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I'm going to change my writing style just a bit for the rest of my stories if I like it that is. To let you know my pc has been messing up so I may have to hit enter before I can change it back to lets say not having italics? Ok this is a SasuNaru woot! I can't really say which is my first SasuNaru but this is one of them! Ok now onto the main reason I'm having you read this.

Italics mean flashback or dream

Italics with underlining mean thoughts

Bold means I'm going to a different scene or people or a time skip

Ex) At the house...

This means that I'm ending the chapter or beginning it

In this story I have made up a religion or superstition, which ever you want to call it, for the Uchiha Clan. Bits and pieces of it will be typed throughout the story and will be centered like so.

Now that everything is out of the way I shall begin the chapter.

Chapter One

"Mother look what I got for you!" The young raven haired boy ran up to his mother.

"Oh Sasuke it's a rose!" She looked more carefully and then spoke trying not to scare the boy. "I can't accept that rose Sasuke. You see it's just not pretty."
"What are you talking about Mother! It's scarlet red peddles and so vibrant and lively and the deep blood red toward the center just compliments the scarlet to well that I doubt there is any other flower prettier than this one! Also look how proudly it stands on it's nice green stem!"

"Sasuke, that rose is cursed. You need to get rid of it."
"Cursed?" Just then Itachi walked into the room.

"The Red Rose of Death. I see it has caught my otouto's eye."

"Hello Itachi. Anyway, Sasuke that rose brings nothing but bad luck especially to the one it choses as it's victim."

"Mother! Nothing so pretty could be so evil!"
"Sasuke you should get rid of it before your father gets here." Just then his father walks into the room.

"Sasuke! GET RID OF THAT THING NOW!"

"but..."
"DAMN IT! NO BUTS! I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET RID OF IT!"

A year later

"It's said that you bloom tonight my flower. I don't know how I've gotten to keep you this long." Itachi walks into Sasuke's room.

"You haven't gotten rid of that thing I see Sasuke." Ever since Sasuke kept the flower Itachi stopped calling him otouto and their relationship fell apart in one night.

"Yeah but what would you care?" Sasuke said still hurt from that one night.

"I don't care simple as that." Itachi walked out of the room not even bothering to look at his brother.

"Itachi..." Sasuke said hoping Itachi would come back and love him like he used to.

It was now eleven at night and Sasuke sat by his window. The peddles of the rose began to spread farther and farther apart revealing the layers of scarlet and blood red that had always made Sasuke's eyes go wide. This time Sasuke couldn't stop staring at it. It was like the flower was chaining him to the floor and not willing to ever let him go. Sasuke didn't want to leave either. He became entranced in the different values of red that the flower was turning. Sasuke became dizzy and passed out.

The next night...

"Itachi...Why Itachi why did you kill them!?"

"To test my container."

Sasuke woke up in a cold sweat. That dream again...

He slowly took in his surroundings, it was now two in the morning and tonight wasn't the night to have that dream. Sasuke sighs and looks at the seemingly sleeping blond still wrapped up in his arms. Naruto rolls over and looks into Sasuke's eyes.

"That dream?" Is all the blond asks before lightly kissing Sasuke's lips.

"Yeah... You should..."
"Sasuke you have to let that stuff go. What happened happened because it was going to anyway not because of that flower."
"You're right, Naruto. I do need to stop blaming myself." Sasuke kisses Naruto on the cheek, making him blush. "Lets get some sleep." Naruto rolls back over and curls into Sasuke's arms once again, both soon falling into a deep slumber.

Sasuke was the first to wake up of the two. He looks over at Naruto and sees him still sleeping like a baby. Sasuke checks the time...six in the morning? Him and Naruto had to be ready for the mission in an half hour, so much for a shower. Sasuke softly shook Naruto until he woke up. They both ran to get dressed and then to the kitchen for a quick breakfast and coffee, like Naruto ever really needed coffee. It was now 6:25 and they only have about five minutes to get to the meeting spot, it was an ANBU's job to never and I mean never be late to leave, coming back was another story. The two rush out the door and neither of them knew how they made it in time but they did. Gaara and Shikamaru were waiting for them.

