Chapter 7

They were all gathered in Sasuke's living room, and had settled on watching some random movie on tv, while they were waiting for the Japanese food they had ordered

It was quiet, and the atmosphere was relaxed.

Sasuke was laying on the far end of the sofa, texting with Sakura, Kiba was on the carpet on the floor, laying on his stomach, as he boredly looked at the screen. Itachi was next to Sasuke, and Shisui, and Naruko was squashed again, this time though by Menma, and Rock Lee.

He had been practically attached to her hip since Itachi's arrival, much to her and Menma's annoyance. He had glared daggers at the boy, and sent him some menacing stare, though it wasn't helping at all, and the hyper boy was blissfully happy to have the chance to be so close to his Naruko.

Shikamaru was dozing off on the love seat next to the couch, and Neji had left with the excuse of an important family dinner.

"I really hate the way they killed the real Dragon Ball. It's so, disgusting the way they tried to just transform it into some typical action movie" Itachi spoke, and Naruko found herself smiling at his comments. The movie was Dragonball Revolution, and though everyone hated it, they couldn't be bothered in looking for something else to watch.

"I second that" Kiba nodded, and Menma hummed his approval.

"Yes, seeing Goku as a high school student is quite depressing, especially turning him into a loser who is being bullied on"

Shisui sighed, he had actually forgotten how much he hated it.

"Well, it could be worse" Naruko said, earning the curious glances of everyone in the room.

"How?" Itachi asked, raising an eyebrow at the girl, she immediately grinned back at him, her cheeks slightly reddening.

"They could have made a sequel"

Itachi blinked at her 'that was really a smart answer' he thought, this girl just kept surprising him. He was really interested now.

"See? Now that would be worse, two lame movies would be too much for the world to handle"

"Yes, I guess you're right" he beamed at her, and she simply smiled shyly at him.

She was blushing so much, she actually thought she could've caught fire. What the hell was wrong with her? That obviously hadn't gone unnoticed by the bowl cut haired boy, that glared at Itachi, who faked inot seeing it. Rock Lee was jealous, and Naruko absolutely oblivious of the feelings she was stirring.

Menma though noticed, even though he was busy with his phone as well.

"Well, I wished the dragonballs really existed" Kiba said while he rested his head on his hands, completely ignoring the suddenly tense atmosphere in the room.

"And then what? Go for a magical adventure with your stupid mutt to retrieve them?" Sasuke teased, raising an eyebrow at dog breath.

"Hey! Akamaru would be a better company than you at least!" The brown haired teen answered, offended by the way he had called his loyal pet.

They were interrupted by a light knocking on the door.

"Sasuke get that" Itachi ordered his brother that answered giving him the middle finger.

"Now that's not very nice, Sas'kè hasn't your mother taught you any manners?"

Naruko just earned the same treatment from the black haired teen.

"Bastard, you know where you could put that finger?"

"Why don't you tell me dobe?" he smirked at her, and she really felt like repeating his gesture, but she didn't want to give Itachi a bad impression. Which made her question why she even cared.

"Little brother, you are really too harsh sometimes" Itachi got up instead, since Sasuke wasn't budging

Naruko blushed as he walked past her and winked at her, damn it was getting annoying. She to talk to Ino or Tenten about it. It was the first time ever she actually felt the need for a girl talk.

"Thanks Itachi, he really is mean sometimes. But yeah, I would exactly do that and wish for me to become famous, rich and irresistible to the girls"

"Yeah, keep dreaming" Menma muttered as he changed station on the tv, the movie was just too lame to be tolerated.

"I would wish for Hana to finally go out with me, if only she could see how amazing I am, I mean, I would date me if I was her"

"Talk about being humble" Sasuke snickered as Shisui just sighed dreamily and both Itachi and Menma rolled their eyes.

"She likes you, you know, I heard her telling some friend of hers" Kiba shrugged his shoulders with his arms behind his head. He didn't see why his sister was giving the poor guy such a hard time. He liked Shisui and thought his sister was crazy for rejecting him. At least he wasn't a bastard like the younger Uchiha.

