The Truth

Sasuke eventually moved into a house of his own, using the money that he'd earned from Orochimaru. Silver had bought herself new clothes, using the money that she earned from the Akatsuki.

It had been less than a month now, since Silver left the Akatsuki. She had become even better friends with Naruto, and a good friend with Sai. Her love life had gotten better with Sasuke and Itachi. Itachi would send her letters telling her how much he missed her and how it wasn't as fun without her. He'd told her that he was coming in November, the start of winter.

"I-Ita…kun?" Silver said, rubbing an eye, "Ita-kun… Ita-kun!" Silver finally woke up, realizing what was happening. Itachi was standing in her doorway at two in the morning. Silver wrapped her arms around Itachi's back, practically crying. Itachi picked Silver up, carried her into her own room, shutting the door behind him, and setting her down on her bed.

"Silver-chan… don't cry…" Not yet…

"Ita-kun, I've missed you so much… I can't not cry…"

"Silver-chan… I missed you too…" Itachi stared into Silver's eyes.

"How long?"

"Hn?"

"How long can you stay?"

"…Until tomorrow night…"

"That's it?" Itachi looked away from Silver. "But Ita-kun… you ha-"

"Silver-chan, it was the leader's orders…"

"…Are you tired?"

"Hn…" Itachi mumbled, still not looking Silver in the eye.

"Ita-kunnnn…. Are you?"

"H-Hai…" Itachi replied.

"Do you think you could wait for a little while before you go to sleep?"
"Why?"

"I want you to meet someone… You don't mind, do you?"

"Who?"

"Naruto-kun…"

"…"

"I'll go and get him," Silver said, standing up, "Will you wait here?"

"Hn," Itachi sat on the bed, still not looking at Silver.

"O-okay, I'll be right back," Silver opened the door and left the dark room.

"Naruto-kun," Silver whispered, knocking on Naruto's door, "Naruto-kun! Wake up!" She stopped as the door slowly opened, revealing a very tired-looking Naruto, dressed in blue boxers, matching his cerulean eyes. "Naruto-kun, guess who's hear!" Naruto yawned.

"Who?"

"Ita-kun!" A big grin spread across Silver's face. Naruto's eyes widened. He stormed out of his dorm, taking Silver by the hand and leading her to her own dorm.

She unlocked the door, opened it and flicked on the lights. Her face turned a bright red as she saw Itachi digging in her fridge in his black boxers. She immediately hid behind Naruto.

"Why're you in your boxers?" Naruto asked, glowering at Itachi's back and wrapping a hand around Silver, bringing her out in front so that she could see Itachi.

"I'm tired… I was gonna go to bed…" Itachi replied, taking chocolate ice cream out of Silver's fridge, now showing his full body and face. Silver turned crimson and buried her head into Naruto's chest.

"Silver-chan, I have to talk to this bastard," Naruto sneered, bending down to whisper in Silver's ear, "Do you mind waiting outside?"

Silver shook her head, and without turning to face Itachi, she said, "Please don't kill each other…" Silver stepped out of the room, shutting the door behind her.

Inside the Room

"What'd you do to her?"

"Hn?" Itachi asked, taking a bite of the ice cream and sitting down on her bed.

"How'd she fall in love with you?"

"… She loves me?"

"No… She hates you!" Naruto said, getting pissed that Itachi didn't know.

"…"

"She talks about you practically every day, or whenever the two of us are alone."

"Did you want a relationship with her?"

"No, I'm not asking for that, I'm asking how she fell in love with someone that killed his entire family plus his clan."

"Ask her…"

"Do you love her back?"

"…"

"Answer me… I need to know…"

"Why?"

"I don't want her getting hurt…"

"…How do you know when you love someone?"

Naruto stopped glowering at Itachi, his face softening. "…You want to protect them… You want to see them all the time… You want to feel them against you and you want to be there whenever they need you… no… you want to be with them no matter what… and you want to live the rest of your life with them… I guess that's what it is… I'm not really sure myself… I love her as a best friend… I don't love her as in sleep with her…" Itachi suddenly looked up at Naruto.

