This chapter took forever to write... I'm starting to wonder if I'll be able to keep the pace... It'a actually very early on Tuesday in France and I wonder when I'll fall asleep on my keyboard...

Of course Kagerou wants to find Itachi, not to fond him ! Heck, it's just an error of typing ! And I am still looking for the exact meaning of this M rated expression, because my dictionnaries fail to teach me ( though I can guess the general idea, which is just sick because she is just 7 !)

Partial truth

Ever heard of the story of the little girl who got lost in the forest while she was looking for her friend the weasel ? Never ? Well here's what happened. You take a little girl rejected by its peers. Perhaps it's because she is too smart for her age and because people think her brother and her should disappear from the surface of this world. Well even if she never had a pretty childhood, she managed to survive. One day someone appears in her life : a will-o-the-wisp. She is afraid because she knows he burns even if he is pretty. She tries to make it disappear with all her might, but the creature made of fire is hard to blow away and the little girl starts to think he's nicer than the other. He made her dream. He made her laugh. He made her cry. He made her work harder than she ever did. She does not see where he leads her, but she follows him. The little girl is crazy about her new friend, he gives her gifts and praises and she is happy.

But her new friend isn't the happiest. He has other friends, as she has her own brother. The will-o-the-wisp likes a weasel very much. The weasel isn't a social animal, and he is tiring himself to protect his family. The will-o-the-wisp cares so much for his friend it affects him, so the little girl decides to make the weasel happier, so everything will be for the better. She follows the weasel in a cave and everything starts. From unnoticed and hated, she starts attracting attention. The weasel saves her life, and shows her she is powerless and should hide. But it was too late and the little girl is abducted by creepy shadows, creatures that had never existed in the first place. She wants to show everyone she is strong and manages to escape. And successfully get her friend the will-o-the-wisp killed.

What a silly girl ! She thought her friend was abandoning her, whereas he accepted to pay the highest price for her. For her life !

"Reality isn't a fairytale." I muttered dryly as my mind continued telling the story of what had happened to me, as if it could have a happy ending. The girl was lost, yes. I was lost. I didn't know where I was in all this dark barks and white snowflakes. Step by step I walked. Without thinking much.

I was focused on Uchiha-Dono's presence. Usually he masked his chakra so well I wouldn't grasp it well. It would seep between my fingers like a gust of wind. But not today. Maybe was it because of the emotions he was feeling. Maybe it was to make me go to him. I didn't care. The tears had dried on my face, tracing salty trays that pulled my skin in a disagreeable way.

It was my fault if Shisui-Nii had died. I was the cause of it all. And it hurt so much I wanted to rip that beating heart out of my chest. I wanted to stop thinking and to stop feeling. Being as numb as my body was in this freezing cold.

And here he was, leaning to a tree. Waiting for me. Uchiha-Dono.

The cunning weasel.

"Uzumaki Kagerou." he acknowledged my presence.

"I want to know the truth." I said.

I might look silly with my crying face and my body trembling from the cold. But he noticed the steel in my voice.

"You heard the police. Shisui committed suicide, after he gouged his own eyes out."

I felt nauseous. The very idea was making me sick. It took me a few minutes before I could breathe properly again, let alone talk.

"I didn't spy on you on purpose."

"Yet you are here. I saw you following my trail for months. It was... entertaining."

"That means I clearly am not strong enough. If I had had the in formations I am looking for before I was abducted, none of this would have happened."

He clenched his fists. He too might probably think I was responsible for this.

"Don't." he almost snarled.

"Don't what ?"

"Don't blame yourself for something you haven't done."

My heart froze. Again. Were these policemen in the right ? Was I facing my Onii-Chan's murderer ? Did he finally decided it was better to kill his own cousin rather than slowly crushing his heart with worries ? Anger flared in me. And fear. Brutal emotions.

Yet I was here. For answers. I wasn't satisfied. I didn't believe what I had heard. Even if Uchiha-Dono had issues with his clan, it probably had nothing to do with Shisui-Nii's... death.

"I am responsible. And so are you for not telling me."

"I do not follow your thoughts." he said with a confused tone.

"I... had been abducted by the Root because I followed you all these months ago. Because of my carelessness, Shisui-Nii was forced to... intervene."

'An eye for a girl' the male nurse had said.

"You... are aware of a lot of things. May I know how you've had this information."

"Someone told me. I don't know his name."

He sighed heavily. He had sadness and exasperation in his eyes.

