Yamia:New chapter! Woo Something happened that almost delayed this chapter, but I ignored it and continued on. That, and I'd rather not talk about it. Oh, and I forgot to mention last chapter, the Uchiha clan worships the sun goddess Amaterasu in this fic. Why? Cause one of Itachi's attacks has Amaterasu in it, and I thought it would be a nice tribute to him. Anyway, enough of this chit chat, on with the story!
Warning:AU, yaoi, OOC Itachi and Orochimaru, language, Orochimaru(lol), surprises…un…
Dedications:My readers, reviewers and drive-by readers(you guys know who you are). And again, to those loyal Sasuke fans. I have no idea how many of you are left, but hang in there, Naruto will kick some sense into him one of these chapters.
Disclaimer:I don't Naruto,(insert witty comment here).
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Silent Threat
Chapter 2:Regret
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Nightfall had covered the land by the time the boys had reached the gates of Konoha. Kotestsu and Izumo were standing guard at the gate, along with Uchiha Itachi. Once the elder brother had seen both of the boys coming, he rushed to their aid. He knew something had probably went wrong when the boys hadn't returned earlier.
Naruto saw Sasuke's older brother rushing towards them and smiled a little. He could help out Sasuke and he could go alert his father to the Uchiha's injuries. He squeezed Sasuke's hand and pulled the older boy along a bit faster.
"Itachi-san!"
Sasuke's eyes widened when he heard his brother's name called out. He didn't expect him to wait for them, but he and Naruto were pretty late. He kept his head down, even though his vision had returned to normal a while ago. Sasuke still couldn't shut off his Sharingan, the tomoe still turning every ten minutes. Itachi would be disappointed in him because he couldn't yet control the Sharingan, he just knew it.
"Sasuke! Naruto! You two are all right!" Itachi grabbed the two boys in hug, ignoring Naruto's shout of displeasure at this public display of affection. But he did notice when Sasuke flinched a little. He drew back and lightly grabbed his younger brother's shoulders. But Sasuke had yet to look up.
"Sasuke's what's wrong?" Itachi asked, trying to get Sasuke to look at him.
"Itachi-san about that, Sasuke said earlier he couldn't really see. He said, it was like the darkness was trying to swallow up the light or something." Naruto scratched the back of his head and looked at his best friend. He had yet to pick his head up, what was wrong with him?
Itachi's heartbeat picked up a little faster when Naruto told him what was wrong with his brother. He couldn't see? What the hell happened out there?!
"Sasuke. Sasuke, please look at me. I need to know what's wrong with you." Itachi begged. He placed his hands on Sasuke's face and tried to get the boy to look at him.
Naruto decided it was a good time as any to go alert Orochimaru of his new patient. He left the two brothers and ran towards the gates waving a quick hello to Kotetsu and Izumo. If anyone knew what was wrong with Sasuke, it would be Orochimaru.
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The elder of the two Uchiha's had finally got Sasuke to look at him, but Sasuke kept his eyes off of Itachi's face. Itachi noticed the tomoe in his little brother's Sharingan spin. Why wasn't it turned off yet?
"Sasuke, turn off your Sharingan. The threat has been eliminated." Itachi whispered.
"I…I can't…"
Itachi's heart raced even faster. He couldn't turn off his Sharingan? Impossible, a kekkei genkai didn't have a mind of its own. At least he thought it didn't.
"Come on Sasuke, we're going to see Orochimaru." Itachi grabbed his brother's hand and started pulling him along. Sasuke sighed and tried to keep up. He knew his brother was a worry wart, he never should've bothered saying anything.
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Pages being turned was the only sound heard in the empty silence of Orochimaru's office. Naruto fidgeted but didn't dare make a sound, he knew better than to make noise while the man was trying to look up something. The Sannin turned one more page and then sighed. He placed the book he was looking through on his desk and looked up towards Naruto.
"You're positive Sasuke-kun couldn't see anything?"
