Healing a Lonely Murderer

Itachi Love Story

Thoughts…

Mayu's POV:

Yeah, that bastard Orochimaru raped me. Numerous times. And that's why I have to kill him. For all the people he's cursed, all the scams he's played and for all the people he's killed. The only reason why he didn't curse me was because I was too loyal to him. Of course I was, he was my guardian. And I was young. I thought that when he raped me that it was what people do. He convinced me into believing that. That pervert, I bet he's raping Kabuto as we speak. Kabuto…Kabuto why did you do that to me? Break my heart?

It's hard to describe my relationship with Itachi. Were like best friends who just happened to kiss once. But I still love him. I'm glad I can admit that now. Even though It hurts that he doesn't feel the same way [and I'm pretty sure he doesn't I'm not lying to myself anymore. It's not as hard as you think it is. I love Itachi Uchiha. What's not to love? Hmm, I don't think our relationship will grow though. Maybe it will, but I have to kill Orochimaru first. Once he's out of the way, I can love Itachi. That's if he accepts it…

Itachi's POV:

I still remember that kiss. How she just turned around and kissed me, just like that. There was nothing I can do. First I was paralyzed for a few seconds and then…I guess I kissed her back. But did she just kiss me because I was giving her too many complements or because she…naahhh there's no way she loves me. Who can love a lonely murderer? Not Mayu. Not Anyone. And about this whole 'Kill Orochimaru' thing, Mayu's gonna get herself killed. She doesn't know how powerful he is and that he used to be in Akatsuki. But then again, Mayu has some hidden battle moves that she won't even show me. And I decided that I would fight with her. Orochimaru fears me anyway. It might do her some good.

End Thoughts

My POV:

Training was intense and Itachi didn't go easy on you. Not that you wanted him to. You figured that if Itachi is stronger than Orochimaru then if you could beat him then Orochimaru would be no sweat. But you knew that you were slightly wrong too. That was just what you wanted to believe. If you fought Orochimaru, he could curse you and probably trick you into staying with him so you can become strong enough to kill him. And while you were his student, he could probably rape you again and that scared you. So when you weren't training, you were in the lab trying to find a cure to the disease.

As far as training goes, you also perfected your Daichi Kengen. You could fight taijutsu while your using your Daichi. Itachi taught you Chidori and that technique combined with the lightning that you could already call, could make a death trap. Along with some other stuff, you were definitely a threat. But all this power didn't change your personality one bit; you were still 'that hot girl who we shouldn't disrespect'.

But of course you and Itachi are idiots. Deidara saw that you two loved each other from the start and he thought it was stupid that you guys couldn't get together.

It was the day of the mission and everyone [as in Kisame, Itachi and you was packing. Mickey seemed happy that he would be able to get out the house and fight but sad because of the danger you were putting yourself into. At sometime during the weeks, you decided that you would wear the cloak, but you made it into a beautiful black and red fighting kimono. As you got ready you slipped your kimono over your black shorts. You hid an extra Kunai in the dress, just in case. You made a messy bun with 2 kunai stuck into it, like usual. Grabbing a small tote to carry some necessary things, you placed Mickey in the bag, so his head could poke out and walked out the door. You were in a pretty cheerful mood. Why? Let's go over the reasons. 1. This mission will actually be a challenge. 2. Itachi's going with you [hehe and 3. You've got some tricks up your sleeve that you've just been dieing to use. So let's get this mission on with!

Mayu's POV:

I walked out my door and into the living room. I opened the fridge and took a few snacks to pile up in my bag, while warning Mick that if he ate it, there will be consequences. Turning around I saw Deidara coming my way. I smiled at him but he grabbed my arm and dragged me to a secluded spot [Don't get pervy now! It's nothing like that. He had this serious look on his face that made me think twice of joking around with him.

Deidara: looking at me seriously in the eyes, "Mayu-chan, do you love Itachi?" I opened my mouth to speak but nothing came out and it ended in a blush. I looked away from him, too ashamed that I was embarrassed. I finally got my voice back.

