Konoha High School Chapter 13, a naruto fanfic

And Then He's Gone

I felt the brown bag of groceries fall from my grips, the apples falling to the cold cement sidewalk. My heart rate increased and my breathing became heavy. Shisui was beside me, with the same devastated expression on his pale face. Did we really miss it? Were we already too late?

I felt my heart scream out his name, my voice acting as a release of its pain. My knees buckled the moment the tears had finally escaped my eyes. My voice yelled out for him once more; it was the only thing my heart could do to try to escape the pain. How could he do this to me again? How could he even think of breaking my heart again!? I felt a hand come upon my shoulder and I looked up at Shisui.

I never saw this coming. I never knew it would happen again. Just a week ago we were falling in love all over again but he just had to stop it. I never knew I was going to lose him for a second time. I didn't know how this was going to play out, I knew nothing. However, the one thing I did know was that I was never ever going to forgive him.

A day earlier…

I walked into the locker room at the café shop, finally excited to be done my shift for the day. I opened my locker, slowly grabbing my clothes and backpack that I left in here before the shift had started. I sighed, I was exhausted. It wasn't because of all the hard work I was putting into school and work but rather because I worried more than anything. Ever since those reporters found themselves at my doorstep I knew that something was not right. I could feel it within my stomach, turning and twisting. It was conjuring up something and I knew it wasn't good. It had always been on my mind, the constant fear that it wasn't all over. That Itachi was not entirely free from his father's grasps. That frightened me more than anything.

I sighed once more as I shut the locker and began to walk towards the entrance of the locker room. Before I had a chance to stop anything Itachi accidentally walked into the locker room, hitting me. I quickly grabbed his shirt to try to find support but instead we both tumbled to the ground. He fell on top of me, with his hands on either side of my face and his legs were right beside my waist. My eyes widened as did his.

"S-S…Suine?" Itachi asked and I felt my cheeks burn up quickly, "I'm so sorry…I…I didn't mean…I was just…"

"Coming into work?" I let out and he nodded. His cheeks burnt up and he turned away from my face, "You okay Itachi-kun?"

"I…It's just…" He paused and turned back to me, "Seeing…you like this…uh…"

"Oh…I um…" I felt my throat tighten and my heart beat race as his eyes found mine, "We…I'm so sorry…We uh…should move…"

"W-We…should…Shouldn't we?"

"Why…are you asking?"

"I…don't know…"

His eyes softened and I felt my heart stop at his stare. I watched as his head moved down a little, looking for some sort of reaction from me. I knew what he wanted to do and I wanted it to happen just as much as he did. I felt my mouth open a bit which was enough to make him come closer to me. My eyes began to close as his lips came closer to mine.

"Itachi! Where are you?" A voice came from the entrance of the locker room which made Itachi and I quickly pull back. His eyes widened as did mine, we were not expecting company, "Oh…I uh…"

"I…" Itachi regained his composure and quickly got off of me, standing above me, "Sorry Kana. I accidentally bumped into Suine; I'll get on the floor as soon as possible."

"T-Take your time." Kana replied and I still laid there shocked.

I watched as Itachi went to walk away but he turned his heel and came back to me. He held a hand out to me and I lightly grabbed it. He had a beautiful smile upon his face. I smiled back as he pulled me up to my feet.

"Sorry about that Suine." He told me lightly and then let go of my hand, "I'll see you around."

He left me with Kana and went deeper into the locker room to find his locker. I blinked my eyes a couple times and Kana went up beside me. She put a hand gently upon my shoulder, making me turn to her. She had a warm smile on her face with eyes that stared deeply into my soul.

"He likes you." Kana told me and I felt my face burn up again, "Really likes you. I wish a guy could like me as much as he likes you."

"How do you know that?" I bluntly asked.

"It's obvious isn't it? He always wants to be around you. And plus guys only turn around to help up a girl if it's the girl he loves."

"That's ridiculous…It-Itachi doesn't…"

"I know you are in denial but I can tell you. The way he looks at you…it's like you are the greatest thing he has found on earth. You mean the world to him."

"I…You really think so?"

"I think you two should just get together already. All this flirting around work is starting to annoy the customers."

"Wh-"

"It's a joke Suine…Just tell him how you feel."

"It's harder than it seems."

"Why?"

I stood there dumbfounded. Why? I had never even thought to question why I felt so nervous to bring it up with him. Now that Itachi was back to his normal self and everything was going good between us, I saw no reason to hold it back. Yet my throat tightened every time I thought about telling him. Why was I always so nervous?

"Oh I see…" Kana picked up right where she left off, "You find it hard to tell him…Don't worry I'm sure everything will work out between you two in the end…Anyways why don't you go home? You must be exhausted from this shift and I'm sure you will enjoy the break."

"Thanks Kana…" I smiled lightly to her and I left the locker room quietly.

. . .

"I'm home!" Itachi's voice said as he walked into the door to our apartment.

