Lizzy: Ah... here we are... the second chapter... I would like to thank llimecandy for convincing me to write the second chapter before the idea I have right now leaves my head. llimecandy convinced me by being the first reviewer... lolz Thanks. This chapter... well, it would be worse than crap if I forgot my idea, now, wouldn't it?
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto-sensei does.
Warning!: Shisui Uchiha, Itachi's best friend, enters here. He might be OCC, but I wouldn't know since we never actually met him in the Manga or Anime. So, sorry. -sweat drop-
Siblings is in quotes for the title, because I'm including Shisui in that, and technically he isn't their sibling. So, yeah. Also, no offense to anyone who is an older sibling. It just somewhat fits this chapter.
Chapter 2: The annoyance of older "siblings"
-RECAP-
Sasuke heard noises coming from the tree. He looked up, maybe the person would revile themselves. Ah, on the contrary he felt the person running away as fast as possible. The person was gone in less than a second. He blinked in confusion. What the hell? Had he scared whoever it was that much? I mean, the chakra was quite strong. Whoever it was could surly beat the hell out of Sasuke.
Sasuke finally managed to get his arm out of the tree and counted 27 splinters.
"Damn it..." he muttered, heading back to the Uchiha part of Kanoha. He was stopped, though, when he heard something very distant and echoing... It sounded like...
Laughter.
-RECAP OVER-
Laughter? Who was laughing? Sasuke stared, dumbfounded, towards the Uchiha compound. Thats where it was coming from. Not from the main part of Kanoha from that baka— Uzumaki Naruto. No. From the Uchiha compound. Well... that's a first!
Itachi's POV
He punched right through the f-cking tree. What the hell? How stupid can you get? I watched as he carefully attempted to pull his arm out from the tree. There was an easier way, I can assure you, but my foolish otooto hadn't learned anything about getting your arm out from the inside of a tree. (Not that they taught us exactly that..)
He kept winching but he didn't stop trying. It would have been somewhat heroic if his freaking arm wasn't stuck in a tree. Well, thats when I got it. His arm was stuck!! I've never heard of something so embarrassing. I watched in amusement as his face slowly turned red in anger.
I wasn't expecting this, though. The dobe gave up and KICKED the f-cking tree!!! I couldn't control it anymore. I ran as fast as I could away from that place. I keep up a good image. Ninjas are supposed to be emotionless. I didn't want to ruin it. So in less than 3 seconds, I was safely inside an empty room. That was good, too, because I wouldn't have been able to hold it in much longer.
I'm sad to say, I burst out laughing. I'm happy to say, no one witnessed it, and no one has ever heard me laugh recently, besides Shisui-chan, so if anyone heard they wouldn't recognize it as me. I got it out as quickly as I could, and jumped out the already open window. I needed to have a witness to prove it wasn't me.
Then it came. Sasuke! Perfect. I (heh heh) would help him get his arm out of that tree, and figure out if I was right about the dream in one round. Perfect plan. I was in front of my house in less than a second. I began walking in the direction I knew Sasuke was.
Regular POV
He was still standing there lost in thought about who it could be. He hadn't even noticed the laugher had stopped. Actually, it was extremely short, even if it was unnaturally loud. Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts soon, though, and realized the laugher was gone. Only a quiet echo in his hears. That faded also, though. Then he noticed a figure walking towards him.
"Who the hell is that?" Was his only thought. Not: Where did that stalker run off too? Or: Where did that laugher come from? No. Just: Who the hell is that?
He soon realized who it was as the person came closer. It was Itachi.
"I-Itachi-nii-chan" he whispered to himself quietly. He backed up, and tripped, coughed, and quickly got to his feet, clearing his expression.
"Sasuke." Itachi said, stopping. "I--... What happened to your arm??" he asked. His face showed no emotion. Sasuke couldn't tell what he was thinking, either.
"I-I... -gulp- Itachi-nii-san, It's nothing. Just a few splinters." He replied, stumbling on his words at first, but quickly recovering. Itachi sighed.
