Let's get this show on the road shall we?
Tsunade looked from Sasuke to Itachi trying to decide who to work on first, She knew the obvious one was Itachi because if she didn't help him regain his memory right away it could do permanent damage.
"Kakashi Sasuke will have to wait a second I need to restore Itachi's memory first or else it could be to late to do it." Tsunade said as she looked at the man lying on the bed unconcious.
"Shouldn't you remove the stitches first." Kakashi asked.
"I'll do that afterward, and then Sakura your going to clean out the injuries so he doesn't get an infection." Tsunade said adressing the young pink haired shinobi.
Sakura nodded in understanding and Tsunade walked over to Itachi and put each hand on the sides Itachi's head, she closed her eyes in concetration as she started to fix Itachi's shattered mind.
Finely after twenty minutes her hands stopped glowing and Itachi's eyes opened, he let out a loud moan of pain and Tsunade went to a drawer and handed a pair of scissors to Sakura. "Be as careful as you can." She said softly.
Sakura nodded and walked over to Itachi while Tsunade went over to Sasuke and Kakashi. She got to work on healing the teen's injuries while Sakura watched for a second before turning back to Itachi and pulling up a chair next to the bed.
"Hey Itachi, I'm Sakura...I'm going to remove these stitches okay? So hold very still and face me please." Sakura said calmly she was trying to maintain anger deep inside though, she felt that this older boy was the reason Sasuke has suffered so much in his life.
Itachi looked at her and Sakura gently tried to part Itachi's lips a enough to get a piece of string loose, Itachi hissed in pain and Sakura finely found a piece and cut it in half then started to gently ease the needle out of Itachi's lips, each time it went out Itachi let out a groan of pain.
She continued until she was done and then she went and got a bit of alchohol and some cotton balls and got ready to clean the injury on Itachi's mouth when she saw Itachi was just staring at Sasuke who was now asleep since Tsunade had finished a little while ago.
Sakura could tell the eighteen year old young man was worried about him, but she walked over to him and turned his head to the side after dampening a cotton ball with the foul smelling liquid.
"This may hurt." Sakura said.
"I've taken worse." Itachi suddenly spoke.
Sakura smiled weakly and started to clean off Itachi's lips and then when she was done she washed her hands.
Kakashi looked at Itachi and walked over to him. "Itachi do you know who did this to your brother? Besides Madara." He asked.
Itachi nodded and opened his mouth and spoke. "My father." He said simply.
"You do know that you will be charged and put to death right?" Tsunade said firmly.
Itachi nodded. "It was worth it. At least he's safe." Itachi said calmly.
"W-Wait..." Came a soft voice. They all looked saw Sasuke trying to sit up. "Please...there has to be something you can do...don't kill him...please..." Sasuke begged.
Kakashi shook his head. "Sasuke...its the law..." Kakashi said.
"B-But...it's not fair..." Sasuke whispered.
"I'm sorry Sasuke...my final answer is death. Because its the only choice I have." Tsunade said. Sasuke suddenly got off the bed and got onto his hands and knees.
"Please...don't do it...he helped me. He's all I have left..." Sasuke said as he started begging.
Tsunade shook her head. "That doesn't make up for what he's done Sasuke...I'm sorry." She said.
Kakashi sighed as two anbu ninjas came in and grabbed Itachi and took him out of the room, to take him to the Konoha prison.
Tsunade looked at Sasuke sadly and shook her head. Sasuke stared at the ground he didn't even look up when she left he just continued to stare at the ground as some tears started to drip from his eyes onto the tile ground.
~Uchiha Compound~
It had been four weeks since they had gotten out of the hospital, the Hokage had eventually with enough of Sasuke's begging decided to not kill Itachi but put him on probation and threatened if he leave without telling anyone he'd be executed immediately.
Itachi had gotten custody over his little brother, but Kakashi was ordered to watch over the two despite the fact that Itachi could take care of himself for the most part.
So Kakashi stopped in every now and then, there hadn't been any threats from the Akatsuki lately or from Madara personally.
Sasuke seemed happy and that made Itachi happy so they were both happy.
Right now Itachi was sitting at the table eating rice with Sasuke but Sasuke for some reason looked sad.
"Sasuke? What's the matter?" Itachi asked.
"N-Nothing...I'm fine." Sasuke said looking away.
"No you're not I can tell your upset about something..." Itachi said.
"Well...I was just thinking...what if Madara comes back?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi's look became serious. "Foolish younger brother. I will never ever let him hurt you again. I promise." Itachi said calmly.
Sasuke nodded and smiled at him. "Thank you." Sasuke whispered.
Hope you liked it!
Emily