Blue Rose
"Brothers in Blood"
Chapter 5

"I'll come back. Be prepared when I do."

WARNING: Crappy and confusing fight scene everyone! (sigh)

A/N: I realized that I didn't mention Sasuke's name before and now I got a pretty big problem on how to name him. Gah. Just get ready for the dreaded fight scene, okay? (another big sigh)

And yeah, in the fight scene, Sasuke's name was simple a 'he'. Yeah, it's pretty lame. Dammit.

Hope you'll enjoy!

The soft wind swept passed them bringing along the sweet fragrance of lavenders and roses. Small pink rose petals danced in the air along with the air, making the scene a lot more heavenly. Doves gazed down at them from the clear blue sky as a vague sound of the rushing of a river nearby reached her ears.

But as much as the sky is clear and her surroundings peaceful, her mind's a total chaos for all the confusion that's happening. Her mind tells something and yet her body acts otherwise. She wanted to ask who the young girl, that is still hugging her, is and how she got here and yet all she could do is to smile and hug her back. And yet again, she can't feel her body at all.

Am I…dead?

"Oneechan…" The young girl looked up at her from an angle she thought looks innocent. "Let's go home now? Otousan's waiting."

"Hai. After all, it's not good to run away from my defenders, ne?" She heard herself say lightly as she unlatched herself from the girl and started to walk. With their hands intertwined, she felt a strange kind of nostalgia as well as warmth. She got confused all the more yet she can feel her heart swell up with the profound strange feeling.

They were walking down the field when her vision became hazy, or that's what she think so for the scene before her seemed to be consumed with black as they swirl around her, combining the colors of the flowers and the grasses with black and the sweet smell is instantly replaced with a faint smell of musk. The blackness surrounded her as she felt faint with the sudden foreboding feeling that something has gone wrong. Something had.

"The immense power you held…you do not belong here."

The cold and yet distant voice resonated in the whole blackness. Her heart tripled at the familiarity of the voice as she turned around not to face the same inky darkness but the towering image of her a man with elegant long black hair that ran in his back. And what's the most stunning is that he, like the other girl, has the same peculiar gaze as hers. Even if he's simply sitting behind a dark wooden desk with his hands crossed beneath his chin, his elbows resting at the table and his eyes fixed in hers in an intense cold gaze, she felt herself being swallowed by the shadows that surrounded her and the man on the desk.

Otousan? A voice within her said. No, my Otousan died in a car accident a year ago…demo, who was that voice that told me he was? But, that's impossible…I'm not alive in this year.

"O-otousan…? W-what a-are you t-t-talking a-about?"

Otousan? Please, don't confuse me more…I don't even know who owns this body I'm occupying…

"With that thing inside you, you can cause more than trouble in our clan. Learn to control it and if you do, come back."

"C-come b-back…? D-demo---" The voice said which happened to be very similar to hers shook with the foreboding feeling.

"I'll be sending you away where you will be trained profusely," He said coldly as he turned around from her to face the darkness. "Now get out of my sight and prepare for your leave."

"H-hai…" And she felt the same sadness, defeat and loneliness that the person who owned the body she is occupying now felt.

…and Otousan asked me to leave home today. I really felt that he's just driving me away, Okasan, but something tells me that what Otousan said is the truth. But still, the feeling of loneliness didn't vanish. I want so much to stay here my younger sister and my older cousin but responsibility permits me not. I don't want to be a burden to my family as well as the clan but somehow, feelings have its own way to defy duties, right? And in this situation I'm in, I want so much to defy it but responsibility is much more stronger. I don't mean my love for my family is weak…its just that…well, in responsibility, you can show just how much you love them too.

Right, Okasan?

Is that why you died so that we will live?

Because even if your love for my clan, family and us is strong, you decided responsibility over your feelings and died. Even if you want to see me again, even if you want to see my younger sister…you can't. For if you did, sis might perish, I might perish and the whole clan will perish. And you decided to die instead.

