Chapter 10
"What do you mean you don't have a place for a loudmouth like me?" Sasuke snapped to an inn owner of a city he had just arrived in. He was tired as hell, having travelled on his own for four days without any sleep. After he had left Neji and the rest behind, he had decided he would walk for as long as possible, but right now he was exhausted. So he found a city, found an inn and got angry like he usually did because the inn owners were all just mental. And now he was refused (the fact that he didn't have enough money on him was also not doing him any good).
"Don't worry Sasuke, I have a place for you." Sasuke turned around to see who had just spoken to him, and saw a man standing there with long black hair, a kind face and black eyes. The man was giving him a loving smile and looked very familiar to Sasuke.
Sasuke stared at the man for a while, his angry face changing into one of curiosity. He knew this guy. He knew him, that was for sure, otherwise the guy didn't know his name. And Sasuke felt he knew him as well, this man gave him a very... comfortable feeling. But from where did they know each other?
"Thanks.. Who are you?" He asked.
The smile disappeared from the man's face now, and was replaced with one of worry.
"...I knew you would be in a bad state, but that you wouldn't even remember me, I didn't expect.." The man said, looking back at Sasuke. "I'm Itachi, Sasuke. I'm your older brother."
Sasuke felt his breath getting stuck in his lungs. This.. was his brother? He actually found a family member? And an important one at that too. For a minute, Sasuke had no clue what to say anymore.
"... My brother?" He asked. "You know me."
Itachi let out a slight chuckle.
"Of course I know you, I know you from the day you have been born." He said.
"Then tell me who I am." Sasuke demanded as he stood in front of Itachi now. He couldn't stop looking. This guy sure as hell was his brother. They looked alike too much to not be.
"...Did you lose your memory?" Itachi asked, frowning as he looked at Sasuke. "..You changed. Understandable, but.. until how far do you remember things?"
"I don't have any memories." Sasuke said. "All I know is I woke up a few weeks ago, next to some guy and we travelled and now I am here."
"So where is that guy now?" Itachi asked, as he inspected Sasuke on any wounds.
"I'm fine." Sasuke said, noticing the man was checking on him. "I left that guy in another city. He was annoying. Now tell me who I am. Please."
"It's hard to say now you changed." Itachi said. "..Let's go to my house and talk further. I came here to bring a message to the inn owner, which I did before you walked in. We have no further business here."
"Where do you live then? How come you weren't surprised to see me? I've been gone for weeks." Sasuke said. He needed to know everything. And he knew this... his brother would let him ask everything.
"I live close here." Itachi said. "My surprise was already gone after you started yelling to the inn owner. I guess you need to get to know me again, but I'm not exactly like you in personality. I'm like our mom, you are fierce as our dad."
"Then what was... 'our' mom like? And where are they? Are they here?" Sasuke asked. Would he meet his parents?
"Our mom was very calm, just the perfect person to calm our dad down." Itachi answered, as they left the inn. "I guess both you and dad need someone calm in a relationship. They passed away a few years ago."
Sasuke looked at Itachi and then looked away.
"Oh..." He said. He was disappointed he couldn't meet them anymore. But he was thinking of something else too. Neji was calm... if what Itachi was saying was true... then Neji would have been perfect for him.
"Don't worry, they're probably still watching over us." Itachi said, giving Sasuke a pat on the shoulder.
"Hm? Oh.. yeah." Sasuke said. "When did they die? And how? I mean... they can't have been very old."
"Two years back." Itachi said. "..Mom died from sadness, she missed you a lot. Dad passed away not long after, from a broken heart."
"... What do you mean she missed me a lot? Where was I?" Sasuke asked frowning.
"You left to get stronger." Itachi said, slightly sighing. "Dad had big expectations from both of us. You couldn't take it anymore and left to get stronger."
"I left?" Sasuke asked, frowning even more. "... To Orochimaru?"
"...Orochimaru?" Itachi asked, frowning deeply now. "You went to 'Orochimaru'? I didn't know that. You left, but that's all I know from the moment you left."
"Well I found out some things along the way." Sasuke said. "I was training... with Orochimaru apparently. Who is he anyway? All I know is that he experiments on people."
"Orochimaru is a criminal that has several deaths on his name." Itachi said. "...I never expected you to go to him out of all people." They were walking through several streets in the city Itachi lived in, heading towards Itachi's house. Itachi frowned in thought. "..But on the other hand, you were desperate for power."
