Chapter 3: The First Talk
"My name is Uchiha Itachi."
Hearing the name, Kaya was speechless for another time.
Excuse me, which day was today?
How could surprise after surprise just come and punch into her face?
"What's up?" Itachi tilted his head and asked.
"Nothing..." Kaya appeared calm, replying to him. But in fact, the deep from her heart was still screaming.
As long as you stop making that cute expression, I'll be okay! Hmph!
Who could have imagined that a "notorious" character of Akatsuki when he was a kid would be so cute like this?
Screaming silently enough, Kaya quickly regained her senses, calmly continuing: "I heard about the Uchiha clan of the Fire Nation before, finally today had a chance to meet. As expected, you're very talented..."
Saying so, but Kaya knew very clearly that this one was not just talented...
Itachi Uchiha!
"The genius among genius".
Being graduated from the academy at the age of seven. Awakening and then mastering the Sharingan at the age of eight. Becoming a Chunin at the age of ten. Joining the ANBU at the age of eleven and then became the Captain of ANBU at the age of thirteen.
Just like other fans of the Naruto manga, Kaya always had a light-hearted regret for this "genius among genius". She often wondered, if that massacre of the Uchiha clan when he was at the age of fourteen had not happened, how shining of this talent later?
Hearing Kaya's compliment, Itachi hurriedly denied: "No way... Compared to the others, I'm not that good..."
"Why you have to compare yourself with others?" Kaya asked.
Itachi obviously stiffened slightly at this question. Why? That... wasn't the answer that a humble person should reply to the compliments?
Suddenly Itachi discovered that when he seriously thought about this matter, he himself did not know what the answer was.
He looked up at Kaya, only saw Kaya walking and saying: "Compared to other people... Compared to other people..." She smiled, both as saying to Itachi, as well as saying to herself: "People always say that phrase as an instinct, but they forget that each person has a different situation, different talents, different personalities, different life goals... So, why you have to compare yourself with others?"
"Is it comparable? And what is the purpose of the comparison?"
Itachi couldn't give any answer.
A long time later, Itachi asked Kaya, "So you mean, we shouldn't compare ourselves to others? But don't people say that competition help to develop?"
"Humph." The corners of Kaya's mouth slightly curved, showing a very small ironic expression. "Just an excuse of those wanting to start a competition, or start a war. The ones who clearly know their life goals, who can truly master themselves, can still grow well without any competition."
Kaya paused and added: "Well, that is just my... personal perspective."
"But I think it's true!" Itachi quickly said.
Kaya smiled and narrowed her eyes. "You should experience for some more years before judging. Don't believe others so easily!"
For a moment, Kaya felt that in front of her was not a future genius, but a boy who was eager to learn things.
Recalling the recent moment, Kaya asked curiously: "Well, why did you jump off the cliff?"
Itachi thought for a moment and then said: "Someone told me, life has no meaning... So I want to try."
"Who told you?"
"A senior named Orochimaru... But you probably don't know him."
Kaya: "..."
Yes! I did know him!
Well, that immortal old man had nothing to do rather than poisoning a child with those words?
Realized that the boy in front of her was still so young, Kaya sighed, reminded him again: "You... haizz, again, don't believe others so easily."
"Ah... Yes." Itachi answered in a small voice.
In fact, from the deep of his heart, Itachi wanted to reply that he did not believe others easily. He just wanted to try a little. Try, to see... To see whether a person could dispassionately accept the death or not.
Above all, he knew clearly that he could afford to land safely. But the feeling that there was someone who cared and taught him something was also quite good, so Itachi did not object to Kaya.
If Kaya knew Itachi's inner thoughts, she would probably run out of words again for the n time! ➡ Could not understand the thinking of a genius when using his life for a try -_-
Not wanting to argue this boring issue, Kaya was brainstorming for other topics to talk about.
After thinking for a while, she suddenly remembered something important: "Well, how old is your little brother?"
In fact, after accepting this mission, Kaya had spent more than three days reviewing the manga and analyzing the some situations, then choosing the time points to travel to this world.
According to the regulations of the Bureau, and also the agreement between the Bureau and the mandators, that except for the mission contents, Kaya and the other travelers were not allowed to cause any impacts that leads to a major change for the appointed world's future.
That meant, except for the three previous mission contents, the remaining events such as the Nine-Tails attacked Konoha, the battle between Obito and the Fourth Hokage, Akatsuki's capture of tailed beasts, or even The Fourth Shinobi World War, all could not be changed.
After having considered carefully, Kaya decided to start with the event that Nine-Tails attacked Konoha - the event that later exacerbated the tension between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.
Of course she would not try to eliminate it. Her intention was to find a way for some members of the Uchiha clan, typically the head of Uchiha clan - Sir Fugaku, to help the Fourth Hokage and Kushina during the sealing of the Nine-Tails. This would not only prevent the Fourth Hokage's death, but also partly show the contribution of the Uchiha clan to the village, thus hoping to ease the tension between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.
Therefore, Kaya decided to come to this world a few days before the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha.
