Uchiha Memories

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

A/N: For those of you, who are reading my SasuSaku Fanfiction Lover's Assassin, do not worry! I will continue writing it! I'm more than halfway done writing the next chapter of Lover's Assassin so it should be up by Sunday at least. :D I had this idea for an ItaSasu Fanfiction for a while and I couldn't get it out of my head! ItaSasu is my guilty pleasure! XD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! :D Anyway, please enjoy and tell me what you thought by reviewing! :)

Memory 1: Training at the Lake

There was a dull, grey overcast in the night sky of Konoha. There was a bit of a chill in the air. Raindrops were sprinkling down onto his silky, black hair. The man walked steadily ahead into the dark scenery. Memories began filling his head as he walked down the eerie street he knew so much. The raven looked over, and saw the small lake he and his brother used to play in. His eyes sank at the thought, and it appeared he was silently crying to himself. Or it was the small raindrops slowly cascading down his face. He looked down at the dark water and he sighed.

"Otouto." He whispered sadly into the cold darkness surrounding him.

Small footsteps could be heard running down the hallway in a hurry. A young child turned the doorknob of the last room at the end of the long hall. He quickly ran in as he opened the door.

"Niisan! Niisan! Niisan, wake up!" The rambunctious child shouted as he jumped on his elder brother's bed and began shaking him.

Itachi rolled over to look at his younger brother. "Someone's full of energy this morning." He chuckled as he sat up.

Sasuke pounced on his brother. Itachi caught him and held him in his arms as he looked into his precious Otouto's joyful eyes.

"Of course! Today's the day you're going to start training me to become a great ninja just like you, Niisan!" He giggled at his elder brother.

Itachi put his hand to his chin. "Oh really? Is that what today is? Must have slipped my mind." He teased.

Sasuke pouted as he jumped onto his brother's chest making Itachi fallback onto the mattress.

"How could you forget Niisan?" He pleaded, as he looked away from his elder brother with a slight blush on his face.

Itachi sighed and poked Sasuke's forehead. "Foolish Otouto, I didn't forget." He smiled up at his younger brother.

Sasuke's eyes lit up at Itachi's kind smile.

He rubbed his forehead as he too, smiled in return. "Then let's get going Aniki!" He said cheerfully as he jumped off his brother and ran out the door.

Itachi immediately sat up as he outstretched his arm. "Wait! You haven't had breakfast yet Otouto! Come back!" Itachi said hurriedly as he got up and ran out of the room after his younger brother.

Sasuke was almost out the front door before Itachi caught him by his pajama shirt. Sasuke turned around and looked up at his Niisan.

Itachi smiled. "Foolish Otouto, you were going to train in your pajamas and slippers? You haven't even had breakfast yet either." Itachi chuckled.

Sasuke huffed up at his elder brother and blushed as he crossed his arms. "But Aniki I-"

"Otouto, a ninja can't train on an empty stomach, or in his pajamas." Itachi said, still chuckling at his brother as he let go of his shirt.

Sasuke turned away from his elder brother. "Fine." He mumbled still crossing his arms.

Itachi sighed and ruffled Sasuke's hair. "Come on; let's go see what's for breakfast." He said as he reached for Sasuke's hand, and led him to the kitchen.

Sasuke looked down at his feet in defeat. "I hope its pancakes and tomato juice." He mumbled.

Itachi chuckled. "You and your tomato juice." He shook his head.

Sasuke piped up. "It's good Aniki! You should have some!" He looked up at his elder brother.

Itachi put his free hand to his chin, and looked up to pretend he was thinking about it.

"Please Niisan, for me?" Sasuke begged as he looked into his brother's eyes.

"Hn, I guess." Itachi mumbled in defeat.

Sasuke raised both his hands in the air with Itachi's, joyfully. "Yay! Wait till you try it Niisan! It tastes so good!" Sasuke said excitedly.

Sasuke was practically jumping up and down from his level of excitement.

They walked into the kitchen and were greeted by their mother.

"Good morning boys!" Mikoto said happily as she flipped a pancake in the air.

Sasuke looked even happier than before when he saw his mother had already placed a glass of tomato juice at his seat.

"Mom, Itachi says he wants to have tomato juice too!" He said cheerfully to his mother as he sat down.

Mikoto looked curiously at Itachi, and then smiled. "Is that so, Itachi?" She giggled.

