MY FINAL SOUL

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS. I thought of this story many time, but just needed some time in order to put it together. I also don't any of the songs I use in this story. Hope you enjoy it.

Summary: After Sasuke was told the truth behind Itachi's life, he cries over his brothers lost, while clutching Itachi's body. But, when Sasuke thought of taking his own life right there, he was stopped by Itachi's ghost. But, what would happen when Sasuke travels through time weeks before his 7th birthday, which happens to be less than a year before the Uchiha Massacre? Will he be able to right the wrongs of his brother, or history repeat itself once again?

Prolonged:

"ITACHI!" cried the voice of a young teenager, clutching the body of his dead, older brother. Sasuke Uchiha sobbed into his brother's chest, crying his heart out, from the outcome, of their final battle. Itachi Uchiha. The truth behind his actions, and the history of the Uchiha Clan, was reveled to the young man, by his last living relative. Madara Uchiha. One of the main founders of Konhagakure, the leader of the Uchiha Clan and the true leader of the Akatsuki. The truth about his aniki being a double agent, and preventing on the biggest and most horrible war's of all time, had shaking the core of the young Uchiha. He quickly ran back to the elder, hoping by some great miracle that Itachi had falling into some sort of a coma and would awaken. But, alas, no such luck. The rain, thunder and lighting continued to lash out from the fierce, destructive battle of the two shinobi's.

'No, no, no, no… it can't be real; if, if I had known, I would of… he should have told me. I, I never really hated him, he- HE WAS MY BROTHER!... how- how could they do this to him. Even as a powerful ninja, he hated war, and fighting, and violence... and they- father… the elders…' these were the thoughts that ran through the scared young boy, after he realized what he had done. The one who always held him when he was sacred, the one who would train with him out in the fields, the one has always loved the most in his entire clan… was gone.

The boy's tears stopped suddenly, and his sobbing ceased. As he lifted his head of his brother's chest, we see that his dark onyx eyes have changed. But, instead the sharingan, the once cheerful boy's eyes, looked… dead. "You, you gave everything just to keep the innocent safe, you gave everything to keep the village safe… you gave everything to keep me safe…" as he began, his hand was slowly raising his Katana into the air, slowly beginning to position the deadly weapon to his heart. "You… out of everyone in the world deserved to live for ever." The boy's voice was as dead as his eyes and cracked under every word. "Now, I deserve to die what I've done, I don't think I can really go on living knowing what I did to you… brother." As he whispered the last word, Sasuke's hand; already in position, came down, as the boy's eyes closed, and whispered his brothers name.

"Sasuke" The boy's snapped open at the sound of the voice. His eyes to widen as he sees a transparent hand holding the tip of the blade, that's now inches away from the young boy's heart. His eyes widen even more as he slowly looks up into the face of his older brothers… ghost! The boys' breathing begins to harden, as he shakes almost violently at sight before him. His brother looks back into his eyes… of his Otouto, a sad smile on his lips at the sight of what his brother was about to do. The older Uchiha looked at his brother, who was now shaking madly, panting heavily looking straight into his eyes.

Itachi just smiled and carefully removed the Katana from Sasuke's hands, placing it to the side, not

once breaking eye contact with him. He then waited patiently for his brother to calm down… even though anyone in his position would have probably either fainted at this point, or think that they've finally gone insane.

"I- Itachi, is… that really you?" Sasuke asked nervously, thinking that his mind was playing tricks on him.

"Yes Sasuke it is, at least a part of me. Now listen because I don't have much time…"

"Aniki I- I didn't mean it, well I did at first… but after I found out what happened, I, please, please tell there's a way to bring you back… I never would have done it if I had known…"

