Chapter 2
The two ninja sat silently across from one another in the dark forest. Both leaned against the trunks of trees, their eyes peering hatefully into another's. The fog had slowly cleared and they had remained this way for some time.
Sparrow broke the silence with a very off topic comment;
"Ya know…when I first met you, Itachi, I had the hugest crush on you. Yet, I knew you were up to something. I used to see how angry you would get at your father, that's why I decided not to get to close to you."
Itachi looked at her with a look of extreme disgust and hatred,
"Guess you had the right idea about me, hm?"
"Oh I know there is something good about you, Itachi. You treated Sasuke like he was your best friend. I saw it myself." Sparrow smiled as memories flowed through her head of Itachi and Sasuke traveling through the forest, laughing and having fun together.
"That was a long time ago." He looked away from her and scowled, "Sasuke is dead to me and will be dead to all after I kill him."
Sparrow let a slight smirk appear on her face and she walked towards him, "You know I will never take you seriously, Itachi."
Itachi kept his guard ready, just in case she would attack. He was grasping a kunai tightly under his cloak.
"I'm not the Itachi you used to know."
"You're still the same Itachi." She was now leaning next to him against the tree. For some reason she wasn't scared of him, yet she felt as if they were back when she was young and she would merely stand next to him, blushing while he ignored her. "You're just a little blood thirsty now, is all."
Itachi didn't answer her and she looked up towards the sun filtering through the green leaves of the tree. "I'm just wondering why you haven't killed me yet."
He glanced towards her and turned away.
"You're not worth my time."
"You're scared." She retorted
"What?" he turned and looked at her and a slight chuckle escaped his lips. "Scared? How so? I just don't want to waist my time with some little wasp like you."
Her hand reached out suddenly and cracked him upside the back of his head. His head jerked forward and his eyes widened for a moment in surprise.
"You don't want to kill me." She said with a smirk, her eyes beaming. He turned and glared pointedly at her, his Sharingan eyeing her in frustration.
"I," she leaned closer towards him and winked, "bet you wanna kiss me."
A moment of silence, Itachi just stared at her and answered sharply.
"Are you kidding me? You wish I would kiss you."
"Pfft, god no!" she put her hands on her hips and was getting ready to kick him in the shin. "If I kissed you I would probably puke in your mouth!"
He disregarded her comment and turned his back to her, "I'm leaving."
Before he disappeared he heard her annoying little voice mockingly say, "You're scared."
"Would you shut up?!" he whirled around, moving towards her rapidly. He leaned his face towards her and stopped just before their noses touched.
"I am not scared, I just don't want to kiss a dirty little fleabag like you. Plus, love is just a pointless act to make people think their life is worth living."
Sparrow wasn't really listening to him; she was busy inching away from him. He was much too close for comfort.
"Scared little baby, Itachi. You can't even kiss a girl."
He was trying to ignore her, but he couldn't help but want to punch her in the face or shove a kunai down her throat. But she wasn't worth his time, or so he kept telling himself. Itachi decided to do the only thing that would shut her up. His hand reached out and grabbed her face by her chin. He didn't let his grip slide as he pulled her towards him, and before she could react their lips were pressed together in a forced kiss.
Pulling away quickly she gasped and looked at him with shocked eyes, "W-what was that?!"
"Ah…" he sighed and looked away from her, "I see I was wrong, it didn't shut you up."
She looked at him with annoyance, "and what is that supposed to mean?"
"It means," he snarled in an aggressive tone, "that I didn't kiss you because I wanted to. I kissed you because I wanted you to shut your annoying mouth."
"Yeah…you keep telling yourself that Itachi."
She turned to give him the evil eye but he was gone. She leaned against the tree and crossed her arms, her eyebrow twitching in frustration.
"Itachi…you jerk."