Itachi's promise: Chapter Fourteen
"What do you mean he is missing?" Raiden yelled at the Hokage.
"We can't find him anywhere; we have checked all the training grounds, the cemetery, his apartment and his family's houses. Sensei Tsuneo is nowhere to be found," The Hokage said, Raiden and Takao looked at each other tears in their eyes as they tried to think this through.
"Itachi, would you mind taking Raiden and Takao home for the afternoon and just watching them? I will come and inform what is going on later this afternoon," The Hokage asked Itachi, Itachi nodded and opened the door to the Hokage's office and walked out with Raiden and Takao following close behind him.
"Come on, let's go," Itachi said.
Walking along the streets Itachi stayed ahead, both Raiden and Tadao followed closely behind. Keeping to the main roads Itachi noticed his mum and little brother walking towards him. Itachi looked back at his teammates and pointed across to his mum and little brother.
"Hi mum, hi Sasuke," Itachi greeted, when he stood in front of his mum.
"Hello, Mrs Uchiha," Raiden and Tadao greeted, bowing their heads.
"Mikoto, please," Mikoto replied.
"Mum, can I have Raiden and Tadao over?" Itachi asked; Mikoto nodded.
"Of course, just take care and I will be home in a few hours," Mikoto said, turning into a nearby candle shop and pulling Sasuke along after her.
"Hello, welcome to my candle store," A middle aged lady greeted as Mikoto entered the store and released Sasuke's hand.
The store was packed and Sasuke struggled to stay by his mother's side, as he fought his way through the crowds behind his mother. Sasuke tripped, lay on the ground for a moment before his mother pulled him from the ground and into her arms.
"Come one, Sasuke. We will come back later," Mikoto whispered to Sasuke, as she made her way towards the store entrance.
Mikoto continued to watch Sasuke and not where she was going, when he bumped into something and took a step back. Mikoto looked down at what she hit and saw a woman slightly younger than her sitting on the floor with her bags on shopping around her and a small child knelling down beside her.
"I'm so sorry," Mikoto apologised, helping the woman put her things back into the bags and helping her to her feet after putting Sasuke down next to the child.
Sasuke looked at the girl, her pink hair and the way she refused to look him in the eye.
"I'm really so sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going. Are you hurt?" Mikoto asked, the woman shook her head and looked down at the pink haired child by her side.
"You okay, Sakura?" The woman asked; the child nodded.
"Is there anything I can do for you?" Mikoto asked the woman.
"No, I'm fine," The woman replied.
"No, you have to come over for dinner, so I don't feel so guilty," Mikoto said.
"I really couldn't impose," The woman replied.
"No, please. I live at the Uchiha main house, do you know where that is?" Mikoto asked; the woman nodded.
"Okay, then I will see you for six?" Mikoto asked; the woman nodded again.
"Okay, we will see you then," The woman replied unsurely.
Mikoto almost ran round the market, collecting the ingredients and things she would need for tonight's dinner. She raced home and immediately started cooking, Sasuke sat on the edge of the bench while she cooked and watched as she added ingredient after ingredient into a big pot.
"Itachi," Mikoto called upstairs.
"Yes, mum," Itachi said, jumping down from upstairs and landing in the living room.
"Are Tadao and Raiden staying for dinner?" Mikoto asked.
"I think so, but I don't know," Itachi answered.
"Thank you that's all I needed," Mikoto said, returning to cooking and leaving Itachi to wander back upstairs.
"Itachi, your move," Raiden told Itachi, Itachi nodded and returned to playing a very boring game of cards with his teammates.
Two Hours Later
Itachi, Raiden, Tadao, Sasuke and Fugaku were seated around the big dining room table. Fugaku at the head of the table with Itachi on one side of him and Mikoto's empty spot next to him, Sasuke next to Mikoto's spot. Raiden next to Itachi; Tadao next to Raiden.
"Knock, Knock,"
Itachi stood up to get the door, walked down the hall and swung the door open and froze. Standing on the door step was Sakura's fake mother and little Sakura.
"Sakura," Itachi whispered, the woman glared at Itachi and roughly pushed him aside as she entered the house picking up Sakura as she went.
Itachi followed behind the women, seating himself down in his seat as his father told the women where to sit and where Sakura could sit. It was then his mother came in with the food and set it down and then returned to the kitchen to get more food. Dinner was very awkward for Itachi, he keep wanting to glance over at Sakura when he knew he couldn't.
"Excuse me, I need to talk to Raiden, Tadao and Itachi," A chuunin said, appearing in the dining room of the Uchiha mansion.
The three boys stood up, along with Fugaku and they were directed towards the office. Fugaku took a seat behind the desk, Itachi at his side and Raiden and Tadao to the side of the desk. The chuunin stood across the desk from Fugaku, with shaky hands and sweaty palms.
"Sensei Tsuneo, has been found dead," The chuunin announced, at that Raiden and Tadao dropped to their knees and began to cry.
Itachi watched his two teammates, as he hid the emotions from his face.
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