"Was I?" Sasuke asked. "... Think maybe I left my brain here too then? I can't imagine I was so desperate for power that I would go to a criminal."
"Orochimaru is a very intelligent man, and that's exactly the reason why he can do what he is doing." Itachi said. "He must have been the reason that you lost your memory. Did something weird happen from the time you remember?" They passed a corner now, going straight towards a small but comfy looking house.
"Like what? I forget a whole day somewhere in the middle of it as well, but that was it. And this guy, Kabuto kept telling me I should go with him." Sasuke said. "Is that where you live?"
"Kabuto is Orochimaru's subordinate." Itachi said. "You shouldn't go there Sasuke. He only means bad things. And yes, that's my house I share with two others."
"That's nice. Who?" Sasuke asked. "And if I can't get my memory back, I'm gonna have to go there eventually."
"Why?" Itachi asked with a frown. "Do you really think that if he removed your memory on purpose, he will give it back to you?" Itachi opened the door of his house and let Sasuke in. They came into face with a hallway and stairs leading up to the second floor. At the end of the hallway was a door.
"Maybe he hasn't taken it on purpose. That Kabuto guy didn't know I lost my memory." Sasuke said.
"Then the chance is even less that you will get it back." Itachi said. "But let's talk about that after dinner. Do you want to drink something?" At that moment the door opened and a huge blue haired guy walked in, giving them both a grin that showed a mouth full of pointy teeth.
Sasuke looked at the guy with big eyes and took a step back.
"... What the hell is that?" He asked. Was Itachi keeping monsters in his house?
Itachi let out a snort while the guy laughed and came closer, putting an arm around Itachi.
"Who's this little guy, Itachi?" He asked. "He looks like you."
"It's my brother, Kisame." Itachi said, giving a slight smile. "Look Sasuke, this might be a little shocking, but Kisame's my lover."
Sasuke was silent for at least five minutes as he stared from Itachi to Kisame. What would a brother of his want with a guy like 'that'?
"What the hell..." He said. ".. Now I really think I need a drink."
Itachi let out a chuckle.
"Don't worry Sasuke, there's another one." He then said, as he turned around and walked towards the living room. Kisame just grinned and gave Itachi a slap on the ass.
"Well I'll be right back, going to get groceries." He said. With a wave of his hand, he left the house.
Sasuke looked at the guy leaving for a second, then followed Itachi.
"What do you mean there is another one?" He asked.
"You will see, he's probably in the kitchen or upstairs." Itachi said, as they walked into the living room. "What would you like to drink?"
"But what do you mean? What, you have two boyfriends?" Sasuke asked. "... I need water."
"Yes, it's a long story." Itachi said. "I'll be right back." He then walked towards the kitchen that was next to the living room.
Sasuke watched Itachi leave and then sat down on the couch. He wasn't sure what to think anymore. He found his brother, who had two boyfriends and his parents were dead. This was just plain weird. He then turned around as he heard Itachi talking to someone else. That must be the 'other' boyfriend.
Itachi then came walking into the living room, a blond guy following him.
"Well this is my brother Deidara." Itachi said, as he walked to Sasuke and handed him his glass of water.
Sasuke looked at the blonde, who looked back at him. The blonde, called Deidara, then spoke.
"Well what are you looking at un? I'm already taken by your brother." He said and smirked when he gave Itachi a slap on his ass. Sasuke just frowned awkwardly. Were they all spankers or something? And was Itachi... bottom with both of them?
"Stop doing that Deidara." Itachi said, a little annoyed, as he sat down next to Sasuke.
"Why, you let Kisame do it un." Deidara said as he sat down as well. "By the way, I thought you said your brother left four years ago."
"Kisame doesn't listen to me anyway." Itachi said. "And yes, I went to the inn and I saw him there. Apparently, he has been with Orochimaru all this time, and now lost his memory. And somehow he got out of Orochimaru's hands."
"Why are you with two guys? That's not normal.." Sasuke said, still not fully grasping it.
"Orochimaru? Your brother is nuts un." Deidara said shocked.
"I'll explain it later Sasuke." Itachi said. "And yes, but he doesn't remember that he has been training with him."
"Fine but tell me everything else then." Sasuke said. "I need to know who I am."
"It's a little hard to tell you who you are when you changed." Itachi said, pulling up an eyebrow. "What do you want to know?"
