Arc 3: Phase 2:
Special Chapter: Visiting
Occassion was just a word for a certain raven haired young man. Itachi wasn't even sure on how many times he had secretly snuck in and visited the village just to see the compound, which was now a place of memorial and public attraction to the villagers. He just didn't care, if there was an opportunity, he would often take it much like now.
The young man stood and walked as he explored the rest of the compound, reliving the good old days which was now but a memory in his head. It was all but silent as of now, which he wanted anyway, keeping his cap intact on his head so that no one wouldn't recognize him.
There were a handful of villagers/tourist who were currently present at the compound, it was safe to say that not a single one of them recognized him. His disguised was just enough to make him look like an ordinary person and not the S rank rogue nin that he was perceived to be.
His blue skinned companion, Kisame was somewhere around the village, probably immersing himself with Sake, leaving their own inn room unit empty except for their other valuable things. The man must be enjoying himself and experiencing the life as an ordinary individual.
A dream that the Uchiha himself wanted to have for a long time.
The weather was fine on a weekday. It was not that extremely hot nor the wind that didn't blew strong, it was all coming together in a balanced way. Itachi found himself walking outside of his own home towards a certain area in the compound.
By the time he got to that area, he found himself staring at a familiar house to which was a treasure in his memory.
A small smile began to form around his lips. The very house that he was facing right now was once home to a certain raven haired girl, Izumi was her name, to his eyes, she was the most beautiful person that he had ever met. They were childhood friends to be exact.
Itachi took a deep breath as he then proceeded to enter the very house, which was now but an empty dwelling. Who would've thought that when he entered the place that things from the past were still there, it was exactly the same look that he last saw several years ago, except that it was now a silent place.
The sound of wood creaking as he continued to explore the place, dust and the smell of old was everywhere, he didn't bother to cover his mouth and nose, aware that it would affect his respiratory problems, as he quickly headed straight to a certain area in the house.
Once he got there, he felt as if entered into somekind of time loop. His heart stopped beating for a moment and eyes watched and his mind kept repeating the very scene, happened that fateful night.
He knew that it would cause less heartache when he decided to take her life away first but he didn't knew it would cause a sorrow and anguish that continue to haunt him to this very day. As much as he wanted to spare her alongside his little brother, he didn't have a choice.
He recalled falling into his knees and crying, while holding her into his arms. The only good thing that he take away was that Izumi died peacefully with a smile on her face with the last words of:
"Thank you."
Those words always kept him on the positive side but still it wasn't enough to erase the pain inside that he carried for all these years. Although, his goal wasn't over yet, he still had a little brother to save and he already had a plan for that.
He wiped the tears out of his eyes as he then took another deep breath to release the pressure. It was already enough as he proceeded to leave the area and towards the exit door of the house.
When he was about to grabbed the door handle, he immediately stopped on what he was doing as he felt a presence behind him, and when turned around to face what was from behind, he was greeted with nothing.
Itachi lowered his guard down, he thought he was the only one here in this house or maybe it was just his mind playing tricks on him again. He
always felt that he was being followed everywhere, considering his current status. He already had expected a scenario like that happening.
So far he was just ignoring all of it, all these things were considered a paranoia to him and nothing but trouble that would ruin his day. He just wanted to look and focus into the future.
Itachi was greeted by a lively sun as he stepped out from the house. He felt relieved from the pressure as he promised that he was going to do something new today. He had three days to secretly spend his time here in the village before resuming back to reality.
Speaking of Sarada, how is she been doing for these past days? It's been quite awhile since he had last seen her. He really hoped that she would be alright.
Of course she's alright! What was he thinking?
Itachi sighed, the girl was also one of the reason why he was in the village besides visiting the Uchiha Compound. He wanted to get to know her more and if all of that was true, the memories that he had seen from the girl, then it would be the most shocking but intriguing revelation that he had heard and seen.
He just can't wait enough, but the question was, which part of the village does she exactly lived in?
The question really: What is he exactly going to do?
He had two things in mind.
Visit the bakery shop where Sarada is presumably where right now? or Have a nice bowl of Ramen? which was also suggested by the raven haired girl herself.
Tough choices indeed.
(CHAPTER END)
AN: Thank for reading the special chapter:)