Chapter 11!: Love and Lost!

Yuki

'No… Way…' Itachi croaked. Sasuke rubbed his eyes with his hands and bawled.

'But… But…' He cried. 'Brother… Killed you…' The woman smiled, and leant against the door frame.

'No, Sasuke-kun.' She walked over to him and knelt to his height. 'Your brother was instructed to. But he just didn't have the mind to.' She glanced up at Itachi who was staring wearily into the ceiling.

'But… I saw him…' He sobbed and hugged her neck. I smiled, I had never seen him so happy.

'It's okay, Sasuke-kun, I'm here now.' She kissed his hair. 'I'm here…'

'M- mom…' He cried. So that was it. That woman was his mom.

Sasuke stood back and went to Itachi's side, as did his mother. They stood in silence, then his mom ran her hands through Itachi's hair.

'Oh, Itachi…' She sighed. 'Why didn't you try to get rid of that damned Disease?' Itachi's dark eyes travelled over to his moms and he smiled faintly.

'Mother…' He coughed. 'I prolonged… My life for… Sasuke…' He breathed in deeply. 'But… I couldn't… Get rid of it…' His mom held his hand.

'Ita-kun…'

'Yuki… Got rid of… the disease…' He smiled over at me. 'But… I fear… I won't make it…'

'That's nonsense, brother.' Sasuke said, his arms folded and his back to Itachi. 'You'll make it. I know you will.' Sasuke shrugged. 'You always do.'

'Mikoto.' Father said. Sasuke's mom looked at him. 'I believe you know me?' She nodded.

'Madara-sama.' She murmured. Sasuke flinched.

'Madara?' She gritted his teeth and shot a look at me. 'Your father is this bastard?' I glared dauntingly at him.

'Don't call my father a bastard, you jerk!'

'Now, that's enough of that.' We both stopped our staring contest and glanced at Kakashi who was sat on the windowsill reading; "Make-Out Tactics"

From next to us, Itachi let out a long sigh, which drew Kakashi's attention.

'Well well.' He murmured, jumped down and padded over to the bedside. 'What do we have here? Itachi Uchiha.' I nodded and took a quick side-glance at Deidara, who was still unconscious.

'K… Kakashi-Sensei…' I murmured. He looked at me instantly. 'Will… Deidara be okay…?' Sasuke looked up at me darkly and Kakashi was slightly surprised.

'I'd say so, yes.' He caught the concern in my eyes. '…Though there is a slight chance…' He trailed off.

'Kakashi…' I sighed. 'Is there anything I can do to…?' Kakashi put his hand on my head and shook his head.

'Nothing. It'll go as it goes…' I looked down sadly.

'What are the… chances of him…' He looked at me, a flash of sadness in his eyes.

'The chances are around 90%. So I wouldn't worry.' His eyes smiled, and he tottered over to the window again.

'He'll be fine, Yuki.' He looked at me quickly, before ducking out of the window.

'The worst thing is…' Itachi murmured and looked blankly at the ceiling again, before moving his eyes down to mine. 'I have… a horrible feeling he's lying…'

And I couldn't help but agree with him.

Madara

I looked over at Yuki, and her expression was the saddest I had ever seen a person have. If she was a puppy, she'd be lying on her belly, with her legs outstretched, and her head resting on them.

'Yuki-Chan…' I murmured. She looked up at me slowly. 'Come with me…' I held my hand out to her, and she took it reluctantly. I walked out of the door, where she trailed behind me, hardly making an effort.

I led her down outside of the village, and into the forest. I stopped near an old oak tree and let go of her hand.

'Why did you bring me here?' She asked dully.

'I need to show you who I really am.' I said. I looked around to her and suppressed a sigh.

'Most people think I'm Uchiha Obito.' I said, and turned my back to her. 'As you, and most Uchiha's, know. I am in fact, Uchiha Madara.' I moved my hand up to my mask and clutched it. 'No one has seen my face for 76 years now.' I murmured. 'Back then, I was 24.' I pulled the mask over and off my head, rolled down the mouth coverer that was covering half my face, and let my hair roll down my back. I turned to her, and smiled.

'This, Is who I really am.' Our Sharingans acted on instinct and collided with one another. Luckily, she didn't have the Amaterasu like Itachi did. A dark silence dropped in between us, as we stared into one another's eyes. I smiled softly at her.

'So, you call me your father now?' I watched her as she blinked and concentrated on my face.

'Yeah… I guess I'll have to get used to it, huh.' She looked down at the floor. 'Father…?'

