Uzumaki Sasuke
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Chapter 5: Sasuke's True Home
Sasuke raced over to the end of the lake seeing Itachi, his mother, and Naruto. Naruto was swimming in the lake nearby as the other two Uchihas had begun to sing. Sasuke looked sadly at the family as he was being exiled from. Although, he didn't care. Sasuke was not listening to his brain as he should. He was becoming irrational, although he still didn't care. He only wanted to have a mother and father again.
"Okaasan!" shouted Sasuke.
Itachi and his mother looked up at stopped their song. They saw the running boy come at them and Itachi looked away. His mother smiled and looked happily at Sasuke. Though she did not know who he was… Sasuke ran down and met them at the end of the lake.
"Konbanwa Good evening. I'm Sasuke," breathed Sasuke.
"Nice to meet you Sasuke," answered his mother.
"Uhm…what song were you singing?" asked Sasuke. "It sounded really pretty…"
"Toki no Ito… Threads of Time," answered Itachi. "It is the Uchiha song. We sing it all the time."
"Only, we forgot the last verse…" said his mother.
The oldest son of the Main house held his head down and looked at the grass below him. He sighed deeply and looked back at the Uzumaki kid. Itachi knew there was something about him, although he could not figure out what. Although, the genius ninja of the Uchiha clan did not mention their past experiences and allowed Sasuke to stay… There was just something about him…
"Last verse?" asked Sasuke.
"Yes," his former mother replied. "All the Uchiha's cannot remember that line. The one who was supposed to memorize it was Naruto, although he couldn't…for some reason. And with time, it was soon forgotten…"
"I'm sorry okaasan!" shouted Naruto.
The blonde started to cry and shiver. Sasuke's mother held him tightly and Naruto cried into her. Sasuke felt great remorse seeing Naruto being treated with love and hope. He clenched his fists tightly and his knuckles had almost seemed white. His mother… Naruto. It just wasn't right. Sasuke clenched his teeth and Itachi noticed this.
"Uzumaki Sasuke…" Itachi whispered. "You have a different past…or so you believe?"
"Yeah!" Sasuke leaped up at the thought of that. "what do you know of it?"
"Nothing…" Itachi said plainly.
"Then why did you-" started Sasuke.
"Since our meeting in the forest. There was something different about you…I couldn't understand it myself…but I know that, you weren't yourself after our meeting," Itachi said.
Sasuke felt the sadness flowing towards him as he heard Itachi spoke the words he did. Sasuke knew that even if Itachi was the only one that knew that he did not belong here…what could he do about it? Itachi didn't seem so convinced anyway… The young boy had just felt so helpless and unneeded in the world… The feeling of loss and despair.
"Okaasan!" shouted Sasuke.
The boy couldn't resist his urge anymore. Sasuke jumped up on his mother and hugged her dearly… He had wished for only one thing, to have a family again. But still, it seemed impossible right now. He closed his eyes tightly and his mother smiled gently at the boy. For some reason, she felt something was different… This boy…seemed like someone who would be her son.
"I'm sorry. But I am only the mother of Itachi and Naruto…" she said sweetly.
"Iie! Iie!" shouted Sasuke. No! No!
"Hai, Sasuke…? Are you all right?" asked his mother gently.
"Okaasan! I remember! I remember!" he shouted over and over.
Itachi and Naruto stared at the boy hugging their mother so dearly. Naruto was stunned as Itachi looked a bit pleased. He, himself, did not know why he smiled, but he had seen the suffering through the little boy before him. Somehow…Itachi racked his brains and tried to remember anything… Sasuke was an unfamiliar name, although his presence…was familiar.
"It's all right now… You're okay. We are the Uchiha clan," his mother said.
"Okaasan…I want a mommy again…" cried Sasuke.
"What happened to your mother?" asked Naruto.
"I was born alone…" echoed Sasuke. He remembered everything Naruto had taught him and told him of his past… "My father was the Yondaime, though I never knew him. He died protecting the village, my mother… I never knew her."
"I'll be your mother…but unfortunately, not for too long," the mother said.
The young dark eyed boy looked up at his former mom and hugged her dearly. He had not felt his type of warmth in a long time… He had forgotten what it felt like to be loved, to be held, to be in a family. He was seven… and in pain. Pain like he had never seen before.
"Continue?" asked Naruto.
"Of course…"
Itachi opened his mouth and listened to the wind gently, the winds suddenly stopped. The rocks nearby listened intently. The water was still, and running slowly to hear his beautiful voice carry out to the winds and beyond.
Everything was still…the animals nearby stopped in their tracks, the moon shone brightly, and the herons in the water looked at the handsome brother share his voice with the world.
Mamorubeki mono Nashitogeru mono
Aragau mono wo tatsu
Inochi no ishi wo tsunagu no naraba
Kako mo mirai mo kuchiteyuku made
Eien ni kawaranai enishi no kumo no ito
Kono kokoro Kono karada Kono sora no hate
Kiri saita senkou wa ware ga yaiba no saki ni
Okozureru seijaku to chiriyuku hane yo
Kirameku…
Itachi closed his mouth and looked at his mother. Sasuke looked amazed at Itachi and his beautiful singing talent. Suddenly, Sasuke crawled out of his mother's arms and looked at the instrument in his hands… A string instrument allowing a beautiful melody to flow out of his fingertips and into the air.
Suddenly, his mother opened her eyes and waited for the chord that would start her off. Itachi began to play the instrument beautifully and with such style… Sasuke remembered the instrument as he was a child… Seeing his brother play it, brought back memories of such that he didn't even dream existed.
