Kill Me
Final Confrontation: Uchiha VS Morino VS Hatake
Monday 28, 2011
"What do you mean you can't find him?"
Izuna sighed; he had been looking for Itachi ever since he had decided to go missing. They had not even noticed that Itachi was missing until Minori had gone and searched for him and then came in tears, demanding that they return his daddy to him. With the promise that they would find his daddy, the boy had calm down, but now he was growing impatient and Mikoto was much the same. "Just as plain as I said, we can't find him. Itachi did not exactly leave a trace to where he would go and he is smart enough not to use any traceable credit cards if he did go stay somewhere. He would pay cash."
Mikoto sighed. "Where could that boy had gone?"
"Why are you so worried anyways," Izuna said, and glanced down at Minori who was entertained playing a block game, "Itachi would return for him. I have no doubts that he went and searched for Sasuke."
Mikoto turned towards Minori and got a thoughtful look on her face. "Has anyone ever figured out where Minori came from? I would have thought the boy would be enrolled in classes already, he looks of the age."
Izuna shrugged, "I heard that he was left in Akatsuki for some time and was attending the kindergarten there, until Deidara pulled him out and brought him here. The boy would have missed already a few weeks of school, I'm not sure if Pein would be pleased to find that out." Izuna turned towards Madara who was silently sitting beside him, looking bored. "What are you thinking?"
Madara gave his brother a look, and then glanced over to Mikoto, ignoring Izuna "We could take the boy to school if that is what you would like,"
"No, that's alright. I'd rather enroll him in a proper school and not in an organization that would end up training him the same way they have Itachi," she shuddered. It was Madara's idea to have transfer Itachi into Akatsuki schooling when he was younger, hence why her boy was working under the organization. After everything they had gone through, she did not need things to be repeating themselves.
"Oh, come on, you have to admit that Itachi turned out well." Izuna argued.
"That he did, but I rather that Minori didn't end up working for Akatsuki."
"Going to school at Akatsuki doesn't mean that Minori would have to join. In the end of his teachings, Itachi had decided to join on his own." Madara explained, but the look on Mikoto's face was that of a mother concerned for her child. He was not sure if she considered Minori her child, but Madara guessed that she was taking to the idea of being his grandmother. He nearly faced palmed at the idea of his young nephew already the father of a five year old. He could only imagine what it would have been if Itachi had gotten some girl pregnant. Although, from what he could tell already, Itachi was never going to get a girl pregnant, and even if he would get someone pregnant, he doubted that Itachi could ever accomplish that with Sasuke. He was living proof. After being with Izuna for so many years, and taking him more than several times unprotected, he still could not get his own brother pregnant. "Just let Minori stay there,"
Sighing, Mikoto nodded her head. "Alright, okay, Itachi turned out incredible. Fine, I'll just deal with it." she shook her head and looked at Minori with a sad expression. She then turned towards Izuna and Madara with a questioning look. "Hey, have you noticed that he asks Itachi for his mom? Do you think that Itachi has someone with him already? You know a girlfriend…"
Izuna and Madara nearly chocked at that.
"Dunno, maybe you should ask him." Izuna said, and turned back to the computer he was working on. Madara on the other hand shrugged. Mikoto frowned at them but turned back to look at the small boy, thoughtfully.
While everywhere else was fine, at the hospital there was minor panic.
Idate was worried, early in the morning before he had even been awake; Ibiki had up and left, without even checking out of the hospital. It immediately scared Idate as to where his brother could have left, and the only thing that kept flashing a red warning bell in his mind was the letter that sat on the pillow. That summons that Ibiki had been looking at every day to this day, and the anger that had etched into his features every time was a dead giveaway as to where his brother could have gone. Even on his own, he could have figured that there was still a lot of unfinished business to deal with, but even he knew that to Ibiki this was tying up loose ends. Loose ends that had left him in the hospital, abused, and had even dropped his credentials as an assassin. Being an assassin was all Ibiki knew and it was his life. Ibiki had lost his license to kill long before he had been served and for him, the summons was nothing but the final opportunity he had to rid the world of one Hatake Sasuke.
