Unforgivable

Run

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Itachi's eyes widened slightly, a crack in his mask for just a split second, but it was enough for Harumi to catch. She bit her tongue. She really wished she was wrong, but with that slight movement, she knew she was right. Her eyes softened immeasurably as she took a step forward towards him, but judging by his stiff posture that one wouldn't notice unless they really knew him, told her that if she got too close, it would end badly. He was on edge, was he angry? Frustrated? Or...was he getting ready to kill her now that she knew?

"Itachi, why did he tell you to do it? And why did you? Did he blackmail you, o-or threaten you? I know you didn't want this, so how did he force you into doing it? Why was the annihilation of a clan necessary? Please, talk to me-" Harumi was saying but was cut off by Itachi disappearing. The hairs on the back of her neck raised.

MOVE Harumi.

She jumped up off the ground as fast as she could and not a millisecond later, Itachi slashed the spot she was standing in with his sword. Her eyes widened and she felt her heart stop. Had she not jumped, she would've been dead. He looked up into the air, his sharingan clear as day. She quickly weaved the hand signs faster than she had ever done before.

"Earth style, earth prison!" she yelled as the ground around Itachi created a larger barrier.

She wasn't stupid, she wouldn't bother fighting him right now, her chakra hadn't fully recovered and she didn't want to test her skills against the boy when he was trying to kill her. So, she ran the other way as fast as she could, knowing he'd break it any moment. Her heart raced more than it had when she ran last time. She didn't want to die, she didn't want to die, she didn't want to die!

'You're so proud of your speed, so let's see how fast you can run before I hunt you down,' he said as he laughed. Harumi could hear that man's words circling her head as she ran, and it made her heart clench.

Faster, faster, faster! She could feel her chakra spiking up at her feet as she picked up her speed, yet it wasn't intentional. Run to live. She had been running her whole life, it wasn't anything new, so her body eventually developed unbelievable speed and stamina. People always praised her for it, but they didn't understand the deep rooted trauma it came from.

Behind you.

Harumi had only a second to dodge the fireball jutsu that was aimed at her. She intensified the chakra in her feet and threw herself to the side as far as she could. Seconds before it hit the ground, it felt like time slowed down as Harumi analyzed the angle and speed in which the fireball was coming. Since she was able to sense it without feeling the heat first, it meant it wasn't as fast as his normal ones which she'd counter or dodge. That meant he was quite a distance away. Judging by the angle, he was watching her from high ground. So...

The fireball came down hard, destroying the ground, but with all her thinking, she prepared her counter move.

"Earth style, Great Wall!" she yelled before the earth began to rise exponentially high. A five hundred hundred meter long and tall wall rose from the ground, providing her a cover by blocking his view of where she was while forcing him to go around it if he tried to continue chasing her. The chakra around her feet began turning electric, causing her to go faster than someone four times her age could using all their chakra, yet this was not her limit. She was trying to save it in case she ran into another enemy.

Itachi managed to go around soon enough, but she was already out of sight by the time he did. He could try and look for her, but he understood that he wouldn't have been able to catch up with her at the speed she was going. What confused him was how she dodged his sword attack, he was very quick. He knew she was faster, but her reaction time shouldn't have been that fast, and she wasn't using any chakra when he did, so how did she realize? He didn't ponder much on it. She was just about as much as a mystery he was, especially those eyes of hers. They were unlike any other eyes he'd seen, those purple ones surprised even his mentor, Shisui.