ahhhh! sorry for the late update! omgomgomgomgomg! well i was busy? uhm; yeah... sorry guys. okay! so i don't like this chapter at all. I didn't know how to go with it. Probably the weakest chapeter EVER. But deal. I'll update soon? I hope to. I got to get this story moving.

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Itachi stilled at hearing this

Itachi felt himself go pale.

"I'm going to… die?" he chocked out.

Madara stared impassively at him before he nodded.

Itachi felt his heart begin to beat faster. As a ninja he knew that his life could be taken any moment of any day. But he had always been so confident in his abilities that he assumed he would outlive any other ninja his age. He hated to admit it but he was scared. Itachi shut his eyes tightly as he felt then begin to burn with tears.

It had never occurred to Itachi what dying would mean. He'd be gone; of course; but he'd be GONE. Forever. Itachi thought about all who needed him still. His mother; what would Mikoto do without him? He wasn't very close to her; but she still thrived on his existence and he was the only one that could get her to smile her true beautiful smile. He could make her look ten years younger. She didn't connect with Fugaku in the way he connected with her. With him gone Mikoto might do something horrible. As in suicide; then Sasuke would be left alone with an incompetent father.

And Sasuke! What would happen to him? If on the off chance Mikoto didn't take her life Sasuke would still be alone. How many times had Sasuke announced his love to Itachi? How many times had he crawled into Itachi's bed and whimpered because of a bad dream. Sasuke would die if Itachi died; he had said it before. He couldn't do that to him… not in this way.

And what of Shisui? Though Madara had created some wicked twisted plan to save the village and do with out Shisui; Itachi couldn't help but still love him. Shisui was perfect in his mind. Shisui would do anything for him. Perhaps if he did die; Shisui would be spared and watch over Sasuke for him. Though he recalled that Sasuke was not a fan of Shisui.

Madara eyed Itachi as Itachi's face slipped back into a blank stare. A few tears had snaked their way out of his eyes and were lingering on his cheek. Madara smirked; Itachi had much to learn.

"But do not fear; love; I do happen to know a cure."

Itachi was skeptical as he looked into Madara's eyes

Madara smirked and reached into his pocket to produce a bottle of black pills. Itachi gazed at them; though they were small they had a chakra signature. Madara smiled at Itachi and dumped a pill into his palm.

"You see; I have dealt with this type of thing before." He picked up the black pill and examined it carefully. It was nothing special; it was just basically a black circle of a pill.

"When I was about your age I came down with the exact same thing."

Itachi shifted slightly.

"But with lots of research I was able to come up with a cure." He gestured to the pill in his other hand.

"So this will save me?" Itachi asked and reached toward Madara.

Madara pulled away and smiled.

"Well of course; they saved me. But there are two conditions for the pill."

Itachi let out an annoyed sigh. Of course it was never that easy.

"Number one; you must take them every single day of your life. EVERYDAY. Miss one day; you die."

Itachi nodded.

"And the other is a bit obvious; if you need a pill every single day of your life; you'll need to know how to produce them. Its actually very simple; but also very hard."

Madara smirked at him.

"You must kill someone on the inside."

Itachi's face flashed confusion before it returned to a blank stare.

"And what do you mean by that?"

Madara chuckled.

"You've never been rejected have you; Itachi-chan?"

"No."

"Then you have no idea what a broken feels like. It feels like you're dead."

Itachi stiffened.

"Why does breaking a heart produce the pills?" Itachi asked.

"Well; that alone doesn't. You must also mix together some herbs and use a simple healing jutsu. But the feeling of breaking a heart produces a special kind of chakra deep within the person who did the breaking. And that's the chakra that I've used to make them."

Itachi didn't understand completely but nodded anyway.

"I'll leave you be to decide who to crush first." Madara smirked.

Itachi grimaced and Madara leaned down to kiss those lush lips.

Itachi sighed when Madara was gone and flipped over in his bed. He stared lazily out the window. So to keep on living he'd have to kill people on the inside? No wonder Madara was a whore; he got with anyone just to break their hearts. Itachi at first decided that he would rather die than kill people on the inside to live. But Sasuke somehow snuck into his mind. Little baby Sasuke crying at his funeral. Sobbing to a father that would only reject him. He couldn't leave Sasuke like that. And the village still needed him…

Itachi looked onto the stand next to his bed and spotted the jar of pills and a list. He slowly opened the list. It described what was needed to make the pills. Itachi's face fell when he read that the chakra created would only be able to make enough to last five years. He looked at the jar; he had a good amount. Just enough to last me till the plan begins. He though distantly. Itachi took a single black pill and downed it. So it begins.