this is something i wrote out today. it's not much, but i like the idea of karin and sasuke getting haunted by itachi's eyes and not being able to sleep at night because of them. the illusion factor that comes with itachi is really fun to play with.
also, i don't own naruto, if i did, i probably wouldn't be writing fanfiction for it.
She wakes up in a cold sweat, a panic, a complete fear that leaves her immobile. Her eyes stare into the abyss above her, barely making out the ceiling.
Slowly, a pair of red tomoe flutters open above her, peering down curiously.
She screams right before she blacks out.
It happens countless nights after that. Sasuke's eyes, Itachi's eyes – always Itachi's. It happens and Juugo is the only one to actually see, because Suigetsu doesn't care and Sasuke can barely sleep himself. Juugo holds her up and she hyperventilates and breathes in his arms and he rubs her scars and tries to calm her while the only thing keeping him from freaking out is the fact that she is more important at that moment, because without her Sasuke has no purpose because he has no guide, and without guidance Sasuke is lost. Without Sasuke, Juugo collapses and Suigetsu goes rogue. Without Karin, they are apart, and with her, they are together, stuck like weakening glue.
Karin is the flickering candle in their darkness, and as Juugo looks down at her nightmare-ringed eyes, he sees a part of her light extinguish into smoke that curls up and around them.
"His eyes," she croaks one morning after as they eat their meager breakfast.
Sasuke looks up from his food to meet her gaze. "You too? Hn."
Her chopsticks clatter to the ground.
All in this together indeed.