Night 5

To hear, to know, to be told, and be judged in such a way, your life is controlled. Being told you had to search for love or you would die, to be told that you had to have that someone special in a limited amount of time….was so unfair.

You had to change your life style, and choose from many that were trapped in darkness. To them, it was a gift to be alive, a blessing to be isolated with each other as dark dwellers and light dwellers. Still, in a way it was so limited and you were to what you had to do. It was a scary process, a hasty move and it hurts.

Who is there for me to love…what can the darkness bring to my life… or am I to die. After I find my love, eternal life would be ours, me and my love, but is this really what I want. I could always die and if I do…my love will wither away with me. I guess I have no choice then to play this game of hide and seek..

Chapter 5

To Not Know Yourself

It had been late evening when Itachi and Obito had returned home, Shisui had slept for those five hours before joining them to dinner. He tried to act a normal as possible to not worry Itachi, as if the bastard would even miss him. Just as curfew time approached, Itachi got ready for bed. When he came to get a glass of water and still saw Shisui up, it concerned the younger Uchiha, his eyes narrowed and he frowned "Shisui, are you not off to bed yet?" Shisui shook his head.

"Uncle said….uncle said" Shisui could not even bring out all the words. This confused Itachi greatly for his cousin was always well spoken. As for what uncle had said he had a timelimit over his head now, and if he did not meet it, he was going to be swallowed by the shadows of the night. He sat up straighter and answered Itachi with a firm answer "He said to meet him in his office before curfew again, I better get going. Go to bed Itachi" Itachi stared even more confused.

"Wait, that's not what you wanted to say, was it?" Itachi persisted; he had already met with his father earlier, why now? So close to curfew? His father gave him a quick talk about Shisui probably leaving, that was what Shisui was hiding. He didn't have to, he was aware.

"They are sending me away Itachi, I'm leaving" Shisui smiled over his shoulder "you and Obito will be alright" with that he walked away giving Itachi no chance to respond. It really did not matter to Itachi though, ever since he had lost Sasuke not much mattered anyway. One thing that did bother him was the fact that his cousin was leaving and Obito was suddenly here, as though he was being replaced. Things like these never went over Itachi's head, he was no fool, and he knew something was going on. As for what that was, he had no idea.

Looking out the window to the nearly setting sun, he knew it was time for bed. Drinking his glass of water, he set it aside on the table and walked all the way to his room. Once there, as soon as his head hit the pillow, Itachi was out for the night. Soundly asleep and not waiting to wake up until tomorrow morning at seven, the pattern of it apparent as well to him. He went to sleep at seven and woke up at seven.

Fugaku on the other hand had been planning to talk to Itachi about his brother as well, but seemed too had hard for him to even bring it up. He walked into the room and made sure Itachi was comfortably sleeping and well tucked away. His son's breathing was even and soft, just like his younger brothers. Sighing, he walked over to the window and opened it, the moon soon shining into the room and illuminating the room.

When he turned around, Sasuke's sleeping figure was on the bed.

He smiled softly and walked out of the room. Sasuke would soon be getting up, he should head towards bed. Mikoto had to get up to make Sasuke some breakfast.

What was he going to do? Stay up all night he would rather be sleeping. His aunt Mikoto walked in then, a refresh look on her face. She looked a lot livelier than she did in the mornings, more mother like. "Good night Shisui, what do you want to eat?" He looked up, eat? At this time, she had to be joking. No, she was not; it was just he who found it hard to accept that this was early and it was time for breakfast.

"Uh….goodnight aunty, anything will be fine" He was about to turn on the television when his aunt stopped him.

"Don't, just go get ready for school" He was in disbelief again.

"Now about school at this time, you had to be joking!" he snapped. Mikoto flinched away at the loud volume. She glared at him and he sighed, trying to calm himself down as much as possible. Once he was done with that, he nodded and headed up stairs.

"Ask Sasuke for a uniform before we get you your own" Shisui stopped; now this they had not mentioned. He turned back to look at her.

"Sasuke?" he asked, Mikoto nodded as she left.

"He's in his room, he should be getting up shortly" that was when memories came back from the night he saw Obito had 'returned'. He ran all the way to his room, when he looked inside, there was no one, it was his room. Then he turned to what was supposed to be Itachi's room, once he opened the door and looked inside, the walls were covered in a blue coat of color, and the one sitting up in bed and rubbing sleep out of their eyes was not Itachi, it truly was Sasuke.

