OMG, hello everyone! It's been like forever but I finally found the time and inspiration to keep on writing Naruto xP I have been concentrating too much on my newest obsession (LOKI/TOM HIDDLESTON) but this weekend I was able of having the free time and the inspiration for Naruto. My Itachi feels returned, yes! Anyway, here is the newest chapter! Enjoy!
Chapter Four: Denote
"To know, to feel,
Getting to know you again.
To grow, to see,
Falling for you once again."
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Don't taint this ground with the color of the past. Are the sounds in bloom with you? 'Cause you feel like an orchard of mines, just take one step at a time.
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She had to do this though she has never done it before. It was possible in theory but doing it was another thing, she just hoped she did it right.
"I'm going to extract the chakra." The brunette said and the silver haired standing behind her tilted his head a little.
"I thought that wasn't possible." He said.
"No but I can do it. It's not a medical jutsu or anything, it's my ability." And Kakashi's eyes widened slightly as he realized what she was talking about. Ari had a very unique ability that let her control other chakra with her own, as if her chakra was somehow magnetic.
Taking in a deep breath, she placed her hands over the small shuriken cut in the lower left side of Itachi's ribs and she sensed for the malicious chakra. Once she found it, she started to pull on to that chakra using her own. She knew this wasn't going to be easy and she needed a decent amount of chakra to do it but she didn't care, even if she fell down with chakra exhaustion afterwards, she was going to save Itachi no matter what.
The foreign chakra inside the ANBU captain started to move towards the cut area and pushed its way up, out of Itachi's body and then a groan of pain came out from the Uchiha's lips underneath the mask but Ari kept on, none the less. It was normal for the process to hurt. Half an hour later, she was half way done and fifteen minutes later, she felt her chakra was starting to quiver but she kept on because there was still some of the malicious source inside the ebony hair's body, determination not letting her quit. Kakashi stood closer to the half Uchiha woman, sensing her chakra level starting to get too low but he knew better than to stop her.
"Just a little more…" She breathed out about another fifteen minutes later and doing a motion with her hands, raising them over Itachi's body and forming a strange dark yellow ball of chakra between her hands, she turned around to Kakashi.
"Do you have a sealing scroll?" She asked in a low voice, feeling much too tired and the Hatake nodded, taking one out from one of his bag's pockets, placing it open on the floor. The purple eyed crouched down a little and motioned for the chakra with her hands to go over the scroll.
"Seal it for me…" The brunette stood up tumbling a little and the silver haired nodded and performed the corresponding hand signs, sealing the poisonous chakra in the scroll. Ari looked over to Itachi who was now breathing normally as he slept and she leaned in closer to his body, laying her forehead over his chest. Reaching out for a chair next to the hospital bed of the sleeping Uchiha, she collapsed on it and instantly fell asleep over the heir's chest, listening to his steady heartbeat and a small smile played on her lips.
Kakashi watched the scene with a small smile of his own as he picked up the scroll and disappeared in a poof of smoke so he could take the chakra to the Hokage.
Next Day
There was a light coming from somewhere and that was what made him open his eyes. But immediately he closed them again as they burned a little. Then he felt he had his mask still on so he took off but kept his eyes closed. He took that chance to make his mind register what was going on and why he was wherever he was and then he remembered everything that happened.
They were on a mission to investigate some new rogue spotting close to the Leaf Forest and in the fight, he had gotten a small cut and some mysterious poison had spread through his body and depleted his chakra so he guessed that his team mates had brought him back to the village's hospital. He now recognized the smell of alcohol and other chemicals in the air that gave the hospitals that distinctive odor in the atmosphere.
After realizing where he was, he felt some small pressure on his chest and he opened his eyes slowly, adjusting his vision to the light and when it was all clear, he saw a brunette head with closed eyes and instantly, a small smile reached his lips as he saw her sleeping face over his chest.
