Me: Hello reader! Good Whatever!

Itachi: You had sugar didn't you?

Me: Maybe… what's it to you?

Itachi: Let's just get on with this; I'm the only one here.

Me: I know.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!!!! Yuki I own, Naruto no!

Itachi: Why am I the only one here?

Me: Because I said so!

Itachi: -Sigh-

Warning: Yaoi! Lemon's (Later on) Bad Language! Slight OOC and an OC!

Me: Thank you Itachi! –Hugs Itachi-

Itachi: -Sighs- Enjoy.

The blonde in the chair let out an unwilling yawn that he had been keeping in since Yuki had started talking. Said girl glanced to Naru and thanked him in her head that he had interrupted her. She didn't like the fact that she was talking so much about her past. Maybe it was the fact that everything happened on the very same day she had found Naru. Last year she was so caught up in making Naru feel happy that she didn't have time to think about the past.

But it didn't explain the need to talk about her past now. It had to do with the man in front of her, with the weird eyes. She swore she had seen them before, but couldn't place them. But she knew she had never seen them face up before. It was something she had read about, before everything happened. He made her feel odd, like he knew who she was by just looking at her with those eyes. The way he sat there calmly, it frightened her. Not that she'd admit it to anyone other than her inner self.

"Come on Naru, I'll sleep in you're room tonight. Itachi… you can take my room if you like, or Kisame, either or. But one of you will have to use the couch, if you want to." Yuki said and Kisame grinned slightly at her. Itachi frowned but stood either way, allowing Kisame to stretch out on the comfy couch. He sighed in comfort, and Yuki giggled slightly at him. Then turned and walked out, Itachi and Naru behind her.

"Naru, I'll meet you in you're room. I have to get something first." Yuki said and winked at the blonde who blushed slightly before nodding and walking into his room. Yuki smiled lightly at Itachi who just stood looking at her with a blank face. Yuki then opened the door to her room and let Itachi in. He walked in and took the room in, it smelt like lavender, the bed was twin, and had black with purple swirls on it.

There was a dresser with a picture of her and Naru with a bunch of others in the background. He looked a little younger, maybe a year ago from what Itachi could tell. The other was a small girl, she looked like Yuki, her eyes dark green but she wasn't crying. She held onto a brown teddy bear and forced a small smile at the camera, the background was something familiar to Itachi, and it was Konoha. That alone made Itachi narrow his eyes on Yuki as she dug around the wooden oak for something.

"Finally." Yuki explained and pulled out a small box shaped object. It was wrapped with red paper, and a small bow on top. Yuki turned and gave Itachi a smile before looking to the picture on her dresser. She frowned at it.

"Odd isn't it." Itachi looked at her with confusion; Yuki smiled a sad smile as she walked over and traced the picture frame. "I don't even remember taking that picture, or where it was taken. But then again, I never searched to find out. Guess I'm scared of what I'll find, huh." Yuki said and smiled at Itachi.

"Why would you be scared?" Itachi asked with a frown. Yuki shrugged.

"Scared of what I'd find." Yuki said with sad eyes, but those eyes quickly were replaced with light blue as she shook her head.

"Besides, I don't need to know." Yuki said with a smile. Itachi still looked confused and she couldn't help but chuckle slightly at him.

"I have Naru, and that I'm happy for. I don't need to know where I was when that was taken. I look at it and see that I was sad, but not anymore. Naru helped me through that, saving him in the woods that day. Well it helped me more then him I guess. I just wish he'd remember. Something bad must have happened for him to make himself forget." Yuki said Itachi raised an eyebrow at her.

"Make himself?" Itachi asked uncertainly. Yuki sighed but nodded anyways.

"People take trauma in different ways. Some people wish to live in the past, other wish to look to the future. But some, they just wish to forget it all. But Naru's strong; it must have been something horrible to make him want to forget everything." Yuki said. Itachi looked at her for a second before nodding. He understood, but he couldn't figure out for the life of him what happened.

Then it clicked, like it was stored in the back of his mind to laugh about later. Sasuke had left Naruto, betrayed him. Itachi suppressed laughter and let a smirk fall on his face as Yuki quickly said goodbye and left him alone.

"Foolish little brother, so very foolish." Itachi whispered to himself as he shook his head and walked to the bed. It was pressed up again the wall, and Itachi could hear voices from the other room. He smirked slightly and laid down, pushing his self closer to the wall, closer to the voices that were talking.

