To be honest, I don't feel like looking over the chapter... I'm really tired... again hehe... so yeah if there is spelling or grammar mistakes... its because I didn't proofread before putting it up.
Also... if this chapter is boring, I am sorry... I did write this a few months back so it was when I was still trying to think of what I wanted to happen in this story.
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I stared at Itachi, who was leaning against the bridge. "Why did you choose to meet here?" I asked, walking up to him, while staring into the old town of Konoha. "If these 'dark' figures came to you when you were unconscious then that means something of slight value."
"Are we going in then?" he nodded, pushing himself off the bridge railing. "Just don't be rash and run into the small batch of chemical holes. There may not be as much contamination here as there was years ago… but there still are a handful of spots that could kill you." I nodded, remembering the 'dream' I had.
I followed Itachi as he pushed through the bushes and branches. "So why exactly are we here to begin with?" he glanced over his shoulder, towards me. "Tell me… what did they say to you?" Itachi asked as he stopped in the middle of the old Konoha.
"They kept saying tainted…" I said, immediately getting a response from Itachi. "What else Sasuke, tell me everything. We are far from peoples hearing… in an area that has been forgotten."
"They confirmed Kushina and Minato being Akuma's parents. They said that her parents died from chemicals and injuries that no one would be able to survive. Said that they took the damage to save Akuma." I put my hands into my pockets as Itachi motioned for me to come over to what appeared to be the old fountain. He sat down then patted the spot next to him. I nodded then sat down next to him then sighed.
"They said that Akuma treated them as though they were alive, saying that she didn't even know they were dead."
"Yes… she would go into the school here and go through the 'classes' that were being taught. To us they are black figures… but to Akuma they do have faces, even now they have faces to her." I glanced over to him as I raised a brow. "How do you know this?"
"When I helped her out of the house she fell in, she pointed to a dark figure that was sitting right over here asking why such a young man would sit outside at the fountain. She then questioned why he was wearing a Tuxedo at the current time in the day." I frowned.
"If this is all so… then Itachi… do you know why the villagers hate Akuma? Everything that happened to her?" he nodded as he looked away. "But Sasuke… you don't have much of your memories either. For the longest time… you had closed me out of your life and couldn't even remember why you hated me so much. You did at a point blame me for our parent's death."
"You didn't kill them though… you were too far away." he nodded then glanced over to me. "In a way… if Akuma remembers… I could be off the hook completely for what happened. But… in actuality, I would not wish it upon Akuma to remember." I stared up at Itachi. "What do you mean?" I asked.
"That is something I want you to think about yourself… but not right now."
"Right… well… they were telling me that the 'tainted' shouldn't have come back… saying that the tainted only die. They said that you were tainted too though… when I asked what they meant by tainted they told me 'their blood is not their blood. Their blood is a disease.' And that it is a plague." Itachi nodded, making me raise my brow.
"They then told me that a man broke the area, taking the joy the happiness everything. I asked them if it was the man who took Akuma and killed her parents… they had gone silent before telling me that Minato was their leader and that Kushina was a fearless woman." I looked down at my feet. "They also mentioned that father was tainted too."
"Did any of them tell you their names?" I looked over to Itachi then noticed dark figures starting to come near us. "Well…" I looked away from Itachi as I thought. "Yes… yes actually. They did speak up."
"Could you tell me who then?" I looked around at the group of dark figures then pointed to one. "That is Biwako and next to her is Taji." I could see the white of the mouth form into a smile, as they were being recognized once again.
"Over there…" I pointed towards a group sticking together "is a group from the Uchiha clan." They too smiled as the white of their eyes turned into small rounded slits, doing a Kakashi eye smile. "Then there… near them is a small group of Uzumaki clan members. If I remember right 2 of them said they did not die here but came here at hearing a clan member being alive."
I looked over then noticed two figures hiding. "There…" Itachi followed my hand, raising his brow. "Them…" I stood up and walked through the figures as I got to them. "You two…" I said, standing before them.
"You didn't tell me your names… but after sitting here and remembering what you had said…"
"You." I quickly turned around at a different voice that spoke behind me.
"You spoke of a child named Akuma." I nodded "Yes, her name according to what was told to her is Uzumaki Akuma… but we have suspicion that she is the child of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina."
"That is true." I stared at the figure as its white eyes stared into my black eyes. "Her parents died from the chemicals and from injuries that no one would have been able to survive. They took the damage for their daughter to live. But they feared that because she was an infant with a frail body; that she would soon fall to death."
"No… her body does seem frail still, but her will is strong."
"Who are you?" a voice next to the shadow asked. "I am Uchiha Sasuke, son of Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto. Younger brother of Uchiha Itachi and the boyfriend of Uzumaki Akuma."
"Then there is something we must tell you, that only you can understand."
"You are Kushina and Minato…" I watched as the white of their mouths formed into a small smile.
