In the middle of the night Sasuke was awoken by a loud roll of thunder. He startled and got out of his bed to look outside the window. It was raining heavily and every now and then a flash of lightning lit up the sky, closely followed by a threatening clap of thunder. Usually Sasuke was not afraid of thunderstorms, but for some reason it made him feel uneasy tonight.
Suddenly he heard some noise in the hallway. His door was opened and Yasuo rushed in, closing it slowly.
''Wha-?'' Sasuke wanted to ask, but was interrupted.
''Sssh, be quiet, Sasuke, there's someone in the house.''
Sasuke's eyes widened. ''What? But who?'' he asked confused.
''I don't know, but I'll go and see if Mum is alright. I want you to hide and not to come out until I come back and tell you it's safe.'' Yasuo said in a firm voice.
''O-okay...'' his brother's severity startled Sasuke but he agreed to do what he had been told.
Yasuo opened the door a crack and peered into the hallway. When he felt it was safe he sneaked outside and closed the door behind him. Sasuke hid under his bed and strained his ears, trying to understand what was going on. For what felt like an eternity it was completely silent, only every now and then a lightning would light up the room, followed by a clap of thunder.
Suddenly Sasuke heard the scream of his mother, closely followed by even more noise. He thought he had also heard his brother and some other familiar voices, but he didn't have enough time to think about it, as his door was pushed open and he saw 7 pair of feet entering his room, 2 of which belonged to his mother and brother. They were standing directly in front of someone else's feet, from which Sasuke concluded that they were held captive.
''Where is the boy?!'' someone screamed furiously. Sasuke felt like he knew the person the voice belonged to, but the furious tone didn't seem to fit, which made it hard for him to realize whose it was.
''What do you want from him? Why are you doing this?'' Sasuke heard his mother cry.
''Tell me where the boy is. Now.'' It was the same voice as before but still Sasuke couldn't recognize it.
''And when you've found him? What are you going to do to him?'' Yasuo asked.
''The only thing he deserves. The only thing all of you deserve for what you did to my brother!'' the voice suddenly yelled, followed by his brother's and his mother's scream and suddenly the bed bent over Sasuke's head. Obviously they must have been pushed on his bed and were now lying over him.
'Wait a moment. His...brother?' then Sasuke suddenly realized why this voice sounded so familiar. It belonged to no one else but his uncle! How could he not have recognized it before? It must have been because he had never seen his uncle mad before. But still... this didn't make any sense. Why would his uncle come to their house in the middle of the night and who were those other people?
''What do you mean by that? I never did anything to Tsuyoshi. I loved him!'' his mother's voice interrupted Sasuke's thoughts.
For a moment it was quiet, then a cold laugh made Sasuke jump. '' You loved him? YOU LOVED HIM?!'' Takeru screamed. ''That's probably why you cheated on him and gave birth to this little... bastard!'' he hissed, his teeth clenched tightly together.
''Wh-what are you talking about?'' Sasuke heard his brother ask.
''Oh your dear mother didn't tell you that this little brat is not your real brother? That she cheated on my brother and foisted some other man's child on him?'' Takeru asked sarcastically.
''Is it true what he's saying, Mum?''
''Yasuo, I...'' his mother's voice sounded helpless and desperate.
''It is true.'' Takeru interrupted her. ''Tsuyoshi told me himself. It was about 3 years ago when he came to me, completely drained, and told me how stupid and deceived he felt. When I asked him why he didn't want to tell me in what way though. But when I watched the boys fight earlier I saw it: Those eyes. The Sharingan.''
''Sharingan? Is that what those eyes of Sasuke's are called?'' Yasuo asked.
''Exactly. I didn't expect you to know about it. It's the Kekkei Genkai of the Uchiha-clan, a clan that lives in a village called Konoha Gakure. And since Sasuke has it, there is no way he could ever be Tsuyoshi's biological son. I feel so dumb, Tsuyoshi practically told me what you had done and I was just too stupid to put one and one together. I shouldn't have let him go on that mission, maybe he would still be alive then.''
''You don't mean...?'' Miyoko asked startled.
''Yes. It was the mission during which he died. And when I think of his behavior I can very well imagine that he lost voluntarily. It simply cannot be that a skilled and experienced shinobi like him would have died so easily.''
''No, no that can't be!'' Sasuke heard his mother break out in tears.
''It's all your fault!'' suddenly a different voice said. It must have been one of the people who had come with Takeru and Sasuke was pretty sure that it was one of the village's upper class shinobi.
The man's comment seemed to have encouraged the others as well. ''Yeah, we shouldn't have let you come to our village in the first place!'' one exclaimed, ''Bloody foreigners!'' another spat.
Miyoko continued to cry and Yasuo tried to comfort her, but wasn't very successful.
