Dani: wow… how long has it been since I've been on this site!
Shicora: hmmm….a while…
Dani: . . /cough/ well… My new obsession has become Naruto :D…and the pairing? Sasuke/Naruto! Don't like 'em? Then don't bother reading this…I want no criticism on these two… you'll get bitch slapped if you do…
Shicora/blink/ anyway…
Summary: Little Naruto, always crying for attention. Little Sasuke, always crying for a real friend. Both wanted the others' life, thus, jealous. Naruto meets someone new, his first friend apart from Iruka. Sasuke becomes more jealous because Naruto took the last person he cared about. The kyuubi holder wouldn't let Sasuke be alone like he was…
WARNINGS: AU, Shounen-ai, child abuse, and gore, don't like any of these then click the back button to leave please.
Pairings: Kaka/Iru, no pairing of Naruto and Sasuke in this one… but will be in the sequel, just hugs for these two. Implies of Ita/OC
Disclaimer: all the wonderful characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto! claps. Only one character in this story belongs to me.
Enjoy!
In the village, hidden leaf, Konoha, two little boys were quite alone. One watched as people walked by, glaring at him and shooting cruel words at him. The other was watching his brother being praised by his father, getting no attention from either. One was considered a prodigy, the other, a monster. But they needed something to curl up to and cry to. A friend. The prodigy boy had his brother's friend, and the monster had no one.
But that didn't stop little Naruto from smiling bright like the sun.
Naruto walked around the village, a rice ball in his mouth and his orange shirt practically hanging off his small frame. Every now and then he would pull up his baggy light blue pants and jump two steps he missed. The blonde haired boy with a rare kind of blue eyes and whisker-like scars on each of his round cheeks, looked around, taking a small bite out of his rice ball, he watched as a woman pushed her child into the house. She turned to throw a deadly glare at him and shut the door.
He turned his head another way and two men were looking at him the same way the woman did, the same way everyone but the Hokage, Iruka-sensei, and men in white armor and masks looked at him. Did he do something wrong? He didn't remember doing anything that would cause them to do this.
Naruto, still not used to the glares, quickened his pace to his apartment.
"Look…it's that demon again."
"He's always smiling… probably happy that he got rid of the fourth…"
"How could the Hokage let the monster roam free? Surely he would lock him up…imagine all the damage he would cause again!"
"Nasty little thing… Ino! Get over here!"
Naruto stopped to look ahead. There was the blonde girl he sat near in Ninja Academy. She always stared at the raven haired boy with black eyes, much like every girl in the class. He raised his hand to wave and smiled his warm smile.
"Hi Ino!"
The woman stiffened and pushed Ino in the house before the little girl could wave back. She shut the door and huffed, picking up a broom and swatting Naruto away from her home.
"Go away you monster! And stay away from my daughter!"
Naruto scurried away, holding up his pants and ignoring the pain in his bottom. He stopped running when he was a few houses away from the mad woman and huffed and puffed. What was wrong with saying hi to a person from school? Naruto blinked and looked down at his sandals sadly. He had no friends. Why?
Sniffling, he continued walking home. Naruto wanted to see and hang out with Iruka, but Iruka had to do something for the Hokage. So he was alone walking the streets, trying hard to ignore the insults he received. He rubbed his still sore bottom and stopped in front of the Uchiha estate.
He knew this was where the raven haired boy in his class, Sasuke, his name was, lived. They were even cruel to the blonde, except Sasuke. Sasuke was as nice as the other students in his class, though just a little bit nicer. Blinking up at the high walls and doors, Naruto fidgeted. Maybe Sasuke would play with him… but nobody would let him in. Everyone would shoo him out and away with sticks or brooms, much harder than the woman earlier…
Naruto wrinkled his nose, then scratched it. Sasuke always shared with Naruto, and gave him advice, even if the advice seemed out of exasperation. He was nicer than the other boys who picked on him because he was smaller than them and was quite clumsy.
He wanted Sasuke to be his friend. A friend he wouldn't share.
Raising a small shaky hand, and taking a few steps closer to the tall door.
"What are you doing?"
