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Three Little Words

It was a beautiful night. The night sky held a beautiful full moon and the stars shone like never before. But everything wasn't as it seemed. In the Uchiha manor, it smelled of blood as most of the Uchiha clan members were killed. It was the eradication of the Uchiha clan. Uchiha Itachi killed every clan member, except for two people. The sound of footsteps echoed throughout the manor; the only thing breaking the heavy silence.

Shfft.

She slid inside her bedroom and shut the door quietly. She stood in the middle of the room, facing the door. She was the last Uchiha that Itachi had left to kill. Tears streamed down her face as questions raced through her mind. She clenched her hands and looked at the door, putting on a brave face. The raven-haired girl decided to face the inevitable. The fact that this was it; this was the way she was going to die and nothing would ever change that. Not now. Footsteps neared her room and stopped in front of her door. This was it.

Uchiha Itachi slid the door open to find Uchiha Hitomi looking at him with deeply saddened onyx eyes.

"Why?" she asked. Her voice was slightly raspy from crying.

"I cannot tell you," He said in a deadpan voice with no such expression on his face.

"Heh," Hitomi chuckled, closing her eyes. "Might as well tell me the reason why since you're going to kill me anyway."

Itachi just looked at his lover, as his grip on his katana tightened. Hitomi opened her eyes to reveal her Sharingan glaring at Itachi slightly.

"Just tell me, Itachi…" she half-pleaded, taking an inch closer to him.

The silence in the room was thick as the smell of blood emanated from the hallway.

"Y-you're not at least going to tell me? After everything we've ever been through…?"

"…"

"Three little words, Itachi…"

The Uchiha prodigy whipped his head up and looked at her, expecting to hear those three little words that explained what he still felt for her.

"Just kill me." She said bitterly, looking at him straight in the eye. Itachi felt a pain in his chest but didn't let it show. This was his mission. He had to kill her…

And so, he took a step toward her, and plunged his katana into her stomach. A tear rolled down his cheek as his lips neared her ear, leaning towards her. "Three little words… This is it." He whispered, taking the katana out of her stomach. She dropped on her knees and started coughing up blood in her pale hands, quickly losing their color. A few seconds after, she dropped to the ground, dead.

Itachi looked at her pale lifeless body and knelt down, brushing a lock of her silky raven hair out of her face. A small pang of guilt washed over him as he cupped her cold cheek. "Three little words… I love you." He whispered.

Then, he stood up and left, taking not one glance back.

How was it? I thought it was kind of sad. It was obvious that they loved each other, but they couldn't. I had this idea in my mind for a while now. Hope you guys liked it! Please review. Arigato!

~JellyDonut16~