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Chapter ten

How you remind me

"Where did you get those?" His voice came out in a deadly whisper, the killer instinct he was bred into resurfacing. His secret, it was in danger, it was in the hands of a Hyuuga brat.

Neji's eyes narrowed slightly at the nearly suffocating darkened aura that was Itachi's, he was probably unaware of it as well. If that were the case the files were important, or at least held enough information to cause his distress.

Naruto stumbled back as the killing intent rose, his blue eyes widened. It was nowhere near Kyuubi's chakra, but the fact that it was only so far made him shake. He grit his teeth and clenched his fists, this was what Sasuke was so scared of?

Naruto suddenly felt like he had a right to be afraid of this man, but it was suddenly gone like water vapor in Suna's desert. Coal black eyes stared at him and Naruto being the sympathetic boy he was could easily pick up something.

It was almost like Sasuke, it wasn't hatred though. Fear, but what of? This man could stop many with merely a glance, what was he to fear? Itachi even told him he was ready to embrace death when it came upon him, so this fear. It was illogical.

"Naruto, maybe you should go and retrieve Tsunade-Sama." Neji said eyes never leaving Itachi's unmoving form.

"Right." Naruto nodded and ran ignoring the scowls sometimes tossed his way, strange how they were still given to him.

The tower Naruto felt once again was too far off, and not knowing the shunshin technique quite yet (rather stupid considering he had trained with Jiraiya) he ran faster.

The door crashed open when he slammed into it, Sakura and Tsunade glared at him before stopping only because of his stern composure.

"Uchiha Itachi, he's here." That wasn't what he was supposed to say!

"I know." Tsunade replied, making Naruto's eye twitch. She knew? Of course she did, he reprimanded himself, she's Hokage.

Sakura's form froze over, a deep chilling fear making itself home in her blood.

"Uchiha…Itachi?" Sasuke's older brother? The one he wanted to kill, the one who caused sasuke so much grief and anger?

She paled.

"I know that you know, but Neji grabbed Hinata's medical journal and there were some files on top of it." Naruto said voice rising a bit, unaware of Tsunade's expression of shock.

Suddenly she was gone leaving Naruto and Sakura alone.

Sakura turned to him and without saying anything they both followed after Tsunade. Once they arrived they both stopped cold in their tracks, itachi was standing voice low and furious. Tsunade's just as quiet but holding a length of sadness, apologetic almost.

Neji seeing them quickly exited the room the journal and files left abandoned besides his unconscious cousin.

"Neji we want to-" sakura began only for Neji to shake his head.

"They have a genjutsu in place and the doors been locked with a seal." Naruto tested the door that they had just exited, cursing when Neji's words proved true.

"Damn it why are you so calm?" Naruto yelled at Neji, Neji smirked and made multiple hand seals. Being in AnBu had its perks.

He removed his ear phone and turned it on slowly hoping the other one was in position near Hinata.

"A speaker?" Sakura questioned as Neji gave a curt nod.

"Correct, now listen and if you so please watch through the window. They don't seem to realize I've placed a speaker with Hinata." He explained, Naruto and Sakura peered through the door the earphone placed in-between them. The 'silent' actions sudenly holding meaning.

"Itachi, I understand your concerns here. But it was required for your personal nurse and guard to understand the delicate situation you were and currently are still in." Itachi's eyes narrowed.

"My past is my own Hokage-Sama, revealing this without my consort is rather unnerving to say the least." Tsunade would have been amused at how easily the 'cold hearted' man was to break had it not been without a justified reason.

"I can understand but as stated before it was completely ne-"

"Necessary? Do not even attempt to change my views on this, was it truly necessary for a child only thirteen years of age to run his blade through his family?" Tsunade winced at the blatant accusation in his tone, for he held every right to be angry.

"You do not have an inkling of what it means to be a shinobi of my caliber, and you are the Hokage. You have lost family and friends. I killed mine with my own hands, as a child. Do you know?" Tsunade couldn't help but feel pity for this man.

Everything he had done, all came undone at the seams. Protecting his family or the village? In the end he made his decision, and it had cost him at a more personal wound that no healer could ever reach.

"I do not." It was true, she could never order such a thing, less of even thinking of carrying it out.

"You do not, no one should ever have to feel the weight of watching their own actions as they stuck out their own parents. No one should have to see their own mother, who had raised him from just a child, with her eyes crying in fear of her own son. No one could ever understand, so why order it? No matter what cause why send the child to do such a drastic thing?"

Itachi hands were tightened into fists and Tsunade could only stare.

"No one should Itachi, but understand that Hinata needs to know in order to help you."

"What is she a therapist? No she is a kunochi, one I have no desire to be near." He spat out like she was a poison, Tsunade allowed a soft smile to grace her face. He needed her, even if he hadn't let on about it, the way he spoke was enough.

"She is exactly what you need, and if you are so easily distressed by this information leaking out then so be it. They shall be locked away once again, until the need arises for me to use them so you can continue your life here."

"What if I have no desire to live?"

"Trust me that will change." Without another word she left, leaving Itachi with the fainted Heiress in his bed, face drawn into an expression of complete and utter frustration and melancholy.

Author's note: Okay poll up and I need answers, should I let Hinata know about Itachi's past or not? Yes Neji and Naruto and Sakura now have some IDEA of what could have happened but not completely so they don't know, know. Just have an idea of what could be troubling the 'physco' as they see him.