Just You, Me, and a Piece of Paper

Chapter 2 – First letter

Warnings: Randomness. Some language. Made-up names for Sakura and Ino's moms. Does not follow canon exactly.

Disclaimer: I own no forms of Manga/Anime; therefore Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

A/N: Greetings everyone! Wow, I am impressed by the number of visitors to chapter 1. You have no idea how happy it makes me feel. Right now, this story is still based on random ideas, but I will make it follow a serious plot with interaction and fluffiness between Itachi and Sakura later on.

Also, I just wanted to say, how cool is the Kyuubi's name? KURAMA! :D

Anyways, thanks to the people who faved and alerted, and thanks to my wonderful reviewers: anonymous reviewer AnotherLazyAuthor, ArdentheVampire, uchihaitachi21, winged-angel21, NorthernLights1239, and Analelle.

In addition, just let me say, I now have a newfound appreciation to authors on here … Writing stories are so hard. I was going to update on Christmas, but it turned out so horrible that I just couldn't. And I'm still not all that satisfied :/

Now, on to chapter 2.


It was a nice morning; the birds were chirping cheerily, the squirrels were energetically jumping from tree to tree, the sun was shining brightly, and everything was as peaceful as 7 o'clock AM could be.

However, what the outside world did not know, was that things were definitely not all calm and serene inside Sakura's house, or at least, in Sakura's room. In there, things were chaotic.

"Muahahahahahahahaha!" Sakura laughed madly as an ominous thunderstorm miraculously appeared over her house, sufficiently ruining the peaceful setting and scaring the heck out of all the wildlife. She pushed away from her desk, and stood up.

"It's finished!" She exclaimed in delight. "Shannaro! Uchiha Itachi, let's see how you like my letter."

"Um, Saku? I think you should calm down." Inner Sakura watched from the mindscape with a sweatdrop that was growing significantly larger by the second. "I think you should take a break, you know? This doesn't look healthy… I mean, usually, I'm the one that's like that… Sakura?" Inner trailed off, trying to see if Sakura was paying her any attention.

Unfortunately for Inner, Sakura showed no signs of listening; she gleefully caressed the scroll with an almost worshiping look, and a slightly deranged grin on her face. Inner sighed. She knew why Sakura was like this: Sakura had stayed up all night. Anyone, even the sanest person, would be slightly crazy if they were sleep derived in addition having an emotional backlash.

"Ahahahahahaha!" Sakura laughed maniacally again. This time, she held the scroll high above her head. She though about her plan - All her pain, suffering, and wrath were inside this little letter, just waiting to be unleashed upon the unsuspecting elder Uchiha. He wouldn't know what had hit him!

She knew she had dark rings surrounding her bloodshot eyes, that her clothes were rumpled, and that she had hair representing a bird's nest, sticking up all over the place. However, for once, Sakura just could not bring herself to care… she had just finished the first letter! Life was very good.

"Now, to send the scroll off, just a little bit of chakra, come on," Sakura muttered to herself.

"Saku… you're creeping me out."

However, the scroll didn't leave.

"Huh? Was this supposed to happen?" Sakura pondered, and then decided heck with it all and pushed all the remaining chakra she had left into the scroll.

"Leave, leave, leave! Damn it, Leave!"

Had Sakura been more aware of her wellbeing, she would have noticed that her chakra levels were dangerously low. Being in the loopy state she was in though, she didn't notice at all and it came as a great surprise when she suddenly felt very weak.

"Noooooo! So close!" Sakura cried, as her eyes rolled back and she slumped down unconscious against the floor, dropping the precious scroll next to her.

Inner Sakura watched all this with another sweatdrop. Letting out a huff and smacking her palm against her forehead, and she grumbled, "You had it coming, Saku. I knew staying awake for over 24 hours in addition to the stress of having someone close leave, being angry all day, and then working all night is not very healthy. Why couldn't you listen to me and go to sleep?"

XxXxXxXx

The first thing Sakura had done after choosing her victim was to read through the 67 paged instructions manual sealed underneath the introduction. The manual was double sided, and packed with information. Reading through it all had taken her the better half of the night, but Sakura was not proclaimed the smartest kunoichi of her age group for nothing; her bookworm tendencies showed and she persevered, finishing the arduous task.

The instructions manual had taught her many useful things such as how to activate the scary music option, how to seal things into the scroll for the receiver to receive, how to make it so that only she could write in the scroll, etc. There was also a part in the manual which was blocked off with a condition, stating that only after the Taiō Scroll has deemed both parties worthy due to the amount of letters passed in between will the words be revealed.