"And you…" I turned to the dark figures that were next to them. "… are mama and papa." I said. I could see the shocked look form on their dark faces as they turned to each other. "You didn't need to tell me anything for me to figure that out… I could feel a motherly presence nearby." I smiled at what I knew was my mother.
"Mother? Father?" Itachi asked as he walked over to me, placing his hand on my shoulder. "My boys… together again…" I could hear my mother's voice say in a very soft tone. "Itachi…" I could hear the stern voice of my father say.
"You are losing your sight… I can tell." I looked up at Itachi then noticed that he wasn't looking at the figures but spaced out. "I can hear you at least…" he said, smiling.
"As an Uchiha… we fall victim of blindness at such a young age if we overuse our eyes. Seeing as we are no longer bound by time here… I can see that it has been possibly 10 years… if that is the case… go to a hospital and get yourself checked."
"I'm sorry father… I cannot… ever since your death… the police have had me on monitor. They follow me everywhere… rigged my apartment… and assume things when I go to the hospital."
"Oh no… did they…?"
"They pinned the murders on Itachi." I stated for Itachi. Their faces fell into frowns as they looked at each other.
"That is stupid! I know Itachi would never harm you two-ttebane!" I glanced over to the voice of the woman, who I assume would be Kushina.
"You said that the person that killed Minato and me killed you right-ttebane? He took Akuma from us-ttebane!"
"You are right Kushina-sama… but…"
"I want to ask who killed you guys so bad but… I want Akuma to remember… because if she remembers then Tsunade can tell her everything… and Akuma can also give a testimony on Itachi's behalf. Although… Akuma did know that Itachi was out of this entire area when you died… she knows that Itachi had gone to seek medical attention over a lung disease…" Itachi sighed.
"I didn't want mother to worry, so I took my savings and went with a group of friends. Deidara, Kisame, Sasori… you know the usual group that I hung with…" I watched as they nodded.
"It is alright Itachi… I could tell something was wrong… you were always coughing then would excuse yourself to the bathroom. I had found the tissues with blood and I knew that you had left to find treatment."
"I do have a question." I said, having Akuma's parents and mine turn towards me. "Why was Akuma out here?"
-AN-
Did... I see something related to ghosts? I guess I should go over my stories... I have a wild imagination when I sleep type... and thats how most of these chapters get written up... While I am asleep... haha...
It is a great possibility that I won't update HSF for a bit, since I never actually finished it for June to begin with... since I was too busy with my life plus editing previous chapters. I really do too much for my own good... "Let me add more stories and have endless stories to update!" Lemme go foam at my mouth now.
Here is my copy and paste author note that I originally was going to put as the AN until I decided I wanted to rant for a bit first... yep... I'm that way...
Important information that I have to state right here: At the end of June, I will not be able to update some of my stories. If by luck, I can, than that is great. However, I will not be home from around June 29th until around July 3rd. The relatives I stay with, will not be home, so I am to go stay with another relative(`Tachi) and her boyfriend during that time.
So thing is I went to read all the changes that the site will be doing... I am no longer able to do "Lemons" in stories because now the site is going to remove all stories with "Lemons" in it. Not just that but did I seriously hear that all "M" Rated stories are going to be deleted?
I guess that means I have to PG every story I have though... cursing is the game of all these characters. Yakno for years they have sat here and let Lemons and M rated stories go through... but now they want to delete them all? Lovely... Why the sudden delete motivation? Makes no sense...
They now add this whole Cover BS... Problem is, not everyone on this dmn site can draw. So now not only is the story being judged, but the picture you used is too. That's so great... considering my picture is probably of Ciel Phantomhive(Which I drew back in January) or my random Yaoi drawing of Sasuke and Naruto... that wasn't even given any effort... Either way both end up being misleading because the stories are not about Ciel Phantomhive nor are they the Yaoi pairing fully, but the Hentai side of that Yaoi pairing(Aka Genderbender)
Not just that but towards the end of this month I highly doubt I will be able to update my stories. I will be with `Tachi for the week, in which she is only bringing me home for a few minutes to feed the demons and all that.
There is way too much on my platter right now... to make it worse I didn't finish HSF for this month because of everything going on... le sigh... Internet isn't helping either...
Oh there is something I did want to state... I always seem to have people telling me I have grammar mistakes all over the place or something like that... So I want to bold this information real quick to why that is so. Guys, I speak and type more Japanese than I do English. There will, obviously, be a lot of Grammar and spelling mistakes in my stories because of this. Please don't complain about it, since you don't know what language I speak the most. At least I am being nice enough to type a story in English rather than a language that you possibly have to use a translator for, IF you did give that much effort for something.
Sorry guys, it's just I'm getting really irritated by this too since people constantly pester me about this. That is why I have been trying to go through my story chapters to fix what I can. But I can't always go back and fix things... I have a life yakno.
Now there is some hope! I am almost done with the cover to Uzumaki Twins! Kyuubi is adorable!
-Ja ne