Who Knew

Okay, guys this is a big chapter. It holds a lot of info near the end. So it's been four months since Naruto became a prisoner of….war? Eh, it'll work. This chapter we also find out the man who helped raise Naruto. This first bit is NOT a nightmare.

A slender man opened a steel door, watching with calculated eyes. Eyes of delight to an invention. He held the eyes of a scientist and destroyer. He killed something and brought it back to life.

And that something, at the moment, sat upon the floor lifting weights, a deep scowl on his face.

The first man sat in a chair before him. And although he knew the second man would not react to him, he still saw the suspicion in his eyes.

They sat quietly for a moment, the only sound being the heavy weight moving vertical in relation to the floor.

Finally, before the second man questioned, the first man spoke. "Who are you?"

The lifter stopped lifting and thought for a moment, realizing his test. "It doesn't matter who I am. What matters is my place on earth?"

The slender man smiled disgustingly sweet and nodded. "What are you?"

Another pause. "A weapon. I destroy what destroys. I will always be a weapon."

" Hm. And what is your purpose?

An additional hesitation, although the second man knew his answer. "To kill."

Kill what?

"What destroyed my life."

"And what destroyed it?"

This time, the answer came quickly. It was the only thing he knew how to hate. "Sasuke Uchiha."

"What will you do?" The first man asked in hidden amusement. He didn't want to anger this weapon for fear of being destroyed himself.

"Destroy him….by any means necessary."


Sasuke woke up in a cold sweat.

Another nightmare about Naruto being killed slowly. It had been four months and there were still no leads about the blond's location.

Out of the corner of his eye, Sasuke watched the broad silhouette of someone wrap around him, pulling him in close, making him hotter than he already was, yet unusually comfortable.

The silhouette kissed his sweaty forehead. "It's fine Sasuke. Just a nightmare. Sleep, baby." It was the voice of Naruto, so the raven closed his eyes and counted.

Because, by God,he wasn't crazy and Naruto wasn't dead yet.

When he opened his eyes, he was alone and now that his breathing had calmed down, Sasuke could hear the wheezing of his baby girl.

He checked her forehead and frowned, removing the covers from her heating body. In the dim light of morning, her bright blue eyes fluttered open.

"Mommy. I don't feel good." she whispered. And Saske believed her due to the fact that the only time she was quiet when she was sick. Naruto did that too.

Leaning down, the man kissed her forehead, going into his over-caring stage. "I know, baby. Yo know mommy's going to have to take care of you."

The three year old smiled. "Can I have some of your famous tea with honey?" The child coughed out.

Nodding, Sasuke kissed her head again, buried her in the covers and walked out. Not a moment after his departure, the man stopped outside of Shikamaru's door, hearing Neji's broken voice.

"I feel so horrible. I just can't stop thinking about it. I just keep having nightmares."

Shikamaru yawned. "It's fine, Neji. We all do."

"I know. But, I killed Danzo. I know that he was looking out for Naruto."

"Taking away Nashi and killing Sasuke wouldn't have helped Naruto, it would have broken him even more."

Sasuke closed his eyes at the thinking of Naruto and how much they meant to one another.


"You know I love you right?"

Sasuke turned to his fiancé with a raised brow. "Something you want to tell me?"

Blue eyes shined more than his smile. "Exactly that. I love you so much, I think I'm going to stay with you for infinity."

"That's crazy talk." The Uchiha teased.

"Nu-uh."

"Yu-huh." Sasuke bit back. Naruto leaned forward an kissed him


There was a soft sigh and sniffing. "I'm sorry for waking you like this. You seemed pretty shocked when you opened your eyes."

There was a moment of silence until a sheepish laugh. "Yeah. The way you shook me was how Naruto would when he needed to tell me something. For a second, I thought I saw him."

"Oh." Sasuke quickly walked to the kitchen, trying not to break down. While Nashi's tea would take little time, it would take some time for it to cool down. The man had time to spare, but time to spare would mean time to think.

Sasuke couldn't handle his thoughts. Not while Naruto's was being manipulated.

Searching around, Sasuke walked into the standard training room, which was only a large room with a fighting mat.

Hinata stood in the middle with a teenage boy-probably a new Akatsuki recruit- showing him a fighting stance she once showed Sasuke.

Itachi was the only other occupant of the room. He sat away from Hinata and the trainee, pretending to read.

Sasuke laughed a little and went to sit next to his brother. "Morning, Aniki." He whispered.

