Just a Dance

Itachi told Shisui of our new destination the moment we got into the limo after school. Kisame had decided to come and Melody was freaking out, too happy with this getting a new dress thing. I however, could never stop thanking Itachi for taking us to the mall and buying our dresses. He must have really not wanted to be alone for the dance. I can understand why, the Student Council will be on his back the whole night. Kisame can stop them physically but I think I can reach Itachi emotionally.

The limo began to drive to the mall, the moment Sasuke and his friends entered the limo. Karin continued to give me a disgusted look, probably wondering why I was in the limo again. I rolled my eyes and turned to Melody who was giving a death glare to Karin.

"Did you bring that math textbook home with you?" I asked her as she nodded, "Good, you always have such a tough time with that subject."

"I know..." Melody sadly stated.

"We are here, Master Itachi." Shisui's voice started and Itachi nodded.

We all got out of the limo and Itachi went to the front of the limo and told Shisui something. Itachi smiled lightly, something that I noticed I was really loving to see. Itachi came up to us, still smiling that beautiful smile. We went into the mall together, starting to look around at some shops. Of course, all of the girls were commenting on Itachi's good looks everywhere we went. And if we saw someone from our school they would squeal their heads off but we just ignored them.

We made it to a dress shop and Melody went off running into the racks filled with dresses. She started looking through all of them as if they would disappear from the rack the moment she turned away from them. I only laughed at her but she suddenly put three dresses into my hand and pulled me to the dressing room.

"Put 'em on!" Melody happily said as I realized she was shopping for me.

"B-But Melody! You're supposed to be looking for a dress too-" I began to say but I heard her voice interrupt mine.

"Nonsense, I already found the dress I want."

"So fast?"

"I found it on the rack and knew it was for me."

"Don't you want to try it on too?"

"You feel embarrassed being the center of attention, don't you?"

I said nothing and Melody sighed. I heard her go into the dressing room beside me and I began to try some of these dresses on. I looked at the first two plain white dresses and looked away from them, utterly not my style. However, the last one, the red one caught my eye. It had no straps and a butterfly neckline. The dress was tight around the top of the body but around the waist area it comes out like a beautiful butterfly spreads its wings. The bottom of the dress was all ruffled, going in different directions until it reached the floor. In the plastic cover I noticed that there was a red bow with long strings and red gloves.

I quickly took the plastic cover off and got excited to put the dress on. I grabbed the bow and clipped it onto a little ponytail I made halfway through my short red hair, leaving hair to fall down after the ponytail. I put the dress on and realized that there was no way I was going to be able to do this by myself; the zipper was all the way down to my butt, how was I supposed to zip this up?

"M-Melody..." I lightly said and I heard a door open.

"Looks good!" Kisame's voice told someone, who I assume to be Melody.

"Thank you!" Melody's voice replied, "I knew i loved it from the moment I saw it."

"Melo...Melody!" I said again and heard a knock on my door.

"Suine? Did you call me?"

"Yea! I need your help!"

"Ok I am coming in."

I held the dress closely to my chest and turned around so nothing would show to the people outside of the door. Melody came in and my mouth dropped at her dress. Her dark blue dress had a corset top that was tight against her skinny body and then the rest of the dress flowed until it reached her knees. However, the back of her dress trailed a little bit more past the knees. She had gloves just like mine except dark blue, they started after her shoulder and ended in a triangle formation on the back of her hand. Around her neck was a dark blue chocker necklace that came with the dress, along with the blue ribbon she had tied in her hair like mine. At her feet were blue high heeled shoes that only made her dress look complete.

"Oh Suine..." Melody looked at my dress with such soft eyes, "You look gorgeous."

"I'd have to say that to you!" I told her and she smiled.

"Need help getting it on?"

I nodded and turned around to show Melody my problem. She grabbed the zipper, closing up the dress, making it fit comfortably. I put on the gloves and shoes that came with the dress, red high heels, similar to Melody's. I looked into the mirror and smiled at my brown eyes that stared at this beautiful dress. I could never thank Itachi enough for this.