He tried to feel for something wrong inside his own body but everything felt normal, except for the normal tiredness due to the chakra depletion. The brunette had really taken care of everything and she had probably fallen asleep in exhaustion, not that he minded having her like that. She looked so peaceful in her sleep, so beautiful, innocent and delicate and he just couldn't help himself when he reached out with his hand to remove a strand of soft brunette hair from her face. She was so asleep that she didn't even flinched in her slumber so he kept on rubbing small circles with his thumb over her cheek and slowly tracing her features; first her eyebrows, then her eyes, the bridge of her nose, her cheekbone and then he very slowly traced her full pink lips that were slightly opened as she breathed in.
What would he do without her in his life? Itachi cared for her much more than he can even understand and that somehow scared him. He has been taught since a very small age that having attachments and feelings in those attachments were always a weakness, but as he grew up, he was able to see that those feelings and attachments were actually a source of power and determination. In reality, he didn't had attachments to other people, not because he considered it a weakness, but because he didn't wanted those people to get hurt because of him.
He had always cared too much for others and that's his downfall.
But Ari, she was just something else, she was just someone so special in his life and he couldn't be without her so that's why while he was on the mission, he kept on thinking on what he was going to do with the purple eyed. He decided that he wasn't going to give up on her and he knew that she cared for him as well so if he insisted just a little more, she was going to give in to her feelings. His thoughts were interrupted when he felt the young woman stir in her sleep and slowly open her purple orbs.
She blinked a few times slowly and raised her head slightly to look up at him and he smiled down on her when their eyes met. Her cheeks turned a little red but she hid it with a small smile of her own. She stood up from where her head was over his chest and so did he, sitting up straight over the small hospital bed. They both stayed like that for several seconds, just smiling at each other and at the same time, wondering what the other was thinking.
Ari really didn't cared how Itachi was feeling towards her right now, but all she wanted was to jump and hug him. Feel him warm and alive between her arms and when she did so, the Uchiha heir froze momentarily. Did this mean she wasn't mad anymore? That she didn't mind what people said if they saw her hugging him? But then he dismissed those thoughts and simply hugged her back just as strong as she hugged him.
That amazing and wonderful warmth he felt whenever she was close to him took over his whole body and he felt at home. As he closed his onyx black eyes and silently sighed, holding the softly sobbing brunette in his arms, knowing that he would do anything for her well being and safety.
"I'm so happy you're alright, Itachi… I thought I would lose you, I got so scared…" Ari whispered between sobs and the ebony haired smiled.
"I would never abandon you, Ari. As long as you're with me, I'll always be with you." The words came out of his mouth before he could even think on what he was saying. That sentence sounded much like some kind of proposal and he wasn't surprised when the woman inched her head away from his chest to look up at him with wide shinning purple eyes. The onyx eyed man almost punched himself because now, things would probably get out of character again and that was something he didn't looked forward to.
"…Then good because I'll never abandon you either." The brunette smiled sweetly and this time, he was the one to widen his eyes at the words of the brunette. They stayed like that, starring at each other for several seconds until he cleared his throat and that seemed to make the purple eyed snap out of her thoughts and made her giggle nervously.
"Well, let me check on how you're coming along." She said and her hands started to glow green as the Uchiha heir nodded and sat up straight over the hospital bed. Her hands were now over his chest and his lower left side as she searched for anything out of the ordinary. There was nothing so her hands stopped glowing green and she smiled, looking up at him.
"Everything's going just fine. Your chakra is regenerating at the normal pace and by tonight or tomorrow morning, depending on how you rest, it should be back a hundred percent." The onyx eyed nodded.
"Where did Kakashi and Genma went to last night?" He asked with his serious voice on and she talked while writing down on the paper board in her hands.
"Genma went to report to Lady Tsunade and Kakashi… I think I passed out before he left." She shrugged and kept on writing. There was a small silence before she talked again.
