Chapter 4 GOGOGO
Warning: A little angst here sorry.
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It had been two weeks since Seiichi and I met Isoka on the first day of the academy.
That day, after Iruka-sensei split the 6 of us up, I sat beside Sakura for the rest of the day and we giggled and gossiped about the cute guys in class after I managed to convince her I was not going to kill her brother.
Said murderer, on the other hand, sat with Sasuke and they talked A LOT about jutsu and training. Seiichi and Naruto sat beside each other teaming up to annoy the rest of the class and Iruka-sensei who was really starting to hate having three pairs of twins in the class.
Theory classes were met with prank wars between the three pairs, and physical training the unrivalled competitiveness between all six of us which lead to injuries of our classmates. It wasn't our fault they sucked at Taijutsu. Recess had us all sitting under a tree eating and talking. This carried on for two weeks, and we almost forgot about the impending massacre upon the Uchiha clan.
Almost, being the keyword. It was a Saturday evening, and the four of us plus Itachi were at home reading silently in the living when there was a bang on the door.
"Is Itachi home? We have something to ask you, come out!" Someone shouted.
I turned to look at Itachi. To anyone outside the family, he probably looked peaceful and was just reading a book. But after spending almost a month in the Uchiha house, being trained by him and almost treated like a little sister, I could tell that he was distressed. He closed his eyes for half a second before heading towards the door.
"Why is everybody gathered here?" Itachi asked upon seeing three other Uchihas at the door.
"Two people didn't attend the assembly yesterday. One of them was you." The long haired Uchiha started.
The four of us hid behind the wall, overhearing the conversation.
"Your father tried to defend you by explaining your loyalty to the Anbu, but we don't intend to treat you specially." Another Uchiha continued.
Itachi nodded. "I understand. I'll be careful next time. You can leave now, you are disturbing us."
I love how Itachi was so cool about everything and how he spoke with authority even though he was supposed to be the one getting scolded.
"Hey don't push!" Sasuke whispered harshly when Naruto tried to get closer to hear what was going on. This caused Naruto to lose his balance and we ended up all stumbling out from behind the wall.
The asshole Uchihas looked at us. "Us? Does that include the two demon kids you're raising in there?"
I growled. "We're not demons you idiot we're-"
"Mizuno." Itachi shut me up.
"You're what?" The asshole laughed. "Useless children. They should have killed you when you were born instead of letting you live and even bringing you-"
"Leave." Itachi sent killer intent at the three of them.
Did I mention that Itachi was my hero?
The first Uchiha scowled. "We're not done yet. This is also about the other person who did not appear yesterday and was then found dead in the Nakano River. Uchiha Shisui." He pulled out a piece of paper.
I felt Seiichi freeze beside me. So this is what the visit was about, Shisui's suicide. How could we have forgotten? This just meant that the massacre was getting closer and closer.
Sasuke and Naruto gave us confused looks when Seiichi left the door and headed back to the reading room, which I followed. They wanted to know what happened, however, and stayed to listen.
"One more week or so, huh." Seiichi said when we entered the room.
I sighed. "Is there nothing we can do at all?"
"Even if there was, it's too late. If we wanted to do something we should have started a long time ago." Seiichi sat down on the floor dejectedly.
"You okay?" I asked stupidly.
"Yeah... I've had this whole lifetime to adjust to the idea. I'm not worried for myself." He said.
"Sasuke won't be so bad this time with you around. He has me and Naruto and even Isoka and Sakura as friends now. He'll be fine." I tried to reassure him.
Seiichi closed his eyes. "It's not Sasuke I'm worried about either."
"It's Itachi, huh." I guessed the only remaining Uchiha.
Seiichi nodded.
"He… he'll be fine." I whispered.
"Fine?" Seiichi burst out. "Living everyday waiting to be killed by your brother, slowly going blind in your enemy's lair and serving the country that views you as a traitor is fine?"
Tears were welling up in his eyes. He choked before continuing. "He used to just be someone I pitied, an anime character with a sad story. But he's not anymore! He's my older brother! And there's nothing I can do to change this."
I went over to hug him as he sobbed. I was crying too, and it sucked. It sucked that all we could do is just watched. It sucked that even though we knew everything that was going to happen we could not do anything just because we weren't strong enough.
Simply because we weren't strong enough…
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I woke up when I felt someone lifting me. Creaking open my eyes, I saw Itachi carrying me out of the reading room, with Seiichi nowhere in sight.
"Where's Seiichi?" I yawned.
"He's back in his room. You slept through dinner." Itachi answered.
"Oh." I said. I buried my face in his neck and allowed him to bring me to my room. As we crossed the kitchen, I heard my stomach growl.
"Hungry?" Itachi smiled.
I nodded, embarrassed. He put me down and we walked to the kitchen, where he found leftovers to heat up for me. We waited as the food heated up. He was leaning against the counter, staring blankly at the microwave.
"Are you… are you alright?" I asked, regretting having said anything the moment the words left my mouth.
Itachi turned to face me. "Why didn't you stay to watch just now?" he asked back.
I was taken aback by his question. I could not tell him it was because I knew what happened and there was no point watching, nor could I say that I had no interest as it would be an obvious lie. So I said, "I didn't want to watch you get accused for something you didn't do."
Itachi eyed me with what I think was curiosity. "What if I did do it?"
My eyes widened. Why was he asking me this? I knew from the anime that he did not kill Shisui, so why was he trying to make himself seem suspicious? Maybe he was trying to start planting the image of an evil Itachi so that it would be easier for me to hate him as well.
The microwave chimed to signal the ready food. Itachi got off the counter and strolled towards the kitchen entrance. "Eat and get some sleep."
I grabbed his arm as he walked past me. I was not going to let him think that I was scared of him, that I would believe for even a second that he was the bad guy. This may be the last time I ever get to talk to him before the massacre, and I needed to tell him what I felt before he left.
"I know… I know you've only known me for a month." And I've known everything about you for years. "And I don't know how important I am to you." Probably nothing compared to your brothers, Konoha and the peace you fight so hard to keep. "But I just wanted to say that you're really important to me, with the few people that actually treat me like human, and I'll… we'll, me and Naruto, will always see you as our precious person. No matter what you do, where you go and who you're with, please remember that we love you and you're not alone."
I let go of his arm and looked up. Itachi just stood there, his back still facing me. Dread filled me as I waited for a response. Did I say too much?
After what seemed like ages, Itachi turned around slowly and bent down so that his face was only inches away from mine. He lifted his hand and brought two fingers up, hitting me gently on the forehead between my brows.
"Get some sleep." He repeated, and left.
I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding. I stared at the spot where he was for a while more, before deciding I had no more appetite. I emptied the food in the bin and headed for bed.
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A/N: MIZUNOXITACHI MOMENTS! Nah kidding I'm not planning on any pairing now haahahaha yeaahhh another short chapter sorry again the next one will be longer I swear.
Rant: THANKS Codebreakeryuuki for reviewing every chapter hahaha and deansinchester i hope you've recovered so glad i managed to make you or anyone smile!
And yeah artemis i didn't realise how difficult it was to write SO MANY TWINS and include all of them omg
Okay so recently i took a grammar test in school and i scored kinda badly I'm really sad i didn't think my grammar was so horrible omg I'll improve it i swear HAHAHAH please tolerate me in the meantime XD OR ONE OF YOU CAN BETA FOR ME