"What a drag... For once I get here early and then, of course, someone else is nearly late."

"Sorry, I must have bumped the alarm in the middle of the night.."
"That is so like you Naruto."

"Are we going to get moving or stand here and get yelled at later?" Asked the annoyed Gaara, Sasuke was spacing out. They put on their masks and leave the village.

It blooms every ten years and yet it never sleeps.

Beware it's colors and beware it's trance.

For once it choses you consecutively twice...

"Hey Suke, what's up?" Asked Naruto with concern.

"You know, my fox, I don't like to be called that."
"But you let Itachi call you it. Plus I let you call me your fox."

"Tell me my fox, if your first love called you something wouldn't you want to cherish it for only you and him or her?"

"I guess so." Naruto began to frown. Again he was reminded that Sasuke did still have feelings for Itachi.

"Don't worry about it. It's just that in about two days it blooms again." (A/N: Gaara and Neji can't hear any of this.)

"That's right you do still believe in that, though personally I think it's a bunch of bull shit. Oh well, all the same I'm here for you."

"Thanks Naruto. Watch out!!" Sasuke had just noticed that there was kunai knives headed straight for Naruto. Sasuke knew Naruto couldn't dodge them in time and, on a whim, pulled out his own knife and blocked all the ones tainted with poison and the others hitting Sasuke, who started to fall to the ground.

"Sasuke!" Naruto rushes down and manages to catch Sasuke before he hit the ground. The other two had seen what happened and were currently looking for those that had set the trap or threw the knives. "Sasuke, can you hear me?"

Sasuke was out cold. The knives had cut in pretty deep and Naruto needed to at least stop the bleeding. Naruto starts putting his recent medical ninja training to use and stops the blood from flowing out of Sasuke's wounds, but he couldn't close up the wounds do to his training hadn't gotten that far yet. Naruto carefully sits Sasuke up against a tree. After about five more minutes, Gaara and Neji arrive to Naruto's aid.

"How's it looking Naruto?" asked Gaara.

"I don't know. He's not in any danger of his life but I don't think he could travel either."

"Ah this is just great."
"What do we do Shika?"
"We need to wait until he wakes up at least so we can plan on what to do. We can't set up a fire or anything for it may attract others. The people that threw the kunai were hired by the Akatsuki."

"That means that the Akatsuki most know that we're coming."

"Yes, I think it's safe to assume so."

"Naruto..." Sasuke slowly opened his eyes.

"Sasuke, good your awake."

"Shika you could sound more concerned and less business like."

"Naruto it was your not being business like that caused this situation." Snapped Gaara, who had been silent until now.

"Sorry."

"Anyway, I believe that it is in the best interest of the mission that we leave Sasuke here."
"What we can't do that, after all, we are dealing with the Akatsuki here." Complained Naruto.

"Naruto, they're more after you and Gaara more than they are after Sasuke. I don't even see why the Hokage put you on this mission. Sasuke, do you think you could recover enough within a day and catch up?"
"Yeah, it should be no problem." Naruto looks at Sasuke worried. "Don't worry my fox. I'll be alright."
"But...What about..."
"Don't worry. There may be two more days, but there is still three more nights, This one and then the next two. I'll be okay."
"Sasuke what if?"
"He won't come. Remember he doesn't give a shit about me." Sasuke gave Naruto a fake smile.

"All right. Sasuke stay safe." Sasuke shook his head.

"All right lets go Naruto! There's at least two more hours of day light remaining!" The other three leave.

Midnight.

Sasuke started to shiver a bit, he was still unable to move. He sighs and looks to his right. His eyes go wide. That rose...But how I've had to have looked over there at least five times! Sasuke began to panic. He never expected that the Red Rose of Death would be here of all places. Sasuke couldn't help himself, he reached over and picked the rose from its resting spot. He brings it to his face and smells it's lovely scent. When he went to put it down his body wouldn't let him. It was as if some other force made it impossible to do so.

The power of the flower,

Lies strong in the midnight hour.

Sasuke tries to get up so he could start to catch up with Naruto, but is stopped by an all too familiar hand around his neck and over his mouth. A dark figure appears in front of him.