"Let me see your arm." Itachi said, holding out his hand. Sasuke hesitated at first, unsure if he should. Then he realized that if the dream was a vision, then Itachi would still be "Playing the role" of a semi-caring older brother. He extended his arm and winched only slightly as Itachi healed it, taking the splinters out with chakra in the process.
"There." He said, handing Sasuke the splinters. Sasuke discarded them, confused on why Itachi would give him little bits of wood that had just so "viciously attacked" him.
"Arigoto, Aniki." Sasuke replied. He turned and began to walk off.
"Sasuke." Itachi said, making Sasuke stop. "I didn't come out here to remove some foolish splinters from your arm." Sasuke flinched at the word "foolish", still remembering the dream.
He turned around to face his brother.
"Mother and Father... sent me out here to ask whats wrong..." Itachi told him.
"Huh?"
"You've been acting weird all day, and they want to know whats wrong with you."
"Oh..." Sasuke replied, thinking. "Nothing is wrong with me, Aniki. I'm just... a little tired." and he turned and jumped into the trees towards the academy, before his brother could say another word.
"Damn it..." Itachi muttered in anger.
Sasuke made sure not to be late getting home. He was afraid that if he was late, everything would end up happening like in his dream. If he wasn't late, he would at least try to stop his brother.
In his dream, he had cared for his life so much. He had been so miserable without anyone else. He had acted so selfish. He hadn't bothered to even check if his parents were still slightly alive. It wasn't going to happen this time. If his brother tried to kill him, he would take him down with him.
So he wasn't taking any chances. He entered the Uchiha part of Kanoha and realized, with relief, that lights were on and he could hear happy voices. He sighed in relief and calmed down to a walk.
Then he remembered... Before Itachi killed the rest of the family, he had killed his best friend... Shisui!! So he ran and ran. He had to check if Shisui was ok!
"SHISUI!!!" He yelled, reaching Shisui's house and exiting to his backyard. "SHISUI-CHAAAAAN!!!"
"Un? What is it Sasuke?" An annoyed voice asked from Sasuke's left. He looked over and saw Shisui had been practicing techniques with Itachi. Sasuke sighed in relief, but knew if he didn't answer the question with a reasonable explanation (instead of saying "never mind") then Shisui would pursue him and force it out of him.
"Sh-Shisui-chan." Sasuke started. "I, uh, was wondering if... if... if..."
"What? Spit it out, already!" Shisui moaned in annoyance.
"Uh... If you w-were... going near the river anytime soon."
"Um, No, I wasn't planning on it, Sasuke-chan. Wh--"
"Good! Don't... Never. Don't ever go near the river." Sasuke said. His eyes slipped to look at Itachi, but he quickly fixed them back on Shisui.
Itachi's POV
I was practicing techniques and jutsus with Shisui when we heard Sasuke's yells. We stopped and looked.
"SHISUI!!! SHISUI-CHAAAAAN!!!" He yelled as he entered the back yard, running at almost his full speed. (Which wasn't that fast, let me tell you.)
"Un? What is it, Sasuke?" Shisui asked in frustration. Sasuke had interrupted our weekly practice session. What the hell is his problem today?
"Sh-Shisui-chan." he started, after sighing. "I, uh, was wondering if... if... if..."
"What? Spit it out, already!!" Shisui said. I watched as Sasuke quickly thought up an excuse, although I have no idea what he needed an excuse for.
"Um... If you w-were... going near the river anytime soon." Sasuke finally got out.
'... The... The river? W-why is he asking about that?' I wondered, worried.
"Um, No, I wasn't planning on it, Sasuke-chan." he said, more calmly and less frustrated. "Wh-"
"Good! Don't... Never. Don't ever go near the river." Sasuke said. For a brief second his eyes moved to me, then back to Shisui. Does he know?
"And... Why?" Shisui asked. Even though Shisui did a good job hiding his emotions (though he rarely did hide them, he was hiding them now.), I could hear the worry in his voice.