"Inuzuka, don't give the idiot false hopes"

Sasuke really was a mood killer. A heartless mood killer.

"Sasuke! You shouldn't get in the way of true love! It is the worst thing you could do to ! Love is the truest form of youth!"

Lee stood up suddenly, and pointed his finger toward the younger Uchiha that simply blinked at him.

"No one should get in the way of true love! not even you Sasuke!"

"Whatever, just drop it now!" he tried to stop him, this was getting ridiculous.

"Say sorry to this love tormented man! We should all be friendly enough to encourage him to follow his dreams!"

The black haired boy, stared at the other with mouth agape. Why was he friends with Lee again?

"That's right boy whose name I don't know! Sasuke stop being such a selfish ass!" Shisui got up from the floor, hands up in the air and a wide smile on his face.

"No, not you too"

Itachi gave both of them a 'what the fuck?' expression as he came back with the food, having missed part of it, didn't understand what was happening.

He looked at Sasuke with a raised eyebrow, the younger boy though didn't notice, too horrified to do so.

"Just…don't make questions" Naruko suggested seeing the long haired man standing there with a grossed out expression. He was picturing Shisui with a green track suit and bowl cut. Just that thought made him sick in the stomach.

"Please, not another one" Menma was getting worried, they couldn't have somebody else like Lee, just the idea was making him feel sick.

He was wondering when eldest Uchiha had gone crazy.

"My youthful friend, you must do your best to conquer the woman you love! Guy sensei says that the power of youth is the key to every woman's earth!"

"Guy sensei?" Itachi managed to ask, he was still a little baffled by the weird boy's way of speaking.

"Yes! You know him?" the long haired man swore the boy's eyes were shining as he mentioned his sensei.

"Yes, in fact I do. He thought me Karate for a while, then when I passed my first exam, I started practicing with a friend of my cousin Obito, Kakashi, he's been my sensei for years before I left for Ame"

"Kakashi sensei?" Lee asked, but before he could say more, was interrupted.

"You practice Karate? With Kakashi sensei?"

Naruko asked, eyes wide, as if she needed another reason to like the older Uchiha.

"Yes, I have been practicing it for years" Itachi answered with a smile at the girl, who beamed at him. Except for Sasuke who practiced Kendo, and Lee, no one else she knew was interested in martial arts. Except her father he had been a champion when he was younger.

"Itachi doesn't simply practice it, he's a fucking champion, he has won almost any tournament he has gone too" Sasuke specified, so he maybe wanted to rub in to Lee, how amazing his brother was, he was sure now, that Itachi was considered as a rival to the younger boy.

"Really?"

"Sasuke exaggerates, but yeah I have won some trophies in my short lived career"

"You don't do them anymore?"

"I stopped when I entered college"

"That is amazing! I practice it too with Kakashi sensei!, I have never been to tournaments though"

Itachi smiled even wider, his interest towards the girl increasing by the minute. It seemed like they had a lot of things in common.

"He's a really good teacher, a bit of a pervert, but a good guy"

"Yes he is, always reading that stupid book of his, I always wonder how he can even notice what we're doing if he's more concentrated on the book rather than on us"

"Yes, but still he manages to catch every mistake. Believe me, I know"

"I know! How does he do it?" Naruko was getting her hyper and lively self, far away from the blushing girl of just a few minutes ago.

Lee glared again at the older of the Uchiha brothers, getting caught by the haired brown man besides him.

Shisui scraped his neck, looking in wonder.

"Does he have a crush on her or something?" he asked, turning at Sasuke, pointing with his head at the other boy who was fuming in the corner.

"Duh you moron" Well, maybe Lee's language needed a dictionary of his own, if the earlier reference to Naruko, as beautiful ray of sunshine didn't indicate that he indeed likes the girl.

