Miyako sat in Sasuke's room across from Sasuke. Karin was with Ainu and the other two boys down in a nearby soba restaurant. She knew that Sasuke's reaction to what was about to be said was going to be unpredictable, and thought that it would be best if Karin, Ainu, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to be away from Sasuke when he hears the not-so-good – okay, horrible – news.
"What did you want to talk about?" Sasuke asked in a bored tone of voice, not really interested in the conversation that was about to take place for he didn't know what was about to happen.
"Nice day we're having today, ne?" Miyako stated, trying to hold off on the conversation and making Sasuke's onyx eyes narrow in suspicion.
"It's raining," he stated bluntly, and Miyako let out a forced laugh.
"I know that. But I happen to like the rain, so for me it's a nice day," Miyako stated, and Sasuke hummed, not believing Miyako's words for a second.
"Tell me the true reason you are here," Sasuke ordered, and Miyako bit her lip, turning to face away from Sasuke as she tried to figure out the best way to breach this particular topic. Sasuke's eyes softened at the nervous girl in front of him as he kicked off the wall and knelt down next to her. "You know you can trust me."
"It's not that. You'll hate me after I tell you this," Miyako replied, and Sasuke looked at her in confusion.
"I didn't hate you after you fell pregnant with Ainu. I doubt I'll hate you after you've said whatever you want to say."
Miyako let out a humourless laugh. "Trust me on this, you probably will." She paused and met his gaze. "Can you sit down for this? It'll make me feel better if we're on equal grounds."
Sasuke nodded and sat across from her on the floor, waiting for her to speak her mind.
It was a few minutes later before Miyako finally built up the courage to speak. "Now, just know I kept this from you because Itachi-kun asked me to. But it's recently been brought to my attention that it'll probably be best for you to know now, from me, than from some other source. Like an enemy."
Sasuke sat up straighter, he could tell that whatever he was about to hear would change things. Though how much it will change, he wasn't sure, but he could take a guess considering Miyako's nervousness.
Miyako took a deep breath in before letting it out slowly in the hopes of calming her racing heart. It didn't help. "Eight years ago, there was unrest between the Uchiha Clan and the rest of the village. This was brought on by the fact that there were rumours that it was an Uchiha who controlled the Kyuubi that attacked Konohagakure seven years before."
Sasuke frowned, having not known this previously, but nodded for Miyako to keep going, wondering why she was bringing this up suddenly.
"The Uchiha were pushed to the fringes of society, and this caused anger within the clan. They started to plan a coup d'état against Konoha. Long story short, Itachi was ordered by the village elders – thinking it was the will of the Sandaime – to massacre the clan, stopping the coup before it could truly begin. In return. He can leave you alive to continue the clan, as long as he became a rouge and joined the Akatsuki to leak information to the village," Miyako explained quickly, watching as Sasuke's face slowly turned to one of shock, horror, pain, and furious anger.
The next thing Miyako knew, she was pinned against the floor of the room, Sasuke hovering above her and hands around her throat. His Sharingan blazed in blind fury and – for the first time in a long time – Miyako truly felt fear for her own wellbeing.
"Tell me you're lying," Sasuke growled out, making Miyako whimper.
"I-I'm not," Miyako stuttered out as Sasuke loosened his grip around her throat enough so she could talk. "I'm sorry Sasuke, Itachi doesn't want you to know, but I had to tell you this. I didn't want you to kill Itachi and then find out from someone else. Please, Sasuke, Itachi did this to protect you and the village," Miyako tried to reason as tears fell out of Sasuke's eyes and dropped onto her face.
"T-that idiot," Sasuke muttered with clenched teeth, releasing Miyako but remaining on top of her has he shook in frustrated despair. "I'm going to kill them for what they did to him. For what they did to my clan!"
Miyako raised her arms and pulled Sasuke down on top of her, giving him a hug as he broke down in her arms. "Don't hate the village. Hate the elders for ordering the massacre. Kami knows I want to kill them for the massacre of my own clan."
She sat up and laid Sasuke on her lap, running her hands through his thick hair as he kept crying. Sasuke had no idea what to do with himself at this news. He wanted revenge, but – most of all, he wanted his big brother back. He wanted his family.
...
Itachi paused in his steps as a familiar falcon circled him. He raised his right arm and the falcon landed. Itachi took the letter from its leg and the falcon poofed away. Itachi opened the letter and froze at the words on it.
Itachi,
Please don't hate me for this, but I'm telling Sasuke the truth. I had a revelation that two certain Uchiha might use their knowledge of the massacre to turn Sasuke against the village after your death, and I know I probably wouldn't be able to change his mind if that were to happen.
We are currently in Jamibiro in the Land of Fire. Come quick.
Please understand,
Miyako
Kisame stopped his walking to see a shell-shocked Uchiha behind him. Frowning, he walked up to the Uchiha and read the note upside down, eyes widening at the note.
"What's the truth of the massacre, Itachi?" Kisame questioned as Itachi burned the note with a small fire jutsu.
"We have to go find my brother," Itachi stated before rushing off, Kisame following behind, confused at the sudden change in plans but not questioning his partner, after all, he had too much respect for Itachi to pry too deeply into his affairs.
What both criminals failed to notice was Zetsu spying on them. He smirked before fading into the tree he was hiding in and appearing before Tobi who was currently alone in his base with Hisoka.
"Miyako is going to tell Sasuke the truth behind the massacre," Zetsu stated plainly, and Tobi's eye widened in surprise.
