Please Adopt Me
Prologue
By Saraswati-Isis

Disclaimer: I do not own nor am I likely to own in the future, Naruto. It is owned by the almighty blah blah blah and he should be giving it to me. .

Hyuuga Neji and Uchiha Sasuke chatted animatedly about the fighting styles their close family used. Both trying to convince the other that their family style was better. Sasuke scoffed at the thought, Uchihas were the best after the all, not even the Hyuuga could beat them at anything else. Example? He was beating Neji in schoolwork, and Neji was a year older than him. When he said so, Neji went to hit him. Sasuke simply laughed and ducked before getting into the playground.

The playground was near the Uchiha house. Very useful when he wanted to escape his father's wrath or when he wanted to drag his brother to come and play with him. The playground was his safe haven, especially when there was no one around. No one else but the ones he thought of as family. This unfortunately included the now irritated Hyuuga.

"Ah... Neji! Stop it! Haha… hah?"

A cute, puzzled look settled on Sasuke's face as he looked at the swing where a figure swung very lightly and slowly. The person sniffed a little, choking on his sobs every now and then. His hands were forced into tight knuckles, white on the rope of the swing were small. The last Uchiha stared when the head of the figure looked up. He'd never seen such bright hair; they seemed kissed by the sun, almost blessed by an angel. On the boy's plump cheeks were three whiskers marks, scarring but at the same time making up his face. His eyes, full of brimming tears bore into Sasuke's own obsidian eyes and he was lost. There were so many emotions in those bright blue eyes. Sadness and Sorrow. A lot of pain. And he looked so lost. Sasuke gasped. He didn't know eyes could be that big, he didn't know that at all. But it was the sign, hanging by the boy's neck that caught his attention.

- Adopt Me -

It was... weird and Neji must have thought so too because he started tugging on Sasuke's sleeve, telling him it was time that they should go. But Sasuke stayed put, only for a second. After that small moment he broke free of Neji's hand and advanced towards the swing, his eyes locked with the smaller boy's blue eyes.

"Sasuke... leave him. Come on Sasuke."

But Sasuke didn't listen. He looked down to the blond who looked up at him.

"Are you gonna adopt me?" The boy's small voice was sweet and childish and… sad. It was so sad that Sasuke couldn't help it. His pale hands went to the boy's scarred cheeks and wiped the tears clean. The blonde closed his eyes and allowed it to happen. Not only that, but he leaned into the touch trying to get more. Sasuke complied and simply caressed his cheeks like his mother had done with him so many times before. The dark haired young boy just kept the touch going, feeling like he had accomplished something and Neji, Neji could do nothing more than watch helplessly as the person he considered his best friend comforted a boy he barely knew… in fact did not know at all. Then the blonde's voice came back.

"Please adopt me. I promise I'll be good. Please…" The voice broke and another set of tears streamed down the tanned face. "Please?"

"Ok."

The simple word made the boy's tears cease and let a blooming smile appear on his face. Neji gawked and wondered if he'd heard right.

"Sasuke you can't!"

Sasuke ignored him and pulled the blonde to his feet. "How old are you anyway? I'm seven and Neji's eight. That's Neji. I'm Sasuke. What's your name?"

"Sasuke don't ignore me! You can'-"

"I'm Naruto… Uzumaki Naruto. And I'm six… but I'll be seven in October! Will you really adopt me?"

Sasuke nodded and wiped the remaining tears from the boy's face. Neji stopped in front of them and frowned but Sasuke gave him the determined look and Naruto… well Naruto's big blue eyes sealed his fate. Neji sighed and turned away from the puppy look.

"I can't believe this... You do know your parents have to agree to this right?"

Naruto looked at Sasuke who had taken the blonde's hands into his own and shrugged. His parents would say yes for three reasons.

1: He wanted Naruto and when he wanted something he always got it.

