Chapter 5

Holding the handle of the  sword in a tight grip you gathered strength and asked, " b-but why Itachi-sensei? Why kill all of your clan?" 


He was unaffected with your answer nor held any kind of expression. " That is none of your business. But since you desperately want to know,  I will tell you. I wanted to test my power, to see reach my limit."


Shock, you just couldn't belive what you heard. He just confessed that he killed his whole clan to test his power without remorse. Anger was rushing in your veins, if you ever felt some kind of respect for him, now it was gone. You felt so much anger that all you wanted was to kill him. 


Then without  noticing what was happening around you because of all the anger you felt, white chackra was flowing  around you. You were looking at the ground and slowly raised your sight to look at the monster that was right in front of you.  He had a shocked expression on his face when he looked at your eyes.  


" Y-your eyes. This can't be." he  whispered but you managed to hear it and ignored it. All you cared right now was to kill the so called Itachi-sensei.  You sprinted towards him and swung the sword towards him but he blocked it with his katana. You tried pushing the sword towards him but since he was bigger and stronger he easily was pushing you backwards, so you retreated backwards to prevent falling to the ground.  Then you  appeared behind him and attempted to strike him, but he turned around and also blocked the attack pushing you backwards just a little. You lost your valance and he took this advantage and  kicked your hand hard, making you release the sword. You landed on the wall of a house,  you  quickly stood up ignoring the pain you felt. 


Itachi seemed exasperated, you guessed it was because he wanted to end this up as soon as possible.  He appeared behind you and  stabbed you. Poof! You were gone and a log appeared in your place. You  attempted  to get your sword but it was in vain you were careless. Drops of red liquid was falling to the ground. You felt a sharp pain on your shoulder  and fell to the ground because of it. You closed your eyes waiting for the final blow but never came. You opened your eyes and looked to where Itachi was but found nothing there. Then you used your left hand to help yourself stand up, you winced because of the wound on your right shoulder. You started to look around but nothing, he was gone.  


You started to run as fast as you could the Hokage needed to be informed  as soon as possible about what happened. On your way to the Hokage's office you noticed the stares the people were giving you, but ignoring it you just kept your pase. In a few minutes you arrived at the Hokage's building and two guards  who spotted  you and stopped you. 


They wanted to know exactly what happened to you and such but you just responded, " Damn it! I don't have time   for this! I need to see the Hokage as soon as possible! Move it!." They didn't move so you just entered by force and started to run towards the Hokage's office. On your way you saw that the secretary gasped but you didn't tell her anything, and without permission you opened the door, revealing a surprised Hokage.  


" What's the meaning of this [Name]!?"   he angrily questioned.You approached him and  leaned on his desk. His expression changed when he saw your wounds but he also gasped when he saw your eyes. " [ Name], your ey-." 


You interrupted him" Sir, I don't have time for this.I-Itachi-sensei.. .he...he just killed his entire clan!" you managed you keep yourself from crying.


 After hearing this he panicked and went outside. He talked to the guard that you encountered earlier, they left as soon as they were dismissed. He then came back and saw you in a really weak state. You were loosing blood and it was causing you a blurry vision  and soon fell to the ground.  


You woke up at the hospital which you already knew, it didn't surprise you at all. You were lying on the bed  but you leaned against the pillow. Your shoulder was bandaged and soon the doctor came in. He just told you that you that you were OK. He also told you that you could leave as soon as possible, but you had to stay home and rest for the rest of the day. You just nodded. 


An hour later you were released  from the hospital and now you were walking the Kohona's streets thinking of what you witnessed today morning. You just were thinking of what your sensei did, and   couldn't believe that he killed all of his clan along with his family. You also didn't know exactly why he didn't kill you, at first you came to the conclusion that he didn't kill you because he didn't want to waste any more time.  Now  that your mind was cleared and thought about it, you changed your mind.If he really wanted you dead he could have done it, it could  have taken him no more that a minute to kill you but he didn't. You kept walking and thinking without hearing your name being called by someone. After about five minutes a hand on your shoulder stopped you. You turned around and saw the blond kid named Naruto, the kid that you met the same day. You looked at him. 


He gave you a worried look and asked " hey [name], are you OK? What happened."


