A/N: Alright so this is a story about Sasuke and Kakashi in a father/son relationship. Fugaku survived the attack on the Clan and as such Sasuke is different. He's not full of hatred and anger. Instead he's polite and quiet. Sasuke is being abused by Fugaku and is trying his best to hide it. Kakashi becomes suspicious of Sasuke and Fugaku's relationship. Kakashi believes that Sasuke is being abused, but without any solid proof and Sasuke not willing to talk. All Kakashi can do is wait for the day when Sasuke finally comes to him.
WARNINGS: Swearing and child abuse.
Chapter 1
Sasuke woke to the sound of his alarm going off. He was so tired that he didn't want to get up, but he didn't have a choice. He hit the alarm button to turn off the sound before it woke up his father. It was four in the morning and Sasuke knew that his father would be furious with him if the sound woke him up. This was Sasuke's morning routine. He would wake up at four in the morning so he wouldn't run into his father in the morning. Sasuke did everything he could do to avoid any time spent with his father. Now that he was out of the academy he had found that he had more time at home than he did when he was in the academy. Now he would be at home unless he was training or on a mission. Whereas in the academy, he would be out all day long and then at night he could stay late to study or to train. Now that he was no longer in the academy he had more time during the day to be home. It also meant that he had more time where he would be alone with his father. It was that reason why Sasuke got up at four in the morning every day. It was so he could avoid being around his father. Sasuke had a set routine on the days where he didn't have a mission. He would get up at four in the morning get showered and eat breakfast all before his father got up. He would then go to the training grounds and train, sometimes it would be with the team sometimes it would be alone. Once it was four at night Sasuke would be forced to go home and get dinner ready for five o'clock. Once dinner was done Sasuke would clean up and do the chores to keep the house clean, all the while he would be hoping he didn't upset his father. Once the house was clean if he could Sasuke would go out until his father was asleep. He would then come back home and sneak in quietly so he wouldn't wake up his father and then he would go to bed and the next day the process would be repeated. The only time it was different was when he had a mission or his father had a mission. Sasuke would pray for those days where his father would be gone on a mission and he wouldn't have to be afraid all day.
This had been his life since the day his brother killed his family. He was constantly having to live in fear of his father. Everyone had been killed, but his father had survived the cut to his throat. It wasn't as deep as his mother's had been and his father had lived. Before the Clan's death his father would just ignore him, but after the Clan's death Sasuke had been living in hell. His father still ignored him, but he also abused him. He would say hateful words to him, emotionally abuse him by telling him that he should have been killed. He would make him train for days straight without a break of any kind if he felt that Sasuke wasn't fair enough along. He would beat him every other day and it would always be for no reason. Sasuke wasn't stupid he knew he wasn't the problem. He knew he hadn't done anything wrong. Sasuke knew it was his father that had a problem and not him. It didn't matter what Sasuke did it was never good enough for his father. There was nothing he could do that would please his father and Sasuke gave up trying a long time ago. Once Sasuke graduated the academy at top of his class and his father had beaten him that night Sasuke knew there was no point in trying so hard anymore. He was never going to be good enough for his father. He was never going to be Itachi, even after all these years and Itachi killing his Clan. His father still praised Itachi and his skills. Sasuke was never going to be at Itachi's level and that fueled his father's rage more.
Sasuke pushed himself up into a sitting position and his hands screamed with pain. Sasuke had forgotten that he had fallen asleep last night before he could treat his hands. His father was furious with him last night for not having a strong enough punch. He had made him punch a boulder in their backyard for ten hours yesterday. It was ten hours without a break and the only time he wasn't punching the boulder was when his father was punching him. According to his father he wasn't punching properly and he was going to show him how to do it. The problem was Sasuke couldn't punch the same way as everyone else does, because of his wrist that was broken when he was ten. It had never healed properly and when he punched the proper way it hurt his wrist. Sasuke looked down at his hands and saw the dry blood caked onto his knuckles. The back of his hands were black and blue from the bruising. He had cuts all over his knuckles and Sasuke couldn't close them without pain. The next thing his mind registered was the pain to his ribs from the punches his father did to him. His father felt the need to keep showing him how to punch properly by punching his ribs. Now his hands, right wrist and ribs hurt and he had a team training session today. To top it all off he was tired from barely sleeping last night. His ribs hurt so bad that he couldn't get comfortable. His father hadn't hit just his one side he went after both sides so no matter how he moved he was in pain.
