~*~*~Black Ice~*~*~
Chapter 54
Hidori's eyes were wide as she looked at Itachi.
"YOU!" she cursed with venom.
Itachi moved slightly and looked back to me.
"The Sharingan… they're back?" I muttered.
He smirked, "Time's up."
Hidori screamed in rage, "HOW HAS IT BEEN SIX HOURS YET?!"
Itachi smirked and readied himself to fight.
He blinked and Amaterasu burned down the spike just behind Hidori.
She flinched and crouched down to ready her own attack.
Itachi smirked more and more. "You planned everything so I wouldn't have my Sharingan to fight you with. That was quite clever. But that time is up."
Hidori seemed to stop and think. I was utterly shocked by the fact that Hidori looked… nervous…
Hidori shot spikes at Itachi with all her leftover chakra.
He stated very simply, "I see the color of your chakra, Hidori. Even the tiny ones Morgan can't. And…"
He spun in a circle and batted the spikes away with the palms of his hands, kind of like Neji's 360-degree attack. "And I have figured you out." Hidori's eyes were wide as she looked at him, "What?!"
His face turned unemotional, "Your chakra elements are the same as Morgan's, lightning and earth. Knowing this, you have no chance against me."
She took a step back and screamed, "DAICHI!"
The boy slipped out of a rock and frowned.
Hidori laughed, "You can't take us both! Ahahaha!"
Itachi didn't seem to fear anything as they both ran at him.
Daichi transformed mid-step into his chakra cloaked self. He roared and slashed at Itachi with the claws.
Itachi moved and pressed his fingers into Daichi's neck. Daichi was thrown to the ground, where Itachi planted a foot on his back and another on his hands.
Hidori struck out once more. Itachi ducked under them and smirked again. "You lose. I can see everything you do."
Itachi moved his hands smoothly to his lips and took a deep breath.
A huge fireball shot from his mouth and engulfed Hidori.
Her scream was heard over the blaze as she was thrown back and onto her own spikes.
At the pressure on her body, the last of her chakra was drained.
And then something miraculous happened.
Her chakra spikes exploded. They shattered into millions of pieces over all the miles of maze she had created.
My eyes widened as I gazed at them. Hidori fell to the ground and into the cloud of sparkles.
Daichi was released by Itachi. "Go away." He stated, glaring at them both.
Hidori and Daichi both stood and made a run for it.
I looked up and my breath stopped. Itachi stood with his face illuminated by the morning sun that had just risen over the trees. The sparkles danced around him and reminded me of an angel.
And with all the relief from Hidori being gone… I passed out.
~Itachi~
I watched warily as Hidori and Daichi faded into the distance. Morgan looked up at me and I turned my head to look at her directly.
Her eyes seemed to take me in and glaze over. She fainted from exhaustion, her cheeks turning a bright red for some reason.
She whispered in her sleep as I watched, "An angel…"
I smirked slightly as the others arrive.
"ITACHI!" Paige shouted. She slid to a halt and dropped down beside Morgan, breathing hard as she pressed her fingers to her neck.
She smiled, "She's alive! She's okay!"
I glanced down and let my smirk fall, "She is not."
Paige looked down at the blood on her hands from touching Morgan.
She closed her eyes as the others caught up to them.
"Amber, Faythe! Please wait there!"
She checked Morgan's wounds before frowning. "She's going to need stitches. These wounds are similar to the ones you received from Drew… They will have to heal on their own."
I nodded and picked Morgan up in my arms.
Kisame stood in the background next to Paige, watching as Itachi began the trek back to the cabin. "I'll ask him later."
He sighed and turned to where Drew was being picked on by the girls.
"You made Morgan-chan get hurt! Bad you!"
He was trying to avoid their fists very poorly.
Paige rushed around the room doing the things no one else knew how to do.
Itachi and the others watched with faces like fish. Blank.
She growled in frustration, "Don't just stand there with that look on your faces! Itachi, clean that blood off of her! Kisame get me those bandages! Drew just… go do… something."
Drew walked outside with the girls.
Itachi walked over with the cloth and handed it to Paige.
She gave him an exasperated look and sighed. "Right. Now, just… wait."
~Morgan~
Dreams remind me of happiness. I feel warm in this dream. People are around me, people I know very well.
Itachi stands beside me, smiling. Hikari and Paige and Faythe and Amber wave at me.
I reach out for them and miss them. I look around in confusion.
Drew appears beside me and touches my shoulder. Deidara pops up on my other side.
They lift me up and carry me over to the rest of the group.
I laugh and hug everyone. Faces flash in my mind. My parents, family, friends from America, friends in Konoha, friends in the Akatsuki, all of them. They all smile at me.
Dreams are peaceful.
I opened my eyes very carefully. My arm hurt… no my legs hurt more… my back… aw man, I hurt all over…
I blinked slightly and looked around.
"Paige?" I called in confusion.
She appeared above me, "Hey guys! She's awake!"
I sat up and looked around.
Itachi was leaning on the wall with his arms crossed in another of his poses. Kisame was holding Amber upside down by her feet while playing with her. And then two familiar voices yelled, "It's about time!"
I jerked to my feet and slipped.
Someone caught me with a sigh. "You got your *bad word* beaten!"
I smiled at him, "Hidan!"
He smirked and Kakuzu joined us.
"Long time no see."
I nodded and turned to the others.
Itachi gave me a confident smile and I returned it.
Hang on a sec… WHAT IS GOING ON?!
"What happened?"
Paige sighed, "Itachi saved you and brought you here."
