Chapter 6: Bonding With Itachi
Sakura opened her eyes, she rolled to her side and looks at her digital clock 5:00.
"Damn! It's way too early" Sakura thought, but knowing she won't be able to fall asleep, she decided to just take a shower.
After taking a shower, she walked towards her closet and decided to wear a red camisole under a long sleeve off the shoulder fishnet shirt, black shorts 3 inch above the knee, black calf high boots with 2 inch heels, she wears her locket and Akatsuki ring with the kanji symbol for Hime on her right ring finger it's color is pink, she let her long pink hair down and sprayed her favorite strawberry scent perfume, and last she put on her Akatsuki cloak leaving it open.
She walk out of the room and went to the kitchen, when she arrive there, she saw all the members were there and Konan was cooking their breakfast.
"Morning sweetie" Konan said placing a plate of pancake in front of her.
"Morning Guys" Sakura said taking a bite of her pancake.
"Sakura today you'll be training with Itachi" Nagato said.
"Hai" Sakura replied sipping her juice.
After eating breakfast Itachi told Sakura to meet him at the training grounds so they could begin their training.
"Where do you want to start Sharingan or Mangekyō?" Itachi ask expressionless.
"First things first, why did you join Akatsuki?" Sakura ask crossing her arms on her chest.
Itachi stare at her without any emotion, he close his eyes and sigh.
"I murdered my clan" he said opening his eyes.
Sakura's eyes widen "NANI!?... Is... Is sasu-" before Sakura could finish Itachi cut her off.
"His the only one I didn't kill" Itachi said his eyes softening, remembering his little brother.
"Why would you kill your own clan?" Sakura ask utterly confuse.
"Why should I tell you?" Itachi ask raising an eye brow.
"Because... I know what it feels like" Sakura said looking down.
"What are you talking about" Itachi ask confuse but he didn't show it.
"Remember when we first met at Konoha?" Sakura ask looking at him.
Itachi nodded but didn't say a word.
"That was the day my clan was murdered..." Sakura started "In the Haruno Clan the word family doesn't exist, doesn't have a meaning, it was just merely a word... But gaining power and being powerful that's the only thing they cared about... Even if it means killing your own Daughter... Son... Brother, sister, mother, father... If it means gaining power they would do it without conscience, without mercy... My father was the leader of the clan because he was the most powerful... My mother died giving birth to me and my father blamed me for it along with my sisters, the only one who didn't blamed me was... My brother" Sakura said removing her locket and opening it.
Itachi remained silent but he felt bad for the young girl in front of him.
"I was the only one in the clan that was able to gain the Rinnegan and the blood release... Because of that my father wanted to kill me but my brother was there to protect me, my sisters use a forbidden genjutsu on them, that genjutsu could kill anyone who has the Mangekyō Sharingan... And they didn't even felt a thing, and the next thing I knew I activated the Rinnegan and was using the blood release to kill my family, when the rest of the clan found out that I killed them... They wanted avenge them by killing me at that time it was either kill or be killed... So I didn't have a choice I murdered them... After that I burned the village and watch it turn to ashes..."
"And you know what's worse... I didn't even felt guilty and I didn't regret it... The only thing I did regret is not killing them sooner... Maybe if I did Shawn would still be alive right now" when Sakura finish it took all her strength not to cry.
Sakura's eyes widen when Itachi hug her.
"I'm sorry that has to happen" Itachi said, he didn't know why he hugged her, he just suddenly felt like he wanted to protect her from harm.
Sakura smile sadly "Nah it's the past."
"I murdered my clan because they were planning to overthrow Konoha, I was an ANBU captain so I was assigned to spy on the village, knowing that the coup d'état would only escalate to the beginning of another ninja-world war, I became a double agent, I spied on my clan passing the information to the Third Hokage and the Konoha elders, though the Third Hokage ultimately decided to reason with the Uchiha in order to dissuade them from their actions, Danzō Shimura met me secretly and inveigled me on choosing between the village or my clan."
"During the time I began to act strangely and becoming the prime suspect for the murder of my best friend Shisui Uchiha, who supposedly drown on the Naka River, in reality Shisui entrust his his left eye to me, the other having been taken by Danzō, due to this the clan lost hope in me... My father decided to focus on my brother instead."
"Meanwhile the Third's attempts to negotiate a bloodless end to hostilities between the two parties were proving ineffective, so against his wishes, Danzō and the Konoha Council ordered me to wipe out the clan."
"Before the faithful night arrived, I discovered the existence of Tobi under the guise of a vengeful Madara Uchiha who was attempting to rekindle the flames of war in Konoha, in return for not attacking, I offered to help him claim vengeance against the Uchiha for turning their backs on him decades earlier on which he agreed to."
"I slaughtered my clan overnight, including my friends, superiors, family, and lover, prior to killing my parents, the two person whom I was most hesitate to kill, they stated that they were still proud of their eldest son, and requested that I took care of sasuke before allowing a tearful me to kill them."
"When Sasuke returned late from a training session, I spared Him because I loved my little brother, and as per the agreement between me and Danzō, did not want to take the life of the person most important to me... I lied to my brother, making myself out as a villain who had killed their innocent family only to test my capacity, and told Sasuke he was not even worth killing, In addition, I told him, 'You've always wanted to surpass me. That's why I'm going to let you live… if you wish to kill me, then hate me, despise me… and by all means flee, cling to your wretched lif'", I also revealed to Sasuke the secret meeting place of the Uchiha, where He can learn the true history and purpose of the Sharingan... I told him that in order to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan, He had to kill the person closest to him, and that when we mete again, we should have the same eyes."
"Sasuke managed to stand back up, awaken his Sharingan, and pursue me, Upon reaching me, he managed to knock off my forehead protector... I shed a tear as I was picking up my forehead protector, then proceeded to incapacitate Sasuke, who awoke in the hospital, only remembering up to my speech... By doing all this..."
"I hoped Sasuke would take vengeance on me and become a hero to Konoha, thus redeeming the Uchiha name. Hoping that my little brother would someday be powerful enough to kill me, I left the village as a traitor... Knowing that Konoha would still want to eliminate Sasuke, I pleaded with the Third Hokage to keep Sasuke safe and threatened Danzō not to harm Sasuke or else I would reveal everything I knew about Konoha's secrets to enemy nations."
During Itachi's explanation he unconsciously let a tear fall from his eyes.
"Looks like we're the same... Except you feel a shame and guilty... And I don't" Sakura said "your just like Shawn... I miss him so much."
"Don't worry... From now on I would protect you with every fiber of my being" Itachi promised.
"And from now on I would be your little sister" Sakura said smiling at him.
Itachi started at her with soft eyes and smile back.
"Let's star your training... Imōto" Itachi said smiling at her.
"Alright... Nii-san" Sakura said smiling back.
I know, I know it's a short chapter... I'll make it up on the next chapter...
And please read my other story... Back In Time! Genin Again.
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