Chapter 16
Three weeks later, Sasuke walked into the operating chamber of Orochimaru. He had been called out there for some new experiment, as if he hadn't gone through enough of those. Orochimaru had found him very interesting and he had been experimented and operated on more than any of the other people around. But Sasuke had finally gotten some more information. It wasn't much, just that he came to get power and that he had lots of skills. Even being able to summon snakes was no secret anymore. He had gotten back a lot of his powers already.
"What do you want this time?" Sasuke asked, as he walked to Orochimaru.
"Lay down." Orochimaru said, as he pointed to a chair which was surrounded by all kind of tools. "I'm going to operate on you again, and this time might be heavier then the other times. So I want you to relax. I will give you some anaesthetic to ease the pain a little."
"What exactly are you going to do then?" Sasuke asked as he sat down on the chair and looked at the tools. They didn't seem like they could mean anything good.
"I'm going to operate on your brain." Orochimaru answered as he put on some sterile gloves.
Sasuke sat up and looked at Orochimaru as if he was crazy.
"And you're going to give me something to ease the pain 'a little'?" He asked.
Orochimaru let out a slight chuckle.
"Don't worry, you won't feel a lot." He said, as he leaned over Sasuke and put an injection in his head. "This operation is for your own good though."
Sasuke fought back a moan when Orochimaru gave him that injection. He never really liked the feeling.
"Then what will it do?" He asked as he laid down again.
"I hope to bring your memory back this way." Orochimaru said. "The outcome of some of the other experiments I had on you is that a part of your brain has been twisted because of the anger attack you had that made you destroy an entire city. It's in the memory part of your brain. There is a big chance that if I turn it around again, you will have your memory back."
Sasuke frowned a little now, looking up at Orochimaru.
"... Why do you want to help me get back my memory?" He asked.
"It's not about wanting to help you Sasuke, it's about checking if my abilities go this far that I can get your memory back into your head." Orochimaru answered, as he gave Sasuke another injection.
"Jeez, you could warn me when you are going to give me injections." Sasuke said. "What if it goes wrong and I lose my memory again?"
"Then the operation failed." Orochimaru said. "Now calm down and close your eyes. You won't like what you see." He started preparing the tools now, getting ready for the operation.
Sasuke looked up at Orochimaru for a while longer, before taking a deep breath and closing his eyes. He'd do anything to get his memory back. If this was gonna be the way, then so be it.
"Tell me when you're going to start." He said, feeling nervous. Orochimaru was actually going to cut in his head.
"I'm starting now." Orochimaru said. "I'm first going to shave away some of your hair." He let his fingers stroke over Sasuke's head while inspecting it, searching for the right spot. When he finally found it, he started removing the hairs at that place, shaving them off.
"... So I'm going to have a bold spot... damn." Sasuke said, trying to make this more comfortable. It wasn't really working. He was glad he barely felt anything though.
"Don't worry, it will grow and you have to wear bandages around your head for a while anyway." Orochimaru said. "This can prick." He started to actually cut into Sasuke's head now, making a small block in Sasuke's skull so he could reach the brains.
Sasuke shut his eyes tightly as he could hear the knife running through his head. This was not his idea of fun. It really, really hurt.
"...S-stop for a second." He said. Those anaesthetics weren't working at all.
"If I stop now it will become even worse." Orochimaru said while he grabbed the injection needle again and put in a high amount of it. He removed the tiny piece of skull he had cut and used a pair of tongs to put it away.
"But it hurts... I s-said stop." Sasuke said, trying to sit up. But he wasn't able to with all the drugs in his head. He tried pushing Orochimaru's hands away instead.
"Sasuke." Orochimaru hissed as he grabbed Sasuke by the throat and pushed him against the bed. He then used one of the tongs and went right into Sasuke's brain, grabbed a piece of it and turned it around.
"Stop it!" Sasuke yelled now. Now 'that' hurt. Really, really, really badly. It was unbearable. "S-stop!" The screaming and struggling then stopped as he felt dizzy and started seeing flashes of his life. Flashes first of trying to kill Neji, then of destroying the city, of Orochimaru, of leaving, of Itachi. Everything was coming back. But it was going far too fast for Sasuke to comprehend it. All he could do was lay there.
Orochimaru watched Sasuke closely as he gave the piece another turn. He kept Sasuke down tightly while he carefully placed the piece of skull back. He reached backwards and grabbed a cup with a cream he had made himself to heal wounds as quickly as possible. He applied a tiny amount of it on the wound.
