Do you believe in happy endings? I do.

Warning: Sexual Content, Language, OOC

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.


"More and more there is this animal
Looking out through my eyes
At all the traffic on the road to nowhere
At all the shiny stuff around to buy
At all the wires in the air
At all the people shopping
For the same blank stare"

-Ani DiFranco, Animal


The sky is clear and blue, the air has a slight chill to it, but it feels good as one's body heats up with the effort of climbing a steep hill covered by dark green grass and various sized rocks. A teenage boy with dark grey eyes and wild ravenous hair follows behind a group of older men. The men are laughing and joking and the boy is frowning as he adjusts his backpack.

One man stops and turns his head to smirk down at the younger male.

"Sasuke, stop moping and hurry up. The mountain is right after this hill."

Sasuke's eyes narrow and he lifts one foot to step up closer to the group. They finally conquer the hill and one man in front of the group with long blonde hair stretches his arms out and smiles.

"Here we are!" he exhales as he heads towards the mountain.

A tall man with caramel skin, slanted dark eyes, and a strong jaw turns to Sasuke and stretches one of the boy's cheeks.

"I bet I can get to the top before you do, baby brother."

"Go fuck yourself, Kisame. I'm not your brother." Kisame stares down at the boy with humor in his eyes, he opens his mouth to retort when a shriek erupts into the air.

The blonde man jumps down away from the foot of the mountain with his arms flailing in the air. His eyes are wide with terror and he rambles in a shaken manner as he stares up at something.

"Oh…oh…is that…is that…that's…Itachi! Itachi get over here!"

The man that spoke to Sasuke on the hill dashes over to the blonde man's side and looks up to where his counterpart is looking. His eyes widen and he takes large, quick steps up the mountain.

The other men and Sasuke rush over to see what all the fuss is about. When the cause for the blonde man's shouts is revealed some of the men gasp as they stare up at the scene, some shield their eyes. Sasuke watches with wide eyes as his older brother makes his way towards a boy sprawled upside down on a flat surface on the mountain side. He is covered in blood from head to toe, but there are no visible wounds.

Sasuke feels sadness in his heart for the boy as he takes in his appearance. His tan face is peaceful, despite the blood smears and dirt that cover it. He is wearing nothing but a pair of white boxer shorts. Sasuke wonders if the boy is a victim of a robbery or sex crime.

Itachi feels for a pulse and looks down at his friends and brother with sad, dark eyes. He shakes his head.

"He's dead." Kisame says empathically.

The blonde man covers his face with his hands and begins shaking his head. Itachi climbs down and faces the group.

"We need to call the authorities."

They all nod in agreement except for Sasuke. All of the men head for the hill so that they can get to the cars where their cell phones are and call the police. Itachi notices one person is missing and turns around to observe his younger brother staring up at the dead boy with furrowed brows.

"Sasuke." He calls "Are you coming?"

Sasuke does not respond and his facial expression does not change.

Itachi looks down the hill and then back at his brother. "We'll be right back."

Sasuke feels his heart beating quickly, but he cannot find the will to look away from the corpse of the boy. He wishes there was something he could do. Though he knows that the boy is dead and that he cannot come back to life. He looks young, no younger than sixteen and no older than seventeen.

He wonders how the boy died. Observing his head, which is covered with blonde hair, Sasuke sees no bullet holes. He is quite a distance away though, there could be one. He then looks at the boy's throat, no gash. Looking at the boy's chest, Sasuke's heart begins to beat faster and he steps forward. The boy's chest is rising and falling slowly as if he is only sleeping. He is breathing; he is alive! Itachi was wrong!

Sasuke takes a few steps closer but pauses as he notices more movement from the boy. His eyelids are fluttering and his brows are furrowing. Sasuke marvels as the boy opens his eyes and stares up at the blue sky. Slowly he begins to get up and right himself. He sits on his knees facing Sasuke. He gazes down at the surface he is sitting on and then twists around to look up towards the top of the mountain. The boy turns back around to gaze at the woods and slowly gets up. He carefully steps down from the mountain and heads without a word for the woods. Before he disappears, Sasuke finds his voice and speaks up.

"Where are you going?"

The boy turns his head to look at Sasuke with blue eyes that send chills down his spine. The boy takes another step towards the woods when shouts are heard and the men appear in the clearing between the woods and the mountain with a police officer in tow.

"He's right here-" they stop when they see the boy standing by the woods, alive.

The blonde man stares at him with a shocked expression, then smacks Itachi's upper arm.

"Itachi! How could you freak me out like that? Look at him! He's not dead! He's alive and walking around! What kind of doctor are you?"

"Chill, Deidara." Kisame says, tugging Deidara by his shoulders away from Itachi and preventing harm from the man.

The officer watches the scene with stern brown eyes. He steps forward and calls to the boy.

"Come here."

The boy gazes at the police officer for a second then takes steady steps forward until he is in front of the officer, facing him and calmly staring up into his eyes. The officer looks the boy in the eyes and then begins to ask him a series of questions.

"Are you injured?"

The boy's voice is soft with a southern drawl. "No, sir."

"What are you doing out here in your underwear?"

The boy doesn't answer.

"Are you under the influence of any narcotics?"

"Nar…, sir, I am unaware of what that is." The boy says with a smile.

The officer's mouth draws into a hard line until he moves on to his next question.

"What is your name?"

The boy doesn't answer, but the small smile remains on his face.

The officer sighs. "What happened to you?"

The boy tilts his head, his gaze never faltering. "I fell."

"On the mountain?"

