Okay so I'm going to skip about 5 weeks, it's just all the stuff in between gets really depressing, I might do a little spin-off of those few weeks not sure, and I would do it if you guys would want that, but I think it would be better if I skipped because the would be hardly any SasuNaru.

Disclaimer I do not own Naruto or it's characters.

Chapter 10

5 weeks later

Mikoto led on her bed, weak and old. She looked thin as the disease had degraded her muscles and slowly had started on her heart and lungs. A mask was upon her face helping her breath but even then she struggled, the doctors had told her that she had a few hours to live at the most and she accepted the fact that she was going to die the only problem that had arisen was Sasuke who wouldn't accept it, he kept denying it but she could she in his eyes that he knew and that he wouldn't be able just to forget, all she wanted to do was to hug her son one last time but her arms wouldn't let her, the just wouldn't move.

Kushina had stayed by Mikoto's side most of the time and especially while Sasuke was at school and while Itachi was working, because she knew during this time Fugaku wouldn't offer to look after her, so she stayed and went home about seven o'clock, leaving the two brothers to look after her. Kushina looked at Mikoto's weak and frail body, feeling more upset now than she ever was in her life. She just wanted to somehow swap with Mikoto, she knew Mikoto was kind and loving and tried to do no wrong she couldn't understand why Mikoto deserved such fate, why she had to suffer, why Itachi and Sasuke had to suffer? There was no reasons. She could feel a lump in her throat as she tried to stop tears from falling

Sasuke knelt by the bed, hold his mother's frail hand gently, trying his hardest to stay strong until his mother had past away but anyone could see he just wanted to cry but he wouldn't let it show. He had started to wear his gloves again which he stopped wearing for the few weeks he stayed at Kushina but no body asked him about it now, they all understood what they meant now.

Itachi stayed by the window, his arms crossed and looking down, trying to keep his emotions in his control so he wouldn't just break down, that was the last thing he wanted to do in front of them all. He stayed by the window, so he could escape if he needed to so his little brother and his dying mother wouldn't see him cry.

Fugaku slowly came in the door and he was just greeted with glares except Mikoto who managed to look at him, her eyes soft and looked like she was happy to see him. He slowly made his way over to Mikoto's side but didn't get to close not likeing the death glare that Sasuke gave him.

"Father, what are you doing here?" The youngest Uchiha snapped. "You haven't seen mother for 5 weeks when she wanted you and now she is dying you come to see her, you are a sick bastard."

Fugaku sighed, looking down. "Sasuke, I'm sorry, I just couldn't bare it, but I've come to see her now." He said softly, looking stright into his youngest sons eyes. "I know you hate me right now but I want to see Mikoto during her last moments, she is still my wife and i still love her Sasuke."

Sasuke slowly let go of his mothers frail hand, standing up. "Get out." He mumbled but Fugaku refused, not moving. "I said get out, if you loved her, you would have helped looked after her but you didn't and now you want to see her die so you can be with Minato." His tone was cold, there was no passion or happiness in his voice.

Fugaku glared at him. "You can't tell me what to do." He growled but Itachi got in between them, stopping a full blown fight that was probably about to start between them, Mikoto didn't need that.

"Father, Sasuke makes a good point but if you really want to be here go and stand in the corner." Itachi told him then looked at Sasuke, with sad eyes. "Go and sit by mother, until she passes, please, she needs you by her, she needs to pass away peacefully and for that she needs you Sasuke."

Sasuke looked down, knowing he was right. "Sorry." He mumbled, before walking over to the bed and kneeling down by it again. His took his mother's hand gently, staying silent after that, he could feel his mother trying to hold his hand back but her bady just wouldn't let her. Sasuke also noticed that she had started to find it harder meaning she didn't have long left, tears started to slip from his eyes and roll down his face but he quickly wiped them away.

He looked up at his mother who was struggling to say something. "D-don't cry, m-my son, I-I'll al-always be in y-your h-heart." She mumbled through the mask even though she found it hard, she had to say it, she didn't want Sasuke to be depressed for weeks on end because of her. She felt her sons tears fall onto her hands.

Sasuke choaked out a sob, his body shaking. "Why, why do you have to die? Why couldn't it be me." He sobbed. "I hate life, why is it not fair, why can't it be fair?" He buried his face into the bedcovers trying to stop his tears flowing.

Kushina went around to Sasuke rubbing his back in a comforting way. "Shush, come on be strong for your mum, afterwards you can cry all you like but until then be strong." She softly told him making him sit up, wiping his eyes, nodding. "Good boy, you are being very brave for your mum."

Mikoto felt a tear rolled down onto the pillow, knowing she was the cause of it but it was only a single tears. "Sas'ke, could y-you play a s-song for me?" She asked weakly, she had heard her son from inside his room a lot and she loved listening to his music. She used to sit outside his door, listening to him play covers or compose his own songs but she never told him that he was very good at it, she knew her son prefers his privacy.

Sasuke nodded standing. "I'll go and get my guitar, I'll be right back." He mumbled, heading over to the door. "Kushina make sure she doesn't die before I get back, I do mean that." He then opened the door and left going to get his guitar.

