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Chapter List
- 3
- 4
Family
Portrait

by
Kami

Disclamer:
I don't own the characters of Naruto nor the song From the Inside, I
do own the characters Joi, Taizen, and Namida and also the premise
for this story.

Summary:
In a family portrait, looks can be deceiving.

Warnings:
Contains yaoi, mpreg, and domestic violence. Not your thing? Then
don't Read! By the way, Sasuke is a little bit of a bastard in
this story...I never really liked him anyways. So if you don't like
stories where Sasuke is a bastard to Naruto, this story is not for
you.

A/N:
And again I was kidnapped...by Neji Hyuuga this time! Why won't
these characters leave me alone until I'm done with the story!! >_<
So frustrating having plot bunnies tossed left and right at me while
I'm trying to concentrate on this story alone. My Internet decided
Sunday was a good day to die...yes, I'm also in a bit of a funk right
now...call it Holiday Blues...yet another thing in my way.

Another
shout out to my friend and beta Kurai Kisu,
read Too Many Drinks!! It'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry, and
the lemons are sure to give you a one way ticket to the ER for a
blood transfusion!! And a shout out to Shuu! Read
her stories!! Especially her NejiNaru's...They are drool-worthy!!
And no, Shuu and solitaire1, Sasuke is not gonna be portrayed as a
mini-Orochimaru (by this I mean the way most authors portray him in
their Naruto fanfics) in this fic. He's too arrogant to lower
himself to those standards, where as the rest of the characters have
morals against that sort of thing. Well, maybe not my version of
Jiraya...but the other characters do. And yes I know Sai seems a
bit...OOC in this chapter...but in the last chapter I did say that
Sai felt that the only person that was worthy of his emotions was
Naruto, and Naruto has a tendency to bring out his emotional side.
And FYI, Naruto and Sai are not blood brothers.
They were adopted, but they aren't blood related.

Okay,
reviewers this is the one we've all been waiting for! The truth is
about to come out! Who's the liar? At the end of this chapter, we'll
see who gets chapter 5 dedicated to them! On with the fic!!

This
Chapter is dedicated to my friend and beta, Kurai Kisu!
Without her, I would still be struggling with depression and writer's
block!!

Thoughts-
italics

Flashbacks-
bold italics

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I
don’t know who to trust

No
surprise
(Everyone feels so far away from me)
Heavy thoughts
sift through

Dust
and the lies
(Trying not to break but I’m so tired of this
deceit)
(Every time I try to make myself get back up on my
feet)
(All I ever think about is this)
(All the tiring time
between)
(And how trying to put my trust in you just takes so much
out of me)

Take everything from the inside

And
throw it all away
Cuz I swear for the last time

I
won’t trust myself with you

~Linkin
Park~

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Chapter
4-First Time For Everything

Dull, dark-grey eyes
frequently glanced from the highway to the distraught blond figure
sitting anxiously on the passenger side of the silver Mazda 626.
Sometimes Sai wished he had been in Sasuke's place and not Naruto's
adopted brother. If things had been different...if Sai had been the
one the golden haired young man had fallen in love with instead of
the Uchiha, maybe Naruto would have been happier, maybe their kids
might have had a better role model, and maybe Sai would have never
turned to cocaine for a release.

The
normally stoic raven sighed silently to himself. Yeah, Naruto is
the only person that's capable of making me feel 'anything'. If he
had been mine...I probably wouldn't wanted anything to do with
blowing coke. But Naruto wasn't...and Sai did. And in that
moment, the frail looking raven knew that the repercussions of his
drug usage in the past had now come back to bite him in the
ass...figuratively speaking. He had relapsed and, instead of turning
to Naruto for some kind of guidance, he continued to use. He couldn't
bare to see disappointment in those azure blue eyes...eyes that
belong to the only person that ever accepted him and encouraged him
when he had hit bottom. After his last relapse, only one thing kept
flooding through his mind. The look on his beloved adopted brother's
face if he learned that he was using again. He had cried, truly
cried, as the image passed though his mind over and over. Sai knew at
that time that if he ever saw a look like that on Naruto's face, he
being the factor that caused such, he would never be able to forgive
himself, even if he needed his support more than ever.

“I
love you...you know that, right?” Sai managed anxiously. His
hands shook and he gripped the steering wheel to ease his nervous
hands. He then smirked with a sideways glance as he added his 'term
of endearment', “Dickless.”