Itachi smiled slightly and slowly nodded.

Mikoto went to the refrigerator and took out the tomato juice carton. She poured Itachi a glass and walked over to the table.

"Here you go Itachi." She said happily as she handed him the glass.

Itachi took the glass and stared at it.

Sasuke pouted. "Oh, come on Aniki! It's really good, honest!"

Sasuke lifted his own tomato juice to his lips using both hands and started drinking from the glass happily.

"Hn." Itachi said as he tilted the glass to his mouth.

Itachi eyes widened and then shrunk when he took the first few gulps.

"Well how is it, Niisan?" Sasuke asked, literally on the edge of his seat as he put his empty glass down.

Itachi took the glass away from his mouth. "It's not bad, after the first few sips I suppose." He said as he stared blankly at the glass in his hand.

Sasuke's eyes lit up. "Really, you mean you like it Niisan?" Sasuke said ecstatic.

Itachi sighed and turned to his baby brother. "Yes Otouto, I like it." He smiled.

Sasuke was smiling even more brightly at his older brother. He jumped out of his seat and into his brother's loving and caring arms.

Itachi's eyes widened when he caught Sasuke in his arms. His eyes soften as he patted his hair and chuckled.

"What are you doing Sasuke? And at the kitchen table, how disrespectful!" An angry, deep voice said as it echoed throughout the room.

Sasuke's onyx eyes widened and he quickly got off of Itachi, and into his seat.

"Sorry, Father." Sasuke said as he looked down at his lap.

"Hn. I don't want to see that type of behavior ever again at the table, do you understand?" Fugaku said angrily.

"Yes." Sasuke said on the verge of tears.

"Hn. Good." Fugaku said as he sat down at the table and crossed his arms, glaring at Sasuke.

"Fugaku, don't yell at him like that please. He's only five years old." Mikoto said as she placed pancakes on their plates.

"Hn. It doesn't matter how old the boy is. He's an Uchiha, so he will behave and act as an Uchiha." Fugaku said as he took a bite of his pancakes.

Mikoto sighed.

Itachi's eyes sank as he looked at his precious Otouto. He could have sworn he saw a tear slide down Sasuke's check. He couldn't stand seeing him sad.

Itachi reached his arm around Sasuke's back and started rubbing it. Luckily, Fugaku didn't notice because he was too indulged eating his pancakes. Even if he did notice, he wouldn't care considering it was Itachi who started it, and not Sasuke.

Sasuke immediately looked up at Itachi with tears in his eyes, shocked.

Itachi looked down at Sasuke and smiled sweetly, still rubbing his back.

Sasuke smiled back as Itachi wiped his tears away. He reached under the table and held his Niisan's other hand, tightly.

Itachi lightly chuckled at his baby brother's antics. He took his arm away from his brother's back, and reached over to grab a pancake for the both of them.

Sasuke completely forgot about the pancakes, and began to blush as he took his hand away from Itachi, and started eating.

Itachi sighed and began eating too.

Fugaku was the first one to finish eating, and left the house to go to work. Mikoto was washing the dishes while Sasuke and Itachi finished eating.

"Okay, let's go Niisan!" Sasuke said as he ran out of his seat once he was done.

"Hold it, Otouto. You seem to be forgetting something, again." Itachi said snickering as he folded his arms.

Sasuke blushed. "W-what?" He asked nervously.

Mikoto turned around to look at Sasuke. "Look down sweetie." She laughed.

Sasuke looked down and turned as red as his tomato juice.

Itachi and Mikoto laughed together.

"We still can't train until you-"

"I'll be right back!" Sasuke yelled as he ran down the hallway to his room.

Mikoto turned to Itachi. "What are you going to teach him first?" She said interestedly.

Itachi shrugged his shoulders. "I guess how to throw shuriken and other basic ninja techniques."

Mikoto nodded. "Just please go easy on him, Itachi." She pleaded worriedly and put her hand on his shoulder.

"Of course I will." He mumbled and blushed slightly as he looked down at his plate.

Mikoto smiled at Itachi and kissed his cheek. "Thank you." She whispered.

Itachi looked up with widened eyes, and nodded slightly at his mother while touching his check.

Loud footsteps could be heard stampeding down the hallway.

"Okay Niisan, now I'm ready!" Sasuke said as he ran into the kitchen.

He wore a grey t-shirt with the Uchiha symbol on the back and white shorts.