"What's this Yuki?" Naru asked as Yuki tossed him the red package. Yuki just smiled and sat down on the bed with him. The blonde frowned slightly before opening it up. It was a white box, and inside was a blue pendent that Naru swore he knew from somewhere. It was a bright blue crystal with a gold chain on it. Naru looked to Yuki who was smiling sadly.

"It was on you when I found you in the woods. It took me a while to find a chain that'd fit it. I wanted to give it to you last year, but I couldn't find a chain long enough for you." Yuki said and Naru grinned at her before pulling her into a hug.

"It's great, thank you Yuki." Naru pulled away and looked at the pendant. "It's amazing; I wonder where I got it from?" Naru pondered, Yuki just shrugged.

"When I went looking for a chain, I brought it with me. They asked if I wanted to sell it, the offer was over three grand." Yuki said with a smile as she watched Naru's blue eyes widen and look to Yuki with fascination.

"Why didn't you sell it?" Naru asked and Yuki frowned at him.

"Naru, it's a piece of you're past. I can't just sell it without you're consent, besides you don't see me selling my dagger do you? I could easily make a few grand off that, but I don't because it's something important to me. This necklace must have been important since it took a few times just to pry it from you're hand, and you were unconscious." Yuki said with some amusement in her voice. Naru looked down at the pendant with aw.

"It was important to me?" Naru said to himself. Yuki smiled at him.

"Come on, let's get to bed now." Yuki said, she pulled the necklace out of his hand and slipped it over his head. Naru pouted slightly before crawling in, Yuki following shortly after. Naru chuckled slightly, but didn't feel weird with her in his bed. Yuki smiled and started to hum, Naru immediately knowing the song. He snuggled next to her and she wrapped her arms around him as she continued. She hummed a few seconds longer before starting into the song, her voice flowing around the room and through the small house.

Al la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella

Minina tiene sueno bandito sea, bandito sea

Al la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella

Mi nina tiene sueno bandito sea, bandito sea

Kisame looked up from his spot on the couch as he heard a small sound coming from one of the rooms in the back. He listened for a second before closing his eyes; it was a soft song, something you'd sing to maybe a baby sleeping. Even thought he wasn't good on the whole nice thing, the song didn't seem too bad.

Fuentiecita que corre clara y sonora

Ruisenor que en la selva cantando llora

Calla mientras la cuna se balansea

Itachi raised an eyebrow at the song. He had never heard it before, it didn't even sound familiar in anyway. It sounded like she was singing in a foreign tongue. But it had a nice tone to it, and it made him want to sleep right then and there.

Al la nanita nana nanita ella nanita ella

Mi nina tiene sueno bandito sea, bandito sea

Fuentecita que corre clara y sonora

Ruisenor que en la selva cantando llora

Calla mientras la cuna se balansea

Naru slowly fell asleep, his head resting on Yuki's shoulder as she sang still. A smile tugging at her lips as she stared down at the blonde boy.

Al la nanita nana ella nanita ella

Mi nina tiene sueno bandito sea, bandito sea (1)

Yuki hummed a soft tone before letting it die as she ran her hand through the blonde's hair. A smile on her face, her eyes a bright blue as they looked down at him. It wasn't long before she too slipped into a very light sleep. She wasn't about to fall into a deep sleep with strangers in her house. Her golden dagger sat on the stand next to Naru's bed, in reach just in case.

Itachi rolled over when he heard no more noise from the other room. He looked to the ceiling and wondered why Yuki interested him so much. The song furthering his interest for her, it slightly annoyed him. There was something about her, maybe it was her hidden secret, or maybe it was just the fascination with her eyes.

But whatever happened in the next few hours, or maybe days. Naruto would be coming back with them, with or without Yuki. Itachi wasn't going to let some fascination with a girl make him lose sight of what they were after. He couldn't let Kisame think he was going soft, because he wasn't going soft. No it was just a fascination, not even that, a slight interest that would leave sooner or later. Whenever it was, he didn't care; he just wanted the Nine-Tails, the blonde not knowing anything helped a lot.

That made him smile as his eyes shut softly. How could Sasuke be so foolish? Hurting the blonde that bad that he'd make the one person he had left forget about it. Could foolish really be the right word to describe his brother? Maybe, but Itachi didn't want to think about another. It then made him wonder why Sasuke hadn't killed the blonde, not that he was complaining, no, that would have been horrible. They wouldn't get the Nine-Tails if Sasuke had killed Naruto that night.