It pulled at Idate's heartstrings every time he thought of that lovely face. Those dark eyes that had charmed him and made him fall in love. No, he thought he had been in love. It had all been a lie. The person…no, the person that owned those eyes was the same; the only thing that had changed was their gender and name. It was all the same. It was all Sasuke under all, of that make up and under that skirt. From the very beginning Sasuke had not lied that his heart already belonged to someone else and that was none other than the conniving Uchiha Itachi. He had just blinded himself that he could have ever won against someone so great. Someone that Sasuke was even claiming to have a child with, so from the beginning it was foolish to think that he could have had a chance to claim Sasuke's heart. Maybe a part of him still hoped that maybe Sasuke would turn around, look at him, for one brief moment, and open his heart enough to at least, allow a small piece of it to belong to him. He wanted that much.
Reaching for the summons note, he read it over. If he decided to go and stop Ibiki from doing something stupid, he would have to face Sasuke. If he did come face to face with Sasuke, what would happen? Would he be allowed to talk to him? Closing his eyes, Idate dared dream what he would say to Sasuke. It was now or never right. If he was going to go out and be a hero then he might as well do it now. He could prove to Sasuke that he did love him, despite the fact that he was a boy and he could just prove himself and hope that it meant something.
Reading over the contents on the letter, he looked at the time. The hearing would be at nine forty five, and it was only one in the afternoon. There was still time for him to get ready, go, and stop whatever Ibiki was planning. When his brother was angry, there was no telling what could happen.
At the Hatake mansion, Sasuke was glaring at himself in the mirror. Ayaka had asked him everything that had happened, and after retelling her everything, and leaving out the part that Itachi was also his lover, she had decided that if he was going to go to court, he needed to look presentable. To Sasuke's displeasure that meant that he actually had to shower in the morning, and then again in the afternoon, before changing into 'proper' clothes, in other words, a button up shirt, dress pants, and a tie. Sasuke tried pulling at his tie when he felt that it was constricting him, but Ayaka slapped his hand away and glared at him, "Now Sasuke, don't pull on your tie like that, you look so handsome." She gushed and Sasuke pouted.
"I don't care, it's just court." He of course bit his lip, since he also knew that Itachi was going to be there. After so long he was finally going to be able to see him again, and even though he was nervous, Sasuke could not wait to see him. He wondered if Itachi had forgotten him. A part of him feared that Itachi might not want to see him again. That what they had did not matter, and yet he was probably only feeling that way because it had been a while since he had seen him. Kimimaro had made sure to keep him well hidden that not even Itachi would be able to find him. On top of that, Sasuke and everyone else were also unaware of Tayuya's whereabouts. Sasuke had requested to see her, but before he had even done so, she had just left without leaving a note behind of departure or anything. It worried Sasuke. Without her in the case, there would be no real solution to the torture and partial rape to Ibiki. Sasuke could care less that Ibiki was violated, in his own right, the man had tried to kill him and Itachi, and so he deserved it. No, he deserved worse.
A part of him wondered if Ibiki would even come. If he did not, then Ibiki was showing that he did not care much that he had been tortured under dire conditions and he was not looking to press any charges or push any blame. If so, Sasuke would be glad that Ibiki had decided not to come. This brought him back to the worry that Itachi would not come as well. Glancing at the clock, he felt himself become even more nervous.
"I hope that everything goes alright today," Ayaka said when she saw the worried look on Sasuke's face. "I'm sure everything will." She decided to say with affirmation.
Sasuke managed a smile for her, "we could always hope that everything will be alright," he said in a soft tone. There was still a lot of doubt in him. She sighed and sat down on the bed, and Sasuke glanced back at the mirror, looking himself over much as he would before things had changed. It had been so long since he was last standing here. Now things were not the same, and by the end of today, he was sure that things would be even more different. By the end of today, he could be heartbroken, or worse, he could be dead. Whatever life decided, Sasuke thought to himself. "In the end, will my luck run out or will I somehow land on my feet again," Sasuke questioned himself and tilted his head a little.
Ayaka smiled at him, and she shrugged. "We can't control those things, but I will pray for you to land on your feet again," She closed her eyes as she pressed a hand to her chest, over her heart. "I believe that if not, Itachi will be right there to catch you."
Sasuke was surprised by her words, but nodded, "I know he will." He said for once, without doubt in his voice.
