Stockholm Syndrome
A/N: How was that? Please, do enjoy.
Itachi's POV
We walk up to the front of the school. The people I pass give me strange looks like I'm some kind of alien. Although, everyone welcomes me back nonetheless.
I can't help but notice the looks of confusion and realization. Everyone has seen the news and know that I have something that people not only want but need to hear, and I have yet to reveal what it is. I just can't bring myself to say what must, even if he is never...
No! I must stop thinking about it or we will have a repeat of this morning. I must pretend that nothing ever happened.
I must....
I must....
"Itachi!" I hear a chorus of familiar voices. I look away from my thoughts to see my friends running toward me like a stampede.
If there was someone in the school who was unaware that I was here, they know now.
Sasuke's POV
After a truly beautiful reunion between Itachi and his friends, I leave to get to class. It would be a bad impression to be late on the first day of school.
As soon as I get to my first period class I remember Itachi's book. Good thing I put it into my backpack when I came downstairs this morning before I went into the kitchen and the whole thing with Itachi happened.
I dig aroundinto my bag until I find Itachi's book. I pull it up and skip the Prologue and go straight for chapter Two.
Chapter 2: This Weekend
I make sure that the house is nice and tidy for my dad's business meeting. He is going to have it at our house. Dad was so excited that he took mom and me out to dinner last night, but I wanted to make sure I cleaned the house before dad gets back with his boss.
Mom walks by and kisses my head. "You are such a good boy, Mickey. Momma loves you so much."
I smile at her. "I love you too, momma."
She hands me my backpack. "OK, get going to school, Angel."
Mom throws her long brown hair up into a bun and kisses my forehead once again. Her large grey eyes flash with happiness when she says "Momma loves you so much."
I went missing about 2 years ago. They thought I was dead and now that I'm not, they are so happy.
People often mistaken me for another boy that went missing. His name was Leo. He was at a party with a bunch children from his school. He and his little sister Layla. Apparently, his parents were frantic and couldn't find him.
It's been 2 years sense he went missing and people still think that Leo is me. I mean, we are the same age but, I'm not Leo, I'm Mickey. I have been Mickey for the past 14 years of my life.
I hope that Leo's parents find him eventually, but I try to keep to myself. Mom and dad had to go through the same thing as Leo's parents are going through now. They never gave up hope, though. Now, I'm back with them and we are a family again.
I can only hope that the same will be for Leo's family.
"Alright, mom. See you later. Tell dad good luck from me!" I run out of the house and toward my school that's only down the street. I was found in the same town the Leo went missing, my parents and I moved up here shortly after. They told me that they had bad memories of me being gone and wanted to leave that place.
"Sasuke!" Naruto's annoying voice echo's through my head. I blink and look up from Itachi's book.
"God, I have to spend another year with you?" I joke, eager to get back to reading. I look back down to look for my place but Naruto keeps on talking.
"How was your summer? Mine was awesome!" He exclaims. I look at him blankly. "You see..." he goes on and on about how his summer was. I keep my temper under control and not punch Naruto's lights out.
"...then a crab pinched my ass and I fell into the ocean and was almost eaten by sharks." he tells me.
I give him a look. "You are a lying piece of shit, Naruto."
He looks offended. "I am not! It's true! I've got pictures!" he digs around in his bag and pulls out the course of a few pics to prove his point. They seemed to be real.
"Eat your heart out, Sasuke." Naruto says smugly, then gives me a goofy grin.
I roll my eyes. "Fine, Idiot. I believe you."
Naruto jumps onto my desk and strikes the air with his fist. "Suc-cess!!"
I glare at him. "Get off my desk, Dumbass."
He kneels down and gets right into my face. "Say that again, Sasuke, I dare you!"
I glare at him more. "Fine. Get off my desk, Dumbass."
We both glare at each other for a few minutes before Naruto's face suddenly falls. His eyes lower to the top of my desk.
"I'm sorry, man." He mumbles.
I blink. "Sorry? What for, Naruto?"
His eyes and mine connect. For an instant, I knew what he ment. Itachi.
Right as I said it mentally, Naruto says it aloud. "Itachi."
He jumps off my desk and sits down in the desk in front of me. He turns so he's backwards in his seat and he lays his head on his arms. I sigh and look for a bookmark to use for my book.
