-Recap-
With a sigh Sasuke leaned her back on the closest tree to her and slid down it until her knees pressed against her chest. She stayed there until her sensitive hearing picked up the sound of someone walking toward her. She quickly stood and dusted off her cloths.
Hard Life to live
Chapter 2
A minute later Sasuke saw a man walking toward her on the street. He had spiky silver hair and a mask covering the lower half of his face. His headband was tilted over his left eye and he was wearing a jounin vest.
When he looked up Sasuke dropped her gaze to the ground and started walking. Kakashi saw her and called out, "Hey wait up." Sasuke hesitated but waited on the trail.
"Your name is Sasuke right?" she didn't answer so he continued; "I'm Kakashi, are you heading home?" again Sasuke didn't answer. "Well I'm heading that way too…mind if I join you?" Sasuke gave him a quick glance before turning and continuing down the road. Kakashi took that as a yes and followed her.
Mikoto looked up when she heard someone coming and smiled when she saw Sasuke. "Oh! Sasuke-chan you're home…your father and brother are out training." The small raven smiled up at her mother and gave her a hug before remembering Kakashi had followed her home.
When she pulled out of the hug Mikoto frowned. "What's wrong?" Sasuke looked behind her and saw the jounin waiting by the beginning of the walkway to the house. Mikoto followed her gaze and gasped when she saw Kakashi.
She kneeled down in front of Sasuke and turned her so they were looking at each other. "Sasuke-chan why don't you go on inside and relax…when I come in we'll talk about your day." Sasuke slowly nodded and walked into the house. But before she closed the door she glanced back at her mother and Kakashi.
Mikoto waited until the door closed before turning back to Kakashi. She quickly glanced around before addressing the other. "Kakashi what are you doing here?" Kakashi sighed, "I just wanted to see you again, if anyone asks I'm giving you a message from the Hokage." Mikoto looked around again. "I don't think we can do this any more…Fugaku is getting suspicious."
Before Kakashi could say anything else a loud thud came from inside the house. Mikoto froze and whispered 'Sasuke' to herself before she turned and hurried inside. Kakashi almost followed but held himself back. 'I'll only make things worse.' In a whirl of leaves he disappeared.
Mikoto hurried inside, but before she saw what was happening she heard Itachi's voice. "Why do you keep trying? You're lucky my father hasn't gotten rid of you yet." Sasuke's quiet shaky voice came a minute later. "w-what do you m-mean? He's m-my father t-too." Mikoto's eyes widened and she hurried into the living room and saw Itachi standing over Sasuke who was leaning against the wall.
"Oh that's right. No one told you. Hmm…maybe I should." When he paused Mikoto moved to stop him but she was too late. "You're only half my sister. Everyone who saw you when you were born knew…my father isn't your father."
Before Mikoto could say anything Sasuke was running out the door. Itachi smirked as he calmly walked up to his room. Mikoto turned and ran after Sasuke but when she got outside there was no sign of the smaller raven. 'Damn it. I shouldn't have taught her how to teleport…' she quickly disappeared in a swirl of wind.
She reappeared a moment later in front of the Hokage's tower. She ran inside and up the flight of stairs to the office. Once she got to the office she hesitated before knocking and opening the door. The Hokage looked up from his work slightly surprised. "Mikoto what is it? What happened?" "It's Sasuke…Itachi told her and she ran off."
"Don't worry we'll find her." Mikoto hesitated before voicing her thoughts. "I think Kakashi would be able to find her." The Hokage nodded. "Yes his nin dogs would be right for this."
Not even a minute later there was a knock on the office door and Kakashi stepped inside. "You called?" The Hokage nodded "We need you to call one of your nin dogs…Sasuke Uchiha has run away." Kakashi stilled, 'why would she run?' "I'll gladly help." He put his hands together and formed the appropriate signs.
There was a poof of smoke and when it cleared a small dog sat in front of Kakashi. "Pukkan, I need you to track Uchiha Sasuke for me." The dog looked up and nodded. "No problem, I just need something with her scent on it."
Mikoto stepped forward and held out Sasuke's backpack. "She'll smell like this." Pukkan sniffed the bag before jumping onto the window still and sniffing the air. "This way." Mikoto said a quick thank you to the Hokage before following Kakashi out the window. They moved quickly through the village until they arrived back in the Uchiha compound.
Pukkan sniffed the ground lightly before turning and smelling the air. "She went this way." Again the dog started to run, followed by the two ninja. After a few minutes Pukkan stopped again. "Her trail got fainter but it's heading straight through the forest." Kakashi looked over at Mikoto. "Miko-chan, use your sharingan to try and find her chakra signature."
Mikoto nodded and let her eyes bleed red. She quickly scanned the forest in front of her and gasped when she saw a flash of light blue chakra. 'Sasuke!' she took a moment to return her eyes to normal before hurrying in the direction she saw the chakra. (1)
Kakashi followed and they were soon consumed by the forest. They continued through the trees for a while before Pukkan stopped and put his nose to the ground.
"She's close…but I can't pinpoint where." Kakashi sighed. "That's alright, go ahead and see what you can find." Pukkan nodded and disappeared. Mikoto looked around and noticed that the section of forest they were in had a lot of thick hollow trees. Her survey of the area was interrupted by Kakashi. "Come on let's keep looking."
Mikoto glance at the silver-haired jounin. "Hold on…" she let her eyes bleed red and looked around. She frowned when she couldn't find Sasuke's chakra. Kakashi watched her, "Can you see her?" Mikoto sighed. "No she's smart; she's masking her chakra so I can't find her." Kakashi looked at the sad raven haired jounin.
