Chapter 20

A/N: So this story is going to be ending pretty soon guys. There will be a sequel coming out some time this year. I hope you guys like the chapter.

I was in my brother's arms for what felt like an eternity. He didn't want to take away my freedom from me? He could already leave this place. My chance to leave was gone if he could just walk out like that. I felt tears forming but I would not let them fall; not while he was here.

"Let me explain something to you Sasuke." Itachi said. "I'm not completely free. My magic has been revoked but my humanity has not returned."

My eyes widened when he said that. He has no magic and no humanity. He's hollow.

Itachi made me face him. I felt a single tear drop from my face. I felt it fall off my cheek. I could see a deep pain in his eyes.

"Why?" I asked.

"A medium must always remain loyal to their family." Itachi said. "It is the number one rule that each magic God has. They will not tolerate someone who knowingly hurts their relatives. I hurt on that night of the massacre but I had no control. Our God was willing to forgive me if I didn't harm you."

"Then how come…"

"I ended up hurting you." He said as I spoke. "That girl, Sakura, she meant something to you. You were in pain as I defiled her."

I slapped him when he mentioned that. The memory of hearing Sakura's screams while I could only watch still angered me. I didn't want to be reminded that it was Itachi who caused it. How could I forgive and forget if everyone kept bringing it up?

"Our family God gave me a ruthless punishment." Itachi said as if I hadn't just slapped him. "I will no longer be able to use magic and I may never regain my humanity."

"What does that mean?" I asked, my anger now gone.

"It means most mediums would see me as nothing. I have no more worth then a speck of dust."

"What about to humans?"

"They will be able to see me without the shackles that appear every time I leave the manor."

"Why do those things even appear?"

"It signifies that I am worthless. The only time they won't appear is when I am in a home that belongs to any of our relatives."

"Why did you do that then? Why put yourself through this?"

"Grandfather did come to me first. He was going to get me out of here first. He wanted me to anger you."

"Why?"

"So you would hurt me. You would be able to leave the manor but…"

He didn't finish his sentence. I already knew what he was going to say. The shackles that he had been given were meant for me. He took them instead. I felt bad for him now. He'd been trying to help me all along while I've been nothing but an ungrateful brat. No wonder grandfather kept scolding me. It's not like I knew what was happening though.

"Does that mean you've been here with me all these years?" I asked.

"Yes." He answered. "I wasn't allowed to leave the attic though."

"Now what?"

"Isn't it obvious? We're going to help get you out of here."

I smiled when he said that. My freedom hadn't been snatched away like I thought. It was just prolonged, which was fine.

"Sasuke, did you ever ask grandfather about the other books?" Itachi asked all of a sudden.

"It didn't really seem that important to me." I said to him. "He just hates the books for some odd reason."

"Why does he hate them? He wrote then didn't he?"

"Wait he wrote them?"

"Look at the first book."Itachi said as he rolled his eyes.

I went to go fetch the book from my rooms. Nothing was making any sense now. Why would grandpa hate a book if he wrote it? I looked in my room and saw the neat stacks that I had left the books in. I had to lift a couple of the books before I could grab the first book.

I took it downstairs with me. As I walked I opened the book to the very first page. I had thought it was blank but there was a name on it. It clearly read Madara Uchiha. What the hell? When did grandfather find the time to write and discover all of these spells?

I came back downstairs and brought the book to my brother. He took it from my hand.

"How many of these have you read?" Itachi asked.

"Almost all of them." I answered. "Grandfather said that once I'm finished with the family books; it's fine to continue reading them. Speaking of our family's magic; how come you still have to read the books to?"

"I'm still a little unstable. I need to at least read the spells for our family's magic to cleanse me of the insanity that was bestowed upon me by grandfather's books."

"These rules are bit stupid to me."

"Get over it Sasuke."

I was about to go back to reading the books when I felt a cold chill run up my spine.

"Did you feel that" I asked Itachi. "It felt like I just stepped out into the cold for a second."

"Yeah." He answered. "Is everything closed?"

"Yeah, grandpa made me check while Sakura was in the realms of the Gods. Why?"

"There's a special barrier around the manor that prevents anyone wanting t harm us from entering. It's only active if everything is closed. Why was Sakura in the realm of the Gods?"

I sighed. I had to explain why Sakura had to become a medium. Itachi kept asking me about every detail. It was a tedious task but I managed it; somehow.

I went back to reading and finished the book quickly. I handed the book over to Itachi who was actually catching up to me pretty fast; then again he was always reading. I looked out one of the windows. The sun was starting to set. I hoped that Sakura would be able to come here tonight. Grandfather said he had a plan ready to use once we were all here.

I grabbed one of grandfather's books; I wanted to finish them. I wanted to see if there were any spells that might come in handy in the future. Who knows, there might be a spell in here that will get me out of the manor.

Believe or not, but I was able to finish just as the night made it too dark to read. There were spells that caught my eye as I was reading.

"Itachi." I called.

I heard his footsteps coming from one of the halls. I waited for him to arrive.

"What is it?" He asked.

