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Origin Tale: Chapter One
Little tiny Sasuke meets the cool and honorable Uchiha Shisui: Itachi's best friend
Itachi had surprised Shisui all the time. In fact meeting the young boy right as he graduated the academy only months after joining was a surprise. Shisui got to know the child of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto. He knew that Itachi wanted the same thing he wanted:
Peace.
Both young boys trained and went on missions. Learning, discovering, and becoming better shinobi. The only thing that changed had been when Shisui discovered that Itachi had a baby brother. He could remember meeting the tiny boy as he walked with his mother.
Ah, he was cute. Reminisced Shisui.
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“Neh, Itachi. Do you think your Okaa-san will buy us dango if we ask nicely?”
Itachi shrugged. Shisui was always trying to get him to ask his parents for things. His reasoning also didn’t help.
“Itachi, you are the eldest child of the head of the clan and his wife. You should be able to get anything you want.”
“Maybe. She did enjoy taking Sasuke out the last time she brought me some.”
A silent pause filled the air before Shisui spoke.
“Whose Sasuke?”
Itachi turned toward his friend and raised his brow. Shisui looked confused. Itachi let out a sigh. They had only been friends for almost nine months.
Had I never brought up Sasuke with Shisui. I thought I mentioned it.
“He’s my little brother.”
Shisui’s eyes widened.
Now, he remembered. Itachi had mentioned how his favorite training shirt got messed up. Blaming a little tiny person. Shisui barely heard the name before Itachi changed the subject.
“Oh, right! The baby Sasuke that ruined your favorite training shirt.”
“Yes, he’s
“Itachi? Shisui?”
Itachi stopped his words, his mother’s voice breaking his train of thought. Both boys turned to look at the Uchiha matriarch. Uchiha Mikoto was a beauty beyond compare. Pale skin, dark
eyes, and dark hair. She embodied the very aspect of the Uchiha clan. Not to mention, she was a decorated jonin in her early days. Yet, standing next to her was a tiny child. Many would
have assumed the child was a girl, but Itachi knew better. It was his little brother. His outou, Sasuke. He noticed how Sasuke held his mother’s hand before his eyes raised and located
his eldest brothers. His mood instantly changed.
“Nii-san, Tachi!”
Little Sasuke had recently begun to know more words and his speech was developing nicely. Although his nicknames for his family were too cute. His mother was Okaa-san in front of
his father and brother but when it was just them. Sasuke would call her mama, making Mikoto’s heart swoon. Itachi was nii-san, Tachi. Sasuke was slowly learning his name and thus the
Tachi was the beginning. He was getting closer and it made Itachi very happy. Their father, on the other hand, had a more embarrassing name. Sasuke had called him Anata by accident.
Itachi could still remember his father’s reaction.
“Anata!”
Mikoto, Itachi, and Fugaku paused. Their heads turned to watch the tiny little Sasuke as he reached his arms out to his father. His cheeks were painted with a slight blush before he clapped his head and spoke again.
“Anata! Anata!”
Mikoto began to slightly chuckle.
Oh, Sasuke.
Itachi watched as his father’s normal stoic face turned to hide his embarrassment of the endearment that normally his wife called him. Except his youngest son who had only begun to
talk had now called him that. The evidence of his embarrassment being the same color blushed that currently resides on his youngest son’s face.
“Dear, isn’t that cute. Sasuke must have heard me call you that and now picked it.”
Mikoto guessed and went to hug her youngest child who squealed and hugged her back.
“I guess it’s fine since he does not know any better, but Mikoto dear?”
“Yes, Anata?”
Itachi smirked as his father’s face fell again with even more blush.
“Please refrain from using that endearment in front of both boys.”
“Of course. Now Sasuke, let’s say Papa.”
Fugaku shivered.
Of course his wife wanted her little baby boy to be cute and call him papa, instead of father. He couldn’t wait until Sasuke was older, perhaps a Jonin. This would be a funny story to tell his son in the future.
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“Mother, what brings you and Sasuke out so early in the day?”
Mikoto and little Sasuke soon were close to Itachi and Shisui. Little Sasuke stared at Shisui while Mikoto answered her eldest child’s question.
“I thought it would be fun to get Sasuke walking more and see the village more. You know he’s always cooped up either in the compound or at home. I also wanted to visit some old friends this morning.”
Itachi knew his mother’s meeting with old friends had to do with those lost during the nine tails attack a while ago. Mikoto had lost her friend, Kushina. Itachi barely remembered the
woman, except that she always brought him dango when she saw him.
“So, Auntie Mikoto? This is Sasuke.”
Shisui bent down to the young boys who quickly hid behind his mother’s pant leg. A small blush forming on his cheeks.
“Hello, Sasuke. My name is Shisui and I am Itachi’s best friend.”
Mikoto and Itachi watched as Sasuke slowly moved from behind his mother. A look of determination.
“My names Uchiha Sasuge”
Shisui chuckled at the boy’s attempt before Mikoto corrected him.
“Uchiha Sasuke.”
Sasuke looked at his mother before correcting himself,
“Uchiha Sasuke.”
Itachi watched as Shisui then asked the young child if he wanted to see something cool. Sasuke nodded his head and without missing a beat, Shisui used his special technique to body flicker and surprise the young Uchiha.
“Wow!”
Mikoto chuckled while Itachi smirked.
Of course, he would want to show it in front of mother and Sasuke.
“So what do you think?”
Sasuke smiled and tried to tackle one of the clones only for it to disappear.
“Sorry, kiddo. Maybe when you get into the academy, I’ll teach you some cool stuff.”
Sasuke pouted but nodded. Mikoto then reached her hand out and Sasuke grabbed it.
“Well, I hope that you two are doing your best and not goofing around.”
Both shinobi boys nodded and Mikoto continued.
“I hope that you both will be there to train Sasuke. He’s been hitting all his targets with his play shuriken set. I hope that he will take after Itachi and I in that aspect.”
Itachi smiled and watched his brother look at some butterflies that passed by. He hoped Sasuke would forge his own path and not follow him, mother, father, or even Shisui.
“I’m sure he’ll be a fine shinobi, Auntie Mikoto. After all his is the son of Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto as well as being the little brother to two great future shinobi's”
“Two?” Questioned Itachi.
“Yup, you and me.”
Mikoto smiled before correcting the older boy.
“You and I, Shisui.”
Shisui smirked. All four Uchiha said their goodbyes. A promise was made that when the time came, Shisui and Itachi would take little Sasuke under their wing. Providing him with the
best foundation and support to become worthy of the clan’s symbol on their backs.