So I will follow you steps, Okasan. I will for I love the clan so much I'm willing to sacrifice my own self.

And maybe, I might be with you too.

Kurenai read the last phrase in the page and turned to the next page. The passage is intriguing and at the same time, afraid for the frightening truth. If the girl who wrote this is no one but Hinata, then who is the Hinata that's living with them now?

She decided to read the next page to find that out.

A dark figure with black wings glided across the starless sky. Rain still poured and yet it didn't affect the enigma's speed. The sleeping village underneath him seemed to silent and void of life. The cold breeze simply fastened its pace as he continued to move smoothly while not being seen. His blood red rotating orbs looked down warily, tracking down the vague blood scent of the person he was looking for.

There's someone with her. Someone who is…very familiar.

He glided over as the scent became strong in that area. He was about to go to her place when he noticed that her blood scent is not found there. He scanned the places nearby and found a very vague blood scent of hers, almost not noticeable. But his sensitive sense of smell cannot be fooled and so he decided to follow it down. As his hunt progressed, a chakra signature can be sensed as well and that brought the idea that someone else, someone who's like him, is with her.

And that thought worried him.

He's here. That signature…that immense power. There is no one else but him.

He reached down his back to grab his katana.

And again, another scene. The same scene when skipping to another place and time. When black merged with the colors of the previous scene to replace another time. When her chest overcame with a dreaded feeling that these all are familiar. That these happened before. All these happened and yet she can't remember when. And that only confused her more, for she knew she's not alive in this time.

And this time, in this place, it frightened her.

The panorama's too hazy but all she can see are reds, smokes and blacks. Nothing but a strange feeling of death. Even the scent smells like one. The view are swirling over and over and over again, making her dizzy at the same time. Her head ache at the view as she felt her stomach turned. She felt herself stumble in the ground as she saw vaguely how the dark brown soil bled with blood. And it worsened her feeling of dread.

What…what is this…? I…I…

She clutched her head h in pain as her eyes finally obeyed her mind's orders as she closed them down, afraid to see the mysterious and frightening panorama of swirling reds and blacks. As if something had gone terribly and she didn't have a clue what it is.

"Oneechan!"

Someone shrieked behind her. At least she was not alone. Just as she turned around, her view was blocked by a piercing white light, hurting her eyes in the process. She immediately closed her eyes as she clutched her face to ward of any light. Still kneeling down, the scent and feeling of death gradually vanished as slowly, ever so slowly, she felt herself floating in an empty void as if she was released from a terrible hell.

Sighing inwardly, she's glad that the ordeal was done. She removed her hands and lay back down but didn't fell for the space seemed to catch her. The pain in her eyes was gone as she felt being lifted up until she finally felt her body back into the present. Contented that she's back in her world, she stumbled upon an undisturbed sleep.

I…I'm back…

He removed his head from her neck as he slowly eased her in his arms. And slowly, he turned around to face the two who interrupted his small ceremony. Obviously, the two didn't know anything at all about what's happening. Their chakras' are low enough for normal individuals. Of course, they saw something they shouldn't have. But then, there's no treat if ever they spread it. No one would believe it and if every one did, they could not capture him. No normal citizen can.

He straightened down and rested his blood red rotating eyes on them. The two seemed to be taken aback by what they saw but the one with dark glasses remained calm. And yet again, he could sense fear oozing from the unwanted company.

The one who shouted the hime's name snapped shut his mouth as, despite the fear, his eyes blazed with fury and rage.

"You," Kiba started courageously. "What did you do to Hinata-chan?"

He continued to give them his nerve-wrecking gaze as he remained silent. But inwardly, he was smirking at the ignorance of the two. Even the dog remained quiet as it leaped into its master's collar.

He straightened out as he continued to carry Hinata in his arms protectively. Then his rotating orbs crossed from them to something behind them as he saw something in the background. Something or someone he quite expected.

