Jax9: I will always continue even if you all grow to hate me I'll be here continuing my sucky writing…
27: Don't worry he won't…he loves her too much. I wonder if I should give JAB a alternate ending that I had in mind…she wouldn't have died but something else would've happened…I don't think she would've gotten her sad ending…
Hinata6: You know all of it already and I'm just so glad that you stuck with me from the start!
kenshinlover2002: I'm sorry…I hope you didn't get too sad.
SharkTeethFTW: That is my goal in life! I want to make everyone cry as they read my stories it's my aspiration! I took those out because it was pretty ridiculous can't believe I did that whole narrator thing! Thank the globs I took it out!
Undercoverbarbie: I know!
lionbaby120: I'm like trying to remember what I wrote in the original story…I'm sorry you are hating him like this…
grimCapitalist: I know! As do I! It's why I changed my whole story so that I could add Itachi as a good character who needs all the love in the world! I really hope you read these new chapters! I'll always love Hinata. I'm really happy you liked JAB and this story~!
hinata2233: Thank you so much!
onlyluna: I'm really glad you liked it! I hope you continued to like it!
So this is the new chapter I was telling you about.
As you know in Just a Betrayal Hinata is loyal to Itachi, when I was writing it the manga chapter about Itachi's true intentions came out and I knew I had to change Hinata's hate into love for Itachi.
So now that I'm re-doing the chapters this one will tie into Just a Betrayal.
I know I am as slow as a turtle updating Just a Thought but I have been pre-occupied with college so I haven't had time. Plus all these TV shows and old movies have me wanting to watch them!
But now I present a new edition to my first ever story that I published on fanfiction…
Chapter 5: An Alliance
Sasuke told me yesterday not to come to the compound anymore, that it was for the best but I can't listen to him. I have to at least talk to mom. I have to tell her that I won't be coming around for a while.
I sneak around the compound. I can't let anyone know that I was here because they'll tell Sasuke.
I look ahead and see some police officers. I turn away and walk towards the bushes and stroll along side them. I activate my Byakugan to make sure that no one is looking and sneak into the bushes.
The Uchiha's are powerful, that's what Sasuke tells me all the time. But something is going on…I only see woman out and about, where are all the men? I crawl on the ground and see with my Byakugan a secret room under their temple and see all the men in there. What is happening?
Suddenly one head turns in my direction, wait that's Itachi…I shake in fear. His chakra…I'm not…I shouldn't be able to sense evil in chakra but…there's a dark chakra inside of him…it's different than his normal one…could that be the darkness that I've sensed surround him? I can't seem to move…the fear is keeping me in place. This is bad…
I force my legs to crawl away. I watch as his head moves with my movements. I should leave now but I can't. I deactivate my Byakugan. He shouldn't be able to see me. How does he do it?
Itachi, what is happening to you? I hardly recognize him, he's become a different person…I don't understand his change.
I've always understood Itachi but lately I haven't felt that closeness that I used to feel. My connection with him is gone. Why did I just realize this now?
That helpless feeling from before I met Sasuke. I'm a stronger person now, I' am. All I have to do is talk to him to get Itachi to confide in me.
Itachi has always been there for me, he's always cared for me from the beginning he's been next to me without me even appreciating it…
"Hello," Itachi says to me with a small smile. "What are you doing?" he asks as he takes a seat next to me. I smile back.
"Hullo to you," I respond. "I'm pressing some flowers for mama."
"What's wrong?" he questions me softly. My eyes grow big as I stare at him in wonder. How did he know? "You are very transparent," he admits as he pats my head.
"I'm in perfect health, I have nothing to complain about, nothing at all," I lie with a forced smile.
"Don't you think of me as your friend?" he asks as he reaches for a rose and begins to remove the thorns with a pocket knife.
"Yes, but don't tell Sasuke, he's a very jealous boy. I sort of like you better," I admit in a whisper. "But I'll never admit it to anyone else! We have an alliance Itachi you must never let Sasuke know how I feel towards you!"
"If…if I was Sasuke's age who would you pick to be your friend?" he asks me as he avoids my curious eyes.