The storage room was his personal jewel. No one knew what he kept here, but it was all in his personal collection. Ibiki smirked as he brought out the key that hung around his neck and then opened up the garage storage he had rented the very moment that he had taken his first job as an assassin.
The sun barely shone in, and allowed the black guns there to glitter in their own right. Licking his lips, there was only one thing he was here for.
The one gun that had allowed him to succeed when he was just a rookie starting out, and the one gun he had relied on for so long. The gun he found hard to give up but had set it here to preserve for as long as he could. This gun was the one that he wanted to use for when he killed the biggest sore in his eye!
The reasons why he had gotten his assassin license revoked. He would end it all in two shots, with this gun! Walking towards the silver short-ranged gun, he brought it close to him and pressed a kiss to the side of it. There was an insane glimmer in his eyes. "Come on baby, we've got an Uchiha and a Hatake to kill." He grabbed a packet of bullets before he walked out and reclosed and relocked his storage room. "They shall die"
The courtroom was huge.
Golden walls covered everywhere, with tall black columns. There were statues around it that represented the legal federal laws. It was an incredible building, especially at night, when the lights would be turned on and it allowed it to sparkle. The walls nearly looked like real melted gold, and the vast presence of it, made anyone feel small and insignificant. In addition, it was private, with no witnesses, no jury, and absolutely no lawyers or attorneys. It was just a private hearing, such of that of family, where they themselves defended, and made peace. Yet, this was neither a civil case, nor a federal case; it probably was not even legal. Hiruzen feared that he had too much of a soft heart to be allowing such a thing. Maybe he was not being a fair judge at all.
Glancing towards the empty courtroom, Hiruzen could not help but feel that this was going to be the last sight he was going to see. He had lived his life long enough to know what true anger was, especially that of assassins.
"Good evening, Hiruzen,"
At the sound of that voice, Hiruzen turned around and looked at the silently approaching Sasuke. Beside Sasuke was a male with long white hair, and deep green eyes. Hiruzen could not help but smile at the young boy.
"Judgment day isn't Sasuke."
Sasuke shrugged. "I rather not think of it like that," he lightly muttered. "So, only you are here?" he asked, looking around himself. A part of him was already impatient at getting to see Itachi again.
"Yes, it is just me for now." he said and looked up at the stand again. "I was pondering over how illegal this all is such a ploy really." He lowered his head to look down at the tiles, "But even in my old age, I swore to myself I would retire soon, yet here I am." He turned his head towards Sasuke, "Cleaning up the messes of a foolish young boy."
"Sorry to have asked this of you." Sasuke apologized, "but I truly couldn't think of any other satisfactory solution to it all." Sasuke's eyes turned towards Kimimaro.
"If it was all legal I would have suggested bringing Kakashi along with us, he did suffer the worst of Anko's assault…although as she is dead, I guess justice was served."
"Wouldn't have helped the case," Hiruzen lightly said, "In fact this small ruse I hope can at least get you guys to stop being chased by an assassin." Sasuke made a face and Hiruzen gave him a sharp look that said he had better not start complaining. Part of this was to get Sasuke and the others to that had involved themselves in this mess to come clean and take responsibility by paying a debt to society.
Sasuke pouted.
Kimimaro hummed, "Guess everything does has its price,"
Hiruzen nodded in agreement and Sasuke shrugged. Suddenly there was the sound of heavy boots coming their way and all three turned around to see who was approaching them. Their eyes widened when they saw that it was Ibiki, and to top the cold chill that ran down their spines, the man had a murderous look on his face.
To this, Sasuke and Kimimaro both became instantly alert.
"Welcome." Hiruzen greeted, going for a warm approach as the man came closer. The look on his face did not change as he looked from Sasuke to Kimimaro and then to Hiruzen. Ibiki finally stopped when he was about five feet away from everyone. "I'm sure you are eager to have all of this mess cleared out,"
The man cleared his throat, "How, may I ask do you plan to have this mess cleared out?" he asked, the look in his eyes becoming almost wild, "How do you plan to erase the fact that I was violated, as if I am a damn homosexual, and to add salt to the wound I get my assassin license revoked? DO YOU REALLY THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS WARRANTS A SLAP ON THE WRIST LIKE I AM SURE YOU WOULD DO, WITH A SOFT HEART AND ALL?" Ibiki took two steps back, and brought his gun. The other three tensed.
