Chapter seven is finally being posted! Yay! Now, I have to apologize that I have recently been taking so long to update. The rest of this month will be the same I am afraid. But after that, I will be free to write my brain away. Anyways, story now.
I do not own anything related to Naruto, if I did I would own the world. Which I do not.
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The first one he saw was Kyuubi, sitting on the bed. The sheets were as crimson as the door, with a satin look to them. The fox was in perfect condition; something had made him recover from his earlier state. That is when Sasuke's jaw dropped so fast he thought it was going to fall off. The leader, who was supposedly dying, walked from the other door. As casual as if he was walking from the damn toilet! He first caught Itachi's eye, then moved to sit beside Kyuubi.
"Good, you came. I have a lot to say and a limited amount of time before Madara realizes his mistake. I would appreciate no interruptions." He glanced at Kyuubi, "From anyone."
His response was two nods, from each Uchiha.
"I know quite a bit that Madara does not, and I have refused to infer my knowledge with him. You may call this my mistake but I think I chose the right decision." He paused, pulling the fox into his chest. "You three have a limited amount of time as well, but mine is even slimmer. You have a choice of staying here or leaving with one another. After you leave the hideout, things will become very complicated. Now if you do stay here, Madara will finish what he failed at first; killing me. He will then move to gaining control of the villages one by one by means of the nine tailed fox demon. After that is complete, he will kill the other members left. He is looking only for power by any means necessary. I can tell you what my decision would be, what is yours?"
At his pause, Sasuke turned his head towards his brother and knew he was thinking this through. Then the smaller raven looked to the fox and could tell by his expression what his decision would be. All eyes were on Itachi, waiting for his decision. Would he desert the other males? Or would he fight with the dying ones?
A smirk crossed the elder Uchiha's face, "What shall we do when we leave?"
Pein, now smirking in reply to Itachi's, continued.
"First of all, you do not have to worry about all of the members or Madara. I will handle them. Once you are out of the hideout, I will hit one button that will annihilate all around a thousand circumference. So you must act quickly." He stood, moving to the closet on the far right of the room. He took his time rummaging through the the wooden treasure chest, and then pulled three things from its confinement.
The three in the room did not have the chance to see what they were because the once- leader wrapped the things within a cloth. He tossed them to Itachi, before turning to kiss Kyuubi, and Sasuke knew why. There were heavy footfalls from outside the room, ones that everyone knew who they belonged to.
"Now, go. You will act upon instinct from there, but two things you must remember. Konaha and Madara." The door flew from its hinges just as Pein's copies appeared. Itachi's eyes locked with Madara's, and both Uchiha's smirked. They knew that in the near future Itachi would be in Pein's place. The three leaving took one look to the one giving his life for their escape. It was the last time they would see him and they knew that.
Acting upon Pein's word, they fled quickly. Upon reaching the woods on the outer side of the hideout, they were hit with debris; they were hit with the remains of the hideout. The blast had been silent, but it had occurred just as Pein had said it would.
"Now where do we go?" The fox sounded as if he was growling low in his throat, but the two Uchiha's could not have given that a factual guess.
"Two choices....Madara or Konaha." Itachi's voice was smooth, but Sasuke had caught the slight hesitation within his sentence.
No matter where they went they would be held and tried. Possibly even killed. The one that ran to Orochimaru, the one who fled to the Akatsuki, and the one who had once ransacked the village. Oh, we'll be welcomed with open arms. I could just act as if I had captured Itachi for the village...no, they are not that stupid. Well, they could be. Hmmmm....perhaps I could ask the dobe- wait. The dobe. What has happened to him? This is obviously the Kyuubi who is in a very Naruto- like body. So, if he has Naruto's body, where is the real blond?
Suddenly, Sasuke reeled away from Itachi, taking the fox by the front of his shirt. "Where is Naruto?"
There was a sullen look to the fox, and he looked much older than he had when Sasuke had awoken to find him within his bed. Perhaps it was the passing of Pein. Or perhaps there were even deeper cuts.
