chuunin_archive | [Naruto Fic] White Rain Chapter 10

I reviewed Naruto chapter 460. Now it's time for fic. ^^ X-posted to my journal.

Title: White Rain
Author: Zapenstap
Chapter: 10
Summary: [post manga] A mysterious woman arrives in Konoha seeking asylum for herself...and Itachi's children, but she's not everything she claims to be. A troubled Sasuke struggles with suspicion. As Hokage, Naruto needs to navigate his responsibility to the village, to his friend, and to this stranger seeking help. Itachi's son looks just like his father and is desperate to understand his heritage, but Sasuke can't acknowledge him. To earn approval and protect his family, Itachi's son determines to become a Leaf ninja.
This Chapter: Lucia remembers some of the brief time she spent with Itachi Uchiha. Hinata, Kiba, and Shino escort Lucia to the bank. After some inspiration, Itachi Jr determines to approach Sasuke and ask what's on his heart. Conflict intensifies for Sakura.
Notes: This Naruto fanfiction is set in Naruto-verse. I try to keep it as non-AU as possible...
Pairings: Multiple. So far SasuSaku, ItaOC, NaruHina, NejiTen, InoCho.

This Naruto fanfiction is for mature readers!!!! This chapter contains part of an adult ItaOC scene.

If you'd like to see the flavor/style of the story in a sample, follow the first link below:

“We are related,” Sasuke said, “but we aren’t family. No matter your lineage, you aren’t an Uchiha.”

Itachi swallowed. He just couldn’t accept that. “If I have a Sharingan—”

“Better for you if you don’t. If you do, leave it buried. Forget about it.”

Itachi didn’t understand. Did Sasuke just not want him to be blessed by something so precious to his family? That would make sense, but then why would it better for him not to have one? Such an edict went against everything he had been told. Everyone kept asking him about whether or not he had a Sharingan. By everything he had heard about it, it was an incredible gift.

“I don’t understand.”

Sasuke straightened and turned his face away, staring at the mountains rising around the village. “The Uchiha Clan is cursed,” he said. “It doesn’t need new members. It would be better for its accursed history to die with me.”

Sakura walked out onto the porch. She was staring at Sasuke with a stricken expression. Her shock was so profound, it shook Itachi out of his petrified state.

“Cursed? What do you mean?” he demanded. “I thought the Uchiha were supposed to be a great clan.”

“Ah,” Sasuke agreed. “They were great—Greatly feared, both by other ninja, and their own members.”

Itachi felt his stomach clench. He experienced a flash of intuitive understanding. Family members that couldn’t trust each other. Family members that hurt each other. Family members that killed each other. He understood, but his imagination refused to accept it.

Sasuke didn’t allow him to remain ignorant. He leaned close. His words poured into Itachi ears like ice and darkness...

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