Dragon Peach by Ana Alvarez (ebook reader below 3000 TXT) 📕

"Hey Itachi! Itaaaaachi!" The Uchiha Prodigy stared ahead but was well aware of his best friend next to him. "Come on! This is important!" Itachi sighed and looked over to Shisui. "Alright tell me what it is so important you had to interrupt my thoughts" Shisui's black eyes held excitement and thinking about it, Itachi's never seen him this excited since they had graduated 5 years ago, finally free from the Academy's hold and were now free to train with Sensei's and head out on missions.

"I overheard our fathers talking right? So they talked about nothing for a while and they sat drinking tea but I'm pretty sure it had Sake in it cause I could smell it even all the way from the door-" Itachi's eye twitched. The boy was rambling and knowing him to well he probably forgot what he was going to tell him. "Shisui!" Hearing his name he stopped and looked at Itachi.

"Ah that's right! Ok so while they were talking it came to a point where your father said something and get this, a third person spoke! Not only that but it was a GIRL!" Shisui grinned at Itachi's expression. He had grabbed the Prodigy's attention. "Yeah, yeah, yeah and so she spoke and guess what? Apparently she's some amazing healer from some clan that has friction with us and so they brought her here to tie an alliance!"

The long haired Uchiha stared ahead, analyzing over this new information. A woman with two of the Head Uchihas? How come his father had not mentioned this to him? "Oh, oh and that's no all! I caught a glimpse of her and she has these big," Shisui moved his hands from the top of his chest and brought them down, "eyes" He winked laughing at his little 'joke'. Itachi smirked at the word he used. His best friend was definitely an Interesting human being.

"The strange thing is my Oto-san didn't tell me anything" Shisui had mumbled quietly and made himself comfortable on the wooden bench. The day was bright and there was a bit of a gentle breeze that passed over the Uchiha compound, basically it was a normal day in the Leaf Village. The two friends sat in silence pondering over the reasons for their both their fathers mysterious actions with this matter. "Well you know what? I got to go"

Shisui grunted as he stood and stretched his body and looked over to Itachi whose expression had not changed in the last few minutes. "I should too. I need to speak with Oto-san" Itachi followed and stood to his feet looking over his friend, giving a silent goodbye as they walked the opposite way. As he walked down the compound many nodded in hello or spoke with him a quick minute.

He passed his Uncle and Aunts shop and waved to his Aunt who was standing behind the register. Children ran past him, one holding a plastic kunai while others with paper made Anbu mask ran behind him, squealing loudly and disappeared behind a building. His house came into view and as he slid the paper door he was already taking off his shoes and placing them on the floor. He stiffened for a second noticing that there was something wrong.

Where was Sasuke? Normally, the six year old was always waiting for his Nii-san patiently at the door, always excited to hear about Itachi's day or if he had learned a new jutsu but today there was no little boy. Walking around the large house he checked everywhere, the living room and kitchen, their parent's room and his own room, Itachi had even checked under the little boy's bed.

His trained, shinobi ears picked up a sound. A giggle and it came from downstairs in the back yard. Running downstairs he opened the rice papered door and saw his little brother reaching up towards a woman, a woman whose fiery Auburn hair covered her face and her long, pale fingertips touched the bottom of his chin as he giggled once more and signaled her that he wanted her to pick him up.

Wrapping her arms around the little body she lifted him making him squeal and clap his hands. Her hair moved aside showing large, bright hazel eyes and long red eyelashes hovering over them. Her white kimono contrasted against her fiery hair but it made her look elegant as the gown flowed down to the floor dragging itself behind. Red dragons on the sleeves coiled themselves bringing the heads to where her hands are.

"Nii-san!" Sasuke yelled in his childlike voice. This brought Itachi's attention back to his little brother and smiled and made his way over to the two. The woman stared at Itachi and with a quick sweep of her eyes she took him in. Black hair in a ponytail, deep hard black eyes, a nice muscular body even for such a young man. Sasuke reached out for his older brother and taking Sasuke into his arms he received a warm, tight hug from Sasuke.

"Nii-san! Welcome home! Did you train a lot today?" Itachi nodded and smiled at his little brother. Sasuke squealed and wriggled around in Itachi's arms, turning over to the young woman who smiled with warmth at the small child. "Onee-chan! Look this is my Nii-san, he's really strong and he's MY big brother" Sasuke said with a proud voice.