"Why do you say it like that?"

"Well usually it's what people like you want… you start a fake relationship with a girl and then sleep with them and leave… I'm not gonna let that happen to Silver-chan…"

"I'd never do that…"

"And how do you know? You don't even know if you love her…" Itachi looked back down at the ice cream and start digging into it with his spoon.

"I've never really felt anything like this before… let alone any kind of emotion…"

"That's what happened to Sasuke… Luckily he wasn't as cold as you were and had to ask someone…" Itachi stopped digging into the ice cream.

"…"

"Do you love her or not?"

"…Hn…" Itachi mumbled, walking to Silver's sink and putting the bowl in it. He stood there as Naruto spoke.

"Tell me or I won't let her see you aga-" Naruto stopped talking as Itachi looked over at him, tears in his eyes. "You're crying?"

"I do… She means the world to me…" Probably the universe…

"So why're you crying?"

"…" Itachi didn't answer, but instead wiped his tears away with the back of his hand. "No reason…"

Naruto sighed, opening the door. "Okay, Silver-chan… there's nothing else that I need to know…" Naruto said, hesitating. "I'm gonna go to bed… Make sure to hide him before Sasuke gets here…"

"I'm not a pet," Itachi said, shooting death glares at Naruto.

Naruto took Silver by the waist, pulling her into his groin. "G'night, Silver…chan…" Naruto purred, kissing her on the cheek while looking at Itachi. His eyes practically flared as he licked her cheek, causing Silver to blush. Itachi glowered at Naruto while walking over to Silver. Naruto stood up straight, looking at Itachi as if saying, "Try to beat that!". Itachi picked a very red Silver up, bridal style, carried her over to the bed, and laid her down, getting on all fours above her, while looking at Naruto. Naruto raised an eyebrow, crossing his arms.

"Let's go to sleep, Silver-chan…" Itachi purred in Silver's ear, licking her neck. She shook under his grasp.

"…Itachi… Be careful…" Naruto walked out of the dorm, leaving Silver and Itachi alone for the rest of the night.

"I-Ita-kun…" Silver stuttered, blushing as Itachi lifted his lips from her neck. "What time tomorrow night?"

"Hn?"

"What time do you have to leave?"

"When no one is out…" Itachi stared into Silver eyes, not blinking once. He rolled off of her and lay on his side. Silver-chan…I'm so sorry…Silver wrapped her arms around Itachi's back and shut her eyes. He stroked Silver's back, not shutting his eyes. I'm sorry… Itachi lie for an hour, just stroking Silver's back. A couple of minutes after she started purring, Itachi slowly backed away from her grasp, making sure not to wake her up. Goodbye, Silver-chan…forever… He grabbed his cloak and put it on, along with his hat. Itachi walked out of the room, slowly shutting the door behind him. He walked down the corridors, heading towards the Konoha Gates.

"Ita-kun… Where're you going?" Itachi immediately looked up.

"S-Silver-chan?"

"Why're you leaving?" Silver walked out from the shadows and leaned against a tree. "Ita-kun… You've been acting weird since you got here… What's wrong?" Itachi walked over to the tree and put his hand above Silver's head.

"Silver-chan… I don't want to go… but it was the leader's orders…"

"You said you didn't have to go until tomorrow night…" Silver said, taking off Itachi's straw hat.

"I lied… I wanted to stay longer… so I could spend more time with you… until you never saw me again…"

"I-Ita-kun, what do you mean?"

"I'm so sorry, Silver-chan… I don't want to tell you this…"

"Tell me what?" Silver stopped leaning against the tree and stood up straight, looking Itachi in the eyes.

"I did it…"

"Did wh-"

"I killed your parents…"

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I'm sooooooo sorry that I didn't update sooner! I can't really say that I was busy… so, yeah, sorry 'bout that… Anyway, hoped you liked this chapter! Please review!