First off WOW! I totally didn't expect all the feedback I got from the last chapter...seriously thank you guys so much it made me super happy to read all your reviews! :)
Secondly there is a couple time skips here, they were needed to get this story moving a little quicker.
lastly I lied...this apparently isn't going to be a two chapter story cause I have already written more than i thought i would :P So this chapter is a little longer than the first i hope you all enjoy it!
Thanks to my beta demoncookie8D for her awesome editing skills :D
Disclaimer- Sadly I don't own Itachi or any of the other Naruto characters.
('0000' means times skip!)
Part 2
*1.5 months later*
Itachi's eyes shot open when Sakura's hand gripped his arm hard. He turned to her immediately.
"What? What's wrong? Is the baby coming?" he asked frantically, looking down at her large extended stomach. The hand that wasn't gripping his forearm was fanned out across their unborn child in an almost protective manor. He looked at her face, waiting for an answer only to see absolute terror in her eyes.
"No…don't you hear that?" she whispered incredulously. He stopped and listened. That's when he heard it. The unmistakable screech of a chair against hardwood flooring.
BANG
He jumped at the loud noise and Sakura's hand gripped his arm even harder, her nails digging in now. He carefully pried it off of him before she drew blood.
"Wait here, I'll be right back." He said softly, willing her to listen to him for once. If someone was in the house, the last thing he needed was for him to worry if she was in the way. He got out of bed and pulled yesterday's jeans on, going out in his underwear wouldn't exactly be smart. He didn't bother with a shirt though because the noises became much louder and there were now more chairs being moved around and more banging sounds. Then the unmistakable sound of Mamoru growling and barking joined the array of chaotic noises.
SCREECH
BANG
BANG
SCREECH
Without another thought he took off out of the bedroom and headed toward the kitchen and dining room. The screeching had stopped as soon as he turned the light on but the dining room was a mess, the chairs were everywhere, The table pushed up against the wall. He continued on toward the kitchen. The banging was getting louder as he got closer, he could only barely hear Ru's barking. As soon as the light was turned on in the kitchen he gasped in shock. Every single cupboard door was opening and slamming shut over and over again. However as soon as Itachi stepped into the room all the cupboard doors ceased all movement, remaining open to reveal the contents of each. Not one door was shut. Mamoru sidled up closer to Itachi, still growling, the hair on his back standing on end and his teeth bared. Itachi looked around the room and at the exact spot Ru was growling at but there was no one here.
'What in the world is going on?' he questioned silently. Slowly Ru stopped growling and nudged Itachi's leg. He looked down and the dog was relatively calm again. He bent down and began to pet him
"You saw something, didn't you buddy?" he asked in a whisper. Just to be sure he wasn't going absolutely nuts he checked all the doors and windows and confirmed that they were all still firmly locked. He returned the furniture in the dining room back to normal and did the same with the cupboards. When he was satisfied it was over…whatever it was. He returned to bed to comfort a still frightened Sakura.
0000
*5 days after the baby is born*
Itachi wasn't sure what woke him but he could feel the fog of sleep in his mind slowly lift and his dark room come into focus as he lazily opened his eyes. He glanced at the alarm clock to his side. It read 3:33am. The warmth of Sakura cuddled into his side was comforting. He had missed her being directly up against him when she was pregnant, the baby bump was always in the way, not that he really minded but he was glad her stomach wasn't in the way anymore.
Thinking of the baby he glanced over again to look at the basinet situated in the corner of their bedroom. Seeing as his son was barely a week old they wanted him close at all times. Especially with all the weird stuff going on in the house lately. The banging cupboards and wrecked dining room happened about two times a week. Tonight though, it was quiet. At this point the couple was pretty positive the house was haunted. The spirit or whatever was haunting it didn't seem very dangerous to them personally so they weren't overly fearful. He moved his legs and stretched before freezing in place. He was never able to stretch his legs out, the dog was always at his feet to stop him.
