Since almost this entire chapter is gonna be a flashback, I'm going to change it up a bit. The non-flashback parts will be italicized and the flashback parts won't be.
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"talking"
'thinking'
Chapter 5:
"I drove the car."
Sasuke and Mizori came back from their honeymoon happy. They had had a lot of fun. Sasuke was surprised that it was so much fun. He had thought that a honeymoon was a waste of time, but he had to admit that he had been wrong. The week he had spent with Mizori had been the best week of his life.
"Welcome home Sasuke," Itachi said.
Sasuke smiled. "I'm home."
"Hi Itachi," Mizori said.
"Hn," Itachi said. "We need to talk, Sasuke." Sasuke raised an eyebrow, but nodded. He handed his things to the butlers. Mizori knew that whatever Itachi needed to talk to Sasuke about, it was a conversation she wasn't apart of. She let the maids help her to her room.
Itachi led Sasuke to his office, taking a seat behind his desk. Sasuke took the seat across from him. "What is this about?"
"I'm getting married," Itachi said.
"Eh?" Sasuke asked. "I didn't know you were dating someone."
"I wasn't," Itachi said. "I'm marrying Kurama Namikaze."
Sasuke recognized the name. The Namikaze Empire was a company known for fashion. It had various clothing lines as well as a popular brand of shoes. They even made purses. Mikoto Uchiha had been a big fan of their perfumes and makeup sets. Sasuke knew what Itachi was doing. A marriage between Itachi and Kurama would basically be a merger of the Namikaze Empire and the Uchiha Corp. But that wasn't the real reason he was doing this. He wanted to secure a future for Sasuke. Sasuke clenched his fists. "You're doing this for me."
Itachi smiled. "It is for the future."
"But you don't love her!" Sasuke raised his voice.
"I will learn to love her," Itachi said. "I will protect her and one day, Kurama will be more than just my wife."
"Is this really what you want?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes," Itachi said.
Sasuke sighed. "Alright."
"Good," Itachi stood up. "Cause the wedding is at the end of next week." Sasuke's eyes widened. "Sai organized it. Everything has been signed. There is only one more important matter that needs to be discussed." He walked over to his brother. Sasuke looked confused. "Will you be my best man?"
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The wedding went on without a hitch. Sasuke had to admit that Kurama Namikaze was a beauty. As per agreement, Itachi took her last name. Now, they were going off to there honeymoon. Seeing the smile on Itachi's face, Sasuke knew that Itachi was right. Itachi would love Kurama. His eyes looked to his new sister-in-law. And she would love Itachi.
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Itachi and Kurama met at their favorite restaurant. It seemed Kurama had something to tell him. He had an idea and was able to hide his excitement. The hints were easy to catch on. Kurama had been throwing up for over a week. At first, they thought it was a bug she caught on their honeymoon. But then wouldn't Itachi be sick too? Besides, that was over four months ago. Itachi told Kurama that she should go see a doctor. Kurama agreed since she wanted this to stop.
"What did the doctor say?" Itachi asked.
"I'm not sick," Kurama said. "I'm pregnant."
Itachi smiled. "Really?"
Kurama frowned. "You knew."
Itachi sighed and nodded. "I could tell by the signs." He looked into her eyes. "Are you happy?"
Kurama smiled. "I am." She took a sip of her lemonade. "They asked me if I wanted to know the gender. We have an appointment tomorrow. I already called your secretary to organize your schedule for it. I hope that was alright."
"Of course!" Itachi said. "I can't wait."
"Which do you prefer?" Kurama asked. "Do you want a boy or a girl?"
"Either is fine with me," Itachi said. He stood up, put some money on the table, and held out his hand. "So, shall we go tell your parents?"
Kurama laughed as she took his hand. "Sure!" They wanted hand-in-hand out of the restaurant.
"I hope you had a good time, Itachi-sama, Kurama-sama," the valet said. "If you just give me a minute, I'll go get your car." He bowed before running off.
"How was your day at work?" Kurama asked.
"It was..." Itachi began. His voice left him as he saw it. His first instinct was to get Kurama out of the way. He swung her around, pushing her soft enough to not hurt her but hard enough to get her over five feet away. If he had been superhuman, he'd have been able to get out of the way, but his humanity was against him. The car slammed into him. His body went flying right into Kurama. Her head hit the ground. But Itachi didn't see it. For all he knew, Kurama was safe. But she wasn't.
The police and an ambulance rushed to the seen. Kurama was sent off to Konoha Hospital. Itachi, however was pronounced dead. Police has the one who drove the car in custody. Sai was in tears as the coroner put Itachi's body into his van.
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Sai stood outside of Kurama's room. Her parents sat near her sleeping form. Kurama was in a coma. Because Kurama was still alive, Sai was only facing two counts of involuntary manslaughter. His defense was strong though. Someone had tampered with his car setting it to malfunction at that time. It seemed someone wanted Sai dead, but who? He didn't know and right now he didn't care. All he wanted was Kurama to wake up. But that wouldn't change things. Itachi was still dead. Their child was still dead.
