Chapter 5
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XOXOXOXO
Mayume walked up to the ramen bar and went inside, "One bowl of beef ramen please!" the man at the counter nodded and quickly brought out a steaming bowl of hot ramen and put it in front of the Uchiha girl. Mayume stared at the bowl with desire then rapidly started to guzzle it down. When she was done, she ordered another one. By the time she had finished eating, there were 5 empty bowls in front of her. "Wow! You eat a lot…maybe as much as me." Mayume turned to her right to see the boy in the orange jumpsuit from earlier, "Hey aren't you Naruto?" she gave him a warm smile. He climbed up onto his chair and pointed down at Mayume, "Yup and I'm going to be the next and greatest Hokage! Believe it!" then someone from beside him whacked him on the head and he fell onto the floor, "Baka! Leave the girl alone. Oh, hey Mayume!" She smiled at her and then started to yell at Naruto again. 'Sasuke has changed a lot, and I can't say that it's for the best… he trusts no one and he won't let anyone into his heart. He's hateful and vengeful and loves no one and it's clouding his better judgement. Oh well…I guess that he'll have to learn to trust again the hard way…' Mayume's thoughts were disturbed by a hand waving in front of her face. "Mayume are you Ok?" She looked up to see Naruto with a concerned look on his face, "Oh ya I'm fine just yawn kinda tired. Well I better get going. See you guys tomorrow and can you tell Kakashi not to send anyone to pic me up. I'm staying with Sasuke." She put some money on the counter and walked off, unaware of the cold stares that she was getting from Sakura.
XOXOXOXO (Mayume's POV)
I climbed onto the couch and pulled the thin blanket over myself and I slowly drifted off into slumber. It felt nice to be settled into a warm, safe place for once in such a long time.
XOXOXOXO (Still Mayume's POV)
I was running through the forest with a smile on my face. I wanted to get home and show mommy the beautiful buttercups that I had picked for her in the field. They're her favourites! Too bad that Sasuke couldn't come with me today…I missed him. I can see the streets now, but I can't hear anyone. That's weird; it's usually really noisy at this time of day. I ran past the first few houses and I'm starting to get scared. Where is everyone? I turned around the corner to turn onto the main street…Oh my God! There are dead people all over the place. I passed by all of them looking down every once in a while to see if anyone is alive. I ran home. The doors are closed but I'm scared to open them. What if…No! I can't think like that. I slowly opened the doors and I just stared at the limp figures on the floor, thrown over one another. I dropped the golden flowers in my hand and I ran over to them. "Mom! Dad! Wake up!" but it is no use…they're dead. I collapsed onto their bodies and cried my eyes out, not noticing the figure lurking in the shadows. "Mayume, you're back." Itachi walked over to me, stepping on the flowers, crushing them, "Itachi! Why is everyone dead? Who could have done this?" I cried out between sobs, "Dear Mayume, There's nothing that you could've done," He gently lifted my chin and wiped the tears from my eyes. I had always considered him my older brother, " because I killed them." I looked at him with a shocked expression on my face, not able to take in what he had just said. I slowly backed away from him until my back hit the wall, "No Itachi! You wouldn't do that, would you?" I was at a dead end. I looked up and saw the traitorous murderer coming towards me slowly. I felt for the door and I ripped it open and ran out tripping along the way. I could hear Itachi's maniacal laughter behind me, "That's right Mayume. Run! That's the only way to survive!"
XOXOXOXO (Regular POV)
Mayume snapped her eyes open and sat up. She was taking in the air around her as quickly as she could as she held herself. 'I haven't had that dream since I saw my clan slaughtered. What's happening?' She tore off the covers, got up and went to the kitchen sink. She started to splash her face with cold water than looked at the clock on the stove, 'It's only 5:30. Great! Hopefully I didn't wake up Sasuke…I probably won't be able to go to sleep again. I might as well go out and train until it's time to eat.' She turned off the tap and quietly made her way over to the door. She had had to sleep in her training clothes last night because she didn't have any other clothes with her. 'Actually, maybe I should go back to my old house and get something else to wear. I haven't been there in a long time and I should also pay my respects to everyone.' She quietly opened the door and slipped out of the house unnoticed and she made her way to the old Uchiha estates.