"I didn't expect that to happen. Get Hisoka, we have an Uchiha to turn against the village," Tobi ordered the plant-man, who nodded before vanishing.
A few minutes later, Hisoka entered the room, sweat dripping down his back as he had been training when he got the news from Zetsu. "Are we really going to get him? And Miyako too?"
Tobi nodded. "They're currently in Jamibiro. Let's go, we need to get there before Itachi does."
...
"Tellme again why we're babysitting Ainu-chan?" Suigetsu muttered in annoyance as he, Jūgo, and Karin sat in a soba restaurant a few doors down from the inn where they were staying for the night.
"Because Miyako-san needed to give Sasuke-kun some bad news, She wanted Ainu-chan safe from him in case he lashed out," Karin replied as she fed Ainu some of the mashed sweet potatoes that the restaurant owner had gotten her.
"It couldn't be that bad," Suigetsu whined.
"It is," Karin stated and then cooed at Ainu. She adored the little baby, and she wasn't sure why that was. maybe it was her womanly instincts kicking in or something else as ridiculous as that.
"You seem to know what the big news is," Jūgo stated simply as he ate his noodles.
"That's because I do," Karin replied simply, her gaze falling to Suigetsu as he went to open his mouth. "And no, I'm not telling you. You'll have to wait until Sasuke-kun or Miyako-san tells you. I only found by pure fluke, and I don't know the details."
"Well, it looks like we won't have to wait much more," Jūgo said as he gazed out of the shop where Miyako stood, awaiting them to notice her. He waved her in and she joined the group of four at the table.
"How's Sasuke-kun?" Karin asked, only to gasp as she noticed the bruising around Miyako's neck. "Did he do that to you?"
"Hmm?" Miyako looked up in confusion before touching her neck and nodding in answer.
"That bastard!" Suigetsu snapped in anger, he happened to like Miyako and didn't like the thought of her getting hurt because of Sasuke's anger problems.
"He was distraught after I told him the truth surrounding Itachi. I only just got him to calm, down. He's now resting in his room, though I don't want to leave him for too long. I thought you guys deserved an explanation," Miyako explained.
"What happened?" Jūgo questioned, and Miyako then explained the truth surrounding the Uchiha Massacre to them, getting looks of shock from all three teens, even Karin, who didn't know the details behind the event, was shocked.
"What's he going to do now?" Jūgo asked, and Miyako shook her head.
"He doesn't have a plan at the moment. But I'm sure he will soon. For now, rest up. It looks like we'll be here for a couple of extra days to a week. So, enjoy your time off. I'm going to go back to Sasuke," Miyako stated as she stood up and grabbed Ainu from Karin, who looked nervous. "Thank you for watching her whilst I dealt with Sasuke. I'll take it from here. She should be safe now."
Miyako made her way back to the inn, waving to the receptionist before heading up to Sasuke's room. She knocked on the door before entering to find Sasuke standing, looking out the window with a frown on his face.
"I told them" Miyako stated she closed the door and place Ainu on the floor so the little girl could crawl around. "They want to know your plan for the future."
"Hn," he grunted out.
"I hope Ainu doesn't develop that verbal tic. It's quite annoying," Miyako stated as she walked up to the wall beside the window, leaning against it, her gaze on her daughter.
"You sent a letter to Itachi, right?"
"Hm," Miyako hummed in agreement. "I suspect he's already on his way here. Why do you ask?"
"We'll stay here until Itachi arrives. I want to talk to him. If I don't have to search for him, the better," Sasuke explained, making Miyako nod in agreement to his plan. "Did you send any other letters?"
"No. Just to Itachi-kun," Miyako lied, she knew if she told Sasuke that she contacted Konohagakure he'd probably skin her alive. And she preferred her skin attached to her body, thank you very much.
"Why don't I believe you," Sasuke replied with a smirk on his lips, eyeing Miyako from the corner of his eye.
"Because you know I've been writing to Tsunade-sama since we left Konohagakure?" Miyako replied. "And, before you ask, yes, I did tell her that you killed Orochimaru, but I didn't tell her where we're currently locate. I also warned her that I was going to tell you the truth."
Sasuke's eyes hardened. "So, she knows the truth?"
"Itachi's been reporting the Akatsuki's movement to the Hokage for years now. He writes a report and then gives it to Jiraiya-sama, who then give it the Hokage," Miyako explained wearily. "So, of course she knows the truth surrounding the massacre."
Sasuke frowned.
"You know, if Itachi-kun wants to, we can move back to Konoha," Miyako states, and Sasuke snorted in disbelief.
"I refuse to be loyal to that village. Even if my clan co-founded it. Not until the current elders are removed from the positions at least," Sasuke sneered as he looked down to Ainu who was now tugging on his pants. He leant down and picked her up.
"Sa!" Ainu announced happily, clapping her hands together.
"I don't want her near them," Sasuke added. "They'll use her, and I can't risk that."
Miyako smilled, proud of Sasuke's love and overprotectiveness for his niece. "I fear the same things as you when it comes to Ainu. It's why I didn't return to Konoha upon having her. That, and my love for you.
Sasuke let out a small smile as Ainu pulled on his hair. He wouldn't say it out loud, but he too loved Miyako. He saw her as an older sister, and an unofficial member of his clan. She, Ainu, and – once again after so many years – Itachi were all he had for family, and whilst he would love to have his mother and father back, he was happy with who he was now. No matter how misguided he was.