As she walked through town, everyone avoided her; she was letting off a murderous Chakra that no one wanted to be near. Itachi however, completely ignored it and walked right up to her.
" What do you want?" she snapped angrily, trying to go around him but he kept getting in the way, " move damn it!"
" Tsunade wants to see you," he said simply, she looked up at him, " Orochimaru is on the way." Hana opened her mouth to say something but suddenly four other black ops, appeared behind him.
" Itachi," came the voice of a black haired woman who Hana recognized as Kurenai, he glanced back, " are you ready?"
" Ah," he said placing the familiar wolf mask over his face, Hana looked at him, it was the old Itachi again, " let's go." The four behind him vanished, but Hana had grabbed his shirt, he glanced down. Before he could stop her, she had pushed his mask up and pressed her lips to his. He didn't have time to react before she released him and pushed him away.
" Be careful," was all that she said before he vanished, and then she continued on to the Hokage's building. Itachi was jumping through the trees, he ran his fingers over his lips, he could still feel her lips. He finally caught up to Kurenai and the others, no one spoke, they all knew what was coming. Nodding to the other two, they vanished so they could surround the enemy; Itachi and Kurenai were left alone. Itachi realized that the sun would be setting soon, so they stopped and made a little camp.
" I'll take the first watch," Itachi said as they sat beside each other, leaning against a big tree, " you can rest."
" All right, but wake me up when you get tired," Kurenai said, he nodded and she closed her eyes, quickly falling into sleep. Itachi remained vigilant, watching for any signs of movement, so he nearly jumped out of his skin when Kurenai's head fell onto his shoulder. Looking down he smiled, she looked so peaceful, even as they were about to go and ambush Orochimaru. It had been many years, but he still remembered how it felt with her. He still remembered when they had first gotten together.
The mission had failed; it was his first failed mission, ever. Two of his teammates had been wounded; barely escaping with their lives Itachi had never felt this. He and Kakashi carried them into the village; he could see the shock on their faces. They had assumed the team to have been annihilated; the medic Nin's took the wounded men. Itachi glanced down at his hands they were covered in blood. Kakashi put a hand on his shoulder, Itachi nodded as Kakashi vanished. He began walking through the village, it was late and most people were indoors, so the streets were deserted. Suddenly he heard footsteps and then someone skidding to a halt. Looking up he saw Kurenai standing a few feet away; she was breathing heavily and looked as though she'd been crying. Neither of them moved Itachi realized that she had thought that they were all dead. She suddenly started running down the street towards him, and as a feeling overcame him he moved towards her. He caught her as she flung herself into his arms, holding her close to him; he never wanted to let her go. He could feel her hitting his back, muttering threats into his neck, but he could also feel her tears on his neck. The rain began to fall, as she pulled back slightly to look into his eyes, he smiled slightly as he captured her lips with his. Almost like a reflex she responded as the rain poured down around them. Neither of them noticed or cared, both lost in their own world.
Sighing Itachi felt the urge to kiss her again, but in his mind Hana pushed her way through. Suddenly he grasped his chest breathing heavily, Kurenai immediately woke up staring at him.
" Itachi what's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
" I don't know," he replied, as his breathing returned to normal, " I just had this pain right here." He pointed to his chest and Kurenai put her hand over it.
" That's where your heart is," she said softly, his eyes softened, " have you ever had that before?"
" Um… once," he replied, Kurenai raised an eyebrow, " it was around the time that Sasuke ran off to Orochimaru."
" So maybe it happens when someone you care about does something dangerous," Kurenai said slowly, Itachi shook his head.
" This one is worse than last time," he muttered glancing back to the village, " I wonder…"
Wow it's been a really long time since I last updated! Sorry! I've been pretty busy and I've had some serious writers block, but I should be updating some of my fics soon! Please review!