Author's Notes: Good god…can't believe I'm actually writing again. No excuses, simply lazy…and college isn't exactly easy on the free time.
The Tendo Home
The overwhelming blackness of the night was all that greeted Ranma as he awoke. Thankfully that bastard panda was still out cold in the dojo, but Ranma had a purpose for awaking at this time of night. One in the morning was not exactly a normal time to awake. Switching off the small electrical charge of the alarm clock, often used by covert operations officers, Ranma rubbed his eye momentarily and stretched a bit. (1) After all awaking at such hours was not exactly the norm…even for such an abnormal person as Ranma. The quietness of the night was only interrupted by Ranma's slight scuffing. Ranma moved as stealthily as he could and slipped out the window onto the roof. Taking a moment Ranma sighed as he took in the stars…one of his only reprieves…but hopefully that would change in the future.
Plans…he had a few. Not that he would be telling Xian Pu or Ucchan…well maybe Ucchan…but definitely not Xian Pu. She'd been nothing but a burden since she'd tried to kill him. Thinking on it again, Ranma shrugged…had he been male at the time he beat her, dating her might have been an option. Fate however liked to fuck him…and so…she was out of the race before she was even in it…if such a paradox were possible. Even the dating thing was unlikely because she wasn't interested in dating…simply marriage and return to China…Fuck that. There was a god damn reason he was the wild horse. Ucchan…no. Ranma honestly still considered her to be that really fantastic friend from all those years ago, gender had no importance. However that friendship became strained after the countless attempts to force Akane and him apart. It was at this point that Ranma grimaced. Akane…what he'd nearly said on Phoenix Mountain had been true, but the two had stagnated and it had developed into a good friendship. They had already discussed as much a few weeks back, while he was still within the mask and both had agreed that they didn't really see each other like that. It had taken several careful hints that Akane should still act normally. Ranma sighed…but she might hate him for all this…well hopefully she wouldn't…but if she did he could live with it.
Shaking himself Ranma remembered his purpose and walked over towards a certain girl's room and dropped his upper body down to knock on her window. His legs kept him attached to the roof.
"You're late," was his only reply as the window opened.
"Heh, I know…I got wrapped up in fleeting thoughts. I came as we agreed and I can't thank you enough for all the assistance you've provided. Our agreement from so many years ago has finally come to fruition." Ranma paused a moment as he considered her underwear, "though I didn't think you would try to seduce me Nabiki-chan…"
"Only in your dreams Uchiha, but on to business ne?" Nabiki moved to her desk and sat down while pointing to the bed for Ranma. Not one to disagree, Ranma took a quick seat. "Here's the percentage that we agreed on regarding all the schemes, pictures, and otherwise HELL I've put you through. Thanks to that I've had a bit of pocket money will giving us a good home. Though my mother's stocks would have kept us fine for the next twenty years…I still don't understand you Uchiha. Why would you offer this grand scheme?"
A smirking Ranma replied, "Well…I'm not the type of person that would be ungracious to anyone that put up with as much baggage as I had. I knew Xian Pu would be following…but I couldn't have anticipated Ukyo nor the other suitors. Kuno was hilarious to mess with though. I'm only glad you agreed; this got me some money to make my return trip and everyone got some excitement out of it."
"Then why leave now?" asked a relaxed Nabiki. Though she wasn't all that relaxed, the slap from earlier did leave her cradling her hand.
"With Phoenix Mountain…I don't think I can afford to stay here any longer…and I've been on extended leave for quite a while back home. Well no…that's not quite true…homesickness is part of it as well…" Ranma looked down for a second, "Tell me though…would you be able to survive without Kasumi?"
Nabiki held in her surprise, "Yes, but why the sudden interest and hesitation Uchiha?" Though to be honest she already knew the answer…it was readily apparent by the way he asked.
"You know that already Nabiki. I intend to take her with me…if she's okay with that. I won't force her…and I'm half expecting a negative reply, but a man can dream can't he?" Ranma said with a genuine smile on his face.
That smiling face made Nabiki feel a bit of regret given her current choice, but only a twinge. Ranma was a fine specimen…smart, ripped, kind when he needed to be, and ruthless. However he wasn't worth her time, he didn't care enough about money.
"Well Nabiki, I think it's about time we both went to bed…lest my patience be less than normal tomorrow." Standing up Ranma smiled before crossing the distance and giving Nabiki a hug, "Thanks for everything, it really would have been impossible without your cooperation. I'd like to think of you as a friend so I'll be sure to visit every now and again."