"Hey kid!" Kisame happily said but he then grabbed his jacket, "Unfortunately I have to go to work now but I have a plan. Why don't we all have a board game night when I get back?"

"A board game night?" Melody brightened up, "Oh hell ya!"

"Sounds fun Kisame-san, I'm in." Itachi told him and I nodded.

"Have fun at work Kisame-san!" I smiled and he nodded, and then left us alone in the apartment, "Well I want to be back in time for this board game night so I will go grocery shopping right now to get it over with."

"Oh, want me to come Suine?" Itachi asked and I shook my head.

"Get some rest Itachi-kun; you'll need it for tonight. Knowing Kisame and Melody we will be playing Monopoly till 4 in the morning."

"You're right." He chuckled, "Don't stay out too late though Suine. Take your phone just in case."

"You don't have to worry Itachi-kun…I'll be okay it's just groceries." I smiled and grabbed my phone on the table, "Oh…shit…"

"What is it?" Melody asked and I sighed.

"My phone died…You guys won't be able to call me…" I told them but Itachi came up to me with his now new flip cellphone, since his father got rid of his old expensive one.

"Here, take mine. At least we will be able to contact you if we get worried." He smiled brightly and I nodded.

"Thank you, Itachi-kun. I'll be back soon guys! Don't get into too much trouble!"

They both rolled their eyes at my comment and I quickly headed out of the door. It sure must be hard for Itachi to not have the same resources he used to have. He had to buy new things, old and crappy I might add, but at least they worked. However, I have to say I have never seen him smile so much. He seemed to be happier here in the poor life than in the rich life. Either way I was happy that he was back in my life. I sighed as I entered the grocery store and began to shop for the things we needed.

Thirty minutes later and I lined up in line for the cashier to ring me through. I watched as the old cashier slowly took her time, ringing through the two customers in front of me. I sighed impatiently as I watched the time slowly pass me by. Eventually, the cashier got to me and rung all the food through, allowing me to happily leave the store. However, something interrupted me from leaving the scene, something that made my heart sink.

"Itachi!" I heard a voice shriek out from the entrance of the store, "Itachi Uchiha! Where are you!? Itachi!"

"I know that voice…" I muttered to myself. I quickly ran over to the entrance and felt my eyes widen, "Shisui!?"

"Miss Suine!" Shisui came running over to me in his black suit, "Where is Itachi!? I need to talk to him right away-"

"He's at home."

"But…But I followed the tracker on his phone-"

"Tracker? He got a new phone-"

"I know…His father was still tracking him through that phone. I tried to beat his father to Itachi by following the tracker that he had installed into his new phone…"

"I…" I swallowed hard, scared to press on, "I have his phone-"

"Wait! Why!? Why do you have Master Itachi's phone-"

"Mine died. I was just going to get groceries. Shisui what is going on? What are you talking about, beating his father?"

"We have to get to your home, to where Itachi is…He's in danger-"

"Danger!?"

"Yes-"

"Let's go! Tell me while we head there!"

Together, Shisui and I ran out of the grocery store and headed down the street towards my apartment. I felt my eyes well up with tears, what did his father have planned for him? Why was Shisui so worried? Why couldn't they just leave Itachi alone?

"Miss Suine-" Shisui started as we continued to book it down the street, "His father…Itachi's father…He plans to lock Itachi away before the conference that is supposed to take place in three days…"

"That's his plan to get Itachi out of the way? I thought kicking him out-"

"It was. The plan was originally to have Itachi come crawling back in defeat but that didn't happen because he met-"

"Me…"

"Right. Since the press came to your apartment, Itachi's father knew that he wasn't coming back on his own free will. The project could still be stopped. But now he has to take drastic measures to get Itachi to stop from hurting his project. Without Itachi the conference will be cancelled and the project will go on as originally planned. We have to stop him from taking Itachi-"

"He's going to take him by force…That bastard!"

"I know Miss Suine, I-"

Before Shisui had time to continue Itachi's phone began to ring. I quickly grabbed it and looked at the screen, seeing that it was from Melody. I quickly flipped the phone out and began to listen to Melody's terrified voice.

"Melody!" I began but was interrupted by voices in the background.

"Itachi Uchiha open up!" A loud voice screamed from the background and a loud banging noise followed, "Come out quietly."

"Melody go hide, please I don't want them to hurt you-" Itachi's voice came through quietly and tears came down my cheeks, "Just hide."

"Suine!" Melody cried into the phone, "I'm not leaving you Itachi! I have to help you-"

"You can't help me…These men, they always get the job done-"

"But what about you? What will happen to you?"

"I don't know but I can't bear to know that something will happen to you because of me…Please go hide…Can I talk to her?"

"Yeah…Yeah…"

"Open up! We are going to break the door down!" Another loud voice screamed through the phone.

"Suine-" Itachi's voice began and I stopped running as my heart sank at the sound of his scared voice.

