Chapter 9.

Itachi dropped to his knee's rolling his brother onto his back. He rested his head on his chest and held his wrist in his hand. He had a pulse, and he was breathing. That was enough to make Itachi sigh in relief, but not enough to relieve the full tension. He quickly picked Sasuke's body from the ground and carried his into the closest bed, which just so happened to be itachi's. Placing him gently down and pulling the covers over him itachi felt his forehead. He was running a fever a high one. Sighing itachi turned to leave the room sparing one last glance at his unconscious Angel.

He returned a few moments later with a washcloth and a large bowl of warm water. He lifted the cloth from the water rang it out and started to wipe away the sweat now forming on the smaller uchiha's porcelain skin. He continued doing this for what seemed like hours until sasuke finally moved in the slightest, His hand started movinb towards itachi's and itachi eagerly held it in his own kissing every one of his fingertips

"Sasuke are you okay? Can you hear me? " Itachi brushed the hair out of his brothers eyes frantically.

"ih…Ita-chan.." A low grumble came out of the angels lips, but ti was enough itachi quickly wrapped him in his arms trailing kisses to every place he could find The top of his head his shoulders his cheek and his lips. Sasuke just smiled a weak exhausted smile.

"I…didn't think I would see you again…" Sasuke admitted a tear sliding from the corner of his eye.

"I told you I would always be with you didn't I?" sasuke nodded. Words couldn't express how relieved he was, But right as he turned to kiss his brother he saw itachi's face crumple in pain as his hands shot to his face.

Alarmed sasuke got off his brother and stared at him terrified, He had never seen his brother so much as wince at pain but now his hands were pulling at his hair he was biting his lip so hard a drop of blood flowed from it.

"Itachi…" Sasuke's small voice shook he didn't know what to do, he had to get someone…

"sas-ahh" Itachi's voice broke with a scream. Sending his brother into even more panic.

"Sasuke…listen to me…you have to go get the hokage…tell the guards…I sent you… bring the hokage…now sasuke you-ahh" Itachi was panting his voice breaking into another pained scream, that was all the motivation sasuke needed, he wanted to stay with his brother but right now he needed help. And going to get the hokage was all he could do.

Sasuke ran as fast as he could cursing his tired body and small legs, if only he could get there faster! His legs pounded against the street as he rounded the last corner to get to the hokage tower, running up to the guards out of breath he somehow managed to make his voice painfully loud.

"Please you have to let me see the hokage it's an emergency please itachi is in trouble please move I have to see him!!" Sasuke's voice was filled with sheer desperation and determination as he shoved hopelessly against the jounin outside the doors

"please my brother sent me itachi told me please he's in pain I need to talk to the hokage!!"

Sasuke's voice was breaking and his entire frame shaking, the tears were starting to spill out of his eyes as he started to hit the guard attempting to move him with his tiny fists.

"What do we have here?" mused a silver haired jounin walking towards the hokages tower. The mask covering half of his face reminded him of the man from earlier but the thought of itachi writhing in pain was enough to shove that image slowly away.

"Please you have to let me see the hokage! " sasuke turned to the jonin and grabbed fistfuls of the mans shirt as he attempted to shake him.

"Please sir…Itachi…he's in pain…" With one last pleasding attempt sasuke looked into the one visible eye of the taller man, who than strangely enough, smiled.

"Alright I'll take you into see the hokage-"The said ninja was then cut off by one of the guards

"But Mr. Hakate –"

"I will take full responsibility of this boy for the time being."

And with that the silver haired man took sasuke's hand and led him into the building.

The man Introduced himself as Kakashi Hakate, but sasuke just nodded. He just wanted to get to the hokage. The building was so big it seemed to be taking them forever, once the finally reached the office sasuke wasted no time to explain what had just happened and with that they were headed back to the apartments sasuke riding on kakashi's back and sarutobi in the lead.

Entering the apartment was like a nightmare, no worse than a nightmare for sasuke. All he could hear was his brothers agonized screams as the jonins and hokage made him wait in the living room. A woman named kuranai waited with him trying to comfort him telling him stories, but every time he came close to believing her or loosing himself in her fairytale the agonized screams of his brother broke out once again, as if begging not to be forgotten.

Sasuke was in tears. They had been there for an hour and by now he was just sitting next to kurenai as the tears fell from his eyes splashing onto his fisted hands. The cries of his brother seemed to get louder and more frequent until eventually they stopped all together, this scared him even more. He jumped from his place on the couch and ran full speed to his aniki's room to see him passed out on the floor. Sasuke immediately thought the worse running to his brother then turning to glare at the shinobi in front of him.

"You Bastards you killed him!! You killed my brother!! How could you!!!" sasuke was sobbing so hard he couldn't breathe when a cold pale hand grabbed his ankle shocking him into silence.

"That's enough…otouto" a week barely recognizable rough voice came from behind him. Sasuke turned wide eyed to stare at his beloved.

"i-it-itachi?" sasuke stuttered out.

"No, the easter bunny." Itachi smirked. And that's all sasuke needed to dive down into his brothers arms and let the broken sobs rip from his throat soaking his brother in salty waters.

"You are free to go now, thank you for everything." Itachi gave a curt nod signaling them to leave then pulled his brother closer. Recognizing that his brother wasn't going to stop crying anytime soon, and with good reason itachi pulled himself and the angel in his arms onto the bed, bringing the covers up around them.

"I-itachi" Sasuke's voice was so small and frail it was killing Itachi.

"Yes Otouto?"

"What happened earlier…what was hurting you?" Itachi sighed. Always worrying about him, sasuke needed to be more concerned about himself.

"My sharingan…it upgraded." Itachi deadpanned he made it sound like it was the most obvious thing ever.

"But it never made you do that before…" sasuke's eyebrows were furrowing in confusion, it was dare itachi say…sexy…

"don't worry about it all is well now, just get some sleep." And with that sasuke gave a small nod drifting into a dreamless sleep.

A few days later

"Ano… A-Aniki…?" sasuke stared up at itachi as the latter ate his cereal in silence only the low crunching as he chewed to break it.

"Yes sas-chan?"

"I…Im staying late at school…I want to train…By myself"

To say itachi wasn't a little hurt at how sasuke threw in 'by myself' would be a lie… but he was sure it was nothing to be concerned so he just agreed. What else was there to do?

Sasuke was late. Five hours late. That goes beyond a little extra training time, Itachi was seriously contemplating going out to look for him, What If his father hired another ninja?

Itachi's panics were cut short by the door opening and an exhausted looking sasuke stumbling through the door a grin plastered on his sweat covered face.

"S-sorry I'm so late" sasuke muttered his face angled down, was he trying to hide something?

"How was training?" Itachi was more than surprised at the shocked look sasuke gave him, until he finally settled into nodding.

"I-it was fine" and with that sasuke scurried into his bedroom.

The next few days were the same, sasuke staying out after school, then avoiding itachi at home. Itachi tried to ignore it but…Had sasuke found someone else?

(a/n oOOOO the tension is building xD Well I figured out how I'm going to end this. Its just a matter of fillers and fixing it up so it fits together okay. Well see you next chapter which is probably posted in a few hours)