A/N: Hey everyone! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SASUKE! As a present for him, I have this chapter of the wonderful YOMO story. I have the winners of my game question at the bottom of the chapter but before you scroll all the way down there, please read first.
Important note, I do not have another game question for you. Probably next chapter two chapters I do but not this one or the one afterwards. What I do have is a very important question I must ask all of you and it will determine the fate of this story. I have an idea for the future of all of this but I want to make the readers happy so I need your advice if I want to continue on with that idea or think of something else to substitute it.
I do NOT OWN ANY of the Naruto characters or the story itself. I am a bit satisfied with how it is going so far because I'm seeing Itachi quite often but I would like to know what happened with Sasuke and at this moment, I am on my hands and knees for Naruto! Anyway, thank you all for those who have reviewed, played my game for the next ItaSasu story, and stayed loyal to this story. This thing is about a year old and it's finally starting to get half down. I feel so ashamed…
Thanks and enjoy!
Ch. 28: Make Your Choice
How I wished that it hasn't come to this. This may be the last journal entry I'll ever be able to write in this book. Rather I would be far away from this place or dead the next day, who knows. Not even I can tell the future, no matter how I may wish for one outcome to prevail above all the others.
I was so careless and I believe I made Itachi just as careless. We never even notice that someone followed me and saw us together. We were just so fixated on seeing each other and being together that we forgot the rest of the world existed. From Itachi's little brother who has gone bitter because of lack of attention to Noriko who noticed that I've been acting strange. I suppose it is no surprise on her part. She is after all the sharpest eye of our village, but she's also one of the members of our society who strongly believes as our village as a whole. She, along with many others, believe that no one should have secrets and we must share everything with the village. Having seen me with Itachi, a vampire and a vampire prince don't forget, of course she would tell our leader and our leader would tell the rest of the village and thus bring me into trial.
Associating with a vampire without full intent on ending their damnable existence is the greatest act of treason any one of us could commit. Looking at all of their faces as they all accused me with their eyes, I could tell that they all saw this coming. We're a village of vampire hunters that pretend to look like a normal peaceful, happy village when right underneath our smiles are the skills to killing a vampire when they least expect it. Our leader always told us that our village is only an example of what a world would be like without vampires haunting our thoughts with nightmares and fears of the night. But I was always curious about them, which was why I tried to understand their body structures and what makes vampires a vampire instead of learning how to kill them. I didn't have the desire to rid them of the world. If we wanted peace, than why not just live in peace with them? Besides all of the scary stories on how they're blood-thirsty monsters and their other 'special needs', how can they be so different from us? If anything, we seem to be superior to them because a vampire can never learn what it's like to be out in the sun, never understand what it's like to feel the warmth of the world, eat the food people have put their heart and very soul into making sure it's on the table hot and delicious, or even appreciate the very meaning of death. To watch everything die all around you while you remain exactly the same, vampires are pitiful creatures and they don't even know it.
Itachi, he understands death. If anything, he sounds like one of villagers. He despises how vampires have no appreciation for death and what he hates more than that is that he is a one of them. I can see it in his eyes. He wishes for so much more. He wishes to be human, and I have never met a vampire like that before. That's why I love him. Not that he wishes that he doesn't want to be a vampire. It's that he knows what he's missing and like a fool, he thinks that if he can achieve those things then he could be a better person than he already is. How can he? To me, he is perfect. I don't wish for a thing to change about him; not his personality, his mortality, or his gender.
Which is why the next time I see him, I will protect him with my life and run away from my home.
During my trial, there were many people who believed that because of my compassion for such vile creatures that I was bewitched by the first one who noticed my weakness. So they decided not to kill me, like how the usual punishment is for these sort of things, and they will allow me to meet with Itachi again, so long as I will be there to help them exterminate him. There is no way I would let them lay a hand on Itachi! I only agreed to their plan so I could at least see him one more time before I turn against my village and protect him from them. If I should fail, then I will not regret my death for I have no family but Itachi does. I would regret for not being able to protect him but for allowing him to die when he has a family who loves him. Especially his little brother.
