Chapter 7: "Im sorry, I tried!"
Get ready for a long chapter! :3
WARNING: This chapter had a bit of a spoiler from Naruto: Shippuden, and most other after this will probally also have tidbits of spoilers. (I, myself have not read/watched this spoiler in the chapter, but I have read about it in a few places, I have not gotten that far in Shippuden)
"Dad's Gonna kill me. Im so late!" Sasuke Uchiha had been practicing throwing his shuriken, and now he was late for dinner. Yup ahead in the road he saw Kome, but he had no time to stop and talk. "Hi San, Bye San!" He called out as he passed her, using his nickname for her. Sasuke did not see her eyes widen for a moment. She was pale and had a look of worried determination on her face. She Forced her face to look normal before she called out to Sasuke.
"Kun! Wait up!" she called, using her nickname for him and running to catch up to him. Sasuke glanced back at her and slowed down just the slightest bit to a very fast walk. Kome caught up to him and fast walked beside him. She looked at him, cocked her head and smiled.
"Want to come over to my house Sasuke-Kun? My parents said we could have a sleep over at my house if you want. That sounds fun, doesn't it, Sasuke-Kun?" She smiled happily.
Sasuke frowned "It does, but I need to go home."
"Awwww! Why Sasuke-Kun?!" Kome demanded "I was really wanting to have a sleep over...Yuri would be home, you would finally be able to meet one of my siblings."
"Still no, Kome-San, I need to go home." Sasuke was puzzled, Kome was not normally this persistent, she would normally say "Awwww. Maybe next time then?"
"Will you tell me why you need to get home so urgently then?" Kome asked
Sasuke frowned "I'm late. I lost track of time when I was practicing with my Shuriken. And im upset im late because both my dad and itachi said they would be home on time for dinner. Both of them there… That never happens! I was really excited, and now im late for it!" Sasuke sped up his walk a bit.
Kome sighed. She knew how much this could mean to Sasuke, but she just had to stop him from going home. "Well...Don't you think you could at least come to me house for like, half an hour, ya know, to meet Yuri? That should make your day better, getting to meet one of my siblings, or my only sibling. I'll never tell!" Kome chuckled.
Sasuke sighed. "Can't you even tell your best friend something straight forward?" He asked "And no, Kome! Itachi and my dad both promised that they would be home for dinner! Who knows when this will happen again."
"Oh c'mon Sasuke-Kun, who knows when you will have a chance to meet Yuri again! She always on missions! Missions missions Missions. Mission here, mission there, missions freakin' everywhere!" Kome sighed.
"FOR THE LAST TIME! NO KOME! Im sorry! I never get to spend time with my family all together on one place, so that's what im doing!" Sasuke snapped and ran off faster.
"No...I couldn't persuade him..." Kome muttered, she looked terrified. She panicked, moving jittery like and turning her head left and right, looking around. "Gotta do something...Gotta do something..." She then dashed off towards home.
Sasuke was running through the streets to home. He did not notice that the streets were totally empty, he was too preoccupied to notice. Suddenly, he stopped and looked at the top of a pole. "I could of sworn..." He muttered. "Could of sworn someone was up there..." He looked for a moment longer then looked down at the street. "...Where is everyone?" He started to run faster and faster towards home. In a minute he turned onto the street where there was a lot of activity. Normally, that is.. Shurikens. Kunai. Blood. Everywhere. Sasuke was frozen.
After a moment he runs down the street to where his Aunt and Uncle live. He froze again when he saw them. They were laying there, Dead. "Auntie...Uncle!" He muttered. He heard the scuff of feet behind him in an alley. He swiveled his head to look at the alley then took off running. He did not know, nor did he want to know who was there.
