Chapter 21
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Naruto spoiler; don't read the following words if you haven't read the manga!
Sorry, I wanted to tell you all a long time ago that in this story, it's Madara who's Tobi and not Obito. Forget about Obito; he doesn't exist, it's Madara behind the mask.
Itachi looked forward to meeting Hinata, he controlled his mind and actions; he controlled everything, everything would be just fine. He heard steps approaching his room and sensed the persons chakra. That chakra felt furious, he knew who would enter and negotiate with him… Itachi felt his muscles tense, he was NOT afraid, but he was mentally preparing himself for this not-wanted visit.
The door didn't need to open, there he appeared in front of him.
"I hope you haven't forgotten about our agreement" Madara said sternly.
Itachi looked through him, like he didn't exist, like he was nothing, which irritated Madara even more.
"Answer me!" he said sternly, now Itachi was the one irritated; no one could command him to do something; even Madara.
"What would you like to know?" he asked with his non caring manner.
"Playing dumb again, Itachi?" he said wandering through the room. He looked around and found Hinata's coat hanging on a chair.
"You know perfectly what I mean, I thought our agreement was clear enough?" not excepting an answer he turned his eyes quickly in Itachi's direction.
"You would let Sasuke kill you, already forgotten?" Now he turned completely to Itachi, who still was looking uninterested in his words.
"And that girl; it looks like she's disturbing you…" now Itachi looked up, frowning, lightly thinking of a way to get the annoying man out of his room.
"Let me make myself more clearer: you will be occupied with your brothers matters and not those of the girl"
A long pause
"Or else, I'll have to eliminate her. You know what that entails, right?"
Itachi wanted to form fists and smash the man face, but his patience stopped him from doing so. Now it was his turn to say something:
"You won't dare and reminding me of the agreement again? Why all of sudden, am I disturbing you that much?" Itachi said relaxing more, to make it feel more convincing.
"You think, I, won't dare?" Madara said mockingly, man he hated Itachi. Since he heard of Itachi's talents he immediately prepared himself to surpass him, he knew Itachi was strong and actually he was afraid he could defeat him, who was Madara; the one known as an immortal being.
"Our agreement goes on, if Sasuke doesn't kill you, I'll kill him" he said more harshly, he turned around to walk away, again not using the door, but before disappearing completely he shot Itachi one last look.
"Don't forget about the girl, I'll kill her too If she will continue disturbing you even if it's unwarily"
Madara was powerful, but who said Itachi couldn't kill him? No one, and by killing him he will even gain freedom, nothing is holding him back now.
He only needs to be in the right place at the right time.
Before Itachi met Hinata he agreed with this agreement; he wanted to do anything for Sasuke's life and he had nothing to live for. He was a big disturbance for Madara; all these facts were brought together and now Madara wanted Sasuke to kill Itachi and in return for that Madara promised to look after Sasuke.
Everything was really too complicated now, but Itachi knew he would go through with it, without any problems.
With Hinata:
Hinata was feeling nervous, like someone was observing them. Konan was finishing her food and Hinata wasn't even halfway.
"Konan, do you feel something weird? Someone is hiding its chakra; only a strong Shinobi has the ability to do it" Hinata said without stuttering.
"Yeah, you're right. I'll inform Pain, he'll handle this situation" Konan said eating further.
"Okay" Hinata said shaking her head to clear her thoughts.
Her food was becoming cold, she had to hurry up, Itachi was waiting…
Instead of examining his surroundings and directions he closed his eyes and searched for Yahiko's or Nagato' chakra.
"Searching for something, old man?" he heard a feminine voice behind him. Turning around he noticed a grown up Konan; she was beautiful and looked very dominant too. Her eyes were cold… Jiraiya knew she was from Akatsuki. He knew it already a long time ago, but he never wanted to believe it. Now his eyes were really confirming that fact. The akatsuki cloak was giving her away.
"You shouldn't be here, master" she said not giving away any emotions.
"You're mistaken, Konan. I am here, now" he said smirking, trying to make their conversation more humane, but nothing changed the blankness in her eyes.
"Where's Hinata?" he asked playing along with her and using his stern voice too.
"You see, she's not here" Konan said, she took steps forward and formed handseals.
"You want to attack your master?" Jiraiya asked disbelieving her actions.
She didn't listen to him at all, she wanted to kill him, now, here, before Pain would return to finish him off. She didn't want Nagato to do this job; how strange it might sound, she knew he was too sensitive to finish off his master. She was too, but those feelings abandoned her a long time ago, now she had the chance to erase all her memories of her childhood, her master, Yahiko…
All this years she had been blaming Jiraiya for Yahiko's death, even if she knew he wasn't involved in all of this,…
Konans doppelganger was fighting and meanwhile the real one was sitting silently eating in front of Hinata, smiling slightly and ignoring the trouble. Now they would never get disturbed by him.
Hinata did find it weird that Konan was behaving so relaxed, too relaxed actually, she suspected something, but decided to put that out of thought and eat up her meal silently.
When they finished, they talked and giggled a bit at their jokes(yes Konan is a girly woman too).
"You should hurry up, I think Itachi is waiting for you" Konan said winking at Hinata, she nodded and hurried out. She ran inside their hide out to be with him.