Sakura didn't worry about that though; the scroll was like a gift from Kami! She couldn't go around Konoha sprouting complaints and threats of bodily harm to the village's precious last Uchiha, because who knows what the council would do to her? Besides, she was also supposed to be a brainless fangirl who would never dream of hurting the almighty prince Sasuke-kun. With this scroll, however, she now had someone to rant to.

Then, despite Inner's fervent pleas, Sakura had started on the letter, not getting a drop of sleep.

After all her hard work, it really was too bad that the epic moment of the send off was delayed.


2 hours later, around 9 o'clock, Sakura's mother peered in through the door and was greeted by a curious sight. Her beloved daughter was sprawled across the wooden floor in what would seem to be an extremely uncomfortable position, while sporadically twitching, and forming a small puddle of drool beneath her mouth. The room looked like a tornado had passed by, but for some reason, the bed was neat and tidy. Mrs. Haruno had never seen her daughter, or her daughter's room, in such a state. Fortunately, the unspoken question of what had happened was answered by the scroll she saw lying next to Sakura.

"Oh! Is this the scroll with the letter! It is! Let me see!" Sakura's mother excitedly exclaimed, reaching out for the scroll.

"Wha?" Sakura sleepily mumbled, though her eyes widened and her sleepy visage vanished as her mother's fingers drew near. "No! Okaa-san! Don't! I put a-" However, it was too late. The elder Haruno touched the scroll.

"Aww, Sakura-chan, are you embarrassed about your letter? It's a love letter to Sasuke-kun right! It's fi-" Mrs. Haruno got no further as she was suddenly shocked by jolt of lightning, and fell into an unconscious heap on the floor.

"-defensive mechanism on it, only allowing him and I to touch it… you would be shocked." Sakura finished weakly as she sheepishly looked at her mother's still body.

"Oops… that wasn't supposed to happen…" Sakura embarrassedly muttered as she scratched the back of her neck.

"Of course not, Sherlock! What were you thinking, adding that function! You could have killed mom! She's only a civilian!" Inner furiously ranted. "Don't you think you went a little overboard?"

"Uh, I'm really sorry! Okaa-san! Please don't die! If you wake up, I'll never stalk people again! And I'll always eat my vegetable! And I won't think that you knitting is lame anymore! Just wake up!" Sakura bawled out hysterically. Then, her personality did a one-eighty. She addressed Inner and stated seriously, "And no, Inner. I do not think I went overboard. What if someone intercepts the scroll? I could be arrested. Would you want that? Huh?"

Inner wanted to facepalm again. "Argh, whatever. I give up. Fine. Just make sure you tell mom about all the other traps you've set on the scroll once she wakes up. And don't worry. The lightning shouldn't have killed her. Just do something unstressful until she wakes up." Inner advised.

Having nothing better to do, Sakura picked up the heavy instructions manual, lugged it over to where her mom was, sat down, and started reading. Thankfully, her mother woke up within a few minutes without any side effects.

XxXxXxXx

"Urgh, what happened? Why am I on the floor?"

"Gomenasai Okaa-san! I didn't mean for it to happen! I, um, I put a safety device on it only allowing him and I to touch the scroll without getting hurt, because who know what might happen if other people got their hands on it, right? Hehehehe." Sakura laughed nervously at the end. "Are you ok okaa-san? I am so sorry. You're not hurt badly anywhere, are you?

"Oh, Sakura-chan, it's ok. I'm fine. Don't beat yourself up about it." Her mother immediately consoled seeing how distressed her daughter was.

However, all of a sudden, Mrs. Haruno's face morphed into the 'cat's-got-the-canary' smirk, and she slyly whispered in a suggestive tone, "Wow, Sakura-chan. That was some pretty high-tech defense there… That must be a pretty important love letter for Sasuke-kun, eh?"

Blushing madly at the implications and wondering just how her mother had gotten to there, Sakura hotly denied, "What! No! Why would I do that! And the letter's not for him either!"

"Cha! He's such a jerk, and it's not like I like him anymore!" Inner added.

"Oh? Then who is it for, if not Sasuke-kun?"

"Um, I'm writing to Uchiha-"

"Aha! I knew that it was Sasuke-kun! You just admitted it! Like I was saying before I fainted, Sakura-chan, it is fine. I know that you're at the stage where boys are all that's on your mind, and I understand. Now go send that letter off to that handsome Uchiha boy! And don't worry! I won't touch the scroll again." With that, Sakura mom cheerfully skittered off back to whatever it was she was doing before coming into Sakura's room.