The two didn't even have the time to react for they received blows in the back of their necks. They immediately fell over as the dog leaped to bite their attacker only to be kicked in a distance, losing their consciousness immediately.

The dark figure with black wings made himself seen from the shadows as he slowly curled his wings to disappear in his back. Blood red rotating eyes met as they saw their exact replica: dark black hair over pale skin, red eyes, lean and yet muscular build and the same clothes. However, the one was carrying an unconscious raven-haired woman in his arms while the other had a katana in his right hand. The one with the katana didn't even spare the woman a glance as his fierce gaze remained at the same figure in front of him.

"Henge." The one with katana said nonchalantly. The other continued to fix him is languid gaze.

"As expected." With a one-handed seal, he immediately transformed back in his original form. Still, his blood red rotating eyes and features are remained but not the exact replica anymore. He seemed to be older as long streaks are shown beneath his eyes.

"I already gave you enough clues to search my whereabouts," He said in his normal distant and cold voice. The other gripped his katana further as he positioned it in front of him.

"Hello little brother. Good to see you again."

Kurenai gazed down at the diary with confused eyes. The next page was totally burnt out. The passage should have been the day after she left her clan's place. It was supposed to be a passage what happened later in her travel but it seemed that the pages in that passage were burnt out. There is nothing more in it but burnt pages for that passage.

"What will I do now?"

She turned the next pages and sighed when she saw that there are still passages in it. And it seems that that specific passage was intentionally burnt out so that no one would read its contents. Brushing of the idea, she decided to read further.

After all, there's only one passage that she missed.

"Hello little brother. Good to see you again."

Red rotating eyes fired up as rage inside him boiled. His grip on the katana tightened as he prepared to attack but he knew he must not. Hime is with him. One false move and it would be the end.

"Give me back hime, Itachi." He said coldly. His opponent merely looked at him with the same intense gaze.

"You should thank me, you know," Itachi said with his usual cold and monotone voice. "I already gave her half of what you should have given her."

He seemed to freeze before the fire in his eyes came back.

"What did you do." He demanded.

"Me—mo—ries." Itachi's lips formed as his eyes narrowed with anger.

"If you---"

"I didn't. Not yet anyway."

Itachi slowly went to their right as his fierce gaze continued to observe him. He slowly place Hinata under a large tree before facing him once again.

"Let me see how much you improved."

He let out a small growl and lifted up his katana. He flew forward and metal banged against metal as Itachi whipped out a small throwing knife with chakra infused with it and gazed at him with his impassive eyes. His eyes widened ever so slightly with surprise before he was thrown back out into the field.

He landed on his feet and gritted his teeth as Itachi came flying out towards him. He barely managed to get his katana up before Itachi's cut him half. The sheer force of the hit drove his feet deeper into the ground.

He darted himself from the ground and distanced himself. After regaining his balance and stance, he darted himself towards Itachi's direction just before he found himself on guard with his katana as Itachi disappeared and reappeared all around him. Suddenly, he was hit in the jaw and flew back against the field.

Wiping the blood from his mouth, he jumped up just as Itachi slammed his chakra-infused kunai down where he was sitting. The lower half of ground tumbled around his arm as he landed on his shoulders and jumped off him, pushing Itachi against the tree in his wake.

He grasped his side and swore at the throbbing pain there. He saw a glitter of light off a blade and whirled to his left. He gripped his katana and brought it up as Itachi came flying out at him once again after his attack. The spark of metal grating against each other sounded just inches from his face as he gritted his teeth. He lifted his leg and shoved his foot against Itachi's stomach, making the kunai-wielding man stumble backwards.

The unconscious bodies of the friends of their hime were forgotten as well as the rain in their bodies. They can no longer feel the frosty cold and yet, excitement tingled in their spines.