Itachi smiled at Sasuke. "Okay, I'll go get dressed and then we can leave."

Sasuke ran up to Itachi and hugged him. "Thank you, Niisan!" He said overjoyed.

Itachi hugged him too, as he patted his hair and rubbed his back, gently. He closed his eyes and placed his head on his younger brother's shoulder. Sasuke buried himself in Itachi's chest as he giggled and smiled.

After a few minutes, Itachi broke the silence.

"Otouto, if you want to leave you have to let go of me so I can get changed." Itachi said still hugging his brother.

Sasuke let go and looked down at his feet trying to hide his blush.

Itachi smiled and ruffled his hair, as he walked down the hall to his room.

After Itachi was dressed, Sasuke eagerly ran out the door with Itachi running after him.

"Foolish Otouto, you don't even know where we're going!" Itachi called out as he ran after him.

This got Sasuke's attention. He stopped and turned around to wait for his brother to catch up.

Once Itachi caught up to Sasuke, he grabbed his hand so he wouldn't run away again.

Sasuke blushed from the touch of his brother's hand in his as they walked together.

Itachi turned to Sasuke while holding up his finger. "Now Otouto, you're going to have to listen to everything I say while we're training, okay? I don't want you to get hurt." He said in a serious tone.

Sasuke nodded while looking down at his feet.

Itachi stopped and bent down to Sasuke's height. "What's the matter Otouto?" He asked as he wiped Sasuke's bangs out of his face and tried to look into his obsidian eyes.

Sasuke's head shot up and he blushed when he looked at his Aniki's worried expression. "N-nothing." He said as he averted his eyes from Itachi's.

Itachi didn't believe one bit of it. "Sasuke, tell me what's wrong, please." He begged in a serious tone.

Sasuke gulped. "It's just, you always look out for me, and I'm never able to do the same." He said looking into Itachi's eyes.

Itachi began to smile from his brother's words. "What are you talking about Otouto? We both look out for each other, because we're family. Foolish Otouto." He said as he poked Sasuke's forehead.

Sasuke smiled sweetly as he rubbed his forehead. "So where are you taking me, Aniki?" He asked excitedly as they resumed their walk together hand-in-hand.

"I was thinking the lake." Itachi answered as he stared ahead.

Sasuke stared questionably at his brother. "The lake? Why the lake?" He asked tilting his head.

Itachi chuckled as he turned to his brother. "Well, I thought after we're done training we could go swimming. Does that sound like a good idea?" He asked smiling.

Sasuke's eyes filled with happiness. "Yes it does Niisan!" He shouted with joy to his brother.

Itachi laughed. "That's good."

Sasuke looked down at his feet again. "But wait, Niisan we don't have our swimsuits with us. So we can't go swimming." Sasuke said sadly.

"Foolish Otouto, we'll be sweating from the training so it won't matter if we have our swimsuits or not. We can go in as we are." Itachi said as he poked Sasuke's forehead again.

Sasuke looked up and rubbed his forehead. He glared cutely at his elder brother. "Niisan, that hurts you know." He pouted.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Itachi eyes sank as he looked at the ground.

Sasuke's onyx eyes widened.

"Wait, I didn't mean it Niisan! Please don't be sad!" Sasuke begged as he hugged his brother.

Itachi hugged him back. "I'm not sad, Otouto. But thank you for the hug." He smiled and let go of Sasuke.

Itachi got on his knees. "How about I give you a piggyback ride to the lake? We're not that far from it." He asked cheerfully.

A big smile appeared on Sasuke's face. "Yes please, Niisan!" He said happily as he jumped on his Niisan's back.

Itachi chuckled as he held onto his Otouto's legs, and began walking towards the lake.

"Okay, this is called a shuriken, Otouto. It's very sharp and a very dangerous ninja tool if not used properly." Itachi explained as he held the shuriken between his fingers.

Sasuke pouted. "I know what a shuriken is, Aniki." He mumbled.

Itachi sighed as he dropped his hand. "I know that, Otouto. But you need to learn about a ninja tool before you can use it."

"But I already know what a shuriken does!" Sasuke explained with his arms wide. "Can't we just skip to the part where I get to throw it at a tree?" He begged.

Itachi stared at Sasuke for a few moments before answering. "Fine." He sighed in defeat.

Sasuke jumped up and down excitedly. "Thank you, Aniki!" He said as he ran over and hugged his brother.

