Time rewind earlier that night
Sasuke laid on his bed in Itachi's room. He slept soundly as he wrapped his arms around his pillow his left hand wrapped around the kunai handle that was safely deposited there. Sasuke's right hand gripping the pillow for extra levels of comfort. He was facing away from his brother curled away toward the wall. A few hours passed and Itachi stayed up simply watching Sasuke and the door to make sure deidara didn't do anything stupid. Such as attempt to blow up his foolish baby brother as he slept. When he finally was convinced it was late enough for deidara to without a doubt be asleep he closed his eyes.
Itachi was almost able to drift off that is until he heard little whimpers. His eyebrows drew together in confusion. That sound was quite familiar. To familiar to be be coming from anyone else except for Sasuke. He turned his head to Sasuke's bed in the far corner of the room in concern. He immediately sprang up once his deteriorating eyes adjusted to the light. He made his way over to Sasuke. His baby brother finally rolled over to face him. The kunai dangerously clutched in his grip. Sasuke's eyes were sealed shut and tears streamed down his face.
Immense guilt crashed upon Itachi. Itachi figured he must be having a nightmare about the massacre.
"I'm so sorry little brother" Itachi whispered reaching out but hesitating to even touch him. He did have amazing reflexes and he was a ninja now. But Itachi didn't want to press his little brothers luck.
"What?" Itachi whispered to himself as Sasuke began mumbling to himself bitterly. He rolled around some more entangling himself in the sheets. The Kunai was dropped because of the sheets wrapped force around the you g boy's hand. The hand that had clutched the pillow was on his neck. Itachi was glad the walls of his room were sound proofed because Sasuke suddenly cried out in pain. His grip tightening on the spot where his neck met shoulder. Itachi's eyes went wide as he saw something begin to glow on Sasuke's neck right under where Sasuke's hand was desperately clawing.
"Sasuke..." Itachi whispered worriedly. What was on his baby brothers neck? He couldn't see with Sasuke's hand in the way. Was it a seal of some kind?
"n-no! G-get away! G-get off of me!" Sasuke hissed his whole body tensing in fear.
"I-i didn't do a-anything! L-leave t-them alone! L-leave me alone! Go away!" Sasuke cried his head shaking desperately.
"N-no please! I-I'll do whatever you want just don't hurt them!"
"Sasuke?" Itachi questioned lightly shaking his brother.
"I-it's not m-my fault! I-i don't Know! No nonononononono! Stop! I'm sorry! Whatever i did to make you hate me i'm sorry!" Sasuke whispered brokenly the tears streaming faster down his face. Itachi went to shake Sasuke awake harder but he was sent flying back by a burst of his brothers lightning chakra. Luckily he had landed on his bed. Itachi sighed guess he would have to resort to that method. He carefully lifted his brothers eyelid and stared into it with his now fully activated mangekyou. Itachi was not expecting or prepared for what he saw next.
Itachi frowned at the scene in front of him. This was most disturbing. Everything around him looked so vivid. Sasuke was chained to a chair in anbu interrogation. The two council members stood in front of him. Danzo stood watching from above smiling seemingly pleased with himself. Sasuke was panting and his body was covered in a mixture of sweat and blood.
"What did Orochimaru tell you of his plans boy?" Homora asked a dangerous glint in his glasses.
"I-I don't Know! N-nothing! I'm the victim here!" Sasuke protested. Koharu glared mercilessly at Sasuke. She forcefully jabbed her folded up fan into Sasuke's gut causing him to cough up blood. Some of the blood dripped onto her hand so she back handed Sasuke in the face.
"You are a traitor! Same as the rest of your despicable clan. You were going to run off with him weren't you? Help him destroy the village in retribution of your clans demise?"
"What? No! I don't want anything to do with that mentally scarring fucker!" Sasuke protested.
"Your pitiful. Lying to us will not get you out of this! You are in serious trouble!" Hamoro snapped
"How many times do i have to tell you? Orochimaru RAPED me and I'M the one that gets LOCKED UP? Do you even know how fucked up you people are!?" Sasuke snapped.
Itachi stopped breathing. He momentarily forgot how to breathe. Orochimaru had...oh God Sasuke...tears welled in Itachi's eyes. How could he have left his little brother so defenseless? How could he leave him all alone? Why hadn't he just killed Orochimaru that day? He had promised his parents he would protect him! Whatever was left of Itachi's heart shattered as Sasuke's earlier shouts flowed to the surface of his mind. "Get off me" he had stated. And who knows what else he had been muttering.
