Hey everyone,

New fiction. I started it a while ago and i just finished the 1st chapter today. Its different than my others... so future chapters depend on your feed back.

So please, if you like it please review and i will try to update it as soon as possible.

The tiny tanned boy froze infront of the passing traffic. He didn't have any wear to go, but something was telling him to get down from the pavement and cross that road. He sniffled and grinned. He didn't even bother to pull up his oversized sleeve to expose his petite hands and shoulders. The boy was a mess. He was only three and abandoned. He had been living for a month alone in the streets. How did he survive? A lot of good hearted people threw him bits and pieces of food. Yet, it was only by God's mercy that a pedophile didn't prey on him. He took two steps forward. They were reckless and unwise, but he was just a child.

He was frozen again. Nonetheless, something was different about it this time. He was scared and terrified. A truck was heading for him. He wouldn't survive it. No, his body couldn't handle a trauma like this one.

The nearing vehicle's driver didn't even notice the boy. Closer and closer it got. Only seconds left to live. Only seconds left for him to move and save himself. But his legs refused to budge. They were stubborn. That's it! He was about to di-

A hand quickly snatched him from infront of the truck pulling him to safety. The blond boy looked up at the twelve year old scrawling at him. The raven glared for a second but loosened up when he noticed that the other kid started weeping.

"Are you alright?" The boy kneeled down to the blonde's level.

The three year old boy shook his head no. He was petrified, so petrified that he had wet his pants. So now he was scared and embarrassed.

Sasuke lifted the boy in his arms allowing for him to nuzzle his neck. He rubbed his hand up and down the boy's back to soothe him.

"What's your name?"

"N-Nawuto," the boy answered. He noticed that Sasuke detected the pool in his pants. He will shout at me, Naruto vexed.

"Well, Naruto you can call me Sasuke. Now, do you remember where your mommy or daddy is?" Sasuke smiled trying to reassure the sniffling boy.

"I don't have a mommy or daddy," Naruto fisted the boys shirt worrying that the boy will just put him down and leave.

"Then who do you live with?"

"Me!"

"You live alone?" The raven ogled at the boy in shock. He was just three; no way he was on his own!

"Yes, I wive in the pawk thewe," Naruto pointed out at a near by public park.

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Sasuke stood in shock infront of a small blanket placed under a relatively large tree. Was the three year old seriously sleeping here alone? Was this blanket his home? Sasuke couldn't wrap his mind around it. He recently lost his parents and he knew that the pain he had in his chest was the worse ever. He knew that it was hard on him, so he couldn't imagine how a three year old was handling it. Especially that he was living alone, in the winter, under a tree, in a public park, with thugs and drug addicts roaming around.

Naruto ran from one spot in the park to the other proudly showing the man the things he created. He showed him the trash can he was eating from, the nice hotdog kiosk he liked to sleep next to because it always smelled good, and even the water fountain he used to drink and shower in. Sasuke almost freaked out when he noticed a homeless man showering in the same fountain the boy had been drinking from ever since he was abandoned. This couldn't be hygienic.

"Naru-chan…"

"Yes, Sasuke onisan," Sasuke flushed at the word. He never imagined being someone's older brother.

"You can't live on your own. You are just three years old. May be I should take you an orphanage or something-" before Sasuke could finish his sentence, he notice Naruto's grin fade away.

"You big meanie!! You want to put me in bad place!" Naruto darted away trying to escape the older boy. Sasuke didn't need to run after him, however. The short little feet tripped and the boy fell over his face. Instantly, tears exploded from his eyes.

The raven sighed and walked over to the boy. He tugged the boy's hand away from his eyes; the rubbing was making the sea blue eyes taint in red.

"Weave me alone!" The boy crawled into himself from fear, as if that position will keep him protected. It was a fake sense of security. Then he started coughing fiercely.

Sasuke worried that the boy might have caught a cold, or worse; some sort of disease. He noticed that the boy's pants were still soggy. He draped his jacket over the boy's shoulder, he knew cold and wet don't mix well.

"I won't hurt you okay. At least come with me for now, and I will give you a new change of clothes."

"You liaw!"

"No, I promise. If you want to come here afterwards, I will bring you here myself," Sasuke didn't have any intention of fulfilling that promise. He believed that three year olds are not to be trusted with life decisions. He hated deceiving others, but it was for the boy's own good.