Itachi just hummed, choosing this moment to watch Hinata train the teen.

It was hard for her. Everytime she tried moving the boy's arms or told him to watch her own movement, he would stare at her and blush rapidly, trying to avert his eyes from her own pretty visage.

Sasuke couldn't blame the teen. Hinata was a very beautiful woman and extremely humble.

Each time the boy messed up when looking at her she only smiled in understanding, showing him that she was patient and accepted his mistakes.

After a moment, Itachi turned to his brother with a hint of a blush himself. "She is very graceful, isn't she?"

Sasuke smiled a bit, staring as his former trainer. "Of course. She trained me after father died. What? Are you trying to impress her?"

Itachi's face grew a deeper shade of red and he glared while attempting to look absolutely smug. "I, Itachi Uchiha, impress no one."

Sasuke only shook his head. "If tou-san could see us now."

At this small moment, Itachi's face went to his original color and his features grew an unwrinkled soft; however, Sasuke knew the man didn't hear his father part, but was instead thinking of something else.

The older man let out a small laugh of partial defeat and looked toward the ground. "Huh. Do you remember when I came to visit you and meet Naruto for the first time? And he did that two hour combat simulation to impress me?"

For the first time in months, Sasuke actually laughed, remembering how depressed Naruto was when he was placed into the infirmary and didn't get to speak with Itachi at all.

The older man laughed too. "He busted his leg even if he got through one hour and forty minutes of non-stop combat."

"I forgot to tell him that you said he was an excellent young man."

"And not only due to his status as Tsunade's top man, but also his ability to make you smile and laugh. I was impressed alright. Did he even know I was your brother?"

Sasuke shook his head. "Not until you came. He'd say 'the great Itachi Uchiha is your brother. I didn't notice, your last name always sounded like Uzumaki. Sasuke Uzumaki."

At this, the pale assassin frowned deeply, rubbing circles on Nashi's warm tea. Itachi placed a hand atop his brother's arm. "I'm sorry."

"It's not you. I just….I don't like talking about him like he's in the past. It's like we're predicting the future, like he'll never come back to us."

Before he could cry, Itachi stood with Nashi's tea and helped him up. "We aren't, Sasuke. We're just reliving good memories. You better get that tea to my niece before she goes crazy. And be strong, otouto."

Sasuke nodded and began his small journey back to Akatsuki's master bedroom. When he walked in, Nashi sat up with tears in her eyes.

"I was thinking." She said instantly and burst into tears, her crying turning into a coughing wheeze; an old car. "I miss granny Tsunade and grandpa Danzo and daddy."

"Aww, baby." Sasuke walked over and sat the tea down, hugging his daughter close. "I know. We'll find daddy."

"Can he just come home bcwause we can't find him?"

"He wants us to win, baby."

Nashi calmed herself a little since it hurt to cry and heave and cough. When Sasuke wiped her face, the girl smiled a little. "Mommy?"

"Yes, lovely?"

"When daddy comes back can we buy a bigger house."

"Yes. Who's going to live in it?"

Nashi touched her small chest. "You, me, daddy and uncle Shikamaru and uncle Ita and Uncle Neji and Kurama and aunt Hinata and aunt Karen and aunt Sakura and uncle Sui."

The girl stopped to suck in for a breath of air, coughing slightly as Sasuke grabbed her tea. After taking a sip and leaning more into the raven, the girl finished her claim. "And granny Tsu and Danzo-jii-san."

At the last name, Sasuke went rigid. He knew that Nashi, as a three year old, would eventually forget about Danzo, but he also knew that once she was of age, she'd have to know the truth. Sighing, he could only nod. "We'll see, baby."

Somehow, that was enough for her. "Yay! I can't wait until daddy gets here. I love being happy."

"Me too. Here, love, drink some good tea."

At this point, Nashi whined a little, but drank a little tea, yawning in the process. "I'm sleepy, mommy." The words were not affected by the mucus within her tubes, but they were tired.

"Then sleep, baby. Mommy's going to wake you up soon."

Nashi smiled and snuggled closer to the man, rubbing his tummy in the process.

A breath left pale lips when her wheezing was absent. When he noticed that Nashi took Naruto's personality, he never put thought into how much of his own went to her.

Her intelligence- analysis, interpretation, prediction- was that of her mothers, even at the young age of three. Unlike Nashi, most three year olds had no idea about other emotions and the people around them.