Sasuke tried to breathe, but it was hard now that he was remembering his past. It didn't take long before he could see his parents as well and his friends. And he also remembered how he had betrayed all of them. How he had been angry with everyone, how he had been jealous of Itachi and put his anger on him. He started to remember it all.
Orochimaru in the mean time was sewing the pieces of skin together, knowing Sasuke would barely notice it because of the pain he was in now. He slowly let go of Sasuke's throat and finished his work. After that, he grabbed some bandages and started tying them around Sasuke's head.
It took mere minutes for Sasuke to remember everything again, but it seemed to him like it lasted an eternity. He felt shivers going down his body, not knowing what to think anymore. He had been the biggest asshole on the planet, but he felt like continuing that now. All the emotional pain he ever had taken, was right there again. And Sasuke couldn't take it.
"Sasuke." Orochimaru said, once he was finished. "How do you feel?"
Sasuke said up groaning now, and then stared at the floor.
"... Thank you.." He softly said. He finally had his memory back. And even though his memories were screwed up, he was glad he got them back. He needed this to know where to go to next. He needed this to know who he was and what his goal was. He could figure that out now.
"It's fine Sasuke." Orochimaru said as he gave Sasuke a tap on the shoulders. "You should rest. Don't touch your head and try to not lay down onto it. I recommend you to sleep in a chair."
"I hate sleeping in a chair." Sasuke said and laughed a little. It was nice being able to say what he like and disliked. It was great knowing it. "Aren't you scared I'll leave now?"
Orochimaru let out a chuckle, that actually sounded like he enjoyed whatever Sasuke said.
"Dear Sasuke, don't you think that it's time for you now to continue on?" He then asked. "Even I don't want to ruin all the talent you have. You 'should' leave."
"I'm not leaving until I know what to do." Sasuke said. "Why do you think I should leave? Where am I supposed to go anyway?"
"Back to your remaining family." Orochimaru said. "There is nothing for you to search anymore."
Sasuke frowned deeply now.
"Why are you saying this?" He asked.
"What would you rather hear?" Orochimaru asked, pulling up an eyebrow as he was cleaning the tools he had used.
"I just don't get it. All this time you persuaded me into coming here and staying here, and now you're just gonna let me go?" Sasuke asked.
"I wanted to see the results of the DNA in you, what I have seen." Orochimaru answered. "Now get out of here before I change my mind."
Sasuke frowned even more now and then got off the bed, stumbling a little as he walked away.
"... Why did you want to see my DNA if you weren't gonna do anything with it?" He then asked.
"It's about the knowledge Sasuke." Orochimaru said, as he opened a box without looking at Sasuke another time.
"But what good will knowledge do you without using it?" Sasuke asked.
"Go to your room Sasuke." Orochimaru said.
"I don't get it anymore. Do you want me to stay here and go to my room or do you want me to leave? And once again, what good will knowledge do if you aren't planning on using it?" Sasuke asked. He then put a hand on his head softly. He was getting a headache.
"You should go to your room to rest, heal and then leave." Orochimaru shortly said. "Don't tell me you want to stay."
"I'm not going back. I'm staying here until I know what to do next." Sasuke said.
"Then you're going to have to undergo more experiments." Orochimaru said. "I won't let you stay here just like that."
"Fine I don't care." Sasuke said. "I still don't get why you would want me to leave."
"Like I said, it would be a waste to ruin your talent." Orochimaru said. "I tested it multiple times now, and I know what I wanted to know."
"Yeah, but I thought you would want to use it as well." Sasuke said.
"For what would I want to use it my boy?" Orochimaru asked. "I experiment, look and learn. That's all."
"Then what's the use?" Sasuke asked. He really didn't get why someone would want to learn just for the fun of it.
"You probably would never understand." Orochimaru said. "Now I would be pleased if you left."
Sasuke sighed now and then left the room. His head was hurting too much to continue that conversation anyway. He would just sleep a little and then figure out what was next.
At the same moment, Itachi laid down into his bed with a sigh, in his usual place in the middle of the bed. He was more tired than he had been in months, and he had a huge headache. All he was longing for was to go to sleep now. He waited for Deidara and Kisame to come to bed, while placing his arms behind his head.
A few seconds later, Deidara and Kisame came from the bathroom and laid down next to Itachi. Deidara was smirking and then rolled to Itachi.
"I want sex un." Deidara said.
"Yeah me too Itachi." Kisame looked at him, smirking as well.