"Hello Sasuke." The hands move themselves down to Sasuke's waist.

"Hello foolish little brother." Came a voice from behind.

"Itachi..." Sasuke couldn't say more. Itachi hadn't put his hands anywhere but Sasuke's neck in so long that now this attention from his brother was too overwhelming with emotions that Sasuke couldn't speak or struggle. Itachi smirks and brings his mouth to Sasuke's ear.

"Your coming with us to our base. There is much to be done."
"No Itachi let me go!" Sasuke started to struggle, but was too weak from his wounds to do so. Itachi grabs his brother's neck and strangles him until he loses conciseness.

Sasuke's POV.

"Itachi..." I said as I walked into his room on a Friday night like I always do or used to do. "Won't you pay attention to me Nii-san? After all it is Friday and mother and father aren't home."

"Go away Sasuke."
"But Itachi." I take a few more steps towards his bed. "Tonight is play night." Before he said anything he threw some kunai at me cutting my arms.

"No Sasuke." I couldn't understand. I had asked him yesterday and he was excited about it. I did get that rose yesterday. I wasn't going to take no for an answer. He could at least let me sleep by him.

"Can I at least sleep by you?" I ask right next to his bed. He suddenly rolls over and grabs onto my forearm with a tight enough grip that it made me whence. "Itachi your hurting me!" I yelled in protest.

"I hate you Sasuke. Don't come near me for anything like that ever again." He said tightening his grip again.

"Itachi, what are you saying?" I asked in disbelief of what he had just said. Itachi used his full force and I could hear my bones break and rip through my skin. I cry out and then here him say, "I don't love you anymore, not even as a brother." He lets go of my arm and I just fall to the floor in both emotional and physical pain.

Normal POV

Sasuke wakes up shaking from the dream he had. His shoulders hurt and he didn't know why until he looked around. He was in a jail cell with his hands held high above his head by chains and only a small window which allowed some sun light to come into the cell. Sasuke looked to his right and there was that same red rose in a flower pot. He began to recall the events from the night before and slowly made a plan for getting out of where he was currently located. Just then someone's foot steps are heard coming down the stairs. Sasuke looks up to recognize, from photos he had seen, that his visitor was Deidara of the Akatsuki.

"Hey, hm." Sasuke didn't respond just stared at him. "I can only guess that your not happy knowing that your going to be used as bait for the Kyuubi kid hm." Sasuke's eyes go wide.

"You better not hurt him!" Sasuke screams.

"Oh I see I hit a button hm." Sasuke looked away. "Itachi said that he has something special for you at night, not this one though but the next." Sasuke tenses up.

"Do you know what that might be?" Asked Sasuke once again meeting Deidara's eyes.

"He wouldn't say hm." With that Deidara left Sasuke to think about what he had said alone in the jail. The night that Deidara was talking about is the night that the flower blooms once again. Could it be that he'd actually do that? No he wouldn't would he?

Sasuke tries to stand up, which in turn would take some weight off of his shoulders, but failed. His legs were too weak to keep himself up and his arms too tired to pull his weight up onto his feet anyway. All Sasuke could do was sit there and watch the sun go across the sky until it was night. Sasuke couldn't help, but look at the rose in the night time, it was always the prettiest at night. Yeah it's really pretty and all but definitely dangerous. If only the Uchiha clan had allowed children of younger than ten to go to church then maybe all these things wouldn't have happened. Apparently it was also said that if they did allow this it would certainly happen. What twisted wickedness.

"Hello is anyone home?" Asked the poor confused boy who had just returned home. "Mother? Father? Nii-san?" No answers came from within the house. He was alone. "That's right it's Wednesday, the rest of the family went to church. I don't see why I can't go." Complained the raven haired boy.

Sasuke wakes up. When did he fall asleep? He really didn't know and didn't care at the moment, right now it was noon and the sun was shining brightly on him, dehydrating him quicker than he would become sitting in a jail as a prisoner. Sasuke hears some footsteps and is relieved to see that it wasn't Deidara this time. Who was it? Sasuke hadn't seen his picture before and the Hokage was 100 percent certain that they had pictures of all the Akatsuki. He walks up to the cell door and uses a key to get in. He was carrying two cups and a jug. He sits in front of Sasuke and pours water into both cups and puts one up to Sasuke's mouth. Sasuke turns his head away from the cup, not trusting what's in it.

