CH6
There she said it. It was the last thing she had wanted to do but what choice did she have? Sasuke had seen her eyes, and there was no way she was leaving now. The truth was out in the open. Everyone was silent, and the tension was so thick it would take more then a knife to cut it. She didn't even see Sauske move, she just felt herself being slammed against the wall his sword at her throat...again. "Sauske!" Kakashi yelled. She silently held her hand up. "Its ok." she said "You're lying." Sauske growled "My father loved my mother, he would have never done that to her. To his family, he may not have been the greatest father but he was not a cheater." Marianna snickered "Oh yea I can tell you from first hand experience he was a shitty father, my mom figured that out when he told her to take care of the 'problem'. I don't doubt that he loved your mother and you and Itachi, but the fact of the matter is that he did sleep with my mom. Itachi found out and tracked us down when i was two, I have no idea if your mom ever found out but Itachi never told her. He visited me before and after the massacre, up until the day you killed him." You could hear the anger in her voice in that last statement. "You know I'm telling the truth, Fugaku was my father, Itachi IS my brother, and you and I are related. A DNA test will prove it." Sauske lowered his sword, "Show me." he said "With your eyes, show me your telling the truth." she nodded "I can show all of you." Again her eyes shifted from hazel to red, only this time, she activated her Mangekyo Sharingan. Everyone in the room saw it and in an instant they were all looking at her memories.
The first one was of her at about ten years old, running through the forrest. In the distance they could see she was running towards Itachi who was sitting on a fallen tree, he wasn't wearing his Akatski robe. "Itachi!" she yelled as she hugged him. He hugged her back and smiled "Hey Mari." he said "Where have you been?" she demanded with her arms folded "You're usually never gone this long." Itachi shrugged his shoulders "Some unexpected things came up that needed my attention. How have you been, still practicing I hope." She sat down on the tree next to him "Yea i have been, I've gotten better at using genjutsu and the fireball jutsu." "Very good" he said "Itachi?" she said "Hm?" he replied looking at her "Whats wrong? You didn't come visit when you said you would. We heard the Leaf village was attacked, and you're acting strange." he smirked at her "Nothing gets past you, Mari, something is bothering me. I didn't visit when I said I would because I heard that Sauske had ran off and joined Orochimaru."
Shikamaru put it together, this was around the time that Sauske had run off.
"Why would he do that?" she asked "For power," he replied "So that he can kill me." Marianna snorted "Dumbass" Itachi gave her a leveled look "Language." he said sternly, She rolled her eyes at him "You're a wanted criminal apart of the Akatski organization, and Sauske ran of to join some evil snake ninja. The last thing you need to worry about is my language. Itachi ruffled her hair "You're probably right." "Itachi" she continued "Why don't you just tell Sauske the truth? That you were ordered to kill your family by the council, then he would stop trying to get revenge and you can come out of hiding. Wouldn't it just be easier that way?" "Well yes and no. It would make all our lives easier if i told him, but then my cover would be blown, and the Leaf would likely rise up against the elders for ordering a massacre. If my cover were blown then the Akatski would come after me and Sauske, and possibly find out about you. Also there are still too many people in power who wanted to control the Uchihas, I can't risk you or Sauske getting mixed up in that. Everything I did, I did for peace, me telling Sauske could ruin everything Ive done." Marianna sighed "Things really shouldn't be this complicated." "You're pretty smart for you're age." Itachi replied "Well thats pretty easy when both of my brothers are dumbasses." Itachi playfully smacked her on the head "Language" he said again.
The scene shifted and we were now looking at Marianna in the forest again hugging Itachi, with no intent of letting go.
"Please" she begged him "Please don't do this, you don't have to die." Itachi hugged her back, patting her hair. "I do." he said "I need to do this to help Sauske, I'm sick Mari, Im dying anyway and I'd rather it be by Sauske's hand rather than some illness." She looked up at him tears streaming down her face. "But I don't want you to die now. This isn't fair! He's taking you away from me, and I hate him!." "You don't mean that." Itachi said "He's your brother, you can't hate him." "Yes i can" she insisted "If you die I will hate him, and he's not my brother Itachi, you are. You've helped me through everything, and with my sharingan, what am I supposed to do when you're gone? I can't loose anymore of my family." Itachi bent down and grabbed shoulders, looking her in her eyes which where now red. "You won't ever loose me, not completely anyway, I may not be around but I will always look after you and Sauske. You'll get the hang of your sharingan, you're a natural at it. As for family you still have your sisters and friends. Plenty of people that love you. I may not be around to say it anymore but remember this Mari. I will always love you and Sauske." he kissed her on her forehead, and Marianna threw her arms around his neck. "I love you too." The scene shifted again and they saw her sitting in the rain, with a piece of a stone wall in front of her; the Uchiha crest was painted on it. He recognized it as the place where Sauske and Itachi had fought. Was she there for that?
