One Silver Rose

By: Michiru Lee

Naruto Fanfic

Chapter 9

One Step Closer to Death

Disclaimer: -Whack- -Whack- -Whack-

Evil Hamster: She is plotting to steal Naruto… -gets hit over the head with sledgehammer-

Michiru: I do not own Naruto nor am I planning to steal it. –Rubs sledgehammer-

Blah Thought or Dream

Blah Scene Change or Point of View Change

(Blah) Inner Sakura

Blah Chanting of Spells (Spells are in French, translations are at the end.)

Sasuke stepped in front of Michiru as she was prepared to fight Itachi. She growled but nodded in understanding of the situation. What a time for the rest to be in Dreamland.

"You're mine brother!" Sasuke yelled at the older Uchiha sibling. He readied himself to throw the many kunais hidden in various parts of his body. Also the mark on his neck began to grow as his anger rose.

"This will be your end Sasuke. You know you cannot defeat me dear brother," Itachi growled. He disappeared into the shadows of the forest and Sasuke raced after him, jumping from tree to tree.

Michiru watched as the kunai and sword clang against one another in the dark forest and as fire jutsus lit the forest up. Michiru wanted to go help Sasuke, but she knew that this was his fight. Memories of a long forgotten past came rushing back as the fire roared around the clearing.

"Momma! Buggy! Poppa! Where are you?" a young five-year-old Michiru cried out as black figures came into their house.

She could hear her mother screaming from somewhere in the house and wanted to get to her. One of the black figures held Michiru by the neck and pushed her into a room in the back where she saw her mother bleeding from the side of the head.

"Michiru," she cried out as a knife came across Michiru's neck.

"Tell us where the one with the power is or this little one will be slain!" the figured ordered.

Michiru didn't know what to do. A rage welled up inside of her as the men were grabbing her mother and forcing themselves upon her. More screams emitted from her mother's mouth as they got her way with her.

"You bastards! Leave Momma alone!" Michiru cried as they rapped her mother.

"Hehe… Your next little one if your momma doesn't tell us where the power of the White Dragon is," the man who held her laughed.

"…." Michiru couldn't speak as she felt the anger burn her insides more. These bad men were going to do something bad to her and Momma is she didn't do something. Her vision went blurry as the heat inside her was looking for a way out. She felt words come to her lips, words she never knew before and let them out:

"Les flammes détruisent mes ennemis,

Les flammes consomment leurs coeurs,

Ne permettez à rien de survivre,

Tournez-les aux cendres!1"

The men screamed as flames shot out from Michiru's body and were consume by them. Michiru couldn't stand any longer and fell to the hard floor and welcomed the darkness…

Sasuke's POV

The cursed mark on Sasuke's neck wrapped around his body, giving him more power to go after Itachi. He knew it was dangerous, but at this point he might not survive. The tree limb he was on started to crack underneath him so he jumped to another branch. He looked around with his Sharingan trying to pinpoint Itachi's next move. Though the thickness of the trees he felt the fast moving pace of Itachi and jumped higher into the next tree as the tree he was just in was split in half from the force of Itachi's sword. He glanced into the clearing to see Michiru on the ground with the others finally awake to see what was going on. He knew that this was turning into a dangerous situation.

"So you can finally hold some ground on me, but you are not strong enough to defeat me," Itachi said as he appeared behind Sasuke. "Maybe I should wait a while longer before killing you. It would be fun to see what happens." With that Itachi disappeared into the night and Sasuke felt the weakness set in. He landed on the soft cold ground and passed out.

Michiru POV

Michiru woke up to find herself in the hospital in Konoha with Naruto at her bedside. She felt pain from her wounds that she got from Itachi as she tried to get up.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Naruto said. "Your wounds opened up again when Sasuke was fighting Itachi."

"Where's Sasuke?" Michiru asked. Naruto looked at her and didn't say a word as he then turned his glaze towards the ground. "Where's Sasuke? Tell me Naruto!"

"He is still unconscious from the fight. He used the cursed mark to the limit," Naruto finally replied.

Gaara came into the hospital room and sat down next to Naruto. He held Naruto close to him and kissed him upon the lips. Michiru could only gag inside her mind and fumed at them.

"Can you take that to another room? I'm in a sick bed for fucking meyo sakes!" Michiru yelled at the two lovers. She felt her muscles strain as she moved about to get out of the bed. Naruto tried to hold her down, but failed as a punch landed in his face. "I'm going to see Sasuke!"

"You still shouldn't move…" Gaara said. Michiru tried to stand only to find herself falling and being caught by Gaara. "You're going back to bed now and sleeping. Don't worry, we won't do anything that will upset you while you sleep," he said with a creepy smile. Michiru let him put her back in bed and then fell fast asleep. He walked over Naruto on the floor and opened up a window to see the moon outside. He felt something watching them, but decided it must be in his head and walked away to help Naruto up.

Outside the Hospital

Itachi stood there looking at Michiru's window while she slept. He felt strange as he looked at the strange girl that caused him so much trouble, even got his favorite cloak stolen by another strange girl. He knew that Sasuke had feelings for the girl and he wondered how he could use that to his advantage. Every time he heard Michiru's named he felt something else stir inside him as well. He knew he would have to look into this later as he knew Kisame would be mad for leaving him at the base. Who cares about shark face anyway… Itachi smiled and disappeared off into the night.

TBC

The English Translations of the French Spells:

Flames destroy my foes,

Flames consume their hearts,

Don't let anything survive,

Turn them to ashes!

Note: Ok after the longt long summer I am finally back. w00t! I didn't send home this chapter in time and the server wasn't letting upload the chapter before school let out. After I reread everything and get back on track I will be working non-stop to bring back the story you all love to read. Plus its my last year of school so. Yipee!

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