Me: "I…I-i…" he shushed me and started to walk away. "Tell him, not me." he whispered as he walked out of the room. I just stood there dumbfounded. I heard someone say my name and I turned around. It was Itachi. Standing there while tucking a kunai in his cloak

Itachi: "Mayu, let's go. Kisame's waiting." He said and turned down the hallway and I followed him. I looked down, suddenly depressed by the situation Dei put me in. He doesn't know how it feels! To be in love with someone and to afraid to confess. I sighed and he turned his head towards me.

Itachi: "Something wrong?" he asked with a hint of concern in his dazzling crimson eyes. I almost melted but I regained my composure with a lie.

Me: I laughed nervously, "Nope I'm great!" his eyebrow raised with a questionable look. Gosh, I hate how he knows when I'm lying. I walked up to him, tapped his nose and smiled, "I'm fine. Now we have mission to do!" I said. Meanwhile Mickey jumps out of my bag and walks beside me. "And a man to kill…" I said with a dark voice. Itachi trembled a little with shock as we met Kisame outside the hideout.

Kisame: "Finally!" he looked at both of us and then turned his glance towards the forest. "Orochimaru lives in the Sound Village so let's go." He said as he started walking towards the forest. I kept myself to the right of Itachi and Kisame to his left. The trip was boring and soon it was nighttime. We had another day to go before we reached the village so we set camp.

Itachi's POV:

Deciding to set up camp, I started a fire and put up a tent. Mayu really seems to be out of it. She's not depressed like how she used to be but she's still acting different. It seems like she holding something off until she kills Orochimaru. Which would probably be the bloodiest battle of her life. Why do I worry myself so much about her. She's just another girl…no she's not another girl. This girl just happened to kiss me. Do I… my thoughts were interrupted by a shivering form sleeping against a tree bark. Mayu was sleeping on her side with her head against the tree. The tree seemed to welcome her to lay against it, for the bark didn't make her uncomfortable but she was sleeping and cold. Getting up, I sighed and took off my cloak. I draped it over her and she snuggled against it.

How can someone so difficult be so beautiful? She looks so peaceful asleep. But her words stopped my thoughts again. She was mumbling in her sleep.

Mayu: "…No…Oro…chimaru-sempie please stop." She said/pleaded. She was having a nightmare and it filled me with rage about what Orochimaru did to her as a child. I laid myself against a tree a few feet away and started to go to sleep when I felt a weight on my chest. It was Mayu and she was half asleep. Her head was against my chest and she fell asleep there.

Mayu: mumbling, "I missed…his warmth." And fell into a deep sleep. I was too shocked to say anything and too tired to move her.

MY POV

Here's how you woke up. You woke up to random flashing lights. Moaning with frustration, you woke up and turned your direction to the photographic Kisame, laughing and taking pictures. 'What there to take pictures of?' you thought. But for starters you had someone's cloak on and you were…laying on someone's chest. 'Oh god.' You thought as you lifted your head and turned around to see a very angry and must I say cloakless Itachi. He stared at Kisame and told him to stop. When he didn't, Itachi just stared at Kisame. Kisame just made a high-pitched scream and collapsed on the ground.

You: Getting up from Itachi and walking over to Kisame. "You didn't have to do that, you know?" He just picked up his cloak and straightened his hair. You bent down and healed Kisame. When you were done, Kisame was wide-awake and apologized to Itachi.

Mostly in silence, the 3 of you jumped through trees to the Sound Village. What would have took you a whole day, took 2 hours because of your speed. As you neared the village, you took the bun out of your hair and put on a straw hat with tassels. So did Itachi and Kisame. No one could tell who you were exactly because of hats, but any smart person knew that you were Akatsuki, due to the symbols on the cloak, and to be careful. If that person was smart enough then they could tell you were female because you refused to wear that long cloak and instead wore a shorter, fitter one, that shows some of your curves but not too much.

