Falling in Love with a Dragon
Disclaimer: The only thing in this that Aniki or I own is the plot and Ryuu, nothing else.
Everyone in Konoha heard the cry of the demon and froze in terror. Tsunade quickly shut the door and sealed it then stepped aside for Jiraiya to make a few more seals over hers. Their precautions, however, did not stop the enormous amount of frigid chakre and killing intent from washing through the door and over them.
Sasuke and Kakashi stood frozen while Naruto shivered, but otherwise, he just looked to Sakura who was openly crying. "What is going on? Who was that girl and why did Ryuu-nii-san get so angry?"
The kunoichi's shoulders shook as she silently cried. Taking a deep breathe, she turned to her friend and teammate with sad eyes. "I asked him last night about the girl that Itachi had mentioned, Lyn. That was her."
The eyes of those who didn't already know widened as they remembered Ryuu's statement – no, his promise to the missing-nin. "If she isn't… There is going to be Hell to pay."
Jiraiya began talking while still staring at the door. "Jazlyn used to be an Uchiha, just like Ryuu, but there was a mutation in her Sharingan that gave her a fully-developed Mangekyou at birth." Sasuke snapped his head to the frog Sannin with wide eyes. "She wielded the Tsukiyomi more efficiently than had ever been imagined, and she was shunned and, in many cases, beaten for that." Sasuke looked like he was about to argue, but Kakashi gave him a look that clearly told him to shut up. "Ryuu saved her by taking her away from that and she gave up the Uchiha name and became his adoptive sister."
Naruto looked to the ground then to the door. "Ryuu-nii-san…"
Tsunade sat down against the wall and stared at the floor. "Ryuu and I ran into each other once after the massacre, and I noticed that he looked tired. He told me that he was having nightmares about Lyn dying." A choked sob caught in her throat, stopping her from speaking for a moment. "This is exactly what happened in those nightmares, down to the last detail except now she's older."
Another roar was heard, though now it seemed more of a mournful cry rather than a blood-curdling howl like the first one. Kakashi looked sadly at the door, while Sasuke just stared at the floor angrily. Two Uchiha… One now, but there had been two that Itachi didn't go after because they didn't bear the Uchiha name, because they denied what it stood for. He clenched his fists tightly. Why hadn't they come to him when they heard about the massacre?
Tsunade stood up, brushing off the dirt from her clothes and gazing at the door. "Come on; let's give him some time to grieve. After all," she smiled sympathetically and turned to them with only a few tears now rimming her eyes. "She was the only one from his home clan to ever accept him for himself after the Shinnryuu incident."
They left the hall, leaving Sakura to stand by the door alone. The kunoichi sat down by the wall and let all the shield on her chakre fall so he would be able to sense her and know that she was there. She felt a presence off to her right and snapped her head up.
"Itachi." Her voice was quiet and held no malice. The elder Uchiha nodded to her then turned to the door and back to her, his eyes clearly asking a question. Sakura sighed and brought her knees to her chest and placed her chin on them. "Tsunade-shishou and Jiraiya-san had to seal Sensei in there so he wouldn't destroy the whole village in rage."
"What happened?" A kind of dread filled his voice as if he already knew what had happened but didn't want to believe it.
"Lyn is dead." She heard her new companion rather than saw him scowl and punch the wall. Sighing, he sat down beside her and, in a rare show of frustration, rubbed his eyes. "Why do you care?"
Itachi looked to the side, avoiding her gaze. "To everyone else, I was indifferent to Lyn, but to her, I was the one person that never struck her, and in some cases, kept her from being hurt. When I heard that Ryuu had taken her away, I was relieved that she no longer had to put up with all of that." A small smirk crossed his face. "After the massacre, I met up with Ryuu and Lyn quite often and we began to share a bond. At first, Ryuu had thought that I would try to kill Lyn, and threatened me with more than just bodily harm should I ever even intend to. I would have pursued a relationship with her, but…"
Sakura smile slightly and finished for him. "Ryuu would have killed you without a second thought." The two shared a laugh, both knowing that that was no doubt true.
When they had quieted, Sakura smirked a little. "How ironic that I'm sitting peacefully next to an S-class missing-nin and the man my crush wants to kill, and actually enjoying his company." She shook her head in amazement while Itachi merely chuckled.
Several hours passed and the ice cold chakra that had been leaking out of the room faded to near nothingness. Sakura had fallen asleep against Itachi's shoulder in a show of trust, and, in turn, he had kept them from being seen whenever someone came down to check on Ryuu.
Midnight came and Sakura woke up. Looking at the door from Itachi's shoulder, she whispered. "Can we let him out now?" Itachi nodded and help her stand.
Together, the two were able to undo the seals across the door and pick the lock. Itachi slowly pulled the door open and Sakura had to hold in tears again. Ryuu was just sitting in the middle of the room, staring ahead with a blank face and Lyn's body was off to his right.
Sakura walked in, figuring that he already knew that they were there. His clothes were soaked with his sister's blood from when he had clung to her, praying that he would wake up and it would all be a nightmare once again. As she got closer to him, she could see that his slitted blue eyes were dull. Dead. "Sensei…"
Before Itachi could try to stop her, Sakura had sat down behind her sensei and wrapped her arms around him. The dragon jinchuuriki blinked slowly, as if it just registered that she was there. Then, he lifted one hand and held her arms in place around his waist since he needed some measure of comfort. Itachi came in and sat with his back to the, so they were all leaning on each other slightly and so he could watch the door.
Ryuu broke the silence with a faint whisper. "Let's go bury her… I'm not going to let them place her in the Uchiha's burial ground. Not after what they've done to her..."
AN: Wah! It's still sad, but don't worry, it won't stay that way for long… I hope. XD Anyway, things will get better for them. Thank you all for reading, and please leave us a review!