"Who I was back then. Four years ago... That's a long time." Sasuke said, thinking. "Were we ok?"
"We were more than ok, we were best friends." Itachi said, nodding.
"... Then why did I leave you behind too? Without telling you where I was going?" Sasuke asked. He knew he wasn't feeling comfortable with this man for no reason. Apart from being brothers, they had had a great bond.
"Because you knew I was going to murder Orochimaru for it." Itachi replied.
"Why? Apparently I decided to go there on my own. And if Orochimaru is as dangerous as I've heard, what could you have done about it?" Sasuke asked.
"Probably more then you, and that's exactly why you didn't tell me probably." Itachi said. "Orochimaru is strong, but I've heard that I'm stronger than he is. He can be defeated."
"If you're stronger then Orochimaru, why didn't I just train with you? I like you so it seems." Sasuke said.
"Because dad was very fond of me and not of you, I guess it was jealousy." Itachi explained, as he leaned back a little. "We did train, but I think it might have been too stressing for you to have dad watching."
"So I didn't like my father?" Sasuke asked. "And I was jealous of you?" When Itachi told him that, he could feel part of the jealousy come up again. His feelings somehow sometimes came back a little.
"Yeah you didn't really like him, but you didn't hate him either." Itachi said, nodding. At that moment, the door opened again and Kisame came walking in. He headed straight towards the kitchen, with the groceries.
".. Oh." Sasuke said. "And my mother? Did I like her?"
"Yes, you loved our mom." Itachi said, letting out a slight chuckle. "You never wanted to admit it, but you always went to her to cuddle a little and to let her cheer you up, especially when I was not home."
Sasuke smiled a little at that thought.
"I'm sure I didn't like to 'cuddle'." He said.
"You would have said that before too." Itachi said. Kisame now came walking into the room again and sat down next to Itachi, pulling him against him.
"So where's this kiddo going to sleep, in our guest room?" He asked. Itachi looked at Sasuke now.
"Would you like to stay here for some time?" He then asked.
"Kisame don't do that in front of guests un." Deidara immediately said and Sasuke couldn't help but see a little anger in the blonde's face. But he ignored it.
"Well I really need to sleep." He said. "I've been up for four days straight."
"That's fine." Itachi said. "We have a guest room and of course you can stay as long as you want. You said you've been up for four days? Orochimaru really did some changing on you, we could barely get you out of bed normally."
"... Well once I am asleep I won't wake up I've been told." Sasuke said. "I can just go without for days as well."
"That's a weird change." Itachi said, frowning.
"I wish 'you' had this much energy." Kisame told Itachi, grinning. He just gave Deidara a smirk when he saw the blonde getting red.
"Stop saying those things un." Deidara hissed at Kisame.
"Well I don't mind. I was on my own, if I had needed sleep I'd be dead by now." Sasuke said shrugging. "What else do you know? Like how I acted and such, what do you know about that?"
"You always wanted to be better than everyone else, you sometimes forgot your friends around you because you wanted to reach something, or hurt their feelings without realising it." Itachi said. "But you also could appreciate a nice laugh, and the two of us often had walks together. You were very popular with the ladies, but you refused to date girls."
"To mom's pleasure." He added, snorting afterwards and shaking his head.
"Why to her pleasure?" Sasuke asked. "Didn't she want grandchildren?" He hadn't changed that much, he could tell. He forgot his friends and hurt people's feelings. Maybe that happened with Neji as well. Somewhere, he regretted leaving. But he 'had' found his brother. And thus, part of who he was.
"She didn't really care, she wanted us to be happy." Itachi said, as he shook his head once more. "She said she always wanted to have a gay son, so she hoped you were gay. I didn't come out of the closet by that time."
"Then did they know you were gay?" Sasuke asked. "Because you obviously are." He looked at Kisame and Deidara now.
"I'm not known for expression a lot of emotions, so they thought I was just asexual." Itachi explained. "Kisame made me realise about my sexuality I guess."
Sasuke heard Deidara huff at this, but now was not the time to care about boyfriends of Itachi.
"What about dad, what did he think of you being 'asexual' and about me being gay?" He asked.
"Well he hoped we were both just straight." Itachi said, shrugging. "You never openly said you were gay, and I simply never talk about my feelings."
"Boy was he wrong." Sasuke said. "Can you tell me 'why' you have two boyfriends now?"