Nabiki was flustered for only a few seconds before she regained her composure and replied, "Uchiha…no Ranma…get back to your room. And be glad I didn't charge you for that hug…but I wouldn't mind a letter every now and again."
Ranma smiled, "Thanks Nabiki. I'll be going, but you should really let your nice side be seen…you'd be liked a lot more. Be sure to do that in university…honestly you'd have hundreds of screaming fans after you." With a wink Ranma left the room and headed back to his own bedding.
"That's one man I will never understand fully."
Kasumi's room
In Kasumi's room, the caretaker of the Tendo household had a hard time getting to sleep, but finally drifted into a fitful sleep. She hadn't truly decided on her course of action, although the bags filled with clothing laid up against the wall really didn't say otherwise…really. She just wanted to clean her dresser…that was all.
Next morning
Ranma was still exhausted when morning came and something didn't change…his father showed up and attempted to kick him from the room, but honestly Ranma didn't care for this old man's crap. He dodged while still half asleep and punched the man full force in the kidney…which dropped the man like a Kuno's mother dropped him.
Groggily Ranma glared at his prone father, "I told you I wasn't taking this crap anymore old man. Now hurry about quit moaning about how I'm a terrible son, you'll miss Kasumi's breakfast." That brought the man out of it, and Ranma laughed aloud as his father raced down the stairs. It was rather humorous to see the man wince in pain every time he used his right leg. Kidney shots hurt though and Genma would feel the full force of that attack a bit later on. Ranma smirked as he headed toward the furo, being absolutely sure to knock. He'd learned however that knocking didn't solve all the problems…as no one replied and he opened the door. Only to see Nabiki naked and toweling herself off with some headphones on. Now as this was Ranma without the mask he calmly closed the door and moved over to lean against the wall. He tried not to remember how well formed Nabiki's breasts were, nor how the heat from the room brought a light blush to her body that accented everything oh so well. He also tried to forget about how Nabiki kept herself down there and he also tried to forget the way…he shook his head quickly to clear those types of thoughts. And after calming himself, his face didn't betray just how embarrassed he was. At least not until he heard through the wall, "1000 yen for that Uchiha."
Ranma's face light up bright red but he countered with, "Then I suppose I should charge the same for how many times you've seen me naked?" He hid his embarrassment well.
"Ah but I've only seen you naked because of your idea, so those were consensual on your part."
"Heh, and when you saw me running from Akane that first time?" Ranma replied with a smirk on his face.
"I was simply checking the merchandise Uchiha. After all you were possibly going to be my fiancée, and I had a right to see if night time would be fun." Nabiki paused for a second as she adjusted her bra, "And it would have…" With that Nabiki strolled out of the furo dressed in only her bra and some short-shorts.
"I'll see you down stairs Nabiki. Remember, our agreement is finished, any picture taken will cost you."
"I'm aware Uchiha. I'm aware."
With that Ranma entered the furo and stripped himself before cleaning himself and dropping into the furo with a sigh. By now Genma would realize that Kasumi hadn't quite finished breakfast and should be coming up…THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP…and there he was climbing the stairs. Thinking quickly Ranma's eyes shifted to red and kept them trained on the door. Sure enough, two seconds later Genma stormed through and was stopped mid sentence. The spin of the Sharingan hypnotized the bastard and before a word left his mouth, Genma was performing an about face and headed straight out to the pond…where he proceed to dunk himself in the pond. He rolled around and made sure his new fur got nice and dirty before he woke from his stupor…thanks mostly to Soun yelling, "What do you think you're doing Saotome!?"
During the furry little bastard's mud party, Ranma was getting clothed. Today's attire was a bit different to say the least. Rather than his normal silk shirt of Chinese design, Ranma instead wore a completely black set of pants, tapered off just above his new combat boot-esk shoes. Upwards of that, he wore a shirt of red and black design that was as easy to move in as his old clothes, but a tad bit sturdier than silk. Over that he wore a flaq jacket that was filled with all sorts of goodies…lots of booms too. And Ranma so enjoyed the booms…err…not that he'd tell anyone that of course. To complete this wardrobe change Ranma had a hitai-ate (2) tied about his forehead. It had a small symbol engraved upon it, a horse rearing back.
