I Got Hots For My Rival~ Itachi Modern AU [NWA Winter'14 1st Place] REVISED

Chapter 52

~Itachi's POV~

She just has to cause a scene. Who's the boy though? Seems like Anna knew him from America.

I was deep in thought but they broke off when this boy named Dylan said something.

"How can you so casually say that when you're the one who's responsible for his death?!"

What? She is? Is she?

I turned my attention towards Anna who seemed to be in shock as well.

Uh oh. As if she wasn't traumatized enough, he had to go and say it in her face.

"Cat got your tongue? Seems like you don't deny being the reason he died." Dylan smirked.

Alright that's it.

"Stop saying such nonsense." I butted in. I didn't know how much I actually knew about Marcus' death but I knew well enough that Anna didn't kill him.

"Siding with the beast huh?"

"Beast?"

"Yeah. Emotion less witch, I would prefer better."

"Something tells me you were Marcus' friend." I guessed also trying to get the topic elsewhere.

"Were? Yeah, until she killed him!"

"Would you stop blaming her? She had been traumatized by his death! Even before that, she lost many important people! So don't you dare say such things when you don't understand her condition!"

"She has no conditions. It was entirely her fault. At his funeral she didn't even spill a single tear! Is that the content of love she had for my best friend?! Did he even mean anything to her?! I doubt it! I-"

"He would've died anyways!!" That quieted him. I turned my head to Anna who yelled that. She had a maniacal glint in her eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"Oh? You claim to be his best friend and yet you don't know. Heh, I think your friendship wasn't strong enough." What is she babbling?

"I-I don't k-know what-t?" Now he's stuttering.

"There's no point in telling you when he's already dead. Come on Itachi." She started walking and I followed her, thankful that it didn't turn into a fistfight.

~Anna's POV~

Bloody Dylan. We used to be friends but Marcus' death changed it all.

I started walking away from him but stopped when he called me.

"You really are the murderer then! I will avenge his death!" I turned and ducked just in time as he was aiming a weapon at me but it got me somewhere.

I stared at the knife in his hand horrified. I flinched slightly and then felt a warm liquid seeping down my arm.

I looked at my arm and saw blood trickling down and falling on the ground. It was a small cut but a little deep. I never really responded well to the sight of blood.

My head started spinning and I had to lean on the nearest wall for support. I closed my eyes and thought that the headache might subside this way.

"Oi, are you alright?" I heard Itachi's voice. I just nodded my head, not being able to speak currently.

"What's the matter? Not so tough now, are you? Was it all a show so that Marcus would like you? Was it all fraud?" Dylan asked and from the volume of his voice, I assumed he was closing in.

Stop it.

"You lied to him."

Stop.

"You just pretended to love him." He was just a few steps away.

Please.

"You were playing with him."

"STOP IT!" I yelled and stood up. Itachi took a few steps back from me.

Maybe my face looks really scary right now. Oh well, he's gonna pay now.

"Touchy topic. Now let me finish what I was ordered to do." He threw the knife at me.

My sixth sense kicked in and I dodged in time. Turning around, I detached the knife where it stuck in the wall behind me.

"What are you gonna do? I have your knife." I shook the knife in front of his face.

"Heh, so what?"

"Anna, put down the knife." Itachi warned.

"Awwh, I'm just going to give him a small scratch." I told him innocently.

"Put it down right now."

"He's gonna pay. Stand back or you'll be caught in the crossfire."

"Anna." Itachi's voice got more and more serious.

"Let me have my fun." I closed in the distance and when I was about to stab Dylan, I was stopped, by Itachi, who gripped my wrist and smacked my hand that I dropped the knife. I glared at him but then my eyes widened when Dylan picked up the knife where it fell on the ground and tried stabbing Itachi since his back was turned to him.

The next movements were a flash to me because I couldn't really make out when Itachi moved out of the way and when he landed a few hits on Dylan that immobilised him then he took the knife in his own hands, for safe keeping probably.

He dealt with Dylan quite efficiently but I was still a bit unhinged for being blamed for my lover's death, so I stealthily got out my own knife and made way to Dylan. Just one stab would have given me peace. Just one.

I was stopped by the Uchiha again. He flinched then let go of my hand. I was blinded by my anger and rage that I didn't know what had been happening until I saw some blood again.

I took several steps back, realization now flowing into me. Even more blood. But whose?

I-I didn't m-mean to. Wh-what have I done?

When Itachi had stopped me, he must have grabbed the blade, it had cut his hand and it was now bleeding.

"Get away from her before it gets any worse. She would have killed you in this frenzy." I heard Itachi say to Dylan who nodded and left hurriedly.

"Y-your hand-d, I-I, didn't-t mean to-" I started.

"Its nothing. Your wound is much deeper. Come on, let's get this bandaged." He told me. I just shook my head, eyes still wide, now coughs starting to from up. "Come on. It would get problematic if you lost more blood or have too much air exposure to your wound."

He led me to the nearest clinic and got my arm bandaged. I was still in a daze as I sat in the waiting area as Itachi got his hand bandaged.

Why did that have to happen? Why did Dylan had to say those things? Did he really mean those things? Why did Itachi interfere? Why did there have to be blood?

All these questions were flowing into my head, causing my feelings to go in a turmoil. I yanked at my hair trying to ease myself of the pain but it kept growing.

I jolted up when I noticed Itachi approaching with a bandaged hand.

"D-does it hurt-t?" I didn't know why I was still stuttering.

"Not much. You?"

"I...don't know." That's the truth. I didn't even consider that I had a wound deeper than Itachi's.

"Come on." I nodded and followed him.