~ The Black Leaf (new version) ~
A/N: Hello again to this old story's viewers and welcome to "The Black Leaf" for those who went here for the first time! There is a old version of this, only it has three chapters and personally... I don't think it's very good but you can read it if you're curious. It goes under the title, "The Black Leaf (old version)" so yeah. This is a new and improved version of it. I won't update at these days (official!) 'November 12, 13, 14, 15 (morning), 2012' because my exams are on Monday (Nov. 12) and it's the periodical exam so I have to do my VERY best and I'm (of course) grounded at those days. I'll probably update every Saturday, though. If I don't... well I'm either busy, lazy (maybe this will be the main reason... lol) or grounded (I'm not grounded at the moment).
Gah... I'm rank 11 last time... what will be my rank now? Please... let me be in the Top 10 achievers this second quarter... You know... it's annoying if you try so hard and you get so upset that you were only ONE step to becoming one of the achievers... You know why? It is because this girl is dumb at horrible at Math... xD I used to be Top 6 or 7 in my Grades 1-4... (I'm Grade 6 right now) T-T...
Enough with my VERY long rant... On with the story! :D
Oh... I almost forgot! Legends! :)
'talk': Flashback talk, thought
"talk": Speaking
"!": Gasp
(): At the end, the sentence with that mark... well... you'll see because I can't explain it in words...
- Chapter 1: Prologue- Truth
"I need to speak with you... Uchiha Sasuke."
"About what?"
"About Uchiha Itachi."
"..."
"..."
"... What about him?"
"There is a truth about him."
"..."
"The truth behind Itachi and the Uchiha Clan Massacre."
"The truth? What are you babbling about?"
"During some point in time, known as the Third Great Ninja War, a nine-tailed fox appeared in the village; you must know that already."
"... It was said that the Uchiha Clan was behind it. But your clan was innocent but seeds of doubt were already sown. Your clan was moved to a certain part of the village. Actually, that was only did to keep the eye on the clan more. After that, the Uchiha Clan plotted a coup d'état against the village. Your father, Uchiha Fugaku, was the mastermind behind it."
"Still... the village elders, excluding me, assigned a spy to the clan. And that was none other than your older brother, Uchiha Itachi."
"... The other village elders weren't convinced with just ANBU because of that coup d'état. They assigned a spy to the clan. And that was none other than your older brother, Uchiha Itachi."
"Itachi wasn't just any ordinary spy. If I'm not mistaken, Fugaku made Itachi spy the village, too. He was known as a double spy."
'Itachi... you are the pipe that connects the clan and the village. You understand that yourself, right?'
"However... he took the village's side. He was sending intel to us."
"Why? Why would he take the village's side?"
"... You never experienced seeing a war, right?"
"..."
"Itachi, at the mere age of four, saw many corpses around him during the Third Great Ninja War. This made him become a pacifist, a ninja who only aims peace. Someone who wouldn't let anyone play with his clan. But it was already too late. I didn't get to talk to him or the clan in time. He was assigned to do a S-rank mission. And that was..."
"..."
"... was to annihilate the entire Uchiha Clan."
"He completed his mission but there was one thing that he failed to do..."
"He couldn't bring himself... to kill his little brother."
"!"
"Before he left, he warned Danzo with these exact words, 'If you ever lay a hand on Sasuke, I'll send intel about the village to every hostile nation in the world.' To betray his clansmen seemed impossible."
"But how did he kill the Uchiha Clan so easily?"
"Even that's something I don't know. All I can do is guess. But... he must have suffered inner turmoil."
"Lies..."
"..."
"Itachi is evil! He joined that organization "Akatsuki"!"
"He only did that to keep an eye on that organization. He secretly sends messages to us of what that evil organization does every three months or so."
"Lies! He tried to kill me once using his Mangekyo Sharingan!"
"You would already be dead if he was really serious."
"..."
"Itachi killed his parents, his relatives, his bestfriend, his lover ()... but he couldn't kill his little brother. You know why?"
"..."
"To him...
Your life...
Weighed more than the village."
It was just a few days since Sasuke heard the truth. He doesn't know what to do anymore aside from living.
But what he really wanted to do from the bottom of his heart is to...
Have his nii-san here hugging him.
And that was exactly what he was going to do...
Somehow...
- TBC -
"He killed his bestfriend, his relatives, his lover...": Just who is Itachi's lover? It must be a she right? But why would he kill her? Is she a part of the Uchiha Clan? Why would they be in love with each other if they are relatives? So many questions... so few answers...
A/N: Yeah... I'm not quite good with prologues... yet. So please tell me what you think... Next update will either be tomorrow (it is going to be the first chapter), Sunday or on the afternoon of November 15. (since it is the last day of exams and we are FREE! xD) Thanks for reading! :D
Wow... I didn't notice this was so short... I promise next chapter will be 1,000 words! If I don't keep my promise... you can slap me. :P
~nicole9017