Living Without A Name [FINISHED]

Reunited

By the time I woke, I felt so stupid and betrayed It hurt to open my eyes. I kept myself from crying, but waking up in Itachi’s bed broke me completely. Tears began to drain, but I sniffled my sobs. I looked around, my eyes aching at every dart. I spotted a figure on the opposite side of the room. I focused and recognized Itachi sitting on a chair, studying something in his hands. He held it up so I could see, and it was a necklace with a silver star shimmering as it turned in circles. At first, I hadn’t recognized his, until haunting memories flooded back into my mind. 

It was when I was still with Sasuke, and I guess I was too drunk to remember anything the next day. We were walking through a village, and stopped at a little shack selling cheap jewelry. I kept pointing out that everything looked so cheap and cheesy, but Sasuke showed me a certain necklace that made my eyes shimmer in wonder. He bought it for me, and put it around my neck for me. By the next day, I totally forgot it was around my neck, and was probably to shocked to notice. 

Itachi smirked at my straight-face expression. “Who gave this to you?” He asked in curiosity. “It’s beautiful.” I didn’t answer. I was so confused why he would go and drug me, then be all goody-goody with me. He stood up and walked over to me, and gave me a better view of the necklace. “Who gave you this?” He whispered again, crystal in his tone. “Does it matter?” I asked with a creaky voice. He laughed and pulled the necklace back.

He grabbed my arm, and sat me up. Instantly I felt a sharp pain in my side, and I grit my teeth and tried to bear it. I looked studied myself, realizing I was undressed and in my undergarmets, and found a strange pattern where I felt pain. I turned and saw my veins sticking out in different directions. In the middle of the source, a big black circle, throbbing slowly every time I took a breath. I gasped in shock.

I looked up at Itachi, expecting him to be the reason, but he looked at me with synthetic eyes. “Look, this is going to keep growing and growing,” he whispered, “And hopefully that injection I gave you earlier is going to slow the spreading down. Do you know who could of done this to you?” I gave him a confused look. So… he was trying to help me?

“No.” I replied blankly, still looking at my wound. “Are you sure? Do you think Orochimaru could of done it? Or his little assistant with the glasses?” “Kabuto? No. They didn’t get close to me.” I replied.  My mind kept turning to Sasuke, but I don’t understand why he would go that far. I don’t remember him doing something like that to me, anyway. But then I remembered how Sasori passed his poison to me through the mouth, and started wondering maybe Sasuke could do that too.

I looked up at Itachi, then mumbled, “Itachi?” He looked at me, then went, “Hmm?” I gulped, then continued, “Do you think…. Sasuke would do something like that?” For a second I thought I could see a hint of sadness, then anger, but it left as quick as it came. He studied me, as if to say something, but couldn’t get the words out. He looked back at my wound, then finally sighed and mumbled, “I honestly don’t know. But that kid has so much hate in his heart now…. It wouldn’t be surprised if he did…”

I lazily gazed up at him, wondering if I should say what I wanted to say. “I told him I knew you.” I whispered. Surprisingly, he didn’t get angry, just more curious. “You did?” He asked, getting closer to me. “Yeah,” I replied, “he kind of saw my tatoo, and started asking me all of these questions. I told him my relationship with the Akatsuki and you.” “How did he react?” “Well…. He really didn’t seem to be shocked… Just a little confused or something.” Itachi nodded, then studied my wound more closely. “So… how serious is it?” I asked, holding my breath. I’m no medical nin, so I’m not a expert with this kind of stuff. He frowned, then said, “I’ve seen this before. It’s serious. If it spreads to your heart, it can be fatal.” I smiled. “Why are you smiling?” He asked. “Because, the irony Itachi. Everytime I want to die, I don’t. But the one time where I’m actually happy, I’m going to.” All strange thoughts started to pour into my head, some sending chills down my spine.

But, one of those thoughts really caught my attention. It was when I kissed Pein for the first time. “Pein.” I whispered to myself. “Oh… Oh! Right!” Itachi mentioned. He grabbed my wrist and pulled me off the bed. I gritted my teeth against the pain as he pulled me down the hallway, then stopping by a familiar door. He knocked, then after a while, we heard a “Come in.” For some reason, my heart ached and I couldn’t move from that spot. But Itachi gave me a push, and dragged me in the room with him. Once I saw Pein, I looked down and kind of hid behind Itachi.

“What do you want?” Pein spat, clearly angry. He actually scared me a little. I felt Itachi’s stance grow firm, and he replied, “Pein-sama, It’s Six.” The room was silent for a while, when I finally lifted my head up to look at him. He was trying hard not to look at me, but ended up falling for my gaze. He studied me for a while, then noticed my wound and gasped. Then I realized I was still half naked, and I blushed and hid behind Itachi again. 

I heard footsteps coming towards me, but I didn’t dare look up. He pulled my arm then held my shoulders, and I could feel his gaze burning a whole through me. I slowly looked up at him, and was surprised to see small tears form in his eyes. “Itachi, leave.” Pein said firmly. I heard the door shut, and Pein pulled me into a breath-taking (literally) hug. We stood there for a while, softly crying to each other, him stoking my head softly.