Sakura wanted to faceplant. "Kuso, now mom thinks I'm some boy-crazy lunatic. What should we do, Inner?"

"Hmm, well, if you ask me, then I think that we should do nothing. It's probably best that she doesn't know who we're actually writing to."

"Yeah, you're right. She might freak out and tell someone, and then I would be arrested for 'endangering the village by communicating to dangerous s-rank missing nins'." Sakura concluded.

"Ok, now to finally send this thing off onto its journey. Chakra, focus, ok, ready, and, -"

"Sakura-chan! I forgot to tell you, but we are visiting Ino-chan's family today! We're leaving right now! Hurry up!" Sakura's mother called up the stairs just as the scroll was about to be sent off.

"Damn it! Foiled again!" Sakura cursed.

Inner sweatdropped, and then noticed that she seemed to be doing that a lot that morning. "… You sound like an evil villain, Saku."

"Shut it Inner." Sakura moodily grouched.


Sakura ran up to the Yamanaka flower shop and slid opened the door. She went in, her mother right behind her.

"Hello! How may I help you?" Ino's mom called out, before realizing that it was Sakura and her mother.

"Oh! Sakura-chan! Sayuri! I've been expecting you two, come on up! Sakura-chan, Ino's at the house. We're going to go there." Ino's mother exclaimed as she got ready to lead her guests back to the Yamanaka compound.

"Nice to see you as well, Yukimi." Sayuri, Sakura's mother, answered bemusedly.

"Sorry, I'll be ready in a sec." Yukimi smiled.

"Inoichi!" She called into the backroom of the shop. "Come manage the shop for a bit! I have guests and I'm going home!"

They all heard a grumbling sound reply the call.

"Excuse me, it seems that he needs a bit of a persuasion." Yukimi mumbled. "Stay here, I'll be right out." Then, she left the mother-daughter pair alone.

"Okaa-san," Sakura turned towards her mother. "When we get to Ino's house, can you not talk about the scroll and me writing letters please?"

After all, she thought, The less people who know about me writing to Itachi the better. Thankfully, only mom knows, and she has the person wrong.

"Of course dear. I've forgotten that you and Ino-chan have that petty rivalry over Sasuke-kun.

"Shannaro! I want to correct her so bad! Saku! Just tell her!" Inner whined. "It gets me so mad when she assumes we still pine over that idiot."

Sakura let out tired breath, and wearily thought to Inner, "You know we can't. Suck it up. I hate it too."

Outwardly though, Sakura said nothing and quietly walked behind her and Ino's mothers as they left the store.

As they neared the house, Yukimi suddenly remembered something and faced Sakura. "Oh, that's right, Sakura-chan, can you do me a favour please?"

"Sure, what is it Mrs. Yamanaka?"

"It seems Ino has taken Sasuke leaving quite hard. Could you try to cheer her up please? She would much rather confide in you than her boring mother, that's for sure."

"Ok. I'll try."

XxXxXxXx

"Ino, you in there? Ino, I'm coming in." Sakura knocked once, and then entered Ino's room. Inside was dark, and as Sakura reached up to turn on the light, a voice from the direction of the bed interrupted her.

"Don't turn it on. I don't want you to see me."

"Ino! Are you ok?" Sakura asked worriedly as she tried her best to navigate in the dark. Eventually, she bumped into the bed and reaching out with her hands, started feeling around for Ino.

"Watch where you're feeling forehead girl, unless you want to grope me by accident. I'm not actually in bed; just lying on top." Ino remarked with a tint of amusement, though anyone could tell that the tone was sad.

Sakura let the comment slide. By that time, her eyes had adjusted to the dark and she could vaguely make out the shape that was Ino. She sat down on the bed beside Ino's head. "Well, looks like you are feeling better if you're already at the insults."

Ino didn't respond, and turned away.

"Look Ino, I know you're sad that Sasuke's gone, but you should get over it. You're letting him win, by being like this and showing how much it's affecting you."

Ino snorted. "Who died and made you Ms. Therapist?"

Without missing a beat, Sakura retorted. "The inner fangirl."

That gave Ino a surprise.

"What, you mean your infatuation with Sasuke died that quickly? There's no way."

"It did happen!" Sakura insisted. "Actually, I've never really had a crush on Sasuke. I only went along with everyone because it was the popular thing to do."

