.:CHAPTER 10:.

REVELATIONS

"Onee-chan…" Sakura whispered again as more tears slithered down her cheeks one by one.

Kin shot her another warm smile and took a step forward. Sakura watched in disbelief as her sister, no, rather a corpse of her older sister walked towards her. She slowly backed away, unable to believe that her sister was actually alive. She didn't believe in scary stories, but neither could she believe that her sister had been alive all these years; all these years that she has missed her absence.

"Stay away from me!" Sakura cried frantically.

Kin stared incredulously at Sakura, her face twisted in hurt and anguish. She arched a brow in confusion, puzzled by her sister's reaction.

"Sakura, don't you recognize me?" Kin asked softly.

"You're not my sister. You're just a corpse! My sister died seven years ago, when I was only eight years old."

"No, Sakura," Kin said comfortingly, "You got it all wrong. You see-"

"No!" Sakura interrupted as she shook her head roughly, "I don't want to hear it! Be quiet! Don't say anything! I…don't want…to hear it…"

Sakura's heart wretched with a deep pain and anguish and she collapsed on her knees. She burrowed her face in her hands and sobbed, loudly enough for her cries to echo throughout the room. Tears formed on the pit of Kin's throat and she too also found herself crying alongside Sakura. Kin reached out her hand to comfort her, but Sakura slapped it away.

"Don't touch me!" she hissed.

Sakura looked up, her eyes enraged with hate, filled with tears of sorrow and anger. Kin was taken aback. She had spent so many years with Sakura, but she had never seen her like this.

"I'm sorry, Sakura," Kin said gently as she attempted to place her hand on her sister's shoulder.

"That's all you have to say? Sorry?" Sakura snapped as she lifted her head up.

"Were we not good enough for you, onee-chan? Did you leave us because you didn't like us?" Sakura asked in despair, anxiously waiting for a reply.

"It's not like that, Sakura," her sister said in between sobs, "You're misunderstanding things. I love you guys more than anything, which was hurtful for me when I had to leave you guys."

"You…abandoned us!" Sakura yelled out in rage.

"It's not like that! I had to fake my death because I couldn't let the secret out so carelessly. It was for my own good."

"What secret?!" Sakura yelled. "I'm sick of secrets! Tell me everything, please. Why did you abandon me?" Sakura pleaded, her eyes thirsty for answers, for revelations.

"Kin," Itachi intervened. "It's best if you tell her now."

Kin hesitated at first, but then gave in. She took in a deep breath and then heaved a long sigh.

Sakura's heart gave off a wave of anxiety, but at the same time joy. At last she was about to find out the truth about everything. What's more, her sister was alive. So many questions were going to be answered in just a few moments. She was ready for any impact that she was about to take, whether they were good or bad.

"Sakura, I didn't abandon you nor father and mother. Seven years ago I found out who my true family were, who I really am. I told father and mother to tell you that I died, so when I left, you wouldn't go after me."

"But why?" inquired Sakura with curious eyes.

Her sister frowned and deep lines formed on her forehead. Her face was hollow, shadowed with a deep sorrow that was too abstract to comprehend.

"My family, rather my clan were allies of this other clan known as the Uchiha clan. Together my clan cooperate with the Uchiha clan to exterminate beings that don't belong here."

"Beings that don't belong here?" Sakura repeated.

"Yes. They don't have a specific name, so we label them as vampires, because they dwell in the night. They have the special ability to take the image of a human being and transform into them."

"But how is that?" asked Sakura.

"We live in a supernatural world, Sakura, although only a few of us know it."

"Fortunately, in the Great Battle of the Fated One," Kin continued, "two hundred years ago, most of them were killed and only a few of them have survived until this day. One of them is after you."

Sakura's eyes bulged. Her heart hammered painfully against her chest. One of those vampires is after her, but why?

As if she had read her mind, Kin said, "Because you're the Missing Child. You've been missing for all these years and now that you have appeared, he's after you because of the great power that lies within you, a power that needs yet to be awakened. With that power, he'll create a world with no human beings; a world filled with vampires. We, on the other hand, have a different name for you, as it says in the myth. To us, you're known as the Fated One, because you're believed to stop him from creating the world he desires, by sacrificing your life in the process, making a balance with the world to undermine his plans."

Sakura gasped and she shook with fear. She was the source of the world that vampire planned to create. More than that, she's destined to sacrifice her life, in other words, die, as it says on the myth.

"That same vampire that is after you was the same vampire that actually murdered Itachi's parents. He took the image of his face, transformed into him and murdered his whole family, all because they knew of your existence and tried to protect you and because, with their sharingan and special abilities, they could have easily murdered him. Itachi here is after that vampire for revenge."

Sakura had simply forgotten about the man who stood a few feet away from her. She looked up to him and their eyes met. Suddenly she looked away, feeling a bit embarrassed and ashamed. She had yelled at her sister, accused her of abandoning her without knowing the true story behind it all, and has looked at Itachi as a murderer, but she was proved to be completely wrong.

Suddenly Itachi got up from his seat and slowly walked towards Sakura. She felt her heart stop dead. She knew he wasn't a bad guy, yet his eyes still scared her. His pensive eyes had a small glint of hatred, but not towards her, but towards the vampire that killed his family. He reached out his hand to her and grabbed her wrist in an abrupt, but gentle manner. Then he placed the palm of her hand on his forehead and shut his eyes.