"I should have been more careful about Root. Why did Danzô even bothered with you ? You don't have what it requires to enter his foundation. What did he ask you ?"

"He wanted to train me so I would graduate early."

"It makes no sense..."

"I know. I have nothing interesting. My brother is the one with the boost of evil chakra."

"Shisui picked you for a reason. Don't underestimate yourself. A girl that can isolate my chakra signature when hiding is interesting enough."

"What about Danzô ?" I asked.

He was still thinking hard. His jaw was clenched, I could see it was a hard topic for him.

"I do have an idea of why you've been abducted. It makes perfect sense. I can't tell you."

"Why ?" I growled.

This was so unfair ! He couldn't do such a thing.

"Your brother and you are already too involved in this matter, even if you're not aware of it."

"I know there's something wrong. You say you will tell me nothing, yet you are here !"

"Yes. I thought I should tell you about his death, it was the least I could do. He cared about you."

"He cared about you too. He was concerned about you. There was something going on, but he never told me what. And now he died because of me and you still condemn me to ignorance !" I yelled.

Anger flashed in his eyes and in a fraction of seconds the teenager was gripping my collar, lifting me high above the ground. I didn't dare breathing.

"I told you not to blame yourself. What happened that night..."

He let a hiss escape from his lips and I saw it. The sadness, the depth of his pain in his eyes. I looked in his eyes without blinking. Then suddenly his grip loosened and I fell down as he curled his hands into fists. I breathed again as he started trembling. It was totally out of character, but right now I was expecting him to cry. He didn't. It would have helped him though. Crying myself didn't change the fact that Shisui was dead, but I was too tired for now to cry anymore. But Uchiha-Dono was just waiting to regain his composure.

And I pictured in my head Shisui-Nii crying. It would have never happened because he was too awesome to cry. But all of us were only human.

"It is not your fault, Kagerou. Don't blame yourself for his death. You couldn't have prevented it whatever you've done."

"Did you... Were you there... when he... ?" I asked with great difficulty.

"... yes..." he answered after a while.

I didn't know what to say. What would have I done if I had been the one to face Onii-Chan's corpse ? What are one supposed to say when someone is suffering this way ? I had seen my brother cry sometimes, even if he didn't want me to see his tears. I had seen Naruto's sadness so deep, mirroring mine, and I had only been able to stay by his side. I would make the same promise to Uchiha-Dono.

"Whatever happened that night, I still consider you as my friend. I think... he would have liked that... maybe..." I mumbled.

I looked away, but I still extended a hand towards him. The first time I had trusted Uchiha-Dono, I had been unable to shake his hand. It would have meant the beginning of our own friendship. But now the one that linked us, Shisui-Nii, wasn't there anymore. And I knew how lost I was, I could only imagine how the boy in front of me was feeling. From what I saw it was ugly.

Maybe I really wasn't responsible for Onii-Chan's death. Maybe I was too small to make things change. Maybe Uchiha-Dono wasn't strong enough himself. But we were both alive, and our common friend was six feet under. I couldn't let go of him. I couldn't. And if it was the only way to keep a bit of him inside of me, then I would be Uchiha-Dono's special friend. Some people said we were alike. We should get along, right ?

"Are you trying to befriend a man you've just met again, Uchiha Kagerou ?" Uchiha-Dono joked, but the heart wasn't there. "Don't you think it's too much to go to that extend for mere information."

I blushed. I wasn't befriending him because I wanted to lure him ! I cared about him ! Because Shisui-Nii cared about him. But that didn't mean he had to say such harsh things to make me go away.

"Onii-Chan was right. You'd do anything to have your way. I can see why he thought we were alike." I growled. "Not only you underestimate me because I'm just a kid to you, but you also insult my pride !"

"Quite the contrary, you could be a threat as well as a liability. I can't have you near me."

"Then you should have tell me to quit instead of luring me here. You didn't wait for me to offer me your condolences ! A genius like you shouldn't have never cared of a kid like me. But you did. You still do."

The logical part of my brain, the one I wanted to shut up when fighting was involved because it made me plan horrible things kicked in. It made no sense for Uchiha-Dono to care for me. If he thought the same as I did, if he had sometimes the same urges as I, maybe I was just a data he wanted to observe. I was just a liability or a threat to be. Either I was probably an obstacle to whatever he was scheming.

"I wouldn't have cared of your plans if I wasn't sure they involved my brother. Your clan want something of him, I still don't know what. But I'm here. Another unknown of the equation. That could change everything. And you're just here to observe me, aren't you ?"

