Chapter One: What am I supposed to do?

Itachi rushed to get home as fast as he could. He had a short mission it only lasted three days and it was a success. It was a quick assassination nothing that he wasn't used to. He was mainly worried about the state Sasuke would be in when he got home.

Sasuke at first was a normal baby and his parents had cared for him. They were a happy family until the age of three when they all started to notice that something was wrong with him. He would avoid eye contact all the time and certain sounds and textures set him off. They took him to the doctor and that is when the diagnosis came. He was on the autism spectrum. To Itachi that didn't mean anything but to his parents it meant the end to them. They stopped caring for him since he was disabled. Uchiha were never disabled. They were the strongest of the strong.

It wasn't long before Fugaku tried to kill Sasuke. He beat him mercilessly with a baseball bat while Itachi was away on a mission. Sasuke was barely alive when Itachi found him the next day. He rushed him to the hospital with hope that he would pull through. He did make it though there were some permanent complications. Sasuke lost the use of his legs. Not permanently, but they would need a ton of physical therapy to correct some of the damage that was done to them. Since he was not getting that therapy his muscles had begun to atrophy and he was losing more and more strength in them each day. Now he couldn't stand.

That wasn't the worst part of the damage that was done. He also had a bleed in his brain which led to permanent brain damage. It created short term memory loss. His brain damage was moderate. It kept him from remembering things and from remembering words. He already had problems speaking because of the autism so the brain damage didn't help.

Itachi threatened his father that if he ever tried to kill him again that he would be next. The threat kept him from killing Sasuke but it didn't stop the abuse from happening. Sasuke still needed to use diapers because he couldn't walk to the bathroom and often would forget that he had to go. They would leave him in his own filth for days not bothering to keep him clean. His father would also still hit Sasuke and yell at him all the time which made things worse.

Itachi approached the house and started to look for his brother. He wasn't in Itachi's room so he started to panic. What if his father disobeyed him and killed him? Itachi started to look frantically all over the house. "Sasuke!" he called trying to find him. He kept running throughout the house before he heard a quiet "Ani!" come from the upstairs storage closet.

Itachi ran and flung the door open and saw Sasuke huddled in the tiny closet. "Ani!" Sasuke said as he smiled. Itachi bent down and picked him up not caring how filthy his brother was. He was sitting in his own filth for who knows how long. His hair was greasy and unkept. There were bruises all over his little body and his lip was split.

"Ototo I am so happy to see you." He made sure to keep his speech short and even.

"Happy Ani!" Sasuke said as he hugged Itachi tighter.

Itachi knew that he had to get Sasuke cleaned up before anything else. He carried Sasuke into his room and grabbed a set of clean clothes and a new diaper. He then stepped into the bathroom and placed Sasuke on the lid of the toilet while he went to fill up the tub.

"Mission?" Sasuke asked. Part of him was unsure if that was why Itachi was gone.

"Yes I went on a mission and it was a success." Itachi said as he put some bubbles into the water.

"Good Ani." Sasuke said back and smiled. He began to fidget and Itachi knew that it was because of the diaper. Sasuke had a weird thing with textures and the wet diaper would definitely be bothering him.

"Off Ani!" Sasuke said as tears began to form in his eyes. Itachi rushed to undress Sasuke and get him out of his dirty clothes. Once he was undressed Itachi cleaned him up with wipes first so that he wouldn't dirty the bath water too much. After he was done he lowered Sasuke into the water and he squealed.

Sasuke enjoyed the texture of the water because he associated it with being clean. Itachi began to bathe him and Sasuke was making noises and playing with the bubbles. Itachi was stressed out. He knew that his brother was unhealthy. You could see all his ribs and his spine. He was severely underweight and tiny for his age. He looked more like he was two rather than five.

Itachi finished up bathing him and pulled the plug to drain out the water. He lifted Sasuke out of the water and placed him on the toilet again as he began to dry him. He dressed him and lifted him up to carry him out of the bathroom.

"Mission?" Sasuke asked again. Itachi was used to this. On Sasuke's bad days he would often be caught in a loop.

"It was good Ototo and it was a success." Itachi answered again.

"Good Ani. No leave?" Sasuke asked as he snuggled closer to Itachi.

"Not for a couple days." Itachi answered back.

"Good. Love Ani!" Sasuke said as he hugged Itachi tighter.

"I love you more Ototo." Itachi started to pack a bag with some of Sasuke's toys. He took Sasuke out of the house. Itachi decided to eat out that day because there was no telling when his parents would be back. He was still infuriated with them for the condition that he found Sasuke in. He went to a cart to get some food and decided that they would eat in the park.

Itachi knew what foods Sasuke could and couldn't eat. There were a long list of foods that bothered him but luckily he would be fine with the sandwich Itachi bought as long as there was no crust on it and it was cut into four triangles. They went to a picnic table and Itachi started to cut Sasuke's sandwich. They ate quietly before Sasuke asked him "No leave Ani?"