''You- you don't understand!'' She finally cried out. ''It was just... It was a hard time! We were fighting a lot and he was always gone on missions and then...'' her voice broke, but she gulped and continued.
''I met my early love, Yashiro Uchiha. We were in school together and we were in a relationship back then. I know it's not an excuse, but I was just so lonely and when I met him after all these years, I... It was a terrible mistake and I regretted it immediately the morning after. But I just couldn't bring myself to tell Tsuyoshi. Everything was going so well after that... incident that I didn't want to destroy our happiness. And when I realized that I was pregnant I convinced myself that it might as well be from Tsuyoshi, even though I knew that wasn't the case when Sasuke was born and I saw his dark hair and eye colour. How could he be our child if Tsuyoshi and Yasuo had brown hair and green eyes? But even though I knew that Sasuke wasn't his biological son I couldn't bring myself to tell Tsuyoshi. He was so happy that we had been blessed with a second child, that I decided I would just leave it at that and try to forget what had happened...'' her voice died away, but at least she had calmed down a bit.
"Mother..." Yasuo seemed speechless.
Sasuke's eyes widened. What did his mother just say? His father wasn't his real father? And it might be his fault that his father had died? He felt his eyes watering, but stayed completely silent so as not to give away his hide-out.
''Yasuo, I-''
''And you were stupid enough to actually believe that Tsuyoshi wouldn't notice?'' Takeru cut her of before she could even try to explain herself. "You tried to deceive him, to deceive all of us! But you will pay for what you did. And so will your little bastard."
"W-what do you mean by that?" Miyoko asked confused. "What are you going to do to him?"
"Like I told you: The only thing he deserves. He is the cause for my brother's dead, so he doesn't deserve to live on. We'll knock that brat's light out and avenge Tsuyoshi's death."
"No! Please don't hurt him! He is just a child! It's not his fault!" Sasuke heard his mother cry out.
Takeru's voice didn't reveal any emotion. "Oh don't worry. It's not like you would live long enough to watch him die. You should rather fear for your own well-being. Tsukasa! Masaki!"
"Yes, sir!" Two of the shinobi answered simultaneously. Sasuke saw them each draw a Kunai and approach the bed.
"Don't you dare touch my mother!" Yasuo yelled furiously and tried to attack the two men, but they were too strong. One of them caught Yasuo's arms and pinned them to his back, immobilizing him. Then the other kicked Yasuo, forcing him down on his knees. The next second Yasuo felt his hair being pulled back and something cold and sharp press against his throat.
"So tell me..." Takeru was slowly walking towards Yasuo and bowed down until his face was only inches away from Yasuo's. "...where is your brother?"
Sasuke heard his brother laugh dryly. "You are too late. I heard you and told him to run away. He should be far outside the village by now."
Takeru didn't show any emotion. "I know you're lying. I bet he is still somewhere in the house. But it doesn't matter." He grinned. "We'll get him either way." He straightened back up and nodded to the men who had pressed his kunai against Yasuo's throat.
His mother's bloodcurdling scream made Sasuke jump. When he saw something fall to the ground right in front of him he shut his eyes, because he was scared of what he might see. When he opened them again he had to cover his mouth with his hands, to keep himself from screaming. He looked directly into his brothers wide opened eyes. He was lying on the floor right in front of the bed, completely motionless. Blood was streaming out of his throat and a trickle of it was slowly flowing towards Sasuke. He tried to get away from it, but since he was too scared of making any noise he couldn't do anything. So now he was lying in a puddle of his brother's blood and heard his mother screams of desperation.
"How can you do this to us?! We are one family, you always cared for us! I thought you loved the boys!" Miyoko cried.
"Well then you thought wrong. I was only taking care of you because my brother had loved you and I considered it to be my duty to do so." Takeru walked towards the bed. "But Tsuyoshi died because of you, that cannot be forgiven."
"No, no please don't..." Sasuke heard his mother cry quietly. He was desperate. He wanted to stop his uncle, but he knew he wasn't strong enough to stop any of those men. Takeru was now standing right next to the bed. Sasuke started to shake heavily. He heard the sound of a kunai being drawn and all he could do was to shut his eyes and ears and hide his face in his arms. He felt the bed bend over him and pressed his hands even stronger on his ears. Tears were streaming down his face and mixed with the blood he was lying in.
Some seconds later, which felt like an eternity to Sasuke, he felt the weight being lifted from the bed and opened his eyes again.
The cold voice of his uncle broke the silence. "Now all we have to do is find the brat."
"But how are we going to do that, sir? And what are we going to do with the bodies?" one of the other men asked.
"I'm sure he is still somewhere in the house, so we'll fix both these problems at the same time." then he left the room, followed by the others.
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So that was it for part 2 and kinda part 3 as well, because this one is quiet long, but I really didn't wanna split it into two parts :D