Chapter Three
Devistation
Naruto FanFiction

A cool breeze drifted through Itachis' opened window as he dressed himself in the garb of ANBU. It had been three days since his return home and Sasuke was being as cute and bothersome as ever. But Itachi could no longer watch his brother suffer as one might were they a member of the Hyuuga Clan branch family. Cooly he strapped on his armor and rested the face mask on the side of his head so all could see his face and those whirring blood red eyes.

"I am so sorry Sasuke," Itachi whispered mournfully into the darkness.

'Why did it have to be like this? I wanted to teach you so much more. How to be a ninja. Help you through your schooling...But I can see now, that this is the only way. Try as I might I found no other path.'

'I am sorry little brother...'

'But it had to be done.'

Itachi made his way out of the room, passing some family as he went. Itachi even went so far as to flash them a dull smile and greeting like he always did. They of course did not ask what he was up to. ANBU buisness was secret.

'I will start at the front door. Let everyone hear the ruccess I make.'

'Then I will move slowly to you Sasuke kun.'

'I will end with our parents...and you must come. I will make their deaths painful. And then you will watch them die again and again until you hate me with all your heart.'

'Be great Sasuke kun.'

Itachi paused at the front door. His best friend stood waiting for him like he had asked. This was the key element to his plan. The element that would gain him the mangakyou sharingan to torment his brother with.

"You called Itachi?" His friend asked casually, a curious glitter in his eye at Itachis' dress.

"Thank you for coming. I just wanted to say good bye..." Itachi's voice was cold as ice. His eyes bright crimson told the tale of death. Before the man who had been the best friend one could have to Itachi could even twitch, he was dead. A kunai in his back. Itachi twitched here, almost lost control as sudden power surged his body, that had been far to easy. The ecstacy of the power was overwhelming, but the indifferent Uchiha contiued on. His movements graceful. And he slowly started to slaughter his clan. The screams of agony echoed through the city. Blood curdling cries for help chilled the blood, as Itachi advanced ever so cooly to the final stages.

Itachi walked into his parents room, both were ready with kunai in their hands. They jumped when he entered but seemed to relax slightly.

"Itachi, what is going on out there?" his mother asked. She looked suspicious the moment she saw the blood that stained her elder sons hands.

"I'm murdering the clan," Itachi replied cooly. With those words his father screamed in rage and attacked. Nothing more then a blind rage. Itachi dodged the first attack as though it had been thrown by a child. He rammed a kunai into his fathers stomach and ripped it open. Allowing all his bowels to unroll out of him. And watched in indifferent fasination as he tried vienly to pull them all back in. Trying to gather his guts in before they all fell free. But he was dead already.

Itachi turned to his mother, his face straight, his eyes shadowed for a moment. He closed them, and when he openned them again she was stuck, caught in a world of eternal pain. He rushed forward at her afterwards just as her body started to slump in shock from the visions that had assailed her. His fingers wrapped around her neck and he chocked her. Chocked her until she was near death, then broke her bones. Her dieing scream was the loudest and most agonized as them all.

"Itachi?...Aniki?" Sasuke's voice trembled, it was filled with horror. Itachi turned slowly to face his brother, the comas' in the sharingan whirring around slowly, lazily.

'I remember so vividly the look of horror on your face. The sweat and pale skin. You looked like you were going to be sick Sasuke kun. But like a man you held it in. But you did cry. You were already crying when you came in.'

'I think it was then I lost my passion...my emotions.'

'They all left me when I tormented you. That hurt and pain I caused you was so much, maybe to much.'

'No.'

'Never to much...I saved you from them.'

Itachi watched with complete indifference as his brother collapsed to his knees, sobbing uncontrollabley. That one question on his lips.

"Why?" He repeated over and over. Clutching his head with his hands, pulling on his hair and rocking back and forth.

"Sasuke, listen to me," Itachi beckoned. Sasuke contiued to repeat that question, tears dripping onto the floor. Itachi walked over and grabbed Sasuke roughly by the chin. Making his brother look him in those blood red eyes. Sasuke twitched as yet another time he saw his parents die by his brothers hand. He sunk to the ground yet again.

"Listen!" Itachi demanded. This time Sasuke looked to Itachi, starring behind his brother for fear of looking into those horrid eyes. Occasionally the gaze would fall to the ground but never for long. He feared watching the slaughter of his mother and father yet again.

"Hate me Sasuke. Live to kill me, grow stronger. Hate me, spite me and one day bring revenge on the clan. Kill me Sasuke," Itachi hissed, his voice dripped with venom. Sasukes small fingers closed over a kunai and he threw it at Itachi. The throw was feeble. No where near the mark.

"Not now you fool. I would slaughter you. Live your life in hate now. But remember I am always here. Kill me...if you ever can," Itachi sneered. His crimson eyes mocked the boy.

'The pain that filled my heart and being was incomprehensible. But as I turned and left. And your sobs filled my mind, your pleads of why.'

'I smiled.'

'I had finally done what I needed to do.'

'In this presant day. I am glad to see you have grown strong my brother. I wish I could have been with you.'

'But now it would never be.'

'My emotions have failed me...Maybe if you give me the chance before you take my life I will answer that question you asked so long ago. I will tell you why. You may not like it or beleive me but my concience will be clear. And I will spend the rest of my eternity in hell where I belong.'

'Odd...If my emotions failed me so.'

'Then what is this?...'

'A tear?'

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