(Book the First) Crimson Light in the Uchiha

Crumbling

Itachi's POV

I had done it. There was no turning back. No matter how much I will regret this, it is too late.

As I stare at Rin's glassy eyes, I think about what I had whispered to her before proceeding to kill mother and father.

"Sasuke will grow to hate me, and through this he wil become stronger. He will come after me, and become strong. I need him to stay alive...but to be strong he needs hatred.

"Rin, please, I will kill you in front of Sasuke. He no doubts loves you as a brother and will hate me for it.

"You must forgive me. I will end your pain, and magnify Sasuke's, perhaps even mine...there will be no loss on your side, just death."

Rin didn't protest because she didn't want to die. She protested because of the pain it would cause Sasuke...and maybe me. After all, her mind had always been slightly too mature for her age. Perhaps she already recognized that the dead can't feel anymore pain

Just like mother and father...

I'm sorry, Rin. I can feel the coldness of the stone on the necklace that hangs on my neck. The necklace that Rin gave me. I close my eyes.

Now, to seal Sasuke into hatred.

Sasuke's POV

No, no. I grab Rin's hand and I try to hold onto the warmth of the hand. It is retreating, and I will never feel it again. No..no...it had to be an illusion. Rin couldn't just be...gone.

My finger happens to touch some of her blood and I stare at the crimson on my finger. The blood is cold, ice cold.

"Can you feel the coldness of her, Sasuke?" says Itachi, "Can you feel how icy her blood is, now that there isn't a heart beating to keep it warm?"

That voice...it's Itachi's voice...the voice of the man who killed my sister.

Itachi's POV

"How weak," I say softly to Sasuke who trembles over his dead sister's body. "You couldn't even protect her...have you accepted it now, Sasuke? You will never see her smile no matter how much you want to see it, you will never hear her voice, you will never be able to see her walk on this world again. All of this, is because of how weak you are."

Sasuke starts to shake, "Damn you..." he snarls under his breath, "damn you...." Sasuke slowly raises his head and tears leak from his eyes. The black disappears and is replaced by a blood red sharingan.

He has achieved it. And with a complete circle of three tomes in one eye and two in the other.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" screams Sasuke, "DAMN YOU ITACHI!"

He rushes at me and we are locked in combat. He fights purely with fists, using every single bit of training he has had in the past.

That's right. Indulge in hatred, Sasuke. One day, you will kill me.

I smother my own emotions of Rin. I already regret by decision. I already...curse myself.

I aim a final kick at Sasuke and he falls on the ground. He starts to sob, "I don't want to live in this world...."

Does he want me to kill him?

Sasuke's POV

I want to die. Maybe Itachi should just kill me. I want to see Rin again, smiling and laughing, painting her pictures.

"Right now...it would be worthless to kill someone like you," Itachi turns his head away with an expression of disgust, "My foolish brother, if you really want to kill me for your clan and your dear sister, then curse me! Hate me! And live a long and unsightly life...run away...run away...and cling to your pitiful life."