I left with first light the next morning, grabbing only what I deemed necessary.
Konoha was a day or two away and I didn't want to wait any longer.

Hopping from tree to tree effortlessly I frowned at the bad feeling that came over me.
I had no expectations from this journey but I had this feeling in my gut that told me it might turn out different than I thought.

I stopped at night making a small camp so I could rest up, I hardly slept my eyes just staring up at the star littered sky.
With the rising sun on my back I cleared any trace that I had been there and continued onward.

It was an easy journey, I had stayed unnoticed and nothing eventful happened until I reached the gates of the village where I noticed the guard lying on the ground.
Rushing toward him I found he was still alive yet placed under a genjutsu.
Had he really arrived here, was it going to be this easy.

I placed my hand on the man's face focusing my chakra to interrupt with the genjustu.
Before he awoke I had already disappeared, even though I now knew he was here I still did not know where.
Sticking to rooftops and well-hidden places I searched the town.
I felt the nagging feeling in the pit of my stomach return as I hurriedly jumped around.

The clashing of steel suddenly reached my ear and I rushed towards the source of it.
Hidden behind the trees and on a safe distance I spotted them.
It really was him, some part of me had wished it had been someone else, that I wouldn't find him no matter how hard I tried.
His partner stood next to him, faced by three people he seemed eerily calm no expression what so ever on his face.
My eyes went to the people he was facing, Kurenai, Asuma and Kakashi.
They seemed to have a hard time dealing with the situation, Kakashi obviously having better chances than the other two.

I was rooted to the ground as I watched the fight continue, was that really the same person, my former best friend, my former boyfriend.
The word stung as I thought it, and I shook my head in obvious denial, it couldn't be.
Not long after they had disappeared letting the others to tend to Kakashi who was obviously suffering from Itachi mangekyō sharingan.

They disappeared as well but I swiftly followed after them, watching from the roof outside his window as they placed him in his bed.
I had no idea why I had followed them instead of Itachi himself, maybe it was the gut feeling.
The door inside the house opened and I watched him walk in, for a minute I just stared before I realized who the boy was.
Sasuke, I thought to myself.
He sure had grown, he didn't look like the little kid I had known anymore, he had matured.
Of course he had, what other choice did he have when he was all alone.
Another person entered, I could see him talk but couldn't make out what he said, next thing I knew Sasuke ran from the room, I saw him exit the building in a hurry and decided to follow after him.

Keeping my distance from him so I wouldn't be noticed I trailed behind him following him to a small town where he searched inn after inn.
Who was he looking for I wondered, the I realization hit me.
Was he really looking for his brother, I could tell just by looking at the boy he was no match for him.
Entering another inn I swiftly followed after, this time he ran further along and stopped at a room knock franticly on the door.
I watched his face fall as the door opened, not whom he wanted I suppose.
He turned back to head back outside and to another inn, as far as I could see it was the last one here.
Once more he ran with me swiftly following at a safe distance behind him, I saw his skid to a stop at the and off the hallway.

I heard him even though I could not see him, his voice muted by the distance between us.
"It's been a long time Sasuke" his voice sounded empty not even bothered by the fact they had been interrupted once again.
Sasuke glared with his sharingan active "Uchiha Itachi" he spoke the name with such hatred it nearly made me shiver.
Another voice popped up, I assumed it was Itachi's partner who spoke.
"Well the sharingan, and he looks an awful lot like you, Itachi who is this kid?" he asked in wonder.
"He is my younger brother" came the monotone response.
"That's strange, because the way I heard it the whole Uchiha clan was wiped out" his partner spoke.
"By you" he finished.

I flinched, I knew he had done it but to state it like that, as if it was an impressive thing to do was just sickening.
I missed the next words that were spoken to horrified by what was just stated.
Until I heard what sounded like the chirping of birds, my eyes looked up at Sasuke, was that Kakashi's raikiri.
"It ends here" Sasuke shouted with anger before charging towards his target.

I was frozen in shock, clearly the kid was much less in denial than I was myself, taking up the role to kill his brother, to make him pay for what he had done.
Had I really been that weak, had I really cared so much I was ready to overlook what he had done that I would just let it pass me by.

The sound of an explosion shook me out of my reverie , creeping closer to the other corner I peeked around it.
Itachi had effortlessly caught Sasuke's hand which had caused the chidori to miss it's intended target and hit the wall.
It was only then I noticed the other boy behind the others, was that… the nine tail kid.
Sasuke roared but it was quickly ended as a sickening crack was heard making it a scream instead.
I felt ready to vomit, I leaned back against the wall closing my eyes and biting my lip.
How pathetic could one get, my hands clutched onto my head as I felt it all slip away.
He truly was ruthless, he didn't care what so ever, he just proven that without effort.
I shook my head he was not who he had led me to believe.
Pure agony surged through me as I lost it, red seeped into my eyes as the sharingan I had not used in a long time activated.

He would pay!

Surely we all know the scene and how it went, well I am going to alter it just a bit.