Running along carelessly, Sasuke didn't notice the two shadows leaping from behind him. Nor did he notice the lone figure leap towards the two shadows. What he did notice, however, was the grunt of pain and a single arm dropping towards him. Falling backwards at the sight of the bloody appendage, Sasuke's mind froze.
Looking around frantically, He shouted, "Who's out there?!"
One shadow leapt out at Sasuke only to be intercepted by another, disappearing completely.
Hearing a sharp cry of pain, Sasuke turned to run as fast as he could, colliding with 3 individuals standing in front of him. All three were silent and staring at Sasuke with cold eyes.
Backing up slowly, fear etched in his eyes, "W-Who are you?"
Staying silent, the trio activated their sharingan and jumped up as multiple kunai flew toward them.
"Run away Sasuke!" a voice yelled.
The frightened boy didn't recognize this voice, turning instead towards what he thought was the source.
This proved to be a near fatal mistake for the young Uchiha. His eyes searching frantically for the source of the voice, he froze once again at the sensation of cold steel against his throat.
Looking up at this assailant, Sasuke noticed two details immediately. One, this man had one arm, the other, he assumed, was lying on the ground in a bloody mess. Two, this man had a Anbu mask that gave nothing away about his identity.
"Come out itachi!" The masked anbu yelled. "Unless you want to have your little brothers blood on your hands too! And you three Uchiha lapdogs too!"
Sasuke was shaking at this point, mind numb with shock. 'Why is big brother here..?'
The only response the anbu got was a scream of pain and a second masked anbu crashing on the ground, kunai buried into his chest.
Dropping the blade held to Sasuke's neck, the masked man yelled "Torune!", Running to check on his partner.
Not in immediate threat anymore, the young Uchiha ran with all his might towards the Uchiha compound, crying in fear.
He heard another unfamiliar voice yell "Come back Sasuke!"
That was the last thing he heard before a deafening explosion rocked his world.
Itachi's POV
Itachi figured out there would be teams sent out to fetch Sasuke to be held hostage. He was prepared to deal with having to fight his own clansman and fellow ninja. He wasn't however expecting his own clan to line the clan compound with explosive tags with razor thin tripwire. He couldn't have foretold the complicated series of bombs planted throughout a major section of the living quarters in konoha. He couldn't have known his own clansman would attempt to murder a young Uchiha child and at the same time decimate a section of civilian housing.
Eyes flowing red with sharingan and pure rage, Itachi ran as fast as he could towards the small body flung like a ragdoll in the sky.
Intending to stop the Uchiha prodigy, the three silent Uchiha clan members threw shurikan at itachi, and followed up with a combination fireball that lit up the night sky bright orange. The masked anbu preforming first aid on his partner was not having a very good night. 'First I lose an arm to that brat, now torune got stabbed and has what I suspect to be a punctured lung. Could this operation get any-?The unnamed anbu's thoughts were rudely interrupted by a massive fireball engulfing him and his wounded partner. Their screams of pain echoed through the night went unheard in the chaos that erupted after the explosion.
Itachi grit his teeth and dodged the shurikan easily and leapt above the fireball. Activating his mangekyou sharingan he lit one of the unfortunate Uchiha clansmen on fire with amaterasu.
Shocked that his clan mate suddenly burst into black flames, the man to his right lost his chance to retaliate and made a gurgling sound as a kunai buried itself into his neck, making him drop to the ground dying rapidly. The third man had a little more backbone as he dashed to the left and dodged a couple shurikan meant for his throat.
Itachi followed him in the dash and followed up with a kick aimed for the man's head. The Uchiha dodged drawing a short sword and slashing towards itachi's chest. Avoiding the sword strike itachi grabbed the man's extended arm and kicked his leg to bring him to the ground.
Pinning the man to the ground, itachi roared " This is for Sasuke!" Making the hand signs Itachi unleashed a huge fireball directly in the face of the Uchiha, immediately engulfing and blasting a part of the man's face off.
Getting up immediately, itachi ran towards the smoking body of his younger brother.