It has been days since that plan has been made and despite my longing to see my love again, I'm grateful that he has yet to solve the issue between him and his brother. The longer it takes for Itachi to return to me, the more flawless my plan could be for when we high-tail it out of here and the more time he'll be able to spend with his family should it be the last time if I fail. But every day that goes by, I become filled with anxiety and I pray that in the end, Itachi lives and return to those who love him.
I suppose as I'm thinking about this, I have a thought. Funny how I've gone used to writing things down when I have a thought or finding some way to expressing them. The relationship between Itachi and his little brother truly is different. I have never met two siblings who are as close as they are. The only relationship I see in my village is the kind which they challenge each other constantly to prove who the better one is. Even the ones who get along fairly well are nothing like the bond between the two vampire princes. I bet my money Itachi doesn't even realize it himself but when he spoke of his brother when he told me he had to leave early that night, there was a certain glint in his eyes that gave his face more life and sparkled brighter than any star that night. It was small but it was there.
I believe he thinks of the world of his little brother. I think his brother might mean more to him than me.
Now I'm not pitying myself. If I'm second in his mind, that does make me a bit sad but if being with his brother makes Itachi happy than who am I to sulk and detest that which makes him happy. I'm not exactly the possessive or the jealous type, but that's only because I put into consideration of other people's feelings. If I should do something unforgivable because of my own selfish desires, I suppose it's because I don't want to lose the most important thing to me. I know what I just said about not being the possessive type but if I have something I want to hold dear to my heart then I should fight for it, right? What's the use of having something like that if you're just going to toss it aside and leave it behind?
Maybe we all think like that. My village is fighting the vampires of the world to protect the peace they've finally achieved after so much lost and bloodshed, and I'm about to fight them so I could protect Itachi. Maybe in a way, his little brother is fighting to remain the only thing important in Itachi's life. Even though his action might be considered as only an act of bratty selfishness, he's trying to fight a good fight. Funny how the prize just so happens to be Itachi himself.
Look at me, I'm writing a lot for this one entry. I guess if this is going to be the last entry I'll ever put in this book, I should leave something behind – and use up all these extra pages. But I've reach the end and I might be reaching the end of my own life. My human life that is. Rather I escape with my life and Itachi's and I become a vampire so we could be happily mated, or I die trying; all of that will be determined the next time I see him. I do have two wishes though if I die.
My first wish, I want to leave this world with Itachi's beautiful face being the last thing I see.
My second and final wish, I want Itachi and his little brother to patch whatever problem they have and to never end that inseparable bond they share.
Lives are short; human or vampire. They must be spent with happy moments, smiles, laughs, and no regrets. I'm young, I know but I feel as though I have already lived a life of contentment and I have no regrets. For I have met the most wonderful, kind-hearted person I could ever meet in this life and I'm so grateful for that.
-Shisui
With eyes wider than the size of entrée plates, Sasuke couldn't believe what he was feeling right now. A few moments ago, he was prepared to feel Itachi's razor sharp claws rip at his neck and in his one moment of weakness would rip off the entire head and thus kill him. But instead he's feeling something entirely different. Upon his lips, he feels the warmth and the chaste touch of his brother's. There he is pressed against a tree by the man he loves with their bodies so close to each other and he's staring wide eyed at Itachi's eye lids – looking completely relaxed and at ease unlike how he was before! That hand that once had its claws threatening his life have only moved so the fingers could smooth their way up his skin to his hair and get lost in his raven locks with the thumb against his cheek with the gentlest touch that made Sasuke's skin light themselves on fire.
Itachi is kissing him!
He's actually kissing him!
No illusions. No tricks. No mind clouded up with bloodlust and hunger. No lies.
This is really happening. Sasuke's sober and the Itachi before him is real and he knows what he did.
But it can't…It just can't!
With extreme difficulty but allowing his denial take complete control of his body, Sasuke's hand, the one not connected to the arm Itachi already has a grasp on, made its way to his brother's shoulder and in one moment act of courage, pushes the guy away. "Get OFF!" he yells, pushing the older vampire hard enough to make him fall to the floor. He wasn't too far off. In fact, he made the earlier illusion a reality without the sword puncturing through Itachi's sword. Sasuke took out a hidden knife instead and pressed it against Itachi's neck as they look at each other, eye to eye – Itachi's satin black eyes locking with Sasuke's angry red ones. Now who's threatening who with a throat slash – only Itachi's expression looking unsurprised and expecting this while Sasuke is not only angry but he's completely embarrassed.
