Authors Note: Arima will be meeting Itachi for the first time since the massacre soon

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone but Arima Uchiha

A Few Days After the Uchiha Massacre

"What was in those needles Orochimaru-san? My arms still hurt" I say as I twist my arm in my attempts to see the marks on my biceps and triceps.

"Do you really need to know?" Orochimaru asks in his annoying way of avoiding questions. I simply shrug as I stare at his face trying my best to make him tell me.

"Ugh" he sighs as he rubs the bridge of his nose. "What I injected you with is a blood sample from a very special person and we are going to see how your body reacts to it. If it is successful then we move into the second phase of testing." he explains as he looks around making sure no one can see us.

"Oh, what do you mean by how my body reacts? Like if I die or not?" I ask as I look over and see the older man's head nodding.

Current Day

"Why the hell did you slow us down so much with your nonsense Naruto?" I ask as I glare at the orange-clad boy. I think back on the many stops and childish games he played.

"I didn't think it would matter," he says as he rubs his neck sheepishly. Out of instinct I make sure my curse mark is covered by my gear. "Sorry though," he says as we all hop in a boat.

"Naruto, I know this is gonna be pretty difficult for you to do, but while we're in the boat please be quiet." I say knowing it isn't gonna work. The immature kid vigorously nods his head as Tazuna pays the fee to have someone row the boat.

An Hour Later

"The man who seeks my life is a man I'm sure you've heard of: Gato, a very powerful business man who not only controls a massive company but also sells drugs and is the leader of a gang of shinobi." Tazuna explains as we wait for the boar to reach the shore. "He doesn't want the bridge built because he has an almost absolute control of all transport to and from our land and the bridge will give people an easier way across." the bridge builder finishes as he sees our mad expressions.

"We're about to be at our destination: The Land of Waves" the man rowing says just seconds before we bump into the dock. Automatically, I jump onto the dock while my teammates flail about. Kakashi jumps as well landing at my side.

"What happened back when we were attacked, you killed the man and didn't even think twice about it. Don't you feel any remorse?" my sensei berates me as I watch the others. I take a moment before responding.

"Do you really think I don't feel anything? I am torn apart by it but at the same time I feel satisfied knowing I did what I had to do to protect my teammates and village and carry out the mission. But no, I didn't think twice about it and I don't regret doing what I did," I respond angrily as I walk down the dock and toward the forests. I stomp through the forest for what feels like miles before I hear anything.

"You should have stayed with your teak," a voice I desperately needed to hear says mockingly from the shadows.

"Itachi-nii come out we need to talk. Now." I say as I cross my arms. "We we're attacked earlier by a bunch of rogue ninjas from the Village Hidden in the Mist and I.." I say as my voice breaks. "I killed one of them... I just kept swinging my tanto blades until I realized the others might need help. I fucked him up to the point you can't even identify who he was." I tell my cousin as my voice threatens to break again. Itachi walks over and hugs me.

"It's ok, you still feel and regret it thats the good thing. Your not becoming a monster like the jonin want you to be." he says before kneeling and poking me in the forehead with two fingers. I laugh shakily and rub my forehead before uncrossing my arms. To the older Uchiha's horror I gag and throw up right in front of him. "What the hell was it that bad?" he asks keeping his distance now.

"Yeah it was nothing like the other times." I say before retching again. I unload my stomach a few more times before walking to a nearby river to clean myself. When I return, Itachi is gone but there is a note:

Sorry kid, I got called back by my leader again. If you need me just tell the crows.

,Itachi

"Ugh he always does this shit." I groan as I burn the note in my hand. I turned and strolled back to where I left the others.

"Where. Were. You?" Kakashi asks the instant I approach them. I glance up at his face and see the pissed look waiting for me.

"I was just out for a walk to calm down."

"Then why didn't you take someone with you? What would've happened if you were ambushed? Did you even think about that." the white haired ninja scolds me as I push past him to go lie down.

"Look, I'm really not in the mood to talk right now if you need me I'm gonna go take a nap while you guys figure out what's gonna happen." I say as I start to take off my bag and sit down with my back to a tree. I feel like we are being watched so I discreetly channel some chakra into my eyes to activate my Sharingan. I see my eye sight tint red as I glance into all the possible places an enemy shinobi could hide. As I glance at the tree branches I see an unknown chakra source in the trees above Kakashi. I slowly remove a shuriken from my hip pouch and take aim at the source. Before the weapon even leaves my hand a sword comes flying towards my face forcing me to roll out of the way and deactivate my Sharingan. As the blade hits the spot I was just in a man lands on the wide blade of the weapon.

"Well well, Zabuza Momichi a missing-nin from the Village Hidden in the Mist." Kakashi says as he steps in front of everyone else. Out of nowhere Naruto stupidly starts to charge at the man only to be tackled by me.

"What do you think your doing? This man could kill you in the blink of an eye and none of us would be able to help." I inform him as I get up and see his face pale.

"Kakashi of the Sharingan. Right?" Zabuza asks as he sees Kakashi's hand reach up to lift his headband to above his eye. I glance at Sasuke and see the stare he's giving our sensei.

"What's the Sharingan?" Naruto asks as he dusts his jumpsuit off.

"It's the kekkei genkei or bloodline trait of our clan." my cousin and I reply at the same time.

"Thats enough get into Manji formation, protect the bridge builder, and stay out of this fight."Kakashi orders as he raised his forehead protector to reveal his mature Sharingan and the scar going down it. We follow his orders as a thick mist surrounds us. Suddenly, the mist cleared to reveal the assassin had somehow gotten right in front of Tazuna. Panicking, I activate my Sharingan and draw my tanto blades in an attempt to stop him killing Tazuna. At the same time Kakashi blocks the blow as well.

"Ok, we have a lot more to talk about then I thought." Kakashi says as he sees my red eyes and that one blade pierced the attackers body. I watch in horror when the man bursts into a puddle of water. "Relax it's a water clone." the jonin says as we stand back to back scanning the area.

"Behind you!" Naruto yells as Zabuza charges me. I raise my blades ready to defend the attack when Kakashi steps in front of me and is sliced in half.

"NO!" I yell as I begin to shake with rage. "You bastard, you killed the man who is my teacher. You're gonna pay for what you've done." I say as I feel my eyes begin to tingle. I begin walking towards him nice and slow, waves of anger flowing out my body. I vaguely register the sounds of water hitting the floor as I begin to slash at every part of the murderers body. Suddenly, Kakashi appears behind Zabuza with a blade at his neck.

"It's over Zabuza give up." he says as I lunge. While I'm in the air Sasuke tackles me pinning me to the ground and throwing my blades out of arms reach.

"Arima, ARIMA! Relax Kakashi sensei is fine look." my cousin says moving ever so slightly for me to see him. My body went limp as I broke down after being overloaded with so many emotions in just a few hours. I can only watch as another Zabuza appears with a kunai at my sensei's throat. I stare a, fear threatening to take over, as Kakashi plunges the blade into the one he's holding and it disappears into a puddle of water.