I'm not making a killing from the Sasuke or the Sasuke : Sharingen manga, anime or even games. So characters like Naruto don't belong to me. They belong to Kishimoto.

There is a cross-over element, but I'm sure that Naoko Takeuchi of Bishojo Senshi Sera Mun fame will forgive me. Well... I'm fairly certain.

In any event, on with the show....

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'neesan
Part 3
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Sasuke screamed as he woke up, clutching at the blanket that covered him. He could see the way his brother killed each and everyone in the Uchiha district.

The gentle whisper of steel parting flesh as easily as air and water. Futile attempts to fight back merely prolonged things.

He could feel each and every stab, slash, crushed throat....

An endless night under a crimson moon. Ebon pinwheels spinning in crimson orbs filled his world.

"Sasuke.... shh shh... I'm here," He could hear his mother as he was hugged by her. The fragrance of incense filled his nose as her hair covered his face. But he couldn't see. Something was wrapped around his head, around his... eyes.

"It'll be alright," the gentle voice of his mother calmed down the bird-wing beating of his heart.

"K.... 'kaasan, my... my eyes?" the dried croaking of his voice and the pain as he spoke brought to mind when he had been trying to master the fire jutsu that 'tousan had taught him.

"Th... they're just covered, Sasuke," The relief in his mother's voice at his question didn't exactly ease the notion that there was something wrong with his eyes. Without their eyes, a Uchiha was worthless.

"But they need to stay covered, 'kay? Sasuke. The doctors need to make sure that your eyes are working properly and that you're taught before unsealing them." The manner that she spoke, the inflection of her voice.

"Kaasan? What... what's wrong?" He dry-swallowed. He wasn't blind, but?

"Just rest for now... do you want anything?" The sigh and rustling of clothing against cloth as she settled on the bed, while hugging him eased his fears somewhat.

"Wa... water, ple...ase."

"Of course," He could hear water being poured from a flask into a cup that was pressed to his lips. "Just drink slowly. You've been unconcious for three days now."

As he lay back down on the bed after sipping at the water, she spoke once more. "Afterwards, I'll teach you how to turn off your sharingan. That's why your eyes are sealed. To prevent them from draining you dry of chakra."

Sasuke sighed as he looked out the hospital window, he really wanted to leave... he had the full sharingan, and he would have his revenge on That Man.

Idly tapping the window sill, the young boy mopped. How long would 'kaasan be? She did say that she'd be coming by to take him home at noon, and it was already over five minutes past noon.

"Foolish little brother..." the exasperated sigh brought an instinctive shudder to Sasuke. The utter calmness and boredom in that tone of voice told Sasuke that this was HIM.

The one who killed everyone.

The one how he would fight and kill.

And he would avenge the Uchiha clan.

Ebon tomoes spun rapidly as the young sharingan user turned to face his brother. Before they stopped in surprise as Sasuke's eyes widened in shock.

His 'kaasan was standing behind Itachi, who... appeared to be quite wounded as if from a fierce battle and who knew what else. The signs were there from the various bandages as well as an eyepatch that covered his right eye, which did not conceal the freshly stitched scar that ran over where his eye had to be.

"I heard from 'kaasan that you thought I was the one who killed the other Uchiha," the disappointed look on his elder brother's face was enough to bring a wince to Sasuke's face. "I would have thought that you had started learning henge and its applications."

"But... I saw you."

"Yes, you did. You also had an S rank genjutsu inflicted on you... oh Sasuke, what will I ever do with you?" the sorrowful sigh as Itachi shook his head was enough to convince Sasuke that his elder brother couldn't have done it.

He would never have done it. It had to have been another Uchiha else using a henge.

"I'm sorry, 'niisan. I shouldn't have doubted you." Sighing as he relaxed, Sasuke wasn't prepared as his elder brother poked his forehead. Much like every other time he had done that.

"Foolish little brother..."

To be continued.