Actually, he feels completely humiliated.
"What the fuck were you doing? How dare you try to pull your prostitute acts on me!" he yells. Itachi didn't take that to heart. He was expecting all of this when he decided to do this.
"It wasn't an act," he says simply.
"Shut up!" But Sasuke didn't accept that. Pushing the knife blade harder proved that if not for the screaming.
Maybe this wasn't the best approach after all.
Not only does Sasuke feel utterly humiliated, he's pissed off as all hell. Those emotions he's feeling right now not only distract him from how nice that kiss actually felt for the first real time, he's not going to accept the one Itachi remembers as the first because he doesn't remember it, but it made him blurt out things he really didn't want to say to him yet it's the only things he can think of at the moment. "You're such a fuckin whore! You don't care about a single thing, do you? You just take advantage of people for some shitty mission or your own personal gain! You pretend that it all means something and every emotion you show are nothing but frauds! You don't feel anything and you don't give a shit about anything! I…I hate you, Itachi! I fuckin hate you!"
Those words would have killed anyone if they weren't already prepared to hear it. Yes, this may have been not the best of choices to approach the younger Uchiha prince but to Itachi's mind, his little brother brought it upon himself. Sasuke's the one who was expecting him to end his life and he was willing to accept it. But instead of ending his life, Itachi gives him a kiss. That's a major turn of events and the older vampire expected a reaction like that, as well as those three little words.
Still appearing that those words didn't harm him at all, Itachi speaks calmly and coolly by asking, "Did you still want me to kill you, little brother?"
To Sasuke, he just said that he hated his brother and yet Itachi doesn't reveal anything but that annoying attitude of his; plus those questions that really drive him up the fricken wall. He's not a mind-reader. He didn't know that his brother was expecting him to say words of hatred and anger. For him, everything he didn't mean to say appears to be reality facts.
Still, that question caught him off guard. "Wha- Stop speaking in riddles!"
"It was just a question, Sasuke. No need to get upset."
To him right now, it's official. He's seriously going to kill this f-ing whore.
"If you don't shut the hell up right now, I am going to send your sorry ass straight back to your organization in pieces," he threatens. But then, he feels something that nearly paralyzes him in place.
Ignoring the danger of not only the knife but his little brother's anger, Itachi's hand rises up to Sasuke's arm, the one not holding the knife, and unlike his previous grasp on it, its grip is still strong but also gentle. All he feels is the sleeve but what he really wants to feel is the soft smooth touch of Sasuke's skin. It smoothes its way up to the shoulder, the neck, and then the cheek. The feel of his baby brother's skin is like a piece of heaven. A slice of heaven cake that tasted sweet and pure and it make him moan softly when he has that taste rolling on his tongue. But the touch is only the slice of that cake. Actually tasting that skin is when the real heaven starts and when their lips meet, Itachi gets the whole cake. No sharing; all his.
Sasuke knew how to respond to when the enemy touches him but the problem is him acting upon it. He didn't move away from the touch but he didn't lean into it either. He only stays there, motionless and speechless. But no matter what his mind or morals tell him to do, none of them can tell him differently that Itachi's touch leave trails of fire across his skin when he moves and when he stays in one place, every cell in his body would start building their own electricity of pleasure to later shock him with a full wave of pure bliss. At the moment, all he can feel is the wonderful heat on his cheek building up to later spread all over his body. Then he will move but not in a way that he should.
After several silent minutes, the older Uchiha finally speaks. "You make it sound like I went back to the Akatsuki." He caught the boy off again when he said that. As Sasuke now reveals his confusion adding with his already stunned surprised expression, Itachi adds, "I didn't go back to them. I just needed to think for a while and they're not exactly the type of crowd I want to be with to think. Truthfully, I didn't come here to kill you." The last part, his voice held a sense of gentleness in his cool voice and pure honest sincerity appears in his eyes. It only deepened the boy's surprise and his confusion. "I only did what I did because that was what you were expecting from me, correct? My true purpose was to determine something. Now I have my answer. I can't kill you. You mean too much for me to lose when I've already lost so much."
