phew! finally the last chapter of the triology! this is kinda angsty, and also, i say hello to a new character! and also, i took my time with this one.
uchiha family 9: part lll of lll
Itachi rocked Sasuke, who suddenly started squirming, maybe because he felt the same as Itachi felt. 'I don't like this feeling' he thought, as he tried to calm the baby down. ' Why did mom and dad have to go out now?' he thought, and he hushed Sasuke.
"Don't cry, Sasuke. As your big brother, i promise to protect you, no matter what" Itachi reassured the baby. Not that he heard him, but it made him calm down, at least.
"Maybe taking him out for a while was a bad idea?" Itachi said to himself, and raised himself up, to walk in with Sasuke, and put him back to bed. It had started getting dark, so he decided that he needed to go to sleep. he walked to Sasuke's room, freed him from the cloth, and took it off himself. Then, he laid the baby in the bed, and walked out, after kissing Sasuke's forehead, and hung up the cloth where it had been. Then, he walked to his room, and got ready for bed.
"Fugaku"
Said man turned around at the sound of his name, and he heard his wife gasp, next to him. He too was shocked to see the man in front of him. The long, black hair was unmistakably Madara's.
"Why are you here?" Fugaku asked, and composed himself, and tried hiding his shock. His wife did the same, as she calmed down. They had just came from a meeting, that the elders had arranged, and according to them, they would wait until Itachi grew up, to start the coup. Then, he could be with them, and help.
"You need to know, Itachi was out, in the forest, alone, just about three hours ago. i shouldn't tell you, but you're his father, so i think it's best for you to know. Mikoto, you better check if he has a fever, cause it was pouring down rain, and he was wet from head to toes" Madara said to the parents.
"What! Didn't he had sasuke with him?" Mikoto asked. Madara shook his head. Mikoto looked down on the ground. Anger welled in her eyes. She would have to talk to Itachi about responsibility. But first, she had to tell him not to go out in the forest alone, when it's raining.
"Why was he in the forest! it's a dangerous place, out there!" Fugaku said. Madara had to snort a bit. It wasn't like Fugaku cared about Itachi, right? Madara started walking away, and both parents shared a look.
"We need to talk about itachi about this" Mikoto said. Fugaku nodded. If Madara was walking around, who knows if he tried to contact any of the kids? If he tried to use them to attack the clan? Or anything worse. He saw Mikoto started walking home, in a little faster pace than a calm walk home, so he followed her.
When they came home, they suddenly heard a loud growl. They looked aout, and saw something horrible. the nine-tailed fox. 'If the fox is free, then kushina's...' Mikoto thougt horrifeid, and worried for her friend. She ran up to Itachi's room, and saw him asleep. She shook him awake, and threw some clothes to him. He shook his head, and looked at her, confused.
"What's going on, mother?" He asked, as he dressd. He saw his father run to Sasuke's room, and felt his mother pull his arm. At that moment, a loud knocking came from the door. Mikoto ran down, and Itachi fast on her heels.
In the doorway was Yashiro, an elder policeman, and he looked stressed.
"You need to get out, and to the security rooms!" he shouted, and Mikoto hurriedly picked Itachi up, and Fugaku held Sasuke, and together with Yashiro, they ran out of the compound, and into the rest of the village, to the security rooms.
While in there, Itachi asked Mikoto what was going on. " There's something happening inside of the village, and the civilians need to hide" She answered, while she was holding Sasuke, and Fugaku held Itachi's hand. A roar was heard,and Itachi felt the hairs on his neck rise up.
Meanwhile, several miles from there, Madara and the fourth Hokage fought. Mikoto knew Madara was fighting, since, why else would he be back in the village? He wanted to see the leaf crushed, maybe he was the cause of this? She held Sasuke tighter. If Sasuke and Itachi made contact with Madara, none of them would survive, that she was sure of. If not, by some miracle, They got strong, and defeated him together.
