Healing a Lonely Murderer
Itachi Love Story
I woke up feeling horrible and paralyzed. Like my head was going to explode and I was gonna to die of starvation. I was getting the thought of moving but everything hurt. I must be sick. Looking around, I realized that I'm not in Itachi's or mine. Hmm. The door opened. And a certain ping tailed blonde came in with a tray of food. I tried to sit up.
"Don't move. Your ill." He put the tray down the nightstand and put his hands under my arms, pulling me up.
"Mmm. Deidara? What happened to me?" I wined and put a hand on my head. Deidara just looked at me with concern in his eyes. It felt nice to have more than one person who cared about me. He started to feed me.
"You got a high fever somewhere along your mission. Then you used up all your chakra and brought down your bodies defenses…" he explain but I cut him off.
"And since my body was asleep for most of the time, it allowed the virus to basically spread over. Great." I finished his sentence. I felt like I was now getting my chakra back.
"Dei, put my hand over my right arm." He looked at me slightly confused but complied. I made my left hand glow green, almost painfully and healed my right joint. Testing it, now I could move my arm in a mechanic way. I sighed and healed my right hand. Allowing my fingers to move. Next I healed my whole right arm including my shoulders. After that I was tired.
"Mayu, you should have just waited it out." He said and hugged me. I was surprised but I hugged him back with my only mobile arm.
"I hate being immobile. And I'm the only one here to heal myself." But then I thought about it. "Dei-kun, why am I in your room?" He sighed and brushed some hair out of the right side of his face.
"We were all supposed to go on missions today, he chose me to stay back. Itachi wanted to stay, but since he's the most powerful one here, Leader made him go too." He stood and sat at the foot of my bed. He was deep in thought and a frown appeared on his face.
"What's wrong Dei-kun?"
"Don't call me Dei-kun anymore, yeah." He said harshly. I was shocked. He then turned around and looked my square in the face. "You love Itachi-sama don't you, un?"
"Yes I do." There was no doubt about it. I'm in love with him.
"Then call him –kun, not me." He then stood up and left. Behind the anger in his face, I saw sorrow. What's wrong with him? I sighed pulled the sheets off the bed. Feeling some of my chakra come back, I took my mobile right arm and healed the joints in my other arm. I pulled myself from the bed by holding on to the headboard. I saw some crutches against the wall with a note on it. The note read: 'From Sasori. Get Well Soon.' Another 15 minutes later I managed to heal my major joints so I could walk decently with the crutches. I coughed harshly. When I get enough chakra, I'll have to force my body to destroy every single virus in my damn body. But for now, I'll wait.
In a few more hours I gained all my chakra back, but for the antidote I was going to make, I needed more. I opened the bedroom door to look for anybody who'd be concerned that I'll die if I don't have some of they're chakra. I saw Deidara lying down on the couch. Close enough.
"Dei, I mean Deidara. Can I lend some of your chakra?" I asked quietly. He only looked up and motioned me to come over.
"Sure. But how, un?" I walked up to him and sat next to him on the couch. Taking his hand in mine I focused a little bit. I took a little of his chakra and laid back against the couch.
"What wrong, un?" concerned written all over his face with a black sharpie.
"Do you hate me? You won't even let me call you Dei-kun anymore." a tear fell and landed on my lap. I looked at him, but he spaced out contemplating on his next move. I could see it on his face. There was pain in his eyes. Heart-breaking pain.
"I don't, un. I just think that people use –kun to talk about people they love, yeah. And you already told me that you love Itachi." I was confused. What's this whole thing about Itachi and me? I stayed silent, more tears started to fall down my eyes.He does hate me.
Deidara only got up from the cough and walked away. I stood up and yelled at him across the room.
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? Normal men would embrace a girl who's crying!" I snapped at him. He stopped dead in his tracks but didn't look at me. More tears fell down my face.
"If I held you, it would be more than just a hug, un." He spoke back quietly, still not making eye contact or turning around to face me.
"What do you mean?"
He turned around sharply, letting me catch a glimpse of his mechanic eye when his bangs moved.
"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU ALRIGHT, UN!" A tear ran down his face as he ran down the hallway and into his room, locking it. I look down at my feet in shame. I understand why he tried to keep his distance from me ---- I'm taken by Itachi. And why he didn't want me to call him –kun – I love Itachi not him. And why there was pain in his eyes when I looked into them – I'll never return his feelings. I sighed and walked back to my room, sitting on my bed. Just then Itachi walked in the room. Sadness all over his face. I ran up to him and jumped in his arms. A smile appeared on his face.
"I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!" I yelled in his ear. He chuckled and swung me around.
"You don't have to yell, I'm right here." He smiled and kissed me on the lips.
"Just making sure." I kissed back and he put me down.
"Itachi, how much chakra do you have? I need a lot to cure myself from the viruses in my body." He nodded and held out his hand.