Even though you were upset just seeing him gave you a feeling of relief or happiness. You just couldn't exactly tell exactly why. 


Your expression softened" Yes, I'm fine. Thank you for asking Naruto." You smiled " I got hurt on the shoulder as you can see but it's  not death threatening." 


His face brightened a little " I am glad you are OK!" Then his expression changed, he kind of looked down. " I saw you when they took you to the hospital but...they wouldn't let me in." 


" Really? why didn't they?" you asked.


" Well, as I told you, they hate me." His face became sad and he looked at the ground. 


"But why do they hate you?" you asked, you  just didn't get why people hated a sweet boy like him.


" If-if I told you, you probably would hate me too" he looked away. 


" Try me. I don't think it's  that bad, is it?"You challenged. 


"Well, they hate me because... I hold a monster inside of.. me." He kind of whispered  it and  hints of tears were forming in his eyes.  Even so,  you were able to hear it. 


He attempted to run away but you caught his wrist with your left hand. "Hey Naruto stop!" You pulled him back.Sight." Is that why they hate you? They are just  being stupid. You haven't done anything wrong. Besides, I don't care if you hold a demon or waterer inside of you. All I care is that you are a sweet and nice kid. That's all." You assured him with a smile. 


His sad expression changed for a bit but it changed when he told you " b-but you don't know. The demon is the nine-tailed fox. It-it attacked the village and...and killed people." The last word were said in a whisper.


" Look Naruto, I told you already. I DON'T CARE. The demon that you hold inside of you, might be evil but that does not make you too. People are stupid, they only want to blame some one else  for what  happened just to make them feel better. I  don't care about the fox. All I care is about my friend because you are my friend aren't you?" with a questioning look you asked.


 After hearing the friend part a smirk on his face appeared " you mean, you want to be my friend?." With hoping eyes he finished with the sentence. 


You nodded with a smile, " yes, I want to be your friend." 


 He jumped up yelling" I have a friend! Believe it!." His antics caused you to laugh but soon you were reminded that you needed rest when you felt a wave of tiredness.


 "Naruto." but he didn't stop."Naruto!" you had to yell.


  He stopped and looked at you with questioning eyes. " Sorry, but I have to go home and rest. I am really tired." 


He scratched the back of his head. "Sorry about that." 


You shook your head." Naw, don't worry about it. Well, see you around." 


He grinned" OK. Bye[name]. Take care." He waved and you did the same. You headed to your apartment and soon arrived.  You opened the door with your  left hand making it hard to open the door  but at the end managed to open it. You entered and went to sleep. 


You were awaken by a knock on the door, you stood up slowly and went to open the door revealing the Hokage himself. You bowed and motioned for him to enter. Then you brought a chair and he sat on it, you sat on the bed. 


" Hello [name]. How are you feeling today?." The Hokage asked.


" I am much better, Sir. Is there something I can help you with" you replied. 


He nodded, " I need you to explain what were you doing at the Uchiha Clan?"


(sorry but I am not going to give any details). You just told him that he was going to sharpen your sword and you ended up going there at a bad moment. 


" How did you managed to escape? Why didn't he kill you?" he questioned.


You shrugged your shoulders " I am sorry sir, but I don't know the answer to that question. I mean, he had the opportunity to kill me but he didn't do it. It wasn't because of time, he could have killed me in a minute, but he did not."


" I see." And with that he stood up and left. You wondered why he didn't ask you anymore questions but decided to leave it alone, for now. 


-------------------------------------- A week later---------------------------------------------


For a weeks you trained on your own. And as for now, you were on  a tree branch sitting. Three days ago you remembered seeing something that happened at the incident. At first you didn't remember it because you were blinded by anger but after a few days of thinking you saw the image. You remembered the moment when Itachi was talking with that kid,  the moment he turned away from him,you saw a tear, he was crying.  This brought you to the conclusion  that there were other reasons on why Itachi  killed the clan along with his family. It wasn't because of pleasure, no there was more to it. In killing the clan brought Itachi pain but you didn't know why. Determined on finding the truth you  went straight to the Hokage and informed him. He listened but told you to  stay you of it, and not to tell anybody about what you saw. He said that if you ever told anybody about this you were going to be considered as traitor. You complied.  

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