"Mikoto, i'm going out, watch over Itachi meanwhile, ok?" Fugaku's voice sounded close to her ear, and she snapped back, and took Itachi's hand. She kissed Fugaku on the cheek, and whispered "be careful" and he left the building. Itachi looked after him, and then looked up to his mother for an explanation.
"Your father has something to do, dear, don't worry" She reassured the five-year old boy. Itachi nodded, but didn't really believe it. Why would he have something to do that was more important than protecting yourself from a monster? He decided not to dwell on it.
Meanwhile, a few miles away, Madara stood in front of Fugaku, just outside the security room. Fugaku glared with all his might on the man.
"You do realize more than a million people would have been killed, including my family, had that beast not been here, the village wouldn't have been i chaos right now" Fugaku told the man. Madara didn't seem to care att all. he dissapeared, just as fast as he had appeared.
A growl was heard, and Fugaku looked at the hokage tower, noticing Minato standing there, on top of his head. The fox apparently saw him, because it shoot out a massive ball of power to him, but he easity teleported it away. Fugaku decided that Minato could handle it on his won, and walked back in again.
"What did you do, dear"? Mikoto asked when he found her and the kids. He whispered to her what he had said to Madara, and about when he saw the fox attack. Mikoto sighed with relief. "Minato's a good man" She said, and hugged him with one arm. The other holding Sasuke, and Itachi nowhere to be seen.
It took a few moments before both parents noticed their son's dissapearance. Mikoto cried out for him, and Fugaku ran around, looking for him. They didn't find him. When Fugaku walked back to Mikoto, she had fallen down, kneeling on the floor, crying, and holding Sasuke.
A few miles away from there, Itachi had run to a forest, while his parents didn't see him. He didn't know why he ran away from them, he just wanted to get away from them.
"Just run, run, and never come back. You'll only make their lives miserable with your presence, why torture them with your existence?"
Itachi stiffed when he heard the voice. Or rather, he didn't hear it, more like felt it, in his head. He didn't believe in ghost, or visions of the future, so it couldn't be that. He didn't care right now. He just felt the need to run. A few meters away, he saw a cliff. He heard water, waves splash against the hard stone.
"Go there, and end it all, it will be fantastic, the felling of no more problem, to more sorrow, no more expectations" The voice told him. He stared at the cliff, and walked to the edge.
It was around seven meters down, and deep water, maybe five meters deep, dark sea. He stood there on the edge, just staring. The water, the waves looked so, free, when they splashed against the rocks, exploding into millions of waterdrops.
If only he could be free like that.
"You can, just jump. It will be over in a few seconds, just jump, and feel the wind in your face when you fall down, to the water"
He felt himself lift his foot, ready to walk out of the cliff, and into the water, and he didn't care that it was seven meters belowe him. He jst felt soothness when the voice spoke. Like it wanted him to calm down, and get ready for something life-changing.
Just as he was about to fall, strong arms held him in place. By the feel, it was a male, and adult, around twenty-five, thirty years old. Itachi looked up, into the face of Madara. Or rather, his orange, and black mask. His red clothes were the same, his long hair flowing in the wind.
"A child shouldn't be here, Itachi" He told the boy. Itachi looked to his foot, that still was raised, as to take a high step, and off the cliff he just stood on. He understood, that if Madara hadn't stopped him, Sasuke would be alone, and his parents would cry, especially his mother, and Shisui would be depressed, and the clan would despair from losing their heir.
"They don't care about yourself, only about what you can do, and how strong you are, you're only a weapon". Itachi didn't believe he was a weapon. He didn't feel like one. And he was sure his family saw hime like more than that, at least.
"Come, i will bring you to your parents" Madara said, and lifted Itachi. He stood still a few seconds, then he and Itachi flew trough space, it felt like. Itachi's stomach turned, and it tickled. Then, they landed in a secluded area. He recongized it as outskirts of Konoha, just at the gate.
"Stay still, i'm just gonna make your parents know where you are, and where you were, they'll be here in a couple of minutes" Madara said, and closed his eyes, and put Itachi to the ground. he closed his eyes, focusing his chakera, and contacted them.
