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Chapter 2
Naruto was moving out of his old runt down flat to a new larger one as his ANBU Captain's fee permited it now. He could finally say good bye to the pealing paint, delapited stairs and broken windows. He was moving into a new top floor, four rooms appartment with a balcony were he could grow up his plants without fearing those stupid villager ruining them.
True, he had to put twice the price mainly because the stupid unforgiven villager had charged him in hope that he would gave up. But that was worth it.
Naruto smirked, he would always remember the discomposed face of the salesman when he just signed the paper and handed down the money as if he had not seen that the man had purposedly raised the price.
Flashback :
Naruto pushed the salesman's office's door open :
It was a small space closed with three concrete walls painted in a pale beige where were hanging a diploma ; pictures of the man's familly, of him fishing ; and news articles ; all of them carefully framed.
The fourth wall was a large bay-window from where you could see the busy street of Konoha's main market road : mothers passing by scolling their child, couple tenderly holding hands and children hapilly playing, jumping in the mud.
In the middle of the room, there was a large plain oak desk. Behind it there was a brown leather armchair and in fromt of it two old looking black leather armchairs.
On the desk were a horrible dark green leather blotting-pad on which where messily scattered pappers ; three dismatching pencil canes : one Red with a bright yellow bank logo on it, one obviously made by his child with multi-colored painted noodles, the last one was dark green matching his blotting-pad ; and also a mug where one could read : 'I 3 U' in red bolded letters.
Naruto sighed, he was tired : he had just finished a mission and had not yet have a chance to change his clothes : he wore the formal ANBU's uniform : a black sleeveless turtle neck shirt, a dark greyish vest, a baggy black pants and fingerless gloves. His white wolf mask was still on his face, one could only see his tired blue eyes shining through the two holes of his mask and threads of his blond hair escaping from under the navy blue bandana he used to hide them.
He sighed loudly seeing that the man was still not there and let himself fall down one of the leather armchair. He slowly raised his hands ; and, after streghtening his sore muscles a little, he began to untied the knot of his mask. He put it gently away in the dark grey pouch attached on his thick leather black belt. Then he teared off his bandana relising his short spiky blond hair. He shook his head, some of his blond locks shadowing his ocean blue eyes. He bit down his lips looking around... he was getting bored.
Suddenly, he heard voices outside the door.
« So we'll meet tomorrow to sign the papers. » One of the voice said as the door opened.
Naruto glanced up at the window in front of him where he could see the reflection of the man who had just walked into the room. It was a fat man with dirty blond hair, and small piggy black eyes. He was tightened in a dirty grey pants missmatching his too short grey vest showing his plated golden watch securely tied around his left puddy wrist, on the fourth finger of his left hand, Naruto could see the golden band cutting down the blood flow of the man. He saw the man playing with the ring trying to ease his pain.
« Hello Hello, ANBU-san... Oh so sorry... I hope you didn't wait too long... Do you want a coffee or something ? » He asked quickly before walking up to sit on his chair. « Umph.. So we are going to sign the contract... »
The odor of sweat coming from the fat man was nearly umbearable for Naruto's highten sense, more than the heavy metalic smell of the blood that was curently covering him. The man took out a purple and red hankershift and began to wipe the sweat of his forehead and soon the hankershift was soaked with sweat too.
« It's hot, isn't it ? » The man said while putting his hankershift away in his pants pocket.
Naruto hmmphed slightly, hoping that the man would understand that he was in no mood for long talk.
« Not very talkative, I see... » The fat man answered shocking his head as he looked for something in his drawer.
The man looked up at him for the first time. His piggy eyes widdened and his lips set on a grim line, his face rapidly became purple then crisom as he tried to contain his furry.
« You... » He said trying to stay as calm as possible.
« I'm here to sign the papers... I've no time to waste... » Naruto said calmly, looking down at the man sitting in front of him.
The man's lower lip got out, making him look like a Bulldog ready to strike.