The world shifted and we were all standing in the Hokage's office again. "Whoa." said Naruto, Kiba gave an awkward laugh "Yea whoa." Marianna just stared at Sauske who was staring at the ground. "I was there" she said "I was there when you killed him, I watched the whole thing. I wanted to stop it, but that wasn't what he wanted." Sauske looked at her then. "I believe you." he said "I'm not happy about any of this, but you aren't lying." "So why come back to the Leaf now after all this time?" Naruto asked "I didn't really have a choice." she said. "I got sick and Amaya brought me here, Shikamaru found out about my eyes when I was asleep and lost control of it."
Kakashi sat there taking it all in. "Besides your family who else knows about this?" he asked. "A couple of our friends know that my father was an Uchiha, but they didn't know how closely I am related to Itachi and Sauske. That we kept secret." "I know your village had a group of elders and a council, did they know?" he continued. Marianna shrugged her shoulders. "I'm not sure, the Elders might have but they never said anything to me, nor did our council of peers. Then again my sister was on that council, so that may be why. If they did know of my relation to the Uchiha clan, they would have never let me out of that village for missions." Kakashi nodded. "You said that Shikamaru saw your sharingan because you lost control of it, do you have trouble with control?" he asked. "Normally no I don't, Itachi taught me how to control it years ago, but I've had a few slip ups, mostly when I'm asleep, that's how my friends found out." "You loose control when you have nightmares?"asked Shikamaru. She nodded "Ever since the attack, its been getting harder and harder, I think its cause of the Mangekyo."
"I know this is a lot for everyone to take in," said Kakashi, "Especially for you and Sauske. Marianna I hope you understand that we cant just let you leave the village, not after everything we just found out. You aren't a prisoner, but we are going to have to keep an eye on you, mostly for your own protection until we can find out why your village was attacked, and more importantly who did it. We will make arrangements for you and Amaya to stay somewhere. We are also going to be looking into the attack on your village and see who could've done this and if there are any other survivors." "Thank you." She said "Please keep me involved and let me know if I can be any help." Kakashi nodded. "You'll be staying in a hotel for now until we can get you both something more permanent, Kiba can take you there, I will have some basic necessities sent over to you by tonight. Oh and please, don't try and run." Both of the girls nodded and Kiba escorted them out.
"Well" Naruto started "This is a mess. You Uchihas just keep popping up huh teme?" That comment earned a fierce glare from Sauske and a smack on the head from Sakura. "Now might not be the time for jokes Naruto." Kakashi said "Sauske, I have to ask, did you have any idea about her? Did Obito or Madara ever mention another Uchiha alive?" Sauske shook his head "No, if they knew they would have tried to use her in the war as well." "What was her village doing in the war?" Sakura asked "I mean from what I've seen, I doubt she's the type of person to just sick back and watch the world get destroyed." Tusnade cleared her throat "I believe I can help with that considering Kakashi was not officially Hokage at the time and didn't have all the details about the Shadow village. Like Marianna said the village is essentially an orphanage mostly made up of genin to young to fight. From what I remember their records showed that they had plenty of chunin and jonin, but only enough to protect the village. We were told that many of them actually returned to their old villages to fight, and because of that they couldn't afford to send anyone in fear of the village being attacked. It's possible that Marianna had no choice but to stay out of it." Kakashi nodded "And if her sisters were smart they would have kept her far away from Madara." Shikamaru looked at Sauske who was just starring out the window, Sakura placed her hand on his shoulder. "Sauske? Are you ok?" He looked at her "No" he said. He walked past her and walked out the door. Sakura sighed "I'll check on him." And she followed him out.
"Shikamaru" Kakashi called "Keep and eye on Marianna and Amaya, make sure they stay put. You're dismissed"
Shikamaru walked out of the Hokage's office, drained and his mind realing. Why did I have to get mixed up in this mess?
So sorry I neglected this story but I'm back now! another chapter should be posted in a few hours!