Title: Remembering My Love

Author: nikki (nikkichan0829@yahoo.com)

Chapter: 11a/11

Chapter Title: Remembering a Dream

Rating: PG-13

Genre: Romance/Drama

Warning: INCEST, YAOI. OOCness. Mentions of Character deaths. Insanity. 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, a bit of Lee + Sakura and Kakashi/Iruka

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto.

Author's notes: Err... Just read but please don't kill me.

Chapter Summary:

//blah// - thoughts

"blah" - speech

//"blah"// - speech from a past memory or speech that was not really part of the dream

~Ending - Remembering a Dream~

"ITACHI!" Sasuke sat up screaming, his arm stretched out as if to grab at something that wasn't there.

His breathing was heavy. "It was just a dream..." he sighed, relieved. He glanced at the clock beside him. It was three in the morning.

Then, the other side of the bed moved. A lean strong arm wrapped around his waist, a chin rested on his shoulder, a breath tickling his ear.

"What are you doing up so early?"

A kiss on his neck right on the cursed seal and Sasuke leaned back, taking comfort in the feeling of the other's body against his own.

"Had a bad dream."

"Oh?" an amused reply came.

Sasuke looked at his lover. "Don't worry. It wasn't real. It was only a dream."

"Ah."

Then, the young Uchiha's eyebrows furrowed. "You should be getting some rest. You stayed up late to torture the kyubi."

"I should say the same thing to you. Had fun toying with that pesky little girl?"

"Sakura? Yeah, I guess. She didn't last long though. Killed herself right in the middle of it." Then he pouted. "I didn't get to pull out her heart and make her watch it stop beating."

"Well, you did kill that taijutsu kid. I think that would be a plus for her to want to die sooner."

"As you killed Gaara before that. How is Naruto taking this anyway?"

A smirk. "As well as can be expected. His powers will soon be unleashed."

"I think I'll go see him right now." Sasuke made a move to get off the bed but the arms around him tightened. He glanced back to find himself looking at a pair of Sharingan eyes identical to his own.

"Later. Right now I want you to shut up and put your mouth to better use."

"But Itachi -" The younger Uchiha was silenced as Itachi's mouth descended on his. Soon his initial protests were reduced to gasps, moans and screams of ecstasy as hands roamed his body, plucking at his sensitized nerves like a professional musician.

~~~~

Uchiha Sasuke, now an S-Class Criminal, joined his brother and betrayed Konoha one year after being branded by the cursed seal. No one saw it coming.

The mind seal Itachi had made on the night of the Uchiha tragedy was broken on his return after four years of absence from the younger Uchiha's life. Every detail of that night returned to him after his big fight with Naruto.

Every mission after that, his bloodlust grew. The cursed seal no longer had control of him but he had control over the cursed seal. And soon the bloodlust induced by the seal became a natural part of him. No one saw that coming either.

Yes, no one saw it coming. First was Konohamaru's murder. No one was the wiser. They all blamed Naruto with Ebisu as the number one accuser. But there had been no proof so Naruto was freed. Sasuke had wanted to laugh at them all for being so foolish. Killing Konohamaru was easy. He broke the boy's spine and made him watch himself be ripped open, blood and guts spilling out of him like there was no tomorrow. Well, there wasn't, for him anyway. They found his mangled corpse in the alleyway not far from where Naruto lived.

Next was Ebisu's turn. He proved to be quite a challenge after all, he was killed in the middle of the most populated area of the village. He ripped his head off after making him spill his guts all over the pavement. They found his head hanging on one of the street lamps, a small distance away from his body. Again, fingers pointed to a certain kyubi.

The corpses piled up and still there was no proof of who killed them. Sasuke was at the sidelines, laughing at them all for being so stupid.

It was then on one of his killing sprees that he got careless. Kakashi saw everything. The Sharingan becoming permanent... The blood on his shirt, his shorts, his hands, his lips as he licked it off with his tongue... the guts all over the place, the severed head on the bed, the chopped off arms and legs strewn on the floor... It was rewarding for the Uchiha to see the shock on his sensei's face. After all, it was Iruka, well, what's left on him anyway.

Kakashi got away from him by sheer luck. Several nins came to his aid as he was bleeding all over the street. Sasuke wasn't able to finish his work. They confined him in an insane asylum and diagnosed him insane.

That was their mistake. He escaped but not without leaving something for people to find.

The asylum was found empty the next day except for the corpses that littered the hallways, the rooms, even the rooftop... Blood painted the walls, the floor, the ceiling... everything... The nins that came could not help but run out as soon as they came in, to spill their guts all over the floor from the sheer magnitude of horror that they felt.

Finally gaining a bit of control over his bloodlust, he found Itachi and joined him. And they've been together to this day.

~~~~

Konoha no longer exists. And neither does any of the other villages that once were.

Survivors were considered as rebels. When caught, they are tortured then executed.

Akatsuki is now just a name.

They thought too highly of themselves. Now, their bones are buried six feet under... other people's corpses.

Orochimaru found immortality.

He found it in eternal death.

Everyone thought they could fight destiny.

Now they'll regret it for eternity.

Sakura finally found true love.

But it was snatched from her as fast as it came.

Lee vowed to protect Sakura to the death.

He fulfilled that promise and now, nothing of him is left.

Gaara paid the price for his failure.

He went to hell for it.

Naruto thought he could save everyone.

But in the end, he couldn't save anyone. Not even himself.

This is the reality.

~~~~~

As the screams continued after a few short hours of respite from their tormentors, Sasuke slept fitfully on the bed in Itachi's arms with a small smile on his lips.

Itachi smiled. "Sleep well, Sasuke-kun."

~~~~~

*OWARI?*

Author's notes: *sees the readers staring at her in shock* Just kidding. I just wanted something to shock you guys, that's all. Anyway, go ahead and read the last two chapters for the ending. Hehe.

Itachi and Sasuke * =.=;;;

Please review! Flamers can go to hell and kiss Zabuza's ass (that is if they can get through Haku first)!

Started: September, 2003

Ended: November 26, 2003