"Just don't." And thus, Sasuke attempted his quick escape. But, no. I wouldn't let him escape this time without an answer. Shisui was thinking almost the same thing. (Not the "this time" part.)
Ever since I was a little kid, I've been close to Shisui. We think the same. Basically, in short, we're best friends. Hate to say it. It sounds weak, but a best friend is needed, sometimes. Some things they are needed for, though, are more important than others.
Shisui and I both ran right past Sasuke and stood in front of him, causing him to stop. He backed away slightly, then stared at us, his face blank.
"What is it?" He asked.
"You didn't answer me." Shisui replied, his arms crossed on his chest.
"I-I... Yes I did."
"You baka... That isn't an answer!" Shisui spat.
"Otooto, Answer." I commanded. Sasuke stared at us and sighed. Maybe I'll get an answer with Shisui's?
"You see... Well, I heard a rumor going around th-that some kid wanted to push you into the river, Shisui-chan... I-I was just... warning you." I sighed. Bull shit, is what that is. I'm going to get the answer out of that little liar eventually.
"Well, you could have said "Shisui-chan, Some kid said he was going to push you into the river!" instead of "Never go to the river!!!!"" Shisui imitated. I held in a laugh. Shisui could always make me laugh, even if I didn't want to. And I never wanted to. "You said it like if I went near the river, someone would kill me!" he said, laughing.
Sasuke's expression after that. He must have forgotten not to show emotion, because his expression... was screaming "BINGO!" but he noticed and blankened his expression.
But Shisui hadn't been paying attention to Sasuke. Sasuke looked at me, then back to Shisui. He clearly wanted to leave. I felt... a fear towards me. Why? I mean, I can understand some of the other's fears towards me. I was so much stronger than them, and they noticed. Sasuke usually didn't care. That dream has to have something to do with it.
"Sasuke." I said. Sasuke's eyes switched to look at me. Shisui also looked at me. "Tell me." I said, glaring at him.
"I already said. The kid wante---"
"No. About the dream." I said, frustrated. Shisui looked at us curiously. Sasuke's eyes widened only slightly. But I noticed.
"What dream?"
"Baka, I came in right after you woke up. You think I wouldn't know? M--" but Sasuke left. Before I could get another word out. That bastard. But I was so surprised that I stared at where he was, as Shisui yelled after Sasuke,
"SASUKE, YOU ASS! GET BACK HERE!" I sighed and sat down in the grass. Shisui calmed down soon after and sat next to me.
"What's this dream your talking about, Itachi-chan?" he said softly. He was like an older brother and a best friend at the same time.
"Ah, nothing. I've just been really interested because this morning when I entered his room, he was shaking like mad... he's been acting strange all day, since he woke up."
"Strange..." Shisui repeated. "How so?"
"Oh, well at breakfast he didn't talk at all. He hasn't asked me once to train him. Oh, and this morning during his training, he punched through a tree!" I told him. He burst out laughing.
"Oh-oh! Earlier today, this morning, I mean, I heard something strange. Maybe you know about it?" he asked, amused.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Laughter. Extremely loud. In your voice." Shisui finished. I paled. He heard that?
"E-extremely loud?" I repeated. Shisui burst out laughing at my reaction.
"What were you doing, stalking Sasuke when he punched through the tree?"
"Sort of. I was trying to figure out what was wrong with him." I replied quietly.
"Ooh! Can you show me?"
"What?" I asked. What the hell? Show him what's wrong with Sasuke? That doesn't make sense, since I don't know whats wrong with him.
"The hole he left." Shisui replied. I smirked and stood up.
"Un." (A/N: Just in case you didn't know, Un means Yeah.)
Regular POV
Itachi and Shisui reached the spot and Shisui burst out laughing again. Sasuke had followed them, though he couldn't hear what they were saying. They were talking about him, he was sure, because he had heard his name more than once.
Then he realized, Itachi was the stalker. And they were laughing at him. Itachi was the one who had laughed, thats why he ran. A shiver went down Sasuke's back. Itachi laughing? Creepy. And that loud, too.