Itachi furrowed his eyebrows now as he looked at both of his boyfriends. That was new, that both of them wanted to have sex at the same time. Sadly enough, he had to disappoint them.
"...I'm sorry guys, I don't feel like it." He said.
Deidara and Kisame's smirks disappeared as they looked at Itachi.
"What's wrong?" Kisame asked.
Itachi sighed as he shook his head.
"...I'm worried." He then said. "It still bothers me that Sasuke left without saying goodbye. I almost start to think that Kakashi said something against him that he didn't like."
"Like what?" Kisame asked. "I mean, Kakashi wouldn't say anything that would make him want to leave."
Deidara fidgeted with the sheets a little now.
"I don't think that either un." He said.
"Sasuke is difficult, it could be that Sasuke took it the wrong way." Itachi said, shrugging. "I hope it's not true of course."
"Are you worried he will do something stupid?" Kisame asked. "It's still odd he just left you like that. He was doing great here."
"Exactly." Itachi said. "I'm scared that he will be doing something to himself. People could hurt him. If he will be gone for longer I'm going to look everywhere for him."
"But he could be anywhere." Kisame said. "Maybe he's doing fine."
"I don't care where he is, I will find him." Itachi said, sighing. "I'm still so scared that he went to Orochimaru after all..."
"Neji said that wasn't where he went." Kisame said. "I'm sure he's safe in some city."
"It could be that Sasuke just said that so we wouldn't search there." Itachi said, frowning slightly. "I just hope he's ok."
"Yeah. He'll be fine if Orochimaru will leave him alone there un." Deidara said, and then bit his lip. Oh crap.
Itachi turned to look at Deidara sharply now.
"..What?" He then asked.
"Uhm nothing... just you know... if he goes to Orochimaru... he'll be fine if uuh... if he gets left alone un.." Deidara said. Oh he was such a bad liar. Shit, shit, shit.
"You 'knew' where he was all this time?" Itachi asked, suddenly glaring at Deidara.
"I'm sorry... but Neji told me and he made me promise not to tell you un." Deidara said, slightly panicking as he saw the look on Itachi's face. This wasn't good.
"Deidara you moron." Kisame said.
Itachi stared at Deidara some more, before he pushed the sheets off of him and got out of the bed, starting to dress.
Kisame got out of bed as well now, followed by Deidara.
"Itachi what are you doing?" Kisame asked stern, grabbing Itachi's arm.
"I'm leaving." Itachi said as he tried to snatch his arm loose. He shrugged on his pants now.
"You are not going to Orochimaru, Itachi. Don't be so stupid." Kisame said, not letting go of Itachi's arm.
"You can't leave, Orochimaru might hurt you un." Deidara said, still panicked.
"Kisame let go of me." Itachi snapped as he put on his socks. "I'm going to get him out of there."
"Orochimaru is dangerous Itachi. You can't just march in there and drag Sasuke back. He obviously chose to go there." Kisame said, still holding onto Itachi.
"I'm not going to wait for him to ever come back, Orochimaru might kill him!" Itachi snapped, starting to struggle against Kisame now. Not that it was of any use. Kisame was as strong as a bear.
Kisame grabbed Itachi's other hand now too and pushed Itachi up against a wall.
"Listen, you need a plan. You can't just storm in there and expect anything good to happen Itachi. 'You' might get killed." He said stern. Deidara just bit his lip, not knowing what to do.
"You can say what you want, but I'm going." Itachi snapped. "Now."
"Would you calm down and think for a second?" Kisame snapped back now.
"Why?" Itachi growled. "I'm going to take my brother back, that's all the information I need."
"Well you're at least not going alone." Kisame said. "I thought you were smarter than this."
"Shut up Kisame, I'm leaving." Itachi snapped. "Let go of me. Now."
"Fine, but I'm going with you. And calm down." Kisame said stern.
"Should I come too un?" Deidara asked.
"I don't care who's coming." Itachi said, giving Kisame a glare, as he started heating up.
"Deidara's staying home." Kisame said and then quickly dressed. "Be glad I'm letting you go Itachi, I could have tied you up on the bed as well. Now let's go."
"Why can't I go un?" Deidara asked worried.
"You know you could have been served in the kitchen immediately if you had tried that." Itachi snapped, seriously pissed off now. He quickly put on a shirt now.
"Just go you idiot." Kisame snapped now. Deidara just looked at Itachi and sighed. He would get it when Itachi got home again. He was pissed off and part of it was definitely because of him.
