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Naruto stared at his brother's emotionless face. The redhead sitting Indian style on the flushed beige carpet, of his little brother's bedroom. Naruto wore his favorite orange pajamas, while Kyuubi wore sweat pants and a sky blue shirt. His long red locks, were tied in a tousled bun on the top of his head; eliciting a few strands of hair to fall loose playfully. They were currently playing a game of Uno, when Kyuu's eyes narrowed in rage—a rage Naruto'd never seen before, which bothered him greatly. "Kyuu, you okay?" He asked, watching the redhead hesitantly nod his head. The 16-year-old trying the best he could to repress the twitching of his eyebrow. Naruto knew that gesture all too well—anyone who knew Kyuu, knew that it didn't lead to anything pleasant.
"Naru, I'm fine...Really." He smiled, pushing his index finger against the 11-year-old's forehead; all while displaying an artificial smile. "I've never felt better." Kyuubi rose from the floor, placing a quick peck on his brother's head before rushing out the room. Naruto reached out to grab his brother, but his arm wasn't long enough to stop Kyuubi.
"Brother...please...come back." Naruto mused to himself, squaring his shoulders as he hunched over his bent knees. He closed his eyes, and drowned in the sound of his brother's rampage. The house shook on its foundation, the walls cracked, and the floorboards snapped.
Kyuubi wasn't always this angry, but what changed him?
~3~
Friday Continued.
"Naruto?..." Azure eyes shot up from the food, that he had been subconsciously forking for the pass 5 minutes. The blonde forced a smile, and stared into Mikoto's concerned eyes. Sasuke frowned at him, elegantly placing a piece of chicken in his mouth; before returning to stare at his rival. Kushina slightly glared at the boy, her eyes daring him to make a fool out of their family. "...You okay, dear? Is the food unpleasant?" He shook his head to assure her otherwise.
"No, Mrs. Uchiha, the food is delightful. Just thinking about some things." She nodded understandingly, eating her food, as Kyuu turned and smiled at her.
"Minato, I hear you're in the nomination for federal court, tell me how's it working out for you. Being a senator and all?" Mikoto inquired. Gracefully, she sliced her roast in half and took a bite of food. Minato smiled slightly, his eyes trained on her. Mikoto looked back just as happily, averting her gaze towards Kushina when she rested her hand upon her own.
"Everything is wonderful, Mikoto. I'm currently writing my resignation speech for the Senate, and hopefully the president calls me soon." Minato took a sip of his drink that dripped in condensation. "It's always been a fantasy of mine, to fight against those who have committed horrific crimes. Something about having someone else's life in my hands, is so wonderful-"
"-It's a very hard job, Minato." Fugaku abruptly announced. His eyes trained on his rival, with a slight smirk—one too small to be noticed by the other man. "You have to think clearly, and choose wisely..." He took a bite of his roast. "...there has been a few incidences where the federal court has wrongly convicted a man. And if their sentence is execution, well there's nothing we can do about that."
"I see. Has it happened to you before?" Fugaku shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly, before speaking again. His eyes hard with thought.
"If it's come to pass, we haven't received word of our insolence yet. I tend to by the breaking tie, which is a very tedious process. All the thinking, and consideration of both parts—pros and cons I mean. If I do convict someone, I try to lessen the sentence down a bit from death, if I feel that they're crime isn't too harsh. Which rarely is the case, since those who appear before federal court have all created inhumane crimes—from serial killings to serial rapes, and other cruel things." Minato nodded understandingly, whenever the man took a pause in his speech. He took in the words of wisdom, and accepted them humbly. Kushina occasionally spoke as well, and her questions where answered by the man who seemed highly uninterested with his work; but Fugaku was always like that. He was a very passive man, and hid emotions behind a mask of neutral feeling.
"Kushina, tell me, how have you been?" Mikoto asked her best friend, watching the other's eyes light up with wonder. Said Kushina grabbed her hand firmly, and smiled at the raven haired woman.
