I do not own the Naruto series, or any of the characters
(sorry for the lack of detail and skill in this, its one of my first posted stories )
PROLOGUE
Thunder clashed violently in the sky, making a rumble roll across the empty halls of the empty house. Sasuke cringed suddenly startled, quickly shoving the blanket over his head.
Sure his fear of thunder was known to the entire family, but there was nothing that would make him leave his bed now and flee to the side of his mother and fathers room. He was always trying to empress his father and make him proud; surely running to him during a slight fear of the weather was bound to make him look down upon him in disgust.
Hot sweat covered his body as the thick blankets warmed up his body with unnecessary heat. Grumbling to himself, he tried to turn him self to another side of his body, but being squished between a hard mattress and a thick layer of blankets made it hard to move, and stuck his head out of the blanket slowly to get some fresh cold air.
Looking over to the door on the right side of his bed, he stared gloomily at it, arguing over solutions to his problem in his head, until another clash of bright light flicked across the window, sending Sasuke flying out of bed and towards the hallway. The padding of his sweat covered feet echoed lightly off the walls as he ran for the closet room.
Pulling the door open viciously, He gasped loudly as he looked around the room, realizing the mistake he had made. Sure he had made a random choice on doors to run to, but he didn't spend much time to think through which room this was until he had already entered it.
A quite groan left Sasuke's lips as he dragged his feet slowly toward the bed at the far side of the room, unsure on how he should take his approach. Lifting a shaking hand up slowly, he softly tugged on the sheets to catch the person's attention.
A rustling noise was heard until Sasuke stared blankly back into another pair of onyx eyes, that seemed to thirst for sleep. Sasuke's eyes flashed down at the ground in shame, a light shade of red covering his cheeks.
"Nii-san? Is it alright if I stay with you for a little bit?" He murmured quietly to his older brother, his eyes looking back into Itachi's, who let out a deep a sigh as he swung his legs to the side of the bed so that they dangled off the edge.
"Sasuke, it's your first day of the academy tomorrow, you need to get some sleep," Itachi replied in a smooth voice, despite the lack of sleep. Sasuke grumbled to him self before plastering a pout onto his face, annoyed by the fact that no matter what situation it was, his brother would always be making excuses.
"You know I can't sleep during thunder storms," Sasuke replied, his arms crossed tightly against his chest.
Sighing, Itachi pulled back the covers to his bed as Sasuke happily jumped on the mattress, making the cords squeak bellow. Snuggling under the blankets, he let out a big breath of air, content with where he was at the moment. As soon as Itachi knew Sasuke was all set and settled in, he curled back under the covers and turned the other direction.
A big flash and boom echoed through the house, and Sasuke clutched onto the cloth that covered Itachi's arm and snuggled his head into his back, the material bunching up at Sasuke clutched hand.
As soon as Sasuke's head came into contact with Itachi's back, his eyes shot open almost instantly. A strange feeling wrapped itself around his gut, something he was entirely sure of, but all the same, it was a foreign sensation, he couldn't't understand if he liked or despised it at the moment. He wanted to Push his brother off him, but at the same time, something also wanted to keep him there all day and night.
A warm, fluent breath brushed across his neck, the warm and slow puffs of air, calming him down slightly, knowing the Sasuke had already fallen asleep.
Itachi's eyes fluttered open slowly, his sight blurry from being waken so suddenly form such a deep slumber, he wasn't't sure if he has ever slept that well, due to the long and bloody missions that he had been on, the always tended to give him nightmares that made even him shiver from fear.
Climbing off his bed carefully, he walked gently, making sure to not make any noise to alarm or wake anyone. Quickly, he slipped out of his clothes and slipped into his anbu uniform, making sure to fasten the vest up tightly.
A soft mumble made him flash around quickly, startled by the fact that he may or may not have woken his little brother.
Relief flooded through him as he stared at the still limb slumbering form of his brother on the bed, his limbs spread wide over the bed, tangling up with the sheets.
Letting out a small chuckle to him self, Itachi walked over to the side of the bed and Straightened up Sasuke's position before pulling the sheets over him. The emotion on his face held a calming feeling as he breathed in deep, far off in a reality Itachi would never be able to reach. He stared down at his face for a minute or two before heading to the open window, the moon still shinning bright through despite the time.
Looking back over her shoulder one more time, he lunged out and proceeded his way to where he indented to gain the next level of Sharingon, something he had been wanting for a long time even since the day he read the clan scroll under the candle light as Mardara Uchiha had instructed.