"Itachi-kun!" I screamed into the phone as I heard loud bangs again, "Itachi-kun! We are coming just hold off-"

"Suine…I don't have a lot of time left…It's going to happen, they are going to take me…" He explained and the tears ran down my cheeks, "I don't know what they are going to do to me…But you-"

"I will save you no matter what it takes I promise…I promise you Itachi."

"I know Suine…"

"Itachi Uchiha!" A loud voice screamed as a loud crash noise happened.

"Thank you Suine…for everything…" I heard Itachi's voice tremble, "I want you to know that I love-"

"Itachi Uchiha! You're coming with us!" A loud male voice screamed and I heard something drop.

"Just try it." Itachi's voice fell distant and I heard more screaming and yelling.

"Let him go you bastards!" I heard Melody's voice scream out and I heard a lot more struggling.

"Miss Suine we might be able to still save him." Shisui told me and I nodded to him in anger.

I shut the phone, not able to hear the pain of my friends anymore. I let my legs burst out into a sprint as we ran further down the street. As we turned the corner that leads me onto my street, I could hear voices getting louder and louder. I turned the corner and saw four men all dressed in black suits carrying Itachi by his limbs. Itachi struggled as hard as he could but with no luck. They threw him onto the ground, where he angrily looked up to them. I ignored the scene and followed Shisui who ran closer to them to try to stop them from taking him.

My eyes widened the moment they punched him in the stomach, making spit come out of his mouth. His body limped even more than before and they easily picked him up.

"Itachi, no!" I screamed out and his eyes turned to me. His weak hand stretched out to me.

"Suine!" He yelled back but they shoved him into the car and slammed the door on him.

Shisui was so close to the car but it was already too late. The men all got into the limousine and slammed the doors. Just as Shisui hit his fist against the trunk the limousine sped off down the street taking Itachi with it. My eyes widened and watched in horror as the limousine turned the corner. My heart let the shock settled in.

"M-Melody…" My eyes widened when I thought about her, "Oh my…Melody!"

My body jumped up, leaving the groceries on the sidewalk, ignoring Shisui as he followed me into the building. I looked at the ruined glass doors that lead to the entrance of the apartment complex. I saw Mira resting her back up against the brown desk that she used as a reception desk. I quickly ran over to her and her eyes sadly looked to me. She had a cut on her forehead, with blood coming down her face.

"Mira!" I yelled out and she put a hand to my shoulder.

"I'm fine…darling…But…M-Melody…and Itachi…" She gasped as the tears came down her cheeks, "They…came out of nowhere…They just busted my doors…and came in demanding information…I refused…and they just pushed me up against this desk…I lightly banged my head against the corner…Nothing serious, my dear…" She caught her breath, "They found him…I'm so sorry…I tried to stop them…But they went in…And took him…I hope he is okay…And…Oh my…Melody! Oh no, Melody!"

"Don't worry mother, I'll check on her. Shisui…" I turned to him and he acknowledged my silent order to watch over her.

I ran away from the scene and headed up the stairs to my apartment. As I got to the floor I saw neighbours crowding around my door. I gulped and squeezed through them all. Our front door was kicked in. I walked in slowly and looked around at the demolished apartment. Our kitchen was ruined, our couches were torn apart. Even the television screen was smashed. My eyes widened and I screamed once I saw Melody laying on the table in the living room.

I charged over to her and knelt down beside her. She had blood on her knuckles and some coming from the sides of her mouth. She winced in pain the moment I touched her. The tears flowed off of my face the moment her eyes slowly found mine. Tears came down her cheeks to.

"M-Melo…Melody…" I cried her name and she just smiled.

"I'm so sorry…" She told me, "I tried to stop them…I tried…"

"It's not your fault Melody…"

"I…He protected me…They smashed him into the television…" She cried even more and the sobs began, "He fought so hard…He tried so hard…"

"I know…I know Melody…Are you okay?"

"I'll live…"

"What happened?"

"I grabbed the frying pan…I punched them in the face…One grabbed me and threw me down into this table." She sighed, "Man did I punch him good…" She chuckled but sadly turned back to me, "Suine…"

"What happened here!?" A voice shrieked out in pain, "Suine! Melo…Melody! Melody, love!"

I watched as Kisame slide over to us and quickly picked Melody off of the table. He let her rest in his arms and she smiled at him. The tears streamed down his face, which then fell onto Melody's cheeks.

"Who…Who did this to you?" Kisame angrily asked but she put a hand to his cheek.

"They…They took him…" She told him and he dug his face into her neck.

"I'll fucking kill them all…" He muttered and I felt my head drop.

"I've had enough of these assholes…" My fists clenched together which made Kisame and Melody turn to me. I stood up and felt the anger surge through my body, "Nobody takes the man I love away from me again…It's time I stepped in, it's time I fought back…"

"But…But how?" Melody asked me and I turned to her. I guess my eyes showed so much anger because Melody flinched when she looked to me.

"Simple…" I felt my voice say through my gritted teeth, "We rescue Itachi and kick their fucking asses while we do it."