Suddenly Itachi became very aware of the hair on his arms and neck raising. The distinct feeling of being watched washed over him and he quickly looked around the room. His eyes zoned in on the end of the bed. There stood two black shadow like figures with the body and head of a human. Itachi's heart nearly stopped in his chest when the two figures raised their heads and looked up at him in tandem. Their eyes were bright red and seemed to glow in the darkness of the room. Evil. That's the only word he could come up with what he was feeling right now. An aura of maliciousness radiated from both of them as their unblinking, glowing red eyes stared back at him. He dared not blink. Suddenly both of them were at the side of the bed standing over him, still staring.
Get outttt!
Itachi jerked his head back causing his long black bangs to cover his face as the voice seemed to materialize in his mind. The voice was raspy, as if it had been unused for a long time. It also sounded furious with him. Instead of saying anything his eyes just widened in shock. The piercing cry of his son broke the spell and the figures seemed to vanish. Itachi shook his head to clear it, wondering if he dreamt or imagined the entire thing when he felt Sakura stirring beside him. He laid a hand on her to stop her from getting up
"It's fine, I got him." He said his voice surprisingly clear.
"Mmkay," she mumbled sleepily. Itachi got out of bed and padded toward the basinet. He carefully picked up his son and held him to his chest rocking him slowly. His sweet Kaito stopped wailing and instead looked up at his father with wide emerald green eyes. Itachi held him closer and rubbed one finger down his soft cheek as the child's eyes began to flutter closed. As he held his son, Itachi let the fear and confusion of what just happened flow out of his body. The warm bundle in his arms serving as an anchor to reality in a way.
He suddenly felt two warm arms wrap around him from behind and a soft kiss placed between his shoulder blades.
"You have been standing with him for a while now, he has been asleep for 10 minutes." Sakura murmured against the skin of his back. Itachi smiled warmly at the child in his arms. He could go days without putting him down. Who knew you could love someone so much?
"I know." Itachi answered quietly "I don't want to put him down." He confessed with a small chuckle. Sakura let her arms drop and came to stand in front of her husband. She looked down at Kaito and smiled lovingly at him before placing a soft kiss on the small tuft of black hair that was covering his head.
"I don't think I thanked you, Sakura." Itachi said suddenly, still gazing at his son.
"For what?" she asked curiously.
"For him. For bringing him into the world; for carrying him for 9 long months even though you were uncomfortable for the last 3 of it, for going through the pain of labour…" he paused looking up at her "Just for everything." He said sincerely before cupping her cheek with his free hand. She saw the love in his eyes as she leaned into his hand and smiled at him before turning her head to place a kiss on his palm.
"We both had a hand in all that." She said honestly "I couldn't have done any of it without you by my side." He smiled at her and removed his hand. He then placed Kaito in his bed carefully, making sure he was still bundled up nicely in his blanket before he followed Sakura back to bed. His wife cuddled close to him, falling asleep almost instantly. Itachi was only able to fall asleep when he felt the end of the bed dip down and Ru settle at his feet again. Yes everything was right once more.
0000
Itachi never told Sakura about what he saw last night, he still wasn't entirely sure he wasn't dreaming. Something told him he wasn't but he was pretty much still in denial. He shook his thoughts away and went back to focusing on Kaito who was looking up at him with wide eyes. Aside from the child's eyes he definitely inherited the Uchiha genes.
"You look exactly like Sasuke when he was a baby…" Itachi said softly with a smile when Kaito grabbed onto his finger, squeezing as hard as his tiny fist would allow. Itachi had noticed his son's infatuation with gazing around himself and taking in his surroundings, drinking the colors and sights in like a little sponge. Another smile tugged at Itachi's lips when Kaito's grip loosened slightly when he began to doze off in his baby bouncer. Itachi removed his finger and made sure his son was properly strapped in before standing up and going to sit beside Sakura on the couch. She sipped her tea absently as Itachi pulled her closer to him.
