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Glaring Dream

A/N: Actually is a birthday fic for Itachi-sama's birthday.. I posted it on fanfic.net too, right on his birth date!

Genre: General/Angst

Setting: Birthday Fic! This occurs before the `Massacre of the Uchiha'. Sasuke is just 7 years old while Itachi is of course, 12 years old.

Summary: The 7 years old Sasuke is going to buy his brother's birthday gift. But with the disapproval and resentment from his own parents, the treatment from the kids in the village.. How can he do that?

Disclaimers: I do not own Naruto! AND.. The title of this fic is named after the ending song- Glaring Dream from the anime- Gravitation! It is also the song I used at the end of this fic! It does not belonged to me too!

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One-Shot Fic

“Nii-san!” the seven years old boy ran towards his brother, hugging him, “Where is Nii-san going now?”

“Sorry Sasuke.. Nii-san is going away for a mission. I'll be back soon.” Itachi ruffled the little boy's hair before standing up and headed towards the door.

Sasuke frowned sadly and caught up with his brother. “But Nii-san promise to teach Sasuke how to throw shurikens today..” he whined, “You never fulfill your promise..”

With that, Itachi's eyes softened. The cold coal-like eyes softened for no one but his little brother. “Sasuke, be good. I'll teach you tomorrow, alright?”

The younger Uchiha looked away. “You always say tomorrow.. I don't want to wait for tomorrow..” he was reluctant to let go of his grasp, “Stay for today.. will you?”

Itachi sighed. Truly, he really wanted to stay with his little brother but..

“Sasuke. What are you doing?” Their father, Uchiha Fugaku stepped into the scene, “Let your brother go. Don't expect your brother to play around with your childishness always. He has his work.”

Upon hearing their father, Sasuke let go of his trembling hands from his brother but at that moment, Itachi suddenly bent down and wrapped one of his arms around the smaller one, pulling him close to his chest. Then he pulled away slightly.

“Sasuke.. When Nii-san's back from mission, I'll go out with you.. Alright?” Itachi rested his forehead against his brother's and looked into his dark night eyes like his, “I promise.”

The younger Uchiha gave cute pout. “Promise?”

“Promise.” Itachi gave a small smile, only allowed Sasuke to see, “And don't go out alone unnecessary.”

Then, the older Uchiha poked his finger on Sasuke's forehead before he left for mission. And Sasuke stared at his brother's back, left behind the door.

“Stop staring and get yourself useful by training hard.” His father's voice snapped him out of his train of thoughts.

All the young Uchiha could do was to lower his head and head back to his room.

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He stared outside the window, waiting for his Nii-san to be back home. It was already evening and dinner was starting. But he hadn't back home yet. He wondered when his brother will be back home.. with him.

Knock.. Knock..

The door opened without his consent of letting the person- his mother, Uchiha Mikoto in. She faked a smile at him but Sasuke didn't realise.

“Sasuke-dear.. It's time for dinner now so come on..” her voice was gentle but actually she wasn't very keen on asking her younger son. With that, she then left the room without her son.

Sasuke frowned and pushed himself off the chair he was sitting. “Nii-san..”

He took a last glance through his window before walking down the stairs to join his family for dinner.. without his brother once again.

On his way, Sasuke was thinking if he could do something for his brother because he was so packed since last week. Suddenly, something went across his mind. How could he forget..

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Sasuke began in the middle of the dinner. “Otosan. Okasan. Nii-san's birthday is tomorrow! So..” Sasuke paused for a while to see the reaction in his parent's face.

“Itachi doesn't need this kind of stuff.” His father said, without even sparing a glance at Sasuke, “He just need to concentrate on his workload. There's no need for this. This is child's play.”

That hurt Sasuke a lot. He knew that birthdays weren't celebrate in his house. They didn't celebrate any one's birthday at all. He then searched his mother for different answer.

“I agree..” his mother said.

That alone let Sasuke widened his eyes with hopes and surprise. He waiting for his mother to finish her sentence.

