Phase 2:
My eyes finally opened from a drawn-out sleep. This place...I'm not familiar with it. I sat up from my position on the bedding, which lie on the floor. I was sleeping on a floor this whole time? I'm not use to this. The room is so creepy. Where's Mommy?
I stood up to look out of the window to get a glimpse of the area but it was too high up. Curse my height! Being seven years old and being utterly short has its disadvantages.
I rotated back around to examine the room as a whole (except for the window of course). It's gloomy, has one window, and the bedding that positioned on the wooden floor. The door was traditional; sliding Shoji screen. This room is so empty and frightening. I don't know what I should do. Escape? Yes that would be the best thing to manage!!
With the intention of leaving, I ran to the door and tried to open the sliding door however it was jammed. It wouldn't budge.
Willingly I gave up; obvious to the fact that I'm weak at this point although usually I'm stronger than this, a lot stronger. My arms and legs feel numb. It's hard to move a little. But there haves to be some way to get out of here. There must be. I tried using taijutsu; kicking and punching the walls with the last bit of strength I have. Plan failed. Ninjutsu was my only savior now. Although my chakra has been dangerously depleted. What?! There's no way! How could that happen! I know my chakra level is high but...it can't be replenished just with the flick of the wrist!!
So now I have no way of escaping. I'm supposed to be tough like my sensei said. But I guess I got a little too overconfident during spars. He said that I hold great endurance. After all I skipped to the genin level at the age of 6, which is remarkable for a person at that age. Maybe I've been poisoned no...I'm not poisoned, or I'm trapped in some genjutsu, probably.
My mind must've wondered off to some bizarre place. I must not be fully aware of the current situation. I'm stuck in some unknown place. Mommy is missing and...and my village was attacked. By who? Most importantly where's Mommy? She wouldn't leave me all alone in this vicinity. By myself? I'm scared. There's nothing to do and Mommy's not here to make things better. Tears swelled up in my eyes.
I sat down on the bedding and cried. Cried with many sobs fleeing from my throat and burying my face into the bedding. My hands clenched the thick sheets. I wiped away the tears using the bedding. But the tears weren't going to depart so easily.
"Mommy, where are you?" I called for her.
No answer.
I wish she was here with me. To make the pain go away. This feeling of sadness, terror and suspense is making me tired. I don't know where she could be. I miss her. What am I supposed to do?
"I'm so lonely," I spoke to myself not caring if any other potential person could be here in this place.
Sudden footsteps startled me. I observed the sliding door as a dim light appeared behind it and a shadowy figure. And there emerged my older cousin. Relieve settled on my nerves; he's here to make things better. But why is he here?
Regarding the question I thought to myself, I leaped up from the bedding and ran to him with open arms. However I stopped in my tracks. I forgot he doesn't like to be touched in such a fashion or being touched period.
His face and eyes looked the same; emotionless and serious.
"Yuuai," his cool collected toned voice spoke.
I gasped. "I-ta-chi?" Yes it was indeed him. I don't know anyone who could always speak in a calm matter and appear serious.
I had many questions for him to answer. About everything; the attack, Sasuke, this place, our village, and much more. This whole occurrence was a hard to interpret.
"Itachi, where are we? Where's everyone? What happened to our village?"
He sighed and stared at my face with no emotion.
"I was expecting you to ask those questions," he walked further into the room and set the lantern somewhat near the bedding (not so close to it so the bedding would catch on fire).
"We're at an abandoned estate. There are others in this place so I suggest you to keep your tone low-"
"You mean other people are here also?" My childish voice probed.
Itachi stared at me. He didn't say anything. He was never the person for questions.
"Itachi. You didn't answer my other questions." I notified him with a modest smile.
He leaned against the wall, crossing his arms over his chest. He took a small inhalation of air and closed his eyes, "I killed everyone except for you and Sasuke. Everyone within our clan is dead. There an answer to your requests."
My subtle smile and slightly happy face turned into a complete blank look. My eyes widened and tears swelled up in my eyes. Even Kami couldn't prepare me for this. I can't believe it. I refuse to accept what he said. There's just no way Itachi would do such a thing.
"Your kidding right Itachi? Stop playing, you shouldn't say jokes like that," I replied to his response with tears flowing down my face and smiling tenuously.
Itachi didn't say anything. Silence formed between us. That means...he wasn't lying. I doubt Itachi would ever lie about anything. But it's so unreal. How could he...just kill everyone and not feel regret or sadness. Itachi...is a...murderer. Which could result in him killing me but...why didn't he kill me and Sasuke? Wait, so if he didn't kill Sasuke then where could he be?
