A/N:

Oh, something I forgot to mention! The time-period for this piece is… nonexistent, let's say. It may seem like the past, but the characters have certain conveniences akin to the present day.

Kind of like the actual Naruto anime!

Disclaimer- Nothing but my imagination is mine, people. Oh, except a Russia-cosplay outfit that my Mommy made for me. And yes I just said 'mommy', deal with it!


"Next up, decorations…" Sasuke stated as the two brothers walked up to the regal-looking building in the center of town. "The Head Offices of Adamant Falls are where we should find…" Sasuke's voice trailed off as he looked ahead into the main hall. His red eyes widened as he whispered, "Beautiful…" Itachi looked around the room, not remembering his soaked body, in awe of the colorful banners and painted walls… the statues and fixtures… the sheer ambience.

"Yes," Itachi smiled, "The decorations are coming along nicely."

"To hell with the decorations!" Sasuke interjected before pointing into the hall, "I'm talking about him!" Sasuke's eyes had practically leaped out of his head to embrace the young blonde fox-demon in the room's center. His golden hair was messy, managing to cover his orange tipped fox-ears, and his skin was a gorgeous caramel-tan only marred by the whisker-marks on his cheeks. Two fluffed, orange-tipped tails whisked about from his backside as he whined, blue eyes pleading,

"Ne… Can I go now? I was supposed to go home and hour ago, guys!"

"Just a minute, un," another blonde chirped. His corn-yellow blonde hair was long enough to rest against his back, some of it being held in a pony-tail and some more of it flipping over in a bang that covered one of his baby-blue eyes. Besides him, a princely-looking red-haired demon whipped various pieces of fabric away as he compared them to the fabric on the fox-demon's body.

"No, no, no – Oh, gods, no!" The red-head snapped before giving a sharp hiss, the fabrics all floating away. At the sight of the pouting younger blonde, however, Sasuke immediately began preening himself,

"How do I look? Is my hair okay? How are my clothes?" Itachi shook his head at Sasuke's antics and walked forward, calling out,

"Excuse me?"

"Just a moment please!" The red-head replied before the blonde added,

"We're in the zone, un!" Itachi could only watch as the long-haired blonde tied a silken ribbon together and the redhead glazed it over in a clear polish.

"There, if it shines then it must be good, am I right?" The red-haired demon sighed in content. "Now, how may we help – OH DEAR GODS!" Both the blonde and the red-head shrieked, latching onto each other as they saw Itachi's disheveled appearance. Itachi only groaned,

"Look, I know that it's pretty bad. But if I could just check on your progress, I'll get out of your hair."

"Out of our hair?" Deidara looked at Sasori in sheer horror before both demons grabbed Itachi and began to pull him out of the main hall, the weasel-demon trying in vain to get them to let go. Sasuke was too busy going after another venture…

"Hello there." The young dragon began as he strolled over to the young fox-demon's side.

"Oh!" The young blonde replied, "Haven't seen you around before. I'm Uzumaki Naruto."

"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke introduced himself, struck still at the blonde's smile…

For a full, painfully awkward five minutes.

"Um…" Naruto's ears twitched as he looked around nervously. Finally he announced, "I have errands to run. You know, the Festival is tomorrow… Nice to meet you Sasuke.", before he shifted his form into that of a thigh-high sized blonde fox with two tails and bounded off.

"Beautiful…" Sasuke sighed before he shook his head and called out, "Do you want to go out—Oh! Damn it!", when he realized that the fox-demon was gone.


"No."

"No."

"No."

"Uh-uh." In a house that looked like it had popped right out of a recent home-design catalog, Itachi was being pulled between the two demons from before (whose names turned out to be Sasori and Deidara); each of them quickly dressing him in a new outfit before the other pulled the brunette back to try again.

"Too springy!" Sasori commented after Deidara put Itachi in a flower-embroidered dress.

"Too yellow!" Deidara huffed when Sasori put a gold-feathered suit on the brunette.

"Too poofy!" Deidara tried a cloud inspired tank-top and short combo.

"Too porno!" Sasori chastised when Deidara put Itachi in a school-girl outfit.

"Too regal!" Itachi was put in an outfit becoming British royalty before Deidara ripped it off and dressed him in a red kimono that rested just above his knees: the fashion of Adamant Falls.

"You were telling us where you're from?" Sasori asked as he went to tie the matching obi. But he was tying it just a bit too tight to the point that Itachi could barely choke out,

"Ko…No… Ha."

