Hello people. Since I was in a happy mood today, I decided to update my story Mechanical Heart. So here is the second chapter. I hope you enjoy it. Please remember that this is my first story. I don't know how it will progress but I hope you will like it when it is finished.


"There he is, after him!" a voice shouted loudly. It was followed by a beckoning hand and a wave of feet that plodded through the streets. "We can't let him escape!"

Sasuke cursed inwardly in his head as he kept on running. Damn those ANBU! He would have never expected them to tap his conversations and now he was going to get arrested. He thought about how to lose the ANBU agents as he ducked around a corner and into an alley. He heard a patter of feet going after him but it seemed a little less. 'They split up' his brain told him as he continued on running down the deserted streets. It was nighttime and most people were already asleep. The only things that were still moving was the occasional stray and some robots.

'I can't let them catch me. If they do, then all the things we've worked for would be a complete waste. They'll look into my memory chip and find out everything. I can't let that happen,' Sasuke told himself in his mind. He ran past a huge building and around another corner. Finally, Sasuke looked around at his surroundings and found out that his feet had taken him to the UPAS Building which was an abbreviated way of saying United Postal AirService. 'That's right. They have airships in there. I can escape on one of those.' A shout from his left told him that was the best escape method.

Sasuke quickly ran for one of the doors. He pressed on it and went inside when the door slid open. There, his feet met one of those escalator ramps that extended whenever someone was to step on them. The ramp lead to a giant dome system that was inside the building. There, packages and mail were loaded into airships and then sent out to deliver the packages to other cities. Sasuke heard the ANBU agents following him into the building. The ramp extended directly in front of the dome where a hidden door slide open. Sasuke went through the door and he was inside the most complex building he had ever seen. There were conveyer belts and tunnels where heavily packaged items were being transported. He would have continued on staring in awe if it wasn't for a blast that nearly hit his arm.

'Shit, now they're shooting.' He had to get out of here fast. Another shot was fired and Sasuke ran for the nearest aircraft he could find, which was suspended a few hundred feet from where he was. Sasuke made a mad dash for it. He ran up the flight of stairs that lead to the landing spot of the aircraft. The ANBU agents followed after him. Another two shots were fired before Sasuke got to the aircraft. The first shot missed him thankfully but the second one was apparently fired by an agent skilled in the field of marksmanship for it hit Sasuke's left leg. Some of the biological tissue was ripped off revealing the stainless steel that made up his leg. Red flesh was visible that was supposed to be covering the mechanical parts. Sasuke felt his leg get damaged but he kept on running up the stairs. He was almost there.

Finally, he crossed the steel ramp and made it to the landing. Sasuke quickly threw open the door as more shots were fired. He shut the door with a bang and flipped on the switch. The engines roared with life and with a push of a lever, the aircraft was beginning to take off.

The aircraft sped through the air and Sasuke aimed it toward an exit. But just before he could make it all the way out of the UPAS Building, the skilled marksman ANBU agent took out a laser gun. He aimed it at the aircraft's engines and pulled the trigger. The gun fired up and shot a laser that went right at it's aimed target, the engines.

Sasuke felt him get hit but he kept on trying to escape. They couldn't capture him. Even if they found him all broken to small mechanical pieces, as long as his memory chip didn't break, then they would be able to read all of his memories like one would read a book. Before he blew up, Sasuke had to make sure that his memory was properly deleted. Hoping that the aircraft would last him until he safety got out of the city of Konoha, Sasuke steered toward the night sky. He quickly located the closest dome exit and sped through it, the engines leaving a small trail of smoke. He felt his small aircraft fail when he was a few miles away from Konoha. The whole ship was beginning to shake. It was raining hard.

Sasuke popped open a small cover on his mechanical wristband. Inside was a touchscreen. Then, he touched a few places on his screen and then set the password. He was blocking off his memory with a password. The password was thought activated so all he had to do was have that word pop up in his mind and he would be able to remember everything. This way, if he was caught by the ANBU, then they wouldn't be able to read his memory chip but if he wasn't, there was still a chance that he would remember and return to his task. He could only hope for the latter. Sasuke pressed the initiate button and in a few seconds, his whole system shut down. It was followed by a loud crash as the aircraft failed to stay airborne.