Up until this point Sasuke had been able to hide all the bruising from everyone. It helped that his father never hit him in the face. The rest of the bruising could be explained by training and sparring. It had gotten worse since Sasuke had graduated the academy, but it wasn't anything he couldn't handle. After all since he was seven this had been his life. He didn't know anything else other than this so to Sasuke this was normal. He was used to being in pain and being tired. He was used to being scared all day around his father. He was used to being afraid to go home at the end of the day. He was used to hiding outside no matter what the weather was until his father went to sleep. Whether that was at ten o'clock at night or at three in the morning Sasuke would stay outside until he felt his father go to sleep. Last night his father didn't go to sleep until one in the morning, hence why Sasuke was so tired now. He had barely gotten three hours of sleep and now he had a full day of training ahead of him.
Sasuke let out a sigh and got up out of bed. His body was sore, but there was nothing he could do about that. Sasuke got up and slowly opened his bedroom door and walked quietly down the hall to the bathroom. He didn't want to risk waking his father up so he had learned how to be completely silent while he moved and got ready. The only sound that filled the house was the running water of the shower. Sasuke's hands hurt worse under the warm water, but he needed a shower and he needed to get the dry blood off his hands. Once his hands were clean Sasuke got out of the shower and got dressed. He opened the bathroom cupboard and grabbed the first aid kit. He took out some gauze and used it to wrap his knuckles so at least it would protect them from training. It wouldn't make them better, but it would give them some protection so they wouldn't get infected. He then quietly went downstairs into the kitchen to make something to eat before he headed out. Sasuke opened the fridge to find nothing in it same as the cupboards. He would need to get a few things later on today for when he had to make dinner. For now though he wasn't going to be able to eat anything. Sasuke grabbed a glass and filled it with some water and drank that. If nothing else at least he had some water in him for the day. He put his empty glass into the sink and then headed out for the training grounds. He was going to be early, but he always was. At least this morning he could sit there and just try to relax his sore body. There was no telling what training with Kakashi would be like today so the longer he didn't have to move the better. Sasuke made his way over to training ground three where they always met up to for team training. Sasuke was the first one there, because it wasn't even five o'clock in the morning yet. Naruto and Sakura wouldn't be there for at least another two hours and Kakashi wouldn't be there for at least another five hours.
Sasuke sat down with his back against a tree once he arrived at the training grounds. He closed his eyes and tried to catch his breath. His ribs hurt and the more he moved the more it hurt and made it difficult to breathe. Sasuke had had a broken rib a few times and he was certain that he had at least two of them and three bruised ones. Yesterday was a bad day, but it had been worse in the past. Sasuke was just thankful that his father never hit him in the face. He wouldn't be able to hide those bruises and he would have to come up with a legitimate excuse as to why they are there. Sure training always worked, but people only believe that for so long. Sasuke knew that today was going to be hard to hide this from Kakashi. Kakashi was always so in tuned with him that he just always knew when something was wrong. He would ask about his hands and Sasuke's mind was working on an excuse he could tell Kakashi. Sasuke brought his knees up to his chest and tried to relieve some of the pain to his ribs. Sasuke took some calming breaths to get the pain to subside as his mind went to work on an excuse.
It was seven o'clock in the morning when Naruto and Sakura showed up. Naruto was as loud as always and Sasuke found that he was getting a headache. He hadn't slept much in the past week due to his father not going to sleep until one or two in the morning. Sasuke was hoping that his father would be going away on a mission soon. He hadn't been on a mission in close to a month and that was making his life even worse. His father gets bored; when he gets bored he gets angry. When he gets angry he hits and makes Sasuke's life full of pain. The problem was there was no point in sending someone as strong as his father on a pointless mission. Sasuke was hoping something would come up soon that would require his father's skills so Sasuke could have a break. Naruto was yelling about Kakashi being late and he was getting louder and louder. Sakura was yelling back at him telling him to be quiet and it was all making Sasuke's headache worse.
"Would you two stop yelling." Sasuke said with annoyance in his voice.
"Sorry Sasuke-Kun." Sakura said softly with a slight blush.
"How is he always late? It's been an hour already and he isn't here. He wants us to train yet he can't show up on time. How are we ever going to get stronger if we wait around for him for so long?" Naruto said.
