Another way the end could have gone...
Title: Take Me With You
Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke
Prompt: 024. Family.
Word Count: 383 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sasuke believed he had failed in his search of revenge, but Itachi has other ideas.
Author’s Note: I totally disregard anything past chapter 346 in regard to the Uchihas.
Blood was everywhere. Pools and pools of the crimson liquid surrounding their feet. Very likely all his own, Sasuke barely noticed as he dropped heavily to his knees. He had failed. His sword clattered uselessly to the ground beside him, glittering clean as if newly purchased. He grimaced. He was still so weak. He should have known better!
The sound of Itachi’s cloak dragging across the ground startled him. He glanced up warily. He shuddered as he felt the air shift as Itachi lean into his personal space.
Itachi pressed the sword into his brother’s hand, their fingers touching briefly before he released. He wrapped Sasuke’s loose grip around the hilt, and carefully touched his brother’s cheek. “Stay awake.”
Sasuke coughed, his whole body heaving and shuddering with the effort not to retch up more blood. His brow furrowed, “I can’t, Itachi. I am not strong enough.”
“Yes you can, Sasuke. You are strong,” he murmured, pressing his chest against his brother’s back in support. “Just a little longer.”
Sasuke nodded, leaning into the touch. He clutched the sword to his chest; his voice was no more than a broken whisper. “I am dying, nii-san. I am a failure.” He bowed his head. “I did not get revenge for mother and father, not even for the clan. Why am I not strong enough?”
Breath tickled the back of his neck when his brother spoke. “You did not fail.”
Sasuke shook his head wildly as angry tears coursed down his cheeks. “I did! I swore to kill you Itachi! I swore! I trained and trained and I still wasn’t good enough. Just let me die. I can’t- I-” His words choked up into his throat, and long line of blood dribbled from the corner of his mouth.
Itachi wrapped his arms around Sasuke’s stomach. “Shh, Sasuke. Let me repeat, little brother. You did not fail.” His fingers glided up his arms, idly noting their pale skin glowed in the moonlight, and entwined his calloused hands with Sasuke’s around the hilt.
The confusion showed plainly on his pale, drawn face. Itachi smiled leaning over his shoulder, “Don’t worry.” He said and rubbed his fingers over his brother’s near lifeless ones, plunging the tip of the blade slowly into Sasuke’s abdomen. “We will go together.”
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Fandom: Naruto
Characters: Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Sasuke
Prompt: 024. Family.
Word Count: 383 words
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Sasuke believed he had failed in his search of revenge, but Itachi has other ideas.
Author’s Note: I totally disregard anything past chapter 346 in regard to the Uchihas.
Blood was everywhere. Pools and pools of the crimson liquid surrounding their feet. Very likely all his own, Sasuke barely noticed as he dropped heavily to his knees. He had failed. His sword clattered uselessly to the ground beside him, glittering clean as if newly purchased. He grimaced. He was still so weak. He should have known better!
The sound of Itachi’s cloak dragging across the ground startled him. He glanced up warily. He shuddered as he felt the air shift as Itachi lean into his personal space.
Itachi pressed the sword into his brother’s hand, their fingers touching briefly before he released. He wrapped Sasuke’s loose grip around the hilt, and carefully touched his brother’s cheek. “Stay awake.”
Sasuke coughed, his whole body heaving and shuddering with the effort not to retch up more blood. His brow furrowed, “I can’t, Itachi. I am not strong enough.”
“Yes you can, Sasuke. You are strong,” he murmured, pressing his chest against his brother’s back in support. “Just a little longer.”
Sasuke nodded, leaning into the touch. He clutched the sword to his chest; his voice was no more than a broken whisper. “I am dying, nii-san. I am a failure.” He bowed his head. “I did not get revenge for mother and father, not even for the clan. Why am I not strong enough?”
Breath tickled the back of his neck when his brother spoke. “You did not fail.”
Sasuke shook his head wildly as angry tears coursed down his cheeks. “I did! I swore to kill you Itachi! I swore! I trained and trained and I still wasn’t good enough. Just let me die. I can’t- I-” His words choked up into his throat, and long line of blood dribbled from the corner of his mouth.
Itachi wrapped his arms around Sasuke’s stomach. “Shh, Sasuke. Let me repeat, little brother. You did not fail.” His fingers glided up his arms, idly noting their pale skin glowed in the moonlight, and entwined his calloused hands with Sasuke’s around the hilt.
The confusion showed plainly on his pale, drawn face. Itachi smiled leaning over his shoulder, “Don’t worry.” He said and rubbed his fingers over his brother’s near lifeless ones, plunging the tip of the blade slowly into Sasuke’s abdomen. “We will go together.”
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