"Ah, I figured it was something like that" Itachi

"Well, this is getting cold, I should set up the table" Itachi felt the food getting colder under his fingers.

"Wait, I can help you with that" Naruko was starting to feel more comfortable with him, she still thought he was very hot, and she still occasionally blushed liked an idiot, but she found she enjoyed talking to him.

Shikamaru found that moment to finally wake up from his nap, feeling a bit more restored, and saw the two of them disappear in the kitchen, chatting about who knows what.

"Well shit, things happen when I'm passed out"

"You can fucking say that, world war three could start, and you wouldn't notice"

The blue eyed boy, said, folding his arms in his chest.

"Damn Itachi, succeeds in everything he does, I envy the bastard" Shisui muttered, he was sure his cousin was subtly flirting with the girl. He knew him very well, and could tell when he was truly interested in someone.

"Menma! Doesn't it bother you that your sister is being stolen by Sasuke's brother?" asked Lee, hoping to stir his brotherly jealousy.

"They are just setting up the table, not discussing what tablecloth they should chose for their wedding, just chill Lee, Itachi isn't even interested in her that way"

"Yeah right" muttered Sasuke, he really hoped his idiot brother wouldn't do something stupid, and get too forward with the girl. He cared for the freaking dobe, and didn't want her to get hurt, or scared away.

"Food is on the table!" Naruko's soft voice came from the door, whrere she was standing, Itachi a couple inches behind her.

"Look, don't they look like a happy couple?" Shisui teased, winking at his cousin. Naruko blushed and looked behind her, meeting Itachi's dark eyes. She hadn't noticed his presence till then.

Itachi smiled at her, he was smiling a lot that evening, and she quickly looked away following the others to the table.

"You idiot!" he slapped Shisui in the head. "What? you did look like a couple!" he complained rubbing the spot.

"Stop embarassing her!"

"You're doing it enough on your own brother, you are smiling so much is just disturbing"

"After we eat, you're doing the dishes Sasuke"

The Uchiha could only groan at that.

Itachi grinned behind his back, ah, sweet revenge!

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"Man I ate too much" Naruko said, rubbing her belly, and getting an irritated look from Menma.

"You always stuff your face and then complain about it, your freaking eyes are bigger than your stomach"

"Well, I'm not complaining, just saying!"

"My sunflower, I could carry you home if you don't feel like walking"

"Uh? Thanks Lee, but I can still walk you know"

They were all about to leave, standing by the door, it still wasn't dark out, being only nine in the evening.

"Well, I better get going, or my mother will scream at me for hours if I go home later than what she allows, mothers are too damn scary sometimes"

"Troublesome, I would say, I'll go with you, let's go Lee, we live close by, mighr as well go together."

He was really just trying to get him away from Naruko, for Menma's sanity.

"All right, but Naruko, my dear, if you need me, I will be glad to carry you"

"She said no, are you deaf?" Sasuke's voice came from the kitchen, were Itachi had managed to really make him clean up, with a helping hand from Shisui. He could be mean when he wanted to, and shortly his parents would be back, so it was best they found everything spotless.

"I can't hear dishes getting washed" Itachi called from the door, he was being a good host and seeing of their guests. He ignored Sasuke's cursing with a roll of the easy.

"He will make some woman happy one day" Itachi grinned, and Menna laughed, it was awesome to have Itachi back.

"Thanks for the offer, but no Lee, I can manage, really"

The boy sighed, and resigned in following Shikamaru, giving the girl a thumb up and a small smile.

"What is up with him lately?" she wondered, and both Itachi and Menma sweat dropped.

"You really are an idiot dobe!" Sasuke apparently was paying too much attention towhat was going on outside, because shortly after he said that a crashing sound came from the kitchen

Followed by Sasuke's curses and Shisui screaming something incomprehensible.

"Are they ok?" Naruko asked and Itachi simply shrugged.