But that was covered quickly by a puff of smoke and Ranma "returned" to his normal clothing and made his way down stairs in time to see his pandafied father hosing himself off and he took the time yell, "Yo, moron…it'd be easier to just clean yourself after turning human."
"Growf!" eloquently replied the panda while holding up a sign that said, "I like male pandas."
Deadpanning at what the sign said, Ranma burst out laughing, "Dumbass." Hypnotism is fantastic isn't it? (3)
Taking note of what the sign said, Genma's eyes bugged out and quickly changed the sign to say, "I can't use cold water to clean it afterward now can I boy?" Flip. "And show respect for your elders!"
Ranma explicitly ignored his father in favor of catching his breath after rolling around on the ground, but as soon as Kasumi came in with breakfast he bolted to attention.
Kasumi, dressed in her normal attire blushed almost immediately upon seeing Ranma at the table. His early offer was abuzz in her mind and she quickly sat down and slipped her mask back in place. However that little exchange was not unnoticed, Nabiki added that to the information she'd attained last night and knew immediately what it was about.
Akane appeared at the table after a loud, "I'm home!" echoed through the house. She'd taken a bit longer on her morning run, the previous days events wore on her a bit. Although it was good to Mr. Saotome back to normal and Ranma seemed a bit like his old self.
Breakfast was over in short order and all attention was suddenly upon the Ex-Saotome, and Ranma stood while dusting his pants off a bit. He shrugged before speaking, "Let's take this to the living room…it's a rather extended tale." He smirked as his father suddenly doubled over in pain. He grabbed his right side and suddenly a look of comprehension flashed across his face.
"Boy…damn…what'd you do?" Genma asked amidst gasps of pain.
"That's payback. For all the outrageous shit you've put me through, you'll feel that after you eat as your body digests its meal. It's nowhere near lethal, but it should make you think twice about treating anyone else as horribly as you've treated me." Ranma said with an evil smirk across his face. Genma hurried off toward the bathroom hoping he would be able to relieve a bit of the pain.
"RANMA WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO YOUR FATHER!" bellowed the Demon-headed Soun.
"I can do the same to you, so please calm down Tendo-san. I would rather not have to do that to you as well"
Deflating, Soun had a bit of a pathetic look on his face, "Eheh…well I hope Saotome can learn to deal with the pain…though it seems a bit much to punish him for the rest of his life."
Ranma smiled, "It's not the rest of his life…it wears off in about a week. This will also cut down on his consumption. The man's eaten like a ravenous wolf for far too long. And now that you're calm Tendo-san, I wouldn't have actually done that to you."
Ranma sat down and gestured to the rest of them to sit down as well and Ranma got an image of a small boy running around screaming "STORY TIME! STORY TIME!" Shaking himself from that humorous image Ranma looked at the assembled people that he'd since come to think of as family.
"Alright, well first thing is first. Why the ruse? Simply because of the fat idiot in the bathroom right now. If I showed any interest outside of martial arts, he'd discipline me. Thus I hid my intellect unless the situation was dire or inside the realm of martial arts. However…that wasn't the only reason…this is slightly arrogant I realize…but realistically how many more suitors would I have if I was smart?" Ranma paused while Akane muttered, "Baka."
Sighing, Ranma continued, "In fact I acted as deficient as possible around a lot of people I KNOW my "father" was planning a marriage with, and it worked. I'm glad it did, but damn was it hard sometimes." Ranma coughed a second while he took another pause, "Before I get any farther, I'd like to apologize to you all for the deception, but I felt it was necessary to attain my dream."
"I get that Ranma, but why couldn't you at least tell me about it?"
"Akane, you'll always be a great friend…" Ranma glared at Soun, "No, Tendo-san, this does NOT mean we will be getting married. We've already agreed that we wouldn't work. We act far too much like a brother and sister to even THINK about marriage….anyway Akane, I couldn't tell you because I couldn't risk it. I didn't tell Kasumi because it wasn't her burden to bear. I know she would keep it a secret, but simply couldn't find a way to blatantly tell her…though…I did drop several hints…" Attention shifted to Kasumi who blushed a bit and muttered, "Oh my…"
"However, this plan had a second benefactor. Nabiki-chan, my partner in crime." Ranma said with a smirk and Nabiki returned it with a devilish glare.
"But…but…she…" Akane stuttered while his mouth was nearly on the floor.