“..with your father.” His mother finished.

But that wasn't what he wanted for reply. Sasuke lowered his head in disappointment. He was thinking how could his parents didn't even think of celebrating his brother's.. their son's birthday when he worked so hard out there.

“I've finished.” Sasuke stood up from his chair and headed back to his room, quietly.

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Sasuke tried to sleep but he couldn't. His brother wasn't back home yet. He knew that already but he just couldn't get back to sleep. He wanted to wait for his brother to be back home, with him again. He didn't want to stay home alone..

The 7 years old boy flipped his blanket away and walked over to his desk. `Maybe I can make something for Nii-san..' he thought as he pulled his drawer open.

There was a wooden box with intricate designs on it. This wooden box was a gift given to him by his Nii-san when he reached the age of 6 last year. He still remembered what his brother had told him on that day.

“Make good use of this box. Happy birthday, Sasuke..”

That was the first time his family member- his brother, ever gave him a present on his birthday. The only gift. And since then, he had started to save money and thought that he could buy something for his Aniki one day.

He opened the box carefully and smiled.

“What should I buy..”

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“Otosan. May I go out for a while?” Sasuke asked his father, first thing in the morning.

“No. You should stay at home.” His father said with a stern voice.

“But Nii-san isn't back yet.. And I want to buy something for him for his birthday today..” Sasuke whined alittle, hoping the impossible that his father would soften.

“I say no. Your brother doesn't need this kind of stupid stuff. Go back to your room.” The head of the Uchiha's family ordered harshly.

Without any second sentence from him, the young Uchiha headed back to his room, sobbing. From his room, he could hear his father saying..

“Weak child. He doesn't even match the standard of Itachi.” His father's voice was heard.

“Don't worry. It's not as if we're handling everything to him.” Another voice- his mother's voice replied.

“He can't even control sharingan now.”

Sharingan? Upon hearing the conversation between his parents, Sasuke blamed himself for being so weak. He blamed himself for not being able to control sharingan like his brother. He then started to question himself..

“Am I good for Nii-san?” he sobbed.

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Looking left and right.. He checked his surrounding, making sure that no one noticed him before he stepped out of his room.

His father had gone for mission and his mother had gone to friend's house. It was nearly 4 in the afternoon now and his Aniki wasn't back yet. He sighed. But he recovered quickly because he knew this was the only chance to sneak out of the house.

He opened the front door and closed it behind him carefully. Then, Sasuke headed down towards the busy street with his saved money, in his pocket. He had totally forgot what he brother had said before he went out.

“What should I buy?” he murmured to himself once again. From the corner of his eyes, he saw a simple shop which sold accessories. He went in and looked around.

“Little boy, may I help you?” An old man asked.

Sasuke stared at him blurrily for a while for answering, “I want to buy a present for my Nii-san. But I don't know what to buy..”

The old man rubbed his chin absently as Sasuke continued to look at him, waiting for him to answer. Then, the old man turned to him and said, “Maybe you want to buy for him a necklace or something?”

“Necklace?” Sasuke widened his eyes in excitement, “Necklace then!”

The man then took out a tray of necklace, displayed neatly. Sasuke thought for a while and frowned.

“Ano..” Sasuke muttered sadly, “I dunno which one Nii-san will like..”

The old man smiled. “Well.. Your Nii-san will like anything you buy, little boy..”

“Really?” Sasuke immediately brightened up. Then he pointed at the necklace which had 3 pearl-like beads on it. “Then I want this one!”

The older one laughed, “Alright.. Calm down, little one.. I'll wrap for you..”

“Arigatou!” The young Uchiha cheered.

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Sasuke had the necklace wrapped nicely and put it inside his pocket. He was very eager, as well as excited, to see his brother's reaction.

While heading home, he saw a group of the Uchiha boys playing. He tried to ignore them by walking passed without being noticed. But he failed as a hand pulled the collar of his shirt.

“Hey! Look who's here?” One of the boy teased, “It's the great Uchiha's younger brother!”