"Oh just wonderful, Mikoto. Raising two boys isn't all candy and gumdrops, but I'm good. Kyuu's grown up, and soon Naruto will too-"
"-Oh yes! I remember when Kyuu use to run around my home all the time, playing video games with Itachi." The raven haired man looked over at his former friend, watching Kyuu briefly glance in his direction, before turning his attention back to his plate. "This was before, they started dating and doing other th-"
"-So Ma...How have you been holding up, these pass 4 years? Haven't talked to you in so long." Kyuubi abruptly interrupted. His emerald eyes meeting hers, as if pleading desperately to her not to speak of that in front of his parents. Mikoto was a very understanding woman, and during the time of Kyuu's and Itachi relationship they did sometimes that his parents didn't know about. Kyuu wasn't a virgin when he met Itachi, nor was the raven. However they frequently had sex in the Uchiha's bedroom—beginning at the age of 13 or 14; ending at 17 when their relationship ended. There had only been one time when, Mikoto walked in on the two having sex, and quickly afterwards (when she left out, and let the boys finished, if they ever did), she sat them both down together and talked about sex with them.
She gave Itachi a box of condoms, and told him that he was coming to that age and needed to know the pros and cons. She wasn't all the way pleased with her son having sex at such a young age, but she knew he was growing up and needed to support him through anything. To this day, Minato and Kushina never knew the two had a sexual relationship, until they turned 17; which wasn't something they worried about since Kyuu was definitely of age then. But if they knew, Kyuu was having sex with Itachi so young in age, they would've broken the raven's penis off and glued Kyuu's ass cheeks closed.
"-I should be asking you that question. It's like you disappeared off the face of the earth, and left me behind for 4 years." Itachi shot his mother a look, all while squeezing Deidara's inner thigh. It was obvious his family had something planned, since they sat him right across from Kyuu. Sasuke to his left, and Deidara to his right. So far things were pleasant. They ate and had a normal conversation, but Itachi did in fact enjoy the view of watching Kyuu struggle to scoop up his beans with only one hand. Also, the determination in those emerald eyes, turned him on slightly—but he quickly pushed the thoughts away. It was always the simplest things that the redhead did that drove his hormones overboard.
Fugaku silently ate, occasionally stealing a glance or two of his guest, but mainly of Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze. Deidara refrained from speaking. After finding out that Kyuu was Itachi's former lover, he instantly went mute, and didn't utter a single word whenever Itachi tried to speak with him. The blonde could care less if Kyuu had dated the raven—he was dating Itachi now, and he loved him. After 2 years of dating, it was safe to say Itachi wouldn't dare leave him.
"I didn't necessarily leave you behind, Ma..." Kyuu spoke after several minutes of contemplation, while swirling his spoon around in his green beans. Itachi slightly smirked upon seeing that. He knew Kyuu hated green beans, and it was quite cute to see that the old habit hadn't died. "...It's just, after I left for college, I didn't want anymore ties with my past." Mikoto stared at the redhead, her onyx eyes glowing with sorrow. "Not that you're bad or anything, Ma. I love you!" Kyuubi reassured, smiling at the woman who smiled back. "I just felt like, I didn't need to stay attached to Itachi in anyway-"
"-Speaking with my mother, has nothing to do with me, Kyuu." Itachi abruptly answered, eliciting the redhead to shoot him a glare. He shrugged his shoulders and scoffed. "If anything, I find it quite amusing that you're that comfortable around my mother-"
"-No one was speaking to you, bastard." Kyuubi growled out, eliciting Minato to shoot him a pleading stare. Naruto ate his food in silence, his heart pounding against his chest at the accumulating tension building up in the dinning hall. Azure eyes scanned the entire table, until they rested on Obitio's intent stare. He gave Naruto the infamous Uchiha smirk, licking his lips slightly before looking away. Obito sat next to Mikoto, eating hesitantly while enjoying the scene of a certain blonde. Naruto felt slightly appalled, that is until Obito slammed his clenched fist on the table.
