Oh my God... 300 reviews on Waiting...

Thank you all, really. Thank you. :') I feel like crying..! Oh no, I'm tearing, D:
I really owe it all to you all.

As a gift to you all for the 300 reviews, and also because everyone demanded a sequel, here it is. (I even got death threats if I didnt.. LOL)

Just a warning: there's lots of emotion coming planned for this sequel. Be warned.


H..Had it really happened..?

Her world had halted the flow of time from the impact his of words in her ears.

"Uchiha Itachi is dead."

... What? No.. No..

The bearer of the greatsword, Samehada, flashed his eyes to the petite woman. With her dry lips parted and eyes wide; it was the product of hearing those four words.

"Kiddo.." Kisame murmured to her, glancing at Zetsu whom had recently phased from the rooftop to inform them.

She cried, but her lips didn't tremble and her eyes didn't close. Her face was marble stone. At last, she moved; wiping at her eyes to make the wetness disappear, though it was futile.

"Koneko,"

Glancing up at hearing her name being said. The blue male eyed her remorsefully, "Go to him.." His rugged voice, "There might.. still be a chance."

The man with split personalities turned his yellow gaze toward her, "Follow me and I'll show you the way there."

Koneko watched the experienced shark nin with silent thankful eyes. The words she couldn't say. As Zetsu took off, she followed directly behind him, going as fast as her legs could move her.



Uchiha Madara eyed down at the two brothers, laying parallel to one another. His eyes slimmed and a smirk developed on his dark mouth.

Finally. Itachi was dead. He could do all the things he wished now. Things that were banned on the behalf of an agreement that was made long ago. He was free to have Koneko as he pleased. Free to destroy Konoha until nothing remained of that blasted village.

He smiled venomously. Oh, how he could hardly await the day.

Footsteps against the soaked stones caught his attention. Swiveling his head, he saw Koneko and Zetsu. Smirking, the legendary Uchiha saw that horrified look on her visage. Why not act a little for his distraught darling?

"You shouldn't be here." Madara eyed her, "Seeing the dead corpse of your lover must be difficult, is it not?"

Koneko would not grant him with a reply. No, her mind was focused solely on the older brother. She stepped closer to the two males who lay facing the crying skies.

"Perhaps we should let the poor girl have some time.." The white half of Zetsu suggested. Twitching his head with a hesitant nod, Madara agreed and left her.

The once tall standing building of the Uchiha hideout had been demolished into mere rubble. Blocks of stone lay across the dreary battleground between the two brothers as Itachi's Amaterasu rimmed the area.

The freezing raindrops came down on her, soaking her to the bone. Tears clouded her vision. Seeing a glimpse of the older brother as he lay on the ground, facing up toward the sky. To the heavens.

She knelt softly at his side. A cold rush emerged in her stomach.

Itachi was coated in his own blood and sweat. His eyes were lifeless and dim as they stared upwards. Even in death, his body was still tense and stiff.

His lips were chapped and his skin looked almost blue from the cold.

There was no way...

He... Couldn't actually be…

"I-Itachi..." Koneko's voice wavered as the lump rose in her throat. She attempted to swallow it, but with no avail.

Tears brimmed her eyes once again, daring to spill over. She softly rose her palm to his cheek. His skin rivaled the temperature of ice.

Her fingers brushed the soaking bangs away from his eyes as her tears finally flooded down her cheeks.

"Itachi…" She whispered, praying that he would answer her. That she might have the chance to speak to him one last time.

She waited... And waited.

Koneko bit her lip as her chest convulsed viciously. No.. He..

The tears cascaded from her swollen eyes.

"..Itachi...!" She repeated his name several times, begging him to answer her, burying her face into his chest and she cried uncontrollably, her screams and cries piercing the still air.

Zetsu watched sorrowfully at the scene far ahead of him. Her heart wrenching pleas to Itachi, begging him to wake up somehow. Hearing her yells of suffering and heartbreak. To see her broken figure over his motionless one. It was horrible.

Cold rain poured heavily from the dark gray sky. The Gods were crying too,

This couldn't be happening... Not Itachi. Not him... He didn't deserve this. He didn't deserve any of it.

Koneko's tears almost seemed to standout on his drenched shirt. Her throat swelled as she slowly lifted her head, looking at his empty expression.

And that's when she saw it.

A single flicker from his blind eyes; they twitched almost. Shifting erratically.

Hope rose into her chest. Were her prayers answered? Or... Was this the result of blindness..?

The brunette leaned, placing her ear against his chest and listened closely. She laid a hand where his heart was situated..

..

Thump-thump...

Thump-thump…

And inaudible inhale came from his bloody, chapped lips.

"K..Koneko..." Itachi's voice emitted, far bellow a whisper as his lips barely moved at all. He slowly repeated her name again.

A smile of pure happiness pulled at her lips; the tears fell against him, "I'm right here, Itachi..."

Her hand caressed his cheek softly as his muscles instantly relaxed at her touch.

"My angel..." He whispered to her, his eyes fluttering weakly, "My beautiful angel..."

Koneko sniffled a bit, breathing out a light laugh of joy. Itachi's lips slowly turned up into a smile.

A thought fleeted in through her mind, "Itachi," She began quietly as her fingers stroked his cheek, "...How?"

Knowing exactly what she meant, Itachi smiled weakly as he slowly raised his crimson-coated hand to his chest. He reached inside the neckline of his navy shirt and lifted out her heart locket, still chained around his neck.

"Oh, Itachi...!" Koneko's eyes became soft, whimpering as she placed gentle kisses to his face. She leaned down to place a tender kiss on his cold lips, gently holding the sides of his icy cheeks.

Once they parted, Itachi's blind eyes lowered in her direction, "You shouldn't kiss me... sweetheart..." He spoke softly to her, "My lips are… coated in blood."

Koneko only smiled at him, "That doesn't matter to me, Itachi..."

Itachi weakly returned the smile, not saying a word.

She gently lifted his head onto her lap and wiped away the stream of blood on his chin with her thumb.

"Kitten.." She glanced his eyes,

"Hm..?"

"How is Sasuke...?"

She couldn't help but smile. His thoughts never left his little brother, "He's fine."

Itachi hummed, grateful for that piece of information. It came to her that Zetsu and Madara would be back any moment and... If Madara found that Itachi was still alive, who knows what he might do..

It was more than likely that he would take Itachi's life with his own hands.

At that, she bit down her trembling lip. There was no way...

She had to do something. Save him.

"Itachi, love..?"

He smiled, closing his eyes languidly, "..Yes?"

Leaning to kiss his forehead protector, cheeks, nose and chin, she lifted his head from her lap and laid it back against the cold stones.

"Madara will return any-"

"Madara was here?" He rasped; the edge was evident in his voice.

Koneko nodded slowly, averting her gaze for a second.

"He is.. Going to take you away.." Itachi murmured, barely able to string a sentence properly.

The next words to leave his mouth sent her heart quivering.

"I do not want to leave you..."

Her eyes stung at his warm words, "Itachi... Please.."

His cold hand clasp hers in a shivering grip, and she then knew what needed to be done.

"I'm going to inject you with poison and give the antidote to you later.." She said quietly, "A final moment.."

A smile was clear on his bloodied lips. His eyes opened and she was met was a empty stare, caused by his blindness. Without a word, he nodded with a bit of effort.

Hesitantly, she dug through her medical pouch and produced a small needle, filled with gold-yellow liquid.

Their eyes met briefly, before she injected him with sharp tip and poured the miasma into his blood stream. Koneko watched involuntarily as his face was drawn blank once more, and...

Within seconds, Uchiha Itachi died.



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