WTR12: It's just you and me now….

"Are you really planning on fighting me, Itachi?! How foolish!" Zetsu shouted giving Hikaru a slight jump.

"Do not be afraid Hikaru; like I said before, he won't hurt you. " Itachi looked down at Hikaru, never taking his eyes off his son.

"Papa…." Hikaru looked up at Itachi with full belief in his eyes, that his father would keep his word.

"Itachi, your attention should not be on the boy!" Zetsu shouted calling out to Itachi's attention.

Paying no mind to Zetsu's harsh demand, Itachi kneeled down to his son. He looked at Hikaru closely and held a very serious yet strait face.

"Hikaru listen to me…..I need you to hear every word I say and listen carefully…aright?" Itachi asked only to be granted a nervous nod from Hikaru.

With that, Itachi moved closer to Hikaru and whispered in his ear.

"I need you to run, run to that place I told you about before….do you remember that place, Hikaru?" Itachi spoke to him softly.

"F…father…?" Hikaru stuttered with his answer.

"Do you remember that place….?" Itachi asked him once more.

"That place was…..Konoha…the village hidden in the leaves…" Hikaru spoke with slight fear in his voice.

"That's right, and do you remember the name of the man I need you to find?" Itachi asked him.

"Sa…Sasuke Uchiha…"Hikaru answered.

Itachi knew his son was scared, but what is about to happen can not be helped.

"Yes, I need you to take your bag with you, don't leave it behind, and when I say, I need you to run." Itachi told him.

"My…my bag?" Hikaru asked him with slight puzzlement.

"Itachi, What is so important that you can not share such information with me?!" Zetsu joked from where he stands.

Itachi still paid no mind to Zetsu's ranting.

"Do you understand Hikaru; you must run to Konoha exactly when I say." Itachi put his hands on Hikaru's shoulders firmly.

Hikaru looked over Itachi's shoulders and looked straight into Zetsu's cold face. Zetsu returned Hikaru's stare with his own chilling grin. Hikaru quickly turned his attention back to his father.

"Yes papa…I understand." Hikaru spoke with a clear voice as he looked Itachi in his face.

With that Itachi held Hikaru closely in a tight embrace. Hikaru stood still for a moment still trying to consume all that Itachi had just told him to do. He slowly moved his arms up to embrace his father as well.

"Oh….how sweet, it seems Itachi really does have a heart!" Zetsu taunted Itachi and Hikaru with his words.

"Now, if you're finished with your little moment….maybe we can get this over with." Zetsu stood in a ready form. He could attack at any moment, and Itachi knew it.

Itachi still held Hikaru closely to him and whispered in his ear.

"Hikaru, do remember that trick I taught you not too long ago?"

"The Run and Hop maneuver?" Hikaru asked back, looking at the trees in front of him. In order to get to them, he would have to pass Zetsu and that was something he was not ready to do.

"Yes, that one, I want you to do that as soon as I let off a smoke boob." Itachi looked up toward Zetsu with a strong glare.

He was going to get his son out of there, even if it killed him.

Itachi stood up from Hikaru slowly still staring Zetsu down. He held Hikaru still, not wanting to do what he was about to.

He has to let Hikaru go, he must make sure his son was safe.

"Are you ready to battle now, I've been waiting…." Zetsu sighed as he looked right back into Itachi's cold glare.

"The question is are you ready for what is about to come toward you?!" Itachi moved in front of Hikaru swiftly.

"Heh, just try it! I'll kill you and your boy!" Zetsu did not hesitate to move in toward Itachi and Hikaru. He ran at them with a quick speed.

Itachi was excepting this. He moved his right hand into his pocket just as quick.

"Hikaru, Run now!" Itachi moved his right hand in the air as he shouted.

Hikaru griped his hands around the strap of his messenger bag tightly, turning his pale hands a shade of red and pink from his chocking grip.

"Father…."

"Now, Hikaru!"

Zetsu moved in closer and closer by the second, by the millisecond.

"HIKARU, NOW!" With that Itachi throw down the smoke boob with Zetsu only centimeters away from his son ready to kill Hikaru.

"Wha….what the hell?!" Zetsu growled lowly as he tried to see in the smoke.

Itachi looked down to his side. He gave out a sigh of relief.

Hikaru was gone.

"…..Be safe, Hikaru. I will come for you soon."

Zetsu looked around in an angry fashion.

"Damn you, Itachi!" He shouted through the smoke filled air.

A strong gust of wing moved through the area.

The smoke was cleared out in a matter of seconds.

Zetsu looked around until he spotted Itachi. He noticed that Hikaru was gone.

"So that is what he was doing…." Zetsu growled lowly to himself.

"Zetsu…..it's just you and me now." Itachi stood still as he looked at Zetsu just the same as before, cold and deadly.

"So, all that was just to let your son get away, huh?" Zetsu stood looking at Itachi.

"Hikaru is not of you concern. I'm your problem now." Itachi ran toward Zetsu with a killer's eyes.

"Well then, let's have some fun…." Zetsu moved toward him just the same.

With that, sparks began to fly.

-_-_-_-_-_-With Hikaru-_-_-_-_-_-

Hikaru ran, just like Itachi told him to do.

He did not stop to think about where he was going, he only knew he had to get somewhere safe.

He cried silently as he ran, the fear of losing his father, the only person he has left was running rapiedly in his mind.

"Run to Konoha, Hikaru…." He heard Itachi's whispers in his ear.

He did not even get to say good-bye.

"Papa…." Hikaru keep running as he thought out loud.

"Papa, please be alright…." Hikaru tried to be strong, he tried to hold back his hot tears, but they just wanted to fall.

Looked at the path ahead of him, the rode was clear.

He would be able to stop and rest safely for now.

Hikaru ran to an open camp site, it looked like has been used recently due to the burnt wood he saw.

He looked up to the sky as he let his messenger bag slide down from his small shoulders.

The sky was clear, much unlike his mind right now.

He slowly dropped to his knees while still looking up at the only thing in his life that still had a hint of light left.

"The sky's so clear here." Hikaru reached his right hand up toward the baby blue heavens.

"Maybe….Konoha has skies like this, huh papa….?" Hikaru asked out loud as he reached up to the nothingness surface.

"Konoha…." Hikaru looked down at his messenger bag as he remembered there was a drawn detailed map Itachi had made for Hikaru of Konoha and how to get there.

"Papa….don't worried about me….I'll get to uncle Sasuke safely." Hikaru held the map in his small hands.

"Just be there when you're done….ok?" Hikaru looked back up at the sky.

Looks like it would not rain, even on such a sad day like this.

JUST SOME INFO

Well, it has been a while, huh? I'm sorry for the long time it took me to come out with a new chapter; I was working more on New Baby Please. Well, here it is. Hikaru has escaped from death thanks to Itachi.

Now he has to worry about getting to Konoha in one piece…..

I hope you all enjoyed this and I hope you look forward to the next chapter too!

Other than that this is Vegemaru over and out!