SasuSaku: A Broken Promise Chapter 4: A Frightening Experience
(NOTE: IN THIS CHAPTER, SASUKE'S FAMILY GETS KILLED BY ITACHI. SAKURA GOES WITH HIM TO INTRODUCE SAKURA TO HIS PARENTS... BUT HOWEVER... THEY COME UPON A SHOCKING DISCOVERY!)
We made a promise that day... we promised that we'd marry at the age of eighteen... until one fateful night...
After Sasuke and Sakura were done with school, Sasuke decided to introduce Sakura to his family. Well, that was supposed to happen... until later that night...
Sasuke and Sakura were running to Sasuke's house.
"I stayed out with Sakura pretty late." said Sasuke to himself.
"It's gotten pretty dark... I stayed out with Sasuke too long." said Sakura to herself.
Just then, a figure was on top of a pole. He had Sharingan eyes.
Sasuke and Sakura then stopped running.
"What was that? It felt like someone was there." said Sasuke to himself.
"That's strange. I could've sworn there was someone there." said Sakura to herself.
"Sakura... the lights... it's not even time to go to bed yet. Let's go, Sakura!" cried Sasuke as the two of them continued running. They then stopped running and saw blood everywhere.
"Oh no!" cried Sakura.
"What is this... what is going on?" asked Sasuke as they continued running.
"What in the world is going on?" asked Sasuke to himself as he and Sakura noticed his dead uncle and aunt.
"Uncle...? Auntie...?" asked Sasuke.
"Sasuke! What about your parents? Are they-" said Sakura as Sasuke interrupted her by saying:
"Oh no... not Father and Mother too..." as Sasuke and Sakura ran to his house.
"Father? Mother?" asked Sasuke as he and Sakura got inside his house.
"Is anyone home?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know." said Sasuke.
Just then, they heard a thud.
"What was that?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know!" cried Sasuke as the two of them ran to the living room door. Unfortunately, there was someone in there.
"There's somebody in here." said Sasuke.
"Come on... move, Sasuke... move!" said Sasuke to himself as he opened the door as Sakura followed him inside the living room.
When they got inside the living room, they found two corpses in the middle of the room. They were Sasuke's parents... dead and bloodstained.
"Oh no! Sasuke-kun, what happened?" cried Sakura.
"I don't know!" cried Sasuke.
Just then, the same figure came back as Sasuke and Sakura took a few steps back.
Finally, when the figure revealed itself in the light, Sasuke then recognized the figure... his own older brother... Itachi Uchiha.
"Big Brother! Itachi! Father and Mother are both... I don't... understand! Who could do all this?" asked Sasuke as Itachi threw a shuriken at Sasuke as his shirt got torn.
"Sasuke-kun!" cried Sakura.
"Wait a minute... Big Brother..." said Sasuke as he looked at Itachi.
"Itachi... what have you done?" cried Sasuke.
"Foolish little brother... it's time for your punishment." said Itachi.
"Punishment? Sasuke's done nothing wrong!" said Sakura to herself.
"Mangekyo Sharingan!" cried Itachi as Sasuke saw his family being killed. Sasuke then began screaming.
"Stop it! Itachi! Don't show me all this! Big Brother... why?" asked Sasuke.
He then continued screaming as he fell to the ground.
"Sasuke!" cried Sakura.
Sasuke then saw Itachi hovering over their parent's dead bodies.
"Why? Why have you done all this? Why... Itachi?" asked Sasuke.
"To test the limits of my ability." said Itachi.
"To test your... ability? Is that why you... and that's why... you killed everybody?" asked Sasuke.
"They were useless to me." said Itachi.
"What do you mean?" asked Sasuke as he ran while screaming:
"You're crazy, Big Brother!" as Itachi made a fist as Sasuke fell to the ground.
"Sasuke!" cried Sakura.
Sasuke then looked up at Itachi and had tears in his eyes.
Itachi then took a step forward as Sasuke looked at him and said:
"I'm scared... I'm scared!" as he grabbed Sakura's right hand with his left as they left the house.
As the duo tried to escape from Itachi's wrath, Sasuke screamed:
"I don't wanna die!"
Just then, Sasuke and Sakura stopped running as Itachi appeared in front of them.
"No... it has to be a lie. You're not the big brother I know!" cried Sasuke.
"I have acted like the older brother that you always wanted... and here I am. In the main hall of Nakano Shrine... underneath the tatami wall from the far right... is the clan's secret gathering place. There you will find out the real secret." said Itachi.
"The... secret?" asked Sasuke to himself.
"What secret? What's he talking about?" asked Sakura to herself.
"There are two people who possess the Mangekyo Sharingan... including me... but however... I am the second one to possess it... if you possess it, Sasuke... then you will be the third person to obtain the Mangekyo Sharingan." said Itachi as he was about to kill Sasuke.
"Oh, don't worry. You're not even worth killing. I'm going to let you live. Foolish little brother, if you wish to kill me, hate me, detest me. And yet survive in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life. And one day... when you possess the same eyes as mine... come back and fight me." said Itachi as he did Sharingan on Sasuke which made him pass out.
"Sasuke!" screamed Sakura.
The next morning...
While Sasuke was sleeping, Sakura was sitting on a chair right beside him while waiting for him to wake up.
"Oh... if only he could wake up." said a sad Sakura to herself.
Suddenly, Sasuke awoke with a start.
"What... what just happened? Was it all a dream?" asked Sasuke to himself as he got up.
"Sasuke-kun! You're awake!" cried Sakura as Sasuke looked at his left arm as he remembered the shuriken being thrown at his arm by Itachi.
"I had to sew up your arm. I couldn't stand to see you suffer... Sasuke-kun." said Sakura.
"Sakura... you're alive." said Sasuke as he hugged her.
"Of course I am." said Sakura.
"Are you hurt?" asked Sasuke.
"No. But I had to carry you all the way to the hospital." said Sakura.
"Sakura... how long have I been sleeping?" asked Sasuke.
"You were sleeping ever since Itachi knocked you out with his Sharingan." said Sakura.
"Wait... Sakura... could you say that again?" asked a shocked Sasuke.
"You were sleeping ever since Itachi knocked you out with his Sharingan." repeated Sakura as he grabbed her hand as the two children ran out of the hospital and into Sasuke's neighborhood.
Just then, Sasuke thought he saw his uncle and aunt.
"Good morning, Sasuke. What can I get you for today?" asked his aunt as Sasuke realized it was only an illusion of her... because his relatives... were now dead... and gone.
Sasuke and Sakura then walked to Sasuke's house. When they got inside the house, they went to the living room where Sasuke's parents has been brutally murdered... by his own older brother... Itachi Uchiha.
"Oh, Sasuke... I'm so sorry." said Sakura feeling remorse for Sasuke.
Sasuke sadly fell to the ground... and began to cry. Sakura then put her arms around him as she began consoling him as he continued crying.