"I'm supposed to be on my day off right now but Sakura called for me last night so I could check on you."
"What was it exactly that depleted my chakra?" He asked and she sat down beside him on the hospital bed.
"It was chakra. I've never heard of it being able of any depleting type like that one before. It's like some sort of poisonous chakra" Ari looked down on the floor as she talked and the Uchiha narrowed his eyes. Poisonous chakra. That made sense to him because it pretty much felt like poison.
"I know you want to talk to the Hokage but you have to wait until your chakra replenishes, and that's an order." She crossed her arms over her chest and Itachi raised an eyebrow at her attitude.
"Plus, I also need to rest and I want to go with you when you report to Tsunade." She added and the Uchiha shook his head.
"What happens on ANBU assignments is confidential." He said and Ari smirked.
"Confidential to non-shinobis or low ranked shinobis." The brunette let that sentence hang and there was a silence between them as Itachi tried to get the meaning of what she was saying. It didn't took him long because several seconds later, his onyx eyes widened.
"The tests." He finally said and the young woman bit her lip while giggling shyly.
"How did they went?" He asked and now the half Uchiha woman grinned.
"Well, I ended up going against an ANBU but by then, I had already run out of chakra but I was still able to kick ass." She got out her tongue when she finished explaining and Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"And what rank did you achieve?"
"Tsunade said that in terms of skill, I was pretty much ready for ANBU but I don't have the necessary experience so she placed me on Jonin rank." The brunette said proudly and Itachi also felt proud for what she had achieved on her own, though it wasn't a big surprise for him either. He knew how strong she really was and that she was much capable of becoming an ANBU but that was something he didn't wish for anyone to really enter.
Being an ANBU gave a shinobi prestige and reputation but it also scarred one's mind if one wasn't strong enough to overcome the stress and traumatizing experiences of the assignments that ANBU were sent to. He was one of those that was able of overcoming those visions and experiences but no one that has been sent on ANBU, has ever been able of forgetting anything they lived. The onyx eyed wouldn't want Ari to enter for fear of the experience changing who she was, that innocent, peaceful, cheerful, passionate woman he had fallen in love with.
"Then you can start going on missions now." He said and she smiled.
"Yes, but I was wondering since I'm also an official medic-nin as well, does that mean that I can go on with your team too?" The young brunette asked Itachi and he nodded.
"Since you are a Jonun medic, whenever we may need one, I can request for you." But not now, he wanted to add but decided against it because that would lead to explanations he didn't wanted to talk about. Suddenly, he sensed someone getting closer to the room so he immediately grabbed his mask and placed it over his face, knotting it behind his head. Ari was about to ask but a knock was heard before she could talk and so she went to open the door finding Shiro on the other side.
"Hey, Ari. I asked one of the nurses and she told me you were in this room." He smiled and so did Ari.
"Yeah, there was an emergency and I was needed so here I am." She answered.
"I thought so since you didn't come back to the bar last night." Itachi, now with narrowed onyx eyes underneath the mask, listened to the conversation of both medics. So Ari was going out last night with Shiro? That made something in him boil but of course, he didn't show anything, just stayed there sitting on the hospital bed.
"Oh, well, talk to you later and hope you get better, ANBU-san." The brown haired man said to both Itachi and Ari who smiled(Ari) and nodded(Itachi). The brunette turned towards the ANBU captain after closing the door and the male took off his mask.
"I completely forgot about him last night." She whispered more to herself but the Uchiha heir smirked at the words. She forgot? Good.
"Anyway, I'll go bring food and you stay here, okay?" And without even waiting for his answer, she left the room.
Next Day
"I told you I was going." The purple eyed walking beside an onyx eyed said with her head up high. Itachi shook his head and rolled his eyes. They were both headed towards the Hokage Tower to talk to Tsunade about what had exactly happened when the Uchiha heir was attacked and poisoned with the strange chakra.