But why hadn't Sasuke killed him? Why would Sasuke go to Orochimaru to get stronger without killing his best friend? It made no sense to Itachi why Sasuke hadn't killed the blonde. If Sasuke wanted the Mangekyo (2) Sharingan, he would have killed Naruto, it was the only way Sasuke would ever defeat him. Then why? Itachi rolled back over and faced the wall, his eyes narrowed at the innocent wall. Unless, Sasuke hadn't really wanted to betray Konoha.

It was logical, send the one Orochimaru wants and use him as a spy. Itachi knew Orochimaru would go after Sasuke since he couldn't get him. Since he was stronger than Orochimaru, the snake would go for the other Uchiha left. So Tsunade sends Sasuke in to find out Orochimaru's plans. It's a possibility, but Sasuke could have betrayed Konoha and just thought he had killed Naruto. No that wasn't possible, Sasuke could tell if he killed the blonde or not. It had to be the other, or Sasuke was just getting too soft. With thinking, Itachi too drifted into a somewhat sleep state as he mused over his brother and Naruto. Then later on some more of Yuki, wondering just what she's hiding.

Sasuke bowed in front of Tsunade as she sat glaring at the folder in front of her. Sasuke cleared his throat, already annoyed that he was waked up in the middle of the night. Tsunade looked up and glared at Sasuke for a few seconds for being impatient.

"Sasuke, stand." Tsunade said and Sasuke followed his order. The Hokage sighed deeply, and sweep back a strand of hair in her face.

"I guess you're wondering why I summoned you here." Tsunade said, Sasuke frowned.

"Something along those lines. What is it Hokage-sama, you seem… worried." Sasuke said, noticing the almost tired look, that he figured came with just being Hokage in general. Tsunade nodded.

"Tsunade is fine Sasuke. But yes I'm worried… there was sights of you're bother near Death Valley. It seems they were heading to a village near there. Some Genin were coming back from a mission and reported seeing them." Tsunade said and watched Sasuke carefully. The Uchiha fisted his hands together, but calmly let them lose.

"So what? I do not want to find my bastard of a brother right now, I want to find Naruto." Sasuke said, almost sounding desperate at the end. Tsunade nodded, looking completely saddened by the name of her favorite kid.

"Yes, but Itachi is also looking for Naruto. It's the only thing we've got, if Itachi is near Death Valley, then maybe he got word that Naruto is there somewhere." Tsunade explained and Sasuke looked at her with wide eyes. If they were too late, Itachi would take Naruto quicker than they could blink, they both knew it.

"I want you guys to leave earlier, Kakashi, Sakura, Sai, Kiba, Hinata, and Shino are going along with you." Tsunade said, Sasuke frowned.

"Isn't that a large number?" Sasuke asked, Tsunade nodded.

"Yes it is. But this is no ordinary mission. It's a search mission, a larger number the faster you'll find him." Tsunade said. Sasuke nodded not quite understanding but also not wanting to argue with the Hokage at this hour at least. Their earlier talk wasn't so great.

-------Flash Back----------

Sasuke walked right in after the Anbu, not waiting for anyone else. Tsunade looked up, surprised to see Sasuke walking into her office. Then she watched as he came up to the desk and slammed his hands on the desk.

"Did you know that the Anbu you assigned to me, failed to tell me Naruto was missing?!" Sasuke all but yelled at her. Tsunade looked sad for a second before becoming angry and standing up.

"I did not, and you know it Sasuke." Tsunade yelled back. Sasuke flinched slightly, but only slightly, before glaring at her again.

"Well he didn't! I could have been looking for him damn it!" Sasuke said and pounded his fist on the table once again. Tsunade understood why Sasuke was angry, she did. She shot a glare to the Anbu in the room and he stepped back some from the intense stare she was supporting.

"Sasuke, I understand how you feel. I too feel the loss of Naru-" Tsunade said but didn't get to finish as Sasuke snapped up and glared at her.

"You make it sound as if he's dead! He's not, I know he's not. How can you let the villagers talk about him like that too? Letting them get away with calling him a demon, good for nothing monster, its sick." Sasuke said the last words were spat out of his mouth as if tainted in something venomous. Tsunade glared at him.

"It's not like I can tell them to stop talking Sasuke. They all know what'll happen if someone goes too far. If someone says something in front of his friends. If not, then they do by now. And right now, claiming he's dead may be the best thing for now." Tsunade said with sad eyes. Sakura gasped in the background as Sasuke glared harder at her.

