Chapter started: 11:42 PM 6/23/2007
Chapter finished: 9:43 PM 10/7/2007
Chapter Posted: 7:10 AM 10/10/2007
Chapter re-written/edited started: 12:26 PM 11/21/2009
Chapter re-written/edited finished: 2:12 PM 11/21/2009
Chapter re-posted: 7:02 PM 8/14/2010
Chapter re-written/edited beta-d: 8:31 PM 12/8/2009
Edit A/n: HOLY SHIT IT'S BEEN OVER TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE EVEN LOOKED AT THIS CHAPTER. And I got to say it sucks. Plain out. Wow a lot has changed, I'm a lot more depressed, I hate Carmello, I got written up because my Grandmother died the year I first posted this chapter (a month after actually), and I got my job that I dislike. Yeah a lot has changed for both the good and the bad, but I'm still me, of course a better me, but still me. I'm still happy when I get reviews telling me to keep it up, and I'm still happy when I get a new book. I'm still sad when my laptop crashes, and when my friends tell me I'm an idiot.
But the thing that makes me the most happy is that I accomplished what I wanted to, and that was to improve my writing, so that I didn't write another chapter like this crap-tastic one that shall now be edited. Please enjoy! 3
A/n: I'm Bored. Miranda's still not back. But still, I got cheered up when I saw all of the reviews you guys left for me on some of my other stories! I love you All! I'll finish them as soon as I can!
Oh and /~/flashback begin&\~\flashback end + Dei's 6 years older than Naru-chan (Like Itachi is to Sasu-kun in the anime) + Dei won't keep saying Un after every sentence, because that'll be to annoying in this story, and I hate typing that, Kay?
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Chapter 3 (I don't know...)
Hidden Past
/~/ "Naru-kun, you should be in bed by now! What are you still doing up?" asked (more like demanded...) an older blonde, while he was rubbing his eyes.
"Ah! Nii-san I couldn't sweep." The tiny blond rubbed his eyes, making his eyes water in an adorable way! (1) His tiny mouth opened in a yawn.
The older blonde's heart skipped a beat, and he grabbed Naruto and hugged him, crying out, "AWWW, Naru-kun you're soooo key-oot!" He pulled back after a few minutes and then stated, "Still that doesn't answer my question." His blue-green eyes searched the younger ones, waiting for an answer.
"But Nii-san, I was wooking for mommy! Do you know where mommy is?" asked Naruto, looking afraid. The older one sighed, thinking about what to say. Naruto was frightened by the silence and because of this, he started to cry and tremble, "B-b-but, Dei-Niisan, w-wh-where's mo-mo-mommy? I WANT MY MOMMY!" The younger one's cries turned into sobs convulsing his tiny body.
Deidara looked taken aback, 'How do you tell a four year old that his mother left?' "Naru-kun, ummm... Okaa-san's gone." He said, closing his eyes to hide the lies that threatened to take over. He softly pressed a kiss to his baby brother's forehead calming him.
"W-w-where?" asked Naruto. Still trembling, afraid of an answer he wouldn't know of.
"I don't know." Deidara admitted. 'Well,' He mused, 'It's not a total lie...'
"Then nii-san, can you sing me to sweep?" Deidara nodded, picking up Naruto and walking toward the room.
'''Hush my little child,
You shouldn't cry,
You should not have,
That look in your eyes,
Sadness and tears,
Don't sit well with fears,
Your heart is kind and precious,
So sleep tight,
My little child,
I'll protect you this night,
I'll keep you safe,
Warm and without fright,
I'll stay here 'till dawn,
Keeping nightmares far from you,
My little child,
Holding you in an endless embrace,
So hush my baby and don't cry,
With that fear in your eyes,
You'll be safe,
Here with me.''' (2)
"Here with me..." Deidara repeated looking at Naruto's sleeping form. He sighed, his own tears welling up in his eyes, 'Mother has a lot to explain to this child... if we ever see her again...' \~\
/~/"Naruto, Deidara," spoke a raven-haired man, seriously. Deidara noticed he didn't use his regular '-sama' after saying their names, 'Oh, no. What's happening now?'
"Yes, Kramer-san (3)? What's up?" asked Deidara in his regular slang. He was sixteen now.
"Sirs, Arashi-sama and Yuri-san (4), were killed upon leaving the opera house when their show was over (5)."
"WHAT?" yelled Deidara. Naruto looked broken, after all death was still very hard for the still innocent 10-year-old to comprehend.
"Nii-san, where's papa? Is he coming home soon?" Naruto asked as he shot his innocent questions that could be the hardest to answer, and they could be the most likely to break someone.
Tears gathered in Deidara's eyes, he said softly, "Naruto-kun, Dad died. He was killed. He won't be coming back."
Naruto's eyes gathered tears, "But, he said- Papa said-" He didn't finish his sentence as he broke down in tears.
"I know," He gathered Naruto into his arms. Kramer stood at both of their commands; Deidara motioned for him to leave. 'Naru-chan, my dear Naru-chan.' He sighed, softly as he let his tears run down his cheeks. Naruto was sobbing, and was reduced to a broken puddle. 'Naru-chan, my angel. I don't want you to get hurt any more.' He sighed, 'I wish you to never feel this much pain again. Maybe Kyuubi will help me in protecting you.