"Hey, I'm not Sasuke, so I can't tell if he couldn't see everything or he could!" Naruto took the opportunity to sit on Orochimaru's desk and glare at the man. Gold eyes peered over half-moon glasses and Orochimaru raised his hands in surrender, smirking at the blonde.
"Can't be to careful, now can we Naru-chan?"
"Dad! Stop calling me that! And take off those stupid glasses! You don't even need them!" Naruto yelled, poking Orochimaru in the shoulder repeatedly.
"Stop that Naruto, that hurts. And anyway, you said not to call you that in public. We're not in public. And I think these glasses make me look cool." Orochimaru smiled, pushing his glasses up a bit on his face.
"Kami, I have the nerdiest father in the world! Why?!"
"Hey, I-"
"Orochimaru-san! Naruto-kun!"
"Looks like the Uchiha's have arrived. Come Naruto, you're involved in this as well." Orochimaru got up and headed for the door, his white lab coat fluttering as he practically glided out of the office. Naruto jumped off his father's desk and ran after him.
"Itachi-san, Sasuke-kun, welcome."
"Orochimaru-sensei, thank you for seeing us at this late hour." Itachi bowed and forced Sasuke to bow too. Orochimaru smirked and waved his hand dismissively.
"Please, drop the formalities. You two are as much of a part of our family, as Naruto and I are apart of yours. Now Sasuke-kun, please follow me."
"H-hai."
Itachi gave his younger brother a quick hug before letting the boy go. Sasuke gave Naruto a small smile and walked into a room with Naruto's father. The blonde sighed and sat in one of the chairs in the waiting room. He was dead tired after that mission, but he couldn't go to sleep until he found out what was wrong with Sasuke. He looked up to Itachi when the teen didn't sit with him.
"Itachi?"
"You and Orochimaru…consider us family?"
"Well yeah, you guys took me in when he and Kakashi-sensei went missing all those years ago. You didn't have to take care of me, but you did anyway, when you were already taking care of Sasuke by yourself. It must have been really troublesome." Naruto laughed.
"Hn, it kind of was. But you and Sasuke were such good friends, even back then. I couldn't let just anyone take care of you. There are those out there who still despise you for the Kyuubi resting inside of you."
"I didn't think of it that way. Thanks Itachi!" Naruto gave the Uchiha a bright smile. Itachi smiled. He sat down next to Naruto and put an arm around the blonde's shoulder. Naruto relaxed into Itachi's hold and closed his eyes.
"For what it's worth, I do think of you as my younger brother Naruto."
"Hn." Was the boy's reply before he fell asleep.
"Just like Sasuke."
It was an hour later when Orochimaru emerged from the room he and Sasuke had entered earlier. He cocked an eyebrow at the scene before him when he entered the waiting room. Both boys had fallen asleep, Naruto's head in Itachi's lap and Itachi's back bent forward, his head hanging over Naruto. The Snake Sannin sighed, if only he had brought his camera with him today.
"Itachi-san, Naruto-kun."
Both boys jerked awake at the loud voice. They finally noticed Orochimaru and stood up. Itachi quickly bowed in apology while Naruto did nothing but scratch his cheek. Orochimaru huffed lightly, impertinent pup.
"Orochimaru-sensei! I'm sorry we fell asleep."
"Think nothing of it. Naruto, wipe that drool from your mouth, you look ridiculous."
"Wha-?!"
"Orochimaru-sensei…did you find out what's wrong with Sasuke?"
Orochimaru took his gold eyes off his son and layed them on Itachi. Obsidian eyes tried to read the gold eyes in front of him, but alas, he couldn't. The older man hid his emotions to well.
"Itachi-san…Sasuke-kun is going blind."
Yamia:Dun dun duuuuuunnnnnn!! Lol. How's that for surprises? You know, my heart actually started racing when I was getting ready to introduce Orochimaru into this chapter. I don't know why though, guess I was really excited about surprising you guys.
Anyway, sorry for the delay with this chapter. I'm getting ready to head off to college and getting ready for an anime con next month, so my mind is elsewhere at the moment. I'm very sorry! I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can. So until then, don't forget to review, and ja for now!