Okay, so here is a very long chapter!
This chapter explains everything about Seitsuki's past and is where the story now starts going in a new direction.
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I sighed and sat at the edge of the bed, the silence of the room was only interrupted by the light ticking of the wall clock.
I had finished organizing and filing the rest of the papers about 30 minutes ago but I couldn't bring myself to leave just yet. The clock read 10:15 now, which means that it had been about 45 minutes since Madara had stormed out of the room. He still hadn't returned..
I sighed and contemplated leaving now, but I just couldn't shake the feeling that I should stay and wait for Madara to come back. What did he even mean by I should know what he wants? I though I did, but clearly I didn't. I thought that he wanted a sexual relationship, maybe even an exclusive one based on his clear jealousy of Itachi and me. I figured that he had too much pride to share me, his obedient little toy, with someone else. I wouldn't put that past him.
But now, I was all kinds of confused. If that isn't what he wants, then what is? He had to be pretty upset to just storm out like that. Storming out isn't really his style, he liked to argue until he is proven right or gets what he wants.
I jumped as my phone rang, breaking me from my thoughts.
I picked it up and sighed a little as I looked at the screen. Sasuke. I knew that he was with everyone else at the park and he was probably worried or getting really impatient.
I hesitantly answered the phone. I tried to make my voice sound as happy as possible, "H-Hey, Sasuke! What's up?"
"Come to the park. Now." He demanded, clearly annoyed.
I sighed and looked at the clock, 10:30. Which means that it has been about two and a half hours since they got there. I felt terrible.
I sighed and tried to keep up my happy facade, "Actually I was just finishing up! I'll be there in like ten minutes."
"Hn." was all I got before Sasuke hung up. Yeah it was rude, but I could understand his frustration with me. I hadn't exactly been the best friend to everyone lately. During the summer I had hardly any time to hang out with them because I was working on finishing some classes early so I could graduate with most of my friends. Then as soon as school started, being Madara's assistant quickly took over my life.
I stood up getting ready to leave, lingering there for only a few minutes until I was certain that Madara wouldn't be back anytime soon. Accepting that, I walked out of his room and made my way to the park. My mind wouldn't rest as I walked.
Back when I started as a freshman in high school, Sasuke, Tenten, and Hinata were already sophomores, Tenten was suppose to be a Junior but her, Lee, and Neji's private tutor wanted to keep them back a year in 8th grade to really master the subjects they were being taught before they could move on to high school. And Itachi was going into his third year of college.
While I was growing up, my parents were very over protective, that and they wanted me to have the best education possible. And to them that was multiple private tutors in many different subjects. Pretty much everyone I knew had at least one tutor on top of public or private schools, like Guy-Sensei with Tenten. I just didn't go to an actual school. Unlike what most people thought, my parents weren't cruel or strict. They had me home schooled because they had bad things happen to them and they wanted to shield me from the bad of the world for as long as they could. I was extremely happy with my parents, even if I didn't really agree with them all the time on that subject.
Sasuke and Itachi were the first friends I had because my parents were close friends with their parents. In fact, their family was there when I was born. Apparently it had always been a joke between Sasuke's mom and my mom that we would get married and then they would actually be family. They would have really gotten a kick out of seeing me and Sasuke actually date when I started 6th and he started 7th grade. Unfortunately they didn't get to see it.
Their father was the President of the Uchiha Company, while my father was the Vice President, which only made them closer. Naturally as members of a very wealthy company they had to make plenty of public appearances. Our parents rented a limo together to show up to some grand party, only to end up in an accident. A bad one.
Sasuke was 8 years old and Itachi was 13 years old. In the wake of everything that happened, you would think that they would become closer. But their parent's death only pushed them apart. Sasuke was devastated but Itachi seemed not to care at all. He didn't even attend the funeral.
A little while after, Itachi left and took half of the inheritance his parents left with him. He was only 13 years old but he was able to gain emancipation because of his ability to take care of himself.
Sasuke on the other hand would have been put up for foster care if it wasn't for Kakashi Hatake adopting him. Sasuke didn't want to leave his home or Kakashi to move in. His home was the only thing left of his parents. Kakashi understood what it was like to lose people and didn't want to force Sasuke into anything, they both agreed on that. So Kakashi was really only legally responsible for him, Sasuke was able to take care of himself by using his half of the inheritance to hire maids and butlers to take care of the house and cooking, Kakashi would check in a lot. But Sasuke became a very independent child and grew deep hatred for Itachi because of his lack of regard for their parents death and for abandoning him.
