Prologue
The rain had been hammering against the windows for the past three hours, never ceasing, only recently had it begun to thunder. Naruto, the adoptive son of Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha had leapt into the arms of Sasuke Uchiha at the first clap of thunder, trembling and forever oblivious to the subtle caresses to his well defined chest and abs.
It was close to midnight and Mikoto and Fugaku had yet to arrive back home, they had left earlier in the evening to attend a dinner party with one of their many wealthy friends and their family. The phone rang from in the hallway so Itachi stood and left the room to answer it. Usually, Naruto and Sasuke would have heard every word that was spoken, but due to the heavy rain and thunder, Itachi's voice was barely audible, let alone decipherable.
Many minutes passed before Itachi reappeared in the doorway, his face a deathly pale. He took his seat and placed his head in his hands, willing himself not to cry. He had to be strong for his brother and adoptive brother now, what would they think if stoic, emotionless Itachi broke down in front of them now. Not to mention the fact that Uchiha's do NOT cry.
"Sasuke, Naruto, that was Tsunade on the phone, it was about mother and father…there's been an accident."
It was in those few moments that these three boys had their perfect lives turned upside down, Mikoto and Fugaku Uchiha had been driving home threw the storm, a truck had collided with their car and killed them instantly. Itachi, being their oldest living heir and relative at just eighteen, was now solely in charge of the Uchiha corporation and the well-being of Sasuke and Naruto.
Naruto held on tightly to Sasuke, face hidden in the crook of his neck, tears streaming down his face and dampening Sasuke's shoulder. He was heart-broken, Mikoto and Fugaku had done so much for him, they had taken him in when he was just a small child and given him a home and a family. But now they were gone, he didn't know how to handle it, and was doubtful that his feelings could compare to that of Sasuke's and Itachi's.
But little did Naruto know, the Uchiha family had a dark secret weighing down the shoulders of Sasuke and Itachi of which he was not to learn of for the next few years.