When he was sure that Itachi wasn't going to kill Shisui today, he decided to leave. He waited until they left the area, then jumped down from the trees quietly, although still hidden from Shisui and Itachi if they happened to look back. He turned and began to walk, lost in thought again. Actually, lost in concentration.
"See?" he heard Itachi's voice say from what seemed like very far away. "He's been like that all day. Lost in thought about something."
"I wonder if he knows?" Shisui's voice said, closer than Itachi's
"Of course he knows. Seriously, if he didn't know he'd be much stupider than I thought. I mean, we're being really loud."
"Heh heh, Un, Itachi-chan, I'm bad at whispering." Sasuke's walk didn't miss a beat. Great. I guess he was stupider than Itachi had thought. At least he knew, now. They started talking quieter, and Sasuke tried his best to tune in.
"That ass was following us the whole time, thinking we didn't know." Shisui whispered. Itachi replied, but Sasuke didn't hear it. "Un. Hey, Lets teach him a lesson." Shisui replied to Itachi.
'Damn.' Sasuke thought. 'Like I could get away from them... what am I going to do now?' he sighed, but continued to walk as if he didn't notice them. He pretended to be in deep thought about his dream, but couldn't concentrate since he knew they would "teach" him any second.
After five minutes, he gave a slight shiver. 'Weren't they going to "teach me a lesson?"' he thought, as he looked up from his feet to see where he had walked. He stopped walking. He was near the river. 'Damn it. W-wrong way!' so he spun around and ran the other way. He heard quiet laughter from Shisui. So they were still following him. He walked back to where he had punched through the tree, and stared at the hole.
'I can't believe I actually managed to punch all the way through it.' he thought, examining it. He walked around to the back of the tree and looked at it from there. His eyes widened slightly. There was blood on that side. He hadn't even noticed he was bleeding, he just thought he had splinters. How could he not notice something like that?
"Whoa..." he muttered, blinking. He looked at his arm. Thats why the kids at the academy were avoiding him today. Even his little fan girl group were a little creeped out by him. His arm, or at least his fist, was covered in blood. Well, dry blood, by now. "How the hell did I not notice that??" he asked himself.
Well that caused Shisui to burst out in laughter.
"Shisui-chan, shut up!" Itachi whispered.
"He -gasp and laughter- didn't even notice! -more laughter- all fcking day!! -laughter-" Sasuke's face turned slightly red, but he continued to walk, as if he didn't hear Shisui. He heard Itachi sigh, and Shisui's voice was muffled.
"Shisui-chan, learn to hold in the laughter." Sasuke heard Itachi say to Shisui, as Shisui's mouth was covered by Itachi's hand.
It finally happened when Sasuke reached an opening in the forest. Shisui and Itachi appeared in front of him. He was expecting this, though, and had smoke bombs ready. He set them off, and started to jump, but was caught by Shisui.
Shisui brought a struggling Sasuke to a tree. Itachi tied him up. Sasuke was tied to a tree. Sasuke sighed and stared at them, wondering if they thought this would actually help any. He could just not tell them, or lie. Of course, Shisui would eventually get pissed off and pumble Sasuke, but whatever.
"You need to learn to hide your chakra. We knew you were following the whole time." Itachi told Sasuke. They were both sitting in front of him. He wouldn't have been able to stand up, though, because he was forced to sit and was tied like that. So they were all sitting. Sasuke glared at the two.
"So... Why were you following us?" Shisui asked. He picked a twig up off of the ground and flicked it at Sasuke as he talked. Sasuke flinched slightly.
Sasuke didn't answer.
"Otooto, answer." Itachi demanded, his eyes narrowing.
Sasuke, again, didn't answer.
"Oh, your going to get it if you don't answer!!" Shisui yelled.
"I don't know." Sasuke finally answered.
"Thats not a proper answer." Itachi said again.
"I was making sure you didn't go near the river..."