Naruto squeaked and turned around in terror, staring up with wide eyes at the teen in front of him. He had a bored expression on his face and stared down at the boy with eyes as black as Sasuke's, but lacked the child-like spark. Speaking of Sasuke…he looked almost like him…Only taller, longer hair, and lines that Naruto saw on Iruka when Iruka had a restless night.
"Uh…um…I..." If this man looked like Sasuke, he was a Uchiha then… and Uchiha's weren't very nice to him.
The teen raised an eyebrow.
"Itachi! I-" Naruto blinked at the melodic voice and looked past the black haired boy and saw another teen with sandy brown hair. She had a smile on her face that surpassed even Naruto's, real or fake.
A light blush made it's was to his chubby cheeks at the beauty stopped jogging to be with this Itachi. The teen turned his head to the female who glared daggers at him.
"How dare you leave me alone! You ungrateful-" The girl blinked and looked down at the fidgeting and blushing Naruto. "Well hello… who are you?"
Naruto nibbled on his bottom lip and his hands fidgeted even more behind his back. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto…"
The female blinked and Itachi glared at the blonde. Naruto shrunk back under his gaze. The girl, whose eyes were mostly blue but had several other colors gently scattered in her irises, looked at the boy, bewildered and then looked at Itachi. She glared at him and socked his arm.
"Don't be so mean! He's just a little boy…" Itachi then turn his glare to her as she bent down.
Naruto froze when her hand petted his head and trailed down to his chin where she lifted his face up to hers and stared in his eyes. Patiently, but frightened, he waited for the blow that most people gave him after grabbing his chin, others would kick him.
"You're so adorable!" She smiled at him. "I'm Kalya, this icicle beside me is Uchiha Itachi." Itachi's glare on the girl hardened.
Naruto giggled. "He's not an icicle!"
"Hmm… you're right… he's a frozen lake!" Naruto laughed as Itachi growled.
"Kalya…." He growled out her name viciously.
"Oh hush!" Kalya picked up the little laughing Naruto and nuzzled their cheeks together. "Why are you standing in front of the Uchiha estate, Naruto?"
Naruto quieted.
"I wanted to find Sasuke…" Naruto whispered, pushing his forefingers together.
"Sasuke? Oh… you must be the funny blonde he keeps talking about," Kayla pushed open the door to the estate with Itachi behind her.
"Funny?" Naruto's head tilted to the side and he looked at the people within the high walls stare at him with their mouths agape.
Itachi cleared his throat and put a hand on Kalya's back and pushed her gently but making her walk faster.
"Itachi?"
"People are staring…" he murmured and continued to push her untill they reached the largest house through the whole estate.
"Wow!" Naruto exclaimed. "Sasuke lives here? It's so huge!"
"Yes, it is," The multi-colored eyed female shook her head at Itachi as he opened the door and took off his sandals. "Doesn't ever open the door for a lady… That's down right rude Itachi!"
Itachi shrugged and walked inside. Naruto watched as Kalya huffed and entered the house, pushing off her sandals with her feet. Placing Naruto to his feet she stretched and nodded at him to take off his sandals. Naruto nodded back and hurriedly pulled off his sandals.
"Hey Sasuke!" she called and looked through the halls.
Naruto looked around the room he was in, pulling up his pants again.
Naruto looked back at the female and saw a boy with a bad bed head that matched his own wild hair at the moment. Instantly he knew it was Sasuke, even if the boy had a sleepy expression on his face and was groggily rubbing his eyes.
"Yes nee-chan?" Sasuke yawned and blinked the sleep from his eyes.
"Aww… Sasuke, were you napping? I'm sorry for waking you…" Kalya bent down and kissed the top of his head. "Oh! And someone wanted to see you."
Sasuke's head shot up and he stared up at Kalya then behind her, where he saw a tuft of blonde hair.
"Hi Sasuke!" Naruto waved excitedly.
"Naruto?" Sasuke blinked and tilted his head to the side. "What are you doing here?"
"Kalya-chan let me in!" Naruto rubbed the back of his head and stuck his tongue out with a smile. He later blinked. "Kalya-chan is your nee-chan?"