"You know what really makes that dress beautiful?" Melody asked and I looked to her from the mirror, "That smile." She came up to my ear, "And he may not be your boyfriend but let me tell you. He makes that smile come back in you and I am grateful to him for that."

"Thank you Melody." I smiled brightly, "You know you make me smile too."

"Oh I know. Now let's go show them, eh!? I wonder if Itachi-"

"Melody..."

She only laughed as she opened the door. She went out first and turned to the left, I'm guessing that is where they are.

"Get ready to be mesmerized!" Melody told the boys and she held a hand out to me.

I smiled and went to her hand. I held onto it as she began to pull me out of the dressing room. I shyly looked to the boys who sat down on a bench. Kisame's eyes widened but then he smiled widely. Itachi, on the other hand, looked at me with his widened eyes. I could see something red come to his cheeks, something I have never seen before. Suddenly, Itachi began to cough and choke on something, but his face kept getting redder. I smiled, realizing that he thought it looked good.

"S-So...Sorry.." Itachi stopped coughing, "I...I chocked on a...lifesaver..."

"When did you have lifesaver's?" Kisame looked to him, "It was a Nicorette gum thingy and you know it."

"You...You really are trying to quit aren't you?" I asked him and he couldn't look at me.

"Well...Smoking's bad..." He said as his cheeks continued to turn bright red.

"Dude you okay, you looking like a tomato right now." Kisame laughed at him.

"Shut up!" Itachi angrily replied.

"You think Suine-san is pretty don't you?"

"The dress would look good on anyone."

"Yeah? Okay imagine Yuka in it."

Itachi's eyes widened at the name and Kisame smiled. Itachi looked back to me, his eyes locking with mine. The redness in his cheeks went away as fast as it came and he looked away from me.

"I thought I told you to never bring her name up again..." Itachi began and Kisame rolled his eyes.

"Dude you have to get over her." Kisame began, "She obviously cared nothing about you."

"I know that!" Itachi angrily yelled at Kisame, standing up, "Let's get going okay? Suine the dress looks fine; if it's what you want then we will get it."

The feeling in the room changed the moment this Yuka was mentioned. Itachi came up to me, giving me his debit card, and then walked out of the store in anger. Kisame shook his head and sighed.

"Who is Yuka?" Melody wondered and I went up to her.

"It's none of your business Melody. We shouldn't pry into Itachi's life like that-" I told her but she turned to me.

"I want to know what made him become so angry like that. I want to know why when he imagined Yuka, why his eyes showed such hurt and hate. It was like it wasn't you, Suine. I know how Itachi looks at you and I know that it is not like that."

"Melody's right." Kisame told us, "How about you guys get out of the dresses and I'll tell you about Yuka Kisangani."

. . .

I felt bad about using Itachi's debit card but I just didn't have the money for this dress. I knew I would pay him back, save up all my money to repay him for this dress. I gave the card to the store clerk and she just nodded, swiping it and telling me to enter in the pin. Kisame just came up and entered in some stuff and then the dresses were paid for. The store clerk smiled and we sat on a bench, in the store to wait for Itachi.

"Yuka Kisangani..." Kisame sighed, "Where to begin..."

"I've heard that name, I'm sure." Melody started and Kisame nodded.

"She goes to our school, a third year like us." Kisame stated, "Back in first year, Itachi met Yuka. He was a lot different back then, a geek like you. Still he was very popular because of his money but his personality was all geek. He wasn't a part of the Student Council or cared about his cool look. He cared about his grades, he is very intelligent. And he used to smile, all the time...Anyways, Yuka was a part of the bullies I guess you can say. Itachi had a crush on her but he did nothing about it, until Yuka approached him one day. Itachi was really happy, she made him really happy. They got together and he fell in love with her. But that all changed once he realized that she was just using him."

"Using him?" I asked.

