They were walking down a dark hallway. There were no lights, only a dim shine at the edge of the path. No words were exchanged between the three the before they walked half way.

"I didn't even know this place existed in our village." Tsunade huffed, rolling her eyes. "And I'm supposed to be Hokage."

"Looks more like the dungeons to me." Ibiki laughed sarcastically, earning a sharp glare from Itsuko.

"I've been here enough times to know I'm at the right place. The dungeons are brighter too." She replied softly but immediately, her voice seemingly to be hiding away emotions and stories.

"So, does the place give makes you feel nostalgic? Agony? Or maybe remorse?" A cheeky voice said, as if intending to provoke Itsuko. Ibiki and Tsunade jumped, not expecting someone's presence. Their body stiffened, prepared for any form of attacks.

But Itsuko stood still, gently running her hands through her hair, seemingly calm. The voice was so familiar yet so different. Ibiki smirked, impressed by Itsuko's ability to keep calm. His hands joined each other, making a few simple hand signs.

"Perhaps hatred?" The person spoke again. Seeing her calm reaction, he appeared in front of Itsuko with a big grin on his face. "You are as heartless as they say huh?"

"Not if I care enough to come after you." Itsuko said, glaring at him. "Yuuri Uchiha."

"How'd you fine out? Took you long enough." He laughed before retrieving something from his pocket. He gave it a look, made a funny face and threw it to Itsuko. She stared at it, smirking throwing it back to him along with a glare. "Ri-chan, you changed so much."

"That's my line, Ko-chan. I have questions for you before you finish me. I know I can beat your fellow friends over there but I can't beat you even if I die trying. It's always the same." He stood there completely calm, not even slightly afraid of his death.

Tsunade spoke but was kept out by a barrier. She couldn't enter neither could her words get through. She was completely kept out. All she could do was stay out and listen to their conversation. She tried pounding and yelling but nothing worked.

"Your friend over there seems pretty desperate. How about we share some background story?" Yuuri smirked, glancing over at Tsunade who was trying to get through to them.

"No. Get to the questions." Itsuko said casually, calmly letting her guard down, which caused much shock to Ibiki and Tsunade.

"Why did Ui-chan die?" Yuuri said, his face strict and serious. A painful look flashed past across his face as soon as it disappeared.

"They didn't tell you the truth did they? After his eye got taken away, he doubted his ability to keep the other safe, much more stop the coup d'etat. He entrusted it to us who he believed could bring peace." Itsuko said, her tone with a thin layer of tears and pain.

Yuuri sighed, blinking a few times, preventing tears from falling. "You two did bring peace, in the most bloody way possible. It was completely brutal, we even had to clean up after you. Moving on, have you been feeling okay? Remember that time? Has it happened again?" He asked his question out of pure concern but didn't earn any gratefulness from Itsuko.

It was silence. Her face was blank as she stared at his concerned face. She didn't reply to his question but he found the answer through the silence. "You still go berserk like back then don't you? You really need to get control over it."

"I know." She managed to mumble out really softly before she sighed, making a helpless face.

"Final question, will you actually kill me and let what they made up come true?" He smirked, giving the surrounding and Itsuko a cheeky look.

"The one where they said I killed you? No, it won't be coming true. The you back then was innocent but not anymore. So I wouldn't be killing the you they said I did but instead a sinful you." She answered confidently, not flinching one bit.

He gave out a relief look, "I'm just glad that you're the one ending this life of mine and not anyone else, Ko-chan."

"It's a pity this is how it ends." Itsuko gave him a sad smile, activating her mangekyou. Just as they made eye contact, he fell onto the ground, dead.

The barrier instantly vanished. Tsunade ran across, throwing a fist as Itsuko. She caught Tsunade's fist with her own fist, taking damage surely but not too much.

"You do know, you just committed a crime of murder right? You're going to have to explain this to the elders." Tsunade raised an eyebrow, taking back her fist, healing Itsuko's hand. Itsuko slapped her hand away from healing her and gave her a glare before a small laugh. "Not happening. Those two don't talk to me, my cases are all looked passed."

Tsunade looked at her in disbelief before Ibiki stepped in. "It's true."

"At least care to explain, bringing peace through a bloody way? Did he mean the Uchiha massacre? I thought Itachi Uchiha was the sole person who murdered them all?" Tsunade asked a string of questions. Ibiki gave Itsuko a questioning look.

She sighed, "I'll explain. I did participate in the massacre. Yuuri is the brother of Shisui Uchiha. We used to be a group of friends. All my friends are destined to die in the end. I let him die in where he wanted to be."

Tsunade looked at her in a slight disapproval. "Isn't Kakashi your friend? And others? They're alive"

"...Kakashi was my friend. For the sake of his survival." Itsuko said, her voice soft and painful.

"And would you explain you and Ibiki's nicknames?"

Itsuko and Ibiki both looked away, in embarrassment only that they weren't blushing. "It was a deal we made with each other back when we broke up."

Tsunade blinked twice, "you two were-"

"Well, now that I've explained everything, we're good right? I'll be heading out then. Thanks for the favour, Teddy." Itsuko said, immediately running off.

Ibiki smirked, mumbling, "you're welcome sunshine."