The Child of Prophecy

└ C13 ┐

(A/N: Heyyo Snowflakes!! Sorry, I took a really looooooooong break. I forgot I had a wattpad acc lmao. Also, I was quite busy dealing with stuff at home, so yeah... I missed you guys though, hahaha. Anyway, here's a new chapter! Enjoy! :3 )

└ Every journey begins with a single step. We just have to have patience.   —Milly Thompson (Trigun) ┐

"Why do you do this, Naru-chan?"

A bright grin comes across Naruko's face as she stops scrubbing through the stone monument, and turns her head to see Itachi wearing his ANBU mask and uniform.

"Ita—"

"Shh. You know that the personal identities of ANBU members must remain a secret. Only a few are aware of them," Itachi says, before he gets into a scolding manner, "Now, what's this I heard from everyone that this is the fifth time this happened? And it has barely even been two weeks, since you started pranking."

A pout replaces the grin on her lips as Naruko looks away, "But it's fun!"

"It doesn't change the fact that it's bothersome," Itachi retorts, before his eyes soften at the sight of her crestfallen face. He sighs to himself, "Promise me you won't do this again, Naru-chan,"

She looks up at him, eyes almost rimming with tears, eager to persuade him with her puppy-eyes but his experssion remains stern so she decides to drop the act with a soft groan.

"Fine, you win. That always works like a charm on everyoneelse, I still wonder why it doesn't work on you... It's like you've got some Naruko-puppy-eyes resistant installed in your body, hmpf." Naruko starts muttering to herself in frustration. An amused chuckle escapes Itachi and he levels himself with Naruko before he slowly points his fingers on her forehead.

Naruko's eyes widen. If she reckons correctly, this is what he usually does when he's too busy to be with Sasuke.

"Promise me, Naru-chan. You won't do this again, right?" he repeats himself, a warm smile enveloping his lips. And she gazes at him, cerulean eyes lightening up unreadably, although a mixture of mischievousness and innocence were quite vivid within them.

"Please don't tell me you're gonna listen to the Uchiha brat." sneers Kurama, but she ignores him.

"I won't!" Naruko declares with a proud and cheeky grin, before she leisurely slumps down with uncertainty, "...Probably."

"Tch, whipped."

"Oh, shut it, fuzzball!"

Itachi's smile does not waver, despite her evident reluctance. He knows Naru-chan. She'll grow past this 'rebellious stage' soon, and become a great kunoichi, possibly even reach greater achievements than her parents had. They just have to wait for that time to come.. And they will wait. Itachi will.

He glances at the second hokage's stone monument before them, it was halfway-through being clean. Before he takes a quick look at the other stone monuments. Only the First Hokage's seemed to be cleared up with not a single hint of paint as if it had been untouched all day long, meanwhile the other two were still exposed with paint and drawings in the daylights.

She does know her stuff though, he'll give her that. Naru-chan was just the type of person to do things as she says and wants. And once she starts it, she makes sure she gets it done completely. Yep. Namikaze Naruko will truly be a great kunoichi someday. Just her way of doing things is enough to confirm it to Itachi.