"Put that away, I won't allow gins here!" Hiruzen snapped, anger flashing on his aged face.
"I don't think so!" Ibiki hissed, his finger already at the trigger "DIE!" he cried, and he shot the gun, aimed at Sasuke. Kimimaro being there though, he was quick to push Sasuke down and out of the way. No one was there to push Hiruzen out of the way, and the old man ended up receiving the bullet straight through his chest.
Eyes wide, and Hiruzen crumbled down to the floor taking his last breaths.
Ibiki cursed under his breath, a frown etched on his face. "Next time I won't miss." He turned his eyes to Sasuke and Kimimaro. Sasuke was shaking from anger at witnessing someone he knew fall dead right in front of his eyes.
"How could you…HOW COULD YOU!"
Ibiki cocked his gun, "Don't worry, you are next little boy." And he aimed his gun once more, this time at Sasuke's head.
BANG!
Itachi was glad that the day that he would get to see Sasuke again was finally here but he was impatient to see his younger brother. From very early that morning, Itachi had made himself busy to help him pass the time. The first thing he did was shower, eat breakfast, and then head out the door to the store.
It did not take long for Kisame and Suigetsu to follow him there.
Itachi had frowned at them, but allowed them to stay as they stocked up on some food. They later went out to eat. Itachi was still thinking about the letter he had read and glanced towards Kisame and Suigetsu, "You still have the key to the secret vault room in Akatsuki, don't you?" Kisame stopped eating and looked at Itachi with shock.
"You are not suggesting you want a gun, are you" Kisame sputtered and Itachi sent him a glare.
"You really think I trust that things can get settled peacefully?" he asked and Kisame shook his head.
"That would be too much to ask." Kisame placed an arm around Suigetsu and hugged him tightly. He really did not want to put Suigetsu in danger anymore, and because of that he also knew that Itachi feared that Sasuke was in danger. Suigetsu patted Kisame's arm and sighed.
"Don't worry about me, I'll stay at the apartment and not get in the way," he then looked at Kisame pleadingly, "Just promise you will return."
"I will, I promise," Kisame leaned in and kissed his boyfriend. Itachi was already ignoring them as he finished his meal and then got up. In a minute or so, Kisame and Suigetsu were following him out the door and towards Akatsuki. Once there, they were greeted by a pissed of Pein who demanded an explanation from all of them. Itachi had brushed him off, and walked to the vault.
Pein being the leader and all, tried to stop Itachi. "Look Itachi, you are incredible. You were one of the top students! The absolute top, but even I have to draw the line in the fact that you are doing something that goes against the job standards."
Itachi pulled a handgun towards himself and then walked over to Pein again. "Then, consider this the last job I ever pull off. This is the last mission I will go for the company." He looked at Pein seriously, "I know all the rules I have broken, and I'll take responsibility for them."
Pein looked at Itachi with a sad expression. "I thought you loved this job."
Itachi shook his head. "Not when it's faced with this, suddenly this job doesn't matter." Itachi shrugged, and brushed past Pein to leave. Kisame and Suigetsu both started to chase right after him when Kisame paused and turned to look at Pein, and bowed his head.
"Sorry boss, but if Itachi quits, so do I." he grinned, "There is just a few things this job does not offer," and with that he turned and chased right after Itachi and Suigetsu. Pein was awestricken as he stared right after two of his best employees. Konan came to stand beside him, a giggle bubbling at her lips. Pein gave her a disgruntled look as he wrinkled up his nose with slight disgust to her giggling.
"What's so funny?"
"Well, don't you get it Pein?" she asked, smiling widely at him. Pein clueless to what she meant shook his head. "Itachi has fallen in love, and apparently, it seems Kisame has also figured out what love is."
Pein rolled his eyes. "Deidara and Sasori also claim to be in love, but you don't see them quitting."
