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The last of us. Chapter three: The pain we share.
Sasuke looked at Izumi from his place on the couch as she came in the door to the house they shared.
"I want you to tell me what happened to you the night that Itachi killed everyone." Sasuke said to Izumi.
She looked at him with a blank expression.
"No." She said as she sat to take off her shoes.
Sasuke's face read confusion.
"Why not? We kinda went through the same thing."
As he was talking Izumi had already walked passed him to go to the kitchen.
"You hungry?" She asked getting out a granola bar.
"No, I'm not. Why won't you tell me?" He asked. He was starting to get aggravated.
Izumi was in the process of bending down to get a small bottle of juice from the fridge.
She slowly stood and faced Sasuke.
She turned towards him leaving the juice and granola bar on the counter.
She looked down at him. She bowed her head even more. He couldn't see her eyes.
"I lost my mother and my younger brother. He was a year older than you... We were celebrating his birthday the night everyone died." She paused with a sniffle. "His birthday was actually the day before. But I was on a mission then. Him, mom, and I went to go get ice cream. When we got back-" She couldn't continue. Sasuke saw tears roll down her eyes.
"Izumi, I didn't mean to-"
"If your not hungry I'm going to bed." Izumi said as she walked passed Sasuke and out of the kitchen to her room.
Sasuke noticed she left her snack behind. He let out a sigh.
As soon as Izumi got in bed she thought of the night Itachi had killed everyone. Why did this have to happen?
She still could not figure out for the life of her why he did it.
Two weeks later...
Izumi was laying on the couch relaxing. Sasuke had a mission to escort the bridge builder to the land of waves. He would be gone for a couple days. Today was the first time Sasuke had a mission like this. Izumi had never been home alone over night in five years.
There was a knock at the door.
She got up and opened the door.
Katsuo stood there with a rose in one hand and a basket with a towel covering its contents in the other.
"This is for you." He said handing the rose to her.
Izumi lightly blushed as she took it from him. She smelled it.
"Thank you." She said.
She looked at the basket.
"What's that for?" She asked with a light tilt of her head.
Katsuo smiled.
"I was taking snacks to my nephews team. They are currently training. I was going to invite you. If you would like to come?" He asked.
She smiled with a nod. She put on her shoes and they left her house in the Uchiha compound.
They were walking side by side.
"I had also planned on asking you out on date." He said.
Her eyes widened as she looked at Katsuo. He stopped walking and looked her.
"I was actually going to wait to tell you this. I was nervous to be honest." He said rubbing the back of his head nervously. "I care for you deeply. Your safety and happiness has always meant so much to me. I care for you more then a teammate should. I know you've been hurt before. I just want the chance to take you out."
Izumi had a major blush on her cheeks. She nodded at him.
"Okay. Want to go after?" She asked.
He nodded with a smile.
There was a moments silence.
"You know Neji hates me right?"
Katsuo rolled his eyes.
"Your bringing snacks for him and his team. He has no reason to now." He said with a laugh.
It was Izumi's turn to roll her eyes.
"You know, my sister pulled me to the side yesterday and told me that it's getting around the time that Neji lost his father. My sister is a great mother but I feel she worries to much. But I've been trying to brighten him up alittle." Katsuo said. His sister was actually sixteen when he was born. She had Neji when she was twenty. Neji was currently fourteen.
Izumi let out a sigh.
"You can't blame her. She lost her husband. He took his brothers place for the clan. And now, her only baby is a shinobi. I would worry for my son too if I was in her position." She said.
"I guess I've not thought of it like that."
Katsuo looked up ahead. "Well, here we are." He said.
Neji was sparing with Tenten. Guy-Sensei was sparing with Lee.
Her favorite person here was Tenten. She didn't know why. She just knew that they got along really well.
Katsuo and Izumi waited on the side for each group to finish. Once Lee and Guy-sensei we're done they walked over.
"Hey Izumi! How are you today?" Lee asked.
Izumi smiled down at him.
"I'm great! How about you?" She asked.
"I'm great as well! Guy-Sensei was showing me a new move! I will master it soon!" He said with his thumb up.
"Guy-Sensei we brought you all snacks for the day to help keep your energy up." Izumi said.
"Great job Izumi! Thank you for helping your comrades keep their energy up!" He said with a thumbs up.
Izumi sweatdropped.
"Miss Izumi!"
Izumi looked over to see Tenten running towards her. Neji was walking behind.
"Tenten your doing great." Izumi said.
Tenten smiled. "Thank you."
"Katsuo must you bring the Uchiha around?" Neji said.
"Neji, she just brought you and your team snacks. You can at least act grateful."
Neji looked away with his arms crossed.
"Whatever." He said.
Izumi looked at Neji sadly.
"Why do you hate me so much?" She asked.
Neji eyed her for a moment. "Your a Uchiha. No one wants anything to do with what's left. Especially after what happened five years ago." He said.
Izumi glared.
"Why do you and a lot of the other people in the village treat us so badly?! You act like Sasuke and I are the ones who killed our own clan. We are not Itachi! You don't even know us!" Izumi yelled as she turned and walked off.
"I'll see you tomorrow Katsuo." She said as she walked away.
"Izumi!" Katsuo yelled after her. He was ignored.
Katsuo turned back to Neji.
"She's right you know. You judge her based on what someone else in her clan did. She's not even full Uchiha." Katsuo said.
Tenten looked at Katsuo. "What else is she?"
"Kinzoku. That's were she got her light brown hair and eyes." He said.
"No way." She said.
Had Izumi had taken her father's clan name, her and Tenten would have shared the same last name.
Tenten Kinzoku.
Izumi was now back in her house. She was doing dishes from this morning. She was cleaning a cutting knife when she heard the floor behind her creak.
She didn't sense anyone's chakra. Someone was behind her down the hall.
And they were trying to not be noticed.
She quickly turned and threw the knife.
When she saw who it was she froze. The knife stuck in the wall next to his head. He had dodged, moving his head to the right.
"Itachi-Kun?!"
A/N: Sorry the chapter was short. I do hope you have enjoyed the story so far. Itachi-Kun is finally here! What will or should happen next? Update soon to come!
