Naruto Oneshots (X Reader)

itachi: i thought you were dead

Content: Fluff, angst
Setting: 5 years after Itachi killed the Uchiha clan, you're Y/N Uchiha, 18 years old.

Flashback...

Two weeks before your planned coup d'état against Konoha, your long time best friend and crush, Itachi, seemed off. He spent more time with Lord Third and his council. He was always busy and distanced himself from you, which he would never do purposely. You had a grave feeling that, what if he planned to stop it? You didn't want to overthrow the village either, but it was your clan and you had to support them. Itachi wouldn't dare do something to your clan... would he?

Every time he was around you, you'd feel a menacing aura coming from him. Something wasn't right, and you felt like your life was in danger. Because of your strong instinct, you did an extremely spontaneous thing:

Fake your death.

You loved Itachi ever since you two were kids, so you can't bear leaving him and your family. However, he knows something you don't. But whenever you asked him about it, he dismissed it and changed the topic.

To fake your death, you had to think of ways to do it. Get a clone to die? But they disappear after being hit! A suicide note? Maybe that could work... Or should you just disappear without saying anything?Maybe that would be lighter on Itachi and your family.

You catch Itachi as he walks out of the village, probably for a mission.

"Hey, do you have 5 minutes to talk?" you ask as you put your hand gently on his shoulder.

He shudders at your touch, "I can't, Y/N. Sorry."

He shakes your hand off and walks away.

"You know I love you, right? I always will, even when you're not being yourself right now. That's all. Bye, Itachi," you confess.

You turn around and walk away, tears streaming down your cheeks.

Itachi stopped in his tracks, but continued walking away, regret slowly filling him.

You were called for a mission with your team. You had to find and get rid of 4 sound ninja that were seen around the area, spying on the village.

When you found them, everybody broke out into a fight. This was your chance to escape. You spawned a few clones, created a big fire ball and escaped through the trees after leaving some blood behind. You took a long journey to Kirigakure, the hidden mist village. But why the blood mist village? To get stronger.

You went to the Mizukage's office where he was intrigued that you, an Uchiha, would escape and look to live elsewhere. You were accepted to move and so you did. You got money from small missions but you had to do everything solo.

Meanwhile in Konoha...

"What do you mean Y/N is gone?" Itachi asks.

Hiruzen sighs, "She disappeared during a fight. There was blood trailing away from the village."

Itachi couldn't believe what he was hearing. "She must be alive. There's no way she would die to scum sound ninja."

Lord Third gives him a sympathetic look, "Son, I don't know what to tell you. Let's just hope she makes it back... if she's alive."

Itachi's eyes glow bright red as tears well up in his eyes. "Can't we send people to search?"

"We already did. Sorry, Itachi," he says as he shakes his head.

Itachi picks up his feet and walks out of his office. How could you be gone so quickly? What makes him feel even worse is that your last conversation with him was not a good one. He pushed you away when you showed concern for him. You told him you loved him, but he was distant and cold. He was doing this so your death wouldn't give him a heavy heart. But now, he was unprepared and he regret everything.

He still had to do his mission. For Konoha.

Present...

5 years have gone by, and you turned 18. You became a jōnin and you went to celebrate by eating at a restaurant with friends. You were having an amazing time chatting away and stuffing your face with food, until you felt a familiar aura.

A menacing aura. An aura you felt 5 years ago before you faked your death. It was even worse this time.

Was that really him? Couldn't it just be some other criminal? No... you knew that chakra too well.

After dinner, you pay the bill and walk out of the restaurant, the feeling still lingering in your mind.

You talk to your friends outside of the restaurant, but you catch vivid sharingan eyes staring right into yours through the light mist.

Your breath hitches and you excuse yourself to run home. Word got around that he killed the clan after you "died", and you knew he was eventually coming for you next.

You run until you're out of breath. You turn around to find Itachi towering over you, looking at you with no emotion.

"Who are you?" he asks, eyebrows furrowed.

"Who are you? Stop following me!" you demand.

"Who are you." Itachi asks once again in a colder tone.

"My name is... Ren." you lie.

He stares into your eyes as they harden at the sight of him. The boy you loved so much was in front of you, but you have no choice but to pretend like you're not an Uchiha.

"Ren what?" he asks.

You glare at him, "Just Ren. Leave me alone, I haven't done anything to you."

"Yes you did, Y/N. You left me without a word 5 years ago. I know it's you, and I want answers," he says.

You frown and summon mist to cover you, "That girl you speak of is not me. I'm from the hidden mist, and I always have been."

You feel Itachi's chakra behind you once again, and you back away without sound.

"Have you come here to kill me, Itachi Uchiha?" you ask.

"It's too late for that. I see right through you and your mist," he replies, "Shall I put you in a genjutsu to reveal your past?"

You keep your mist going so he can't look you in the eyes.

"Tell me why she left you," you ask him, dumbfounded. What did he think happened to you?

He hesitates before responding, "She knew I was going to kill my clan. To kill her. And she faked her death and moved to the Mist."

You take a deep breath. He knew that you knew.

He goes on, "But the truth is, I wasn't going to kill her. I couldn't bring myself to, especially after she told me she loved me. I tried so hard to make it easier on me."

Tears fill your eyes and you try to keep your composure, "Itachi... what you did was terrible. You killed my parents."

The heavy mist disappeared and you two stand a distance from each other, staring into each other's sharingan.

"It was either hurting the entire village, including you and Sasuke, or everyone but you two," he explains.

You shake your head, "How could the Hokage allow that... to wipe out a whole clan?"

Itachi walks towards you slowly, "Y/N, I see that you fit yourself in the Mist. But in the end, you belong with me."

You observe as he takes your hair and brushes it out of your face, "I thought you were dead. I regret being so cruel to you before you left. I'm sorry, Y/N."

You smile at him warmly, "It's okay. I understand the pressure you were put under. Even the lines under your eyes got longer."

He smiles slightly as your teasing, "I have always loved you, Y/N. You gave me warmth in such a cold world."

Tears well up in your eyes, "I-Itachi... you protected me when even the Hokage wanted me dead. Thank you."

You dug your face into his chest and hugged him tightly. He was stunned but wrapped his arms around you carefully in return, "No, thank you for disappearing. I knew you wouldn't go down that easy. I missed you so much."

End

holy shit it's my first release in like a YEAR