You came to a halt
ignoring the dry blood your sandals had kicked up with the dirt it
clung to as you stopped. Now I need to get more information on
where the Akasuki base is.... A few more jobs and I'll be able to pay
that guy to tell me where to find it... You thought boredly
flicking your hair in the ponytail. It was unusually quiet. The birds
were silent and the annoying mosquitoes weren't near you. Your yellow
eyes looked around for any sign of movement your ears listening for
the slightest sound that would give the location of whatever was
there. To your disappointment you didn't see or hear
anything.
"Awe.... And I wanted some entertainment..."
You whispered.
A snap echoed in your eardrums, which caught your
attention immediately. A raccoon scurried away. Away from what? You
got your answer as an ANBU from Konoha stepped out from behind a
tree. You stared at his mask it resembled a duck to you. It was an
ugly mask, which really bugged you. You had learned since becoming an
assassin to live with grace and elegance. The mask this ANBU wore was
against what you had learned. Ladrinne the woman who taught you
who to fight... She would hate to see that mask... Let's kill this
man and destroy that ugly creation... The demon spoke in your
mind. You were taken by surprise. Never before had the demon wanted
to destroy anything by the means of ugliness. It's just an
excuse... She wants to kill... You concluded. The ANBU just
stared at you.
"I never thought I'd see you again
Mitsukai...." A voice spoke from under the mask. You immediately
recognized it has an old friend. The ANBU pulled off her mask to
reveal a blonde haired blue-eyed female. She stared at you with hate
and disgust. "Who would have thought the defenseless Mitsukai
would turn out to be a legendary assassin.... If I kill you... I'll
be famous..." Her voice was cruel sounding that could make
little kids cry to their mothers.
"Ameshia.... You were
always a fool... We use to be such good friends.... What happened?"
You asked brushing off the fact she said she'd try and kill you.
"You
left... You became a murderer... I cannot forgive that. Itachi-kun
left... Then you... I'll have to kill you both..." The ANBU
known as Ameshia said.
"You can try..."
"I have
a feeling I'll win this battle..."
"And I have a feeling
you'll die. Let's see who's right." You said pulling your
kantana from the hilt on your back. You stood in a fighting stance
waiting for Ameshia to make the next move.
"You going to
attack?" She asked,
"I already have." You replied
yawning. She raised an eyebrow but soon a sharp pain filled her side.
"The nervous system is very slow..." Ameshia was on the
ground squirming in pain as blood oozed from a wound on her side. You
had moved so quickly she couldn't catch your movement. "Now
please pick yourself up so I can have some fun now."
The ANBU
female slowly stood up her right hand clutching her side desperately
to keep the blood in her. It was a failing attempt. She now stood up
still hunched over a bit. You frowned under your mask in
disappointment. Charging forward so now you were visible to her eyes
you kicked her where you had stabbed her. She shreiked in pain and
toppled onto the ground. Then swung your sword so it stopped touching
her throat.
"Go ahead kill me..." Ameshia spat.
"Those
are your last word you know...." You said,
"Go to
hell..." She muttered,
"I am already there." You
said and with that you slit her throat ending your old friend's life.
You tore a piece of cloth from her sleeve and wipped the blood from
your blade. It was a waste of energy to fight her.
The sight
of blood.... The scent of the luscious liquid that spills from a
human's body... I love it! The demon growled in your mind. I
knew it was only an excuse... You thought and put your kantana
away. You sauntered away towards the closest village to see if you
could find any information on where AKUSUKI could be.
~The
village~
you walked through the empty streets; no one was around
not a soul in the shops. You growled in frustration. Where the
hell is everyone!?? You thought looking on both sides of you. The
scent of rotten flesh fills this village... We should stay here
awhile.... Your demon said to you. "Rotten flesh..."
You whispered and walked forward looking signs of dry blood or even
battle.
"I can't even sense anything.... No chakra... No
signs of fighting.... No blood.... Nothing. What happened here?"
You said to yourself only to have a voice answer.
"Like what
I did?" You whipped your body around to see a pair of cold
heartless crimson eyes staring at you.
"Itachi!" You
said startled. I could I have not sensed his Chakra.... You
quickly regained your composure. "How did you do this?" The
Uchiha didn't reply. He just held his stare as if unbelieving that it
was you.
"So this is the Dangerous Assassin?" A
new voice mocked. You averted your gaze to a shark hybrid like ninja.
I don't like this.... We should escape while we can...
You were now surprised in your own mind. Your demon actually said to
retreat it was a first for you. No! I finally found him... I'm not
running away! You thought stubbornly.
"I'd shut your trap
if I were you shark boy... Before I turn you into Sushi." You
snapped at Kisame. Itachi smirked and Kisame grew angry with you. You
pulled your sword from your back again and held it ready. You were
planning on using strong and fast attacks to not kill Itachi but
rather making him suffer through pain like he had done to you. Kisame
pulled out his blade ready to fight. Itachi merely held a hand in
front of his partner.
"What are you doing?" Kisame
asked
"I'm gonna fight this one alone...." Itachi answer
bluntly. His black and red cloak billowed in an eerie breeze. You
didn't like it, and now was wishing you had taken your demon's
advice.
"Itachi... Your gonna pay for what you did..."
You said disappearing. He made no motion to look around. You appeared
behind him and he disappeared before you could wound him with your
katana. Your eyes widened with surprise you landed on the ground and
looked around nervously. You turned around to look behind you only to
receive a hard kick in the stomach knocking the wind right out of
you. Your legs gave out as you fell on your back gasping for
air.
"Pathetic... Like you always were..." Itachi said.