Sasuke came to a stop before Sai. He glanced at the older boy before looking at the door to Kurama's room. He looked back at Sai who didn't say a word. Sasuke opened the door and walked inside. Kurama's parents looked up at Sasuke. Kaguya stood up and pulled Sasuke into a hug, letting him cry. Tenji watched in silence as his wife hugged their son-in-law's brother. Sasuke was now their only living relative, at least until Kurama woke up.
"I'm sorry," Sasuke said as Kaguya pulled back.
"Oh sweetie," Kaguya said. "It's not you fault. It's no one's fault."
"It that brat's fault," Tenji said motioning to Sai who had peered into the room. Sasuke turned around and glared at Sai, who disappeared. Kaguya released Sasuke as a doctor walked into the room.
The doctor looked at Sasuke before speaking. "The patient is in a coma. There is some brain activity, but it isn't much. For now, we will keep her on the ventilator and we will be constantly monitoring her fluids and medicine. Except for a couple of bruises, she is otherwise fine. However, there is something you must know." Again he glanced at Sasuke.
"You can say whatever you need to in front of him," Kaguya said. "He's family."
"Then I'm sorry to inform you but no matter what we did, we were unable to save the baby," the doctor said.
Three pairs of eyes widened. "Baby?" Kaguya asked.
The doctor gave them a sympathetic look. "She was four and a half months pregnant."
"No," Kaguya said, covering her mouth. Tears rolled down her eyes. Sasuke's mind swirled. Not only was Itachi dead and Kurama was in a coma, but their child was dead too? Anger spread through his body. He walked out of the room, shrugging off Kaguya's hand.
Sai looked up at Sasuke as the boy stepped out of the room. "Sas..." Sasuke's fist slammed into his face. Sai's back collided with the wall behind him.
"You killed them!" Sasuke yelled. He threw another punch, this one at Sai's stomach. "Murderer!" He punched Sai over and over again. When Sai fell to the ground and didn't give up, Sasuke began to kick him. Five minutes later, four security officers pulled Sasuke away from Sai. He was still screaming. Doctors had to rush Sai into the OR to make sure he was ok. It turned out that Sasuke had broken two of Sai's ribs along with his right arm.
A police officer stepped into the room. "You got beaten up pretty good." Sai glared. "Do you want to press charges?"
"No," Sai said. "I deserved it."
The police officer nodded. "And about the other thing. There is proof that your car was tampered with. However, we have no idea who did it. We do know it wasn't you since your prints don't match the ones we found." He leaned against a wall. "This means you won't be charged with involuntary manslaughter. Even if you were, there's reasonable doubt that it was your fault."
"Itachi and his unborn child are still dead," Sai said.
"We'll keep looking," the officer said. "But I'd suggest getting a bodyguard. Don't want another attempt on your life." Sai nodded. "And you're allowed to leave whenever you want." Sai knew the officer was talking about leaving Konoha. The man obviously knew about Sai's job. Sai wouldn't be leaving the hospital anytime soon though. He had to heal enough to look presentable before he could return to his job. Who wanted their wedding planner to be covered in bruises? "You shouldn't blame yourself," the officer broke through Sai's train of thought. "Someone else caused you car to hit them. It wasn't because of your poor driving skills." Again Sai glared. "Well, I'm off." The officer pushed off the wall and opened the door of his room. "Don't fight now." He walked passed Sasuke, putting a hand on his shoulder, before disappearing down the hallway.
Sasuke glanced at the retreating form of the police officer before stepping into Sai's room. He stared at his cousin before taking a seat besides him. The tension in the air could've been cut with a knife. Sai was too afraid to break the silence. Lucky for him, he didn't have to. "Sorry."
"Eh?" Sai asked surprised.
"I shouldn't have attacked you," Sasuke said. "It was unbecoming of an Uchiha."
"It's alright," Sai said. "I understand why you did it. And I did deserve it."
"Why did this happen?" Sasuke asked.
Sai sighed. "It seems that someone doesn't like me very much." He shifted, careful not to hurt his already pained chest. "My breaks were cut." He paused as he looked at Sasuke. "The power of steering pump also broke. I couldn't swerve left nor could I have stopped the car. But it is still my fault. I should have noticed that something was wrong with the car when turning left was a lot harder than normal." Sasuke remained silent. "I'm not going to ask for your forgiveness. I took Itachi away from you and ruined the Namikaze family. I will however try to make it better. I'll try to help the police in anyway possible." Sasuke just nodded before standing up and heading for the door.
He stopped at the door. "It was a boy." That was all he said before he quietly made his way out of the hospital and home. He ignored Mizori and headed straight to bed, crying himself to sleep. Sai stared at the door. He clenched his fists. He was going to kill whoever did this to his family.
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Five year. Five years and the police haven't found who cut Sai's breaks. Five years and Kurama was still in a coma. Five years and Sai still felt it was his fault that it happened. Five years since Itachi died taking the last human part of Sasuke with him. A lot can happen in five years.
Naruto stared at the seat Sai had been sitting in just ten minutes ago. He was trying to process everything Sai told him. From what he gathered, Sai believed that Sasuke hated him for the car "accident," But something was off. Naruto's mind went back to how Sasuke was when Sai returned. He smiled. Sasuke didn't hate Sai nor did he blame him for what happened. He just didn't know how to deal with. Naruto stood up. It looked like he finally had a true purpose. He was going to save the Uchiha family.