Valentina's POV
I placed baby Lily on the bed and walked out of the hideout.
My whole body felt tired and carrying a child with me only added more to the stress.
What was even wrong with me? Did I really think that killing her mother and kidnapping her will be a good idea?
Even Sasuke and Karin make better parents for her than I ever will.
I hope that I die during the war so they can take care of baby Lily and I will be gone.
I began to walk where I last seen Kabuto and the masked man.
I could imagine raising baby Lily as my daughter and telling her that her father Itachi and I fell in love and ran away from the Akatsuki. That she's half Uchiha and half nothing because I don't know my clan.
But of course I won't have to give her the talk about her past because I am planning to die during the war.
I woke up from my thoughts as I saw coffins containing some of the Akatsuki members.
Is this the reanimation jutsu Kabuto constantly practiced to achieve?
I saw Itachi and my heart dropped.
"My love", I heard myself mumbled and escaped reality through a daydream.
Itachi and I raising his daughter.
And everything would be fine.
I got close to Itachi's body. He looked handsome as ever. As if he were still alive.
Don't forget to look at Madara's eyes before you kiss him! Love comes through the eyes. I could hear Karin's advice.
Love comes through the eyes and I looked into Itachi's eyes as if he were still alive looking at me and began to lean in to kiss him.
"I never imagined you would be into necrophilia", I turned around to see who had manage to prevent me from kissing the man I loved and saw the masked man.
"I didn't think you would be in here", I said feeling embarrassed and began walking back into the hideout.
"I can tell you love him", and I froze in my tracks.
"Do you think you would ever be able to love again?", his voice mocked my ears. He was standing behind me and I could hear his words on my neck.
I turned around to respond but felt him kiss me.
Love comes through the eyes. I could hear Karin's voice in my head repeating itself like a broken radio, and I shut my eyes as tight as I could.
He pulled away from the kiss and I could feel my face bright red and my knees weak.
We stared at each other in silence for seconds that felt like minutes.
If the masked man was really Madara Uchiha then Madara was a flirt that was used to having things his way.
Even though he was wearing his mask, his eyes showed a hint of playfulness. Mocking me for the stolen kiss.
That made me feel..... nervous. The good kind.
"No", I finally said and he stayed quiet.
"No. I don't think I will ever love again", I said again thinking he hadn't understood me the first time, but he stayed quiet.
I quickly ran away from him. Dramatically. Having nothing else to say.
Something about the masked man made act immature. I was not used to having someone kiss me and playfully flirt with me.
After Orochimaru revived me my whole life was about training, killing, and lying to save my life.
"Where were you? Baby Lily kept asking for you", Karin said as she walked towards me carrying the child.
I extended my arms to carry baby Lily but she refused.
"I want mommy! She's not my mommy!", baby Lily cried as she hid her face in Karin's chest.
I rolled my eyes and was about to say something to convince the child to come to me, but then my heart sank as I saw Sasuke watching us from a distance.
Did he hear?