« There was change... » He said smugly his eyes lightening with hatred and cunningness. « The price was double. »
Naruto looked at him his eyes narrowing a little.
« The papers. » He simply said his voice was cold and emotionless : the voice of a killer.
The man blanched looking warriedly at the blond in front of him, his eyes falling on the dark stains on his vest and the brownish residue under the young man's nails.
« Y-Y-Yes S-S-Sir... » He answered cowering in the back of the room, his eyes filled with fear.
End Flashback.
Anyway, here he was all alone in his new spacious appartment unpacking the boxes.
He opened a box where was written in bolt red letters 'OFFICE : DESK'. He quirked an eyebrow as he saw all the scrolls netly pacted in the small boxe.
« Ugh ? So there was something in this old desk ? » Naruto mused out loud.
He picked up one of the scroll and opened it : it was written with a shocking crimson ink ; the writting was elegant and the small letters were all regulars : nothing like his own scrappy one. It gave away the feeling that the author was in full control and maybe slightly obsessiv seeing how perfect it was.Slowly, he began to read.
#
Today, I saw you again. It was the first time since the last time I
could speak with you. You opened the door. Your disleved blond hair
as spiky as ever.
I always loved those sun kissed hair so fair it only add to your beauty.
Your sky blue eyes were widde opened as you looked at me as if it was the first time you saw me. Our gaze met for a slip of second and I saw the recognition in your eyes. I saw gose-goos forming on your skin, were you afraid ? Of me ?
I vaguely heard Kisame saying something about you and the Kyûbi his voice driping with sarcasm.
I ignored him like I always did. I looked down at you and slowly opened my mouth :
« You will come with us, Naruto ! » I stated my gaze never leaving your beautiful face.
I saw the sweat slowly rolling down your face, and I could only thought of you underneath me, sweat clinging on your nake perfectly tan body, writhling and moaning my name in a beautiful lustful voice, your blue eyes clouded with lust half opened staring directly in my red blood sharingan silently begging for more... #
Naruto's eyes were widde opened as he remembered that particular event. A few weeks before Sasuke's desertion.
Flash Back :
He was alone lying on his bed, staring at the dirty white paint of his rented room's celling.
That old pervert had gone missing surely stalking some woman maybe that long black hair woman they met when they arrived.
Naruto frown hoping that Jiraya had not followed her : she had a weird aura around her. A dark aura that made him shiver in fear.
He knew that he should not worried after all Jiraya was one of the legendary Ninja of Konoha but he could not help but worried that the fifty years old senin got himself into problems : after all he was quite old and his social skill sucked almost as much as his...
He heard someone knocking on the door. He quickly got up from the bed, stambling a little on his weaken legs. He frown, dread filling his heart as he opened the door slowly ready to scream after Jiraya even though he somehow knew that it was not the pervert.
Naruto was not so surprised to see an unknown person at the door. But still it was quite disturbing.
Naruto stared at the ebony hair man standing in front of him. This person looked so much like Sasuke ; he had the same face as him if it was not for those blueish rings under his eyes and those three weels in his Sharingan. His hair was longer too and he was leaner than Sasuke.
His odor was also different : Sasuke smellt like mint and salty sweat ; but the man before him had a different smell, an intimidating and aggressive smell : the heavy metalic smell of blood was blenched with the lighter smell of forest and something else that Naruto could not pinpoint yet. He narrowed his eyes, his eyebrows furrowing down, his lips were set in a pout, he knew that smell but from where...
He felt a shift of the air and finally realised that the Sasuke like person was not alone. His eyebrows shot up as he took a good look at the blue skin, shark like man.
His eyes were like two small moons of a darker shade of yellow ; cut in half by two black slited pupils ; there was three gills like scars on each of his cheeks ; his yellow tainted sharp teeth were showing menacincling as his nearly none existant lips stretchen into what could be mistaken as a grin.
Naruto sniffed the air and his face set in an expression of disgust. The fish face smelled like old fish, blood and there was also a fading smell of ocean melted with a pine-tree's smell : not a very good combination, if you asked him.