Itachi gave Deidara a slight glare now, before he stormed out of the room, ready to kill Orochimaru and take his brother back home.
Itachi was storming through Orochimaru's hideout, tossing open each door he found in search of his brother. Kisame was running behind him, trying to keep up to Itachi's speed, but also kept his distance for when Itachi started spitting fire. Each time any of Orochimaru's people came running up to them to attack, Itachi would burn them without an excuse and storm on to the next room. Right now he slammed open a door where he found a person that could most likely help him further: Orochimaru. Itachi glared at Orochimaru with intense force.
"Where is my brother?" He then spat. If Sasuke was in a bad state as Neji had been he would kill the guy straight off.
Orochimaru turned around now and smirked slightly as he saw Itachi standing there.
"Well hello Itachi. Oh and Kisame too. I was wondering when you would try to get Sasuke to come with you." He said.
"Where is he?" Itachi suddenly yelled, fire exploding around him, making Kisame dive away. He took a threatening step into the room, never breaking eye contact.
"He must be somewhere here, recovering." Orochimaru said, still smirking. "Maybe if you look a little better, you will find him."
"Do you have a death wish?" Itachi asked as he walked into the room fully now.
"Not at all, although from the looks of you, you want nothing more than to kill me." Orochimaru said.
"With pleasure." Itachi snapped. "That you even had the guts to lure him to you once, but now even did it twice. Give me one reason to not kill you right now."
"I don't have any. And for your information, Sasuke came to me both times out of his own free will." Orochimaru answered.
Itachi glared at Orochimaru and suddenly the whole room lit up because of the fire that appeared around him. He started walking towards Orochimaru in a fast pace, ready to kill him off immediately.
But he was stopped by a hand grabbing his own.
"Itachi... stop." The person having grabbed his hand, said.
Itachi turned around, glaring like mad, but all the anger and the fire disappeared when he suddenly saw Sasuke standing in front of him. He stared at him for a moment, noticing Sasuke didn't look too good, being bandaged and all, before hugging him close.
"God Sasuke... What did that bastard do?" He snapped. "I was worried sick. How could you have left?"
Sasuke couldn't help but hug Itachi back softly.
"I'm fine..." He said. "Orochimaru gave me my memory back."
"...What?" Itachi asked, highly surprised as he let go of Sasuke a little and stared at him.
"I have my memory back..." Sasuke said. "... I'm sorry for what I did to you Itachi."
"...Let's not start about that now Sasuke." Itachi said. "...Let's go back."
"I'm not going back." Sasuke said as he looked at Itachi.
"Why not?" Itachi asked, frowning deeply. "Sasuke I swear, if you're not coming back with me I'm going to drag you with me."
"You can't make me come back." Sasuke said. "Now that I have my memory back, I remember more than before. And I found out things that are... reason enough for me to break contact with all of you."
"Sasuke please don't..." Itachi said, frowning. "You can't do this. You can't do this to me, to not even start about Neji."
"You don't understand." Sasuke snapped now and then grabbed his head. Shit it still hurt. "I did things to Neji... I did things to you.. I can't live with the two of you, knowing what I've done."
"Time for me to leave." Orochimaru now said, and he was gone within a second.
"Sasuke, for the things you said to me you don't have to leave me." Itachi said. "I forgave you for it already. And whatever you did to Neji, I think it's nothing compared to what he would feel when you left him. "
"He will want me to leave." Sasuke said. "You don't know what I did.."
"Then at least tell him in person." Itachi said. "No, I don't know what you did, you're right about that."
"... I can't tell him." Sasuke said, shaking his head although it hurt. "I can't come back. Trust me, you don't want me to come back."
"If you realise the things you did were wrong I want you to come back." Itachi said. "At least let me take care of you now. Then you can decide to leave."
"I can't see Neji.." Sasuke said. Damn, he felt his emotions coming up and he wasn't feeling strong enough to push them away. He might just have to tell Itachi what he did, and hope it would scare him off.
"Then I will let Kisame go first and tell Neji to stay in his room or whatever." Itachi said, as he shook his head. "Unless you don't want to come at all."
".. I don't know." Sasuke said, shaking his head again as he felt tears prick in his eyes. Dammit. "I just can't see Neji. Neji has to leave because I..."
"I'll let Deidara and Neji hang out together, don't worry Sasuke." Itachi said. "If you need time, that's fine. I will tell Neji. He won't like it, but I'm sure he will respect it."