Did he…really just say that? For a moment, Sasuke thought this is all just a dream his messed up mind created from the stress and when he wakes up, he's going to meet his brother again but in a fight to the death situation. There is absolutely no way this could be happening! These words that Sasuke's hearing, they're not real. They're a trick!
"S..stop fucking around with me!" he yells, pushing the knife closer and causing Itachi's hand to back away from his face. Now that the hand is gone, the Jinchuriki protector can speak properly and freely. "What the hell are you talking about 'you mean too much for me to lose' crap? That's nothing but a bunch of bullshit. You should have gone back to your little vampire hunting gang, turn back into a human, and then come here to kill me! But instead you come here wanting to determine some kind of messed up shit and you're acting like everything is all peachy. Everything is not all peachy, Itachi! Everything is all fucked up." Especially his mind right now. Nothing makes sense anymore. Not his brother's return or the words he spoke. Or even him being in such close reach that the boy is secretly starting to miss that gentle touch on his face.
"Sasuke, do you honestly believe that I would ever lie to you again?" Itachi asks, looking at his little brother in the eye. He is not backing down from this. Not with the knife against his throat or the anger he can obviously tell that his little brother is forcing out. "Everything I'm saying to you right now is the truth. I'm here right now and I'm willing to offer anything to you, so long as it means keeping you with me. I didn't come here so I can end your life because I love you." And just like that, Sasuke couldn't control his body's shock any more. Did he…really just say that? Those three little words that mean so much if they were true? The anger and irritation left Sasuke's face instantly and all there's left is his dumbstruck shock. It was his 'fake' anger that fueled his threatening hand but now that it's gone, his pressure on the blade disintegrated and unconsciously pulled away from his brother's neck. It was still close but it wasn't as intimidating as it was before. Seeing this, Itachi continues, "I went to visit Shisui's grave. I needed a place to think and at the same time, I wanted to be near him again. Believe me, Sasuke when I say that I miss Shisui. I miss him terribly and always will but being away from you, I realized how much I ache for you. I wasn't good with this sort of thing when I was younger, you know that. I kept ignoring your feelings as I was having my first experience with a human who was unlike any human I've ever met. The pain you've went through is something I can't begin to comprehend but I am willing to heal those old wounds of yours, if you'll let me." His hand returns to Sasuke's cheek and now the boy is really starting to feel the effects of that touch. He wants to lean into it. He wants to remove the knife completely and allow his brother to indulge him in the love he claims to have. Even if it's all just an act, just once. Just once he wants the love and attention he's always craved from him.
But it's because it all must be an act that prevents Sasuke from doing all of that.
"You can't," he pushed to say. But now, he can't even look down at the guy in the eye. "Even if everything you just said to me was true, it's too late."
"Nothing is ever too late. We can still be together, if you'll have me."
'Damnit! Stop saying that!' "W-Well I won't! I've already agreed to my engagement with Sakura. Once the agreement's been made, there is no turning back. I am to mate with her. That is something you can't change."
It would have been a lie if Itachi ever claimed that he wasn't surprise when he heard that, or that he didn't feel a sudden urge to just find that pink head and chop her down to size. Only one word came into mind when he thought of her and Sasuke mating and that was 'mine'. He knows that she had done nothing wrong besides flirting with his little brother in public when he just met her but it was bad timing because it was after the closet, kissing incident and really, he just couldn't see her as someone Sasuke would ever be interested in – let alone mate with and be perfectly happy with. His new possessive nature just took over slightly when he saw her with Sasuke and now after realizing his own feelings and by just hearing her name, he wanted to find her and tell her right there and then that Sasuke belongs to him so back off. However at the moment, that's not the problem and he can do that later. What's the problem is Sasuke is going to willingly mate with that pink hair masculine vampire.
It's now or never. Just relax the nerves and ignore these new murderous desires.