"I think the 'Bicycle' is needed!" Obito stated nonchalantly. Itachi chuckled under his breath, before looking over at Dei, who frowned.
"...Uncle Obito, you're very inappropriate." Itachi shot back playfully.
"-We're all adults here. I didn't teach you the 'Bicycle' for nothing. It very stress reliving, you of all people should kn-"
"-The Bicycle? What's that?" Kushina inquired, quirking up her eyebrow in curiosity. Kyuubi blushed, and looked away. God, why was that fool talking about sex right now?! It was turning him on slightly, as he thought of all the times Itachi used that move on him.
"Yeah!" Obito exclaimed again. "...It's when you lift your legs in the air as wide as you can, and Minato here, holds them like handle bars while—" Itachi coughed awkwardly, shaking his head in disapproval, and Obito went silent. Kyuubi face palmed himself, as Minato choked on his drink, before glaring at Obito. Fugaku shook his head in disapproval as well, sending his little brother a stern look of displeasure.
"There are minors here, Obito." Fugaku growled out in disgust. "Even if they weren't here, it's very inappropriate to speak of such things at the dinner table-"
"-It's not like Itachi never used it on Kyuu before." Onyx and emerald eyes shot open at Obito's sudden retort.
"What?!" Deidara exclaimed, glaring at Itachi who smirked knowingly. "Is that why you want do that with me?!" Everyone gawked, but Itachi simply ignored him. "You've been using that position on him..." He pointed an accusing finger at Kyuu, who worried his bottom lip. "...but not with me? Why?-"
"-Deidara, now is not the time for this. I will not entertain these people with my private life; because what I've done and what I do now is none of their concern." Dei pouted.
"Yeah, more like who you fucked then and who you're screwing now."
"You bastard!" Kyuu exclaimed, eliciting everyone to gawk at him—well everyone except Itachi, Sasuke, Obito, and Fugaku. Mainly the Uchiha men to put it short. Fugaku seemed quite amused at the scene unfolding before him, yet his eyes stayed trained on his food as he ate. He rarely spoke, unless asking for condiments, or talking cordially about federal court with Minato.
"C'mon, Kyuu..." Obito finally spoke up. His devious smile, meeting Kyuu's twitching eyebrow. "...You of all people, know Itachi quite well. He's stubborn, and very intimidating-"
"-I beg to differ." Deidara shot back, earning a side glance from Itachi, which didn't go unnoticed by Kyuu.
"What's the hell that's suppose to mean?!" The redhead shouted, eliciting Mikoto to plead for him to calm down. She loved Kyuubi, and only wanted the best for him, but in his current state he wasn't capable of fighting. Naruto grabbed his brother's wrist, watching how quick Kyuu snatched his arm away and glared at his person. His emerald eyes burned with anger, and Naruto immediately knew there was no stopping this rage. It reminded him of the time back when they were kids playing Uno in his bedroom; only bad things would come from this. Itachi snorted, squeezing Deidara's thigh once more. Obito sat back and watched the fireworks—Sasuke continuously glaring and/or staring at Naruto, who tried to calm his own older brother. "You know nothing about that prick, like I do. I have so much dirt on him, I could easily ruin his career. So don't let that Uchiha fool you, dude. I'm your worse nightmare." Kyuubi retorted. His eyes zoomed in on Deidara, who seemed highly unimpressed.
"Please...As if. I've been with Itachi for 2 years now. I don't need to fall for your childish shouting match, I know what's mine and what I need to do to keep him." Kyuu bared his teeth.
"So you're saying, I couldn't keep my boyfriend-"
"-Obviously you couldn't, if he's sleeping with me every night." Kyuubi shot up from his chair, his right arm slamming hard upon the polished wooden table, while leaning forward for support. His nostrils pumped out bursts of air—hot steams of breath, as his eyebrow continued to twitch. Kushina frowned, her emerald eyes averting between Minato's narrowed ones, and Mikoto's bewildered gaze.
