Hey! So this idea had been stuck in my head for awhile, so I'm typing it and seeing where it goes.
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Prologue
Itachi hushed the baby girl he held so close to his chest when she began to cry. "Hush, shhh...It's okay. It's okay my dear little one." He whispered in soothing tone he once used with Sasuke when he was born.
Itachi leaned his head down to press his forehead gently to the whimpering child. He looked at her with a soft smile and sadden eyes. "Everything will be alright, for you my daughter." He kissed her little nose, in which that calmed her down and had her open her eyes at the strange touch. Her little eyes looked right into her father's. Such brightness existed in her onyx eyes. Itachi's smile shifted to a frown as he closed his eyes and let out a shaky breath. He didn't want to leave his daughter. Two of his joys in life he has to leave.
Life wasn't fair, and Itachi knew this.
There was a sudden rustling of leaves in the night. Itachi looked up sharply, eyes glowing a fierce red, searching for the intruder. Itachi tucked his little girl further in his coat when he spotted a female figure coming towards him.
Kunai out, he aimed and threw the sharp knife with a zing cutting the air. He heard a thud and curse as he readied another one. "So that's the thanks I get for you helping you?" A woman yelled and made herself known in the night before Itachi could throw another one at her.
Itachi relaxed some, his eyes going back to normal when he recognized who it was. "Rin," he said and looked over the woman.
Rin Kita is her name. Itachi had met this woman years ago when she had found him bleeding to death, but he knew her from a long time ago. Rin had healed him and taken care of him for a week before Itachi left. But in that time, Itachi came to learn that she was a family's friend's daughter. His mother's friend specifically. Rin and her parents lived in the Wave country, in a house near the mountains that were surrounded by water. Rin was close to Itachi, if he remembered correctly, when they were younger. Now, the woman was grown, close to age and height as he, wearing all black to blend in the night, as instructed.
Rin huffed and lifted up the kunai knife on her finger in his line of vision to see. "Yeah. Next time you go to kill me, make sure you don't miss." She huffed and walked closer.
"I don't miss." Itachi said blankly and Rin rolled her eyes, from what he could see when she was nearer.
"Where is the child?" She asked. Rin had gotten a letter from her former friend a month ago, explaining that he would be having a child soon and needed her help. Against all of what she was told because Uchiha Itachi is a murderer, she agreed and waited for his letter again for a time and place to retrieve the child.
Itachi pulled her arm out of his coat and revealed a small bundle in white. Rin peered closer and saw the little turf of black hair and rounded face. In a second, Rin's heart melted. "Oh would you look at that." She cooed and took the child out of Itachi's arms.
Itachi almost resisted Rin taking his baby from him, but at the last second he let it happen. This had to happen. Itachi had to let her go to give her a chance at life. "Gender?" Rin asked softly.
Itachi cleared his throat. "Female. Her name is Ailia." Itachi whispered her name. "She was born September third at one O'clock in the morning." Itachi had remembered the exact time she was born.
Rin looked up from Ailia and saw the despair look in the Uchiha's eyes. Rin's heart went out to her old friend. "I'll take care of her. I promise, Itachi." She said and the older Uchiha nodded solemnly.
Itachi closed his eyes to stop the tears forming. Once he felt the sting leave his eyes, he opened them once again, placing a hand on Ailia's head. He bent his head down and placed a gentle kiss on her little head. "I love you my sweet daughter." Itachi's voice was shaking from how much he was restraining himself from crying.
This had to be done.
When Itachi lifted his head back up to Rin, he pulled out an envelope containing letters, and handing it to the woman. "When she's ready." He stated before turning around and left in the dark.
Rin watched him leave quickly and in that moment Ailia began to cry. Rin looked down at her and brought her closer to her heart to calm the child. "I promise I'll take care of you." Rin whispered.