The
younger man wiped away the remaining tears from his azure eyes, a
small smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, “I love you,
too...Asshole.” But as suddenly as Naruto's smile appeared, it
was gone and a look of concern replaced it as he gleaned the
anxiousness that his brother was failing to hide from him, “Sai?
Are you alright?”

“I'm
just fine,” The elder of the two men smiled one of his fake
smiles, the blond noted.

“Liar...you
haven't given me one of those smiles in years,” Sai flinched at
the disapproving tone in Naruto's voice, “On top of that,
you've never tried to hide anything from me before...” Naruto
stopped speaking momentarily, realization dawning on him about his
older brother's actions, “Sai, are you using again??”

The
car swerved, nearly missing a road sign. The frail raven started
hyperventilating, his dark gray eyes wide with something akin to
horror. He should have known...since they had gotten closer during
his recovery, Naruto could read him like an open book. He refused to
turn his eyes to look at his blond brother who was urging him to pull
to the side of the road.

As
soon as the car was in park and the ignition switched off, azure blue
gazed upon the form of the shaky raven, “Sai...tell me the
truth. Are you using again?”

It was
too late to deny it and Sai refused to lie to the only person that he
was capable of loving even if the truth was painful. He stared down
at his abnormally pale hands before closing his eyes and replying,
“...yes...”

A
tense silence.

“It's
okay, Sai,” the older man's eyes shot open with surprise at the
tone of those words. He had expected disappointment, maybe even
anger. But the young blonde’s voice sounded reassuring instead,
“We both knew it wouldn't be easy. I just wished that you let
me know about this sooner. But we can't change the past, ne? I'm here
for you, and you should know that. I will never turn you away.”

At
those reassuring words, Sai finally broke down, fear being driven
away along with the tears, relief taking its place. Warm tan arms
wrapped gently around him. He briefly noticed the discomfort of
Naruto's cast pressing against his arm as the younger man embraced
him. It seemed like an eternity that he sobbed in his younger
brother's arms. But in that moment, time didn't matter. He needed
this comfort, this support. He needed Naruto's love.

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Sai
listened as Naruto's breathing sounded heavier and heavier with each
draw, as he pulled into the driveway of the Uchiha manor house. The
young blond was trembling, even as he set the vehicle into park and
cut off the ignition. He knew that his adopted little brother and the
Uchiha were having problems, but he hadn't thought it was so awful
that Naruto would dread coming home. Something more was going on, he
could feel that Naruto wasn't being completely honest with him
either. He had refused to tell Sai what had happened prior to the
phone call, but hearing his ray of sunshine sobbing over the phone,
he could surmise that it was something serious. Because it would have
to be something really horrible to make Naruto cry that hard.

“Um...”
Sai bit his lip momentarily, trying to find the right words to say to
his frightened little brother, but the younger man spoke up before he
could say anything.

“Sai,
I would feel safer if you stayed the night,” Naruto managed in
a low raspy voice, “Onegai...just tonight. I'll never ask this
of you again.”

The
frail raven placed a reassuring hand on his blond brother's shoulder,
“Don't worry...I'll stay with you as long as you want me to.”

A
small smile graced the bronze whiskered face and a tan hand grasped
the pale one on Naruto's shoulder, “Arigatou, Sai.”

The
two brothers exited the vehicle and made their way towards the front
door, Sai, taking the initiative, place a comforting hand on Naruto's
shoulder to still his anxious and heavy breathing. The crunching
sound of their feet on the gravel walkway was the only sound that
could be heard as they made the ominous trek to the front door.
Anxiously, the younger of the two fumbled around in his pockets
searching for the house key and, with a shaky hand, inserted it into
the slot of the doorknob. Easing the door open warily, the pair of
brother's entered the foyer, stopping short to see the little blond
Uchiha drawing on the cream colored wall of the foyer with a black
crayon.

“Namida!”
Naruto rushed over to his youngest child, pulling the crayon out of
her tiny hand and turning her to face him, “What are you
doing?! You don't draw on the walls, honey! It's nearly ten o'clock,
why aren't you in bed?”

“Daddy
said he is busy and leave him alone,” Namida pouted, trying to
get the crayon back from her mother but failing, “I wanted to
draw but couldn't find no paper.”

That
was all it took to pull Naruto out of the anxiety and fear he was
experiencing. An ominous silence and in a voice that almost shook the
whole house the blond screamed, “SASUKEEEEEEEE!!”

Never
in all the years they grew up together had Sai seen Naruto in this
state of rage. His blond brother's azure eyes now appeared to be
glowing a feral demonic crimson that caused him to cringe.