"Sasuke…" Itachi stopped his brother, grabbing on to his shoulders. "Calm down, alright, even though I placed the Amaterasu in your eye so you wouldn't know the truth, I figured that Madara would have found some way to in letting you know anyway." He stopped at waited again for his brother to relax. After a few minutes, Sasuke's breathing returned to normal and his shoulders relaxed, waiting for his aniki to continue. Itachi smiled at Sasuke, who still had tears running down his face. He reached up and gently wiped them away. "Now, as I was saying before, I don't have much time, but, there is a jutsu I planned to do if you believed Madara when he finished telling the truth about our clan after our battle. This jutsu is forbidden because the user must sacrifice themselves in order to cast it upon someone else. It's a time traveling jutsu, Sasuke. That means I'll be able be able to send you back in time to any particular moment in your life." As Itachi said this, he had already laid his Otouto on his back next to his body. 'He is serious, can he actually do that… now I really feel like I know nothing about my brother.' Thought Sasuke, as he looked up at Itachi, who had his eyes closed, preparing the jutsu. Although close to him, he couldn't make out any of the words his brother was using. As he made the last handsign, he opened his eyes that had transformed into his Mangekyo Sharingan. Suddenly, his hands began to glow blue, and Sasuke soon found his body getting heavier and heavier. Slowly, two of Itachi's fingers came down and poked Sasuke on his forehead, the same gesture he had always done, but this time, his fingers stayed there. Sasuke realized that his and his brother's bodies were beginning to glow blue as well. "Sasuke, not many people get second chances in their lives. I am not mad at you for what you did, but I want you do something for me, little brother," Itachi paused, concentrating on the jutsu. "What is it aniki?" Sasuke asked, his voice getting softer and his eyes getting heavier. The boy smiled genuinely down at his little brother and answered "Live your life the way your heart always wanted to. Don't let anyone stray you away from your dreams, Sasuke not even me. Listen to your heart and follow your own destiny… but most of all, have fun." As those words left his mouth, there was a large blinding light, before everything suddenly went black.

Chapter 1: The Past

"We're home." Called two voices in unison, as they entered the house, just returning from the Hokage's office, giving him a report of the mission they had in the Land of Waves, which lasted two weeks. Cousin's Itachi and Shisui Uchiha removed there shoes and bags, before going into the living room, (which is attached to the kitchen), where they heard Mikoto. Ever since Shisui's parents passed away, he's been living with his Uncle Fugaku, Aunt Mikoto, and cousin's Sasuke and Itachi. Although they were cousins he has always treated Sasuke and Itachi like brothers, Mikoto and Fugaku like his parents, and in turn; they have done the same to him. After greeting their mom, they sat down and began to discuss the mission, while Mikoto made them some dinner. It was around 9:30 and the last time they was around 1:45 that afternoon, so they feeling pretty hungry. All though out the conversation and the meal, Itachi was more quiet than normal. 'Why do I feel like something is bad is about to happen. No, I'm just being silly, I probably just need a goodnights sleep.'

The Anbu captain dropped the thought, not knowing that he was soon about to receive his warning sign. After they finished dinner, Itachi reached over to grab his cup, which contained the tea that Mikoto just made for them. But, before his hand could touch it, his body pulsed, and the cup; in two seconds, shattered completely throwing the tea onto the table. Before anyone could react, all of them suddenly froze, as a loud ear piercing, terrified scream echoed throughout the entire household. Not wasting any time, the three quickly dashed towards the young Sasuke's room. Fugaku, who was in his study at the time quickly raced out towards that same room as well. However, when he got there, arriving a few seconds before the others, he, and everyone else froze at the sight before them. The young six-year old boy was down on his knees, one hand holding him steady and the other clutching his left eye. But, the thing that disturbed them most was the blood that was… everywhere. Little puddles where on the floor around the young Uchiha. Sasuke, who was breathing heavily, let out another scream, as he coughed up more blood, onto the floor. Although both eyes were bleeding, the left was worst than the right. Snapping out of his daze, Fugaku called out his son's name and rushed forward, followed by his wife.

Itachi and Shisui gasped at what their youngest sibling did next. As quick as lighting, Sasuke got to his feet, grabbed the emergency Kunai that was under his bed and swung it, inches from where his parents had just been. Both dropped to the floor, as everyone looked up as the air around the boy had just shifted. The boy was shaking mad with rage and nobody could understand why.

"Sasuke" Itachi whispered, as he pondered what would be the cause for his otouto's outburst, not to the mention the fact, that both his eyes, and his mouth where bleeding. As if he had heard his aniki, Sasuke's body jerked, raising his head towards Itachi. Slowly, he opened his right eye, shocking everyone. The Sharingan, that had finally awaken within his eyes, they realized was somehow unstable, which made them think that it was cause for his eyes to bleed. The Sharingan was full force, but, when looking closer, the inner part looks as if there was someone actually inside there, trying to break free. Then, in a Trans liked state, Itachi slowly made his towards him, not taking his eyes of brother's sharingan. He slowly knelt in front of him, watching him as his breathing slowly regulates back to normal. Fear, anger, and many other emotions he can see, running through the eyes of young boy before him. As soon as he holds the others hand that held the kunai, his brother's eyes turned to normal; he whisperers his name, then slowly collapses into his chest.

"Well…" said Mikoto. The word was directed to one of the family doctors, Genzei Uchiha who just returned the room, just finished watching his hands, from examining Sasuke. Just after the boy collapsed, the parents went to get the doctor, while the brothers laid their Otouto unto his bed, cleaning up the blood of him and the floor. The kunai was long removed from his hands. They all sat close to the boy, who's been out for at least twenty minutes now, breathing slowly. Itachi, who was closet to him, was using his right hand, slowly and gently rubbing his head.