"Itachi, Ari, come in. I was waiting for you two." The honey eyed woman said to them as they entered the office. They both bowed their heads and then the blond woman talked again.
"Alright, Ari, explain what exactly did Itachi had." She ordered and the brunette woman nodded once before talking.
"When I arrived last night to the hospital, the patient Uchiha Itachi was showing the signs of being poisoned: fever, rapid breathing, increased heart rate and also the unconsciousness of chakra depletion. After further analyzing his system, it was clear that his chakra was being depleted rapidly and the cause of this was a foreign chakra source inside his body that got itself attached to the patient's chakra pathways. There is no known method for the removal of this chakra because it has never been known this even existed, but I decided to try my own method using the until now, unique ability I posses which is controlling any chakra source." There was a small pause as Itachi looked from where the Hokage was sitting back to Ari standing beside him.
"First, I introduced my own chakra into the patient's body and directed it to his pathways, surrounding the foreign source. Then, I started to use my special ability to control chakra and let's say 'pulled' it out of the pathways carefully, not to damage them. Afterwards, gathering all the foreign chakra, I used my controlling ability to pullout my own chakra, which was serving as a container for the unknown depleting source, so they both got completely out of the patient's body. This final step was painful for Uchiha Itachi and difficult for me because I had already used almost all of my chakra but still, I managed to remove them both and then Kakashi Hatake sealed the unknown chakra inside a scroll. After that, I cured the minor wounds the captain had and then I passed out for exhaustion." She finished the detailed explanation and Tsunade nodded, writing down what the purple eyed had said.
"I see. Kakashi brought the scroll with the sealed chakra, I was waiting for you to explain what happened so we can start with the analysis of the chakra." There was a small silence before Tsunade talked again.
"Now Itachi, what can you tell me about the attackers?" She asked the heir and he looked at the elder woman directly in her honey eyes.
"There was no sign of it or them before the attack. They attacked from the shadows and none of us saw anything other than the weapons flying towards us. It is very… frustrating, so to say, that we weren't able of feeling their presence long before."
"Which means they must be pretty skilled." Ari interrupted him but he went on.
"But as we were being attacked and after the assault was finished, there was a familiar atmosphere, one that I have felt before in the Akatsuki."
"So does that mean that the Akatsuki are responsible? We haven't heard of any activity from them since Madara's death." Tsunade asked.
"There is nothing confirmed but I do believe that the Akatsuki is no more. I was referring to the atmosphere one felt when in the presence of the Rinnegan." A small silence followed after the Uchiha spoke.
"So what does it mean? Is there someone else with the Rinnegan?" Ari asked and Itachi looked down on the floor before answering.
"Or there is a person who obtained it." He said. The Hokage pinched the bridge of her nose in thought.
"… This may mean that there is a new enemy on the horizon. We must be more on guard now but unfortunately, there's so little we can do with this information so we have no other option but to wait on the next attack. Though next time, we will be ready because we'll be on our guard. And it is crucial to attain more information on the next encounter." Both Uchihas nodded.
"Now Ari, I have a mission for you, your first assignment and since it's your first, you will be sent with a team and a team you are very familiar with." The honey eyed woman smiled and the brunette female's purple eyes widened.
"I already talked with Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi; the three of them were glad that your first mission is with them."
"But Kakashi has just gotten back." Ari said.
"Well, he said he wanted to be there for you first time." Tsunade added and Itachi was somehow relieved that the half Uchiha's first mission was with Hatake in the team. The purple eyed smiled and looked up at the ebony haired standing beside her, excitement clear in her eyes and he couldn't help but smile down at her. The Hokage watched the interaction between the two with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"Here are the details of the mission." She gave Ari the mission scroll.
"Read it, the mission is tomorrow at dawn so you better get some good night sleep. That's all for now, dismissed." The blond waved her hand at them and they both bowed their heads before turning around and leaving the office, closing the door.
"Finally, they used the door." She mumbled to herself.
