A TorturedTourniquet Beta
Woah!! Chapter ten already! No way!! *sweat drop* Okay folks!! I'm kinda sad that only two people guessed at my question in the last chappie...
So the answer to his question from the last chapter is... Sakura/Lee Iruka/Kakashi and Naruto/Sasuke (and yes no narusasu stuff has been really mention but the story is about them so it counts.)
Kudos to XxxblackpearlxxX and evanescenceangel18 I love you guys for answering the question...Hugs for you both!
As for the story, This chapter has Itachi in it!...*turns to Itachi who is in the back rolling his eyes* You're on Tata-chan!! *Itachi ignores her as he walks away*

Oh, let me give you a quick author's note (T/N: Isn't this whole part an author's note?): Yes I know the fight between Sasuke and Itachi was loads different, but this is a dream in the beginning

Disclaimer: I love Naruto but I can't own him, he belongs to Kishimoto-sensei!!
Warning: Yaoi. Cursing. Later lemons. No flaming. Oh and it's kinda short today! You've been warned. Mwah ha ha!

And he sweated, cried, and shed blood, most not his own, for no real reason. Was that one person his savior?

He was running in the desert-like place. It felt like he was going nowhere. The air was chilling and the sky seemed the color of blood.

Finally, he came to a stop. The raven couldn't move any more, as before him stood a taller version of himself, but with longer hair and clad in a black cloak with red clouds. "Aniki.." his voice echoed.

The other raven turned to him, face stoic. "Otouto." The word gave Sasuke chills.

In no time at all, Sasuke was right next to his older brother. "I will avenge my family against you!" he yelled.

"Do you actually think you are strong enough to do so, Otouto?" Itachi asked.

"DIE!!" Sasuke screamed in bloody murder. But before any action occurred he was flicked on the forehead and Itachi collapsed to the ground. Blood dripped from his open mouth.

The older raven grabbed hs brother's arm and pulled him to his knees. Sasuke looked shocked at his older brother's smile. A gentle smile. "I'm proud of you, Sasuke-chan..."

"A-Aniki?!" the avenger gasped. Itachi slowly closed his happy eyes and all together he was gone.

Suddenly, a voice came from behind Sasuke. "He did this all for you."

The raven narrowed his eyes. "Who are you?" he asked, turning to face the man.

The man removed the orange mask from his face. It was Uchiha Madara! "Itachi planned all this out from the start. He wanted to make you a hero, Sasuke," the man said.

It all burned in Sasuke's mind. "What are you talking about?!" his question echoed in the air.

"Itachi was ordered to kill his whole family and since he was an ANBU captain he couldn't refuse," Madara stated as if it were common sense. "But, because he loved you so much, your brother pleaded to keep you alive, all so that you wouldn't find out the truth."

"No..." Sasuke pleaded. It was unbelieveable. He's been fighting to be strong enough to kill th only person who wanted him to be safe.

"Yes," the older Uchiha responded. "Your dear brother knew you so well that he planned everything out. The poor boy even grew ill. But, that wouldn't stop the strong will of Itachi. He took medication in the hopes that the only way he would die would be by the hands of his Otouto."

"S-stop the lies!" Sasuke screamed. He covered his ears with his bloody hands. Tears fell from his eyes. It was the first time he'd cried since his clan died. "Lies, all of it! Please don't... don't l-let it be true."

"But it is true, Sasuke," Madara hissed. "If you don't believe me go ask the only three who know the truth. Now that he Third Hokage is dead, they are the only left to know, those elders of Konoha and Danzo."

Madara vanished, leaving the raven to look upon his dead brother. Tears fell onto Itachi's body.

"ITACHI!!!" he cried to the red heavens. His hands fell to his sides as he heaved for breath between sobs. "Forgive me, Aniki..."

Scaring the ghostly Uchiha, two strong arms wrapped around his shoulders. Warmth spread across his frigid body. "I'm here for you, Sasuke."

The voice rang so familiar in his ears. Sasuke turned around in the tan embrace to face a blonde, blue eyed fox. "Naruto?"

The raven went to wipe his tears away, but they were already gone, like they vanished into the air. He looked around, confused. The sky was a clear, bright azure, birds were flying overhead. Quickly, his onyx eyes darted down to where Itachi was laying dead. But to his dismay, Itachi was gone, not even any blood on the dirt.

Sasuke looked back up at Naruto, who now stood. Sasuke looked down again, now there were grass and flowers all around them. "How...?" his voice no longer echoed.

A hand extended before his eyes. The blonde gave him a loving smile. Beside him stood, shockingly, Itachi. It was a younger Itachi, the one from Sasuke's childhood. He too smiled.

Sasuke took the hand, shaking a bit. Standing to his feet he never let go of the warm hand. Quickly, as if not wanting to forget, the younger raven wrapped his free arm around Itachi. "Aniki..." he started to tear again.

"Otouto, I have one last thing to say..." Itachi started, hugging back. He backed away from the embrace and smiled. He took Sasuke and Naruto's clasped hands in his. "Live. I want you to live a real life. Do that for me."