Genzei-sensei addressed the group, looking at the sleeping boy. "The first thing I can say is that what happened is very unusual. You see, if his Sharingan was already activated, then I would probably assume that he overused it, or its changing stages; but to see it bleed, not to mention be unstable at its first activation stage; is quite the mystery." He pauses for a second and then looks towards Itachi. "Itachi-san, you received your Sharingan through a nightmare close to your sixth birthday, correct." The boy nodded, seeming to understand where his uncle was going with it.

"Then I would assume Sasuke-san must have been trapped in a deep nightmare that not only did his keke-genkei released itself, but wasn't fully stabled, that it started to bleed."

"What do you mean, by trapped in a deep nightmare?" Shishu asked.

"There are many cases where people have been trapped within their nightmares; that most times, it's nearly impossible to awaken them. Other times; and this is rare among both civilians and shinobi's, that the sleeper; like Sasuke, suffers some kind of injury. Sometimes it could be as small as a scrap on the hand, to larger ones like a gash on the leg. There are also two ways that are closely associated with it. There're called "deep sleep" and "dead sleeping"

"Deep sleep is when you; as the word implies, fall into a deep sleep. The sleeper at most times, doesn't move or make any noise at all. They can sleep for a good, long while; sometimes even up to a whole day without shifting. The only movement of course, would be the rising and falling of their chest, to indicate breathing."

"Dead sleeping, again just like the word, is when the sleeper falls into such a long, deep sleep, that many around actually think they actually died in their sleep. This is how they got the saying "sleep as if your dead." These persons can be unconscious in the sleep; trapped within a nightmare; or a dream, so real to them they think that their awake."

"One of the few things that these terms have common is that the sleeper; in almost every case, is that they can't remember how long they've really slept for. I once heard of a girl who fell asleep one Tuesday night, only to awake on Friday afternoon, having no recollection of what happened." The doctor continued to explain, who was now sitting on the floor, next to Fugaku.

He then took a deep sigh and finished with "I'm sorry, but the only way to full understand what happened, is for Sasuke-san to explain the dream to use, in order to get a better understanding as to what really brought his eyes to activate in the way they did tonight."

The light of the full moon is now the only source of light within the dark bedroom. Two figures can be seen within it; one sleeping upon the bed, while the was next to them, sitting on the floor; one hand slowly stroking the others head. Itachi Uchiha sighed deeply, looking again at his sleeping brother, the expressions of worries and concern etched across his entire feature. It's now ten minutes past midnight, and the eldest Uchiha, so far had only left his otouto's side once, to take a shower, to get out of his Anbu uniform. The thirteen- year old let out a sigh, before slowly closing his eyes. 'Sasuke, please wake up… we're all worried about you.' "Itachi?" Asked a soft slightly cracked voice. Said boy opened his eyes and looked, down to see his brother looking back up at him. "Sasuke?"

Chapter 2: Recovering

"Sa- Sasuke?" Itachi asked. Said boy looked up and smiled at his brother. "Hey there, big brother." He said in a soft voice.

"Sasuke are you alright, we're all really worried about you." Itachi said, still rubbing the boy's head. The boy looked into his brothers for a few seconds, and then began to sit up, still looking at his brother. He blinked a few times then, in one swift movement, lashed himself onto his brother. The older Uchiha had to take a few seconds to catch himself, as he was caught off guard. Recovering, he smiled, and returned the hug.

"Otouto, how do feel?" The eldest asked, gently rubbing the boy's back.

"I feel a little dizzy, and my head really, really hurts." He replied, voice still soft.

"What about your eyes, how do they feel? I mean for the way for the way they were bleeding earlier, you might have some trouble seeing clearly…" Itachi trailed off as he saw the strange look his brother was giving him. Sasuke leaned away from his aniki, looking him dead in the eyes, with a confused look on his face.

"My…eyes?" The young boy asked slowly. "Wait, what are talking about, my eyes feels fine."

'They what!' Itachi thought. He must not have remembered what happened, but even so he still must feel some kind of pain since he claims that his head hurting. Right'

Sasuke's body at that time was starting to feel heavier and heavier. 'I don't understand what's going on my heads spinning like crazy, my body feels really, really heavy and I'm starting to feel really dizzy.' Thought the young boy as his eyes began to drop.

