Hello everyone! :D

This is Waiting, a heart wrenching tale of Uchiha Itachi and the girl he thinks he can never have because of his horrible past.|

Committed to dying in Sasuke's hands, he could never have a relationship.
But, he will be proven wrong, almost by accident.
So here it is.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, obviously.


She smiled to herself while she finished up the red stitching of the cloak on her small homemade plush of Itachi. The man of her dreams.

Placing the thread and needle down, she examined her own crafting skill.

Koneko made the Itachi plush only days ago, though she hadn't had the time to complete the cloak until today.

Holding the finished product of the small doll in her hands, she smiled. Her father's sudden booming voice rang throughout the home.

"Koneko! Get down here!"

The peaceful atmosphere was eliminated instantly. She stayed utterly quiet as her eyes glanced over at the plush that now laid on her white vanity.

"What do you t-think he wants, Itachi-kun...?" The brunette murmured with the slightest hint of fear in her voice. The replica simply stared up at her with its' scarlet Sharingan.

Koneko left her room, slowly closing the door behind her then walking downstairs.

At the bottom of the steps, her father was there. Impatiently awaiting her arrivial.

"What took you?" He asked her darkly. She lowered her gaze to the space between them.

"I'm sorry... I was busy w-with something, father..." A sharp pain hit her side as the girls' body hit the wooden floors of the living room.

She inhaled at the infliction. Her emerald hues slowly looked up toward him; terrified of what he might do next.

"From now on, I expect you to come when I call you. Am I understood?" He said through gritted teeth.

Koneko nodded quickly, focusing her view at the dark floorboards.

He roughly lifted her up by the arm; "You will come with me to see Kin today. It's her birthday. Go upstairs and get ready."

The horrid man knew that Koneko hated that woman, but he constantly forced her to join him in visiting her anyhow. He shoved her upstairs, stumbling on a step or two.

Kin was her father's girlfriend, but the woman only loved him for the family's money. A gold-digger. Her father is 50 years of age and she is 26.

Obviously, that was more than enough proof for young Koneko.

Stepping into her room, she grabbed a backpack and gathered some things to take with her.

She walked over towards her vanity table and picked up the Itachi plush.

"Please... Let it a-all go over smoothly..." Koneko begged.

The banging on the side of the wall could be heard from upstairs, "Go into the cellar and get me the box gift materials!"

She tucked the stuffed plush safely away into her pack. Slipping the bag onto her shoulders, she left her room. Locking the door behind her.

Koneko came downstairs, walking into the front foyer. She zipped up her black jacket, then slipped her purple flats. She walked outside.

The sky was clouded a dark gray and the grass was damp from the rain that fell the night before. She opened the old wooden doors on the side of the house to the cellar and walked down the steep stairs.

She stepped to the center of the dark, spider-web filled room and pulled the long string to turn on the dim, flickering light.

Koneko came to a medium sized cardboard box, which held all of the gift bags, wrapping paper and whatnot. She bent to pick it up, but something caught her attention...

The lighting in the small room gave off a small glimmer from a corner of the cellar. She lifted boxes that were in her way of getting to the flickering sparkle.

The young girl found a tiny dark box made of wood with jewels encrusted on the lid. It was beautiful. She had never seen anything like it before.

Strangely enough, there were no traces of dust on this box.

Odd... She thought.

One shimmering red ruby at every corner of the lid and a strange though gorgeous design of jewels were in the middle.

Slowly opening the tiny box, some nearly transparent, yellow papers with some unreadable writing on them were found.

She slowly shuffled through the small old items and saw a beautiful silver necklace with a heart-shaped locket attached to the chain.

Koneko lifted the sparkling necklace up towards the light and awed at its beauty. Holding the heart gently between her thumb and forefinger.

It was absolutely stunning. She wondered why it was left in this dusty old room...

The sound of her father thrashing on the wall as a sign to hurry up brought her back to Earth. She smiled and carefully clipped the necklace on, then slipped the box into her backpack.

Koneko tucked the necklace into her shirt so her father wouldn't see and question where she obtained it.

Quickly picking up the crate of gift items, she ran upstairs and entered the house again.

He was in the foyer with his arms crossed; a stern look on his face. She lowered her head and handed him box that was likely filled with spiders.

Koneko terribly hated the things. Disgusting,

The man quickly picked out a bag and some wrapping paper from the box. He placed the gift inside, which was a medium sized beige bear with a rose in its mouth and a little pink card in it's hands.

She looked at the bear skeptically. There was no possible way Kin wanted something like that...

He shoved Koneko outside and told her to wait for him while he got his jacket and shoes on. The pale girl noticed that it had started to rain lightly.

She stepped off the large square stones of the roofed-over porch and stood in the cool rain, listening to the raindrops hitting the roof of the car and ground softly.

Koneko briefly closed her eyes for a moment.

Once opening her eyes again, she saw a man with spiked auburn hair and piercings covering his face was leaned against the trunk of a tree, straight across from her home.

He was... Smirking at her.

Koneko blinked, surprised. When she looked again, he was…

Gone.

There was no sign of him anywhere. She glanced around the area quickly.

Was that... Pain who I just saw now? A strange feeling came over her.

The sound of the door being locked came from behind her. Her father breezed past her while she was still dazed.

"What are you waiting for? Get in!" He said, opening the door on the driver's side. They got in, buckled up and drove off towards the witch's house.

Along the way, her father kept scolding her of how her behavior should be while they were guests at Kin's home.

Koneko exhaled quietly and stared up at the smokey gray clouds through the car windows, trying to block out his harsh voice.


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- Itachi's Kitty