"Grandpa Danzo!" Nashi ran ahead and into the older man's arms. She smiled at him in a curious manner. "I didn't know you came to our store to get food."

The older assassin laughed as Naruto and Sasuke approached closer. He pinched the child's nose. "Of course, mini Naruto. Everyone has to eat to survive. It's a necessity."

Nashi twisted her head at an angle. "Nevecity." She repeated. "But, you never eat old man. You are so skinny Ttebasa."

Sasuke laughed a little and covered his mouth, content with his little girl's vibrantly blunt personality.

Danzo laughed and hugged the child close. "You are indeed, Naruto, my sweet child."


Sasuke didn't know when he fell asleep, but when he woke up, Shikamaru was shaking him softly. He opened his eyes fully, searching for his daughter, only to find her head on his pale arm, slob drooping down it.

Gently, he removed himself with a little laugh and wiped his arm. Looking at the Nara, he raised a brow at his unbelievable expression. "What's going on, Shikamaru?"

The Nara looked at Nashi again to confirm she was asleep and smiled at Sasuke. "You won't believe this, but someone just came with a location to help us find Naruto. He needs our assistance."

The words were whispers and Sasuke stood undoubtedly. Shikamaru stood too, leading them from the room. "What?"

"Yeah. He's in the common room now, but he has good information."

"Who?" Both men walked to the common room in a hasty manner.

Shikamaru didn't answer soon enough, so Sasuke turned to him. The Nara's dark eyes were staring straight ahead. Sasuke could see things about Shikamaru that didn't go well with the lazy assassin.

He could see fear in his eyes, and bewilderment, and astonishingly enough, the fact that some adult worry was taking precedence over this small matter.

While they were in the dark building, Sasuke could see the sun in Shikamaru's eyes. How his pupils contracted. They kept walking along, however, in deaf matter.

Five seconds. Ten Seconds. Long enough for Shikamaru to come face-to-face with the evidence of his own diminished faculties and for Sasuke to feel the onrush of his own growing ones.

What if they found Naruto, but they really could not find him?

Finally, when they neared the room, Shikamaru shook himself. "You won't believe it until you see it. I was shocked too. After all this time, the man's been alive and healthy. Protected by Naruto even."

Sasuke dismissed the Nara's astonishment. Whoever the man was- who so claimed to know where Naruto was- he couldn't be that big.

But, as he stepped into the common room, his steps froze.

Instead of thinking about the future that was to come with getting Naruto back, Sasuke was back again with the past, with Shikamaru who unconsciously wanted no future at all.

He stared for the longest time at the man surrounded by all the shocked Akatsuki assassins. How his arms were crossed and his eyes were held into a scowl for his mouth which didn't move at all.

Sasuke couldn't believe it. The man before them all had been a final sentence. A sentence that started years ago, in another language.

He was who they had chased for years in the business and who they missed everytime. He was deemed as the most dangerous man in history.

No one, not a single Assassin organization could catch him. Because someone was protecting him from the bars.

That someone was Naruto Uzumaki.

To get this man and know him, you'd have to read from the beginning to get to the end, which was his arrival. You'd have to rewind it to the point where his maroon armor flew off, his long spiky hair warped into him, he flew across the room in a sudden cry, and he became pudgy again. Yet, this was when he was vulnerable. It was also before he was….him. So you couldn't get him. Because then you'd just feel guilty.

He carried with him scrolls and that was it. If you looked any closer, however, he carried with him his strife in his height, dignity, and arrogance.

He carried a silent awe for his own terrible power.

Before Sasuke was a man who everyone deemed the enemy...everyone except Naruto, who claimed to know this man who tamed hell. Sasuke didn't believe his husband until now.

Before him was Madara Uchiha, still prime in his old age; a distant and disclaimed member of the lost Uchiha clan.

Madara Uchiha: the largest crime lord in all known time.

The Reason Shikamaru is afraid to get Naruto back and the reason Sasuke knows that he doesn't want a future at all is because of the promise he made to Naruto. Naruto made him promise that if he ever changed, that Shikamaru had to kill Naruto.

The flashback from last chapter was when Naruto made him promise. Shikamaru doesn't want to if Naruto is that way.

So Madara is the man Naruto claims to have raised him. This is not the end of him he holds a big part in this. This is the effect I wanted on the morality of wisdom, which is there is no such thing as good or evil.

the ItaHina is a bit new for me, but I think I got the jist of it all. Hehe.

Thanks to the people who reviewed and I hope more people will. :)