I rip a small piece of paper from my binder and use that.
I start telling Naruto about Itachi coming back, his continued silence, the book he wrote, the way he acts at home, mom and dad, Tsunade, and even the sad and worrisome event that happened this morning. I told Naruto everything and I felt good afterwards, because in some way, I'm not sure how, I think he understands. In some way.
I get back to reading a little more.
Finally, I arrive at school. My friend Rex, comes running up to me, like the leech he is. Don't get me wrong, he's an awesome friend, it's just he's always there! I can never find peace and quiet from him. I appreciate it, and at the same time, it annoys me.
"Hey Mickey! How's it going?" Rex asks slinging his arm around me. I walk up the steps into my school.
"Just fine." I reply. "My dad got this big meeting with his boss today and he's stoked."
Rex's face lights up. "Awesome! Does that mean you can come over today after school?"
'No Rex, it means no such thing,' I wanted to say but stop myself. Instead I say, "I can call and ask my mom after school today, deal?" I hold out my pinkie in a child's promise.
"Deal." Rex agrees, taking my pinkie with his. We shake on it.
Pulling my finger back, we both go to our homeroom. Ms. Renolds smiles at us as we enter.
"Good morning Mickey, Rex. How was you boys' weekends?" she asks sweetly. Ms. Renolds was always my favorite teacher that I can remember. She's always so sweet and young.
"Good, Ms. Renolds." Rex and I say in unison.
Ms. Renolds smile's lovingly. "How perfect."
"How was your weekend, Ms. Renolds?" I ask curiously. Ms. Renolds is usually very nice, but today she seems twice as nice and... careful? Distracted, maybe?
She blinks. "Oh, well... it was fine. Thank you for asking, Mickey. Please, get to your seats, I have an announcement for the class." Her voice lowers and a strange shadow passes over her once brilliant face only moments before.
Her wavy blond hair dances behind her as she walks to the front of the room, nodding for us to got to our seats.
Rex scratches the back of his head, messing up his already messy blue hair. Brilliant orange eyes watch me quizzically as he already takes his seat.
I blink dumbly before numbly walking to my seat. My stomach crunches and I can't help but feel like something has gone wrong. Sitting down slowly, I turn my attention to me timid teacher. Her anxious green eyes run over us, slowly.
"Class, I want you all to stay calm and listen to all that I say." she starts slowly. "Last night, Richard Melson, was tragically killed."
A dark aura falls over the class as a chorus of gasps spread through the ranks of the classmates.
"What happened?!" Amy yells out.
"Who killed him?!" Rex joins.
Ms. Renolds holds her hands up to stop the flow of more questions. "Wait, and listen."
The class falls silent. I don't know how to process what was just said to me. I didn't know Richard very well, but he was still a classmate. He lives- lived- at the orphanage down the street from the park. He was well known for running away from home and being gone for an extended amount of time before someone eventually finds him and sents him back. He is- was - in most of my classes.
Once, he was gone for nearly 5 years. Now, people try not to worry too much when he disappears. Now, he's dead.
"From what we can tell, Richard ran away two nights ago andthe police foundhim just outside the old medicine store, in an alley back behind it." she takes a deep breath and tries to calm down. She dabs her eyes with a tissue. "He was rapped and then killed."
I look up slowly. "Rapped, then killed? How terrible!" I mutter.
"What?" Naruto asks, turning to look back over at me.
I tell him about what I just read. He looks mortified. "Itachi wrote that?! How demented!"
I glare at him. "It's not demented, idiot!"
"What isn't?" came Sakura's voice.
Naruto and I both look at our pink haired friend as she walks into the classroom. She puts her stuff down behind me and walks over to look at us both.
I fill her in on the story and what I had just read.
She makes a face. "That is sort of demented." she mumbles. "Who wrote it?"
"Itachi." Naruto throws in.
Sakura's face darkens. "Itachi wrote that?" she holds her hand out for the book. I can tell, that big brain of hers is turned on and is working. "Let me see that." she orders.
I hand her the book. She sits on my desk and starts reading the prologue then the 2nd chapter. Her face darkening even more.
"Oh my god..." she mumbles when she skips all the way to the back, the final page.
"What?" Naruto asks.
We both look over her shoulder. The page is completely blank except for 5 simple words in the middle of the page. My heart starts to pound.
Based on a true story...
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