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Chapter 5: Brother vs. Brother, a Lonely Possession
Sasuke jumped back, for fear his brother would attack him instantly. He clenched his right fist at his side as he glared at his brother. Itachi only stared, his deep crimson eyes boring into his younger brother, as if he was desperate to tell him something, but he kept his mouth silent.
Itachi was wearing his usual black cloak with red clouds on it, signifying that he remained a member of the Akatsuki. The cloak was about mid-calf length but the neck of it covered his mouth and nose, leaving only his fearful, red Sharingan orbs to be seen, and most definitely feared by everyone who came within ten feet of them. Not a single trace of emotion could be seen through those eyes at that time. Not even hate.
"What do you want?" Sasuke growled, his glare growing yet even more intense by the second. When Itachi didn't answer him, Sasuke felt the overpowering urge to run at his brother and stab him through the heart. Before Itachi could make any big movements, Sasuke's grip on the ground failed and he glided across the ground with a kunai in his right hand, aimed for his older brother's heart. Then suddenly, stopped in between his swift movements, he found himself standing in front of Itachi, whose hand was wrapped tightly around the wrist that held the kunai. Sasuke only glared, for his hate and confusion wrapped up into one abnormal emotion expanded and he desperately waited for something to happen. Though, strangely he found it nearly impossible to move.
Sasuke closed his eyes as tight as he could, and tried his hardest not to make it seem as though he was afraid. The horrifying truth of that was, however, he was scared. For whatever reason Itachi had decided to return to Konoha, Sasuke didn't care. All he wanted was the chance to kill him, but at that moment, he had the disadvantage. How was he supposed to kill him, if his hand felt as if it would fall completely off if Itachi were to let go.
Suddenly, Sasuke felt his body being lifted from the ground and he soon found himself landing roughly on the floor inside the house with his back against the wall on the opposite side of where he previously stood. He was facing down, and a drop of blood escaped his lips as he panted furiously. Itachi closed the front door behind him and walked over to Sasuke, still having had not said a single word since Sasuke asked him for the reason he had come back. Itachi crouched down and tilted his little brother's head up with two fingers underneath his chin. Sasuke remained panting and Itachi could barely sense the faint feeling of fear emitting from his brother's dark eyes.
"I do not want to fight you." Itachi spoke calmly, sounding slightly irritated, however. Sasuke's expression did not change. He still gazed up at the other Uchiha and waited for him so say something else.
"I do not want to fight you." He repeated. Sasuke finally spoke, attempting at his calmest possible voice, which was difficult because he had hated his brother for so many years.
"Then…" he began. He took a deep breath to try to calm way down. "what do you want? Why did you come here?"
"Keep your hands off of the Kyuubi kid." Itachi warned. He smirked. "Keep your hands off of him, or I will kill him."
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked, not showing confusion of any kind.
"I know that you feel for him. I can feel it in your blood." Itachi spoke calmly, pressing the two fingers that had just been holding his brother's head up, against his brother's neck, feeling his blood pulse. Sasuke glared and shook his head to shove Itachi's filthy murderous hands away from him.
"I don't know what you mean, brother. I don't feel anything for that worthless brat." He told, obviously lying. Itachi raised a hand and held it beside his own ear as if he were about to back-hand Sasuke. He quickly moved it towards his brother but stopped mid-thrust when he spoke again.
"This is only a warning. Either way I do not care how you feel towards him." He took his hand down and stood back up. Turning around and heading for the door, he finished, "But as I said before, if you go near my Naruto again, I will kill him. After that I'll come and finish you off." Just before Itachi opened the door, he turned around and stared at Sasuke whose gaze did not avert a single time. Itachi smirked. "Now sleep." He hissed and Sasuke fell to the hard wood floor, unconscious as Itachi walked out the door.
oO Naruto's House Oo
Naruto sighed as he stood up from the couch. He walked over to the hallway where he had earlier sensed a familiar presence. Just when he reached the corner of the hallway, he breathed in the air and smelled an even more familiar scent.
"I knew it," Naruto began. The scent he had just taken in belonged to his comrade; to his teammate; his best friend; his rival. The scent belonged to Sasuke. "But… why would he want to come to my house? What's so exciting about being here?" Naruto sighed again. He looked down to his feet. "He was here… so he most likely heard me crying." Another tear rolled down his face as he continued to speak to no body. "And then he left because he couldn't hold in his laughter any longer." He paused so he could allow a few desperate sobs to escape from him. "I wish they would all just leave me in peace… just for once." He turned and rested his forehead against the hallway wall. After allowing yet another few sobs become clear, he raised a fist and slammed it against the wall directly beside his head.
Hand and forehead remaining on the surface of the wall, he fell to his knees and lay upright on the floor, head against the wall. He let his hand drop down and land in his lap in correspondence with his left.