"Kakashi-sensei won't be here for at least another four hours. He's always late you know that. Why don't you and Sakura spar while you are waiting?"
"What too afraid to spar with me Sasuke?" Naruto said teasingly.
"I have a headache and I'm going to use the next four hours trying to get rid of it. So either go spar or shut up before my head explodes."
"Come on Naruto let's spar and you can give me some pointers on my hand to hand combat." Sakura said.
"You want me to give you some pointers?" Naruto asked shocked.
"Um sure it'll give us something to do while we wait for Kakashi-sensei."
"Okay ya sure." Naruto said excitedly.
They went over to the open field and started to spar. Naruto would explain a few moves to Sakura and she would work on them and try to copy what Naruto was doing. Sasuke kept his eyes closed as he fought back the headache that was starting to take over his mind. It wasn't often when he would get a headache, but it was happening more and more now. Sasuke figured it had to do with him being tired. When he really thought about it the headaches started six months ago after that one bad night with his father. His father wouldn't hit in him the face, but he could hit him on the head where no one would see, because of his hair. Ever since then he would get headaches when he was tired, but Sasuke just figured the timing was coincidence. It was a good four more hours before Kakashi showed up beside Sasuke. Sasuke still had his eyes closed trying his best to block out the sun causing more pain to his head. He was also trying not to move so he wouldn't cause more pain to his ribs. He was just glad that Naruto and Sakura hadn't noticed his hands wrapped up, but he knew Kakashi would within a second of being there.
"Hello Sasuke. Why are you not out there with them?"
"Bad headache." Sasuke said with his eyes still closed.
He could feel Kakashi's eyes on him and Sasuke knew that Kakashi would be full of questions in a minute. Kakashi had only been Sasuke's sensei for just shy of six months now. During those six months Kakashi had noticed a few things with Sasuke. One he never spoke of his father only when he was brought up in conversation. He never saw the two outside together and his father never spoke of Sasuke even when he was brought up in conversation. Kakashi knew the whole story about what happened to the Clan. He was one of the ANBU that went into the compound that night. Kakashi was the one that found Sasuke covered in his family's blood in the corner of the room. His mother was dead and his father was just barely alive. Ever since that night Fugaku hadn't been the same and Kakashi didn't know how the relationship between him and Sasuke was like. Kakashi had only known Sasuke for six months now and Kakashi was a little worried about him. It didn't seem like Sasuke was being looked after. Whenever Kakashi saw Fugaku he was never doing anything for the home. It was always Sasuke that was getting groceries and cleaning. Kakashi didn't know what the relationship between the two was like, but he didn't think it was your traditional father son relationship.
Kakashi took notice of Sasuke's hands and saw that they were poorly wrapped. Clearly Sasuke did it and not his father like a normal father would do. Kakashi also wondered how Sasuke's hands got so damaged, because they weren't yesterday when he saw him last.
"When did the headache start?"
"About five hours ago. It'll stop soon."
"You've been getting headaches more and more in the last six months. Have you seen a doctor about it?"
"I'm fine it's just a headache."
"Headaches can be a serious problem especially at your age Sasuke. You need to get that looked at something could be wrong."
"It's nothing Kakashi-sensei. I only get headaches when I'm tired. I'm fine really it'll go away soon." Sasuke said as he opened his eyes to look at Kakashi.
Kakashi could see the pain in Sasuke's eyes. Kakashi knew he was in more pain than he was letting on. Kakashi had been worried about Sasuke with these headaches. They seem to be very painful and happening more and more recently. Kakashi had been racking his brain trying to remember if Sasuke had been hurt on a mission, but he couldn't recall Sasuke hitting his head.
"Why are you tired?"
"Father and I were doing some late night training out in the forest." Sasuke smoothly lied.
"Is that where you hurt your hands?"
"Father used to do it growing up with his father. We went out into the forest late last night and fought. It was so dark I couldn't see so I had to rely on my other senses to fight him. Father had been teaching me how to use chakra in a punch and I missed him a few times and hit a few trees. We didn't get back to the house until very late."
"Did he look at your hands?"
"No he was still sleeping when I left so I wrapped them."
"Why don't I take a look at them? From what I can see they look pretty bad."
"That's okay Sensei my father will look at them later on today."
