Little Black Feather
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN NARUTO!
Little 8 year-old Sasuke sat in class. Front row, right in the middle.
"Now class. What do we call the reindeer herds to the north of our village?" The teacher asked. Sasuke raised his hand, already knowing the answer.
"Yes Sasuke?"
"Shinju!" He said with enthusiasm.
"Right!" The teacher smiled, "Now what does that mean, Sasuke" She asked looking at the bright boy in front of her.
"Acceptance of truths!" Sasuke said smiling. He knew all this stuff already. Mama had taught him when he saw them last year. The teacher smiled again.
"That's right." Looking to the clock she saw it was three, class was over, "Now class. Go strait home! It's not nice to worry your mothers, right?" The teacher asked as she smiled at the class. The kids smiled and said they would go home. When the last student went out the door, she glared at the seat that was Sasuke's.
"No good half-breed. He'll doom us all." She said before gathering her things and leaving for home as well, locking the small one room classroom behind her.
Sasuke ran into his house, closing the door and looking out the window to see the angry kids from school looking around, not knowing where he went. He didn't do anything to them. He just asked them to play. Nothing wrong with that right? It made them mad anyhow.
"Sasuke! How was your day?" his mother asked as she walked into the living room. Sasuke turned around and greeted her, saying his day was good. He followed her into the kitchen.
"Hello otooji." Sasuke greeted Madara who was at the table, drinking something red. He eyed it for a moment before smiling at his uncle. He had come to accept his strange uncle. Madara came by often. He seemed to make mama happier. Though he often talked about someone named Itachi. Mother was extra happy when he said all that this boy had accomplished. Sasuke listened extra carefully when he talked about him. He was about five years older than himself. And from what Sasuke heard he was really good at catching onto things, a true prodigy.
"Sasuke?" He heard Madara ask. He looked up to see his otooji looking at him. Madara smiled when he got Sasuke's attention. "Would you like to go with me to see my castle sometime?" Madara asked, a smile gracing his lips, those fangs of his showing. Sasuke looked to his mother, who nodded. He smiled and nodded to his uncle. He lived in a castle?
Sasuke awoke from his memories, to be blind. He panicked for a few seconds before feeling a firm hand on his shoulder. Looking to his right, where the hand was, he panicked even more with still not seeing anything.
"Sasuke, calm down." He heard the velvet voice of Itachi. But, why couldn't he see?
He felt something over his eyes, then the light blinded him. He opened his eyes once they were adjusted and saw Itachi holding some bandages. They were over his eyes weren't they.
Sasuke went to sit up, only to breath in quickly and cease his movements. He looked to his wings and saw they were still in bandage. He was on a futon on the floor, though surprisingly it was really comfortable. There were I.V's in his arms pumping in fluids blood, and something else. A hear monitor was to his left, while there was an air mask over his mouth. He pulled the mask off and took a breath on his own before laying back down. Itachi was sitting down beside him looking at him with a strange warmth in his eyes. Sasuke felt uncomfortable with it, yet it also seemed to have him relaxed. He knew Itachi would protect him. Yet, he still felt strange with being the one needing protection. He sighed and looked around. He recognized the room as the one from before, the one connected to Itachi's. He thought he recognized it.
"You are feeling better?" Itachi asked.He looked to the concerned crimson eyed vampire in front of him. He nodded before closing his eyes and relaxing. Then something Orochimaru had said came back to him. Though he winced when he thought of the disgusting snake like man. Was he really a vampire?
"Orochimaru…" Sasuke said in a low tone, his voice sounding hoarse and tired. That caught Itachi's attention faster than anything. "H-he said…he said you were my brother." Sasuke said, looking down at his hands that were resting on his stomach. He saw from the corner of his eyes Itachi tense. Itachi un-tensed and looked to Sasuke.
"What he said is true. I had found out when I looked through some of your memories during the full moon. I had hoped to find a method of calming you down. It didn't work the way I had planned." Itachi said, his velvet voice washing over Sasuke. He felt a shiver run down his spine. The fact that this could possibly be his older brother didn't seem to dampen the desire he had been getting for the vampire any. If anything, it seemed it had increased.
"How?" Sasuke asked as he looked to the crimson eyes vampire. Itachi smiled down at him, before laying beside him and sighing.
"Our mother, as you know, was an angel. Our father a vampire. They weren't supposed to be together, for it was a forbidden law. I was born first, as you know that I am older. When I was five,15 in human years, our father and I were taken to the castle. Our mother was pregnant with you, but no one knew that outside of our family. They killed him for treason, but I was left to live since they thought I was a full vampire forced to live with an angel. They didn't know of my half-blood. I don't know much after that. But I suppose you look more like an avian, while I have more vampire traits. I have been getting brief views of some of your memories at times. Often in dreams. That is why I am so sure now that you are my brother." Itachi said as he looked at the ceiling. He felt Sasuke seem to ease more, and looked over to him. He seemed to be thinking about something.
"I remember, a person named Madara came to visit often when I was 8. He seemed vampire to me, and he often drank a red liquid while he was at the house. Mother didn't seem to mind him. She was so happy when he came over. I could tell she didn't feel as lonely. He often talked about a boy named Itachi, another of his nephew's. Mother seemed happy to hear about him. That was you?" He asked. His eyes were still half closed in thought, but he saw and felt Itachi nod his head. His eyes closed now, his mind taking in all the information as slept came to get him once again. He just wanted to say one more thing. Itachi was his brother, so he should hear it…right?
"I don't feel so alone any more…" He whispered as he fell asleep. Itachi smiled as he brushed Sasuke's hair from his face, and looked to the door as it opened.