Sorry guys for this late chapter, life got in the way (majorly; first my dad came to visit and buy me enough food to last me the next two weeks, then Wales won against England in the rugby (I live with Welsh people so naturally copious amounts of alcohol had to be consumed (I didn't get a hangover thanks to the miraculous powers that are KFC and Irn Bru 3)), then family drama the next day... I just didn't have the time to post over the weekend. :')

Anyhoo, thanks again to the people following this story and an even greater thanks to the folk that favourited it! :D

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Enjoy!

Chapter 8

The S-class ninja holding cell was far from comfortable, Sasuke had decided. It had been built many years ago with ninja that could break chakara restraining seals in mind. It was a cell for the monsters of the world at the time; for the jinchuriki, for the cursed and for the mad. If Sasuke, in his first life had been born 50 years before along with all his acquaintances, the majority of them would have probably ended up in such a cell if they had been caught, Sasuke included.

He was unaware of how much time had passed since he had been put into the cell before he was dragged out of it and put into an interrogation room. The men that took him there said nothing even as they strapped him to a chair in the centre of the room.

He was left there waiting for quite some time- a standard interrogation technique – before a rather severe blonde haired man came into the room and silently took measure of him. Sasuke, unfazed despite the fact he was clearly facing a Yamanaka, just stared back.

"Sasuke Uchiha."

"Hn."

"You know why you are here?"

"You think I tried to kill the Hokage." Sasuke scoffed.

"You act as though the very idea is laughable."

"It is." Sasuke snarled at the man, "I would neve-"

"Yet you took a hostage and fled upon hearing that you were under suspicion…." The man cut in with a bored voice, looking down at some notes and flicking through them, "Do you know who I am?"

Sasuke stayed silent; he had no idea who the man before him was.

He continued, "Not many do, funnily enough. Let me tell you a story."

Sasuke glared in response.

"A long time ago, there was a very, very bad man called Danzo. Maybe you've heard of him; he was, after all the man behind the slaughter of your clan in your grandfather's time..."

Sasuke did his best not to tense at the mention of Danzo's name and what happened to his clan.

"Danzo had a secret organisation called 'Root' where he gathered lots of little clan children and orphans. Many historians nowadays believe that he had been eying up our Hokage at for some time too. Imagine how that would have turned out!" The man gasped dramatically.

"He taught all the little children to kill their emotions, then he taught them to kill each other until only the strongest little boys and girls were left. One of which was a Yamanaka- my grandfather.

"Can you imagine? Someone who could enter your mind and tear it to shreds without feeling the least bit of guilt? That was my pops!

"It took him many, many years to recover from his conditioning but eventually he was able to fall in love and have a family! Isn't that wonderful!"

Sasuke's glare shifted to a look of wariness, "What's your point?"

"My point is, Sasuke dear, that my grandfather always maintained that the Hokage saved him and was unfailingly loyal to him. He made sure that his children and grandchildren were also loyal to a fault- not to the village but to the Hokage. He also taught us everything he knew…."

The man smiled in a way much reminiscent to the smiles Sasuke could remember Sai and a few other ex-root members producing and his blood chilled.

"The point is, Sasuke-kun, that while you do not know who I am, you now know what I am; a root trained Yamanaka who willingly owes his very life to a man lying in the hospital at this very moment."

The smile turned downright murderous.

"So, you little traitor, would you care to tell me all about how you tried to kill the Hokage?"

"Please, Itachi!" Ame begged, "That's your son! He's your boy! You know he didn't do it!"

"Ame, he attacked Akihiro. I can't do anything for him."

"You can't or you won't? You do know who they'll give him to for interrogation." the woman sneered at her husband.

"Dear-"

"Don't you 'Dear' me! I told you when you came back without that boy all those years ago that if you ever abandoned him again, I would never forgive you!"

Ame used a speed she hadn't used in years to grab her bag, "I gave up so much for you because I thought you loved me and that you would be a good father to your children!"

"Where are you going?" Itachi called after her into the porch.

She angrily put on her shoes and stood up, "I'm going to save my son!"

"You can't go back to them!"

Ame ignored him and slammed the door as she ran out into the storm outside.

"Father?"

Itachi turned to see Akihiro standing at the hall entrance. Itachi rubbed his temples, "What is it, son?"

"It wasn't Sasuke."

"I know that! But how can you say that after what he did to you?"

"Father, look at my neck." Akihiro gestured to his neck, "I hate to admit it but I was trembling like a tree when he held that knife to my neck yet he still never marked me."

Itachi regarded his son's tanned neck and sighed, "You know I can't do anything for him, Son. I have no say over this case."

"Don't you know someone who could help?"

"…."

"I know you burned all those bridges when you left that part of your life but there's still got to be some people…. Maybe some of Aunt-Sakura's family-"

"There's no one, I tell you! When he ran, he basically announced to the whole village that he was guilty. Short of getting infallible proof that it wasn't him, something we both know…" Itachi trailed off.

"What is it, father?" Akihiro said as his father grabbed a pair of shoes and shoved them on

"I have to go!" Itachi opened the door and ran out leaving his eldest son alone to close the door behind him.

"I don't think I've ever seen him so flustered," Akihiro looked over to a photo of himself and Sasuke at a festival and smiled fondly, "foolish little brother."

Hardly anyone was on the streets of Konoha as a drenched, panting pink haired woman ran into the Yamanaka clan compound. Ame ran up to one of the larger houses reserved for the more important people in the clan and hammered on the door crying out for the owner to answer.

Eventually, the door was opened to reveal a tall, blonde haired man. Ame crashed into him in a relieved hug.

"Ame? What are you doing here?

Ame sniffed, "Nii-chan, I don't know what to do!"

So basically, s*** is going down in the Uchiha family. ^^

Tune in next week to find out who Itachi II is going to, how Sasuke deals with his interrogation and most importantly, who the hell Ame is! :P

Also, yes, I did just make Akihiro say, "foolish little brother." I made him to be a little like how Itachi might have turned out if he hadn't been forced into the whole 'Ninja genius, saviour of the clan' thing.