"Well, what a coincidence, because that's where we were planning on going." Shisui said sarcastically. "Baka. I mean, do you think I didn't take you seriously just because I make jokes all the time? I make fun of Itachi, also! So, I did take you seriously. And the only reason I was near the river was because thats where you led us." Shisui ended softly.
"Sasuke, tell us the real reason you didn't want Shisui-chan to go to the river." Itachi commanded.
"That is the real reason." Sasuke replied.
"Sasuke, I could tell that was bull shit from the second you started to think it up. And the excuse about the river is bull shit, too. But you wouldn't have said it like that if you hadn't meant it. Why were you looking for Shisui-chan?" Itachi said, fiercely.
"Y-you'd think I was insane." Sasuke muttered.
"Sasuke! I would have thought that anyway!" Shisui joked. "Come on, it can't be that bad, can it?"
"It doesn't matter, because I'm not -gulp- going to tell you." Sasuke said. Shisui stared at him. He didn't like being left off at cliff hangers like that. Actually, he had a very strong hatred for it. He sighed.
"I'm giving you one last chance. Tell me, or your gunna get it, kid." Itachi was a little worried. He wasn't exactly as strong as Shisui yet, so he would only be able to hold him back for about a second. He knew Shisui was being serious, too. He didn't want Sasuke exactly pumbled, but he did want the answer out of him.
"It's stupid. I felt that you were in danger."
"From what, or who?"
"Uh... I don't know, I just felt that you were in danger of some sort, so I came to see if you were alright."
"Liar." Itachi stated, sighing. "Why can't you just tell the truth for once?"
"I'm not lying!!"
"Thats right, your sitting." Shisui joked, and grinned. Sasuke gave him a small glare, then looked down at the grass.
"Ok. How about we take this from a different angle. Why can't you tell us?" Itachi asked. Sasuke thought up an answer.
"I can't answer that." Sasuke muttered to himself. Itachi and Shisui exchanged glances.
"And why not?" Itachi asked.
"I wasn't talking to you... I'm thinking..." Sasuke replied.
"Thats a first." Sasuke glared at both Itachi and Shisui, who had said it at the same time.
"I can't answer that." He said again, but to them.
"Same answer, same question."
"Huh?"
"-sigh- Why can't you answer?"
"I have a choice to get pumbled, or... Death... I'd rather take the pumbling." Sasuke said defiantly. If he said he couldn't tell them because of Itachi, they would ask why and he would have to tell the whole story. Itachi would kill him if the dream actually had been a vision. He'd take the pumbling, rather than death.
"Death? What the hell? Where did that come from? No one threatened you, did they?" Shisui asked.
"No. I... It's just something I think might happen... but if I'm killed I wouldn't be able to prevent it, so I'd rather get hurt than die before I can prevent... it."
"You lost us. You think we know what your thinking, but we don't. So that didn't make sense." Shisui stated, sourly.
"Death is something that might happen to me if I tell you why I can't tell you. Or why you can't go near the river, or why I thought you were in danger. And if I die... I wont be able to prevent what I'm not telling you from happening."
"Ah. Can't you just take the part out that you can't tell us?" Shisui asked.
"It wouldn't make much sense, and you'd crave more answers." Sasuke replied.
"Well, damn, Sasuke-chan! I'm craving more answers anyway!"
'He's not going to tell us..' Itachi thought miserably. He had really thought Sasuke was going to tell them, this time. Now he realized Sasuke wasn't going to tell anyone.
"Sasuke, can't you at least tell us the dream?" Itachi asked.
"No."
"Why not?" Shisui asked, frustrated.
"It's... It's..."
"It's all centered around the dream, Isn't it?" Itachi asked. Sasuke looked up at him. Itachi sighed. "I thought so. Sasuke, don't take dreams seriously. Dreams are your imagination wandering at random."
"Not this one!! No, Aniki!! It's was much too clear to be fake, or my imagination! The pain... It was much too real!!! Either you set it up, or it's gunna---" Sasuke gasped and hid his face. 'Damndamndamndamndamndamn, Sasuke!!! Learn to control your words!!' he thought to himself.