I was 7 years old and adopted by my mothers old private tutor and close friend, Tsunade Senju. It was actually ironic because she was the grand daughter of the founder of the Uchiha Company's biggest rival. I still lived in a wealthy household because of this, even with all of Tsunade's gambling, because of my own inheritance. I didn't mind Tsunade moving into my house because she was gone most of the time anyway. But she insisted that I move closer to the city with her so she could always be closer to me. We both agreed not to sell my home though and she continued my mothers wish of me being home schooled. Since I didn't live as close to Sasuke anymore, I didn't see him as much but I still saw him as much as I could.
When it was time for me to start middle school, I argued with Tsunade until she agreed to let me got to public school. That's when I started gaining other friends. I was extremely shy because I had rarely met anyone my age before. I only knew Sasuke, who was a year ahead in 7th grade, and we had no classes together. Fortunately we had the same lunch, which he made it clear that he wanted me to sit with him all the time. He wasn't exactly rooting for me to branch off and be friends with other people.
Because of this, a lot of Sasuke's friends quickly became my friends. Sakura and Ino didn't really like me at first because Sasuke was so close to me, but they slowly became more friendly with me, even though they didn't like it. Naruto was really nice from the beginning and reminded me of what Sasuke use to be like so we quickly became close. Sasuke was a lot more depressed and angry now, but he was still friendly and nice with me, unlike he was to most others. It was kind of a mystery to me how they handled Sasuke's apathetic attitude sometimes.
It was obvious that Naruto really wanted to be friends with Sasuke, and Naruto was friends with Kiba, Shikamaru, and Choji. So as I gained a better friendship with Naruto, I also gained the others friendships. Kiba was close with Shino and Hinata, which made it easy to be friends with them. Hinata's protective cousin, Neji, would hang around too, with his close friends Tenten and Lee. As time progressed I was more quiet in my own classes, focusing on my work, while I was more outgoing at lunch and eventually outside of school with these people. I clicked with Tenten and Hinata the most, and spent most of my free time with them.
Sasuke was so glad that he was finally seeing me on a day to day basis again and confessed that he liked me. It through me off guard slightly because I never imagined that he though of me that way, but it made sense when I thought about it. He was my best friend, and being more came naturally to us. We were very happy and had a great relationship that many people were very jealous of. It wasn't long before we called it more than like and fell in love. It was easy, we knew each other on a level that no one understood.
Even though most would call it a mistake, I lost my virginity to him at the young age of 12 and he was 13. We didn't have parents or very aware guardians so no one could really stop us. While parts of me agree that it was stupid, I can't shake the feeling of at least being comforted by the fact that we truly loved each other. Everything was perfect.. Until Itachi moved back to town.
Sasuke was very disturbed and angered by his presence, and while I understood, I wanted to confront Itachi. Itachi had told Sasuke that the reason he left was simply that he didn't care for their parents and that he'd be better off on his own. He even said that he was glad they were gone. But I felt there was more to it.
Against Sasuke's wishes and as a secret from him, I sought Itachi out. Initially the first few times that I had shown up at Itachi's door, he turned me away and wouldn't even talk to me and when he did talk he gave me the same answer he gave Sasuke. I didn't buy it, it all felt wrong.
Being turned away by someone who was one of my best friends and role model was taking it's toll emotionally. In one very big emotional attempt to get through to him, I couldn't hold back the tears and yelling as I banged on Itachi's door and begged for him to tell me the truth, I knew this wasn't him. Surprisingly it worked. He finally let me in, after a while he finally agreed to tell me the whole truth as long as I didn't tell Sasuke. I reluctantly agreed, although I hated the idea of hiding anything from Sasuke.
Itachi told me all about the corruption that plagued the Uchiha Company. Dirty money, drugs, and murder, all a part of what our fathers had allowed to happen to gain wealth. I wouldn't have believed him, if he didn't have plenty of evidence to prove it. Itachi had always been a genius and his father was quick to start the process of molding him into the next president of the company. As Itachi was doing hands on training and spent a lot of time in the building he quickly started to pick up on all of this.
He knew that our parents deaths weren't an accident, he figured it was a murder. The problem he had come to was that he didn't know if that was really such a bad thing. He left to gain more evidence of what the company had done and maybe find a motive to see who murdered them. If they were murdered, the police hadn't found evidence. Itachi knew that if he tried to use the justice system to expose the Uchiha Company, some high official would make it disappear. The system was too flawed.
It wasn't easy to hear that your family and friends could do something so evil. But they had. Itachi tried to make me feel slightly better by saying that it seemed like my fathers hand was being forced, but honestly it was all the same either way. I was disgusted at what the Uchiha Company had done. Itachi had decided that there was no way to take the company down, he just wanted to try and fix it. He came back to start the process of taking over the company like he would have from his father. The problem was that the company had been handed over to it's previous president when Itachi's father died, Madara Uchiha.
