A feeling of dread had settled itself in the pit of my stomach. Not just now. It had for a couple of weeks. Ever since I… erm… 'saw' Itachi's conversation with the rulers of Konoha. God, how could he have accepted? Why did I even care? Of course I cared, this was about Konohagakure no Sato. My village.
So, the Uchiha are planning to overthrow the Hokage, and then take over Konoha. Why? Unanswered question number 1.
Itachi had been set up to spy for the Uchiha clan, but instead he was a double and actually told the Hokage what they were planning. Why? Because of his loyalty to the village, probably. I would have done the same thing.
When the so-called 'rulers' of Konoha had heard about this plan they decided the Uchiha clan had to be exterminated. Why? Unanswered question number 2.
They had asked Itachi himself to do the exterminating. Why? Unanswered question number 3.
Then, Itachi had actually accepted the mission – okay, he didn't have much of a choice, but still – to slaughter his own clan, his own family, and become an outcast. Why? Unanswered question number 4.
When they had met again – and I had spied on them again… come one, I couldn't help myself. You would so have done the same thing – Itachi had demanded that they – or he – spared his little brother, Sasuke. Why? Because he loves him, obviously. And he cares more about his little brother than anyone else in this world, even himself. Strangely, I can absolutely relate to that. Neji meant the world, no, the universe to me.
After that, I'd seen him sneak around again, and I just had to follow him. He went to the biggest river in Konoha and met up with another guy. I think his name was Uchiha Shisui. He gave Itachi one of his Sharingan eyes and then drowned himself in the river. Why? Unanswered question number 5.
That happened half a week ago, and I was at a loss as to what I should do. Okay, that isn't exactly true. I knew exactly what I should do. Turn away, this was none of my freaking business. Leave it alone, let them figure it out for themselves. They are Uchiha, after all.
I couldn't.
I couldn't turn away. I couldn't just stand watching. I couldn't care less to whom it was happening. I couldn't just let a life crumble apart.
And that is how I found myself lying in my room, on my bed, incapable of deciding what to do next. I knew he would do it today. I knew what was going on. I knew I couldn't stop it. Damn it, there was so much I couldn't do! After another 10 minutes of restlessness, I had had enough. I stood up, walked out of my bedroom door and went in search for Neji.
'Hey there, otouto.' I said, when I had finally found him training just outside of the Hyuuga compound. 'Nee-chan!' an excited voice reached my ears and I couldn't help but smile, again. Kami-sama, I loved him so, so much. I watched his small body run towards me and I engulfed him in a hug when he had reached me. 'Neji… it's getting dark already. You've trained enough for today. Let's go back to the house.' He looked thoughtful for a few seconds before happily agreeing and so we made our way back to the house.
As soon as we reached it I let out a soft sigh and sat down on the front porch. 'Nee-chan?' Neji questioned, confused at why I didn't enter the house. I just petted on the spot next to me, and after a few seconds Neji was occupying the space where my hand had just been. 'Neji…' I begun, but when I tried to continue I found I couldn't. I took another deep breath and saw Neji look at me with undisguised anticipation. A soft smile played on my lips as I continued, 'You know I love you, right? You mean everything to me. Please, always remember that. You mean more to me than anyone or anything else.' He blinked at me for a few seconds and just as I was about to ask if he was alright, he jumped me and hugged me with all the power he could muster. A smile slipped onto my face as I hugged him back.
We sat there until it was dark. 'Neji… I think we should go inside now.' I softly nudged him, until I realized he was asleep. I smiled. Again. And softly lifted him up and brought him inside. When I'd put him in his bed I saw my father stand in the door opening. 'Dad… I'm going out for a while. You know I love you, right?' he had a questioning look on his face, 'I love you too, but Hitomi-chan, is something wrong?' he asked me, concern on his kind face. 'I don't know.' I answered truthfully. I didn't give him the time to reply and flickered to my room.
I let out a long sigh. Why was I so tense? Okay, I knew why, but why? Why was I so tense? I wasn't supposed to be. I wasn't supposed to do, what I was about to. I knew that, and yet, there was nothing that would stop me from going there. I quickly strapped my katana to my back and jumped out of the window. I would go to Kakashi's house first. Again I didn't know why, but I knew I had to. 'Flying thundergod jutsu' I whispered to myself and less than a second later, I was standing in Kakashi's kitchen, one hand on the seal that was on the inside of his cupboard. 2nd from the right. I slowly got up.
It was obvious Kakashi wasn't here. It was cleaner than usual and the fridge was empty. He had probably gone on a long-term ANBU mission without telling me. Again. I made my way to the living room and grabbed Icha Icha Paradise from the coffee table it was lying on. With the obscene book in one hand I went in search of a pen, which I found on his nightstand. I quickly opened the cover and began to write on the inside.
Kakashi,
Hey. Okay, this is really awkward. I don't even know why I'm writing this, I just am. So please don't kill me for ruining your book.
Okay, listen. Or read. Or, whatever. I know that something is going on with a certain person and I'm going to check out what it is. For some reason I've got the feeling something big is going to happen… okay, I know something is going to happen, but apart from what I already know what is going to happen. You following me? 'Cuz I'm not…
Yeah… so, something is going on, and I just really wanted to talk to you, but since you left without telling me – AGAIN – I'm just going to maim this book of yours a bit. I don't see how you even dare call this a book. Oh, well, it's got pages and a cover, so I shouldn't nag, I guess. ARGH! I'm a pirate. Okay, now I'm just getting weird. I just want to write you a long letter – on the inside of this thing – so now I'm writing nonsense. Sorry.