"You were probably begging for it" Danzo chuckled as he took hold of this so called terrogation. Sasuke didn't say a word he simply glared at Danzo. "He probably had you grovel at his feet as he shoved well-why should i say things that you already know?" Danzo chuckled. (I almost threw up writing this...)
"Maybe an s class nuke nin wouldn't have been able to get in the village if you hadn't ordered the massacre of it's entire security force!" Sasuke spat.
"You crafty brat. You've discovered the truth haven't you? Orochimaru really needs to keep his mouth shut from now on" Danzo said beginning to unwrap the wrappings around his head. Shisui's sharingan eye revealed.
"Where-how did..." Sasuke trailed as he somehow grew even paler than before.
"Now i'll have my fun with you" he said. Sasuke didn't have time to look away as he was caught in a horrific genjutsu. 30 secinds for danzo passed but who knows how long for Sasuke. When he was finally released the young uchiha said.
"Your the monster..your the pathetic one between the two of us...you had to depend on an uchiha to do your dirty work. Your just as bad as Orochimaru ...you shady dirtbag" Sasuke hissed with a glare.
The door sprang open suddenly and Kakashi burst into the room punched danzo in the face knocking him out effectively before undoing Sasuke's chains and lifting the boy up.
"Prison break? How uchiha of you" Sasuke chuckled.
"Had to find you first" Kakashi corrected.
"Your safe now" Kakashi muttered as the image swirled.
"Your wrong" Sasuke had muttered softly.
Sasuke watched as the season's changed. Itachi nearly choke on air as the next scene came into play. Sasuke and Naruto were both crouched down in Sasuke's room. Both were covering their heads as glass shattered above them. Rocks were being thrown at them. One hit Naruto and the other hit Sasuke. Everything was being smashed to pieces by the flying projectiles.
"We have to get out of here!" Naruto hissed at him.
"No shit!" Sasuke replied.
"No Sasuke i meant maybe we should leave konoha all together!" Naruto yelled.
"What? But what happened to you becoming hokage? It's your dream!" Sasuke protested.
"I can't do it Sasuke. We both know we aren't gonna last if we stay! Everyone is out to get us and the pedo can basically come and go as he pleases!" Naruto pointed out.
"Alright fine but we have to fake our deaths! If we do they won't follow us!" Sasuke said.
"Okay!" Naruto instantly agreed.
With one very well placed fireball Sasuke sent the entire compound up in flames. He snagged a picture of the mantle before he and Naruto snuck out the back and simply ran for it. Itachi had decided he'd seen enough. He jumped in front of the running Sasuke who froze. Ge crouched in front of him and poked his forehead. "Wake up baby brother we need to talk" Itachi stated and poked Sasuke in the forehead shattering his dream. The young Uchiha awaking with a scream.
Sasuke panted his charcoal eyes wide. He locked eyes with Itachi who was staring worriedly at him. Sasuke merely looked away from Itachi. His brother had seen everything. Sasuke knew it. But never one to miss an opportunity Sasuke lunged at his brother and Itachi simply hugged him. He rocked him slightly like he used to whenever Sasuke had a nightmare as a child.
"It's okay Sasuke it was just a nightmare" Itachi cooed.
Sasuke sniffled and grabbed his brother tighter bury his face in his chest. "That's the thing Itachi...it wasn't"
Itachi for all his years of misery and darkness had absolutely no idea how to respond to this. So he said the first thing that came to mind. As awfully timed as it was.
"Are you okay?" He asked softly. He wanted to slap himself for the mere stupidity of that question. Okay? Okay? Of course he's not okay! Despite all Sasuke's independence forced or no he was still just a kid. He was still Itachi's baby brother. And there were no words to comfort him with. Itachi honestly couldn't relate to that. Not on the way he wanted to be able to. It was quiet for a moment as Sasuke merely ran out of tears. Itachi still held him close silently vowing to himself that this time. Whatever crazy second chance he was getting he would protect his baby brother. Sasuke clung on to him like a lifeline. He never wanted to let go. He never wanted this moment to end. But the young Uchiha knew he had a gazillion questions to answer.
