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Sasuke was Itachi's life. He had spent all of his years growing up, protecting the only one he loved, his precious little brother.

At a very young age, when Sasuke was just below ten years old, he already knew that he needed to protect him. He could see how innocent and different he was compared to himself.

As sad as it was to say, Sasuke wasn't too bright as a child. It was unknown to Itachi at the time that Sasuke's mental age was set back. But this lead Itachi wanting to help him as much as he could.

Itachi was Sasuke's sacrifice.

As they grew older, Sasuke slowly started to mature, but barely. On the other hand, Itachi was already extremely mature for his age. He noticed Sasuke was simply..pure. He didn't understand what being a "slave" or a "pet" was until later in his years. He would cry and ask why everyone was being so mean. This made Itachi feel sorrow.

It was when Sasuke was sixteen, and Itachi twenty one, when their master started to touch Sasuke. They had been with this particular master for about four years, but this was the first time he actually had hurt Sasuke or trying touching him inappropriately.

This drove Itachi mad.

He couldn't stop the pain Sasuke received, but he could stop the sexual advances.

Their master's taste ran along what Sasuke was; cute. Now Itachi is certainly not ugly, but he had a more manly face, yet beautiful. But that was not what their master liked. He liked the innocent ones like Sasuke, as disgusting as it was.

But Itachi would not have that.

Itachi had already had sex at the early age of fifteen. He was already tainted into the world of pain and torture. All of them were non consensual, both male and female. He learned to just bare with it. The less he protested, the faster it went. It was just a survival skill he chose to use. He did well to hide the pain he was in from Sasuke. All he had to say was that he was okay, and Sasuke would believe him, giving him that smile that warmed his heart on any day.

Itachi lived for Sasuke's happiness.

When he saw their master making advances on Sasuke, Itachi learned the sinful art of seduction. And like he had planned, their master fell for it and Itachi would end up being ravaged. But Itachi didn't cry once during those times, knowing that this was for Sasuke's protection. That's all that mattered to him.

Sasuke's happiness was Itachi's happiness.

This was how Itachi had protected Sasuke's innocence all these years. He had worked so hard. Of course he had no control when they were separated. He could only pray that Sasuke was well and okay.

But this was how everything broke. What he saw in front of him. The exact fear played right before his eyes.

Oh, Itachi was livid.

The scene in front of him made rage bubble inside of him, and now it was bursting. All rationality was flicked away from this very moment.

Without any warning at all, Itachi launched himself directly to Naruto. His claws aiming right for the jugular, sharingan flashing.

Naruto wasn't weak. He probably couldn't directly fight Itachi, nor did he want to, but he could at least defend himself.

Naruto had totally forgotten he was still inside of Sasuke, making him rip his way out of his poor lover in order to dodge Itachi's deadly attack.

Sasuke cried out in pain as Naruto crudely left him. Pain rippled through his body as an after effect, erection lost.

This only drove Itachi even more mad. He was careful to avoid going near Sasuke as he quickly got up from where he had miss and slashed at Naruto's chest, causing angry marks to bleed.

"Stop it Itachi!" Naruto demanded. He didn't want to hurt Itachi even though he had all the killing intent in the world. Did Itachi think he was raping him? Naruto's erection had also faded, as he quickly dodged Itachi's incoming attacks naked.

One would think how funny the scene looked, but it was for survival. If Naruto had to fight naked, then he would.

Sasuke was terrified. He never saw Itachi actually fighting. Itachi himself banned Sasuke from seeing it so that he wouldn't become frightened. But he never expected that Sasuke would be absolutely horrified from it when exposed to it for the first time.

His gentle, loving brother was now trying to kill his lover for reasons he did not know. He knew he had to do something.

Sasuke, for the first time, had attacked his brother. He jumped from where he was, tackling Itachi down.

No, Sasuke did not actually have the strength to knock Itachi down. But he saw Sasuke coming to him, and just through reflexes, he let himself fall to the ground to avoid hurting Sasuke.

Sasuke now sat on top of Itachi nearly screeching and crying.

"Stop..! Stop stop stop!" Sasuke grabbed Itachi's clothes and cried into them.

This made Itachi confused, but he instantly calmed from his rage when he saw Sasuke's tears. He looked at Naruto who seemed shocked from the whole ordeal, blood coming out from the wounds he created.