"You," I confess with a red face. "I like you the most."
"Liar," he mutters as he looks over at me. "Transparent."
"Sorry, but I really do like you," I say as I stand up and sit on his lap. "I got in two fights today," I say as I arrange the flowers neatly. Itachi's fingers run through my hair.
"Your dad and Sasuke?" he guesses correctly. I nod slowly. "What happened with your dad?"
"He punished me for spending too much time with you guys," I say angrily. "He's never wanted me so why does he even care? Mama and papa should adopt me so that way we can be family for real. I said that to Sasuke and he got all butt hurt. He said he doesn't want to be my brother so I left but not before kicking him on his stomach. He made me cry!" I shout close to tears. Itachi laughs at me. I glare back at him over my shoulder. "Not funny!"
"Sorry, I know but…how about you become my sister instead? Will I be an okay substitute?"
"I don't get why Sasuke can't agree to my brother?" I pout.
"Ask me again in seven years," he whispers with a smile.
"Okay, so from today forward you will be my brother!"
"Perfect hime," that's his nickname for me. "Now, explain to me who your father was referring to."
"He said that he doesn't want me to associate with the filthy Uchiha. I yelled at him and ran here."
"Transparent," I hate Itachi, he sees through me better than Sasuke.
"Fine, I stayed quiet as he prohibited me from stepping foot in the compound! Happy?" I shout.
"Not really," Itachi comments. "Your dad has a point, you shouldn't hang out here Hinata, and it's not very safe as of late. You do remember how you were kidnapped by Hidden Cloud Village."
"That was a different situation and you know it!"
"No, he's your dad," Itachi states the obvious.
"I know but if…when I'm not here…my own house doesn't feel like home…I don't belong there brother. I feel like…I'm happier here than anywhere else." I confess to him.
"More than when you're alone with Sasuke?" I get off of his lap and watch him closely.
"Are you really Itachi?" I question him through slit eyes before this person could respond I reach over and squeeze his cheeks. "What have you done with the real Itachi?" I ask as I move his lips around.
"I' am Itachi," he responds.
"Prove it!" I shout pinching his nostril close.
"How?" he asks as I move his ears and pull them down.
"Activate your sharingan!" I order him and he does, I breath a sigh of relief. "For a minute I thought you were Sasuke," I confess with an embarrassed expression.
"I have been asking lots of questions about him, sorry hime."
"It's okay," I respond and resume sitting on his lap. "So tell me what's bothering you?" I question him.
"What do you mean?" he responds.
"Something is happening to you; please tell me what's troubling you."
"I can't it's a secret I've sworn to protect," he pulls me off of his lap and kisses my forehead. "I've got to go hime."
"Say hi to her for me," I shout happily. It's his turn to stare at me with surprise. I smile as I wave at him. I see a faint blush on his cheeks.
"You're transparent too and I'm the only one who really knows you!" I proclaim proudly. He watches me with curious eyes and I look at him mesmerized by his smile. "You should smile more brother," I whisper and he chuckles then leaves. I watch his back and notice something different about him, it seems darker…I turn away and continue to work on my flower pressing.
The need to run away is overpowering my senses, I need to get away before they all come out. I can't make it to moms without getting caught by them. If I'm caught I'm sure they'll kill me. I can't believe the signs were there since back then, why didn't I notice it before?
I feel like a failure, I failed to notice the small changes in Itachi. I should've watched him closely, I never should've looked away from his back, I talked to Sasuke once about Itachi but he dismissed my concern. I should've pressed Sasuke more.
"You're full of regrets aren't you hime?" I suddenly feel all his dark chakra press down on me, it immobilizes me and I can't move. Breathing under such pressure is impossible, what is he doing? I feel I'm losing consciousness…
"Itachi," that's papa! "The whole clan is depending on you, I hope you understand your duty to the clan. You are our future son." If I stand will he save me?
"Of course," Itachi's tone is weird.
"You are our inside man if we want to overthrow the Third Hokage's rule we need you to get the information. This coup d'état depends entirely on your success in stealing their intelligence," I just heard something I shouldn't. That's what they plan to do? Do they understand what would happen to the village?