« So is this the brat used as the Kyûbi's vessel ? » The shark like person asked looking down at Naruto.
Naruto froze.
'How do those guys know about the Kyûbi ?'
« You will come with us, Naruto ! » The Sasuke like person said looking down at Naruto.
Naruto looked up at the man and gulped as realization fell upon him : they were Missing-nin if the slash on their headband was anything to go by.
'They must be powerful if they dare going out like that.' Naruto thought.
His breathing became quicker and quicker as he realised that the dark hair man was from Konoha.
'A missing-nin... from Konoha... with the Sharingan...' Naruto thought as he began to panick.
He remembered his first team's meeting on the academy's roof and Sasuke's words about his 'ambition' :
'I want to kill THAT man.' Sasuke's dark low voice echoed through his mind.
'Is he the man that Sasuke yearns to kill ?' Naruto thought.
His heart clenched painfully at the thought of Sasuke killing this tall mean looking man.
'Why's that ?'
Naruto's inner reflexion were cut short by the voice of the Konoha missing-nin...
Flashback End.
Naruto breathed slowly in and out shocking his head violently as if he was trying to erase his feelings.
'ARGH ! What am I thinking ! About The bastard's brother none the less !'
He was put out of his daydream by someone loudly knocking at his door.
« Come in... » Naruto lazily answered as he put away the scrolls inside one of the drawers under his new bed.
« Oi Dobe ? Where are you ? » A voice that could be none other than Sasuke's called out.
Naruto gritted his teeth ; Sasuke was the last person he wanted to see. He walked up in his living room.
« What ARE you doing here ? » He asked harshly.
'How does he know where I live ?' Naruto asked himself frowning. 'I told no-one I was moving out...apart from Iruka-sensei but he would not have told the Bastard.'
« I want to talk... » Sasuke answered firmly his black eyes fixed on Naruto.
« Talk ? The last time I tried to 'talk' with you, you shoved a Chidori through my Chest. So for the 'talking', I think you'll have to try an other day. Because today, I've no intention to have a Chidori shoved inside my Chest. Nor ever. So FORGET about me ! And go play the BITCH with your fanclub. » Naruto answered barely keeping his anger at bay.
« But that was four years ago... we were only teen... Can't I do mistake too ? » Sasuke tried to reason.
Naruto tried to prevent the bitter laught to get out of his throat, with no great sucess.
« Mistake... Erare Humanum est, sed perseverare diabolicum (1)? I've tried to be your friend over and over again, and each time all I received were harsh treatments and insults... And now you're here telling me to frogive and forget your harsh words, your glare full of hatred, and those two attempts of murdering me ? »
Sasuke tried to protest but was cut short by Naruto continuing his rant.
« I've been a fool untill now, to believe I could be friend with anyone in this village especially you... but I won't do the same mistake again... »
Sasuke stood sheld shock, was it really how Naruto felt about them ?
« So GET OUT OF HERE AND OUT OF MY LIFE NOW ! » Naruto roared glaring at the Uchiha's heir.
Sasuke could not proceed what just happened, he just left Naruto pushed him out of his flat.
'Does he really hate me that much ?' Sasuke asked himself not believing the words of the one who used to be his best friend.
« What happened to the Naruto whose only goal in his life was to protect this village ? » Sasuke voiced his thought out.
« He died the day you shoved a Chidori right through his lung leaving him to rot to death. » Naruto whispered softly before closing the door on Sasuke's face.
Xx Time Break xX
He looked up, watching the sun setting down, his lips came up into a sad smile as the red light of the sunset illuminated his appartment.
'Where will I put them ?' He asked himself as he walked into his room to retrive a eben rectangular box.
« I should put them so I can see them every morning so my forgetfull self would not elude them. » He mused out loud.
He looked around his blue eyes narrowing at every corner where he could place it.