Ino gave Sakura a disbelieving stare, and then turned away again. "To be honest, that sounded like a pile of crap.

"It did not!" Sakura vehemently denied. Inside, she was beginning to feel annoyed at Ino. "I really am over him!"

"Shannaro!" Inner supplied. "How dare she act like she knows us better than we do? We are SO over that jerk."

Ino just stared at her again. "It's BS and you know it, Sakura. Feelings do not go away that quickly, and the way you acted towards Sasuke could not be faked. There was honest devotion there. Even if what you said was true, being his teammate and interacting with him 24/7 must have left an impression on you. Can you seriously tell me that you didn't feel anything special for him?"

"Of course," Sakura stated immediately. "I felt nothing special for Uchiha Sasuke."

Ino gave her another dry look. "You sounded more like you were trying to convince yourself, Sakura. Look into my eyes and say it."

"I, I …" Sakura found that she couldn't.

"You would be heartless if you didn't feel anything for him. Look at Naruto. At first, you were always so annoyed at him, but can you really tell me that you're not even a little bit fond of him now?"

Suitably chastised, Sakura stared down at her hand.

"Now that we've established that you clearly still like Sasuke-kun, leave me alone to sulk in peace." Ino continued, lying back down.

After a few moments of silence, Sakura spoke up again, though this time not in the confident tone she had used before.

"You know," She started out slowly. "I've always felt inferior to you."

Ino didn't react, but Sakura knew she was listening.

"You were the cool and confident person who rescued me. You were the first person to befriend me, and I really appreciated it. Back then, I felt that you were amazing, that you could do everything." Sakura continued at a steady pace.

"Then, I, I grew jealous. I was jealous at how you were so incredible, and how nothing could stand in your way once you made up your mind. I really really wanted to beat you at something."

At this, Ino looked up. "So when you found out I liked Sasuke-kun," She ventured.

"When I found out about that, I decided that I would crush on him as well. Then, maybe, I would beat you at something, like scoring Sasuke's affection. It went out of hand, and our friendship collapsed. The day we stopped being friends, I went home and cried a lot. You were really important to me." Sakura turned away from Ino. She couldn't bear to keep looking at her.

"Finally, I began liking him as a teammate, a person. I don't know, maybe a crush was beginning to form too; it was too early to tell. I grew fond of him, just like with Naruto and Kakashi-sensei. He became an important person in my life, and that's why it hurt so much when he left."

Bringing her knees up to her chest and hugging them, Sakura went on.

"I had my happy future all planned out too; Naruto, the over-energetic brother who makes everyone happy, Kaka-sensei, the perverted elder brother who cared about us all, Sasuke, the cool and suave person who attracted girls like bees to honey, and hated it; they were all going to be my boys." Sakura's voice wavered a bit at the end.

There were a few more moments of silence, but this time, it was Ino who broke it.

"I was so upset when I learned that he had defected." Ino opened up. Tears were starting to form at the corners of her eyes. "I couldn't believe it, and Shikamaru and Chouji had to stop me from going on a rampage."

"I really liked him too. Like 'really really liked'." Ino choked out as the tears started flowing faster. "I can't believe he just left Konoha like this. It's his home!"

"I know." Sakura could feel her own tears starting to gather as well. She drew Ino into a hug, and Ino returned it.

The remainder of the visit was spent in bittersweet recollections of anecdotes and happy times they had spent together as children. They basked in each other's presence, soaking up the encouragement and comradeship they needed from each other. When Sakura's mother called Sakura to go, both girls were feeling infinitely better than before.

"Sakura-chan! Hurry up, we're leaving. Let's pick up some take-out on the way home too, ok?"

"Coming, Okaa-san!" Sakura called, and then turned back to Ino.

"So things are all cool between us, right?"

"Damn right they are." Ino sniffed, and then gave a weak smile. "It's good to have you back, forehead girl."

Sakura couldn't help but notice that there was no malice in the nickname.

"It's good to be back." Sakura admitted with a content sigh, and then couldn't resist adding a jab. "Ino-pig."


"Yatta! We're home! Now hurry up Saku! I wanna send that scroll off!" Inner cheerily crowed.

"Whoa, chill, Inner" Sakura reprimanded. "I want to too, but we can't act that excited… Mom's gonna get suspicious."

Then, turning to her mom who was just locking the door, Sakura said, "Okaa-san, I'm going to my room ok? You know, changing my clothes, freshening up, etc."

