This is sht. Dont bother reading it. This is as unrefined as it can get. Read at your own risk
Follow Sora Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha's twin brother, as he navigates his new life.
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I wont be reading comments, they hurt :( and make me anxious. I will write when I write how I write do dont expect consistency.
This will be an AU because if I do it normaly i'll get complaints.
And hope you like it. If you dont, thats okay. ( I only have 1 chapter written so yeah)
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"Thank you young man. This old bones get tired more easily now. Usually Yoichi buys in bulk, but,..." the elderly woman thanked the little kid with a tinge of melancholy in her old eyes.
"You are welcome granny" smiled the kid while trying to sneak away from her grasp. It failled miserably as the old lady grabbed his arm harder than a hawk catching good prey.
"You know, I have a lovely grandaughter who you should meet. I'm sure you two can play together while I cook something for you" the elderly proposed while Sora felt so done with this situation.
"Nii-san, I've got the milk, we should go back before it gets late" the woman looked at the origin of the voice and it seemed as if her eyes were betraying her. She saw double, and when she finally realized what was happening, Sora escaped from her clutches along with Itachi.
They ran away.
"Twins..." murmured the old lady, while lamenting the fact that such a good catch had escaped her.
"A kind Uchiha, tch, a shame" murmured the old lady while ordering the grocery that the young kid helped her with.
....
The first time was funny, the second time was amusing, by the fifteenth time it was bothersome and now, I'm so done.
"You should really stop," said Itachi with a blank expression. Well, almost blank, the small twitch in his right eye betrayed his amusement.
I sighed.
"I know, I know, but... " I tried to justify myself, but it seems that Itachi was also done with this situation.
"you can't help it" completed Itachi. It seemed that he wanted to continue but his nose twitched for just a second and he continued walking.
Curious, unless... I closed my eyes, took a big breath and analyzed the smell... dough... little sweat... sauce...
'Dango!'
"Yoo, big bro, I'm hungry, why dont you buy me some delicious dango from that shop" I pointed exactly to his favorite dango store nearby.
His eyes lit up for just a second and then he answered me.
"No" while continuing his walk to our house.
'The Uchiha compund'
I still cant wrap my head around that we live in our, clan territory? pretty weird mind you.
At least we dont have a HOA full of karens.
'oh yeah, dangoo' I self centered my thoughts
"But big brother" I tried to plead, and you would ask why a twenty something (mentally of course) dude would plead like a child. For the shits and giggles of course.
Itachi sighed.
"You know that kaa-san will not like this" he tried to reason with me.
"I wont tell if you wont" I smirked.
"Fin..." when Itachi finally accepted, he realized that I wasn't around.
"Two dozen of your finest and more delicious dangos please" I made my order to the curious owner, trying to figure out how I would eat all those dangos. I paid the bil, received my food and started to eat a skewer.
'It lacks sweatness. ' I muttered to myself.
"Tachi-Tachi, here, I dont want more. You can have the rest" while giving him the 23 dango sticks.
"Why do you insist on buying so much if you are not going to eat?" he asked, for you dummy of course.
"Because I think I can eat it all and then I realize that I cant. Its like a challenge and someday, I am going to eat all of them!!!" I shouted with conviction imitating a pose of a random green guy who liked to shout youth the other day. Weirdo.
While I was making up stupid excuses, I blinked.
"It never ceases to surprise me" I contemplated the cookie, I mean, the dango eating monster in front of me.
"I don't know what you are talking about" answered Itachi.
*burp*
I heard a small noise but I decided to ignore it. While Itachi disposed of the sticks in a nearby bin.
"Why do you want so much milk and sugar?" he asked me on our way home.
"Guess" I smirked.
"Kaa-san's birthday?" Itachi answered annoyingly correctly.
"You are no fun " I pretended to pout to Itachi's question.
"How?" i asked genuinely puzzled as we passed a group of kids playing ninja
"The number of your experiments tends to increase for kaa-san, tou-san and our birthdays"
"That obvious?" I asked, with genuine confusion.
He nodded.
Oh well, there goes the surprise factor. Damn ninjas and their sherlock's like reasoning.
I was more of a Watson, but lying here has been... hard.
"I wanted to bake something for mom" I explained.
"Like the vainilla cake from last week?" he asked.
"Even better" I smiled, and I meant every word.
Coming here was a cultural shock that I still cant recover from.
For example,I still cant get used to the "japanese cuisine" from around here. Sure they have tasty stuff, but I missed the flavors of my home.
'Home...'
"Nii-san? you alright?" Itachi interrupted my thoughts.
"Of course tachi-tachi" I replied to him while laughing to clear my mind from those thoughts. I should better focus on something else.
"Did you get the sugar?" I asked Itachi.
He lifted the second bag with a huge seal of the Nara clan.
"Why did you wanted to buy medicine?" Itachi asked me
But, medicine? Oh yeah, right, medicine. This place is a mix between old and new japanese culture, and here sugar is considered a medicine.