"Kisame was looking for someone to live in his house and I moved in, so after some time it just happened." Itachi said, shrugging. "Not long after Deidara moved in as well and it clicked with the three of us."
"Yeah but I mean... you can't really have two boyfriends. I mean what did you say, let's have a threesome?" Sasuke asked frowning. Kisame and Deidara didn't seem to click. Not really that is.
"Deidara wanted it but I'm very loyal to Kisame." Itachi said. "This was the only way to solve it and Kisame doesn't mind an extra guy in bed."
Deidara looked at Itachi for a while and then got up, leaving for the kitchen. He didn't seem too happy about that comment.
"You keep on pissing him off, is that normal with the three of you?" Sasuke asked.
"Deidara is pissed off already when we don't give him attention for five minutes." Itachi said.
"It's a jealous bitch, I tell you." Kisame said, as he moved his hand over Itachi's knee. "He doesn't like it that most of the time he is too shy to sit with Itachi and touch him like I do. It pisses him off."
"It's not very nice to talk about him like that now is it?" Sasuke asked. "Anyway, can I eat something? I'm starving."
"Deidara would cook today, right?" Kisame asked Itachi.
"Yes, but I think it's more wise if you do it, you know what happened last time he cooked." Itachi said, nodding to Kisame, to which Kisame stood.
"Fine, I'll tell him to get into the living room again." With that he walked towards the kitchen, following Deidara.
"Are you sure you like 'both' of them?" Sasuke asked, speaking a little softer then before and leaning a little closer to Itachi so he would hear it.
"Yes, definitely." Itachi answered, looking at Sasuke. "Kisame is very kind and protective, but Deidara is holding the man side of me up."
"Do you love them?" Sasuke asked.
"...Yes." Itachi said, smiling a little. "A lot. Nearly as much as I love you."
Sasuke looked at Itachi and had the urge to hug him. He was holding back though. He was not some five year old.
"... Uhm.." He just said. What should he say, 'I love you too'? He didn't know that. He wasn't sure of that at least.
"Don't worry Sasuke, I know it's like you're talking to a stranger." Itachi said.
"... Don't you mind?" Sasuke asked. "... I feel comfortable around you but... I really don't know you anymore."
Itachi chuckled a little and then ruffled Sasuke's hair.
"You're still my brother." He then said. "And even if you don't get your memory back, we could make new nice memories for you, right?"
Sasuke smiled now.
"Right. I think I'll get used to you very fast." He said. He knew the feelings he might once have had for Itachi would come back soon. He could feel that. Sadly his brain wasn't as fast as his heart was.
A few days later, Sasuke was walking through the hallways, still in his pyjamas. He was starving and Itachi nor Kisame or Deidara were downstairs. And he didn't know how to cook. So he walked to their bedroom and without knocking, opened the door. What he saw, he could have expected. But he hadn't. Deidara was laying on his stomach, seemingly annoyed and reading a book. Itachi was sleeping in Kisame's arms. But the worst part was, Sasuke could tell they were all naked and only some thin sheets covered their butts and.. well other parts.
"..Err... sorry.." Sasuke said. ".. But I'm hungry.."
Kisame opened his eyes at that moment, and looked at Sasuke.
"Go downstairs, we'll be there in a minute." He said, and smirked. "It mostly takes some time before Itachi is up."
Sasuke nodded and quickly left the room, closing the door behind him. He didn't plan on looking at that any longer.
"You shouldn't smirk at him, you freak him out un." Deidara said, not looking up from his book.
"I think you freak him out more with that angry look on your face." Kisame said, slightly laughing, as he sat up. He then moved Itachi around a little, who let out a groan. "Itachi, wake up. Our guest is hungry."
"I wouldn't be angry if you didn't constantly claim Itachi for your own un." Deidara said and shook Itachi a little. "You need to stop laying in Kisame's arms and feed your brother." He said to Itachi.
"Then do your best a little more blondie." Kisame said, as he stretched, and as to prove his point, he gave Itachi a firm smack on the butt when he turned around, and then got out of bed.
Itachi groaned and pushed himself up, rubbing his eyes a little.
"Shut up Kisame un." Deidara hissed now and then sat up. "Let's go downstairs Itachi." He grabbed Itachi's hand, urging him to get up completely.
Itachi chuckled a little now.
"What, you want to go down naked?" He asked, as he got up anyway. He walked to their wardrobe and got out all three of their bathrobes and some underwear.