When Itachi ran away, he dropped out of school and never bothered to go back. But now it was clear that Madara wouldn't hand over the company to some drop out. Itachi would have to go back to school and even go through college. Itachi made a deal with Konoha Academy, he would take all the final test for classes that he missed. If he could pass them all, then he would get his diploma and be able to start college immediately. Of course he was able to.
Once Itachi was done with college, he'd be able to take over the Uchiha Company and right our parents wrongs. But Itachi didn't want Sasuke's childhood memories to be tarnished by the truth, that's why he lied. Although I hated it, I understood why I had to hide the truth from Sasuke as well. He would probably only be more angered by it. In the mean time, I kept my distance from Itachi so that Sasuke would lose suspicion. He already was wondering where I would disappear to sometimes.
In order to be closer to Sasuke, I asked Tsunade to let me move back to my old house. She refused over and over. With my ties to the upper class because of my parents and my wealth, it wasn't hard for me to gain emancipation. I hated to do it and it put a big rift in my relationship with Tsunade, but with time she understood more. Even though I knew she was still slightly hurt by it. Sasuke did the same not long afterward, seeing no point in being legally held to anyone anymore. At first Kakashi didn't agree, but ultimately he knew that Sasuke would do it either way, so he stopped fighting it.
Itachi became associated with a very well known gang among the business world, The Akatsuki. They were actually more similar to the mafia, everyone knew that they took part in criminal actions, but because of their social standing and wealth no one could pin anything on them. The moment I heard rumors about it, I went to confront Itachi about it to demand an explanation. He explained to me that he did it to get closer to the root of some of the evil that was corrupting the business world. I absolutely hated the idea, but I knew I couldn't stop him. I stormed out of his apartment building only to see Sasuke standing right outside the building's door. He was clearly angry and dragged me into a taxi to drive us both home.
He was silent the entire drive, but as soon as we got back to my house he let all his anger out. He told me that he knew that something was up because I had been going to the city a lot and this time he decided to follow me to find out. He yelled and questioned over and over again why I would go see Itachi. I told him that, even with what Itachi did, I didn't feel right not being friends with one of the only people important left from my childhood. This only angered him more, he still hated Itachi for being cold hearted and abandoning him. Nothing would change his mind since I couldn't tell him the truth.
Sasuke and I didn't break up over it, but it was clear that there was a huge strain in our relationship now. But it was something we were both trying to work through. Then one day, after yet another argument between us about Itachi, he stormed out and left to the city. I decided to just let him leave and cool off, hoping that he would come back and we would work it out later.
But that night he was confronted by a drug dealer who worked for one of the biggest drug rings in the city, it was run by Orochimaru. Sasuke hadn't ever been the type to do drugs. But with the anger and depression he felt that night, he decided to give it a try. It wasn't long before he was addicted to a special drug that Orochimaru had created himself, he just called it Cursed. It was a well known phrase to say that anyone addicted to that drug had the "Curse Mark".
One day Sasuke came knocking on my door and when he came in he was clearly out of it. It wouldn't have taken a genius to find out what was going on. I begged him to stop but he wouldn't. From then on, every time we had an argument, he would immediately try to find comfort in drugs.
Seeing as he was an Uchiha, someone very important and having a lot of money, it wasn't long before Orochimaru came to him directly and asked him to be part of his operation. Sasuke eventually became part of it and was selling to the higher social class that most of Orochimaru's men couldn't get to. This quickly made him a favorite.
Another night when he came to my home he had clearly used the drug and I just couldn't handle it anymore. I reached into his pocket and took pills from him and ran to the bathroom to flush the remaining ones. He ran after me, but not before I flushed them, trying to make a point to him. What I didn't know was that the drug made the user extremely aggressive, so you can imagine my shock when Sasuke slapped me hard across the face.
I was in shock, but that didn't stop me from running from him. I didn't know what to do, so I just did the first thing that came to my mind, and ran to Itachi. I told him everything and Itachi listened patiently and tried to talk me through all of it. I knew that I couldn't go on like this, I couldn't be with Sasuke anymore if he continued this.
The next day Sasuke apologized over and over, saying that he would never hit me again. But I knew as long as he did that drug, there was no guarantee. I told him that I was leaving unless he stopped but he refused.
That's how we ended, at the end of 8th grade for me and his freshman year of high school. I knew then better than ever that it was stupid to try and break away from our guardians. We were just stupid kids, and if we had stayed under their care this never would have happened. But it was far too late now. I didn't want to live that close to Sasuke anymore, and I couldn't face Tsunade, so I bought my own small apartment in the city.
That summer I turned 14. I still had all my same friends, but Sasuke was never around. Naruto promised me that he would knock some sense back into him one day, no matter what. It was comforting, but I had given up. I ended up going to Itachi a lot when he was free, something about him just made me feel better. He even started inviting me over or to go out sometimes, and it wasn't long until we became closer than we had ever been before.