Deidara kept holding him till the light from the sun disappeared and the everlasting darkness of night crept in. 'I am so sorry my angel. I love you so much...'\~\
/~/"Deidara-nii, you're leaving? Why?" asked a 13-year-old blonde. He just came in from playing with his best friends, and spotted Deidara at the kitchen table with their grandmother. They both had apprehension-able looks on their faces, like they weren't sure how'd he react to this news.
"Naruto, the Akasuki has told me to go back to the land of waves, you should be able to survive," said the older blond, Deidara. 'The Akasuki, it figures, it's always them...'
'You should be used to people leaving you Naruto. I told you it was a matter of time before Deidara left you too. You're just unlovable,' spoke the old fox, deep within his cage.
With the laughter ringing in his mind, Naruto fake smiled and closed his beautiful blue eyes, "Okay, I'm used to watching you leave. I'll be fine. Kyuubi will keep me safe." With those parting words he turned and went up the stairs up to his room, completely forgetting about Kiba's invitation to play.\~\
/~/"Deidara, Are you coming back to Japan (6) soon?" asked the voice on the phone.
"No Naru I have to go to England in a few days and from there to France. I won't be back until the year after next," said Deidara. He was playing with the clay in his hand.
"Okay," Naruto said on the other side of the world. He closed his eyes blinking away the tears that threatened to come. He didn't need them to be showing themselves unnecessarily to his older brother. Instead he shook his head, ridding himself of those thoughts before continuing to draft the design of the Academy in Konoha.
There was an awkward moment of silence on both ends, as Naruto was distracted and Deidara was pondering asking about something he suspected.
Shrugging his shoulders he decided to ask, "Naru I heard about that new author, Kyuubi-sensei. You wouldn't have any idea about it would you?"
Naruto's pencil flew off the page, causing him to curse, "Shi- Yes, as a matter of fact I know all about it." He turned his pencil over to erase the stray mark, before deciding to add in something extra there instead.
"You drew attention to yourself. Why?" Deidara's eyes unconsciously darkened and narrowed with anger.
"No particular reason. I needed a little money. It was either that or become a whore. I'd like to keep my virginity thank you very much." The younger blonde shrugged, and kept at his duty.
(Awkward Silence)
"Naruto, how's grandma?" He decided to go into neutral territory, thinking the conversation was going to hell in a hand basket if they kept it up like that.
"Obaa-chan is doing great... Niisan. She wants you to come home soon," Naruto unconsciously let a pleading note into his voice, before smothering it. He really was getting good at that.
"I can't Naruto. Tell her I'm sorry." There was a pause before Deidara decided to change the subject once more, "Anyways, when's your birthday." His eyes widened when he heard an unmistakable snap on the other line.
"Dei, you forgot," Naruto said, staring at his pencil, willing it to spontaneously combust. His hand was starting to bleed from the grip he had on his former pencil.
"I forgot what?" True to his hair color he tilted his head, curious as to what he had forgotten.
"Last week was my fifteenth Birthday-" The line went dead.\~\
/~/"Deidara-kun you have a message!"
"Okay play it," spoke Deidara, making his famous bird shaped bombs.
"Uh, Deidara-nii, Grandmother died," said Naruto on the other line. He sounded nervous. "I am taking care of all of the funeral arrangements and I'll be moving to Konoha to attend the high school there. I'm going to be living with Tsunade baa-chan. You don't have to come but if you finally decide to take your head out of your ass and attend then, the funeral will be on the 17th of September. Call me if you do decide to attend. If you need to bring your partner. Laterz."
An explosion triggered in the basement.\~\
1-All right, if you have ever read the first volume of Ouran High School Host Club, then you should know what I'm talking about. Remember the scene when Hunny and Mori come in after Haruhi is forced to do all of the chores in the beginning, and Hunny, while explaining the reason they were late, says, "Sorry, I fell asleep while waiting for Takashi to finish practicing... Guess I'm still a little sleepy" To those girls, all the while he's rubbing his eyes making them water a bit.
2- I made this song up in nine minutes. But if not counting the time, I took to read another fan-fiction ("The Deal" by Spoon Ninja: A really cool fan-fic about KakaIru around the fourth episode, give or take. You should read it.) I took about... uhh let's say 6 minutes, a few more or less minutes then how much it really took. But anyways, some of the wording is kind of rude.
3- OC. A servant. Not really important at all.
4- Yuri is Arashi PA. Another OC. Neither is this one.
5- I made that sound like a date. But anyways, Naruto was rich and he really didn't have to go into that artisan world, but I'll give you his reasons later. Anyways, his father owns a company of some sort in France. They were on vacation in Japan when he died. Neither Naruto nor Deidara wished to go back to France so they just told Jiraiya, the Vice President for the company, to take over for now, until Dei would be able to take over from him.
6- Alright let's pretend Japan is divided up into the countries. Just like in the anime. The land of waves is somewhere around Okinawa kay? Konoha is near Tokyo and the second biggest metropolis in the area. Suna is a Day's trip by car away and sound is further.
A/n: I really have nothing to say.
Edit A/n: Now I do... I hoped you enjoyed this chapter re-done. I really did enjoy editing them. 3 please review... 3
-Should I finish Naruto's scene in the Elevator. And add in a little fluff for SasuNaru?