"No but I want to go downstairs before you and Kisame have sex without me again." Deidara said. "Give me my robe un." He got up from the bed now.
"Oh come on Deidara, we'll have our turn tonight." Itachi said, as he gave Deidara his robe and even put it onto him. "Me and Kisame already said that you can join us too, but you don't want that. You really have to try it once Dei.."
"We did that once and you and Kisame ended up having sex together anyway un." Deidara said, slightly annoyed as he let Itachi put his robe on. He liked it when Itachi treated him like that.
Itachi now turned Deidara around, looking at him.
"It's because you had a quick orgasm and didn't want to continue, remember." He then said. "Suck it up Deidara. I hate to say this to you, but I'm with Kisame as well."
"Oh I know that very well un. Very 'very' well." Deidara said and turned away from Itachi, taking his boxers and putting them on. This was not a nice way to get out of bed. And it happened more and more often.
Itachi sighed, as he put on his boxers and robe as well. Just like Kisame was doing now.
"You should hurry it up, Sasuke wants to have breakfast. And I am no longer allowed to cook, because I 'suck at it' un." Deidara said, giving Kisame a look.
"I'd like to keep my kitchen in tact, thank you." Kisame said, as he walked out of the door and downstairs now. Itachi just gave Deidara a look and then a kiss on the mouth, before following Kisame downstairs.
Deidara grumbled as he walked downstairs as well and sat down in the living room, where Sasuke was as well.
".. Morning." He said, still feeling awkward about what he had seen.
"Good morning." Itachi said. "Shall I make some eggs for everyone?" Kisame nodded in agreement, as he started setting the table.
"Yes." Sasuke said. "Finally some food." He got up to help Kisame set the table. In the few days he had been with Itachi and his boyfriends, Sasuke had felt more and more at ease. It made him friendlier, he could tell.
"So what are you planning to do now?" Kisame asked Sasuke. "Do you want to live here for a long time or are you planning on leaving again?"
"I don't know. I'm enjoying myself here." Sasuke answered. "But I still feel like I want my memory back."
"So you think that this guy will snap his fingers and then you have it back?" Kisame asked.
"I don't know. There has to be a way to get it back." Sasuke said shrugging. "I guess it won't be easy."
"I doubt it that it will be easy." Kisame said. "Even if he could give you your memory back, you probably have to pay a big prize."
"Well.. I still want it back. He pretty much has to ask me to sacrifice someone else for me not to do it." Sasuke said.
"I think he might earlier ask you to sacrifice yourself for him." Kisame said, dead serious.
"Well that would be stupid. What good would my memory do me when I'm dead?" Sasuke asked.
"I mean that he might want you to work for him forever." Kisame said, as he sat down at the table, leaning back. "May you ever go there, be sure to take us with you. You can't handle him alone."
"I'll think about it, thanks." Sasuke said and sat down as well. It didn't take long before Deidara sat down too.
Some minutes later, Itachi came walking in, carrying breakfast with him.
"How did you sleep, Sasuke?" He asked.
"I slept well." Sasuke said. "... How about you?" He wasn't sure whether he should ask or not, but it was still polite to do so.
"Yes, me too." Itachi said, nodding.
At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Deidara got up to open it and the other three didn't really pay attention to it anymore. Until Deidara came back with some people. "They said they wanted to see you Sasuke un." Deidara said and when Sasuke looked up, the first person he saw was Kiba.
"What are you doing here?" He asked surprised.
"Man, I'm glad we found you." Kiba said, frowning a little. "You might wonder why I'm telling you, but it's because it could have nothing to do with one of us, but only with you. That Kabuto guy appeared again. And he took Neji."
Sasuke was silent for a while before he got up. "What do you mean he took Neji? How can he take Neji?" Sasuke asked. Concern bottled up inside of him. Was Neji hurt?
"Kabuto just appeared, grabbed Neji and then they disappeared together." Kiba said, as he shook his head. "We didn't even have time to blink, it went so fast."
".. When was that?" Sasuke asked, looking at Itachi as if asking him what to do with this.
"Three days back." Kiba said. "Thank god I have a good nose, else we wouldn't have found you this fast."
"... Well that was fast, it took me four days." Sasuke said frowning. "Does anyone know where Orochimaru lives?"
"You're not going there Sasuke." Itachi said, giving Sasuke a stern look. Kiba frowned slightly. "Who are these guys anyway?" He asked. "...You and this guy smell very much alike. Family?"