Sasuke did his best to keep his voice neutral. After all these years he had gotten good at it, but with Kakashi he felt like he couldn't fool him. In the village ever since the Clan's death people ignored Sasuke. Some hated him, because Itachi was his brother and they would bully and beat him up. Mostly though, people didn't even bother to look at him. Sasuke and Fugaku were the reminders of a tragedy and people hated reminders of a tragedy. The ninja respected Fugaku and they left him alone. Sasuke though hadn't earned that respect so he took a lot of the hatred. Sure he had a few friends in Konoha that didn't treat him differently after the Clan's death, but that was only a few and they didn't know anything about his home life. Sasuke always made sure to keep that to himself and he rarely ever spoke about his father.
"Are you sure? I don't mind Sasuke."
"I'm sure sensei. What are we doing for training today?"
"You are not doing anything, but going home to bed."
"Kakashi-sensei I'm fine really."
Home was the last place Sasuke wanted to be right now. He knew his father would be up by now if not soon. Sasuke didn't want to have to deal with his father today.
"You're headache is so bad you can barely keep your eyes open. The sun and noises are making it worse Sasuke. Go home and sleep it off we might have a mission tomorrow and you should be rested for it."
"We might have a mission tomorrow?" Sasuke asked.
"The life of a ninja, at any moment we might have a mission. We never know until we are handed one. Go home get those hands looked at and then get some sleep. That's an order."
"Yes sensei."
Sasuke truly didn't want to go home, but he didn't have a choice. All he could do was hope that his father was in a better mood than he had been the past month. With any luck Tsunade will hand him a mission soon. Sasuke figured he couldn't argue with an order so he would just get home and deal with his father. Hopefully he would be able to sleep sooner rather than later.
"I'll walk you home."
"That's not necessary sensei I can get myself home."
"I'm not letting you walk home like this alone Sasuke. The walk will make your headache worse I'm not about to just send you on your way."
"But Naruto and Sakura…"
"Is there a reason you don't want me to walk you home? Is there a reason why you don't want me to be at your house Sasuke?"
Kakashi expected Sasuke to put up a little fight, but he didn't expect him to have such a problem with him walking Sasuke home. Sasuke never had anyone over at his place and now it seemed stranger than ever.
"What? No of course not sensei, but Naruto and Sakura…"
"Can keep sparring until I get back. That's all I was going to have you three doing today anyways. Now let's go the sooner we leave the sooner you will be at your home where you can sleep and I can be back here."
Sasuke knew he couldn't win no matter what he said and he wasn't about to tell Kakashi the truth. So Sasuke did the only thing he could do he slowly got up and did his best to hide the pain radiating through his ribs. Thankfully Kakashi just thought it was the pain in his head that made him sway slightly. Kakashi placed a gentle hand on Sasuke's forearm to hold him steady.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine sensei."
"Do you ever say how you actually feel? It's been six months and even when something is wrong you tell me I'm fine. When are you ever going to tell me how you actually feel?"
"When the day comes that I'm not fine I guess."
"You can't tell me you're not in pain Sasuke I can see it in your eyes."
"Ninja aren't supposed to feel pain."
"Did your father tell you that?" Kakashi asked with concern.
"The academy taught me that."
"Well in this case the academy is horribly wrong. Ninja feel pain all the time it's not something you can block out like emotions. You need to tell me when you are in pain just like Naruto and Sakura so I don't make it worse. It's too easy to permanently injury yourself by hiding pain Sasuke and at your age it would be a shame for you to never be a ninja again. If something is wrong, if you're in pain you need to tell me so I don't make it worse by training you. Now tell me honestly, how bad is the pain?"
"A four. I get headaches more often than you think, I'm used to it."
"All the more reason to get it checked out by a doctor Sasuke. As well as those hands."
"My father will look at my hands I'm sure he's up by now. And I'll talk to him about the headaches."
"Alright we'll let's get you home then."
Kakashi and Sasuke started to walk off towards Sasuke's home. Ever since that night they haven't been in the Compound. They now stayed in a house just on the outskirts of Konoha. It would be a good twenty minute walk before they would arrive and Sasuke's ribs were already screaming at him. He couldn't let Kakashi know that he was injured elsewhere or Kakashi might think something is wrong between him and his father. Though, he could always use the same excuse as he always does and say that he got attacked by ninja. That had happened a few times and he had used that excuse a good ten times now. Sasuke knew he should be going to the hospital, but they would call his father and that would make him mad. Sasuke was never allowed to go to the hospital unless it was for an emergency and even then he didn't like it. Sasuke knew he had to be very careful how he moved so he wouldn't cause too much pain to himself. It was getting harder and harder to get a deep breath from all the movement and he was thankful that Kakashi wasn't talking.
