I figured it was about time that I updated this, but I had to actually finish the chapter first, so this is it! Isn't it exciting? I would think so. :) Anyway, some of it might be kinda...not so good, but I guess it's just something that I can't fix no matter how hard I try. Well, I hope that you all enjoy this chapter and review.

Chapter pairings: Ita/Sasu, Neji/Naru

Chapter warnings: Implied incest and shonen-ai. That's about it for this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, shape or form; I do, however, own Tokudaiji Kaemon and many of the other characters that will be showing up in later chapters.

Behind Closed Doors

Chapter two

Fugaku's eyes bore into the wall in front of him as he attempted to forget the scene he had witnessed days before. It still wasn't working; he could still vividly remember how he had caught his sons in bed together and it ate away at his insides. He could still remember with horrible clarity the words he had heard escape both boys as he had found himself standing outside Itachi's room. He had meant to only pass the door by, but the words—those sinful words that he had heard made him stop dead. He had felt, in a way, betrayed by the two boys—the only boys that he had that could carry on the family name.

Since that day he had been wondering, how long had it been going on? How long had he been tricked while they had committed such a disgraceful and sinful act under his roof—under his nose? How could they have even thought to do such horrible things? He had thought on it all so much but had yet to come to a conclusion. All he did currently know was that they were disgracing the name of Uchiha and he could not stand for it.

"Uchiha-san," Fugaku was pulled out of his thoughts by the man speaking to him quietly. "You requested my services?" the man didn't nod or make any move that would have suggested that he heard the other male. The most that happened at first was his eyes finding their way down to look at the floor, then moments after he brought his gaze to the picture that rested in his hands, the same picture that had been on his desk until recently.

"I'd like for you to find these two boys," he handed the picture of his sons over to the man that stood beside his chair. "You'd like for me to retrieve them?" Fugaku was silent again as his dark eyes moved back up to stare steadily into the wall. "I want," he began, pausing only because he needed to contemplate briefly about the next words he wanted to speak, "I want you to kill them." The dark-haired man nodded, taking his leave immediately afterward.

Not even a minute after the newly hired killer left, Fugaku's study door opened once again, this time allowing Mikoto to walk into the room. The Uchiha patriarch's eyes continued to stay trained on the wall in an almost nonmoving gaze. "Fugaku dear… I'd like to speak with you." The man was silent as he heard his wife's hesitant words behind him. He didn't speak an answer to the woman he was supposed to love, he only continued to stare at the wall, wondering momentarily if the mother of those disgraces knew just what had been going on.

"Well…have you seen the boys? I've noticed they haven't made appearances around the house the last couple days. I'm beginning to worry…" her words caused Fugaku's eyes to narrow. "Do not speak of those two in my presence." The moment Mikoto heard the words leave her husband's mouth her eyes widened, wondering just where this sudden distasteful tone was coming from. "What are you saying, dear?" she sighed lightly while she asked the question, finding that her spouse's anger was probably unjust for the most part. "Did something happen?"

Mere seconds after the question was asked, Fugaku was turning around in his chair and bringing his fist down upon his desk. "…Did something happen…?" his words were being bitten out through his gritted teeth, "Did…something…happen!" Mikoto took a tentative step away from her angered husband as he lifted his fist up and slammed it down upon his desktop once more. "Of course something happened, Mikoto! Those…boys happened!"

Mikoto's eyes narrowed slightly, thinking that she knew just what had actually happened, though she hoped that this time she was very far off. "Fugaku…could you please explain to me what happened?" she tried the nice approach, feeling that she might be able to calm down the brunette if she talked in a kind and concerned voice while pretending that she knew absolutely nothing. It seemed to be working slightly as Fugaku took in a breath to calm himself before he spoke again. "Those two…" he shook his head, not wanting to finish his sentence. "I'm so disgusted…"

With those few words Mikoto knew that it was indeed true. Before she could open her mouth to once again ask what had happened, Fugaku spoke, "I found them…just the other day, swapping declarations of love," in the short pause that passed Mikoto felt dread sweep through her, "as they laid together in bed, kissing!" Pushing the feeling of dread away, Mikoto forced herself to place a small expression of shock upon her face, simply so it would be there if Fugaku happened to gauge her thoughts by looking at her expression. "Kissing, Mikoto!" his eyes closed in fury as he turned his head away. "They are brothers! It is simply horrifying! Disgusting…" finally, as he got out the majority of his feelings, his anger began to subside just the slightest.

In the aftermath of her husband's outburst, Mikoto began to wonder if she should say anything. "Fugaku—" as if sensing the question she was about to ask, Fugaku interrupted her with the answer, "they are gone." The simple, nonchalant answer that was given made Mikoto's eyes widen in actual shock.

Gone; that could only mean one thing and Mikoto didn't enjoy thinking about it one bit. "…What have you done to them, Fugaku?" the fear in her voice almost echoed around the room but the brunette didn't respond in the slightest. He only took another breath before turning himself around in his chair so that he could once again face the wall. "They have disgraced this family," he began quietly, "they will soon be punished." All of his anger from moments before seemed to be gone completely. "Cast them from your mind from his moment on, Mikoto. We no longer have children."

The words that had spewed so easily from her husband's lips concerned Mikoto greatly but before she could open her mouth to speak Fugaku lifted his hand, dismissing her. "Leave, Mikoto; leave and do not speak a word of this."

