The Morning After
Chapter 14
by corpsedollie
Itachi drove his vehicle down the wet streets of tokyo. The moon glistened on the wet black tarry roads as he drove in the direction of the violet haired girl that he still was so fond of.
A scratching feeling grew in the pit of his stomach causing him to be more anxious and nervous then ever before. It would be the first time that he saw Konan in a very long time. Months even.
Itachi moved his fingers to the volume knob of his car sterio and switched it to silent. He enjoyed the silence more then anything else. It was during this time, that he could set his mind straight of what he will say to Konan.
Itachi pulled his car into a break infront of a small house. The house did not change much since the last time he was there. The house was covered in paper origami flowers vines. This is for sure Konan's place. She really loved folding origami. Not as a hobby but it was her life.
Itachi swiftly climbed out of his car and within seconds was at her door. The knots in his stomach pulled even tighter then before. He took a deep breath in and out, again, in and out. And lifted his fist to knock on the wooden door.
Within a mere second, Konan opened the the good memories came flashing back as he laid eyes upon her face. All the good times they had together. All the good and the bad times. Konan gave him a small smile, before moving way to let Itachi enter her house.
"I just want to finish up quickly. Make yourself comfortable in the lounch" she said as she was already walking halfway to her room.
Itachi knew the building like the back of his hand. He spent endless nights here with Konan, times when they were happy together. Itachi took another deep breath and moved to the lounge where he did expect it to be quiet. Man, was he wrong.
Itachi was a bit astouned to find that he will be not the only one sitting in the lounge. A man with long blond hair was also sitting infront of the tv, playing video games against himself it seemed.
"Hey man. Konan told me about you coming, hn" the man spoke finaly removing his eyes from the tv to look at Itachi. The man had sky blue eyes, and his brows pulled together in a confused and amused look. The man stood up with an outstretched hand to greet Itachi, which Itachi politly grabbed and let go "The name is Deidara"
"Itachi" Itachi introduced himself in a monotoned voice.
"Yeah. So I am playing this game, Tekken. I don't know if you are into games and such" the man said as he stood up and moved some books around on the messy table untill he found the Tekken case he spoke of. He quickly presented it to Itachi and then tossed Itachi one of the extra remotes that he had.
Within the 15 minutes that Konan was away, Itachi and Deidara had a few matches on the Tekken game. Itachi picked Jin a couple of times and then afterwards switched to Devil Jin. Deidara picked all random characters for the mere fact that he was not able to stick to one character and defeat Itachi. Itachi was more then good. He was brilliant at this game. Deidara's strategy was if he could change the character he was playing with, that he could find a weakness in Deidara's character. But there was no such luck.
After the how manieth time's of defeat, Konan showed up. It was also about time since Deidara was going to burst and strangle Itachi right there and then.
Itachi felt his mouth going dry when he laid eyes upon the violet haired beauty. She had a simple black dress on which hugged her body in all its curves. He felt his heart skip a beat as his eyes roamed her body before stopping by her face. It finally had sunk in how much he has missed Konan.
"Shall we go" Konan said with a straight face.
There was something that Itachi loved so much about Konan. Her emotions weren't like the other woman he had ever met. And he has had so many other woman, it was not even possible. Her emotions were much harder to see. You had to dig deep to see what she was thinking, what she was feeling.
"Hn" Itachi hummed as he stood up and placed the gaming remote on the table. Deidara's eyes never moved from the screen to look at Konan like Itachi did. It made Itachi wonder if they were ever together.
The drive to the random restaurant that Itachi picked was more then silent and non the less akward. Not one word was spoken between the two. It was more like they were waiting to say the things that they needed to say at the restaurant. All feelings and words will be kept for the restaurant.
...^v^...
Kakashi had his eyes fixed on the girl infront of him. Shizune was trully a beauty he did not want to slip away. He loved her more then anything. He loved her more then life itself.
"What. What are you looking at" Shizune asked as she caught sight of Kakashi's lone eye starring at her. She took another sip of her red wine.
"No. It's nothing. I was just thinking about how beautifull you are" Kakashi said.
"Taahhw. Don't get all mushy on me Mr. Hatake" Shizune said with a smile. A smile that could end wars as Kakashi would like to call it "Anywhos. I have to go powder my nose" Shizune said.
"Don't be to long. There is something I need to discuss with you" Kakashi said, but was not sure if she heard him for she was long gone into the ladies bathroom.