Then it hit him.

Sasuke loved their master.

He had forgotten..he was so afraid that Sasuke was being raped that he had not thought of it being consensual.

Unexpected tears formed in Itachi's eyes.

Sasuke wasn't his to protect anymore. What was the purpose in his life then?

"Y..you love Sasuke right..?" Itachi turned to Naruto.

"Of course I do." Naruto breathed out, tired. "I'm sorry, we should have told you."

"No.." Itachi whispered. "I already knew."

Itachi started sitting up, careful to sit his crying baby brother on the floor carefully. He pulled the sweater Sasuke was still wearing down so it would look more decent.

Naruto reached for his pants, as it was the only thing close to him, and put it on for decency sake as well. But he was was unsure what Itachi meant.

"You knew..?"

"Sasuke..told me." Itachi softly said, wiping his tears as well as Sasuke's.

Naruto didn't really know what to say, only mumbling an "oh".

Itachi's body started to shake violently as surges of emotions ran through him. Does Sasuke not need him anymore? Itachi felt his whole life shatter before him.

"I'm sorry.." Itachi sobbed. "I'm sorry for misunderstanding..I'm sorry for attacking you master."

"Itachi.." Naruto bent down to meet eye level with him.

Itachi mentally screamed, thinking he was going to be punished severely, being in the unstable state he was in. He recoiled back, not expecting arms to wrap him into a hug.

"Just calm down Itachi. It's only a natural reaction to see something like this." Naruto didn't know the complete history between the two brothers, but he knew that there was an extremely strong connection.

Naruto winced slightly, remembering his wounds and separated himself from Itachi, to avoid getting blood on it.

Sasuke's crying had ceased, and he was now hugging his knees.

Itachi was still crying though.

"Am I not needed anymore.." Itachi whispered lowly.

"What?" Naruto had to strain to try and hear Itachi.

"I'm not needed now am I." He looked at Sasuke with distance eyes. "You have master to protect you now..I'm not needed."

He's gone mad.

Naruto carefully looked at Itachi.

"You are needed." Naruto said softly. He felt something very off from Itachi.

"I am not.." Itachi started to pick at his lips.

"Itachi, trust me..you are."

"I am not!" Itachi seethed out, looking at Sasuke who hadn't moved from his position at all.

If I was needed..you'd definitely tried reaching out for me, wouldn't you otouto..?

What Itachi didn't notice, was that Sasuke was still terrified. He was too scared to do anything, letting Naruto take control.

Itachi felt tears of desperation run down as Sasuke still didn't move. He turned his head and look outside the window, into the darkness of the night.

His sharingan returned as he suddenly jumped up, running straight to the window.

"Fuck! Itachi!" Naruto quickly ran after him, the short distance from where they were, to the window.

Sasuke himself moved from the shock, worried for Itachi.

Before Itachi could reach it, Naruto grabbed hold of his waist, efficiently knocking him down.

"Are you trying to kill yourself?!" Naruto yelled at Itachi. "Do you think that's such a fuckin good idea?! What are you trying to do to Sasuke?!"

Naruto turned Itachi over to his back so he knew Itachi was looking at him. He then gripped Itachi's wrists, placing them at the side of his head when Itachi started to struggle.

Itachi felt so weak and so small. His whole body was trembling and his tears wouldn't stop coming out.

"Look at Sasuke! You are scaring him to death!"

Itachi turned his head to see Sasuke staring at him with fear.

He messed up.

"Snap out of it Itachi! We love each other, yes. I understand your anger. But that does not allow to try killing yourself! Think about what that would do to Sasuke!"

He was right.

How could he be so thoughtless. Itachi had thought everything was over since he had felt he was not needed anymore. He thought that if he was not needed, he should just disappear, but he realized just how selfish that was..and stupid.

"I'm s..sorry.." Itachi stuttered. "I'm sorry..o..otouto."

Naruto let go of Itachi's wrists and got off of him.

Sasuke went over to Itachi and squeezed him tightly.

Itachi felt even more upset at himself. How could ever think of leaving Sasuke when they were finally back together..? He hugged Sasuke back, slowly calming down.

Naruto left the brothers to take care of his wounds in his bathroom. He noticed that the blood was starting to dry as the cuts weren't too deep. He then heard a different door open and looked out of the bathroom to check on them.