"Sasuke" he said. The small raven looked up at him, his angelic features mesmerizing him for a while. The kid was just as beautiful as Itachi had described, no wonder he loved him so much. The thing now was, what the hell, was Sasuke doing here, had they never left and always been close? The possibilities, Itachi's younger brother was somewhere stuck in between with Itachi's room and all they had to go was find them.

Itachi would be able to see him again.

"You are?" Sasuke asked in a cute sleepy voice. Shisui just stood there gaping as the younger boy raised a brow tilting his head with a cute expression, and before he knew it his aunt was there and smiling.

"Get up sleepy head, meet your cousin Shisui, he has come to visit!" That got Sasuke's attention, it was not like Itachi's reaction to walk away and think about it. Sasuke just sat there and let the information sink in, what he said next hit up deep with his mother.

"Is he cousin Obito's replacement?" His voice was still low.

"No" his mother denied "Now get up for breakfast, lend your cousin a uniform for today" Narrowing his eyes at his 'cousin' Sasuke got out of bed and pulled out the necessary clothes. Shisui looked around the room, what was supposed to be Itachi's room, and all that crossed his mind was how amazing this all was. It was late night and they were going to school! Glancing over to Sasuke once more, he watched the boy walk up to him and hand him the uniform.

"Thanks" he said "You know kid, your brother misses you a lot, you are here, why don't you go and talk to him?" Sasuke glanced over his shoulder this time, since he had turned away, a look of pure confusion on his face.

"Brother?"

Oh boy, Sasuke did not remember Itachi.

On their way to school, Shisui looked all around, everything looked so different! His eyes even had a hard time adjusting to the darkness and the bright lights that contrasted against it. His much shorter and younger cousin next to him had barely even made a sound, even in the house. The boy looked so adorable as well, short spiky raven hair with bangs framing his sweet pale face. Dark eyes, his hair a raven dashing dark highlighted blue, each of them were complementing him beautifully against his porcelain skin.

He was thin, small, and….and so freaking annoying. He did not remember Itachi; he did not even know he had an older brother. "Sasuke, are you sure you do not remember Itachi?" he asked as low as possible, Sasuke had already begged him to talk softly.

"You are still talking to loud" How the boy's voice was so soft and melodic he had no idea; he just could hardly keep up. Damn, his voice could put you to sleep!

"Hello!! Itachi" Sasuke winced at the loud voice, but looked over at his cousin once more, a frown on his face.

"I've never met an Itachi, what's an Itachi?" This caused Shisui to get Sasuke in a headlock and yell in his ear.

"Your dear older brother!" Sasuke managed to get away, how he did so was not something Shisui could explain. Sasuke glared at him, an expression that did not seem to belong on his face and he shook his head.

"The only older brother I had ever had was Obito, I do not know Itachi" Sasuke had not even raised his voice to tell him so, but he was defensive. Shisui lowered his head, how was he going to get Sasuke to remember? Wait…Sasuke had been a young child when he had been separated from Itachi, his uncle had mentioned it. Something about Itachi and Sasuke having to be separated, if they were going to survive, soon Itachi or Sasuke would have to go to search for the other.

He knew, that in his own way Itachi was already searching for Sasuke, so it was going to be up to him to teach Sasuke about Itachi and get the small raven out to go search for him. Yeah, that was his mission. For one, he already knew, and felt that he was never going to find someone for his own, it was hopeless, at least he could die knowing that Sasuke and Itachi were brought back together! "Alright then Sasuke, maybe it's about time you learned about a different place, some place you should have questioned a long time ago and where I come from, the day"

Sasuke's eyes widen in horror.

Randomly with Kakashi and Obito...

It was hard for Kakashi to sleep, as much as it was for Obito who was tossing and turning in bed. Kakashi was in bed as well, but as he looked around in the darkness and searched for how to turn on his desk lamp, his hand touched his cell phone. He was about to palace it to the side when it flashed and it signaled that he had gotten a new text message from his new 'love', he could not help but open it. 'I can't sleep' It really was a curious feeling of both wanting to trust and insecurity when it came to a relationship that he couldn't decide was real or made up.

Irrational feelings bloomed from within him, and he texted back 'Me neither, want to chat for a bit? Call me' When Obito read the response to his text he blushed, his heart pounding. It had never felt like this before, at least it felt as though it had never ever beaten this hard against his ribcage. He was scared too even call; he had never spoken with anyone on the phone. Not even Sasuke, they had always met somewhere to speak. He also was not expecting Kakashi to even respond to him, so far Kakashi seemed ready to respond to him and not once had he been rejected…maybe

He was already thinking that he was not going to call, He was going to ignore it and just set his cell phone aside. There was no way he could call, that was when the phone vibrated in his hand. He nearly dropped it as he managed to answer it "hello?"

