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Memories and Heartbeats Best Forgotten [Itachi]
« Thread Started on May 21, 2007, 1:09am »

Sasuke took a steadying breath, closing Sharingan eyes to the forest around him as he focused his mind and body once more.

This technique was proving more complicated than he'd first expected, seeing as he'd swore he'd have it done by sunset and was still having trouble by midday. The mid-summer heat was starting to get to him, and he decided to take a short break from learning something new in favor of brushing up his taijutsu again (he'd have it down by tomorrow if he had to stay out all night, anyway).

Letting the crimson fade from his eyes, he slid into position, starting off with simple steps and moving swiftly into more complex maneuvers. It required an intense focus and yet at the same time was nearly mindless by now, and he let himself get lost in the routine if only for a short time, the rest of the world fading into blurs of motion as his feet moved him across the clearing. So absorbed in his training he was that he didn't even notice that the two onlookers he had were far from Orochimaru's lackeys.

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Re: Memories and Heartbeats Best Forgotten [Itachi
« Reply #1 on May 21, 2007, 2:05am »

Itachi's form leaned against one of the trees rooted into the ground, the trunk large from a century worth of growth. On the other side he could hear light breathing, belonging to his partner Kisame. His eyes were closed in concentration, restless from the mulling thoughts. A few seconds longer and the Akatsuki would have fallen asleep standing up.

They were dangerously close to the sound village. Falling asleep would not be an option -- Itachi already promised Kisame that he would take the role of look out. Instead, he decided on moving around, to see what that barren forest had held aside from mysterious creatures. Itachi had already concluded the barrier Kisame had set up, filled with traps, would be enough to guarantee the shark-like fiend's safety.

His lids lifted and his form pressed off from the trunk, trailing an open path set away from the traps. Itachi thought about their current mission, and the absurdity that it held. Sometimes he grew tired of the Akatsuki's pressure to carry out dangerous tasks -- on the other hand, he needed them to continue to grow.

Though he was fated to continue thinking in silence, there was a pulling, another presence. Itachi was drawn into the direction, masking himself by pursuing the cloak of the trees. He leaned into a small opening between wilted leaves, only to find a figure that he had pulled from his memories: Uchiha Sasuke.

As he watched the training, the routines movements, he was able to tell the difference between their strengths. Sasuke was far too weak to kill him just yet, as though he had a death wish of his own. Let the kid live, strive, for a bit longer. There would be a time, in the present future, for Sasuke to hunt him down. Itachi was about to withdraw, out of disinterest, back to the resting area.

Until a movement flickered, a distance from Sasuke, on the other side where Itachi stood. There was someone else here? Itachi narrowed his eyes. Had he seen him and came to warn Sasuke of his presence? Whatever case, Itachi knew that he would have to be eliminated from alerting Sasuke or Orochimaru of his--

--suddenly, the leaves of the bush rustled.

Itachi lifted his gaze, his face neutral as a few kunai flagged out in Sasuke's general direction. He figured, at first, that Sasuke would detect the kunai and defend himself. But as the weapons drew closer, Itachi realized that the boy wasn't going to budge. Suddenly, Itachi drew out three shuriken, resting in-between his fingers. His reactions were swift, accurate; he had dispelled the kunai from hitting Sasuke.

This was the last time that Itachi would help, he was sure of it.

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Re: Memories and Heartbeats Best Forgotten [Itachi
« Reply #2 on May 23, 2007, 3:47pm »

Sasuke snapped rather sharply out of his trance at the sudden glint of metal, pulled completely from it by the sound of weapons colliding in midair and falling with a dull thud to the ground. He shifted his stance slowly, letting the Sharingan bleed back into his eyes as he focused on the shadows across the clearing. He'd seen where the weapons were thrown from (at least one of them), and he glared in the direction silently.

Power lay thick in the air, he could feel it sticking to him like the sweat on his skin, the stronger of the two in the brush somewhere directly in front of him now. The two sets of weapons had deflected against each other, so it seemed that one of the two mysteries had stopped the attack of the other (but which, he couldn't determine). The best guess he could manage was that the defending party was one of Orochimaru's lackies, though the person in front of him was most definitely not of that status, and he reasoned that this person was probably the one he really had to worry about.

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Re: Memories and Heartbeats Best Forgotten [Itachi
« Reply #3 on May 23, 2007, 8:16pm »

Itachi eyed the area of the attacker, noting that Sasuke had turned his head. Not only was Sasuke looking at him, but it would give away his cover. The Akatsuki turned to the right, preparing to flee and to retrieve Kisame. This wasn't his fight, after all. Without hesitation, Itachi retreated from his spot--only to find that the attacker had moved in the opposite direction. Because of his movements, he gave away his presence completely. Certainly this would hinder Sasuke from noticing the attacker from behind.

Instead of retreating and leaving Sasuke to the attacker like he had planned, he went off in the direction of the offender. He didn't know why--as several more kunai were thrown at Sasuke--he had jumped out in front of the weapons. Using a few more shurikens, Itachi was able to fend off a couple of kunai. However, this attack came by an abundance of more kunais.

The Akatsuki turned his head, instinct to the fact that he stood behind his brother--only to turn and shove his younger brother down with force. Itachi kept his foot on Sasuke's ankle, to keep him on the ground as he stood tall.

"You're still weak.."

If his voice was taken into consideration, Sasuke would be able to tell it was forced and slightly unsteady. As usual, Itachi's face held no expression. But his posture said otherwise as it started to slump; his left hand lifting to grasp right shoulder. He had, within that second, put the attacker into a mental coma, while using himself to shield Sasuke from one of the kunais that stuck out from his back.

Itachi felt his mouth go bitter with blood.

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Re: Memories and Heartbeats Best Forgotten [Itachi
« Reply #4 on May 25, 2007, 3:51pm »

Sasuke had felt the presence he was focusing on move, too fast for him to follow, before it was behind him and the sound of metal on metal rang in the air again. He barely realized how familiar the presence was before he was shoved down, air leaving his lungs in a huffed breath with the force of the shove.

He winced as the foot came down on his ankle, twisting around just as the words left his supposed protector's lips, his eyes widening at the sight that greeted him. Red clouds on a sea of black, eyes just as red staring down at him impassively. The sudden metallic tang of blood filled his nostrils, and the realization that Itachi of all people had taken a hit for him brought on the shock, swift and strong enough to override everything else.

"Itachi...?"

As he stared in disbelief at the blood that seeped from the corners of his brother's mouth, all of the "why"s fought for a place on the tip of his tongue. Why would Itachi do something like that? Why was he here? Why for god's sake was Uchiha Itachi bleeding all over the forest floor in his place? Realizing that the blood wasn't stopping, he felt his throat go dry. No, he reasoned, Itachi couldn't die, not if it wasn't by his hand, that would just be the final touch to break him, and the irony that his brother would've died saving him was just too much.

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