Itachi knew that he forgot his answer from before. "Not for a couple days Ototo." Sasuke smiled and continued to eat his sandwich. He saw other kids running around and playing on the equipment and he felt bad. He wished that his brother didn't suffer from the trauma from what happened. It wasn't his fault he was born different. He was different, not defective.

They finished eating and Itachi took out some toys for Sasuke to play with. He placed a blanket down on the grass before he put Sasuke and his toys on it. He knew that the texture of grass would set him off. Itachi sat there enjoying the soft breeze as he heard Sasuke making noises with his toys. He wish that he could always be there for him but he knew that with his job he couldn't.

He was interrupted by an "Itachi!" He turned around to see Obito and Kakashi walking up to him.

Obito was his cousin hat was excommunicated from the clan because he refused to follow orders. Plus it was also discovered that he was gay. After he left the compound he moved in with his lover Kakashi and they have been together for five years.

"Hey guys how are you?" he asked and motioned for them to sit down. They sat and noticed that Sasuke was on the ground playing with his toys.

"Good. And how is Sasuke?" Obito asked. He knew of some of the problems that Itachi had with his family. Itachi would often vent to Obito about what was happening within the Compound.

"Good." Itachi answered.

"How old is he now?" Kakashi asked as he looked the underweight boy over. The both of them could tell that something was wrong with him.

"He is five right now. He just turned five a month ago." Itachi answered.

"He is so young to have to go through so much." Obito said sullenly. He and Kakashi were there for Itachi when Sasuke was in the hospital after his attempted murder. They knew about his condition.

"Hey Sasuke." Obito tried as he bent down to talk to him. Sasuke gave no indication that he was listening to him and continued to play with his toys. Obito didn't take offense to it. He knew it was because of the autism.

"So what was the damage this time?" Kakashi asked.

"I found him beaten and locked in a closet in his own filth. I don't know how long he was in there and I know that Sasuke wouldn't be able to tell me."

"That is horrible. You know that he shouldn't have to deal with that." Obito said.

"Of course I know that I just don't know what to do with him. I know that I can't keep leaving him there but I have no one to take care of him. He needs constant supervision." Itachi sighed.

"What if we looked after him while you were away on missions?" Kakashi suggested.

"I couldn't ask that of you. He is a lot to handle." Itachi said.

"Obito and I have suggested it to each other a couple times. We talked about it and we would rather take care of him than him be at the mercy of your father." Kakashi said as he looked over at Sasuke.

"I don't know what I should do. I mean he knows you guys so it would make more sense than a stranger." Itachi was considering it.

They were interrupted by an ANBU appearing.

"Request from the Hokage for your presence." The ANBU said. Itachi took it and the man disappeared.

Itachi opened it and read it. "Apparently I am being called for a new mission." Itachi said. He sighed. He knew he told Sasuke that he would be here for a couple days. It's not like Sasuke could remember but he still felt bad.

"What are you going to do with Sasuke? You can't take him back to the Compound." Kakashi said.

"Why don't we take him for the afternoon as a trial run?" Obito suggested.

Itachi was unsure but he knew that he couldn't bring Sasuke back to the house without him getting even more injured. Itachi sighed. "Ok you can watch him as a trial run."

"Good. We will take care of him. We promise."Obito said smiling.

"I know you will." Itachi answered. Now he just had to break the news to his brother.

Itachi got off the picnic table and kneeled down next to his brother. He knew that when Sasuke was focused on something he would not be able to come out of it unless he did so himself. Itachi began to slowly put the toys away back into the bag. Taking each of them away and Sasuke didn't notice until he dropped his toy to reach for another and it wasn't there. He pouted and then saw his brother. He reached over and gave his brother a giant hug. "Ani!" Sasuke said.

"Sasuke I need to listen ok? You are going with Obito-nii and Kakashi-nii for a little while. I have to go to a meeting." Itachi spoke slowly.

"No Ani!" Sasuke said as he started to get angry.

"I will be back but you need to be a good boy."

"I good boy Ani!" Sasuke said as he started to play with Itachi's shirt.

"I know Sasuke." Itachi said as he placed a kiss on Sasuke's head. Sasuke giggled.

"Ok you ready Sasuke?" Obito asked as he bent down to pick Sasuke up.

"Obi-nii!" Sasuke exclaimed since this was the first time he was noticing him. Obito bent down and picked Sasuke up.

"I need to run a couple of errands before I get him so don't be surprised that I don't come back right away." Itachi said as he got the bag together to give to Kakashi.

"It's ok take all the time that you need." Obito said as he began to bounce Sasuke in his arms.

"He probably needs to be put down for a nap anyway." Itachi said.

"We will take care of him Itachi, don't worry." Obito said.

"Ok. I will see you later." Itachi said as he started to walk away.

Obito and Kakashi began to walk back to their apartment. "Where Ani?" Sasuke asked. And so it began.

Hey guys I have had this idea in my head for a while now. I know that I should be working on my other stories and I am but I just couldn't get this idea out of my head. I hope you will enjoy this story and please review! It encourages me to write more!