"Sorry, it's just, you were taking too long to call, and I got impatient"

"Kakashi" Obito nearly yelled something about the day was changing him a bit. Kakashi on the other side gave a deep chuckle.

"That's right baby, even though I'm not there call my name" Kakashi smirked on the other side "So, what are you wearing right now Obito" Obito automatically looked down at what he was wearing, no shirt and pajama pants….there was nothing special about it, why would Kakashi want to know what he was wearing?

"What are you wearing?" He asked, shaking his head, but then blushed hard when Kakashi said:

"Nothing, only my boxers"

Shisui had blinked and Sasuke was gone, where had he gone?

It had taken him an hour to figure out that class had started and he had been late. The teacher had talked to him and enrolled him. Did he mention that Ms. Anko was pretty? Well, she was. Looking back to where Sasuke was, he was sitting on a desk, his fingers' typing away at a laptop and a strange boy with long silver hair sat beside him, leaning his head on his shoulder. Oh, this was not going to fly! Sasuke was Itachi's boy. "Hey Sasuke" He called out.

"Uh, cousin Shisui" Sasuke looked up, startled to see him once again.

"Dude, how old are you?" The silver haired kid asked, his voice coming out in a deadly whisper. Shisui's eye twitched.

"Twenty-three"

"Shouldn't you have a job already and only one class" Shisui tilted his head, well that was what usually happened except that he was more into school. However, what Shisui did not know was that it was just a cover up for the night dweller to stop going to school, Sasuke on the other hand did not know what to say, so he just turned to Kimimaro and placed a hand over his shoulder.

"Calm down, he's new, from the day" Kimimaro's eyes widen in horror.

"The day?"

"Why does everyone get all shocked like that" Kimimaro was looking him over, completely. What scared him the most was that neither of them raised their voice, they were always so low and complimented the night. As if whispers lost in the shadows and he had to listen closely to hear them. He leaned into both night dwellers making them back away and he narrowed his eyes on them. "Tell me what the hell do you know of the day"

Sasuke and Kimimaro looked to each other and then back to Shisui "Not a thing"

"No way! Aren't you thought anything?" Shisui sat down and then looked at them "Us from the day are thought that the nights are dangerous, were evil people lurk, and that is why we have a curfew. We even started learning about crickets" Shisui stopped talking when he saw Sasuke and Kimimaro trying to stifle laughs. "What's so funny?"

"What you just said" the voice of Kimimaro drawled out like a melodic whisper as he closed his eyes "The night is safe, it hides you, and it's so quiet soft and tedious." He shrugged, the movement itself looked soft "there is no way to explain the night, it just is and we walk around it all the time, but there is certainly no time for much entertainment"

"Wait" Shisui said "what do you guys do all night for fun?"

"School, hang out alone, wait for events that make the night fun." Sasuke responded this time looking down "In a week's time we are having our first homecoming, the stage will be lit up and people will change their attitude, volume gets loud and it's a sight to behold. I'm sure you will enjoy, we party hard" Shisui leaned down to Sasuke's face and glared.

"What do you mean you party hard, I can BARELY HEAR YOU!" the high volume of his voice made people flinch and look at him. The girls all seemed to giggle at him and the boys all looked annoyed. "What is wrong with them?"

"You are hurting our ears" Sasuke hissed and pushed him away. "Now how about you do your work?"

"Or what, I'll get you in trouble?" Shisui mocked.

"No" Kimimaro said as he pointed to something behind Shisui. He turned around to face and angry Anko "You'll be the one in trouble" To Shisui that was not fair, all these new rules. They were not fair to him or anyone else!

"Please take your seat"

That night had fallen heavily on Shisui. He could not believe that there were people in school so late. He glanced out the window, and soon every night dweller was going to bed and the day dwellers would be getting up. They were so different form them, he would see them all just living life as if was normal. Stores were open for them, restaurants, it was amazing how magical it all seemed, and it was so strange to him.

"Are you going to bed cousin?" Sasuke smiled at him, he was so adorable. He was already in his Pajamas, he could see why Itachi missed him so much. That when Shisui noticed that his mind was still somewhere else and that Sasuke was now talking to him. He shook his head. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at him.