Kisame was nervous, He saw how fast you moved and to say the truth he
wouldn't have been able to over come your speed. You finally caught
your breath but Itachi hit you over the head knocking you out.
~Dream~
everything
was a blur. The sound of a heart pounding filled a young girl's ears.
She dashed through crowds of people just walking through the many
streets of Konoha. No one seemed to really pay much attention to the
silver haired teen as her yellow eyes flittered to one face to
another. An ignorant woman stuck out her foot for some entertainment
and tripped her. Falling to the ground the teenage girl scraped her
arms and knees. Slowly she pushed herself up on her knees and stared
up at the woman who had tripped her. Long black hair ran down to her
shoulders, parted slightly so it covered her left eye. However the
one showing was a dark lavender. All the girl did was laugh while
everyone else walked by, not one person said a word or even glanced.
The younger Mitsukai did not make a face or say anything instead she
shakily pulled herself up. Everyone knew she was not a fighter, nor a
ninja for that matter. Just a sick girl who some pitied.
'Where
are you...' She thought as she darted around the village. 'I guess I
should try his house... but I rarely see him there. He's usually at
the training field but he wasn't there today....' Eyes widened as she
slowed down to a halt. She retreated back a few steps staring at what
laid before her eyes. Bodies lay strewn across the ground all of them
from the Uchiha clan. Mitsukai's legs were trembling as her eyes
stared at the blood that stained the ground. 'What happened
here?!.... Itachi!' She maneuvered her way slowly through the mess
and finally reached the door. A voice entered her ears. Then another.
'Sasuke... and Itachi...' She dared not open the door just stood
there staring and listening. Only a minute into the conversation, the
silver haired teen was backing up and getting ready to run. The door
swung open and Itachi stepped out. The crimson eyes of the sharingan
flickered over to her.
"Itachi...."
She whispered too scared to speak any louder.
Had not anyone heard
or sensed what was going on? The elder Uchiha stepped towards her and
she took a step back.
"W-w-why?"
The
Uchiha stopped walking and just stared. She could not see anything in
his eyes, but knew she had to get out of there. Escape. That was a
good plan but there was no way to outclass a leader of an ANBU squad.
Itachi was silent. Mitsukai blinked and he was gone, her head swerved
from side to side looking for him. More blood hit the ground as the
girl fell down. She looked up and stared into the Uchiha's eyes once
more. Terrified. Her hand grasped her arm trying to stop of the flow
of blood.
"You're pathetic... Nothing but a
weakling."
His words cut through her soul tearing
it apart. This was not the Itachi she knew, the one who nice and
caring, the one who sat around and talked with her when his missions
were over, and definitely not the one she danced with at the
festival. It had to be someone else. It just had to be. Her mind
could not wrap around the fact that Itachi was evil, a murderer
nonetheless.
"What's wrong with you..."
Mitsukai's
eyes were sore, hot tears filled them and streamed down her
face.
"I'm fine.... In fact I feel stronger."
There was a pause and it felt like eternity. 'What is he doing?'
"Your a disgrace to this village... Why don't you do
yourself a favor and just get yourself killed...."
With
that said the black haired teenager began to walk off.
"Itachi!"
The
teen called out. Slowly she pushed herself up and darted after him
determined to do something. She had to be sure he was really like
this. That she wasn't imaging it, that he really was heartless. That
was all it took. In an instant she was sent to the ground all cut up
and in more tears. 'What happened...?' She thought her eyes
closed.
"Mangekyo Sharingan..."
Itachi
spoke in a low voice, as he answered the question in her thoughts.
With that Mitsukai listened to the footsteps leading off till her
mind was covered in darkness.
~Dream End~
Eyes
slowly opened and stared into the darkness. Where am I? After
blinking a few times one would realize that they were staring up at
the sky. The small dots of light were clear, now. Soon sound flooded
back to your ears as you noted that you were lying down. Slowly you
sat up only to realize you hadn't even moved. What the hell...
Neko... What's going on? You now questioned your demon. Bout
time you woke up... Dreaming about the past huh? While you were
knocked out I transferred some of my chakra out into a solid form of
a two-tailed cat. I've been watching Itachi and Kisame...Neko explained her words were acid. Not impressed by you getting
knocked out without even a fight. You didn't like it either.
"Hey
Itachi... I think she's awake now...."
A voice
interrupted your chat with your demon. You closed your eyes hoping
the Uchiha would still think you were asleep. However it was not the
case. Though he did not saw anything you could feel the stare of
those emotionless eyes.
"Maybe I was just seeing
things.... Maybe she really is still knocked out...."
Kisame
said giving up, as his partner did not reply to him. Instead he
seemed to have stood up and began to walk away towards a light that
shined through your eyelids. Opening one eye slightly so you could
look through your eyelashes you stared over at a fire that was going.
Now I wish I took your advice and retreated.... Maybe stayed at
another village... By the way what happened to the village? It
was a genjutsu... It never was there. When Itachi appeared I had
figured it out.... Foolish of you to let your mind be tricked like
that. If you could have you would have smacked the demon but that
wasn't possible. Instead you sighed mentally. Well at least you
believed it first.
You realized your eyes were open now and
noticed Kisame standing over you. He seemed to be looking off at
something else, and so did Itachi. They've spotted me.... That
means they probably know what you're going to be used for....
What are you talking about? I'm gonna be used for what? You
were starting to panic, usually you wouldn't let things like this get
to you this much, but now it was different. Something was wrong and
you knew it, no you could feel it and it was bad. Well I heard
that Akasuki has kidnapped some demon vessels and the demon extracted
from them. Thus the vessel dies... Your whole body froze, you
couldn't even feel yourself breathe, maybe you didn't your mind
wasn't in the right place at the moment. I'm... Going to die...
