Chapter 9: Is it that hard to make friends?
{ Third person POV }
A boy who had just turned six years old could be seen walking on the sidewalk, bouncing a basketball in his hand, with black hair reaching up to his shoulder and wearing black shorts and a T-shirt. This boy was none other than Uchiha Itachi.
Whatever he did, his father had bought him a basketball for his fifth birthday as a birthday present.
but at first, he just threw it away and didn't spend time playing with it because he was more focused on getting better at chakra control by circulating the chakra throughout his body.
but now he had to do something extra to train his body, so he thought that by playing basketball, he would train his body and relax a little bit since he came to this world for the first time.
because since he was born he hasn't had time to do anything other than education to be ready for the future so he could relax a little bit by playing basketball. He also thought it might be fun when he heard about basketball for the first time from his father, so he wondered what it was like to play so Itachi started dribbling the ball in the neighborhood park ot towards an empty basketball court.
When Itachi entered the field, he looked at the field he entered and saw the wire fences that did not look very good, the cracked ground, and the basketball hoops that rusted a little over time, it seemed that it had not been maintained for a long time.
slowly drove the ball towards the center of the court, stared at the basket but still didn't throw the ball into the basket he knew he wouldn't miss it because he knew his hit rate was close to 100 percent he could tell it wouldn't be fun if he went straight to the basket
That's why he slowly took a stand and started to bounce the ball from his right hand to his left hand. Itachi, who started to increase his rhythm slowly for a few minutes, started to pass the ball between them by slowly moving his legs back and forth.
When he looked at the basket in front of him again, this time he was imagining five players in front of him, at times like these Itachi understood the importance of shadow clone jutsu more, but this time he could only dreams. ( shadow basketball no jutsu )
While Itachi was dribbling the ball slowly, two players he imagined blocked his path. Itachi started to run away to the left by dribbling the ball on them and bouncing the ball in his right hand.
The two players followed him to the left, and at the last moment, Itachi bounced the ball between his legs, passed it to his left hand, and made a sudden reverse turn, and moved to the right.
Two other players stood in front of him as he approached the free-throw line. Itachi stood in front of them, holding the ball with both hands and slightly bent his knees and back, preparing to jump for a three-pointer.
Seeing this, the two players stood on the block and jumped in a set in front of Itachi, but instead of jumping, Itachi faked and took the ball in his right hand and continued to drive quickly towards the port, passing by their right side.
There was one last player left in front of Itachi, but Itachi didn't stop, while dribbling the ball a little further in front of the free-throw line, he quickly bent his knees to jump farther than he could and jumped towards the basket jumped farther than any kid his age, even from some lay adults, the last player to block the ball up for the blog.
and he's pretty much succeeded because when Itachi let go of the ball, the ball bounced off the side of the hoop when it happened Itachi had already fallen on his ass and was out of breath.
*hah* "this was a pretty fun game for a first try" Itachi had a small smile on his face that was invisible unless you looked closely.
Everything would be easier if Itachi used chakra in all his moves but Itachi is trying to make his body stronger without using chakra so Itachi is trying to avoid using chakra while training
Getting up slowly, Itachi walked towards the ball, picked it up again, and bounced it towards the middle of the court, continuing his practice for a few more hours until he fell from exhaustion.
[ A/N: It may not have been what I imagined in my mind since I wrote about basketball for the first time. ]
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*huff**huff* "that's enough for today I'll be back another time"
After a grueling few hours, Itachi got up, grabbed the basketball near the hoop, and began walking towards the exit of the court.
On the horizon the sun was slowly sinking through the clouds it was a very pleasing sight but when Itachi saw this his body went a shiver
'No, I'm late home, my mom will punish me this time' thought Itachi, bouncing the ball at full speed towards his house
When he reached his house, he did not see anyone waiting for him at the door, which made him more alert.
So he decided to go through the door in the garden for a safe way, he slowly walked towards the garden without making a sound, looked through the door and only saw his father sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV, but his mother couldn't see it anywhere, he thought maybe he was out to look for himself.
So he decided to enter the house before he returned he opened the door slowly and slipped in in the silence of a six-year-old ninja he passed unnoticed by his father and reached the stairs to the second floor just as he took the first step to the stairs he felt a terrible aura behind him he swallowed involuntarily *gulp
"Itachi-Kun can you tell me where you were all this time" Itachi knew his mother was angry because he wouldn't call her Itachi-kun otherwise
Itachi slowly turned around and saw his mother's angry face and decided to tell him why he was late.
"Etoo... how should I say", pointing to the ball in his hand, "I went to play some basketball..." Seeing her mother's questioning gaze continue, she said at the end of the sentence, "With friends, of course."
"We didn't realize how the time passed so I'm sorry I'm late" he finally said trying to look innocent
Her mother is just *sigh*' ah! I'm sure this kid isn't even a decent friend' thought with a sigh "Chi-chan" pointing at the ground with his index finger
Itachi said to himself, 'Oh! Again' he dropped to his knees and waited for his mother's rebuke
"First you have to tell me before you go anywhere..." Itachi, who was on his knees, was scolded by his mother for a few minutes
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"And Chi-chan, as for your final punishment, you won't be able to eat dango for a month," her mother finally added.
"Ehhh! A month? But that's too long anyway I can eat twice a week," Itachi said while thinking about dangoes he couldn't eat for a month
"Hmm or do you have any objections CHI-CHAN," her mother said with a frightening smile
"EH! NO MA'AM" Itachi replied immediately as he thought the sentence would be extended.
"Well done, I thought so too, and Chi-chan now go take a shower now because you stink of sweat, come downstairs to dinner after a shower," her mother said while holding her nose
Itachi immediately got up from where he was and went to the second floor with the basketball and went to the bathroom to take a shower on his way to his room.
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After taking a bath, Itachi put on some comfortable shorts and a t-shirt, then started to head downstairs for dinner.
When he reached the dinner table, he saw that his parents were waiting for him, and he took his place.
"You smell better now Chi-chan," her mother said with a mocking smile
"I think that's enough fun honey, now that Itachi's here, let's start dinner," his father said when he saw his mother's smile
Itachi just nodded and said, They started dinner.
After dinner, Itachi and his father went to sit on the sofa in the living room while his mother took him to wash the dishes.
"So how was the basketball game with "FRIENDS" Itachi-Kun"
As Itachi turned on the TV, "I can say it's fun because it's my first time playing oto-san" Itachi said, ignoring what he specifically stated.
"I'm glad to hear that when I'm a little older we can play together then I can show you a move or two," said his father, puffing out his chest.
"Pftt... S-Sure" Itachi said while covering his mouth
"Oii! did you just laugh at me," his father said
"No," Itachi said with a straight face
"Yeah you laughed I saw that"
"No..."
"Yes"
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While Itachi sat back and watched TV, the argument between him and his father continued until his mother came, neither of them dared to argue in front of his mother, and so Itachi came to the end of another day.
[A/N: At this rate, I might make Itachi addicted to Dango :) ]
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