PART NINE: YUKI'S POV

It was the middle of the night. The flames were turning everything red. I ran down an ally when I found him walking away from Sasuke. He looked at me with a look that said Please take care of my little brother.

"Itachi" I said to him shocked.

"Goodbye Yuki" He said walking away from me and out of my life for what I assumed at the time would be forever.

"Itachi don't, don't leave me" I said running after him with tears stinging my eyes. He stopped, shook his head now, and continued on his way.

Why am I thinking about that night? I thought. Oh yeah thats because I'm about to come face to face with my old friend. "I need to hurry" I said to myself.

Finally the Inn Sauske was at came into view and I hoped I wasnt to late. There was now way Sasuke could defeat Itachi, not at the level he was at now.

I ran up the stairs and down a hall when I saw him. Itachi Uchiha, my former friend and man I once loved. I ran, stood infront of Sasuke and said "Don't!"

"Yuki Nara" I heard Naruto and Jiriya say in the background.

"Move" Itachi said to me.

"No" I replied.

"Yuki move!" Itachi demanded.

"No. Damn it Itachi, havent you put the poor boy through enough already!"

"Yuki let me handle this" Sasuke said from behind me with revenge seeping from his Sharingan.

"Let you handle it?" I said sarcastically.

"Yes i'm doing fine. I dont need your help"

"Yeah right because from where I'm standing you're getting your ass kicked!"

"What do you think you can do huh?"

"Sasuke'e right Yuki this is crazy" said Naruto with fear written on his face.

"Yes well I'm crazy" I replied.

"Are you really going to fight me Yuki?" Itachi asked.

I looked at my former friend with deadly eyes and said "Yes Itachi I am"

"Very well then"

"Get ready for I wont hold back"

"I wouldnt expect you to"

I stared at Itachi trying to figure out his first move but as always he was unreadable. Seeing as he wasnt going to make the first move I decided I would. I reached behind my back and grabbed four hidden shuriken. Then I threw them with lightnig speed and with that our fight was on.

"Fire Style: Fire ball jutsu" Itachi said as a wave of fire came from his mouth.

"Water Style: Water Wall jutsu" I said using the water to protect mself from Itachi's fire attack.

"She's a ninja. She's amazing" Naruto said in the background as he looked on amazed.

"Shadow possesion Justsu" I said traping Itachi in one of the Jutsu's that has been passed down threw the Nara bloodline. Something was wrong though. That is when Itachi appeared behind me with a kunai to my throught. "A clone." I said.

"Whats wrong Yuki? I thought you said you werent going to hold back" He said.

"Damn it" I said angered and frustrated.

"Could it be that you're still holding onto that promise we made so long ago." Itachi hit me on the back of my head. "Come find me when you are ready to really fight me." He said to me before everything went black and I passed out.

I awoke a few hours later in one of the rooms at the Inn. Sasuke was sitting in a chair beside the my bed with his hands folded in front of his face. A typical Sasuke pose. "Why didnt you tell me?" He asked upon noticing I was awake.

"Tell you what?" I replied.

"Don't play dumb with me Yuki! Why didnt you tell me that you were a ninja?!"

"I wasnt ready for anyone to know"

"All this time you have been lying to me"

"I know and I'm sorry"

"Sorry's not good enough" The two of us fell silent for a few minutes until Sasuke finally broke the silence." Itachi mention a promise, what was it?"

"That he wouldnt use the Sharingan on me and I wouldnt use my most deadlt attack on him. Look SasukeI have to get back to Kanna. I'll give you a day but please come home"

"Fine." He said. "Now go"

I got up and left. I was planning on making a pit stop on the way home that I didnt want Sasuke to be with me. I was going to confront his brother. I was going to tell Itachi how I really felt.