Finally, the once feared fox sighed. "I do not know. I am sure he is still with Madara." He paused, glancing to Itachi. "I was stripped from his body and they gave me a replicated form of him. I am almost a clone that can feel and harm."
"If you are similar to the clones, can you disappear?" Sasuke's eye was twitching and he had to flex his hands to stop himself from strangling the fox. What did he mean; I don't know?!
"I suppose, I have not tried and do not plan on it." There was a fierceness that flashed through the fox's eyes and he shoved the Uchiha away from himself. "I...did not leave him. I know the way you think. I did not. Do you hear me?!"
Sasuke recoiled from the fox, as he began to snarl and advance upon him. He knew he could handle the dobe, but he doubted he would live through an angry Kyuubi.
Just as the fox sprang, Sasuke took stance. Yet, nothing clawed his throat out. The reason was his dear brother had grabbed the other by his shirt, and now held him thrashing.
"You two need to learn a bit of acceptance of one another, or this mission will never be completed." He placed the fox on his feet but held him within his glare. Then he turned on Sasuke. "If you can not handle this, little brother, you may go crawling back to that snake." His demeanor was calm but he spat the last word as if challenging Sasuke to leave.
After thinking the situation over in his head, Sasuke shook his head. "Orochimaru's time will come. Now is ours." He hesitated, then continued his thought aloud. "Together." He glance to Kyuubi. "The three of us."
Itachi accepted the little speech, then took off. "You two try to keep up." Just like that, things seemed to be better but Sasuke knew it was anything but better. Things had taken a turn for the worse. He was helping the one he despised, trying to kill the eldest surviving member of his family, and working alongside the dobe's crazy counterpart that was controlled by the eldest member of the family. To top it all off, they were going back to Konaha.
The little raven and fox were following the elder raven because he was the only one who knew where they were and how to get to where they were going. Soon, after the moon had been up for a few hours, they came to the conclusion they would not reach Konaha within a night. After a vote, in which no one was the loser, they decided to stop and made camp.
"Tonight will be cold, we will all sleep under the same place. Chance of rain is very high, so we need to act fast." Itachi's words got the other two moving to find some place to sleep. In the end Itachi was the one who found the place. There was a split in the side of the mountain a little off their course, but it would suffice. It was easy for the three to squeeze through the split, and it would keep them safe of rain.
The ground was very textured and it was a tight fit for all three of them to fit into such a small whole. As soon as the fox hit the ground he was out. However, with Itachi laying beside him, Sasuke could not sleep.
There was a feel of something at his back and he jumped away from it. It was Itachi's hand, making his uneasiness grow.
"Leave me alone. I would-" Sasuke was not able to finish his sentence as another pair of lips were placed upon his. His eyes widened, and he tried to pry Itachi away from him, to no avail. He had no other choice, so he bit the elders lip. Itachi pulled away, smirking down at his little brother.
"You could have said you liked it rough, I would have been glad to comply." He returned Sasuke's 'love bite' and pulled the other's body flush against his own. "Now, sleep little one." He began to pet the youngest Uchiha's hair, pushing him to sleep.
Sasuke, no matter his intentions, fell to sleep against the elders body. He doubted it was the hand at his head, rather the heart at his ear. It was nice to be reminded Itachi had one within his iced body.
Itachi, once Sasuke was asleep, kissed his brother's forehead and followed the younger this time. To his own dreamworld. He knew what would greet him, and was not sure he was happy about that. He knew that one would haunt his dreams and try to find them. He could always battle with him mentally, but that would get him no where and he would loose sleep he needed. He resolved to placing a barrier around his mind, hoping that would keep the demons of his mind away.
When Sasuke awoke in the morning, he was greeted by a face that was not his allies, then all he saw after the face was the weapon. After that all he saw was red and black.
-There you have it. Another cliffhanger! Don't kill me, I love you guys (and girls). Now, review and make my day! Something simple is all I need to know people still like it!
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