Chapter5. A broken family.
Sasuke looked up at his brother laced inside his warm comforting embrace. Just being in his aniki's arms all his fears and pains were melting away.
"Aniki…what is this feeling, its all tingly… everywhere, I don't understand it…"
"Shh don't worry about it dearest otouto, It is nothing to be concerned about." Itachi brushed Sasuke's hair away from his eyes. He couldn't tell him what it was, he couldn't be one to corrupt his love's innocent mind, he refused. The burning sensation he felt just looking down at his dearest made it so tempting though…
"Just fall into sleep Sasuke, tomorrow we will go back to oka-san and…" He hesitated as he felt the small angel stiffen.
"We will gather our belongings, we can no longer stay there, I am sorry." He felt him relax, that he was not expecting. How could someone so young be so willing to leave there family? Leave the place they called home.
"Hai Ita-chan" Sasuke's voice was muffled as he yawned and wormed himself yet closer to his brother, then pulled back slightly placing a gently kiss on his cheek, which left Itachi's cheek burning.
The next day.
Sasuke stretched his thin body, and looked up to see his aniki absent mindedly running his fingers through his raven locks.
"Morning, Ita-chan!!" Sasuke, not usually a morning person was elated to wake up in his brothers arms.
Itachi snickered. Oh how adorable his brother looked with his shining eyes. He watched as his otouto slowly raised his hands into small fists to wipe the sleep away. As he pulled those delicate hands away Itachi took them in his own and planted a small kiss on each.
He was shocked; what had he just done!? Oh kami help him. A small giggle interrupted his thoughts.
"We have to go back…to the compound and get our stuff right Itachi?" a solemn nod was the boys answer.
A few hours later at the compound.
Walking through the doors to there families home itachi stiffened. The smell of sake drifted through his nostrils as a stumbling fugaku approached them.
Before either could register what was happening a low whimper and the sound of shattering glass was heard.
Fugaku had lifted sasuke by his throat and lifted him to the wall. His delicate head connecting with a picture frame. A picture of there family, broken. Oh the irony.
Itachi in one swift movement wrapped an arm around Sasuke and placed the trembling body on the floor grabbing His fathers arm and bending it in an unnatural manor until a deafening snap was heard. A low menacing malice filled hiss filled the room.
"You will not touch him, you will not talk to or about him, in fact you will not as much as look at him. That is if you wish to remain living."
Itachi then kicked the pathetic father figure to the ground lifted sasuke in his arms and left to gather their belongings.
"I-ita-chan…why…why did you hurt him?" Itachi sighed and ruffled his brothers adorable spiky duck butt hair.
"Because I would rather have him in pain than you." Itachi stated it as if sasuke was a complete baka not to know that.
"oh…"
"Now gather the rest of your things so we can go-"
"Itachi sasuke!" A frightend mikoto ran through sasuke's door.
"I saw your father, what happened?" She was visibly paling from stress. Sasuke ran at her and wrapped his arms around her as Itachi explained what had happened just previously in the other room.
"Oh, I see. Well I suppose neither of you will be staying…" Her voice trailed of in desperation; she wished she could fix this family.
"No oka-san I'm afraid not, please understand." Itachi hated seeing his mother in pain but she new as well as any that it was no longer safe for them in this house.
"Look Itachi, there has been a strange man that has been coming to see your father lately. I don't know who he is but your father claims it's for private meetings having to do with 'strict head of uchiha business' … I don't know but, just be careful okay you two?"
Sasuke looked up with a wide grin plastered on his pale milky skin.
"Don't worry oka-san Itachi is the strongest ninja ever we will be safe!"
Itachi felt his cheeks once again heat at the praise, he had heard these things so many times by so many people but he felt it only really counted when his little Otouto said them, his voice rang with such earnest trust, how could his heart not swell with it?
Itachi gave a deaf nod leaning in to hug his mother, this shocked her Itachi was hardly affectionate. But this goodbye called for something.
"Goodbye, you be careful as well oka-san." Itachi whispered to low for anyone else to hear as he pulled away and swiped Sasuke into his arms to avoid any problems as they exited the front door.
Walking down the street Itachi carried a slumbering sasuke on his back. He sighed deeply. They couldn't live in a hotel forever; he needed to invest in a place to live. I guess its time to talk to the hokage.