"It's not poison. My name is Tobi. They said that Tobi most bring you water. Tobi's a good boy." Sasuke still doesn't accept it. "Would it help if Tobi drank some first?" Sasuke doesn't respond, but still Tobi picks up the other cup and takes a drink. "See it won't hurt you." Sasuke turned back to the cup and took a few sips knowing that if he drank it too fast he would probably throw up. In a few minutes Tobi and Sasuke had finished with the jug and Tobi picked it up. "Tobi must leave now."
"Tobi..." Sasuke didn't know exactly what he was saying, but he says it anyhow, "Please stay and talk a bit."

"Tobi would like to, but the rest wouldn't like Tobi to."
"I see, then please do go." Tobi gets up and re locks the cell door then leaves back up the stairs.

Sasuke looks to the window, time seemed to be going by so slow. He shifts a bit, the fact that tonight was the night made Sasuke uneasy. Also the fact that Itachi had something planned tonight meant nothing but bad news for Sasuke. He tries to stand up again and this time is successful. The weight lifted from his arms is a big relief to Sasuke, but it is short lived. Sasuke's legs give on him and he falls to the ground, the chains tugging on his arms, in turn, dislocating one of his shoulders making him cry out. Sasuke carefully relocates his shoulder making sure this time not to cry out in pain, he didn't want to attract any unwanted attention. He tries to stand up a lot more times, but fails at all of them.

Sasuke looks out the window to realize that it was dark. By the positioning of the moon he would say it was about eight at night already. He hears footsteps and instantly his body tenses up without him wanting it to. As the figure steps into the moon light Sasuke can tell that it's not Itachi, but rather Kisame.

"So your the one that Itachi has been talking about." Sasuke doesn't respond. "You know, Sasuke, I don't like you. I, as a matter of fact, hate you." They had never met. Why would Kisame hate him?
"If you hate me so much why did you come down here."
"To see you be miserable in some of your final hours. It's quite entertaining."

"Your a sick bastard just like your profile says." Sasuke smirks.

"I'd watch it kid. In the state your in it wouldn't be even a work out to kill you."
"You want to bet?" Sasuke saw this as his chance to maybe escape or die faster, he really didn't know.

"Why I outta..."
"KISAME GET THE FUCK UP HERE!" Screamed someone from above.

"You got lucky kid." Kisame leaves mumbling something that Sasuke couldn't hear.

Sasuke tries to stand up with all of his strength this time. Final hour is all that was in his mind. Was Itachi really going to kill him before the rose bloomed? Maybe after? He didn't want to wait and find out, nor did he want to stick around and see the Red Rose of Death bloom again. He gets up onto his legs and makes sure that they'll hold before he pulls out a pin from his hair and begins to unlock his shackles. Got it! One down only one more to go. Sasuke looks at the moon again. Shit! It really took me that long to unlock that damned thing? This will be cutting it close. Maybe 11:30 I'll get it by. That only gives me a half an hour to get the fuck out of here. Damn. He begins on the other shackle.

Sasuke finally gets the shackle off of his other arm and runs to the door to begin also unlocking it. In a few minutes he had it unlocked and began to take a step out when he heard foot steps coming down the stairs. He freezes and looks to his left and sees a wall, to his right was another wall and the stairs, in front of him was another wall. Sasuke had nowhere to go or hide, all he could do was run back into his cell and hope that he could fend off who ever was coming down those stairs.

"Otouto, I've come for you." Otouto rings throughout Sasuke's mind, clouding his thoughts. He says standing where he is and looks through the bars at Itachi. "I see that you have gotten out. How cute."
"Why the sudden flatteries?"

"Aw, come on otouto I love you."
"Bull shit! I won't believe that! No matter how much I want to."
Itachi walks into the cell and moves closer to his brother, who kept moving closer and closer to the wall that the rose was located near.