"Well…I don't know why Kisame would quit, I guess he plans on sticking close to Itachi, but Itachi never planned to work permanently for Akatsuki. Guess he was just looking for something to really motivate him to quit." Konan shrugged, "And to realize, this is not the place he truly wants to be for the rest of his life,"
"Ah, it seems, life decided to be funny again." Pein sighed, "Who is going to replace him though, Itachi made the big bucks for this company, ugh" he turned and started to walk towards his office. Konan smiled and then suggestively said as she followed him.
"Itachi's son, of course,"
"Oh yeah…"
Outside, Itachi climbed into the car and sat back as Kisame started to drive. "Where shall we go?" Kisame asked when he turned to look at Itachi. Itachi shrugged, and started to play around with the gun, taking it apart, and then quickly reassembling it, before doing it again. It was a skill taught in Akatsuki and Itachi was the fastest that there ever was when it came to disassembling a gun.
"Let's go to the park," Suigetsu suggested, "Unless Itachi wants to go get Sasuke a present, and ask him to come back with us."
Itachi snapped the case of bullets into the gun, and pulled on the engager, before getting an idea. Kisame and Suigetsu's eyes widened when Itachi asked to be taken somewhere they never thought he would ask to be taken. It took a few hours, from there, but in the end they still had two hours before meeting at the court. Kisame was still driving around, while Itachi remained slouched in his seat, looking at the item he had purchased for his little brother.
"Well, there was a theory, in the beginning between me and Kisame that perhaps you and Sasuke were not going to end up together."
"Hm," Itachi sounded thoughtful, "Why is that?"
"Because a creepy old man said so!" Suigetsu fisted his hands and then continued, "It's not like we would believe it, really we wouldn't, but when you think about it, not everything ever ends as a happily ever after. Some stories are really sad, and for all you know, in the end, one of you could have died." Suigetsu shrugged, "but that's just me, you know."
"Death?" Itachi muttered, just as calm as before, "I'd cheat death plenty of times, and always protect Sasuke if I had to," He looked over his shoulder to Suigetsu, and looked at him with deadly glowing red eyes. "I'm always one step ahead,"
"Your…your eyes." Suigetsu gulped.
Itachi chuckled, and looked forward again. "Step on it Kisame,"
Kisame gulped, and nodded his head and started to drive way above the speed limit. By the time they made it towards the court, they noted that a tall black jeep had slammed inside as well. Ducking down, they hid as Ibiki stepped out of the jeep, not even bothering to turn it off as he pulled out a silver gun from inside the car, and then stuffed it into a pocket in his jacket where he would have free access to it.
Itachi's eyes looked curious as he watched the tall heavy man stomp his way towards the building. Before Kisame or Suigetsu had any time to react, Itachi was already silently following behind Ibiki. "Damn, what should we do?" Kisame asked, as he turned off the car and wondered if he should follow Itachi or not. Suigetsu frowned and shook his head.
"I don't know, but…" he lowered his eyes down, "I have a bad feeling about this." Just as they were thinking that, a car pulled up right next to theirs and they both gasped when they saw it was Idate. Ibiki's allegedly younger brother. At that, Kisame jumped out of the van, and rushed the man with cuffs in his hand.
Idate was taken by surprise as he found himself pounded to the floor, and both his hands tied behind his back. "Let me go! I have to stop-ow!"
"Sorry, but you are not allowed to go in there," Kisame hissed, "In fact, we are going to have you arrested under the Akatsuki law!" Idate's eyes widened, and wanted to scream when all of a sudden he was hit on the back. Kisame looked up and looked at his lover, with a proud look.
Suigetsu shrugged, "His opinion was really unnecessary,"
Itachi silently followed Ibiki and hid in the shadows when the man seemed to come to a hallway, into an open room where it seemed that an old man, a white haired male, and Sasuke were standing. For a moment, Itachi was distracted by the fact that Sasuke was there. The boy looked to be alright, even perfect, in his own opinion.
His attention was brought back to Ibiki's back when the man cleared his throat. "How, may I ask do you plan to have this mess cleared out?" he asked, the look in his eyes becoming almost wild, "How do you plan to erase the fact that I was violated, as if I am a damn homosexual, and to add salt to the wound I get my assassin license revoked? DO YOU REALLY THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS WARRANTS A SLAP ON THE WRIST LIKE I AM SURE YOU WOULD DO, WITH A SOFT HEART AND ALL?" Ibiki took two steps back, and brought his gun. The other three tensed.
