Not lied to

Cold ... ...
Lonliness... ...
Desperation takes hold of the young body, pulling it even further into the depths.
He can't see anything, it's too dark.
He can't see anything except blackness and a red liquid.
The acrid smell of iron fills his nose, the red liquid is everywhere.
He's scared, squints his eyes.
He doesn't want to see it, he's afraid of this dark place.

Finally it comes to a standstill, no longer falls or is pulled.
Shakily and hesitantly, he opens his dark blue, almost black eyes a little.
It's all red and the stench is getting worse.
Suddenly he gasps in shock.
That on the floor ... ...
The red liquid is nothing but blood ... ...
Fresh blood ...
It's everywhere on earth, sticks to dark walls.
Slowly, bodies appear on the floor and devastation on the walls.

He's even more scared and wants to get away quickly.
Now he can also see signs on the walls and on the clothes of the corpses.
To be more precise, a sign - his family crest.
The red and white fan appears everywhere, revealing the people as clan members and the location as the Uchiha district.
Dissolved, he begins to turn around, then runs like a madman to his house.
He knows the way, but he just doesn't get there.
Then he finds himself in the dark again.
The bodies were gone, as was the blood.
Just a little bit of the red liquid marks a narrow path.

Whimpering softly, he follows him with his eyes, finally recognizing a pair of feet with sandals.
Panting, his gaze wanders over his ankles and legs, stopping at the base of his hands.
His eyes widen noticeably and he swallowed hard when he saw a dripping sword.
A red liquid trickled softly from the tip onto the floor.
He's shaking harder, and he's incredibly scared.Inwardly he screams for his brother, but not a syllable really comes out of his lips.
After a while he gathers up all his courage and continues to look up.
He wants to see the murderer of his family before he is killed himself.
His eyes continue to wander up, catching on the other's chin.
He takes another deep breath before suddenly looking up.

Completely amazed, his eyes widen, his mouth opens.
Tears make their way down his childlike face, he shakes his head.
Desperate, he stares into the red Sharingan eyes that he knows only too well.
He moves his lips, but only late does the word 'why' escape him.
But the murderer returns his gaze indifferently, showing no trace of sadness or pity.
They stand there for a few moments before he, bloodied murderer, turns around and starts walking.
Only slowly does the boy understand what has been divorced, that the other is just leaving.
"N-Nii-san !! Please wait !!"
He tries to keep up with his brother, but he can't get anywhere.

Slowly the person moves further away, his clothes change.
Now he is wearing a long, dark coat with red clouds.
"Nii-san !!" the boy calls out.
"NII-SAN !!", he yells again, but his brother doesn't stop, disappears into the darkness.
"ITACHI !!!!!!", he tries again before the other disappears completely.
Weeping he falls on his knees, whimpers 'Don't leave me alone'.
But it is already too late.

Suddenly he stopped crying when he heard something.
A threatening sound, like a poisonous snake.
Even as he turns around, the animal snaps shut, wraps him up, squeezes his breath away.
He desperately tries to free himself, but the snake is too strong and too big for him.
"Help !! Help me Nii-San !!" he pleads loudly and crying, but there is no help.
"Help Nii-san !! Please help me !!", he calls into the darkness, but his words fade.The snake turns its attention to him, opens its mouth a little.
"No ... ... Help ... ... Please help me Itachi ..." he whispers, his eyes wide.
The snake comes closer, hisses menacingly.
While she devours the boy, he squeezes his eyes shut tightly and shouts his brother's name again.

"ITACHI !!", he startled from his bed.
He clutched the covers, tears streaming down his face.
His whole body was drenched in sweat, his breathing was quick and shallow.
Dissolved, he jumped out of bed, not even putting on his shoes.
In his pajamas he stumbled down the stairs past his parents' bedroom.
He only wanted to go to one - and it was not in the house.
He got to the door quickly, tore it open and ran out into the night.

"Itachi !!" he shouted loudly, ignoring the fact that he would wake up half the quarter.
"Itachi-Nii-san !!" he yelled through the deserted streets.
His face got wetter and wetter, but he didn't care.
He also paid no attention to the way.
Just go straight ahead, hoping to find the one you're looking for.
He was already panting, his feet hurting.
"Itachi !!", he cried aloud into the darkness, but his call went unanswered.
"Itachi !!", he got louder.
"ITACHI !!!!"

"Sasuke?" It suddenly echoed back.
The boy stopped instantly, turned around his own axis, searching.
"Nii-san !! Itachi where are you ??", he yelled and recognized a person in the shadows shortly afterwards.
Without thinking, he ran towards her.
She crouched down to intercept the boy and quickly found him in his arms.
Howling, the little boy clung to the other's neck, cried uncontrollably, wetted the other's clothes.
"Itachi ... ... I-Itachi ..." he muttered, tightening his grip.
The other wrapped one arm around his waist and the other hand buried in the other's hair.
"I'm here ... ... I'm here Sasuke ..." he whispered soothingly, stroking his hair.Slowly the little one calmed down a bit, but didn't let go.
"... What are you doing here? It's very late ...", his brother stated, also clinging to the other.
"Itachi ... ... II was ... ... was so scared ... ...", Sasuke cried, startled.
"Before what?", The older one asked back, stroking his hair further.
The questioned swallowed lightly before he began to whisper softly.
"II was ... dreamed you had ... ... you had hurt the others ... ... T-there was ... a lot of blood and ... ... and you were also full of it ... ... U-and d-you left me ... ... all alone ... ... D-you had hurt everyone and left me alone ...! ... ... U-and then ... came a line and ... ... I called, but ... ... Y-you weren't there and ... "
The rest was drowned in whimpers again.

The Uchiha tensed as he listened to the words.
How did the little one know?
How did Sasuke know what he was going to do soon?
How could he have any idea what was about to happen to the clan?
How did he know about the plan?

"N-Nii-San ...?", The little boy cried and clung tighter to his brother again.
"... ... L-don't you ever leave me alone ...? Do you always stay with me ...?" He asked carefully, burying his face in the other's shoulder.
But Itachi tightened his grip, swallowed and replied: "Forgive me Sasuke ... ... forgive me ..."
with that he lifted the little one in his arms, gave him security and security before he set off.
The little boy soon closed his tired child's eyes and fell asleep halfway through.
The older man unconsciously pressed him closer, wanted to protect him from the inevitable.
But even he, Itachi Uchiha, couldn't spare his brother the pain he was about to experience.
He couldn't save him from the loneliness, from the hatred and suffering that he would inflict on him with his own hands.

But he didn't have the heart.He couldn't manage to tell Sasuke that it was just a nightmare.
He couldn't promise him that he would never leave him alone.
He just couldn't bring himself to lie to the little boy with the young face and dreamy eyes.
"... Forgive me, Sasuke ... ...", he whispered tenderly in the ear of the sleeping man before he put him back in bed, covered him up and left him alone.

He couldn't say more - only that was the only truth ... ... Anything else would be a lie.