Kakashi leaned back in his seat, also taking a sip of his glass of red wine. After placing down the wine glass, he brought it to his lips again and finished the whole glass in one big sip. He would need the liquid courage for the next thing he was about to discuss with his love of his life.
But one thing about small exensive restaurants is the fact that a person can hear other people's conversations. Does not matter who comes to the restaurant and who you are. And it does not matter what your problem is, it is always hard to divert your conversation away from eavesdroppers. Thus was the case Kakashi heard something that he was not suppose to hear from the couple that sat right behind him...
"Itachi. I... I just can't. It's to difficult" the woman spoke. Her voice sounding with clear inner turmoil.
"Please Konan. You have to unders..."
"No Itachi. You have no idea how hard it was for me that time. The man was a maniac and I highly doubt that he would change anytime soon" Konan said raising her voice a little.
The man stayed silent for a bit. And then he spoke again. Something that made Kakashi lean in closer to listen "Konan. What I am about to tell should not ever be repeated. It should not leave this table..." Kakashi leaned in more back in his chair. Despite his dazed look, he was mentally concentrating harder then ever before to hear what made this person so special from the rest "... Shisui is not normal, Konan. You see... Shisui becomes something different, another creature which I cannot myself explain."
Kakashi could not believe his ears. The world was indeed small, for him to run into people talking about said creatures. This man... this man named Itachi must be speaking about the Lycan that his team and himself were searching for so long. It must be the same one.
"What is he. What creature?" Konan asked Itachi exatly reading Kakashi's mind.
The man stayed silent for a while. "Shisui is a ..."
And that was as much as Kakashi could hear from the conversation, when Shizune finally came back from the bathrooms "So what is so important that you have to discuss with me at this expensive restautant"
Inwardly Kakashi was cursing Shizune's lack of good timing. He wanted to hear the Itachi man say that this Shisui fella is a lycan. He wanted to hear it from his own lips. If he heard it himself it wouldv've been like an open confession. But there was no such luck for the poor hunter tonight. He would have to let it go for tonight and carry out his other mission for the night.
"Kakashi? Am I talking to myself tonight again?" Shizune asked as if it was like a regular thing to talk to one self.
"No... " Kakashi said with a small smile underneath his mask "I have something to ask you. Something I have been meaning to do for some time now" Kakashi got of his chair and got down on one knee "Shizune. I love you more then live itself. And I cannot imagine a world without you. Would you do me the honour of becoming my wife" Kakashi asked. Mentally high fiving himself since he completly nailed the speach he had prepared for so long.
A field of emotions growing on Shizune's face, from happy to sad to surpice and all around. Before replying "Yes. Kakashi. I thought you would never ask"
...^v^...
Sakura laid on the comfort of her own bed, thinking. Staring up at her own blank ceiling, she could not help but wonder about all past events. The fact that Sasuke and his family came out to her and confessed about their little secret. Which was not such a small secret. It was huge.
The thing that they told her broke all sorts of laws into what is normal and what is supernatural. Before this whole event...before Sakura saw Sasuke transform into the awefull creature, she did not even believe that such a thing existed. She never even paid any mind to it as a matter of fact.
But she saw with her own eyes how Sasuke's bones reconstructed, shifted and grow into the enormous creature that is the Lycan. She saw the creature with her own green eyes. And they did confess also.
Sakura sat up in her bed and grabbed her laptop from the side table and placed it onto her lap. She waited for it to start up before she was on the internet. She typed into the search engine 'Lycans' and waited for the results. She was astouned on how much pictures and stories there was on this creature. More then she could ever imagine.
Most of the pictures showed creatures to something similiar to what Sakura saw that night. Some old fashioned drawings, with something along those lines. The tallness of the creature compared to a man standing next to it. The fact that the creature could stand on its hind legs. It was all there. All of what she knew already.
Sakura scrolled down to notice that some articles showing that Lycans are ruthless and brutal creatures. And thus the reason why they were eliminated about 50 years ago, since they were killers. That was what the article was trying to worn its reader. A person that transforms into a Lycan looses its mind and its human side.
Her eyes read the last part again as if taking it in slowly. Realising that Sasuke could kill her. The man that she had gotten to know and love could kill her within an instant.
A/N: I am like loosing my touch or something *Sits in the corner and cries* Please review.
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