"Stop smelling things." Sasuke said. "But yes, he's my brother. And I am going, he has Neji."
"I thought that Orochimaru guy was dangerous un." Deidara said.
"He is dangerous." Itachi said. "Who is this Neji guy?"
"..The guy I travelled with." Sasuke said. "And he might be dangerous, but I'm still going."
"The one you woke up next to?" Itachi asked, frowning slightly. "I thought you left because of him. Don't you hate him?"
".. No I don't hate him. I never said I hated him. And I left because he was holding me back, that's all." Sasuke said. "But I can't exactly let him die because of me."
"I think Sasuke and Neji are in love but are too stubborn to admit it to each other." Kiba said, shrugging, which lead almost everyone in the room to pull up an eyebrow.
Sasuke glared at Kiba now. "That is not true." He said. "Neji and I are not in love."
"Then why did you almost kill me when I started talking about Neji's lovely butt?" Kiba asked, giving Sasuke a smug look. "And then why did Neji's heart beat faster when you entered the room? Why did both of you become nervous around each other?"
"..Tch well.. I don't know how you came up with that kind of stuff, but it's not true." Sasuke said. "And it's just not very nice to talk about someone else's butt."
Deidara started laughing now. "... Sorry.." He said when Sasuke glared at him. "It's just very funny, the way you're denying it un."
"It's a little too obvious Sasuke, why are you so against it?" Kisame asked, as he leaned back on the chair he was sitting on.
"I'm not against anything." Sasuke hissed. "We weren't a good fit ok? We talked about it, but we weren't a good fit, so I left. Happy now?"
"Very, I'm cheering my head off, do you see it?" Kiba asked, sweatdropping. "Of course you didn't really work out now. You were only busy with finding your memory back and Neji was desperate for someone to love him and take care of him, and get over everything he lost."
"Well I don't need relationship therapy, so if you don't mind, I'll be getting my stuff to get Neji out of there." Sasuke said and turned around to walk to his room.
Kiba smacked himself against the head, before suddenly grabbing his shoe and tossing it against Sasuke's head. "Damn you, ignorant bastard, why don't you wake up once?" He snapped. "We're trying to 'help' you, ever heard of that? No need to feel attacked so quickly and become angry. Asshole. Just try to accept people doing stuff for you."
Sasuke put his hand on the spot Kiba's shoe had hit him on the head and looked at him. "What exactly were you gonna do? If you're not going to come with me and help free Neji, then you're not helping." Sasuke said.
"Oh so now the guy suddenly is important to you, now he got taken away?" Kiba asked with a frown. "What will you do when you got him out of there, snap at him to not get captured again and storm away?"
"I don't know what I will do yet, but I'm sure as hell not going to wait around until I won't even 'get' the chance to get him out of there." Sasuke said. "And mind you, he was 'always' important." He now stormed up the stairs.
"...He's just as stressed as before." Itachi said with a frown. He then got up and followed Sasuke up the stairs, to the guest room, where Sasuke was violently packing his stuff. "Sasuke. I don't want you to go, but I understand that this person is important to you. That's why I want to ask you to wait for a little while, so we can get you to get back your powers. Then at least you can defend yourself, if it's ever needed."
"I don't have time to wait and figure out what my powers were." Sasuke said. "Neji's in danger." He kept on packing his stuff.
"How do you know?" Itachi asked, frowning. "What if they're just keeping him hostage to lure you towards them?"
"They still might experiment on him. They could still hurt him." Sasuke said. "It's not like they're gonna give him a cup of tea and wait for me to come."
"You don't know Orochimaru Sasuke." Itachi said. "What do you want to do, march in and get overpowered as well and thrown into a cage? Is that what you want?"
"Of course that's not what I want, you know as well as I do I wasn't even planning on going there anymore." Sasuke said. "But I can't have Neji suffer because of me. And from what I've heard about Orochimaru and how I feel about that name, I 'know' Neji will suffer."
"Think clearly Sasuke, use your mind." Itachi said. "I know you're not stupid. If you go there unprepared, be prepared that Neji will suffer even more."
"Then what am I supposed to do?" Sasuke now yelled, throwing some of his new clothes on the floor. "I can't remember those stupid powers, I couldn't remember 'anything' up to now, who says I will ever figure them out? All I will have done by then is having Neji suffer while I'm here trying to remember things!"