Calming down since the older prince stiffened when he heard the younger one's words, Itachi lets out a sigh as if he's left with no other choice. "Then I guess you're left with two options, otouto," he says, surprising the younger brother when he heard a bit of venom and annoyance in his voice. It actually almost sounded like he was trying to hide away his emotions again but the boy heard them. He dared to look at his brother in the face just in time for Itachi to offer, "Option one, I can kill you but with that same sword, I'll take my own life." If he wasn't already confusing enough, this just took on a whole other level when Sasuke heard that his brother was not only going to kill him but kill himself as well. Killing him, he understood. Killing himself, he didn't understand that. "Don't look so surprised. You think after I just confessed, I'm going to kill you and live with myself? That's another thing I most certainly cannot do, not again. Option two, mate with me and we'll both live."
Forget the whole other level of confusion Sasuke achieved when he heard option one. Option two made his mind a complete blank. He didn't know what to think and he didn't know what to feel either. Could he be anymore shock and confused than he already is? Should he feel joy and let his whole face burst into flames? Should he pale and call Itachi disgusting and a pervert for even thinking of such a thing in this kind of situation? He didn't know what to do about it, because he wasn't even sure he heard him correctly!
"Mate?"
Seeing that face Sasuke is making right at this moment made him look completely adorable. It made Itachi smile at him, something that Sasuke also did not expect ever to see. The older vampire prince explains, "The engagement can easily be broken. It's just a temporary contract while mating is forever. Be mine, Sasuke."
Slowly but surely, some bit of thought came back to the younger prince's mind and with those thoughts, he shock his head. "Now I know you're messed up in the head!" he yells out again, and replacing that knife pressing against Itachi's neck. Didn't expect that really and Itachi lost his smile when his brother did that. "Why would anyone in their right minds want to mate with me after they found out what I've done?"
"Oh I can think of a few things." Using that hand that was on the boy's cheek a little while ago, he moves it a little lower so he could grab the back of the jinchuriki's protector's neck and pull him down. Being caught off guard, Sasuke is now staring wide eye with his older brother's face only inches from his. In fact, their noses are pretty close to touching. "You're beautiful, very talented with your powers, intelligent beyond anyone's imagination, strong willed, courageous, stubborn, emotional, you can be pretty honest at times, and you are a little selfish; but isn't everyone selfish?"
As he spoke, Sasuke could taste his breathe in his mouth. It nearly made him drool and want to taste that mouth he is so close to. Every moment that he's laying there is pushing closer and closer to the edge. He can hardly take it anymore. He wants to kiss this man and be completely devoured by him. From the depths of his heart, his sexual desires for the man under him are beginning to surface. He wants to be kissed and touched like how he always dreamed. He wants to forget the kisses he always received from Naruto and replace it with Itachi's. He wants his older brother's love to make him forget the past and just indulge him in pure ecstasy.
But he knows that he has to resist. Not just for the sake that this whole thing could be bogus, but because of a different reason. However, his mind is beginning to run out ideas on how to resist. All he can pretty much do is try his absolute hardest to tear his eyes away from the gentle, loving eyes staring up at him and keep them away.
"That doesn't answer my freakin question, Itachi! And don't give me any of this 'I love you' crap because I know it's not real!"
"Why can't it be real? Is it because you still think you don't deserve it?" Sasuke stiffened when he heard that but Itachi didn't judge him. He moved his hand back to the boy's cheek so he could force him to look at him again but like he said, Sasuke is stubborn. His face is facing him but the eyes look away with frustrated guilt glowing inside of them. With a voice as tender as his eyes, Itachi tries to explain to him again, "You've already suffered for twenty years. I think that's enough. A human can go to jail for the same crime just as long. No matter what you do or how you feel, you can't change the past, ever. All you can do is move on and continue living. That's what I'm doing and my first step is forgiving you. My second, spending forever with you; rather it's dead or alive I don't care. But I do like you better when you're breathing. Though, the choice is completely up to you. Chose death and we both will die. Mate with me and we'll both live." Lifting himself up, as much as he can, Itachi also uses the help of his hand to press his lips against his little brother's forehead. Feeling that kiss, sending warmth and comfort through his stressed body, Sasuke's resistance finally begins to melt away. He truly can't take it anymore. He's at the end of his wits. The hand that's not grasping the knife is now grasping a small handful of Itachi's shirt. When the older prince moves back to lie on the ground, Sasuke looks up at him; his eyes no longer holding any shock, surprise, or confusion – only the small pleading that everything that was said to him was all true and not lies. Seeing that look, Itachi smiles again – a smile more tender and move loving than the one given in the closet and full absolute sincerity and honesty. Lying completely on the ground, even his hand has removed itself from Sasuke's head, he tells him, "Take your time with your decision. I've waited twenty years for you. I believe I can wait a little while longer."