Walking back across the streets of the village, Ari kept on asking questions to the heir about what things should she expect on her first mission tomorrow, what things should she do, how should she act and so on. The ebony haired smirked at her every time she asked, knowing it was simply the nerves. He was wondering what the mission was about but the brunette woman still hasn't read the details of it in the scroll, so he couldn't ask her yet.
"I'm hungry, let's go have some dango?" She asked and of course, he could never resist the sweet flavor of dango and he nodded his head, walking now towards the Dango shop.
"Why do you like dango so much?" The purple eyed asked him. The onyx eyed smiled.
"Since I was a child, I had a taste for sweets." He answered and Ari giggled.
"But if you kept on eating sweets since you were a kid, how come you didn't grow fat?" The brunette tilted her head.
"I wasn't really allowed to eat sweets, just healthy food like vegetable and white meat and the occasional red meat."
"Oh, I see." The Uchiha raised an eyebrow. The nervousness and the excitement got her all talkative, though he didn't really mind.
Itachi was glad that all the tension between them that was present before he left, now seemed to be gone. He knew that she would still be living in the other house but now that he thought better of it, it was better that way. Now, since he decided he wasn't going to give her up, living apart will help in the excitement and suspense of things between them.
Ari already felt attraction towards him and that was evident so if he kept on insisting more, sending her more subliminal words and signs, he would let her know about his intentions. Though the young woman was pretty perceptive so he knew she would catch on fast.
They both ate their dango and were now on their way back to the compound until they encountered the two brothers, Jack and Natas. Ari announced the news about her shinobi status and first mission making the brothers congratulate her. Jack and Natas said they were going to take their own exams soon and maybe they could form a squad after wards. The heir watched their excitement and it reminded him of little Sasuke when he had entered the Ninja Academy for the first time. After saying their goodbye, both Uchihas arrived at the compound, Itachi escorting her to her new house and inviting her to eat at night what she gladly accepted.
Now alone at her home, she opened and read what the scroll contained, reading it out loud.
"Team: Hatake Kakashi, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Ari. Location: Fire Lord Palace. Client: Fire Lord. Mission: The client has requested a four man Jonin squad to serve as escorts for the protection of his family and self. The daimyo has received several threats of harm towards his family in the next annual celebration of the Fire Nation's birth at the Fire Palace. The team is to remain undercover at all times, it cannot be allowed for anyone to know the real identity and objective. Upon arrival, the Lord will offer any other specific information and instructions. In case enemy rogues are discovered, do not engage until they have revealed themselves of attacked first. The life of the daimyo's family is high priority." Ari took a breath and noticed there was a small envelope at the end of the scroll so she took it and opened the letter it contained, reading it out loud as well.
"Uchiha Ari: Your identity shall be that of a young lady of society named Sayuri Nakawa, accompanying a far relative of the Fire Lord by the name of Hiroshi Takeo (Kakashi Hatake) and his children, Hana (Sakura Haruno) and Hideo (Naruto Uzumaki). You must be dressed accordingly to the role of the identity addressed to you upon arrival at the location." The brunette pouted and raised an eyebrow. How was she going to dress? She didn't even know how ladies of society dressed because she's never been to one of those parties in this world. Probably she had to wear a kimono of some sorts but that was all. She needed help, maybe Sakura or Hinata could help her but she didn't even had a kimono of any sorts… Itachi can help me buy one… She thought and so she decided to get out of the house again and head towards the heir's home to ask for his help.
Itachi had just gotten out of taking a bath when a knock was heard on the door. Placing a towel around his narrow hips, he got out of the bathroom and out of his own room, sensing for whoever was on the door and he slowed his pace when he sensed it was Ari. Maybe he should put on some pants or at least some underwear but then a smirk reached his lips as he decided against that thought. This was a chance he was going to take.
