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Faded Petals
Chapter One
The blood drained from her face when she saw the dark figure stand over her son's sleeping body. Her heart racing, she pulled out a kunai, her body a blur as she flashed in front of her son.
"Get away from him!"
He turned slowly towards her, his eyes, permanently dyed a bloody shade of red, staring through her. He looked so much like Sasuke, but that feeling of emptiness…it surrounded him…His eyes…they were empty…
But the crimson eyes drew away as Yuki stirred under the blankets.
"So this is the son of my foolish little brother…"
Sakura clutched the kunai harder. "I told you to get away from him!"
The dark figure remained motionless, the light from the window making his face gaunt, and hard like stone… She threw the kunai, but he dodged it easily, taking a step back, his eyes still looking right through her. Her kunai lodged deep into the wall, tiny flakes of plaster falling down like snow.
"What do you want with Yuki? And why are you here?"
"…." Those eyes, those red eyes still stared right through everything.
She saw her son sleepily raise his head, rubbing his eyes. And she saw his eyes snap open at the sight of the strange man, bewilderment apparent on his face.
"O…kaa-san?"
Her eyes still on Itachi, she yelled at him. "Yuki, run! Get away from the house right now! Go to the village, find Naruto-kun! Run, Yuki!"
She saw his confusion, saw the hesitant look on his face.
"Okaa-san…?"
"Just run, Yuki! Just go! Don't stay here! Now!"
He hesitated only a little, before climbing to the window and jumping out, a tiny figure with a head of black as he ran towards the village.
Itachi's eyes trailed after Yuki's disappearing figure.
"I see…So I shall have to take another hostage instead…"
"..H-hostage?" She whispered, her voice cracking.
"….For this…for what my foolish brother did to me.." He hissed.
Her eyes followed his empty gaze to what she had not seen before. His right arm, a bloody stump.
"…My foolish brother has grown indeed, but not enough….I will always be a step ahead."
"But why…why are you here? Who are you taking as your hostage? I will not let you get near any of friends! Stay away from Konoha!"
Again, he did not answer. She pulled out another kunai, ready for another attack.
Instead, he whispered harshly, "So you were important to him once. He had a child with you…I see…So you shall be my hostage…."
Her eyes widened, but her hand tightened on the kunai, her eyes angry.
"Hostage? Me? I don't think so. I won't agree to help you in any way, in any of your twisted plans! I'll fight you if I have to!"
"…It seems you have no choice."
He disappeared before her eyes, and then, she felt his fingers at her neck. The next thing, she was falling, falling through darkness, inky darkness.
"You're wrong, Itachi." she thought before her eyes closed. "Sasuke-kun didn't care about me….That's why I can't be a hostage….He doesn't care about me at all…that's why he left me and that's why he'll never come to look for me…."
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