Title: Clipped Wings Of An Angel

Chapter Five: The Truth About Forever

Forever. A limitless time. The human word that holds many values that people wish for. Forever young. Forever beautiful. Forever in love. Everyone gets forever. Many do not see their forever but they do exist. Forever is obtainable and most people realize the truth about forever too late. But Hana, she understands the true meaning of forever. Its pros and cons. The pain and joy. Forever is attainable and Hana has obtained it.

In Hana's screwed up life she has surprisingly learnt values and morales. The men in her life may have left her heart broken but her mother, her dearly beloved, her cherished, her special someone taught her the sentimental values she was too hold throughout her life. But they were mostly false. They were lies but the strange thing is she still held them. She still gripped onto the small fragments that were left of them. She wanted to believe. She had to.

"Hana-Chan!" her mother's voice rang throughout the estate as a small flouncing girl burst through the entrance her emerald eyes wide with wonder.

"Hai Okaa-San?" Hana asked as she swayed back and forth her spring green summer dress flouncing around with her.

"I want to tell you something important. No matter what happens I want you to remember this!" she whispered as she bent down towards her daughter's height. Her eyes met similar ones as excitement burst through the young child's eyes.

"Hai Okaa-San!"

"I want you my sweet little treasure, my angel, my darling to never forget these words I tell you. Believe in these words no matter what. Never forget them..." the child nodded her head as she lifted her onto her lap.

"When all is lost my dear baby do not frown. For there are good in all bad things. There will always be something in store for you. Little is lost as long as you have love and someone dear to you there is always an upside to everything." the mother whispered as she tweaked her daughters pert nose. The little girl giggled softly as she buried her face into her mother's kimono inhaling the sweet scent to lilies.

"Love is anything but sweet. It makes you do crazy things, things you would never do. It makes you cry, sad, happy, angry, it makes you feel everything and nothing. Sometimes you love him, you want to kiss him, you want to hug him. Other times you hate him, you cry and you just wish that you never met him."

"To know you love someone is to feel everything you have ever felt and so much more with him. If he makes you cry, laugh and smile all at the same time he is your one and only. If he stands by you no matter what he is true to you. If you forgive him for anything than you are definitely in love."

"Hope is warm, sweet and delicate. It is the feeling you get when all is wrong but something is keeping you alive. It is the one true essential need to life."

"Learning from ones own mistakes beats learning from another's by a tenfold."

"Forever is thought to be unattainable by human kind but is attainable and has been obtained. Forever is the moments you cherish you had with your beloveds, the moments that are engraved into ones soul. The truth about forever is that it is the moments you remember till death."

It is true. Forever is the memories that are engraved into ones soul. The memories that she shared with Itachi will last her a lifetime. Most of the time the memories haunted her. Reminding her of what could have happened, what should have happened. She was living a lie, a lie that she spun to protect herself from the world. Hana was going to get spun up in her lies one day, she knew the consequences and she was willing to pay. He wounded her and the worst thing is that it was all her fault. Itachi became a monster because of her and living with that knowledge is slowly eating away at her.

Hana sat erect at the vanity table with her delicate hands laying on her lap. Many people have complimented her, telling her she should become a model, an actress but she did not care for any of the compliments. The only words she cared for were Itachi's. The way he wooed her to him was an unforgettable one. Most people asked her about her relationship with Itachi, if he was cruel towards her. They may have had their disputes but the joyful memories outlasted the bitter ones in the end.

Itachi's cool obsidian eyes stared at her as he got off of the bed and forced her hands off of his. He was not in the mood for an argument. He was getting sick of their disputes about his love for her, his devotion to her, his loyalty. Why was she questioning his loyalties? Did he not vow his love for her? His life revolved around her, for now at least and she dare question his devotion? His love? He gritted his teeth, his jaw tightened and his hands were clenched. Their daily arguments were aggravating him and maybe it was time move on, there are other girls he could date, less complex girls. Hana, he knew he was setting himself up for a drama but he took the risk, he took the foolish risk in the name of love.

"ITACHI! WAIT! PLEASE LISTEN TO ME! ITACHI! PLEASE WAIT!" Hana yelled behind him as he walked away from her. It was time they both moved on. Their relationship was falling apart piece by piece. He loved her, he always would but he had to let her go, for their own good. He only wishes that she will understand his decision.

"ITACHI! DON'T LEAVE ME! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE ALONE! PLEASE! STOP! I-I-I-I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU ITACHI-KUN!" She shouted as the gray sky started to rumble. Thunder and lightning flashed and boomed through the sky as rain poured down on the two figures. He kept walking and she stood there her emerald eyes shining with tears as he walked away from her, from them. A bitter chuckle erupted from her throat as she shook her head. She was tired of being let down, of having everything good being taken away from her. She was sick all she wanted was to stop living her life and watch it play from a different view, a different person.

He was sorry. He wanted to tell her he was sorry that he was going to leave her behind. There will be a lot of things he will regret. When he looks back and wonders where he started to change, this was the point in his life where he switched sides and changed into who he will become. The monster that he will be was born on this day and no one could save him. All hope was lost.

"I'm so very sorry, Hana-Chan." Itachi whispered as a tear slid down his face he stared remorsefully back at Hana as she placed her face into her hands and wept bitterly. He needed to hurt her to gain power and it was time to cut off all his ties to this dreadful country, the way of a ninja, it was suffocating him and he needed to breathe. Her sobs reached his ears but the rains pattering drowned it out. She was crying fro the both of them and he needed her to cry for him. A

"ITACHI! WAIT! IF YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE AT LEAST LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE THING!" Hana screamed as she hiccupped and withdrew a small black velvet pouch. He turned around and eyed the pouch. He nodded his head and walked towards her trembling figure. He knew he should not be doing this but he could not help it. His foolish heart wanted an object to remind him of her. He took the small pouch as her lips connected to his for one last kiss. It was over.