[Sasuke x Reader] Good Times and Bad Times [drabbles]

His Brother

Since the Chuunin Exams and the destruction of the Konoha village, due to Orochimaru's abrupt incoming, you sighed, and didn't seem to smile any more than you would've wanted. But that was normal. People everywhere are rebuilding the old shops and homes, and working hard, taking few breaks once in a while.

You went out to train secretly, by a lake, and caught a glimpse of two men in black cloaks with red clouds, wearing straw hats that obscured their faces. One of them was tall enough to be 6 feet tall, and the other was shorter, but you had this weird feeling in your guts just from being near them. They walked down the opposite side of the lake, and you decided that you'd leave, only to meet the later cloaked fellow right in front of you.

"Ah! I-I'm sorry, excuse me-" You felt a strong grip on your arm as you tried to brush past, feeling a heated gaze from the shorter cloaked man, his grip tightening on each attempt you tried to make, politely moving away, but to no avail. 

"U-Um, Sir-?" 

"You must be [name]. I have heard of you from Sasuke when he was younger. His description strangely matches yours so clearly."

Your eyes widened at the name of your teammate, and you stayed to listen.

"W-Who are you..? How do you know Sasuke?" You asked warily, eyes on the floor. 

"... I'm not obliged to answer, but I guess you'll do good if I take you away from here..." The figure replied, his voice deep and emotionless.

And then you were knocked out, much to your displeasure. 

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"So why do you need this girl, Itachi-san?" A voice of amusement sounded to your ears. You silently grunted, and found yourself slung on top of someone's shoulder, and went face to face with a bandaged chocolate bar on that person's back. Maybe it wasn't a chocolate bar, but it was a rather large sword, if it was even a sword.

"Hn." It was the voice of that man gripping your arm. Now that you thought of it, your arm was starting to get a little sore. And it seems that the man from earlier is Itachi. His hat is off now, so you saw long black hair, tied in a low ponytail. 

The one carrying you is Kisame, and he had fish like features, along with his skin color being blue, and having spiky blue hair.

You didn't say anything, but hoped you can at least pretend to be knocked out and maybe learn something. How did this Itachi know Sasuke? Could he be the 'brother' that eliminated the Uchiha clan as you had heard?

You'll just have to wait until you find out. 

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So far, you had heard nothing after that, but you kept your ears open, and found yourself to be carried to a hotel in some village. Later, you felt them stop at a room, and Itachi knocking on the door. You peeked an eye behind you, and gasped in your breath to find Naruto beyond that door.

"Ero-Sennin! Where were ... you...?" Naruto's voice dropped when he realized it wasn't Jiraiya at the door, and he gulped, nervous. 

"Naruto-kun, I would like for you to come with the two of us." Itachi stated, his eyes glowing red with the Sharingan like Sasuke's. His eyes looked back at you, rising fear in your throat. "Or three, considering your friend here has been awake."

Naruto noticed you on the larger man's back, and shouted in worry.

"[name]!" You panicked and tried to get away from the man's grasp, but had been held firm. The first thing you did was shout, "N-Naruto, run away!"

Naruto's eyes were filled with fear, and he tried to run, but his legs were frozen.

"Naruto! [name]!"

You looked to the direction of the voice you recognize, and Sasuke came running down the hallway, his eyes, glaring a deep red, matching that of Itachi's eyes.

"Uchiha Itachi." Sasuke emphasized each word with hatred, as his fists clenched tight enough to maybe draw blood. He charged his chidori that Kakashi taught him, and lunged at Itachi, chunks of the wall breaking from the chidori ran against it.

But Itachi caught his arm with just a flourish. And bent it.

"G- AUGH!!!!!!" You cringed at the painful scream of Sasuke, and saw his arm drop limply on the ground. A dark bruise formed at the part where Itachi broke it. Sasuke dropped down, still a knee holding him up, and he glared with such vulgar at Itachi that it'd even scared you.

You couldn't even watch at the sight of Sasuke being thrown against the wall, Itachi's hand at his throat with no mercy.

And when things seemed to be ending badly, it gets worse as Kisame pulled his sword out in a threatening manner towards Naruto.

"We can't have you escaping, so I guess I should cut down a leg or two, eh?" He taunted. 

"S-Stop! Naruto, you have to get away!" You shouted, worried about his threat.

As Kisame smirked and rammed his sword down, you shut your eyes tight, praying for any god to help. And god heard her plea.

"Ho!"

You opened your eyes to see Jiraiya, a smile perched on his face, as he had summoned a large frog part to block Kisame's swing and keep Sasuke from Itachi at bay. You were even dropped away from the shark man, as in seconds, the matter was solved with some reinforcements coming in, leaving Itachi and his companion no choice but to retreat for now. 

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You walked up to Jiraiya as you sadly watched Sasuke being carried back by Gai who arrived on the scene and out the large hole that Itachi burned earlier.

"Jiraiya-sama, who was that Itachi..?" Jiraiya looked at you, a solemn expression on his face, which is enough for you to know that it wasn't good, but he said it anyway."

"Uchiha Itachi is Sasuke's brother."

And that was the just the beginning of the end.