Kakashi wasn't going to say anything he could see that Sasuke was in pain. He knew Sasuke was in more pain then he was letting on. Why he was hiding it Kakashi didn't know. Kakashi knew when he was assigned this squad that Sasuke would be the hard nut to crack. Naruto was very open about his emotions and what he thought. Sakura was very emotional. Sasuke though, he was very introverted and kept his emotions in check. He wasn't angry like Kakashi thought he would be with the death of his Clan. However, Kakashi figured that had something to do with his father surviving. Its' one thing to survive, but survivor's guilt always tore apart someone especially a young child. With his father also surviving Sasuke didn't have to go through that and he wasn't alone. Though, Kakashi truly didn't know what his relationship with his father was like, but Kakashi was sure if Sasuke needed something he could turn to him. Sasuke was a very sweet child when he wanted to be. He was intelligent and deep. He wasn't a social butterfly, but no Uchiha was. He had a handful, if that, of friends and he kept them at arm's length from what Kakashi had noticed. Even still over the last six months Sasuke had become Kakashi's favorite and that was a well-known fact among the other sensei and ninja. Kakashi did his best to protect Sasuke from the other ninja that would bully him and beat him up. It was never a fair fight. It was always six to one or Jounin level ninja against him. Sasuke never had a chance against them, but he did his best. Sasuke always took care of his injuries at home saying that his father will take care of it. Kakashi had yet to ever see Sasuke in a hospital and Kakashi figured that that was just the way of the Clan. Though, if the injuries were ever severe Kakashi would have made Sasuke gone to the hospital like it or not. Kakashi looked at Sasuke out of the corner of his eye and he could see that he was having some trouble walking. Kakashi didn't know if Sasuke had any other injuries or not, but he was starting to suspect that he did.
"Are your hands the only thing injured?"
"I took a few hits, but I'm fine. It was actually a lot of fun being out in the forest late at night. I really had to rely on my other senses to fight. It was different and very hard."
"That sounds like a great training exercise. Does your father hit you often when you are training?"
"He's not abusive if that's what you're implying."
"I wasn't. I'm curious as to how many times your father hits you while he is training you."
"Sometimes a few of his punches or kicks land on me, but that's because I didn't move fast enough or the right way. Injuries are natural when you're training."
"They are, but when training against someone stronger than you it's that person's job to make sure that injuries don't occur. When I train you I don't hit you. I hold back so I know you won't get hurt by me. Your father should be doing the same."
"Then how do you ever learn to take a hit if you never get hit? He trains me the way his father trained him and his father before that. It's traditional Uchiha training and it's an honor to be trained that way."
"I understand tradition and I'm sure you feel very honored being able to be trained by your father. I just don't feel like a father should ever lay his hands on his children regardless of being trained or not."
"Are you going to say something to him Sensei?"
Kakashi could hear the concern and worry in Sasuke's voice. It was clear to Kakashi that Sasuke wanted him to let this go and for now he would. If the injuries were more severe than Sasuke was letting him know then he would say something. Kakashi was not about to stand by and let one of his students be hurt.
"No I am not going to say anything, but if it gets to be too much for you I want you to come to me. You can tell me anything Sasuke no matter what it is or what time of day it is. I'm here for you and I'll always believe you and listen to you."
Sasuke really didn't know what to say to that. Over the years he just stopped talking about his problems or what was bothering him. He didn't talk about pain or his emotions he just took it all and went about his day. His father never cared about what he was going through or how he was feeling.
"I'll remember that Kakashi-sensei."
They arrived at Sasuke's home a few minutes later. Sasuke was hoping that his father wouldn't be home, but he knew that his father would be. It wasn't often that his father went out during the day or at all really. Sometimes he would go to the bar with fellow ninja and those were the nights Sasuke hated. It always ended up with him being locked outside all night until the next day and that was only when his father woke up and if he was in a good mood. His father wasn't an alcoholic by any means, but when he did drink he was a mean drunk. Sasuke had gotten good at figuring out when his father was going to go out and drink. On those nights Sasuke just wouldn't go home and he would come back the next night. Kakashi walked Sasuke to the front door and Sasuke turned to Kakashi.
