Endure
Summary: "Nee-chan, why?" In her old life, she did everything to survive. "Foolish Otouto" In her new life, she will do anything to protect the ones she love. "To test the limit of my abilities" Even if it meant having to suffer the consequences that wasn't for her to originally bear. "Protect Konoha. Protect everyone. Protect Sasuke for me, Itachi". Like her name, she will endure. Self Insert OC.
Author's Note:ANOTHER STORY IS BORN MWAHAHAHA I really should be doing my plates/projects. but alas this has happened sadly it was supposed to be Kakashi's gen but the power of the Uchihas are more greater! /dramatic pose/ I like to torture myself with them /sobs/ hopefully this story would have a better ending than Unbiased and probably longer than it hehe if you havent read it, go read it!
Warning: typos, English ain't my first language, I'm not really following the anime/manga that much just the things that I can remember sooo…Slightly mental SI OC. Fluff first but lots of angst in the latter parts of the story ehuehue no pain, no gain ya'll
Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto
I
Her mother called her, waving her hand while perfectly balancing her newborn brother on one arm
Meanwhile, her father was staring at the bundle that was peacefully sleeping on his wife's arms. It took a few people, including herself and her mother, to know that he was radiating in joy despite his stoic face
She stopped and lightly tugged her father's kimono, silently asking him to pick her up in order to see her new sibling
Her father complied
And what she saw made her eyes wide, heart pounding in joy and a part of her life decisions changed forever
Such innocence
"What is his name, Okaa-san?"
So precious
"Itachi…Uchiha Itachi"
II
"Shinobu"
It probably took her awhile before she finally looked at her father
"Ah…I'm sorry Otou-san"
Uchiha Fugaku sighed at his daughter's absentmindedness
He let it slide seeing that the little girl, barely 2 and a half years old, was mesmerized with her new sibling
He couldn't blame her seeing as he was like that when she was born just a few weeks old
Fugaku chuckled at the thought to himself
III
Shinobu was lucky that her father had thought that her unresponsiveness was because of her mesmerizing her new sibling…
Maybe half of it was true…
Well 90% of it was
But the remaining 10% was because she wasn't really entirely still used to being called that name…
"What is it that you want, Otou-san?" eyes that were similar to her own mother stared at the intimidating figure of her father
"Your mother is looking for you" he left after she bowed her head in respect
"Arigato, Otou-san"
Because she was still used to with the different name that she had a long time ago
IV
Apparently her mother wanted her to deliver some food to a distant relative that was a few houses down theirs
She questioned herself why would her mother and father allow her, a child who is barely 2 and a half years old to do such a chore.
Right shinobi family
But she didn't complain
With the boxes of food in her hands, she made her way towards the designated house she was assigned to go to.
Multiple Uchihas had greeted her along the way while she made a small smile and tipped her head into a bow in form of a polite greeting. It was how her mother taught her
'It feels foreign to feel like this' she hid her full blown smile
She couldn't blame herself
Back in her time, when she was still an adult, her life wasn't the best nor the happiest to live. It wasn't made out of sunshine, butterflies, sparkles and rainbows. It was always DARKDARKITSSOCOLDPLEASEHELPMEICANTTAKETHISANYMOREIMDROWNINGSOMEONEANYONE
Shinobu vaguely remembers a pale and skinny child, always hungry, always weak and always hurt. She remembers screaming when people in coats go to her and inject something to her body. She remembers those people telling others the same situation as her to fight, to survive, to live another day in pain and in suffering. She wondered why her past self had not just given up early and escaped those torturous experiments
She feared death when she was a child the first time
Shinobu reminded herself
The little girl stopped herself and faced the house that was beside her, knocking on the shoji door to inform of her arrival
"Kagami-sou sofu" she slightly raised her voice, knowing that the old veteran had heard her knock despite the distance and his old age
Rapid footsteps could be heard and the door swung with a loud bang
"Shi...sui-kun?"
V
The Uchiha girl stared at moon from their porch, Itachi cradled into her arms while her parents were within the house doing whatever they had to do.
Itachi, she noticed, felt heavier
'Of course, he's 5 months old already' she reminded herself
Itachi cooed at her and she melted when one of his chubby hands pulled one of her long bangs and placed the other hand on her cheek
The experiments were just the beginning of her torturous life when she was a child. When the people saw her potential, she was dragged out of that hell hole but was met with a worse one. Sure the people gave her more food than she could chew before swallowing and a decent living arrangement but they made her train day and night. She was just barely a teen that time.
Shinobu brought her face close to her younger sibling, remembering that babies had blurry eyes. She wanted her brother to remember her face as soon as possible. Button like nose rubbed with tiny one
The little Uchiha girl didn't know that her shining tender midnight blue eyes and sincere smile was etched on her younger sibling's mind
Itachi's laughter echoed the main house
Fugaku and Mikoto paused at this and later on made a small sincere smile hearing the laughter of their children
It was a peaceful night
VI
When she turned 3, Shinobu was scared when Fugaku had told her that her training will begin soon
"Too slow! Repeat it again! Do you want to die?!"
"That's good, as expected of my daughter"
"Up! Down! Up! Down! U-! Did I tell you to rest, huh?! Did I?"