“Dobe...are
you trying to wake the whole neighborhood?” The door to the
study slid open to reveal the Uchiha holding a thick stack of unbound
papers in one hand, glaring with an impassive expression on his pale
features. His onyx eyes glaring at Naruto momentarily before
traveling to meet Sai's gaze. “What the hell is that crack head
doing in our home?”

“Namida,
go upstairs to your room,” The enraged blond managed through
gritted teeth, his knuckles cracking as he tightened his fists, “Your
father and I need to have a serious talk.”

“But,
Mommy-” the tiny blond chibi whimpered but was abruptly
interrupted.

“I
said GO!” Naruto growled out, causing both his daughter and the
frail raven beside him to jump. With wide frightened eyes, Namida
scurried up the stairs to escape from the wrath below. Feral azure
eyes narrowed at their source of fury, “What the hell is wrong
with you tonight? What in the hell have you been doing that was so
important that you couldn't spare 15 minutes to put the kids to bed?
And you call me a 'dobe'. At least I'm responsible enough to put my
children's needs before my own, teme! And who in the nine hells made
you The Almighty? Walking around with your nose stuck up your own
ass, treating me and the kids like dirt, and belittling me and my
family...Who the fuck do you think you are?”

Sai
stared at the lithe blond before him with terrified awe. Naruto was
radiating an aura of rage so fierce, that the pale raven felt as if
the very air was burning around him. His blond brother must have been
bottling up his rage for so long that now he had finally reached a
breaking point. However, it didn't seem to phase the Uchiha in the
least. He only walked casually towards the blond, and suddenly
backhanded Sai's little brother, causing the young blond to collide
against a stand in the foyer, all of it's contents crashing to the
floor. A breath caught in Sai's throat, his eyes widened but he could
not force his body to move.

Recovering
from the blow, Naruto fixed dazed eyes on Sasuke's face as it smugly
glared down at the helpless blond. He thrust the stack of freshly
typed papers into the younger man's face, “You see this?”
The blond slowly nodded, not speaking and the Uchiha smacked his face
with the stack of papers, not enough to hurt but enough to humiliate,
“What is it?”

“A...manuscript...”
the paler raven was surprised at how small and fragile his younger
brother's voice had become compared to a few minutes prior.

“Exactly,
dobe,” The Uchiha's voice was eerily calm. Then another slap to
the face with the stack, and the blond flinched, “Which
manuscript?”

“T-The...one
you were supposed to turn in...two months ago,” Sai could hear
the fear in Naruto's voice. He needed to do something to protect his
brother, he just couldn't get his body to move on command.

“That's
right. I finished it tonight. I'm surprised that you've actually have
a brain in that empty head of yours,” Sasuke taunted, giving
his blond husband one more smack with the manuscript for good
measure, “Of course you never seem to use it. You've proved
that with you're idiotic tendency to open your big mouth. Which
reminds me, you sicked that psychotic boyfriend of yours on me.”
Azure eyes widened with dread as the young blond shook his head
vigorously, “Don't deny it. I know you've been fucking him.”
Onyx eyes narrowed as an expression that promised pain followed, “But
that's not why I'm pissed off. You just had to open you're big mouth,
didn't you?”

Sai
watched in paralyzed horror as a barrage of fists came wailing down
on his helpless blond brother, Naruto...I need to do
something...Move...DAMNIT MOVE!! Before the frail raven realized
what he was doing, he suddenly grabbed the Uchiha's wrist in an
intense death grip before he could land another blow on the broken
male sobbing uncontrollably on the floor.

“Leave.
My. Otouto. Alone.” A low and deadly calm tone passed Sai's
lips, his dark grey eyes fixed on the Uchiha before him, a stoic
expression gracing his abnormally pale features. The frail raven's
eyes widened with surprise, when, suddenly his arm was twisted
painfully behind him.

“Stay
out of this, crack head!” A cracking sound came from the older
raven's arm and Sai cried out in agony as his vision blurred from
pain induced tears. His knees buckled beneath him as he held his
fractured arm close to his chest in a state of oblivious shock.

“Sai!”
the elder brother barely managed to hear his name, the pain in his
arm so intense that he merely slumped the rest of the way to the
floor barely aware of his young brother's strangled cries as the
younger raven gripped the slender tan neck cutting off the blond's
airway.

“MOM!”
Sai suddenly snapped out of his stupor at the sound of his oldest
niece charging down the stairs followed by the tromping of two pairs
of smaller feet. Joi had appeared along with his nephew and tiny
blond niece surrounding the volatile raven while he was choking the
life out of the now pale blond. Joi gripped her fathers arm tugging
as hard as she could, “DAD, STOP! YOU'RE GONNA KILL HIM!”

