||| [T] h e [C] a f e |||^Itachi Uchiha^|||-Chapter Twenty Two-
Chapter Twenty Two: His path of betrayal
"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
~ Herm Albright
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"W-w-w-what?"
She peered into the eyes of the older male. He ran a hand through his brown hair and leaned against the door frame with a smirk, "And Hello to you Mariko."
"Get the hell out of here Ichiro,"
"An after all of these years this is how I am welcomed?" She attempted to slam the door on him but he slid his food in between the door and wall.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa , watch your temper little miss." She felt like cussing out at the elder figure but instead scowled, "Someone can get hurt, and I'm not implying that to myself."
He invited himself in and closed the door behind him, "So."
"What do you want?" She eyed him.
"Well..." He manuvered his thumb and forefinger under his chin, "I heard about mom's death and I came to check out if you were okay."
"That's a lie!" She snapped at him while throwing her fists behind her. She had to force herself desire to not hit the teen square in the face.
"Yeah, it is. So...where is your boyfriend...or shall I saw the man who actually has the guts to be around you. Oh right, he's a criminal...he's probably use to violence."
"How much do you know?" She looked up at him shocked.
"Enough, you just proved some vital information." Mariko's lip began to quiver in anger. She sighed deeply before realising he had taken off his shoes and headed towards the living room, "It's pretty nice of mom to let you keep this house all to yourself and you keep it so clean. I'm truly jealous."
Mariko trailed behind him like a lioness. It was so tempting to Charlie horse him, but again she had controlled herself. He flopped himself down on a pillow and smiled up at her, "Are you going to ask how your dear older brother has been Mariko?"
"Why should I?" She cackled to herself before leaving to the kitchen to cut up random veggies to release her anger and frustration.
"Don't you love me?"
"Hardly." He grabbed his heart and made an over exaggerated 'ouch'.
He sat up and joined her in the kitchen.
"Can you leave?" She said more to herself, knowing internally that he wouldn't. He took the knife from her hands and began to chop the vegetables faster then her.
"You know, I really miss the good ol'days where you use to look at me in awe at everything I did." She shrugged, "What happened."
"You joined the dark side." He tilted his head, green eyes steadying hers. He licked his bottom lip. She turned to face him and tugged on the rope-like belt tied on his waist and flicked his nose, "You betrayed us. Hm, you've became extremely dangerous plus the little fact that if I am caught speaking to you I can be immediately arrested and executed."
"Good point. Yet you have an Akatsuki boy friend." He said in a sing song voice.
"It's not official."
"Oooooo," He placed the knife down and crossed his arms, "Really now, so was it a one night stand on Christmas or-."
Her face turned beet red, "How do you know about that!"
"You're so loud Mariko. We could hear the bed rock all the way from the sound village."
"Shut up!" She turned her head and began to chop the vegetables rapidly.
"Gotcha, Orochimaru sama sent a spy to look out for your lover, turns out you guys were getting jiggy with it while he was investigating."
"What does that creep want with Itachi." She said it more as a demand. He shrugged his shoulders while turning away from his sister.
"You know." She slammed the knife down, "Please tell me Ichiro."
He shook his head and before she could get anyone information out of him he was at the door, "It would have been great if you came along with me. You would have been a great servant for Orochimaru sama."
I rather die,
Mariko took in a deep breath before entering back into the kitchen. Out of the corner of her eye she spotted a porcelain glass. She approached it with angry in her eyes and smashed it into millions of pieces.
"I hate you nii san." She murmured under her breath, "I hate you."
Tears began to form in her eyes but she quickly blinked them away. The only cure for her anger was her cigs, and she had no idea where they were. She would have turned to her secret stash in her cupboard, but when she went to look for them earlier they were gone. A smile began to form on her lips, Itachi.
Although she was a tad bit pissed at him for taking them.
"Misuki." If she couldn't have her cigarettes then she wanted her cat. Even though she had no idea where she was either.
"Misuki." She called hopelessly.
The first place she thought of was her room but when she arrived there, she was acquainted with a 'friend.'
"I'm happy to see that Misuki is here." She smiled over at the blond and then she realised what exactly was going on. There was a man in her room, and that man wasn't her Itachi.
"How the heck did you get in here?" He looked over her and smiled.
"I like how you're not using any naughty words, un." He lifted himself up from her bed, "Who was that downstairs?"
"You're crazy!" She pointed an accusing finger at him, "Answer me first."
He pulled out a pair of keys. "Itachi's truly useless with house hold items un. Now answer me."
"W-when did you?"
"When you were working." Somehow he looked proud of performing a B and E into her home.
"Have you been in my room this whole time?"
"Yep." Still proud.
"But I was just in here, and I changed…out…of-."
"Yep." Her face turned several shades of red, "Don't worry, as tempted as I was I didn't look." Misuki twitch her ears and yawned. She took a seat beside it and began to pet the orange fur.
"So you weren't tempted?" She blushed and then frowned.
He cocked an eyebrow and shook his head, "What do you want me to say?"
"Nothing…"She sang.
"Okay then…"." He kept a steady gaze on her green eyes, " Who was that guy?"
She rolled her eyes, "Why do you want to know."
He took a seat beside her, he restrained himself from doing anything he'd regret, although he wasn't the one to regret things. She started to feel a tad bit uncomfortable around him, although he was a fellow Iwa nin, he was rogue.
But so was Itachi.
"Mariko…" He sang in her ear, "Tell me."
She pushed him awake and restrained to laugh. "God, you're so childish. He's my brother."
He cocked an eyebrow, "You have a brother. He's a sound nin you know. Are you sure?"
"He left Iwa just like you. Things just turned out differently."
She was quiet for a second, "I've tried to convince him out of it. Told me he was in it for life."
Misuki stood up and pattered her paws out of the room, "You know your cat has a pretty big attitude."
"I realise." He put an arm around her and smiled.
"You know Mariko Kain. I'm starting to like you." He lifted his hand and made a small pinch, "Just a little bit."
She smiled, "So why are you here, and don't give me some lame excuse that you were just visiting some family members.
"Nah, I was actually collecting something. Can't tell you because it's a secret. Anyways, I saw Misuki near the border so I decided to return her." She gave him a friendly hug which surprised him a bit.
"Despite the rumours, you're not to bad yourself, Deidara."
"What rumours?"
"Never mind." She jokingly punched him in the arm.
A/N; Itachi is a main character in this story (Thus it being an 'Itachi' story. But I am fun off plot twisters tee hee. Dei chan is also a main character.
So you met her brother, what do you think? He's a bit weird, but I think you guys might end up liking him. Or not…
So I'm wondering, is Dei chan telling the truth about going to her house in the first place, or is he looking for something else,
Dun Dun duhhhh…
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