Like that Itachi vanished. Sasuke looked over at Naruto. The blonde grinned like a fox.

"Teme."

"Teme."

"Teme!"

"Hey, Teme wake up!" Naruto yelled. His hands were on his hips and he was slightly bent over to get a better look at Sasuke.

The raven's eyes fluttered open. The onyx orbs focused on the grinning Naruto.

"About time. Geez it's alomost noon," Naruto snickered. "I don't know how you can sleep until noon when you used to be the first one up for a mission, Believe it!"

Sasuke looked at him with wide eyes. Leaning up on his arms, he looked around his home. It was like he wanted to make sure he wasn't dreaming still. Finally, getting that he was awake, he fell back into his cot. He began to softly laugh.

The night's dream was the most pleasant he'd had in five years. He finally had an almost good night's sleep.

Naruto gave him a look. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing," Sasuke sighed. "Nothing right now."

"Right," Naruto nodded, giving Sasuke a questioning glance. The blonde walked over to the kitchen table. "Sakura-chan made you lunch again. Kami, I swear, she thinks the ANBU don't know how to give food to someone."

There was a small silence as Sasuke stood from his cot. Naruto threw the fox mask that was on his head, to the floor next to his sandles. Who knows how it didn't break.

The raven watched him unpack the basket of food, like nothing had happened yesterday. The smile gracing the blonde's face seemed fake, forced.

"Naruto," Sasuke called.

Said boy turned back to him. "Hm?"

"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked. He wasn't going to admit it, but he was genuinely worried. "I mean, with what happened yesterday-"

Naruto didn't let him finish. "Don't worry about me," he smiled sadly. Then, changing the subject, he spoke again. "Now eat! I don't feel like getting knocked out by Sakura later when she comes to check on you, Dattebyo!"

Sasuke gave him a long gaze before sighing. He walked to the table and grabbed the cantine of warm tea. After opening it, he placed the nozzle to his mouth, and began to drink.

"Damn it! Use a cup, Teme!" Naruto bellowed, eyes wide. Sasuke smirked.

One thing played in his mind the whole quiet meal with the blonde. That dream, what did it mean? Sasuke's eye twitched in annoyance. Never had any of his dreams had Naruto appear in them or his brother come back alive. There was something in that dream that made the raven's heart beat faster.

Sasuke looked back up at Naruto. The kitsune stuffed a whole piece of bread into his mouth. The raven ogled the man before smirking.

"What?" Naruto mumbled with a full mouth.

"Dobe," Sasuke held the smirk, even as his eyes averted down to the table.

"Sasuke-kun, have you been getting enough rest?" Sakura asked the pale nude man lying on the cot. Naruto sat at the table, his back to them, embarrassed.

Her hands hovered over Sasuke's body. She frowned, her pink eyebrows furrowing. "You need to sleep more I guess."

Naruto almost fell from his chair. "He sleeps until noon, how much more damn sleep does he need?!"

Sakura sent him a glare. "That doesn't mean anything. He could be falling asleep late, Naruto."

Without the bickering two seeing, a small, genuine smile graced the Uchiha's face. It was music to his ears, even if it was annoying.

"I've been having nightmares for a long time now..." Sasuke started. Sakura and Naruto stopped arguing to look at him. "That's why I haven't been sleeping well."

"Oh," Sakura said. "Well there's nothing medical ninja's can do about that."

"Hn," mumbled Sasuke.

This is probably one of the only chapters that doesn't end with a cliffie, lol. (T/N: It's still kinda a cliffie, dearie...)(A/N shhhhh no it's not!)
But there is always a method to my madness!
Itachi: Is there?
Natsuki: Ah! Itachi there you are, I was just waiting for you. (and yes there is always a method to my madness!) I want to comment on your acting today. I think you slightly overacted. Try to tone it down a bit.
Itachi: *glare* I may be dead but I can still kill you.
Natsuki: Well someone can't take critism... no wonder you left the village, you wouldn't be able to stand the critics talking about the way you murdered you fami-
Itachi: *glares even harder*
Natsuki: Geez, if looks could kill, I'd be cannibal food. (ha ha get it cannibal food, sounds like food you put in cans...shut up i like corny jokes) Well, whatever
So the next chapter is my one of my favorite chapters. It's so artistic.
Here's this week's question: How long do you think the whole story (Angel) is handwritten? Just guess as best as you can, and the closest answer gets to decide a name for an OC that will appear (much) later on! WOOO! (and no Tourniquet you can't guess!)
Tourniquet: Dammit! How'd you know I was gonna ask that? *grumble grumble*
Itachi: There will be original characters?
Natsuki: Yeah, I mean, Kishimoto-sensei makes new characters every now and again, so I decided to add some OCs in... Hope that's okay!
Please Review!!! I will be very pleased and with your reviews I will have stamina to write the ending down in my notebook!

Love Natsuki Lee