Broken

Chapter 28: Come on Get Higher

Driving into the driveway, Itachi saw the cable guy sitting in his van, looking irritated. Sighing, he got out of the old car and walked up to the van, knocking on the window afterwards. "Is something wrong?"

"Yeah. No one's answering. I thought you said that someone was going to be here to let me in." The guy complained, waving a pen at the door.

Looking back, Itachi rushed up the two steps and opened the door to see nothing of Naruto. Running into the kitchen and dining room – he didn't even bother taking his sandals off – still finding nothing of the blond that he cherished. Running into the other rooms, he still found nothing. "Naruto! Where are you?"

With his breaths coming out in pants, Itachi stood in front of the bathroom door. Moving the handle and trying to push it open, he found it not budging. "Naruto are you in there? Answer me!"

Letting silence regain, the Uchiha could barely hear the sobbing that was on the other side of the door. His heart felt like it stopped beating as he wrenched at the sorrowful sound. "Naruto get away from the door!"

Shuffling could be heard before the sound of his body hitting the door took it over. Standing in the doorway with a busted door, Itachi shook his head at the pitiful mess his blond lover was in. When he left, the short sleeve shirt was in one piece but now it's ripped. He could see the tear stains that were on the face of his crying love.

Rushing down to his knees, ignoring how much it hurt when he fell to them, Itachi embraced the blond that was struggling to cry.

"What happened Naru? Tell me please so I can help." Itachi whispered, feeling the tight grasps Naruto did as he gripped the shirt he was wearing.

"Sasuke." Naruto sobbed only to bury his face deeper into the Uchiha's shoulder.

"What did he do?" The older brother of the two asked, looking down at him. Pulling out his phone, he sent a text to the mother of his lover, telling her to hurry up and get there. It was urgent and he was scared. Something happened when he was gone and he had a sick feeling that it wasn't going to be pretty.

"He-he hurt me." Naruto stuttered with his body still shaking from the memories of how his friend – who he was suppose to trust – forced himself onto him.

"How?" Itachi asked even if he was afraid of the answer he'll get.

"Rape." Naruto whispered, causing the long-haired Uchiha's world to come crashing down. He didn't feel so pissed in all his life with his little brother.

Sasuke stooped to a new low that really pissed off his brother. They had to wait until Kushina got there so he could go after and put Sasuke close to death. He'll pay for harming Naruto in that way. Was it his way of paying back Naruto for choosing his older brother over him? He wanted to know.

Hearing the woman rush into with a gasp escaping her, Itachi looked over at her.

"Take care of him." Itachi said, knowing the auburn haired woman would since it was her son.

"What happened?" She questioned with anger in her voice.

"Sasuke." Itachi answered, grabbing his keys and rushing out of the house. Hopping into the car, he rushed out of the driveway and toward his old home. His brother was going to see the devil by the time he was done with him. No one was going to do that to Naruto and get away with it. He pushed the car to its limits but it still held up when he got into the drive way with Maiko watering the flowers in front of the home.

Getting out of the car with a glare that could kill someone if it could, he rushed into the house. He completely ignored the woman that was carrying his niece but she wasn't the object of his anger. It was his stupid ass brother that would do something so idiotic. Rushing into the kitchen since he didn't find Sasuke in the living room, the teen was finishing up a sandwich.

"SASUKE!" Itachi roared, running over and throwing a punch at his brother's gut, pushing him into the cabinets and counter. He was seeing that much red that he didn't care what he broke. Sure his parents put a lot of sweat and blood into it being built but their youngest just pissed him off.

Looking at his brother's twisted face, Sasuke knew what his brother was after. Naruto must have told him what he did to him. Feeling the barely finished lunch rise up into his throat, Sasuke coughed it up onto the floor.

"You fucking asshole! You come into my house and assault Naruto like that and think you'll get away with it! You're fucking wrong on that! Do you hear me Uchiha Sasuke!" Itachi yelled, forcing the slightly shorter man to face him by grabbing his neck. Looking for any sign of remorse of what he did, he found nothing.

"I lost him, he is the one I love." Sasuke rambled, feeling the acid in his throat burn at the lining of it. He coughed, seeing Maiko stand there and watch what was happening.

"You fucking raped him! Do you think that's love? Love isn't forcing yourself onto someone. It's when they consent for it to be! Love is mutual respect for each other and here you are taking away the respect Naruto had for you!" Itachi yelled, throwing his brother into the table, watching it break under the stress.

Coughing with a little more bile following, Sasuke picked himself up and threw a punch at his older brother.

Itachi dodged the attack, throwing his own into the teen's gut once more, forcing him to his knees. With a sneer, Itachi grabbed a hold of the shirt he wore, forcing him into the air. "Expect the police to be by."

Dropping him, he left his only family there and returned home to Naruto. It was going to be a long time for the police to leave and he was gonna still be pissed off.

Getting up with his gut aching and the air smelling like the bile that left him, Sasuke looked at Maiko.

"Did you really?" She asked, her eyebrows furrowed in worry and wait.

"Big deal. He'll return to me anyway." Sasuke said, answering her question.

She bowed her head, shaking her head before looking at him. "He trusted you. He wanted to be friends but you ruined it. Damn it Sasuke. I can't believe you did that. Naruto's always been there hasn't he? Then why do that to him?"

He wanted to ask himself the same thing but he wanted the blond. Closing his eyes then opening them again, he stared at the crying woman and embraced her. He regretted it now. He probably disgraced his parents with the sin he did. Now he had the law after his ass for what he did to his childhood friend.

Itachi walked into the door to see Naruto sleeping in the chair. He probably refused to be on the couch which Itachi didn't blame him. Kicking his sandals off, the Uchiha was greeted by the Namikaze woman as she walked back into the room with a damp cloth in her hands.

"I take it you went after Sasuke?" She asked, knowing she was right.

Nodding, Itachi walked over to his lover and wiped a tear away. Even while he slept, his blond was crying from the pain. "Have you got a hold of the police yet?"

"Yes. They're on their way. While we were waiting, I let the cable man in and he got everything set up in that short of time." Kushina clarified as she draped the cloth across her son's forehead. She knew that Naruto would have to wake up and tell what happened since neither her nor Itachi was there to help him. She hated seeing her blond son feel so vulnerable because he was taken advantage of.

Dropping her shoulders, she didn't hold her confident look anymore. She felt pathetic in her own way for not being able to protect her only son. Biting her pink lip, she tried to hold back her own tears but they fell. As Itachi turned around, she grabbed a hold of him – hugging him – with her tears falling into the article of clothing he wore on his torso.

"Why did this have to happen Itachi? Why Naruto? Why everyone that has to go through the pain he had to?" She asked, knowing the Uchiha that she was crying on wouldn't be able to answer her questions. "I want to know why people would cause this pain to others."

"I don't know Kushina-san. I just don't know." He whispered as he glanced down at the hurt woman, hugging her back. Turning his gaze to the blond that he cherished so tenderly, he could still feel his anger toward his brother.

This is going to be bad but . . . while I was typing this I was listening to music. All the music was upbeat, inspirational, happy type of songs when my mood was feeling crappy when I was working on this chapter. Very bad I say so much myself. At least Sasuke got his beating from Itachi. Please review.