Though she felt she ought to stay and attempt to figure out just what her beloved was planning to do, she bit her lip and cast her eyes toward the floor. Seconds later she had parted from the room.

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The blonde sat. Waiting; waiting not-so-patiently for the boy who had said that he'd meet him today for lunch. The blonde sat with his boyfriend who was just as silent as he was, though it was no surprise as he usually didn't speak unless he had to. The blonde sat with his untouched ramen in front of him, which frankly was something that was worrying his boyfriend into speaking. But still, the blonde sat, like he had been doing for the past hour at Ichiraku Ramen, waiting on his friend to come and meet him. "…Naruto, if he doesn't show up then it's all right. He might be busy." This was the first time their silence had been broken, other than for when they had ordered their food over thirty minutes ago. And other than the sigh that came from the blonde, nobody could have noticed that he had even heard his boyfriend.

"Just eat, maybe he'll call later and explain what happened." Another sigh broke from the blonde as he looked over at the brunette beside him, the only other customer in the place save for himself. Only then did he speak softly as he shook his head, "No, Neji… Something's wrong…" Neji looked at his boyfriend for a moment, wondering just what the blonde meant. "Just what do you mean?" Naruto quickly turned around on his stool so that he faced away from his food completely, something else that worried Neji too much. "For as long as I've known him he's shown up on time… That's one thing he always used to get onto me about when I was even two minutes late." The brunette seemed impassive as he heard the blonde teen's words.

"This also happens to be the boy who cheated on you with his brother, used you to get back at his brother and then left you for the man… So please excuse me if I think he might just not show up once." Neji's words were cold as he attempted to put the boy being spoken about in a bad light once again, as he hated every time Naruto defended him. "Neji… It's been months…" Naruto sounded exhausted as he said the words, "I've let it go; he apologized…so I think that it's time that you just let it go as well." The Hyuga looked down at his ramen and glared at it, simply determined to never forgive the Uchiha for what he had done—for how carelessly he had used Naruto. "But…something really isn't right…" Naruto's mumble made the brunette look back at him just as he got off of his stool and began to leave the ramen stand.

"Naruto! You need to eat!" his overprotective and caring attitude toward Naruto made him forget about his hate for Sasuke as he attempted to get Naruto to eat. But Naruto just looked at him and flashed a smile, a smile that he knew Neji couldn't resist. "Don't worry, I'll eat later. I've just gotta see if everything's okay," with that said the blonde left the ramen stand, making Neji sigh as he quickly paid for their uneaten food, hurrying off after Naruto the moment he thanked Ayame and Teuchi, because Naruto definitely wasn't going to be going anywhere near Sasuke without him.

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To say the least, Naruto was unhappy. He happened to be so incredibly unhappy because every time that he had called Sasuke on the way to the teenager's home he had received no response, except from the teen's voicemail. So now as he knocked on the door to Sasuke's home he pouted, causing Neji to rub his back gently in an attempt to cheer him up the slightest bit. It wasn't working. In fact, it seemed that Naruto was even more unhappy as the minutes dragged on with no one answering the door.

But then, just as Naruto took a breath so that he could sigh, the door creaked open. The blonde instantly perked up and took a step forward, swatting away Neji's hand when the Hyuga tried to keep him at his side. "Oh hello boys!" Mikoto stood in the doorway after a few moments, smiling brightly at the couple. Naruto smiled back at the Uchiha and took another step closer to her. "Is there anything I can do for you, Naruto?" she only asked the question because the teenager was peeking around her, trying to look inside of her home.

A nervous laugh left Naruto for a short moment before he stood up straight and nodded. "I was just wondering where Sasuke was; he didn't show up for lunch. Is he around?" Mikoto looked for a moment as if she were in deep thought before she sighed and then smiled again. "No, he's not. He and his brother left early this morning, saying they'd be back later. I have no idea where they've gone off to though. I'm sorry." A small half disappointed smile spread over Naruto's lips as he nodded.

"I understand, could you please tell him that we stopped by?" Mikoto nodded cheerfully before bidding goodbye to the young men and shutting the front door, leaning against it the moment it was closed properly. She heaved a sigh and looked around the room quickly, getting back to making herself and Fugaku lunch without a word, though she did hope that her children were safe.

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With their father's anger, hired help and Sasuke's missed lunch unknown to the both of them, Itachi and Sasuke continued to walk down the path they had been on for hours, having strayed finally from the small patch of road they had been on since they had left the forest surrounding their home. Few words had been said since they had departed that morning as neither one of them really wanted to speak and eventually bring up the fact that they had absolutely no idea in the world where they were headed.

So they continued to walk on in near silence, both hoping that they would run into someone who could help them with their journey, if at least to tell them if they were anywhere near a town…or food, perhaps water as well. Yes, that would be helpful, especially if they could point out a place that happened to have a bed.

But then…Sasuke narrowed his eyes. "Itachi…?" it was Sasuke's tentative call to his brother that caused Itachi to bring his gaze up from the ground. For a moment Itachi looked at his brother but then noticed that Sasuke's eyes were not on him but were intently staring ahead of them. Itachi followed his brother's gaze and then squinted. It couldn't be…could it? There seemed to be a…person nearing them. "Hah, and I was beginning to think that people didn't exist anymore…" Itachi shook his head at his brother's words but running through both of their minds was only one thought: finally.

TBC…

A/N: Okay, and here is chapter two. I really think, that after everything I put into it, it turned out pretty good. So please review and let me know what you think about this. I would love to hear from you. Thank you.

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