Sasuke struggled in his grasp, trying to get away. But unfortunately, 3 more boys surrounded him.

“Yea..” Another one said, “I can't imagine this weakling is the brother of that jounin!”

“Hanase yo!” Sasuke glared at them coldly, “Let me go!”

One of the 4 boys kicked the sand on the ground towards him. Because of the rough surface of the sand, it cut his legs. “Urusai! You don't have the rights to retort.. What more, you can't even compare yourself with your brother! Your brother is too strong for you.. Maybe he feel ashamed to be with you!”

“Yea.. Maybe your Nii-san resent you more than anyone else!” Another one yelled as he yanked the black haired boy to the wall with his collar, making Sasuke hissed in pain, shivering with fear.

But his heart felt the most soreness. His eyes saddened.

“Weak!” One of the Uchihas attempted to punch him as Sasuke shut his eyes, waiting for the contact to come. But it never came.

“Ita.. Itachi-sama..” He heard stammering. `Nii-san?'

Sasuke snapped open his eyes, watching how the boys trembled under the cold gaze of his brother. Without another word, they ran away with fear.

Sighed in relief that the bullies were gone and that.. his Nii-san was back from mission.

“Nii-san!” Sasuke pushed himself forward to hug the older one. Itachi returned him not with a hug or a smile, but a cold stare at him, frowning.

Sasuke tilted his head in confusion. He was about to speak but was led to home with his Aniki's hand on his wrist. Silence consumed them throughout the journey.

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Itachi settled his little brother on his bed and walked towards his bathroom without saying anything. That left Sasuke's thoughts running wild.

“Yea.. Maybe your Nii-san resent you more than anyone else!”

Sasuke squirmed his eyes, forcing himself not to cry in front of his brother. He then shook his head. `Nii-san won't do that..'

Itachi returned with a first-aid kit and sat beside the younger one. He then started to clean and bandage the cuts on his legs. Sasuke watched his brother aiding his wound.

Not more than 10 minutes, Itachi had finished the aiding and prepared to stand up to put away the first-aid kit when two small arms wrapped around his waist.

“Sasuke?” Itachi finally spoke.

Sobbing was heard. He turned himself around and immediately, Sasuke buried his head under his chin. “Nii-san.. Do y-you.. h-hate Sa.. Sasu-ke..” The younger one sobbed.

Itachi was utterly confused. He put his arms around the smaller form and drew circles on his back. “Of course not.. Sasuke.”

Sasuke pulled back and sat on his brother's laps, head lowered. “Then.. Then w-why you didn't t-talk to Sa.. Sasuke.. You a-are angry at Sasuke?” The younger Uchiha choked at his own words.

The older one sighed. “Of course I'm angry.”

That made the little one flinch slightly. Itachi patted his head to comfort him. “I'm angry because you didn't listen to me, Sasuke.”

“Huh?” Sasuke brought his head up and met the eyes of his brother with his teary ones.

Itachi's heart felt a pang for causing his little brother to cry. “I told you not to leave the house unnecessary. It's not as if you didn't know that you would get hurt by all those basta.. I mean.. bullies. And I think Otosan and Okasan didn't know about it.” Itachi tried to make his voice as soft as possible.

The young Uchiha shook his head. “Iie.. I didn't go out unnecessary.. I went and brought you this..” With that, Sasuke took a small box out from his pocket and handed to his brother.

Itachi was quite taken back with the small white box that was handed over to him. He took the box from his little brother and looked at him. The only reaction he got from Sasuke was he rubbed the tears off his eyes with his fist and stared at him eagerly after that.

He arched one of his eyebrows. With a nod from his brother to continue, he opened the small box and stared at the necklace. It was a string of 3 pearl-like beads attached to it. It was simple but.. pleasant.

He was surprised when Sasuke threw himself at him and wrapped his arms around his neck, giving him a kiss on his cheek. “Happy birthday! Nii-san!” he exclaimed.