"No he won't Itachi, I freaking killed his family!" Sasuke now yelled and then grabbed to his head again, giving out a moan. He hated being this weak right now.
Itachi frowned slightly now.
"...Why?" He then asked.
"I allowed Orochimaru to implant monster DNA in my own... When I get angry I become a monster.." Sasuke softly said, looking away. "I was the monster that killed Neji's family... I even tried to kill him.. I can't face him, I can't face anyone anymore so just please, go back without me." He was almost begging now as he looked at Itachi. He felt like a small, stupid child, but he just felt too miserable to care.
"...Sasuke... the fact that you regret this makes you into a good person." Itachi said, frowning even more. "Neji will be angry, I know that. But give him some time. He will forgive you in the end. And you have to forgive yourself as well. You don't remember anything about you in your monster state, so probably the monster took over. You can't help it that it happened. And the fact that you allowed the DNA into your body is not your fault either. It's dad's fault. Please Sasuke, I will ask you one more time to come back home with me."
".. I can't come back with you.." Sasuke said as he let some tears fall. "I can't be judged anymore.. if one more person tells me that I'm not good enough I swear I will kill myself.. I can't deal with other people anymore.. I don't deserve it anyway."
"Sasuke..." Itachi said, as he brought Sasuke close to him again.
Sasuke really broke down at that point as he started crying.
".. I g-got all these other feelings when I lost my memory and now I have them back and they don't fit... All my life I've been trying to push those feelings out but now they're here and I ruined everything, I ruined myself... D-dammit I hate who I am.." He said, feeling his head throb.
"..Then it's time now to change yourself." Itachi said. "And letting go of your past doesn't mean letting go of the people who have anything to do with it. You will feel guilty for the rest of your life. The best advice I can give you is try to make up for your mistakes until it feels right for you, talk about your problems and try to not be too hard on yourself."
"How the fuck am I going to live with myself knowing I killed mom and dad, and Neji's family?" Sasuke asked now, still crying and resting his head against Itachi's shoulder. He was losing it.
"You didn't kill our parents Sasuke." Itachi said. "I know it's hard."
"I left and mom died because she missed me.. I'm s-sure she blamed herself." Sasuke said. ".. I ruined so much.."
"...They both never blamed you for it Sasuke..." Itachi said, as he stroke over Sasuke's back.
"Yes they did.. And so do you.. And so will Neji.." Sasuke said and then put a hand on his head again, this was just too much. "I need to lay down.."
"Shh..." Itachi said. "Tell me what you want me to do now Sasuke.. take you with me and let you heal, without telling Neji about it, or leave you here?"
"... If I come back... what do you think everyone will say when they find out?" Sasuke asked, feeling his knees getting weak.
"Most of them will be extremely happy to have you back." Itachi said. "They will forgive you for what you did. Neji will be more difficult, but he will forgive you in the end. He hasn't been doing well without you these past weeks."
"But I'm responsible for him feeling so miserable, not just because I left.. I don't think anyone will forgive me.." Sasuke said.
"I think 'you' will be the one who won't forgive yourself." Itachi said.
"... No I can't.." Sasuke said. He then quickly grabbed Itachi by the shoulders, trying to stand up straight. He shouldn't even be out of bed now.
Itachi quickly scooped Sasuke up in his arms now.
"Tell me now Sasuke..." He then said.
Sasuke leaned against Itachi now and sighed.
".. I wanna go home.." He then said. He felt too miserable to protest now.
"Good." Itachi said, nodding. "Then let's get out of here." He turned to Kisame now. "Let's go."
Kisame nodded and they started walking out of the hide out. It didn't take long before Sasuke fell asleep. Sadly enough, he didn't have any nice dreams. All he had was nightmares of what he had done.
A week later, Sasuke was sitting on a chair, staring out the window. He had let himself be trapped inside Itachi's room ever since he came back, not wanting to see anyone. Not much had happened, except for the fact that he had been miserable. At that moment, Sasuke saw Neji walking out of the door, enjoying nature like he always did. Sasuke averted his eyes for a second, before looking back. Neji still had no clue he was there. He had no clue what he had done either. It was hard looking at him from the window. He then saw Deidara sneaking up on Neji, and grabbing the hair tie he had in his hair, before running away laughing, like a maniac. Sasuke had expected Neji to be mad, but instead Neji ran after Deidara, tackling him and then starting to romp around with Deidara. And he was laughing. Sasuke bit his lip against the tears, but he was too late. Seeing Neji like this made him feel even more miserable. Not being able to enjoy that laugh, not being the one to make him laugh. But he was too ashamed of himself to face Neji. Sasuke buried his face in his arms now, so that no one could see him crying.
