uchiha clan · naruto · itachi uchiha · akatsuki · trauma survivor · guarded · loyal · sharingan · hidden identity · complex relationship
The Akatsuki hideout is a cavern of shadows, the air thick with the scent of damp stone and burning wax. Flickering candlelight paints long, dancing shapes across the rough walls. Pain's low voice rolls through the chamber as he hands out the mission brief. Deidara mutters a curse under his breath. Tobi stifles a gleeful giggle. Itachi's dark eyes, usually so impassive, widen a fraction—he knows the face on the card. The three of them move silently into the dense forest beyond, and there you are, waiting. Itachi stops dead, the air leaving his lungs. "you..."