"How are you feeling today?" he asked, placing a small kiss on the side of her head. She shrugged slightly
"Still a little sore." She confessed "But I should be okay in the next few days." Itachi nodded.
"Good. Is there anything you want me to do today?" he asked once more.
"Right now, no. But…I don't know, maybe you can make dinner tonight?" she asked hopeful. He smirked.
"Sure, I can do that." He said without hesitation. Sakura finished her tea off and stood to take it to the kitchen, following after her. She made it to the kitchen before him and froze in the doorway.
"What the hell?" she gasped stepping into the room. Every cupboard door in the kitchen was open but that wasn't the strangest thing. All of their cups, glasses, plates and bowls were gone. The cupboards were empty. Itachi stepped into the room after her just as confused. His stomach dropped when he glanced up. Everything that had previously been in the cupboards was now suspended in mid-air above their heads.
"Sakura, we need to get out this room right now!" he said urgently but it was too late. Just as everything began to fall he jumped forward pushing Sakura to the ground so she was on her knees and he covered her with his body as everything rained down on them. The glass smashed all around them making Sakura scream in surprise, still unsure of what was happening. Itachi knew he would have bruises all over his back as he got pelted with item after item, but it was a small price to pay if it meant Sakura was unharmed.
Soon Itachi slowly straightened, wincing at the pain in his back from the abuse it just took. Sakura jumped up once he was off of her and turned toward him.
"Are you okay?" she asked worriedly, looking him over. She didn't notice anything alarming.
"I'm okay." He assured, wincing again as he stood. He reached back, placing a hand on his lower back assessing the damage. Tears welled in Sakura's eyes as she looked around the room. Every piece of dinner-ware they owned was smashed to pieces and she still wasn't sure how it happened.
"What happened?" she asked voicing her confusion
"I'm not entirely sure…" Itachi said honestly "When I looked up all I could see was everything floating above us, but before I could get us out everything dropped." Suddenly Sakura spun around a frightened look in her eyes.
"We can't stay here Itachi, whatever is haunting this house it doesn't want us here." She said seriously before walking out of the kitchen, being careful not to step on the broken glass around her. She made her way over to a still sleeping Kaito. She sat beside the bouncy bed he was sleeping in and tried to calm her racing heart. Itachi had followed her.
"We can't just up and leave either, Sakura." Itachi reminded her softly.
"We can just go stay over at Naruto and Sasuke's." Itachi looked at her with a frown.
"You know they only have a one bedroom apartment. There would be no room for us." He explained. He added with a deeper frown "We have Kaito now as well. There's there is no way we could fit there with him and Ru."
"Clearly it's not safe here!" Sakura argued indignantly. He could see she was getting angry with him. He also knew she was just scared so he didn't mind really.
"What about your parents?" she asked again. Itachi frowned even deeper.
"I am not moving us across the country to go back to living with my parents."
"It would only be temporary!" she argued still. Itachi sighed.
"This is our home Sakura. Maybe if we just ignore what's going on here, it will go away." He suggested.
"Tch…who are you trying to convince of that? Me or yourself?" she snapped. Itachi refrained from reacting to her foul mood when her eyes suddenly widened and shot toward him "Oh, no what are we going to do when you're at work?" she asked with new fear. Itachi rubbed the back of his neck having come up with the same question himself. After the kitchen incident he felt zero comfort in leaving them here alone in the house.
Itachi suddenly had an idea and went toward the phone. He dialed his brother's number and Naruto picked up on the third ring.
"Hello?" he asked cheerful as always.
"Hi, Naruto is my brother around?"
"Sure thing, just a second." Itachi could hear Naruto call Sasuke in the background before his brothers smooth voice was heard over the phone.
"Yes, Itachi?" he asked.
"You don't work at all this week right?" he asked getting straight to the point.
"Yes." He confirmed "Why?" Itachi sighed, hating the fact he was going to ruin his brother and Naruto's time together.