"Yuka had actually cared nothing about Itachi, dating him for a year for everything but the right reason. She dated him to get his money, which she stole some when she left him. She cheated on him all the time, lying to him, hurting him by telling him no one could ever love someone like him. She dated him to get one guy in particular jealous. She had used him, leaving a big scar on his heart. Then, to make things even worse, she made rumours about him...about him being the worst guy ever, physically abusing her, etc. It took a while for us to get rid of those rumours." Kisame looked down in sadness.

"She was the one who started those rumours!?" Melody gasped, "I wondered who started it."

"Then Itachi changed. He changed into the cool, depressed guy he is now. Everyone started to believe he cared about no one...but it was just because his heart was too hurt to think about letting people in...That is who Yuka Kisangani is."

"...This Yuka...Took away his smile...That is the most unforgivable thing a human being can do to another. Poor Itachi...He must have major trust issues now." I wondered and Kisame nodded.

"It took a long time for him to begin to trust me again." Kisame told me and I felt my heart hurt, "Took him even longer to want to smile. Thanks to you, he finds it easier too."

"I'm glad that I can give him some sort of happiness." I sighed, "But how could she...How could she do that to Itachi..."

We all sighed in sadness and then Itachi came back to us. He looked sadly at Kisame, rubbing the back of his head. We all watched him, wondering what he was going to say.

"Look...Kisame-san..." Itachi sighed but Kisame smiled.

"Don't worry man, we're cool." Kisame told him and Itachi nodded, smiling a little.

"You guys bought your dresses?" Itachi turned to us and we nodded.

"Thank you Itachi-kun." I smiled and Melody nodded, agreeing with me, "I promise to repay you."

"No need. I won't allow you to anyways."

Itachi smiled at me and we all stood up to leave the store. As we left the mall all I could think about was Yuka. How much I wanted to help Itachi get over that scar of his. But what I found myself wanting to do more than anything else was punch her in the face. I have never felt so much anger towards someone than this woman. What was coming over me?

. . .

A week had passed since that day at the mall and tonight was the night of the dance. Melody and I were in our dresses, waiting in the lobby for a cab to come get us, which was surprisingly taking a lot longer than we had expected. Both Melody and I had our hair straightened and had part of the hair tied back with the bows that came with the dresses.

"You girls look gorgeous." Mira said as she came in front of us, making the both of us smile.

"Thanks Mira…" I lightly replied, "For everything…"

"You always thank me for everything, I told you not to worry about it. I was happy to be able to help such amazing girls like you. Even though I may not be your biological mothers…I want you to know that I personally see you both as my daughters. I want you guys to know no matter what I will be here for you." Mira stated as a tear came off of her cheek.

I went up to Mira and immediately put my arms around here. I felt another pair of arms come over top of me, hugging both Mira and me.

"We know…Thank you so much…mom." I told her and I could hear her gasp.

We let Mira go out of her hug and stared at our mother. Even though I knew my mother was watching me from above, I had another mother who was protecting me while I was down here, on the ground. I was so happy to be able to feel like I had some sort of family. Even if it was a bit messed up, we were a family.

Melody and I saw the cab pull up to the front of the apartment complex. Melody and I went out of the lobby, saying goodbye to Mira, and went into the cab, ready to finally go to this dance.

. . .

We walked out of the cab together, giving the cab driver his fare and looked towards the school. There were fancy lights pouring out of the gym doors, making me wonder if I had made the right choice in coming. Then I thought of Itachi's smile and I knew that this was the right decision to have been made.

"Nervous?" Melody asked me as I sighed.

"Only a little…" I began but we both pressed on, going towards the gym doors.

We walked into the gym doors, once we signed ourselves in at the desk, to ensure we were actual students of this school. I looked around the room to see people dancing in the most beautiful and fantastic way; such a renaissance way of dancing made my heart flutter. There were a group of students surrounding a circle of students dancing, which were all of the student council members. I guess their dances come first.