"And sending off that scroll to Sasuke-kun? Of course honey. Just be ready for dinner soon. The take-out won't take long to heat up." Mrs. Haruno replied mischievously, her eyes twinkling like mad.

"Kuso!" Sakura complained under her breath as she entered her bedroom. "That's exactly why I didn't want mom to know! She's just going to tease me about Sasuke later, when I don't even like him that way!"

"Hmph." Inner snickered, feeling too amused to be sorry for her other half.

Growling, Sakura sharply uttered, "Can it Inner! It's not funny. Now where is that scroll?"

"It's still on the floor, where you dropped it this morning." Inner helpfully supplied, though she was still giggling.

"Thank you soo much," Sakura sarcastically answered.

"Don't forget to set the password!" Inner sang while twirling around in the mindscape.

"Yeah, yeah," Sakura replied, clearly distracted. Suddenly, she had an epiphany. "So that's what I forgot this morning!"

The instructions manual had specifically mentioned that as a precaution, a password should be set, and said while chakra was being channeled. Then, in the future, the scroll would not leave without the password.

Holding the scroll in her left hand, Sakura placed her chakra ladened right hand on top, softly said the password, and inject the mixture of spiritual and physical energy into the scroll.

It glowed bright blue, before vanishing without a single sound.

"Whooo! And it's off!" Inner laughed, making large dramatic movements with her arms.

"Finally!" Sakura laughed with actual happiness, the first time since Sasuke had defected. "Now we just have to hope that Itachi will respond, and not decide that it's too annoying."

"Or worse, he may somehow kill the scroll without even finding out what's in it." Inner added.

"It's ok." Sakura intoned confidently, "I'm sure Itachi will at least read it. He seemed nice when we first met, and he just doesn't seem like what he's painted out to be. Ninjas are supposed to be deceptive right? Maybe he's really a good guy?"

"Haha, maybe, but you do know that what we're doing could be considered treasonous if ever found right? He might be good, but for all we know, he is still a mass murderer. We're just lucky that we're only an insignificant genin… he probably won't hunt us down to kill if he doesn't like the letter."

"… you don't have to sound so cheerful and carefree when you say it."

"Whatever."

"Sakura-chan!" A voice came floating up the stairs. "Dinner time!"

"Coming Okaa-san!"


Over a thousand miles away, two beings clad in black cloaks with red clouds paused in their walk when they felt a strange energy gather out of nowhere

An old looking scroll popped into existence, and immediately floated over to where the shorter figure was standing. Said person regarded it curiously with blazing red eyes.

Bobbing up and down in the air, the scroll noticed that the receiver wasn't responding, so it started wiggling and going in circles around its target.

"Wow Itachi, looks like you have another admirer, this time a scroll. Those Uchiha genetics must really be something, eh? Giving you looks that make so many things swoon, though this is the first time I've seen an inert object react to you." The taller figure commented amusedly in a masculine voice, raising the straw hat he was wearing in order to get a better look at the mysterious flying item.

"Kisame." The now identified Itachi stated flatly, with just a hint of a warning.

"Whoa, whoa, just saying. No need to get mad about it." Kisame chuckled while making a placating gesture with both hand.

"Hn."

"So… Are you going to see what it is? Or can I chop it in half with samehada."

Wordlessly, Itachi activate his sharingan to check if there were any immediate traps. Then, he reached out and plucked the scroll from the air.

Might as well get it over with, Itachi thought. Though I wonder what it is. It's not often that missing nins get mail. He opened it.

"Poof," the scroll erupted, encasing the area with dense white smoke.

Both S-rank missing nins were immediately on guard, dropping into a battle ready stance. Itachi swiftly withdrew a kunai, and Kisame raised samehada into a position where he could attack efficiently as soon as he wanted.

However, what appeared was both a relief, and a letdown. Instead of a team of hunter nins, ready to clash, there was a simple looking letter where the scroll had once been.

"What the hell?" Kisame wondered, getting out of his attack stance.

Itachi didn't say anything, but the narrowing of his eyebrows and the slight clench of his jaws showed that he was annoyed.

Grabbing the letter with a bit more force than necessary, Itachi opened it and began to read.

As he read, his face turned impassive and then, a smirk found its way onto his face.

"Itachi?"


Uchiha Itachi,

Wow, I can't believe I'm actually writing to you. Of course, you're wondering who this is, right? Well, all you need to know is that I'm a friend of sorts to you little brother Uchiha Sasuke. I'm writing because, to be frank, I am so pissed at your brother that it is not even funny.

