My friend "babylove969" wanted this story to be taken into someone elses hands since she no longer has the inspiration to write it anymore. So I adopted it from her. Not much will be changed until I officially start writing it on my own. Which will be starting on chapter 18. 1-17 will mostly be her work but may have a few tweaks to it before I post the chapters. SO NO I DID NOT COPY I HAD PERMISSION FROM HER TO TAKE ON FROM WHERE SHE LEFT OFF! So please no flaming, and I am well aware that my chapters when I start writing might not be as good as how she was doing, or near as long. But I'm going to do my best!

Summery: What if Sasuke never left Konoha willingly? Konoha finds the truth about Sasuke leaving can they save him in time?

"Kakashi, its been a while." a monotone voice said.

"You have some nerve coming back to the Hidden Leaf Village after what you have done, and here of all places, the place where you slaughtered them. Why are you here Itachi?" Kakashi asked suspiciously.

"I paid Danzo a visit. I know more than any of you could possibly imagine." Itachi replied simply.

"What're talking about?" Naruto yelled.

"You see I've been keeping my eye on Sasuke for quite some time. I know where he's been, I know how he got there, I know why his so called solo mission went so horribly wrong, and how he became what he is now." Itachi explained.

"Woah wait a minute!" Kiba exclaimed.

Everyone looked at the brunette with a slightly annoyed expression.

"This is the great Itachi Uchiha? The man who killed his whole elite ninja clan in one night!" he asked as he got off Akamaru's back.

Itachi's eyes narrowed. "Clan hardly. The Uchihas were always a scheming bunch. A clan built on lies, pain, and despair. Did Sasuke ever tell any of you why I spun into a wreck that night?"

Everyone was silent, but one look at Kakashi was all Itachi needed.

"So...it's you, you're the one he's grown close to. I'm not suprised. If that's the case I know that at least you know something."

Kakashi's eyes narrowed. "Yes, he's told me a little."

"Waita minute! You said that you've been watching him. Why didn't you help him?" Naruto suddenly yelled angrily.

The older Uchiha sibling actually looked taken aback by Naruto's anger and the statement. "It's complicated."

"Complicated my ass! Look at him!" Naruto yelled pointing at Sasuke who was still unconscious in Gai's arms.

Itachi glanced at his little brother in the hot blooded sensei's hold.

"Its so plain and simple! You were not there! Even when he needed you!" Naruto accused cruelly.

Itachi's glance hardened and he turned his back on the group.

"Follow me." he said sharply.

Everyone got on guard if anything else, Kiba and Choji drew some weapons and Itachi's sensitive ears picked up the sound of scraping metal.

"I am not planning anything, I have no intention on fighting anyone." Itachi spoke in his calm voice.

Kakashi placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder telling him to back down, which Naruto did reluctantly.

Itachi led them all to another bedroom in the basement that looked so unkept it looked like it hadn't been entered in longer than when Sasuke left the village.

There was a bed with sheets on it, and the moth eaten sheets were stained with a huge amount of old blood.

Kakashi had a horrified expression on his face.

"This is where it happened?" he asked.

Itachi just nodded turning towards them.

"I do not regret it...I always loved my otouto. Everything I have ever done was for his safety, but that night...that night I could not take it anymore. I had just come back from an A rank mission in the Anbu and I was tired. And I could hear yelling in the basement. I headed down to Sasuke's room and...that pig, I saw him on top of Sasuke..."

Itachi paused to take a deep breath. Everyone was surprise, the cold hearted Uchiha sounded like he'd actually cry in front of them, perhaps even the stone cold Itachi Uchiha had sustained some traumatization from the event that took place long ago.

"...Sasuke was naked and bound to his bed, a ball gag was shoved in his mouth to keep him quiet. Being raped by his own father, my father...that lying scheming bastard. I couldn't take looking at Sasuke's terrified and ashamed face anymore, I had to do something. So I took my katana and shoved its blade through Fugaku's chest."

Itachi looked at Sasuke again, and took a step forward Gai backed up so Itachi stopped.

"I never wanted him to go through that pain again. And I failed to protect him and see to it. I killed our mother for not even trying to help Sasuke, I always knew Sasuke was abused, but I didn't know it went that far. Being neglected by the village due to my abilties was bad enough."

Itachi looked at Kakashi with a pleading look.

"Can I see him?" he asked.

Kakashi looked at everyone else and sighed, "Gai hand him to me. The rest of you can go on home. I want to talk to Itachi alone." he said.

Gai did as he was told and Kakashi carried him into Itachi's room and lay him on the bed.

The rest of them left, and Kakashi sat down in a chair in the room while Itachi sat down in the other beside the bed waiting for Sasuke to wake.

There we go, I know I've been workign on this one a lot lately, the others will be updated as soon as I can.

Emily