The Child of Prophecy

└ C11 ┐

└ “Everybody can fight. It's just a choice of whether you should.”  —Kirito (Sword Art Online) ┐

"Look, that guy's an Uchiha, right?"

Murmurs filled the ears of an Uchiha Sasuke as soon as he entered the Ninja Academy. There was a mixture of smug and impatience building up inside his mind, because despite being proud, he'd rather be praised as Sasuke and not as an Uchiha.

"Sasuke, just ignore the murmurs around you and be a good boy, okay?" the young Uchiha turned his head to smile widely at the person accompanying him.

Uchiha Itachi. His aniki had actually bothered to free up his time today to walk Sasuke to the Academy. And boy, was Sasuke filled with excitement this morning just because he wanted to spend time together with his aniki.

"Hn," Sasuke replied, still smiling, as Itachi ruffled his hair in a loving-older-brother way.

The older of the two brothers was just about to leave, when they suddenly heard a familiar, extremely loud voice approaching.

"Itachi-nii!"

The two Uchihas turned their heads at the same time to see a running Namikaze Naruko. They both took notice of the grumbling Hatake Kakashi, who was walking a few steps behind the bright ball of sunshine. Itachi smiled at the approaching pair, whilst Sasuke frowned.

"Ohayou, Itachi-nii!" Naruko greeted with a bright grin, before she glanced at his younger brother, "Sasuke-teme, you came!"

"Of course I'd come to the Academy, dobe." was what Sasuke wanted to say but he instead chose to turn his head away after giving her a stern once-over.

At the lack of response, Naruko glared at Sasuke, before she proceeded to grin at Itachi, who fondly ruffled her blonde locks just like how he ruffled his otouto's.

"Kakashi-senpai, Kushina-san's busy again?" Itachi asks out of curiosity as he looks around, not catching any sight of the young blonde-haired girl's mother.

"Yeah, she's helping out at the Hospital again, so they asked me to take Naru-chan to the Academy," The other answers, patting the girl on the head to emphasize his point.

Sasuke then narrows his eyes at him before muttering to himself, "You're just turning into her babysitter."

The other three immediately glanced at him, after hearing his statement. Itachi snickered, Kakashi grimaced, and Naruko grinned.

"Well, Kakashi-nii's my onii-chan, dattebayo!" She said with a smug face, but only received a snort from Sasuke.

The latter turns to his older brother, "Aniki, I'll be going inside."

"Okay. Have fun, Sasuke." Itachi replies with a small smile as his otouto slowly made his way to their classroom.

"Teme, wait for me!" Naruko exclaimed, running after the young Uchiha, who didn't even bother to glance back. Seeing that, she frowned, before facing Kakashi and Itachi, "See you both later, 'ttebayo!"

They both replied with their own sets of nods and smiles as they watched the two 5-year olds leave.

"He's an Uchiha, right?"

Sasuke glanced at the murmuring children from his peripheral vision, not even bothering to turn his head, as he walked his way through the halls.