"Look, to make a long story short, we're having a lot of issues here at home and I don't feel comfortable leaving Sakura and Kaito here alone without me while I'm at work-"
"You want me to come and stay with them while you're gone?" Sasuke interrupted. Itachi nodded as he answered.
"Yes." He heard Sasuke moving around a bit before he spoke away from the phone receiver.
"Hey, Naruto. Do you want to go and spend the week at my brother's place?" he asked. There was a pause before he spoke into the phone again. "I can come for the first 3 days by myself then afterwards Naruto will join me, that sound fine?" he asked.
"Absolutely." He paused, a small smile on his face. "Sasuke? Thank you, I really appreciate this."
"Not a problem, brother. Although I want to know what's going on when I get there tomorrow." he said.
Itachi agreed and they said their goodbyes after arranging a time for Sasuke to arrive tomorrow and hung up.
"Turn around." Sakura said suddenly, standing up when Itachi told her about Sasuke coming to stay with her. Itachi turned around mildly confused until he felt her lift his shirt up.
Sakura inspected his back and frowned. It had red splotches all over it.
"Are you sure you're okay?" she asked sadly, running her hand softly along his irritated skin.
"Yes, I'm fine." He assured "I'll have a few bruises but I'll survive." Sakura let his shirt fall back down before standing in front of him. She hugged him and buried her face in his chest.
"Thank you." She murmured, her voice slightly muffled "And Itachi?" he wrapped his arms around her tightly.
"Hm?"
"I love you." She stated warmly as she looked up at him. He smiled at her before leaning down and laying a soft kiss on her forehead.
"And I you, my cherry blossom." He said making her smile widely. With a sigh she retracted herself from his arms and looked down at their son still oblivious to the world around him.
Itachi went to the back door when he heard the dog whining and scratching to get in the house. Instead of letting him walk on the glass covered floor of the kitchen he lifted Ru in his arms and put him down in the living room where he promptly laid down beside Kaito.
0000
Later that day Itachi, Sakura and Kaito found themselves scanning the isles for suitable plates, bowls and glasses to replenish what they lost today.
"Hm, what about this one?" Sakura asked turning around quickly to show Itachi the plate in her hand. The action caused a lock of her tied back pink hair to fall into her face. Itachi smirked and tucked it behind her ear again.
"Like I've said a hundred times already; If you like it get them." He told her, resituating the car seat hooked on his left arm carefully. Unfortunately the slight jostle managed to wake his son up and he began to get fussy, spitting out his soother and started whimpering quietly. Itachi put his soother back into Kaito's mouth then began to swing the car seat slowly back and forth in an attempt to sooth the child. It seemed to be working as the Kaito's eyes began to droop again. Sakura sighed looking down at him
"He really is easy to please," Sakura observed "We lucked out there." She finished with a laugh before choosing the plates she wanted and placing them in the basket she held. After gathering what she wanted they paid for everything and headed home.
"I bet Mamoru is going to be happy to see us. I don't go out often when you aren't home." Sakura said with a laugh, turning the key into the lock "If I do I usually take him with us." She finished as she pushed the door to the house open. The small family walked into the house and discarded their shoes and jackets. Itachi's brows knit together in confusion.
"Where is Ru?" he asked, placing Kaito's car seat on the carpet of the living room floor. Sakura called out to the dog but there was no response.
"I'm actually surprised he didn't pounce on us at the door..." Sakura mused quietly as she searched the house.
"Mamoru!" Itachi called loudly. He was answered with a loud scratching sound. Sakura froze…that was the same sound she had heard the other day and it was coming from the basement door. Sakura and Itachi both looked at one another before hesitantly going to investigate.
Dun dun duuuunnnn...sorry for the cliffy. Isn't baby Kaito so sweet? I love him already! Am i the only one who melts into a puddle of goo when something involves Daddy Itachi? Love him so much! :D lol
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