Authors Note: Sorry the last chapter was so short (Under a thousand words…sorry!). I didn't have a lot of time to write, but I wanted to get a chapter out. So I'll try to make this chapter as long as I can without overdoing it. o(^.^)o Here's an apology hug. Also, from here on out there won't be as much more movie related things (pretty sure there wasn't a lemon in the movie, and this is rated M for a reason). I was actually taking scenes from the movie, and Sasuke-ifying (is that a word? Hm…is now!) them. No more! I swear upon the sacred blood of the Galaxies Naruto Fangirls!

Anyways, enjoy, and feel free to review!
~NTNW

My mind races with all the terrible thoughts of what could have happened to nii-san.

"Kurai, we have to go find nii-san!" I lift myself up onto the horse.

Kurai gives a neigh of fear.

"It'll be okay," I soothingly stroke her main. "This is just something we have to do." With that, I flick the reins and Kurai and I go thundering off into the woods.

It's dark, the moon a sliver in the sky. I glance around frantically.

"Nii-san!" I call over and over again. "Nii-san where are you?!"

We continue on this dark old path, weeds growing everywhere. A sudden growl from a far causes Kurai to stop.

"Kurai?" I gulp, looking around. A pair of hungry melon eyes stare right back into my soul. "Oh Kami," I start to hyperventilate. "Kurai, run!"

Needless to say, the horse did not need to be told twice. We bolted off, the wolves not far behind us. Damn those things can run fast.

"Faster Kurai, faster!" Pure fear is pumping through my heart. I may be strong, but there is no way in hell I can take on a wolf pack. And by the sounds of all the yipping, barking, and howling, that's exactly what's behind me. Kurai is running as fast as the poor tired horse can. We turn around a bend and run up a stone path with black gates wide open.

"Nani?" A castle is right in front of me. It is made from dark stones that glisten like obsidian rocks. The entry doors are wide open. Kurai bolts in and stops. I slide off her, and slam the doors shut. Panting, I look around me.

The castle is quite clean and tidy, despite the fact that it should be abandoned given that it's the twenty-first century and all. It almost looks like there are still people looking after it.

Who on earth would take care of a castle without turning it into some kind of museum or something. I muse, looking around more closely. Indeed, it really does look like someone is still cleaning this place. Kurai neighs from behind me. "What is it girl?" She neighs more urgently and gestures to a hidden door she uncovered from behind a tapestry. My face pales as I realize what she means. "Itachi!"

I throw open the door and race down the steps, going in a never ending spiral of darkness. "Itachi!" I yell. "Itachi, are you here?!"

Finally a door, and I open it with a bang. I pale even more as I eye the dungeon I've found.

"Itachi!" From cell to cell, searching desperately for nii-san, heart racing, feeling as if it's about to burst from pure fear. "Itachi if you can hear me, please! Make some noise! Anything! Please!" I'm crying. Tears are dripping from my face onto the cold, unforgiving, uneven stone floor. Another door, this one made of black iron.

I pull hard and it barely opens. The hinges creak, as if it's been years since it's been in use. However, as soon as it's open, the smell of fresh blood slaps me in the face.

Oh no…I scream, "Itachi!" More stairs, but I don't care. If I don't get to Itachi soon…I run faster. His sickness, it'll kill him! "Itachi! Please! Answer me!" One more iron door. I put all my weight and strength into it, and I can barely squeeze through the crack I've made. "Itachi!" I stop.

This dungeon, is a tall but not very long cave of sorts. I can see black churning water splashing up onto the rocks, and an opening. The sky is dark and it smells like there is soon to be a storm. Cells line the walls of the cave. And in one cell…

"Itachi!" I rush to him.

"Sasuke," He rasp, coughing, blood slipping down his chin. "What…what are you doing," Another cough, more blood. "Here?"

"I'm here to rescue you," Tears slip down my face. "Now where are the keys, I need to get you out!" I look around desperately for the keys. But no matter what nook and cranny I search, I cannot seem to find them.
"Sasuke," Itachi rasps. "You need to get away from here."

"No!" I shout. "I'm not leaving you here to die!"

"Oh how sweet," A deep voice growls. "So brotherly love still exists? I could have sworn you said it didn't Itachi-kun."

I swirl around in fear, only seeing shadows. The moon peeks every-so-slightly from the clouds. "W-Who's there?" I curse myself for stuttering.

"You must be Itachi's little brother," The voice rumbles on as if not hearing me. "Oh, you look like you'll be perfect."

"Please, let my brother go!" I yell into the darkness. "He'll die! I'll do anything, please!"

"Anything?" The voice questions.

"Sasuke, no!" Itachi breaks down coughing. I run over to him and hold his hands.

I gasp. "Itachi, your hands are like ice! You have to go home. I can't lose you. I can't."

The voice chuckles.

"Don't laugh!" I yell angrily, tears streaking down my cheeks. "He's the only family I've got. Please! Let him go!"

"Would you take his place?"

"Huh?" I blink.

"That's my deal," The voice growls. "Either you take his place, or I'll leave him here to die. I have the keys after all." A jingling of keys echoes throughout the cave.

"Sasuke," Itachi coughs, and blood flies from his lips. "No…"

"Shh…" I stroke his hands. "I'll be alright. You need to go home and see Haku and Konan. They can heal you."

I bite my lip and gulp. "If you promise to let him go, then…I'll stay." The instant the last word leaves my lips, I'm shoved aside by something furry, and before I know it, Itachi is on the back of one of the wolves from before, and is being carried away from me, the look of fear in his eyes.

"Itachi!" I sob, lowering my face into my hands. "Itachi…nii-san…"

"It was your decision kit," The furry thing strokes me from my head, down my back. "And now…" I'm being picked up. "You're mine."

The moonlight shines brightly, and the legend I've been told since I was a kid becomes real. The monstrous Kitsune No Kyuubi's murderous red eyes gleam excitedly in the silver light.