"KONOHA?" Both Sasori and Deidara exclaimed as they rushed towards each other and held hands, stars in their eyes. Sasori smiled, "I am so envious! The glamour—"

"The sophistication—"

"We've always dreamed of living there!" Sasori beamed as Deidara prepared more items for their make-over; placing a topaz tiara on the brunette's head. "You have to tell us all about it one of these days!" Itachi wanted to mention the decorations again, but he was quickly grabbed up into a group hug; Deidara sighing,

"Oh! We are going to be the best of friends, un!" Itachi could only watch the other two with wide, uncertain eyes before Sasori looked at him and gasped,

"Ugh! Topaz! What were we thinking?"

"He should have rubies, un!" After Deidara said that, Sasori too the blonde demon's hands in his own and stared deep into his eyes,

"It's times like this that remind me why I fell in love with you in the first place.", before they rushed to the back of their work-room. At that moment, Sasuke slumped into the house after his failure with Naruto, just to be grabbed as Itachi rushed out, panting,

"Let's get out of here before they decide to give me a rainbow mani-pedi!"


"Wasn't he wonderful?" Sasuke swooned as he walked.

"Focus with your big head and not your little one, Sasuke!" Itachi groaned, trying to get used to wearing something that barely covered his legs, "What's next?" Sasuke unrolled the list, reading,

"Music. And it's the last one."

"Thank the gods!" Itachi gasped as he pulled a lovesick Sasuke down the road.


The forest surrounding Adamant Falls was surprisingly dense for a beach/waterfall town. The only reason Itachi and Sasuke knew where to go was because of the chorus of beautiful singing that was drifting through the air. They quietly walked through the trees until they saw a green-haired male with white, white skin standing in the middle of a vast group of birds. He was singing, and with every note he sang, his beautiful voice caused the birds to sing back en mass.

There was just one blue jay that couldn't seem to get into the swing of things

"Oh! Oh my, um… Everyone, please stop." He fidgeted with his fingers a bit before gently walking up to the blue jay and saying, "Sir, pardon me but you're a tad bit off rhythm today. Oh, nothing wrong with it, I just wanted to let you know." The blue jay nodded before the green-haired demon gave a soft smile, "Take two everyone. Three, two, one, and—"

"Hello there!"

"Ah!" At the sound of Itachi's voice, the green-haired male whipped around as his birds flew away.

"Sorry, so sorry! I didn't mean to scare the birds away. I've been sent to check on Festival preparations and your music sounded beautiful!" Itachi felt a little guilty at the frightened expression that the other was giving him, so he tried to be a bit gentler as he introduced himself, "My name is Uchiha Itachi. What's yours?"

The strange, extremely shy demon tapped his foot at the ground before he whispered, "My… um… it's… Z..su…"

"What was that?" Itachi asked.

"My name is… Zet..u…"

"Didn't quite catch that." Itachi gave a nervous chuckle, the other male withdrawing even further into himself with a small whimper,

"…" Trying to keep an outburst from coming out, Itachi smiled and stated,

"So… everything looks fine here. Oh, and your birds came back. I'll just be going now, keep up the good work! Sasuke, let's go!" However, as soon as Itachi pulled his brother over, the green-haired demon's yellow eyes wet wide before he spoke,

"Dragon? Dragon! DRAGON!" Itachi could barely breathe before a vine shot out of the ground and shoved him away, the green-haired demon rushing up to Sasuke and speaking in awe,

"Such regal horns, shiny scales, and royal disposition!" Sasuke smirked,

"Oh, I like this guy already."

"Such a wonderful voice… I never thought that something like that could come from a dragon…" Before the new demon could say anything more, Itachi began to pull Sasuke down the road,

"Let's go Sasuke!"

"So, his name is Sasuke? A beautiful name. My name is Zetsu." Zetsu followed the other two like a shadow as he spoke on, "So, what do dragons talk about in those gorgeous voices of yours?" Sasuke shrugged,

"What do you want to know?", Zetsu sighing,

"Absolutely everything…"

"Ugh…" Itachi groaned, giving himself a face-palm.

"..And that's my entire life." The sun was just beginning to nestle into the mountains as Sasuke finished up his tale, Zetsu listening in sheer admiration while Itachi was frowning up a storm. "Up until today that is. Do you want to hear about today?" Zetsu nodded,

"Yes please…"

"Well! Would you look at that!" Itachi laughed, grabbing Sasuke close to him and stating, "Here we are. The library. Where we'll be staying. And Sasuke should really get to bed, being so young and all."

"I'm only two years younger than-!" As soon as Sasuke spoke, Itachi knocked him on the head, sending him to the ground.

"He can't even stand up, poor thing…"

"Oh my," Zetsu whispered, helping Sasuke to his feet, "He should get to bed immediately—"

"Which is exactly what I was thinking!" Itachi quickly pulled Sasuke away from Zetsu and shoved him through the library's doors before saying a quick 'bye' and slamming the door. When they found themselves in the darkened library, Sasuke gave a quick scoff of,

"Has anyone told you that you're the epitome of rude, aniki?"

