Alright, no excuses I'm late blah blah blah sorry to all like two of you that actually read this story :p I've been thinking about how to word what I want to put in this chapter...haven't really figured it out yet, but maybe it will come to me as I write. BTW thank you to my readers

Naruto lay on his back, arms crossed behind his head ankles hooked together, as he stared up at the blue sky tracing the outline of any cloud that looked like something to him. From his peripherals he could see the flowers swaying, he loved laying out in Iruka's garden. It was rare that he wanted to be alone, or quiet, but every now and then it felt good to just be still.

"Do you see that one?" he pointed, only to find his entire arm numb having to shake it rather viciously to get the feeling back before continuing the motion. "That one looks like Sasuke's head"

Yes he was talking to the flowers, they were his friends. Normally he would be talking to the Uchiha but the boy was asleep at the moment and Iruka was grading papers, which left the little blond the option of either doing homework or enjoying some alone time. Even at a young age Naruto had shown signs of being a procrastinator so naturally he chose the latter and opted to enjoy a little down time before having to cram for the spelling test that he would be taking the next day. The idea of having to study only to most likely fail put Naruto down so he derailed the train of thought and went back to cloud watching. There was a boy in his class, Shikimaru, who did little other than nap or stare at the sky, Naruto smiled, he'd made more friends than he had ever imagined possible. There was Kiba and Shika and Lee, whom he found even more energetic than himself.

The sound of the gate creaking open interrupted his musings, he assumed it was Kakashi and so ended his quiet conversation with the flowers and rolled over onto his belly to get a look at the man his father was so deeply in love with. However who he thought would be there and who was actually there were not the same person. This guy was tall and lanky like Kakashi but his hair was long and black, tied back at the nape of his neck and Naruto couldn't help but notice that this male held an amazing resemblance to Sasuke. But he didn't give off the same comforting atmosphere, even from his place at least thirty feet away this man made the hairs on the back of Naruto's neck stand up.

He stayed low in the grass, the flowers coming up high enough that his body would be hidden from view, as long as someone hadn't been looking for him too hard. Naruto watched the man walk with measured steps up to the front door where he raised his hand and knocked on the wood. For some reason Naruto's heart sank, this man was no good and, even though he didn't know this man he could tell he brought a bad news bomb.

Iruka answered the door wondering who it could be, not that it was late or that he didn't get the occasional visitor but most of the time his company would call ahead of time. Who he saw standing outside was a stranger, but he looked familiar at the same time. He couldn't be that old, maybe fifteen sixteen tops, but he held his shoulders square and immediately met Iruka's eyes when the door swung open. The brunette's stared at each other for a solid ten seconds before Iruka remembered someone was supposed to say something.

"Can I help you?"

Without a moment of hesitation the teen answered, "I'm here to speak with Sasuke Uchiha. I've been told he now lives here with his adoptive father."

It was Iruka's turn to speak immediately, "He's not here," this guy gave him the creeps. "I'm sorry, but who are you?"

The other brunette did not respond, he turned on his heels and walked back down the path. About half way back to the street he paused and turned his head slowly until his eyes locked with the little boy who had been hiding since he'd come through the little white gate. His eyes turned steely and he continued on his way.

Naruto shivered the man's eyes were a lot like Sasuke's but they held a malicious gleam to them and it made Naruto's stomach churn. He wanted to look away but he couldn't, his whole body was frozen and for a split second he feared he'd never move again. But then the man freed him from and walked the rest of the way to the front gate, he did not pause again instead turned right and walked briskly up the side walk. The blond's breaths came in quick shallow breaths, he couldn't say why but that man scared the crap out of him. Without another moment of hesitation Naruto leapt to his feet and made a mad dash to the front door, where Iruka was staring into space.

"Daddy!"

"Naruto what are you doing out there? COme in here now" of course by the time the words left his mouth his son was already sprinting past him and into the living room.

