Broken Pieces (Naruto and Boruto Reader Insert)

Itachi's Ending Part 1

Was this place where the Uchiha Clan lived? Quite honestly, you don't remember ever visiting this place. But by the melancholy in Itachi's gaze,it probably was. Houses had been built before, new people ocuppied them, but once again, they had been destroyed. 

There was a lot to be built, and this part of the village was one of the places that needed to be reconstructed. The momeries that ran through Itachi's mind were probably the good ones. 

He must have felt your chakra signature because he didn't move as you walked to his side. He didn't even flinch when you placed your hand on his shoulder. "Are you alright?" 

But Itachi wasn't very talkative, and he had yet to actually talk about what happened here. Not that you didn't know, you already knew about his past about how painful his life had been. "I just," to your surprise, he began to talk. "All the scenarios keep running through my mind." He turned around to face you, making your remove your hand in the process. "What would have happened if you hadn't saved my life?"

Did that tortured him that much? If it did...With a good reason. Itachi felt that what he did to Sasuke was for his own good. "I don't know, but I'm glad you're alive and here with me and that is what matters." You pushed as you looked around. "I know that although years have passed since that day, and it's not fair that you keep torturing yourself like this. You've suffered enough by blaming yourself for so many years, it's time for you to forgive yourself and start to really live your life."

"What about everyone else?" His clan, he  thought about what would have happened if he had done something else. Maybe they would be alive today.

"They're gone and as painful as it is to day this, the elders would have ftried to find a way to kill all of the Uchiha Clan members, including you and Sasuke.," once again, you placed your hand on his shoulder to reassure him. "The past is the past, beating yourself over that won't bring them back to life. I'm sure that wherever they are, they forgave you and they would like to see you happy."

You've suffered, everyone did but if there was someone who had it worse, that would be Itachi. Everyone knew how much he loved his family, his clan, and most of all, his brother. But as much as he loved them, he loved humanity and peace. That was all he ever wanted, and the Uchiha Clan wanted the opposite of that. That was why he killed his clan. And as if that was enough, he still had to pretend that he hated his brother but inside, he was dying. For so many years he had to live in constant torture, Itachi was just a man to admire. 

"Just remember that we will always be there for you, we can...Learn to live our new lives together, alright? You don't have to do it alone."Instead of hugging him from the side, you took a few steps to face him, and before you hugged him, you smiled at him. Itachi wasn't the most physical person, or verbal when it came to things like this. It wasn't easy to show his true emotions when he made himself hide them for so many years. But he was starting to slowly get used to how you showed your support, by hugging him. Not that he would ever complain, he loved having you close to him...But before he could enjoy your embrace more, you pulled back.  "Come on, it's getting late and you haven't eaten anything."

He didn't protest as he was being pulled away from the sea of bad memories. All he took notice was the way your hand fit so well with his, the way the heat that emanated from your hand sealed to not only his hand, but it also seemed to want his chest. 

Who could have thought that just when you saved his life, he had hated you. It was the  that, with time, he realized just how much he owed you. You gave him the opportunity to fix a lot of mistakes, and most of all, to fix the path he had  unintentionally  carved for his brother. He he died then Sasuke would have to live with the guilt and the weight of his death. 

Itachi owed you everything, that was he was always willing to sacrifice his life if he had  But he couldn't deny that whenever you were there, he felt at peace, he felt like whatever he had done in the past could be forgiven. With you at his side he felt like...Like he could fly. 

But, so did his younger brother. Sasuke loved you, and as much as he felt like his heart was being torn piece by piece, he could not get in the middle of that. He had brought Sasuke so much pain and he couldn't be the source of a broken heart. 

His heart screamed at him as he pulled his hand away from your warm hold. In doing so, you glanced at him and he couldn't miss the hurt there. But, all for the happiness of his brother, he could live with that.