Itachi on the other side did so as well, and got ready to shoot if he had to. There was no doubt that he was going to need to, 'Don't do anything stupid Ibiki,' He thought to himself.
"Put that away, I won't allow gins here!" Hiruzen snapped, anger flashing on his aged face. Ibiki was shaking, and for a moment, Itachi thought that the man would retract his gun, but Ibiki then shook his head. It was almost like he was debating himself, and before anything else could happen the man had pulled the trigger.
"I don't think so! DIE!" The gun was aimed at Sasuke, but the white haired male was quick at pushing him down and getting them both to safety. The old man was hit in the chest though, and even though Sasuke was all right, the threat that had nearly touched his little brother sparked even more hatred within Itachi.
Ibiki cursed under his breath, a frown etched on his face. "Next time I won't miss." He turned his eyes to Sasuke and Kimimaro. Sasuke was shaking from anger at witnessing someone he knew fall dead right in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but feel that somehow this was his fault as well.
"How could you…HOW COULD YOU!"
Ibiki cocked his gun, "Don't worry, you are next little boy," And he aimed his gun once more, this time to Sasuke's head. Even If Kimimaro was ready to protect the boy again, he knew his gun was powerful enough to pierce that body shield, and still go through Sasuke. No matter what, he would shoot more than once if he had to, so long as Sasuke would… "DIE!"
BANG!
Eyes widened, Sasuke felt shocked as blood spilled all over his face and Kimimaro froze, unable to move. Right before their eyes, a bullet had gone right through Ibiki from behind, and the man was gasping for air. His hand shook and the gun in his hand fell to the floor with a heavy thud. Another gun shot, and this one was to his head, taking the man down completely and once he fell over, Itachi was revealed behind him, a gun aimed where Ibiki's head had once been.
Itachi withdrew his gun back, and glared down at the dead body.
Sasuke was still shaking in his shock. Watching someone die even if they were the bad guy could still be a horrendous thing. A moment later though, at seeing his older brother there he couldn't help but push himself up from the floor and he rushed towards him, launching himself to him, and wrapping his arms around Itachi's neck and shoulder. He held on tightly, not daring to let go in fear that he would disappear.
Itachi, surprised by the sudden embrace from his younger brother, the gun that had been in his hand fell to the floor, forgotten. Kimimaro shakily stood up, watching as Sasuke hugged the man that had just murdered the crazy Ibiki and could not help but to start laughing at the irony of it all, "Hah, try to do something good, and it blows up in your face. Serves the outcome right," He sadly looked at the two bodies on the floor and he knew he was going to have to get rid of them. Kicking Ibiki's dead form he couldn't help but think that the man was a complete idiot.
'How could anyone had ever loved him…how could she ever have loved him' He bitterly thought.
"Niisan, niisan" Sasuke sobbed, snuggling himself deeper into Itachi.
Itachi buried his face into Sasuke's shoulder and neck, brining his own arms around the boy's waist and pulling him close, tightly, "shh, Otouto," Itachi closed his eyes. "Everything is going to be alright,"
The sounds of planes and the rushing wind was all she could hear as she stood on the run way, guiding a plane to land properly. Even though she did not know what was going on, Tayuya's heart hurt. However, she was tired to erase everything that she had done from her mind, everything that she had felt, and everything that she wished; she really did not know what was going on.
She just hoped Ibiki was now happy, and had the best. That was all that she wished for him in her heart, for him to be happy…Happy no matter what!
Ahhh! Thank you for those who are still sticking with this story after so long of not updating! I just had no inspiration for it for some time and right now it's just hit me with some. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Also hope it wasn't rushed. But we are coming down to the last few chapters before this is all done and finished.
and a new story follows as usual. For those who haven't checked out Angel Of Darkness please give it a try. It's not as bad as the summary sounds lol. I suck at summaries. And I also have to update Whatever It Takes. I don't want to ruin it so I've taken a short break from it to reassure myself of it's plot. And thank you to all that read all my stories and like them -and putting up with my terrible spelling and grammar. I swear there is no excuse for it.- Well see you guys around!
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