At this very moment, Sasuke's hands are shaking. Even the one still holding the knife to Itachi's neck is quivering. But despite that, Itachi's eyes do not revert themselves away from Sasuke's face. Which didn't help the younger prince much at all because now he can't keep his eyes away from his brother. It's like they're glued to that gorgeous face of his. But what should he do now? He can't just give in, can he? He wants to but could he? Lifting himself up, Sasuke's back to where he was before and maybe being father apart will help him think more clearly on what to do. Being that close and tasting that mouthwatering breathe, it would have made him chose to give into his desires. Some distance might help, but that idea is a failure because the boy still feels like he wants to let himself give in so long as they remain in eye contact.
"I…I…"
Just like he said, Itachi lies there waiting patiently but now he looks just a little eager as he can hear that his little brother is about to say something – something good, hopefully. But empathy and compassion appear on his features when he sees that Sasuke is having a really hard time. He can clearly see that the boy is fighting between his morals and his own feelings on what to do. It gets to the point that his whole body is beginning to shake in his distress. Still, he doesn't make a move or say a thing.
"I don't want you to die!"
And there it is. He said it.
Realizing that, Sasuke instantly covers his mouth in shock that those words come out. Then he begins to lift the knife off of Itachi's neck. The older prince still continues to watch only him as he can see that Sasuke's red vampire eyes have regressed back to his onyx ones. His shaking hand drops the knife to the floor and then leaking out his eyes became his tears again. He truly could not take it anymore. He had enough. He wants this whole thing to be over. As if his tears gave him the will power he needed, Sasuke lowers his eyes from his brother's gaze and he touches his face to be absolutely sure that he's crying. Seeing the tears, it just made him want to cry some more. All he wants is for this whole thing to be over. He's tired and he wants to stop. So he just lets his words come flooding out. "I like it better when you're alive. When you're moving, when you're talking, when you smile, and when you laugh. I love you so much like that." And there he goes. He said it, and he accepts it fully. Slowly but surely and soon, those words are all he can think of saying right now. "I love you, nii-san. I love you…" But despite all of this, he still curses himself for his weakness.
Now that the knife is removed and Sasuke doesn't look like he's going to threaten his life again anytime soon, Itachi sits up. His brother didn't seem bothered by it since he has his own emotions he's trying to gain control over again but now he's sitting on Itachi's lap with his legs on both sides of him and his face looking down at the lap instead of his older brother's face with tears dripping down like rain. Too bad. He would have seen the pure and sincere love being the only thing appearing in Itachi's eyes. His hand rises up to Sasuke's and again he strokes that cheek with gentle care and reassuring, wiping away those tears. He can tell surely by now that his little brother is probably in a very fragile emotional state right now. One wrong move from here on out and the boy will crack down into nothing. From here on out, everything must be gentle and true.
"Be mine, Sasuke," he repeats. This time, the younger Uchiha looks at him and with his face up, both of them are so close. Itachi's gentle eyes look directly into his little brother's dark, glossy ones that look like dark pools of endless emotions. All of them swimming around inside and representing everything that he feels right now. Sorrow, guilt, joy, and relief. He's still so sorry but at the same time, he's happy. With their mouths so close, Sasuke can taste his brother's breathe again and the very words he speaks as he says, "From this moment on, I will love you and you alone, my foolish little brother."
With those final words, he closes the gap between them. Upon their lips, Itachi plants a tender and loving kiss. With his hand, he holds his little brother close and he waits for his response. Within moments, Sasuke finally gives into the kiss. No more resistance. No more denial. He closes his eyes in pure bliss and returns the affection as the warmth that came from Itachi's lips spread throughout his entire body. Soon his own hands reach for his brother's shoulders and then they moved to have his arms circle around his neck and deepen the kiss. At the same time, Itachi's hand moves from Sasuke's cheek to the back of his head. Itachi's other arm moved to wrap around Sasuke's waist and holds him close. Soon, they were in the same position as they were in inside the closet when they shared their kiss, but there is a difference. Not the clear head or lack of blood intoxicating them both. It's the kiss itself. Back then, it was the taste of the fruit of what is offered if they loved each other but now, it's the fruit itself.
