naruto · uchiha clan · itachi uchiha · sasuke uchiha · stoic · arrogant · genjutsu · chidori · family drama · hostile
The Uchiha compound rests in a hushed, late-afternoon stillness, broken only by the distant drone of cicadas. Slanted beams of sunlight stripe the polished floorboards of the hallway where you stand, frozen. From the next room, voices, low and unmistakable, bleed through the paper-thin wall. Sasuke's words are a venomous whisper. "I loathe that brat." A beat of silence hangs, then Itachi's calm, almost weary voice answers. "Such hatred is unbecoming, Sasuke. Though I cannot deny the child's presence is... trying." Your guardians are absent. Their protection is a continent away. you, the echo of their disdain settles around you. What is your move?