"Well…no... But she's always around so…" Sasuke shrugged and yawned again.
Kalya smiled and looked at Naruto. "Care to join us for lunch?"
Naruto nodded vigorously. He was never invited to lunch, let alone invited into a house. "Do you have ramen? Ramen's the best!"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow while Kalya chuckled. "I'll see what I can do… And Sasuke? Why don't you show him around?" She patted Sasuke's head and walked down the hall to her right.
The two six year old boys stared at each other. Naruto fidgeted and Sasuke wrinkled his nose.
"Come on…I'll show you the garden… it's the only place in this whole house that's not boring…" Sasuke turned heels and started walking.
Naruto tilted his head to the side, blinking several times. Sasuke, padding down the hall in front of him, stopped and looked over his shoulder.
"Are you coming or not?"
Naruto jumped slightly and hurried to Sasuke's side. He hissed at the freezing contact that his feet made to the floor.
"Why is the floor so cold?" Naruto stuttered.
Sasuke shrugged. "I don't know… I never noticed it either."
The blonde's mouth formed a small 'o' and Sasuke chortled.
"You're so weird…" and Sasuke ran off to the garden as Naruto's cheeks puffed up.
"I am not weird!" His eyes closed in anger and raised a small shaking fist. "You take that back Sasuke!"
Sasuke had managed to get out in the garden before he was tackled by a yellow, orange, and blue blur.
"Take it back you- you!" Naruto shook Sasuke who was laughing. "Stop laughing!"
All this was watched by Itachi from the kitchen window. He scowled and crossed his arms. Kalya was cooking something that smelled delicious. Too bad his parents weren't here at the moment to smell the delicious aroma; actually, it's a good thing they weren't here at the moment. His parents weren't quite…positive of the Kyuubi holder or Kalya for a reason he did not know and was currently trying to figure out. His mother would've stared at Naruto with disgust and so would his father, but he'd take most of his anger out on Kalya who let him in. Everyone in this estate could not keep their mouths shut so his parents would find out before they reached the house. They would throw her and Naruto out and never letting them back in.
Kalya hummed to herself and wiped her floured hands on her pants and stood next to Itachi to look outside. Her good natured smile grazed her face.
"Aww… Sasuke's laughing… That's a good sign that they'll become great friends," she watched as Naruto continued to chase Sasuke who had escaped his clutches and was weaving his way from tree to bush, making the little blonde boy run around in circles.
"Why did you bring the Kyuubi holder here? You know this will cause problems," Itachi said, emotionlessly.
Kalya scoffed. "Not you too Itachi! And his name is not 'the Kyuubi holder'. It's Naruto." She lightly pushed him and went back to her cooking.
"Mother and Father will not like this at all…" the Uchiha sat on the counter and watched his female companion chop the vegetables skillfully.
"So? They're not my parents, and I am glad I am not related to you Uchihas, you're stubborn, too prideful, and a bit on the cruel side." Itachi raised an eyebrow at her description of his clan.
"A bit on the cruel side?"
"Yes, and I call anyone, who discriminates anyone else just because they have something sealed in them that killed others, cruel bastards. And if you're one we are no longer friends." She slammed the knife down on the onion and cutting board, causing both things to break in half.
Itachi smirked. "Have I discriminated the child yet?"
"No, but you did call him the Kyuubi holder. Meaning your thoughts of him are the same as everybody else's. Naruto is not a monster."
Kalya turned to the cabinet where the dishes were kept and felt a pair of strong arms encircle her waist. A laughing smile was on her face as she rolled her eyes.
"I apologize dear Kalya, thoughts of…Naruto as a monster will be vanished from my mind." Itachi buried his face in her hair.
"Nice try Itachi, now let me go," she said in a sweet tone that implied if he didn't let her go, he would no longer have hands.
Itachi obliged and smirked down at her. "Well what can I do for the princess to receive her forgiveness?"
Kalya glowered at him. "Don't. Call. Me. Princess. You know I hate being called that!" she swatted at him with a wooden spoon and he dodged all of them.
Itachi only chuckled and leaned against the door frame that divided the kitchen from the other part of the garden that the boys were still playing in.
