"Big Brother..." Itachi Uchiha turned to see the small form of his younger brother, Sasuke, walk through the door of his room.
"What?"
"...will you help me with my shurikan jutsu today? Please?" Sasuke asked, looking pleadingly at his older brother, "you promised yesterday that you would, and-"
"Go ask father, Sasuke. I'm buisy." Itachi replied emotionlessly, turning back around.
"...b-but...but you promised...Itachi..." Sasuke stammered. Itachi sighed, motioning Sasuke towards him with his hand. Sasuke's face brightened and he ran towards his brother, only to be stopped suddenly by a jab in the forehead. "OUCH!"
"I told you, I'm buisy. Go. Ask. Father." Itachi stood and left the room, stopping as Sasuke grabbed the hem of his coat. "what now?"
"...nevermind..." Sasuke mumbled, walking away sadly. 'big brother Itachi never wants to help me with my...anything...why does he have to be like that?'
"hey...Sasuke." the young boy turned slightly. "I'll help you tomorrow...ok?" Itachi said, smiling slightly. Sasuke's face brightened again.
"ALRIGHT!"


"Sasuke, wanna come over to my house after school?" Naruto Uzumaki asked, scratching his head.
"Nah. My brother is going to help me with my jutsu after school." replied the boy. Naruto sighed in slight jealousy.
"I wish I had a brother to help me...you're lucky to have Itachi, Sasuke..." the fox boy grumbled, "hardly anyone even talks to me..."
Sasuke felt a pang of guilt.
"well...I could help you later...if you want..."
"Really!?"
"Sure. why not?"


'I stayed and threw shurikan with Naruto to long. It's late, and mother probably already has supper waiting...' Sasuke thought, running down the streets of Konoha. As he ran into the streets of the Uchiha part of the village, however, he stopped. '...what's that?' he looked up to see a mysterious figure on the lampost near his home. He blinked, and the figure was gone. 'that was strange...' he thought. He looked down the street, and was horrified. Bodies of the members of the Uchiha clan were scattered all across the road, and blood stained the pavement.
"WHAT IS THIS?" Sasuke yelled in horrer, running down the road and skidding to a stop in front of his own home. "MOTHER! FATHER!"
"Sasuke, don't come in!" that was father's voice! Sasuke cautiously pushed the door open,only to find his parents bodies on the floor.
"MOTHER! FATHER!" he looked up to see Itachi standing over them, "BIG BROTHER! MOTHER AND FATHER! BUT...WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?"
Itachi pulled a shurikan from his belt and threw it, slicing Sasuke in the arm. The boy yelped in protesting pain.
"...foolish little brother..." Itachi muttered, closing his eyes slowly. Sasuke looked up at him in horrified confusion. "MANGEKYO SHARINGAN!"
Sasuke grasped at his head and screamed. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! BIG BROTHER, DON'T SHOW ME SUCH THINGS! NO! MOTHER AND FATHER! ITACHI...!" the boy fell to his knees and then to the ground, tears streaming down his face and saliva sliding down his mouth. He sat up slightly, looking at the ground. "...why...did you..."
Itachi looked down at his brother. "To measure my capacity."
"...measure your...capacity? ...that's it? that's the only...reason for killing everyone?"
"...I had to..."
Sasuke looked up, still mortified at what he had seen. "What kind of excuse is that?!" he stood and ran for Itachi, "What's wrong with you?!" he felt a preasure in his stomach, and looked to see that Itachi had jammed a fist into his gut. He fell to the ground in front of his father's face, tears streaming down his face.
"Are you afraid, Sasuke?" Itachi asked, looking down at him and advancing. Sasuke stood and ran, stumbling out the door.
"Waah! Don't kill me!" he yelled in terror, running for the village. Itachi appeared in front of him.
"You...are not even worth killing. Little brother, you're pathetic." Itachi said, getting a shocked look from a shivering Sasuke, "if you want to kill me, settle for hating me. Hate me and live like the coward you are, clinging to life without honor. Maybe, one day, you'll be able to fight me. Sasuke Uchiha, your name means 'avenger.' Well, start living up to it." he banged Sasuke in the head with a fist and left, leaving his seven year old brother to fend for himself in the world.

Sasuke, now older, jolted awake in his bed, only to fall back and realize he'd been dreaming about that day again.
"...I need to take a walk..." he said to himself, as if he wasn't alone.

Across the fire, Itachi Uchiha was jolted awake in his chair. He'd been dreaming about that day alot lately. It was close to the very day when he'd done it.
"...I need to take a walk, Kisame." he said. Kisame looked surprised, but nodded.

One lives to kill the other. One lives to kill others. The avenger, and the betrayer. But, though they hate each other, the Uchiha share a bond that can never be broken.
As brothers.