Sasuke continued to run until he reached his house, trying not to look at the blood and weapons everywhere. There was no sign of life what-so-ever. He entered his house. "Mother! Father!" He waited a second. No answer. He searched the house until he came to his parents room. He opened the door and stepped in. His eyes widened. His parents were both on the floor in the light of the window. Dead. His dad on top of his mom. He looked up again and he could see the outline of a person. He could not tell who it was since the bottom half of the person was in the light from the window, and the other half was in the shadow. The person took a few steps forward. It was Itachi. He was looking out the window.
"Big Brother! Mom and Dad are...Who...Who would, could do something like this?!" Sasuke shouted.
Itachi turned his head towards Sasuke. He has his Sharingan on and he was glaring at Sasuke.
"B-Big Brother?" Sasuke Questioned "Wha-what happened here?" As Sasuke Blinked, he felt a pain in his right arm, just below his shoulder and he heard a thud. When he opened his eyes, he saw that he had been cut by a shuriken. He grabbed his arm in pain.
Sasuke Looked at Itachi, and Itachi used The Mangeyko Sharingan on his little brother. Sasuke fell to the floor in pain. After a moment of Sasuke catching his breath, Itachi started to slowly walk towards him. Sasuke quickly got up, glanced at his brother, and ran out the door screaming.
"No! Don't kill me! Please don't kill me! Someone help me!" His eyes tearing up. As he was running, Itachi Suddenly appeared in from of him. Sasuke stopped dead. "P-please...D-don't!"
"You're not even worth killing, little brother." Itachi said, still glaring at him.
MEANWHILE
Kome had left Sasuke, then she had spent five minutes trying to persuade anyone she could that Itachi Uchiha, was going to, if he had not already had, kill the Whole Uchiha Clan. Only Yuri believed her, and that was because they had been together when Kome had overheard Danzo ordering Itachi to Kill his clan, since The higher up's of the village believed the Uchihas were planning a coup deat' of had looked through a hole in the wall that Kome had previously made in the wall of Danzo's office, so she could spy on him when she wanted, since she did not, and had never trusted him, and knew that she would never trust the ass.
Itachi's eyes closed in sadness. "And if I refuse this mission?"
Danzo shrugged. "It won't matter much to me, boy. I will then just find someone else to kill your Clan. Everyone will be killed except for you, as you show much promise."
Itachi looked at the floor, thinking hard. Suddenly, Kome voice Intruded in his head. She told him to accept the offer, and come to her house afterwards for her to talk to him about it.
Itachi looked up from the ground. "Fine, you old Goat."
Danzo frowned. "You will kill them all Next Monday boy, got it?"
Itachi nodded while glaring at him
"Get out of my sight, punk." Danzo Snapped
Itachi glared at him for a moment, then turned sharply and left. He went immediately to Komes house, wondering what she would have to say.
Kome and Yuri had left as soon as Danzo called Itachi a punk.
"But you and Itachi had this whole plan worked out...What happened to the plan?" Yuri had demanded.
"The plan is still on..." Kome had sighed "However, I could not persuade Sasuke to come over to explain to him what was going on...So now he has to see dead members of his clan...and NO sis, I could not explain it to him in the middle of the street, and I was NOT going to force him to come over..." Kome eyes welled up with tears. The furiously wiped them away with her forearm.
Yuri collapsed on her bed. "You're going to kill Danzo when you're strong enough, Aren't ya?" she asked smirking about all the stuff her sis could do to that...that...that thing.
Kome shook her head slowly. Yuri rasied her eyebrow. "But-"
"That Pig will be killed by none other than the boy who's life he has officially ruined." She muttered angrily.
"Sasuke?"
"Damn right..."
"KOME UCHI! What do you think you just said?!" Kome and Yuri both jumped and looked to see their mom standing in the door way.
"How much did you hear?" Yuri asked
"just the D word. What, did she say more? Or is she still rambling on about that junk about Itachi Killing all the Uchihas?" She asked. "Kome, you're in trouble for saying that word by the way." she snapped.
"ITS NOT CRAP! ITS TRUE! You are retarded for not believing me!" Tears sprung to Kome's eyes, and a White chakra started to pour off of her in sheets. Her mother's eyes widened and she took a step back.
