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The Land of Tears - prologue

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The Land of Tears

Two children ran as fast as they could through the dark forest. The taller and visibly older one held the little boy by his hand and almost dragged him behind himself, because the younger boy's legs started giving up under him, even if the child wanted to keep up with the quick pace of the other.

'Brother, I'm tired!', whined the little boy.

'Hold on just a little longer, Sasuke', breathed out the older brother and started running even faster. He knew he was hurting his Sasuke by running so fast, but they were running away from the soldiers, an he prefered to have his little brother hurt and bruised, but alive, than killed like a wild animal in the depths of the forest.

Suddenly, the older stopped making Sasuke bump into his back. The child shook his head and looked up at his brothr, waiting for an explanation.

'Why did we stop, Itachi?', asked the boy and squeaked a little when the older dug his fingernails into his tiny shoulders.

'Listen to me carefully, little brother', Itachi looked at him, deep concentration and alertness on his face. 'I know your legs are hurting, but please, run as fast as you can. I believe in you'.

'What about you?'

'I will turn their attention from you', he let go of Sasuke and pushed him away. 'Run'.

'But...', the child hesitated, scared of a well-being of his big brother, but also of being left alone.

The boys heard a noise of soldiers coming after them. Itachi pushed Sasuke once again and this time the boy listened to the unspoken plea and started running. He heard Itachi screaming something to the men, but didn't stop. He knew he had to be brave. And fast.

He didn't know where or how long did he run, but he felt so exhausted that after another few steps, he fell lifelessly on the ground, the sharp stones cutting through his delicate and childish face. He closed his eyes and started losing his conciousness.

'Mommy...', he whined weakly before the whole world has turned black.

***

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself laying in his own bed. For a moment, he thought that everything he had remembered was only a terrible nightmare, but he had been proven wrong when he noticed his bandaged arms and mom sitting next to his bed, weeping.

'Why are you crying, mommy?', Sasuke sat up and once the woman realized her son was awake, she bent over to grab a child in a tight embrace.

'My baby!', she cried out. 'I was so worried!'

Sasuke nuzzled his face into his mom's shirt and let her hug him as much as she liked. Something, however, made the boy very consterned.

'Where's Itachi?', he asked raising his head.

Mom let out a pained cry and tried to compose herself, failing miserably.

'Itachi... he went to the Land of Tears', she explained in a riddle and stroked the boy's cheek.

'Where's the Land of Tears? Why is it called like that, it's so sad! Why did he go there?', Sasuke made another uestions, growing worried with every second.

'It's somewhere very far, baby', the woman said, the tears falling down her porcelain white face. 'It's called like that, because we, who love Itachi, cry after him and shed many tears. My baby, Itachi went so far that he can't come back'.

'What?', the boy's voice trembled. Watching his mommy cry made him want to cry as well, and soon the first tears made their way out of his eyes. 'Why did he leave us? I want him back! Can you message him and tell him to be back?', he asked in a tiny, whiny voice. He was already missing his big brother.

'I can't, sweetheart. He's too far', mom hugged him once again and rocked him in her arms. After some time the boy stopped weeping and stared blankly at the white wall opposite to him.

He woudldn't tell it his mommy or daddy, but he would find Itachi.

He was going to go and look for the Land of Tears.
This is the prologue to my new story! :) It's greatly inspired by the works of Astrid Lindgren, mostly 'The brothers Lionheart', which is one of my favourite books.

I want to dedicate the whole story to :iconzasasuke: for being such a great friend and a wonderful person that she is. I hope you gonna like that story :)

The story takes a places in an alternative universe where there's a war going on and Uchiha brothers are still the children.

The characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The story is mine.

Enjoy :)

First chapter: you are here

Next chapter: [link]
© 2013 - 2024 CosmicLolita
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This is so adorable :3 *reread cause i forgot i hadn't favorited or commented, oops* So sad yet very adorable.