The Perfect Plan
ItaSasu
Author's Note: Hi again. 8D Thanks for the several reviews on the last chapter! A couple were analytical enough that they gave me ideas and made me think of some aspects of the story I would not have thought of before. 8D
Anyways, please enjoy this chapter and I'd love to hear what you all think of what's going on at the moment! Any suggestions or critique would be very helpful too and I'll think them all over and take them on board!
Beware: This is an extremely violent chapter… don't read it if you get scared by that. If you don't like violence, skip to the author's note at the end and I'll tell you in short what happened.
Chapter 17 - Punishment
He walked away from me and I scrambled to my feet.
"Itachi…"
Following him, I felt anxious. How, in all the world, had I managed to discover and run into him of all people? The chances were surely pretty slim, which meant… he must have been there for a reason… why?
…did he know what I had done? My anxiety suddenly quadrupled.
We walked through the trees slowly for several minutes. It was mid morning but for some reason the forest grew increasingly darker. The air was still, unnerving, and a feeling of tension seemed to develop so much so that the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. I noticed how silent it had become… there wasn't a hint of movement from any part of the surroundings other than Itachi's and my own footsteps. And it was so uncomfortably cold…! Where was he taking me? This place did not feel like Konoha, nor did it feel like anywhere I had been to before. Soon, the environment was so dark I could not see properly and the branches overhead knotted together in a thick mass, blocking all natural light. It would have been pitch dark had it not been for millions of mysterious glowing lights dotted all over the tree trunks and branches, in the bushes and all over the ground. When I tried to look closely at one in particular, it would disappear, along with the secret of its power. We walked through a narrow, unlit pathway and I decided not to take my eyes of the red and black shadow pacing a couple of metres ahead.
He stopped and turned.
His eyes seemed red in the dim lights. From him seeped a very unsettling and intimidating aura, which seemed to wrap around me, constricting me. A second later, I realised he had used the Shadow Bind no jutsu. A cold sweat broke out on my forehead – it was an effect of the technique, I wasn't afraid.
Slowly, Itachi took two steps forward, as did I. We stood face-to-face only inches apart.
"W-What are you doing?" I said, my voice choked as I tried to fight the technique. A moment later, I felt cold metal touch my back. In front of me, I saw a look of disgust on the man's pale face. It was a daunting sight – the grimace, lit up by a dim red light, strong black shadows sunk deep into the wrinkles under his eyes, which shone a brighter red than I thought ever possible. They were so haunting… I felt my head spinning… it was as if he was hypnotising me…
In a flash, my stomach seemed to flip over and blood rushed to my head, throwing me into darkness. As my sight returned, I realised I was able to move once more. I turned round suddenly to see who was behind me. …no one.
I heard the echoey soft clack of a shoe to my left. I swivelled round and there stood Itachi, his figure dark, like a void in existence, a hole in reality. All I could see of him were two glinting red eyes…
"Where am I?" I shouted, "Why are you doing this?"
He stared at me in such a way that made me want to turn and run. But I didn't because I had just realised that the environment had changed. It was lighter and the world seemed to consist of only three colours: black, white and red. Above us were thousands of long, clouds like streaks of black paint. Around us stood tall, white and black trees, bare, with twisting and skeletal branches. I could not tell the difference between sky and ground. Everything – the air – was red.
In the blink of an eye, Itachi was there, right before me. My feet were rooted to the spot and I frowned at the seemingly towering figure in front. He bent down, his face closing the distance between us. I shut my eyes tight – I could not move! He was going to kill me!
Then, his lips touched lightly onto my own in a single kiss. They pressed harder and grazed mine, but before I could even begin to return it, his teeth bit down hard onto my bottom lip. I cried out and the pain allowed me to jump back. He'd bitten deep and I tasted the blood leaking into my mouth. His face was visible now and I watched the red blood leave a trail down his paper-white chin.
"Itachi!" I barked.
He looked at me darkly, shadows once again casting over him but I was able to see him lift his arm to wipe my blood onto his sleeve. I reached swiftly to my pouch for my shuriken, ready to attack! - but it was empty. I blinked once and as I reopened my eyes, I was somewhere else.