I looked up at her and blinked.

'Hmm?'

'What happened…? To mother…?' She looked at me through her eyelashes. The Subject of her mother made my heart ache. I had been with Myra since I was 15…

'Your mother, Myra…' I looked down. 'She was taken down by Itachi in the annihilation of the clan…' Yuki's face tightened.

'Itachi… Killed Myra Niiro…?' I saw her clench her fist. 'How could he… Kill her…?' I turned to face her fully and walked towards her.

'Yuki, life isn't fair.' I murmured and put my hand on her shoulder. 'What's happened wasn't his fault.' She looked up at me.

'Of course it is. He did it out of pure hatred.' I shook my head.

'You're wrong…' I smiled at her confused face. 'Let me tell you his true story…' I walked over to the tree and sat on the lowest branch. Yuki just steeled in for the floor.

'It all started more than 80 years ago… Back then. The world was embroiled in endless battles, an era of warring started. Nations were fighting over their right to exist, or to expand their borders. In that time of strife, Shinobi Organizations only consisted of single-clan mercenary units.' I paused a second. 'Various Clans would be hired by various nations to participate in their conflicts. And among all those numerous Shinobi clans were two that were feared as the strongest… One was out own Uchiha Clan, and the other was the clan known as Senju, or Thousand-armed Clan of the Forest.' I glanced at Yuki and she seemed sank into the story. 'We of Uchiha possessed exceptional chakra and the Sharingan. Excelling in all types of Warfare, we became known as a battle Clan.' I sighed. 'And then I was born… possessing particularly powerful chakra… even for an Uchiha. You could say that me surviving this long is proof of that… Back then, I spent every day on the battlefield. In an era where power was everything. And at the cost of my friends and younger brother, I continuously sought over more power…' Yuki looked up into the sky and then looked back down at me.

'But thanks to that, I was able to awaken Mangekyo Sharingan, and become Uchiha's Leader. And with that power, I fought the Senju Clan Countless Times. Of course, I inevitably faced Hashirama, the head of the Senju Clan. Then one day, the Senju wanted peace with the Uchiha… I reluctantly accepted, and the other nation quickly followed suit, and accordingly, the number of wars diminished. Instantaneous peace. But due to a certain incident, Konoha's peace was short-lived.' I paused again.

'A certain… Incident?' Yuki asked, cocking her head to the left.

'Yes.' I nodded. 'It was a battle over the seat of village leader, the Hokage. As you should already know, Senju Hashirama attained that position. I decided to advocate for an Uchiha Leader in order to protect the clan. A path I knew would lead to a confrontation with Hashirama. Unfortunately, not even a single Uchiha Sided with me. I was not only Accused and betrayed for having personal ambitions, but scorned as a selfish brother, who stole his younger brothers eyes in order to save his own. What man willfully hurts his brother? I swore I only wanted to protect the Uchiha…! I left Konoha… Having been betrayed by all….' A slight silence fell between us. 'I returned as an avenger, and declared war on Konohagakure… I was defeated. At the spot that has come to be known as the Final Valley. I was said to have died there.

'In order to prevent the rise of another traitor, Hashirama's younger brother, the second Hokage, Bestowed Upon Uchiha a special responsibility, as proof of his trust; The Establishment of the Konoha Police Force. But the Hidden truth is that it removed Uchiha from the governing body of the Village, and placed the entire clan under close scrutiny, in one fell swoop. There were finally some Uchiha who discerned that motive, and an antiestablishment faction that had inherited my will. But unfortunately, was too little, too late. Time passed… the Leadership stayed in Senju's hands… And the once proud Uchiha clan was reduced to being Senju's Lackeys. It was just as I had feared. And then, another certain incident sealed Uchiha's figurative demise.' I looked at Yuki, and she stared at me eagerly back.

'Was that…?'

'That's right.' I nodded. 'The reappearance of the Nine-tailed fox spirit 16 years ago.' I smiled at her.

'What do you mean…?' She murmured.

'Only Uchiha Ocular powers can tame and control nine tails…' I looked up. 'So the Konoha Elders decided it was the Uchiha's doing… Infact… It was completely unrelated to our clan…' I sighed. 'Their distrust gave rise to bad blood, and suspicions eventually evolved into reality. The Uchiha Clan Started Plotting a Coup D'état to take over the village. And so Konoha's Leaders sent in a spy to watch the Uchiha Clan.' I looked down at Yuki. 'That spy was Uchiha Itachi. And that's when his odyssey began.'