« There ! » He exclaimed smiling. « They will be able to see the sunset every day like this... »
He ran into his room and walked out a few second latter a bigger black box in his hands. He walked up to the wall dusting the place with his hand, then he put the biggest black box down against the white wall then he put the smallest box on it and opened it.
« Whou... You've been a little shaken... it's nothing I'll take care of this. » He said as he picked up the frame pictures in his hands.
« At the right Sarutobi-jiisan, in the middle Otousan and Okaasan and the last but not the least you... Sai. » Naruto said foundly.
He stepped back a little looking at his work dusting his pants as he looked down at his little shrine.
« I'm sure you'll like it there... » He said smiling at the pictures.
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Itachi entered the village. It was time for his monthly report to the Hokage. He was wearing an average ANBU uniform with no peticular sign on it and a hood to hide his face.
He walked throuhgt the village looking around him at the villagers. How he hated those carefree creatures that dispited Ninja behind there back. He heard the middle age woman at his left whispering to the butcher :
« ...Killer I tell you... They just love to kill... they are not human... the worst of them is this little demon... » She said in a whisper to the butcher while the old man just nodded his head at her every words.
Itachi had the urge to turned around and killed the culprit here and now but he reminded himself that the Hokage would certainly not appreciate the gesture. He did not like this woman anyway : she was too friendly with HIS Kitsune (2) but he could not help it. He hoped that soon the old decaded woman would step down so his Naruto could have this title he so wanted even if in the end what his Kistune wanted was just acceptance...
He entered the Hokage tower by an opened window in the old blond's office. He shocked his head as he saw the Hokage sleeping, her head resting on her cross arms, a thin trail of drool sliding down her chin and on the papers she was using for pillow.
Itachi walked up to the chair and sat down after several minutes of waiting, he decided to wake up the lazy Hokage. He released a bit of killing intent, not too much so the guard would not feel it, but just enought to disturb the sleeping Hokage.
Tsunade woke up with a start as she felt the killing aura near her, she opened her hazzel eyes :
« No, no I wasn't sleeping Shizune... » She said while wipping the drool on her chin.
She discretly gathered Chakra in her hand forming a poisoned needles with her drool which she hided in her palm.
« Just taking a shot eyes for a second. » She continued as she readied herself to strike.
She looked up to see that Shizune was not there as she thought but that a frowning Uchiha was glaring at her.
« Hokage-sama... if you could spare me this little act... » Itachi said, his voice laced with annoyance. « I've no time for those childlish thing. »
« Itachi-kun... what are the news ? » The Hokage said while disolving her needles and wipping her hand with her hankershift.
« The Akatsuki had disbanded. »
Tsunade looked at him eyes wide.
« WHAT ? » She yelled.
« You've hear me the first time. The Akatsuki's disbanded, not a week ago. »
« What happened ? » Tsunade asked expectangly.
« It seems that HE was trying to find a way to extract the Kyûbi by testing different sealing and unsealing technic.It seems that his experiment required a Jinchûriki (3). And since the Kyûbi's vessel is the master piece of his plan and the last of the Jinchûriki, he would not risk the demon. So as the Jinchûriki of the Ôrochi (4), he tried it on himself. A reckless move, that cost him his life. »
Tsunade stared at him, not believing him.
« So HE is dead ? »
« Yes he is... » Itachi answered his red eyes fixing Tsunade's brown one's.
Flash back :
In the Akatsuki Hide out somewhere in the border of the Stone country.
The Nine main member of the Akatsuki were standing in semi-circle surrounded a throne like chair on which was sitting a man whose figure was hidden.
« We retrived the Nekomata (5) four years ago... What are we waiting for ? » Deidara asked glaring at the figure in front of him.
« There is only two Jinichûriki left... » Zetsu added.
« But we don't know where is the Hatchibi (6) yet. » Kazuku answer matter of factly glancing at the strawberry haired man beside him.
« True but the Kyûbi is just there waiting for us to take it. » Kazuku's partner whispered.
