Undercurrents

In a forest, we can see a young boy jumping from tree to tree. With a flick of the fingers he throws a flurry of shuriken. It appears like he misses the target by a large margin but the shuriken's collide mid air and change the trajectory of one shuriken to hit the center of a target.

"Bullseye" I go and fetch my shuriken's. "I wonder how impressed Itachi-nii is going to be when I show him that I've learned his shuriken-jutsu."

Quite some time has passed since I showed my family the portrait I painted and a lot of things have changed around here. They ended up hanging the portrait in our living area for our friends and family to see when they come over. This ended up with the whole clan knowing there was another genius in the clan head's family. Many of our clan member's have asked for me to paint for them and I happily obliged.

But besides me just painting every once in a while for our friends and family, I also have begun my ninja training. It started when I was four, my father helped me sense my chakra and I just told him I knew where it was already. He praised me as a genius but imagine his surprise when I told him that I've been able to sense it not only in myself but also the people around me. A strange gleam seemed to be present in his eyes when he told me, "You have a gift many dream of having. Being able to sense the chakra of others around you is called being a sensor."

Since I'm on the topic of my father, over the years I've noticed how cold he has become towards my family. Whenever my mother brings up the topic, they can't help but devolve into the same argument where my father brings up that he is the clan head and my mother brings up that he has responsibilities as a father and husband.

This does remind me of the time I asked my father what was up with all the gazes we kept receiving when we went out into the village. We were just training my katon style when I brought up the question. "Otou-san why does the village look at us with such suspicion? Did our clan do something wrong." I must have touched my father's reverse scale because I had never seen him so unhinged.

"Its all because of how useless that old bastard hokage is. Since when does he need an undergound force to deal with the so called dirty work of the village. How come no other hokage created or even spoke of needing such an organization. It's all because of how soft the hokage has become. Danzo is just building up his army and trying to rest away control from our Uchiha clan just like his damned teacher. We just need a little more patience, once Itachi joins the anbu we will..." My father is interrupted by my brother who I had sensed coming.

"Enough Father, Sasuke doesn't need to hear this." My father looks at me and sighs.

"Itachi train with your brother a bit, I have some matters to attend to." My father, having regained his composure, shunshins away leaving my brother and I alone.

"Itachi-nii ... should I be worried about whats happening to otou-san?" My brother just looks at me and smiles.

*Poke*

"Ooof" I reach up and cover my forehead. I look at him with an annoyed look.

"Sasuke you don't have to worry about anything okay?" I look at him with a wary look which he notices and says. "You trust you older brother right?"

He looks at me with a smile and I can't help but say, "I do, afterall you are the biggest genius in the village right." I look at him with a knowing look.

He gives me a wry smile and says, "Look whos talking."

I'm broken out of my reverie, when I notice the familiar chakra signature of my brother stalking me amongst the trees. "Itachi-nii you can come out now."

My brother comes in front of me and asks, "Otouto, what's plaguing your mind. You always notice much sooner."

"Itachi-nii does know me best, I can't hide a thing from you." I say scratching my cheek. "I've just noticed that otou-san seems to be going to the clan meetings more and more lately.. is there... is there something I should be worried about?"

I look at my brother and can't help but notice the worry on his face. He smiles at me and says, "Sasuke didn't I already answer you last time. Don't worry about anything silly Sasuke, I promise to take care of things."

My brother instills his confidence inside me, "You're right Itachi-nii" I grin and say, " Lemme show you my progress in shuriken-jutsu."