COLLISION

Part 1

Reading guide

Italic - thoughts

"Normal speech"

'Quoted speech, words etc'

The birds chorused in their choir of the morning theme which was then followed by an ear piercing beep from the bed side table. The owner of the producer of the beep reached a hand from the bed covers for the clock which had 06:00 blinking on it in red.

As habitual, he clawed out of the king sized bed sleepily and made for the bathroom.

Take notice of the term 'habitual' for as far as he could remember, Uchiha Itachi had never broken his daily routine.

He would wake up at 6 o'clock am, have a shower and dress for work. He would have his quick breakfast, grab his briefcase and head for his BMW sports car. A twenty minute drive or more in case of traffic would have him at his office. His secretary would rash up to him as soon as he sets foot in the reception with a note pad, and his coffee.

He would shoot out his to do list to the secretary while making his way to his office with his secretary power walking behind him trying to keep up and in between, he would respond to many various greetings from the staff; some would greet him flirtatiously, men among them and some would greet him professionally just like he liked it.

After work he would return to his condominium which consisted of a bathroom with a shower cubical, a toilet just next to the bathroom, a dining area with an eight sitter table which was never used and next to the room was a kitchen and a small bar with the best quality wine there is. Then there was the sitting area with a corner set cream sofa and a wide screen TV.

The bedroom was just down the hallway. In the bedroom was a large walk in closet which had a small wall mirror. That mirror was an entry to a room that he himself Uchiha Itachi had no knowledge of its existence; the room that held his other life…

Next to the closet was a work desk. The king sized bed seemed to occupy most of the space in the room.

After his dinner at seven o'clock pm, Itachi would head for his room to do a bit of work. His work was never ending considering he was the boss.

After a bit of work, at exactly ten o'clock, he would check his preset alarm clock to make sure it was set and then he would get into bed.

The routine would repeat itself again and again without question.

At precisely twelve o'clock am the alarm clock beeped six times before Itachi reached out for it. He glanced at the red numbers printed on the small screen; the printed numbers were as follows:

666

His eyes felt inflamed for a moment then he felt nothing…

He walked towards his closet and opened the door. He walked in until he came face to face with a small wall mirror at the very end of the closet. It was so small that anyone just looking for the clothes would not notice it.

He glanced in the mirror as usual which reflected Crimson eyes with three black comas; those eyes replaced his naturally dark eyes. A red ray traced his face a few times then it finally stopped on his eyes. A few second later, the wall next to the mirror slid to the left just like a sliding door would do.

Itachi walked through the entrance which was a wall just seconds ago. The entrance sealed itself the moment he walked through.

He flicked a switch on the wall on his left for the lights in the hallway; just ahead was a metal door. Itachi walked towards it and pressed a red button right in the middle of the door. The door slid to the right and he walked through. As soon as he stepped on the doorway, the lights in the room switched on automatically. And a computer generated female voice welcomed him.

"Welcome. Uchiha-san. Well done on your previous mission." Itachi didn't bother responding knowing that he wouldn't get any response.

He walked forward into the room. The room was plain and all the walls were made of metal. There were large tall build in cases all around the room. A stranger could never tell what they contained for the reason that there were made of metal with not a single opening to let them know that the cases were accessible. However, there was a red button on the side of each case with the exception of one case.

"Please come forward." The computerised voice instructed and Itachi did as requested.

He stood in front of the case without the red button; the metal slid apart like some of those elevator doors, revealing another set of doors made from glass. The doors slid apart as well and he walked through. Like all the doors, they slid shut the moment he walked through.

In front of him was a large black flat screen, resembling his TV with the exclusion that this screen was larger. The screen automatically turned on and on the screen was a picture of a certain someone; someone who was about to be terminated to put it simply.

"Here is your next target." The computerised voice began the debriefing on the target.

Itachi walked out of his apartment with a black trench coat with a red line running from the neck line along the button line to the hemline. His long black hair flattered in the night wind gracefully as he drove his BMW convertible towards his target.

After the computerised voice had finished briefing him on his new target, Itachi had made his way towards one of the metal cases in the room. He had pressed the red button next to it and the metal had slid open just like the debriefing one had; and again two glass doors had slid apart to let him in. there were other cases like book cases; if only there were books on the cases. On the cases were stacks and stacks of small daggers.