"And whys that?" Sasuke hissed out. Tsunade sat back down and sighed.

"Naruto's been gone for two years. No one has, seen, or heard from him. We found his headband, and a few pieces of torn clothing. But nothing else, it's as if he disappeared. The elders want to classify him as an S-Class Criminal because of the Nine-Tails. He can't stay as a missing nin forever." Tsunade pleaded with the Uchiha who stood in front of her.

"We won't have too, if the stupid prick had told me earlier he wouldn't be a missing Nin. I'll find him; you can count of that Tsunade. I'll fill out a whole mission report on Orochimaru and have it to you my tomorrow-" Sasuke said but she shook her head.

"Don't bother… I don't care about the mission reports at the moment, unless there is something that could affect Konoha which I doubt you can tell me in person. For now, just go home, rest, and wait for Kakashi to find you." Tsunade said. Sasuke seemed a little pissed but nodded and left. After he stepped a few feet out the door, Sakura following they heard yelling from the room. Sasuke smirked when he heard a crash, and felt the tower shake. Sakura giggled next to him as they continued as if nothing had happened.

--------End of Flash Back----------

He stepped out of the room and grabbed his bag by the door. Lifting it up on his shoulder he disappeared to the front gate where the team was waiting patiently for him. Sasuke gave them a slightly wave, and Kiba grinned at him, Hinata gave a shy smile, Shino nodded, and the other three all smiled at him, even if one seemed almost… fake.

"You ready Sasuke?" Kakashi asked as the older man shifted his bag around on his shoulders. Sasuke tightened the strap of his black cloak, and made sure he had all his weapons on him before nodding. Sakura smiled at him, it was still a little uncomfortable around him, but now she knew he hadn't really betrayed them. She just hoped they could convince Naruto of that, if they found him. Sakura shook her head at that thought, it wasn't right to think those thoughts.

"Let's go." Sasuke said and walked out the gate. Everyone grinned at that and followed quickly. They too, were ready to start looking for Naruto. It had been mostly Anbu looking for Naruto. The rookie nine was sure that they didn't even look for him, or he would have been found by now. Kakashi had been sent out once or twice, but it was no where near where they were going. All of rookie nine is being put into search teams today, Ino's team are going out near sand, and Gai's team who they considered good friends now where being sent near Earth. They just hoped they would find Naruto soon, before the advisors do something harsh.

They quickly took to the tree tops, Kiba and Akamaru in front, Sasuke right behind them. Sakura, Kakashi, Shino, and rounding up the rear was Hinata who was to be on look out. Their first stop was the village closest to the valley where Naruto was last scene. They'd go on from there depending on what they find. It was clearly annoying for Sasuke, he just wanted to find Naruto, and find him now. He couldn't believe he had been kept that type of information from him. It royally pissed him off, and he knew he would have left Orochimaru to find Naruto. And he knew that was the reason why the Anbu didn't tell him. As they jumped from tree tops to tree tops, memories flashed past him.

---------------Flash Back------------------

"What's this dobe?" Sasuke asked as he held the blue crystal pendant that was still around the blonde's neck. Naruto looked down at Sasuke and grinned as he took the pendant in his hand.

"It's the necklace of the first! I won it off of the old hag!" Naruto said the memory of his fight with Kabuto still fresh in his mind. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the blonde.

"Oh, and how's that?" Sasuke asked.

"You see, I have this cool new move, right? And the old hag said I wouldn't be able to master it! So we made a bet, if I mastered the move in a week I got the necklace, and she'd recognize me of becoming Hokage! But if I lost, she was right, and she got to keep my foggy." Naruto said excitedly. Sasuke shook his head at the new move, the blonde had gotten another move from the old pervert.

Naruto sat down next to him. They were currently in the hospital room. Tsunade had healed Sasuke from the fight with Itachi. She had also healed Kakashi, but said healing Lee would be harder, and it was best if he stopped being a ninja. It was harsh, and Naruto was pretty crushed, but Tsunade was still looking into it. She pretty much made, finding a way to fix Lee, would either make her Hokage, or if she couldn't she wouldn't take the job. Which made the blonde mad, so he was in Sasuke's room, Sakura was with Lee.

"So how long will it be until you get out of here?" Naruto asked as he scooted the chair closer to the Uchiha who was sitting up against the back of the white bed. Sasuke sighed but did a small shrug.

"Not sure." Sasuke said. Inside he was burning up at the fact that Naruto had learned a new move, it made him made to some level. It meant Naruto was getting stronger, and getter farther towards his goal, while he was stuck in bed rest. Naruto smiled sadly.

