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Authoress� Notes:
I would like to dish out my deepest gratitude for those
who reviewed! Really! You guys really made my day!
Major OC�ness of two certain Uchiha�s� (In this chapter) You
have been warned!
Read my footnotes by the way, it clears out any questions
you might have concerning this part�

Legend:
:�Cute� : Naruto�s conversation with
Kyuubi
��Cute�� Mental thoughts

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Chapter 4

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Shizune woke up around eight in the evening, she badly
needed to take a hot shower to help ease out the pain in her sore muscles. (1)

The Godaime�s personal assistant painfully woke up from
her sleep remembering that she needed to watch the Hokage in case she was
idling off again from her work, not that she did it on a regular basis but she
knew better.

After half an hour or so, she headed back to the Hokage
Tower only to surprise herself to see that the Hokage was busy signing and
stamping down less than a quarter of what was left of the papers on her desk.

�Did Ton-ton fly or something?� Shizune bewilderedly asked
the blond woman behind the desk. (2)

�Huh?�

�You�re almost done with the paperwork without me having
to reprimand you for slacking off. Wait� Hmm� No sake here! What the heck! Is
the world coming to an end?!� Shizune did the doko-doko movement (3), looking
for signs of impending doom.

BANG!

Shizune stared at the Hokage. Tsunade�s head hit the desk
face first upon hearing her assistant�s comment. She peeled her face off the
desk as she looked incredulously at Shizune.

�What do you make of me? I�m not that lazy!� Tsunade�s
brow was twitching. Thankfully, she didn�t break anything in her office. �I
just suddenly had the need to finish everything because I feel that there�s
something coming up tomorrow and the next couple of days and I�m getting a bad
vibe when I think about it.�

Shizune stared dumbfounded at the Hokage�s words but
snapped out of it. She knew that when the Godaime had a strange feel about
something especially if it�s not about being lucky at gambling, it�s something
to be taken rather seriously.

�Anyway, what are you doing here? You�re supposed to be
resting. Never mind, don�t answer that, I think I already know what it is. Just
file these so I can go home and relax.� Tsunade eyed her assistant warily before
she continued to finish the remainder of her work as she motioned towards the
finished piles of paperwork on her desk.

�H-Hai!� Shizune scrambled to get her work done.

Just then, a knock resounded in the room. The two
occupants looked at each other as Tsunade signaled for the person on the other
end to enter.

A slender figure strode in the room, raw elegance and
charisma seeped through in every step. The masked figure bowed in front of the
Hokage as he turned in his report.

�Hokage-sama.�

�Report.�

�Mission success. Targets eliminated. Stolen artifact
retrieved.�

�Excellent.� Tsunade praised as she was handed a small
wooded box carved with an emblem belonging to one of the nobles of the fire
country. She inspected the contents of the box as the masked ANBU bowed before
the Hokage as he started to take his leave.

�Wait.� The masked ANBU stopped dead in his tracks as he
turned to face the Hokage once again. Confusion could be the best word that can
describe what the masked ANBU was feeling at the moment if not for the mask
that was hiding his face.

�Is there a problem Hokage-sama?� The masked ANBU voiced
out.

�Let�s cut off the formalities for a while, I need to
discuss something with you, Itachi.� (4)

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Later that night, a slender figure�s silhouette could be
made out in the shadows of the night, if not for the fact that the figure was
inside the safety of his own village then it wouldn�t have been possible.

Uchiha Itachi had just left the Hokage tower and was
headed down the same old familiar path towards the Uchiha estate. His mind was
still processing the discussion he had with the Hokage as he entered the
confines of his home.

�Tadaima.� Called out as he removed his sandals.

�Welcome back.� Sasuke called out from the kitchen.

Itachi walked down the corridors of the house and went to
the kitchen and was surprised to see the bodily state of his little brother.

�Don�t. Even. Dare. Ask.� Sasuke said, answering the
question that was brewing up his brother�s mind as he prepared the table for
them to eat.