"Thanks for walking me home Sensei."
"You're welcome Sasuke."
Sasuke opened his front door and he didn't hear his father up and moving. Sasuke was hoping he could sneak up into his room to sleep. That was thrown out the window when his father's angry voice rang out throughout the house.
"What the hell are you doing back?"
Fugaku came down the stairs and over to the door. His attitude changed when he saw that Sasuke was not alone.
"Kakashi what are you doing here?" Fugaku's voice was not holding as much anger, but Kakashi could hear the annoyance in his voice.
"Sasuke has a bad headache and with his hands from last night I thought it would be best if he took today off. I hope that is not a problem for you."
Kakashi took a quick look down at Sasuke and could see that he was uncomfortable with this situation. Kakashi was starting to wonder what really was going on in this house. Kakashi knew that Fugaku was all about getting stronger and training so Kakashi knew that he wouldn't like Sasuke missing training. However, Sasuke was sick and even Fugaku could understand that.
"I don't like him missing training. Once your headache goes away you are to be in the backyard catching up on the hours you missed." Fugaku said to Sasuke.
"Yes father."
"Get in your room."
Sasuke went inside the door and headed up the stairs to his room. He was getting dizzy from the pain and the headache and all he wanted to do was to lie down and make it go away. Kakashi didn't leave right away he was going to mention Sasuke's hands to see what Fugaku would say about them.
"He works really hard you must be very proud of him."
"Is there something I could help you with?"
"Sasuke's hands look pretty bad, but he seemed to really enjoy the training you both had late last night. He didn't want to go to the hospital to get his hands looked at. I just wanted to make sure that you'll look and treat them. Hands are very key to a Shinobi as you know."
"They'll be taken care of."
"I'll see Sasuke tomorrow we might have a mission hopefully he will be well rested."
"Your job is to train him not his well-being. You would be wise to remember that Kakashi."
"His well-being is my concern. It's my job to train him, but it's also my job to make sure he survives the missions. In order to give him the best chance of surviving his health is key. His hands need to be treated. He needs proper rest so he is awake for missions and training. He can't go with a severe headache. He should have that checked out something could really be wrong."
"His health is my concern not yours. He will go to a hospital when I say he does. Now that we have wasted time, I have things to take care of. Get off my property."
Fugaku didn't even give Kakashi a chance to say anything; he just shut the door in his face. Kakashi knew that Fugaku was cold, but this was the first time he had seen Fugaku not really care about Sasuke. Kakashi's concern for Sasuke's health would normally be welcomed by parents, but Fugaku didn't want any of it. Kakashi started to walk back to the training grounds where Naruto and Sakura would still be. Kakashi was going to keep a closer eye on Sasuke. If his father wasn't taking proper care of him Kakashi needed to know. He meant what he said Sasuke couldn't be going on missions with his hands injured. Kakashi wasn't going to risk permanent damage done to Sasuke's hands, because he got into a fight. His hands needed to be healed and he needed proper rest so he wouldn't be getting these headaches. Even if they were there because of not enough sleep; Kakashi knew Sasuke had easily twenty headaches that he knew about in the last six months. That was far too many for not enough sleep. Sure every person has trouble sleeping, but when a child was having that much trouble sleeping that often to the point where it would cause a severe headache was a serious problem. Kakashi didn't like that Fugaku didn't seem to care about Sasuke's headaches or his hands. Kakashi had a very good feeling that tomorrow he would find that Sasuke's hands weren't taken care of. Not only that Sasuke seemed to be having a hard time moving around and Kakashi was worried about other injuries. Kakashi was going to need to keep a closer eye on Sasuke and see if he can get him to open up to him. Kakashi headed for the training grounds to continue his work with Naruto and Sakura.
Sasuke was lying down on his bed with his eyes closed. His whole rib cage hurt and he was having a hard time getting the pain to subside so he could sleep. He didn't know how his father was going to react and that would all depend on what Kakashi says. Sasuke could feel his body shaking from the pain and he was praying that his father would leave him alone. His hopes were shattered when he heard the front door closing followed by his father's footsteps up the stairs. His door was thrown open causing radiating pain to go through his entire head. Sasuke could see that his father was pissed and he knew Kakashi had said something to upset his father and now he was going to pay for it.