"Don't worry Teme, Tsunade said you'd be back up and moving quickly! It's in you're gene's you just don't like to lie down." Naruto explained. Sasuke smirked slightly at the sentence, but didn't want to mess with the blonde today. He was too tired to some point, Sakura was here earlier, and she really tired him out more then the blonde.

"Yeah, thanks." Sasuke said. He was backing back up in that shell. He hated that shell, whenever he started to think, he'd back up into it. He knew there was something about Naruto, the blonde made him want to jump up and down and scream. Did he? No. His Uchiha pride wouldn't let him. But it made him want to, and that scared him more than anything. So he teased the blonde instead, and they rivaled, but that didn't mean they couldn't sit and have a somewhat normal conversation.

Sasuke gripped the sheets in his hand. It was useless, he tried to stop them, but they kept coming. Those thoughts, which almost didn't seem like his. He knew it was because of the curse seal. He wondered why his brother wanted Naruto. Onyx eyes shifted to the blonde who was staring around him and out the window, it was a perfect view of Konoha. The sheet's gripped harder. His brother was after Naruto, but what for? What did Naruto have that Itachi wanted?

"Why?" Sasuke asked. Bright blue eyes looked to Sasuke's pained face and the grin that was on the blonde's face feel.

"Why does he wa-" That was all Sasuke got out, for in came the pink annoyance known as Sakura.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura squealed and walked over, a plate of food in her hand. Naruto quickly got out of the chair beside him and went to the foot of the bed. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched, Sakura just had to come in and bug him did she? It must be a curse, a curse of the pink haired annoyance, known as Sakura. There should be theme music whenever she entered a room. You know that type of music when the teenager is left alone in the movies, and something is creeping up behind them. Yeah, that type of music.

"Hi Naruto, you came to see Sasuke-kun too?" Sakura asked, but her voice wasn't really as high pitched as it had been. Naruto grinned slightly.

"Of course, he's my teammate isn't he Sakura-Chan?" Naruto asked innocently. Sakura smiled slightly at him, she was beginning to open up to him more, although she still found him slightly annoying, she knew he wasn't all annoying. Her attention went back to Sasuke after a few seconds.

"I brought you food." Sakura said and picked up an orange, she started to peel it. Sasuke went to argue, but just his mouth. It was useless to argue with her, she'd get her way either way. But he couldn't help that annoyance in his gut, he knew he didn't truly mean it, she wasn't that annoying, and it was because of the curse seal. He hated the curse seal, sure it gave him power, but it was evil, and he hated it.

"Thanks." Sasuke chocked out, he didn't let any emotion on his face to show he was grateful or anything. He looked to Naruto who was looking outside the window again, the onyx eyes shifted to what Naruto was looking at. It was the Hokage statue's again, the Uchiha boy found the blonde boy staring at the statue's a lot. Sasuke smirked slightly, it had to do with the boy's goal.

Which he was getting closer to, almost everyday. And here was he, who was sitting pathetically in bed, getting fed by a pink haired annoyance. The bed sheets gripped again in his fists as he thought about where he was, compared with Naruto. Sasuke lowered his head, and pushed the thoughts back, they weren't his, he was happy for his friend, he was happy he had friends who cared for him. He didn't want to give that up, ever.

-------------Flash Back-----------------

Sasuke smiled at the memory, that was the time he was able to fully push back the curse seal. Even if he had an episode a few days after, that was the beginning. That was the reason Tsunade had let him go to Orochimaru, because he was able to overcome the curse seal. It was all because of Naruto, and Sasuke wanted to be able to thank the blonde. He would thank the blonde, no matter what. Sasuke's speed picked up some, coming right up next to Kiba and Akamaru, who smirked slightly at him.

"We'll find him Sasuke. Don't worry." Kiba assured him, Sasuke nodded. They would find Naruto, if it was the last thing Sasuke did. He would find the dobe.

(1) - This is a spanish song! It was in the Cheeta Girls Two! lol, it's a laluby! I love it though!

(2) - In Beyond Worlds I use Mage Sharingan, this time I will not shorten it, and I'm going with more of the anime then the manga!

Me: I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Itachi: I still see no reason for me being here.

Me: Shut it Uchiha! I want you here, and that's that!

Itachi: (Sigh) Whatever.

Me: Thank you. Now don't forget to review people! REVIEW!

Itachi: Bye.