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Holy crap it took me 5 hours to write this chapter! In case anybody's noticed, I'm not a violent person, so I'm not prone to writing intense amount of violence. I'm slapping an ooc tag on this chapter especially for obvious reasons. I'd really like to know if I got the emotions and stuff down right, so review and tell me what you think, tnx peeps :)
Naruto spent another hour in the kitchen, trying to get everything ready. He was almost done with the chips and dips when he heard the baby crying. He grabbed a bottle and was about to leave the kitchen when Kyuubi brought the baby to him. The baby reached both hands out for him once he spotted him from the doorway.
"I'll finish up, take care of him," Kyuubi said while handing the baby over. He cooed at him while heading to his room to feed him. He noticed Hinata was peeling an orange and Sasuke's brother had his back to him, doing something.
"Are you alright?" Naruto asked Itachi.
Itachi turned around, "I'm ok, thanks." He didn't know why, but suddenly there was something striking about Naruto's baby now when he saw him. Other than the blonde's obvious looks, he thought he reminded him of somebody else he might have known.
Naruto smiled and walked off with the baby.
A few minutes later, the doorbell rang and Itachi went to answer it.
"Itachi…."
"Sai…"
Sasuke looked between the two, they didn't know what to say to each other. "Well, this is my place," Sasuke directed at Sai after they stepped through the door. He pointed to the girl seated on the couch, "This is Hinata Hyuga, she's helping with the party."
Sai nodded his head in greeting before introducing himself to her.
Sasuke then entered the kitchen, "And this is Kyuubi U…."
Suddenly there was a loud clank, interrupting Sasuke's greeting and they all went to see what had happened.
Hinata was smiling, "Uchiha-san fell off a chair."
Itachi could be seen rubbing his sore backside while getting up.
Kyuubi and Sasuke shook their heads.
"Kyuubi, Sai, I'll be right back." He was going to get Naruto, he wanted Sai to meet his boyfriend.
They both nodded as Sasuke walked off.
Seeing as there was nothing he could do but wait, Sai took a seat in a chair close by. The name Kyuubi sounded so familiar, he might have heard of someone by that name before, but he couldn't remember.
Sasuke found Naruto in his bedroom, feeding the baby. He went over and planted a small kiss to his lips, "My younger brother is here, I want you to meet him."
"Really? I'd like to meet him too," Naruto smiled. "Is he as handsome as you?"
Sasuke glared and Naruto laughed. "Fine, if he's better looking I won't say so." He was almost done feeding the baby and a moment later he held him over his shoulder, rubbing his back while following behind Sasuke.
Sasuke walked out to the living room, "Naruto Uzumaki, meet Sai Shinto."
Before the name had registered for either of the two, it was as if time itself had stopped. Both Naruto and Sai's smiled faltered, quickly turning into a level of shock none of them could imagine.
Sai refused to process in his brain who his eyes were seeing. Naruto…Naruto Uzumaki…Sasuke's lover, the one he wanted to marry.
His Naruto….holding his baby.
Naruto felt like all breath had left his body. His knees felt weak and if it wasn't for how he held the baby across his shoulder he might have dropped him. His vision actually went out of focus when he realized who he was looking at. It was too much.
Sasuke frowned when he noticed the look on both Naruto and Sai's face, it was as if some type of bomb had exploded in the room.
Hinata and Itachi became alarmed at the palpable tension emitting from the two, both of them seemed to be stunned speechless as they gave each other wide eyed looks.
"Naruto…?" Sasuke took a step towards his boyfriend, only to see him take an equal step back.
The move broke Naruto out of his stupor and his eyes blinked after what felt like an eternity, "He's your brother?"
To Sasuke, Naruto sounded so small and weak, so afraid. He never broke eye contact with Sai. He looked to Sai and he seemed just as stunned, something was wrong. "What's going on?"
"Naruto….?" Sai sounded like a wounded animal when he said Naruto's name, almost like he didn't want to believe it. His eyes were searching and deep as he imagined himself waking from some bad dream, like in a moment this would all go poof and he'd wake up from a nightmare.
"Did you plan this, Sasuke?" Naruto asked, his eyes still on Sai, feeling his chest becoming tighter and tighter. He gripped the baby tightly, so tight he started to cry and that's when it hit Sasuke, though he didn't want to believe it. He balled his hands into fists, "Naruto, who is Sai to you?"
"That's my baby?"
The question hit Sasuke like a sledgehammer to the gut. His eyes widened, "Naruto, I had no idea…"
Sai was at a loss as to what to say, he knew he should say something, anything, but what? There Naruto was before him, and everything he'd thought of saying just flew out the window. His mind was blank and his chest hurt.
Kyuubi walked out of the kitchen and noticed the apprehension on everybody's face. He walked over to Naruto, who was clearly agitated, "Are you alright?"
"No," Naruto answered bluntly, "Take me home."
"Naruto…" Sasuke tried to touch him and the blonde flinched away, and that's when Kyuubi decided to use his body to shield Naruto from him. "I didn't know…."
"It doesn't matter!" Naruto shouted.
Sai took a few steps toward Naruto, "I want to see my baby."