"Kaa-san's surprise!" I smiled while Itachi gave me an unamused stare.
"I won't help you to clean up, you are on your own" Itachi broke my heart in a million pieces with that single sentence.
"But, but, brother, my dear brother, blood of my blood, tachi-tachi of my heart, the sun of my moon, the..." Itachi looked at me with a disgusted expression. On all fairness, his face was blank, but I learned to notice the small cues, ninja family I guess.
"You can have my portion" I bargained.
He continued staring me at me
"Okey two"
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"Fine three, but its my last offer" I had my limits.
He looked at me for a second and then he walked away. He muttered.
"You should really read the last book on the fourth shelf of the bookcase ".
And I was left confused.
"Which one?" I asked
"Interrogations, diplomacy and negotiations for dummies" Answered an annoyingly amused Itschi
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"Kaa-san, we are here!" x2
"Leave the groceries here and set the table" said Mikoto while preparing lunch.
"Is Tou-san coming?" Itachi asked.
"No dearie, he is busy" replied Mikoto.
Sora took the cue and set 3 plates on the table.
"Will he come tonight?" asked a hopeful Sora.
"Yes dear" smiled Mikoto.
Suddenly, the room got a little cold, while Mikoto smile became even brighter.
"Have you eaten anything on your way home"
The room got really quiet while two brothers tried to make up an excuse.
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Sora stood in the kitchen, preparing the ingredients for his preparation. Milk and sugar. Sadly, he didn't get any sodium bicarbonate, but this should be enough.
In a large pot he added two litres of milk and 440 gr of sugar. He sent the pot to the stove on high heat, and he started mixing. And mixed.
'Damn tiny and weak children's arms' Sora thought.
While feeling his tiny nerd arms getting sore.
The milk wanted to boil but he changed the fire settings to decrease the flame. And stirred.
At first, it was a yellow color, then it looked like a light brown. And sora kept stirring, being careful of not stopping.
The mix now had a brown color with a viscous texture.
'Its finally done' he thought.
'my tiny nerd arms are not ready for this kind of excersice' he complained mentally.
He took it out of the heat, let it cool, and tried a little bit.
"My god, delicious" said sora while relishing in the deliciousness in front of him. A good flavor, a sweet flavor, something that made him remember,
"home" sora muttered smiling while a small tear escaped his eyes.
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In the patriarch house, something special was happening. The living room walls were decorated with paper of all colors in a neat arrangement. The dad and the two kids were surrounding the mother who had a cake in front of her.
Sora and Itachi were clearing the table, while Fugaku drank tea along with his wife.
The kids stayed at the table while admiring his and Itachi's creations. If it were for sora alone the cake would have been a mess. A tasty mess, but a mess nonetheless.
Sora saw his now mother, a quiet but resolute beauty, his now father, a strict but fair leader, and his brother, possessing good wisdom but lacking in experiences.
'Its been a while eh' sora mentally disconnected.
While they all prepared to sing a happy birthday.
"Happy Birthday Kaa-sann!"
Sora looked at his now father.
'Dear dad, I hope you are good and that my death didn't make you waver. '
"Happy birthday kaa-san!"
Sora took a look to his now mother.
'Dear mom, I hope that you can keep on smiling and that you can remember me with that, a smile'
"Happy birthday, happy birthday..."
Sora finally saw his now brother,
'Dear brothers, I love you and I hope that you both have a happy and fulfilling life'
" happy birthday dear mom!" Sora applauded while mikoto blew out the candles. Itachi handed the plates to fugaku, who cutted the cake with ruthless efficiency.
The portions of cake were delivered to each and one of them, and they started eating.
Sora has never been a big fan of sweets, but, the atmosphere, it was just special. His now mom smiling while trying his cooking, his now dad enjoying his cake in silence and his now dear brother Itachi trying, but failing, in getting unnoticed of his third serving.
It felt like, it felt just like,
"Home" Sora smiled while tasting his cake.
'Ha, it tastes salty' sora's thoughts were suddenly interrupted.
He felt something weird in his head, he looked at his now parents. The world felt more vivid, more colorful and he saw a weird blue in his parents and brother's bodies.
*Knock Knock*
His thoughts were interrupted. Someone was at the door, while Fugaku and Mikoto exchanged quiet looks.
"I'll be leaving" said Fugaku in a somber mood while disappearing in a flash.
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"Yashiro, report"
"Yes Fugaku-sama. News from the border, a Main member of the Hyuga clan has been killed and his eye has been stolen"
Fugaku contemplated his new situation and made a decision .
"Tell Tekka to cut ties, the negotiations have been halted. "
"But Patriarch, we were not responsible of th…"
"Doesn't matter. The Hyuga needs someone to blame and our alliance with them has been torn before even starting. I will leave at dawn with 100 shinobi to reinforce our border. Pass the message" said a resolute Fugaku.