Prodigy.

"It was fine Kaa-san. I just practised my shuriken jutsu today," he said as sat on the other side of the table as noticed Sasuke was trying to get his attention.

"Hello Sasuke, are you being a good boy for Kaa-san?" he asked softly as Mikoto watch the two interact.

"Yuh I good," Sasuke gurgled out making Itachi smile a small smile while Mikoto laughed at her youngest son.

"Now why do I get the no's while your big brother gets the smile?" she asked Sasuke who just swung his arms around in response.

"Come on Sasuke be good for Kaa-san otherwise you will have to eat the mushy apricots," he said and internally smirked as the two year old boy had a look of disgust appear on his face indicating he did not want the apricots.

Mikoto tried again and moved the spoon towards Sasuke's mouth and unlike this time he took a big bite out of the food and chewed on it with a yummy expression on her face.

As she fed her youngest Itachi looked around saw that once again his father Fugaku was nowhere around. "Where is Tou-san Kaa-san?" He asked wondering where his father was.

Mikoto sighed. "Your Tou-san is at the Uchiha Police Force Station along with Yashiro. Apparently they will be pulling an all nighter again," she said as she did wish that her husband would spend more time at home.

"But then again when he is home all he does is focus on Itachi," she thought a little bitterly since Fugaku was becoming a little obsessed with bringing in more power for the clan which unfortunately focus on Itachi.

"I see," Itachi muttered as he watched his little brother happily munch away on his foot and watching is mother laugh at the funny faces Sasuke was making.

"I made a friend today," he said as he stared outside the window not seeing his mother turn her head to look at him in surprise.

"Really?" she asked not wanting to hide her joy since Itachi did not have any friends outside of the clan. "May I ask who?"

"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze," he said and watched in slight amusement at the delighted look that quickly appeared on his mothers face as she clapped her hands together.

"Ma-ma?" Sasuke said watching at his mother become suddenly very happy that made him turn his head in confusion. "Oh that is wonderful Itachi-kun. I was wondering when the two of you would become friends. Oh you will become just like me and Kushina, I just know it."

"I think I would like that Kaa-san," he said as Mikoto smiled at her eldest. "I am going to go to my room. I feel a little tired."

"Okay, I will see you later Itachi-kun," she said kissing her sons forehead truly happy that he made a friend. Though Itachi was use to his mother giving him affection, he rarely showed that it had any effect on him. Though for this time, the young Uchiha let a small smile appear on his face.

Just as he left the room and without his mother looking, he put his hand in one of the draws by the door and pulled out a few blank slips of small paper.

As Itachi walked down the empty corridors of his clan compound he stopped for a moment at a mirror that was hanging on the walls. When he did he closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again.

However this time instead of his onyx colored eyes looking back at him, it was instead a pair of red eyes with two tomoe in each eye.

With Naruto

"Is anyone home?" Naruto called out waiting to get an answer as he stepped into his home.

"In the kitchen Naru-chan," he heard his mother's voice call. He walked in and saw his mother by the stove with the twins both in their high chairs looking up at the ceiling. Though when they saw him both giggled a little and waved their arms at him.

He waved back at them. "Where is Tou-san?"

"Your Tou-san will be home in a few minutes. Just some last minute work he had to finish. Go up and get washed for dinner," she said not taking her eyes away from the stove.

"Yeah, okay Kaa-chan," Naruto answered as he walked away and went upstairs. He looked back to see his mother had now moved from the stove and was now playing with the twins. It made Naruto feel a pang of sadness in his chest but he shook out of it.

As he walked home he had wondered about elemental ninjutsu. He knew he was not ready for such a big step yet but seeing his new friend Itachi use the fireball jutsu earlier that day, it made him want to try as well and it sparked something inside of him. He was amazed at how far Itachi was in his studies and had mentally decided he needed to catch up. He decided he would have to up his training with Shizune and Sarutobi the next time he saw them which was in two days time.