�I haven�t even said anything.�

�Hn. Whatever.� Sasuke snorted as he continued what he was
doing which was cooking of course.

Itachi mentally chuckled.

�I wonder what his fan-girls would think if they see my
otouto cooking�� Itachi wondered and shivered at the very thought. �Nevertheless,
I wonder what happened to him��

�Dinner will be ready in 20-minutes so stop spacing out
and get cleaned up, besides, you�re dirtying the house.� Sasuke snapped.

�Yes mom.� Itachi managed to singsong and ducked just in
time to avoid the butcher knife thrown at his direction as he hastily made his
way to his room before he technically end up having his brother chop his body
parts and have it as an exotic viand for dinner.

�You asshole!� Sasuke hollered as he threw another knife
only to be embedded with a �thud� on Itachi�s door. Oh, how the younger Uchiha
hated it when his older brother messed with him. But deep inside, he was rather
happy for two reasons. One, for the fact that his brother didn�t really murder
their clan; and second, because at least now he was able to make ends meet with
his brother, thanks to Naruto for that matter.

Inside his room, Itachi was holding his sides as he
silently laughed at his brother�s expense. He wiped the tears of mirth from the
corner of his eyes as he made his way to the bathroom to clean himself.

In the Hokage Tower�

�Tsunade-sama, are you sure about that? Your decision I
mean�� Shizune warily asked the Hokage who was busy scribbling down something
on a scroll.

�Of course, of course! Trust me Shizune, this is for the
best.� Tsunade said as she waved her hand. Shizune sighed as she filed the last
of the paperwork that the Hokage had signed.

�Besides, things might get interesting from this point
onwards�� Tsunade mentally added as she continued with her scribbling.

Whatever the Godaime Hokage was thinking was better left
unknown as of the moment.

Back at the Uchiha Mansion�

�It�s been a while since I had a good laugh like that��
Itachi mused as he rid himself of his soiled clothing and entered the shower.
After scrubbing himself clean, he soaked in the tub he had readied earlier to
ease out the aching in his muscles.

Itachi relaxed himself in the tub as he recalled his
conversation with the Hokage.

- Flashback -

�Itachi, take a seat for a moment.� Itachi walked towards
the nearby chair Tsunade motioned him to as he removed his mask.

�Is there anything wrong, Hokage-sama?�

�No, I just wanted to inform you that from this moment on,
you would no longer be doing solo missions. Instead, I will let you choose
between being an ANBU squad captain or you would be working together in
specific group, which of course, I, myself have arranged.� Tsunade informed the
oldest of the Uchiha siblings.

Itachi stared at the Hokage. Speechless.
Cat-got-his-tongue was the right term to use as of the moment.

�But why? Is my performance as a solo ANBU deemed
unsatisfactory?� Itachi voiced out his concern, finally shaking out of his
suspended state. It has been a year since his return to the village and for the
past seven months, after being pardoned and deemed innocent for the murder of
his clan, he was reinstated to his ANBU rank and since then, he had been
working on solo missions. However, he could not help but wonder if the Hokage
still doubted him, which of course was unavoidable since he was pinned for a
crime he did not even do.

�Nope, consider this as a promotion of some sort.�

Itachi looked at the Hokage with a solemn expression in
his face, clearly stating that he was assessing the sudden changes at hand.

�You have nothing to worry about Itachi, I don�t doubt you
or your abilities nor do I have any hidden agenda in doing so.� Tsunade calmly
stated. She definitely had to lie about the last part as she was hoping that
Itachi would consider the latter of the two options she had given.

�What�s the difference between the two options?� Itachi
asked, mildly irritated.

