Itachi's promise: Chapter Nine
Over the next two weeks Orochimaru didn't cause any more trouble and didn't visit the Uchiha house or any Uchihas. Itachi trained with his father each and every morning at eight and trained with Kisame every afternoon at two, Itachi had progressed far in the last two weeks. He had improved his almost perfect kunai and sword techniques, he was learning more advanced taijutsu techniques and wording on jutsus with Kisame. Itachi had just returned home from training with Kisame, when he noticed for the first time since Kisame starting watching him he was completely alone. Kisame wasn't watching over him, no one was. Itachi took in a breath and dashed out his window; he took to the roof and ran along them as fast as his legs would take him. Reaching the roof top across from Sakura's new house he smiled and looked in the window, no one was there except for Sakura playing on the floor. Her 'fake' parents were down stairs, watching television.
"Sakura," Itachi whispered, as he landed softly inside the window.
Sakura opened her mouth to yell his name, when he put a finger to his lips and shook his head.
"Itachi," She whispered, Itachi smiled hearing his name from her lips for the first time in weeks.
"What have you been doing?" Itachi whispered, Sakura smiled and stood up walking over to a pad of paper and a few colouring pencils.
Walking over the pad with Sakura, Sakura handed it to him and he flipped it open. Itachi smiled and looking down at Sakura. She had drawn him and her dancing, exactly they had at his birthday, and then on the next page she had drawn them under the cherry blossom tree in the backyard.
"Itachi, we talked about this get out," Kisame whispered, sitting on the window ledge.
Itachi gave the pad back to Sakura and turned to face Kisame.
"I don't see the harm," Itachi replied.
"Shh, Anbu level ninja downstairs," Kisame ordered quietly, Itachi rolled his eyes and turned to Sakura to see her roll her eyes.
"Itachi, come on. We must go," Kisame told Itachi, Itachi knelt down and kissed Sakura on the forehead before he jumped out of the window after Kisame.
"You worried me," Kisame told Itachi as they were running back to Itachi's house.
"Sorry, I just...had to see her," Itachi replied, Kisame smiled and ruffled Itachi's hair.
"Your father has something to tell you," Kisame said, as they entered Itachi's room the usual way through the window.
"What?" Itachi asked, secreting through his beside draw until he found a small black book.
"What is that?" Kisame asked, never having seen Itachi with the book before.
"Uchiha jutsu guide, my father gave it to me this morning," Itachi answered, Kisame nodded and watched as Itachi put it back in the draw.
"Itachi, are you in?" Fugaku called, heading up the stairs.
Itachi looked towards Kisame to find him gone and then looked back towards his door. Itachi's dad walked in his room and Itachi smiled towards him.
"Hello Dad," Itachi greeted, Itachi's dad nodded and then took a seat on the end of Itachi's bed.
"The academy teachers would like you go and be placed into a genin team," Fugaku said, Itachi smiled and then his smile faded when his father gave him a stern look.
Itachi remained quiet because he knew he his father was still speaker and his father didn't like to be interrupted.
"You will placed with kids, two years older than you and you will be expected to be able keep up and go everything they can do," Fugaku told Itachi, Itachi nodded.
Itachi grabbed his wrists and bit the inside of his mouth, he was advanced for his age, but he wasn't that advanced he thought.
"You will learn more about the genin team, tomorrow but for now you need to get ready, have dinner and go to bed," Fugaku told Itachi.
Itachi looked in his cupboard after his father was gone and pulled out clothes, a bag, weapons and a few other things for the next day. Grabbed everything he needed for the next day, he went down for dinner where his father was telling his father all about Itachi and how he was going to be in a genin team two years older than him. Itachi said goodnight to his parents and went up to bed, lying in his bed and let his thoughts over take him.
"Itachi, he will be fine," Kisame heard Itachi saying to someone.
Sitting up in bed, Itachi looked around his room to find Kisame across the room with Madara standing in front of him. Itachi sat up and looked towards the two ninja.
"What's going on?" Itachi asked in his sleep filled voice.
"Nothing bad, I just need to go away on another mission for tomorrow," Kisame answered.
"What about me?" Itachi asked, more of his senses coming back to him.
"Another Akatsuki named Sasori will take over until I return, he is supposed to be here soon so until then Madara will watch you and introduce you to him," Kisame told Itachi.
"Okay," Itachi replied.
"I know tomorrow is important to you, but I really have to go. I will see you when I return," Kisame said, disappearing in a cloud of smoke.
Itachi's eyes dropped shut again and he drifted off to sleep for a few hours, before heard a different voice talking with Madara.
"So all I have to do is protect him?" A red haired man asked.
"Yes, he will one day become a very important Akatsuki member so make sure nothing happens to him, because not only I will be on your ass about it, but also Kisame might just kill you," Madara told the man.
"Is he stepping in for Kisame?" Itachi asked, sitting up in bed and rubbing his eyes.
"Yes, this Sasori of the Sand Village," Madara answered,
"Hello Sasori," Itachi greeted, watching the man as he watched him.
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