A/N: Oh wow. I've already thought up a sequel for this story. (Well, when THIS one is done, at least) i'm not telling you what it is though!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Naruto.
I love Uchihas. Just thought I'd let you all know that 3
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"What am I doing back home? I thought I was at Deidara's house..." Itachi said to himself, wandering down the hall. It was silent. All he could hear was his own footsteps, but the air was thick with the scent of blood. So thick, that when Itachi inhaled, he could taste it. He started to hear muffled screams. Itachi followed the screams. They led him into Sasuke's room, where Sasuke and his parents were.
"Ahhh--PLEASE! PLEASE STOP, IT HURTS!!" Sasuke screamed, writhing in pain. He struggled to get back up on his feet. Once he was able to stand up, he was knocked back down again.
"Stay where you belong, you worthless peice of shit!" his father said, punching Sasuke hard in the stomach. He choked out a rather large amount of blood and tears started falling from his swollen eyes.
It was then that Itachi found out why he could smell the blood so well. It was splattered all over the walls. But his mother and father carried no wounds. Sasuke, however, had a big gash on his forhead and on his chest. Itachi looked over to his mother. There she was, beside Sasuke, a sharp knife clenched in her right hand.
"Didn't you hear him!? He told you to stop it!! Get away from him!!" Itachi yelled furiously. He charged straight at his mother, who seemed to him to be the bigger threat, as she was holding the knife. When he was close enough to grab the knife, he reached for it. Only one problem.
"What the fuck!?" He yelled, at his hand went through the knife (and his mother's hand) like it was a hologram. Both Itachi's parents couldn't hear him, nor see him. It was like it wasn't even real, even though Itachi could hear the screams, smell the blood. But he couldn't stop his parent's from what they were about to do.
"This is what you get for being a bad boy!" their mother yelled, the knife swiftly coming down and meeting the flesh of Sasuke's stomach. It tore open, blood gushing out everywhere. Itachi's eyes welled up with tears as Sasuke begged for her to stop.
"Please, Mommy! Stop hurting me!" he pleaded, as the knife was plunged into his left arm. "I'm sorry for being a bad boy!!"
"NO! STOP IT!!!" Itachi fell to the ground on his knees, holding his head in anguish. "STOP HURTING SASUKE-CHAN!!" Normally, Itachi would step in and try to prevent such things from happening. But in this case, he couldn't do anything. He'd already tried. It was like he wasn't even there.
Itachi's father just stood there watching as she stabbed a few more times. Sasuke was close to death. Blood had been splattered all over the place.
"You have anything to say to me before you die?" the knife-weilding psycho asked. After coughing up a bit more blood, Sasuke opened his mouth to speak.
"Why didn't you save me...Itachi?" Sasuke's eyes closed.
"NOOOO!!!!!!" Itachi shot up and yelled into the air. His eyes widened. He had woken up in Deidara's bed. On the left to him was Deidara, to the right, Sasuke. Itachi breathed heavily in and out, wiping sweat off his forehead. He looked over at his little brother who was still sleeping.
"Sasuke-chan..you're still here. Then...it was just a dream...I'm so glad you're alive.." he whispered, stroking Sasuke's cheek. Sasuke shifted in the bed a little, and nuzzled toward his brother. Itachi put his arm around Sasuke to keep him warm.
"No one will ever hurt you while I'm around, Sasuke-chan..." Itachi mumbled before drifting back to sleep.
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MORNING
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Deidara was the first to wake up. It was a Saturday, and he usually never woke up this early. He heard people talking in the other room. Deidara decided to wake up Itachi and Sasuke.
"Hey..HEY! Itachi! Wake up!! You too, Sasuke! I think someone's here!" he said semi-quietly. Itachi sat straight up in the bed, while Sasuke barely lifted his head and rubbed at his eyes.
"I dun wanna geh up..." Sasuke said, his speech slightly slurred from exhaustion. itachi and Deidara snickered.
"Sasuke-chan, go back to sleep. Deidara and I will go see what's going on." he said, a smile spread across his face. Deidara and Itachi got up out of the bed and went to peek around the corner to spy on whoever was speaking with Deidara's parents. When they saw who it was, both their jaws dropped wide open.
"No..." Itachi took a step back. "It's them. They're here..." he said. It was Itachi's parents. They looked furious, but they weren't yelling...yet. The boys listened in on the conversation.
"We got a call from the Department of Social Services. They said we are going to be put under investigation and that our sons were being kept here." Itachi's father said in an angry voice.
((A/N: The only reason the DSS told the parents about the Uchiha brothers' location was for legal purposes. Because they could probably be charged with some form of kiddnapping if they didn't tell them. Remember, Itachi and Sasuke are still in the parents' custody.))
"You called them, didn't you!? You have no business in what goes on in our family!" Itachi's mother yelled, raising her voice. Sasuke awoke from the light sleep he was previously in. He got up and stood a few inches away from Deidara and Itachi. Itachi glared at Sasuke.
"Sasuke-chan, go back to sleep!" he whispered.
"I can't! That's Mommy's voice! I know it! Can we go see her, please!!?" Sasuke asked.
"No!" Itachi demanded. Sasuke was young. Of course he would still be attatched to his mother, because besides Itachi, he had no one else. But Itachi couldn't let Sasuke's emotions cloud his judgement. He held onto Sasuke's wrist as tightly as he could.
"You're not going anywhere." he said.
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Please forgive me for ending the chapter! I'm sorry it's short and blah blah blah. I just need to get to sleep. ((It's 1:03AM for goodness sake!)) Please review!