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Naruto ran into the small apartment. Apartment? No, more like a studio. In fact, it was more like a shed! Yet, it was neatly organized. One small bed occupied the center of the room. Its cold metal bars were plastered with a worn out bed cover, and another for the bed itself. In the side, a small curtain separated the bathroom from the rest of the room. Books were stocked in piles under the window. The window however was almost a pseudo window; the red tiles from the building ceiled it shut.

Naruto didn't seem to mind the washed-out walls. He ran cheerfully and jumped onto the bed, "Sasuke is this youw bed?"

"Yeah, mine…" The raven paused for a second. Naruto was stirring a topic that always made the Uchiha feel heavy with guilt. He was the one who slept on the bed, while his older brother slept on the floor. He hated how sore his brother's back had become from working night and day, and sleeping on the cold flooring.

"Who is that?" The tiny blond held a photo frame in one hand and pointed with a plum finger at a guy who was the splitting image of Sasuke.

"That's Itachi, he is my brother."

"You look alike!"

"He is older though. He will be eighteen in a few days!" Sasuke smiled kindly. He loved his brother. After his parents died, his dad's business partner forged documents saying that the Uchiha sold him all of his estate before his death. Suddenly, the well-off brothers were poor and on the street. The judge allowed Itachi the custody of his brother since he was almost eighteen. Ever since then, they have been living in that dump of a place. He loved his brother, and he missed him a lot. Itachi was working day and night, and he was never home anymore. Even when showed up, he would be heated and obnoxious because of all the stress he was facing. In fact, just a few days earlier, it was his first time to had a fit and use the belt to discipline Sasuke. The younger brother didn't mind. He still loved his brother.

Sasuke's eyes followed the gold headed boy as he ran from one corner to the other exploring the room. He struggled to get the boy still to change his wet pants. For a few minutes there, Naruto was running around in his underpants. It made Sasuke laugh. Truly laugh from his heart. God knows, he needed the amusement.

That night, Sasuke walked with Naruto to the closest orphanage. He heard the kids screaming inside, and he knew first hand how horrible such places could be. He was lucky to have a brother that was self scarifying enough to save him. Naruto tensed and clung to Sasuke's pants. He wept and screamed while griping the fabric. He didn't want to be alone; he didn't want to go to that awful place.

That same night, Sasuke slept in his bed dreading the moment when he had to come clean to his brother. How could he face him and admit that he was keeping a child. They were hardly making it as it was. Now, Itachi had to work more, and suffer more. He knew his brother wasn't going to take it well.

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Sasuke was trapped between the bed and the wall by his brother. The belt flung around, and connected with the pale skin over the over again. At first he used his arms to protect his face, but soon enough he bent over. He surrendered his back and bottom for his brother to take his anger out on. He squealed and muffled his screams into a pillow, as he felt his flesh rip under the force of the blows.

"S-s-stop it, Itachi nii-san! It hurts!"

Naruto kept pounding the older man's leg with his fists. It probably caused more damage to the boy's hands then to the sturdy legs.

"I won't stop -SMACK- until you understand –SMACK SMACK- how much I suffer for you!"

"I Do- Ahhh! Not there please my knee!" A wild clout landed on the boy's knee.

"No you don't! What's next! Huh what's next?" Itachi belted the boy harshly as he repeated 'What's next!".

"H-he- he is all alone, ni- ahh!"

"That's not our problem! Next time, you'd bring back home a puppy! You spoiled little brat! Isn't it enough that I have that I have to work my ass off for your little ungrateful ass! May be if I smack it enough, you'd grow some sense!"

"But!"

"No buts! You know what! Why don't you work and try and support him!" The belt didn't pause for a second. It kept coming down over and over again until Sasuke almost lost consciousness.

When he came back to his senses, Sasuke saw a sleeping Naruto cuddling his arm. Gladly, Itachi calmed down. He was holding an ice pack against the bruised skin.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah…"

"I am sorry I… lost my temper…"

"It's okay."

"Sasuke, you understand the situation we are in, right?"

"I do…"

"Then why would you want me to carry more responsibilities!"

"I will look after him!" Sasuke quickly answered.

"Sasuke, kids need money. What if he gets sick? We can't afford-"

"What if he does and no one is there is look after him!"

"They will find him a good foster family-"

"You know how it works, don't you? Just think about it. You know, he will be there for us when we need him!"

"He is a child!"

"He won't always be a child!"

"Little brother, I am already losi… I… I hit you today…"

"If you want to make up for it, let him stay here… just for a while… until I try and search for his family…"

"You won't do such thing, Sasuke; you have to go to school… I will…"

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