So.. His brother got all the troubles and got hurt just because he wanted to give this to him? He should know that if he got caught by their parents, he would be in deep trouble. Because they never celebrate birthdays. What more, he was hurt by those ignorant kids.

“Sasuke..” Itachi was indeed surprised by his brother but he recovered quickly and smiled.. a wide smile, “My little brother..”

“Hehe.. I hope you like it, Nii-san!” Sasuke smiled.

Itachi ruffled the younger one's hair affectionately. “I love it, Sasuke..” he grinned, “Arigatou..”

Sasuke's smile just got wider as he rested his head against the older one's chest. He closed his eyes, his arms had got around his brother's waist.

“Ne, Sasuke..” Itachi called, his voice hid alittle mischief-ness, “Wanna go out and play?”

Sasuke's ears perked up. His Nii-san had finally gonna play with him! He didn't need to find excuse like training to throw shurikens to be with his brother anymore.

“Ehh..” Sasuke stared at him.

“I promised to bring you out after I came back from mission, didn't I?”

“Where!” Sasuke cheered, jumping slightly on his brother's laps.

“You'll know..” Itachi carried the smaller one easily with his arms.

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“Where are we going, Nii-san?” Sasuke asked, “You sure Otosan won't get angry?”

Itachi shook his head, “Don't worry. I'll make sure he won't take it out on you when we get home..”

“Oh..” Sasuke murmured.

Itachi took a glance at his brother and sighed inwardly. He didn't want his brother to be unhappy.. especially on his own birthday whereby he could celebrate with Sasuke.. alone.

“Hmm..” Itachi smiled slightly, only for Sasuke, “There's a festival market going on there! That's where we're heading!” And he pulled the younger one to quicken their pace.

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“Wow! There's a lot of people!” Sasuke exclaimed as he looked around.

“Hn.” Itachi was finding something. A stall which.. “There! Let's go Sasuke!”

Before Sasuke could reply, his brother had pulled him to a stall. The stall had different stuffed animals and other toys. The dark night eyes widened at the sight.

“Which one you want?” Itachi asked suddenly.

“Ehh?” Sasuke tilted his head slightly, puzzled, “Then.. I w-want..”

“Hn?” Itachi bent lower for he couldn't hear his little brother, “What you say?”

Sasuke pointed shyly at the small stuffed teddy bear. “I w-want.. that o-one..” he murmured. He wouldn't want to trouble his brother because that small stuffed teddy bear he wanted need 1000 points to get it.

Itachi laughed mentally, as if he could read what was on in his brother's mind. He let out a smile on his face. “I'll get it for you. Watch Nii-san.”

“Honto ni?” Sasuke asked in enthusiasm, eyes brightened up.

Without any word, Itachi called the owner of the stall. Many shuriken-like objects appeared on the table. He smirked as he threw all of them, one by one, hitting the target 100 over and over again.

Sasuke was standing aside, watching with astonishment. That was the first time he saw his brother so cool.. with great accuracy, never missing the target.

In less than 5 minutes, Itachi got enough points to redeem the stuffed teddy bear for Sasuke. By then, a lot of people who were standing around, applauded for him.

The older one handed the stuffed toy to his brother. “There..”

“Arigatou, Nii-san!” Sasuke got the bear and gave a quick kiss on his brother's cheek.

Itachi responded by ruffling his hair. “Where you wanna go next?”

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The two brothers were having their fun together. Both of them were laughing and smiling, ignoring other people's weird stare on them. Because they never see the Great Itachi-sama laughed so openly before and hanging out with his brother.

People were attracted to his smile but were envious too. They hoped that they were the one who Itachi was smiling at. Too bad, only Uchiha Sasuke.. Itachi-sama's younger brother got this kind of treatment.

Both of them bought popcorns for themselves and played games at the other stalls. When they were hungry, both of them settled themselves in the restaurant and ate their fill. After that, they continued to play and have fun.. like normal brothers are.

