Title: Remembering My Love
Author: nikki (nikkichan0829@yahoo.com)
Chapter: 5/?
Chapter Title: Remembering What Was Real
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance/Drama
Warning: INCEST, YAOI. If you're squicky about this, don't read. Oh yeah, and like my other fics, it's unbetaed.
Pairing/s: Itachi/Sasuke, Naruto/Gaara, one-sided Sakura + Sasuke
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.
Author's notes: Erg... Got my first flame for the Naruto section after putting up chapter three. Well, gave it Zabuza and he used it roast Gatou.^^ There was a warning you know. Anyway, I won't stop because of one little flame.
Finished reading the manga until volume ten. WHAT?! No Itachi yet?! NO! On the other hand, got volume 16 and 17 of Hunter x Hunter. Lent it to fellow fic writer, Lynlyn. Hope it helps you finish the next chapter of your fic sooner.
For everyone else, please enjoy!^^
Chapter Summary: Sasuke is alone with Itachi. Will he find out why his brother is in Konoha? Gaara reflects as he watches Naruto sleep.
//blah// - thoughts
"blah" - speech
//"blah"// - speech from a past memory
Chapter Five: Remembering What Was Real~
Sasuke's eyes traveled downward and saw a young man looming over him.
"Aniki..."
Itachi's eyes remained fixed on him unblinkingly. It made Sasuke nervous. What was noteworthy though was the look on his brother's face. It was one of worry.
//Aniki's worried... about me?//
"Are you alright, Sasuke?"
The younger Uchiha froze, staring at his brother with shock written all over his face.
~~~~~
Naruto was asleep, holding onto Gaara like he was a teddy bear, not that he minded of course. He actually looked... cute.
Gaara was not the type to worry. He never was. But now, he is. Naruto's patrol may have gone without incident, but what's to keep that from changing next time and the next and every patrol after that until this whole thing is over?
The possibility of having Orochimaru or Akatsuki involved in all this was fifty-fifty. But the possibility of Naruto being in danger was a hundred percent.
If Orochimaru were here, Naruto would protect Sasuke and risk hurting himself or worse, get himself killed. On the other hand, if it was Akatsuki here, they may not kill Naruto physically but they'd kill him from the inside and use the power of the kyubi for their own self-gain and that's even worse.
The possibilities were painful to contemplate but he had to be realistic here and think of the worse possible scenario. Maybe by some miracle, he'd be able to get Naruto through this unscathed.
Suddenly, Naruto shifted, pulling him closer. A slight pinkish tinge manifested itself on Gaara's cheeks.
Yeah, he had to protect his kitsune even at the cost of his own life.
~~~~~
Itachi poured some hot water into a mug and stirred, remembering a similar incident in the past. Whenever Sasuke had a nightmare, he would always fix a mug of hot chocolate for him. It had helped the little boy relax enough to go back to sleep. But not in his own bed though. He would always climb into Itachi's bed and sleep there.
//"I like sleeping here. Aniki is very warm."//
Now he was doing it again, fixing the same drink for his little brother except that he wasn't expecting Sasuke to sleep in the same bed with him afterwards.
//Aniki is my most special person.//
His back was turned to the younger Uchiha who sat on the chair by the table, regarding him warily. He could sense it.
"You know, staring at me like that isn't going to make me go away."
He looked over his shoulder and smirked. Sasuke blushed and looked away.
Itachi chuckled as he brought the mug over and placed it in front of Sasuke. The younger Uchiha eyed him and the cup suspiciously.
The older Uchiha sat down and gestured at the mug. "Go ahead. Drink. It'll make you feel better. You're too tense."
Sasuke frowned a little before taking a few sips. Then he sighed and said, "What are you doing here?"
~~~~~
Kakashi watched everything that happened within the house from the outside. He couldn't believe his eyes when he saw Sasuke and Itachi sitting across each other without trying to kill each other. It was still a bit hard to take in.
He couldn't exactly hear them but he could read their lips. Sasuke had just asked the same question as was on his and Sakura's minds: What was Itachi doing in Konoha?
~~~~~
"What are you doing here?" the raven-haired boy said.
Itachi stared at him for a few moments before resting his on one hand with his elbow on the table. His other hand idly toyed with the flowers in the vase that was on the table. To Sasuke, he looked bored. It was as if the question was too trivial to even answer.
It made his blood boil as he glared at the older Uchiha. Their gazes were locked for a few moments before Itachi closed his eyes and sighed.
"You... really haven't remembered anything, have you?"
Sasuke scowled at the sight of the smirk on Itachi's lips. //What the hell does he mean?//
"I left Akatsuki for the same reason that I'm here."
Sasuke growled and said, "That doesn't tell me anything! Why don't you give me a straight answer?!" He slammed the mug down on the table but Itachi's expression never changed.
"I'll give you a straight answer when you start remembering."
The younger Uchiha frowned and furrowed his eyes. "Remember what?"
"The night I made you mine."
Sasuke's eyes widened in shock, his body rigid. //The dream... No! It's not true! He's lying!//
//"The flowers are pretty."//
He stood up and gritted his teeth as Itachi continued to watch him with the same poker face. "Get out."
Another smirk graced the older Uchiha's lips. "You should remember not to ask something you're not ready to know."
//"Just like you."//
"Just. Get. Out."
Itachi pushed back his chair, stood up and opened the window. He looked back at Sasuke. "You know Sasuke, the flowers are pretty," he said as he smiled, "Just like you." Then he vanished.
//"Perfect."//
Sasuke eyes widened again. Itachi's words were the same as the one in his dream. No. It wasn't true. No. It was just a dream. No. That didn't happen. No. No. No. NO!
The younger Uchiha sank to his knees clutching his head.
//"I love you, Sasuke."//
~~~~~
The kyubi is now in his own home. Making any move now will be detrimental for me. There was someone else in the house. I could sense a strong power within that other...
The traitor is here as well. Oh what luck! I'll rip him apart after he takes care of a little something for me. The others have yet to arrive. How long are they going to take?
I want to rip, tear and kill. Waiting around is too boring. Eh? What's this? A jounin? Hmm... Might as well have some fun.
It's killing time.
~~~~~
Kakashi is here? They must be crazy to think that they can stop me with one jounin. That boy is mine.
Itachi, I'll have my revenge soon.
~~~~~
Inside Sasuke's home, the cursed seal on the young Uchiha starts throbbing.
"AAAAAAHHHH!!!"
~~~~~
~TBC~
Author's notes:
Sorry to say this but my chapters for this fic have no real ItaSasu action lately. Gomen nasai! *bows to the readers* Please forgive me! I just haven't found the perfect scene to put something like that without making the scene too cheesy or too cliche.
I would also like to apologize to my flamer that I will not stop writing this even if it get kicks off FFNet. I'm sorry that this fic does not meet your approval. I know very well that I can't please everyone. I wasn't aiming to anyway.
Honestly, this fic really has no real fixed plot. I did this purely on a whim. I don't like making plots, as I never follow them very well anyway. They always end up differently than what was already planned. So you could say that this is one reason why it takes me too long or too short a time to update. And the chapters are pretty short.
Fixed plots are too stifling for me to handle, not that planning the plot ahead is bad but that's just me. I'm blabbing too much. I'm a bit high on chocolate right now.
Anyway, please review. Flamers can go to hell and kiss Zabuza's ass and their flames will be used to roast Gatou alive.
Started: October 17, 2003
Ended: October 18, 2003