Itachi patted Sasuke's hair with his free hand. "But please be very, very careful Otouto. It really is dangerous." He said as Sasuke let go of him.

"I will!" Sasuke said cheerfully.

Itachi sighed. "Let me see your hand so I can show you how to hold it properly at least."

Sasuke stretched out his hand to Itachi. Itachi placed one of the shuriken in Sasuke's palm.

He extended his finger to Sasuke. "Now watch how I hold it and you do the same, okay?" Itachi said seriously and slowly.

Sasuke nodded.

Itachi sighed. "You hold it in between your fingers like this." He showed Sasuke his hand.

Sasuke copied Itachi's hand with the shuriken.

"Perfect, Otouto." Itachi said proudly.

Sasuke smiled widely.

"Now to throw it, you flick your wrist. Watch my movements closely before I throw it. I'll flick my wrist without throwing it a few times, so you can see what it's supposed to look like." Itachi explained.

Sasuke nodded and watched intensely as Itachi showed him the correct movement.

"Now you try." Itachi said.

Sasuke flicked his wrist a few times the same way Itachi had shown him.

"Otouto you're a fast learner. That was excellent." Itachi smiled.

"Thank you, Niisan!" Sasuke said happily.

"The final step is to throw the shuriken at that tree straight ahead. Do you think you can do it Otouto?" Itachi asked teasingly with his hands on his waist, bending down to Sasuke height.

"Of course I can, Aniki! Just watch me!" Sasuke said eagerly as he prepared himself.

Itachi nodded and backed out of the way. "Just please be careful, Otouto." He said worriedly.

"Niisan, I know already!" Sasuke whined.

Sasuke placed the shuriken in between his fingers again. He prepared his wrist to flick the shuriken in the same motion Itachi had shown him before. He flicked his wrist and the shuriken went flying into the tree. A hint of red could be seen on the shuriken as it flew to the tree.

Sasuke fell to his knees and screamed in pain as he held onto his finger tightly. Before he landed on the ground, Itachi was by his side in an instant. He had a worried, shocked expression on his face as he got on his knees to look into his beloved Otouto's face.

"Otouto please let me see your finger." Itachi begged seriously as he outstretched his hand to Sasuke.

Sasuke curled up his knees and put his head in between them. He began to shake and Itachi could hear him gasping.

"Sasuke, please it's okay. Just let me see your cut." Itachi said worriedly as he pleaded.

Sasuke lifted his little head slowly and looked up at Itachi.

Sadness washed over Itachi, as he looked into his obsidian eyes.

Sasuke's eyes were red and puffy. Tears were steadily falling down his cheeks as he began quivering. He slowly outstretched both of his arms in front of Itachi, as a sign he wanted to be held.

Itachi quickly complied and carried him to the nearest bench. Sasuke was shaking and crying into Itachi's shoulder. Itachi wore a sad, worried expression on his face as he sat him down. Sasuke was still looking down as he sat. Itachi leaned over and kissed him on the forehead. Sasuke's head shot up and his eyes widened with shock as he blushed madly. Itachi smiled softly.

Itachi reached for Sasuke's right hand. "May I see your hand please, Otouto?" He asked gently.

Sasuke nodded slowly and let Itachi take his hand into his, blushing even more from the touch of his soft hand.

Itachi examined Sasuke's finger and his eyes widened.

Blood was pouring out of his finger down to his small wrist. His whole finger and parts of his palm were covered in bright, red blood.

Itachi picked him up bridle-style in his arms and carried him towards the lake's shore.

Sasuke gasped from the way he was picked up. Itachi softly chuckled at his younger brother's reaction as he held him in his arms tightly.

Sasuke looked up at Itachi with big eyes. "Why are we going to the lake, Niisan?" He asked curiously, tilting his head.

Itachi looked down at Sasuke with soft eyes. "We're going to wash your cut in the water before I put a bandage on it." He answered gently.

"Oh." Sasuke said as he looked at his finger.

Once they were on the dock, Itachi gently set Sasuke on the wooden surface. He got on his knees and bent over as he extended Sasuke's hand in the water. A red fog filled the water around Sasuke's hand as Itachi washed it. He cringed when Itachi placed his finger over his cut to wash it more thoroughly.

"I'm sorry, Sasuke." Itachi whispered sadly.