"Sasuke, did you forget that I've been at your side for nearly all your life?" Itachi asked, frowning even deeper. "I 'know' what your powers are."
"...Right. But I've been training for four years and you know nothing about those powers." Sasuke said, then sighed and put his backpack away. "...What do you know?"
Itachi looked at Sasuke for some time and then turned around.
"Let's go outside." He then said, walking out of the room.
Sasuke followed Itachi now, not knowing what he was thinking. He should get his anger solved somehow. He would just forget everything and get led by anger.
"Tell me what you know." Sasuke said.
"First I want to teach you a lesson in respect." Itachi said, turning around to Sasuke. "I noticed that you order everyone around, and you're not showing respect to anyone. This will make a lot of people dislike you and they won't even think of becoming friends. And before you get angry, this is to help you in the future. No one wants to end up alone."
Sasuke looked away now and took a deep breath. He really had to put everything into not getting angry now.
"I respect people." He said.
"People feel disrespected by you." Itachi simply said. "It's that I know you don't mean it like that, else even I would feel offended. Just so you know Sasuke. Now, for your powers. Just like everyone in our family, you're very talented with fire. It's probably one of the reasons why you get angry so fast, fire is everywhere in you, especially because the stress you're having now. With us Uchiha's, it's important to have control over your temper. Because if you get angry fast, this anger only grows, until you literally start spitting fire."
".. We can spit fire? Karin told me I had told her I use fire. But I don't know how. I've tried, but it didn't work." Sasuke said.
"You once learned the basics, so I'm sure that when you're doing it, you remember how to use it the right way." Itachi said. "Look at an object, that tree for example, and try to imagine it lit fire. And it helps to think of as if it's someone who you hate. Call up your anger. The angrier you are, the more powerful the fire will be."
"I don't hate anyone right now." Sasuke said. Nonetheless he looked at the tree and let all his frustrations out in his glare. He could see it, that tree on fire, but nothing was happening. Which frustrated him even more.
"Imagine Orochimaru hurting Neji." Itachi then said.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes and immediately the tree set on fire and Sasuke had to take a step back. At first, he wanted to ask Itachi what to do, but somehow he knew. He knew how to control it, it was like that part of his memory was rushing back to him. He dimmed the fire and looked at Itachi silently.
Itachi looked into Sasuke's eyes, and after a few seconds, the world suddenly started turning around Sasuke and trees started falling out of the air. Rain started to shot up from the ground and Itachi suddenly started growing. He was looking at Sasuke intensely.
Sasuke frowned now. This didn't scare him for some reason. And it seemed very familiar. Was this one of 'his' powers as well?
"How do you do this?" He asked Itachi.
"It's one of our family traditions as well." Itachi said. "Hypnoses. This is the only way to let you learn this again. Try to fight the illusions. Put them back to normal. Or put illusions around me, I won't suppress it."
Sasuke looked at Itachi and for some reason, this as well came back to him. It didn't take long before he was the one having captured Itachi, bound with ropes. He then undid the illusions.
"I remember this." Sasuke said.
Itachi let out a snort.
"Seems like you don't have really nice thoughts." He then said. "You were experimenting with this around the time you left."
"Was I good at it?" Sasuke asked. "And what else do you know?"
"The only other talent we have is that we can speak with cats, one thing you were perfect at." Itachi said, letting out a chuckle, as he let the trees and rain disappear, and grew his normal size again. "When we were young you'd rather talk to cats then to the other kids. You were good at illusions, but to your frustration not the best."
".. Cats?" Sasuke asked, frowning a little. "Was that all I was perfect at? Talking to cats? No wonder I left to get better." He gave Itachi a slight grin now.
"Exactly what dad said." Itachi said. "You were good with fire and also with illusions, but you were not the best. I don't doubt it that you got better during your training with Orochimaru."
"I don't know. But I didn't need much training. If you had just said it would take this little time, I wouldn't have gotten so angry." Sasuke said.
"That's why you need to listen to what the other has to say first, and think of it, before relying on your emotions." Itachi said. He took a step forwards and put an arm onto Sasuke's shoulder. "Relax. It's going to be ok."
Sasuke did relax now and then looked at Itachi.
"Are you going to come with me?" He asked.
"Of course." Itachi said. "What a question. I would do something to you if you left to him again without me."
Sasuke smiled slightly.
"Well you never know right. Let's get ready." He said and walked back to the house. For the first time he forgot about his memory. Itachi was making him a better guy.