Chapter 8: The poisonous joke.

The night was high, and Itachi was awake thinking of that day's events, he was still shocked that there could be another Uchiha in this world.

"How was this possible, another Uchiha in this world? Who sent them, and why? I won't be able to get answers like this," Itachi thought confused.

He got into bed thinking of how to deal with this new threat.

~~The Next Day~~

The sun was shining in the room, stirring Itachi awake, he got out of bed, and after stepping off the bed he noticed that something was off. The world seemed like it was taller, or larger... Or both, it was hard to tell, maybe he was still sleeping and this was a weird dream, if it was a dream it was a very realistic one.

"No this isn't a dream, something is off," Itachi thought to himself.

He looked at the mirror in his room, and what he saw shocked him, the reflection showed a younger version of Itachi still as a pony. His face was the same but, it was not as squared, it was softer and his eyes were more round, he looked like his body was slimmer than normal and looked more like a female body.

He concentrated on disrupting his chakra flow, it worked but saw that he didn't change, which was not good for him. It meant that it was not a genjutsu but something else. This was becoming tiring, being turned into something else you weren't, if Itachi was not trained to let his emotions get the best of him, he would be on fire with rage.

"(Sigh), Well, I guess this is a new start... Again," Itachi told himself annoyed.

There was a knock on the door and Itachi turned to see who it was, to his horror it was Twilight, who had a face of shock. A minute passed with both not saying a word, Twilight realized what happened to Itachi.

"I guess you crossed pass poison joke flowers," Twilight said.

Itachi was confused at that, he never heard of poison joke until a memory came to the front of his mind, in one of the books he read there was a picture of a blue flower. It was called Poison joke, it was like poison ivy, instead of giving rashes it gave random effects to ponies, no one effect was the same. It was as if the flowers knew your thoughts and made a joke out of you.

In the book, Twilight wrote a note saying she had a theory that discord made the flowers before he was banished for the first time.

"Now I remember, I should have not walked through that patch," Itachi thought to himself.

"Well, I would get the cure ready, but, I don't have it," Twilight said a bit nervous.

Itachi didn't answer for a minute then said, "Just give me a minute."

He flinched back at his own voice it was not his own but one that sounded like a girl, Twilight noticed the action. Twilight thought Itachi was, up to this point had been talking in his own mind.

"I'm going to wait downstairs," Twilight said.

"(Sigh), Alright," Itachi replied annoyed.

There really wasn't any form of blaming anyone, but, he didn't sound happy at his predicament, Twilight walked out of his room and went down to wait for Spike. After waiting for thirty minutes Itachi came downstairs with a smaller saddlebag, Twilight was confused at the smaller bag and how Itachi got it. She decided to ask later about that, they needed to get to the spa, but, remembered that it was closed today.

"Alright, I guess we could go to Rarity's, she would have the soap," Twilight thought to herself.

"What are we going to do?" Itachi asked.

"We are going to Rarity's, she has the right soap we need to get rid of the poison joke," Twilight answered.

"Alright," Itachi just said.

Again he flinched at his own voice, Twilight didn't want Itachi to become silent throughout this whole day so tried to get him to talk to at least get used to his temporary one.

After walking out of the door, Twilight saw the CMC, running off to "try" and get their cutie marks.

The three were walking through the town thinking about what cutie mark to get next. They walked by the library and saw Twilight and an unknown filly unicorn. The three were interested in the new pony, so they walked over to talk, to the other ponies. Itachi saw the fillies walk over, he knew who they were, Three of the elements had sisters, and they looked like their older counterparts. It wasn't like they were clones of the three but it didn't take a genius to tell they were related to Applejack and Rarity, Even though Rainbow dash said she was not related to Scootaloo. Itachi could not help but see that she was biologically related to the blue streak.

"It has to be a pony thing, I mean some humans looked to be biologically related when they weren't," Itachi thought.

He was also told that Scootaloo could not fly, if he had the byakugan he could tell what was wrong, his sharingan was good, but it could not look on the inside of a person.

"Hey Twilight, who is that?" Apple bloom asked interested.

