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Why Can't You See Me?	By : stephfarrow94 Category: Naruto AU/AR > General Views: 2427 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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  When Izuna woke up a few hours later it was with a soft whimper. He had had such terrible nightmares again.
“Oh…” Izuna whined, hiding underneath the bed sheets as he struggled to contain his tears. “…!”
“Izuna?” Tobirama poked his head into the room, seemingly worried by Izuna’s muffled cries. “What’s wrong?”
Izuna’s eyes watered as he peeked out from under the blanket. He looked away from Tobirama after just moments of careful studying. “…Nightmares…”
“Does Madara know about your nightmares?” Tobirama asked gently, stepping into the room and over to the bed.
Izuna nodded, wiping at his tears. “Yeah…”
“C’mon.” Tobirama helped Izuna out of the bed and to his feet. “Your brother is home so you can talk to him about it. He’s been very worried about you. He wanted to wake you up not long ago but nii-san convinced him to let you sleep.”
Izuna teared up at the mention of his brother -- oh, how he had missed Madara. “M-mada-nii…”
“Shh…”
Izuna was silent as Tobirama took him downstairs. Once they entered the living room, Izuna sobbed loudly and ran to Madara the second he saw his brother on the couch with Hashirama.
“Aniki!” Izuna whimpered, snuggling in close to his brother, shaking.
“Baby brother…” Madara said softly, pulling Izuna onto his lap. “Oh, my precious baby brother. I love you so much.”
“I love you, too, Mada-nii!”
“Are you okay, Izu-kun?” Hashirama asked softly, leaning forward and petting Izuna’s back gently.
Izuna shook his head. “Nightmares!”   He sobbed.
“He has nightmares often,” Madara explained gently. “He tells me that he dreams of losing the three of us. That, or he dreams of committing suicide.”
“You poor baby!” Hashirama whimpered, grabbing Izuna’s hand and squeezing it tightly. “That explains why you’re always crying and screaming at night and in the mornings!”
  “Izuna, I’m not going anywhere.” Tobirama said gently, running his hands through Izuna’s soft hair. “You know that I would never hurt you.”
Izuna nodded and blindly searched for Tobirama’s hand. “T-tobi…”
“Tobi, maybe you should take Izu-kun for a walk,” Hashirama gently suggested. “Take him out for lunch. I’ll get you some money.”
Madara nodded. “That is a good idea. Izuna, go wash your face and go with Tobi-kun, okay?”
Izuna was reluctant to leave his brother’s side, but he soon enough found himself walking beside Tobirama through town, dabbing at his sore red eyes. Izuna could only hope that Tobirama wouldn’t abandon him today.
-XX-
The next day at school, Izuna and Tobirama were sitting together for lunch when Tobirama’s ‘friends’ showed up.
“Tobi,” the one Izuna had come to know as Pein spoke. “We’re going to ditch school for the day. Are you in?”
Izuna scanned the group of people properly for the first time since he had met them, and he was shocked to see that his cousin, Itachi, was amongst the group. Izuna had wondered why he had never noticed Itachi with the others before, but pushing that thought to the back of his mind, he clutched Tobirama’s hand tightly, hoping that the Senju would decline.
“Sure.” Tobirama smiled, answering almost without hesitation. He turned to Izuna, smiling brightly. “I’ll see you later, Izu.”
Izuna whined, tightening his hold on Tobirama’s hand, tears welling up in his eyes. “…Tobi… you promised…”
“I’m sorry, Izuna…” Tobirama frowned, gently prying the small fingers off of his hand. “I’m sorry, but I want to go with these guys for today. I was with you all day yesterday, okay?”
One of the larger boys in the group laughed at the scene and wrapped his arms around Itachi’s waist. “He’s nothing like you are, Itachi.” He chuckled.
Izuna, though he was so upset, didn't fail to miss the discomfort and fear that briefly crossed his cousin’s face before turning stoic once more – almost as if he were used to this kind of contact.
“Tobi, please?” Izuna whimpered again. “…?”
“I’m sorry, Izu.” Tobirama said softly. He wasn’t about to change his mind. “I’ll see you at home tonight.”
With that, Tobirama kissed Izuna’s forehead gently before standing up and following the small group out through the double doors of the school’s cafeteria.
Izuna sobbed loudly, wanting to curl up and die at this betrayal.
“But, Tobi…” Izuna looked down at his wrists, sobbing harder as he stared at the fresh bandages that Hashirama had changed this morning. “…You promised…”
-XX-
“Any luck?” Izuna heard Madara ask from his place on the older Uchiha’s lap.
“No.” Hashirama sighed. “When that boy gets home…”
Izuna was sitting on his brother’s lap, cuddled up against him so that their stomachs were pressed together. His head was rested against Madara’s chest and his arms wrapped around the elder’s strong shoulders. Madara’s arms were wrapped loosely around Izuna’s waist.