The boy nods. The officer and the others look up to study the mountain. In the dirt there does appear to be a disturbance, as if a body had tumbled down a large distance down the mountain side. Almost from the top to the spot close to the bottom where the strange boy had been found.

The officer looks at the boy with concern evident in his eyes. "And you don't feel any pain?"

"No, sir." The boy says with a charming white, smile.

The officer furrows his brows. "He's going to need to see a doctor."

"He can come with us, I'm a doctor. I live close by and have a special room for emergencies such as this." Itachi says with small smile.

The officer flickers his gaze to Itachi as if he contemplating something then gently places a hand on the boy's shoulder.

"Normally, I would say absolutely not. However because it is you, Itachi, I will allow it. I will be at your home first thing in the morning to check on him. Hopefully then I will be able to get better answers from him." He pauses to send the boy a pointed look and then sighs.

"I will see you in the morning. Take good care of him."

"Yes, Officer Umino, see you tomorrow." Itachi says, motioning for the boy and Sasuke to come towards him and the group.

Sasuke walks towards Itachi, past the boy. Once he is by his brother's side he turns to watch as the boy stares at the group with a guarded expression. He does not move to come closer and so Itachi speaks up.

"You can trust us. We only want to help you."

After a few more moments of no movement, the boy seems to make a decision and walks forward towards the group. His steps are graceful and steady. He appears sure of himself and his decision with calm blue eyes and loose shoulders.

Once they get to the cars; Itachi and Deidara get in up front of a black Kia Sorrento and Sasuke and the black man get in the back. The boy stands outside the car and stares in beyond the open door with unsure eyes. He seems resistant to the idea of getting in the car. Kisame gets sick of waiting, wraps one large hand around the boy's upper arm, and tugs him inside.

"Kisame!" Deidara scolds. "Don't be so rough with him. He fell down a mountain!"

Kisame grunts in response and the rest of the car ride remains silent. Sasuke takes notice of how the boy appears very uncomfortable.

They come to the house, which is large but hidden from the road by trees. Everyone gets out and Itachi gently escorts the boy into the home, which he also seems reluctant to enter. It seems that it takes all his might not to dash off into the woods that surround the house and disappear. Once inside, Itachi leads the boy to a white staircase to the left. They slowly come to the top and walk to the last door to the left of the hallway. They enter the room which contains a twin-sized bed against the far right wall, in the middle of the room stands a tall plastic table. A tray full of shiny tools beside it. There is a desk covered by papers and jars of full of cotton balls and other essentials doctors must have against the wall to the right of wall with a large window.

Itachi instructs the boy to sit on the table; the boy does so and waits patiently for Itachi to begin.

"So, what is your name?" Itachi asks as he walks behind the boy to study his scalp.

There is a pause, and then in that soft, charming tone he gets his answer.

"Naruto."

"Naruto…" Itachi says thoughtfully. "Your last name?"

Another pause. "I am afraid I do not remember."

Itachi lets go of the boy's hair to look him in the eyes. "You don't remember?"

Naruto smiles a small smile. "I haven't in a long time."

"Hm."

Itachi feels along Naruto's limbs and asks him if he feels any pain. Naruto replies that he does not. He does all the little things that doctor's do when they are giving someone a checkup. He makes him say "Ah", looks up his nose, and makes him follow his index finger with his eyes. He cannot find any external injuries and from what Naruto's replies, it appears there are no internal injuries either. The only thing that seems a bit out of the ordinary is that Naruto's pupils are dilated.

Itachi observes Naruto's appearance, poised and collected, with blood caked in his hair, on his chest and limbs, and smeared on his face. He couldn't figure out where the blood had come from, there are no external injuries for the blood to come from.

"Naruto, I have to ask, are you on anything? Any stimulants like diet pills or cocaine?"

Naruto furrows his brows and tilts his head a bit to the right. "No." he replies, appearing puzzled.

"Alright." Itachi sighs, considering testing the boy after he's been cleaned up. He takes a breath and calls for Sasuke. Said male enters the room and looks at his brother inquisitively.

"What?"

"I believe it would be a good idea for Naruto to take a shower."

Sasuke, looking a little confused, nods his head and turns towards the hallway.

"Um, come on."

Naruto hops down from the table and follows after Sasuke, appearing a bit confused himself.

A short walk down the hallway they come to a door to the right, both boys walk in. Sasuke digs in the cabinet under the sink for a towel and a wash cloth and sets them on the counter. He shoves his hands in his jean pockets and averts his gaze from Naruto, missing how the blonde is staring at the shower with a bewildered expression.

"I'll go get you some clothes, you can go ahead and well you know what do to." With that he leaves and closes the door behind him.

From the bottom of the staircase with a bundle of clothes in his arms, Sasuke hears a series of bumps and thumps coming from upstairs. He rushes up the stairs and drops the clothes at the scene before him.

Sprays of water are pummeling the wall across from the open bathroom door. Crouching underneath the sprays is a wide-eyed Naruto staring into the bathroom.

Sasuke runs to pull Naruto out from under the sprays before he gets hurt and pushes him down to sit in front of the stairs. He then side steps against the wall and peers around the door panel to see where all the water is coming from.

"What's going on up here?" Deidara queries as he bounds up the stairs with an older man with long, wavy dark hair behind him.

"He broke the shower."

There is a silence except for the sound of water hitting a wall and pipes clanking.

"How do you break a shower?" Deidara finally says, looking very confused with wide blue grey eyes.

Sasuke leans against the wall shaking his head. Deidara stands there staring wide-eyed at all of the chaos. The man behind Deidara appears to be amused.

"So that is what that contraption is." Naruto says with furrowed brows and a grimace.