need, but you will leave him alone," Itachi demanded.

"And if I don't?" Orochimaru asked, Itachi smirked and looked up at Orochimaru a look of death that should never have crossed a child's face spread across his face.

"I will destroy everything you have and everything you have worked so hard for," Itachi answered.

Orochimaru was so shocked inside, he was so surprised that this little boy was threating him and he actually managing to scare him ever so little or big it was. Cursing softly Orochimaru nodded in agreement, he felt like he had to, felt like Itachi could carry through with the threat he had said.

"Are we done here?" Orochimaru asked, Itachi nodded slowly and Orochimaru vanished.

Itachi smirked and turned to look at an exact copy of himself, releasing the jutsu he returned to his normal form. Kisame appeared from the smoke that had risen around him, Itachi smirking front of him.

"You fooled him good," Itachi told Kisame, Kisame smirked a similar smirk to Itachi.

"If that doesn't keep him away, I don't know what will?" Kisame replied, Itachi nodded and began to walk back towards the house with Kisame walking slowly beside him.

Reaching the house Itachi ran up the wall and jumped into his room, thinking Kisame would be right behind him. Itachi turned round and went to speak out when suddenly he stopped and looked back towards the window, looking out of his window Itachi saw Kisame standing beneath the window.

"What's wrong?" Itachi asked, Kisame shook his head and pointed up towards the window.

Itachi peeked out his window and looked back to see his father standing in the doorway, Itachi hide the emotions from his face and studied his father's movements.

"Father, is there something you need?" Itachi asked, Fugaku shook his head.

"The heads of the Uchiha clan are meeting in a few minutes, I want you to attend the meeting," Fugaku replied.

"Okay, father," Itachi replied, following his father out of his room and into the main living room and then out into the main meeting room of the Uchiha compound.

"Welcome, Fugaku," An old man greeted, Fugaku nodded his head in greeting and then rested his hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"You brought Itachi?" An old woman said, looking down at the small Uchiha heir that stood close by his father.

"Yes, I brought my son. I believe it is time for him to begin to learn," Fugaku replied, Itachi looked up at his father and then around at all the elders that stood around him.

Standing silently Itachi listened and tried to listen to the adults as they talked and talked about things that Itachi didn't know. Itachi tried to best to seem that he is interested and that he was listening. He stood by his father's side, never leaving until they had returned home and Itachi headed up stairs and collapsed into bed.

"Tired?" Kisame asked, from his sitting position at the bottom of Itachi's bed.

"Yeah," Itachi whispered, pulling his covers up to his chin and resting his head on the pillow.

"Itachi, I will see you in the morning," Kisame greeted.

"See y…o…" Itachi began, cutting off as he drifted off to sleep.

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