Challenge

6-I'm just a kid

Itachi had to get away. Though he didn't show the Third and counsel, he was screaming on the inside. Kill the clan? Shisui, Sasuke, his lover, Mikoto, his Okaasan? Only six months to prepare? 'But it would bring peace, less people dying…'

"Understood. I will began to prepare myself." 'Whywhywhywhywhywhywhywhy?!'

The rest of the council left, leaving only Sarutobi and Itachi.

"Itachi, if this is too much to ask of you-"

"I will be fine, Hokage-sama." Itachi reassured, trying to suppress the anguish.

"Itachi, you are a child…" The Sandiame(The third) persisted.

"I will be fine, I assure you." Itachi repeated.

"Very well, dismissed." Said the third Hokage, and with that, Itachi fled.

'I've got to go away.' Were Itachi's only thoughts as he fled to the borders of the village and farther.

XXX

Shisui had been returning from a mission, when he noticed a blur go past him.

'Itachi?'

Shisui hesitated, and then followed…

XXX

About 15 kilometers(9.3 miles) later, Itachi stopped.

He collapsed onto his knees, and began sobbing.

Itachi had never sobbed so hard. The last time he had cried was at Obito's funeral, when he was almost four. He had been hit for it.

He hunched over, and hugged his knees to his chest. Though it took effort, he reached into his kunai holster, and pulled one of the said weapons out.

'How easy it would be…' He thought, gazing at it. He brought the tip to his wrist.

"Itachi." He looked up. There was Shisui.

"S-Shisui…" Itachi said, aghast. What would he do? Itachi tried to stand up, but Shisue, putting a hand on his shoulder, consoled him.

"Itachi, it's okay to have emotion."

Itachi sobbed. He continued for hours, up until the sky started getting lighter. Shisui was with him the whole time.

"Itachi?" He asked, looking at said boy.

"…Hai?"

"What's wrong? You've never broke down like this." Shisui explained. "You would've killed yourself if I hadn't been here."

"…It's just too much, Shisui. Now that I'm ANBU, father has been pressing me to get information. The council is also trying to get me to spy for them. Also, I recently had to assassinate a family. Everyone. There was a ten year-old girl, with a seven year-old sister, and two year-old brother. She was playing with them when I… completed the mission. There's too much pressure Shisui, from everywhere, constantly. Too much…"

"Itachi, there's nothing you can do except keep going. Make your choice." Shisui said, trying not to let his nervousness show. This was the reason he had been asked to spy on Itachi. But Shisui wasn't going to tell the clan heads about this, it was too private, and this was the first real display of emotion in years.

"It's not as easy as that, but your right." Sighed Itachi. "Let's go jump into a stream or something, so we can pass this off as training."

"Let's."

XowariX

Okay, that was WAAAYYY too angsty for the song, but who cares. Tis be called the artistic license, loves.

Might get another chapter in today… meh.