10 Loss and Sadness (1/2)
It had been a year since the academy had started, and Itachi had already graduated and joined Yuki Minazuki's team along with Tenma Izumo and Shinko Inari, creating Team 2. They had already built a great relationship as they've been through numerous missions. Tenma saw Itachi as a rival, but also a friend even if he didn't like to admit it.
The team developed an outstanding mission record during their first year, earning them the honor of escorting the Land of Fire's daimyo. However. during that trip, a masked man appeared and suddenly put everyone into a genjutsu, besides for Itachi and Tenma.
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Seeing the man both Itachi and Tenma grip onto their kunai's. ”Who are you?” Itachi asks.
”I am not someone you need to know” the man with an orange mask with black patterns responds as he lets his aura seep out.
Seeing this Tenma charges at the masked man with his kunai, only to have the man sidestep while slashing at Tenma's throat brutally finishing him.
Seeing this, time suddenly slows down for Itachi as he feels numerous emotions such as anger, guilt, sadness. His eyes turn red, awakening his Sharingan. But, before he's able to react the masked man suddenly appears behind him and knocks him out. He then later wakes up to find Tenma and the daimyo's guards slaughtered. Looking back at Tenma's body, Itachi starts walking towards his body as he suddenly falls on his knees when grief fills Itachi's heart as tears flow out from his eyes.
Waking up Shinko sees Itachi on his knees, with his eyes red with a tomoe, but the thing that shocked her was seeing Itachi had tears. Not sure what happened she suddenly catches sight of Tenma's dead body, with a terrifying gash across his neck. Gasping, she quietly asks ”Tenma is dead?” as she also starts to have tears running down her cheeks.
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Standing in front of a grave was Yuki Minazuki, the genin leading team 2 and beside him was Shinko Inari and Itachi Uchiha both with bouquets of flowers in their hands as they place it down on the grave.
Walking away, Itachi asks Shinko ”What should we do from now on?”