10 Years Later:

The sun seemed to rise early just to spite the Namikazi twins; Naruto woke first, groaning softly as he rolled out of bed and onto the cold stone floor.

It had been ten years since the violent murder of his parents, then being imprisoned with Bud and his family and it had been ten years of pure hell.

The original threat made by Bud to Naruto's brother's face had been all too true; the next morning after they had been left it hadn't been later than seven o' clock then they had been woken up by Tulip, her screaming had been high pitched but the orders coming out of them had been worse.

Naruto shuddered at the memory of the first day and quickly pushed it out of his mind.

Glancing at his watch Naruto began to pull on his clothes; they weren't fresh but they didn't stink so he pulled the Calvin Kline jeans over starry and dark blue boxers and slipped on a baby blue short sleeved shirt. All of Naruto and Midonaito's clothes were hand-me-downs from Bud's twins Jona and Theo but they were bought only the best so the hand-me-downs were only the best but they were two sizes too big.

Midonaito suddenly moved and began to wake; Naruto watched silently as his baby brother woke up and he felt a sad prang in his heart as he remembered how quickly Midonaito had grown up since the murder.

"hope you've got socks on." Midonaito mumbled.

Naruto snorted softly through his nose at the comment, "we've got to get up." He told his dark haired brother.

Frowning Midonaito slipped out from under the same duvet he had gone to sleep under ten years ago, with the same stained book wedged under his pillow.

Midonaito was already half dressed due to going to bed at a strange hour because he had homework and had been too tired to get undressed when he finally stumbled into bed.

Starightening his twisted dark purple t-shirt Midonatio pulled on some long shorts but still felt half asleep; Midonatio had mixed feelings about school, he loved to learn but he spent most of his times in fights.

Naruto and Midonatio grabbed their school bags and raced upstairs; of course it was much too early to go to school but the twins had some work to do.

Midonatio did the laundry, washing-up and kitchen.

Naruto had the dusting, hoovering and living room.

But it did all depend on what Bud and Tulip felt like meant if they had more work than normal, over the years Naruto and Midonatio had become quicker at doing their chores and in no time they were finished and raced to school.

It was a fine day, not very many clouds, not sunny either so it was nicer for the twins to walk but unfortunately it had rained hard two days previous and some large puddles still lay at the side of the road.

A sleek red sports car with a black strip zoomed past, though the biggest puddle, sending a high wave of dirty water over the twins and then suddenly stopped.

Midonatio glared deathly at the car, "probably want another go." he snarled.

Naruto shook his head and peeled a leaf off his shoulder; he saw a tall black haired elder teenager stepped out and he approached them.

"i'm sorry." he said, his voice deep.

The boy was more than a head taller than both of the twins, his hair long and jet black, pulled back into a loose ponytail and his dark brown eyes filled with concern. He was richly dressed.

Midonatio still glared at him, even though his heart sped up at the sight of the very attractive older boy, "i bet you did that on purpose." Midonatio snapped, "think you're too good for us?" he was so used to people looking down their noses at him and his brother he never suspected the best in anyone but Naruto.

The boy looked shocked, "no, of course not." he laughed nervously, "my brother was arguing with me..."

"Itachi! I'm going to be late for school." another black haired boy called from the car.

Naruto's heart dropped and then sped up, he recognised the other boy immediately; Sasuke Uchiha, jet black hair spiked at the back, eternal eyes and ultimately perfect.

Midonatio wrinkled his nose at the sight of Sasuke; he knew that Naruto fancied the youngest Uchiha but Sasuke was a nasty popular boy who never had time for anyone and who made their lives a living hell.

"Wait Sasuke!" Itachi called and then turned back to the twins with a smile, "want a lift?"

"you've got to be kidding? Do you think we are stupid?" Midonatio refused to be fooled.

Itachi suddenly bent down to their level and looked the shadow child deep in the eye, "drop your wall for a second and trust someone." he said softly and Midonatio found himself blushing furiously.

"we'll be late otherwise." Naruto whispered, still feeling uncomfortable in his wet clothes.

Sighing Midonatio nodded and Itachi led them to his car; Sasuke looked far from impressed.

"What do you think you are doing?" Sasuke snarled at Midonatio.

Midonatio gave a sarcastic smile, "nothing I truly want to, trust me Uchiha; spending my morning with you is far from ideal." he replied nastily.

"be nice little brother." Itachi said in a teasing way.

Sasuke suddenly looked furious, "Itachi! Shut up." he snapped with less venom.

Itachi smiled, his eyes never leaving Midonatio, "let's go."

it was most definalty the weirdest ride to school Naruto and Midonatio had had, Sasuke kept taking snipes at Midonatio, who gave just a bad back and Naruto was just trying not to get in an argument.

"Have a good day you lot." Itachi called as they all got out.

Sasuke waved his brother away quickly, his usual group of shallow, nasty friends waiting for him by the entrance, but before he left he had one last snipe at Midonatio, "did you think that if you were seen with me then your status would go up."

Midonatio snorted, "don't kid yourself Uchiha, why would we want to be associated with the likes of you." Naruto hated it when Midonatio was horrible but he knew it was only to protect them both.

"likes of me?" Sasuke retorted, "at least I'm going somewhere with my life."

"yeah, being exactly like daddy."

"stop fighting. No more trouble Mid." Naruto begged but it fell on deaf ears.

"at least I have a father. A family. Where's yours?" Sasuke had an ugly smile on his handsome face, "oh, that's right, they're dead!"

Of course since Bud had forced the twins to go by the name Uzamaki, their mother's maiden name, nobody knew who their parents really were; not that anyone asked in any case.

if someone had blinked they would have missed Midonatio lunging at Sasuke; Midonatio had a powerful hit for such a small person and he inflicted the young Uchiha with a black eye and a busted lip before Naruto could drag him off.

"you're insane!" Sasuke yelled and retreated to the safety of his 'friends'.

"yeah, you run pretty boy." Midonatio called after him, with Naruto still holding tightly to his arms.

It took a long time in the boys bathroom for Midonatio to calm down, "who the hell does he think he is?" he fumed, "i bet they planned it all, didn't know it was orphan abuse day."

"calm down Mid. It's not good for you." Naruto tried to calm his twin down but wasn't succesed.

Midonatio took some deep breaths, "Naruto, go to lesson. I'll be there as soon as I can."

Naruto looked at his distressed twin, wishing there was something he could do to make him feel better but he knew there was nothing and Naruto knew it; Midonatio got a kick out of protecting Naruto, getting into fights and having people to help.

The Namikazi twins had always had each other and that was the way Midonatio wanted it to stay.