The Price Of Loving Him... (Itachi x reader)

Chapter 98

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"Weak!!", Itachi said in a stern voice, sending you flying backwards with a punch hitting a tree, as your attempt to attack him has been easily blocked by him.
"That's not what I would expect from an Uchiha, get yourself together!!", he said, throwing a kunai at you that hit you, but then your figure turned into a puff of smoke.
"What? Substitution justu?", he gasped slightly but then you appeared from behind him, directing a kick to him as he managed to dodge it.
You panted for a while, he is still as tough as always, even though you have progressed in your training you still need more.

"What? Is that all? I feel disappointed at your level [name], it's pathetic! feel like I have been wasting my time and efforts with you!", he told you, waiting for you to come at him again. His remarks and sharp words, he does that on purpose, doesn't he? he wants to make you angry, to make you give him all what you have got and not hold back anything.

"Well...let's try this again", you said, closing your eyes to concentrate as you held your index and middle fingers together in front of you, and all of a sudden, you have disappeared out of his sight.
"Not bad, hn", he said with a smirk, still being on guard looking around at the trees and the bushes waiting for your attack.
"Here I come!!", you screamed, as he looked up at the source of the sound and gasped, seeing two figures of you attacking him at once, you and a clone... very good, you're already mastering the clone jutsu, he quickly throw two kunais at each of them, surprisingly they both disappeared into smoke as they were both clones.
Before he could even turn around, you attacked him from behind again suddenly, and this time you hit him, but then, it was him who turned into a bunch of crows that flight in diffent ways.

"What?!", you muttered, a mere whisper as you got surprised by this.

The real you was hiding behind a tree watching from a distance as your third clone didn't manage to lay a hit on Itachi as he turned into crows, suddenly and without you even notcing, he was close to you, so close...
"I'm here", he said with a smirk from behind you, just a whisper in your ear, making you blush from his closeness as well as feeling surprised by his skills in sneaking.
"When-"
"Not bad [name], not bad at all...", he cut you off and before you can even turn around to face him, he twisted your arms behind your back and held you against the tree, keeping a strong grip on them as he placed a kunai against your neck, as your third close disappeared.

"How did you figure out it wasn't me?", you asked while trying to think of something to free yourself, it was actually you this time not a clone, and he held your hands tight making sure you can't perform any kind of jutsu, including a substitution jutsu or a clone jutsu.
"The other clones of you were a bit slower than you, slow enough for me to notice the difference, and also...I know you wouldn't just attack me directly like that, you're smarter than that", he said, still keeping his grasp on your arms, you didn't say anything, he is right, you need to work on this point as well, the speed, and also, you should ask him to teach how he makes clones without the hand signs, this would be so helpful in a situation like this...

"Say [name], can you tell whether this is the real me or it is just a clone?", he asked with a smirk, testing your sensing skills.

"It's you, I know it from your chakra...", you said, getting annoyed as your head has been still pressed against the tree trunk, which was hurtful

"Correct...well I guess that's all for now, you're doing well", Itachi said in a gentle voice now, letting go of your hands as you turned around to him dusting yourself off.

"I'm hungry", you said with a little blush as he nodded.

"Me too, we already brought food with us", he said taking your hand and sitting with you under a tree, as you two started eating.
"[name], don't use the clones a lot, they will drain your chakra", Itachi said as you nodded, he is right.
"I did it because it was training, I will recover quickly", you said with a smile and he nodded at you, you two continued to eat, enjoying the calm and the sounds of the birds on the trees.

"The next time we will train with the sword we got and the bow, also you might consider using your fire jutsu during fights", he said eating a bite of his food as you nodded in agreement.
"And the Sharingan, [name], don't be afraid to use them, so you can get used to them fast", he said as you agreed, then looked at him smiling.
"Any other remarks Itachi sensei?", you asked with a little giggle as he smiled back, then taped your forehead gently with his fingers...
"You have improved your skills significantly, [name]", he said, and when you looked at him, you saw a very sweet smile on his face, he is proud of you.
"It's all thanks to you", you said returning his smile as he nodded.

Lunch time has finished, and instead of heading back, you and Itachi decided to stay there more a little while to enjoy being alone, but to your disappointment, Zetsu had to interrupt this nice time.
"Sorry to interrupt the two of you, but [name] is needed in the hideout. Deidara needs to be healed", he said, before disappearing again in the ground seeing the glare Itachi gave him.
"I guess it's time to head back anyway", you said standing up after cleaning the place. Deidara? This is the guy you have been first brought to the Akatsuki to heal, the time Itachi... kidnapped you, who would have guessed that memory would turn into a sweet one?
"Alright, let's go", Itachi said as you two started heading back to the hideout together.