AN: I'm back with another chapter! Enjoy!

Itachi: age 12

Sasuke: age 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto

Blood. There was blood everywhere.

The gruesome liquid was everywhere he looked, along with it were limp, lifeless bodies.

Sasuke looked at the morbid massacre that laid before him with large terrified eyes. He didn't know what was happening or why he was here.

He desperately looked around for anyone who was still alive, anyone who could help him. All he wanted was for someone to take him back to his family where he could be safe and sound.

His wish suddenly disappeared when he saw two shinobi fighting in the distance. One of them seeming oddly familiar.

Was that Itachi?

The child's eyes lit up with joy and relief as he saw his big brother in the distance.

"Aniki!" Sasuke yelled out as he started running towards the Uchiha prodigy.

He couldn't even begin to explain the solace he felt finding Itachi in this bloodbath. This nightmare will be over soon.

Sasuke was just about to reach his brother when he saw the other shinobi impale him with a katana.

Sasuke's eyes widened in horror as he witnessed the atrocious scene play in front of him.

They stayed frozen for a second until Itachi coughed out blood. The shinobi then brutally ripped his sword out of the prodigy's chest.

"ITA-NII! NO!" The young Uchiha screamed as he rushed towards his brother's now limp body.

Sasuke fell on his knees as his body shook with violent sobs.

"Nii-san, n-n-no! P-please a-aniki, g-get up." The child pleaded. "D-d-don't l-leave me I-Ita-nii! P-p-please d-don't leave m-me a-a-alone!"

Sasuke suddenly looked up as he heard the familiar sound of a swinging sword, and then, nothing.

Sasuke suddenly jolted awake, finding himself falling and hitting his head on the floor.

"Ow…" Sasuke groaned.

He sat up as tears continued to stream down his face. The young Uchiha's breathing was shallow and it felt as though his heart would burst out of his chest at any moment.

He stayed there for a moment and tried to forget the horrible nightmare he had just encountered, but the more he thought about it, the harder he cried. All he could think about was his brother's limp body in his arms and how his nii-san would've been gone forever.

Sasuke stood up as the urge to see his older brother overwhelmed him and rushed out of his room.

Sasuke carefully slid open Itachi's bedroom door and stepped inside, closing it silently behind him.

"Nii-san?" Sasuke called out in a quiet, trembling voice.

Itachi stirred and sat up. He rubbed his eyes and looked in Sasuke's direction.

"Sasuke? Otouto, what are you-" Itachi stopped mid sentence when he saw tears racing down his baby brother's face.

He frowned.

"Otouto, what's wrong?" Itachi asked concerned.

"Ita-nii..." Sasuke said brokenly, as sobs began to consume him.

The prodigy felt his heart twist in pain. He couldn't stand seeing his little brother like this. Itachi got out of bed and reached out for his brother. Sasuke didn't waste a second to get into his aniki's arms.

The little raven desperately held on to his brother as his little body shook with sobs. "Shhh, it's ok otouto, I'm here." Itachi soothed as he picked the child up and laid down with him.

Sasuke continued to sob against his brother's chest. Itachi started comforting him by rubbing circles on his back, and saying comforting things to him.

"Don't cry Sasuke, I'm here." Itachi said gently as he ran a hand through Sasuke's raven black hair.

The older Uchiha managed to calm his brother down as he held him in a protective embrace with the younger hugging him back just as tight.

"Otouto?"

"Hmm?"

"What was that thud I heard from your room?" Itachi asked curiously.

Sasuke's cheeks heated.

"I fell." he answered.

"You fell?"

"Yeah, I fell off my bed and hit my head." Sasuke said, a hint of embarrassment in his voice.

Itachi chuckled slightly at his brother's clumsiness.

"Is that what's bothering you otouto?" Itachi asked as he unconsciously brought a hand to his brother's head to check for injuries, fortunately there were none.

"No," Sasuke said quietly."I had a nightmare."

"Do you want to talk about it?" Itachi offered as he rubbed the back of his brother's head soothingly..

There was a moment of silence before Sasuke answered.

"I was all alone and there were so many dead bodies everywhere. I didn't know what to do, and then I saw you, nii-san. You were fighting with another shinobi and then you-" Sasuke paused choking on his own words. "You-you d-died and y-you left m-me a-all alone!"

Tears went down Sasuke's face again as he sobbed in his brother's chest and desperately held on tighter.

"P-please don't l-leave me Ita-nii!"

Itachi's chest ached terribly as he watched his brother breakdown in tears again.

"Shhh, don't worry otouto, I'm right here." Itachi said as he rubbed comforting circles on his baby brother's back. "I'm not going anywhere. I promise I will never leave you."

Sasuke sniffed.

"You promise?" Sasuke asked looking up at his brother with big watery, red rimmed, obsidian eyes.

"I promise." Itachi replied, wiping away Sasuke's tears with his thumb. "I won't die that easily."

Itachi continued rubbing his brother's back in attempt to help him go back to sleep as Sasuke laid his head on his chest.

"Aniki?"

Itachi smiled.

"Hmm?"

"I love you." Sasuke said, wearily.

Itachi instinctively held Sasuke tighter and kissed the top of his head.

"I love you too, otouto"

AN: Second chapter, done! I don't know how many chapters this story will have because I LOVE the Uchiha brothers soooo much and I have a ton of ideas for more chapters!

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