"Take everything." My eyes widened. I mouthed the words: 'Everything?' to him in question. He just nodded and made me put my hands on his palm. I looked at him in question.
"Because I love you." He answered simply. I smiled and kissed the palm of his hand, before I took half of his chakra, leaving him slightly dizzy.
"Why didn't you take everything?" he said holding on to my shoulders so he doesn't lose balance.
"Because I love you, baka." I said and took off my shirt. His eyes went wide. "Relax pervert. I'm just going take all the toxins from my body." I laid down on the bed with my back against the headboard. "Besides, you've seen me in my underwear before. Remember?" I laughed and he snickered. I put a hand on my heart and made my hand glow green. I took all the chakra out of my body and placed it on my heart. A slight pain shot through my body but I tried not to show it. Itachi saw it and he rubbed my back for comfort. The chakra turned into white blood cells that attacked every single infection in my body. [Yes, I go to science class. I fell so weak. I fell in Itachi's arms.
"Mayu! Are you okay?" he shouted in my ear, trying to keep me from losing consciousness.
"Yes, Itachi-kun. I need rest." I said simply and fell asleep in his arms. I heard him sigh and hold me back, letting my rest my head on his chest sitting upright.
Itachi's POV:
She's too hard on herself. I don't want to loose her this easily. And I never heard about anybody healing himself or herself, especially with this kind of surgery. I looked at her face. It looked different. Like it was a lot healthier. Her hair even had blonde highlights in it now- making her hair light brown with hints of blonde and red. Her face glowed and her skin turned an even creamier color than before. She looked…stunning. I laid her down on the bed and pulled her shirt back on her. Pulling up the covers, I kissed her on the forehead and ran my hand through her beautiful hair. I walked out the room and into the hallway. I walked into the living room to see Kisame patting a melancholy Deidara on the back. Deidara looked up at me and slowly walked out of the room, like nothing happened. I looked at Kisame.
"Kisame, what's wrong with him?" I asked and walked closer to him.
"Ask him yourself." He said contently. I just kept my same emotionless face and knocked on Deidara's bedroom door.
"Go away, un." Was the answer I got. And just because he said that, I knocked it down. Everyone here respects me and I want the same respect from Deidara. He yelped and glared at me. "What do you want, Itachi, un?" I just walked in and sat in the chair of his art table.
"You tell me. Are you okay?" Oh god I'm getting soft. I bet its Mayu's doing. He looked at me surprised but then got up to leave the room. I grabbed his wrist. "I want an answer."
"It's nothing okay, un!" He ripped his hand away from me and tried walking out the door. I got in front of him and blocked the doorway.
"You're not leaving until I get an answer."
"Fine." And he got into a fighting stance. I sighed and pulled out a kunai. I really didn't want to fight, but if it meant getting what I want- an answer- then so be it. We spar'd for a while and soon I was behind him with his hands held together behind his back with one hand, kunai to his neck in the other.
"Okay Itachi. Once again you win. You just take everything I want." he said as I let go of him. I raised an eyebrow.
"Hm?"
"You don't deserve Mayu! She wants a nice guy like me. Not a criminal who killed his whole family, yeah." Anger started to dance in my eyes.
"Don't talk about my family." I said with a cold glare. He shrugged it off and stared at the door.
"Whatever, yeah. I was forced here so I'm innocent, un. You don't deserve her, I do." I was about to punch him in the face when I heard a voice from the door that made both of us turn our heads.
"Please, stop… fighting." Mayu said weakly, leaning against the doorframe for support. I ran up to her and helped her stand up straightly by putting my arm under hers.
"I…Itachi…Dei…dara…stop." She said and fell asleep in my arms. Deidara just stood there, frozen, looking like he was about to cry.
"I love her and…and you always get everything." He ran out of the room and out the hideout. I sighed and picked Mayu up bridal style. Maybe I don't deserve her. Maybe she'll be happier with a guy like Deidara. He's right. I have to let her go…
Interlude of the Breakup: Mayu's POV:
I unsteadily got up from my bed and made my way to the mirror. I looked at it once and made a double take. /i Whoa, that's me/i My hair got lighter and there's almost no red in it. Like a blonde/brown. i Must be since I used all that chakra to make me extremely healthy. /i Even my skin looks healthier. I yawned realizing how much more sleep I need. I was about to dive right back in the bed when I heard yelling coming from Deidara's room. And not to mention fighting noises. Running out of my room and down the hallway, I reached Deidara's bedroom door. Using the last of my energy, I opened the door.
Deidara and Itachi stood in there, in fighting stances. Itachi looked like he was about to kill Dei. I gasped and tried to make some sound come out. They both looked at me. The anger in their eyes turned to shock and concern. Itachi walked up to me and caught me right as I was about to fall.