||| [T] h e [C] a f e |||^Itachi Uchiha^|||-Chapter Six-

Chapter six: A secret

"A joke...is a very serious thing."

~Winson.C

Misuki's ears twitched as she heard the door slam open. There was her owner panting. If she had anymore items from the market Misuki was sure to give her a piece of her mind, and with that she stuck up her tail and went to go greet Mariko.

"Meorwww." Misuki purred as she rubbed against her black tights.

"Hey Tsuki, how are you?" She bent down to pet the orange furred cat,
"I got to do a lot of cleaning."

Her green eyes scanned the living room to the kitchen. Piles of bags, baskets and misplaced items were scattered everywhere. Mariko walked over to pile of groceries and neatly began to pack them in the corresponding areas such as: The fridge, the cupboards and the drawers. When she finished she began to clean up her house and set up her new decorations and furniture.

When she had finished cleaning she started supper.

And then she ate it.

She left the note beside her as she picked up a bowl of soup. She drank it happily and then washed her dishes. She looked over at her clock.

8:01 p.m.


'Noooo.' She thought as she ran to her door and slipped on pair of ballet flats. She bent down to grab her jacket and scarf but couldn't find it. She ignored the idea of getting a jacket and ran outside into the cold. She ran all the way to the stone bridge and caught her breath as she placed her hands on her knees and looked down at the floor.

"Sorry about that." She said aloud as she looked up. No one was there. She laughed slightly.


'He's late too, well now I won't seem as stupid as last time.' She looked into the sky, a crescent moon hung over her head.

"Mariko." She heard a voice behind her. It was him.

"Onda," She waved.

"The moon is really bright tonight isn't it?" He spoke quietly.

"Yeah, it is." Mariko turned her head back to vibrant sky.

"Can you keep a secret?" He said from behind her.

"Yes." She said lifelessly as she
wrapped her arms around herself. She should have brought a sweater.
He put his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm an Akatsuki member." He said
coldly. She whipped her head over her shoulder to see him holding a katana in his right hand, her eyes widened from shock. Her throat went dry when she tried to scream.
Only a raspy whisper had come out of her mouth. '.Run.'

And at that moment he pierced her heart with a silver katana. Her blood poured out from the wound in her chest as she counted her last moments. He pulled the blade out of her.

Mariko's lifeless body fell to the ground as Yumaru disappeared into a flock of crows.

Mariko's eyes flashed wide open as she let out an ear piercing scream. A wave of goose bumps crawled up her skin as she grabbed her chest and let out a silent cry. It was a dream, just a dream. She was back at her house, beside her kitchen table. Misuki's fur stood up as she skittered away. Mariko looked over at her clock. It was 7:48. Her eyes glanced down to the note beside her. She wiped off a bit of rice from her face and stood up.

"I must have fallen asleep after I had eaten supper." she said to herself still trying to calm her body down from the nightmare. "That's probably because I hadn't had any sleep in so long. Damn I thought I stopped having nightmares when I was eight!"

She walked into her washroom and splashed her face with water. 'Why
Akatsuki though, that's what quakes me.'

Mariko shrugged the dream off her mind and began to clean up from dinner. It's better to forget then to remember. It might make her feel nervous around Mr. Onda and she couldn't have him thinking she was some kind of weirdo again.

She laughed nervously as she dried the bowls and stacked them away in the corresponding cupboard. There was a knock on her door. She rose an eyebrow and yelled,

"Coming." She wiped her hands on a cloth and went to open the door.

"Oh, Hi Y-Yumaru..." she stuttered as she held the door open, "I thought we were going to meet at the bridge?"

Still with the unreadable
expression, "Changed my mind. Um can I come in?"

She nodded.


'Damn it I still feel shaken up. Can he tell?' Mariko smiled as she shut the door.

"I just finished cleaning up from supper, I still have some left do you want any." He shook his head.

"Thank you but I just ate." Mariko nodded as she led him to a living room.

"So what did you want to talk about?"

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A/n;

I have this story already put out on a different site. I'm just slowly putting each chapter on fanfiction.

:D

Thanks for reading!!