Aimi sighed as she walked down the street. She didn't know what to do anymore. She didn't know what to think. Everything should be perfect. Heck, everything WAS perfect. But she wasn't feeling the perfect ness of it all. She didn't know what to do.

"Confusion, girl?" a deep voice asked from behind her. She turned quickly to see who was there. Itachi was standing there, giving her a smirk. Aimi held up her fists in a fighting pose. "What do you want?" she asked, backing away. "I'm not going to hurt you," he said calmly, walking toward her. "I find that hard to believe," Aimi replied, still backing away. She backed into a wall as he came closer and closer. "Yes, yes. There is no where to go, you're trapped," Itachi said with a laugh when he saw the look on Aimi's face. "What do you want?" Aimi asked.

Itachi stopped and stared at her. "Rumor has it you love my brother," he said dully. Aimi looked over at him, kind of scared at what he would do if she said yes. "So what if I do?" she asked. "He loves you back, but…" he trailed off, just to make Aimi panic. "But. What," Aimi said through clenched teeth. "But he cant have you around him. His goal in life is to kill me, you see. And with extra feelings- such as love- and extra people- such as you- that goal will be crushed. And, you are just toying with his heart. Deep inside, you don't love him. don't you know the things he has done to you? Hasn't he just kissed you to win a fight? Hasn't he hurt you a few times? Hasn't he done things to make you wonder if he really loves you? Take, for example, the time he left you. Four months, was it? Didn't that make you wonder?" Itachi said. Aimi answered, "He said he was doing it for me…" Aimi trailed off. Itachi nodded. "Yes, he did. Child, he did it for you. Something you should be grateful for. Now do something for him. He needs it," Itachi said. Aimi looked up at him. "What?" she asked, scared. "Leave him. Leave everyone here. Get a new life," Itachi said.

Aimi shut her eyes. She couldn't do that. She wouldn't do that. He was lying. He had to be… but somehow, it all seemed to make sense…

"I see you aren't ready to make your decision yet. I will be back in 1 week. You must have made your decision by then," Itachi said, turning.

He disappeared.

Aimi sighed and curled up into a ball on the ground. But she felt more sure then she had before she had talked to Itachi. Something inside of her was more sure. Something inside of her was knowing. Something inside of her knew what to do. Something inside of her was changing… fast.

()()()()()

Aimi rushed to school the next morning. On the way, she bumped into Shikamaru and dropped her bag. "Ak!" she said, bending down to pick them up. "Well, that's troublesome…" Shikamaru said, beginning to walk away. Aimi clenched her teeth. She was getting tired about hearing how troublesome everything was. "Shikamaru, I'll show you troublesome!" she yelled, scooping up her bag and grabbing him. She hit him a couple of times before letting him go. He mumbled something under his breath before leaving.

Aimi rolled her eyes and walked away also, joined by Sasuke. "What was that all about?" he asked. "What was what all about?" Aimi asked, as if hurting Shikamaru was part of her daily schedule. "The thing with Shika," Sasuke said, as if it should be obvious (it should). Aimi shrugged. "He was being annoying," she said. Sasuke gave her a weird look. "Mmmm-HMMM," he said. "Yah. You're next if you make anymore comments. I have those handcuffs, remember," Aimi teased, pulling them out and grabbing one of his wrists. "I should've never given you those handcuffs back…" Sasuke sighed. She nodded and shut them on his wrists. "Bye!" she yelled happily, running off. "HEY!" Sasuke yelled, chasing her.

Aimi smiled as she ran, jangling the keys over her shoulder to tease him. She heard a yell come from him behind her. She just laughed. When he finally caught up with her, Sasuke tackled Aimi. She fell onto the ground. He wrestled her best he could for the keys. "GIVE ME THE KEYS!" he yelled. "NO!" she yelled back, laughing. She flipped over, now on top of him. "Ha!" she said, "Victory!" Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Lemme out!" he yelled. "BEG!" Aimi yelled back. "NO!" he yelled loud. "At least do the puppy eyes," Aimi said. Sasuke shook his head. "No way," he said. "Pwease?" she asked cutely. He sighed and gave her the puppy eyes best he could. Aimi laughed and unlocked him.

They were quiet for a minute, staring at each other. Sasuke was glaring at her. Aimi giggled nervously. "I… have to go," she said, making a break for it. "COME BACK HERE!" he yelled, beginning to chase her again.

Aimi ran as fast she could. She saw Kakashi and ducked behind him. Sasuke screeched to a halt in front of Kakashi and Aimi stuck her tongue out at Sasuke while peeking out from behind Kakashi. "Now what?" Kakashi asked, looking between the two. "He was chasing me!" Aimi said. Sasuke shook his head. "I was chasing her because she handcuffed me!" Sasuke replied. "SASUKE YOU IDIOT! I handcuffed you because-" Aimi began. Kakashi cut her off. "STOP! Ok, uh, Sasuke, apologize for whatever you did and Aimi, except it." Sasuke glared at Kakashi. "But-" he started. "No buts," he replied. "Why doesn't she apologize?" Sasuke asked. Kakashi looked at Aimi. "She's your lady friend. Usually, the boyfriend starts it," Kakashi said, walking away. Aimi and Sasuke stared open-mouthed at him. "Naruto," they hissed together.

()()()()

Sasuke walked home in a strait line. He heard something rustling behind him. He stopped. "Who's there?" he asked. "Is that any way to greet your brother?" a smooth, deep voice asked. Sasuke stopped dead. "Itachi…" he growled, "What are you doing here?" "Not much. Just would like to speak to you." Itachi replied. "Speak while I'm in the mood to listen," Sasuke said dully. "You cant let Aimi get in the way," Itachi said. Sasuke blinked, confused. "What are you saying?" he asked. Itachi took a few steps closer. "You want to kill me," Itachi said slowly. "And…?" Sasuke replied, still not understanding. "Maybe I should do it now, to get it over with," he added, clenching his fists. "No, little brother. Now is not the time. You aren't ready," Itachi replied easily. "Then what do you want?!" Sasuke asked, losing patience. "Aimi," Itachi replied. "FOR THE LAST TIME, YOU CANT HAVE HER!" Sasuke yelled. "Oh, this mostly has to do with you," Itachi said, "I don't care as much as having her as I care about you fulfilling your life's ambition," Itachi said with a laugh. "What?!" Sasuke asked. "Let me spell it out for you. Aimi is in the way of your ambition, and you need to get her out of the way," Itachi said. "But… what does that mean?!" Sasuke asked. "Maybe I should take the thing most dear to you. Trust me, this will help you in the future." Itachi said.

Now Sasuke understood.

"You are SICK. Killing her just because I want to kill you and she is in the way?! Her life's more important than any of this!" Sasuke yelled. Itachi looked shocked. "You have changed. If you had never met her, you would've killed her, or anyone else for that matter, to get to me," Itachi said, "You have developed feeling, brother. And the worst one too. Love." Itachi kept on staring at him easily. "It doesn't matter anymore," Sasuke replied. "Mm. You cant stop me either way. I'm not asking your permission, brother, I am saying either you kill her, or I do." Itachi said. "Think about it, I'll be back in a week. I have other… unfinished business here anyway," Itachi said in conclusion.

Then he disappeared.

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OH NO! That rat Itachi! Errrrrr. Well I wrote it, I should mad at myself.

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