He stood up and attacked furiously as he swung hard at Itachi, only to be blocked by the kunai yet the impact send the man flying across the wet hard ground. Itachi's body slammed into a tree nearby, making it crush around in on impact. He stabbed his katana in his direction as Itachi's chakra-infused met it to block the attack. As soon as contact was made, he jumped out from behind it and slammed a kunai against the man, sending Itachi flying into the several trees, making it crush again on impact, with blood gushing at his side.

Panting, he once again shifted to a defense position just in case Itachi will attack unexpectedly. But it seemed that silence rule as the rain splattered on their skin. The trees' debris crumbled over the body of Itachi and yet, there is no movement.

I guess that did it.

He was about to turn back to went towards Hinata when he felt his arms being held up in his back and a kunai positioned in the base of his neck.

Nani…? Shadow replication technique?

"You're slow."

"Hn."

"Tch," Itachi said as he removed his kunai. He immediately turned around and positioned his katana before him just in case he will fight again. So it's not a shadow replication technique after all for there was the blood that gushed on his side. He saw how his wound closed up and the bleeding stopped. And yet, Itachi remained composed as ever.

"And yet again, still weak."

"I made you bleed."

"Hn," Itachi smirked at him ever so slightly. "You did. Are you satisfied to give me this scratch?"

He narrowed his eyes at him and gripped his katana. He took one step further to engage into another battle before his cold and distant voice stopped him in his tracks.

"I'll come back," Itachi said in his monotone voice as he continued to gaze him with his unnerving red eyes. "Be prepared when I do."

His figure was replaced with a flock of black crows as the menacing birds flew across the starless dark sky. He can no longer feel his chakra signature yet his blood scent still lingers. The fight still wore him down as he limply went towards the direction of his hime.

As long as she's okay, he'll be fine.

She heard distant voices and sounds. Sounds so far away. And yet, she felt herself gain her consciousness back. Silence was heard except the constant pouring of the rain. She finally felt she was there and yet her body felt numb. Totally numb. She tried to open her eyes and felt they are too heavy.

"Hime."

A familiar voice was heard. Then she realized that her head rested upon something wet and yet hard and soft at the same time. She tried to open her eyes despite the pain and the heaviness. And she succeeded. Slowly, ever so slowly, she opened her eyes to reveal the same darkness and yet no scent or feeling of death nearby. She sighed as she focused her gaze once again and saw red rotating orbs looking down at her. She let out a small gasp of surprise as she tensed.

He closed his eyes and opened them once again. The red orbs was gone but replaced with onyx dark eyes, staring down at her with such intensity. She felt her cheeks grew warm when she realized that her head was resting on his lap.

"W-who…who a-are you?"

He continued to stare down at her and held her protectively. The rain continued to pour in the background as the two wet figures continued to gaze at each other.

"I am Sasuke, destined to be your protector."

A/N: See? The fight scene sucks. Ugh! I just don't have a clue in what I'm doing…just writing down whatever pops in my idiotic mind. Anyway, I still hope you have fun.

And just in case I confused anyone, I'll make a small clear-up thingy:

Blood Exchange: This can be made possible for vampires. I guess you guys know that already. Apparently, Itachi (who used a Sasuke henge) did this to Hinata and that by Blood exchange, he was able to deliver parts of her memories…which are a bit good. Well, let's say that memories are other functions of Blood exchange aside from a 'ceremony' to show that the one who impose this act and the 'victim' has a bond. So (another spoiler?) Itachi and Hinata have a bond already.

Itachi: Yes, all I can say is that he is STILL Sasuke's brother. I can't say more though. Sorry.

Diary: Hinata's diary that Kurenai was given to the same day Hinata was given to her. She also possesses a small rusted key that only Kurenai can have and so she has access to Hinata's past. More will be revealed in the future chapters.

Hinata's Vision: It is her past, all right. But it's only partial for…well, Itachi's 'ceremony' was interrupted remember?

Other: Itachi used a Sasuke henge to fool Hinata. And he meant to leave clues for Sasuke to find out where he is. He was expecting to meet Sasuke.

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