Chapter 30 - Chapter 28 and 29

Chapter 28

Itachi. My mind went straight to him when I opened my eyes. I rushed out of my room and immediately went to his room. It's empty. I went around the hideout but Itachi was still nowhere.

"Kakuzu" I approached Kakuzu who was busy counting money in his room. "Do you know where Itachi is?"

Kakuzu paused for a moment. "A few hours ago I saw him go somewhere with Kisame"

"Where?" I asked hurriedly.

"I don't know. Sorry, kid"

I went over and asked all the members in the hideout about where Itachi and Kisame go, but they all didn't know. My vision began to blur with tears. I tried to rub the tears away, but they just kept coming.

My ears heard the sound of the diminishing seconds of life.

𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖.

My instincts kicked in and suddenly I had a place to go. Uchiha headquarters.

I found my legs trembling as I saw a lifeless body lying among the rubble. It's him. It's... Itachi. I saw someone lying beside him, unconscious, and I'm sure he is Sasuke. I tried not to fall and walked over to him. I felt a stinging tears gather in my eyes and the lump in my throat made it hard to breath. I can't believe that now I'm facing my biggest fear.

I knelt beside Itachi and caressed his cold cheek.

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"I'm here" I choked. The tears clouding my eyes, I couldn't see his face. "I'm here, Itachi"

I put my head on his chest, can't hear his heartbeat. My heart shattered into a million pieces. Please tell me that this is just one of those nightmares. I'm not ready for this. Will never be ready.

I embraced his lifeless body and sobbed uncontrollably. I gritted my teeth, it hurts so much. I love him, made me always think how to make me always with him. How to make lots of memories with him. Until I forgot to think of a way to let him go.

"Who... are you...?"

I lifted my head and behind my tears, I saw Sasuke was awake.

"I don't care who you are and what relationship you have with him, but he doesn't deserve you to cry like that"

"... You're wrong" I sniffled.

"You don't know what kind of person he is"

"It's you who don't know anything about him!" I screamed in frustration. "You don't know the truth about him!"

"There is no truth in him" Sasuke said coldly, his hand moved to take his sword. "You'll die with him"

"Lay your hand on her and I'll kill you right here, right now"

I turned and saw Kisame stood there, pointed his sword at Sasuke. "You're at a disadvantage in fighting. I'll give you a chance to go with your team and leave this place"

Several people appeared behind Kisame.

"We better retreat, Sasuke" said a girl with red hair. She approached Sasuke and draped his arms on her shoulders. A second later, they're all disappeared.

"You know, didn't you?" I asked Kisame.

Kisame put his hand on my shoulder.

"Why didn't you tell me...?" I asked between sobs. "Why didn't you tell me?!"

"...I'm sorry. It's his wish"

Tears rushed down my cheek. "...Leave us alone"

"Sarah..."

"Kisame... Please...."

Kisame hesitated for a moment before finally walking away. I stroked Itachi's hair as I continued to cry silently. The dark clouds began not to bear the weight of the raindrops and they poured out on us. The sky is crying with me.

"I love you..." I whispered. My hand moved to touch my necklace pendant.

"Secret technique..." my voice trembled. "...New life"

I felt my vision start to blur. So all this time, has Itachi seen the world like this?

𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐼 𝑇𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝐴 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ, 𝐼𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑡𝑟𝑡𝑠. 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑠𝑖 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒ℎ

I coughed a few times before finally swaying and laying down next to Itachi. I continued to stare at him even though my vision was getting blurry. Over time, the world was getting darker and I know, my time has come. I smiled one last time.

Well, not all stories end happily, do they?

I'm sorry Itachi. I know I'm selfish for doing this, but I want you to live.

Live on. Be happy.

you deserve it, Itachi...

***

𝑁𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝐿𝑒𝑡 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐺𝑜

𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑀𝑦 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑙

𝑂ℎ, 𝐵𝑎𝐵𝑦, 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑊𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝐷𝑜

𝐼𝑠 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑦 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑌𝑜𝑢

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒

𝐼 𝑀𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐼𝑡 '𝑇𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝐼 𝐷𝑖𝑒

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CHAPTER 29

"Nice necklace" a girl commented on her father. "Can I have it??"

Her father smiled at her. "Sorry, dear. Not this one"

"Why??" the girl asked. Usually, her father would give her anything.

"Because I have to keep it well. This can come in handy in the future"

"How?"

Her father laughed softly. "If in the future your mother leaves us first, I will use this so she will stay in this world and I will go"

"...Why??"

Her father smiled and stroked her only daughter's hair. His daughter always asked about many things. "Because I can't live without her, Sarah"

Back then, Sarah didn't understand why her father would do that.

But now,

she understood.

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Itachi opened his eyes slowly and blinked several times. He was surprised to see everything was clear and felt the burden on his chest disappear. Itachi thought this was life after death before he saw Sarah lying next to him. Itachi didn't understand. He should be dead.

"Sarah...??" Itachi sat up and shook the girl's body. The girl didn't flinch. Itachi placed her head on his lap and patted the her cheek gently, trying to bring her to her senses.

"...It won't wake her up"

Itachi turned his head and saw Kuromaru standing behind him. His body was much bigger than the last time Itachi saw him. The wolf's eyes were sad.

"Kuromaru....?" Itachi questioned. "What happened to her?"

"She... She gave her life for you" Kuromaru answered with a bitter edge to his voice. "She took your illness with her and now you're my master"

Itachi couldn't believe his hearing. "No... Wake up, Sarah..." His whole body trembled.

"She loves you" Kuromaru told him. "She wants you to live. She wants you to behappy"

Itachi felt the tears flooding his eyes. He hug Sarah body tightly.

"No..." he muttered. "No...! NOOO!!" his scream overcame the sound of the pouring rain.

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"Open you eyes" Itachi caressed her cheeks. "Open your eyes, please... Please..."

Itachi continued to hug the girl's coldbody. The saying goes that there will be a rainbow after it rains. But Itachi doubted that.

Then, the rain started to stop. The sun began to appear through the clouds.

But Itachi knew. His sun has left. No matter how many times Itachi begged, no matter how loud Itachi shouted, no matter how his heart ached, the girl remained silent.

Her eyes were closed.

Forever.

***

𝐿𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑆𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔

𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠, 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑟𝑒 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝐼𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑀𝑦 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑, 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑀𝑦 𝑆𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒

𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑒 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑛𝑑

𝐼 𝐹𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝐼𝑡 𝑆𝑜 𝑀𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝐼𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑠

𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑈𝑛𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒

𝑈𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑙 𝐼 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛

𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒

𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒

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