Fox In The Leaf

One is lost while others are whole

Sasuke was staring out of his hospital window with an impassive look on his face. However, in his head, he was thinking a million thoughts a second and each one arguing with the other. 'Could what he said be true?' 'NO! He is lying! Everything he said is a lie! I saw it with my own eyes!' 'but that would also mean that what he showed us that night could also be a lie.' 'He showed us the truth that night! Why else would he show us what he did?!' 'because he wanted me to be what the Uchiha were not. He wanted me to show that the Uchiha were not all monsters.' 'BUT HE IS A MONSTER! He was always a monster!' '...was he?' Sasuke had flashbacks to his early years in his life. He remembered the times that Itachi would help him in his training, the time that Itachi would take him out into the village and enjoy themselves, the times that he would stay awake with him and talk about what he had done in the academy, and the time that Itachi would support him all the times he felt like he failed. The last memory that came to him was the sight of his brother shedding tears as they stared into each other's eyes. In a fit of rage, he punched the wall next to the window. He looked at his reflection to see his Sharingan was active and a few tears fall from his eyes. "I need to know. If what he told me was the truth."

~flashback~

"Tsukiyomi"

Sasuke opened his eyes to find out that he was no longer in the hotel that he tracked down his brother. He was in a bleak open space that was colored in shades of black, white and greys. He looked around to see if he could find anything other than the random tree. "ITACHI! Where are you?!"

"It would seem that you let your anger control you."

Sasuke turned around to see Itachi standing on the hazy black liquid that made up the floor. In anger, he ran at Itach and threw a punch at him but as his fist impacted on his face, Itachi burst into a murder of crows.

The crows flew around Sasuke a bt before they gathered together behind Sasuke. "It would seem that my actions have indeed caused you to go down this dark path."

Sasuke didn't hear what was said as he turned and attacked Itachi again and again and again but each time Itachi would just burst into crows before reforming again. Sasuke's anger grew more after every miss. "STOP DODGING AND FIGHT ME!"

Itachi watched as his little brother continued to attack with no thought to what was going on. He knew that this was his fault. His brother was always a blank canvas that could be painted in many different ways. He had hoped that setting Sasuke on the path to kill him and redeem the tarnished name of the Uchiha but he now saw that it drove him down a much darker path. Itachi continued to let Sasuke attack until the boy tired himself out.

Sasuke continued to attack Itachi until he jumped back and went through some hand signs before bringing his hand to his mouth "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!" As he blew, he realized that no fire was made. He was confused at this but he soon realized that he was tired after all his attacks. 'What the hell is going on!'

Itachi saw that this was the best time to start talking and took the chance "Sasuke…..I am sorry."

Sasuke felt his anger return and face Itachi "you're SORRY!" Sasuke jumped forward and threw a fierce taijutsu onslaught at Itachi. "FOR WHAT?! FOR KILLING EVERYONE IN THE UCHIHA CLAN?! FOR SHOWING ME WHAT A MONSTER YOU ARE?! FOR KILLING MOM AND DAD JUST TO PROVE HOW STRONG YOU ARE!?" Sasuke threw another straight punch which was caught by Itachi.

Itachi had blocked all the punches and kicks that were sent at him and let Sasuke scream. But as he caught Sasuke's punch, he looked into Sasuke's eyes "no….for lying to you."

Sasuke gained a confused look at what was said before growing angry again. Through gritted teeth, he asked, "about what?!"

Itachi sighed as he let go of Sasuke's fist "about that night."