I looked around the students and smiled when I saw Itachi dancing with a girl; but I only smiled at Itachi. He wore a black suit that was tight against his muscular and skinny body. With a white buttoned down shirt underneath the blazer. Around his neck was a black tie that he kept secured to his shirt by a silver clip. He wore white gloves, which only completed his look more. He had black fancy dress shoes on that almost screamed how rich he was.

Melody and I pushed our way through the crowd to get to the front row of the dancing. Melody nudged me when we saw Kisame giving us a smile and we both waved to him. My attention fell back upon Itachi who was quite focused in dancing with this girl. I'd have to say that he did look dashing and hot in that suit. I could feel my cheeks redden with embarrassment, well I believe it was at least.

"I wish you guys could have danced together." Melody told me and I turned to her, "It would have been cute."

"Oh shut it Melody." I told her and she just smiled, looking back to Kisame.

My eyes wanted to look away from Itachi but they just couldn't. It was unbelievable how much my heart raced when I looked at him. My eyes widened the moment the dance had ended and everyone clapped in happiness. Itachi said goodbye to his partner and looked over in my direction. His eyes widened the moment he saw me there and a warm smile came upon him. He went to come over to me but another dance started. His mouth opened but I shook my head, telling him to go complete his dances. He nodded and turned around to his next dance partner.

A couple of dances later, the majority of the Student Council had run out of dances but there was still one dance left to get to; and of course it had to be Itachi. He looked to me again once the ending of his second last dance had come and smiled at me. Kisame was beside us by this time and he began to talk to us again once the music had begun to start up.

"Sorry this first part is so boring to you girls." Kisame told us but we both shrugged, "Melody, may I have the next dance with you?"

"A…Sure." Melody replied and Kisame smiled at her.

However, all happiness ended once we heard Itachi's voice start up in sadness. My eyes widened at the things he said and I heard Kisame curse under his breath. Melody looked to me, our eyes connecting, realizing how serious this situation really was.

"Y…Yuka!" Itachi's voice yelped out in pain as I swore I could hear the sound of that wound tearing open again.

"Hello Itachi-kun…" Her voice brought my attention to her. Her dark purple eyes stared down at Itachi. She had her long silver hair tied up into a high ponytail, a skimpy dress that she wore to make herself look seductive and she wore high heeled shoes that brought her up to Itachi's height, "Miss me? I figured we could have the last dance together, seeing as how much I realized that you have changed to become a more interesting man since our last endeavour together."

"…You…It's all your fault I'm this way." Itachi told her but she seemed completely un-phased by his accusation.

"And look at how well you have turned out because of it." Silence filled the room except for the song in the background that continued but it still wasn't enough to break the silence or the tension, "To think it is all because of me that you have changed to be a better man…It's almost romantic…Come on Itachi-kun…" She placed a hand on his cheek which made him flinch, "Dance with me…because you still love me-"

"No." Itachi threw her hand off of his cheek and her eyes widened in surprise, "I don't want to dance with you…Not now, not ever…" Itachi sighed and she looked angrily at him, "I don't love you…How could I ever love an evil creature like you?"

"A…A what!?" Yuka yelled out in anger, wanting to fight back to his comment but her eyes showed she had nothing to use. Itachi's seriousness was enough to turn down anyone, "You are being ridiculous Itachi!" She grinned and my eyes widened, "Do not try to hide your emotions from me; I can tell that you have been a wreck without me around." She stared Itachi in the eyes who showed no sign of backing down, "You were doing so well; you had shown your true colours to the world; you became who you really were…But then you lost it again…You became a failure, a disgrace to your family. You made your little brother hate your very guts, you made an enemy out of your father, and even worse you have lost your position in the Student Council." Itachi's eyes widened, "You have begun to lose yourself to that stupid geek crowd; even going as far as to protect a lowly girl in comparison to you-"

"Don't you call her that-" Itachi angrily looked to her but she just held her hand onto his cheek.

"I just speak the truth Itachi…And I am trying to get you back to who you really are. Don't lie to yourself…" She brought her mouth up to his ear and began to whisper something in his ear.

