A Friend

(General POV)

"So what was he like?", asked a white haired boy.

"Well I'm not too sure. We didn't talk long enough for me to see what kind of person he was, but he seem really calm"

"He's probably just pretending, the poor guy just nervous is all. He's gonna need his super cool older cousin to help him feel at home" the white haired boy said bragging about his "coolness".

"Sure Natsu you're the coolest." His sister said sarcastically.

"Tch yeah you're just jealous Fuyumi. Hey Toya what do you think about him."

Now the attention was focused at their oldest sibling. A read headed boy with spiked hair. "I'll have to meet him to see if I like him or not. The boy exclaimed calmly.

"Never mind I know what he's like. He's like you Toya. Too cool for his own good!" Fuyumi shouted with a smile.

"W-What about me I'm the coolest too right!" Fuyumi continued to tease him after causing the eldest sibling to smile.

(Itachi's room)

His room was decked out with a lot of expensive items. A flat screen tv, a queen sized bed, an expensive monitor.

His mother sent trucks of stuff, after leaving, believing that he'd need all of it, but he sent back most of it.

Now in his room the young Uchiha laid on his bed stuck in thought.

After his uncle said he wanted him to train with him he simply walked away. There was simply nothing to be said.

'At least now, I'll get to see what Shoto has to go through.'

*Knock knock*

'Huh? Is it Fuyumi again?

Getting up from his bed, he walked over to the door and opened it. To his surprise it wasn't Fuyumi this time.

Instead it was a beautiful woman with white hair and grey eyes. Thought she wasn't alone. There was a small boy hiding behind her. His left side had red hair and a blue eye, while his right had a gray eye with white hair. Around the same height,but just barely shorter, almost unnoticeable.

With a smile she said "Hey there,I'm Rei Todoroki, your aunt." Looking at the boy hiding behind her again. "And this is Shoto, he's your cousin. Say hello Shoto."

"Hey"

His mother laughed nervously and told her son "Good job Shoto."

Now all the attention was on Itachi

"I'm Itachi...Itachi Uchiha"

After the introductions they stood in an awkward silence. Noticing that this situation wasn't getting any better, Itachi decided to break the silence.

"Well...my mother overdid it and sent tons of stuff in trucks. Some of which, were video games. If you want we could play them together.

Before answering, the boy look at his mother, who nodded at him. After being reassured by his mother, Shoto entered the room and sat with Itachi on the ground. They played games and once that got old, they talked the rest of the night. Shoto found comfort in Itachi's presence. He was patient, calm, and undemanding. Everything his father wasn't.

Rei, who was on Itachi's bed, was with them the entire night. She had a soft smile on her face the whole night. Shoto has never shown interest in anyone, not even his siblings. He'd always stay close with her. Seeing him interact positively with someone else have her joy.

Looking at the clock in the room, she noticed it was getting pretty late.

"Shoto it's about time we go. It's gotten late and I'm sure Itachi would like some rest."

"Alright" the boy responded without protesting. Though there was a tint of sadness in his voice.

While both of them were leaving Rei looked back at her nephew. She walked to the boy and got down to his height and whispered.

"Thank you. Shoto does open up to many people and often keeps to himself. But seeing him with you ... I can't help but thank you. I know you both are family, but do you think you could be his friend?"

Hearing her words, Itachi had a small smile on his face. He reassured her by nodding.

Seeing this she stood back up and walked back to her son who was waiting for her by the door.

And then they were gone.

Breathing a breathe of relief Itachi but on his custom made pajamas, which had the Uchiha crest all over them.

'It's good to see Rei has a decent mental state at least for now. The best course of action to keep the family from completely falling is to make sure Fuyumi keeps an eye on Shoto when he's with his mothers'

'I won't be here long enough to stop it on my own.

Without noticing, he began to become drowsy. His eye got lower and lower until they shut and Itachi now asleep.

Unknown to him "something" was keeping its eye on him through the window at a distance.

Now the next morning, Itachi was up early training with his bokken. He had all the techniques down through Itachi's memories. Now the only thing left to do was to train his body and reflexes.

After around three hours of nonstop training. Itachi sheathed his bokken. He could smell the scent of something delicious and could only assume it was breakfast.

While walking throughout the house. Itachi realized yesterday felt strangely at home in this setting. He assumed that this was due to Itachi's life as a ninja.

But before he could finish his thought. A loud boom from the room ahead shook the floor. Rushing to the room, Itachi noticed the sign above the doorway. The room he was in front of was the training room.

Slowly sliding got the door open just enough for a single eye to peak through.

On the ground was Shoto who was on the floor vomiting. With Endeavor standing over him demanding that he get back up. Rei comes over to stop him and to look to see if her child is alright.

"Get out of the way. We aren't done yet"

"I think I'll take this next match." A calm voice spoke coming from the doorway shocking all three of them.

Rei and Shoto had a fearful look on their faces from the word he'd just said. Both were worried for the boys safety,

Endeavor, however had a big grin across his face, as the flames covering his body began to flare up in excitement.