"Don't be afraid. This bond between you and me ends tonight. I suggest you enjoy what you can."

Itachi grabs onto Sasuke's arms and pins them above his head. He presses his lips against Sasuke's, his tongue licking the lower lip begging to be let it. Sasuke allows the tongue to enter, loving what was happening but yet it hurt almost too much to enjoy. Something bad was going to happen within 15 minutes and Sasuke knew it, and couldn't do anything about it. Itachi brings one of his hands down Sasuke's torso and then up his short, removing it. He moves his face back and looks at his younger brother trembling. He lets both of Sasuke's arms go and fall to his side. Itachi then grabs onto Sasuke pulling him to the center of the cell to where the moon shined right on him. Sasuke couldn't move, he desperately wanted to. All he could do was watch as Itachi brought the Red Rose of Death to a 90 degree angle within the moon light, a straight foot away from Sasuke. He then grabs his knife.

"I'll end it here."

Sasuke sat there and watched as Itachi sat in front of him and put the knife down. Itachi then grabs Sasuke's right arm and fractures it the same way he had done many years ago. Sasuke couldn't cry out, tears began to run down his face as he watches his brother tilt his head and kiss him one more time. Itachi then picks up his knife and slits his own wrist. With the blood pouring from it, he raises it above Sasuke's head and drenches Sasuke's hair with his blood. Itachi then brings the knife to his own throat and, just a minute before the rose is supposed to bloom, cuts a deep gash in it. Blood squirts all over Sasuke but no where else. Itachi's body lays motionless on the ground in front of Sasuke and then something weird begins to happen.

The rose spreads its peddles and turns to pure ice, shattering on contact with the air. The shards begin to form circles around Sasuke with some strange lettering in between the circles. Immense chakra follows upward from the carvings and vines begin to move toward Sasuke's right arm. It slowly crawls up from his hand and then into the open fracture, the chakra following right behind it. Sasuke screams and it continues all throughout the night and finally ends at six in the morning. He falls to the floor unable to move from the shock and pain he was in from the nights events. Sasuke manages to look at his right arm, the fracture was still there. On his upper arm, half way between is elbow and shoulder, is a red rose just like the Red Rose of Death. He can feel the strong amount of chakra there and recognizes it from the night. It was the flower's all right, there was no mistaking it. Just then he hears many foot steps come down the stairs.

"What the fuck has happened down here. Screaming and that...that...chakra?!" Exclaimed the Leader. They all look and see Sasuke lying on the floor, still covered in Itachi's blood but no sight of his body.

"Where's Itachi hm?"

"WHAT!"

"Kisame, please calm down."

"Fuck you." He advances into the cell. "Where the fuck is Itachi you little bitch!" Sasuke doesn't move an inch, he isn't even affected by Kisame's words. "I asked you where Itachi is BITCH!" Kisame picks up Sasuke by the neck and slams him against the wall. "WHERE IS HE!"

"Kisame, Tobi knows. Tobi will tell you everything Tobi can if you just put him down gently." Kisame puts Sasuke back to laying on the floor.

"What should we do, Leader? We need Itachi for our plan to work."
"We have no choice but to abandon the hide out and regroup. Tobi your in the organization now. We must leave, now."
"Tobi will catch up. Tobi has something to do."

"Fine Tobi." The Leader tosses Tobi a piece of paper. "We'll be there and we'll take that route. You can find us there." The rest of the Akatsuki leave.

Tobi walks over to the now trembling Sasuke. He carefully splints the fracture and grabs a bright blue cloth. Slowly he begins to wrap the rose on Sasuke's arm with the cloth. Once done he sticks a note in it.

"You are the only one that can remove this cloth and read the note. It will explain everything. I must go now." Tobi leaves the area, leaving Sasuke trembling on the floor.

End of Chapter.

Wow! A lot happened in this chapter! Also a lot of words and thought was put into this. Now with this story I will only update on the weekends on Friday or Saturday. When I post this it will be Saturday for me and maybe some other day for others, but I will let you figure out the differences. Please review and thanks to all that have read this and my other stories It is you people that keep me writing and keep me happy to be writing it

Naii out!