But instead, Naruto saw Kyuubi enter with a tired look on his face, and his ears and tails showing.

"What happened..I heard a lot of noise up here. I'm sure the maids heard it as well."

Well shit, Naruto forgot about the maids. He would have to make sure tomorrow he would apologize and tell them that everything was okay if they heard the commotion.

He quickly ushered a confused Kyuubi out of the room.

"Let's leave them alone for now. I'll explain more later." Naruto quietly said, grabbing a shirt on the way out.

Sasuke saw Naruto leave, but he didn't pay any mind to it. He was trying to stop his aniki from his tears. He never saw Itachi cry so much in his life, and he wanted to be the one to help him.

"I'm sorry Sasuke..I just thought he was hurting you." Itachi breathed out. "I couldn't control myself..I won't do it again."

Sasuke shook his head and gave a bright smile for Itachi, showing him it was okay.

"Sasuke.." Itachi felt his whole body warm up from seeing his precious brother's smile.

He reached out and brought him into a tight hug once again.

"I love you otouto."

"So what happened?" Kyuubi yawned, sitting at the kitchen table.

"Ah well.." Naruto felt a little embarrassment. "To put it simply, I think Itachi thought I was raping Sasuke."

"Oh.." Kyuubi mumbled, not really wanting to hear about Naruto's sex life.

"Can I ask you to keep an eye on Itachi while I'm gone." Naruto sighed. "He tried jumping out of the window..I don't think he'll do it again, but I just want you to make sure. I'm kind of afraid to leave him in his room without anyone watching him besides Sasuke. I don't think Sasuke would be the right candidate to watch him, but he is able to keep him in check. So..I just want you to make sure he'll be okay."

"That's fine." Kyuubi mumbled again. "I don't really have anything to do anyways, but did Itachi attack you?" Kyuubi pointed at Naruto's scratch marks.

"Ah yeah, I didn't get to really clean it up yet." Naruto put his shirt on anyways. "He's fast as hell though, and I saw something in his eyes that were different. They flashed to me a couple of times."

"I'm going to back to sleep." Kyuubi didn't really care, or rather, he was just too tired. He heard commotion and just wanted to see what it was, that was all.

"Bastard." Naruto mumbled from Kyuubi's lack of interest. "And I didn't know you slept with your ears and tails out."

"If we had talked more, you would've known that. It's annoying trying to hide them while I'm asleep." He got up, but then started going upstairs instead.

"Kyuubi?" Naruto followed him, wondering what he was doing.

Kyuubi entered Naruto's room and saw Itachi softly talking to Sasuke. He could barely make out the words he was saying since his voice was so low.

He looked to Sasuke.

"I'm taking him, you sleep with Naruto okay?" And without anymore words, he gracefully picked the startled Itachi up, slinging him on his shoulder. He then took the protesting Itachi out of the room and downstairs.

"Well..I wasn't really expecting that." Naruto told Sasuke.

Sasuke had a worried look on his face as he started to look out the door.

"Don't worry, Kyuubi won't do anything to him. I asked him to watch over him, that's all." Even though I didn't mean now.

Naruto bent down and picked up Sasuke, laying him down on the bed.

"What a night." Naruto sighed, laying next to Sasuke. "I'm sorry about earlier, I must've hurt you when I left..and you're not in the mood or anything anymore, are you?"

Sasuke shook his head. He was just tired.

"Yeah, same. Let's go to sleep." Naruto kissed Sasuke's forehead.

Sasuke nodded, curling up next to Naruto.

"Night Sasuke."

Downstairs, Kyuubi had carried Itachi all the way to his room in the basement. Itachi stopped struggling, letting Kyuubi carry him.

Kyuubi plopped Itachi on his bed.

"Why did you take me here." Itachi asked, his eyes were puffy from all the crying he did.

"Just to watch over you." Kyuubi yawned. "I'm going to sleep now. You can either sleeping with me, or sleep on the floor. I don't really care."

"..I'll sleep with you." Itachi didn't want to sleep on the hard floor.

Kyuubi shrugged and laid down.

Itachi followed, slowly laid down next to Kyuubi, their backs facing each other.

"Why can't I sleep upstairs." Itachi mumbled.

"Don't argue with me and sleep."

Itachi sighed softly and closed his eyes to let sleep take over him.