As he walked down the halls of his home, his phone started to ring. He pulled it out answering it. "Hello." He mumbled, hearing Naruto chatter down the phone, this made Sasuke smile just slightly, hearing that voice it would just made him smile, he carried on walking down the hall, listening to the blonde chatter about getting his cast off and how he has a massive scar on his arm now from it. "Dobe, that's amazing." He said softly but then Naruto asked the quesion he didn't want to hear. "She is in her last few moments right now, she's not going to last much longer." His voice cracked but he didn't cry. "I'm just getting my guitar, I'll call you back later okay." He then hung up, leaning against the wall, sighing heavily.

His room was with in arms reach but he couldn't move, not know, all he wanted to was scream and cry but he had to do his mothers wish, he had to. He forced himself off the wall, slowly making his way to his bedroom door. As he slowly opened the door, he could feel hot liquid roll down his face, quickly wiping them away he grabbed his guitar which was by the door and jogged back to his mothers room.

He put his ear to the door, hearing the heart monitor beep like normal. He then called Naruto back telling him what was going to happen and why he wanted Naruto on the phone while he played, it was mainly because Naruto now was the only one he had played to he never had played to any of his family even though he knew the listened to him.

He then headed in, placing the phone on loud speaker and putting it on the table, he then pulled a chair up by the bed, getting the guitar into position, he could feel the eyes of everyone burn into him but right now he didn't care, he wanted to make his mothers last wish become true.

He started to strum the guitar to make sure it was in tune before starting to play 'Lullaby' by Nickelback. Mikoto listen gently managing a small smile. She was happy that she would be able to hear her son one last time before she died, she just hope he could have a happy life after she dies and live it to the fullest.

"Well, I know the feeling

Of finding yourself stuck out on the ledge

And there ain't no healing." Sasuke started to sing the song, hoping his mother would be happy with his song choice which she did, he kept playing even when his mother found it really hard to breath but the doctor help with that so she could hear most of the song even if it wasn't all of it.

"Well, everybody's hit the bottom

Everybody's been forgotten

When everybody's tired of being alone

Yeah, everybody's been abandoned

And left a little empty handed

So if you're out there barely hanging on..." During this part of the song Mikoto's heart gave out and she stopped breathing, the heart monitor was just a flat tone now not the normal beeping, Sasuke eyes burned with tears but he kept playing until he finished the song even if his mother had just died he would keep playing until the end, tears streamed down his face and he could even hear Kushina crying, he heard his father leave and Naruto was silent on the line. He soon finished and then he dropped his guitar breaking down.

Itachi went over to his younger brother embracing him, he pick up Sasuke's phone placing it to his ear. "Sasuke will call you later." And then before Naruto could protest he hung up, placing Sasuke's phone on the side, holding the mess of his brother in his arms. Tears that he didn't want to fall, started to fall, and he could feel Sasuke's arms wrap around him, they both sobbed silently while comforting each other

Kushina cried into the bed as the paramedics came and took Mikoto's limp body away, she couldn't bare losing her best friend. She punched the bed in anger. Her tears flow led endlessly before standing and running out the house.

Itachi and Sasuke managed to stand up still hugging each others tears still fell from their eyes. Itachi took hold of Sasuke's hand and gently led him out the room. He shut the door behind him, leaving it as it was.

1 week after Mikoto's death

Sasuke and Itachi stood by the hole in the ground that their mother's body was getting lowered into, tears flowed down the younger Uchiha's face endlessly but didn't take any of his brothers comfort. Both of them wore black suits, both nearly the same except for size. Kushina stood on the other side, in a long black dress, she had large bags under her eyes and they looked dead. Minato stood by her, keeping his arm around her, to comfort her but she didn't really care. Naruto stood near the church watching from a distance as he didn't really know Mikoto as well as the others but was still there if Sasuke needed him

Fugaku walked over to Naruto. "Do you love my son with all your heart?" He asked. The blonde looked at him blinking in confusion why he was asking that quesion. "Just answer it because I need to know."

"Of course I do, why wouldn't I?" Naruto flashed a grin but Fugaku frowned further looking down. "If you think about I could ask you the same quesion, do you love my dad with all your heart?" He lent against the church.

"I do." Fugaku sighed, looking over at the otheru blonde who was trying to comfort Kushina. Naruto nodded, looking over at Sasuke who gently threw a white rose onto the shiny black coffin. Another few were thrown onto it before Sasuke turned on his heel running off, followed by Itachi. Kushina had ran off, Minato was just walking over Naruto looking depressed.

Naruto looked at him, biting his lip. "What's happened?" He asked. Tears fell from Minato's eyes, not even looking at his son, the ground seemed more interestingly right now.

"Fu, could you look after Naruto for a few days?" He asked, still looking at the ground but he knew that Fugaku nodded, telling him he would. Minato then sprinted off, Naruto wasn't even able to protest as his father was already gone.

The younger blonde looked at Fugaku and then down. "I want to go home." He mumbled, not wanting to go to Sasuke house. "You don't need to look after me, you have two sons to look after." He then hopped away, not caring if he would get in trouble or not.

Okay and here it is, Mikoto's death, I cried while writing this, don't listen to sad songs when you are writing about death not a good idea. I strongly suggest you listen to 'Lullaby' by Nickelback if you haven't already, thank you to Our Bleeding Shandow giving me the suggestion of using that song.