"Aniki, train me!" Sasuke said as he greeted his older brother at the door.
"Maybe later Sasuke. I just got back from a mission." Itachi responded as he patted his little brother on the head, and made his way towards his room.
"I'll train with you Sasuke-chan!" Naruto piped cheerfully.
"It won't be the same Naruto…but okay, I guess. Let's go!"
"Shisui! Happy birthday!" Naruto said as he hugged the older boy tightly.
Shisui had become a very important part of Naruto's life. He loved his cousin, and nothing anyone did would change that.
"Shisui, you've become my best friend…and that is why…I must kill you." Itachi said as he finished off his attack by stabbing Shisui in the heart with a kunai, he pushed the struggling boy into the nearby lake, and watched as he gasped for air, and attempted to swim to the surface.
Itachi smirked as he looked at his reflection in the water, the mangekyo sharingan. Something he had wanted for so long.
'And now I'll test it on my family. I'll test my power on everyone except my two little brothers. Sasuke, you're lucky Naruto came into our life. If he didn't…you'd be the first one I would kill.'
"Okasan, why are they doing that to Shisui? What happened?" Naruto asked, holding his mothers hand tightly.
"He's dead Naruto."
"What does that mean?"
"It means he went to sleep, and he's never going to wake up." She said, trying her best to conceal her tears. Naruto was on her right, and Sasuke was on her left. She had to stay strong for her sons. Speaking of sons…
Itachi was standing next to his father, emotionless. Everyone knew Itachi was sad though. They all knew how close the two were. And Itachi was probably so hurt, that he didn't know how to react.
"No! He has to come back okasan! Why won't he come back?" Naruto said as he sobbed quietly. Mikoto picked Naruto up and held him closely.
"Naruto, no matter what happens, I always want you to protect the ones you love. Because the one's you love are your precious people, and you never want to lose your precious people. Family is the most important thing in the world. Don't ever forget that."
And Naruto wouldn't.
"Naruto, wake up! Wake up Naruto!" Sasuke said as he shook his little brother slightly. It was Naruto's 7th birthday today, and Sasuke wanted to be the first one to see him on his birthday.
"Wha…What is it niichan?" Naruto asked as he sat up and rubbed his eyes.
"Happy birthday!" Sasuke said as he hugged the younger boy.
"Thanks Sasuke!" Naruto said happily as he got up to get dressed. Despite the fact that it was Naruto's birthday, both Sasuke and Naruto still had to go to the Academy. But brother had a surprise for him after school. And Sasuke was in charge of keeping it a secret. He wanted to know what was going on, but Itachi refused to tell him.
"We're late, we're late, we're late!" Sasuke repeated as he and Naruto ran home. They were already an hour late for Naruto's surprise party.
"Sasuke-chan…something isn't right…it's too quiet."
"I know, but there's a reason behind it."
"No…Sasuke-chan, something's wrong. I'm scared." Naruto said as he stopped dead in his tracks and looked up. Was that a person he just saw?
"Naruto come on!" Sasuke said as he grabbed Naruto's hand and ran. The two ran into their house to find in dark, quiet, and empty.
"What's going on?" Sasuke said. Everyone was supposed to jump out and yell surprise. Why was there no surprise?
"Surprise." A voice came, and the two boys whipped their heads around. Itachi was standing there, in his ANBU uniform, smirking.
"Aniki? What's going on?" Sasuke asked as he tightened his hold on Naruto's hand, and began walking, but Naruto stood still.
"Naruto, come here…" Sasuke said, but still, Naruto would not move.
"Naruto what-" Sasuke eyes widened as he finally took notice to what Naruto was looking at…
Their parents lay dead on the floor.
"ANIKI! What happened? NO! This can't be real!" Sasuke yelled, letting go of Naruto.
"Oh yes, it's all real. And it's not just that, everyone else is dead. I slayed them all." Itachi said, walking up to the two boys.
"NO! Stay away!" Sasuke yelled, running towards the door, but he was stopped as Itachi grabbed his wrist and threw him to the ground near Naruto, who pulled him into his arms, trying his best to comfort and be comforted.
"Why aniki…why would you do this?" Naruto asked, finally finding his voice.
"Why? Because I wanted to test myself. I gained the mangekyou sharingan when I killed Shisui, so why not test it out on my family?" Itachi said.
"No! Aniki…I…I don't understand."
"What's not to understand Naruto?"
"Aniki…how could you kill everyone so easily? Why not us too?" Sasuke asked.
"Foolish little brother, you're not even worth killing. If you want to kill me, hate me, then detest me, and survive in an unsightly way. Run, run and cling to life. And then some day, come before me with the same eyes I bear now." Itachi said as he grabbed Sasuke by the collar, and forced him to look into his eyes.
Suddenly, Sasuke was in another world. A world he had never seen before.
"SASUKE!" Naruto's voice snapped him back to reality, and Itachi was gone.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto asked, hugging him. Sasuke sat there clenching his fists.
"Sasuke…They're gone…they're really all gone…Okasan, otosan, everyone!" Naruto sobbed loudly into Sasuke's shirt, and in response Sasuke pushed him away harshly.
"Sasuke…what…?"
"Dead. They're all dead Naruto! And you don't even care!" Sasuke yelled as Naruto sniffed. They were his family too...Of course he cared! Why else would he be crying? He was devastated at the fact that Itachi had killed Sasuke's family, his family...
"You're not a part of this family, and you never were! It's all your fault they're dead! If my parents didn't adopt you, aniki wouldn't have killed anyone! It's you! It's all your fault!" Sasuke said as he grabbed the pale boys wrists tightly.
"Sasuke, stop. You're hurting me." Naruto whimpered. Sasuke was never like this before! How could Sasuke blame him so easily? They were so close! Inseparable! And now...now Sasuke hated him. And Naruto wasn't even the one to blame! It was Itachi! Itachi was the one who killed everyone. Naruto had nothing to do with it!
"Shut up!" Sasuke yelled as he backhanded Naruto, who wasn't expecting this, and fell to the floor. He reached a hand to his cheek in shock. Sasuke never hit him...Well, unless they were sparring, but that was a completely different story!
"From now on, you listen to me and only me!"
"But Sasuke-"
"Shut up! Don't speak! Don't whimper, don't do anything!" Sasuke yelled, and Naruto tried his best to hold back his tears. The two of them were so close. And now look what had happened. Their relationship would never be the same again. Naruto loved Sasuke so much. Sasuke was his older brother!
"I'll get revenge on him. I'll kill him, torture him for doing this," Sasuke said as he looked over to Naruto. And for the first time that night, Sasuke smirked. But not the kind of smirk Naruto wanted to see upon his older brothers face.
"And you're going to help me."
Whatever had happened to Sasuke in those few seconds he was out of it was a blur to Naruto. He would never know what happened, but he didn't care. His mothers kind words stuck to him.
"Naruto, no matter what happens, I always want you to protect the ones you love. Because the one's you love are your precious people, and you never want to lose your precious people. Family is the most important thing in the world. Don't ever forget that."
And Naruto wouldn't.
No matter what, Naruto would protect the only person he loved.
Even if it ended in his death.
He would protect his one true precious person.
Naruto loved Sasuke more then anything else. And no matter what happened…
He always would…
So that's the end! I may end extra chapters here and there though!