“Izu-kun, I cannot apologise enough for Tobi’s behaviour as of late…!” Hashirama whispered.
“It’s not your fault, Hashi.” Madara said softly, reaching up to rub Izuna’s back gently. “You’ve done the best that you could with him.”
“As soon as Tobi gets home I will make sure he cleans up his act, Madara-chan.”
“Tobi is fine…” Izuna mumbled, snuggling in closer to his brother. “It’s his friends… Mada-nii, Itachi is in that group…”
“Itachi?” Madara repeated. “Our cousin Itachi?”
Izuna nodded. “Yes, but I don't think that he is happy there… There’s this big boy who acts like he owns Itachi or something…”
“We can’t do anything for Itachi,” Madara said sadly. “I know that it’s hard, but we can’t…”
“Boys,” Hashirama sat down on the couch beside the two Uchiha. “I’m sorry for interrupting, but I’m so scared for my brother. It’s almost midnight. He’s never been gone this late, he’s never skipped school like that before, and he won’t answer his phone. He keeps hanging up on me!”
Right as Hashirama finished speaking, the front door opened and Tobirama staggered in, swaying back and forth.
“Tobi, where’ve you been?!” Hashirama exclaimed, getting up and running to embrace his baby brother. “I’ve been so – Tobi! Have you been drinking!”
Tobirama looked up at his brother with red, bloodshot eyes. “So what if I have…?” He said quietly.
“You’re seventeen! You –“ Hashirama stopped as he sniffed the younger Senju. “…You’ve been near drugs, too! Upstairs, Tobi! You’re grounded!”
“Make me.” Tobirama spat, not moving an inch.
“You’re so lucky that it’s the drugs and alcohol that are talking! Upstairs to your bedroom, Tobi! Go!”
“No!”
“Tobi!” Hashirama shouted angrily, starting both Uchiha; Hashirama never shouted – especially at his baby brother. “Tobi, you go upstairs and get into bed! I’ll deal with you tomorrow! Go! You’re grounded!”
Tobirama spat at his brother after shouting back for a few moments
Once Hashirama had watched as his brother disappear up the stairs and into his bedroom, he made his way over to the couch and sat down, his head in his hands. He was so distressed he had started to cry.
-XX-
The next morning when Izuna woke up, he wondered if Tobirama would be going to school or not.
Izuna yawned and sat up, finding that Madara had brought him to sleep in Hashirama’s bed with both Madara and said Senju. Looking over at the clock on the bedside table, Izuna found that it was only a bit past six -- school didn’t start until quarter-to-nine.
Izuna sighed. What was he supposed to do while everyone else slept?
As Izuna laid back down in the bed and cuddled in close to his brother, he looked over at Hashirama as said Senju began to talk in his sleep.
“Tobi…” he sleep moaned. “Don’t… don't turn out like tou-san… please…”
Izuna frowned. What was Hashirama dreaming about? Izuna rolled over onto his side and began shaking Madara awake -- Hashirama had begun to cry in his sleep and Izuna didn't know what else to do.
“Mmm?” Madara moaned, opening his eyes. “…Izu…? Wha…?”
Hashirama-san is having a bad dream.” Izuna whispered, concern in his voice.
Madara blinked before sitting up and looking over at his lover.
“Hashi.” Madara called softly, reaching over Izuna and shaking the Senju’s shoulder gently.
Hashirama woke up quickly with a loud whimper. He hid his face from view, but the shivering of his shoulders gave everything away -- he was crying harder now than he was before in his sleep.
   “I…!” Hashirama sobbed, choking. “…I feel so dirty… I need a shower!”
Izuna watched in confusion as Hashirama left the bedroom quickly. He turned to Madara.
“What’s wrong with him?” Izuna asked sadly.
Madara sighed. “…When Hashi was young… his father did drugs and got drunk every night… He molested and beat Hashi all the time… He had raped Hashi a lot, too… and when Tobi-kun was born… he had the same treatment… as only a baby…”
“Tobi never said anything about that to me.” Izuna whispered.
“Well, he was very young.” Madara stroked Izuna’s hair gently. “Their father died of an overdose and we think that either Tobi-kun truly doesn't remember or he has blocked everything out. That’s why Hashi reacted so strongly last night.”
“…I… didn’t know…”
“Yes, it took a bit for Hashi to tell me, too, Izuna. It’s nothing against you, but you know how hard it can be to talk about such things…”
Izuna nodded. “I know…”
Izuna remembered everything. Having seen such a strong person break down because of memories made Izuna remember the day he became too afraid to truly live.
A/N Next chapter will be a flashback to the day Izuna became traumatised. Izu will be pretty young, so if you don’t like it, you can skip past it. The chapter will only contain the flashback, anyway.
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