He didn't answer, but something in his posture told me I was in the right. How far I was from the truth, I didn't know. I had a sad smile, and I sighed. What a sad character Uchiha-Dono was ! Still I wanted to extend my mind to him. I knew I worried about him, and Onii-Chan would have cared too. He has been Shisui-Nii's other person, the reason the boy had first approached me.

"Fine ! Don't talk ! Don't tell me anything ! What was I thinking ? That you would tell me what I wanted to know ? What a joke !"

"Shisui did not die by your fault. He did not die by my hand either. Yet you believe me. Why so ?"

I sighed. Was it what he was looking for ? Someone to share the load. I smiled again.

"Is it why you made me come here ? To tell me I trusted you ? I do."

"Shisui instructed you to trust no one."

"Would you lie to me ? To your clan ? About his death ?"

"No."

"There's no logic in your acts. I thought you were more rational than this, Uzumaki Kagerou."

"I believe that logic can't solve everything. If I had been logic, I would have followed what people said and leave my brother. I wouldn't have hid him inside the orphanage until we were discovered. Love has its own logic."

I was seven and I knew something that twelve year old genius ignored ? Unbelievable.

"You must be right about that."

"And whatever Shisui-Nii said. I trust you because I want to. You promised to take care of my brother and I promised to take care of yours. We share a bond that you want it or not. I propose you my friendship. You may take my offer or not."

"You sound rather... sensible in your grief."

"So do you. We both have or ways to cope with pain, don't we ?" I said.

There was another silence. He started walking. I felt how numb the cold made my body. I felt pain prickle in my arms and legs as I tried to follow his pace. He slowed down and lifted me in the air again. I gripped his shoulders and tied my legs around his waist.

"Your lighter than Sasuke." he remarked as we moved much faster than I was used to.

"You care about your brother. I care about mine." I muttered. "If only I was strong enough to protect him."

"Power isn't an end in itself. You want to protect your brother because he is unaware of the danger around you and him. What will you do with all that strength when he'll be strong enough to hold his ground ?"

Uchiha-Dono's back was warm and I felt tired. So tired. But I wanted to know.

"What will you do when your brother is strong enough ?" I countered.

"I don't know." he answered and I felt his discomfort. "But I know you'll be there when I will be away."

"I promised, didn't I. Silly me."

"You don't seem enthusiastic at that idea."

"Your brother is rather annoying. He thinks that impressing me will impress you also. And that is never gonna happen."

"Sasuke is trying very hard not to be viewed as my brother. I think it's a problem you can understand."

Wasn't I the demon child's sister ?

"Your brother's logic is... flawed." I noted.

Uchiha-Dono didn't answer. I hadn't noticed night had fallen and that we had reached the balcony near our apartment already.

"I shall take my leave, now." he said.

"Wait ! You still haven't answered my questions !"

"You'll try to find me again if I don't, won't you ?" he sighed.

"Yes."

"I cannot guaranty you an answer."

"Why did Shisui-Nii had to die anyway ?"

"This is not something you should know. My clan has rather... disturbing ideas about the village. Shisui was trying to fix what has been broken for a long time between the Uchiha and Konoha. Apparently Danzô was trying to pressure him."

"So the man abducted me to force Shisui-Nii to stop doing what he was doing ?" I conjectured.

'An eye for a girl' This sentence suddenly became more important than I thought. The nurse had said something about the Koto Amatsukami I was traded for. What was that ? It bugged me.

"I'm not sure of this facts. These are merely assumptions I made. It isn't necessarily the truth."

"And what links my brother to your clan ?"

"I know the answer to that question. I can't give it to you though."

"Why not ? The stuff about your clan and Danzô seemed dangerous already."

"I can't tell you because the Hokage ordered us not to talk about it."

"Then I'll ask someone else. If it's an official order, other people will know. Maybe I'll get more answers that way." I bluffed.

Never try to lie to an Uchiha, and never threaten them either. Because they will make you pay.

"You don't understand. The Hokage ordered the whole village to keep quiet about this."

"What ! But what secret could be big enough to silence the entire village ?" I exclaimed but he had already disappeared in the night.

Right. Enough of this ! I would get my answers ! My brother was in danger.

Did that mean I had to get my answers from the Hokage ? How the hell was I supposed to do that ?

I am unable to keep their emotions when they are discussing. I know both of them are deeply afected by Shisu's death, but it's so hard to show it in their speech

Too late it's almost 00h30 and I need my goonight sleep.

See you !