A/N: Narrated by Kasumi. Itachi and Hana stand in front of Sasuke once again, Kasumi follows.

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By: Silverwolf

I'm outraged. Itachi can't do this to me. He just can't; he doesn't have that right. I swear to the queen I'll tell my father. I swear that their world will end as they know it. The queen looks at swearing that the supreme goddess herself stands protecting Itachi. Was this child really that important to the gods?

I hear the sound of hooves along the sand as I leave the village palace. I'm only in time to see the wings of an animal spread and the horse leap across the the channel. I call to Itachi noticing the shepherd girl is sitting in front of him along the animal. His wrath may be worse than my family's own if the gods really protect him.

I hear laughter and turn to notice a long haired blonde child leaning against a tree. I turn to him only to watch him wink and disappear. I call for my servants to prepare to bring me across the channel. They tell me the swift current makes it dangerous. I don't care as I make it clear that I will not allow Itachi to step away from me that easily. I watch as they scramble to prepare me a way across.

We reach the other side of the channel only for the island to reveal empty. That is until I notice the tracks of Talyena. So this is where the beats live, these monsters that my husband to be is so infatuated with. I'll strike them down if I have to. Itachi will not use these beasts as an escape.

My presession is halted when I realize I've stepped straight into a den sight for the Talyena. I notice the winged horse standing at the edge of the sight nervously. Itachi and the shepherd girl move through the Talyena pride with the girl remaining close to my Itachi. I call to Itachi only to be ignored. The sound brings Talyena.

I watch as my guards and servant prepare to fight. The devil felines don't move as a horse stirs and rears up. They animal lower down ready to pounce. The horse rages out of control whinnying and rearing up kicking its feet in panic. The Talyena do not move. Instead a young teen moves between the Talyena. I smirk noting the child is hardly covered. I watch him move behind the Talyena with my lover staring at him. The child appears less than weary of Itachi, but more than untrusting of me.

Onyx eyes even ignore the shepherd girl. They do not leave me. I whistle to one of my attendants. I tell him that I want the child from the Talyena. Now the beasts move to stand between me and the boy. It doens't matter I will kill them all to claim the devil of the Talyena. I get everything I want and he will be no exception.

Itachi tells me to leave the boy and the Talyena be. I search for the child only to discover he has disappeared. Where the boy once stood now stands a half grown Talyena. The creature is the color of the midnight night. It stares at me with duel colored eyes and bared canines. I watch as the panic-stricken horse pulls free when it's rider falls from it's back as the animal turns to run I gasp in horror.

Itachi grabs hold of the rein fighting to calm the horse. I watch as other Talyena move from the animal as Itachi holds its rein. The animal's wide fearful eyes leave the Talyena as Itachi guides the animal away.

I hear Itachi's voice tell me to leave with the animals before they are meal to the Talyena. I still don't understand why they haven't made an effort to attack Itachi or of the shepherd girl at his side. The young Talyena moves towards Itachi. I rashly yell that he will die by the beasts he has become obsessed with only to noticea shake of Itachi's head. The sable animal steps forward.

Gasps and a marvled crowd stare as the Talyena simply watches Itachi kneel. I feel it's an idiot move. The feline doesn't attack Itachi. It only raises a paw. Itachi's hand reaches for the dark paw that is held in his view. The thick claws rake the prince's skin. One of my guards move forward as a bit of blood drips to the ground. Itachi moves at the same time covering the Talyena with his own body. The rest of the pride moves forwards folding themselves around Itachi, the shepherd girl, and their dark furred sibling. I hear a word a don't understand. Sasuke. Who or what the hell is Sasuke? Itachi moves away from the animal as my servant steps back. My Itachi turns his attention to me. His eyes are the color of blood before they darken. He tells us to return to the island. I hear the shpherd girl speak about the brief change in the color of his eyes. Itachi closes his eyes and places his head against her shoulder. He tells her it isn't important. I know by the tone he's hiding something with his words. Something he'll never reveal to me. I look to the Talyena, standing in the middle of them is once again the child I noticed before. He is licking his fingers a moment. Blood is being removed from his fingers with each stroke of his tongue. The shepherd girl whispers about it being Itachi's blood. How can she say something like that when it was the claws of a devil feline that sliced open Itachi's fingers shallowly? Itachi takes the shepherd girl along with him towards the winged horse silently. After demanding I leave with my men.