« We should capture him now ! » The oldest Akatsuki member said. « Each day he is becoming stronger and stronger, and each day the Kyûbi's presence is getting weaker and weaker... We have to act before the Kyûbi is totally absorbed by this Brat... If we wait any longer our goal will be out of our reach... »
« But how do you plan to get ride of the seal ? This one had been sealed by a master of seal. And No one know exactly how the seal will react to an attempt of extraction. » Itachi said calmly as he eyed the grey haired man at his left.
« Pfff... Each seal can be broken... this one is no different. » The old man said smirking.
« But we can't take the chance to lose the Kyûbi. » Kisame said. « The Brat has the stongest will. It won't be as easy as you think to get ride of him. »
« He could easily supress the Kyûbi when he was twelve ; I witness it. He is really strong... » Zetsu said a sadistic smirk worming its way on his face. « He must have grown stronger... I can't wait to break him ! »
Itachi turned his head to glare at the Plant like man.
« I'll take care of the seal. » The hidden figure said.
« I think we should worry about the Hachibi... » Kazuku said. « We have no information about it what so ever. Nor the village where it had been seal nor the sexe of the person it had been seal in. The only informations we have is that it was the Kage of the village and that it deserted its village afterwards... »
« Don't worry about it. » The central figure said. « Zetsu find every thing you can about the seal used for the Kyûbi... »
End of the flash back.
« Two weeks after that I've discovered he was the Hachibi's vessel. »
Flashback :
Itachi was looking at the figure sat on the throne.
« I've found the last piece. » Itachi said cooly.
« You have ? » HE asked.
« Yes. » Itachi said, smirking, narrowing slightly his eyes at the man.
The figure walked up to Itachi.
« And what are you planing to do ? »
« Nothing. » Itachi said his smirk widdening.
« What do you want ? »
« I want the Kyûbi vessel ! »
The Hachibi's vessel smirked. « I knew there was something fishy with you and this demon vessel. »
Itachi narrowed his eyes slightly.
« Whatever... If he was to die, you would follow him in the grave. » Itachi said lightly.
« Of course... »
End of the flashback.
« One week later he tried an unsealing technics on himself. It nearly worked... The Hachibi get out... it was manificient... but the Hachibi's chakra became unstable and began to attack its vessel. It devored him enterely... »
Tsunade's eyes widdened, this death must have been a painful one.
« I see... »
« I'll be going Hokage... I'll leave you to reabillitate my name. » Itachi added smirking.
He put on his old ANBU mask before walking up to the window and jumping through it but not before pouring out a small among of killing attempt directed at Tsunade.
Not a second later, four ANBU barged in, arms in hands, looking around for any threat.
Tsunade looked up at them, clearly displeased.
Xx TIME BREAK xX
He walked on the Balcony looking curiouly at the opened window.
« What a beautiful den you found here my little Kitsune ! » Itachi whispered as he poured out some of his chakra to deflect the Genjutsu that Naruto had put on his window.
He walked inside the room silently, memorizing every corner of the room. His eyes landed on the small shrine on the farest corner on the left of the door. He walked up to it and crouched. He titled his head to the left seing the third picture.
« Who was he to you my little Kitsune ? » Itachi asked himslef in a murmure narrowing his eyes at the dark hair smirking boy on the picture.
Itachi got up and walked to the bedroom to see a peacefully sleeping Naruto.
He walked up to the bed and brushed away the blond's lock out of Naruto's face. Immediatly two cerulean blue orbs opened watching closely the intruder.
Itachi's lips lifted into what could be mistaken as a smile hidden under his red and white wolf mask.
« So you finally come back, ANBU-san. » Naruto said while slowly putting away his Kunai back under his pillow.
« I'm back. » Itachi answered in a low sulky voice.
End of the chapter
1 : Error is human perceferance is diabolic.
2 : Fox
3 : Demon vessel
4 : The grand snake
5 : Cat God (it's an abroximated translation.)
6 : The eight tails.
There may be a third chapter... I don't know yet... I just hope this chapter was not too bad...
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