It was something Itachi was not expecting the pony to ask, but, something had to be done before this got out of hand or hoof. Itachi hoped he didn't spend time with them, it wasn't that he didn't like children it was that his job didn't give him the time to form a social life. Itachi thought about what life would have been like if he was not born an Uchiha, but, every time those thoughts came to his mind they would be swept away. Any life without his younger brother and his mother is a life he would not want to think of.

Itachi was pulled out of his thinking when he realized that someone was pulling him off to somewhere, he looked back and saw Twilight was giving an apologetic look.

"What the hell is going on?" Itachi thought shocked.

~~Thirty Minutes Later~~

"Alright, now, how did ya get your cutie mark?" Applebloom asked interested.

"No no no, I think we should ask when she got her cutie mark," Sweetie bell implied.

"That is the wrong question, we should ask her what the cutie mark means," Scootaloo stated.

"That is a good idea," Apple bloom replied.

The three looked at Itachi to answer the question, he took a deep breath and said.

"This part of my... Cutie mark represents my family," Itachi said.

"So like how my family has apple-themed cutie marks?" Apple bloom implied.

"I guess?" Itachi answered.

"Cool, what is your family called?" Scootaloo asked.

"My family name is the Uchiha clan," Itachi answered.

"I have never heard of that family before," Sweetie bell said.

"Well it would be due to my clan not living in the country," Itachi replied.

"Wow, I didn't think ponies lived out of the country," Apple bloom said in wonder.

"I always thought that was illegal," Scootaloo stated.

"Now that is stupid Scootaloo, why would living outside Equestria be illegal?" Sweetie bell questioned with an eyebrow raised.

The two went on about that, for three minutes, until Apple bloom broke the argument.

"Alright! Stop arguing, we are asking Itachi how she got her cutie mark!" Apple bloom stated.

The two stopped and looked at Apple bloom they both gave their apologies and turned to Itachi.

"So, how did you get your cutie mark? And can we get something like that?" Scootaloo asked with wonder.

Itachi knew they could never get the same skill as he did, but, even if for some reason they could he would make them give up. Even though his sharingan was a birthright, he treated it as a curse, and one he hoped to never pass on.

"You don't want what I have, trust me," Itachi stated.

"Aww, why not?" Apple bloom asked saddened and confused.

"Yeah, it looks cool, not as cool as Rainbow dash's, but, still cool," Scootaloo added.

"It would only bring you pain," Itachi said in a monotone voice.

The three tried a big eye stare at Itachi, which slammed into his heart like a tailed beast bomb. He somehow managed to stand firm in his choice to not even try and help the three in that quest, it would only bring them pain.

Seeing that Itachi didn't budge under the three combined power of cuteness, they realized whatever gave her the cutie mark, made Itachi stand against cuteness, which in their minds was a bad thing.

"Alright, we won't ask again," Apple bloom said disappointed.

"Thank god, I thought I was going to have to argue with these three," Itachi thought happily.

An hour or two passed, and it was hard for Itachi to tell the time, the talk of cutie marks made Itachi feel like he was in some sort of genjutsu that went on for years.

ITACHI

WAS

BORD!!!

"Alright, what do you think Itachi?" Apple bloom asked.

He was broken out of his thinking at the question, he was confused at what Apple bloom asked.

"Can you repeat what you asked?" Itachi said confused.

"We are planning on trying to get a cutie mark in garbage collecting, what do you think?" Apple bloom asked again.

"Do you really want to do that for the rest of your lives?" Itachi asked confused.

The three were in deep thinking about what Itachi said, they realized if at least one did, it would be a mistake. Apple bloom would not be able to spend as much time on the farm with her family as she would have wanted. Scootaloo thought that Rainbow dash would find the job to be boring and not hang out with her as much. And Sweetie bell, thanks to Rarity cared about her looks, if she was a garbage pony she would be dirty a lot of the time.

"No," The three all said at the same time saddened.

Itachi felt like he just stomped on their dreams even though being a garbage collector was not the best job to have. Itachi could feel the angry glare of his mother, it sent shivers down his spine.

"Well, it doesn't mean you should stop, why don't you try something you like," Itachi stated.

"What do you mean?" Scootaloo asked confused.

