Ok I have a warning for this chapter…Itachi is out of character. He is needy and touchy-feely. Hallmark moments- albeit with a bit of possessiveness and molestation that Hallmark doesn't include in their cards (but they should). On the plus side this chapter is filled with Itachi goodness. Beware the needy-Itachi!
I don't own anything and apparently, according to some loans, am no longer attending school, even though I didn't answer their original phone call because I was in class. I also do not own a fax machine, which I will need to fax over the proof of my being in school.
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Getting Caught (A filler chapter filled with Itachi)
'Why did Itachi kill his clan?' I think, as the book continues flipping through pages almost frantically, never running out of pages. I am shocked at the answer that I am given and sit there with the book open a few minutes until the object of my thoughts comes walking through the door and stares at me in shock.
"You have chakra?" Itachi asks as he finally snaps out of the shock that he was in momentarily.
"Sometimes." I answer honestly, almost automatically because I am still thinking about the information that I just learned. Itachi isn't bad? How can that be true?
"What does the book do?" Itachi asks me as he approaches the book but before he can touch it I close it with only my right hand, apparently with chakra comes skill because I didn't fail at closing the book with one hand, and as it closed it disappeared. I guess it goes back to wherever it came from.
"It tells you the answers to your questions." I inform him, trusting him with this information since I now knew he isn't bad. I would die before telling some evil ninja information about my book. I'd also probably deny the existence of the book altogether.
"How?" he asked curious about the book.
"I ask it and then I see the answer as the book flips through its pages. The book is made out of my chakra and connected to me. If anything happens to the book it happens to me." I begin telling him so that he doesn't have to ask and I don't have to stop talking since talking doesn't confuse me, "It's my bloodline limit, thing."
"I thought that you weren't a ninja?"
"Technically I am not. My family actually was never used as normal ninja, since in the battlefield it is too dangerous to have our books out and without books we have no chakra."
"What did you mean by anything that happens to the book happens to you?"
"Exactly what it sounds like. If I burn it I will burn to."
"Does the leader know about this?"
"No, and I hope he never does."
"Then why are you informing me about it?"
"Because I trust you with this information."
"Since when?"
"Since I asked it about why you killed your clan."
"Don't tell anyone." Itachi said suddenly grabbing me in a threatening manner.
"I won't if you won't."
"Deal."
"You knowing about it will make it easier for me to use it and gather information." I remark out loud more to myself than Itachi.
"Like?"
"Well I already know what Orochimaru's plan is."
"You should ask it about the sand ninjas, they seem suspicious to me."
"They are part of Orochimaru's plan." I inform Itachi.
"How so?"
"He killed the Kazekage and posed as him in order to give sand an order saying that they have to attack Konoha. Gaara is here because he is the one-tailed beast and they are going to use him to crush Konoha."
"Did you ask it anything else?"
"Nope, you interrupted me."
"Can others read the book?"
"No."
"Does it drain your chakra?"
"I said before that it was made of my chakra, let me be a bit more specific, it is my chakra. I can't access any when it's gone because it is gone."
"So you really are the information gatherer of the Akatsuki now."
"Apparently. Now if you excuse me I am a bit tired from using a bunch of chakra all at once. I wasn't expecting Orochimaru's plan to be that long and drawn out." I said to Itachi as I lay down on the bed next to where he is sitting on it. As I fall asleep I feel Itachi lay down next to me and pulled me close to him.
"Itachi why are you so devoted to him?" I ask Itachi the next morning after we eat breakfast, which I cooked. Mmm waffles.
"He was innocent." Itachi answers sitting down next to me on the bed since we are sitting in my room. I claim it it's mine.
"I suppose. Aren't you lonely with everyone thinking that you are evil? Isn't it hard being the bad guy when you actually are not? Isn't it hard being the one blamed for everything?" I ask Itachi.
"Yes." Itachi answered honestly.
"How do you feel now that someone knows your secret?" I ask him.
"Better." He answers clearly uncomfortable with the topic of this conversation.
"Would you be lonely if I left the Akatsuki?" I asked curiously.
"Yes." He answered suddenly glaring at me, which causes me to move away from him to the other end of the bed. His glares are scary.