Mayu: "This is gonna be fun. Right guys?" I said gripping my hold on my almost empty bag now. Kisame just smirked but Itachi didn't look happy.

Itachi: "Don't be so confident. Orochimaru is strong. Your strong too but just watch out for his attacks." You nodded while Kisame elbowed him in the ribs.

Kisame's POV:

Wow. Itachi cares about Mayu. I never thought that Itachi would care about someone. I elbowed him in the ribs and he just glared at me. Instead of taking it further, I just turned my eyes towards the village gates, where they were several ninja guards looking at us.

My POV:

You weren't welcomed into the village very nicely. Infact several men tried to slap your butt and… other perverse things but you 'dealt' with them. The guards, were somewhat of a hassle but Itachi killed them. Orochimaru's castle was right in the middle of the village so it wasn't hard to find. Before you guys could even get within 20 feet of it castle, there were obstacles. 5 ninjas were guarding the doors, already in a fighting stance.

Ninja 1: "Ahh, Lord Orochimaru told us that Mayu Yamanashi would come one day, and look at her." His eyes trailed down your body.

You: seeing no point in keeping the hat on because your cover was blown, yelled colorful words at him.

Ninja 2: "Ooh. Feisty. I like that."

You: angry growl, "Itachi, I'll take these bastards. You and Kisame share the other ones." He nodded and pulled out a Kunai. You pulled a kunai from your shorts and speeded towards them. You one ninja by the wrist and twisted it, receiving a beautiful cracking noise that made you grin. The other wrapped his arms around your waist from behind and used a fire jutsu but you put your arms around his neck. Making a kunai appear in your hand, you sliced his back. Deciding taijustu would save up your chakra for later, you fought the ninja. Since one of the ninja couldn't use they're hands for a jutsu because of the broken wrist, they tried all sorts of crap on you. The other ninja kept trying to get close to you. That pervert. Kisame had already killed his ninja and Itachi was toying with his. Finally you made a long sword appear in your hands and killed them both while Itachi killed one of his opponents.

Itachi: with a very dark face, "Go tell your master were here to see him." He told the ninja that he kept alive. He used the rest of his strength to run away from itachi and into the castle, stupidly leaving the door open. You put a hand through your hair and straightened your dress.

You: "Okay, let's go." All three of you started to enter the castle when you heard a hissing sound behind you. You froze and slowly turned around. Orochimaru was standing 20 feet away with a smirk plastered on his face. Itachi and Kisame turned around and got into a fighting stance.

Oro: "hiss So Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame came to stop by?" Itachi stayed still and stared at him, while Kisame took out his Samehada (sp?). "And who do we have here, Yamanashi Mayu? It is so nice to see you again, Mayu-kun." You shivered until Itachi looked at you. Anger started to appear on your face and your eyes turned purple. Your kitty turned into a ferocious Tiger. You transported everyone to a part of the forest. After all, you had more resources there.

You: you glared at Orochimaru. "Go to hell you bastard." He lightly chuckled and made a hand sign. Snakes appeared and tried to lunge at you, but all four of you separated in 3 directions.

Oro: "Oh come out now. Don't be scared. I was only having some fun." Just then a man with grey hair and glasses came out. He stood next to Oro and got in a fighting stance. You became angrier and the sky turned completely dark, wind began to blow roughly and trees grew a little taller. Kisame jumped from the tree he was in and started a wave while Itachi attacked Oro. What they didn't know was that that Orochimaru was a clone and the real one was hiding. You jumped down from your tree and sped towards the man with grey hair.

You: "Nice to see you again, Kabuto." You said sweetly and you kicked him in the gut. He clenched his gut with his hand and made a chidori with his other hand.

Kabuto: "Don't be angry with me Mayu, didn't you love me at one point?" he smirked. You became angrier and lightening began to strike, while you made a Chidori with one hand and built chakra with the other. You punched the grown leaving a fork-like crack down the ground and slammed your other hand on top of it. Sending your chidori like a lightening strike down the cracks. Kabuto jumped out of the way but the ground exploded all around him, leaving him wounded. He charged at you with his chidori still in his hand but you grabbed his wrist and punched him in the face, breaking his glasses.

