The Uchiha Curse
Disclaimer: Ok…I know I haven't been writing other things lately…but… This was inspired by previous manga chapters and my frustration with sasuke…yet I still took in the evidence…so I now have this story…as a theory…I do not own Naruto or its characters. Also…I'm a huge Itachi fan…so don't mind the zombie-itachi fansquealing in the authors notes….enjoy! Oh…and please don't flame…or I'll send my Itachi-sama zombie out to get you flamed back…and that won't be pretty…
Chapter 1: Explaination
Sakura Haruno was finally on her break. She had been up more than 24 hours helping heal people because of this war. Since Naruto finally came back and actually got rid of all the white Zetsus her chakra had diminished so badly that Tsunade and Naruto BOTH had to force her to take a nap. However Sakura was almost going to scream when she awoke…The dead Itachi Uchiha was sitting across from where she was laying.
Before she screamed he quickly put a hand over her mouth.
"I'm not here to hurt you…I'm sorry if you got that impression…please don't scream…I need your help…" Itachi withdrew his hand and Sakura was now glaring at the man who made Sasuke leave because of his crimes.
"I won't scream but I'm going to kick your ass…" she said going to punch him however he only disappeared and reappeared with ravens.
"I'm not in my own body…I'm a clone. This is the only way I figured I could talk to anyone without being controlled by Kabato Yakushi. I'm not here to fight I need your help. But first I need to know…what was your relationship with my brother?" he asked in a calm, cool (and sexy) voice.
"He was…why should I tell you! You killed…"
"I know…but before I go and explain why I killed them I need to know if I made a right decision in wishing to tell you…" he said sitting down. When Sakura looked at him he didn't look like the man she saw all those months ago. He seemed sadder and his Sharingan was not activated. Sakura decided to keep her guard up…but trust this man enough to explain how much he hurt her by hurting Sasuke.
"Fine…He…he was my teammate…but…not only that… I was in love with him…He never shared this feeling with me but that's how I felt and that's how I still feel…That's why I hate you almost as much as he does! You're the one who drove him out of the village and now he's against us all!"
"I see…" he said sadly and looking depressed. "You're right to hate me… But… I wish to make up for my mistakes…Sakura-chan was it?"
"Yes that's my name…but how can you make up for what you've done?"
"Before I explain…you need to know the truth…" Itachi said seriously looking into the Cherry Blossom's emerald eyes.
"T…truth?" Sakura repeated the word confused…but then remembered Naruto and Kakashi saying they knew the truth about something when they met Sasuke last. She wondered what they meant but they never told her. Was this what this "truth" was?
"Yes…I'm afraid I must tell you the entire story…" Itachi began. "I know the story is that I killed my family in cold blood…but to tell you the truth…that is not the case. My father was the leader of our clan and was angry that we were put away from the rest of the village. This reason was actually because the Village elders thought an Uchiha was responsible for the Nine-tails to attack Konoha. They were right…to a point… However none of the members who lived in Konoha were actually responsible. Madara Uchiha was responsible for the attack but since they feared our Sharingan they put us away from the rest of the village and did not allow us to interfere with government affairs.
"However my father and the rest were able to control the Police force. But to my father it was still not enough. He soon started getting the rest of the clan together and wanted to create a coup d'état"
"But…what does that have to do with anything?"
"My father knew I was strong when I graduated at seven and gained my Sharingan at eight years old…Soon I became Chunin and the elders decided to make me part of ANBU… "
"I already know all of this…why are you telling me this…"
"I'm explaining this because this is what leads to the truth that you need to know if you truly love my brother like you say you do…"
Sakura looked at him in surprise as she let him go on.
"After I became ANBU my father wanted me to become a spy for them. He wanted me to help them do this coup…However I was not so keen on this idea even though I was afraid to tell my father… I was only five years old when the third war was going on. I witnessed all the killing and sadness…and I never wanted Sasuke to be in the middle of a war. This Coup my father was planning would send Konoha into a civil war…and would spiral into the fourth world war that we have right now when the other nations saw us as weak…All I wanted was peace…and they used me…I told the elders and the Third what they wanted with me but all they did was turn me into a double agent to spy on the Uchihas for them…
"Soon the only option they could think of to take care of the problem…was…to give me a top secret mission…a top secret mission that would ruin my life… to kill and destroy every single member of the Uchiha clan…" Itachi looked down sadly and looked away from the green eyed Kounoichi. "They told me…that they would send someone else…and they would…kill everyone…including myself and my brother... The Third Hokage tried and tried to stop this, but the only way I could save my brother in the end was to do the task myself. I wanted him to be safe…I wanted him to think that our clan was still be worthy…still be… just like any other clan… I didn't want him to hate this village."
Sakura was now staring at this old dead man with tears streaming from her eyes. "Why…why couldn't you just…tell him?" she whimpered.
Itachi looked at her with guilty eyes. "It's not like I didn't want to… If I did I was worried that the elders would do something to him…I couldn't let him get hurt. I hid the truth so that he could be protected…that's why I stayed silent… that was the only way to protect the one I loved and cared about the most."
After a small silence Naruto's voice came from the outside of the tent.
"Sakura-chan…you need to stay here…I'm going out into the battlefield…"
"Um…alright Naruto…be careful!" Sakura yelled trying not to show she was crying.
"I better go…otherwise I'll be seen ." Itachi said getting up.
"Alright…" Sakura said looking down.
Itachi then smiled and poked her in the forehead. "your very annoyingly cute you know…"
Sakura looked up surprised rubbing her forehead. "annoyingly…cute?"
Itachi smiled. "Yes…just like Sasuke was when he was little… I would have loved to meet you as my sister in law or something…"
All Sakura could do was blush at that.
"I used to poke him like that too by the way…" he added. "I'm sorry you had to find this out like this…but I wanted you to know…you may be the only one who can save my brother… I believe that this curse can be broken…but since it's a curse of hate it must only be broken with hate." with those last words he turned into a flock of ravens and disappeared.
Sakura wiped off her tears and then went outside…to find out that Naruto was out to fight Sasuke. She didn't care what they did…She needed to follow him. Itachi was counting on her to break this curse he had…she couldn't let him down.