"Sasuke, Sasuke. Are you alright, can you hear me." His brother tried to calling out to him, but he was having trouble understanding his words. "Sasuke, Sasuke." That was all he heard as he fell into a deep sleep. Itachi couldn't understand what was happening to his brother. He started remembering all that occurred the past few days, to see if anything could have been the cause to all of this, but couldn't think of anything for what happened there tonight. 'Don't worry otouto, I promise everything will be alright. I promise.'

Chapter 2: Remember

Sasuke was in a deep sleep throughout the entire day. Itachi explained the talk they had to the others after Sasuke had passed out. They all really began to worry even more about the condition of the sick boy. It was now close to dinner time and Itachi, Fugaku, Shisui, and Genzei-sensei were all in the kitchen with Mikoto as she made the meal. The others of course helped were needed. The four shinobi were so absorbed in their discussion, that they didn't realize there was someone missing besides the young sick, Uchiha.

Itachi snuck away from the table to go and check on his brother. Itachi knocked on the door, not really expecting a reply thinking his brother was still asleep and entered the room, closing the door behind him. He gasps silently looking towards his brothers bed. Sasuke was sitting up in a slouched position, hands laid out on his legs and head bowed with his eyes covering his face. If anyone were to look, they would have thought he fell asleep, when trying to get out of bed. Itachi stared at him wondering how to approach the boy, who seemed to be in deep thought. Which was the actual truth. The young boy was thinking about what occurred to him when he awoke a few hours ago.

Flashback:

'Ugh, my body feels like a ton of bricks. What happened to me?' Sasuke thought as he slowly opens his eyes, looking at his surroundings. Blinking slowly, he began to sit up from his laying down position. Suddenly a searing pain shot through his body, forcing him to shut his eyes tightly, grabbing on to his head with both hands. Then, right before his eyes, all of his memories came flashing back to him. The battle with Itachi, the truth and confessions from Madara, the jutsu, then… Sasuke's eyes flashed open, as he tried to remember what happened after that. But, nothing, he couldn't remember what happened after he woke up. Heck he didn't even know if he did wake up at all until just now. But there was a part of his brain that told him, he did, and there a some sort of scuffle, but he doesn't what it was.

'So you did send me back in time after all, uh Itachi.' Sasuke knew what he had to do and he wasn't going to forget his brothers sacrifice to him. Out of all the events of the past that he wanted to change, the he knew the biggest was fast approaching. 'I wonder if Itachi's already in ANBU yet. If he is, then I less time than I thought, but if he isn't… then I might have a chance to atleast prepare him for what's ahead.' Although still shook-up about the massacre, he definitely was not going to allow his family to succeed in their plans of destroying the village just to reclaim their powers to rule Konoha.

End of flashback

Sasuke still immersed in his thoughts, never realized his brother was in the room. The presence of the hand on top of his broke the time-traveler from his thoughts, as he looked up to gaze at Itachi. He realized that he was looking at him softly, as if trying to read his thoughts. 'What happened when I woke up' thought the young Uchiha as he looked at his aniki.

The two continued to look at each other until the eldest broke the contact as he pulled his brother into a tight, but gentle hug. Blinking, the youngest returned the hug snuggling into his brother. 'What should I say to him, before he didn't even know what had happened to him.' Thankfully, Sasuke was the one to first break the silence between them.

"Itachi… I know you're worried about me, but I'm going to be alright, trust me." He said in a clear voice. The eldest realized that although his voice seemed to be better, it seemed to be distant, as if he was talking out into space.

"Are you sure Sasuke?" Itachi had to be positively sure about this, as he didn't want his otouto passing out again, or bleeding for that matter. He didn't know what his brother was thinking. 'He must be trying to remember what happened earlier… I wonder if I should tell him everything this time, instead of just saying his eyes were bleeding.' The prodigy pondered this, as he held his brother closer to him.

"How long was I asleep for Nii-san?" Sasuke asked his brother as carried downstairs to eat, held in his brother's arms.

"Well, let's see. Since you kept woke up before, let's just say a good long while." He replied. As they approached the kitchen, they could hear the others talking. Suddenly, Shushi asked "Hey, where'd Itachi go?"

"Really Shushi, it's only now you noticed me missing?" Said boy replied as he entered the kitchen. Everyone looked up and saw the two brothers at the doorway.

Nobody really spoke during dinner, although they all kept looking towards the young boy, who looks as if he wasn't really there at all. Sasuke kept pondering everything that happened in the past, so he would be able to plan ahead so he can be properly prepared.

Then, the next question that he pondered within his mind was accidently voiced out loud.

"How hold am I?" Of course that statement itself that broke through the silence stunned everyone; making them look at the boy in puzzled confusion.