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Naruto: 7 years old

Sasuke: 7 years old

Itachi: 12 years old

Only Time Can Tell

It was a quiet afternoon at the Uchiha household. Everyone seemed to be lazing around the house, especially Naruto and Sasuke. They could be seen sprawled out on the floor idly coloring and enjoying each other's company.

"Hey, Sasuke what do you think of this one?" Naruto asked as he held up his picture.

"Wow, it's really good is it Kyuubi?"

"Yeah you got it right!"

"Hey what do you think mine is?"

"It's your family crest, right?"

"Yep!"

"Wow you drew it perfectly!"

"Really?"

"Uh huh." The sound of laughter flowed through the room as the two continued to praise each other's pictures. However, the laughter was soon interrupted by Naruto's hungry stomach as its growl echoed. The laughter ceased as the two stared at each other.

"It's snack time, I guess," said Sasuke and rose from his sitting position on the floor, "Shall we go?" An embarrassed Naruto nodded and started to walk toward the kitchen.

Once they arrived they each took their respective seats and grabbed their snacks.

"What did you bring today?" Sasuke inquired.

"Chocolate chip cookies."

"Can I have one?"

"Of course!" Naruto held the box out to Sasuke, who graciously took a cookie.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome! Hey do you think Itachi would want a cookie?"

"Well he doesn't really eat sweet things."

"Well I should give one to him just in case." Naruto got out of his seat and Sasuke quickly snatched the two cookies that were left. Naruto turned to Sasuke to see he had stuffed them in his mouth.

"I'm sorry, were you going to eat that?" Soon after a ruckus could be heard in the kitchen and a sigh could be heard from the next room.

"What are you guys fighting over now?" Itachi asked, irritated that he had to stop reading to deal with their squabble.

"Sasuke stole my cookies!"

"You said I can have them."

"I said you can have one, but not the whole thing!"

"Well you should've been specific."

"I was you just don't listen." Naruto and Sasuke started to fight on the ground again. They rolled around on the floor kicking and punching. Neither of them dominated the other, which resulted in getting nowhere with their pointless fight. Itachi watched them a while before he grew irritated.

"You two interrupted my reading for cookies?"

"They weren't just cookies! They were chocolate chip cookies!" Naruto yelled. That statement only pushed Itachi over the edge. He grabbed the two by the collar and knocked their foreheads against each others. After his little reign of terror was over he dropped them on the floor and watched them writhe on the floor in pain. A satisfied smirk settled itself on Itachi's face.

"Itachi, that really hurt!" Naruto whined.

"What's wrong with you?" Sasuke growled.

"I don't like being interrupted," Itachi said menacingly which caused Naruto and even Sasuke to flinch. The smirk on his face only grew as he picked up his discarded book and resettled himself on the couch. "Now if you'll excuse me," Itachi said as he continued to read.

"Itachi, I'm really sorry."

"It's fine, why don't you sit here and read with me?"

"Can I?" Itachi nodded and Naruto happily took a seat next to him.

Sasuke stood in the middle of the room watching the two for a moment before departing outside. He trudged through the yard and only stopped once he found his mother. She looked up from her gardening when he appeared.

"Hello Sasuke, how are you today?"

"I'm fine," he said slightly dejected.

"What's wrong honey?"

"Nothing," Sasuke sighed.

"Oh come on, I can tell by your face something is wrong."

"Can you just drop it, mom?"

"Is it about Naruto? You two seem to be fighting more often lately."

"Well that's what gets his attention."

"Hmm?"

"The only other thing that gets it is Itachi."

"It seems like little Sasuke is jealous of his brother."

"What? I am not!"

"Are you sure about that?"

"Fine, just a little. It's just because Naruto likes Itachi better than me."

"How do you know that?"

"That's what happened with my other friends and then they left."

"Naruto not like them, he just wants Itachi to be friends with him too. Just because Naruto adds more people to his circle doesn't he's going to forget about you. After all he's your best friend, right?"

"Yeah."

"Then you have nothing to worry about," Mikoto laughed, "You really care about Naruto, don't you?" Sasuke blushed and Mikoto began laughing again.

"Mom you're supposed to be helping me, not laughing at me!"

"But I've never seen you act like this."

"Mom!"

"Don't worry, I think Naruto cares a lot about you too." Mikoto smiled and looked behind Sasuke, "I think someone is here to confirm that."

Sasuke turned around and saw a teary eyed Naruto. "I'm sorry Sasuke I had no idea you were lonely."

"No, no it's fine! Please don't cry!"

"But I made you sad!"

"I said it's fine! It's fine because we're best friends, right?"

"Of course and we can all play together!" Naruto smiled and Sasuke felt the corners of his lips tug as he gave a small smile also.

"Yeah we can. Now stop crying!"

"They're coming out on there own now!"

"Those two are idiots," Itachi commented as he stood next to his mother and observed the scene in front of him.

"That may be true, but they make good friends and they're so cute together!" Itachi watched them act like buffoons and started to wonder.

"Do you think I'll find a friendship like that?"

"Of course!" If only he could believe her words to be true.

Thanks for reading! Thanks for the reviews/favorites/alerts! Sorry it's been over a year since I updated well anything and it's because I've lost my inspiration, but I'm gaining it back. Slowly but surely and I want to thank everyone for their support! I also would appreciate it if you gave me ideas for the story, it would help a lot since I just started writing again! Well that's all, hope to see you guys again soon!