Because their family didn't allow them to have any entertainment. They only forced them to train hard. They wouldn't allow Sasuke to be near with Itachi. Poor brothers living under one roof yet couldn't be seen as together.

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“I'm happy, Nii-san!” Sasuke said as he jumped onto Itachi's bed.

“Me too.” Itachi smiled as he sat on the bed.

Sasuke fidgeted alittle before muttered, “What did Otosan say? Did he.. scold you?” He laid his head on the pillow as he pulled the small teddy bear his brother had won for him, closer. He knew he shouldn't be out there with his brother.

“Iie.” Itachi tuck himself and his brother under the bed, “He wouldn't dare.”

“That's good..” Sasuke grinned childishly. “But it seems like today is my birthday rather than yours.. You bought this and that for me while I only bought a necklace for you..” he sighed.

“No, Sasuke..” Itachi tilted his head up to let his brother see the necklace around his neck, “Your gift is a very pleasant one.. I love it very much..”

“Really?” Sasuke asked in high spirits, “Nii-san too! You are very cool when you won this teddy bear for me!” He showed his brother the teddy bear.

“Maybe he feel ashamed to be with you!”

This sentence flashed across the younger one's mind suddenly and Itachi saw the sudden saddened eyes of his brother.

“What's wrong?” He caressed his cheek and asked.

“Nii-san..” Sasuke began softly, “Are you ashamed to be with me `cause I'm not strong enough to be your brother?”

`Damn those people! Whoever is it! What did they do to my brother..' Itachi thought as he frowned. “Sasuke.. What do you think.. after spending this evening with me today?”

“Ehh..?” Sasuke looked at his brother, “So you mean you love Sasuke?”

“Yea.. You're precious to me.. Sasuke.” Itachi said bluntly.

The younger Uchiha blinked, trying to make the words from his Nii-san to be registered fully into his mind before smiling, nuzzling into his brother's chest . “Nii-san! I love Nii-san too!”

Heaved a sigh of relief, Itachi pulled his brother closer for an embrace. “I love you too.”

“Hehe.. It's my dream to be with Nii-san together forever!” Sasuke said, hugging both the teddy bear and his brother, “And I want to be as strong as you!”

“You can.. Sasuke.” The older one encouraged, “You can..”

Soon enough, Itachi heard the steady breathing of his younger brother's. He heard murmuring so he pulled away alittle.

“Happy birthday.. Nii-san..” and a content smile across Sasuke's lips.

Itachi gave a kiss on his brother's forehead and touched the necklace around his neck. And he soon, went into deep slumber with Sasuke in his arm.

Little did Sasuke knew that he had already gave the world's one and only present to his Nii-san already.. Itachi was pleased with just Sasuke by his side.. even without the necklace. Because Itachi had received the best birthday gift long ago already.. to have a younger brother like Sasuke, spending his birthday with him.

“Thanks.. Sasuke.” Itachi muttered in his sleep.

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Glaring Dream

nigiyaka na hitogomi ni tokeru tsubuyaki ga

ashimoto ni chirabatta omoide nijimaseru

mayoi aruku machi no kagayaki wa Glaring One Way

kogoesou na boku o terasu

kaze ni kesareru torinokosareru mune ni kajikamu akogare mo

tsumetai toki ga yume ni tadayou sono te no naka ni uketomete

negai kazoe mezameta toki ni yureru maboroshi ni kimi ga utsuru

boku o michibiku kasuka na SHIRUETTO

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Glaring Dream

The whisper that dissolves into the bustling crowd

makes the memories scattered underfoot blur together.

The blazing of the street where I walk about lost (glaring one way)

illuminates me as coldly as though it freezes.

The wind blows it out, makes it be left behind; even the yearning is growing

numb from the cold in my heart.

The cold times drift about in dreams, but are caught and held in your hands.

When I woke up from the countless wishes, you are reflected in a shimmering

illusion --

the silhouette whose faint smile leads me along.

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A/N: The second one is the english translation! Hope everyone like this one-shot fic of mine!