"Kyuubi, sit down." Minato demanded. His cerulean orbs, slowly turning towards Fugaku who shook his head languidly.
"Let them be, Minato. It's quite evident, Kyuu has a few issues that he hasn't overcome after all these years. Usually I don't condone such behavior at the table, however..." The man looked over at the taut redhead, his eyes intently calculating his person. "...I feel he needs to get everything off his chest, before we can truly move on from this."
"Father, what's left to say?" Itachi inquired innocently, while eating a piece of chicken. "We ended our relationship, four years ago. It's not like he still has feelings for me-"
"-Shut up, Itachi! You don't know I damn thing about me!-"
"-So your admitting that you do?" Itachi calmly asked. His onyx eyes twinkling as they looked at his former boyfriend. "Because, in all honesty, I feel nothing for you Kyuu. Our relationship was doomed from the start-"
"-Then why did we stay together for so long?! If you didn't care about me, why the hell did you stay?!-"
"-The sex was great, and I couldnt give that up." Kyuu's eyes widened at the newly made statement. Everyone stared. The room fell silent. A thickening atmosphere of tension completely choked the life out of the room. Obito dropped his silverware, smirking deviously as Kyuu convulsed in front of them. His eyes bore into Itachi, who stared back just as passive as ever.
Was that it?! Was he just a fuck for Itachi?! He'd wasted 6 years of his fucking life, just being a measly form of release for the other man?!
"So all those times..." Kyuu croaked out. His bangs hiding his enraged eyes behind them. They'd fallen loose from his bun, a while ago, but now he was quite pleased to know that they had fallen. The redhead didn't want anyone to see, the frustrated tears swelling up in his eyes. He clenched his fist tighter. "...All those times you said, 'you loved me' or 'that we'd stay together forever'..." Emerald eyes shot up. A twisted rage no one had ever seen was now plastered on his face. A contorted smile curled up the redhead's lips, and an unnatural throbbing temple beat against the side of his head. Itachi mentally winched at the sight before him, but he squeezed Deidara's thigh even the more. "...Itachi Uchiha, I'll kill you and your little fuck toy-"
"-Evidentially you were the fuck toy." Deidara mused under his breath, failing to acknowledge the fist heading his way until it was too late. A crack filled the air, while Deidara flew back from his seat, barely having enough time to recover from the punch, before the wounded man was on him like white on rye. He repeated pummeled the blonde with a deadly right hook, straddling him while Deidara begged for mercy and fought back. Itachi wasn't quick enough.
"Kyuubi!"
"Shit!"
"Kyuu, stop!" He blanked out, punching the blonde continuously as he released the years of hatred and rage he'd stored inside. No matter how quick Itachi rushed over towards the two, he just didn't feel quick enough. Obito rushed along side him, Naruto close behind. Itachi snaked his arm around Kyuubi, yanking the man off his boyfriend, as Deidara threw 4 bone shattering punches against Kyuu's face and arm. The raven dragged his former boyfriend away, gritting his teeth as Kyuu thrashed and kicked him violently.
"GET YOUR FUCKING HANDS OFF ME!" Kyuu demanded. Viciously thrashing and fighting against the raven the best he could. Angry tears trickling down his face profusely. "I FUCKING HATE YOU, ITACHI! I HATE YOU AND THAT FUCK TOY OF YOURS!-"
"-Kyuubi, that's enough!" Minato exclaimed, stalking towards the raven and redhead but Itachi kept him away. He turned the other man around, and pulled him into a steady hug. The redhead slamming his right fist against his chest as hard as he could. Itachi held him, all while his eyes rested on Deidara's hunched person. The blonde clutching his nose desperately, while Mikoto rushed off to grab some towels.
"I-I...I'll kill you, Itachi. I swear, imma gonna kill you." He cried, limply banging his fist against the other's chest. Itachi stared down at the man in his arms, before looking over at Deidara.