The thing was, not every traveler would arrive in the appointed world at the right time that they wanted. In addition to the ultimate technology platform of the Space - Time Management Bureau, the natural gifted and experience of each traveler also determined a part of the travel's accuracy.
There were those who only need to experience around ten or fifteen missions to completely master the technique, and there were those who had done fourty, fifty missions but still had difficulty in getting into the appointed world at the right time. In case a traveler made a discrepancy in expected and real time arriving, that one would have to return to the Bureau to take another "jump".
At this time, Kaya needed to determine exactly the time of this world, to see when the Nine-Tails event would happen so that she could take some actions.
Wanting to know the time? Just ask local people! ➡ It's perfect that there was one beside Kaya now! But the main thing was, she had to ask in a way that not accidentally reveal future events, otherwise her mission points would be deducted -_- Points would be deducted more or less, it depended on the importance of event revealed.
Kaya thought for a moment, what was the connection between the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha and Uchiha Itachi... It seemed Itachi was alone at home with Sasuke at that time.
Kaya remembered that Sasuke was about a few months old or one year old at the time, but about Itachi, Kaya couldn't remember how old he was. So she could only ask Sasuke's age to guess a timeline.
However –
In response to her, Itachi once again tilted his head: "My little brother?"
"Yup." Kaya nodded.
But then she remembered, this was the first time they met, so may be asking about his brother seemed a little sudden. Therefore, she quickly added: "You have a little brother, right? I heard that the head of the Uchiha clan has two sons."
It was common that the head of the clan would be a bit more popular than the others, right?
But then Itachi's look suddenly became very strange.
A not-good feeling appeared in Kaya's heart. However, she still appeared calm, her beautiful eyebrows narrowed slightly: "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
Perhaps Kaya's eyes were too straightforward, there was nothing showing she was lying, so Itachi's eyes slowly became normal. He replied, "There must be some mistakes. I don't have any little brother."
What? You had no little brother?
Ha ha ha... Were you kidding me???
Excuse me, your younger brother, Uchiha Sasuke, was the legendary rival of this world's protagonist - Uzumaki Naruto!
Whoever might not exist, but Uchiha Sasuke was bound to exist in this world!!
The contents of the mission that I received also mentioned Sasuke!!!
Hmph! Were you the fake Itachi?
No matter how Kaya screamed in her heart, it could not change the fact that Itachi standing in front of her was the real Itachi.
Kaya took a breath to calm down a little, then asked: "So... How old are you?"
"I'm four."
Kaya was completely speechless.
Ever since seeing Itachi jump off the cliff, just because his survival skills were so good, plus his quite mature attitude made Kaya assuming he was at least six years old.
And in her memory, Itachi was only about four or five years older than Sasuke, that was why she naturally mentioned Sasuke in front of him. Unexpectedly... Unexpectedly he was only four years old!
Well done! Just coming here in less than an hour that her points would be deducted!
What a silly mistake! Why didn't she ask his age before?
Suddenly Itachi's voice sounded, "And you, how old are you?"
"Eighteen." Kaya naturally replied. Glancing at the four-year-old boy leading the way, Kaya couldn't help but complain: "Haiz, I'm already old..."
Itachi laughed, then realized he was too impolite, so he hurriedly said: "No, you're still young! How can you say that..."
"So in your opinion, at which age that we should call a person "old"?"
"Eh..." Itachi looked a little dumbfounded, then seriously thought and answered: "Forty? No, fifty!"
This time it was Kaya's turn to smile. Perhaps her question was the most childish question Itachi had ever received. Who would ask a genius this matter! And yet he also answered it so seriously.
"You said you were from another place, so where are you from?"
"My hometown is in the Tea nation." Kaya immediately switched on the lying mode. "But I left the village a long time ago. It must have changed a lot."
So, please don't you ask me about the history, geography or customs of that place! I don't know!! -_-
"Tea nation? I have never heard of it before. So that's why your last name sounds strange. Mochizuki, Mochizuki, it means Moon Watching right? Enjoying tea while watching the moon... It's great! This family name is very true type of the Tea nation."
Kaya: "..."
Ha ha, thank you! Go ahead and act on your own!
Both walked and talked. Usually Itachi asked a question, what Kaya could answer then she would answered, if not, she would make up something, then kicked the problem to Itachi to keep him busy. About ten minutes later, the two arrived in front of the village of Konoha.
"How many days will you stay here?"
"I don't know. Maybe tomorrow I will go as well."
After the talk with him, Kaya determined that she had arrived earlier than the expected time of five or six months. Currently she had to return to perform another "jump".
A flash of disappointment flashed through Itachi's eyes, but quickly disappeared.
"Thank you very much today. I have learned a lot from you."
Kaya smiled comfortably: "That's good. I also thank you for taking me out of the forest."
Itachi also laughed.
His face glowed in the golden light of the Konoha sunset. Kaya had to hold herself so hard so that she did not reach out to touch the boy's cheek.
She cleared her throat: "Alright, it's getting late, you should go home! If... fate allows it, we'll meet again."
Right! I'll see you soon, Itachi!
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AnneNguyenLe I really love the young Itachi in anime episodes 451-454 ^^~
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