This is SasuIta

There are no warnings for this chapter, but some will be in ones following.

Itachi

Why is he here?

Is this some sort of trick?

Or is this what they call a 'miracle'?

No! Sasuke discards the idea—this is definitely not a miracle. With Uchiha in his name, with their blood in his veins, what merit does he have to deserve a miracle? Then again, Itachi has merit, and, maybe, this miracle is for him. Listless, Itachi's body is propped against the stone-carved wall; his eyes are a warm black and follow Sasuke's frantic movements. Sasuke wants to walk up and scream in that passive face, but that passiveness isn't a choice and Sasuke has no right to be angry. He resumes his pacing, wondering, fruitlessly- hopelessly- inexorably: why me?

Itachi had died by his hand. Madara had debriefed him. He had been perfectly resigned to train and enact revenge. Maybe he doesn't want to do it with Akatsuki, but what choice does he have? His eyes return to Itachi and frustration courses through him. Is this the gods' answer? Is this the gods' torment? Or has he somehow constructed this fate his self? Regardless, he had been perfectly happy (or so he has convinced himself) until he had woken up one morning with Itachi in his room.

He had been motionless from the start. Sasuke had thought it was a nightmare, but, when it failed to disperse, he quickly accepted these circumstances. When he had yelled for Itachi to stand, the body had disjointedly lumbered into an upright position, those eyes hauntingly locked on Sasuke's form. After two days of him not collapsing, standing without any visible effort or reason, Sasuke had demanded Itachi to sit. This really leaves him at the present: Madara will not return because of his precious domination plans he must work out, so Sasuke is alone with his obedient brother.

Alone. Sasuke is alone with his brother (with his puppet) and he has no idea why (and mostly he doesn't care about the why, more or less he cares about the how) and Itachi can't answer his questions so the silence remains (stagnant and cold and galvanizing).

He can't take revenge on him because Itachi has never done any wrong (not now, not ever). So what should he do? He collapses heavily on his bed and stares at his brother. He looks no different except for that dead aura that surrounds him. Sasuke assesses him carefully: the pale skin, the strong face, and the glistening eyes. He also notices the lips that quiver every now and again—Itachi is trying to talk. Should he command him to speak? Can he handle what he'll say?

No, no, no: I will not lose control.

Control? Is that all it comes down to? Sasuke feels inferior before his paralytic brother, wondering vaguely if Itachi is just trying to play a joke on him. He should let him rot in his silence. The silence that Sasuke always knew and hated; the silence he lived in for four years at his brother's mercy. Sasuke—he can see his name working on those lips, being swallowed by the distance between him and he. "Itachi" he murmurs into the air and sees the lips still. Revenge—yes he still wants revenge.

For all those time Itachi had ignored him.

For all that time Itachi had remained silent.

For all the pain Itachi had wrought upon him and his ancestors.

"This fate is because of you!" Sasuke voices spitefully, unsure, immediately, if he should have said it. Yet, he can't stop himself—not now. Itachi had to hear this. "You are a mother fucking ass you damned bastard!" Itachi's lips twitch into a small, strenuous smirk: "You made me like this! I just keep killing and this lust, this hunger is never sated. I am filled with your precious hatred Aniki!"

While he had been yelling, his sharingan had activated. This heightened sense allows him to see 'otouto' cross Itachi's lips. He also sees the wetness of the eyes and realizes Itachi wants to cry and is showing sympathy, which Sasuke can neither muster nor feel. Angrily, he stands and contemplates hitting his brother. He realizes, though, that he has already beaten him up and killed him, so what more will it do? What more can he do?

Itachi is dead.

Itachi is his.

And it isn't enough.

I've become intrigued with SasuIta so this will be my experimentation with it.

Let me know if you want to see another chapter (I plan to do one, but an extra incentive is always nice)