'What was that? Me? He's scared of me because of a dream?' Itachi thought, staring at Sasuke. He noticed Shisui's gaze upon him, and knew he had heard it also. But Itachi had to cover it up, so he could hear the rest of the story. Shisui seemed to understand that.
"What, Sasuke-chan? God, you speak so quietly and fast, too! I didn't catch a word of that!" Shisui stated. He was such a great actor.
"Sasuke, please repeat what you said, I hadn't heard it either." Itachi said calmly.
Sasuke looked up.
"You... you didn't???" he asked. They shook their heads. "O-ok. I said... This dream. It seemed so real. It was much too clear to be my imagination. And the pain... I... can still feel the pain lodged into my soul... So either someone set it up, or it's going to happen. So I have to prevent it... I doubt it was set up..." Sasuke said loudly.
"Ah." Itachi and Shisui both said. They were thinking basically the same thing. 'So. It has something to do with Itachi-chan (me), causing Sasuke to fear him (me)... So... He's trying to prevent Itachi-chan (me) from doing something. But what?'
"C-can you untie me?" Sasuke asked quietly, snapping Itachi and Shisui out of their thoughts.
"Hmmm... fine." Shisui sighed, then moved to untie Sasuke. Sasuke stood up and stretched out his arm. It was all stiff, from it being behind his back. The other one felt fine, though. (A/N: There's no real reason for that.)
Sasuke turned and started to walk off. Shisui was surprised. Yeah, Sasuke was acting weird, but at least they were starting to figure out why.
Sasuke reached his house, and sighed. What a day it had been. He hoped it was just a dream, like Itachi had said. But he doubted it, when he thought about it. The dream was much much too real to be fake.
"Sasuke, where's Itachi?" a voice asked. Sasuke looked up to see his father.
"He's with Shisui-chan, but should be home soon." Sasuke replied quietly.
"Get inside, dinner should be ready."
After dinner, Itachi still wasn't home. Sasuke started to worry that Itachi had killed Shisui in the river, as in his dream, but was quickly relieved of that horrifying thought, as he heard Shisui's laughter and Itachi's voice drawing nearer. He sighed in relief and started to get ready for bed.
He had just entered his room after drying off and dressing from his shower, when he heard a knock at his door.
"Un?" He said, opening the door. Shisui was standing there with a grin on his face. "Un? What is it, Shisui-chan?" He asked, worried
"I'm staying here, tonight!!" he said. Sasuke's eyes widened and mouth opened in horror. Shisui did that sometimes. Just for fun. Not fun for Sasuke, though. And Shisui knew that. It was pure torture.
Lizzy: Yay! I, personally, Like how I ended this chapter! It was just about twice the size of the last chapter, as I promised. Ok. So in the next chapter, I'm planning on having it all based on Shisui being over at their house, and Sasuke going through hell. Sounds like fun, eh? Lol, my character for Shisui... I like it. So he's going to be one of the regular characters, from now on. Remember: This isn't one of those one-shot things, so there are going to be quite a few chapters. I'm going to have at the least 10 chapters. But, that would be because of lack of ideas. So if you have any ideas for the next chapter, or any ideas for what I should put in any other chapter period, email me, k?? Or send me a pm! Review, Please!!
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Reviews and ideas will get the next chapter out sooner. And, don't worry. I'll give credit for the ideas.
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P.S: I know I'm moving this on a little too quickly, but thats how the plot came out. I didn't want them to find out anything about Itachi being in the dream until much later, but whatever. I didn't know till i wrote it that Shisui would be in the story. But it gives me more plot ideas, so hey! Why not? Right?
Also, the reason I want the ideas through email or pm, is because if I use it, I don't want it to be ruined for the person reading trough a review. I appreciate any help, in my time of writers block! Lolz. Thanks for reading!!
Next chapter: "Chapter 3: Shisui's Torture-fest (Sasuke's Death)"
Not really his death, just me and him over exaggerating about Shisui's torture... Please tell me what you think. Review, please! Lolz... 'Till the torture begins: Bye!!