"I have a question father, will we leave Hinata alive for Sasuke?" why is he asking this?
"No, she will die along with the rest of her clan. I've hated the friendship with Sasuke since I first met her." What? I let out a whimper, that hurts…so much pain from words…suddenly I'm in Itachi's arms and he's running away. I look down at the sleeve of my jacket to find it slashed.
"He threw a kunai at you and is currently putting everyone to search for you," Itachi tells me.
"Does he know it's me?" I whisper, Itachi shakes his head.
"I'll protect you," he simply tells me. Those words…I don't want to be protected I want to save myself I don't want others to save me…
"I failed you didn't I brother?" I whisper to him, he doesn't acknowledge me as it looks ahead into the deep forest, is he going to kill me? We suddenly stop in the middle of the forest. I sit down on the ground, that's it this is the end…
"Now you know the truth, I expect never to see you again around the house," he orders me.
"I'm going to tell the Third Hokage about your plans!" I yell out and run but the katana he had on his back stabs me in my shoulder and he pins me to a tree, I scream.
"He already knows."
"Liar!" I shout as I wince over the pain in my shoulder.
"You can't do anything about it; you're too weak to fight us. Father plans to kill you so you have no chance of surviving unless…" he stops himself as he looks into my eyes, he looks so…it's hard to tell what Itachi feels he detaches himself from the world from everyone around him. "You've never seen war Hinata, you have no idea the suffering and pain every single person goes through. So much death…the world around you begins to look like hell when a war is going on. I can't let that happen to the village I love. I can't let anyone harm Konoha not even my own clan. The safety of the village and people comes first." He looks so sad, suddenly I find myself sitting next to him the stabbing was just a genjutsu.
His actions and his previous words suddenly leave my memory I stand and kneel before him.
"I trust you Itachi; I love you so much so please tell me the truth about everything. I know you well enough to understand that you are hiding something that no one but I can know." I know Itachi, I know him better than Sasuke and his family, and he needs to know that he can trust me. "I want to carry your burden," I say as I stand and walk to him, he looks away. I reach up and grab his chin I hide everything I' am feeling as I look into his empty and hallow eyes. How did it get this far? "Let me in Itachi, let me be with you," I whisper as tears slide down my cheeks.
"You are too young and innocent to know," he suddenly grabs me by the neck with his hand and begins to squeeze it. "You will leave and act as if you heard nothing, you know nothing." I don't react as he takes away my ability to breath. I just stare at him wanting him to understand that he needs me. He suddenly lets go of me and I softly gasp for breath.
"Why don't you kill me? Wouldn't that just be easier?" I whisper my questions. The same blood thirst and fear I felt when I first meet Itachi freezes me. My body feels like it's going to pass out, I'm going to lose consciousness.
"I will if you don't leave it alone," he tells me in a cold and distant voice. "Sasuke…you have made him happy and he's going to need you when…" he stops himself.
I look up then, he's just like me. All he wants is for Sasuke to be happy to be himself and to have fun. The both of us want to protect that side of him but Itachi is just as important. He can't keep denying himself just for Sasuke. I stand on wobbly feet; I go before him and kneel once more.
"I want to be with you, I want to be a part of you Itachi. Guide me and allow me to align myself with you. I want to know I want to protect you Itachi. You are just as important Sasuke maybe even more you have to understand that. I want to become strong but I can't because everyone around me wants to protect me. They never want me to do anything just to stand back and let everyone else do it for me. I'm sick of it! I want to protect the village, I want to protect and love you Itachi, I want to be there for Sasuke," I pause as I feel his eyes on me; I look up to find his eyes watch me.
"You don't understand what your words do to me…"
"Listen to me Itachi, I want to take the risk, and I want to know the truth, let us create an alliance between the two of us." I'm making a pact with the man who is bathed in darkness. It feels like I'm selling my soul to the devil in order to get stronger. But it doesn't matter because the devil is Itachi. Above all else I can trust Itachi I believe in him more than anyone…even Sasuke.
