Summary: Something goes wrong on a mission, Itachi is injured badly, and he ends up in a coma. His only living relative Sasuke, who's only 8-years old is left alone, grieving. But what happens if Itachi wakes up after five years? Read if you want to know!

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Chapter 4

According to the doctor he just had a fit, and it was completely normal after having his body not move for this long, it turned itself off for being used too much for a time, so this may happen again… It was bad enough to watch him hurt like this once, I don't want this again! But at least he's alright now. He's sleeping at the moment, he has got some new IV fluids a few minutes ago, I hope it gives him some strength cause he needs to gain some to leave this rotten hospital ward.

Time flies when I'm in this room. Visiting hours are already over and I have to leave my brother's side for today. As I am leaving the doctor wants to have a word with me. He takes me to a silent corner of the building.

"Sasuke-kun, may I have a word with you in private, it's about your brother's condition!"

"Of course, doctor, I'm listening." – And I really did, I concentrated on every word he said.

"Itachi-san, well he isn't in any shape to be walking around on his own two feet anytime soon now, is he? However if you'd like, you could take him home with you, but still…" – "Really!" – Wow, this is the best thing that happened to me today.

"Khm…Ahem…as I was saying you can take him home, but you will have to come back once a week for checkups, and physiotherapy. In addition, he will also have to do some exercises daily. You must assist him in almost every activity he does. It won't be easy. That's why, of course you have another possibility." – "Which is?" – I frowned. – "You can let him recover in our institution for the time being, and after a month or two he may be able to go home without any assistance."

"I understand, but I've already made my choice, I'm taking my brother home with me as soon as I can!" – "I can see your determination, young man. Then it's settled. I will make the necessary actions, and the day after tomorrow you can pick up Itachi."

"Thank you so much, doctor!" – I couldn't stop smiling…

Two days later…

The sun shone down upon the hidden village of the Leaf on the day the doctor let Sasuke take his brother home. Still they would have to come back for checkups but at least, it's not a duty anymore to constantly be at the health care center all of his time. Itachi was sitting in a wheelchair, waiting for Sasuke.

His face lit up when he saw his little brother walking towards him.

"Hey Sasuke!"

"Hi Itachi, ready to go home?" – "Mhm." – Both of them were very happy. The younger went behind the wheelchair and pushed it so they could leave this cold place, finally. They were on their way home.

"Ano…otouto, do you still live in the flat we bought after our parents had died?" – "Umm, yes of course, why wouldn't I be…I mean why do you even ask?"

"I was just curious. Well, y'know you could have moved to a smaller flat, because you didn't need two bedrooms, and it would have been cheaper for you."

"You may be right, but then again, you wouldn't have a room to return to now, would you?"

"Hm, you're right, little brother…thanks! – Itachi was looking at his lap a huge smile adorning his pale face. So his brother had hoped for his return.

"Sasuke-kun! Wait!" – the brothers heard a girl shout behind them. Sasuke turned back his head slightly, cursing in his head. 'Please, just no her!' It was sad that he couldn't escape from this conversation, because of his brother.

"Sakura, what do you want?" – he was annoyed, before the girl even started her babbling. 'Wow, he's really grumpy' –thought Itachi amused.

"Sasuke-kun, I was thinking if you had some free time, you could help me practice with shuriken in the afternoon!" – she was blushing and squeezing her right arm with her left hand. It was easy to see how nervous she was. But Sasuke couldn't care less about her feelings. Even if he hasn't got a sick brother he had to take care of, he wouldn't fulfill the girl's wish. It would be a waste of his time. Cause he knew for a fact that this pink haired idiot was only going to concentrate on him through the whole practice instead of the techniques he was trying to teach.

"Sorry Sakura, but as you can see I'm kinda busy here" – he pointed at the older boy who was sitting in the wheelchair - "so my answer is no!" – As she saw Itachi she immediately forgot about girly shyness. "Who is this guy, Sasuke-kun? Are you doing some voluntary work for the hospital?"

"Hell, no Sakura! This is my older brother, Itachi, and she's my teammate, Haruno Sakura."