"Well, I'm sorry!" Itachi clipped back, "But the celestials need to be informed of the Tsukuyomi Prophecy! And I need to be in a place where I can at least breathe without a bunch of bat-shit crazy demons trying to make friends!" The older Uchiha took time for a breather before he looked around, "Now, where are the lights?"

All of a sudden the room was bathed in light, revealing what had to be the entire Adamant Falls population gathered in the library with food, drink, and decorations befitting a party.

"SURPRISE!" They all shouted, nearly causing Itachi a heart-attack before releasing balloons and streamers into the air.

"Gods, why do you hate me?" Itachi groaned.

"Surprise!" That call came from Tobi, who quickly walked over while tugging Zetsu along with him. "Hi Itachi! Hi Sasuke! It's me, Tobi!"

"Hi Tobi…" Both brothers replied back before the younger demon beamed,

"So..? Do you love it? Tobi threw this party just for you guys, since that's what Tobi is good at," while he was waving his arm, his kimono sleeve had drifted down, revealing that his hand was covered in brightly colored markings shaped like firework explosions, "Throwing parties! Were you surprised? Were you? Were you? Were you?" Itachi groaned again, not missing his cousin's spastic behavior in the least,

"Very surprised… Aren't libraries supposed to be quiet?"

"Silly! What kind of party would that be?" Tobi laughed before tugging Zetsu into the conversation, "This is Zetsu! Say hi, Zetsu-san!"

"We've met." Was Itachi, Sasuke, and Zetsu's response.

"Oh…" Tobi blinked before he nodded, "Then have you met Kakuzu and Hidan?", he quickly brought the two farm-working demons over.

"Yes…"

"Sasori and Deidara?" The two fashinistos waved at Itachi, who groaned back,

"Yes…"

"Okay! Then have you met…" Tobi trailed off when the front door opened, revealing someone who actually managed to make Itachi speechless.

In the good way.

He was tall, dark, and handsome in every sense of the word: his grand broad stature, covered in thick corded muscle that was displayed due to lack of a shirt (oh, and he had just come from a swim if the water droplets cascading down his wave-tattooed chest was any indication), his cobalt-shaded skin that matched his dark blue hair, and his striking, black eyes…

Itachi could have sworn that he was drooling, especially when his eyes trailed down to the new demon's waist where his pants rode low, showing the beginning of hair and –

"Tobi!" His voice ruined it. Tobi laughed as he rushed over and said,

"Have you met Kisame?"

"Oh, have we met." Itachi gritted out, Kisame immediately chuckling,

"Oh, you're the bitchy demon from earlier!"

"I need a drink!" Itachi snapped, stomping over to the main table which held bottles upon bottles of different alcoholic beverages. Itachi promptly began to mix all of the ones he could reach in a single glass. The rage in him was built up so much that he didn't realize that one of the jars he added in wasn't alcohol, but grade-A wasabi paste. He chugged half of it down, trying to get rid of the thoughts on how ruggedly handsome Kisame was and how those dark eyes occasionally sent a predatory glance his way, before he choked; his face going red.

"Aniki," Sasuke asked, "You okay?" Itachi choked and immediately rushed upstairs, trying to find water to douse the flames. "Maybe I should check on hi – Hello!" Sasuke's mind was immediately side-tracked when Naruto came into the party through the window. The dragon rushed over and greeted, "Good evening, Naruto."

"Oh, hi Sasuke."


It was late into the night, going on 4 AM, and the library was still party-central; music pounding up into Itachi's bedroom. The door abruptly opened, revealing,

"Aniki~!" Sasuke slurred out, obviously drunk on something, "Deidara and Hidan introduced me to something called 'Jell-O-shots'! They're awesome! You want in?"

"NO!" Itachi growled out, "All the demons in this town are insane! Doesn't anyone know what time it is?" Sobering up miraculously fast, Sasuke remembered,

"It's the eve of the Sun Harvest Festival, aniki. Everyone stays up in order to see a glimpse of Amaterasu-sama as she and the celestials renew the sun." When Itachi merely pulled the covers over his head again, Sasuke frowned, "It's a party, Itachi. Learn to lighten up."

"'Learn to lighten up~'." Itachi mocked as Sasuke walked out. The young weasel-demon flopped back onto his bed and sighed, "All I wanted to do was help the celestials keep things in balance. Is it so wrong that friend-making isn't part of that? Gods!" Itachi quickly got up from bed and looked out of the window to see the full moon. He could almost see a man's face in it as he gazed upon the beautiful celestial body.

"'Legend has it that after 1000 years of being forced into the darkness of memory, Tsukuyomi will harness the powers of the stars above and reach forth towards the land and exact his wrath once more.'" Itachi recited from memory as he saw the stars shining especially bright that night.