"What?" I ask, "It's not like I am plotting something." this is true I usually don't plot, things usually just happen. I just go with it.
"You will leave me at the first chance." Itachi scolded, no other wording seemed to fit as well, as he moved closer to where I was sitting. "Then I would be alone again."
"Are you trying to guilt trip me?" I ask Itachi trying, but failing, to ignore the fact that he is now a bit too close for comfort. Then he starts to stroke my cheek.
"Did it work?" Itachi asked now blocking any attempt I would be able to make to run away from him.
"No." I answer simply causing Itachi's hand to stop stroking my cheek. Good Itachi no molestation.
"Promise me that I won't be alone." Itachi pleaded to me.
"I-
"Promise." Itachi insisted pushing me down on the bed and hovering over me. A/n if Linda was in this story she would be shouting rape right now
"You were fine alone before." I pointed out, struggling to get out of his hold as he held down both my wrists in one hand.
"That was before. Now I know how nice it is to have someone 'in on my secret' as you put it." Itachi said not letting go of me but not really doing anything to me either.
"I promise that I will stay by your side until you die." I finally concede as my chakra flares even though I didn't have my book out, but it was gone in a second.
"What was that?"
"Promises made to me, about me, or by me are binding promises punishable with my chakra." I explained no longer fighting to get free because it was too much work.
"Perfect." Itachi said before he leaned down and kissed me. He kissed me! I'm shocked here, you probably aren't but I am. Great now he's staring at me, smirking.
"Must you smirk?" I ask him once I was out of the initial stage of my version of shock. You see my shock consists of several stages. Stage one is actual shock where I just sit there and stare at something while thinking frantically about whatever shocked me. Stage two is finding a pointless fact and vocalizing it. Stage three is thinking about my stages of shock, which to observers –like the stalker Itachi- looks like I am going into a second shock. Then there is a denial stage and the final stage is hunger. The final stage is always hunger, no matter when I get shocked. I could be shocked while eating a Sammich and then go eat for the final stage. After eating I will be all better.
"-Akira." Itachi said to me shocking me out of the third stage of shock.
"Yes?" I ask as if nothing happened, since it didn't.
"You were ignoring me."
"And?"
"I don't like it."
"Ok, seems like a personal problem."
"Akira." Itachi growled my name out in anger. That's a first; he's never done that before.
"I'm hungry." I say to the shock of Itachi because he was expecting me to make a big deal out of the kiss.
"Hn." Itachi said not moving from his position of still hovering over me keeping me on the bed.
"Hungry. I need food."
"We just finished eating." Itachi commented confused but not letting me up.
"Food! Please Itachi?" I ask looking at him with puppy dog eyes. I need food so that I can get over my shock. Food. Itachi blinks upon seeing my look and smirks once more.
"What do I get out of letting you go?"
"Pie." I answer because I want pie. Mmm Apple Pie.
"I don't want pie." Itachi said his mouth right next to my ear.
"But I do." I tell him.
"And?"
"Please." I try again with the begging. Hey I will throw away my pride for pie.
"Fine." He said rolling off of me and releasing my wrists.
"Pie!" I exclaim then run out of the room to make some pie.
"What are you making?" Temari asked as she came into the kitchen.
"Apple pie." I tell her simply since I am concentrating on mixing stuff. Mmm apple pie mix stuff. Don't ask why there is pie mix inside the tower in the Forest of Death, it's better not to analyze these things.
"Sounds good, can I have some?" Temari asked her eyes pleading with me to say yes.
"I suppose so. I don't think that 'It' and I could eat the entire thing ourselves." I tell her and she smiles happily at me.
"That's great, I actually am a horrible cook."
"Really. I'll even give you a piece for Gaara and Kankuro."
"Kankuro will be thrilled but I don't know if Gaara would eat it."
"Does he not like apple?"
"He does not trust things that people have cooked for him, he thinks we will poison him or something." Temari responded looking a bit sad.
"Well then bring him in here." I tell her my idea, "Then I will make the three of you your own pie and if Gaara watches me make it he can be assured that I did not poison it."