�Well, in the first option, the team that will be assigned
to you would be randomly selected from among the other ANBU members. Other ANBU
captains will select them for you in accordance to your area of expertise. On
the other hand, in the second option, the members of the pre-created team, if
ever you decide to choose option two, are people of whom I�m sure you know of
and would be able to work along with smoothly.� Tsunade stated the facts while
Itachi took note of every word. (5)

�The pros and cons of each are follows, on the first
option, you are to be Squad Captain, but of course knowing you, getting along
with a new team is a rip off.� Tsunade stated in an amused town.

�And I presume that the second option is far more better
than the first?� Itachi was somehow had an inkling that the Godaime had
everything ironed out.

�Well, I suppose, but that depends on you, although if you
ask me, I would prefer the second option. Why you might ask, well, on the
second option, you won�t be the Squad Captain; however, three of the people you
will be working with are of your acquaintance.� Tsunade answered, laying the
facts down flat.

�May I then have the knowledge of who these three might
be?�

�Option one or two? You do know that I can�t disclose
their identities.� Tsunade shot back.

�Damn you woman, why can�t you just give me a straight
answer?� Itachi sighed inwardly as he massaged his temples. He knew it was
futile to play mind games with the slug sannin. Weighing the two options in his
mind, he gave his answer,

�I�ll go with the latter.�

�Excellent choice. Be here tomorrow by 8:30am so I can
fill you in with the other details of your new team and your new squad captain.
That is all. You may go.� Tsunade calmly answered as she mentally cheered. Who
knew that she was sly when she wanted to?

Itachi on the other hand was slowly counting 1-50
backwards as he slowly took in deep breaths to calm down himself down and at
the same time was thinking of 200 torture scenes to use on the slug sannin
using his Mangekyou Sharingan.

- End of Flashback -

Itachi let himself soak in the tub of hot water for a
couple more minutes thinking of what his new team would be like and who their
squad captain might be before he heard his little brother call out saying that
dinner was almost ready.

Pushing all his current thoughts in the corner of his
mind, he slowly got out of the tub, toweled himself dry and put on a black
power shirt and training pants and sauntered out his room towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Sasuke already sat down as he scooped rice
into their bowls just as his brother decided to walk in with the towel wrapped
around his head. Sasuke rolled his eyes as he placed the lid back on the rice
cooker.

�What�s for dinner?� Itachi asked with a happy grin on his
face as he sat across Sasuke as the latter on the other hand eyed his brother
with a calculating look.

��Grilled Beef� Miso Soup� Pickled Ginger�� Somehow, I
want to peel that silly grin off his face with a blunt and rusty kunai!�
Sasuke thought of smugly.

Itachi was fighting the urge to either twitch or laugh, he
definitely knew what was currently running in his brother�s mind and to think,
smiling for no reason at all was definitely out of character for an Uchiha. But
to be honest, for him, his little brother was just weird today.

�Too weird�� Itachi mused.

�Itadakimasu!� Both said as they slowly ate their dinner.

�How did your mission go, aniki?� Sasuke started.

�Fine. Hokage-sama is placing me back in a team.�

�Hn. Why so?�

Itachi shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

�Maybe she decided that you needed to work on your people
skills.� Sasuke mused.

�Look who�s talking.� Itachi smirked. Neither pressed on
the topic, both knew that they needed to work on that part.

�Anyway, do you know who you�re teammates are? You back to
being ANBU captain again?�

�Iie, this time I chose not to. Hokage-sama will introduce
me to my team captain tomorrow.� Itachi said, hitting two birds with one stone,
supposedly. Sasuke raised a slender brow at his brother.

�Maybe aniki didn�t want to polish his people skills
after all.� Sasuke mused as he continued to eat his dinner.

�So, care to tell me what happened to you today? From the
looks of it, you seem to have been chased by some overly protective grandma...�
Itachi slurped his soup while Sasuke almost choked on the piece of meat that he
was chewing.

�Ah! I see! So you were chased by an-�

�Correction: We got chased around the training
grounds by an over-protective MOTHER HEN!� Sasuke scowled as he
remembered the earlier events that day. Itachi paused as he looked up at his
brother.