"I hope that Rokubi-sama is right about this." The brunette sighed before he went back to lie down…


Which lasted all of an hour before Sasuke burst back into the room, saying, "Aniki, it's time."


In the main hall of the central Adamant Falls building, everyone had gathered to see the Sun Harvest Festival start. Itachi stood by Sasuke, who was still trying to talk to Naruto without sounding like an unsocial bastard. Out of nowhere, Tobi rushed over and latched onto Zetsu, laughing, "Tobi's so excited!" Zetsu calmly asked,

"Tobi-chan, could you please let go of my arm?" When he was freed, Zetsu proceeded to start the birds' musical score as a busty, blonde demoness walked to center-stage and announced,

"Ladies and gentlemen, as mayor of Adamant Falls, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the ten benevolent spirits who watch over our world…"

"Ready everyone?" Zetsu whispered to the birds before Tsunade announced,

"The Ten Celestial Beings!" The curtains in front of the hall were opened, everyone looking on in expectation…

Before gasps of shock filled the hall upon seeing an empty stage.

"This can't be happening." Itachi whispered before Tsunade gulped and spoke,

"Remain calm everyone. I'm sure there's a good reason for the delay…"

"Oh!" Tobi jumped up, "Like a guessing game? Tobi loves games!" Immediately, Kisame (who was on security-watch for the event) rushed up to the stage and looked around and called out,

"They aren't here!" As everyone was muttering in unease, Kisame whisked away the back-stage curtain. "What the hell?"

There were the ten celestials. But the ten beings were petrified in stone, permanently stuck in poses of shock and horror.

"No…" Itachi mouthed out, shaking his head as everything sunk in. The fearful atmosphere was exacerbated, however, when the temperature plunged down into frigid.

"The hell, un?" Deidara whined, being a bird-demon not good for cold weather. He shifted into the form of a gorgeous yellow bird before flying up to the highest window and looking outside, immediately letting out a horrified squawk.

Before anyone could ask, the doors swung open, allowing all to see what was happening to the world outside.

The moon had quadrupled in size, looming over the world, and it seemed to be pouring a deep, dark substance onto the world.

"Zetsu-san!" Tobi screamed, hiding behind the plant-demon, "Tobi's scared, what's going on?" As the screams of fear increased, Kisame and Kakuzu rushed over to stand in front of the main group, as to defend them from whatever. Suddenly, there was a booming voice from the sky,

"MY DEAR CHILDREN…" Deidara fainted from his flight, Sasori having to catch him as he shifted back into his normal form. "SUCH A JOY TO SEE YOUR FACES ONCE MORE…" Kisame growled, reaching behind his back and holding a large, blue sword in front of him,

"What have you done to Sanbi-sama?"

"Ahem." Kakuzu cleared his throat, gesturing to the other nine petrified celestials on stage.

"And the other celestials?" Kisame quickly added.

"SO, THOSE WRETCHED BEASTS COUNT MORE THAN A GOD, NOW OF DAYS?" The voice boomed down, shaking the building, "MY POWERS MEAN NOTHING DUE TO MY ABSENCE?" Suddenly, a whirl of wind flew through the hall; immediate effecting demons who were temperature sensitive. Zetsu collapsed to the floor, shivering,

"Too cold…", before Tobi desperately tried to get him up, screaming,

"Zetsu!" The voice huffed before continuing,

"JUST LIKE I THOUGHT… I HAVE BEEN FORCED INTO THE DIM PARTS OF MEMORY…" That was around the time when demons started to flee the scene, "NO ONE REMEMBERS MY RITUALS… NO ONE REMEMBERS MY PART OF THE LEGENDS OF OLD…"

"I do!" Itachi called out, pushing Sasuke and Naruto behind him, "And I know who you are!" Sasuke could only gulp,

"Aniki, be careful…"

"You are the god of the moon and ruler of night," Itachi narrowed his eyes, "Tsukuyomi." Everyone gasped, some screaming in horror as the dark entity chuckled,

"HM… SOMEONE REMEMBERS ME. THEN YOU MUST KNOW WHY I'M HERE."

"You're here to," Itachi gulped, "To take back the world that rejected you."

"REMEMBER THIS DAY, LITTLE DEMONS… IT WAS YOUR LAST!" "FROM TODAY ON, NIGHT SHALL REIGN FOREVER!" That statement was accompanied by dark storm clouds crawling forth from the horizon, the sound of thunder and flashes of lightening making everyone fear the worst…


A/N: To those people who might be confused about my use of Zetsu. For this point of the fiction, I'm using white-Zetsu who is, as you've seen, extremely shy. Just wanted to clear up some confusion.

Please review.

-Tyranno's girl.