another Chance

#5

Naruto woke up, it was 5 am right now, he lazily walked to his room to check on sasuke, he couldn't help it he just wanted to make sure that whatever happened in past two days was real and not just him imagining things, after all it took him and others so much to find sasuke back, he thought he'd had to knock some sense into that asshole but who would have thought all that would happen, he found kind of comical, all in all this situation was kind of hard for him to accept not that he was complaining, he was really happy to have his best friend back, his only friend who understood him, who he had forged a bond with, how could he not be happy about him wanting to come back. Naruto had a smile, it was bright and his beautiful blue eyes glittered with happiness, but there was a worry hidden in his eyes too, it's not like had not seen his eyes, he had seen how dull those obsidian eyes were, as if they had no life, he was worried, that was why he tried his best to let sasuke be comfortable, his smile faltered as he found an empty room, there was no sasuke and there was some blood stains on the bedsheet. His eyes widened as he looked around his whole apartment, in his surprise and worry he didn't even see the note that sasuke had pasted on his cupboard, he just ran out after quickly changing out of his pjs into his casual trouser and jacket to look if he had gone out.
It had been a few hours when Naruto got back to his apartment with sakura and Kakashi, in hopes he returned back to the Apartment. This time when he checked his room he finally saw the note left behind by sasuke, he quickly told kakashi and sakura, in the end they decided to report this to hokage and let it be for a few days, if he's still not back then they would start looking for him, so he's not in any trouble.
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Sasuke shunshied to reduce the time it'd take to reach his destination, he finally reached the borders near fire nation, it was still a long distance from the border, this village was at the edges, it was lush and prosperous, small but thriving. His heartbeat was fast as he felt sick when he thought about the possibility of Itachi not being here, plus he had pushed himself to the point of passing out by using shunshie this much, it had taken a toll on his body, he felt nauseous, every thing was spinning, sharp pain From his left arm, he was pale and covered in cold sweat, all in all he felt horrible and the strained muscles of his body were calling for his attention, he was on verge of collapse but he still kept his almost drained chakra hidden, his breathing was totally controlled and consealed as he covered himself with a travelling cloak it's hood hiding his soft raven locks. He was just about to enter the village, when he heard a voice saying his aniki's name...he recognised it was kisame....that half shark ninja of hidden mist....he almost thought he was hallucinating again but then he saw them getting nearer to him. He saw his brother moving....he was living... breathing...he was still alive.....time seemed to slow down and all he could hear was the beating of his own heart, he felt his eyes getting wet, a lump forming in his throat, a gust blew off his hood covering his face. He hadn't realised his hood was no longer covering his face, he was too focused on his aniki, it wasn't until he saw Itachi and kisame coming to a stop few steps from him, he noticed his brother's eyes widened for a second before returning to normal, as for the person beside him...what does it matter to him if kisame existed or not, he totally ignored kisame  and his attention was solely on his aniki. His dull eyes glistened with so many emotions at the same time, his face just like his aniki didn't show any expression. His eyes became red as he kept his tears held back. " Isn't this your brother Itachi" it was kisame who broke the silence and brought sasuke out of his trance, he saw his aniki shooting him(kisame) a glance, something in sasuke stirred, before he could process it his body had taken action, he had already embraced his aniki, without a reason, without any word. Itachi's body stiffened and kisame's eyes widened before he wistled and then laughed, " what do you think you are doing?" sasuke heard his brother's deep voice asking himself, his body paused and he felt the lump in his throat getting bigger, he couldn't speak, his tears threatened to fall even when he so desperately tried to hold them back. Not getting any answer from sasuke, Itachi finally impatiently kneed him in stomach and before sasuke could do anything he pinned him against a tree closest to them. Itachi pinned sasuke to a tree, he held his neck, he saw his little brother was not looking at him " do you think hanging your head low would be of any help?" he asked ....still no answer ...." Answer me I'm asking you something sasuke!" he said in a stern voice ,
Sliding the same hand that was holding him by throat to hold him by forcefully pinching his cheeks and jaw, forcing him to look in his eyes, his sharingan was activating he was about to say something but suddenly felt his eyes begin covered by a hand.....
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Itachi's body froze, a very subtle change that'd go unnoticed by any one, he knew this was sasuke's hand covering his eyes, his eyelashes quivered slightly, not really sure just what he wanted to achieve by covering his eye " what do you mean by this?" He blurted out this question without thinking and then paused before continuing " could it be ....you think you can stop me by covering my eyes? Foolish little brother" his tone was cold , without any emotions , without any ripples....