Dear Kisame,
Don't freak out. It's just me, Itachi. We've been partners for a long time now, and I thought you should know a few things.
Once you asked me why I had killed my clan. Well, I did it because I had no choice. The Uchiha clan- MY clan- had planned to rebel against Konoha. Konoha never had treated us the same way they did everybody else, and it pissed us off. Myself included. I was the spy for Konoha, telling them all they needed to know about the Uchiha clan. I was also the spy for the Uchiha clan, telling them what I dared of Konoha. When Konoha asked me to annihilate the threat of the Uchiha for them, I had to give it a while to pan out. If I didn't kill everyone, then Uchiha WOULD rebel. A clan s powerful as us would cause a lot of deaths. That would be aweful,t o watch the people of the place I loved so much to die by my clan's hand. Plus, Uchiha would eventually die anyway. All of those brave shinobi would have died for nothing. So, I did it for Konoha. For the people there.
You asked me, too, about any chance of me ever settling down. I didn't answer that- the thought was too painful. It still is. I knew when I left Konoha that, being a criminal in the Akatsuki, I would only put the people that I loved in danger. And as for having kids, I would never be home. And besides, they deserve a father that would be there for them.
You see, I left Sasuke alive because I couldn't kill him. He was always so important to me. I couldn't take his life, not even for the sake of all Konoha. So, I made him hate me as I hated myself. I challenged him to become strong, so that he could one day kill me. And once he fled Konoha for Orochimaru, I figured that killing me would make him a hero again, and be accepted back into that place that I love. I would be dead and gone, leaving behind the people that would need me should I make a family. So I haven't, although that is what I want so badly.
That's why I'm leaving this to you in a letter. Not because I'm afraid to say it to your face, but because that's where I'm going right now. To Sasuke. To my death. I didn't want you to have to deal with so many unanswered questions. I bundled my ring under the bed, in case you want it or something.
I just thought you should know the truth.
And Kisame... I love you.
U. Itachi.