His eyes widened and then he looked down in sadness. She was hurting him, just like she had done before. Why wouldn't she leave him alone? I watched everyone else's shocked reactions freeze them from even thinking about saying anything in his defence. Was this really how everyone had felt about Itachi? That he was a failure who lost everything because of a girl like me? I saw Kisame take a step to stop Yuka but I went in front of him.

"Don't listen to her Itachi-kun." I told him and Yuka stepped away from his ear; with a devilish smile on her face that signified that she had already accomplished her goal, "I don't care what it is she is saying; it is a lie! She doesn't know you at all! She never has, that's why she lost you."

"Oh and who are you to say such things? You, who have taken everything away from him and who constantly continue to drag him down…Nothing that comes out of your mouth has been the truth!" Yuka tried to fight back but I just rolled my eyes and turned my attention to Itachi, who continued to look away from me.

"Itachi, you know me…I wouldn't lie. Please just look up at me…" I told him but instead he pushed himself out of the room, going around the crowd. My eyes widened and Kisame went running after Itachi; wanting to calm him down. Yuka looked at the entrance that Itachi had walked out of; smiling an evil smile and I felt my anger boil up within me. She had done something to Itachi, said something that made him feel alone again.

"Don't you worry your little heart anymore girly, Itachi is mine." Yuka began and I walked closer up to her, "I will be taking care of him now-"

"You bitch…" I began and her eyes widened, as the crowd's voices gasped. I looked up to her, feeling the tears rush down my face, "He is not some toy that you can play with whenever you wish! He is not a dog that is at your beck and call! How dare you treat him with any less respect than he deserves. I don't care what you said to him but I know that it makes you an evil person, truly your heart can never be saved from the darkness within yourself."

"My…My darkness? Now you are just rambling-"

"You have no right to try to take away any sort of happiness he has found without you in his life! Just because he is happy without you does not mean you get to barge in and try to take him back! It's your fault that he has such a big scar on his heart! And I hope you will feel that guilt for the rest of your life!" I told her but she scuffed. She went to grab my hair but my fist acted faster than her, punching her square in the cheek, sending her to the ground a few feet away from me, "You listen closely…If you ever try to hurt him again…" I began as her eyes showed the fear she had for me, "I will hunt you down and I will give you more than just a punch. That's a promise."

She stayed there on the ground as I turned away from her. The crowd said nothing as I walked over to Melody who just nodded to me. We both walked out of the gymnasium, out the same entrance Itachi walked through. Once outside we looked around the large grassy area and saw no trace of either Itachi or Kisame. We continued to walk up the large entryway of our school until we made it to the front gates of our school. I saw Kisame there with his arms up in the air as a limo pulled away from the sidewalk.

"Kisame-san!" My voice cracked and Kisame turned around to the both of us.

"Oh…Melody, Suine…" Kisame sighed as his arms went down to his side.

"What happened? Why did he go!? Is he okay?" I worried like hell as I felt the tears fall more now than when I was standing up to Yuka.

"He went home…He didn't say a word to me…He just left." Kisame looked down in sadness and I felt my heart hurt more than it ever did before, "I'm surprised Yuka isn't out here rubbing this in-"

"She can't." Melody started, "Suine punched her in the face."

"What!? You punched Yuka?" Kisame asked and I nodded, "Damn you really do care about Itachi, huh?"

"Of course I care about him!" I felt my heart pour out its feelings, as the tears ran off of my cheeks, "Itachi means a lot to me! He is the one person I can turn to that isn't Melody, the one that I can tell everything to!" I felt my heart sting as I thought about the look Itachi had on his face when Yuka whispered in his ear, "Every smile, every laugh, every word…It's all been special to me…" My eyes widened as my heart pounded, I knew this feeling, "Oh god…"

"Suine…" Melody turned to me, giving me a shocked look, "You…Have you…"

"I…" I fell to my knees, "I love him…I love him…I love…Itachi…" The tears streamed down my face harder than ever before. I had fallen in love with Itachi, through everything we have been though, I really cared, "I love him…"