"Ah sure, I should get ready"

"Did you have fun tonight?" Shisui nodded, Sasuke looked all around him and then in an even lower voice that Shisui swore he would not catch but somehow did Sasuke asked:

"Do you know where cousin Obito went is he safe?" Shisui nodded.

"Of course I do, he's living during the day now" Sasuke's eyes seemed to widen, that seemed to be the answer he did not want to hear. Sasuke then closed his eyes and nodded solemnly.

"Why do you ask about him, why not Itachi?" Sasuke opened his eyes again, this time taken aback. Why did his cousin mention the Itachi person that he had never even met once? However, the way his cousin persisted that he should know him, made Sasuke question himself about knowing him. He usually knew everyone he had met so far in the span of his life time, even the ones that had suddenly left…but this name…was completely new to him.

"Who's Itachi?" He asked, the clueless look on his face giving Shisui despair.

"He's your-"

"Shisui" Said raven looked up to an angry Mikoto as she walked into the living room with a displeased expression. Sasuke bowed his head to her and offered her a smile. "why don't you go on to bed sweetheart, disregard anything Shisui just said and go to bed" Sasuke nodded his head and went on up stairs. As soon as he was gone and his bedroom door had closed Mikoto turned her angry gaze to Shisui who was now feeling guilty and undignified. "What are you thinking mentioning Itachi to Sasuke!"

"Well, Itachi misses his younger brother, why should he not know he has an older brother!" Mikoto slapped him.

"Sasuke is finally used to living here without waking every hour asking about something I don't understand, please don't mess anything up" she sighed "Look, when the time comes, Itachi will come looking for Sasuke and both will be reunited, but not now." She bit her lower lip, a pained expression on her face "You just have to have patience with these things"

"Aunt, Itachi and Sasuke were inseparable, what made you separate them?" Mikoto sat in the couch beside him.

"See Shisui you are either born on the day or the night, Sasuke and Itachi were born on those occasions. They had found each other sure, but if Sasuke was compelled to make his decision so young, he was going to wither away"

"I don't understand you"

"Sasuke was going to die because of Itachi! Sasuke needed to grow up normally, during the night."

"I still don't get you" Mikoto pressed the palm of her hand to her face.

"If Sasuke were to stay in the day world then the sun would soon turn him to ashes than keep him" Shisui still did not understand.

"But Obito is now walking under the sun"

"With limited time, if he doesn't have his complementing partner soon, he too will become ashes" She said it slowly. He could see that she had gone through this. This was not a joke, this was painful "Only then are you able to live in both worlds like a normal person, but till then, you are weak"

"Wait…what'll become of me if I don't find my own love?" Mikoto's lips twisted into an awry smile.

"You will die on lack of oxygen, as if you are under the water and fighting for a breath. We may be immortals, but our price is paid like this and not all of us make it." She shook her head "that is why little of us live amongst humans and so forth have come to build our own little village where we raise our children" she shrugged "It does not matter what orientation you want to be, who you want to be with, so long as you are happy and can live with them"

"Aunt" Shisui whispered, unable to fully comprehend and at the same time know that he was already feeling it, unable to accept and angry at his new world he was getting to know. He stood up so quickly that it startled Mikoto and she quickly glanced up at him. "I don't know what to think anymore, but Sasuke can't even remember Itachi, I fear for them both" Mikoto smiled and shook her head.

"They have time, be egocentric and find your own beloved" Shisui returned the smiled and then turned his back on her. He was not sure if there was anyone out there for him, he feared that he was going to die sooner than he should. He could barely even handle the night, he felt so out of place, and so alone,…he couldn't stand the night. So long, so tedious, so quiet, it hurt.

Sasuke had paused on his way to bed and he had stayed by the door, he had slightly opened it and peered out. He strained his ears to hear, but he could make out some words that his mother and new cousin were talking about, what he caught shocked him. As he understood, this Itachi person and he were being separated…this Itachi and he were brothers. Apparently there was truth to what Shisui was saying…but then why were they being separated.

Sasuke kept thinking about it, but none of it seemed to register clearly in his mind. Maybe he was hearing things, he needed to go to bed and sleep the day away. Maybe he would think about it later, maybe even ask Shisui more about it. However, what had confused him was about the day and night, coming together.

That was crazy….right?

Closing the door Sasuke walked to his bed and lay down. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he was asleep, the sun on the horizon barely rising to welcome every day dweller. The only thing that kept the beautiful sight of the rising sun out of Sasuke's window were the thick black curtains that forever would keep his room dark.

That would forever cover him in darkness.

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