"I wouldn't worry, I'm sure they'll be fine"

"Damn! I forgot! 'Ruko I have to quickly run somewhere, go home without me, I will see you there"

"Where could you possibly go? It's nine o' clock, mom will have your head if you get home too late."

"Don't worry Naruko, see you at home ok? Bye Itachi! See ya!"

Naruko just blinked and the Uchiha simply waved.

"I really don't understand, everyone is acting so weird"

"hn" Itachi hummed, it was just two of them now.

"Well, I think I will be going"

"Are you ok walking home by yourself?"

He suddenly asked catching her by surprise. Her blue eyes widened "I…sure, it's not the first time! If some stranger gets too close, I will just karate kick them in the ass!" she said, mimicking the gesture, making Itachi chuckle.

"Sure, I am pretty aware that you can defend yourself, and surely don't need me…I just thought you could use some company"

"oh…well…if you put it that way… I guess you're right"

"Don't judge me for this….but….I am always right"

"You sound like Sasuke teme now" she grumbled, folding her arms on her chest.

Itachi smirked, and Naruko just couldn't take her eyes away from his pale face. He was really handsome.

"I do hn?" he inquired, he really lobed teasing her, she brought out the playful side of him.

"Sasuke, I am going out for ten minutes" he closed the door behind them, walking side by side with the girl, there was an awkward sikence, even though they had been alone before, now it felt different, almost intimate.

"So… Sasuke said something about tomorrow being your first day of work at the company…" She peeked at him from under her eyelashes, hoping he didn't catch her.

He did, but she didn't have to know.

"Yes, I am going to start as an intern" he confirmed and she smiled, it was getting easier.

"Oh? But…you are the president's nephew, why are you starting just as an intern?"

"Well so is Shisui, but, we both felt like earning a high position from the start wouldn't help us earn the experience we need to. I am going to be vice president one day, but not because of my name, but because of my capabilities, at least I hope it goes that way"

"It's very admirable Itachi" she said, and she really meant it.

"Well, it's just my way of thinking"

"You are too humble. You don't like receiving compliments do you?"

"I don't feel like I deserve themn I have been raised and groomed to be this way. They see me as the heir, and in such way I have been treated. I am fulfilling expectations, in a couple of years I will find a woman and marry her, and though people will congratulate me for, they won't be surprised, I'm just doing what's expected, anyway, you don't want to hear me complaining, do you?"

She chuckled "I don't mind it"

"You know, I never said these things to anyone before. I am used on keeping everything inside." He had never let even Izumi see this part of him, and now this girl in just a couple of hours had gained his trust.

"Really? It's good to vent sometimes, I do it all the time, you know, I have this kickboxing thing at home in the basement, and when I'm feeling sad or anything I just go there and kick it until I feel better, it works you know"

Itachi just stared at her, she was really an uncommon girl, he just felt attracted to her.

"I sound crazy, don't I? but, I assure you I am not, my mother does the same thing you know? It must be the Uzumaki genes, you know, my mother comes from-"

Itachi chuckled "You're rambling now, and don't worry, you don't sound crazy"

"Really?"

Itachi smiled, she was really capable of going from tempered, to sweet and to agitated in a couple of seconds.

She was adorable.

"I might pick you up on that advice"

"Eh, I'm sorry, I can talk forever if someone doesn't stop me"

"Hn, I noticed"

"So, here we are"

She said, looking towards her house.

"It was really nice talking with you Itachi, thank you for the ride"

"Yeah, for me too, and the pleasure was all mine"

They got a little closer, and she blushed, her hand tormenting a strand of her hair.

"So…I guess I will see you around."

"You definitely will" He caught one of her hands in his.

"Good night Naruko" he smiled, and fixed a blonde strand behind her ear.

"G-good night Itachi"

He smiled, and let go of her hand.

"See you next time" and he poked her forehead with his fingers, a soft smile on his lips.

He watched as she went inside, waving at him before closing the door behind her.

He smirked, he wasn't going to let her out of his sight.

Author's note

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