He couldn't have them both. He had to choose which one, but with the weight of his pride pressing down on his shoulders...He'd already chosen his love...
Deidara, was all he needed right now.
Whatever, he and Kyuu use to have was long gone, but he knew no matter how much he tried to fight the urge—his love for Kyuubi would never leave.
Naruto turned to see his brother crying in the raven's arms, while Itachi stared down at Deidara with a sympathetic look. A look Naruto hadn't seen since the day, he made a promise to never leave Kyuubi behind. Naruto knew his brother would never forgive the raven, and he doubted if he'd ever accept his apology. But he also knew Itachi had only lied to keep from his new boyfriend antagonizing him. Naruto could see the love he felt for Kyuu, whenever the other man had come around him—that much was undeniable.
Itachi stilled cared about Kyuu, and vice versa. It would just take some time for both to see that—but it would definitely be one hell of a wait.
For the remainder of dinner, everyone sat in silence, barely speaking to anyone unless to ask for assistance of any kind. Kyuu stared emotionlessly at his plate, while Itachi escorted Deidara away towards his room. If it hadn't been for Itachi, he would've beat the man until he stopped breathing; however Kyuu felt bad, but he wouldn't admit it to Itachi or that Deidara guy. He felt bad because, all that anger was directed towards Itachi, but either way—they were both dead to him, and Kyuubi was going to make that raven haired bastard pay. Naruto continued to occasionally stare, at his brother but the more he stared; the more Kyuubi seemed to change.
All Naruto wanted more than anything, was to have his old brother back.
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"Deidara, listen to me." Itachi abruptly spoke after several minutes of silence. He stood before the blonde, who was currently rubbing the bandages around his nose. Thankfully they could alter the images at his photo shoot tomorrow, so the bandages wouldn't appear. Itachi paced the floor, his eyes trained on Deidara as he laced his fingers through his loose hair. He should've known this would happen. The blonde now wore one of Itachi's favorite shirts, and shorts. After staining his white turtleneck with blood, Deidara took a shower upstairs and tended to his nose. "Kyuubi, has been through a lot, and it's very embarrassing to see you flaunt our relationship like that in front of him-"
"-But—" Itachi stuck up his hand to silence the blonde.
"Kyuu and I were together for six years—we started innocently dating at the age of nine. And what I mean by that, is playing pretend boyfriend and girlfriend—it was a game we use to play. Until I slowly developed feelings for him, around the age of 12." Deidara looked up at his boyfriend in awe, while Itachi rested against his dresser and sighed. "We've known each other since we could remember, and I swore he was the only one for me." Onyx eyes narrowed. "But that is not the case anymore..." He looked at Deidara who pursed his lips and watched. "...We began a sexual relationship at 14- both of us having had sex a couple of times before-"
"-Itachi, save the details to yourself, I don't wanna know about-"
"-You will listen to it all!" Itachi forced out, eliciting the man to shut his mouth instantly. "Kyuu trusted me, more than he trusted his own parents. I promised to protect him, and that's what I did." Deidara looked up, and the raven as he clenched his hands around the rigid edge of his dresser. Onyx eyes stared down at the flushed carpet under his feet, yet his mind rambled on and on. "I protected him the best I could that day. I should've been more aware of what was going on around me" Itachi mused to himself, before letting his eyes rest of Deidara who looked up in awe. the raven frowned.
"Was he hurt? What happened?" Itachi scoffed, lacing his fingers through his hair.