I just wanted to
Just so you know
erm… well, yeah, I…
Okay, this is so infuriating! I'm sorry if this sounds weird, but I just hope you know that you're my very best friend. And I'm not going to scratch that out.
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… okay, I'll stop maiming your favourite book now.
Love,
Hyuuga Hitomi.
I carefully put the book on his pillowcase and quickly left the house. Damn, I really should work on my writing skills. I remember that at the time, I really couldn't think of anything better to write, but now, damn, I could have easily written him a book with things I still wanted to say. Guess it's to late now…
I quickly made my way to the Uchiha compound, the feeling of dread intensifying with every single step I made. When I entered through the vacated gates, I couldn't believe my eyes. There were corpses, everywhere. 'my god…'
Just then a high-pitched scream cut through the silence of the night like the sword had cut through the bodies that were lying before me. 'Fuck, fuck, fuck.' I kept muttering to myself as I made my way over to the source of the sound. I saw little Uchiha Sasuke lying on the ground, a look of pure terror on his small face. Itachi told him how he could only avenge his clan, how he could only become stronger, if he hated him with all his being. Tears weld up in my eyes. Not for Sasuke, but for Itachi, and what I knew he was doing to himself. I pulled myself together and saw Itachi jumping over one of the buildings. 'Damn…' I quickly jumped after him. He stood there for a moment, catching his breath when suddenly, out of nowhere, five ANBU ROOT shinobi jumped him. All of them had weapons ready, and Itachi hadn't noticed the one behind him.
I jumped out of my hiding place. 'Secret Ninja Technique; 8 trigrams; 64 palms!'
I don't know why I did it. Honestly, I didn't. My body just moved on it's own accord to help the person who had just killed his entire clan. Although it was ordered…
The ANBU ROOT let out a strangled cry as I hit his heart with enough force to make it implode. Which it did, by the way. 'Fire style; Giant Fireball Jutsu!' and more strangled cries as Itachi burned the others. Then he turned to me, absolutely furious. 'What the hell are you doing here?' he hissed.
Oh, fuck. An Uchiha just hissed at me. On top of that, he cursed. The world is ending. Well, ours probably really was, anyway. 'I couldn't just let that guy kill you.' I hissed back. Well aware that even more ANBU were probably making their way towards us at that very same moment. 'I just killed my clan.' 'You were ordered to.'
The look on his face was priceless. I had never, and I really mean never, seen an Uchiha's face hold so much… expression. He was obviously, utterly shocked. 'How did you know?' 'ANBU HQ isn't really protected against lip-reading-Byakugan-wielding Hyuugas.' 'Damn it.' He cursed again. Wow.
I heard sounds behind me, probably more ANBU ROOTs or just ANBU. As I turned around, I didn't notice Itachi's hand rising up and coming down making contact with my shoulder. Hard.
The world turned black.
Right, now you know what happened. How it happened. How I ruined my life for him. God, I still don't know what to think of it. Really. Also, I really, really, really didn't expect to see a certain man when I woke up. Seriously, that dude was supposed to be dead. And let me tell you, he was absolutely, utterly, totally terrifying. I had never been so scared in my entire 14-year-long life. Never.
Wow, another chapter. You lucky bastards ;]
Seriously, all of your cute reviews really inspire me. So THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
I think I'm getting better at writing. At least, it's become a lot easier to write. Does that make sense?
To my cute reviewers:
Chibi-Onee-Chan
Awww, my ever faithful reviewer =3
Your reviews always make me laugh x) thankies~
And I agree, nothing is worse than a shouting Uchiha
Angelfang
I will! :3
Okay, but this is IMPORTANT.
Since I don't want to make her a Mary Sue, first of all I need to know if she is MarySue-ish or not.
Secondly, I think most of you already know who the mysterious man is. Right?
So, I'm going to let you choose what happens between them.
Will he:
1. be impressed with her and tell her she's brave. (wtf, that would be so ooc.. and really MS. But, your choice.)
2. Tell her she's stupid, seriously maim her, and then leave her in the forest.
3. Tell her she's stupid, try to seriously maim her, but then Itachi protects her and he brings her back to the village
4. Tell her she's stupid, tell him they should sort it out for themselves and that will eventually result in her joining the Akatsuki.
5. Tell her she's stupid, she tells him he can fuck off, It results in a semi-fight, some funny stuff, and her joining the Akatsuki.
Okay, so basically she's going to join the Akatsuki anyhow and you guys just get to choose how she does it =)
I will do everything in my power to not make her a Mary Sue. Which includes: no sitting alone in a room desperate for her Ita-kun to come back, no entire Akatsuki miraculously together in one base. The base doesn't even have rooms! If they want to stay near the base they can camp out and that's that. Okay, right. I'm being weird again. My point is, … well, actually I don't know. And I'm not going to tell you any more, because it will give away the plot.
Okay, I already did that, didn't I?
What's strange, I didn't even plan to do this, it was just a kind of impulse. I have been acting on impulses much lately… that reminds me of 'Kabouter Wesley' do any of you know it? I suppose not… it's really funny, though.
Now I will stop blabbering and be annoying. Please review! You will all have a week, beginning now, to tell me what you want to happen. You can also PM me, although I prefer reviews =3
X, Faith Bell.