The next day things were back to normal, he would yell at her to shut up and get out, while she would annoy him to death while he tried to write his reports. This continued for many days, until late one afternoon she walked in, to see how his mission went, and he wasn't there. Realizing he must have been late on his mission she decided to wait. She waited until she knew that she would be late for dinner, so running out she reformed the genjutsu, Itachi had taught her how, and ran home. As she ran by the Uchiha estate she glanced up at tall pole, and saw someone crouched on it looking at her, but when she looked again the person was gone. Shaking her head she continued home.
It wasn't until late the next night that she heard the news. The Uchiha clan had been massacred, only one had survived, and that was Itachi's brother, Sasuke. As she listened to her mother, she could feel herself growing cold inside. Itachi… he couldn't be dead, he was the best, no way could he have been killed.
" Okaasan?" Hana asked slowly, her mother looked over, " what about Uchiha Itachi?"
" Uchiha Itachi?" her mother said, Hana looked at her, somehow she knew what her mother was going to say, but she still couldn't force herself to believe it not yet, " he's missing, no one's seen him yet. So they don't know if he's dead or alive… Hana! Where are you going, it's late!" Hana was already out the door, the Haimaru Sankyodai were still inside, and she commanded them to stay. She needed to do this alone; she needed to see him alive. Running faster than she ever had before, she reached the cabin and stood panting staring at the door. She knew that he was in there, so she opened the door, and found nothing but a dark room. But then she saw him standing by the desk he looked over.
" Itachi," Hana whispered running over to him, and throwing herself into his arms, he caught her, surprised, " I'm so glad your okay. I was worried about you."
" Hana," he whispered, looking down at the young woman, who was gripping his shirt tightly, " why did you come here?"
" Someone killed your clan," she said looking up at him, " I needed to make sure that you were okay." Itachi was silent; he realized that she didn't know that he had killed them all.
" What are you going to do about the murderer?" Hana asked him, he closed his eyes and opened them revealing his mangekyou sharingan, " what… what is that? Is that the mangekyou? But you can only get that by killing your…" Hana trailed off as the pieces fell into place, she released Itachi and stumbled backwards.
" Yes Hana, I killed Shisui," Itachi said softly, she shook her head, " I also killed my entire clan."
" No," Hana said trying to smile, like it was a joke, " you wouldn't… I can't believe you! You killed your entire clan! How could you do that!"
" It needed to be done," he replied calmly as she dropped down onto the bed.
" That's why you wouldn't promise that you wouldn't leave," Hana whispered looking up at him, " but you're Itachi! The Uchiha prodigy, the village's pride! The man I…"
" Hana," Itachi said softly, kneeling in front of her, wiping away a tear, " that person you knew, the person you care about, is merely a dream. A person I pretended to be, it was a dream, Hana, nothing more."
" I like dreaming," Hana snapped angrily, as the tears came more quickly, " I want to keep dreaming."
" Someday all dreams have to end," Itachi said sadly, " I am sorry Hana, you were the one person in the village that I liked. Thank you, for getting me to have a little fun."
" Itachi," Hana said standing, so they were face to face, " don't go, please don't go… don't leave me alone…" She trailed off staring into the mangekyou, her eyes closed as she fell into a sleep. Itachi caught her before she hit her head on the desk and lay her on the bed. Just then the Haimaru Sankyodai ran in.
" What happened?" Akira snapped at him, he looked over.
" She's fine," he replied, pulling an Uchiha jacket off a hook on the wall and laying it over her, " it's just a genjutsu, she'll dream of a happy time and will awake when I'm gone."
" Why?" Amaya asked him, he just shook his head.
" Goodbye," he said nodding to the dogs, bending down he kissed her softly on the forehead, " goodbye Hana. Take care of her for me." Itachi walked out of the cabin and started running through the woods. Hana awoke as soon as he was out of sight; she sat up quickly and looked around the cabin.
" Itachi?" she asked hopefully, but the dogs shook their heads, " he's already gone… damn him." She walked over to the desk and looked down, staring blankly at the white lily lying on top of a Konoha headband. She picked up the lily and smelled it, smiling, as it was her favorite flower. Placing it on the desk she picked up the headband, recognizing it as Itachi's, a chain was under it. Bearing the Uchiha fan, she sighed he was really gone. Removing her headband, she tossed it on the bed, and put on Itachi's. Then she fastened the chain around her neck and sat down at the desk. Holding the lily, and waiting.
Well thats the next chapter, schools started again so it might be a while until i update. Review please!