Chapter 30

Many hours had passed since Itachi had started talking to Shisui, he felt that these hours were some of the best of his life.

First, he was able to converse again with one of his few friends and also a considered brother. Moreover, he also found out that Shisui seemed to have reincarnated in another world just like him, but in Shisui's case, he lived a peaceful life in this world until the day he died of old age, and all that was left for him was to wait for Itachi for one last conversation.

"Our worlds are so different, but it is good to know that you got what you wished for." Itachi said quietly.

He wasn't jealous that Shisui was reincarnated in a peaceful world, in fact he was happy for his friend. Back in the shinobi world, he carried a huge burden due to his eyes being extremely powerful, it got to the point where Shisui needed to kill himself to avoid bigger problems.

Itachi will never be able to forget the day Shisui died.

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"Anyway, I won't take up any more of your time in this space, after all you have some people who would like to talk to you." Shisui said with a relaxed smile on his face.

"Some people?" Itachi said in confusion, he doesn't remember meeting that many people.

But even though he said those words, his heart couldn't help but beat a few beats harder.

Shisui seemed to notice this little abnormality, but he chose not to say anything and just stood up and started walking towards the darkness, and while walking he didn't stop saying goodbye.

"I guess this is goodbye, I really hope you can be happy in this new life of yours, Itachi..." Waving his hands still on his back, Shisui said goodbye to Itachi.

Looking at his friend disappearing into the darkness, Itachi couldn't help but his eyes twitch slightly, this would be the last time he would see his friend, the last time he would probably be able to talk to anyone in the shinobi world.

Minutes passed, and only Itachi was left around the fire that was burning beautifully, the flames seemed to embrace him lightly, looking at the fire he felt a sort of calming sensation. And without him realizing it two people walked up behind him.

The two people didn't make any noise and just stared at Itachi's back, who seemed to have returned to his adult age. From Itachi's back the two people could see the burden he had to carry during his life, the suffering, the pain, the injustice.

And the silence didn't last long, one of the people looking at Itachi's back broke into tears, making Itachi realize that there were two people behind him.

His heart that seemed to have calmed down after watching the flames of the fire, again started beating at an incredible speed.

"That feeling... That aura..." He thought.

Without him realizing it a few tears were already streaming from his eyes, and when he slowly turned his head to see who was behind him. Itachi felt a warm hug on his back, this hug was familiar to him, never could he forget who this hug was from.

"Mom..." He muttered.

"Hn! It's me, Itachi, your mother, Mikoto." Mikoto said excitedly as tears came out of her eyes.

Behind Mikoto, was Fugaku, his expression looked stiff but one could see a trace of happiness at again being able to see his son.

Still with tears in his eyes, Itachi pulled away from his mother's embrace as he bent down with his forehead on the ground.

"I- I'm sorry! At that time-"

Itachi couldn't complete his sentence, this was because Mikoto lifted him off the ground while hugging him again, and when Itachi saw her and Fugaku's faces, he understood.

His parents did not blame him for the decision he had made back then.

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"You have become a great man, Itachi." Fugaku couldn't seem to bear watching the scene of mother and son hugging each other while crying anymore, so he decided to break the silence.

"Father..." Itachi muttered.

Mikoto knew that Fugaku was not the best person to talk to her son, but still, she could see the affection he had for Itachi.

"Did you take care of your brother just like you promised us that day?" Mikoto asked still hugging Itachi.

"Hn! I always took care of Sasuke, even if I wasn't around him, I always checked on him, besides, he seems like he's going to become a good person." Itachi said.

At this moment, he seemed to have calmed down again, the excitement of meeting his parents again was something he had never felt in his entire life. At first Itachi couldn't believe it, but after a few minutes he realized that this was real, and really his parents were standing in front of him.

"You have carried a great burden in the shinobi world... To be honest, I don't think any other person could do that..." Fugaku said quietly.

The tone of pride as he looked at his son was not hidden. For Fugaku, Itachi was his great pride. His son from a young age showed his genius and intellect out of the ordinary, moreover, Itachi showed Fugaku something that the Uchiha had long forgotten.

The conversation between father, mother and son seemed to last seconds, but in fact hours had already passed. Everyone seemed to be calmer, but you could see that everyone had many things to talk about, but it seemed that there was no time for such a thing.

"You know son... We are here to say a proper goodbye, this is probably the last time we will see each other. And for this reason we are here to say goodbye to you, and also to say that you need to take care of yourself." Mikoto said, tears seemed to threaten to come out of her eyes again.

Itachi also understood what his mother was saying, this was the last time he would see his parents, there would not be a next time.

"Itachi!" Fugaku exclaimed as he seriously stared at his son.

Looking at his father, Itachi was unable to say any words. Both father and son seemed to understand each other without having to say a word.

"You now live in a new world, there is no point in dwelling on the past anymore, that which has passed cannot be changed, we are not gods, we cannot change the past because that would be the same as despising the sacrifice of those who have fallen in the passage of time." Fugaku said seriously.

Nodding his head, Itachi understood what his father meant. He was telling him to accept his new life. But to really accept it.

Mikoto also nodded and said, "Gong Yuxian? That's your mother's name in this world, right? She seems to have a lot of affection for you, so take good care of her, from what I can see, she must have suffered a lot in silence all these years."

Looking at his mother saying this, Itachi couldn't say a word, and just accepted everything she said. He knew that it must have been hard for Gong Yuxian to have a son who was cold to his own mother. And Itachi was willing to change, and also to accept this new world.

The moment Itachi accepted his new life, his new world, something inside his body changed.

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