Aisubeki mono Nikumobeki mono
Hyouri no suki ni tatsu
Inochi no imi wo sagasu no naraba
Kako mo mirai mo kuchiteyuku made
Eien ni kawaranai enishi no kumo no ito
Kono kokoro Kono karada Kono sora no hate
Kiri saita senkou wa ware ga yaiba no saki ni
Okozureru seijaku to chiriyuku hane yo
Suddenly, his mother's beautiful voice stopped and so did Itachi's instrument. Sasuke looked questioningly at them both as they folded their hands and looked sadly into the lake before them. The dark haired boy then remembered his childhood…
"Why did you stop? It was…beyond what words can say," Sasuke said slowly.
"It's just… the part where everyone in the Uchiha clan forgot. It was intentionally for the youngest Main House member…Naruto," Itachi explained.
"Sorry…but I wasn't meant to memorize it…" Naruto said sadly.
"How can you know that?" asked Sasuke.
"I can tell by the first time I looked at the words. It wasn't meant for me. I didn't even try."
"Sou ne…" Sasuke said sadly. I see…
"In time…it was forgotten," his mother explained. "Lost to the winds."
The young dark haired boy looked within his deep past. He promised himself that he wouldn't visit it ever again…although he knew that it was to save himself. He couldn't explain it himself... He looked…as far as he could…
Flashes came to his mind.
Shuriken techniques with Itachi… nights in the grass just talking to his brother…his mother giving him hot chocolate in the winter time… training before he entered the academy… Sasuke realized how painful it was as he remembered the horrible night where Itachi had killed his entire family. He knew that Itachi would soon complete his fate and make it reality although Sasuke did not want his mother to think he was crazy…
"I remember that song!" shouted Sasuke.
"The last verse?" asked Itachi shrewdly.
"I…think so?" Sasuke said questioningly to himself.
"Sing it," urged Naruto.
Eien ni owaranai rinne no… shura no… me yoItachi's eyes widened as he couldn't understand it. Although, his hands, somehow, by themselves, moved and began to play the music that went along with the last verse. Though Sasuke sang it slowly and carefully, everyone knew he was getting the verse correct. Itachi couldn't stop his hands from playing the guitar and remembering how to finish the song.
His mother was amazed, for she had never seen anyone sing so beautifully and get all the words correctly. This song was a Uchiha original and it would only be sung by ones who belonged to that clan. Anyone else who sang it would have a curse placed onto them for eternity. It is a cursed song, though a beautiful one. Nothing was happening to Sasuke…Was he an Uchiha as well?
"Continue…" Naruto urged.
Sasuke stopped immediately, for he could not remember so much at that time. His skills were limited and he was amazed that sound came out of his mouth. Itachi's hands began to stop and his mother who was singing along as a harmony…stopped her voice as well.
"I'm sorry...I forgot the rest..." Sasuke said apologetically.
"How do you have the power to do that?" asked his mother.
"What?" asked Sasuke.
"That song is cursed. How could you…sing it without being cursed?" asked Itachi.
"I am an Uchiha…" Sasuke echoed softly.
"No…you're father was the Yondaime. No Uchiha was a Hokage… the personalities of the Uchihas were unfit for ruling a country so powerful as this one is," explained Naruto.
"Except you…" Sasuke said sadly.
Everyone looked at the dark eyed boy. Sasuke did not looked surprised for he knew, deep within his heart, that Naruto would become a great Hokage. Deep within his heart, he knew that Naruto's abilities were capable of matching his own. It was of different reasons, though the results were the same. He did it for revenge, Naruto did it for his bonds that he waited so long to make. Sasuke now understood his feeling a lot better.
"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.
"You are different from the rest of the Uchihas aren't you Naruto?" asked Sasuke.
"Huh?"
"You are open minded, love interacting with others, a bit arrogant maybe, although you always do something with everything you have. You do it for the people important to you and that pulled you from the hell of loneliness, right?" asked Sasuke.
Naruto looked deeply into the dark eyes of the Uzumaki. Somehow, deep within his heart, he knew that he was right. Sasuke was from the Uzumaki clan…though Naruto knew, that he spoke the truth. In his heart, Naruto searched. He was different from the Uchihas… A lot different, although he was able to be great friends with everyone… Would he be able to be friends with Sasuke.
"How did you know?" asked Naruto.
"I…was like you," Sasuke explained.
"We have to go," Itachi interrupted.
Sasuke's eyes watered again, and his mother patted his shoulder. Suddenly, she kissed him gently on his cheek and smiled at him. Sasuke couldn't help but smile back as the three family members walked back to the Uchiha household. Naruto fell into a deep sleep onto Itachi's shoulder and the older brother smiled gently as well.
Sasuke stood in place and just looked at the moon. Suddenly a voice interrupted him.
"Sasuke?" he asked.
"Uchiha Itachi?" Sasuke replied.
"I have to get back home soon. I just told otousan that we had come back for my guitar. Sasuke. There is something I must tell you. I know that you are speaking the truth. You know everything that is about to happen. Yes, I will kill my family soon enough. I will tell you this now. You have the power to stop me," Itachi said sadly.
"What! Are you seriously going to-"
"Yes, you know that already. What you don't know…is that you can stop me. It will happen in two days. You can stop. Naruto from going through the hell that you have. Just remember what I'm saying now. Remember the verse…"
Itachi walked off with the instrument within his hand and left Sasuke standing there in the grass. Sasuke knew what he had to do… He thought of the words that Itachi had spoken of. He knew that he had to remember the last verse…It was his only hope, his only clue of returning to his life and allowing Naruto to be saved.
The young boy fell on the grass asleep and woke up at the sunrise. He looked at the rays shining on his face… He only had two days left. Two days to correct everything… It would even cost his life.
Author's Note: I'M SOO SORRY FOR PUTTING THIS UP SO LATE! FORGIVE ME AND KEEP READING. I'M TERRIBLY SORRY!