Opening the door, he had to resist the urge to chuckle out loud at the brunette's reaction. It looked like she was going to knock again exactly when he opened the door because her hand was up in the air in the form of a fist and her purple eyes had instantly widened. Her mouth was slightly opened as she plainly stared at his wet, toned, naked chest and then her gaze lowered downwards, at his hips and at the area covered by the towel and now he just couldn't help but smirk. The heir wondered what exactly was passing by Ari's mind in that moment.
Oh my God, oh my God, don't stare, don't stare! He'll notice! Oh fuck, he's already noticed it, he's smirking! The cocky bastard… The brunette woman just stared at the figure in front of her, up and down and back up and down, over and over; millions of thoughts racing through her mind. How can such a perfect chest like that exist? She just couldn't help and watch as the pectorals on his chest rippled slightly as he moved his left arm and placed it over the edge of the wall next to him, smirking down even more at the purple eyed.
"Um…" She managed to let out at last and Itachi raised an eyebrow.
"Is something wrong, Ari?" She didn't know why but suddenly, his voice sounded a little husky and damn, it was much too sexy and then his body… Oh, come on! He can't be for real, I mean, it's not like I haven't really seen him without a shirt on before but this is just different. He's practically naked, just a thin little towel covering his—and his chest and his shoulders and then his hair and those drops of water running down his perfectly toned—She stopped right there, remembering Itachi had asked what was happening.
"I-I r-read the mission scroll a-and I need your help f-for something." She blurted out and a small chuckle escaped the Uchiha's lips and Ari's eyes narrowed slightly. Was he doing this on purpose? Of course it was on purpose! He should've known it was her since the first knock on the door and still he didn't managed to put on at least some pants on?
"And what is it that you need my help?" The arm resting on the edge of the wall went down as he arranged the towel on his hips better and the movement allowed for Ari to see that beautiful V shaped part of his lower abdomen and she gulped slowly, knowing that she was probably as red as a tomato right now.
"I have to buy some nice kimonos." She answered and Itachi tilted his head to the side a little.
"Come in, I'll go change." He said and the purple eyed nodded stiffly, entering the living room area and following his retreating naked back as he walked up the stairs to his room and change.
Fifteen minutes later, both Uchihas were standing in front of a lady's store. Itachi narrowed his eyes, not ever imagining himself doing so but here he was and he looked down at the woman standing next to him with the same dumbstruck face. He sighed and walked forward, opening the door of the store and motioning for Ari to enter with his hand. Inside, the brunette didn't know where to start looking. There were all kinds and colors of obis and kimonos, accessories for the hair, jewels to wear and wood shoes. Ari's eyes widened a little as she saw those.
"Itachi?" She pulled on his arm as she called out his name and he looked down on her.
"Do I have to wear those too?" The purple eyed asked and the ebony haired shook his head.
"Kunoichis don't use them; they use other more appropriate sandals." He said and Ari sighed in relief. After picking up the clothes and buying them, they headed back to the Compound and to her house. He decided to wait for her as she took and bath and got ready to go out and have dinner with him and meanwhile, he thought on where to take her. As she got out, he had to hold on a breath when he saw her.
Ari was wearing black heeled kunoichi sandals that appeared more like fashion high heels. Her long legs were uncovered because she was wearing a black skirt that was tight on her waist and flowed down to mid-thigh loosely with small flower designs. On her torso, she wore a dark gray strapless tight blouse with a delicate necklace on her neck and matching earrings. Her hair had slight waves and it was half up with a hair clip. The Uchiha also noticed from a distance that she was wearing some make up as well, that being the first time he ever saw her like that.
She walked down the stairs and stood next to Itachi and he was still at a loss of words as she did so, all he could do was stare down at her.
"Shall we go?" The brunette smirked up at him and took his arm, effectively snapping out of his thoughts and he nodded, walking out the door and into the village. The whole way, Ari didn't let go of his arm and it was something he could really get used to. The restaurant that he had in mind was not all that fancy but it wasn't cheap either, the kind he knew that the purple eyed preferred.