My hands were now above my head, bound by a black wire –it was cutting me- and my feet were dangling above the ground. He stood in front of me, eye level with me. I struggled to get free, but every time I moved, the wires cut deeper into my arms.
At a lightning speed, he drew a kunai from his coat. He approached.
I grunted, "Why?"
He lifted his arm and slashed it across my chest – I couldn't escape! I let out a strangled scream as the cold metal sliced through my flesh. He yanked my shirt and tore it off me, casting it behind him. It disintegrated before it hit the ground. I was able to see the dark red cut on my white skin. It was shallow and blood only trickled from it. The tip of the blade touched the underside of my chin and it was lifted up so that my eyes were looking right into his. I was haunted by the spirals in his eyes and felt myself shudder. What scared me more though, were the words he spoke.
"I know what you did…" His voice was low and cutting and it chilled me to the bone.
"W-what…?" I managed to stutter, acting confused.
He withdrew and stepped back from me, staring with eyes burning like fire.
"Don't play with me!" he exploded, taking me by surprise. His voice boomed and echoed around the whole place and all the trees were blasted into oblivion, their shapes being sprayed away from us, into nothingness. All that remained was him and I. His voice became a cold, cruel whisper when he next spoke, "You will be punished."
My heart skipped a beat and I choked when I laid my eyes on the next sight.
From behind him stepped a pale, unclothed figure, not much smaller than myself. She was slender and her bowed head caused shadow to be cast over her face. Taking the kunai from Itachi, she approached me. It was then that I realised the game was over.
In a final, desperate attempt to sway him, I yelled, "You can't do this! Stop it! It was a mistake!"
But it was too late. The young woman looked up at me and I felt a grip on my heart as she glared fiercely at me, her mouth screaming silently. My attention was drawn from her face as she raised her arm. I struggled again, trying in vain to release myself but the wires broke my skin and I felt my hot blood dribble up my arms. I shut my eyes and gritted my teeth, prepared for the blow.
It came.
It was the greatest and most terrible pain to be experienced. Not only did the blade scythe through my flesh, but every part of my body felt it. My scream was stifled by an invisible force as my blood spattered onto the girl's face.
She stepped aside and I saw my torturer. He clicked his fingers and there appeared millions more of the girl around us, as far as the eye could see, every single one bearing a blade.
I wanted to weep. I wanted to scream. But my eyes had dried up and my voice was gone.
"Now," Itachi said, "Experience it a million times."
"No!" I tried to yell as they closed in on me. Ten blades cut me at once. The pain shot through me – it was excruciating. "NO!"
"You cannot even have the satisfaction of screaming. This will teach you that I am NOT a force to be reckoned with. Hmm… what was her name? Ah yes…Sakura. I will leave you to her. At least try to endure it because that is the only way you can live now.
"You will feel what it is like to defy me. Learn from your punishment… Sasuke." He spat out my name, but I could not react… I was blacking out from the ever increasing hurt.
…ungh…
I'm going to die…
…please… there's so much I have to do…
I'm not…
…ready to…
…
die…
Darkness.
Author's Note: Basically, Itachi leads Sasuke into a scary dark place, takes him to the world of Mangekyou Sharingan where he is bound and tied up. There follows a torture process – Itachi knows what Sasuke has done and is going to punish him for it! A girl slashes him a million times with a simple kunai – the pain is choking. …the girl is Sakura. Sasuke spends his last few moments silently begging for his life and he is hit with darkness.
Shadow Bind no jutsu – Shikamaru's technique, which freezes the enemy. Itachi can use it because he has Sharingan. If I got the name slightly wrong, gomengomen. u.u;
Wow… it's so violent… o.o That scared even me… sorry, guys! Feedback please!
I also apologise for the abuse and overuse of "…" in my story… it annoys me just as much as I'm sure it annoys you too. xD I really should cut back (it's like an addiction!)
Random mood-spoiling comment: …doesn't kage bunshin (shadow replication) just give you the kinkiest thoughts ever? O.O …oh my.. –sweatdrop- "n.n
Oh well… xD Until next time!