Itachi opened a door to his right and out came a black outfit. The outfit consisted of a black netted vest, a pair of black tight leather pants which had a complimentary of a black studded belt, black laced knee high boots. There was also a pair of black fingerless elbow length gloves. And finally the metrix coat.

Itachi had grabbed a pouch which had small pockets on it and he had tied it around just below his belt. He had taken ten daggers and he'd placed them in the small pockets of the pouch; not that he needed such an amount of the daggers for his mission, he had taken so many just in case he ran into trouble on his way. He would slice or stab his targets with the daggers swiftly and soundlessly.

He had gone in another case and he had taken some needles which were about fifteen centimetres long. He had placed them in little pockets in his knee high boots; the needles were very convenient for his missions since there were easy to carry. Those needles weren't just handy for his missions, they had a very rare poison on their tips; one stab was all that was needed for the victims to go meet their maker.

Then Itachi had made his way to another case where he had grabbed a gun and he had hooked it on a red band that was tied around his right thigh.

He didn't need a lot of weapons for that night's mission so that was all he had taken.

Itachi parked his car and began his five minute walk towards his target; he had parked the car so far away from his target so not to arouse suspicions.

His target lived in a large mansion which he had inherited from his parents. His parents had died when he was just a new born and he was raised by his grandparents who had just passed away after handing everything over to him. So now he owned an empire of hotels and resorts just at the age of twenty. He was the youngest successful business man alive in all of Japan.

He had blond hair which he had inherited from his Italian father along with his blue eyes. He had tanned skin. All of his features were from his father as if his mother never played apart. He had an average height of 5.7 feet whereas Itachi was 6.2 feet.

The target's name was Uzumaki Naruto; he used his mother's maiden name for some reason.

At this hour of the night, the maids and butler would be asleep. And the guards would be asleep but alert. Despite the latter, it would be very unlikely for them to notice him.

The reason to terminate this Uzumaki Naruto was unknown to Itachi. Itachi had no knowledge of the purpose of the terminations of his victims. Nevertheless, he still followed through his missions. Uchiha Itachi had never failed a mission in his life; he was incapable of failure. For some reason, he had a conception that success on a mission was a must.

With a few twists of a wire, Itachi opened the front door and closed it behind him inaudibly. He made his way to the master bedroom of the mansion; that master bedroom accommodated none other than his target; Uzumaki Naruto.

Indeed, there on the king sized bed under the blue silk covers laid Uzumaki Naruto, alone, which was a great factor, if he had someone in bed, let's say a bed partner; it would have been problematic for Itachi. That was because Itachi could never kill anyone other than his target. Anyone caught up in his mission, well, he would just make sure to knock them out cold, if they were to cause any trouble to him that is. Otherwise they tended to turn to his next targets if not dealt with.

Itachi pulled out two needles from his boots and he silently walked towards the bed. All he had to do was stab Naruto with one of his needles then mission accomplished.

Why did he have to go through the trouble of going into the house and being so close to the target when he could have just shot his target from a far?

Well the answer to that is very simple. The gun he had would have made a considerable amount of noise considering it was in the middle of the night. Sure it would have the job done. But his target's guards would have become another trouble which he was trying to avoid. And throwing a needle onto someone's neck which was covered with bed covers would be very difficult. So the only option was to be close to the target to make sure the job was done.

Itachi pulled the covers down to Naruto's waist gently. Then he leaned over Naruto, his right hand lifted at a ready with a needle between his fingers. The moon light illuminated Naruto's face beautifully; he looked so innocent, so inexperienced in the arts of a business.

Itachi's red eyes scanned Naruto's face. His eyes landed on a pair of well defined blond eyebrows. Below that were long thick lashes. Itachi had been informed that Naruto had blue eyes. He wondered how bluer the eyes under the large eyelids were. Form the eyelids, Itachi could tell the eyes were big. Curiosity gripped him that he lowered his hand with the needle in, to just look at Naruto's face.

Then his eyes trailed to a pair of full pink lips; he instinctively licked his own lips. Naruto's looked so immature for his age.

Itachi began leaning in to taste Naruto's lips; he was captivated; his mission long forgotten which had never happened to him before. He kissed Naruto gently.

Itachi felt his heart skip and his eyes transited from red to black then back to red. His mind screamed for him to finish his job which was to kill Naruto. Despite that, his heart told him to stay a like that little longer.

Suddenly, Naruto opened his eyes and they met with crimson eyes looking down on him.

TBC