"What spells did you use on the night of the massacre?" I asked.

"I wasn't in control of my mind at the time, so I don't remember."

I opened the books and showed him the spells that had caught my eye. One of them was vinculorum. It turned object into prisons of some sort. When the object is destroyed the people trapped inside are killed. The second was called tempus Frigidus. It supposedly stopped someone from aging and dying. The spell did not wear off with time. It could only be remove by a counter spell which was near the end of the last book.

"These seem like the spells that have kept me here." I said to Itachi.

"They do seem familiar to me." He said.

"I don't understand how the second spell could have been cast on me."

"Read the instructions. You don't have to cast the spell directly on the person. You could place it on a weapon."

"The gun."

Itachi lifted an eyebrow when I said this.

"You shot me the night of the massacre." I told him. "The bullet didn't kill me. I've been trying to use that gun to kill myself for the past fifty or so years. I shoot myself in the head every time. It erases a majority of my memories. I'm sure you might have heard the gunshots at some points."

"I was why you would fire a gun after a few years had passed." Itachi stated.

"Yeah, it was so I wouldn't go crazy about being trapped in here. I kept writing in my journals. It's the only evidence I have to prove what I'm telling you right now."

"Maybe we should destroy that gun."

"Maybe."

A few seconds later we heard someone knocking on the door. Only one person would knock on the door. I waited a few seconds for her to open the door but instead I heard another knock. Itachi was about to get up when I held my hand up.

Sakura had a key to this place. She wouldn't have to wait for anyone to open the door if she had a key. The clone said that the key was in her book. She wouldn't have to wait for us to open the door.

I went to see if I could see who as knocking on the door from one of the windows. I didn't see the pinkette standing outside of the door. It was some cloaked figure. I looked outside for any sign of Sakura. I could see the path that lead up to the manor. I could see a pinkette walking up the path. She was walking up to whoever the cloaked figure was.

"GRANDPA!" I yelled hoping to get an answer.

"What's wrong." I heard him answer.

I pointed outside the window. I don't know why but the cloaked figure scared me. I didn't want Sakura to go near whoever that was outside.

"Can you get her inside?" I asked.

"Give me a second." He said.

I watched as my grandpa's see through form vanished from my sight.

"Sasuke, what's wrong." Itachi asked when grandpa left.

"Someone in a cloak is knocking on the front door and Sakura was walking right up to whomever that was." I answered.

I looked back out the window. The intruder was still knocking on the door. Down the path I could grandpa talking to Sakura. I saw her grab onto his arm and both of them disappeared.

A few seconds later and they both materialized in the living room. I noticed that Itachi kept out of Sakura's line of sight.

"What's going on?" She asked.

I couldn't stop staring at her. I knew that the spell I cast on her was supposed to make her look injured but her arms had many cuts and bruises; I can't imagine what damage had been done to her legs. Her face was left unmarked though.

"What happened to you?" I asked instead of answering her.

"Your spell caused this." She stated.

"That wasn't supposed to happen."

"Let's talk about it later, why did Madara have to transport inside?"

I pointed at the window like I had for grandpa. She took a look outside and gasped.

"Who's that?" She asked scared.

So she was getting a bad feel from the intruder as well.

"I'll go check it out." Grandpa answered.

He went to the front door and disappeared again. He was only gone for a second before coming back.

"All three of you, get to the hidden room." He ordered. "I'll explain why later just go."

"Three of us" I heard Sakura mutter.

I heard her hold her breath when she caught sight of Itachi. I led the way for now. I started running down the hall that led to the library. I head to pairs of feet running after me. I opened the door that led inside and waited for Itachi and Sakura to go in first.

I closed the entrance as I followed the other two. Sakura was leading the way now. We reached the room after a few seconds; the clone from the other day was no longer here. His time had probably ended only recently. There were a few bags in here that were probably brought in by him.

Grandpa appeared a few seconds after us. I noticed that he a headcount before he started speaking.

"You guys need to get out of here now." He stated.

"Why?" I asked worried. "What's going on?"

"That man outside is a dangerous medium." Grandpa stated. "Let's just say for now that I tried to kill him and apparently failed to do so."

"What do we do" Sakura asked.

I looked at her. She had a determined look in her eyes. Of course she would. If we had to leave now then I had to be freed immediately.

"Sasuke, have you finished reading all the books?" Grandpa asked.

"Yes." I said.

"Copy your knowledge into Sakura's head right now."

I nodded my head. I preformed the spell quickly, there was a sense of panic in grandpa's voice and I didn't want to find out why. I heard him give Itachi some orders.

"Do you have your book with you Sakura?" Grandpa asked.

"Yes." She said.

She had been holding it in her arms the whole time.

"Give it to Itachi." He ordered.

She gave the book to Itachi quickly.

"Start reading." He instructed Itachi. "Sasuke, I need you to make a clone for each of you."

I did as I was instructed. I grabbed a couple strands of hair from everyone. Just as I was finishing the spell; we heard what sounded like breaking stone.

"What was that?" I asked.

"Shit." Grandpa said. "It's starting."

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