"Who was that?" Naruto was physically shaken by the stranger's odd appearance.

"I don't know, but if he ever comes back here I want you to come inside as quickly as possible, or stay as far away from his as possible." he busied himself with checking over his child, as if the Sasuke look alike might have taken a detour to molest his son. Seeing no signs of injury, even though he knew there wouldn't be any, he sat down heavily on the couch and massaged his temples.

"I thought Sasuke was taking a nap" Naruto looked at his father confused.

"He is." Iruka was still distraught and answered absentmindedly.

"But you told the man..." Naruto was cut off.

"I didn't know who he was Naru, I couldn't just tell him...why don't you go take a nap, and when you get up we can do some studying."

Naruto grumbled but made his way to his room none the less. Sure enough there was Sasuke still asleep on the bottom bunk, completely oblivious to the mini almost disaster. The blond sighed and did a quick change into his favorite pajamas, the pants of which were decorated with mini steaming bowls of noodles and the shirt had a large smiling ramen cup in the middle of it. His precious froggie sleep hat finished the outfit and he climbed up into his bed, as soon as his head hit the pillow he was fast asleep.

Iruka sat where Naruto had left him, rewinding time in his head so that he could get another look at the man who had been standing on his stoop not five minutes ago. Even though the stranger was gone his stomach was still tied in knots and his fingers were itching to dial 911. He hoped Kakashi got back soon, after all Sasuke was his son and anyone inquiring about the boy would have to go through him. As if on cue Kakashi walked through the door dropping his lunch box on the ground and smiling warmly at his lover.

"Hello my little dolphin" he closed the distance between them and wrapped his boyfriend in a hug. "Is something bothering you?"

"A kid came by the house not too long ago, he was looking for Sasuke?"

Kakashi shrugged not thinking anything of it and walked toward the kitchen, picking his discarded bag as he passed it. "Someone from the school? Did he get in a fight or something?"

Iruka gaped, how could Kakashi not be taking this seriously? Then again he hadn't seen the teen ager so how could he? "No, he just asked about him, and he knew he had been adopted." Still the gray haired man was showing no signs of concern so Iruka opted to share the most disturbing detail. "He looked exactly like Sasuke!" he hadn't meant to yell so he slapped a hand over his mouth as if that would make up for it.

Kakashi's back went rigid and his jaw looked like it was wired shut. He stood paralyzed as he processed the information, finally he blinked and spoke. "What was his name?"

The air in the kitchen turned almost deadly, "He...he didn't say."

"But he looked like Sasuke? How much like Sasuke?" Kakashi whirled around and pinned Iruka with a harsh stare. "Tell me!" when the brunette hesitated he found himself pinning his lover against the wall, fingers gripping the other man's shoulders painfully tight.

"Kakashi!" Iruka was scared, he'd never seen his partner so tense and angry, it shook him to his core.

"Daddy?" Naruto was running to the kitchen after hearing his father's panicked shriek, the yelp had also woken Sasuke up who was hot on his heels as they rushed towards the sound.

The two entered the room to see their dads in a strange position, and Kakashi looked angry, very angry. Sasuke rushed over and grabbed a handful of his father's shirt giving it a powerful tug that snapped the man out of his rage. Naruto immediately stood in front of his father when the gap between the two grown ups widened and he could squeeze in, he took up a protective stance and grit his teeth. Sasuke didn't stop pulling on his dad's shirt, pulling him backwards until they were half way across the room.

"What's going on?" Sasuke stood in front of his father the same way Naruto was.

There was a long pause in which the boys examined the other's father's faces. "Don't worry about it. Sasuke go pack a bag, we're going on vacation."

"What?" Naruto shrieked in outrage, "What about us?" he turned and looked at Iruka only to see that his father looked confused.

"Kakashi...can we talk?"

"No." the older man walked out of the kitchen, dragging a reluctant Sasuke behind him.