"Why did she run away?" Mikoto dropped her gaze to the floor and thought about whether or not to tell him. But before she could answer Pukkan ran back into the clearing.
"I found her but I think something is wrong." Mikoto paled, "show me." The small dog turned and ran from the clearing. They didn't have to go far but when they found her Mikoto gasped. Sasuke was leaning against one of the large trees and her eyes were wide open.
Mikoto kneeled in front of her and gently touched her shoulder. But Sasuke flinched away from the touch. Kakashi looked Sasuke over and frowned. "Miko…she's under genjutsu." The dark-haired jounin sighed. "I was so worried I didn't even notice." She put her hands together then placed one hand on Sasuke's head. Instantly her eyes closed and her knees gave out, making her slide to the floor.
Her eyes saddened but she was pulled from her thoughts by Kakashi. "I think you should ask The Hokage if Sasuke can stay in the tower tonight…if something happened at home then it would probably be best if she doesn't go back." Mikoto nodded. "Yeah Probably."
Kakashi suddenly felt a group of ninja coming their way and looked at Mikoto when she spoke quickly. "Can you take her for me?" Kakashi nodded. "We need to talk later though…come see me tomorrow." Mikoto smiled. "Now go quickly they're coming." Kakashi gently picked up Sasuke's small frame and gave Mikoto one last glance before disappearing.
A few moments later Kakashi appeared in the Hokage's office, He was inwardly thankful that no one was there. The elderly man looked up with a raised eyebrow. "Kakashi…why do you have Sasuke?"
"Mikoto asked me to bring her here because she was summoned back to the compound." The Hokage frowned. "Why didn't she just take Sasuke home?" Kakashi sighed and carefully placed Sasuke on a couch in the office. "We agreed that it would be better if she didn't go back to where she was running from…Mikoto wanted to know if Sasuke could stay here in one of the spare shinobi rooms."
The Hokage was quiet for a few seconds then nodded. "Alright…you can take her down to room 14E. No one ever uses that room." Kakashi nodded and picked Sasuke up before leaving the office.
He walked down to the shinobi rooms and placed Sasuke in 14E. 'Hmm what could have made Sasuke want to run away?' As he turned to leave the room shouts came from out in the hall. 'if those idiots don't shut up they're going to wake Sasuke up and then she'll probably freak out.' When he left the room he could clearly hear what the argument was about.
"…Calm down!" "How can I calm down when that little prick prodigy from the Uchiha clan stabbed me in the back." Kakashi shut the door behind him and went to help the injured jounin.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open the moment the door shut and she jumped off the bed. 'I have to find out what's happening.' She quickly opened the window and jumped out into the oncoming darkness. 'I must have been out for a while, it's late.'
When she finally reached the Uchiha compound night had fallen and the streets where unnaturally quiet. 'Something's wrong here.' She slowed down to a walk and headed toward her house. But seconds later she froze. All around her lay dead family members, there was blood all over the ground and walls. 'What happened?'
As she continued further into the compound she held her hand to her nose to block the smell of blood. When she reached her house the silence was almost too much for her. But suddenly a scream ripped through the silence coming from inside the house, which she instantly recognized as her mother's.
Her first thought was her mother's safety, she didn't even consider the danger she was walking into as she ran inside. When she finally saw what was happening she froze.
Itachi was standing in front of Mikoto, who had tears streaming down her cheeks. Her left shoulder was bleeding freely and her right arm hung limp and useless by her side. When Sasuke finally took her eyes off her mother she saw her father lying lifelessly on the floor a few feet away.
"I've been waiting for you." Sasuke jumped slightly when Itachi spoke. Mikoto looked up and her eyes widened. "Sasuke please run. He isn't your brother anymore." Itachi chuckled. "Oh mother how could you lie too little Sasuke. I was never her real brother in the first place…everyone knew you had an affair with father." Itachi smiled and appeared behind Sasuke and grabbed her.
But before he could do anything else Mikoto jumped up and pulled them apart, while moving Sasuke behind her.
Itachi frowned. "I was going to let you live but you have become a nuisance." Sasuke's eyes widened as Itachi's sword pierced her mother heart. Mikoto fell to the floor and didn't move again. Itachi pulled his sword from his mother and turned his attention to Sasuke.
She was staring wide eyed at her mother's body and jumped when Itachi grabbed her arm. He shoved her into a near by wall. "Be good and listen to your elders or you'll only get hurt worse." Sasuke who had been trying to struggle against the hold froze making Itachi smirk.
-1 hour later in the Uchiha Compound-
Itachi walked down the silent street without a second glance anywhere. He was holding the end of a rope that was pulling something behind him. As he continued his walk Kakashi appeared in front of him with two other Anbu members.
"Uchiha Itachi where do you think you're going?" the young shinobi stopped and looked up at Kakashi with emotionless eyes. "I'm leaving…and if you try to stop me…" he roughly pulled the rope and leaned down to pick up what he had been dragging. Kakashi gasped when he saw Sasuke hanging limply from the older Uchiha's grasp.
"Well I guess I'll have to kill her too." Kakashi glared at Itachi but held the others back. "Itachi you don't have to hurt her…just come back to the Hokage's office and we'll discuss all of this. There is no reason for you to go anywhere."
I know it's stupid to deactivate her sharingan but she isn't thinking clearly because she's so worried about Sasuke.
Well there's chapter two what do you think.
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