She had to concentrate on the stairs, her feet were moving too fast, she could fall on her face. Her hands were shaking a bit, she was really nervous, now he would tell her the truth.
Opening the door with her shoulder, her bangs were hanging in front of her eyes, she shook her head and concentrated on her breathing. It was like she never felt this excited.
When she shot the door and put her heavy bags on the floor, she searched for Itachi.
The weird thing was that she didn't find him.
'Maybe he's in the bathroom' she said, hoping he was really there.
"Itachi?" she asked. No one answered, so she entered the room and began getting that abandoned feeling again.
'Why would he want to escape from me again and again?'
She couldn't help it, her feelings were so down, she couldn't even cry anymore. Crying really does good, that's the only way to push all the problems aside, but her tears probably couldn't get a way out…
She took the bags in her hands and took everything out. Her new clothes…, she could compare it with her totally new life.
It was already becoming dark and Itachi was still not back, from wherever he was. Hinata began to worry: 'Maybe he had an unexpected mission? Or maybe he's still mad at me?' she thought. The dark room was becoming much darker, she was alone and her loneliness scared her so much.
She couldn't help it; her eyelids felt heavy and closed. Without undressing herself she laid on her bed and fell asleep, not hearing Itachi entering the room and coming closing to her;
He laid his hand on her forehead and apologised, as if she could hear him. He couldn't fall asleep, but activating his sharingan he saw Hinata's form clearly laying in front of him. His peaceful, soft Hinata.
Looking through the dark and examining her he remembered his previous minutes with Pain.
Flashback:
Pain and Konan were sitting in front of him, with the other members around them.
"The other Pains finished him off so he won't disturb us anymore" Pain said hardheartedly, he killt his master and didn't think about it, it didn't hurt him like he thought it would.
"What do we do next, Konoha will be furious, they won't just sit down after we killed one of their greatest Sanins." Sasori noted, at what everyone nodded.
"You're right, we still need the Kyuubi that's why we'll attack, when we're ready" Pain said still looking concentrated forward.
"Attack?" Itachi asked bewildered. "Why Konoha? We only need the Kyuubi" That question made everyone's head turn in his direction, like he asked something really forbidden.
"It depends on Konoha, if they give up and hand over the Kyuubi, we'll revert, but if they don't, we'll need to take him by force. It's logical" he said looking at Itachi and exploring his face.
He tried to see through him and noticed Itachi had still a feeling, …, love, for Hinata? Yes, but to him it seemed to be love for Konoha too. Itachi still loved Konoha and didn't want to let it get destroyed. Only he, Nagato, with his rinningan, could read that emotion, or just any emotion behind a hidden mask and how thick that mask was didn't matter to him.
Itachi nodded at his comment and they discussed their attack. The six Pains would be ready to do their job in a week. They needed time to discuss this matter more clearly;
End flashback;
Now he laid next to her and was so tired of everything, everything was confusing him, disturbing him, ripping him apart and breaking his inner self.
He had to protect her and his brother, but now he had to protect Konoha too. His home village, the place where he wanted to have a family.
He imagined his family back in Konoha, living in peace. His future children, with Hinata as their mother. She would cook for them, raise their 'd go to school and be the best ninja's of the whole village. It was such a simple dream, but yet none to come true.
How hard he wanted it to happen, to become reality, the woman he was touching, who was carrying his heart could never return back to Konoha with him. They had to forget about their previous lives, but Itachi could never forget Konoha, his true home, his elders, their Hokage, the villagers, his family, his brother and now Hinata; not an Uchiha, but a Hyuuga, soon to be an Uchiha.
Smirking at the thought that their children would inherit the Byakugan and Sharingan, them being more genius than he was and being happy seeing each other, like Sasuke and Itachi did before, Itachi sighed deeply and closed his eyes.
Hinata felt a warm hand on her cheek, she loved this touch, and loved this dream , but silently opening her eyes she noticed it was reality. Itachi was really lying beside her and caressing her cheek with his hand. She was so afraid before, she was afraid he abandoned her. Now he was there and she once more discovered she couldn't live without this man.
Her silent move made Itachi open his eyes and deactivate his sharingan.
"Hey" she said cuddling closer.
"Hey" he answered, there was a silence, but not an awkward one, it was so relaxing, they watched each other, as if they could see one another, but there was only darkness in a light atmosphere.
"You want to talk?" he asked her kindly, he had been pulling the time, he knew that made her in some sort of a way unhappy.
"If you want to, I will begin now, I have nothing to hide from you, Hinata" he said coming closer and closer, so she could feel his breath tickling her skin.
"I…, I am tired and I think you're tired too" she whispered nervously. "It can wait and whatever you'll do I'll still love you" she said. "I'm really sorry for my childish behaviour before, it' s … difficult for you to open up, just like that. And I haven't thought about it" She said.
"I'm sorry too, let's not argue anymore" he said kissing the tip of her nose.
"You're right, It really doesn't fit us" she whimpered back. He was now hugging her tightly, they slept like that in each other's arms and enjoyed the night in silence.
Well, well, well, Jiraiya is dead,maybe it's too fast, but …, What now?! You'll see next time!
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