"You are so irritating!" she emphasized the last word with a growl and went back to cooking.
The two of them stood in silence. Itachi was watching his brother and Kalya was setting the table up. Sasuke bounded in and hid behind his nee-san's legs chuckling. Itachi raised an eyebrow at his younger brother as Naruto came in panting.
"Take…it…back…Sasuke… I… am… not... weird…" Naruto fell the floor with a light thump and continued to pant like a dog. Sasuke only grinned in triumph.
Kalya bit her bottom lip, not to laugh at how silly and adorable Naruto looked at the moment. She gently pried Sasuke off of her leg and patted his head, going back to the stove. Sasuke plopped down in front of Naruto and poked his cheek.
"Why are you so skinny?"
"Nobody feeds me…or gives me food…Except this guy at Ichiraku…" Naruto pondered.
Kalya froze. "You rarely eat?" Naruto nodded.
"But Iruka-sensei brings me food! Then somebody steals it from me saying I can't have it…"
Kalya looked at the three boys in the room. One skinny, small blonde, with blue eyes rare like her own, and three whisker-like scars on his each side of his cheeks, was without a friend. Another with raven locks that were still wild and onyx eyes had the extremely rare attention of his father and brother. And the last one with the same features as Sasuke except without the boyish face and with longer hair, tired, friendless, extremely prideful, rude, emotionless, too determined…ok the list went on for him. All of them wanted something that pretty much everyone else had. Well…except maybe Itachi…the boy wouldn't open up clearly and would let no one in on his feelings. Sighing, Kalya picked Naruto up and put him on the counter.
"Naruto? What do you want?" Kalya smiled at him.
"I want….I want a friend!" Naruto's fist shot up in the air and he flashed his baby teeth at her. Kalya chuckled; not the answer she was looking for to fill his stomach, but at least he was honest about wanting a friend.
Damn the Uchiha's and their stubbornness. She knew for a fact that Sasuke would never admit that, neither would Itachi. She glanced at him, he was staring into space. She wasn't exactly considered his friend, just a companion, but she chose to think she was his friend.
"And to be the greatest Hokage this village has every seen!" Now that grabbed Itachi's attention.
"Hmm… Hokage… Quiet a big dreamer aren't you?" She poked his stomach where she knew the center of the seal was. He squirmed and giggled.
"Why Hokage?" Itachi wondered aloud, as Sasuke stood up and pulled himself up on the other counter.
"Cause I want people to notice me!"
"Well Naruto? Don't you ever let go of that dream, promise me alright?" The sandy haired girl kissed his cheek and petted his hair. The boy blushed and he nodded his head vigorously.
Itachi noticed Sasuke staring at Naruto with slight jealousy in his eyes. Raising a questioning eyebrow he watched his younger brother as he moved swiftly in front of him. Sasuke didn't acknowledge him for he was continuing to stare at the laughing Naruto and Kalya, and that irritated his older brother. So, he was poked the poor boy hard on his forehead.
"OW! Nii-chan! What was that for!" Sasuke put a hand on his forehead and pouted.
"Are you jealous?" Itachi asked in a low whisper that only Sasuke was able to catch.
"What? Me? No nii-chan! Never!" Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest and glared at Itachi who smirked.
"What?" Naruto looked at the both of them with a look of bewilderment.
Itachi shook his head and put a hand on Naruto's head. "Nothing you need worry about Naruto-kun…" and he left.
"Naruto-kun? I think he's trying a little too hard…"
Sasuke wrinkled his nose and jumped on Kalya's back. "Let's play nee-chan!" Naruto agreed with his proposal throwing his arms in the air and cheering.
"Well…"
"Kalya will not be able to play with you Sasuke…"
The three of them whirled their heads to the entrance of the kitchen.
Mwahahaha! Cliffy! I hate them… but now I know why other authors use them…Makin' people suffer!XD J/k…that reason is for u to find out on ur own… there are several reasons for cliffys. Well… now I rest…after writing this chapter and re-reading is for mistakes and brainstorming ideas for the plot…. Yeah my brain needs rest. Please review:D
TBC