"Go take a 10 minute break"
"That was pathetic! You're a disgrace to this organization"
"You'll make the clan proud"
"I-I'm sorry and I'll try m-my best, master"
"Arigato, Otou-san"
"Tch, scum"
"Of course, you're my daughter"
She didn't know why she felt scared to begin with
VII
Shinobu wasn't sure when she changed
Maybe it was because she was born in the Uchiha clan and treated them as an actual family
Maybe it was because of how her parents showed such love and utter affection towards her that felt so foreign but so welcoming at the same time
Maybe because she saw her baby brother and wondered if she'll have another one in the future
Maybe it was really because she fell in love with them
Probably
Most likely
Certainly
Oh how love can make a person do the most stupid and dangerous things
VIII
People whispered, hearing her name as well as the word 'prodigy'
She wondered why people thought of her as such
"Bah, coz you can learn and do stuff in a faster pace compared to the others"
"It's because you're a natural"
Both Uchiha boys said at the same time
Shinobu just blinked at this
The trio consisted of herself, Shisui and Obito
Obito was a few years older than them, already in the Academy and was currently babysitting them since their guardians weren't available. He was a distant relative but was quite near as well compared to the others.
"Where's your Otouto?" Shisui asked, trying to stick a leaf on his forehead like what Obito had instructed them to do. Apparently it was a chakra exercise.
"Itachi-otouto is with Okaa-san. They are in the hospital getting his monthly check-up" she explained as she spun the leaf on her palm
Obito glared at it
Shinobu stopped
She gingerly played with the long sleeves of her shirt "Is it bad that I am this good, Obito-nii?" she asked, she wondered if it was bad that she was this good since all she wanted to do was protect her precious people. The Uchiha girl was actually happy that people thought of her as such. She needed to get strong since in her old life she did everything to kill everyone for survival and now with her new life, she wanted to everything to protect the ones she love
Shisui glared at Obito childishly for making her feel sad
Obito almost swallowed the lollipop stick dangling on his mouth
"Th-that's not it, Shinobu-hime!" Obito suddenly said, rubbing the back of his head in a sheepish manner
Shisui huffed
"It just sucks that you're better than me" he quietly admitted, "And it kinda reminded me of a bastard in my class" his eyes were burning with fire
"So does that mean I shouldn't be good?" she asked, disappointed at the thought. It was confusing when in her old world, it taught her that she should be good with the things she was taught with. Exceptional. Perfect. And in this world, she was exactly somehow like that and people gave her praises! It warmed her heart and she wanted feel more of it! She wanted to do the things what her father taught her for him to be proud of her and give back what they've done to her
Shisui sighed
"What I wanted to say is that…" Obito paused, humming to himself as he crossed his arms while he lifted the lollipop stick in his mouth upwards "It's okay to be good or better than others. But don't gloat or rub it to other people, especially to those who are having a hard time on it" he grinned finally getting his point
'Be humble, huh'
IX
She woke up, drenched
She padded towards her brother's nursery room, she knew her parents know that she was awake
"Shinobu?" her father's voice echoed to Itachi's room. Dark eyes stared at the shivering figure of his daughter while she clutched the crib where his youngest child was. Darker eyes compared to his looked frantic as she eyed her little brother as if something will happen
"Otou-san" he could hear the fright in her voice
Fugaku's brow rose at this
What could possibly make her daughter…strong, independent, loving, wonderful daughter feel such emotion
"What happened, Shinobu?" her mother's soft and gentle voice was what she heard next
She swallowed
It took her a few seconds before she answered
"I had a nightmare, is all" she mumbled, feeling the comforting hand of her father's on top of her head. His big hand caressed her midnight blue locks soothingly
"What is it about?" Fugaku asked as he carried his daughter into his arms, Mikoto did the same to Itachi's smaller form
Both parents weren't able to get an answer from their eldest when she was fast asleep on her father's arms
X
"Why did you do it?!"
"Otou-san…Okaa-san"
"Haha"
"You don't even have to forgive me"
"I did it to test my ability"
"Itachi begged the Sandamie to protect you and promised that he'll keep an eye on Akastsuki"
"He served as a double agent for the Uchiha clan and to the Hokage"
"Your hatred isn't enough"
"He did it to protect you"
"Get the same as my eyes"
"You always say that Itachi-nii"
"Run away and cling to your pitiful life!"
"Itachi-kun killed his strong father, his beautiful and gentle mother, his everything but blood brother and best friend, his lover but he couldn't kill his precious Otouto. He couldn't kill you, Sasuke. Because he loved you the most"
"Come here, Sasuke"
"Don't cry, Sasuke. Your big brother is here to protect you, no matter what happens."
"Your brother was extremely sick but he held on so that you could grow stronger and get rid of the seal Orochimaru placed on to you"
"He was a pacifist"
"Sorry Sasuke, some other time"
"He came back to the village to warn the people that he was still alive"
"That hurts nii-san"
"Sorry Sasuke, this is the last time"
"Itachi, I will kill you!"
"I will love you always, Otouto"
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Author's Note: welp there you guys! Chapter 1 of Endure….lame title I know but I couldn't really think of a better title mwahaha I hope you enjoyed this
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And if you haven't read Unbiased, kindly read it! It's just a 8 chaptered mini chapter story c: