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Broken Bonds	By : DeathAngel101 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 3697 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Chapter List
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Ah chapter 10…are we really on chapter 10?! Damn…it seems like yesterday when this fic was started.

On with the chapter.

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the Naruto characters, except for the kids and Kyo, nor do I make any profit.

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A/N: This is in it's raw form (like the rest), but I didn't get a chance to double check anything like I normally do. So if there are any mistakes I'm sorry! I need a beta and badly.

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Naruto woke up the next morning feeling…believe it or not…quiet rested and relaxed for once. He yawned as he stretched out like a cat, loving the way his joints popped back into place. The Kyuubi-vessel rolled onto his back and laced his hands behind his head. It wasn’t even dawn yet and here he was fully awake ready to get the day started. Naruto stared at the ceiling for what seemed like ages, just thinking about…nothing. His mind was free from all thoughts of the past; the only things that lingered were love, happiness, and his children. Naruto smiled and got up off the floor. He decided that maybe some early morning simple exercises were in order. Nothing fancy just a few things to get his body functioning properly. The blonde threw on a pair of old sweat pants and a plain wife beater. He quietly exited the house making sure not to wake anyone.

Naruto tip toed to the door and looked around him before opening it. The wooden object creaked lightly but made no other sound. Naruto sighed and slipped out of the small opening. After he had gotten about 50 yards away from the house, his shoulders relaxed. He was glad that no one was following him. He walked to the meadow where he Amatsuki had just sparred.

Naruto took in the sight of the place before he started anything. The sun was barely rising in the semi-foggy sky. The sky danced with the light orange and yellow causing a warm dim light to be cast over the field. The white puffs of cotton becoming their pure opaque white. The dew drops on the healthy green grass shimmered brightly as the morning sun hit them. The breeze was soft and not to over powering. The trees and animals were silent.

Naruto took a deep breath and closed his eyes. His senses sharpening allowing him to hear, feel, and smell everything around him. Naruto squatted down deciding to meditate instead, same effect less work. The blonde had to chuckle a little bit. Maybe he was getting a bit lazy in the training area. What was he going to do without Amatsuki? Naruto let out another small chuckle. He could tell already he was going to miss his baby. The blonde shook his shaggy spikes and began to focus.

Naruto felt his body go lax and his breathing shallowed. All of the blonde’s focus was going into finding his center. Before Naruto knew it he was being swallowed by darkness. The sun faded away. The sound of the morning birds disappeared. The smell of the morning dew and pine soon followed All that was left was blackness and silence. To Naruto it seemed he was in a place of his own, nothing could reach him. In the distant sea of dark, the blonde saw a small spec if light, as if it was guiding him.

The little dot emitted tranquility and serenity. Naruto felt at ease in the presence of this little thing inside him. He felt as if nothing was happening. The blonde felt happy and un-confused. His muscles were relaxed and ready to function. Soon the Kyuubi-vessel’s senses began to return. First he heard the content purring of Kyuubi and the birds chirping away blissfully. The next thing to return was his smelling. He smelt the pine trees around him and the fresh water stream. Lastly he opened his crystal blue eyes that shone with nothing but happiness and inner peace.

Naruto looked at the sky, reading about what time it was. Judging from the placement of the sun it was now going on seven o’clock. That meant that Amatsuki would be getting up soon, if she wasn’t up already. The blonde stood and dusted off his pants. He could feel that today was going to be a very good day. He took a deep breath and smiled while heading back to the house.

The walk was quiet. The brown house broke through the trees into Naruto’s vision and he could see movement inside the house.

‘Guess Amatsuki woke up her brothers and Ayame.’ Naruto smiled. But then came the loud thud and something glass shattering to the floor. The blonde looked startled for all of one second and dashed into the house.

A few minutes earlier…

Amatsuki purred and rolled over on her side, not wanting to get out of bed yet. Her dark eyes fluttered open for a moment and looked at the clock on her nightstand. It was fifteen minutes to seven. She could sleep a bit longer. The small blonde rolled to face the window. She was asleep in three seconds.

Two pairs of eyes scanned the area for any movement around Naruto’s house. They had been there since the older male snuck out early that morning. Two bodies crept over to the window to Amatsuki’s room to make sure the little blonde was still asleep. The two heads looked at the prone form and deemed that she was sleep and going to be out for a while. One hand reached out to touch the soft cheek but another hand slapped it away and shook its raven head. The other merely gave the girl a longing look and moved away from the girl’s window.

The two figures moved silently to three windows down from Amatsuki. The dark eyes peered inside to see three bodies strewn out the room. Two were in beds and one was in a chair. The dark eyes lit up when they found who they were looking for. Today luck seemed to be on their side as they pushed the window open and found it unlocked. The two bodies slipped into the room soundlessly. The larger of the two went over to the sleeping male with raven hair. Dark eyes studied the pale skinned man before going over to scope out the one with blonde hair. The smaller body checked out the female. They weren’t here to hurt them just check them out.

The younger body heard the other grunt softly and turned his head. He saw the other pointing down at Raiden…as if saying –this-is-the-one. The smaller figure nodded and went over to the larger shadow. On the way there he tripped over the chair that was seated by the desk, causing the figure to stumble and make a light enough noise to wake Satoshi.

Satoshi cracked open his ebony eyes and saw the two dark figures closing in on his younger brother. Just as the two figures were about to jump on Raiden, Satoshi leapt up and grabbed the smaller of the two, leaving the other to fall on the sleeping blonde. That’s how the chaos began.

“What the bloody hell?!” Raiden let out a surprised yelp and glared down at the runt laying on him. Satoshi had his hands full of a struggling little brat trying to get back to his sister. Ayame jumped up when she heard the loud thud come from Satoshi and the squirming boy in his grasp. The female that was once laying on Raiden was now straddling the blonde’s stomach shaking him ferociously shouting incoherent things. The dark haired female dashed out the chair and tried to take the enraged boy off of Satoshi. In the process of removing the boy Ayame fell back and knocked over the vase that was on the night table in the boys’ room.

“Get off of me squirt!!” Raiden yelled pulling the small hands from his shirt.

“Tell me what you’re doing in Naru-kun and Amat-chan’s house!! Who are you people?!” The little voice squeaked pounding her fists on the tanned chest.

“Yea, what are you doing here?!” The other little voice sounded from in between Satoshi and Ayame.

“WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON HERE?!” Naruto yelled bursting into the room. Everyone stopped dead in their tracks and looked toward the door. The Kyuubi-vessel saw a small female sitting on Raiden chest, looking like she was going to beat the crap out of him. Then to his left he saw a small boy clinging to Satoshi’s shirt for dear life while Ayame tried to pull him off. Naruto sighed. He should’ve known that these two were going to show up soon.

“Kisho and Keiko come here now.” Naruto demanded running a tanned hand over his face. Maybe that feeling about the day being good was just gas. The two children immediately obeyed. Keiko climbed off of Raiden while Kisho wiggled out of Ayame and Satoshi’s grasps. The three ANBU stared at the suddenly obedient turds that had attacked them. Well two of them.

“What are you two doing here so early in the morning?” The older blonde scolded, tapping his foot on the ground. The brunettes looked down at their feet. “Well?”

“We came to see who was staying with you.” Keiko finally said.

“We saw Amat-chan talking to the blonde idiot on the bed and wanted to know if he was planning to take her away from the village.” Kisho said completing the thought.

“Wait…who you calling an idiot you little…” One look, more like glare, from Naruto shut Raiden right up.

“So you two attacked them.” Both heads nodded. “Why didn’t you just knock at the front door and ask?” The blonde asked his tone softening a bit.

“We didn’t know if they were good or not.”

“They could’ve been bad. And they were holding you and Amat-nee-chan h-h-h…what’s that word Keiko?” Kisho asked looking over at his sister.

“Hostage.” She answered.

“Yea they could’ve been holding you hot sausage.” Naruto had to chuckle. Kisho’s cuteness saved them most of the time these two got into trouble.

“It’s hostage you twit, not hot sausage.” Keiko growled bonking her younger brother on the head.

“That’s what I said hot sausage.” The small brunette wailed.

“That’s enough you two. Do your parents know where you are?” Naruto asked breaking up the blooming fight between the children.

“Um…no.” Keiko admitted guiltily.

“We left before mommy and daddy woke up.” Kisho said beginning to tear. He looked up at Naruto. “Naru-kun are you going to tattle on us?”

“I have no choice, how else would I explain why you two were all the way out here this early.”

“But Naru-kun, then mommy would get really mad at us and give us spankings or worse ground us and we can’t come visit. Please don’t do that!” Both of the kids pleaded, tears spilling out of their eyes and onto their cheeks.

‘Even these kids know his weakness for tears. It’s hook, line, and sinker from here.’ Satoshi thought as he saw his dad’s resolve crumbling. Naruto let out an aggravated sigh.

“Fine, I’ll tell them you couldn’t wait to meet my family and came over early.” The blonde replied with a smile. Their small faces went from teary to ecstatic in an instant.

“By the way Keiko, Kisho…turn around.” The kids did as they were instructed and turned to look at the other three in the room. “Meet Satoshi, the man that Kisho was attacking, Ayame, the woman that was trying to pull you off Kisho, and Raiden, the blonde idiot as you so well put it Kisho.” Naruto said pointing to each one.

‘You know kit; these two runts could pass off as yours. Especially Kisho.’ Kyuubi laughed.

“Naru-chan they are your kids?!” Keiko stated with a pink hue pointing at Satoshi, Raiden and Ayame.

“Yes they are. That means they’re Amat-nee-chan’s real brothers. Ayame-chan really isn’t mine but she’s close enough to be.” Both children were a blur and at the feet of the three shocked ANBU.

“Gomen! Gomen! Gomen!” The two apologized profusely. Ayame, Satoshi, and Raiden looked down at the kids. They weren’t mad, just shocked. Stinking little bipolar imps.

“It’s alright. You guys have nothing to be sorry for.” Ayame said gently patting the spiky hair.

“Speak for your…ITAI!!” Satoshi yelped and covered the abused spot in his head. Two pair of hazel eyes glanced at Ayame.

“Is it true? You guys aren’t really mad?” One of the two asked. No one knew because the voice was so quiet.

“Mm-hmm.” The female smiled down. The next thing she knew she had an arm full of little squirt. Keiko had also jumped into Raiden’s arms hugging him fiercely.

“Arigatou!!” Keiko and Kisho squealed happily. Ayame returned the hug and Raiden…well he just stared at the little back.

“Hug her you dummy.” Satoshi growled lowly. The blonde slowly wrapped his arms around her. Keiko squeezed tighter, cutting off Raiden’s air supply.

“Um…chichi-ue…a little help please?” The young blonde pleaded. Naruto shrugged and walked out of the room into the kitchen to start breakfast.

Amatsuki rolled over in her bed and stretched. She couldn’t believe she overslept. Ah well. She was totally oblivious to the commotion that had happened right down the hall. She climbed out of bed and headed down the hall to see her brother’s and sister.

“Are you…KEIKO, KISHO!!” Amatsuki squealed when she reached the door. Both children detached themselves from the two they were attached to and tackled Amatsuki to the ground.

“Ah my little demons, how are you guys?!” The ten year old asked happily kissing Keiko and Kisho on the forehead.

“Genki desu.” They both answered together. Amatsuki smiled down at the two.

“When did you get here?” She asked.

“Um…early this morning.” Kisho stated with a smile.

“Real early…” Satoshi mumbled. Amat turned to look at her older brother hearing what he said.

“Okay what are you two doing here?”

“Um…we wanted to know who the blonde idiot was that you were talking to in the forest after your spar.” Keiko answered. Amatsuki looked confused for a minute. Who could they be referring to as the blonde idiot? Then she looked over at Raiden and laughed.

“You guys are funny. It was only Raiden-nii-san. Chichi-ue must’ve told you already.”

“Mm-hmm.” They nodded their head rapidly. Kisho looked over at the fuming blonde on the bed and stared at him. He climbed off of Amatsuki and on to Raiden.

“Mr. Blonde idiot…what happened to your left eye?” The chibi brunette asked pointing to the scar. Raiden’s eye twitched at the nickname.

“Nothing just a scratch.” Raiden stated. Kisho moved closer to the blonde’s face to inspect the scar.

“Does it hurt?”

“Not really.”

“How did it happen?” Raiden looked over at his sister. She shook her head lightly.

“I got into a fight and the evil man cut me with something.” The older male replied quickly. It was the partial truth at least.

“How did the fight start?”

“What is this twenty questions squirt?”

“Don’t blame me for wanting to know what happened to Amat-nee-chan’s brother! If she were to be worried then I would be worried. You’re crabby and emo.” Kisho pouted. Raiden’s eye twitched again and the others broke out into laughter. If three of them remembered correctly, Amatsuki said something similar to that about Sasuke. And Raiden in no way wanted to be compared to him, even if the little brat didn’t know it.

“Get off!” The blonde growled whacking Kisho over the head. Kisho tumbled off of Raiden but knocked the blonde in the eye, with a right. Both cried out for different reasons. One because he hit the floor and the other because he was temporarily blinded.

Amatsuki rushed over to Kisho to make sure he was alright. Keiko had long since lost interest in the two and began questioning Satoshi and Ayame about his wounds.

“Kisho, are you ok?!” The ten year old said frantically, checking over the boy. For the second time that morning Naruto came rushing to the door with a spatula covered in eggs.

“Now what happened?” The blonde groaned taking in the sight.

“HE HIT ME!” Kisho and Raiden yelled pointing at the other. Naruto let out a frustrated sigh.

“Everyone in the kitchen…NOW!” The Kyuubi-vessel reprimanded. The six bodies in the room scrambled to their feet and scurried past the fuming parent and spatula and into the kitchen. All of them took a seat at the table and sat in silence.

‘I leave them alone for twenty minutes and look what happens.’ Naruto inwardly ranted. He stalked into the silent kitchen and gazed at the seating arrangement.

“Satoshi switch places with Kisho.” Naruto said, while he turned to the eggs on the stove.

“WHAT?!” Kisho screeched. “I don’t want to sit next to the dummy!!”

“Who you calling dummy, you little imp?!” Raiden retorted childishly. The girls sighed, boys can be so immature.

“Stop bickering. You two need to learn how to get along. So sit next to each other or no food.”

‘Like that would ever happen. You know you wouldn’t starve them.’

‘But they don’t know that.’ Naruto heard two groans and the chairs sliding across the floor. Raiden turned his head to the side not wanting to acknowledge the little person next to him. Kisho, as soon as he sat down, pouted and glared to the front of him.

‘This is going to be a long morning.’ Naruto sighed and began plating the dishes. Amatsuki got up to help Naruto hand out the food. Before Naruto placed down Raiden and Kisho’s plate he gave them a stern look.

“No fighting while eating.” Both heads nodded in understanding and the blonde placed down their plates in front of them.

Breakfast was actually a quiet affair. That’s if you didn’t include the constant growling coming from the two childish boys across the table every time they touched. Or if you ignored the kicking underneath the table. Even if you didn’t pay attention to the glaring and non-verbal threats. But that wasn’t the case for Naruto. Ayame, Satoshi, Amatsuki, and Keiko moved their chairs back as they saw a constant tick form in Naruto’s eye.

“ITAI!! You loser!!” Kisho yelped. Raiden looked at him emotionless but had a smug glint in his eyes.

“Enough!” Both heads snapped to look at Naruto. Raiden and Kisho quivered in fear at the reprimanding look the blonde was giving them. “Eat your food and stop the kicking, growling, and glaring!” The Kyuubi-vessel bellowed. The two who were the object of his anger turned quickly to their food and began eating it obediently.

‘You know who you sound like now?’

‘Shut up Kyuubi.’

‘Now you know how Tsunade felt all those times you were being knuckle headed and wouldn’t listen.’

‘Kyuubi…’

‘Hmm?’

‘Remind me to castrate you next time I’m in your cage.’ Kyuubi cringed and moved away from the bars of his confinement.

Raiden glanced out the corner of his eye to watch Kisho. The small boy seemed to be having trouble holding his chopsticks right. The older male sighed; he wasn’t going to help him because he wanted to. No he was going to help the little snot because he didn’t want the boy’s breakfast all over him.

“Here let me help you with that.” Raiden said softly. Kisho looked up at him about to pull his hand away but there was a gentleness in the larger man’s eye and tone that the boy hadn’t seen or heard before.

“Okay.” The small brunette said quietly. Raiden grabbed the small hand and moved around the fingers that were in the wrong place.

“First off this finger goes here and you don’t move this finger.” The blonde explained. Kisho nodded and continued listening to the blonde.

Five pairs of eyes watched the two. This was the first time they had been civil to each other. Not only was this being civil but Raiden was helping Kisho! Naruto smiled this was the exact reason they were to sit next to each other.

“There you go. Now you should be able to eat without making that much of a mess.”

“Arigatou Rai-kun.” The small child said and went back to eating…neatly at that.

“Dou itashimashite.” The older blonde replied stunned at Kisho having called him by his name instead of blonde idiot.

“Sato-kun is Rai-kun always like that? Bipolar I mean?” Keiko asked quietly tugging at Satoshi’s sleeve. The raven couldn’t help but chuckle at the girl.

“Believe it or not he actually is always like that.” The oldest Uchiha replied quietly. “But you wouldn’t want Rai-kun any other way.”

“Oh…okay!” She exclaimed happily. Naruto’s gaze softened again. He was glad they were getting along now. Hopefully they’ll stay like that when they got to the village.

The rest of the meal was eaten in peace. Quiet conversation resounded throughout the table. Even Raiden and Kisho were talking to each other now. The group finished eating and washed their plates. Naruto, Amatsuki, Satoshi, Ayame, and Raiden took quick showers. Everyone had shifts so that they could watch the two little trouble makers that were sitting in the living room. Soon they were all gathered in the living room about to take the children back to their parents and so the village got to meet Satoshi, Raiden, and Ayame. By now it was between twelve forty-five, one o’clock. Lets’ just say two very curious little kids kept getting into trouble.

“Is everyone ready to go?” Naruto asked.

“Hai.” Came the collected shout. The blonde nodded his head.

“Then let’s go.” They all headed out the door and to the village. Keiko and Kisho chattered to Satoshi, Raiden, and Ayame how they would like the town and the people. The three ANBU listened intently and shook their heads every so often. Some of the time they would comment on what the two were talking about. Amatsuki walked quietly next to Naruto with her hands laced behind her head and eyes closed.

Naruto observed each and every one of them. It was something he loved to do because…well just because. There was no real justifiable reason behind the fact. He saw Satoshi trot over to him and Amatsuki.

“Hey chichi-ue, how do you know Keiko and Kisho?” The raven asked never taking his eyes off of the siblings.

“Both Amat and I sometimes help out at the school they have here. Keiko and Kisho are a part of the group we watch.” The Kyuubi-vessel replied.

“Um…chichi-ue aren’t you forgetting that they didn’t like you to begin with. But then something happened and that changed.” The smallest Uchiha said.

“Haha…well yea must’ve slipped my mind. Satoshi don’t ask about it.” Naruto laughed nervously. “Kisho get off of Raiden’s back! Keiko let go of Ayame’s leg before she falls.” The blonde yelled. The young ones detached themselves from their respective captives and laughed.

“I got ‘em.” Amatsuki laughed, seeing the mischief in the brown eyes. Her father nodded and she raced off to the four in front of them. Just as the two were about to pounce of the two ANBU, Amatsuki interrupted their plans.

“Hey, I’ll race you guys to the village. Whoever gets their first gets an ice cream cone.” Keiko and Kisho’s faces lit up in blatant excitement. Then they turned to each other competitively, determination burned in both of their eyes. Unexpectedly they both took off, with the youngest Uchiha in tow.

“Well that’s one way to keep them busy.” Satoshi laughed. Soon everyone joined in the joyous laughter. The rest of the walk was quick and uneventful without two little rugrats hanging around.

Satoshi looked at the ground. His mind was reeling from something he wanted to talk about. But now didn’t seem like the right time. His head had been in a muddled fury for seven years and not hearing from his father only made it worse. All the raven knew was that he had to talk to Naruto before he left for Konoha or else something would happen that wouldn’t make any of them any happier.

The walk was another five minutes, before they reached the edge of town. They saw two small brunettes lapping happily away at their ice cream and a blonde smiling broadly.

“Guess they won.” Ayame giggled, looking at the two messy siblings. Amatsuki nodded.

“Come on you guys. It’s time to go home.” The mini fox stated.

“Aww, but we don’t wanna.” Keiko whined, pouting a bit.

“But you have to get cleaned up. Besides by now your parents are worried sick about you two.” Naruto pointed out the strawberry ice cream smears all over their faces. Keiko’s pout deepened and Kisho began to pout along with his older sister. They both knew Naruto and Amatsuki well enough that they weren’t going to give up or change their minds.

“Fine…” Kisho grumped stomping off in the direction of their home. Keiko wasn’t far behind him either. The Kyuubi-vessel sighed, and everyone followed the pouting children.

Soon they made it to the little trouble makers house. Both parents were outside in a panicked state. Along with worry and anger marring their faces. Keiko and Kisho’s expressions changed from a pout to frightful. They knew they were in big trouble. As soon as they were standing in front of their mother, they were trapped in a tight hug. Their mother had dove at them with tears in her eyes.

“Oh my god!! Where have you two been?! Are you hurt? We were so worried! You two are still too young to be going out alone and so early. We thought…” The woman’s voice trailed off, breaking with tears. Keiko and Kisho wrapped their arms tightly around their mother.

“We’re sorry okaa-san. We couldn’t wait to meet Naru-kun’s sons and daughter from Konoha.” Keiko stated softly.

“So we left early this morning before you and otou-san woke up to go see them. We’re sorry mama.” Kisho finished. The woman let go of them and gazed at them through watery eyes.

“It’s alright. As long as you guys weren’t hurt. But next time you do something like that I’m grounding the both of you.” Two heads nodded in understanding. “Good, now go talk to your father.” She ended sternly. Another nod of the head and they both walked over to their father. The tall man looked slightly relieved but was still enraged.

Naruto watched as the lithe frame got up off of the ground and dusted off the dark purple skit she was wearing. She finally locked gazes with Naruto. A warm smile stretched across her face.

“Ah, Naruto thanks you for brining them home. They love you and Amatsuki so much; it seems that they never want to stay home any more.” The woman giggled.

“It’s no problem at all. They’re fun to have around, Akina.” The blonde smiled. Akina looked behind Naruto and finally noticed the three adults that appeared to be her age. She looked back and forth between Naruto and his sons a few good times.

“Oh my gosh Naru, are these your children?!” She squealed in delight, barely containing her giddiness.

“Yep these are them.” He beamed proudly. Ayame waved and smiled kindly. Whereas both Satoshi and Raiden gave small smirks and nodded politely.

“The two boys look like you but they could perk up a bit. Did they get that from their motheror something?” Akina whispered, not wanting the three ANBU to hear her.

“Sadly yes their personality came from their fa-mother.” Naruto replied with a semi-distant look but still caught himself. The same look he would get when thinking about Sasuke. Akina saw the look of hurt, pain, and love cross through cerulean eyes and her heart ached for him.

“So Naru, who’s who? I thought you only had two sons not another daughter.” The woman asked breaking the Kyuubi-vessel out of his trance.

“Oh, I do. Ayame was practically adopted into the family because she was always over at our house. So she’s more like a daughter than a friend.” Naruto responded. “Boys introduce yourselves.”

“Hello, I’m Uzumaki Satoshi.” The raven replied politely, bowing.

“Hey, I’m Uzumaki Raiden. It’s a pleasure to meet you…” The young blonde began suavely.

“Um…Akina.”

“Such a beautiful name for such a beautiful woman. It’s a pleasure to meet you Akina-san.” Raiden stated sweetly, bowing and kissing the feminine hand. A light blush dusted across the bronze cheeks, while she tried to get a hold of her mind and make it function properly.

“Um…t-the pleasure is all mine.” She stammered. A fox grin played on Raiden’s lips as he let go of the hand.

‘Now the charm is 100 me.’ The blonde thought smugly.

‘Pffbt…please, all you can charm are the psychos and degenerates.’ Kyuubi scoffed, sending Naruto’s charm high down crashing and burning. The fox did have a point, for the most part.

“Raiden get a hold of yourself. If I remember correctly you’re interested in some one else.” The Kyuubi container smirked. The younger male’s navy blue eyes widened while glaring at his chichi-ue. Akina, finally done swooning, regained her senses.

“Oh my Naruto, who is this lovely young lady over here? Is she always so quiet?” The female asked un-knowingly breaking up the father and son glare/smirk off.

“This over here is Ayame. She’s my teammate/friend’s daughter.” Akina walked over to her and shook her hand.

“It’s so wonderful to meet you Akina-san.” Ayame smiled. It reminded Naruto so much of Sai, just a lot friendlier.

“And the same to you Ayame-chan.” The woman smiled back.

“Ha…Ayame quiet…doubtful. She’s the loudest one of us all.” Satoshi laughed. Ayame subtly crushed the raven’s foot under her own, all the while still smiling but a little bit more evilly this time. Akina moved back to her spot next to Naruto which right now seemed to be the safest place.

“Naru, are they always this…violent?” She asked watching the scene unfold before her.

“Satoshi you idiot! You don’t go around saying things like that in front of people!” Murderous brown eyes glared at him. She clocked the elder Uchiha on the head causing another lump to form.

“Owww…owww…okay…I’m sorry….I’m sorry! Mercy!” Satoshi cringed covering his head defensively.

“Hehehe, but it is true, Ayame.” Raiden chuckled. Ayame turned her murderous glare on the younger twin.

“You want so of this too?” She asked a little too sweetly for either of the brother’s taste.

“Nope, Satoshi can take the whole beating alone.” The blonde backed off throwing his hands up in a surrendering gesture.

“The truth is, Akina…this is mild for them.” A brown eyebrow shot up in utter confusion. Naruto just chuckled a bit.

“This is mild?!”

“Mm-hmm.” Blonde spikes nodded. “Alright you guys break it up. Don’t forget your meeting the entire village today and you don’t want to do that covered in blood and bruises.” Naruto stated, stopping the fight immediately. Ayame quickly let go of Satoshi’s neck and straightened out her blouse acting as if nothing happened.

The raven placed a hand on his chest trying to regain back the air he lost. Raiden shrugged. It was Satoshi’s own stupidity that got him in trouble.

“You’re right Naruto.” Ayame said. She skipped over to Raiden’s side and began to chat away like it was normal. Naruto shook his head and walked over to Satoshi.

“Are you alright?” The blonde asked trying not to laugh. The raven merely nodded and straightened out. He was use to the abuse anyway.

“Bye Akina-san we’ll see you at later right?” Satoshi asked. All the woman in question could do was nod still amazed at the trio.

“Ok, we’ll see you then.” Naruto said. He turned to walk away with the three when he realized that Amatsuki was missing.

“Rai, did you see where your sister went?” Raiden shook his head. He had noticed she had slipped away toward the center of town when Naruto and the others had their backs turned.

“She headed toward the center of town just a few minutes ago.” The Uchiha answered as an afterthought. A ghost of a smile spread across the Kyuubi-vessel’s lips.

“Alright, let’s get going.” That earned Naruto a curious look from all three youngsters. A small chuckle sounded from the blonde as walked ahead of them. The three tailed after Naruto looking like gaping fish as they neared the center of the small village. Soon they had closed their mouths to take in their surroundings.

They saw that the streets seemed to be barren today. Not a single soul was visible. The houses were empty and even the small park had no children. The three ANBU were confused. Was this the same lively town they had just scoped out yesterday? What happened to all the people? Then their rational, shinobi side kicked in. Were the people of the village being held hostage? If so, then where was Amatsuki? And why was Naruto acting so calm? Sure he had sensed the disturbance in the town.

“Calm down you guys. Nothing happened.” The blonde said sensing the uneasiness in the three behind him. Naruto felt two heated glares on his back, but he felt one nervous shiver to his side. They neared the center of town and that’s when the life force of the townspeople became visible to the sharingan eye. That’s what also confused the boys. That their kekkei genkai was being blocked by something. As they rounded the next house a loud shout could be heard. Satoshi, Raiden, and Ayame jumped back as the loud boom of everyone yelling ‘surprise’ at them.

Amatsuki jumped from out of the middle of the crowd laughing. The look on their faces was priceless. It was Ayame who noticed that she had Kyuubi’s eyes activated, but when she blinked they were back to ebony.

‘Ahh so that’s why ‘Toshi and Rai were on edge.’ The brunette smirked. The young girl giggled as she trotted over to her family.

“Welcome to your surprise welcoming party.” Amatsuki giggled and bowed. Naruto let out a small snicker. And three heads turned to his direction.

“You knew about this!” Satoshi accused.

“The villagers wanted to meet you so I said that I would bring you guys to town. I didn’t know that everyone went this far.”

“Riiiiigth.” The raven drawled out sarcastically.

“Well come on you guys!! Let’s get this party started!” Amatsuki beamed tugging her brothers to the people. She knew that Ayame had no problems meeting new people but Satoshi and Raiden on the other hand were a bit antisocial.

The day wore on. It was filled with laughter and smiles as everyone got to know the three outsiders better. Nothing could put a damper on anyone’s mood because no one would allow it. Sure they had to lie a few times someone asked about their ‘mother’ but that didn’t sour Satoshi or Raiden’s outlook. Everyone was carefree and happy here. There was karaoke, dancing; all types of games and everyone seemed to be having fun. Naruto hung off to the side, enjoying the twin’s faces. They had a mix of excitement and fear of the little group of fangirls that attached themselves to their arms. Ayame seemed to be no better off. She had he own group of males surrounding her. But she also had a smile brightening her features.

Naruto heard a frightened squeal off to his left, where the boys were. Apparently Amatsuki had found her brothers and the mob. To confirm his suspicions he heard a small feral growl. Yep, her possessiveness has come out. The group back away from the males and allowed them to breath. The blonde chuckled.

“Boo.” Naruto jumped slightly. He whipped his head around to see who whispered in his ear to see a smirking Kyo.

“Kyo, you scared me!” The blonde huffed hugging the slightly taller male. The silver haired man laughed and kissed Naruto’s neck. The blonde jumped away, blushing. He looked every where except at Kyo.

“Naruto…sorry, I shouldn’t have done that.” The man blushed.

“Oh no…you just surprised me.” Naruto replied waving his hands. “It’s okay.” There was that feeling again. Naruto pushed it aside, burying it away for later.

“Okay.” There was a pregnant silence between the two before Kyo spoke again. “So are you enjoying the party?”

“Oh yea, it’s great to see everyone like this. And the village is so lively. It’s wonderful.” The Kyuubi responded looking at the crowd. Now he saw that Amatsuki had gone to help Ayame, leaving her brothers to get mobbed by a bunch of girls.

“How come you’re not mingling?” The silver haired man asked.

“Got a bit tired, that’s all.” Naruto answered. Kyo ‘hmm’-ed and just sat there next to the blonde.

“Where have you been all day, Kyo?”

“Oh, I had to do a few things in the shop and then had to head out to the largest town to pick up a few things. I didn’t mean to be so late.”

“Isn’t the…” Naruto’s question was cut off when Amatsuki and the others joined them.

“KYO!!” The little blonde quipped happily jumping into Kyo’s awaiting arms. She wound her arms tightly around the man’s neck as if to never let him go.

“Hello Amat-chan.” Kyo said hugging her back. “And hello again Raiden-san, Satoshi-san, and Ayame-san.” The silver mop nodded. The twins nodded back.

“Please Kyo-kun drop the honorific. There is no need for formalities.” Ayame giggled.

“Okay, Ayame.” It kinda sounded weird to Kyo but he would get used to it.

“So, chichi-ue you ran away from the party?” Satoshi’s smooth voice flittered into Naruto’s ears.

“Hehe…no. I just came to relax a bit and watch you guys.” The blonde said scratching the back of his neck nervously.

“And we’re supposed to believe that chichi-ue.” Satoshi drawled out disbelievingly.

“It’s true. And then Kyo came over. So nnh!” Naruto stuck out his tongue childishly at the oldest Uchiha. And then crossed his arms and looked away. Oh no, he didn’t look the least bit guilty.

“Hey, Naruto, where has Kyuubi-sama been? None of us have seen him around the village lately.” Kyo inquired saving Naruto a lump on the head. A small, inaudible sigh of relief escaped the blonde.

‘I’m right here!! Hear me, shine-y (that’s what Kyu calls Kyo because of his hair)’ The ancient demon yelled, with the tiniest shred of hope that Kyo could hear him. Naruto shook his head sadly at the fox. Leave it to Kyuubi to try and be heard.

“He had to go to the village hidden in the stars to pick up something for me from a friend. The annoying pest should be back no later than a week, give or take a day or two.” The blonde replied quickly.

‘By the way we have to go there to get that thing from Sumaru.’ Naruto reminded Kyuubi.

‘You’re the one who wanted to put it off. But it will be a stop on our way back from Konoha. Unless you want to do it before. And if you call me an annoying pest again I’ll be using you’re bones as toothpicks.’

‘Alright, grumpy ass. But, whatever you have planned it fine with me.’ Kyuubi shrugged. It didn’t matter to him. He was just happy to be able to roam free for awhile.

“Oh…ok. Kyuubi-sama does go on a lot of journeys. He rarely home to help you with Amatsuki.” Kyo noticed.

“It’s fine. He doesn’t help that much, unless he’s training with Amat.” Naruto waved it off.

“How do you know Kyuubi?” Raiden asked. Amazement clearly written on his face.

‘Don’t forget the –sama, brat. Respect your elders!’ Kyuubi huffed. Naruto had to hide the smile on his face.

“Kyuubi-sama…hmm? I went by Naruto’s and Amatsuki’s house one day because your sister had caught a cold. So I bought her some chicken soup from the shop. And Kyuubi-sama answered the door. You know in some ways he reminds me of a fox.” The taller man said thoughtfully remembering the day. A collection of shocked gazes stared at Kyo.

“What?” He asked not liking the sudden attention.

“Look at that…Raiden, Satoshi your fan clubs are here. I’d run if I were you.” Amatsuki said looking over her brother’s shoulder to see the horde of crazy girls running toward them. Before she even finished her sentence the twins had taken off into the crowd. The ones left on the side laughed.

It was a while before the party ended and everyone went home. The days that followed soon after that passed slowly. Satoshi, Raiden, and Ayame completely healed from their wounds about a week later and began helping out around the village. Amatsuki even got to train with both of her brothers…at the same time. She kicked their asses.

Ayame had been helping Naruto in the kitchen a lot. Creating new ideas for their meals. She enjoyed being around the older man. He had a calm and sunny aura around him that was just contagious. Kyo was over often becoming more apart of the family than before. It was fun to have him around as well. These were the times that Naruto smiled the most other than when he was with any of them.

The next week passed by quickly. A pressing feeling kept growing on Naruto’s heart. He couldn’t shake it any more. And the trip to Konoha, Kyuubi was so intent on taking was drawing near. He was enjoying the time with Kyo and his kids. But something just didn’t feel right. Like something or someone was missing. And that was the other thing driving Naruto crazy.

One night, in the dead of the hours of darkness, the Kyuubi-vessel wandered into the clearing. There was no moon. The forest was dark, not even the bright green grass could be seen. But that didn’t matter Naruto was intent on getting something off his chest and he wasn’t going to tell Kyuubi in his mind. The owls hooted as he walked by. In the distance Naruto vaguely heard a wolf baying at the bleak sky. He reached the middle of the field and quickly did the hand signs for the separation jutsu. When he took his hand away from the forming body and took out the scroll that held Kyuubi’s clothes.

When the fox appeared his kit handed him his usual clothes. He saw the seriousness all over Naruto’s face and quickly pulled on the pants and shirt. Kyuubi’s ears pointed up on full alert waiting for Naruto to speak.

“Kyuubi we leave in a day. Be prepared to get to Konoha quickly and leave just as quickly. We won’t be there long. Just to see everyone and so one and so forth.” The blonde kitsune’s tone was sharp and left no room for arguing. His eyes were a piercing steel blue, more than normal. His face was hard and body tense. This was the side of Naruto that usually meant business and was set on his decision. This was a side that he never wanted to see again.

“Alright kit. But surely this isn’t the only thing you called me out here for. Just to tell me something so trivial.” Kyuubi stated. A wry chuckle left Naruto’s throat.

“Of course not. I’m seeing how long I can hold the jutsu so I don’t have to call you again every few hours.” The blonde responded dispassionately. The tone sent a shiver down the fearless demon’s spine.

“So as of now you’re back from the village hidden in the stars.” Naruto continued.

“Ah, so it seems. I hope you know what you’re doing Naru.” This was the first time since they got here that Naruto crack that huge ass smile of his. The light of life back to his eyes. His whole demeanor changed in the matter of an instant. The smaller male’s body was more relaxed and his welcoming aura had returned as well.

“Don’t I always know what I’m doing Kyu. Come on let’s get back home.” The blonde threw an arm around Kyuubi’s shoulder, being shorter didn’t help the fact.

“Right, this coming from the boy who almost got turned into a frog trying to learn how to master nature chakra.” Kyuubi rolled his crimson eyes and followed his little brother home.

With Sasuke (a week and a half ago)

Sasuke and Itachi leaped through the dense forest surrounding the water which protected the small village in the middle of the sea. It was silent; Itachi was trying to devise a fool proof plan to get the ancient scroll that the thieves had stolen from the Raikage. Sasuke also guessed that he was still pissed at him for being late since he hadn’t talked the whole way there. The younger raven sighed his brother really knew how to hold a grudge even over the smallest of things.

There actual mission wasn’t in the land of waves, but in the forest. Tsunade had said that there was a tip off of the thieves’ location from a villager that caught a glimpse of the people before hightailing it out of there. But the villager wasn’t so sure because he was too scared. That was about a little less than a week ago, so they didn’t know if they changed location of not.

Itachi had stopped so abruptly that it took Sasuke a few minutes to realize that his aniki had stopped. The younger turned around to look at the thoughtful look on his face. Sasuke hopped back to the same branch as his elder brother.

“Itachi, why did you stop?” The older raven ignored him and looked up at the darkening clouds. The weather was perfect. Sasuke huffed childishly next to his brother.

“Will you quit acting like a child otouto, its demeaning.” Itachi said emotionlessly. He turned cold dark eyes on what could pass off as his twin.

“Tell me what you’re planning then, aniki.” The smaller Uchiha snorted.

“That we will invade the camp when the rain begins. It will provide the best cover. And by the look of the clouds it will be dark enough to not be noticed.”

“Um…one problem with that…we don’t even know where the bandits camp is oh-wise-one.” The raven stated sarcastically.

“Little brother if you were to go any further you’d be in the heart of the camp. If you hadn’t noticed we have been in their territory for almost 3 hours now.” Sasuke blushed visibly. How the fuck was he supposed to know? “Keep your focus on the mission, foolish otouto.” The older glared. Sasuke grumbled under his breath.

“We’ll camp here until then.” Itachi leaned against the tree, keeping a sharp ear and eye for anything out of the ordinary. Sasuke went into another tree keeping his post there until his brother gave the signal to move.

It was a full boring hour before the rain started to pour down in heavy droves. Just like Itachi predicted the clouds were too dark and dense for any light to get through. Other than the lightning streaking across the sky there was no light to give away their positions. The older raven crouched low listening for any sign of movement among the small hideout. Sasuke saw the motion from the corner of his eye. Adrenaline began to pump through his veins, finally getting to the action.

The younger Uchiha brother felt the weight on the branch shift a little. He turned his head to see his brother standing at the end. Sasuke stood up and walked over to Itachi. The elder Uchiha acted like he didn’t notice him until Sasuke said something.

“Aniki?”

“Let’s go.” Was all Itachi said before leaping off the branch landing silently on the ground below. The smaller male followed suit, landing just as quietly as the other. In the blink of an eye they were gone, moving soundlessly through the trees.

It wasn’t long until they reached the makeshift hideout. Just like Itachi had stated before, if Sasuke had gone any further they would be in the heart of the camp. But this here was wrong. There was no body out. Not a single moving creature was guarding the supposed fort. Both had their sharingan activated and still nothing. A spine-chilling tingle made its way down Itachi’s back. Something wasn’t right here. Even though that feeling kept getting stronger, they kept going stealthily through the campsite.

By now Itachi had dropped back to the rear. Sasuke didn’t notice the change in his older brother and kept up his pace. They got to the small hut that covered an underground cavern that supposedly hid the scroll. The young raven looked behind him at his brother to make sure it was okay. The elder Uchiha pulled out a kunai and nodded. Sasuke had his hand permanently glued to his katana handle. He pushed the makeshift door out of the way and quietly entered the hut.

It appeared to bigger than it looked. The back seemed to extend to what seemed to be the edge of the forest judging by the inside and holes in the roof. The brothers slowly made their way inside. Carefully scanning everywhere for any sign of movement. That same prickling feeling that was bugging Itachi, now made its way up Sasuke’s back. The raven was about to turn to his aniki when something caught his peripheral vision.

“Shit, it’s a trap!” Sasuke groaned spinning into a crouch to dodge three kunai. Itachi effortlessly dodged the deadly blades. That was until Sasuke got too careless.

“Sasuke, look out!” The older raven almost yelled. He dove at his otouto tackling him to the ground. His left arm and leg were grazed by the shuriken. Sasuke looked up at his brother who was getting off of him.

“Th…”

“Don’t be so careless next time.” Itachi muttered cutting off Sasuke’s ‘thank you’. Now was defiantly not the time.

“We should retreat for now.” The younger mumbled lowly so only Itachi could hear.

“That would be wise, but they’ve sealed the entire place. So now we have no choice but, to fight.” The elder sighed. He was kind of happy that they weren’t meeting any resistance, but with a good there always comes a bad. In this case it was really, really freaking bad.

“Ahh, bravo…bravo. You are the first two to ever make it past the weaponry. And for that I must commend you.” A rough deep voice taunted from the shadows, clapping lightly. The brothers’ heads whipped around to see who was talking but saw only shadows. Sasuke growled and jumped up.

“Who are you?!” He demanded. A cynical laughter filled the air.

“No need to be brutish young one. All you need do is ask. To answer your question I am Tsuyosa of the west. It is a pleasure to finally meet the infamous sharingan users, Uchiha Itachi and Sasuke. The last of the feared Uchiha clan.” The man bowed formally finally coming from behind the shadows. His face was covered, but his body was lithe and built. He had a light tan to his skin and the brightest of hazel eyes. Itachi noticed that just as the apparent leader moved the whole group of lackeys seemed to follow suit. But at the mention of their names Sasuke and Itachi both stiffened.

“How…” Sasuke began.

“How did I know who are? Well my friend that’s simple. Both of your reputations as rouge ninjas from the villages hidden in the leaves precede you. You, Itachi, cold-hearted to the entire world…except to your darling baby brother and his family. You joined the ANBU at the tender age of 13 and then slaughtered your entire clan by the age of 15. With the power and strength you have you could crush any nation you wanted with only a handful of the best men and women. You used to travel with a motley bunch known as the Akatsuki, but years later rejoined Konoha’s forces. So much talent wasted on a pathetic village.” Tsuyosa chided. Itachi’s eyes narrowed but remained impassive. He shook his head and turned his gaze to Sasuke.

“And you, Sasuke, young and handsome with such intellect that you could bring down an enemy without using that much energy at all. If I remember correctly you were on Hatake Kakashi’s team along with two others. A pink haired nuisance that would never let go of you. You also used to roam with a bunch of your own. Hmm, it was hebi at first but then changed to taka after you tried to kill your brother for the umpteenth time. Young ones like you shouldn’t be let go so easily it was such a shame. But you can also be brash, hotheaded, and never think things through like a certain little friend of yours. Now what was his name? Naruki? Naraku? Ah, yes Naruto! How is your cute blonde husband? Oh sorry I should say ex-husband. Excuse me for my mistake.” That struck a nerve in Sasuke. Even if he kept trying to convince himself that he didn’t love Naruto anymore, no one…NO ONE had the right to talk about him that way. With that little piece of wire cut the young Uchiha charged the man without thinking anything through. Itachi’s reaction was too late.

Tsuyosa stood there grinning calmly at the charging male. With the flick of his wrist the young Uchiha was thrown back into the opposite wall with a blade to his throat.

“Now, now Itachi surely you have taught your brother better manners than this.” The man tsk-ed. A scowl marred Itachi’s normally stoic face. The man was toying with them.

“Sasuke calm down.” The elder said rather coolly despite his features. Coal eyes narrowed into slits as he stopped struggling. Tsuyosa nodded and Sasuke was let go. The man moved back into position waiting to attack again.

“You seem to have your brother on a pretty tight leash there. But there are a few things that plague me. Why would dear little Sasuke be so tightly strung when talking about his ex-husband? From the rumors that spread throughout the land is it really true that Naruto-san ran away from Konoha in the dead of night with his youngest seven years ago?” Tsuyosa asked innocently enough. A low growl escaped Sasuke’s lips.

“What’s it to you?”

“Shame, shame Sasuke. If you don’t answer my questions then you won’t make it out of here in one piece.” The taller man smirked. In the blink of an eye they were both surround by at least thirty or so men ready to attack. “So are the rumors true? And don’t lie to me little Uchiha.”

“Answer him Sasuke.” Itachi murmured.

“Yes, the rumors are true.” Sasuke sneered. His hand itched on the handle of his blade ready to strike.

“Good boy. Now it is true that the reason he left was because you were having an affair…?”

“Yes.”

“Little Sasuke you failed to let me continue. You were not having only one affair but two at the same time. And was one not with your old sensei, Orochimaru?”

“Yes.” The younger raven bit out. A pale hand tightened around the handle. The goons surrounding them tensed waiting for them to do something wrong.

“Heh…are you still in love with the Kyuubi-vessel?” The leader smirked as he saw Sasuke went ridged. It was a long while before he said anything.

“No I am not still in love with Naruto.” His words were calculated and slow. It almost seemed like he was convincing himself more than anything.

-this is the worst battle scene ever!!(Still can’t write one to save my life)-

“Wrong answer.” Tsuyosa replied coldly. “Kill them.” He flicked his wrist and the goons were all but happy to fulfill their leaders wish. All of them jumped the brothers simultaneously.

Both brothers had little time to react to the onslaught of attacks. The bandits all had them against the ropes. Their weapons of choice were a katana, shuriken, or kunai. From some where amongst the large group someone would use ninjutsu.

Itachi couldn’t even use the Mangenkyo Sharingan on them. If he did them someone would attack him from behind. Blades clashed and sparks flew. The elder Uchiha was currently locked in a hand to hand combat with one guy. Another one came up from the bottom of him and swiped at his stomach. He had barely enough time to swing back and round house the two. But even that left him open for attack. Another goon came up behind him and head locked him. Pale hands flew to the arm around his throat struggling to get it off. Once he had enough leverage he flipped the guy over his head and into the mob that was quickly closing in around him. He pulled out his long forgotten katana and charged into the crowd. Metal piercing the bodies of those trying to get up fast enough filled the older Uchiha’s ears. Blood spattered from the bodies covering Itachi in a light veil of red. Believe it or not Itachi was actually enjoying himself.

Sasuke swung the blade around him easily blocking the dark sharp objects. The lightning for his chidori crackled through the blade frying every and anyone who touched it. The withered bodies fell to the floor. Screams of agony filled Sasuke’s ears as he tried to fend off the rest. They just seemed to keep popping up even after he killed them.

Tsuyosa chuckled at the sight of the two. They really were something else. He decided that he would have a little piece of the fun as well. The covered male did a few quick hand signs and touched the ground. Before either brother caught the movement it was already too late. A hand attached itself to Sasuke’s ankle and brought him down on to his knees. But that didn’t deter the raven from defending himself. But with his ankle restricted any careless move could cost him dearly. Sasuke twisted his ankle painfully trying to evade the attacks. His Sharingan wasn’t helping that much. These bandits had some type of jutsu protecting them so they weren’t as easy to read.

One thief came at the grounded Uchiha’s head with a katana. Aiming to kill. If it wasn’t for Itachi yelling something, Sasuke might’ve been decapitated. Just at the right time his head moved and he stabbed the goon right in the gut. Out of nowhere a kunai came whizzing by Sasuke’s left arm, causing a deep gash to form. The sound of metal hitting the stone floor rang throughout the room. Sasuke’s right hand came up to cup the wound to slow down the bleeding.

“Ahhh!” One of the goons cried charging at Sasuke full force. He picked up his sword in time to block the guy in front of him and cut his throat. Blood splattered on to Sasuke’s face.

A searing pain shot through the young Uchiha’s abdomen. And before he knew it a scream tore from his throat. Itachi almost stopped dead in his tracks at the sight. There on the floor, Sasuke had been run through with an almost black looking blade. Blood poured from the wound like a fountain. The bandit behind him harshly yanked out the sword and watched Sasuke crumple to the floor. He walked up to the raven’s head to finish the job when his feet were kicked out from underneath him and he was stabbed with a lighting strike.

“I’m not dead yet.” He barely managed to get out looking dead at Tsuyosa. Itachi was even more determined to escape this now. By the looks of his otouto he wasn’t going to last much longer. The man laughed. This was becoming very interesting.

“Dear little one. It will be over soon enough.” He cackled. It seemed to Itachi that his guys were thinning out but Sasuke’s were multiplying. That’s when an idea hit him. Hoping that Sasuke could hold out long enough for him to do the jutsu.

Sasuke was valiantly keeping himself out of harms way. He jumped up on to the shoulders of the bandits, picking them off one by one as he ran over them. But someone grabbed his injured ankle and slammed him on the ground. A pain cry was released from the young Uchiha. He gripped his mid-section feeling more blood seep through. A katana came down on him piercing him right above his heart. That’s when blackness threatened to over take Sasuke. He fought hard to keep consciousness but his will was soon fading as well. The last thing he remembered was Itachi saying something along the lines of ‘Entrapment jutsu’. Then the world was a black abyss with no past, present, or future.

The next thing Sasuke knew was that he was waking up in a hospital bed. Damnit he hated hospitals and now, curse his damn luck, he ended up in one again. He groaned in both frustration and dizziness as he opened his dull coal eyes. He gazed out the window and saw that the sun was just rising, dawn. He looked around the all white, sterile room from hell and saw his aniki lying in the bed next to him.

His head and eyes had been bandaged. But that’s all Sasuke could tell from the dim lighting and covers that lay sprawled across Itachi’s body. What had happened after he passed out?

“Otouto, it seems that you’re awake.” Itachi’s smooth voice sounded, slightly startling Sasuke. Itachi always had a knack for doing something like that.

“Yes, aniki. What happened? Are you okay?” The young Uchiha sounded like a child again. Worried to death about his older brother more than even his own life.

“Well, after you so ceremoniously blacked out I used the entrapment jutsu to bind all of them. And of course I over used my Mangenkyo Sharingan. As for you, you are seriously wounded and can’t move. If you haven’t noticed already.” The elder sounded slightly amused. Sasuke hadn’t noticed that he couldn’t move any of his limbs of muscles for that matter. He tried but to avail.

“Aniki why can’t I move?” He began to panic.

“Relax. You’re just strapped to the bed. You’re injuries are too serious for you to be trying to escape the hospital again and you wouldn’t stop struggling. The wound to your abdomen would have been fatal if it had pierced your liver. And you were lucky about the one to your chest. Just a centimeter or two down and you would’ve been dead for sure.” Itachi explained.

“Where are we and how long have I’ve been out?”

“We’re in Konoha. A medical team had been dispatched near the area and found us on their way back. And you’ve been out for about a five days.”

“What about Tsuyosa?”

“Dead.” Itachi said it with so much disdain Sasuke didn’t want to know what his brother put him through. The door slide quietly open and Tsunade walked in.

“Ah, hello my little Uchiha delinquents.” Tsunade heard a rude snort come from the left. “Oh great. You’re up.” The blonde sneered toward Sasuke.

“Tsunade-sama I do believe that is harassment of a patient.” Sasuke retorted.

“You were so much better sleeping. Too bad you didn’t stay that way. Anyways how do you feel? Any pain or soreness?” The busty Hokage asked.

“Okay I guess. Other than being stabbed multiple times. No I don’t feel any pain or soreness.” The answer was clipped and growled.

“Good because of the amount of morphine we had to put you on to stay still should be enough to kill a whale. But you seem to be responding to it rather well. Are you sure you weren’t a druggie? You’ll be on it for a few more days. So you won’t get addicted.” She walked over to Sasuke’s bed to check on his bandaged wounds. It appeared that the one in his chest was bleeding slightly and the other two were fine. “You know how lucky you are to have got here on time.” Tsunade asked changing the soiled wrappings.

“Enlighten me.”

“Brat one more slip up and you will die a very painful death. That’s how lucky.”

“Harassment.”

“Sasuke quit being an ass. I doubt you wanna piss of Tsunade-sama now when she holds your life in her hands. Knock it off.” Itachi scolded. Sasuke huffed and let the heavy handed woman do her job. He hated to admit that his brother was right. Tsunade grinned and quickly finished rewrapping the wound.

“Okay Uchiha, you have to remain in the hospital for at least another few weeks. So you’re under my control until then.” The Godaime patted the raven spikes. Sasuke glared at the woman. Tsunade seemed to have an evil sweetness to her voice that he didn’t trust. She turned her back toward him to attend to his brother.

“As for you Itachi, the eye bandages can come off today. The downside is you can’t use your Mangenkyo Sharingan for at least six months.” The hazel eyed woman instructed.

“Yes ma’am.” Unlike his baby brother Itachi had kept his composure. The blonde doctor carefully removed the gauze and tape that covered Itachi’s eyes. The small gauze pads were stained red with blood from a little leaking. But it was semi-normal by now. She threw them away.

“Itachi open your eyes for me.” The elder did as he was told and looked straight at the Hokage. He blinked a few times. She tilted up his chin and shined a bright light in his pupil. The elder would have rolled his eyes if he could.

“Fuzzy? Clear? Anything? What can you make out?”

“It’s a little fuzzy. I can make out shadows and outlines of people. Nothing solid just yet.” Itachi answered.

“They will get better over the course of the a few days. Just don’t do any thing too extensive.” The raven nodded. “Itachi you will be able to go home as well. Since the injuries you suffered weren’t as critical. Just a few broken ribs some cuts and bruises. But they healed in a miraculous amount of time. So let me draw up the papers and all you have to do is sign them. While I go do that, the both of you get some more rest and I’ll be back later.” With that said and done Tsunade walked out of the room. Itachi laid his head back on the pillow ready to get some more sleep.

“Aniki, have you heard any word on Satoshi and Raiden’s whereabouts?” Sasuke’s voice was small and fragile.

“No, but they are ANBU so they can take care of themselves.” Itachi responded, worrying about his nephews as well. He rolled over on to his side and fell asleep. Sasuke soon did the same.

With Naruto (day of the trip)

“Be good you guys. We’ll be back as soon as we can. Amatsuki stay out of trouble and don’t prank your brother too much. Boys lay off the training a bit. You’re still kind of healing and your wounds still need time. Ayame watch over them because I know they aren’t going to listen.” Naruto said giving each and everyone of them a hug. They all nodded at their respected jobs.

“Amat, don’t forget to work on that jutsu I taught you okay.” The red-head winked.

“Yes Kyuubi-sama.” Amatsuki beamed. Kyuubi nodded at her enthusiasm.

“Kit, is there anything else?” Kyuubi asked turning toward Naruto.

“I don’t think so.” The blonde replied.

“Chichi-ue, where are you going?” Raiden asked. It was strange that Naruto failed to mention his destination to them. But something in the back of Raiden’s mind he already knew the answer.

“To the Village hidden in the stars. We have to talk to Sumaru. We’ll back before you know it.” Naruto responded a little too quickly. It was the truth, well part of it at least. Satoshi noticed how tense his body had become and wondered if that was all of it.

“Alright, we’ll see you when you get back.” Satoshi smiled.

“Yep.”

“Oh and Kyuubi-sama…”

“Hm?” Satoshi leaned into the fox’s ear so that only he could hear him.

“Don’t let chichi-ue get to close to otou-san.” The raven whispered. A small chuckle, more like a snort left Kyuubi.

“What makes you think he’ll get to him alive? But alas Naruto would never let me kill him. As you wish ‘Toshi.” A sly fox grin played at the pink lips. The raven nodded and pulled away.

‘Kyu what was that all about?’

‘It seems little Satoshi here figured it out before we left.’

‘Great.’

Kyuubi laughed and turned to leap into the trees. Naruto stayed behind for a second. He really didn’t want to leave his kids after he had just gotten them back. It was hard for him.

“See you soon you guys.” Naruto smiled. He locked eyes with Satoshi sending him a silent message. He also didn’t want his cover to be blown.

“Of course chichi-ue.” The eldest Uchiha smiled.

“Good luck!” Amatsuki waved as Naruto turned and leapt off after Kyuubi. It wasn’t long before Naruto caught up with the fox.

“There you are kit. Took you long enough.” The ancient demon smirked landing on a tree branch. Naruto landed in a crouching position not too far from him.

“I had to talk to Satoshi. I wasn’t that long you impatient asshole.” The blonde huffed. His blue eyes scanned the area looking for any immanent danger. It was a last minute check out before he left the village. He didn’t want it to be attacked or anything while they were gone. The rustling of a bush caught Naruto’s ear. He quickly pulled out a kunai ready to send it soaring through the air.

“Naru it’s only a rabbit. Chill.” Kyuubi sounded. Said dobe’s hand relaxed and placed the weapon back in its bag. Naruto straightened out.

“I take it you already did the perimeter check.” The statement was doused with amusement.

“30 mile radius. Everything is okay.” The kitsune smiled. It was just too fun to see Naruto in badass ninja mode. Those used to be the good days. But it seems things are liable to pick up again.

“You could’ve told me.”

“It’s rare to see you in shinobi mode. So I might as well have you believe that I didn’t check the perimeter yet.”

“Bastard.” Naruto mumbled.

“Come on Naru-chan. We have a lot of ground to cover if we want to get to Konoha in a day.” Just like that a dark red blur blew past Kyuubi without hearing the fox finish his statement. Kyuubi let a content growl escape him and went off after Naruto.

“Hey, Naru you know Satoshi wants to talk to you when you get back.” Kyuubi asked from the right.

“Yea I know and I have a feeling I know what he wants to tell me.” The blonde stated sadly. Kyuubi was silent for a while.

“Blondie what is it that you’re so worried about?” Kyuubi asked randomly. Naruto again almost fell out of a tree thanks to Kyuubi.

“W-why would you say that?” Naruto stammered.

“Come on kit, I’ve been with you your whole life I can tell when you’re lying or not telling the whole truth.” The demon tapped his foot on the tree. The blonde blushed and looked away from his older brother.

“I’m afraid to see Sasuke with his lover…wife…husband…whatever.” The blonde mumbled and looked at the ground 20 feet below him. A sharp pain shot through Naruto’s heart and Kyuubi saw him wince.

“Don’t worry we’ll stay as far away from him as possible. I doubt anyone is on talking terms with him as well.” A small laugh had Naruto smiling again. “But kit, you’re going to have to face him sooner or later. It will either both mend your heart and allow you to move on. Or it will break you.” The fox reminded.

“The latter will never happen, Kyu. I have too much to live for to have a mental breakdown now. But it won’t stop the pain that I’ll have to push through.” Naruto responded seriously. He began to move at an immeasurable pace with Kyuubi not too far behind.

“Thata boy. I’ll race you there kit.” A red and black figure rushed by Naruto indicating that the race was on whether he agreed or not. The blonde smiled and chased after his nii-san, breezing by him with ease. Kyuubi was amazed when he saw the thin film of red chakra pass by.

It was amazing at how quick he learned to use his chakra and keep up the separation jutsu without tiring. In Naruto’s age he should be losing some grip on chakra control but his only seemed to get better. The first day had been hell for Naruto to keep up the jutsu. Kyuubi had thought of a way that would help his charge and keep the jutsu for a while. All Naruto basically had to do was learn how to use chakra again. But it wasn’t his own. It was Kyuubi’s that he had to try to tap into. It would have been easier if they were still in one body but since they weren’t Naruto had to get through the various barriers and seals to access the chakra. And amazingly enough he did it all in a few hours.

“Kyu!” Naruto yelled, snapping said fox out of his musings. The red head shook from side to side, shaking away the fuzziness.

“Yea gaki?” He answered looking at his companion. Naruto snorted.

“We’re almost their. We might want to change now.” The blonde stated stopping in his tracks. Kyuubi on the bottom of the branch hanging upside down.

“Might as well we’re far enough away so that no one would realize the flux in chakra so they wouldn’t have any suspicion.” The kitsune shrugged. They both began doing the complex hand signs.

The jutsu they were performing was a more advance type of the henege jutsu Naruto liked to use. With this type you can remain completely invisible to all sharingan or byakuugan (sp?) users. Nothing could penetrate it or tell if it was a cover up.

Two puffs of smoke appeared and were quickly swept away with the wind. In the places that once held Kyuubi and Naruto stood one female and a male.

In Kyuubi’s stead there was male with short dark hair with greenish highlights. He had football shaped blue-green eyes. His features were that of a middle-aged male looking for work. His body was pale and muscular. His face squared out and stern looking. He was clad in a dark green shirt with black shorts that had a forest green stripe down the side.

In Naruto’s place was a small, timid looking female. She had long silver blue hair that was tied back into a ponytail braid that reached her waist. Her eyes were a wide pale silver color. They seemed to shimmer with fear. She looked to be in her late teens or early twenties. Her face was slightly rounded. Her features were delicate and gentle. They held no threat to those around her unlike the man she was with. She was clad in a pale blue kimono with snow covering the bottom and the edge of the sleeves. When their transformations were done Kyuubi climbed up on to the top of the branch where Naruto was.

“How do I look?” Naruto asked, twisting around. Kyuubi really wanted to jump Naruto right now, but nah too much work to explain himself later on.

“Fantastic. Me?” The fox inquired mimicking his brother.

“Old.” Naruto laughed as Kyuubi glared.

“Name baka?”

“Kokoro. You, hentai?”

“Akumu.”

“Nightmare…seriously Kyu.”

“What? It suits me. That’s what every one called me when I used to roam free. A menacingnightmare.” Naruto shook his head sadly.

“Like you have room to talk kit. Heart…come on you can do better than that.” Kyuubi pouted placing his hands on his hips.

“I like the name. I was planning to use it if I had another baby girl. So there!” The blonde stuck out his tongue at the fox.

“Ha! I knew it you always should’ve been born with a pussy!!” Kyuubi laughed. He wanted to fall to the ground and roll but wouldn’t dare because they were in a tree. Naruto blushed a bright red with anger. And went to tackle his supposed older brother and beat him to a bloody pulp.

“Nuh-huh, Naru-chan. What would it look like for a small girl tackling a man to the ground and beat him senseless?” The fox smirked. Naruto growled and turned away from the irritating fox. He had his arms crossed over his chest and was mumbling things to himself.

“Let’s go brat.” Naruto ground out making his way toward his old home. It was another two hours before they reached the eastern gate of Konoha. Naruto took one look at the two guards posted there and smiled to himself. They walked up to the gate and stopped at the station.

“What is your business here in Konoha?” The one with spiky brown hair and a large dog next to him asked. The other guard just yawned and looked back up at the clouds.

“We are merely here to visit one of my relatives.” Kyuubi said in a rugged voice. Naruto merely bowed his head and looked at the ground. He was trying to hide his laughter. What had Kiba done now to get assigned to gate duty? The fox demon jabbed the shivering girl in the arm to get herself together.

“Your names?”

“Kagetora Akumu and Kokoro.” They both bowed respectively toward Kiba.

“Kiba just let them through. They mean no harm. And if so Akamaru would’ve picked up on it already.” Shikamaru replied lazily. The dog-lover glared at the lazy nin. While Kiba had his back turned Akamaru went up and sniffed Naruto.

“Hey boy.” The silver-haired girl said quietly. The dog sniffed a few more times at Naruto.

“Akamaru no!” The tattooed nin yelled. The dog ignored him for once and licked the girl’s face happily. His tail wagged excitedly behind him. Kokoro giggled and patted Akamaru on the head. Kiba tugged on Akamaru’s collar and pulled him off of the girl.

“I’m sorry about that; he doesn’t usually randomly lick people.” Kiba apologized sheepishly.

“It’s quite alright I have a pet back at home and he’s the same way.” Naruto said smiling toward Kyuubi.

‘I’m going to kill you gaki.’ Kyuubi threatened.

‘No you won’t.’

“Heh, okay you can go right on in. Enjoy your stay at Konoha and maybe I’ll see you around.” The dog nin blushed. Kokoro nodded and turned to follow her apparent brother.

“Kiba don’t you think it a bit strange that Akamaru liked that woman so much?” Shikamaru asked.

“Nah…Akamaru usually has eyes for all the pretty girls.” Kiba reassured him. The lazy jounin just yawned and shook his head. He leaned back against the wooden box and fell asleep.

“Kyu- I mean Akumu that was a close one. Maybe the thing doesn’t work against your scent.” Naruto whispered.

“I guess not. Try not to get to close to Akamaru for the rest of our stay.” Kyuubi replied looking ahead.

“No really.” The small female replied sarcastically and punched the taller male in the arm. A brown eye brow cocked in amusement.

“Now, now Kokoro-chan, calm down and behave.” The kitsune demon smirked, wrapping an arm around Kokoro’s waist. A dark red blush formed on the pale cheeks.

“Akumu what are you doing. Remove your arm before you lose it.” Naruto hissed vehemently. Kyuubi let out a hearty laugh as he dropped his arm for he knew that was an empty threat.

“Alright Kokoro, where to first?” He asked knowing the answer already.

“RAMEN!!” The female yelled excitedly and ran toward her favorite ramen stand. Naruto momentarily forgot that he was supposed to be undercover and ran to the ramen stand with shinobi like speed. Kyuubi chased after the girl with above average speed. Once the fox had caught up with Naruto who was grinning stupidly outside of Ichiraku’s he hit him over the head.

“Itai…what the hell was that for?” The silver haired girl whined.

“You are an idiot! We’re supposed to be lying low. Not drawing attention to ourselves by running off to a place we should have no fucking clue where it is!” Kyuubi hissed lowly, so only Naruto could hear. Blue-green eyes narrowed into a glare at the people who were now staring at the two.

‘Fucking nosy asses. This is probably why I wanted to attack Konoha in the first place.’ Kyuubi grumped. Naruto’s eyes widened to inconsiderable proportions. He had completely forgot that they were here under false pretenses. He wanted to smack himself at his own sheer stupidity.

“Gomen nasai Akumu-nii-chan. It won’t happen again.” The girl bowed to her older brother in apology.

“It better not, Koko-chan or else.” Kyuubi chided. “Let’s get something to eat.” The former red-head walked into the small hut followed by his younger sister.

“Welcome! What can I get for you today?” Ayame asked from behind the counter. Naruto looked at the girl with care. He had missed her along with Tenuchi-san. Ayame caught the silver eyed woman’s glance and a familiarity sparked within her.

“Have we met before?” She asked looking at Naruto. Said dobe shook his head to snap him out of the trance like dream.

“Um…no I doubt we have. I’ve never been to Konoha before, so there is no possible way we could’ve met. I’m sorry.” Naruto answered quickly in a high soprano till.

“Oh, you just reminded me of an old friend. Sorry to have caused the confusion. So what would you be having today?” Ayame asked with a slight hint of sorrow to her tone.

“I’ll ha…”

“We’ll have two bowls of miso pork ramen please.” Kyuubi stated cutting off Naruto.

“Okay, it’ll be up shortly.” The brown haired woman bowed and went off to tell her father the order. Once out of hearing range Naruto whispered/yelled at Kyuubi.

“Akumu what was that? I’m fully capable of ordering my own meal!” Pale silver eyes narrowed.

