Author's Notes: Thanks for reading this! Since this story is a series of drabbles, it won't be updated regularly, but rather, only when I feel really inspired to write something. I hope the time skipping in this newest drabble is clear, but it's sort of harder to convey time in a drabble, apparently XD It's Uchiha Itachi this time! Enjoy!
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Drabble 7
Word Count: 510 words
It doesn't take a genius to figure out what is going on, but he is a genius, one of the best Konoha has ever seen at that. The man across from him is a genius too, supposedly, but all he sees when he looks at his kind-of-but-not-quite friend is a broken body with a jaded soul and memories that have never been good and disappointments that have always been too big and great to be anything but burdening and a life with no sound or any tunes.
It doesn't take a genius to figure out what is going on, so Itachi doesn't find it hard to. He doesn't do anything, he just watches. He watches his ANBU captain tease Tenzo relentlessly, and he wonders if Tenzo also knows what's going on. He sees his teammate ignore Gai, and he asks himself whether Gai knows or not.
His intelligently sharp eyes watch, and he comes to the conclusion that they either haven't found out yet, or they're just very good at hiding what they know.
He supposes it's fine either way. He won't be here for too long anyways, he knows; tonight will be his last night here, he knows. He wonders how well his sort-of friend will take his newest secret mission; another disappointment to add to the pile, perhaps?
The blood on his hands is no longer there, but his accursed eyes still allow him to see it all the same, but… it is something that had to be done. And Itachi would do anything for Konoha, anything at all, even if it means leaving little Sasuke behind with nothing but the ghosts of the past for company.
He doesn't see anyone from his village for a long time, up until his new Leader decides it's time to pay the Kyuubi's Jinchuriki a visit. He knows he'll run into people he used to be sort-of-but-not-quite friends with, but Itachi doesn't really care.
As always, his genius mind is not wrong. He sees the silver head and the Sharingan spins in preparation in his own eyes. A bloody red is all his opponent sees before he's taken into the world Itachi creates.
Itachi is good at keeping his face as blank as a white sheet. His ex-ANBU captain is angry at him, and maybe, just maybe, he's also a tiny bit scared of him and of what the merciless man, who has killed his entire clan save for one, would do to him.
Itachi tortures him for what feels like three days. His created world is his own, another realm in his Genjutsu influenced by his powerful Sharingan eyes. Itachi adds a little twist. He lets his opponent fall in a tired heap and wonders how his almost friend will take his newest secret surprise.
Long after he leaves, Kakashi wakes up in a hospital bed. He sits and thinks in the long, silent hours. He loathes and cherishes the time he was caught in Itachi's Genjutsu, but he can't help but wonder, Why would Uchiha Itachi let me hear?
Author's Notes: I hope you like it! Please tell me what you thought! If you would like to see any other character's input, please say so :D And just to be clear, in this drabble, Itachi only let Kakashi hear during his time inside his Genjutsu.
A Response to the Reviews on Drabble 6:
Guest: Thanks! I love Jiraiya, so I'm glad you found the last drabble worth reading :3
Titi's nemesis: I'm glad you liked the last chapter :D It's Itachi this time ;) This is what I envisioned would happen with Itachi, but there are many other possibilities, of course. It's my first time writing Itachi… do you think I ruined his character? XD
Until next time!