The next morning, Itachi was wakened up by fur all over him. He soon realized that it was all of Kyuubi's tails on top of him. And hell, were they heavy.

Just how did he carry all that weight behind him?

Itachi slowly moved on the bed, wanting to see Sasuke, but the tails kept curling around him. He sighed in annoyance and pulled away from them.

This wasn't a good idea, as Kyuubi groaned from the pain of his tails being pulled.

"What the hell?" Kyuubi mumbled, still sleepy.

"I'm sorr—" Itachi was cut off by Kyuubi turning over, accidentally pushing Itachi off the bed.

Itachi reacted quickly, turning himself over so he would land on his hands and feet.

"Shit, sorry 'Tachi." Kyuubi mumbled, finally waking up. "I forgot you were here."

"Hn." Was all Itachi said before leaving the room and going upstairs.

Kyuubi turned back around to go back to sleep.

When Itachi reached his master's room, he gently knocked on the door.

"Sasuke?" He called out when there was no answer.

He knocked again, but no answer.

"Master?"

Itachi wasn't sure if he should open the door, but he already did yesterday, didn't he?

Itachi turned the door knob and entered the room. He turned around to see Sasuke and Naruto still sleeping on the bed.

"Master, wake up." Itachi gently shook Naruto, knowing he had to go to work.

Naruto whined, saying how he didn't want to wake up.

"Don't you have to go to work..?" Itachi asked.

"Shit!" Naruto was wide awake, almost scrambling off the bed, waking up Sasuke in the process.

"Sorry Sasuke!" Naruto loudly said from his closet.

He quickly changed, not caring to brush his teeth or eat breakfast. He quickly kissed Sasuke on the lips and waved goodbye to both of the brothers.

He ran downstairs, calling his driver so he could try and get to work on time.

Sasuke was a little dazed from sleep, and just curled back up on the bed.

"Sasuke, are you still tired?" Itachi placed his hand gently on Sasuke's shoulder.

Sasuke nodded.

"I'll be downstairs then if you need me."

Sasuke nodded once again.

Itachi sighed. He wanted to be with Sasuke, but he was the main cause they didn't get much sleep. He felt guilty.

He went back downstairs, but met Kyuubi on the way, ears and tails not present anymore.

"Why are you up so early?" Kyuubi questioned, seeming more fully awake now.

"What do you mean, you were up when I left, and I always wake up early." Itachi mumbled.

"I was?" Kyuubi was so tired, he didn't even know. "Well just come downstairs with me. I want to teach you piano."

"Why so suddenly?" Itachi was confused why Kyuubi was acting the way he was.

"I'm bored." Kyuubi simply said.

The real reason Kyuubi wanted to teach Itachi, was to keep him occupied. But there was some boredumness mixed in with it.

He grabbed Itachi and dragged him back downstairs.

Itachi sighed, not really knowing what was going on.

Kyuubi sat Itachi down on the piano bench and proceeded to tell Itachi the basics of the piano. He told him the name of the notes and such. He then realized it would be harder than he thought as he had to teach him both treble and bass clef notes.

Even though Itachi seemed reluctant to do it, he actually became interested in it. He never got to learn any instruments or even get close to them. He listened to Kyuubi's teaching, understanding how to read music rather quickly.

"Either I'm one hell of a teacher, or you are a fast learner."

Itachi couldn't help but smile, suppressing a laugh.

"Me and Sasuke too, we both are quick learners. I'm not trying to gloat or anything, but I do think I am the faster learner since Sasuke is younger in his mind."

"Hm, I see." Kyuubi thought for a second. "How long do you think it would take you to learn one song? If you can learn fast, I can just show you the keys and you copy them. This way you don't have to learn how to read all the notes, and instead play a song."

"Why would I need to do that though?" Itachi questioned.

"Maybe as an apology for Sasuke?"

"You knew what happened..?" Itachi's voice grew soft.

Kyuubi didn't know everything, but he nodded anyways.

Itachi hung his head slightly in shame.

"I'm sure Sasuke would love to hear you play something for the first time. He seems to like music very much."

Itachi thought for a bit before nodding.

"I'll do it." He hoped it would make Sasuke happier.

"Good." Kyuubi nodded in approval.

And that's how they started spending their time together teaching and learning from each other.