"The Dolphin's Cry"
The way you're bathed in light
reminds
me of that night
god laid me down into your rose garden of
trust
and I was swept away
with nothin' left to say
some
helpless fool
yeah I was lost in a swoon of peace
you're all I
need to find
so when the time is right
come to me sweetly, come
to me
come to me
love will lead us, alright
love will
lead us, she will lead us
can you hear the dolphin's cry?
see
the road rise up to meet us
it's in the air we breathe
tonight
love will lead us, she will lead us
oh yeah, we
meet again
it's like we never left
time in between was just a
dream
did we leave this place?
this crazy fog surrounds me
you
wrap your legs around me
all I can do to try and breathe
let me
breathe so that I
so we can go together!
love will lead us,
alright
love will lead us, she will lead us
can you hear the
dolphin's cry?
see the road rise up to meet us
it's in the air
we breathe tonight
love will lead us, she will lead us
life
is like a shooting star
it don't matter who you are
if you only
run for cover, it's just a waste of time
we are lost 'til we are
found
this phoenix rises up from the ground
and all these wars
are over
over
over
singin' la da da, da da da
over
come
to me
singin' la da da da, da da da
come to me
that's a really pretty song…so I stuck it here cause it reminds me about how the two do like each other…;;; later the love story will pick up a bit more.
Chapter 3The dark canopy of a night sky was empty. No shining stars or bright moon, just billowing clouds to hide the dirty world from the heavens high above. It was the deep pitch black of midnight, and a figure cast in shadows sat upon the rooftop of an apartment building in Konohagakure. He was getting ready to take action when he noticed a person walking quietly below. They possibly were a spy; perhaps someone guarding the apartment. But who could possibly know of his intentions? He stood up to make his silent exit when his foot landed on a loose roof tile. It slipped under his foot; he landed on his hands and knees. As he slipped down the tiles' slippery surface, he knew he was going to have to kill the poor worthless soul who stood below him.
The one who had been roaming the street let out a small yelp and immediately fell over as they were landed on.
"Geez what are you doing?" was their muffled reaction.
From the voice alone, Itachi knew who it was.
"Oh, it's you." He looked at the girls green eyes, as she looked into his red sharingan.
"What's the big idea, you jerk?!" pushing him off of her, she quickly sat up and rubbed the back of her head where she could feel a large bruise was starting to form. "And what are you doing here?"
"That… is none of your business." Itachi leapt onto a nearby balcony above the street and pulled his cloak tightly around him after he landed. Sparrow didn't know what he was doing, and then she suddenly recognized the building, this was the home of Uchiha Sasuke.
"Itachi! Wait! What are you doing?" she jumped up after him. She quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the door before he could enter the boy's apartment. He tugged away from her grip and held his hand out in front of her so she couldn't step any closer to him.
"Butt out of my business and go play dolls or something." Turning away from her he stepped inside, peering around the darkened apartment with his sharingan eyes. Sparrow ignored him and followed closely behind.
"You're going to hurt him, aren't you." Her voice became desperate and pleading all of a sudden, "Please don't hurt him, Itachi."
"Shut up! Do you want to wake him up!" he whispered angrily, pressing his hand over her mouth to keep her silent. He leaned in and glared sharply at her. "I'm killing him tonight, and you will be next, so be prepared." He pushed her away from him roughly and headed towards Sasuke's room.
"No! Itachi, don't!" Sparrow yelled and ran towards him, wrapping her arms tightly around his waist. He reacted quickly, throwing her against a wall.
"Maybe I should just kill you now so you will stay out of my way!" he watched her eyes stray at the kunai in his hand that was rising towards her neck.
"I don't care if you kill me Itachi, just please don't kill Sasuke." She looked away from the sharp edge of the blade and gulped.
"Why do you care so much about Sasuke?" the point was being pressed lightly against Sparrows neck and a bead of blood formed at the tip.