"I thought it was strange…" muttered Kasumi which again brought full attention to her. Rather than sifting back into the mask Kasumi just stated outright, "Well…Ranma was always nice to Nabiki no matter what mischief or harm she caused him. It was also a little strange that someone who can avoid things in his sleep wouldn't be woken up by water or something similar."
"I…never thought of that…but…she was always taking candid photos of him for Kuno!"
Smiling Ranma fielded this one, "Oh they're not really candid I just take a mean photo. I was well aware of the pictures and you can thank me for your college fund Akane, though you were in no small part of it. That did serve me as well…as I needed to accumulate funds for my return…"
"Return…what do you mean Ranma my boy! You have to marry Aka…"
"Soun, I will tell you one last time…Akane and I will not marry…but please stay quiet…I would rather not repeat an incident like yesterday.
"Now…I'm returning to my real home…I…can't really give any of you any details. It's a place where I belong rather than here…I cannot stay. Too many people seek my life for such a place to remain safe. I am going to leave for a while…I'll be back when I can get some leave…but other than that I'm going to be gone for several years."
"And I fully endorse this decision," said a voice from the doorway. Nodoka walked in with a serene smile on her face, "Ranma, my son. You've finally told them. I heard about your fight with Happousai. Very manly." Her clothes were a little more ornate than normal but she still held the family katana.
Ranma stood from his seat and hugged his mother, "Thanks mom. When you finally showed up here I was ecstatic and was thankful that you'd understood my intentions from the beginning."
The Tendos sat in awe for the moment as Nodoka took her seat and started gushing, "You be sure to give me lots and lots of grandchildren okay?" Ranma and the Tendos groaned. At least something was the same; Nodoka hadn't faked the abnormal obsession with grandchildren.
Coughing Ranma brought the attention back to himself, "Now…about my awakening of sort…it was a man by the name of Itachi Uchiha. The man happened upon me and smacked my head into a wall. I'd never been that outmatched in my entire life. (4) He utterly dominated the entire fight and beat me down with a detachment I'd never seen before. He actually found me when I was 13 and spent three years training me…it was an agreement my father made with the man. Oyaji tried to steal from him only once and Itachi threatened to string Genma up by his legs and stab him with swords." Ranma smiled at the reminder before he coughed a bit. Talking so much was starting to wear on his voice a bit.
Nevertheless he continued, "Honestly…he was more brutal than my father was…sans the whole Cat-fist thing. Which I have under control of sorts…still don't like cats though…furry little hellions." Shaking his head Ranma refocused his attention, "Err anyway…he taught me to think about battle, but not to over think…as…over thinking tends to lead to disaster. He's the real reason I'm as good as I am. Oyaji definitely helped, but overall it was Itachi that taught me to think and expanded my mind." Glancing at the clock Ranma noticed that it had gotten to be about that time, "Any other questions?"
The first one to come out of the trance that they all seemed to be in was Kasumi, "Is…is that offer still open Ranma-kun?" A full body blush seemed to work its way across Kasumi's body and arms.
A soft smile spread across Ranma's face and it took nearly all of his willpower and control to keep himself from jumping up and hugging Kasumi dearly. "Yes, Kasumi-chan. I'd love for you to come along."
"YOU CAN'T TAKE MY DAUGHTER!!" followed by sobbing…damn Soun was a wreck…
"WHAT! RANMA NO HENTAI!" Mallet-sama…man did Ranma have a love-hate relationship with that damn thing. Catching it deftly in one arm, Ranma held it in place above Akane's head.
"Really Akane, thought we talked about this…only when I was being chased by everyone…remember? And it's her decision to make whether or not we do hentai things…though…" an introspective look crossed Ranma's face, "I'm not ready for such a relationship with her…I like her a lot…but I'm not quite ready to cross that particular bridge just yet."
That calmed Akane enough for the mallet to disappear from Ranma's hands. Seriously…Ranma STILL didn't get that…it wasn't summoning so where the HELL did that thing come from?
"I'm just glad pops didn't burst in and…" Ranma sweatdropped, "speaking of him…where the hell is he?" Ranma wondered aloud…and as if right on cue a loud crash and cursing noise was heard upstairs. 'So that's where the little bastard was…' Ranma bolted out of the room while yelling behind him, "Kasumi-chan if you're packed, go ahead and bring you stuff into the living room while I deal with panda-chan."
