"The Namikaze clan huh?", Itachi took a step closer, his eyes calm, but fixated.
I took a step further back as I kept reminding myself that this is no ordinary Uchiha. My face never gave away a glimpse of doubt as I smirked.
"I heard that the Namik...
"Are you liking what you see?", he suddenly asks, as the weather grew bolder by the second. I pursed my lips shut and swallowed the lump in my throat.
"Yeah", I replied, my stomach twisting into knots as I contemplate whether I should turn around.
"Hanabi", he says, making my breath heave, "look at your eyes", he informs.
In that same moment, a sharp shard of a mirror was pelted my way again, but this time, my arm had moved by itself.
I clenched the my hand around the sharp edges, letting it graze my skin so I can finally feel something.
With a skeptical heart I raised the glossy mirror shard, scrutinizing every detail as I finally stared back into my own eyes. Which didn't have my father's crescent compliment or my mother's three tomoe Sharingan.
What I stared back at were my token of pain, sorrow, and endurance. My flaming red eyes, with its sophisticated pattern, which included the design of a yin-yang. Blades flared in one direction, which were cut in half by a circle. - - - - - - - - - - -
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My eyes were wide as they could get as the memory of what Danzo showed me at the Final Valley executed again in my head.
The sky began to rain even harder and droplets of rain trickled against the mirror shard, distorting the image of the man I was looking at.
"Who are you?", I choked out once my tears have gone dry.
I didn't dare turn around, I only observed the distorted features of the faces through the mirror. The pouring rain made it almost impossible to see the face clearly and I was too in shock to turn around and see for myself.
"You were right Hanabi".
The sky rumbled a blinding strike of lightning, making my body tremble. As a result, I dropped the shard of mirror, making myself flinch when it shattered near my feet.
"It doesn't matter who I was, because who I am is the imposter who unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox".
He cackled out a laugh, which circulated over and over again in my ears. I was simply paralyzed, staring right ahead of the veranda.
My eyes were wide and unblinking. I was still trying to comprehend the fact that I got my vision back. And right now...I was scared...
Scared of what I'll see will make me worse.
Who could it be?
Involuntarily, my shoulders began shaking and I started shedding hot tears again. This will send me over the edge.
I can't take the truth of who this might be...
The man behind the mask...I don't have what it takes to face him.
"Y-you killed Minato and Kushina...", I shrieked, scrunching up my face in pain, "you left Naruto to be an orphan...with a void in his heart..."
I begin sobbing all the suppressed emotions I've hid for so long. They were so great that it echoed right round. This void that occupies my heart...this emptiness...
The void...
My face then unfolds from the pained expression as I blankly stare ahead when...
And this is right where it hit me. The realization.
The realization that was there all along...the realization that I managed to overlook as I sulked in my sorrows.
The realization that-
"The void", I choke out as another strike of lightning roared, "the void in your heart is filled by the people around you..."
Upon these word leaving my lips, my mind trailed off to the one person that came to mind in this very moment.
And so with a shaky breath, trembling shoulders, and a flash of painful memories, I involuntarily whimpered in desperation, "Itachi..."
"You've spun in this void for the past four years and this is your final answer?".
"Yes", I reply with a tearful smile when I recall all the limited memories I have with Itachi, "yes, that's my answer", I repeat to myself. And suddenly, through the endless mourning of the heavens, I feel like the sun might shine through for once.
Yes, it took me endless loops as I kept spinning in the void all this time, but I found it...I finally found my resolve...
I breathed out a suppressed breath as my eyes trailed down to the pieces of the broken mirror.
Via the largest piece out of all the shattered ones, I saw my crimson eyes revert back along the sophisticated pattern. It reverted back to the color of my father's blue eyes and I saw all this despite the rain that disfigured the image.
After all, my father's blue eyes are strikingly taunting just like how my mother's crimson ones bring people to their knees.
Yin-Yang...
"The people you're talking about are in danger, Hanabi"
"What?", I gasped, my blood running cold. My muscles altered rigid as I contemplated whether I should look around, "what are you talking about!?", I demand, feeling my heart go heavy.
"Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha have been abducted".
And just like that, my heart sank in my stomach and my faith shook right where I stood. My heart skipped several beats, hell it even stopped beating as I concentrated on what he'd just said.
"Your faith will shake, Hanabi", Madara assured in a menacing tone, "just like mind did".
Does Itachi even know?
How on earth did he let this happen? I made sure to send him the message...how did the village let that happen?!
Oh Naruto...Sasuke...
"Madara...", I said in a pleading tone, my chest clenching, "...don't hurt them-"
"Hanabi", he cut me off, "it's your fault that you failed to realize how accursed this world is. And those who can't bear the truth, deceive themselves with lies".
"Even after all these long, lonely years, you still deceive yourself with this happy notion. That everything will go right for once".
It's supposed to...
"Don't hurt them", I sternly warned, clenching my fists, but his sole response to my threat was the following...
"You'll see", he menaces, "you'll crawl back once your faith shakes, just like the ones before you".
"No!", I yelled, then twirled on my heel in a flash, but I was too late, because right when my eyes caught sight of him, he was using his time-space Jutsu.
The face...I missed the goddamned face!
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A/N:- So hopefully this chapter was worth your while✨✨You'll see what'll happen next✨✨Also, I kinda went a bit crazy with Hanabi's Mangekyō design, so with crossed fingers I'm hoping y'all like it✨✨