"Itachi, where's Sasuke?" I asked in concern.
He spoke in the same way; cool, and calm as if the situation didn't really matter. "I can't answer that question, simply because I don't know where he could have run off to."
My calm self vanished; no longer could I put up with his calm tone. It became annoying and irritating and I burst into tears.
"So why did you leave me and Sasuke alive then?! There was no point in that! You should have left my dead body next to my mother! I would've thanked you for that in my after life."
Itachi removed his back from the wall and turned to face me. His glare was direful. I didn't want to look him in the eyes, so I curved my head away from him- now gazing at the floor with anger in my teary eyes.
I think my vocabulary shocked him a little. I was seven years old by the way; kids wouldn't use such words at this age but I really do like reading books, so I guess my vocabulary and use of words picked up from them. Sensei told me my comprehension ability was remarkable when I found out how to clone myself without his full explanation.
The muteness got me thinking thoughts like that. Itachi wasn't saying anything to me. Maybe he did feel regret but he wasn't the person who would talk much.
He finally spoke to me; with ice cold words in a calm matter, "I had to do what was necessary to test my ability. You and Sasuke wasn't worth killing."
"...Itachi. I don't understand. You killed basically the entire Uchiha clan to test your strength?!" Without thinking I said that and charged at him with one of my fists with tears pouring from my eyes.
He caught my fist with one hand and grabbed my throat with the other. Then backed me up into a wall, slamming my small frame against it- sliding me up so his face met mines. I gasped. That really did hurt.
"If you wish to kill me or get your revenge then you must possess the Mangekyo Sharingan. Only then you will have a fair chance of killing me. Hate me. Despise my existence for eternity. This is the same thing I told Sasuke. If you are willing to do that, well you actually have a chance." He released his hold on my wrist and throat and allowed me to drop to the floor non to gently.
At the moment he left me in the room all by myself without leaving the door open. Lost my opportunity to flee. Pa- fekuto. Now I'm stuck in here.
The tears I bounded escaped from my eyes. I crawled over to the bedding and laid on top of it. Crying until I couldn't cry anymore; it was my only comfort at the time for the pain I felt. Mommy, Daddy, everyone within the Uchiha clan is...dead. With the exception of me, Sasuke, and...and...Itachi.
"If you wish to kill me or get your revenge then you must possess the Mangekyo Sharingan. Only then you will have a fair chance of killing me. Hate me. Despise my existence for eternity. This is the same thing I told Sasuke. If you are willing to do that, well you actually have a chance."
His words were nipping at my head. I can't believe he told Sasuke that.
"If you wish to kill me..."
I hollered in rage with so many tears. Then I calmed myself down to remembering what he had told me about the other people being in this house.
"Damn you Itachi."
I said to myself. I would never use such words similar to that but I felt it was necessary at the moment. Hell, for this current situation. Mommy is-
"…if anything…is to ever happen to me…I want you to for eternity to be strong and remember that me and Daddy will forever love you…"
Be strong? Right. I will be Mommy. Just for you to smile upon me from the heavens above. I promise.
"I promise Mother. I will be strong." With my purpose set, I wrapped the warm sheets around me. I kept on thinking about how much Itachi could have killed the clan. How? The same way he killed Mommy-
Flashback.
She placed one finger on her lips, "shuuuush.."
And that's what I exactly did as I watched her depart out of the room and close the door behind her carefully.
"It-" it sounded like Mommy was terrified and shoved against the door. Her breathing sounded like it was cut off as she struggled to say something but I couldn't hear it quite clearly. I'm so scared. I need to help Mommy because she's hurting. She needs my aid. But I can't move my legs! Come on legs move, move, move! Mommy needs help!!!
In a instant a sword of some sort came through my bedroom door and it was tainted with dripping blood.
"Mom-my," I called out to her quietly not knowing if she's dead or alive.
"Mom-my," I repeated again inaudibly. Tears trickled down from my eyes making it's way down my sad, alerted face.
The same sword was yanked out of the door slowly and a loud thump; something hit the floor.
I cried gently.
Underneath the crack of the door….overflowing, passionate, red liquid escaped through into my bedroom floor, staining it with it's deep color. Blood, it's blood
Flashback ended.
Mommy...was killed right before my eyes by Itachi. In such a brutal way. Sobs and tears found its path out of me. The way he slaughter her was...so inhuman. But he was a captain of the ANBU, so he did have to...wait that doesn't matter though!
"Mommy..." was all I could articulate before slumber and physical exhaustion took its toll on me.
"Hate me. Despise my existence for eternity..."