The woman placed a delicate hand over her mouth which helped muffle the small giggles and her head bobbed once in a nod showing how she had acknowledged it. Itachi looked at the woman who had yet to introduce herself to him but then again he had not introduced himself either. "My name is Uchiha Itachi; may I know what your name is?"

He said smoothly without breaking eye contact. She stared back even though in her mind she laughed at how well mannered he was, she opened her mouth and was about to reply to him but was interrupted by Sasuke's small index finger. "This is Momo-nee-chan and Okaa-san says that she came all the way from a far away village to play with us!"

Sasuke said, leaving the Uchiha prodigy confused. Play with us? Itachi wondered. Momo giggled and nodded again. "It seems little Sasuke-chan here has ratted me out" She smiled as the little boy blushed finally noticing what he had done. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Itachi-sama, my name is Ryuu Momo" She bowed a little in front of the two Uchihas. Dragon Peach...Hmm what a strange name.

"Same here, Momo-san" Itachi didn't understand why she had added 'sama' to his name but decided he rather not question her anyways, he didn't really care either. "Yay! Now Nii-san can we show Momo-onee-san our cool jutsus?" Sasuke yelled out wanting to impress his new friend.

Itachi was about to reply to his little brother but Momo had moved closer to the two and placed her hand under Sasuke's chin and gently moved his head from looking at Itachi to looking at her. "Now, now Sasuke-chan, I am sure your Nii-san is tired from training all day. Why don't you and I play and allow him to rest? Hmm?" She told him gently, allowing the small child to process over what she had said.

With a pout on his tiny lips Sasuke nodded reluctantly and was passed over to Momo's arms. As soon as he was in her arms she lifted him up towards the sky laughing at the squeals that came from him.


From the second floor upstairs two men peered down at the two teens, one played with the small child the other sat near by and watched. "So what do you think?" A gruff voice asked. The Uchiha's eyes moved from the scene in his backyard and looked over to the man next to him. "Itachi seems to have taken an interest in your daughter" The man scoffed as if he were offended. "Of course he did, why wouldn't he? My only, precious daughter is our clan's miracle! The boy would be an idiot NOT to be interested in her!"

He looked down at his daughter who ran, more like walked, behind the little bundle of energy, laughing as if she did this everyday but never got tired of it. "He better take care of her Fugaku" Fugaku nodded once and said, "Well Fumuo, let's just hope everything goes according to plan... At least for you and your clan's sake"

Fumuo looked at his daughter one last time before nodding and just before he disappeared he said, "Tomorrow her two bodyguards will be coming. Do not worry about them needing housing, they can take care of themselves... they ARE from the Ryuu clan" Then he disappeared in a puff of smoke. Fugaku's mouth formed into a thin line and peered down into the backyard only to be met with identical black eyes looking back at him.

A happy looking Momo stood at the entrance of the Uchiha compound carrying a sleeping Sasuke in her arms and a silent Itachi stood to her right, resting his body against a pillar. She swayed from side to side keeping the little boy in his own dream world.

The other night Sasuke had made Momo promise that she would take him to meet her friends but she had failed to mention that they would arrive around somewhere at five in the morning. Wanting to make sure Sasuke was safe Itachi decided to tag along just in case.

A strong breeze blew into the empty compound making her navy blue kimono swing back and her red hair fly around her. Tucking Sasuke deeper into her chest, the little boy snuggled in and made himself comfortable.

"If you get tired I could take him" Itachi mumbled, noticing how every few minutes the young woman moved the little boy from one arm to the other. Momo looked over to the older Uchiha and smiled.

She had learned a lot of who Uchiha Itachi was just in a couple of hours. For one, he was a very conservative person. He didn't say much about himself other than when he was with Sasuke then the two would talk the whole night if Mikoto-san let them. Second, he was very caring and protective about his little brother. The two were inseparable when together.

"It's alright; he's no burden at all. Back in my village the children always seemed to be attracted to me so I am used having to carry them" Itachi had also learned many things about her, so much that in fact he didn't really think of her as a stranger who was living under their roof.

They both had found each other up in the roof at night and to