We both knew everything about each other and it was easy for us to be around each other, especially since I was the only one who knew the truth.
Even though there was a 6 year age difference, it didn't take long for us to realize that we wanted more than just a friendship. But we never spoke about it. Itachi was way to shy and serious to ever admit to anything like that. So it took Kisame taking him out drinking on his 20th birthday, and him stumbling into my apartment for him to finally admit it and kiss me.
The next morning when he woke up on my couch and remembered everything from the previous night, the embarrassment on his face was priceless. But it was too late to take it back now. My freshman year of high school I started dating Itachi Uchiha. And although my friends were very judgmental to begin with, they slowly started accepting it. Even though Itachi didn't want me to have anything to do with the Akatsuki, that didn't stop them from seeking out the girl who had managed to win the heart of the emotionless Itachi Uchiha. I actually really liked Kisame and Deidara and gained their friendship. Itachi hated it, but he would tolerate it as long as they didn't cross a line. Our relationship ended at the end of my sophomore year, 6 months ago.
For a while I was really depressed and felt that nothing would make me feel better. Until one day Naruto called me and told me all about him finally convincing Sasuke to go to rehab and quit doing drugs. It was hard to believe but apparently Naruto was able to beat some sense into him, yes partially with physical violence. By the time summer had ended, Sasuke had kicked his addiction and was slowly gaining his friendships back. It took a while, but he finally came to me and asked for me to forgive him and to start over. I didn't think I'd be able to, but I wanted nothing more than to have my best friend back. It helped my depression over losing Itachi a little, but it still hurt.
In order to deal with the pain of the break-up, and to achieve something I really wanted, I spent that entire summer doing my junior classes. This year I'd be graduating with all my friends. And in order to secure a better future for myself and reach my goals, I worked with Madara in order to have a good recommendation from someone with a lot of influence. I thought both of these things would make me happy. But I'm not.
I was losing everything. I lost Sasuke. I lost Itachi. I was losing my friends. And now I may be losing whatever it is that I have with Madara. It felt so pathetic and lost, but worst of all I felt worthless.
As I was now in view of the park, I stopped for a moment as I observed the people before me.
The athletes and hyper ones of our group, Naruto, Kiba, Lee, and Tenten were in a wide circle playing frisbee. Tenten was very competitive and always wanted to prove herself, especially because she was a girl.
The biggest picnic blanket I had ever seen was laid out under a shady tree. Ino and Sakura were sitting at the edge of it giggling about something. They had matured a lot in the past few years and had stopped all of their bickering and started acting more like best friends.
Shikamaru and Choji were laying down on another edge of the blanket, staring up at the clouds as Choji ate some chips. It was an all too familiar sight.
Hinata, Neji, and Shino all sat closest to the trunk of the tree. Neji and Hinata were talking back and forth, as Shino seemed to open his mouth to say a comment or two. But he was mostly just observing the different bugs that inhabited the tree.
Sasuke was sitting on a short brick fence close to the entrance, facing into the park, only about 40 feet from me now. He was mad but it put a small smile on my face to see him there, clearly waiting for me. No matter how mad his was, he still wanted to be the one to greet me. But he missed that chance, as Naruto was the first to spot me. He looked over at me with wide eyes, a big grin coming to his face as he ran towards me.
"Seitsuki-chan!" He said as got closer and attacked me with a hug. Sasuke turned his head to see me. I returned Naruto's hug and looked over his shoulder to see everyone waving a smiling at me. I turned to look at Sasuke, and even though he looked annoyed he couldn't help the small smile that came to his face.
Tenten was only a second behind and was now standing next to Naruto. "Finally! You're here!" She said with a small pout, but I could tell she was happy to see me.
Naruto pulled back and kept a big smile on his face, "Yeah! I was afraid you wouldn't make it." He said with a chuckle at the end.
The realization of how much I missed all of this suddenly hit me. Naruto panicked a little as tears started to fall down my eyes. Sasuke got off the fence and was now at my side, looking down at me.
"W-What's wrong?! What did I say?!" Naruto said in a panicked voice.
I laughed a little at this, but couldn't get the words out as my tears continued to fall.
Tenten laughed and answered for me, "She's just happy she made it. Right, Seitsuki?" She said with a smile.
I just nodded and looked over as Sasuke grabbed my hand. "Come on." He said as he began leading me towards the park.
"Yeah!" Naruto said falling into step next to us,"You have to convince Sasuke to play with us! We need more people!"
I didn't want to lose this, not for the world. I'd have to talk to Madara the next time I see him.
Tell him that I quit.