Fallen (ItachixOC)

Chapter Twenty Nine

第二十九章

Miyako sat in Sasuke's room across from Sasuke. Karin was with Ainu and the other two boys down in a nearby soba restaurant. She knew that Sasuke's reaction to what was about to be said was going to be unpredictable, and thought that it would be best if Karin, Ainu, Suigetsu, and Jūgo to be away from Sasuke when he hears the not-so-good – okay, horrible – news.

"What did you want to talk about?" Sasuke asked in a bored tone of voice, not really interested in the conversation that was about to take place for he didn't know what was about to happen.

"Nice day we're having today, ne?" Miyako stated, trying to hold off on the conversation and making Sasuke's onyx eyes narrow in suspicion.

"It's raining," he stated bluntly, and Miyako let out a forced laugh.

"I know that. But I happen to like the rain, so for me it's a nice day," Miyako stated, and Sasuke hummed, not believing Miyako's words for a second.

"Tell me the true reason you are here," Sasuke ordered, and Miyako bit her lip, turning to face away from Sasuke as she tried to figure out the best way to breach this particular topic. Sasuke's eyes softened at the nervous girl in front of him as he kicked off the wall and knelt down next to her. "You know you can trust me."

"It's not that. You'll hate me after I tell you this," Miyako replied, and Sasuke looked at her in confusion.

"I didn't hate you after you fell pregnant with Ainu. I doubt I'll hate you after you've said whatever you want to say."

Miyako let out a humourless laugh. "Trust me on this, you probably will." She paused and met his gaze. "Can you sit down for this? It'll make me feel better if we're on equal grounds."

Sasuke nodded and sat across from her on the floor, waiting for her to speak her mind.

It was a few minutes later before Miyako finally built up the courage to speak. "Now, just know I kept this from you because Itachi-kun asked me to. But it's recently been brought to my attention that it'll probably be best for you to know now, from me, than from some other source. Like an enemy."

Sasuke sat up straighter, he could tell that whatever he was about to hear would change things. Though how much it will change, he wasn't sure, but he could take a guess considering Miyako's nervousness.

Miyako took a deep breath in before letting it out slowly in the hopes of calming her racing heart. It didn't help. "Eight years ago, there was unrest between the Uchiha Clan and the rest of the village. This was brought on by the fact that there were rumours that it was an Uchiha who controlled the Kyuubi that attacked Konohagakure seven years before."

Sasuke frowned, having not known this previously, but nodded for Miyako to keep going, wondering why she was bringing this up suddenly.

"The Uchiha were pushed to the fringes of society, and this caused anger within the clan. They started to plan a coup d'état against Konoha. Long story short, Itachi was ordered by the village elders – thinking it was the will of the Sandaime – to massacre the clan, stopping the coup before it could truly begin. In return. He can leave you alive to continue the clan, as long as he became a rouge and joined the Akatsuki to leak information to the village," Miyako explained quickly, watching as Sasuke's face slowly turned to one of shock, horror, pain, and furious anger.

The next thing Miyako knew, she was pinned against the floor of the room, Sasuke hovering above her and hands around her throat. His Sharingan blazed in blind fury and – for the first time in a long time – Miyako truly felt fear for her own wellbeing.