"Because, I know you will regret killing him…" feeling the slight prick of the kunai she tried to back away, only to feel the wall pressing up against her back. His hand reached out and grabbed her neck so she would stay still.
"I never regret killing anyone." Squeezing her neck some, he could feel the blood starting to trickle out from the pinprick. It was beginning to smear on his hand, but he didn't care.
Sparrow's hands reached up and tried to pull his hand away from her neck, with out any success.
"Sasuke is your brother. You will regret it."
Itachi just smiled and looked towards his brother's bedroom door. "You should know… that kunai was poison tipped."
Her eyes widened in shock.
"What!? Itachi, what did you do?!" Her body was beginning to stiffen, and she couldn't feel her legs anymore.
"It's a poison that will temporarily paralyze you." He smirked and let her go; she fell to the floor loudly. Looking down at her, he shoved her towards the wall with his foot. "It will leave me just enough time to kill Sasuke, and if I finish quick enough you won't be able to run away while I cut you to ribbons." He turned away from her and walked to the entrance of Sasuke's room, slowly opening the door. Sparrow lay on the floor, paralyzed.
"Itachi no…please don't." her voice was barely above a whisper, and all she could do was wait for the sound of metal slicing through Sasuke's body. Trying to move was impossible, and as she attempted to make her escape the sound of running feet was echoing through the floorboards. Itachi burst out of the room and ran towards her. He grabbed her by the back of the shirt and with her, leapt off the balcony.
"Itachi, what's going on?" her voice was still a whisper but he still answered.
"ANBU…they must have heard your loud, annoying voice and came after us." Leaping up on a roof he dashed across it. Sparrow, now getting most of her voice back and was starting to be able to move again, turned and looked behind them.
"Itachi! They're right behind us!"
Shinobi, ten, maybe even more were chasing them across the rooftops. Itachi made his way over the Konoha Gate and into the thick branches of the surrounding forest.
"I know. It's entirely your fault, you stupid girl!"
They ran deeper into the forest, kunai sailed through the air all around them. Itachi's grip was getting a tighter hold onto Sparrow's shirt. Itachi quickly spotted a pond and he turned to her, "Hold your breath." Was the only warning he gave her.
He jumped into the pond without even making a splash, he held onto her tightly so she couldn't get away from him. As they sat under the water she kept her eyes closed and held her breath. The ANBU ninja jumped over the pond, they never even paused to consider that Itachi would have hid in it's murky depths. Sparrow felt as if her lungs were going to explode. Itachi then suddenly tugged her to the surface with him. As their heads slowly broke through the serene surface of the water she took a deep gasp for air.
"Itachi! What are you doi- ahh!" with a quick push of his palm on the top of her head, they were once more submerged.
"Shut up!" his mouth formed the words, but all that came out was bubbles. Needles to say, she couldn't hear him, "if they hear you again they will know exactly where we are!"
She resurfaced and gasped for air again. Whispering quickly she ducked his head under as revenge for the harsh treatment.
"You're completely insane, you know that?!" letting go of his head she started to swim away from him. He grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" he pulled her back to him and glared at her, "they're probably still looking. We have to keep low until morning."
"You mean that you want me to stay in this dirty pond filled with snakes and fish and snapping turtles all night!?" Sparrow pulled out of his grip and began to swim away again, "you've got to be kidding me, Itachi."
Before she could make it to shore she felt an arm wrap around her neck and pull her behind a thick patch of tall pond grass and water weeds. Another arm wrapped around her waist and kept her arms down so she couldn't fight back.
"We are staying here." Itachi said coldly as he looked about them for anyone sneaking around.
"Why did you even take me with you? Why didn't you just leave me there?" Sparrow tried to wiggle free from his grip but it was useless, "You want me dead anyways, didn't you?"
"I want you dead, but I want you to die by my hands, not the ANBU." He snarled and kept his grip around her. He knew if he even slightly loosened his grip, she would break free. Sparrow gave up and they sat in the green, scummy pond all night. The sun sure took its good old time to rise that night.