Hey guys! Sorry for taking so long to update, but we have finals this week so I've been doing nothing but studying ;_; But they're over now, so expect more frequent updates!

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Chapter 2

Uzamaki Naruto watched as his brother, Kyuubi, stood on the end of his board, a huge, roaring wave tumbling after him. The crowd went wild and the judges marked their score-boards, impressed smiles on their faces. Naruto grinned.

Another competition, another easy win.

His grin grew wider as Kyuubi spun off the top of the wave, gliding to safety on the other side just before the wave broke. The crowd cheered again, and the other contestants let their head's droop in defeat. It was obvious who had won.

After the competition, the judges announced the winner -even though it was obvious-. Everybody cheered and praised Naruto's brother, and some girls came up after him to ask for an autograph. They stared at the red-head with flirtatious eyes, tossing their hair and making unnecessary movements in order to get him to notice them. Naruto shook his head. They had no chance, Kyuubi was as gay as they got. He still loved his brother, of course, Kyuubi was his hero. But even though the surfer came out to the press a few years ago, the number of Kyuubi's fangirls didn't go down. In fact, Naruto was pretty sure it increased. It seemed like everywhere they went girls had their eyes on him, looks on their faces as if they were undressing his brother with their eyes. Naruto shuddered.

Girls could be scary sometimes.

Kyuubi pushed through the crowd that was -still- swarming him, and made his way up to his younger brother.

Naruto smiled, "You did great out there."

They bumped fists, and Kyuubi laughed.

"Of course I did."

Naruto just rolled his eyes at his brother's cockiness, then reached for something in his pocket.

"What's that?" Kyuubi asked as he pulled on a white teeshirt.

Naruto smiled, "Just a little something for your birthday."

The red-head blinked, "You remembered?"

"Of course I remembered," He chuckled.

Kyuubi propped an eyebrow when the shorter boy handed him two tickets, then gasped when he realized what they were.

"OH. MY. GOD." He shouted, earning confused looks from people still packing up from the competition. "Tickets to see Lady Gaga! How did you get these? I thought they were sold out!"

Naruto laughed, "I have my ways. And I just had to get them, since it's your birthday and you for some reason enjoy Lady Gaga."

Kyuubi gasped in fake-shock.

"Lady Gaga is amazing! She has completely revolutionized pop culture!"

Naruto sweat dropped, realizing they had an audience. Kyuubi just scowled at him, but shook it off.

"Whatever, thanks anyway!" The older boy grinned and wrapped his arms around Naruto, forcing him into a wet hug.

The blond shuddered, "Get off me, you're all wet!"

Kyuubi pulled away with a perverted grin, "That's what she said-"

"Don't even say it."

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Itachi watched as Sasuke skipped across the kitchen, humming a playful tune and popping bread into the toaster.

"Sasuke…." He started unsure, a bit scared of his younger brother, "Are you feeling ok?"

Sasuke just blinked, "Yeah, I'm fine. Are you ok?"

Itachi's mouth fell open in confusion, and he felt the grip on his coffee cup slightly loosen.

"Um… well, yesterday you were really angry at me, so…"

"Oh, that," Sasuke started as if he had completely forgotten about last night, "I guess I just needed some time. After getting used to the thought of you being with somebody, I realized it's probably for the better. You've been there for me all my life, and now I'm going to be there for you."

The way Itachi was staring at him made Sasuke wonder if he grew a tail.

Sasuke didn't blame him.

As if. That stupid Kyuubi guy is probably just using you for attention in the media! You're too good for some surfer guy who probably does drugs.

Itachi coughed, snapping Sasuke out of his silent rant.

"I see…. well, thank you." Itachi muttered, a small smile on his lips. He was sure Sasuke would give him the silent treatment after a fight like that, but was glad his younger brother was maturing a bit.

You're welcome. If it weren't for me, you probably would have gone home with that stupid hippy, and then he probably would have drugged you, then raped you, then tied you up and threw you into the ocean!

Sasuke thought with a grimace, hands clenching by his sides. He quickly shook off his anger, then turned to Itachi with a forced smile.

"So, tell me about Kyuubi. When is the next time you two are meeting?" The raven asked, trying as hard as he could to sound interested.

"U-um.." The long-haired boy stuttered, caught off guard by the question, "We are supposed to go to dinner in a week… He had to fly to Hawaii the other night for a competition. It was on TV." He added with a proud smile.

Sasuke nodded, "I saw it."

Itachi raised an eyebrow, "You watch sports?"

"No." He said almost automatically, putting his now-toasted bread onto a plate.

"Oh..." Itachi mumbled awkwardly, taking a small sip of his coffee.

Sasuke just smiled as he spread 'I Can't Believe it's Not Butter!' onto his toast.

"Well, I've got to go to school," He said wrapping his toast in a napkin and heading towards the door.

Itachi nodded, "You want me to drive you?"

The younger boy shook his head, "No, Suigetsu is already here anyway. See you later."

Itachi shouted a goodbye before the door slammed closed, and the house went silent. He shook his head to himself.

I guess I misjudged him… He seems really happy for me.

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"Thank God you're here, I can't stand acting as if I actually care about Itachi's stupid relationship with that hippy." Sasuke groaned as he flung his black bag into the back seat.

Suigetsu laughed, "Tell me again why you're doing this?"

