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

Chapter 187

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You walked toward the fountain, and you saw her sitting there on the ceramic wall surrounding the fountain with her back facing you, she was just swaying her hand in through the water humming her song, she stopped and turned towards you once she felt your presence close to her.
"You have came back...", she said as she eyed you, Itachi and more specifically Tatsu, this new little visitor.

"Indeed...we wanted to go to the tree again and see it, it helped us greatly, and it is the reason me and my family are together now...since you live here for long time...I guess you'd know more about it, more than I found in that old book", you said as her face features didn't change, while she rested her chin on her palm listening to you, she seems to be alone, her husband and son might had gone somewhere else...

"Where is you other friend?", she asked calmly in her silky voice, ignoring your question and referring to Kisame.
"He passed away...things were so messed up back then...", you said with a sigh, as Tatsu was holding yours and Itachi's hands and looking at her amused.

"I can sense him though this water...too bad...maybe if you'd still have some of that elixir I could have reunited you with him again, otherwise...there is another way...", she said, smiling at Tatsu as you narrowed your eyes.
"What do you mean?"
"Make a sacrifice...give me the little boy...and I will-"
"NO!", Itachi yelled angrily interrupting her and holding Tatsu close to him, his Mangekyo sharingan spontaneously activated as a red barrier surrounded the three of you, he was about to use the susanoo.

"We want to have someone back to us, not lose another one!!!", Itachi said angrily as you also activated your Mangekyo sharingan,  this situation reminded you of the first time, when you thought she wanted to take your body, she might want Tatsu's body for her son, you looked at her face seeing her still looking at Tatsu with a smile.

"Now you know how it feels to he a parent...never let anything take your child from you...", she trailed off remaining silent for a while, observing you three, then said:"you changed from the time I have seen you, you are not as naive as before...", she said looking at you then her eyes looked at Itachi, "and you...you don't seem sad anymore, and that dark aura around you is no longer there...", she trailed off. 

"You used the tree's medecine for good...I don't want any sacrifices from you, that's not true...but if you still had some of the elixir, I could have helped bring your friend back...", she said shaking her head no as you sighed in disappointment, there is no other way.

"I wanted to ask you...is there more secrets hidden within the tree's leaves and branches? Maybe something else that can be used for some purpose...", hou asked hoping she would reveal something for you.
"You have got the elixir that can only be obtained once every long years, that's the most powerful thing that can be obtained from it...unfortunately if you tried to pick anything else from the tree other than its flowers, it will wither immediately, and if you tried to be aggressive toward the tree and cut it trying to get its juice...you will actually kill it...and that's somethin you really don't want to happen", she said, the last part in a menacing tone as you sighed and looked down, it seems there it is all you could get from the tree...but looking at the bright side, at least you are safe, you managed to give birth to your son and most importantly, Itachi is back to you.

"Yet...you should know the medicine you have in you will pass down to your descendants, with all it is healing abilities, though its effect will decrease with each generation, until it disappears, by that time...it will be the time for the tree to bloom again, and it is up to them to find and extract the elixir...", she said as you turned around to Itachi, you smiled at him and held his hand then turned to her, "thank you", you muttered as you then turned around again and started to continue your way toward the exit. 

Tatsu was still curious looking back at her holding each if yours and Itachi's hands, he gave her a wide grin as she waved at him and smiled, he then turned around while she disappeared in the water again.

You stood at the edge of the high cliff, finding the bridge you need to cross.