�I beg your pardon?� Itachi asked, the piece of meat in
between his chopsticks hung midway in the air.

Sasuke knew that he would not have any peace unless he
spilled it out. Knowing that his aniki would poke and prod him until he gave
up. Neither the less, he was sure that he would not get the end of his brother
teasing him about it. So it was either be teased or be cheesed off.

He chose the former.

Since he has quite a number of good blackmail materials
and backlash he could use against Itachi anyway and so, Sasuke began his
grueling task of narrating how it all happened.

�-and that�s how I got these�� Sasuke pointed to his
scratch and bruises. He closed his eyes, waiting for his brother�s reaction,
but when he got none, he slowly peered through his long bangs at his brother.

His brother�s reaction was priceless or to say the least,
un-paint-able to his horror.

Itachi�s brows were twitching madly and so were the corner
of his lips. His hands were shaking and from the looks of it, his brother was
holding his breath. Sasuke gulped. This was bad� Very, very bad�

�So you�re telling me that�� Itachi gently placed his bowl
and chopsticks on the table. �You ended up being target practice for
Iruka-san�s �mother hen� mode?�

Sasuke�s eyebrow twitched as a vein popped out of his
head. Itachi seeing this burst out laughing, the towel on his head falling on
the ground. Sasuke on the other hand buried his face in his hands.

Oh, Itachi just loved to tease his poor little brother. It
was also right then when Kisame decided to waltz in. Seeing the state of the
two Uchiha�s, he sweatdropped. (6)

�Did your brother decide to laugh until he dropped dead?�
Kisame looked directly at the younger Uchiha. Sasuke raised his head to
acknowledge the arrival of Kisame only just to let it drop back down in his
hands. Kisame walked to the informal square dinner table and sat himself down
on a chair between the two Uchiha�s.�

�So what did I miss?� Kisame prodded Itachi�s shaking
shoulder. Itachi, who had finally regained his composure, coughed lightly,
looking very amused at his brother. Sasuke shot him a warning look, a look that
promised a painful and horrible death. Itachi, he could handle, but Kisame? Ah
hell!

�You can ask Sasuke�� Itachi said as he quickly finished
his meal, brushing off his brother�s death-promising stare. Kisame began to dig
in his meal as well while he nagged the younger Uchiha to tell him. So and so,
the nagging continued whilst Itachi sipped his tea.

�By the way, what was the reason again, to why Iruka-san
decided to run amok?� Itachi asked casually, remembering that he wasn�t able to
pick up on why. Sasuke and Kisame looked at Itachi pausing from their repartee.
Sasuke seeing this as his chance to turn the tables on his aniki, decided to
carefully pick his words.

�It�s because those four chuunins who, to be precise,
thought is was just to appreciate Naruto�s sexiness.�
Sasuke finished with a smirk. Kisame saw what the younger Uchiha had on his
mind and decided to tag along.

�Oh, Naruto is back, eh?� Kisame drawled, a
playfully evil glint sparkled in his eye. �I didn�t know that he was a head
turner.�

Kisame and Sasuke knew of Itachi�s long adoration for the
blonde Kyuubi vessel. That is why whenever a chance as such presented itself,
they never let it slip pass.

Sasuke, on the other hand, seeing that the older Uchiha
almost choked on his tea, he continued,

�Hmm, now that you�ve mentioned it, a couple of ANBU
members were also hitting on Naruto, not to mention a few managed to grope his
ass.�

That did it. The two could feel a negative aura rising
from Itachi who currently had his head bowed down, his eyes covered by his
bangs as veins were slowly popping out. Kisame finished his meal in a blink of
an eye and so did Sasuke, both didn�t want to end up a bloody pulp in kitchen.
As both stood up, hurrying as they excused themselves.

�Oi aniki, don�t forget to clean up and don�t break the
dishes just because you want to strangle the hell out of those ANBU�s who
audaciously groped the dobe�s ass.� Sasuke said as he stuck his head back in
the kitchen and out again rushing out quickly trying to hide his mirth along
with Kisame when they heard something in the kitchen break.

