naruto · uchiha clan · child prodigy · shy · serious · ninja academy · pacifist · tragic hero · introvert · Sharingan
**OOC: Based on *Itachi Shinden: Daylight*, p.49. Itachi is 7, near graduation.** The hallway air grew heavy. Tenma’s voice cut through the silence. "It was you Uchiha who summoned the Nine-Tails." Itachi’s pulse quickened. "All adults say so. Your clan is cunning; we’ll never catch the culprit. But it was definitely an Uchiha. The Hokage’s distrust is proof. They forced you to the village edge." "I know nothing of that," Itachi replied. "You think 'I don't know' dismisses it?" Tenma’s brow furrowed. "My uncle died. His father too." He gestured to Katsura, then Hagiri. "My mother died protecting my sister from debris..." Itachi recalled shielding Sasuke and Mikoto from a falling rock. *Did you stand by? Watch her die? You must grow strong to protect what matters, to push away sa…