Falling Brethren

'This village is beautiful on the surface'

Sasuke thought as he sat on top of the Hokage Stone Mountain. The rays of sunlight brightened the village.

"Enough rest for now"

Sasuke muttered as he got up. He headed back to the training grounds of the Uchiha compound.

***

'Who are they?'

Sasuke saw two individuals rocket through Konoha, both of them had thick eyebrows and a bowl-cut hairstyle.

One slightly older than him, and the latter in his Mid-Twenties.

Both of them wore green colored skin for clothes. Although the older one had a vest on top of him.

'As I said before... Unique'

Sasuke continued to walk, ignoring the two bushy brows. The walk was slow, but he made it to his destination nonetheless.

Sasuke stretched and warmed up for a bit before he got in the grind. Days and months... and soon, 1.5 years passed by.

"Stay safe, Sasuke"

Mikoto ruffled Sasuke's hair. The latter just looked at her lovingly. He was finally getting the love he always wanted.

'You too, Mother'

He thought before he headed toward the Academy. Feeling happy as Mikoto has been paying more attention to him lately.

But oh boy was he wrong. The reason for Mikoto to act out of the ordinary was because she knew, 'that' time was nearing.

"My child. Sasuke... I hope to see you again"

She whispered. Looking at Sasuke's back with teary eyes, knowing full well it would be the final time.

***

'Why am I getting a bad feeling... maybe I should head back'

Today, there was a surprise special class which will end at 9:00 O' Clock. Currently, it was past 7:30... and Sasuke was feeling that there was something really odd.

'A special exam without any prior notice, and I'm getting serious bad vibes right now... It's too coincidental'

He decided to head back home.

"Ino, make a clone of me, I'm heading out"

He whispered into her ears, she nodded hesitantly. Sasuke quickly Body-Flickered away from the class when a clone popped out of nowhere.

Sasuke blitzed through the rooftops. The moon was blood-red. The atmosphere was thick and heavy... almost like... blood?

'I need to go, quick!'

He Body-Flickered like crazy, not bothering to spare Chakra. He reached in front of the Uchiha compound, only to hear screams echoing in the area.

'Shit!'

He ran whilst hiding in the darkness. Blood, Blood, and more Blood, he saw corpses falling dead. His chest internally twisted seeing the sight.

His brethren were dying!

They had always been close to him, praising him. They respected him, they always looked at him lovingly whenever they saw him.

A feeling Sasuke thought he would never experience rose. Pain.

His pupils turned crimson red, spinning at high speed. When it stopped, each of his pupils had a black circle in them with a single tomoe on both.

'Mother!'

His mind blanked out thinking about it, his body flickered before he could even comprehend.

'Orange Masked Guy... I'll kill you, just wait!'

Sasuke had gotten a glimpse of the killer when the man was slaughtering his brethren. He moved at a speed he was never able to.

'Itachi, where are you when I need you!'

He cursed under his breath. His brother was never there when he needed him.

***

Sasuke entered his house and checked Mikoto's room. She was not there!

'The main hall!'

His mind clicked when he quickly neared it, he slid the door without hesitation.

*Thud*

Scarlett red blood rained on his face when he entered, in front of his eyes, he saw his parents getting beheaded by none other than his older brother!

His heart throbbed, his chest hurt looking at his Mother's corpse, he was finally bonding with her... and now.

His eyes spun again, the single tomoe split in two. His face darkened as he looked toward Itachi with hollow eyes.

"Itachi... why?"

He asked, slowly taking steps forward. His already black eyes lost their light. Itachi gazed at him, trying to hold back his own tears.

"To test my... abilities"

Itachi's words lacked any emotion, Sasuke stopped in his tracks, once again looking at his mother's corpse.

"To test your abilities...huh? So you killed my Mother...just to test your abilities!?"

"It is of great importance"

Itachi replied, looking at Sasuke with emotionless eyes. His heart ached saying that by himself.

"Ha...Haha...hahahahaha!!"

Sasuke's laugh grew as time passed, tears ran down his cheeks as his laugh soon turned to an agonizing cry.

He wiped out his tears and took a deep breath.

"Then... I guess I'll test my abilities on you"

He muttered, the aura around him changing to that of terror.

With a series of hand signs, Sasuke shot a thunderclap-Arrow at Itachi. The latter, however, tilted his head, avoiding the Jutsu.

"You intend to kill me?"

"It is of great importance"

Sasuke just replied with Itachi's own words. He Body-flickered and tried to stab Itachi in the abdomen using his Kunai.

The older brother tried to grab the younger's leg, only to fail. Sasuke quickly Body-Flickered back to his previous position.

'I can see his movements!?'

Sasuke asked himself, for some reason he could see Itachi's chakra pathway and read his movements.

Suddenly, Itachi pointed his finger at his forehead. Sasuke rose his guard, waiting for what was to come.

"The Sharingan"

He said, making Sasuke's gears shift.

'I see...So this is how it feels to see through these eyes'

Not bothering to question anything else, he then locked his eyes with Itachi's... that was the biggest mistake he ever made.

Suddenly, the world shifted and the sky began to move backward, Sasuke got confused until he saw the whole massacre beginning to happen again!

Sasuke's eyes widened, and viens popped from his forehead as he saw his brethren again getting butchered in front of him.

"Stop this, Itachi"

Sasuke spoke, his voice dangerously calm. Itachi, however, ignored his glare.

"You have the potential to become my opponent, Sasuke. You are someone who could be able to use the Mangekyo Sharingan just like me"

"...However, on one condition... That you must kill your closest friend... Just like I did"

Sasuke's eyes narrowed, the massacre around him turning completely irrelevant.

"You...Killed Shisui?"

"That's right... and because of that, I obtained these eyes"

A small smile grew on Itachi's face before he said his next words.

"if you attain these eyes, you will become the third person including myself to awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan... However...at present"

Itachi turned his back on Sasuke and stared at him.

"You are not worth killing. And one day when you have the same eyes as I do... Come and stand before me"

Itachi's Mangekyo glowed in the darkness, Sasuke just looked at him, ready to strike when at any time given.

*Zzng*

But, Sasuke's vision darkened, he slowly lost consciousness.

*Thud*

Sasuke fell on the wooden floor, completely falling under Itachi's Mangekyo.

Tears leaked from Itachi's eyes as he took one last glance at his younger brother.

'It's for the greater good, Sasuke'