Once they got there, they were immediately seated, he being who he was had been given priority. They ate, drank some sake and had some dessert before leaving the place, Ari expressing how she had enjoyed the atmosphere and the food at the restaurant. The ebony haired male had enjoyed her company very much as well but he found himself sending small glares to other men as they walked down the streets of the village, though Ari appeared to be oblivious to how amazingly beautiful she looked tonight. Just to show that he wouldn't let any guy out there get any ideas, he slowly but surely placed his left hand on the small of her back and was glad that the brunette didn't even flinched, like the contact was somehow natural for her. As they kept on walking, his hand gradually moved to her hip bone and stayed there but he wasn't the only one to get closer because the woman also moved her body closer to the heir's form. They were both conscious that their close proximity looked much more intimate than just simple friends and neither of them minded.
"Where are we going, Itachi?" She asked and the onyx eyed smirked down at her.
"I know you will like it, specially at night." And they both kept on walking and walked to the outer borders of the village where small valleys could be seen everywhere, the light of the moon enhancing the shadows on them. When they walked further, a small lake was hidden between three low mountains, surrounded by flowers of all colors and kinds, the moon's light reflecting in the still waters of the lake.
"Oh my, Itachi… It looks amazing! The flowers are so pretty…!" Her purple eyes darker in the night were shining with the light of the moon above them, looked up at his onyx ones full of excitement. He knew she would like it so all he did was nod and smile, leading her to sit by the lake. Ari took off her heels, placed them beside her to her left on the ground and then brought her feet into the water, sighing in contempt. Itachi just sat at her other side with a bent leg on the floor and the other raised up with his arm resting over its knee. They stayed in silence for a few seconds until the brunette spoke.
"Thank you for bringing me to this place. It somehow relaxes me a little from tomorrow's mission, though I'm still pretty nervous." She giggled lightly.
"You will do just fine, just remember everything you have learned and it will all be well." He said, looking up at the moon.
"I just don't want to be a burden, you know…" She looked down at the lake and sighed before looking up at the moon along with Itachi. The male looked at her from the corner of his eye and smiled. She just looked so beautiful to him and he just had to turn his head towards her and whisper the words.
"You're so beautiful…" Ari's eyes widened slightly and her cheeks blushed, not knowing what to do so she simply said a small, "Thank you" and bit her bottom lip. The Uchiha raised his hand to her face and moved a strand of hair from her face behind her ear and leaned in closer.
"I'm just saying the truth…" He whispered and his face leaned in closer to hers as he placed the hand on her cheek at the crook of her neck. The woman took in a breath and closed her eyes slowly as she also moved her head closer until their lips met half way.
The kiss was a small soft one where their lips were gently placed over each other's for a few seconds until they parted and looked at each other's eyes.
"…Itachi… I think I really like you but—I just-" She was stopped by a slender finger placed over her lips and the owner of that finger laid his forehead against hers before speaking.
"I know, Ari but I can assure you, nothing will happen. If you place your trust on me, I will never do anything to break that trust. You mean so much to me…"
"I just don't know… you mean so much to me and it's somehow scary and—" She was cut off by the soft lips that pressed on hers and her purple eyes widened and then closed as she leaned into kiss.
"You are the most important woman in my life, Ari. I would never want it any other way."
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I'll say it to be proud, won't have my life turn upside down. Says the man with some, with some gold forged plan of life so incomplete, like weights strapped around my feet; Tread careful one step at a time.
And so it's done! Romance is starting at last, at least for now.. ehehehe. Anyway, the lyrics are from the song Orchard of Mines by Globus. Amazing song. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and so sorry for such a long wait.. I'll try my best to make the next one faster :) Thanks for reading and please remember to review! If you review, I will definitely get more inspiration and the more inspiration, the faster I write ;D
