(btw I just finished writing this and I didn't really read over it too much so if you find an error within my writing it would be great if you told me. Thanks!)

Oh, next week is finals week for me so I'm just going to say that I'm not going to upload next week due to "Studying".

Thanks for continuing reading this! Enjoy!


Chapter 8

I woke up to Naruto rolling out of bed and hitting the floor again. I sighed. How he couldn't manage to get up like a normal person once, is beyond me.

It wasn't like I had been expecting Sasuke to actually show up for dinner, but to know that his parents had been blown up by someone was rather disturbing. And there was always the fact that if anyone in the school watched the 5 o'clock news they would know that his parents were dead and that his brother was thought to have killed them. Although the car accident that killed our parents made the news as well not as many people knew who my parents were.

Deciding that laying around thinking about how much it sucked for him wasn't going to help anything so I waited for Naruto to get done with the bathroom before I took a shower and got dressed in plain blue jeans and a red tee.

Stepping over a few passed out employees I went into the kitchen to find Kakashi making coffee. I smiled at him in greeting and started to make some pancake batter. For one thing it is cheap, and always easy to make more if the troops are still hungry. After I had a small stack of them ready I started to cook the bacon, knowing that the smell of it would wake the whole place up and draw everyone to the kitchen like moths to light bulbs.

After I had finished cooking enough for the all the people in our apartment and eat some myself I figured it wouldn't hurt anything if I went to see if Sasuke wanted some. I remember feeling numb after my parents' death, even though it happened when we were relatively young, and the last thing on my mind was eating. Naruto had actually passed out because he hadn't eaten multiple times.

I poured a glass of orange juice then left to go bang on his door. I waited a few minutes before trying again. I knew the chances of him answering the first time were slim, considering the way he was acting when I left before the officers completely tore him apart emotionally.

One of the other people who lived on the floor walked by, glaring at me for making loud noises early in the morning even though she was obviously up and going to work. I smiled at her and muttered a sorry and banged on his door again.

Surprising enough third time was the charm and he opened his door looking rather ruffled and tired. I handed him the glass of orange juice, and as if he was on autopilot he drank some. "I made some pancakes. As long as the crew Jiraiya has in there hasn't eaten all of them, there should be some for you if you want them."

Sasuke looked down at the orange juice looking like he was actually thinking about coming over for pancakes. He leaned against the door frame with so many emotions on his face I didn't think it was possible. After what seemed like forever he replied, "Sorry I don't really feel like eating right now… Thanks for the orange juice though."

I nodded worried about him. "If you need anything there's bound to be someone in our apartment all day. Just head over and ask. I doubt any of them will deny you, all things considered."

He looked up from his orange juice, his dark eyes seeming even more so than normal, as Naruto came up carrying Menma, who despite just losing his mother as well he seemed rather happy. As he switched which arm he was holding him in Naruto added to my previous statement, "Jiraiya is also looking into that serial killer case your dad was working on. He thinks your parents death is related to it so if you want to give your input for that as well, go ahead… Actually he might come over and bother you with some questions if you don't within the next day or so."

Sasuke nodded, "What does your guardian do for a living anyway?"

He runs a private security firm." Naruto answered in a bored tone, "If you're frightened for your safety I bet he will assign someone to you."

"That sounds like it could be convenient." Neji said from behind me, coming out of nowhere. I wish he would stop doing that. It's freaking me out.

"What are you doing here?" I asked more of to calm my nerves than really wanting an answer. He was here to check on Sasuke, he is one of his closest friends.

He looked at me like he knew it was a reflexive question, but he answered anyway, "Of course to check up on Sasuke, who doesn't seem to be horrible, by the fact that he actually opened his door, which I'm glad to see by the way. When my parents died I know I was a mess… Also, my cousin is at school today, so I'll be introducing you to her during lunch."

I nodded and noticed Naruto was laughing slightly, and appeared to be trying not to be laughing, "What is it?" I asked confused.

He glanced at me almost surprised then explained, "Well, we're all parentless, what are the chances of that in this day and age? Even little Menma here is. Although, they said they might be able to find his father."

Sasuke turned and shut his door and Neji and I both glared at Naruto for being so insensitive. He ducked his head and sheeplishly said, "What? It's true. And I wasn't the one who asked why I was chuckling. Damn, it's like the whole world is out to get me.

"You are the last person I expected to hear that from today." I replied shaking my head at him, "Anyway, we need to go to school and be ready to be bombarded with questions about Sasuke from the fangirls."

"Speaking of those questions," Naruto said as we went back into our apartment, Neji saw all the people and stopped at the door, "I have an idea as to how we should answer them. Jiraiya figures the killer gets off on how the person reacts to knowing they're entire family is gone. I think we should say that the only reason he isn't at school today is because the police thought it would be a bad idea and that he should take time to accept what happened."

"Make it seem like he didn't react at all?" I asked questioning the logic of it as we entered my room to get my backpack, "I don't know even someone as stoic and seemingly unemotional as Sasuke is bound to react negatively somehow."

He stopped talking as we headed further down the hall to his bedroom, looking like he was doing some serious thinking, which is an unusual look for my twin. When we got to his door he grinned, "He did react. He decided he wanted to find out who killed them and enact his revenge against them."

I wagered the chances of that being actually possible, finding it slim, but there was still and chance I nodded once, "Let's see what Neji thinks of our plan of action."


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