2: His parents would obviously love Naruto

3: If they didn't let Naruto stay then he would definitely put his foot down. That would show them... well that or he would start a tantrum. They never seemed very fond of those.

Sasuke nodded to himself and tugged at Naruto's hand, Neji was following behind though very sluggishly with a feeling that something bad was about to happen. From behind a tree near the swings, a teenager looked happy. Amber eyes gleamed under dark red hair. Though he was young, he looked sharp and handsome. The happiness that showed on his face was betrayed by the look in his eyes. Be happy Naruto-otouto. Be happy and forget me. He sighed and looked down at the package in his hand, burning his palms a bit. Ramen.

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Neji had gone home and Sasuke's parents were arguing over whether or not they should keep Naruto. Naruto was with Sasuke on his bed. The dark haired boy was reading him a story about ninjas and demons; he made Naruto giggle with hand movements and the different voice he used. By the doorframe, unseen by the two boys was the older Uchiha boy, Itachi. He watched; amused by his little brother and the boy who wore underhand clothes. He didn't know his brother could be this amusing.

"Sasuke-Chan! Naru-chan! Itachi-Chan! In the living room boys."

Sasuke looked up at the sound of his mother's voice and scowled. She'd just ruined the cool image he had set with Naruto. She'd dared used the hated suffix. It was then he noticed his older brother at the door, who had a rather similar scowl on his face.

"Itachi?"

"Well, you heard our mother."

The teenager coolly left the scene to go see what his mother wanted leaving his younger brother and newfound guest to stare at his back in awe of his coolness (I mean come on… the guy is cool!). It was two minutes later when Sasuke's mother shouted his name once more that they finally moved and headed down the stairs, hand in hand.

Once downstairs, Sasuke watched the different emotions on his family's faces. His mother looked happy and cheerful, a smile on her face and her hands clasped together in front of her. His father, however, looked defeated, like he had lost a long battle and his brother, well he looked rather indifferent in his awesome coolness. The way they look could only mean one thing.

"We're keeping Naru-chan! Come here Naru-chan, give mama a hug you cutie!"

Naruto looked at Sasuke, who nodded, before shyly walking into the arms of Sasuke's mother. Tears glistened at the corner of his eyes as he felt the warmth and love of a mother envelop him. He cried a little and wrapped his small arms around her neck and allowed her to carry him.

"Aww, you're so cute Naru-chan. I'm going to love you all the way to heaven. Promise. Look at him FuFu-chan, isn't he just the dearest. He looks so sweet. Sasuke, he's your younger brother now, so you better take care of him. You too Ita-chan, take care of my precious little Naru-chan."

Fugaku cringed at the use of his nickname, which he now realized would be used as blackmail material by his two sons at the way their eyes twinkled when they heard. Sasuke, when given the task to look out for his new brother, nodded determinably. Wasn't it he, after all, who found the blond treasure? And Itachi simply looked at the young blond before walking out of the room. What the two parents hadn't voiced out, and he knew would be spoken about later on when they could not hear, was where Naruto had actually come from and what cruel fate had befallen him and left him on a swing in a park with a sign asking for someone to adopt him.

"Ne… ano… eto… Can I call you okaa-chan?"

The Uchiha woman melted and kissed the boy's plump cheeks. "Of course my darling Naru-chan. Call me whatever you want."

Naruto beamed and looked at his new mother before hugging her tightly. His bright blue eyes looked at Sasuke who stood there looking rather proud of himself. When the bright smile was directed at the raven haired boy, he blushed. There was one more thing that the damned Hyuuga didn't have but he did and also, it was one more thing that he could be proud over. He would protect the blond and hurt anybody who dared hurt him. Even his older brother. Sasuke smiled back before snatching Naruto away from his mother so they could play up in his room.

A/N: Well, there it is. My first story. Please review! By thee way, this idea sprouted from reading a sweet yaoi book with short stories. It was entitled Please Adopt Me or Adopt Me. One of them. It had such nice stories. But the plot won't be the same though.