And with that…attention was once again brought to Kasumi who was blushing like a virgin on her wedding night, "Erm…"
"KASUMI-CHAN YOU CAN'T LEAVE US!!" cried Soun as he glomped his daughter. The waterworks were in full force today and it was all Kasumi could do to keep calm.
"Father please…"
"NOOOO!!"
"Father."
"I won't let him take you from me Kasumi!"
WHAM! A mallet…though much smaller than Akane's hit Soun directly on the head causing him to forgo the waterworks for a second to see who hit him. Surprising everyone greatly, it was Nabiki's hands that held the mallet.
"Hmm…so that's how you draw that out Akane. Good to know."
"NOW EVEN NABIKI GOES AGAINST ME!!" WHAM! WHAM! WHAM! Three mallets of differing size hit him simultaneously and he was out like a light. Mallet-sama, Nabiki's new toy, and even Kasumi's new discipline machine hit Soun on the head and he crumpled to the floor. They all glanced at each other before they all burst out laughing, or in Kasumi's case lightly giggling.
Nodoka joined in the laughter as she stood, "Ne Kasumi-chan…you're going with my darling son? Be sure to treat him right…and be sure to give me many grandchildren!"
WHAM! And Nodoka was sent tumbling to the floor with nothing more than an "Oh my!" to accompany her descent into the bliss of unconsciousness.
Meanwhile upstairs
As things were going on rather expectedly downstairs Ranma ascended the stairs and returned to his room. Opening the door found Genma tied up on the floor with several kunai pinning him to the ground.
"Now…I warned you about crap like this moron. I told you yesterday that I wasn't putting up with your shit, but no…you just HAD to try and steal from me."
"Now…Ranma, my son…help me out of this you can't fault your father for being a bit curious…"
"Hell yes I can. And you wanna know the best part Pops?" Ranma said as he sat down to look directly into Genma's eyes, "the things of actual value to me are on me at all times." Taking a scroll, Ranma spun it on his index finger. And he slowly walked out of the room, leaving his father's bound body to stuck to the floor.
"RANMA! You can't leave me like this!"
"Really? Cause I think I just did…see ya pops. I'll be back in a few months."
Coming back down stairs Ranma suddenly had a jolt, 'SHIT! I didn't tell Ukyo that I was leaving…actually…it's probably better if I get gone and leave her a letter. I really don't need her trying to follow me. That…would really be a bitch.' He headed into the kitchen really quickly to jot down a letter for Ukyo.
Ukyo,
Sorry about having to write a letter about this, but you and I both know you'd follow me if I told you in person, but I'm leaving. You should realize that I still love you, but not in the way you want me to…never in the way you want me. You're still that gender neutral friend from all those years ago. I forgive you for all the shit you've put me through…I mean I put you through a lot as well. I'm sorry for the deception, but it was necessary to deceive Genma. I can't tell you how many times I wanted to tell everyone…you, Ryouga, Daisuke, everyone, but that would have ruined all I worked for. If you want the exact details about why you're going to have to ask Nabiki, she shouldn't charge you too much for the information. Look at this as my final piece of crap to add to your life. Tell your father to fuck himself, but my mother has already taken care of the slight on your honor…but I cannot do anything about your feelings and though you may hate me, I feel it's better that I leave and you get on with your life. You're a beautiful woman Ucchan, it'd be a shame if you let that go to waste for a "jackass" like me, ne?
Your eternal friend,
Uchiha Ranma
Smiling, Ranma folded up the letter and headed back to the living room where he discovered his mother unconscious on the couch while Soun was out of it as well…only slumped in a chair. Ranma looked to the girls for explanation and thankfully Kasumi spoke up.
"Well…father was being loud and possessive so we…err…we…silenced him." Kasumi said with a smile. She was still a little nervous about the whole excursion, but knew this was what she wanted. She'd already intimated this to her siblings while Ranma was writing his note. The three had a semi-tearful exchange full of hugging and such that would have warmed the heart of anyone. (The writer is just too lazy to actually type it out :D)
"Akane, if you could…can you hand this Ukyo at school tomorrow. She'll be fine, as will Xian Pu. I took it easy on them despite myself." Ranma said with a sigh while he handed his note over to Akane. "It's not right to read others mail, but I can understand if you'd want to read it." Ranma said as he noticed both Akane and Kasumi's concerned looks. Well at least it looked like Kasumi was slightly jealous…which was a good sign for Ranma.
