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Equilibrium
One
Onyx eyes snapped open abruptly, contacting the white ceiling smeared with dark gray shadows of the night. He sat up on the soft mattress, mouth opened to a small "o" and panting heavily. The upper half of his muscular naked body glistened with countless drops of fresh perspiration.
It was terrible.
The teen raked through his gravity-defying raven hair with his long fingers, pulling on them to aid him in his thought process.
Everything had been tainted crimson. The walls, the floor, the ceiling above him----everywhere his black depths came upon.
Littering the ground bathed in red liquid were corpses big and small, tall and short.
The child stood in an endless pool of blood himself.
It was terrible.
He shook his head, blinking away the morbid images that replayed at least a thousand times over the past few years. They followed him to his dreams, chased him down everywhere, and haunted him till forever.
There was no end to them.
Gingerly, he slid off the bed, careful not to disturb the sleeping figure beside him. After a reasonable amount of shuffling, he managed to be fully clothed in his usual navy blue attire.
The adolescent exited the room, then the house itself altogether.
He was going to get a work out tonight. It seems to be the only remedy that can help him clear the source of his insomnia.
Without another look past his shoulder, he stalked off into the darkness of the Konoha Forest, with the dim silver moonlight as the only guide in his path.
Outside the window, perched steadily on a thick branch and hidden behind the shadows of oval leaves was a witness dressed in a cloud-patterned black cape to the other's surreptitious act.
He knew where he was heading. The muted guest had observed him enough times to tell his moves apart. After all, he was his sibling.
However, to confirm many suspicions, his main focus had not been his brother. He could really care less about him just like the others he'd encountered in the past. When the younger Uchiha left her side and ditched the lonesome house, he did not. His unfaltering attention had been placed on the object of his interest all along----the female who hibernated beside his blood relative before his departure.
Taking this as an open opportunity, he slipped through the opened window with ease, landing in the exact same position as he stood on the tree seconds ago.
Ruby copy wheel eyes watched her as she continued slumbering peacefully under the thin sheets. Her long pink tresses spread like the glorious feathers on a peacock on the white pillow and framed her oval face. The luminous rays shining upon her creamy skin and gentle features would trick mortal men into thinking it had been a sleeping angel all along.
His hands ached to touch, to feel and to caress her smooth flesh.
But he did not.
He was civilized enough not to lay a finger on what was not his.
But he wanted her.
It was ironic how he was the only one who didn't take the sight of her for granted.
" Sasuke-kun..." Those ripe cherry lips opened and closed to murmur a barely audible name. Her hand reached for the empty space beside her, groping the pillow unconsciously and taking it into her embrace, thinking she had found what she had been searching for.
His keen hearing caught on.
' Ignorant little brother... Always neglecting the treasures before you... Always letting meaningless pursuit of revenge get to you.'
He plotted himself down soundlessly on the edge of the bed, eyes never leaving her petite figure. The elder Uchiha knew she would be lonely tonight.
He would keep her company.
He collapsed against the rough bark of the tree, his shirt dark with sweat from the hours of training he endured. Inhaling and exhaling, the prodigy quickly regained his normal rate of breathing.
" Still training hard to beat me, little brother?"
His head snapped up immediately, dark obsidian eyes meeting with garnet.
' Itachi... What is he doing here? Am I dreaming again?' Doubting his vision, Sasuke shook his head once or twice, trying to dismiss the mirage before him.
It didn't work.
Uchiha Itachi was real.
Jumping up, he readied himself into a battling position, his advanced bloodline technique immediately activated.
" Itachi..." He growled through clenched teeth. The hatred for the murderer of his clan acted as a potion that drove out all sources of fatigue in his system.
The other man seemed unmoved.
Instead, he kept his cool gaze upon his sibling, and opened his mouth to speak.
" Tell me, little brother. Is restoring the clan and killing me, the two most important things in your life?" Voice like ice that could have dealt great damage to the others with its piercing edge had not intimidated the young Uchiha.
" Yes." His answer came out precisely.
" Nothing else?"
' What's he trying to get at?' " Nothing else."
Itachi was satisfied.
" Then, little brother, consider it to be your lucky day.I shall make a trade with you. I'll resurrect the whole clan along with our parents..." he began.
The first part of his proposal had aroused his interest instantly. Keeping on an indifferent facade, he let the flames of anger die down slowly, and waited for the other to finish.
"... if you give me your Cherry Blossom."
Author's Crap:
Um... This idea came to me like a flash of lightning... The fics I visited before mostly had lustful Itachis or evil ones, so I wanted to make him different here. IF you must complain about him being out of character, PLEASE remember this is FANFICTION.
Well, tell me if you like it or not, okay?