-Sasuke-

I heard my brother's car pull up in the driveway and I glanced at the clock on the T.V and frowned. He'd been out all night, again. I heard his keys in the door and got to my feet and padded into the hallway by the door. I folded my arms across my chest and frowned as the door opened. I was expecting to see my older brother, but what I wasn't expecting was for him to be carrying a girl around my age in his arms.

"Sasuke."

Itachi said and I looked from the girl who was asleep in my brother's arms to my brother's eyes.

"Itachi."

I said and saw him smile just slightly.

"Is the room upstairs clean? The one across from yours."

He asked and I blinked in surprise before nodding slowly and watched as Itachi stepped inside the house after having kicked his shoes off and continued to go to the stairs and start to head upstairs. I followed after him and walked behind him as he turned down the hall to go to the room across from mine that we had used as a guest room until now. I was shocked to see my older brother acting so careful with the girl in his arms, just who was she?

-Itachi-

I hadn't expected Skye to fall asleep on the way over, but I guess she was more exhausted than she let on. Which wasn't surprising if what Konan had said really happened to her. Just the thought of someone hurting Skye like that made my blood boil, but there was nothing I could do about it but make sure she was okay.

I pushed the door open with my shoulder, being careful of Skye, before stepping inside and walking over to the bed. I gently laid her down on the bed before pulling up her knees and sliding them under the comforter on the bed and making sure she was covered before stepping back.

"Itachi...who is she?"

I heard my brother ask and turned to see him staring at her from the doorway, curiosity clear in his onyx colored eyes.

"She's an old friend of mine. You remember Deidara right?"

I asked as I walked out of the room with him following. I shut the door quietly after me before we both started heading back downstairs.

"That's his cousin, Skye. She's actually around your age, if not a little bit older."

I said as we reached the foot of the stairs. I heard him stop on the bottom step and turned to look back at him.

"Okay, but what's she doing here?"

He asked with a frown and I smiled at him just a bit.

"She's gonna be staying with us. This house is too big for just the two of us."

I said.

"Besides, she needs friends her own age, not just me, Deidara, Sasori, Pein, and Konan."

I explained and saw my little brother's frown deepen. I motioned for him to come closer and when he did I poked him in the forehead making him step back and scowl at me as he rubbed the spot I'd poked.

"She's been through a lot Sasuke and she'll need to be around people. Try to get along with her, okay?"

I asked and he stopped scowling at me and nodded.

"Good, now what say we order some pizza?"

I asked and he smiled slightly before following me into the kitchen as I pulled out my phone and dialed the number to the nearest Pizza Hut.

-Skye-

I jumped at the sound of shattering glass and turned to look at Shinta. He looked pissed, no, he looked beyond that, he looked enraged.

"You whore! What made you think that I'd be happy about something like that?"

He asked and I felt like someone had just punched me in the gut.

"But babe, I thought..."

I started, but trailed off when I heard him laugh.

"Thought what? That I loved you? Please, you were just a fine piece of ass that wasn't half bad in bed."

He said and I felt my heart clench in my chest before taking a step towards him.

"Please babe, you don't mean that, you're just drunk."

I said and was about to wrap my arms around him when I felt him backhand me. I stared up at him in shock, it wasn't like it had been the first time he'd hit me, but the fact that he'd hit me even after I'd told him of my condition.

"Drunk am I? I'll show you drunk you whore!"

He yelled before grabbing me by the front of my shirt and slamming me against the wall, then slamming his lips against mine. I tried to push him away, but he was too strong. My resistance only seemed to piss him off further because he slapped me again before throwing me to the floor. I looked up at him and shivered at the lust filled look in his green eyes.

"No."

I said in a broken whisper, but he didn't listen to me as he grabbed hold of my arm and pulled me towards him as he unbuckled his pants and pushed them down past his hips then started tugging at mine.

"No!"

I said and started hitting him as hard as I could.

"What? Now that you're pregnant you're too good for this?"

He asked with a scowl before reaching into his pocket for something. I didn't know what it was until he flicked his wrist and I heard the distinctive click of his pocketknife.

"In that case, it's time for you to get an abortion."

He said and raised his hand high over my stomach.

"No!"

I screamed and tried to get out of his grasp, but it was no use. Lightning flashed from outside and the light glinted off the blade before he plunged the six inch stainless steel blade into my abdomen.

"NO!"

I screamed and shot up out of bed. My breathing was ragged and I could hear my heart beating wildly in my chest, but I didn't care. I pulled my shirt up and reached a hand down only to feel the tight knit threads of stitching across my abdomen and felt tears well up in my eyes.

Why?

I wondered as I started to rock myself back and forth as I fought back the tears that wanted to fall.

Why couldn't it have just been a dream?

I wondered before hearing footsteps thundering up stairs, then coming my way. I didn't even look up as the door was thrown open, slamming carelessly into the wall, but I did look up when I heard Itachi's voice.

"Skye...Skye!"

I looked up to see worry clear in his onyx colored eyes and clearly etched on his face.

"Itachi..."

I choked out his name before the tears started falling down my face. He was by my side in an instant and wrapped his arms around me and pulling me into his lap.

"Shh, it's okay."

He said as he rocked me back and forth while smoothing back my hair to try and calm me down.

"He...he...he..."

I tried to speak, but Itachi just pulled me closer so that my head was buried in his chest.

"Shh, you don't have to talk about it until you're ready."

He said and I clutched the front of his shirt in my hands tightly and cried. I heard someone else enter the room, but I didn't care who it was. I didn't care about anything, I didn't focus on anything but the soothing motion of Itachi rocking me back and forth and quietly telling me everything would be okay and that he'd be here for me.

I rest my head on his shoulder, still clutching onto his shirt with tears streaming down my face, but my eyes felt heavy all of a sudden and I tried to keep them open, but it was a loosing battle.

"Go to sleep Skye, you're safe here."

Itachi said and I mumbled that I didn't want to go to sleep, that he would be there in my dreams, but Itachi promised me that he'd stay by my side and I found myself unwilling to stay awake much longer.

"He tried to kill me Tachi."

I whispered as my eyes finally closed and I started to slip into the world of dreams again, but this time I wasn't afraid. I felt safe with Itachi's arms around me and the smell of his cologne filling my nose with every breath. I was safe here with Itachi. He was my friend, my brother. He'd make sure nothing happened to me again, I could trust him.