The next day came and Sasuke and Toshiro were at the entrance of the training grounds.

Sasuke looked at Toshiro.

"Is the head captain alright with you being here?" he asked.

"Head Captain said I could come if I found a good replacement until I got back." The soul reaper looked at the genin with a smile. "He also thinks you'll be a good soul reaper when you die."

Sasuke shivered.

"Yeah, cause I just want to die so soon." he said, sarcastically.

Toshiro laughed.

Sasuke smiled at his best friends laugh. He seemed to be the only person who could get Toshiro to laugh. He started to laugh with him, but stopped when he heard a familiar voice. A voice that he never wanted to hear. He looked forward and saw the very person he hated with every fiber of his body. The man who had caused him the most pain he had ever felt.

"Itachi." he growled. "What are you doing here!?"

Itachi lifted his head a little.

"Is Sasuke here, Kakashi?" he asked.

The raven growled again.

"Don't act like I'm not here, you bastard!" he yelled, running after his brother.

Toshiro jumped behind the genin and put him in a head lock.

"Let me go! I have to kill him! I have to kill the murderer of my family!" Sasuke screamed.

Itachi felt a stabbing pain in his chest from the harsh words.

Kakashi moved to stand in front of the weasel and put his hands up.

"Sasuke, stop." he ordered.

Sasuke immediately froze from the voice. Just seeing that masked face sent shivers down his spine. The last thing he wanted was to be near the evil sensei. So why did he still blush in his presence?

Kakashi sighed in relief.

"Your brother isn't ignoring you..." He let his arms drop. "... Itachi is blind."

The raven's eyes widened and he looked at his brother in shock. He didn't want to admit it, but he actually felt sorry for the weasel.

"What?" he whispered.

Itachi faced the direction he heard the voices.

"Please let me explain." he said.

~flashback~

The guards had taken Itachi to the Hokage's office. He was waiting outside in the hall. His hands were bound by chakra sealing handcuffs. He heard one of the guards walk out.

"The hokage will see you now." the guard said.

The assassin stood up and entered the office. He saw a fuzzy blonde figure instead of a red one. He had heard that Konoha a.k.a. Karakura Town had a new Hokage, but he didn't know it was a woman. His eyesight was too blurry to tell who it was though.

"Leave us." she ordered.

The two guards bowed and left the room.

The hokage glared at the weasel.

"You better have a good reason for doing this, Itachi. This better not be a trap." she growled.

Itachi recognized the voice and smirked.

'Tsunade.' he thought.

He undid his akatsuki coat and reached into his pants pocket.

Tsunade was watching the weasel's every move. She secretly reached for a kunai, hidden under the desk, when she saw him reach for his pocket. When she saw that it was a note, she relaxed and forgot about the weapon.

Itachi fell to his knee's and set the note on her desk.

"The third hokage told me to give this to the present leader the day I turned myself in." he said, bowing his head.

Tsunade read the note and here eye's widened. She looked at the shinobi in sympathy.

"You've... been through a lot the past six years haven't you." she asked.

Itachi nodded.

The medical ninja kept reading the note and two certain parts caught her eye.

"So you've been a spy for the village this whole time? You didn't tell anyone so your cover would never be blown. The former hokage also said you could return to the village when the stress became too great." she explained. She looked down at the weasel. "What made you want to come back?" she asked.

"Please. I can't take it anymore. I've killed innocent people." He closed his eyes. "I can't wake up another night full of regret from all the horrible things I've done." Tears started to form in his eyes. "There are people I need to see, people I need to talk to,... and the most important of all..." He looked up at the hokage. "... someone I need to apologize to." he sobbed.

Tsunade saw the pain in the poor ninja's eyes. She sat back in her seat and sighed.

"Very well. This letter has Sarutobi- sensei's signature and the seal of the village." She smiled. "All of your charges are cleared. Also... I'm assigning you as assistant jounin for squad 7. The squad your brother is in."

Itachi smiled and bowed in respect.

~end of flashback~

Itachi faced his little brother with a hopeful look on his face.

Sasuke growled.

"Fine, but that still doesn't explain why you killed your family!" he yelled.

Itachi's hopeful stare turned to depression.

"... I did it for you." he answered. "For your protection."

Sasuke tensed a little from the answer.

"Protect me from what?" he asked.

"..."

"Tell me!"

"The family, the entire family, except me, was going to kill you."

The raven's eyes widened and his whole body froze. Why would the family try to kill him?

Itachi took the silence as a chance to talk more.

"Do you know how many Uchiha children have been killed before you were born?" He could feel tears forming in his eyes. "The only one's that survive are the prodigies and genius'... They give children til the age of seven to see if they have promise in them." He bit his bottom lip. "They didn't see any in you... I... I couldn't let them kill you. My own little brother. I panicked and did the first thing that popped in my head." he sobbed. "I regret killing them because they were family, but I also don't because they were going to kill you."

Sasuke fell to his knees crying.

"So... All this time... I was hated by my dead family." he sobbed. "All this time I've been planning on killing the only person that actually cares about me!" he cried.

"Sasuke, please don't cry." the older Uchiha whispered.

Toshiro sat next to his friend and rubbed his back.

Naruto and Sakura just kept on listening and watching.

The raven looked up at the weasel and ran over to him, stumbling a little. When he got to his older brother, he hugged him tightly.

"I'm sorry." he whispered. "I'm So Sorry!" he cried.

Itachi smiled and rubbed the back of his little brother's head.

"Shhh. It's okay. We both have done some pretty bad things, but it's okay now. This whole mess is over with." he explained.

Sasuke looked up at his older brother and smiled.

Kakashi put his hand on Itachi's shoulder.

"Itachi, you're going to be late." he said.

The raven made a confused look.

"Late? For what?" he asked.

The weasel's smile grew.

"I'm going to the hospital. I haven't become completely blind yet, so it's not too late to get them fixed." he explained.

Sasuke smiled again and started pulling his brother towards the training exit.

"What are we waiting for then? I'll take you there." he said, excitedly. He stopped walking and looked at Toshiro. "Are you coming?"

Toshiro gave Sasuke a smirk.

"I'll stay here and be your replacement." he answered.

The black haired genin shrugged his shoulders and started pulling his brother again.