"Well, some peop-ponies tent to find there... Cutie marks in something they like to do," Itachi answered.

"I guess, well, anyway, how long have you been in Ponyville?" Apple bloom asked.

"At least a week?" Itachi answered a bit confused.

"Do ya like it here?" Apple bloom asked.

"This place is nice," Itachi answered.

"That's awesome, Ponyville is the best place to be!" Apple bloom said with pride.

Itachi started to feel out of place, so he stood up and slowly made his way to the door, not being noticed.

"I think I'll be taking my leave," Itachi said as he tried to leave.

"What! but, we still have questions," Scootalo said a bit disappointed.

"Come on, please?" Sweetie bell begged.

Before he was assaulted by more cuteness, Itachi used his body flickering technique to move outside of the treehouse, leaving the three shocked at the speed of the unicorn filly. Up to that point, Spike was the only one to know of Itachi's true speed.

"Did she teleport?" Scootaloo asked confused.

"No, I would have been able to sense it, I don't know why, but, unicorns can sense nearby powerful spells, well that is what Twilight says," Sweetie bell answered.

"Did Itachi move faster than Rainbow dash?" Apple bloom implied in confusion.

"NO WAY! Nopony is as fast as Rainbow dash no unicorn can be faster than her... No offense Sweetie bell," Scootaloo said.

~~One Hour Later~~

Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, looking for his coworkers, after finding the unicorn he jumped down to the floor, he was thankful that his skills didn't disappear. For some reason Twilight was nervous, about what he didn't know, but, he would find out, Itachi walked over to talk with Twilight.

"Twilight, why are you nervous?" Itachi asked.

Twilight jumped in shock, he was not expecting Itachi to ask her a question, she thought that Itachi was still with the C.M.C.

"He must have somehow got away from the three, even Rainbow dash would have trouble with that," Twilight thought.

"Uh, Twilight, are you ok?" Spike asked worriedly.

"Huh, oh, yes, how was your time with Apple bloom, Sweetie bell, and Scootaloo?" Twilight asked interested.

Itachi gave a glare, but, for some reason, it looked like an angry pout, Twilight could only laugh at the attempt at anger. It was something he was not happy at his predicament, his killing intent was nonexistent, and this was the worst day for Itachi.

"Well, we managed to get the cure to the poison joke," Twilight stated.

"Then why are you nervous?" Itachi asked confused.

"Well... It is that the smell is lavender, and... I didn't know how you would react," Twilight answered.

Itachi gave a deadpan look and said, " Twilight I am a shinobi, a worrier of my village, I don't care for menial things like smelling like lavender. Some shinobi used that to their advantage by hiding their sent with it."

"Oh, that is good, now then let's go back home, to fix this," Twilight announced.

~~One Hour Later Again~~

"Well, next time I go in that stupid forest, I will stay clear of those flowers," Itachi thought annoyed.

He walked out of the bathroom back to normal, his pony normal, deep in his mind he was hoping to be turned back to human, but it seemed like that would not happen.

"So are you doing well?" Twilight asked a bit concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine, it feels nice to be back to normal," Itachi answered feeling better.

"Well that is good," Twilight said happily.

"Now I'm the only short one here again," Spike said a bit annoyed.

"Don't worry, you will get your growth spurt someday," Itachi replied with a warm tone.

Spike was happy at that, during the time Itachi was living at the library Itachi acted like a big brother to Spike. Even though Shining Armor was a big brother, he could feel that the elder unicorn didn't fully see Spike as a part of the family. With Itachi he could care less about the fact Spike was a dragon or not, he treated the young drake as family.

Seeing that made Twilight happy to see one pony, not prejudiced against dragons, she never really understood why ponies could be so rude to other races of the world.

"Well, it seems like we have the rest of the day to do whatever we want," Twilight pointed out.

"Awesome!" Spike said happily.

"I guess I can read some more daring-do," Itachi said to himself.

"Great idea, I can get some reading in as well," Twilight added.

Author's Note

Ok, I need help for this next chapter, the next chapter will have Zecora and I am bad with rhymes, so can you please tell me in the comments where I can learn how to write for Zecora.

P.S. Thanks in advance.