Itachi was sleeping when he heard the loud 'crash' sound. It was so loud that it jolted him from his peaceful slumber. He quickly got out of bed, put on a jacket, grabbed an umbrella, slipped on his shoes and went out into the pouring rain to investigate just what was the cause of the noise. A small line of smoke poured into the night sky so it wasn't hard to locate the crash site. Itachi walked slowly to the pile of dented and dirtied rubble that somewhat looked like an aircraft. He looked closely at the label on the aircraft and thought curiously 'A UPAS aircraft. These ships rarely fail. I wonder what caused it to crash?' The impact had torn the airship into two pieces.

Itachi looked closely and saw that it wasn't just an airship that was part of the rubble. Lying among the damaged and shredded packages and mail was a person, no a robot. Itachi could tell because apparently the crash caused some of the robot's biological tissue to get ripped. He could see heavy machinery in places that was supposed to have skin and flesh.

Seeing that the robot had biological tissue, it could only mean that said robot was an AIR. AIRs came in two types: one had biological outer tissue or what most people called skin and tendons that attached to the machinery inside. It made the robot look more humanly. Itachi guessed that it was suppose to make the robot blend in with humans. The other type didn't have any biological tissue. The cells of the tissue, if damaged, would undergo mitosis like regular human cells do and just repair itself given time.

Itachi studied the AIR further. It didn't look as though it came from a packaging company but looks could be deceiving. Anyhow, he had two choices: leave the robot and the ship the way it is and pretend as though nothing happened or help the robot and clean up the mess. Since Itachi was the nice type, he decided to help the AIR. First of all, he had to move the AIR back to his house so he could repair him. That was the big problem, Itachi wasn't strong enough to carry the robot. Those things were heavy.

Just when he was thinking on how to solve his problem, Kakashi suddenly appeared out of nowhere. "I heard a loud crash near here. I though something had happened. Are you okay?" Kakashi asked the long haired man.

Itachi replied, "I'm fine. But he doesn't look well," pointing to the battered up AIR.

"Woah, what happened? Did his ship just crash or something?" asked the silver haired man as he studied the robot. "And what would a robot be doing all the way in the middle of nowhere. Shouldn't he be in the city?"

"That's what I'm wondering too but we don't have time; I need to get him into the house," Itachi said.

"I have a wagon. Well, it's just a board with wheels on it but it might be able to hold him. I'll go get it," Kakashi declared as he ran back down the path to his house.

As Itachi waited for him to come back, he looked more closely at the AIR. He couldn't tell what it had once worked as by the clothes. This robot was wearing a trench coat, a plain dark blue T-shirt, some black jeans, and boots. For some reason, Itachi had a hunch that this robot was not just delivering mail when his ship went down. Those thoughts were interrupted when Kakashi came back with his so called wagon. Kakashi grabbed the AIR by the legs and Itachi grabbed the head. Then, they both heaved and threw the robot onto the wagon. That thing really did weigh a lot. Kakashi wheeled the wagon into the house through the back door while Itachi held the door for him. Then, when he was inside, Kakashi asked, "Where do you want to put him?"

"The living room. It's big enough to work," Itachi answered him.

The two of them grabbed the AIR and just like outside lifted him up and put him onto the living room floor. It was more like dropped but since the floor was carpet, it didn't damage the robot much. Itachi got down onto his knees and inspected the robot. He was really damaged. With the biological tissue out of the way, he could see that some of the steel was dented, some joints were popped out, some wires were broken, and he was also missing some parts as well.

"I'll need some tools, basic construction utensils would work. I'll also need some parts," Itachi said in a very professional manner. It was like fixing robots was something he did everyday and from what Kakashi knew about him, this was probably the first time the long haired man even came close to a robot. Perhaps he didn't know the man as well as he thought he did.

"I have some tools back at home. I don't know about the parts though," Kakashi stated.

"I can probably use some of the ship's parts if it's not too badly damaged," Itachi said in an unemotional tone of voice.

Kakashi didn't respond to that and instead went out into the pouring rain to go home and get the tools he had. Itachi remained in the house. After a few minutes, Kakashi came back. In his hand was a heavy box of tools ranging from screwdrivers to power drills. He set the box down and began taking things out. Itachi looked at the robot and said, "This is going to take some time."


Yeah, so uh, Sasuke was introduced and now Itachi is going to fix him. Sasuke won't die though, he's a robot. Anyway, please review and tell me what you think of this chapter. Sasuke's going to wake up in the next chapter and he and Itachi will finally meet.