Little
Namida tried to assist her older sister, also tugging on her father's
arm. Taizen, however, decided to take matters into his own hands.
Sasuke let out a pained yell as the tiny raven sank his teeth into
his father's wrist, biting down as hard as he could. It had the
desired affect, the older Uchiha released the suffocating blond, who
was now gasping for air. The violent raven tried to detach the small
boy from his arm, trying to yank it out of the tiny mouth but to no
avail. The chibi raven seemed to have no intention of letting go, the
inherited obstinacy of the Uchiha blood.

“Let
go, you little shit!” The older Uchiha growled out as he
violently shoved the tiny boy off his arm, the boy flying backwards
and his head landing directly on the bottom post of the stairway
railing, knocking the tiny raven unconscious. Sasuke didn't have time
to react to what he had done to his son. A fierce roar, no, more like
a resounding war cry sent chills down the Uchiha's spine. In only a
split second, said man found himself on the ground several feet away
from where he stood, blood pouring out of his nose. He glanced up to
see his husband gripping a metal based lamp in his left hand, blond
bangs hanging low overshadowing his eyes.

“If
you EVER hurt MY baby AGAIN,” Naruto's growl was low and
dangerous, “I SWEAR, I'LL KILL YOU!” His voiced softened
as he spoke again to his oldest daughter, “Joi, go upstairs and
pack some clothes for you, Taizen and Namida. We're leaving.”

“Like
hell you will!” Sasuke growled as he rose to his feet, wiping
the blood from his nose.

Azure
eyes narrowed into a grave glare, boring into onyx eyes, “Don't.
Fuck. With. Me. Teme.” The statement earning a gasp from the
tiny blond at his side. “Sai? Do you think you can walk without
help?”

“Y-Yeah,”
The frail raven stammered out, steadying himself to his feet as
Naruto, dropping the metal lamp, gently scooped his unconscious son
into his good arm. His azure eyes filled with concern as they
assessed the damage on the tiny raven. On the left side of the boy's
forehead was a large gash...he would need stitches...Naruto inwardly
cursed himself. Gaara had been right about Sasuke all along. In a
short amount of time, Joi appeared, carrying two backpacks full of
clothes and Namida and Taizen's favorite toys, a stuffed bear and a
pair of plastic action figures from the little boy's favorite cartoon
show.

“Let's
go,” the young blond ordered, and Joi lifted Namida into her
arms as they headed towards the front door.

“Get
back here, Naruto!” The threatening tone of the elder Uchiha
went ignored, as the group headed towards Sai's Mazda, Joi sliding
the blond chibi and herself in the back seat.

“Take
Taizen, Sai. I'll drive.” Naruto handed the small boy over to
the injured, shaky raven, who gripped the child tightly with his good
arm and entered the passenger side as soon as his young brother
opened the door. The moment the young blond was in the driver's seat,
locking the doors and turning over the engine, his raven haired
husband came charging out of the house, a look of both disbelief and
slight panic in his face.

“Naruto!
Naruto!” Sasuke tugged on the handle of the car door, trying in
vain to open it. He thought Naruto had been bluffing when he said he
was leaving. He never thought the blond was truly serious. “Come
on, koi! I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!”

“You
NEVER mean it, Sasuke. But you keep doing it,” Narrowed azure
eyes focused on the panic stricken Uchiha, “There's only so
much a person can take. I guess I've had enough.”

Tires
squealed as the Mazda backed out of the driveway into the road before
driving away from the manor, leaving the Uchiha standing in the
middle of the front yard staring in the direction the vehicle
disappeared. A pale hand clinched into a fist, nails digging into the
palm.

“You
won't last a day without me, dobe.”

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It was
already nearly two in the morning, and Naruto was calmly sitting in
the waiting room of the ER waiting on his brother, holding a sleeping
blond chibi in his arms while watching his now conscious son playing
with his action figures on the floor. Inwardly, he was panicking. He
had no money, no place to go. He couldn't stay with Sai, because
Sasuke would use that against him to get the children. Divorce...it
left a bitter taste in the blond's mouth. He never would have thought
it would come down to that. But the more he thought about it, the
more realistic it became. Maybe it was for the best.

