She's lost in her head. Probably swimming in a sea of guilt.
I look down at the man. "If he's a counselor I'm sure we can get a heavy sum for his head," I say. She turns to me, "how can you be thinking about money at a time like this?"
I turn to her, "we are going to need money since were leaving" I say and turn to the bedroom. She quickly shuts the front door and follows behind me. I open the closet and take out two duffle bags. One of them empty, I put down the one that isn't empty on the bed.
Hinata lays Itachi down on the bed and opens the bag. She gasps, "this is full of money!" I open some drawers and begin to take out some of our clothes and put them inside the other bag. She turns to me, "where are we going to go?"
I sigh, "I'm not sure. But we have to get out of here before they come looking for him." She grabs my hand stopping me from packing. "I'll pack the clothes and anything else we might need, you should go collect the bounty."
I nod my head, "I shouldn't take more than an hour."
"I'll have everything ready by then."
I take off my katana and hand it to her. She looks at me confused. "Even if you aren't used to fighting with a sword this naturally has my chakra infused into it. Making even the smallest hit count significantly. If you run into trouble use it."
She hesitantly takes it. "Thank you..." she whispers while looking down at it. I walk past her and go to where the body is. I cut the head off like I have a hundred times before. I put it in a wool bag before walking out of the cabin.
I walk into the familiar tavern. I scan for her face. I find her at the bar having a drink and laughing with a couple of friends. I walk to her. "What are you doing here?"
I look down at the wool bag, she follows my eyes and immediately knows I am there to collect a bounty. "Twice in one day? Such a hard worker! Well set it down on the counter and we'll have a look at how much its worth." She pats the counter. "We should go somewhere a bit more private"
She laughs, "What? Everyone here has seen a severed head before darling." She reaches to grab the bag but I stop her. "I really think you're going to want to keep this bounty away from the public eye."
Her face becomes serious as she gets the hint. She nods her head and stands up. I follow her behind the bar to a private back room.
I set down the head on the table and she uncovers it. "Is this a member of the council?" She turns to me, "Your supposed to be under the radar Sasuke. Killing a member of the council is outrages even for you."
"Who said I killed him?"
"...The Hyuga did this?"
"It was an accident."
"I've heard that before."
"She didn't mean to."
"How can you accidentally kill someone? Especially when you have no chakra?"
"He broke in and she panicked."
"You know if they find out they will have her killed."
"I know... How much can you give me?"
She sighs, "good news and bad news. Good news is, this guy has a pretty big sum on his head. The bad news is, he has a big sum around here because he was actually a good guy. He really did do all he could for the little people here."
She sighs, "Its a shame really. One of the few guys who actually cared about people like us." she says as she takes out money and begins to count it.
"Do you have any news about where the leaf is with Hinata's investigation?"
"Unfortunately I don't." She hands me the money, "be careful Sasuke. Especially now that your traveling." I take the money and leave the room and tavern.
(Hinata's point of view)
I walk out of the cabin and onto the porch, I drop the two bags on the floor. I cradle Itachi as I look out into the distance. My eyes searching for Sasuke.
I fight back more tears as I try to ignore the smell coming from the house. A few slip. I quickly wipe them away as I notice Sasuke walking toward me.
"Any trouble?" he asks. I shake my head. He grabs the heaviest duffle bag and swings it around his shoulder. "Do you want me to carry him?"
I look down at Itachi, his eyes are trying to stay open. "I'll manage," I whisper. He opens a duffle bag and takes out one of his sweaters. He wraps the sweater around me and Itachi so that half of his weight is carried on my shoulder.
"How much money did you get?"
His eyes meet mine, I know he can tell that I was crying.
"Not much. He was a bad man already so other bad guys didn't really want him dead. I was told you just made life a lot easier for the little people."
Hope passes through me. Killing people is bad. No one should do it but, it feels better knowing that it was someone who was hurting other people. Knowing I made life easier for other people makes this burden not so bad. "Really?" he nods his head. I turn to the cabin that had been our home for the past six months.
In one movement Sasuke lights it on fire. Burning the wall I spent hours painting, burning Itachi's high chair, burning the bedroom we spent nights sleeping next to each other.
Its all gone now. Nothing more than ashes. I turn to Sasuke, he's already looking at me. It isn't till then does it hit me exactly how many memories I have with this man.
How many confusing emotions I have for him. I hate him and I love him. I find him cold and I find him comforting. I want to kill him and I wanna hold him. The line between love and hate has long ago blurred to me. I no longer know what side I stand on.
We have an unworded agreement. I'm not sure exactly what that agreement is but I know that he will be there. No matter what. To kill me or love me.
I look into his black eyes. A darkness in them that I will never fully understand. They will follow me everywhere. I can't escape them. It's comforting in some weird fucked up way.
Knowing you won't ever be alone. For someone who fears loneliness its comforting. He begins to step closer but I don't move away or look away.
I feel his lips cover mine and it isn't till then do I finally shut my eyes. My first kiss was given to the man that took my life and gave me new meaning.
His kiss was soft. No sexual meaning behind it all. I pull away when I feel the strike of something hit me suddenly. For a couple of seconds, I thought that he had finally killed me. He lowered my guard with a kiss just like he did to all those other women.
"Sasuke you..." I mumble as I hold his arms to steady myself.
"I gave you your chakra back..." he whispers. I look up at him. "You need to able to defend yourself." I almost want to reach up and kiss him again but before I can he pulls away from me.
"Let's get going."
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