Kabuto: "You've become stronger." His eyes trailed down my body, "And more mature." You growled loudly and water started to appear behind you. You raised the temperature and the water froze into billions of dagger-like droplets and then charged it at Kabuto. Right then, you felt an arm seize you and pull you down to the ground. It was Orochimaru. Screaming from the pain and the fear, you drove a kunai into his leg, but still couldn't get up. He smiled.

Oro: "I think we continue, where we left off." You screamed with terror as he knocked you out.

Mayu's POV

I woke up with a scream. Trying to move, I realized that I was tied to a bed. I tried to free myself from the binds that held but it was too strong. Realizing the position I was in I started to cry. The bedroom door opened and in came the man that I feared the most. Orochimaru walked in with a smile on his face.

Oro: "Oh Mayu, you look so tempting when you struggle like that." He hissed and took off his shirt. I froze and started shivering.

Me: "Please, Orochimaru. Don't do this." I begged him while tears started to come down my face. He walked up to the bed and got onto of me.

Oro: "Remember, it only hurts if you don't comply." He was bending down to kiss me when he was suddenly thrown against the bedroom wall. Itachi appeared with anger in the world all over his face as he sent Orochimaru into the worst genjustu of his life. The Mangekyo Sharingan technique. I just laid there watching Itachi and Orochimaru freeze for a few seconds. Itachi let him go and he left him unconscious. He looked at me, the anger in his eyes slowly disappearing. He walked over to my shivering form and untied the ropes. I started to cry as I jumped into his embrace. He held me and I just kept on crying.

Itachi: "Did he hurt you?" he asked. His eyes were filled with concern and I lifted my face from his chest. "Because if he did…" I cut him off.

Me: "sniff…no…sniff" his finger lifted my chin to him and he cuddled me.

Itachi: "Stop crying. I'm here now." He squeezed me as I began to stop crying. I looked up at him. His eyes were filled with concern but mine was with thought. If I don't tell him how I feel now then I'll regret it for the rest of my life.

Me: "Itachi…" I said trying not to get lost in his eyes.

Itachi: "Hm?"

Me: "I…I think…No. I know I love you." I looked away from him and turned my head. We sat there in silence for 3 seconds until he turned my head back around and kissed me deeply. His arms wrapped around my waist and pulled me closer. I was shocked but I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed back. We held it there until he let go and looked at me.

Itachi: "I love you, too." He said. I stared at him in disbelief. 'Itachi loves me.' the words kept ringing around in my head. My face lightened up and turned into the biggest smile I ever made. I hugged him tightly and got up. Walking over to Orochimaru's unconscious form, I bent down and slapped him hard against the face. Taking the ring off his hand, I went back to Itachi and pulled him up.

Me: "Come on. Let's go back." I said as started to let go of his hand but he just held it tighter. I looked at him and smiled.

Itachi: a smirk appeared on his handsome face, "What? I think its fun to hold your hand."
Me: "Your lucky I'm letting you do this." I said playfully as I held him hand tighter. He smirked and started towards the door.

Itachi: "Oh? I thought you loved holding my hand. And grabbing my arm in your sleep, and sleeping on my chest." He teased and I started to blush.

Me: "Itachi-kun. Shut up." I said as I teleported us outside the castle and to the village gates. Kisame was leaning against a tree waiting for us. He had a bad wound on his shoulder. I gasped and ran up to him, letting go of Itachi's hand.

Me: "You baka." I said as I started to heal him. He just looked at me with a smirk on his face.

Kisame: "I saw you holding Itachi's hand." I blushed as I finished healing him. Turning to Itachi, he had a smirk on his face too.

Me: "Gosh, both of you just shut up!" I said as I seized both of them by the wrist and teleported outside the headquarters. Feeling stupid about all the chakra I wasted, I slumped to the ground dizzily. The last thing I felt was someone picking me up.