A/N: So it's been a while and I'm sorry. The thing is that I had this chapter all planned out and then I lost everything. So now I'm starting from scratch. Another thing is that this is the last chapter before I decide to bring in the handyman. It's going to be Itachi. Thanks to everyone who put in their two cents. There is Sakura and Sasuke bashing in this chapter so watch out. The last thing is that since I did a lot of cussing in this chapter the rating is moving to M so you will get your lemon if you were looking for it. Finally done with my babbling, here is the third chapter.

Disclaimer: I'm an Itachi, Deidara, Neji, Kabuto, Sasori, and Shikamaru fangirl. That's about it.

Chapter 3: Still Bitter

"Conversation"

'Thoughts'

Kyuubi

Letter

-Flashback: Three Weeks Ago-

"Please, Baa-chan I need this."

"But Naruto, you're one of the best we have. I just can't let you go."

"You of all people should know that I'm merging with Kyuubi. This is why I have to go. My anger awakens her and causes her to take control. I can't risk hurting innocent people, Baa-chan. Please just let me go."

Tsunade was torn. She wanted to protect the village because that was her job, but the boy she thought of as her little brother had to leave for her to do so. Thinking on it briefly, the medical nin looked down at her feet.

"Naruto, I…" Tsunade choked on her words. "I love you like a brother, but you're right. Because I really don't have any other choice, I'll give you your mission, but under one condition."

"I'll do anything!"

"I need you to report at least every two weeks. If I don't get a report, I'll assume the worst and send a party after you. I will also temporarily strip you of your rank if you are brought back. Do you understand?"

"Hai, Baa-chan."

Tsunade sighed.

"Shizune, get the file."

"Tsunade-sama, surely you don't mean that file?"

"Yes, Shizune I do mean that file. He's ready for it."

Withholding her judgment, Shizune hurried off to get the file that the Slug Sannin requested.

"Naruto," Tsunade began. "I'm going to be giving you the job of bringing Itachi Uchiha back to this village."

"Dead or alive?" Naruto asked.

"I need him alive because there is a situation that requires his attention."

"What situation could he possibly have to…"

Naruto was interrupted by Shizune.

"Here it is, Tsunade-sama."

"Read this Naruto. It'll explain everything." Tsunade breathed.

Opening the file apprehensively, the blonde began to read.

To Whom It May Concern:

Itachi Uchiha is innocent of the killing of his clan members. The night of the massacre, the young Uchiha was on a mission retrieving a scroll that, in the wrong hands, could have meant the end of the Village Hidden in the Leaves. A fellow clan member, Shisui Uchiha, having knowledge of Itachi's absence and of a jutsu that allows its user to become an almost perfect copy of any person they decide, Shisui killed the clan. His intention was to frame Itachi, because Shisui was jealous of Itachi's superior skill.

Shisui's plan was almost successful when Itachi was found by his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha, standing where their parents lay slain. Having already communicated with me about what to do, Itachi used his special sharingan on his brother so that he may live on and grow stronger so that one day, both he and his brother could extract revenge on Shisui for his horrendous crime. Itachi then left the village where he would later join a band of extremely powerful ninja called the Akatsuki.

His mission was to learn what the organization was after and to kill all of it's members upon learning of their goal. If you are reading this, the current Hokage has received intelligence that his mission has been completed. You are to find him and bring him back to Konoha unharmed. In lieu of all the information that has been given in this letter, this mission is classified as an S-rank mission.

I'm confident that the current Hokage has chosen you for this mission because you are ready for it.

Sincerely,

Sarutobi, Sandaime Hokage

Naruto looked up to see Tsunade staring at him. "Do you accept your mission?"

Naruto simply nodded.

"In accepting this mission you are to speak to no one of the information you have read and you are not to tell anyone in detail of what you are doing. Again, I stress that I will be expecting a report from you every two weeks. If you are clear on your mission, you're dismissed."