"Nice to meet you, Haruno-san!"- 'Itachi was always polite…' Sakura was shocked but got over it quickly. "You too, Uchiha-san!" – She bowed politely. She didn't know Sasuke still had a living relative.

"If you don't mind we would like to be on our w…" – "SAKURA-chan!" – 'Oh my God, not that idiot again!'

"Oh, Sakura-chan I thought I would never catch up to you!" – he was panting and bending over a bit his hands on his thighs, trying to catch his breath.

"What, Naruto, but we've only met now!" – But I saw you looking at the flowers in the shop window, and I wanted to say hi to you, but then you ran away so fast, I could barely follow you. 'I ran because I saw Sasuke-kun. This is soo embarrassing; he will think I'm crazy.' Sakura looked at the object of his thoughts only to discover that he was no longer there.

"Sasuke-kun, where are you?"

"Umm, the teme went that way, with the wheel chaired guy"-he pointed to a very long street, yet she couldn't see the brothers anymore. 'Sasuke-kun, why did you leave me here, with the idiot, Naruto!'

"Sakura-chan, would you like to go out with me on a date?"

"Hell no! Leave me alone, idiot!"

Everything was calm again, just he and his brother. "Who was the blond boy, Sasuke? You haven't introduced me to him yet." – Ahh…"He's just my other teammate, Uzumaki Naruto. Don't bother with him…"

"You have some teammates, they both seemed special to me."

"Hm." – After this the rest of the way home was silent. They were relishing in the feeling of the sun on their skin, cause the cloud that was in front of it just flew by a short while ago…

As soon as we arrived I took Itachi to his room. He seemed surprised looking around as we entered.

"Nothing has changed, it's the same."

"Yeah, I wasn't able to come here and pack your things. It would have meant…that I…"-I trailed off, I knew he understood what I wanted to tell.

"I'm happy you didn't do any such things." – I smiled at him.

"I'm dying of thirst so I should get something to drink, is it alright with you if I leave you here for a sec?"

"Of course, little brother, just take your time!"

I went to the kitchen for some fresh water. I was on my way back to his room, when I heard a loud thud. I got really nervous and rushed to the door in an instant. When I opened it my gaze immediately found my brother lying helplessly on the hard wooden floor, crying, his hands bleeding.

„Nii-san, what happened to you? What have you done with your hands?" – I asked my voice full of concern. He lifted his head slightly tears flowing down his cheeks.

„Sasuke, Sasuke, why did you leave me alone? I thought you would never come back! Wahh…aah… - he shut his eyes, and cried hysterically. I gulped, and prepared myself mentally for a moment before going to his side and gently putting my hand on his back, patting it.

"Shh, calm down, I'm here, you don't have to worry about this anymore, just tell me what happened?"

„I wanted to get up, but I fell and, and brought down that photo frame with me and then it shattered on the ground and I tried to pick them up but, but…they cut my hands. And you weren't here"…-as I looked around while he was talking to me I saw the little pieces that remained of the glass frame. Some of them were red from Itachi's blood the other's still transparent, but in the middle of them laid the picture itself. I haven't seen that one for a while now. It was a picture of our family together, our parents too. We were so happy, but then they died and Itachi had to take care of me, because he was the older brother. Well our roles are reversed now. I'm going to take care of you brother; you don't have to worry about anything from now on!

"But I'm here now, aren't I? Would you mind if I slept here with you for tonight?"

"You don't have to, I mean…if you want that, you can, but…you don't have to worry about me"- he was fidgeting and looking at his lap while talking. 'So he doesn't want to feel like it's because of him, well then I'll do as he wants me to.'

"It's not that; it's just for me, I would feel more at ease if you were closer while I slept, cause I'm very happy that you're here with me again. That's all"

"Then I'm your roommate for tonight!"- Itachi smiled widely, completely satisfied with Sasuke's comment. 'How much I've been missing these smiles of his. I don't even remember why I was afraid and confused about him being awake. It seems so simple now. Everything is perfect again. I looked at his hands, and saw his cuts.

"Stay still, I'm going to bring some bandages for your hands" – "Thanks" – I stood up and hurried out of the room to get some gauze.

To be continued…

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