I looked to Itachi and remembered the 'angel' thing. *nervous laughter inside of head*
With a quiet voice, I asked, "Where is Drew?"
Paige smiled slightly and sat me down on the couch.
"Drew went after Hidori… He said it was all he could do to make up for all of this."
I glared at my feet. "I couldn't do anything. *bad word*!"
Paige glared at me, "No! You saved the girls! That was amazing!"
I smiled slightly.
Hidan and Kakuzu sighed, "Man! You spend half a week with them, and they already call for us to pick you up! And then when we get here, you sleep the rest of the week away!"
I looked around in confusion. Itachi straightened and walked out of the house with Kisame.
Hidan smirked and stretched out on the couch beside me and Paige. Paige looked annoyed at his antics.
Kakuzu began to explain that we have a mission.
I listened eagerly. A mission would be like a vacation compared to this Hidori thing!
I smiled. It was a lot like my dream. Everyone was here for me, and I for them.
I looked around and noticed that Itachi and Kisame were gone still.
I nodded and excused myself from the discussion and walked outside. I heard voices and stopped. They were arguing.
~Itachi/Kisame~
"Why don't you say something?!"
Itachi didn't reply right away. After a few moments of thought, he stated, "I don't want to."
Kisame growled in frustration. "This is so childish! Just speak to her!"
Itachi answered back with a slight edge in his tone, "She will not be hurt because of me."
"THEN YOU WILL DIE AN IDIOT!" Kisame roared.
Itachi shrugged it off and replied, "It is best this way."
And he began to walk silently to the house.
He stopped when he noticed Morgan listening in from behind a tree.
His eyes widened, she has not seen him yet.
How much had she heard?!
He forced himself to return to where Kisame was still standing angrily.
Itachi whispered, "She heard."
Kisame smirked, "What are you going to do now, eh?"
Itachi muttered, "I will see what she does… and react."
Kisame sighed and smacked a hand on his forehead, "Useless! She leaves today! As soon as she can get over the pain enough to walk, they are gone!"
Itachi smirked and turned away, smile fading as he walked back to the cabin again, "I know that, Kisame."
~Morgan~
I'm not so sure what their conversation was about earlier, since I was too far to really hear any distinct words, but Hidan and Kakuzu had been bugging me since I came back to get ready to leave.
I talked them into staying to eat with Paige, at least for lunch.
Paige seemed kind of down.
"What's wrong?" I asked in a concerned tone.
Paige looked at me and then to all the people with us.
"It's been so much fun with all of these people. Amber and Faythe really like it as well…"
I smiled to her and replied, "I would love to stay if I could… but there are a few things I need to take care of."
Paige looked up curiously, "You lost your memory, right?"
I nodded with a smile. "I did."
She asked quietly while everyone else was distracted, "What do you think you left behind at your old life?"
I smiled, "Friends, a family, people… I ache for some already."
Paige smiled really big, "Then I have an idea!"
I frowned and she grinned even wider. "I'll travel with the girls and try to find out more about you!"
I smiled back and laughed slightly, "There isn't a need! But I do have a favor to ask…"
Paige beamed at me, "Anything!"
With a calm smile I asked, "Can I leave something here… Just for later… like a memorial kind of?"
Paige's eyes softened, "Of course."
I walked to another room as the others were led outside by Paige. I undid a board in the floor and retrieved a little wooden box from my pocket. Carved into the top was the combination. Inside the box was a letter.
It went like this:
Whoever should find this-
My name is Morgan Stream and several things have happened to me. My world is growing farther and farther away. I don't remember my family as well. They seem to be a blur to me now. My old friends don't seem as close to me as my new ones. The world I knew is practically gone. The one I live in now is far more confusing. I hear conversations I don't understand, I get into fights with people I hardly know. So many things have happened recently. But even through all that… There is something I need to tell someone. Even though I can't say it now… Even if this is never read… I need to say something about what happened here in this very valley. It was here that a fight raged, and throughout the fight… I learned something. I learned that I am too weak for this world. I was not born to fight. I was not born to kill. So during my days here, I will train. I will train until I am strong enough not to need protection. I will train until Hidori will run from my shadow. I will train until I realize who I can really become. Until then, I leave with these last words…
Until the next time, tomorrow maybe…
I end with: Itachi-Sharingan Saga… END!
Paige looked back at the cabin with a gaze of recollection. It was finally time to move on. Amber stood on her right and Faythe on her left as they looked back at the house. Not much destruction was left from Hidori's attack, and the land had begun to look calm again. That was nature's way, to prove no person could ever ruin it.
Paige smiled in remembrance of their friends. Itachi had come back once. He had come alone and said nothing.
She remembered his eyes being dim and thoughtful. He reminded her of an empty shell. He had refused to say anything to her or the girls about the organization, and had simply… left…
Paige remembered him reading something in the living room, hiding it away before she could read it. She remembered Morgan's favor, and realized that she must have left it. Itachi had come to read it, and that was all.
And so the three girls walked away from the house at long last to embrace the future.
Amber looked at the sky and took Paige's hand. "Morgan-chan must be really happy now."
Faythe nodded and blushed, "I hope she and Itachi-san got married and lots of kids!"
Paige smiled ever so slightly, "It's only been a few years…I doubt they have many kids."
Faythe laughed happily, "Well, I bet they got married!"
Amber smiled, "There's no way either of them would die!"
Paige smiled softly. "Yeah…" She closed her eyes in a silent prayer, before taking a deep breath and opening her eyes brightly.
"Alright! Let's go."
The two girls pumped their fists into the air, "Yeah!"
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