The three Tendo sisters couldn't resist and read over Ranma's note and Ranma sighed; he'd honestly hoped that they wouldn't. However it was not to be and they all looked up at him with a smile on their face and Ranma asked a question, "How'd I do?"
"Not bad Uchiha, could use a bit of work, but you conveyed your message clearly. Nice touch with the 'eternal friend' thing though. Well if you three will excuse me…I need to balance the check book." Nabiki moved out, but paused a before Ranma a second, "You do know what I'll do if you hurt her, correct Uchiha?"
Ranma smirked, "Take me for yourself?" Coughing a second, he replied, "Yes, and I wouldn't dream of it."
Nabiki smiled a rare genuine smile, "Then she's all yours Ranma." And with that she moved out of the room but not before she heard Ranma whisper, "Thank you onee-chan." Nabiki nearly lost her composure, but she wasn't the "Ice Queen" for nothing and slipped away up stairs.
Akane walked right up to Ranma and got directly in his face, "If you hurt Kasumi-nee I'll hunt you down and crush your 'pride'" with a meaningful glance downward that made Ranma do the motion common to all males in such a situation. He covered his crotch and moved his knees together.
"Now that's hardly necessary Akane-chan." Kasumi admonished, but soon she began tearing up, "I'm going to miss you and Nabiki-chan so much! I'll write as often as I can." Akane and Kasumi hugged for a moment and inside Ranma's head a little voice went, "Awwww." At Kasumi and Akane's glance, Ranma blushed as he realized he'd said that out loud. SHIT!
Coughing Ranma tried to keep the flush from his face…damn it…why couldn't it be as simple as a battle where he could easily hide all emotion, but outside of battle…he was nearly as bad as his mask was. Well it was all for the best he supposed…at least he wasn't like Itachi and monotonous in every aspect of life.
"Well, Akane, you take care okay? And I left a few scrolls so you may learn how to utilize Chakra. It will calm you down and help you fight…but you're going to have to learn how to let your anger go. Anger is a tool, but only up to a certain point…afterward it only dulls the blade and the mind. Oh…I'll actually give you a practical demonstration, sealing…" Ranma flew through a few handsigns and bit his thumb while running it across a new scroll labeled "Kasumi" on the outside and sealed her luggage within, "I'm well aware of how many laws of physics that just violated…but since when has physics every REALLY applied to us?" Ranma said with a smile as both Akane and Kasumi had wide eyes and jaws dropped. The expression on their face was too priceless to forget so…Ranma's eyes flashed red and the triple wheel Sharingan appeared cementing that image into his brain forever.
"This is the Sharingan, and hopefully this will be the last time in a long time that you ever see them…both of you. I don't like using it and will only use it as a last resort. I wish to prove that I can be great without them. Nabiki's already seen this, if you were wondering…but…" Ranma took a look outside and it was nearly noon. The sun had risen almost to the midpoint in the sky. The wind blew the branches in the trees and caused a tiny hurricane of discarded leaves to twirl around. Small birds flew about as they were wont to do, but none of this really mattered to Ranma as he stepped outside the Tendo home with the only one who'd cared for him.
"You sure about this Kasumi-chan?" asked a semi shy Ranma as he grasped Kasumi's hand.
"I've never been more sure about anything in my entire life…but what is your true home like anyway?" a blushing Kasumi asked.
"Well…"
End notes: Bet you thought I was talking about Kasumi in that opening scene didn't ya? Some Nabiki fan service for you guys, well sorta. So…yes, going to Konoha…going to be…MAYBE around the time of the exams, but Ranma is going to be in between Sasuke and Itachi's ages. Luckily for me the manga has been co-operative with my ideas and I'll be using the next manga chapter as a basis for further description of Itachi.
I do not know why I made Kasumi blush so dang much…but eh I'll roll with it. She's a young woman in love.
Now…as this is a cross over…I'm skewing the facts a bit. Itachi will probably be a little older than he was in canon simply because it'd be a bit strange for Itachi to still be the same age…cause if I recall correctly I think he's only 18 now.
Anyway…as always review and really don't expect a new chapter…shit it's been like a year since the last one. :D
1) Do NOT quote me on that. :D
2) Spelling?
3) I'm well aware that in reality you cannot force people to do such things unless they would already do them. Also, abuse of the sharingan will not be happening…unless it has a good comedic effect…in which case it's going to be more used than tired comparisons. :)
4) Before he joined the Akatsuki