Decision Made

By: Silverwolf

Madara steps into his office with a slight smirk upon his face. The older Uchiha had made plans for someone to find his nephews. The price asked had been quite a decision. But Madara soon decided that only Itachi was needed to learn the family business. Since the day Itachi was born he was dubbed a prodigy. Sasuke was hardly a comparsion in Madara's opinion. Losing the 'weaker' of the pair wasn't going to be very troubling.

The problem was Itachi would never just 'give' someone his brother. How to separate the pair was the question? The older Uchiha steps out of his office towards the servants of his home. "Prepare a room suitable for Itachi." One of the servants looks at Madara, "and the younger boy?" The male wrinkles his nose. "I've made other arrangements for him. However, I haven't had the time to make such prepartions for Itachi. So he will have to spend some time here while I make such prepartions."

The servants of the house nod lightly. None of them dare to ask what Madara arranged for the youngest child of Fugaku Uchiha. It was possible he would just place them both into a boarding school and never look at them again. Madara wasn't the type to trouble himself over others. That had never been his style of doing things.

~[X]~

Orochimaru moves through the halls of his compound. Several are gathered along the side of the hall. Orochimaru had trained all of them since they were quite young. "Tayuya, you and Karin will begin the search. If you get near then either get me that boy or make sure you get help." The pair of redheads nod. "Yessir." Both females are swift to move from the hall. A platinum blonde sits along a shelf in the hall. Orochimaru smirks, "Kimimaro, I didn't think you'd still be awake." The blonde shrugs lightly, "tell me how old is he?" Orochimaru smirks, :always to the point my boy. He is eight." The blonde nods a moment and slides from the shelf to the floor silently. Orochimaru tilts his head, "where are you headed?" Kimimaro turns lightly, "with Tayuya. She's an adult, I'm not. It's possible I'd be trusted over her."

Orochimaru nods, "quite true. Hard to believe my best is only ten." Kimimaro shrugs, "regardless I can handle things. After all I've been prepared for this since I could walk." Orochimaru nods. "Bring me back the boy. Don't harm the teen; he's to be turned over to my client." Kimimaro nods, "understood." A second platinum blonde slips into the hallway. "What do I get to do?" Orochimaru looks at the older platinum blonde, "for now I'll leave you to 'hunt' those boys. Prepare yourself a team. See who gets closer, the girls or you. And Suigetsu, don't kill the teen to bring me back the boy." The second blonde makes a face wrinkling his nose in the process, "whatever you say."

Orochimaru looks at Suigetsu, "I mean what I said. If the teen comes back harmed I don't get to keep the boy." Suigetsu looks at the pale skinned male, "Aye-aye captain." The sarcastic tone the blonde states a lot about his opinion.

~[X]~

Itachi lies curled up under a pile of blankets. Sasuke lies curled up along a bed. Itachi used the original bundle to wrap Sasuke up. The boy sleeps a bit restless. Konan shakes her head lightly. "Sorry to say you two can't stay here very long."

Negato nods, "mostly because you two have been plastered all over the news. Every damn channel is running your story. I'm really sorry for what happened to your mother. And no offense but your father deserved every bit of what happened to him." Itachi looks at the redhead, "none taken. Mostly because it's true."

Yahiko looks at the pair, "sleep for now. I'm not sure if you'll be able to sleep once you're out of here." The ginger headed male watches as Konan kisses the younger boy on the forhead. Despite the fact she hears the boy whimper for his mother Konan smiles a bit. "You are just too cute. I really wish I had my life together enough to 'keep' you."

Yahiko and Negato look at Konan, "sis, the whole 'mommy' thing won't work right now. The most we can do for them is give them a place to sleep and food until we figure out the rest." Konan watches the teen a moment. "I think he's also still trying to figure things out." Negato nods, "for now our help will give him some more time." Konan nods lightly. Yahiko leaves the room as Chibi enters. "say good night Chibi. Then let them sleep."

A/N: And now we've made it to chapter four. Thanks for reading. Reviews are welcomed. Hopefully I'm not boring anyone to death yet.

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