Silence of the Mockingbird

Written by:

Megumi Tsukazu

Disclaimer:

I, Megumi Tsukazu, do not own Naruto or Naruto: Shippuden. I as well do not own any books in the Twilight Saga, any coincidental plots or characters are thanks to Stephanie Meyers.

"Rose, Rose, Rose, Rose. Will I ever see thee wed?"

"I will marry at thy will Sire, at thy will."

Chapter 1

Nightmare

I was running through darkness. The only ounce of light that was visible was the light that was shinning through Itachi's skin. He was running next to me and I was struggling to keep up. We were running at least sixty miles an hour, but my hair was hanging lifelessly in my cheeks. I felt my feet catch on each other and I began to fall toward the ground.

My hands automatically flew to my face as I hit the ground. I looked up to see if Itachi was waiting for me. He wasn't he was slowly fading into the dark. The light went with him. "My little Hanabi, how nice it is to see you!" I turned to see the voice but I couldn't pinpoint which direction it came from. I spun in circles until my eyes fell on a figure. This time I recognized it immediately, not Itachi but the man. I glared at him as he stepped toward me. He smiled and wrapped his arms around my body in a kind of prison. I squirmed, and shook violently to come free of his grasp. Then he sunk his teeth into my neck. And I could feel the throb of his venom enter my blood flow.

My eyes flew open. I was sweating, my breath came heavy. "Hanabi, are you alright?" I sat upright and looked for Itachi. He was sitting beside me. I ran my fingers through my hair as I tried to steady my heart. "You were having a nightmare," he said soothingly and stroked my cheek. "Itachi, I had that dream again. The man, the one with yellow eyes, he bit me…" I saw Itachi's jaw clench. "It's been so long, over a year" he mumbled to himself as he inspected my neck. Surely enough there was a bruise on my neck. What a way to start my birthday, I thought to myself.

"No worries Itachi, let's just forget that happened at continue the day, alright?" He sighed and looked at me with his eyebrow raised. "I'll wait downstairs. Don't forget, the minute schools over you're coming to the house," he reminded me before he jumped out the window.

I jumped off my bed and into the shower. I couldn't believe that first semester of my junior year of high school was already half way over. It was already my birthday, something I took on with great devastation. I was one year older, seventeen, one year younger than Itachi, physically anyway. But the changes were already clearly evident. My body had fabricated a mind of its own over the summer, which I had spent in Konoha. Two dreadful months away from Itachi, it was terrifying. Every single day I prayed that he hadn't run into one of the drop dead gorgeous women this world had to offer. I prayed he hadn't found someone else. But oh behold, when I returned, by plane this time, Itachi was the first person to run to me (I saw how he struggled to keep at human speed) while I was only halfway out of the gate.

While in Konoha, my body had begun to take the shape of a woman's body. My waist shrunk in size and the mass seemed to fall to my chest, to my unimaginable horror. I had grown a full inch and now had the body of an hourglass. I was different. I was new. I was the one thing I didn't want to be, older. I was changing. I pushed those thoughts out of my mind. I wanted to appear happy, it was my birthday and I didn't want to ruin the fun for Kneese or Itachi.

I fumbled my way down the stairs (I didn't like taking the window unless it was necessary). I met up with Kneese and Itachi at the bottom of the staircase. Of course, she had a pretty little silver box in her hand. Had we not discovered last year that I couldn't stand getting presents? "Happy birthday Hanabi" she smiled at me as she handed me the box. I reluctantly opened the box, I received a five hundred dollar gift card to the nearest jewelers. I immediately threw the box in the trash. I heard Itachi snicker as Kneese gasped. "What do you think your doing?!" I turned and glared at her. "There is no way in hell I'm going to accept that Kneese!" She folded her arms over her chest and began pouting. "Why not?! It's not like Itachi's going to get you any nice jewelry. You're a woman now, you deserve it." I rolled my eyes as I continued walking. I knew Kneese was digging around in the trash can for the card, I dare not turn around.

I couldn't stand the school day. Just full of classes that I found completely pointless, except my math class, college algebra, only because it was the one class I had with Itachi. I trekked my way past all the students in the courtyard. I felt the stares boring into me as I walked with the most gorgeous male in all existence. "I wish they would stop staring," I whispered to Itachi as he opened the door for me. "They can't help staring at a beautiful woman when she walks by wearing a miniskirt Hanabi," he said snickering as he looked down at my legs. Yeah right, I thought as I took my seat in the upper corner of the college classroom. I shuddered when the last bell rang at the end of my math class. I considered pretending to have a cold, but Itachi wasn't an ignoramus, not to mention he'd been to med school already…

He practically dragged me through the parking lot to my truck. I sighed as I unlocked the doors and turned the key in the ignition. My rustic age truck roared to life, Itachi pretended to jump at the noise, "Does this vehicle even have a muffler?" I rolled my eyes, I didn't answer for a simple reason, I have no idea what a muffler is. I drove down the dirt road that led to his home and parked my car. My last birthday hadn't gone as planned. I was somewhat afraid to try at another birthday party. Apparently Itachi felt the same, I saw his body tense as he stepped out of the car.

"Itachi, it can't possibly be as bad as it was last year," said as I slammed the door of my truck. I skipped to the door just to hear Itachi's muffled laughter, my second favorite sound in the world. I opened the front door and inhaled sharply, trying not to scream. I closed my eyes and walked forward and pulled out a chair. When I finally opened my eyes I was surrounded by faces. "Is she okay?" I heard Zephr whisper to Hidan. "Alright, let's get this over with so Itachi and I can go home," I pulled a box off of the table and began to unwrap it when my ears picked up something being muttered from Michel to Zephr. I turned and glared at him, my face was flushed pink and my ears were slowly joining them. Itachi bared his teeth at Michel, his pointed canines stuck out over the rest of his teeth. I truly hated when Michel or anyone for that matter made such jokes. Itachi wasn't that type of man. Even if I wanted that kind of physical relationship, Itachi wouldn't allow it. I wasn't even sure Itachi thought of me in that way at all.

I opened the box to see a book at the bottom. I lifted the book and examined it, I'd been trying to track this down over ebay for the past six months. It was one of the original prints of The String of Pearls. I was ecstatic. "Thank you Dom and Kai-El. This is perfect! See Kneese? This is how you buy presents." I winked playfully at her. I hugged the book and placed it by my side on the table. Next I opened Zephr's, saving Itachi's for last (Hidan didn't bother getting me a gift). Zephr's box was small and flat. I lifted the lid and inside were two pieces of folded paper. I unfolded one, it was a ticket to a FLOw concert. I almost passed out. I felt something drip from my nose, it was wet and warm. Please, I thought to myself, don't be snot. I looked up because I heard a noise. It sounded like a deep growl. It was coming from Michel. I looked at him confused. "Hanabi," he said in a strained voice. "Run!" Itachi screamed at me. I was too confused to grasp what was happening but before I realized, I was pushed back hard into the china cabinet. The glass shattered on impact and a large piece cut my forearm.

There was a loud crashing sound. The sound was the impact of Michel's body colliding with Kai-El's and Itachi's as they held Michel away from me. His eyes were locked on mine, I had never seen Michel behave like this before. "Hanabi!" Dom called to me. "Come this way! Hidan I will see you in the kitchen." I tore away from the horror scene before me and ran for the kitchen. My adrenalin was pumping like crazy. Hidan walked in casually and stood next to me. She had a small grin on her face. I had officially decided, I would not celebrate my birthday anymore, it's a bad omen.