"Your sensei seems to think your health is becoming a problem. What have you been telling him?"
Sasuke knew his father was pissed and that was going to mean more pain for him. Sasuke was really hoping that his father would get a mission soon he really didn't know how much more he could take this. Usually his father had a few missions a month, but this month he didn't have any and it was almost over. The longer his father went without a mission the more frustrated he got and the more pain Sasuke was put through.
"Nothing I swear. He asked about my headache and hands. I told him we were out late last night training in the forest. I said that it was dark and I hit a few trees, that's why my hands are banged up. I told him I was fine, but he insisted that I come home and rest for that day. He said we might have a mission tomorrow and he wanted me to be in good health."
"Your health is none of his concern and you are to not talk to him about it. I don't care what he says you do not talk to him about your health or anything except training. I will not have him poking around something that does not concern him."
"Yes father. I'm sorry."
"You will be. Get your ass outside now."
Sasuke got up off from the bed and he couldn't believe how bad the pain in his rib cage was getting to be. He walked passed his father and headed down the stairs to the backyard. Fugaku followed behind Sasuke out into the backyard and he was going to make sure he didn't hear another word about Sasuke's hands. Yes hands were very important to a ninja, but Fugaku didn't care as far as he was concerned Sasuke was a disgrace. Sasuke stood out in the middle of the backyard as he waited for his father's orders.
"You missed five hours of training. You are going to do five hundred push-ups as a start to making up those hours. You are going to do every single one on your knuckles. If I don't think you did it right you'll do it again. Now start."
Sasuke knew there was no point in arguing with his father. If he did it would just cause more pain to himself. Sasuke went to get down on the grass when his father's voice stopped him.
"On the path, not the grass. You need to learn how to fight with damaged hands. You're already a disgrace, but you will learn to take pain."
Sasuke moved over to the path. He didn't say anything; he knew that what his father said would only get worse. As the time goes by his father would be very verbally abusive towards him. If he was lucky it would only be verbal abuse. Sasuke got down on the ground and in a push-up position. He put his weight on his knuckles that were in a fist on the ground Sasuke could immediately feel the pain. His hands were already killing him and he knew by the end of this he would be lucky if he could move his hands at all. As each push-up went by his hands hurt worse and worse. By the time he had completed all five hundred there were small pools of blood where each hand was. He had blood all over the back of his hands and he couldn't move his hands without extreme pain. Sasuke's ribs felt like they were on fire and he was really starting to wonder if something was seriously wrong this time. He stood up and waited for his father to give him more orders. Only this time he didn't. Instead he just started to punch Sasuke and not just in his torso, but his face as well. Sasuke immediately began to panic as his father continued to attack him. He couldn't hide the marks on his face and he would have to come up with yet another lie to hide the injuries. After an agonizing fifteen minutes Fugaku stopped hitting Sasuke. He was down on the ground and he could feel blood all over his face.
"I have a mission tomorrow morning. I don't want to see you in this house until I am gone. You have five minutes to get that blood off your face and get out of my sight. Go."
Fugaku walked away and left Sasuke bleeding on the grass. Sasuke knew he had only five minutes to get out of the house or he would be in for more pain. Sasuke had to get the blood off his face and get out of here. Sasuke forced his body to get up and he couldn't believe all of the pain that radiated throughout his entire body. He forced his mind to push through it as he made his way into the house and up to the bathroom. Sasuke looked in the mirror and couldn't believe how much blood was covering his face. Sasuke grabbed a cloth and ran it under some warm water to wash off the blood. Everything hurt especially his hands, but he didn't have the time to stop and take in the pain. Once the blood was all off his face Sasuke went back downstairs and out the door. He wasn't going to go very far he was just going to go out into the forest slightly. He was going to wait the night out and then tomorrow when he didn't sense his father's chakra he would go back inside the house. He knew he should show up tomorrow for training or if they had a mission, but at this point Sasuke knew Kakashi wouldn't let him go. He would just tell Kakashi, if he asked, that he got into a fight. That always worked in the past so he was confident that it would work now. Sasuke was dizzy and having a hard time staying on his feet, but he forced his body to go further until he reached the forest. He got to the forest and went into it slightly before he found a good patch of grass and he sat down on it. The darkness was creeping up on him and it was all too soon before he was passed out.