"If you create an alliance between the two of us it means that when I want you to you will kill anyone who gets in my way. It means leaving this village, and being loyal only to me. But above all else it means leaving Sasuke alone, and coming with me. He'll hate you until he dies when he finds out that you are my ally. Are you all right with that?" he whispers his words as he leans down to stare directly into my eyes. I feel his breath on my face. I push away my feelings for Sasuke.
"I want this Itachi. I'll always choose you over Sasuke, I' am loyal to Itachi Uchiha. I live for you," I whisper back. His eyes change into a form that I've never seen.
Suddenly, these images of Itachi and his father come into my mind, Itachi meeting with the Third Hokage, Itachi slowly detaching himself from everyone, Itachi taking order from his father, his father telling Itachi his plan to over throw the Hokage just like Madara Uchiha wanted all those years ago…him killing his best friend…Itachi looking at a annoyed Sasuke…Itachi speaking in secret with the Konoha Council and they give him fake information to give to the Uchiha's and finally Itachi meeting with Madara Uchiha…
He is stopping the revolution single handedly; no one knows how much pain Itachi is carrying inside his heart. He looks away from my sobbing eyes. He is telling me all of this, I will carry the burden with him, and I will stand by his side through everything.
"The negotiations between the Uchiha's and Konoha are failing…" he speaks to me in a soft voice. "I know what the council is going to ask me to do and I can't say no, I can't." I don't point out that he could just tell his clan to leave or do something else but the decision to kill the Uchiha's is not his to make. He's just a shinobi that has to follow orders…I never knew this is what I was going to learn…no idea… "Do you regret your decision now? You can't erase those images out of your head, they are real Hinata. This is what you wanted to know how do you feel?" his face has turned ugly and mad, I just look up then I throw myself at him and hug him tightly.
I'm his ally, not his conscious I have no say in this matter I could only stand by him and do his dirty work, this is what I want.
"No," I admit in an empty voice, "I'm a tool for Master Itachi, I have no thoughts or feelings only actions, and I'm a tool for you Master. I live and I'll die only for you." This is my fate, I chose this. In my own way I will protect both Sasuke and Itachi. I love Sasuke so much but Itachi needs me. Once I' am able to I will tell Sasuke the truth about everything. That way he'll understand why Itachi did what he did.
"You will continue to be Sasuke's friend and when I leave the village you will stay behind and protect him. You will make sure no one from the village does any harm to him. I will communicate with you whenever I can and you will report to me," I give him one curt nod. Should I just stay like the obedient "dog" he wants me to be?
"When is it happening?" I ask him but then I look up at the sky and find a hawk flying over head. I suddenly feel my skin tingle and realize what is occurring.
"Go with Sasuke keep him away as long as possible," he orders me and I nod. He leaves in a puff of smoke and I fall to my knees.
What did I just do? Do I even realize what I did? God, this is fucking crazy! I can't, I can't do this to Sasuke. I know the truth I have to tell him, I must let him know!
But, I understand the reason Itachi is doing this…he wants Sasuke to live, above all else even the village he is doing this so that Sasuke could survive. I sob by myself as I understand what it means. Sasuke is going to change for the worst. He won't be fun or happy now all he's going to think and want to do is to kill Itachi, it's going to drive him to be the best shinobi he could be because of Itachi.
It's so twisted and disgusting. Itachi knows this and he wants me to be with Sasuke so that I could protect him and let him have at least a semi-normal life. I have to protect Sasuke.
But what will he do when he finds out that I' am in alliance with Itachi? That I knew the truth about Itachi that I know what he plans to do how he plans to kill all of his relatives? I'm going to be living a lie…but I'm doing this for Itachi and Sasuke.
Somehow I'm going to get them together; I'm going to get them to talk once everything is over. I'm going to get them to reunite and force Itachi to tell everything to Sasuke. They will be the same as before, they have to!
It is my duty to protect their bond from shattering into a billion little pieces.
The Uchiha brothers will be together in the end loving each other…
I' am the person both brothers have relied on, I'm guilty because both brothers love me and I know that they have to stay together even if it means I have to die to make it happen.
It is my fate, I chose this and do not regret it.
Now, it's my turn to become the double agent and protect Sasuke and Itachi in my own manner…