Unbroken Bonds

9: Nightmare

Darkness shrouded the girl as she watched Shisui die over and over again, and then suddenly it stopped, a scream leaving her mouth as she struggled to sit up completely unaware of her surroundings.

"SASUKE! ITACHI!" In a panic she tried to lift her sheets and run before feeling a thud next to her. Her eyes burned at the bright lights as she adjusted to her new space before she turned to see Sasuke curled up in a ball next to her. His eyes were wide as he stared at her in fear.

"Sasuke..." tears immediately flooded her eyes before latching onto the boy and crying, relief flooding her body.

"Nee-chan, you're scaring me..." the boy mumbled before starting to cry himself as he burrowed himself further into her warm embrace.

"I thought I lost you, oh my gods you're okay" Yuna let her gaze leave the boy as she breathed a sigh in relief at the living, breathing Sasuke in front of her. She didn't dare let him go, she hugged him like her own life depended on it.

"Senju-Sama! We heard screaming-" the nurse barged in before her eyes saw the two, clutching to each other as tears left both their eyes. Yuna was stroking Sasuke's hair and the young boy was burrowed so far into the girls stomach he could hardly be seen.

"It's okay Sasuke, I'm here" the girl tried to coo but she kept choking on her own tears. The nurse bowed before exiting the door again, this time Yuna was faced with the Hokage himself.

"Lord Hokage!" The nurse bowed again, surprise lighting up her voice.

"Is the Senju awake?" The nurse nodded before opening the door for the Hokage. As he walked in his immediately was taken aback by the crying boy clutching the woman.

The Hokage cleared his throat, he knew he was intruding but he had important matters to discuss with the girl and it could not wait.

"Lord Hokage" the girl bowed her head, wincing at the sudden movement before slowly pulling Sasuke up so she could look at him.

"Sasuke, I have an important mission for you." Sasuke nodded his head as the older girl wiped away his tears. "I need you to go find our nurse and get us some food okay? I'll be right here, I promise." The boy nodded, before she ruffled his hair as he got down from the bed. She watched as he bowed before watching the door close behind him. Anxiety suddenly riddled her consciousness at the thought of Sasuke being out of her eyesight.

"Lord Hokage, it is good to see you again sir," she nodded again at the man waiting for him to speak.

"It's good to see you alive Yuna, I'm happy to see your injuries are healing as expected." He took a seat in a chair not too far away from her, flashing Yuna back to her last trip to the hospital where instead of where the Hokage was sitting Shisui was asleep and Itachi was glaring at her. She broke out of her trance when the man began to speak again.

"It is no question on whether you have been through enough tragedy in one year. I have decided to withdraw you from ANBU immediately." Yuna nodded, thankful that he was removing her she hated working for Danzo, and keeping her silence was often extremely difficult since she wanted nothing more than to kill the man in cold blood and avenge Shisui.

"I understand, sir. I have a request if I may?" The man nodded at her urging her to continue. "I was going to ask to resign from ANBU, I would like to become Sasuke's guardian and work as a regular jounin, I have already spoke to Kakashi-san about this and he agreed."

"I'm afraid that cannot happen, you and the young boy survived an entire massacre and you may be a target for Itachi in the future." his words caused Yuna to immediately flare up with anger, a target? Itachi would never hurt her, Yuna's harsh reality slapped her in the face when she realized that Itachi had hurt her. He had also hurt Sasuke, the little brother that Itachi adored. While she knew Itachi would never do something like this of his volition, she wondered just what led him to commit something so heinous. Who was that man with him? How did he know her? Why did she feel fear upon seeing that mask?