"I don't want to go without Naru!" Sasuke fought against his dad's hold. "I'm not going!"

"Stop it Sasuke!" Kakashi shot the boy a half assed glare and put him in his room, "Do as I say."

Sasuke stood his ground with his arms crossed over his chest. He didn't know what was going on but he wasn't going to go along with it that was for sure. Iruka came up behind his dad and laid a hand on his shoulder, Kakashi flinched and pulled away. Sasuke wasn't sure how to take the situation so he waited for Naruto to make an appearance, grabbed the boy's arm and pulled him into their room and slammed the door.

"Sasuke what's going on?" Naruto hugged himself and searched his friend's face for an answer.

"I don't know, pack a bag." Sasuke grabbed his spider man back pack and his two favorite ninja toys stuffing them into front pocket and zipping it shut. He rushed to the closet and pulled down three shirts and four pairs or shorts, then to the dresser to grab a few pair of underwear and a couple pairs of socks. He snatched his sweater off the end of the bed and tied it around his waist. He thought for a moment and then put his hands on his hips, yep he had everything he needed.

"What are you doing?" Naruto cocked his head to the side and batted his long eyelashes.

"I said get a bag, we have to leave."

"But you are leaving, you're going on a vacation and Kakashi said me and Iruka aren't going." the blond was genuinely confused at his friend's actions, what was he so worked about about?

..."Kakashi, what's going on?" Iruka was hugging himself rather tightly desperately trying to make sense of the situation, it was all happening so fast. He was completely helpless as he watched Kakashi sloppily pack his bags, shrugging off Iruka's attempts to soothe him.

"I have to go, I'm sorry but I have to go." Kakashi dumped the rest of his sock drawer into the pack and sat on it, forcing it closed.

"But, where are you going?" Iruka plopped down on the bed and pulled his knees up to his chest. "Why can't me and Naruto come?"

"Because you just can't."

"But why?"

..."But why?" Naruto looked down at the bag Sasuke had packed for him and back up into the Uchiha's eyes. This was all getting too strange, he could hear things being shuffled around in their fathers' room and raised voices. And here he was with a packed suit case in his hand and no idea why, or where he was going to go.

"Because it's not a vacation!" Sasuke rolled his eyes and resorted to raising his voice. "if I go I wont come back!"

It felt like he had been slapped across the face, Naruto physically recoiled from the words. "But...why?"

"I don't know why, but I know that that's what will happen."

..."But I don't understand why." Iruka leapt to his feet and grabbed hold of his lover's shoulders, "talk to me."

"I could lose him Iruka!"

There was silence, as if they were both processing what was just said. "Who was that guy?"

"My guess, Itachi or Madara Uchiha. Either way, I have to go, I have to get him away from this from them"

Kakashi gently removed his boyfriend and took a step back, their eyes met for a moment and in that second they both knew there was no changing this. Iruka sighed and wiped at the tears that were already starting to spill. "What can I do?"

They were all standing in the living room, the adults facing the children. Sasuke had a death grip on Naruto's hand and was refusing to let go. "I wont leave Naru!"

Kakashi dropped to one knee and looked his son in the eye, "I told you it's just a vacation, we'll be back."

"How long?" Sasuke took a step back and pulled Naruto with him.

"Not that long, just a week, tops. I promise we'll be back." Kakashi silently pleaded with his child, they had to leave before the guy from earlier came back.

"Promise?" Sasuke's grip loosened.

"I swear." Kakashi held out his hand and waited.

Sasuke stared at the offered hand, he was skeptical of course, there was something going on and it would come to the surface eventually, but until then he would have to trust his father. He had no other choice. He let go of Naruto and went to stand by the door, as if on cue there was a knock on the door. He acted like he had a million times before, turning the handle and swinging the entrance open.

"Hello little brother."

Yes! I think that was a pretty good cliff hanger, yes no maybe so? let me know sorry it took so long to update, as always.