But
still, without money or a place to go, Naruto was at a standstill. He
couldn't stay with his parents. They would probably tell him that it
was his fault in the first place. The young blond wracked his brain
for possible friends that would gratefully assist him at his time of
need. But only two names came to mind. Gaara and Shikamaru. He bit
his lip, weighing out the pros and cons of both and, in the end, he
decided to call on Shikamaru, leaving Gaara to the side for a last
resort.

Naruto
turned to his eldest daughter who was currently nursing a can of
soda, “Joi, would you hold your sister a minute, I need to make
a few phone calls.” The raven haired girl nodded and her mother
shifted Namida into her arms.

He
made his way to the reception desk inquiring if he could use the
phone, stating that he had no money to used the pay phones, and the
receptionist politely handed him the receiver and dialed out the
number for him.

“Who
the hell is it!” growled the lazy brunette from the other end
of the line, and the blond winced.

“Um...Shika?”
He murmured hesitantly.

“Naruto?”
The sound of shuffling. “Where are you? Are you alright?”

“I'm
fine...” Again the younger man hesitated, “I'm at the
ER.”

“WHAT?!
What happened? Do you need me to come up there?”

“Actually...I
need to ask a favor,” Naruto bit his lip, dreading the
rejection, “I left Sasuke and...I need a place for me and my
kids to stay, until I get my next pay check. Onegai...I'm desperate.”

A long
pause. The blond could hear his heart pounding inside his head.

“Alright,
I'm coming to pick you up,” and the younger man let out a
breath he didn't realize he was holding, “Temari and I have a
spare room. I know it's a tight squeeze and it'll be troublesome for
all of you to sleep in the same room, but it's all we can offer. And
don't worry about waiting 'til your next paycheck. You can stay as
long as you need to.”

“Arigatou,
Shika!”

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It was
silent the whole way to Shikamaru's apartment, after dropping off
Naruto's groggy raven haired brother (1) at his apartment. The pony
tailed brunette had explained when he arrived that Gaara had informed
him about the situation that happened outside the coffee house. He
also added that the 'troublesome' goth was still at the apartment and
that, before Shikamaru had left to come after the group, the red head
was pacing the living room floor, something that the brunette never
thought he'd see Gaara do. “You must've made quite the impact
on him for him to be acting like that,” the lazy manager had
stated.

He
continuously made frequent side glances directed at the blond,
gleaning the fresh bruises on his cheek and around his neck. He
thanked Kami or whatever god was out there that Naruto had come to
his senses before he was seriously hurt or worse. Soon, they were
pulling into the parking lot of the apartment complex and removing
themselves from the vehicle heading towards the stairs. Once they
reached Shikamaru's apartment door, the lazy brunette fished out his
keys and unlocked the door.

“It's
small, but it's home,” the young brunette murmured as he opened
the door, ushering in the small group, Joi carrying a sleeping Namida
and Naruto, a now awaking Taizen. The moment Naruto entered the
living room he caught side of the young red head, fidgeting on the
couch anxiously. The moment the blond caught his eye, he jumped off
the couch like he had been shocked and moved closer to his object of
affection.

“Naruto,”
the goth's normally stoic features were twisted with concern, “Are
you alright? Did that bastard hurt you?”

The
older of the two gave Gaara a reassuring smile, “I'm
fine...and...I'm sorry for yelling at you last night. You were
right.”

The
young red head let out a breath of relief, his sea green eyes
assessing the blonds condition and landing on the fresh bruise on his
cheek, his features twisting into that of pure rage “He did
hurt you! I'll kill him!”

“Gaara,”
Naruto's soft tone attempting to calm the enraged goth, “It's
okay now. I left him.”

Biting
back his anger, the red headed goth gave him a sharp nod, then gave
Naruto a sly smirk, “About time.”

He
started to move past the older man, but the young blond spoke again,
“Gaara?”

“Yeah?”

“Arigatou.”

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(1) I
realized that I had forgotten to explain where Sai went to, and he
couldn't really drive himself home doped up on pain killers, could
he?

A/N: I
know it may need some editing but I wanted to get this out before
Christmas. So Merry Christmas to you all!

A/N part Deux: Okay, the
winners of the 'Guess Who's Lying' Contest are Onimusha and
arashi_otome from FanFiction.net. Next Chapter will be dedicated to
them! Also, I'm thinking about holding a fanart contest for this story, the winner will get a multi-chaptered story with the pairing of their choice (excluding SasuNaru because I can't stand writing the pairing, sorry)! Second and third place winners will recieve a oneshot with the pairing of their choice. Let me know if you want to enter by review and leave your email address for me to contact you! I will send the rules and the time limit via email. Ja Ne!
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