"You shouldn't be so hard on yourself, my little Kyuubi." said a smooth, calm and somewhat sorrowful voice coming from the middle of no where. Sasuke? Naruto thought. No… that can't be him… but it sounds so much like him… maybe a little older… Naruto jerked his head up and wiped away his tears forcefully with his arms. Still unsure of who was there he stood up and turned around. Before he was completely around, he found himself, pinned, back against the wall, staring into the most intensive crimson red eyes he had ever seen in his life. He was too stunned to even consider who was there. Those eyes confused him and he felt as though all of his worries and problems had completely disintegrated.
Completely clueless, Naruto finally came to his senses and opened his mouth to speak. "Who-" he began, but was silenced by the enchanting man's finger as it pressed against his lips. The crimson orbs that stared deeper into his blue ones, blinked twice just before he spoke.
"You know exactly who I am…" Naruto listened to the familiar voice and he was finally certain to who exactly was holding him firmly against the wall. He glared, ever so slightly, and hoped the red-eyed man would not notice. It was Itachi, Sasuke's older brother. Itachi's finger still silenced the blonde boy and he slowly and carefully removed his grip from Naruto's shoulders.
"W- why are you here?" Naruto stuttered, hoping Itachi wouldn't try to kill him for asking stupid questions.
Itachi cringed. He was a little tired of people asking him things like "why are you here?" or "what do you want?" or something of the like. He closed his eyes for a moment and then re-opened them. He was surprised to see that Naruto hadn't moved an inch. Normally he would have already either tried to attack him, or have run away. "Why? Well… let's just say that I wanted to check and see how my darling Kyuubi boy was doing." Wait a minute… back up… darling? Naruto felt utterly confused for a moment as he tried to register, in his mind, exactly what Itachi had just said. And yes, his ears were correct. Itachi called him his darling Kyuubi boy.
"Umm, wh- why would y- you want to kn- know how I wa- was d- do- doing?" he stuttered again. He sniffled, still as payment for the tears he had shed that day.
Itachi lifted his hand, the same one that he used to silence Naruto, and very lightly brushed the back of it across the side of Naruto's soft cheek. "Because… I always need to be sure that my beloved possessions are alright, and I heard you were upset. To have my Naruto walk around, living with a tear-stained face… that I cannot allow. Itachi wiped away a tear from underneath Naruto's eye that accidentally escaped him. "Naruto-kun, do not suffer. Your face looks so much better when it is not scarred with the sting of tears. You must be strong."
Itachi then ran his fingers through Naruto's hair seductively, while Naruto only stood against the wall, feeling completely helpless to anything that was about to happen. He didn't like it, however. In fact, he hated it. For his entire life, Naruto had wanted to feel loved, but for some reason, the very first time that anyone had ever showed any kind of positive feeling toward him, it had to be Itachi… and for another reason, which he had yet to discover, the positive feeling from Itachi, seemed like a lie. It seemed like Itachi's words and actions were all lies, as if to trick him, so sooner or later he could make a move and kill Naruto. This assumption was, even so, a rather large leap, however it was Itachi who had Naruto pinned to the wall. Only God knows what he would end up doing to him.
When Itachi removed his hand from Naruto's features, he looked at him even more intensively, and spoke. "One last thing…" he began. Naruto blinked and anticipated Itachi's coming statement. He felt somewhat excited when Itachi used the specific word, last. Meaning: he would be leaving soon.
"You must stay away from my brother." Naruto's eyes widened. Why would he tell him such a thing? What was wrong with Sasuke, because he couldn't go near him? Or rather, what was wrong with Itachi, because he told Naruto not to go near Sasuke?
"W- why is that?" he asked Itachi reluctantly.
"Don't question your master unless I authorize you to speak!" Itachi snapped at Naruto, startling him a little. "And to answer your question, no good shall come from being near my foolish brother. I recommend you stay away from him if you can."
Naruto knew this would become a difficult problem, being that he and Sasuke were on the same team, for crying out loud. Without another single word, Itachi grabbed Naruto's left hand and dug his fingernails into it. Naruto cringed in pain and he tried to pull back his hand, but when he pulled, he caused Itachi's nails to dig in and the punctured marks bled a little.
"That mark shall prove my promise to you…" Itachi spoke as he suddenly disappeared before Naruto's eyes. His cerulean blue orbs were open wide and he couldn't decipher between whether or not that was a dream. All of a sudden, Naruto's feet gave way and he fell helplessly to the floor, unconscious.
Meanwhile, Itachi sat upon a tree branch behind Naruto's apartment and watched the Kyuubi boy intensively. He smirked and gave a little chuckle when he realized he had accomplished something, and had gained almost one hundred percent power over Naruto. The game… has barely even begun yet…
Hehe there's chapter five for you. I really hope you liked it. I am not really sure if I left it with a cliffie or not… I think… I think maybe I did because no body knows what is going to happen next, but anyway, that is for me to know and for you all to find out. Also I absolutely LIVE off of reading reviews that I get from readers. I ALWAYS review every time I read a fanfiction, so please return the favor. Please, PLEASE review. It means a lot! ;D luv ya!