"That much, I can't say. I promised to die with that secret, and that's what I intend to do. If Kyuu wants you to know, he'll tell you. But I will not stand for that stunt you pulled in front of my family." Itachi spat out. His eyes narrowed in rage and displeasure. "They're use to Kyuu, because that's his character. But you...how dare you feed into that mess, and embarrass me like that. The squeezes on your thigh, weren't to edge you on—I did that to shut you up! Kyuubi, can and will ruin you!" Itachi exclaimed. Deidara flinched. He'd never seen Itachi get this upset with him before, and immediately he felt terrible. "Consider this your warning, Deidara. Stay away from Kyuubi, and I dare you to speak bad about him again—that's my job." Itachi made his way towards his personal bathroom inside his bedroom, coming to a brief halt in his task. "By the way, we're not having sex for the next month. Consider yourself cock blocked-"
"-But you're only hurting yourself!"
"Trust me, I have alternatives." With that, the raven closed the door with a slam.
Saturday.
Naruto sat alone in their home, and it was currently 3:45 in the afternoon on this fine Saturday. After Kyuu's explosive behavior yesterday at the dinner, their parents decided to take him back to his old anger management counselor. Even though he was injured, the redhead was still more than capable of taking Deidara down. Naruto lounged against his leather couch in the living room, cola in one hand and a rice ball in the other. Clad in sweatpants and a white t-shirt, he smiled at the television, languidly maneuvering his hand towards his mouth, taking a bite of the rice ball, straddling his legs slightly. The sunset elicited faint rays of sunlight to cascade through the open kitchen window towards the west of Naruto, but he just kept his transfixed gaze on Spongebob and Patrick upon the flat screen.
Why he found this show interesting was beyond him?
Sighing nonchalantly, the blonde carded his shaggy hair groaning when he noticed that his right palm was now empty of rice in ball form. Draping his arm over the back of the couch, he arched an eyebrow abruptly, glancing over his shoulder to at the clock to find that his family had been gone for some hours now. Naruto averted his gaze back towards the television when an abrupt knock on the front door, startled him. The 16-year-old groaned, his eyes narrowing in exasperation for having been interrupted from his favorite tv show of all time. A knock radiated from the door once more. "Coming!" He shouted back, opening to door to come face to face with Obito Uchiha. Azure eyes stared at the man in awe, while Obito smiled back. He wore a red t-shirt, a leather jacket, kaki pants, red and white Converse, and those same red goggles from yesterday were strapped on around his forehead. Onyx eyes twinkled with mischief. "H-Hi, Mr. Uchiha." The man choked down a laugh.
"Please, just call me Obito. Mister is too formal for us-"
"-Us?"
"Well, I was riding around town, when I thought about you from last night. And I was wondering if you'd like to go out for a milkshake tomorrow—or anything of your choice." Naruto rested against the door, his eyes intently watching the man for any possible schemes he had up his sleeves. "It's not a date or anything like that. Just a man, taking a young man out for a milkshake tomorrow. This is strictly cordial and business related."
"How?"
"Who do you think is going to interview you for the job offer?" The raven inquired playfully. "Fugaku told me about you after your family left yesterday, when dinner ended. He told me how he offered you the job as personal assistant to Itachi, and apparently I'm your interviewer." Naruto pondered on the situation, waiting for a while to finally give his answer.
"And you say, this is strictly business?"
"Yes. I may be wild, but I still have morals, Kid. I don't bite." Naruto sighed in defeat.
"Fine, we'll have this interview, but it needs to be where other people are. I need witnesses." Obito chuckled, and Naruto laughed soon afterwards.
"Yeah. I'll pick you up, at 5 tomorrow."
"Okay, five." Naruto repeated so it'd get stuck in his memory, before he closed the front door as Obito walked away, and sighed.
What the hell had he'd gotten into?
~Well, I didn't make the chapter as long as the last one, but I tried too. Thanks for reading, and hopefully this chapter was good for you all! Yay! Kyuubi beat up Deidara! Yay, Itachi stood up for Kyuu! Well, this chapter kinda revolved around Naruto, I tried to make it more Naruto centric—But it'll be more Naruto centric in the next chapter for sure.
Next chapter: Kyuubi has a heart to heart conversation with his counselor. Naruto goes for the interview.
Until next time...Follow, Favor, Review; do whatever you see for too! Peace!~
