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❝ Nothing ever lasts forever. ❞
Book 1 of the Keiko Uchiha series
It was quite simple - Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha had two children. Itachi, their eldest, and Sasuke, their youngest. Their sons would grow to be amazing shinobi and...
The young girl ran over to her elder brother, holding up a bracelet made out of wire with grass pieces and dark blue flower petals. She smiled, a hand behind her back as her brother took the bracelet. She wore a brown jumper dress with a white long sleeve under it, along with her hair tied in a loose braid.
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"Do ya like it?" she asked, a small smile on her face as he put it on.
A grin spread on his face and he looked back at his sister, giggling. "It's super cool! Thank you Keiko!"
She giggled once more, holding up her wrist to reveal the same style bracelet but with black flowers. "Now we can match!"
As the two younger siblings laughed together, their older brother walked into the garden, his eyebrow raised. They both didn't seem to notice - for they were too focused on their newly found accessory. Itachi walked towards them, hands in his pockets as he leaned down to meet their height.
"And what have we got here?" he asked playfully, both Sasuke and Keiko turning their heads to meet their elder brothers gaze.
"Ita-Nii!" Keiko smiled and hugged Itachi's waist (for it was all she could reach at the time), then looked up at him and showed him her wrist. "Look, look! Me and Sasuke have matching bracelets!"
Itachi took her wrist into his palm, examining the bracelet. "Did you make this yourself?"
Keiko nodded, and Sasuke raised his wrist up so he could show his bracelet.
"Very pretty. And you didn't make me one?" he said jokingly, Keiko blushing out of embarrassment.
"I didn't know when you were coming back so-"
"It's okay, I'm just kidding." he chuckled, patting Keiko's head, then turning to Sasuke. "I want to take you training today. I have some new moves you might want to learn."
Sasuke's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded. As much as Keiko wanted to go with them, she couldn't. Her father wouldn't let her go anywhere not Uchiha-claimed. She frowned, her hair falling from behind her ear before she looked back up at Itachi.
"While you guys go train- I'll make you a bracelet..!" she made a forced smile, and before her brothers could say anything, she ran off in the direction of the forest, in search of flowers that would match the color of her brothers hair.
She walked quickly through the forest, her eyes scanning the area for jet-black flowers. Or- Maybe she could use roses for his sharingan color! She smiled at the idea, then ran off in the other direction to find blood-red roses.
The forest was filled with all kinds of flowers and plants. Everywhere you went, you could see beautiful flowers blooming at the bottom of tree trunks, and leafs scattered on the grassy ground. It was like a secret-hideout for Keiko. Though she had many of those, this was one of the ones she enjoyed the most because of all the nature. She stopped at a boulder, picking up roses from the corners of it.
'One, two, three, four-'
Ribbit!
She jumped at the sudden noise, looking up to see a green frog on top of the stone, who seemed to be enjoying his time. Keiko relaxed, smiling and tilting her head at the creature.
"Hello there, Keiji!" she smiled, the frog replying with another 'ribbit' short after.
Straightening up and holding the flowers out, she began to whisper, "I'm making a bracelet for nii-san so he can match with me and Sasuke!"
The frog once again let out a ribbit, and Keiko giggled.
"Well, I have to go now, so I'll see you later!"
She waved goodbye, then ran back to where she came from, the roses in her hand.
'These should be enough!'
But as she counted the roses, she tripped on a stone, and let out a yelp of pain.
"Miss Keiko!"
The roses fell out of her hands and she landed on the ground. Her bracelet slipped off her tiny wrist, and before she knew it a pair of arms had picked her up
"Are you alright?"
Keiko opened her eyes, only to see another one of the Uchiha policemen there. Her brother must've sent one after her just in case she got hurt. She stirred, the pain having been gone now.
"I'll bring you back home right away."
"Wait.. But the flowers-"
She felt another pain when she tried to move her body, and the boy held her tighter, "Don't move Miss, you've sprained your ankle."
And before she knew it - she was in her bed.
"Dear, next time, be more careful, okay?" her mother kissed her forehead and ran her fingers through her hair soothingly.
Keiko looked down, a sad expression falling upon her face.
Mikoto frowned, "What happened?"
"I lost the bracelet I made for Sasuke and I.. And I didn't get to make Ita-nii one.." she sniffled, and Mikoto hugged her.
"Oh Keiko. I'm sure your brothers will be fine with it as long as you're okay, right?"
Keiko looked up at her, and nodded.
. . . Present
Keiko bent down, noticing a familiar looking object on the floor. She picked it up, not quite knowing what it was. A memory came back into mind of the day she first sprained her ankle, and she laughed. The bracelet was the one she had lost all those years ago, but it still looked the same as when she had made it.
I wonder if Sasuke still has his.. she thought to herself, a small smile on her face.
Quickly, she put the bracelet into her ninja pouch, and headed back towards the Masked Man.