"Oh my god...That Chakra...It's...It's really real?!" She demanded. She knew because Kome only got like this when she was really stressed out, under an unimaginable amount of pain, or feeling some really strong emotion.
"Of course it if you...you...you...you Damn Jackass! Worst yet, now it's probably too late for anyone to do anything about it!"
It hurt for her daughter to call her such a thing, but she knew what she was probably going through. Sasuke Uchiha was her best friend, and she was scared to think about what he would do if he knew she had known about this for a week in advance and had not told him about it, and had failed to prevent it.
Kome turned around and burst through the window, breaking it. "I'm going to help Sasuke-Kun, Don't you dare follow me! This is personal!"
"Hai..." her mother muttered, in shock.
Yuri looked after her sister. She saw the Chakra fade off as she ran and calmed down a bit. She lost sight of her as she jumped over the wall surrounding their large house and yard.
FIVE MINUTES LATER
Sasuke did not know that it was Kome who he had heard in the alley behind him. He ran off.
Kome sighed and followed him by running along the rooftops.
Kome stayed outside when he entered his house, she wondered what she could possibly say to him.
In a few minutes, Sasuke burst out of the house and took off running down the street. Kome gasped when she saw Itachi walk calmly out of the house like nothing had happened. A moment later Itachi vanished, chasing after Sasuke. Kome followed and caught up with them just in time to hear Itachi say. "You're not even worth Killing, little brother."
Neither Sasuke or Itachi Noticed Kome hiding on a rooftop looking at them. Itachi spoke a little speech. At the end he said: "However, at present, you are not worth killing. My Pathetic younger brother...If you want to kill me, then begrudge me! Hate me! And live in an ugly manner. Run away...Run Away...and cling to life...And one day, when you have the same eyes as I do...Come and stand before me!" He then used the Mangekyo on Sasuke.
Sasuke's eyes went blank and he fell to the ground in a faint, but right before he blacked out, he thought he saw itachi's eyes fill with tears. Itachi just stood there, staring at his beloved little brother.
Kome jumped down from the roof and ran to Sasuke. She rolled him over and put his head on her lap. "You need to leave Itachi...Before people find out what has happened..." Kome said as a single, white tear rolled down her cheek and landed on Sasukes forhead. She looked up at him and gasped. Tears were streaming down his cheeks like a water fall.
He nodded, wiping the tears away slowly. "Where do you suggest I go, as a Rouge ninja?" He asked. His voice shaking.
"…Just as far away from here as possible..."
Itachi sighed shakily. "I just want to be with my brother, Kome... I'm not going that far away...I'm staying as close to Sasuke as possible...I hated killing our clan...I love Sasuke to death! I hate to treat him coldly like I have been lately..." Itachi sighed. "Point is, when can you tell him the truth? I don't really want him to hate me...I Just told him that so that he will find me when he's older, so that if you cannot explain to him or whatever, I can explain it to him, so I can just be with my brother..."
"I'm planning on telling him as soon as he wakes up...I'm going to take him to the hospital...Just go, Itachi, I swear on the graves of all the Uchihas that it will all be OK in the end...Ok?"
Itachi nodded, but did not move. "…Kome?"
"You need to go!"
"I know...but..."
"What. Itachi, what?"
"Before I killed my parents, I explained briefly what was going on and what our plan is...My dad, being who he i- was, was mad… my mom understood..."
"I never really cared for your dad… But I liked your mom...I love to know that..." Kome smiled sadly
"Thats not the point..."
"Then what is?" she asked Itachi, slightly confised.
"My mom told me that she just discovered today that she was pregenant...Danzo Will have no clue about it..."
"A baby...No...Just...No..." Kome tried to hold back the Tears.
Itachi walked to her,k nelt down, and shook her lightly.
"No! Kome! No! That's not the point!"