Naruto nodded again and disappeared.

-Flashback end-

In a hotel room, Naruto was pacing.

"Kit, why don't you relax?"

"I can't relax, Kyuubi. I've been at this for three weeks now. I'm restless. I want to find Itachi now."

"Kit," Kyuubi said softly. "I know that you're not restless because of this mission. I know that you're…"

"Kyuubi, don't go there. I don't want to even think about that."

Kyuubi sighed. This was ridiculous. It was bad enough that she had to put up with the boy crying himself to sleep almost every night. The last thing she needed from him was for him to be an idiot too.

"Naruto, you know that I love you like my own, but you have got to stop this bitch crap. So she decided to be a slut; that just lets you know that she didn't deserve you. You need something a little sturdier, if you know what I mean. Someone like that Hinata girl would work for you. How about having some fun with her?"

"For the last time, Kyuubi, I don't want any relationship advice. I don't want to hear talk of that…that…board-like, bile-filled, cunt bag, and I sure as hell don't want to think about being with someone else.

"But, Kit it'll…"

"I said no. The only reason I took this god-forsaken mission was so that you wouldn't do something stupid and so that I didn't have to watch those two backstabbing son of a bitches grin and cheese in my fucking face like I hadn't just seen the two of them screwing like fucking rabbits."

Kyuubi started to say something else but was again interrupted.

"What you don't seem to understand is that I fucking loved that two-timing bitch, that I wanted to marry her, and most of all, I can't even believe that of all the people she could have chosen to fuck me over with, she had to choose Major Dumbass himself, Sasuke Mother-fucking Uchiha. The teme that decided that if he couldn't beat his brother, he had to go to that snake-like child molester that was weaker than his brother. How in the fuck do you think Sasuke killed him, huh? All he had to do was be a smidge stronger than that snake teme and boom, there it was (1), but that's not the best part! Do you want to know what the best part of this whole thing is?"

Kyuubi was silent.

"Oh come on, Kyuubi. I know you want to know." Naruto hissed.

Kyuubi remained silent.

"I'll tell you what the best part of this whole thing is. I fucking knew about it the whole damn time. I knew that that five-headed, cocksucking, waste of space was two-timing me with the boy who took my title of the biggest baka ever. Do you want to hear why I didn't do anything about it?" Naruto spat almost yelling.

"You can stop now, Naruto. I get it. I'll back off." Kyuubi said, hurt.

"No, I can't stop now! I'm on a roll! Here, I'll just tell you why I didn't do anything about it! I didn't do anything about it because I thought there was no way in hell that she could do that to me, but I was wrong. DO YOU HEAR THAT EVERYONE?! I, NARUTO UZUMAKI WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT SLUT, SAKURA HARUNO, AND ABOUT THE MAN I CALLED MY BEST FRIEND, SASUKE UCHIHA. I WAS FUCKING WRONG. MY FRIEND NEJI TOLD ME I WAS NAÏVE, BUT I LOVED THAT PINK-HAIRED TWIT SO MUCH THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN. NOW LOOK AT ME. I'M ALONE WITH KYUUBI. IT'S JUST ME AND THE DEMON THAT'S SEALED IN MY BODY. WE MAKE SUCH A GREAT MOTHERFUCKING FAMILY." Naruto cried.

The boy sank to his knees, sobs racking his body.

"It's just you and me now, Kyuubi," the boy whispered. "The only constant in my life. Always taking care of me as if you were my mom. No one can stop us."

Kyuubi was hurt by how nasty Naruto had acted, but she couldn't help but feel for him now. He had been cut in half by one image that continued to play over and over again in his mind.

"Rest now, Kit." She said to him softly.

Kyuubi had to realize that she had known such pain before. It had been eighteen years since then but she remembered it. With the memory, she continued to comfort Naruto until he fell to sleep.

# Explanations(s)

(1) If you caught that and know what it's from I applaud you.