Sasuke rolled his eyes, "Because, if I act like I'm actually interested in Kyuubi, Itachi might introduce us. And if he introduces us, maybe he'll bring his younger brother along…What was his name again?"

"Naruto," Suigetsu deadpanned, then chuckled slightly, "If I can remember and I'm not even the one that's going to use him and lie to him for my own selfish reasons, why can't you?"

"Oh shut up," Sasuke huffed. "I'm not going to let Itachi ruin his life with some drunk loser -who dropped out of school at fifteen- because of a stupid crush."

"Hey, who cares when he dropped school? He's rolling in that dough, now. And to me it sounded like Itachi really likes Kyuubi."

Sasuke scowled, "Shut up or when I meet Kyuubi I'll tell him you masturbate to his picture every night since you were twelve."

Suigetsu's vein popped, "What! I don't-"

"I'll tell him!" Sasuke interrupted. Suigetsu instantly shut up. The raven smirked and took a bite out of his toast, and ignored his friend's silent pouts the drive to school.

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"Sasuke! I heard your brother's going out with Kyuubi! That's like, so cool!" Sasuke's red-headed friend Karin shouted as soon as he swung open the door to the 200 hallway. Sasuke's mouth fell open.

"How did you know?"

Karin rolled her eyes, "Um, everybody knows! I've heard like ten people talking about it already and I just got here ten minutes ago! It's all over."

Sasuke arched an eyebrow, "What? But the only person I've told is Suigetsu-"

He cut himself off and glared at his friend, who just whistled and pretended as if he hadn't heard any of that.

Karin ignored them, "So, have you met him yet? Is he totally hot! You have to get me an autograph the next time you see him!"

"No, no and no." Sasuke muttered, brushing past the girl and heading towards his locker.

"Wha?" Karin shouted, an annoyed expression under her purple glasses. Sasuke always wondered why the girl never got contacts, glasses seemed like such a hassle. She always told him that the glasses were her trademark, that she was nothing without them. When in reality, at the last homecoming dance (that Karin had forced both boys to go to) she'd worn contacts, and it took both Suigetsu and Sasuke about twenty minutes to realize what was different about her.

"What do you mean no?" She snapped, pulling Sasuke out of his quiet musings.

"I mean no. I haven't met him, I'm not getting you an autograph if I do meet him, and no, he is not hot." He replied smoothly, twisting his locker open without looking.

"When are you gonna meet him?" She asked, ignoring Sasuke's sarcasm.

He sighed, "I'm hoping in a week. They're apparently going to dinner somewhere."

Karin clapped, "Oh my gosh! I can't believe you're meeting Uzumaki Kyuubi! You must be super excited."

Sasuke scoffed, "Super."

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Naruto sank into the living room couch, having been preparing a huge birthday dinner for the last two hours. He could hear Kyuubi's soft murmurs from down the hall, revealing that he was on the phone with someone. He figured it was his new boyfriend his brother was all crazy about, Itachi. He smiled.

Naruto had seen Kyuubi go through other relationships before -most of them lasted a night or two- but this time, he could tell his older brother was serious. It made him happy to know that his brother was finally getting past the death of his first love, a boy named Shukaku. They had been friends since Middle School, but it quickly turned into something else upon entering High School.

Kyuubi fell in love with him. Hard. He loved him so much he'd mention the other boy's name literally every five seconds, and had a small picture of him in his locker that he kissed when nobody was around. When Naruto's brother finally had the courage to confess his feelings to Shukaku, his best friend had gotten into a horrible car accident. Out of the nine cars involved, only one person died.

Shukaku.

Kyuubi was heartbroken. He wouldn't eat for months, and Naruto worried for his health. Since the brother's parents died in a car accident ten years previous, Kyuubi was even more depressed. He was either thinking about how he could never confess his first love to his best friend, or how his parents died in a car accident just a few years earlier.

But eventually, with the help of Naruto's encouragement, Kyuubi got through it. He started dating again, and eventually it was like nothing ever happened. He was glad Kyuubi found somebody he was serious about, he needed a real relationship again.

"Naruto?" Kyuubi asked from the hallway, holding a cellphone to his shoulder.

Naruto smiled, "Yeah?"

"Well um… I was wondering if next week -when we fly back to Japan, if you wanted to go to dinner…" He looked nervous all of a sudden, "To meet Itachi and his brother."

The blond boy flashed his teeth, "Yeah! I'd love to."

Kyuubi grinned back, "Great! We have a reservation on Tuesday at six."

"What?" Naruto's grin fell.

"What do you mean what?" Kyuubi asked, his smile fading.

"The Lady Gaga concert is on Tuesday at six."

Kyuubi's face fell, "Shit! Uh- I- um… Shit!" He put the cellphone to his ear, "What? Oh, no, everything's fine! Heh!" He dropped the phone on the table.

"Naruto, I'm sorry, I can't go! These are the only reservations the place have open for months! And Itachi already bought them, and he's really tight on money right now, so-"

"No, it's fine." Naruto interrupted, "We can go see Lady Gaga anytime." He chuckled slightly.

Kyuubi let his shoulders drop in relief, "I'm sorry, really. I'll make it up to you, I swear." With that, he grabbed the phone and headed back to his room.

"It was nothing, we'll be there Tuesday." He heard his brother say before his door closed.

Naruto shook his head, before he silently added by the way, your dinner is ready…