Back in the kitchen, Itachi was close to going on a
murderous rampage, either from the �groping thing� or from the two previous
occupants� actions.

Either way, Itachi stood up as he proceeded to clean up.

�This is Kisame�s chore!� Itachi was definitely
annoyed, not only did he end up having the tables turned on him but also he had
to do the dishwashing. On the other hand, he didn�t have to fuss much about the
last part since the Uchiha household had a dishwasher.

Itachi finished cleaning in no time as he picked up his
towel and headed up his room. As soon as he entered his personal sanctuary,
Itachi stretched out languidly on his bed. It has been more than a year since
that Kyuubi vessel had defeated him. He was not ashamed nor was he stricken
with the promise of revenge to uphold his name. None of that would blind him,
ever.

He still remembered the time he and Kisame arrived at
Konoha along with a number of ANBU that was sent to retrieve them, courtesy of
Jiraiya who had sent a letter to Tsunade during that time. He recalled the time
he received a verbal whiplash from the Godaime Hokage and how his ears wanted
to bleed from the three hour reprimand and how he and Kisame was thankful that
it was over.

For one month they were placed under probation for the
sake of �national security�. And of course, after that, he had to put up
with his dear little brother who was all out in skinning him alive. Well,
figuratively speaking since Tsunade had already informed the younger Uchiha
about the truth and all, and knowing that the Uchiha�s have that tenacious
flair running in their veins, Itachi found himself defending his life and
joining the wistful mayhem and verbal banter that his little brother started.

In the end, both Uchiha�s still came out breathing whilst
sporting cuts and bruises. And so, their lives had started over again, but this
time to become more bearable.

He and his little brother owed everything to Naruto. If it
were not for him, they would still be living a lie.

Itachi mused over Naruto after thinking of all the things
that happened. But one thing was for sure, the last thing that came to his mind
before sleep flooded his senses were a pair of cerulean blue eyes.

�Naruto-kun��

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- TBC -

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Yes, another cliffhanger! You guys got to live with
it�(evil grin) Umm� Where�s Kakashi you say? He�s in the next chapter�(winks)
Say, I deserve a hell lot of reviews, ne? Read and Review people! It
makes me happy when I see your constructive comments and reactions, for it
heals this poor, tired, battered soul of mine. FLAMES by the way are used for
roasting chickens to perfection so don�t bother.

Authoress� Notes:
I�m really not the editor�s dream so to speak so please
bear with me� I�m doing my thesis, and a truckload of other requirements for my
last quarter of my first semester in college� (Bleeds to death)

Itachi has made his sexy debut! Yay! And the Uchiha�s are
a bit out-of-character� But who cares? They would probably be like that if not
for their clan right? (sweatdrops) Anyway, if they were very OC for your taste,
you have to live with it, well not entirely on the whole duration of this fic�

Footnotes:
(1) Did you know that hot showers help ease out those
tired muscles? Furthermore, it�s good for the skin! It opens up pores so that
it can get rid of those dirt and germs that gets trapped inside. (I suddenly
sound like a commercial commentator�(sweatdrops))

(2) Ton-ton�s a pig remember? I forgot how the saying
goes, but it means that what is seemingly looks impossible has been possible or
had become reality. Literally, Tsunade�s eagerness to finish her paper work�
(Duh!)

(3) Err� How do I explain this� the action wherein the
character looks from left to right, up and down, low and beyond in a funny
way�(sweatdrops)

(4) I have a good reason why Itachi is so easily forgiven
okay? So just hang in there�

(5) Like hell I know how they get to be assigned, so I
just assumed it was as is...

(6) Kisame�s appearance in this fic would be in very brief
episodes, I think. That is, to further humor my state of mind. And how he ended
up in Konoha and all will be explained in the next chapters� So just hang in
there�again�

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