Naruto - Where the Road takes us

1. Every beginning is Difficult

The little girl sat untouched on the cliff facing the Nakano River, the cliff where she had lost everything. She still couldn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it.

How could she?
How could she believe, that he would just leave her like that?
How could she believe, that he was no longer there, although he had promised her to never leave her ever ?
How could she believe, that she would never see him again, even though he told her he would always be with her ?

How ?

How could she ?

She couldn't, and she just didn't want to. The person who was the most important thing in her life, to whom she had looked up and admired, had now simply disappeared from one second to the other, and what he had left behind was a little girl who no longer knew what to do.

"Why did my brother kill himself?"

She didn't turn around when she felt someone approaching, she knew who it was, which is why she continued to sit on the cliff and let her feet dangle in front of her. The other person sat down next to her and saw at her with a look, that was so full of guilty and regret that it just hurt.

"I'm sorry."

He didn't know what else to say, he wished he could have prevent it, he wished he could tell her that her brother was fine and that it was all a lie, that he wasn't dead at all. He wished it was all a lie to himself but it wasn't and it just hurts all the same. Not only that his best friend had sacrificed himself for the good of the village, but also that what would follow. He wished he could tell her that it would get better but he himself knew, that she would soon be facing much worse and his heart ached just at the thought of it.

"I know."

The girl sighs and now turned her head to him, shocked he saw her now red eyes from which the tears flowed inexorably. It shouldn't really surprise him, he had already thought that this would wake her Sharingan, but he would have loved to spare her that.

"Whatever happens now, I will always love you Itachi, I promise." Itachi's eyes widen when she told him this, he didn't really believe it. Not after what he would do soon and yet it was as if a small part of his so great burden was taken from him and for that he was so gratfull.

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"It seems like... there’s no way to stop the Uchiha’s coup. If internal warfare breaks out in Konoha, the neighboring countries will invade… And war will begin."

Coup d'etat can’t be stopped...

Itachi doesn’t want to hear that from Shisui’s mouth.

Is his best friend really giving up? Can death really change someone to be weak and fragile like that?
Itachi couldn't understand it, did he really want to die? What about Izuna? He knew she would break if he died. Shisui looked at him over his shoulder.

"I was planning on using Kotoamatsukami to stop the coup.. But Danzo took my right eye. He didn’t trust what I was trying to do.. And he will resort to anything to protect Konoha."

Itachi who has been watching over Danzo for years know. That man doesn’t trust anyone. He doubt even his longtime war friend, Sandaime, knew what he’s thinking. That man wants to protect the village in his own way. Itachi feels slight coldness on his back.

"He’ll probably come after my left eye, too…"
Shisui brought his hand to his own left eye. His palms pass through eyelid, and he put on some power.

"Before that happens, I want you to have it."

He grasped his hand in the left eye. Put away his hand, Shisui’s left eye now lay bare, his eyelid closed and fresh blood came out. Shisui’s eye have the Mangekyou Sharingan.
If he entrusts it to him, it means that he gave permission to Itachi to use its power. His best friend’s trust make Itachi’s chest tightened.