Kin must have seen how confused Sakura was when she told her, "One of your special abilities requires you to see into people's minds and also their pasts. He wants you to see his past, Sakura. All you have to do is shut your eyes too and let yourself enter into his mind."

Sakura nodded and hesitantly shut her eyes. She didn't understand how this "special ability" of her worked, but she still gave it a try anyway. First she emptied her mind out of everything and then concentrated on connecting with Itachi's mind. After so many tries, none of them were successful. She was beginning to become irritated, but Kin told her to be patient. After a few moments, Sakura managed to successfully enter Itachi's mind.

She saw how many scenes lead to another. She saw a man shrouded in a dark cloak, his face hidden in the shadows. She saw him transform into Itachi's form and snickered to himself as he left the scene. Then she saw a desperate boy running away from this same person, crying out for help. She immediately recognized him to be a younger Sasuke and she immediately realized that this was the same dream she dreamt about a day before she met Sasuke. These scenes still remained vague to her and lacked a few details, but she somehow was able to put all the missing pieces of the puzzle together. Itachi did not kill him family after all, instead this "vampire" did. Sasuke was chased after this vampire who took his brother's form and since that day, he always thought that Itachi had killed his clan. This vampire was obviously trying to separate these two, but why?

"Sasuke…" Sakura whispered as she suddenly remembered about him. "He has to know about this. I have to tell him!" she said as she abruptly stood up, but her sister pulled her down.

"There's no need," Kin said casually.

As she said this, the doors suddenly burst open. Everyone who had been sitting on the table suddenly stood up, in a defensive mode. Itachi signaled them to sit down and reassured them everything was going to be alright. Beneath the shadows, two deep crimson eyes glowered straight at Itachi. Those eyes were filled with anger and hatred and were thirsty to kill. A shiver crawled up Sakura's spine and suddenly she felt fear towards this person. She knew who he was, yet she felt as if a mere stranger was standing behind those doors.

"I've been awaiting your arrival…little brother," Itachi said in a serene voice.

Sasuke finally stepped out of the shadows and shot a deathful look towards Itachi.

"I finally found you," he murmured under his breath.

Sakura quickly glanced at Sasuke and then Itachi. A bead of sweat trickled down her forehead. Her hands shook, her head throbbed, her heart raced.

"Your life ends right here and now!" Sasuke raged as he darted towards Itachi with menacing eyes. He secretly held something on his hand, ready to wield it for when the perfect moment came.

"Sasuke, no!" Sakura cried out as she ran in front of Sasuke. She held out her arms defensively, to prevent Sasuke from doing anything reckless.

Itachi appeared in front of Sakura in a blink of an eye. His movements were too fast for the naked eye to see. Sakura's eyes widened in shock when she saw what Itachi was blocking with his arm.

"This katana is not meant to kill humans," Itachi said sternly as he poked Sasuke's forehead with two fingers. Sasuke instantly closed his eyes and fell harshly to the floor.

"Sasuke!" Sakura cried out in worry.

"Don't worry about him. I just simply put him to sleep. This way he'll calm down a bit," Itachi reassured her.

Sakura sighed in relief. She had underestimated Itachi again and she cursed herself for thinking that Itachi actually attempted to kill Sasuke.

"Sakura," Kin called out to her sister, "Your powers have yet to be improved. Tomorrow morning we'll start your training. This vampire is after you and it is your destiny to defeat him. You have to be ready for whenever the time comes."

Sakura nodded in approval. She was the world's only hope to save it and she couldn't let everyone die and wither away. She was the Fated One, the Missing Child that everyone had been waiting for. At last she has appeared and now everyone relied on her.

Kin motioned to Sakura to follow her and Sakura obediently walked after her. She looked back and quickly glanced at Sasuke who still laid motionless on the floor. She fretted for him, wondering whether he will believe Itachi or not, and decided to wait until tomorrow to find out. She was tired and her mind swirled with a lot of thoughts, with a lot of questions still left unanswered. First she needed to get a good rest and then set her mind on things tomorrow. Tomorrow was going to be a big day.

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A woman in labor fiercely gripped the sheets of the bed as she heaved and huffed, heaved and huffed. She felt the extravagant pain overwhelm her. Back in her time, hospitals have not been built yet and she had no other choice but to give birth to her child in her own bed. Her maid encouraged her to push and push. The woman cursed under her breath and gritted her teeth as she pushed with all her might. Distant cries of a baby echoed through her head and she suddenly felt the world above her turn pitch black and thrust down on her. The maid held the bloody baby on a now soaked blanket. Her eyes widened in disbelief and she feared the worst for the baby. The poor child was now an orphan.

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TO BE CONTINUED…

A/N: I feel sooo bad I haven't updated for the longest. TT Please forgive me. :( I hope you liked the chapter! :) I promise you guys next chapter will be good, but I can't say when I'll have it up. XD

-Itachi is good
-Kin is alive
-Azrael didn't tell Sasuke the truth after all
-Sakura is the main character, not Sasuke P
-I left out so many things out...but I'll explain more in the coming chapters ;)
-What happened to Hiroshi? This was just a chapter based on two sisters and two brothers: Kin and Sakura; Itachi and Sasuke
-Yes, Sakura was being a little too hard on Kin, but I'm sure you can sympathize with her, yes?

Any questions that WON'T spoil the ending are more than happy to be answered. :)

Umm...thanks Vampire Knight for inspiring me to keep on writing. 33