Here you go. Chapter nine!! -
Chapter Nine: JUSTICE and MURDER
She kissed him back and as she did she played with the new necklace draped over her neck flowing gracefully with ease. He broke away and smiled at her. She was happy. Happier than she'd been with Neji or Lee, or even Sasuke, who she loved more than anyone, until now.
"I love you." She told him. His look changed, the look in his eye faded, he was a different Itachi. She knew he probably wouldn't say it back, but she had no regrets of telling him exactly how she felt. He was wondering why she said what she did. Why would she say that? Is it because they had... sex? He was confused but he knew one thing for certain. "I... Love you too, Tenten." He confessed. She smiled and he returned the smile with a wide grin. Well gosh it had been years since he'd said I love you to anyone. And that was only to mom. He had to start thinking about their future. What would they do? Run away from everyone constantly? The way he saw it, they had three options; 1: separate, let her go home, and him go back to the Akatsuki. He immediately eliminated that option. 2: run away their entire lives. 3:Find a good hide out hoping they are safe, when they are discovered, they run. In any case, they were always going to be running, probably until they were dead, but he didn't care anymore. He had her and that's all that mattered.
He began to pack up their things. "We're leaving? Already?" She asked. "We don't really have much time Tenten." He said. "Regardless of time, I'm tired of running..." She admitted. "Well we have no choice right now Tenten, I really would prefer you alive at the time being!" He snapped. "Well I just would like to rest!! All we do is run!!" She yelled. "Tenten!" He said as he grabbed a firm hold on her shoulders. "You must understand who you're with!! I am an S-ranked criminal!!" He told her. "You're right." She said looking down. "But that doesn't change the fact that I am tired!!" She said. "TENTEN! We are leaving!!" He said. She looked at him longingly and hugged him. "The truth is I'm scared. I feel safe here." She said. He immediately felt terrible and like the biggest jerk in the history of man kind. He'd just yelled at the only person he loved. He returned her hug and gently caressed her back. "Now, don't be scared, you got me okay?" He said. "Okay thank you." She said as she nuzzled her face against his warm chest. 'She sure is cute isn't she?' he thought to himself. "Alright, we have to go now, I'm sorry" He said.
They'd been traveling about three days making camp each night and resting they were both exhausted, so they decided to make their camp. Itachi laid out their bed rolls and made a little fire. Tenten watched him on the other side of the vibrant flames. His eyes sparkled and not just because of the flames. She crawled to him and laid in his bed roll. "What are you doing?" He asked playfully. "I'm getting cosy." She replied. "Don't get too cosy!" He said as he made his way towards her. He leaned down to kiss her but was stopped abruptly by a familiar hand. "And what in the hell are you doing oni-san?" Sasuke asked as he lifted Itachi up. He had definately gotten stronger. Tenten stood up and tried to get Sasuke away from Itachi but Sasuke pushed her right against a tree and she fell unconscious. "What are you doing?" Itachi asked and tried to get to Tenten's limp body. "I'm doing what I have been waiting 9 years for Itachi I'm justifying my life, my mother's life, my clan's life, with a murder. Justice in murder." Sasuke said. (Justice in murder is rightfully owned by Coheed And Cambria, take a listen to the song and you'll understand the story a bit better please do so!! Sorry to interrupt ya!)
"You think that'll make everything better?" Itachi asked calmly. Sasuke backed away from Itachi and approached Tenten. He picked her up and touched her face. "Why did I ever let such a beautiful, sweet, INNOCENT girl go?" Sasuke said. "Well it's too bad you had to ruin her!" Sasuke screamed at Itachi. "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN HM?" Itachi yelled. "You have to screw everything that happens to be good in my life don't you?" Sasuke asked starting to break down. The hard, cold, evil, strong Sasuke was becoming the small boy watching his parents be slaughtered. "If I'm wrong you may kill me, but, If I'm not mistaken, You are the one who left Tenten, she rightfully had the choice to come with me." Itachi said calming himself. "I have decided what I shall do." Sasuke said pulling a kunai out from a pouch he had nicely hidden behind his "butt bow" and placed it to Tenten's throat causing her to wake. "DROP HER NOW!" Itachi yelled. "Not a damn chance." Sasuke replied as he slowly dragged the kunai across Tenten's throat taking her life and he dropped her.
"YOU ARE A DEAD LITTLE BASTARD SASUKE!" Itachi yelled. He ran to Sasuke and shoved him against a tree and took the kunai from Sasuke's hand and stabbed sasuke repetitively in the stomach until blood started to flow from Sasuke's mouth. Itach's face was splattered with the blood of one of the last Uchiha's. He went to Tenten. "No..." he whispered. Sasuke's dead body fell to the forest floor. No anbu came to rescue him, no anyone not even Orochimaru.
Itachi placed his hand on Tenten's throat, she was still breathing. He examined the wound, so Sasuke missed the one, vital vein... thank God. "Tenten?" Itachi asked. She opened her eyes and smiled wiping the blood from her neck. She appeared to have no wound at all. How could that be? She was holding a small little box, ahh... a healing elixir. "You're pretty smart." He said. "You did that before the wound was made?" He asked. She nodded. "Yes, I knew what was coming." She said. He picked her up and hugged her tightly. "I never want to lose you again." He said. "From now on, I will always protect you, always." He told her. "Thank you Itachi." She smiled.. He was so confused as to where they'd stay now. What would they do?? "What is it you're thinking about Itachi?" She asked.
"I just don't know where to go from here." He said. "Well there must be some place we can be safe, and live freely." She replied. "You're right! There is one place." He said taking her hand and leading her to a small little house about three miles from where they were camped originally. "What is that?" She asked. "That... Would be the little place I like to call home." He said. "What? Why didn't you say anything about it before?" She asked. "I'd forgotten all about it. I bought it when I was quite young, but I left it so I could join the Akatsuki, I'm so glad I remembered." He said breaking a window and climbing in. He had no idea where he hid the key. He opened the door for Tenten.
She went in, it wasn't bad, but it was a little dusty, not too bad, she began to clean it up right away but he abruptly stopped her. "I don't think so." He said setting her on the couch. He cleaned the entire house, which took a good three hours, by this time she was already fast asleep. He picked her up and dressed her in a pair of his old shorts and a black shirt he used to wear for bed, it had a few holes, but it would do. He placed her in bed and kept an eye on her as she slept.
