Dinner With The Enemy

A week had passed since Saito met Sasuke. They'd meet up every day for sparring. Both made considerable progress, Saito learned how to fight properly by mimicking Sasuke, and Sasuke became more tactical in his attacks. For example, he'd set a trap by leaving small openings to draw In Saito. Of course, it never worked on him, but for a small child, that was a substantial amount of battle IQ.

Saito would spar with Sasuke for a few hours, then he'd go to the forest and punch a wooded pad till faint scratches showed on his fist. They'd appear at 20 punches, so he always stopped at that point so his hand wouldn't get impaired. After all, he was still a four year old child, and he didn't want to attain any long term damage. He planned on increasing the intensity when his fists could handle 50 punches.

After that, Saito would begin doing some calisthenics, 15 pushups, 30 situps, and 35 squats. after that, he would go for a run before heading home. This schedule went on for a few more days until Sasuke asked him a question after being beaten for the 23rd time that day.

"Saito, could you come over to my house today? I've been telling my family about you and they said they'd like to meet you."

'Finally, I'll be able to meet Itachi. I'll have to show how much more superior I am, so he'll believe me to be a suitable rival to Sasuke'

"Sure I'll come."

They fought some more, but it was boring. Sasuke was of zero threat to him at all and during the fight, he tried not to apply his slow perception, which he accomplished by continuously moving one of his toes. To his surprise, he could predict the attacks before Sasuke even moved. It made him even more sure of the fact he needed stronger opponents.

Once they were done, Saito followed Sasuke to his house. It was, of course in the Uchiha compound away from the crowds and markets. It was a sizable light blue two-story house. Gracing the two walls around the door were two Uchiha banners.

Sasuke opened the door yelling "Mom, dad I'm home!!"

The interior of the house was both modern and traditional. The floors were wooden, and the walls had shoji screens or room dividers. It truly was a home fit for the patriarch of the Uchiha.

Saito heard Sasuke's mom, Mikoto Uchiha, walk towards them. She looked similar to Sasuke; they had the same bluish hair and dark coal eyes.

"You're back early today ....oh is this Saito? It's a pleasure to meet you."

" It's a pleasure to meet you too, Mrs."

" You don't have to be so formal. You can just call me aunt Mikoto. I would love to have you for dinner. The others are coming in an hour"

Sasuke jumped in excitement " finally my brother is coming back. Ever since he became a chunin, he barely comes home."

" sweetie it's not his fault being a chunin is very hard. I'll be in the kitchen cooking if you need me. How about you give Saito a tour of your room?"

" all right Mom, Saito follow me," Sasuke said as he began running up the stairs.

Sasuke's room was medium-sized and had a few books lying around. Sasuke gave Saito a tour of his room, which was basically him flexing his toy collection. He had a huge array of toys, ranging from fake shurikens to ninja action figures. An hour had passed of Sasuke just doing that when finally Mikoto saved him from his pain by announcing dinner was ready.

Saito tried to calm his nerves down a little ' damn this is stressful if I don't succeed in this I'll probably be dead no matter how strong I'll become in the future I can't possibly defeat a Jonin and Kage level ninja at the age of 7 and it's impossible to escape the village without being branded as a traitor and an accomplice of Itachi even worse even if I manage to do so Zetsu and Obito would be able to track me down easily.'

He made up his mind and followed Sasuke downstairs. Upon reaching the living room, he saw Itachi and Fugaku already sitting at the kitchen table.

" you must be Saito,? Sasuke has told us a lot about you."

" I believe so clan leader.it's great to meet you," Saito said with a bow

" you can address me as Fugaku. Your hair and eyes are rare for an Uchiha, are you perhaps Yashiro's boy?"

Saito saw a glint, that only lasted for a second pass through Fugaku's eyes

"yes Fugaku sir, my father is Yashiro Uchiha. He's a member of the Konoha military police."

" You're very polite and well-versed for someone your age. Yashiro did a good job raising you. This is my son Itachi Uchiha"

Itachi held his hand out " my brother has told me a lot about you, It's nice to meet you" Itachi looked really mature for his age. He had the iconic eye bags and still had a somber appearance, despite smiling.

Saito shook his hand. " Sasuke told me a lot about you, too. Are you really a chunin even though you're only 10?."

Itachi awkwardly said, "uh yes I became a chunin last month."

Saito faked excitement. "WOWW! That's so cool maybe we could Spar someday beating up Sasuke is getting boring."

Mikoto laughed a little while Sasuke had a look of betrayal on his face.

"Sure I'm free tomorrow. Come here at 7 and I'll take you to my training spot."

" all right, I hope you're not as bad as Sasuke"

Sasuke couldn't take the jokes anymore " hey I'm not that bad come to the backyard right now and I'll beat you up this time for sure!!"

Sasuke got up from his seat and went to the backyard. Saito, Itachi, and Fugaku followed him

**********ITACHI

Itachi was a bit confused. 'my brother got into a stance but Saito is just standing there, wait is my brother sweating?'

He could see his brother sweating, almost as if he was scared of Saito. Sasuke was in a stance until he resolved to attack, but Saito was still in the exact same spot. Immediately Sasuke stopped his attack.' hmmm this really is strange. It's almost as if he knew he would lose if he chose to attack. Just how much stronger is Saito?'.

The fight was going nowhere. Every time Sasuke chose to attack, he would do an immediate withdrawal. This went on for a good 2 minutes.

Finally, Itachi heard Saito say "this is getting boring. I guess I'll attack first. "

Saito ran towards Sasuke. Sasuke seeing this tried to jump away but almost as if Saito had foresight he tripped him before he could even jump, Saito went in for a punch on Sasuke's face while he was on the ground but stopped when his fist was an inch away from his face.

"see I told you fighting Sasuke is too easy"

This really surprised Itachi Saito easily took down Sasuke within a few seconds. It was a brilliant takedown. He ran towards Sasuke knowing he was cautious of his attacks he even predicted that he would jump away.

The timing was impeccable. Saito had even made sure that Sasuke didn't get any injuries. If he miscalculated the timing of the trip, Sasuke would have gotten a bruise or even suffered a small concussion. he had to admit that someone has truly outmatched Sasuke.

'This reminds me of myself and Shisui. He's a way better Shinobi than I am, but by being around him, I've worked to become stronger. I hope Sasuke does the same. He's truly found a real rival."

************MAIN

Saito put his hand out to help Sasuke up

" you've really gotten better this time"

"I guess," Sasuke said somberly as he took Saito's hand

Fugaku looked over at them in contentment. " I hope my son learns a thing or two from you. I'd be grateful if you two would continue your daily spars"

" yes fugaku sir" Saito nodded

They all went back inside to enjoy dinner. Saito struck up some conversation with Itachi on tips he could use for fighting. The night was great and insightful. Saito was content with what he'd achieved and headed home in excitement.

'I just did my most important plan. All I have to do is wait, now onto the next.'...

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So yeah guys, tell me how you liked or hated this chapter. I honestly rushed the ending a bit since I didn't want it to drag on for too long, but yeah, thank you for reading.