"Yes and no" Sasuke responded pulling away from Itachi a bit.
"Yes because i'm out of that hellish nightmare in more ways than one and i have you back to protect me again" Sasuke said licking his lips.
"No because...b-because..."Sasuke trailed his hands balling up into fists. The words he so desperately wanted to tell his brother lodging in his throat.
"You don't have to tell me right now Sasuke. I'm not going anywhere" Itachi assured.
Sasuke chuckled cynically."thats what i had thought last time" he muttered before he realized just what he had said and slammed a hand over his mouth. Whoops. Old habits die hard he guessed.
"Lasts time won't happen again. I promise" Itachi swore. What would it take to assure Sasuke he would never abandon him again?
"Itachi? Why did you do it?" Sasuke asked.
"Sasuke..." Itachi stated. Should he tell him? Sasuke already hates the leaf and wants it all burnt to ash. Now that Sasuke went rogue the clan really has a semblance of good reputation.
"I know you told me it was to test your abilities but...i also know that was a lie Itachi. I'm not stupid. If it had been orochimaru you slaughtered that would be different but the clan yeah right." Sasuke said.
'He already has an insanely low opinion of the council..should i just tell him?' Itachi wondered as he stared at Sasuke's shaking form. Sasuke was trembling his saddness slowly turning into rage. Itachi was never gonna tell him was he?
"Why should i believe you if you never tell me the truth?" Sasuke asked his arms crossing. His shield was back up.
"Sasuke?" Itachi asked. He was always honest with Sasuke...wasn't he? He had never lied to him directly just made up an excuse. At least thats how he used to see it. Who knew how Sasuke saw it.
Sasuke scoffed and jumped off the bed starting to pace the floor. A habit that he somehow picked up from Mikoto while she was still alive. His racing thoughts however were from no other source except for his father Fugaku.
Sasuke chuckled darkly. A thought suddenly occurring to him. The scum bag Orochimaru while he was toying with him had said a few words about his brother. One word had caught Sasuke's ear specifically. He had called Itachi shady.
Sasuke walked up the wall and began to pace the ceiling. The young uchiha honestly didn't notice the change. His mind had flashed back to his torture from the council. Danzo had stood in the shadows. Watching, judging, calculating, Danzo was shady. Their was no other word to describe him. That led Sasuke to one conclusion. One that sent Itachi sprawling backwards as Sasuke jumped from the ceiling and punched him in the jaw. Hard.
"You killed everyone in our entire clan because Danzo told you to!?" Sasuke yelled outraged his fists clenching on Itachi's shirt. The shocked expression on Itachi's face was enough for Sasuke to deem himself right.
"Unbelieveable" Sasuke muttered running a hand through his hair releasing his shocked older brother.
"I was trying to keep you safe-" Itachi started to explain but Sasuke immediately cut him off.
"Safe!? Safe!? You were trying to keep me Safe!? You don't even know half of what those villagers did to me after you left. What the hokage did. What the council did. What everyone in that fucking village did. What Orochimaru did. You abandoned me Itachi! You just up and left! And your telling me you were trying to keep me safe!?" Sasuke roared at him.
"Sasuke the clan was..." Itachi tried to explain again but Saauke wasn't having any of it.
"I don't give a shit about our clan Itachi! Okay!? I don't care! It doesn't matter what they were doing! You think i'm mad about our clan? There were legit three people that i actually cared about in that clan. Maybe five! The rest of them just compared me to you all the time! How the hell did you think I would be safe when i was alone in the same village as Danzo!" Sasuke fumed.
"It was complicated little brother" Itachi tried to soothe him.
"Yeah, everything is with you" Sasuke sighed.
"Feel better now?" Itachi asked as Sasuke finally calmed. Itachi guessed Sasuke was going through the first few stages of puberty. This was just a theory of course.
Sasuke nodded slightly giving a so-so gesture to his brother. Sasuke yawned seemingly spent from the emotional roller coaster he just went through in such a short amount of time. "We'll talk later" Sasuke said as he drifted of to sleep. This time however he didn't sleep with the kunai. Itachi smiled slightly at the sign. Sasuke trusted him again. If just a little bit and that was all Itachi needed to rekindle Sasuke's trust in him.
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Next up Naruto! Wonder what poor naru is having a nightmare about! Update will probably be tomorrow! Today if i get the chance!