"Mikoto, Madara just contacted me. he found Itachi, trying to kill himself" Fugaku told his wife, a few miled from there, and in a few minutes later. Mikoto pressed one hand to her mouth. She hadn't noticed any depression, or anything bothering Itachi, so why did he want to commit suicide suddenly?
"I'll go get him" Fugaku said, and turned to go, but Mikoto held his shoulder to stop him. She gave Sasuke's sleeping form to him, and walked out. She quickly found the gates, and saw two figures there. One short, only around the waist of the tall one. She recognized the silhuettes as Itachi and Madara.
"What happened"? she asked, and took Itachi's hand. The boy didn't look at her, just staring off into the air, not paying attention to the poeple around him. He didn't even notice someone held his hand. but then, he looked up, and Mikoto looked down. Their black eyes met, and stared into each others for a while, until they broke apart.
"Itachi, come on, we better go to your father, so he don't drop Sasuke, or something" Mikoto tried to cheer him up, but he didn't even bother to look at her. she frowned, and tried to walk to the security rooms, whitout worrying, but all the way, she couldn't stop worrying over the empty look Itachi had in his eyes.
when they finally got there, they had gotten word that the fox attack was taken care of. she sighed with relief, figuring Minato had been able to seal the fox back into Kushina. but a man said that the hokage, and his wife had died of the attack. Mikoto stiffened. Minato. Kushina. Dead.
She fell to the floor on her knees, and tried to compose herself, while taking in the information. Fugaku bent down to her level, and hugged her shoulders. Itachi as also shocked. Kushina used to babysit him, so why did she had to die? It didn't make sense to Itachi. And the Hokage was supposed to be the strongest ninja in the village, so why did he die?
"I need to figure it out, one day" He said to himself. Fugaku turned his head to him, but didn't understand what Itachi was thinking. He had that look that analyzed situations, and tried to come up with the best solution. He started to worry that Itachi understood too much for his age.
"Itachi, what are you thinking of"? Fugaku asked the boy, who didn't look up to him, but still had the same look. He just stared down on the floor, and didn't listen to anything, it was all gone around him, and he went far away in his gripped his shoulder, and Itachi stirred, and looked to his mother. She had stood up, and now held Sasuke to her chest, and hugged him with one arm. Itachi looked into her onyx orbs, and stared, as he saw a twinkle. she seemed to be happy, or comforting, since she smiled.
"mother, when will we be able to go home"? Itachi asked. Mikoto smiled, as did Fugaku, though it was quickly hidden. Mikoto bent down to Itachi's level, and hugged him, whispering "soon, darling, very soon, i hope" while rubbign his back with her left hand. Itachi liked the motion, and leaned into her. he didn't realize she put chakra into her hand, and he quickly fell under a sleeping jutsu. Fugaku carried Itachi, and they were being led out of the security room. the destruction was great. buildings were burned down (from who knows what fire), and crashed, and there was still a dark aura all over the village. Mikoto shivered when she walked in the streets to the uchiha compound.
Finally, the reached thier home, amazed that is still stood. Fugaku walked in, and placed Itachi in his room, and covered him up, and Mikoto put Sasuke in his crib.
"i can't believe it's all over" she said to Fugaku, when they were downstairs, drinking tea. he sipped his, and put the cup down, and looked at her. he noticed dark circles under her eyes, and she looked like she could just fall asleep there, on the table.
"why don't you go to sleep? I need to go to the station, and take care of a few things" Fugaku told her, and she nodded, and put her cup on the sink. he folowed her with his eyed when she walked up the stairs, and dissapeared out of his sight. he got ready to go, but first, he took a quick glance at Itachi.
"why did you try to kill yourself, Itachi? is it something i, or Mikoto did?" he asked quietly to the room, but the boy didn't even move. Fugaku walked out, and headed to the police station, the thoughts of what had happened in his head.
finally! hope you liked the voice Itachi had in his head! i tried making another version of why Itachi kills the uchiha clan. I like the actual story, but i like to experiment a bit! please review, and tell me what you liked the most!