"Then what is, Itachi!" She snapped
"...I avoided her stomach, and I know for a fact that that famous medical ninja Tsunade is in the Village at the time...I hear that she once saved a baby from a dying mother, and that the baby lived and is still alive today...And the baby was only two weeks along!"
Kome finally understood what he was getting at. Her eyes widened. "She might be able to save your little brother or sister..."
Itachi nodded.
"As soon as I get Sasuke to the hospital, I'll find her..." Kome said. Looking down at Sasuke.
"Mia or John..." Itachi whispered, the tears falling again.
"Excuse me?"
"If It's a girl, its Mia, if it's a boy, its John..." Itachi muttered
"Oh..." Kome muttered back
"Will you...Keep an eye on the other two? The Twins?"
Kome nodded
"Promise?"
"Cross my heart, now go, before someone comes."
Itachi nodded. "You are the best, Kome-San..." Itachi smiled sadly and flash-stepped away.
Kome sighed, looking at Sasuke again "I wonder, if you will ever forgive me?" She pondered.
After a moment she got up and put Sasuke on her back.
"I'll take him to the hospital, you find Tsunade-Sama."
"Yuri!" Kome shouted swirling around, facing her sister. "Why are you here?!"
"I wanted to be here to help Itachi get away if necessary."
Kome nodded in understanding. Yuri and Itachi had been, no... Are. Are good friends. Yuri took Sasuke in her arms and ran away. Kome went in the dirction of the most likely hotel that Tsunade would be in.
A few hours later
Sasuke woke up in the hospital. He though it had all been a nightmare until he felt a pain in his shoulder. He lifted up the arm of his shirt and saw a bandage. "No..." he muttered.
He got dressed in his clothes and left the room after checking on the end of the bed, who had checked him in. Yuri Uchi.
As he was on his way out of the hospital, he heard two female nurses talking about what they had heard about what had happened.
"Itachi Uchiha did it they say." One nurse said
"Yeah, and Sasuke Uchiha is the only survivor, and he's in this hospital." said the other.
Sasuke had had enough. He left running.
He ran all the way back to the Uchiha compound. There is yellow crime scene tape crossed over the entrance. Sasuke saw his Aunt and Uncle outside of their shop, talking to him.
"What are you buying today, Sasuke?" His Aunt kindly asked.
Then reality set in and they vanished. Sasuke ducked under the tape and entered the place.
Sasuke looked down the long and empty street. It started to rain. Pour, actually. He heard the voices of his Aunt and Uncle and him-self, talking about how Itachi had graduated the academy early, gotten his Shurigan earlier than expected, and had even become an Anbu.
Sasuke walks until her gets to his house. He sees the spot where Itachi's Kunai has pierced the wall When he was angry a while back. He stared at it for a moment before entering the house. As he enters he removes his shoes and sees his mother.
"Welcome home Sasuke!" She says cheerfully. Sasuke smiled, but then reality settles in again, his mother vanished, just like his aunt and uncle.
Sasuke walk outside of the house into the outside passage way. As he walks, he sees his father walking. After a moment, he vanishes.
Sasuke looks into a room of the house and remembers his mom helping him with the burns he had gotten when he had been trying to get the hang of the Fire ball justu. He runs and bursts into the Kitchen. He startles a Black cat who yowls and Hisses at him before jumping out of the window. He remembers about his mother telling him that when they were alone, all his father would talk about was him. Sasuke left the Kitchen.
Sasuke walks until he comes to his Parents room. He paused for a moment, then slowly opens the doors and enters. He sees a chalk outline of where his parents body's had been just the night before. Sasuke gets to his knees, leans over, and cry's. If he had been paying attention, he would of heard soft foot steps behind him.
"Sasuke-Kun? You ok?" He hears a gentle and nervous, but sure voice behind him. He gets up and wiped the tears from his eyes with his sleeves and turns around. It was Kome.
"Kome-San..." He said Hoarsely. Sasuke thinks while Kome stands there looking sadly at him. She try's to smile, but fails so miserably.