Sasuke immediately tried to look into Itachi's sad eyes. "No, it wasn't your fault Niisan! I'll be okay." He said reassuringly and smiled.

Itachi still had his head down with his bangs covering his face as he washed Sasuke hand. He couldn't even look at him.

His face was even sadder. "I promised I wouldn't let you get hurt." He whispered silently as a single tear rolled down his check into the water, creating small ripples.

Sasuke saw the small ripples in the water and his eyes quickly widened. He had never seen Itachi cry, ever.

Sasuke tackled Itachi, waking him from his daze and causing him to fall into the water. A big splash was made as the two bodies collided into the water. Both of their heads went under water and quickly shot up for air. Sasuke was cuddled into Itachi's chest as they kept themselves afloat.

Itachi looked at Sasuke with shocked eyes. "Sasuke, why did you do that?" He said speechless as he held him in his arms.

Sasuke looked up at him with a big grin. "Because Niisan, you said after training we would go swimming! Training is over for the day, right?" He said giggling as he supported himself with his hands on Itachi's shoulders.

Itachi's eyes widened more, knowing fully well why Sasuke pushed him in the water.

His eyes softened and he smiled down at his baby brother. "Otouto, your training hasn't even begun." He said laughing as he let go of Sasuke.

Sasuke looked confused at Itachi as he floated next to him. "What? What do you-"

A small wall of water was splashed in Sasuke's face from Itachi. Sasuke gasped and wiped his eyes. He coughed slightly and looked at Itachi through his blurry vision.

Itachi laughed loudly at Sasuke and winked at him when he opened his blurry eyes.

Sasuke blushed and pouted. His eyes gleamed and a smirk appeared on his face.

Itachi looked curiously at Sasuke. "Otouto what are you-"

Sasuke laughed as he splashed a wave of water at Itachi.

Itachi's black locks covered his face. He slowly parted his bangs and could hear Sasuke still laughing. "I got you Aniki!" He said laughing.

Sasuke stopped laughing when he felt Itachi's eyes on him. Itachi glared and smirk teasingly as he splashed him back.

"Never let your guard down Otouto!" Itachi said laughing again.

Sasuke wiped the water from his eyes and splashed him again. They both began laughing together.

The cycle continued for ten minutes until both of them were out of breath from laughing and coughing too much.

The younger raven swam over to Itachi's open arms. He cuddled into his elder brother's neck and giggled. Itachi placed his head on top of Sasuke's with his hands clinging to his back. Itachi sighed contently. The two stayed in the position for several minutes.

"Hey, Niisan?" Sasuke asked slowly.

"Hn?" Itachi said with closed eyes.

Sasuke giggled from the feel of Itachi's throat vibrating against his head. He removed his head from Itachi's neck and looked up at him. Itachi looked down at him with contemplating eyes.

Sasuke smiled brightly and blushed. "Thank you." He said happily.

Itachi tilted his head. "For what?" He asked confused.

Sasuke giggled again. "For being there for me when I need you." He smiled.

Itachi softly smiled at him and pulled him close to his face. Sasuke blushed even more at the distance between them.

"I'll always be there for you, Sasuke." He said gently.

The older raven leaned in closer to Sasuke's face, causing his onyx eyes to open fully at his older brother. Itachi chuckled at Sasuke's reaction and placed a gentle kiss on his cheek. He pulled away to look down at his Otouto's scarlet face.

"A-a-Aniki?" Sasuke asked breathlessly and touched his check.

Itachi smiled. "Come on; let's go home for the day."

Sasuke nodded and looked down at his cut. "A-Aniki?"

"Hn?"

"My cut, it looks like it's, gone." Sasuke said amazed and looked up at Itachi.

Itachi smiled and brought his hand up to his face. "Your right, I wonder how that is?" He said teasingly.

Sasuke smiled. "I don't know maybe magic?" He said happily and laughed.

Itachi chuckled and ruffled Sasuke's damp hair. "Foolish Otouto, you still have a lot to learn." He laughed.

The two continued to laugh with each other until they swam back to the dock.

Once they were on land, Itachi reached for Sasuke's hand and held onto it all the way home.

Never letting go, just like their brotherly bond for one another.

A/N: Awwwww I love Itachi! :D I wish I had a big brother like him! :) This was defiantly the longest chapter I ever wrote so I'm proud of it! :D Please review and tell me your thoughts on the story! How do you think Sasuke's cut healed so quickly? ;)