"I suppose that might work, but that means that I have to find him and convince him to come."
"Just tell him that I am baking him a pie."
"I'll try." Temari said as she left the room leaving me alone once again to cook my teams pie. As I am about to put the pie in the oven Itachi comes into the kitchen.
"Yes?" I ask him looking at him confused. Why is he in the kitchen?
"Are you done?" He's not a patient man is he?
"With our teams pie I just put it in the oven and with my other pie I haven't even started yet."
"Other pie?"
"I'm making one for the sand ninja." I inform him happily.
"Why?" He asked me angry for some odd reason.
"Because I can?" I ask state, yay paradox intonation returns.
"You don't have to."
"But I want to."
"Fine." Itachi said sitting down at the kitchen table.
"It's a bit unnerving talking to you while you wear that mask." I tell him as I sit in front of him.
"It's annoying." Itachi said right as Temari and her brothers walked into the room. Itachi and Gaara immediately glare at one another, I just know that is what Itachi is doing behind his mask.
"I can start making the pie now." I say more to myself than anyone as I stand up to start making the pie. Gaara comes over and creepily watches me make the pie. He is standing far enough away that Itachi is letting him watch me but he is close enough so that he can see my every move. It is very creepy and disturbing to have someone watch your every move like that. So it was extremely creepy for me to have a known killer watching me that closely.
"What made you decide to make pie?" Temari asked me curious.
"To get over my shock, it will be completely gone once I eat." I inform her honestly.
"Shock?" Temari asked confused.
"Hn." Itachi said, I'm sure smirking, "So that's what this is about."
"Your fault." I answer back.
"How does eating cure shock?" Temari asked.
"Not quite sure but it has always worked for me." I inform her.
"What did 'It' do?" Gaara asked startling me. Who wouldn't be startled when someone who hasn't talked the entire time they were in the room watching you make pie suddenly says something?
"He, ummm…" I begin blushing because I am remembering the kiss. This pie needs to be ready so I can get over the kiss and go on with my life. I need food to solve all my problems.
"I caught some fish." Kisame announced coming into the kitchen.
"Saved!" I mutter to myself ignoring the fact that Gaara is now glaring at Kisame. Then I finish getting the pie ready and put it in the oven.
"Took you long enough." Itachi said to Kisame when he came in.
"This one team attacked me while I was fishing."
"I'm hungry." Kankuro said as he walked into the kitchen with one of his puppets on his back. Unfortunately I didn't know that he would have his puppet in plain sight so I looked over at just the right angle so that the life-less eyes were staring at me. Life-less eyes…Sasori's puppets…death.
"A puppet, run away!" I say as I run frantically from the kitchen causing all the inhabitants of the kitchen to stare at my retreating figure in shock.
"I didn't think that Karasu was that scary." Kankuro noted once he got over the shock of me running away.
"She must be really afraid of puppets." Temari noted staring at the door I left in still getting over the shock.
"I guess you-know-who must have shown her his puppet collection while she was there." Kisame whispered to Itachi while the three siblings were still staring at the door that I ran through.
"Seems so." Itachi responded out loud to both Temari and Kisame's statements.
"What about the pie?" Gaara asked startling everyone once again with his input into the conversation. This caused Temari and Itachi to look at the oven and notice that the timer wasn't even set.
Well that was a bit of a different chapter…I wonder what Sasori did to her to make her so afraid of puppets? (Shouldn't I know this?) Also why doesn't Itachi want pie? Who doesn't want pie? (A voice of reason in my head says people who don't like pie) I mean even Gaara wants pie.
I think that I was hungry while writing most of this chapter.
For some reason I feel like making chapter ten like an end of season TV special, ignore my weirdness. A special thanks to all those who have reviewed:
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Preview from next chapter: When in doubt quit!
After I ran away from the evil puppet of doom, and unwillingly my pie, I found myself face to face with…a wall. Yes I ran blindly, again, even though I told myself not to do so I ran right into a wall. It hurt. Stupid wall fought back. It was supposed to be my win, since it's inanimate and all. So to prove to the wall that I am really the stronger and more useful of the two of us I walk away. Ha, it can't walk away so I win, take that wall.