Sasuke remmberd the afternoon before when she was trying so hard to persuade him to come over to her house, even if it was just for half an hour. He remembered how he thought it strange how normally she would say something like, "Awww. Ok, Maybe another time." It had not been that urgent, and she would not give up until he had shouted at her and ran away.
Sasukes eyes went wide. "San...You knew, didn't you?"
Kome looked confused. "What are you talking about Kun? I knew about what?" She asked.
Sasukes look turned to a glare. "Don't fool with me! I know you, and I know how you acted, you know, DIDN'T YOU!?"
Kome took a step back, startled. She has been through a lot in one night.
Sasuke continued. "You tried so hard to get me to come over when normally are just disappointed and say we can do it another time. You knew Itachi was going to kill everyone! Worst of all, you didn't try to do a damn thing about it! WHY ARE YOU EVEN MY FRIEND?!" Hot angry tears were coming to Sasukes eyes.
Tears immeiately sprung to Kome's eyes. "You're Wrong! Yes, I knew, but I tried everything to get some he-"
"SHUT UP!" Sasuke screamed at her "Get the hell out of my life!"
Kome took another step back. "S-sasuke! Calm down! You're not thinking this through!"
Sasuke took a menacing step towards her. "Shut up! I never want to see you again!"
"N-no...I'm sorry, I tried! I really did!" Kome stammered, Tears on the verge of spilling over.
"I'm serious! Get the hell out of my life! I never want to see you again! IF I EVER SEE YOU AGAIN I'LL KILL YOU! "
Kome had had enough. She knew she could never calm him down when he was like this. She knew she had just lost her best friend. "Sasuke, I will not let you kill Itachi! I will protect you from any more misery or pain that I can! You are my best friend, Kun, and that will never, ever change!" The tears were pouring now. She turned swiftly and ran. Sasuke watched her until she was out of sight. His tears were slowing now. He fell to the ground in the fetal position and cried, the tears never stopping, not even when the Chunin Iruka found him there an hour later and took him to his room in his house in the Uchiha complex. The large, empty place that he would live in, all alone, for many years.
One week later
Sasuke was eating his ceral quietly and sullenly. He sighed as he looked over the headlines of Konoha's Newspaper. "Torah up a tree, again...Third Hogake makes special Announcement...Yamanaka Flower shop special sale...King and Queen Uchi found dead...Congratulations graduates from Konoha's ninja Academy..." Sasuke read bored out loud. He jumped, startled as he spat out a mouthful of cereal. He then smirked.
"Who would of guessed!" He said, looking back at the paper and reading the article.
"King and Queen Uchi found dead
The King and Queen of the Mysterious Uchi Clan were found dead
Yesterday. It seems that they were killed in their sleep. They were
found bloody and dead in their bedroom. No one in the house
hold heard anything during the night that could of let them know
that their Queen and King were being assaulted. Our top reporter
on the story saw both of their young daughters as well as the mothers
parents. The old Kind and Queen of the Uchi's had no comment
for us, while the older girl, the 12 year old Yuri Uchi was trying hard
not to cry, so nothing was gotten from her. However, our reporter
caught the 7 year old daughter, Kome Uchi, by the arm, gently, as
she was walking by. She had an empty look in her eye, he said. He
asked the apathetic child if she had anything to say about this. Young
Kome's face sprung to a look of hatred as her grandmother rushed
forwards to try to stop her from talking. She out a hand out to silence
her grandmother and spoke "First Sasuke, and now me...Watch your
back, Danzo, You bastard!" She then turned suddenly and started to walk away,
and vanished a moment later. We think she was talking about the
Danzo who is a high ranking official in Konoha. Danzo is favored by
almost all. We have no clue why such a little girl would have such an
opinion about him."
Sasuke put the paper down. "Now she feels the pain I do, the Bitch." he said simply, clasping his fingers and hiding his mouth behind his fingers.
In the next chapter, the characters will no longer be 7 years old, they will be 12 years old. Time skip of 5 years! WOOT WOOT! :3