“Well Koko-chan if you ordered than you really would’ve blown everything out the window. The last time you ate Ichiraku’s ramen was seven years ago. And if you ordered you would have ordered the Naruto amount instead of the amount a small petite girl like Kagetora Kokoro should have!” The fox growled back. The female huffed and turned to look out the front of the shop. Not much had changed in Konoha in the past seven years. Sure everyone was older but it all felt the same. Something in Naruto ached to be able to walk around his home town in his true form. He wanted to be able to hang out and talk with his friends again. To be able to wake up Tsunade-baa-chan and possibly get beaten for that. To tease ero-sennin about his perversions. To hug Iruka and Kakashi again. Kyuubi say the heartache written all over his kit’s face and it pained him. He just wanted to be Naruto again.

‘Kit, are you okay?’ The ex-blonde gave the man across from him a weak smile.

‘I’m fine, Kyu. Just miss it that’s all.’ Maybe coming back wasn’t the right choice after all.‘Fox if you think that coming here wasn’t a good decision then you can go home right now. I’m staying in Konoha for a day to complete what I started!’ Naruto fumed sensing his brother’s train of thought. Kyuubi snorted.

‘Like I could leave you here alone. Someone would probably recognize you the moment I leave.’ Ayame broke them out of their battle of wits before they could fight.

“Here you go. Two bowls of miso pork ramen.” The bright brunette smiled.

“Arigatou.” Both said at the same time.

“Itadakimasu.” Naruto broke apart his chopsticks and dug in happily to his bowl of ramen. He almost moaned at the heavenly taste of the noodles as they slid down his throat. Kyuubi rolled his blue-green eyes at the younger.

“So miss, who’s this person I remind you of?” Naruto asked in between slurps. He had caught the girl catching glimpses at him this whole time. So what better way is there than to break the ice? Ayame blushed; she knew she had been caught.

“Oh…heh. You reminded me of a dear friend that I haven’t seen in a while. He used to come in here all the time. He was energetic, bubbly, fun, sometimes an idiot, but you couldn’t help but be around him. He had like a magnetic force that would draw people in and want to know more about the boy. And he never had a frown on his face. He was an addicting person to be around. And boy could he eat ramen.” Ayame finished with a giggle. By the end Naruto was blushing madly. To cover up said blush he picked up his bowl and drank the broth.

“Wow, you even eat ramen like he does.” The girl said amazed by Naruto’s actions. The heneged female giggled nervously. He really wasn’t doing a good job right now.

“So what was his name? The person you speak so fondly of.” Naruto asked trying to get away from the conversation of his actions.

“Uchi-excuse me Uzumaki Naruto.” Ayame stopped mid-sentence to correct herself. Kyuubi saw the grimace Naruto covered well.

“What do we owe you?” The quiet male asked. Pale eyes looked at the other thankfully.

“Hmm that’ll be 6.25.” Ayame replied turning toward the man in the corner. Kyuubi placed the money in the small hand and got up.

“Sorry to be rude but we must be on our way. Thank you for the meal and hospitality.” Kyuubi stated even though it was her job it was still appreciated. The dark haired male exited the stand. Naruto followed suit and waved.

“Come back anytime.” Ayame said and bowed.

“Bye Ayame-chan!” The small female yelled as she ran after her quickly moving brother. Said brunette waved back at the smiling child.

‘Wait…I never told them my name!’ Ayame stopped waving her hand and began to wonder.

Naruto stopped short. He too realized the mistake he made at Ichiraku’s. Kyuubi looked behind him to see the petrified girl a few yards away.

“Koko-chan what’s the matter?” He asked concern for his kit filled his tone.

“Hit me, please. Just give me one good whack over the head.” The Kyuubi-vessel pleased. The fox looked at him confused.

“Why?”

“I called the ramen hostess by her name and she never told us it.” Kyuubi froze and before his mind caught up he gave the girl a good hard smack to the head. The hit alone caused him to fall to the ground.

“Yo-grr, just stay by my side at all times!” Kyuubi growled pulling Naruto off of the ground.

“Yes, Aku-nii-chan.” Naruto bowed rubbing his head that was a pretty hard hit damnit.

“Gomen, I didn’t mean to hit you so hard, nee-chan.” The man apologized without looking at the girl.

“It’s alright.” After that they were shrouded in a blanket of silence. Naruto was wondering where they were headed to now since Kyuubi hadn’t asked him. Something seemed vaguely familiar about this way. He just couldn’t remember. Then it clicked.

“KYUUBI WE ARE NOT GOING THERE NOW!!” Lucky for Naruto the street was deserted.

“Keep it down and why the hell not?! For Kami-sama’s sake he’s your father isn’t he?!” Kyuubi growled back.

“I can’t see him like this!” Naruto pointed to his girl form. “And on top of that…I don’t think I could leave a heartbroken Iruka behind again.” The silver head of hair moved in front of the girl’s face hiding the tears that threatened to slide down her cheeks.

“Are you telling me that you don’t want to see Iruka at all?” The kitsune asked looking at the top of Naruto’s head.

“No.”

“No what? No you don’t want to see him at all? Or no, not right now?”

“Not at all.” It broke Naruto’s heart to not see his father after all these years but it would shatter it if he had to leave him behind again.

“Kokoro I…” Before Kyuubi could finish his statement Naruto ran off down the street, crying.

‘I’m sorry Kyu. I just can’t see Iruka-tou-san.’ The girl raced down the nearly abandoned street and turned the corner only to run into a solid body. Both she and the person went tumbling to the ground. Naruto landed on his ass, while the other was caught by another. Pale silver eyes opened to look at who she ran into and froze. One name escaped from her lips.

“Sasuke.” She whispered lowly but the other two still heard.

“What did you say?” The raven with spiky hair glared, pushing out of his brother’s arms.

“Gomen nasai!” Naruto bowed quickly, ignoring the dull ache in his butt from the fall. “I didn’t know you were standing there.” Her high voice filtered around.

“That’s not what you said before. How did you know my name?” Sasuke ground out. He looked down at the girl as if she were some lowly peasant.

“Otouto it wouldn’t be the first time.” Itachi murmured from behind.

“I don’t care aniki!”

‘Shit, this is not good. Hang on kit, I’m coming!’ Kyuubi saw the whole disturbance from Naruto’s point of view and knew the blonde was freezing up. He hadn’t realized how far Naruto had run until he ran into the brothers.

Naruto sat there in a crouched position not wanting to look up. He was afraid of what he might say or do. He shook his head at Sasuke’s accusation but didn’t voice anything.

“Answer me girl.” The young raven sneered.

“There you are Kokoro! Thank goodness I found you!” Kyuubi sighed when he skidded around the corner. The girl whipped her head around and dove into the arms of her brother. The fox felt Naruto shaking and silently crying. He cradled him in his arms.

‘Kyu, I want to go!’

‘Soon kit. I’ll get you as far away from him soon.’

“You, how does she know us?!” Sasuke asked angrily, pointing at the shivering girl. Blue-green eyes narrowed at the tone and the youngest Uchiha. Lucky for them both Kyuubi was holding Naruto, so he couldn’t kill the asshole where he stood.

“Ah, the infamous Uchiha brothers. You names and beauty reach even the smallest of villages. It’s no wonder my little sister here recognized you right off the bat. There is no need to get all bent out of shape just because she knew your name, Uchiha Sasuke.” Kyuubi growled out his name. The raven stepped back slightly. It seemed like he was afraid of that voice, it wasn’t the voice of the man he had been talking to but he remembered hearing it before. It sent cold shivers down his spine.

“And who might you be?” Itachi asked looking suspiciously at the man and girl.

“We are but travelers passing through. Our names are of none of your concern, Uchiha Itachi.” The rough voice was back. But the silkiness of the one before that held nothing but scorn still lingered.

“But it is still custom that you give your names to make sure you are not a threat to us and our village.” Itachi said smoothly, trying to pry what information he can from the man.

“If you want our names go to the eastern gate and ask the guards.” The demon bit out. Why were Uchiha’s so damn annoying and persistent?

“All I simply ask is your names. If you don’t want to cooperate than you can go see our Hokage.” The elder raven stated dully. Kyuubi was losing his patients and fast. If they didn’t get out of there soon he didn’t know what he would do. His jaw clenched.

“I am Kagetora Akumu. And this is my younger sister Kagetora Kokoro. Are you satisfied with the answer?”

“Very much so.” The fox snorted. He knew what game Itachi was trying to play and he wasn’t falling for it.

“Arigatou for your approval. Now if you’ll excuse us we’ll be on our way.” Kyuubi growled standing up and brining Naruto with him. The girl had yet to unbury her head from the black haired male’s shoulder.

“There is one more thing. Why is it that you refused to give us your names?”

“Ever since we were young we have never trusted an Uchiha. Especially after someone very dear to us fell in love with one and had there heart trampled on like it was trash.” Kyuubi replied deadly low looking dead at Sasuke. And in that instant Itachi knew who they were talking about.

“How do you know about Uchiha Naruto?”

“It’s Uzumaki.” The girl flinched slightly and clung closer to the protective embrace. Kyuubi wrapped his arms tighter around Naruto. “And that is defiantly not your concern. Good day to you, Uchiha.” With that said the man turned on his heel and headed away from the brothers.

TBC

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Fuck me sideways with a ping pong paddle! This chapter was fucking long! 55 pages! And I don’t even like it that much!! Sorry for the long wait. The rest of Naruto and Kyuubi’s visit will be in the next chapter. Now this story is back on the right drama track. And just to tell you Keiko and Kisho were never supposed to be in it. They just appeared out of now where. And originally Sasuke and Itachi weren’t going to be in it either. But the little asshole just pissed me off in the manga chap I was reading when I wrote that part. So I wanted him to pay. Even though I still don't think its enough. Ugh!! I’m going back to the dorms and writing some more. I won’t be able to get on the comp as much. And school starts tomorrow. Fuck me sideways again! So I have no clue when the chap will be out! Until next time you guys!!
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