Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ The Brother I Once Was ❯ The Brother I Once Was Pt. 2 ( Chapter 2 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

Itachi cupped Sasuke's cheek with his hand, wiping away his tears with his thumb. He pulled his little brother close to him. Sasuke burries his face into Itachi's Shirt. "Sasuke...don't cry....I would never do that..." Itachi took his hand through the younger boy's hair. "Don't cry....it's alright..."

"I know you would never do that....I love you brother...."

"I love you too, Sasuke....now...get some sleep, alright? You must be tired."

Sasuke nodded and closed his eyes. The comfort of being around Itachi, the way he smelled,the warmth of his arms, quickly put him to sleep. Itachi leaned his head against Sasuke's, falling asleep himself.

When Itachi woke up the next morning he was alone. He sat up slowly and streched. He went and got dressed before walking out to the kitchen. He picked up an apple off the counter and sat down at the table. Itachi's hair ruffles a bit by the breeze blowing through the open window. He leaned back and closed his eyes, taking a bite out of the apple.

His mother walked slowly out of her room, twards the door. She stopped and looked at him with a smile. "Well, good morning, Itachi"

"G'morning, Mom" He smiled back, taking another bite out of his apple. "Sasuke go to the academy?"

"Yeah, they are having some kind of public exam today"

Itachi closes his eyes again and goes back to eating yet again. His mother picked up her bag and put it over her shoulder. "I'm going shopping...Need anything?" Itachi shakes his head. She nods and heads out the door.

A bit later, he gets up and starts walking twards the academy. The jonin at the door let him through. He sat in the audience and watched the children perform different jutsus. None seemed to impress the crowd much. One did a sick and dead looking clone of himself. Another girl made a flower out of wood. Itachi smirked as Sasuke came out to perform.

"What jutsu will you be performing, Uchiha, Sasuke?" One of the examiners asked.

Sasuke looked confident "Fireball Jutsu" The crowd murmured a bit. Itachi himself sat up in his seat a bit. He had never seen Sasuke do it either. Even though it was apparent that he had accomplished it before. Sasuke wore the Uchiha symbol on his back. A Uchiha only learns that right after successfully performing the FireBall Jutsu.

"All right. Go ahead."

Sasuke nodded and put his hands together. Tiger, serpent, hare, dragon, horse and focused Chakra...A moment later flames burst from Sasuke's mouth and hand. The crowd gasped and chattered. Itachi closed his eyes and chuckled. He was proud of his little brother.

After a while, when the exams were over, Itachi walkedoutside. It wasn't long before he heard a fight break out not far from him. He walked over to investigate.

Kunais and rocks were flying everywhere around a large circle of children. "What's going on?" Itachi growled. Those who did not hear Itachi continued to taunt their victim.

"Little brat! You think you put on a good show,huh? You're not that tough are you? Fight me!"

"You're a waste of my time...." Came the victims voice. "I have no time for people like you..."

"You may act tough and perform fancy jutsus but you can't fight can you? Spoiled little--" Those who heard Itachi had ran before the last words of that sentence were spoked. "--Uchiha brat!!"

Itachi's eyes narrowed. He pushed through the people and put himself around his wonded little brother who was, as expected, in the center of the kunai and rock attack. Itachi turned around and used a powerful arm ro knock most of the kids away.

"Sasuke...are you alright?"

No reply came, but a kunai did. One of the kids had gotten a very lucky shot at Itachi while his gaurd was down. It struck Itachi very sharply and hard in the shoulder. He fell slightly to his knees holding his shoulder. It had hit a nerve and possibly the bone in his shoulder, his vision kept cutting in and out slightly and he couldn't focus.

"Brother!!!" Sasuke yelled out. Sasuke's eyes turned a blood red and the odd shapes of the sharingan appeared.It was over in a flash. The children were knocked down and beaten badly by Sasuke. His sharingan had taken over, causing rapid bursts of energy.

"Brother! Itachi!!!" Sasuke cried, shaking Itachi's uninjured shoulder lightly.

Itachi was dizzy and his vision was now really dissoriented. Blood covered the left side of his shirt. "Sasuke......." He frowned, dissapointed in himself. "I'm....sorry..."

"It's okay, brother....try not to move around...hey...Itachi....!" Itachi passed out. Sasuke tried to wake him a few times before running for help.

Itachi awoke kneeling on top of a telephone pole. He was dressed in his anbu uniform and his sword was on his back. How did I get here? He thought to himself. How did I get here without any memory of it?

He was in the Uchiha part of the village, looking down he could see some of the clan members. For some reason one thought ran through his head....one word...........kill.....