At that moment there was a knock on the door, and Itachi walked into the room. He immediately looked worried as he saw Sasuke crying, and he walked up to him. He frowned slightly when he heard laughter and when he looked out of the window he suddenly understood Sasuke's tears. He sighed and knelt down next to him, pulling Sasuke into his arms while shushing him.
Sasuke was a little startled to feel someone pull him in his arms, but when he felt it was Itachi, he just continued crying.
"... I wanna see him.. but I can't.." He whispered.
"...You should try it Sasuke.." Itachi softly said. "..If you want I can ask Deidara to tell him what happened, so he can get used to it before you see each other again."
".. I don't w-want him to hate me.." Sasuke said, still crying. He couldn't stop those stupid tears. "... I don't want him to know I'm a monster." He held onto Itachi's shirt now.
"You'll have to tell it to him one day Sasuke.. I'm sure he will forgive you in the end, just give him some time.." Itachi said, stroking over Sasuke's back.
"..I c-can't, but I miss him so much..." Sasuke said. "... I can't stand that he's laughing without me."
"Deidara is doing his best to make it more enjoyable for Neji.. but it's hard." Itachi said. "He's missing you a lot. As much as you miss him."
"He won't miss me anymore when he hears what I've done." Sasuke said, pulling away from Itachi a little and wiping some tears away.
"..Why won't you just try it?" Itachi asked.
".. Because what if he'll hate me.." Sasuke answered, staring at the floor.
"If you don't do something you'll never have him back." Itachi said. "If you try, you could have him back."
Sasuke was silent now, still staring at the floor. Itachi did have a point though. But he could never tell Neji himself. He wouldn't be able to stay strong, he was already breaking down.
".. If I tell him it will be a disaster." He softly said.
"Do you want me or Deidara to tell him?" Itachi asked. "Deidara has gotten very close with Neji."
Sasuke frowned a little now. He hated that someone had gotten close to Neji and he couldn't talk to him.
"... I guess Deidara can tell him." Sasuke said.
"Alright." Itachi said, nodding. "I think it will be alright Sasuke. I'll call Deidara and then I'll tell him and let him go to Neji. I'll let you know when Neji knows."
Sasuke nodded and then rubbed the front of his head a little. All this commotion made his headache he had been having the past week, even worse.
".. Can you ask Deidara to tell him I love him?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi smiled a little, and nodded.
"I will." He then said. He gave Sasuke a kiss on the head and then showed him the plate he had been carrying with him. "Here, I brought you something to eat and something against the pain. I hope it helps."
Sasuke smiled slightly at Itachi now.
"Thanks. I'm not very hungry though." He said. "How did you get that medicine? I don't remember you being very good at healing and such."
"Neji made it." Itachi said with another smile. "Deidara said to Neji he had a huge headache and Neji made him this medicine. But Deidara of course didn't have a headache, he meant to give it to you."
Sasuke smile faded now as he looked at the medicine. He was thankful Deidara had done it, and he was sure that this medicine would do him good, but Neji didn't make it for him. This just sucked. He then quickly swallowed the medicine.
"Itachi, are you still angry at Deidara for not telling you where I was?" He then asked. He had heard the story from Itachi.
"Slightly." Itachi answered. "I'm just glad you're back and safe now. And I'm happy for you that you got your memory back."
"If you're still angry at Deidara for that, then how long do you think it will take Neji to forgive me? If he even will." Sasuke asked.
"It's a different case Sasuke." Itachi said. "You could have died in there. You're more dear to me than anyone, that's why."
"It's not a different case at all, except that mine is worse." Sasuke said. "I could've died because Deidara didn't tell you, but I already killed what was most dear to Neji."
"But you didn't do it on purpose." Itachi said.
"I still did it." Sasuke said, shrugging a little.
"I know." Itachi said. He then sighed a little and stood. "I'll tell Deidara. Try to rest a little, ok?"
Sasuke nodded and started eating the food Itachi gave him anyway. He didn't want to disrespect anyone anymore.
"Tell me how it went ok?" He asked.
"I will." Itachi said. He gave Sasuke another kiss on the head, before standing up. "I'll come back later." With that, he left the room and closed the door behind him, to tell Deidara.