Did you know that Sasuke defected from Konoha? While that is considered secretive information to Konoha, I still feel that you should know. During the chuunin exams, Sasuke received the curse mark from Orochimaru. Yesterday, he left to go train with the snake sannin. I think he left because he feels his peers are growing stronger faster than he is, and because of how easily you beat him when he went after you, after hearing what you did to Hatake Kakashi.

I tried to stop him last night, but do you know what that jerk did to me? He whispered, "Thank you," AND KNOCKED ME OUT! Then, he dumped me onto a cold stone bench and left. Is that how he was raised? One would have thought that the second heir to the Uchiha clan would have more gentlemanly behaviors. Argh, that stupid bastard! I still can't find the words to describe him. Damn him!

Thanks. I feel better now, after letting it all out to another person.

You also may be wondering why I am writing to you. Other than the obvious reason of you being Sasuke's last living relative, I also have this, I don't know, sixth sense? thing telling me that you are someone I can confide too. I talked to you once, you know? And you seemed like a nice person. A person who cared about his brother.

Anyways, thanks for reading. Also, I've decided to not include who I am. Not only would that be stupid, but you are a missing nin. Telling you who I am can only end badly for me. It's just you, me, and a piece of paper. Furthermore, if this letter is intercepted, I could be arrested for 'fraternizing with enemies of Konoha'.

However, I ask that you please respond, even though I am anonymously writing to you. I guess you can address me as whatever you see fit. Since I'm not giving you my name or place of residence, can you please respond somehow and leave it in a conspicuous but not too noticeable spot in training ground 3? I am assuming you still remember where that is.

Regards,

Someone-Who's-Annoyed-At-Your-Brother


to be continued


Omake! ~Because we all love omakes~

"Itachi? What the hell is this? Did you anger a priest or something, causing them to summon a haunted scroll to haunt you? Wait, No! It's Hidan right! What did you do to offend Hidan! If this scroll is his, then it's probably bloodthirsty too! Itachi!" Kisame yelled panicky while cautiously edging away from the scroll.

"…Hn." Itachi stated in a monotone voice while having a glaring contest with the scroll. Itachi's eyes bled red.

Suddenly, the scroll stopped following Itachi and headed straight for Kisame.

"Ahhhhhhhhh! Kisame screamed like a girl, jumping around trying to dodge the flying scroll while swatting at it with samehada. "It's going to eat me! No! I'm not a fish, no matter what you think, and I won't be a good sacrifice either! Go haunt someone else!"

The scroll paused, and activated its creepy music.

"ITACHI! What the heck did you do to it? Get it away!"

"Hn. Good scroll." Itachi gave a smirk of approval.

Flashback – Glare battle: Itachi vs Taiō scroll

Itachi: What do you want, foolish little scroll.

Taiō scroll: Whooo! I'm here to haunt you~ you've been a bad boy~

Itachi: Hn. Tell me seriously. Right now, you're not even worthy to be killed, but that can change. 5, 4,

Taiō scroll: Nyaaaaaaaaah! Can't catch me!

Itachi: Mangekyō sharingan! Tsukuyomi!

~Inside Tsukuyomi~
Itachi: Amaterasu!
Taiō scroll: Ahhh! No! Stop! Taiō scroll is a good boy!
~ Finish Tsukuyomi~

Itachi: 3, 2,

Taiō scroll (trembling): No! I'll behave! This little girl from Konoha has a letter for you. I'm just the messenger. Let me live! Please, almighty master!

Itachi: Hn. Go torture Kisame while I decide whether you are worthy or not to serve under me.

Taiō scroll: Yes master!

End Flashback

"Itachi, you bastard! Help!"

Itachi smirked again. "Yes Kisame. Hate me, detest me, and survive in an unsightly way. Foster your hatred. You are weak. Why are you so weak? Because you lack hatred."

"Itachi! I don't want to kill you, I think you have me mixed up with your little brother! Just come help me! Please! I'm begging you! AHHHHHH!"


written: 12/27/2011

edited: 8/14/2012

You all can probably tell that I wrote parts of this in the early morning again =_=" I blame the Winter Break, messing up my sleeping schedule… not that I don't love winter vacation…-content smile- btw, this is love I tell you! I hope you've enjoyed all 17 pages of my hard work.

Next Chapter, Itachi's POV!

What does poor Tachi-kun, the unwilling victim of this whole fiasco, think of the letter?

Also, review or I'm going to go into a corner and cry, while cursing you all with voodoo dolls. ~Innocent smile~

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~ DR