Yes, this is it. This is the end of their aching separation and the start of their together.
Having read the last pages of the journal, the group was almost speechless. Many just didn't know what to say and some didn't want to say anything in spite of what they just read. However, Kimimaro was able to say, "This guy…He truly loved Itachi-sama, didn't he?"
Seeing the sadness his lover has for this human they have never met and would never be able to, Juugo places a comforting hand on Kimimaro's shoulder and agrees, "Yes. Willing to sacrifice it all to protect Itachi-sama's life and to ensure that he continues to live on past his demise with those who care about him. He even noticed things about Itachi-sama that he himself has yet to discover until now. Shisui is someone worth respecting."
And he was the person Sasuke was so jealous about that he sent a vampire-for-hire group after his village. That's something only Naruto knows and as much as it kills him, he's keeping that knowledge to himself until the younger vampire prince is ready to tell them himself. Though after reading the worn-out, burnt journal, maybe it was a good thing Sasuke did what he did. Itachi wouldn't have to deal with the shock of finding out that his childhood sweetheart was a vampire hunter along with his entire 'normal, peaceful' village. Who knows how he would have acted back then.
Closing the book in his hand, Suigetsu then says, "But what I don't understand is if this Shisui guy was telling Itachi-sama all about how people should independently live their lives but still hold that strong belief of true love, why didn't Itachi-sama himself understand it. He's supposed to be a genius right?"
"Even geniuses can't understand everything." Karin said that. The attention is turned to her and Suigetsu is a bit surprised to have heard her say that, and how she's looking down at the ground with sympathy and sorrow on her face with clenched fists. "Just because you're brilliant about one thing, it doesn't mean you're brilliant about everything. I may not know what Itachi-sama was like all those years ago but how I know him now, he doesn't know how emotions work and can lose control over them easily if he's not too careful. He can hide them, I'll give him credit for that but his container is not invincible. And sometimes…" At that moment, she looks up at only one person in this room as if what she is about to say next is meant directly for him. That person being Suigetsu. "Things just need to be explained to you no matter how simple they could be. Simpletons only understand simple things as geniuses only get the complex stuff."
Now Suigetsu is look at her with a bewildered. This time, he really didn't know what to that. After Karin stares at him for a moment, she looks away. Everyone, except Suigetsu, understood what she meant by that. Even her hidden meaning behind it all.
"Karin, where is Itachi and Sasuke now?" Naruto asks, gaining her attention. Unlike how he was before, he's calmed down. Especially after reading all of that. "I'm not worried about anything bad happening between them anymore. I just wanna know if they're together or not."
Understanding what he's saying, she nods. Then like before, she closes her eyes and concentrates. "They're together, in that same spot as they were before and…" Then her eyes shot open and her cheeks instantly bloom red. Well that's sudden change.
Being only a bit concerned, Kimimaro asks, "Karin-san, what is it?"
Looking at everyone as if she just noticed that they all circled her and watched her, waiting for her report, she suddenly looks really nervous and almost embarrassed. What does she have to be embarrassed about?
"We should leave them alone I believe!" she exclaims. Okay, that's weird. With a fake smile on her face, her cheeks still red, and some sweat beginning to appear on her temples, she tells everyone, mostly Naruto, "They don't need to be bothered and they don't need supervising. They'll be just fine. We'll watch you for the night, Naruto-sama. No problem. You're hungry right?"
Yeah, really weird. But Suigetsu got it instantly and a wide toothy grin appears on his face.
"Don't tell me. Those two are mating, aren't they?" Instantly as soon as she heard that, Karin drops the smile and her face shoots up red as blood also begins to ooze out of her nose.
No way!
I swear to you all! The next chapter will have lemon in it. It was supposed to be in this one but the chapter got too long and I ran out of time. Oh well…
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