"Get the fuck away from my baby," Naruto spat and Kyuubi's eyes widened, Sasuke's brother was… so Sasuke was Kiichi's…crap. Sasuke tried to get around him because Naruto was behind him and he had to hold him back.
Itachi had to hold on to Sasuke, who was about to get into a fight with Kyuubi because he was persistent about getting to Naruto.
Sasuke tried to fight out of Itachi's hold, "I was about to ask him to marry me!"
That's when Sai really took stock of Sasuke, really looked at his situation. He ruined his relationship, but what could he do? It was Naruto.
Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breath at Sasuke's words, he loved him but…no; not while this thing with Sai was hanging over his head. Those words a few minutes ago would have made him the happiest man alive, but now they just rang hollow in his ears.
"Naruto, I'm sorry."
It was Sai's voice and everybody looked at him.
All this time Hinata stood by the couch, biting her nails while feeling like she wanted to run away. This was why she didn't watch soap opera or day time dramas; the pressure was too much for her.
Naruto could feel all the loneliness, the hurt, the struggle to regain himself and the hardship of enduring a pregnancy and having no one to rely on come rushing back to him. Instead of feeling sorry for himself though, he could feel the anger escalating rapidly, "You're sorry, you're fucking sorry!"
The venom in Naruto's voice stunned everybody in the room, even Kyuubi who had to take a good look at his little brother. He could tell the situation had struck Naruto down to his core and he took the baby out of his arms because he knew when he got like this it would not end well.
Only because it was Kyuubi why Naruto gave the baby up so easily. His eyes blazed as he took short angry steps up to Sai, "Tell me what you're sorry for? Fucking a fifteen year old and running away after he get's pregnant for so long? Or that you had a relationship with me in the first place, because I seriously doubt that anybody who loves somebody will do what you did!"
"Naruto…"
"Shut the fuck up Sasuke…" Naruto directed angrily at the brunet, "I can't be in a relationship with you anymore, not when you're related to this….this..."
Naruto's chest heaved, he was overwhelmed, he felt like a dam ready to burst. He felt helpless.
Seeing Naruto about to break down further, Sasuke was about to move to him but Itachi held him back and he watched as Kyuubi grabbed him by the arm.
"Naruto, let's go." As much as he wanted to fuck somebody up, badly, it was more imperative to get Naruto away from this disastrous situation, he wouldn't be of any use to his son if was pushed to a point where he couldn't think clearly or take care of himself. Naruto's well being came before his own anger and resentment and desire for revenge. Both of them hurt his little brother, both of them would pay.
Sasuke didn't want that to happen, "Naruto, please stay…"
Sasuke knew that it didn't matter how he felt or how innocent he was, he was Sai's brother and that alone was all Naruto could see.
Naruto stopped and looked at Sasuke. He could see the hurt in his eyes, those dark gray eyes were pleading with him to be there, to not go. God he wanted to just hold him and tell him everything will be alright; but it was impossible. "Goodbye Sasuke."
Sai didn't feel he had the right to ask Naruto to stay; he was the one who walked out first.
The baby reached out to Sasuke while in Kyuubi's arm, "Dada, Dada."
Sai felt like his heart was just ripped out of his chest…that was his child, his.
"Hinata, let's go," Kyuubi commanded icily.
Hinata nodded at the response and followed behind the two. She was the last to go through the door and she looked sadly at Sasuke and Sai, feeling sorry for both of them before closing the door behind her.
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Sasuke could feel his chest burning, did Naruto just walk out of his life, did he just lose the first person he'd ever truly loved? All because of….
Sasuke's eyes snapped up to meet Sai's dejected face.
"He's my son….." Sai mumbled to himself with his eyes on the floor, thinking about how wrong everything had gone. Of all the people in the world Naruto could have started over with, it had to be his brother, Sasuke. Sasuke had asked him in the car how he would react if he heard his child calling another man dad; he didn't know it would hurt this badly.
"You son of a bitch!" Sasuke screamed while trying to attack Sai, but Itachi held on to him just as he was about to strike.
Sai took a step back, knowing he should defend himself but not wanting to. Maybe the physical pain would take away this reality, besides, Sasuke had to vent and he was wrong in the first place for what he did to Naruto. He wasn't sure he would have accepted Naruto moving on, but he wanted to at least be a part of his son's life.
"LET ME GO!" Sasuke screamed, feeling like his life's happiness just slipped through his fingers. He tried to attack Itachi, he wanted to beat something, anything, he just had to fight to try and distract himself from the overwhelming feeling of loss, fight the imaginary foe that was separating him from Naruto. He always got wanted he wanted, he never knew what it was like to truly lose someone you love and the truth of the matter was, he couldn't handle it.
"Stop it, SASUKE!"
Itachi tried his best to calm his younger brother down, but Sasuke was like a mad man not caring what he damaged as long as he damaged something. Sasuke had managed to scratch him in the face and on the neck before he punched him in the stomach, hard, causing him to fall to the floor in a heap while holding his stomach.
"Sai, get out of here, my car's parked downstairs, the blue Corvet, lock yourself inside," Itachi instructed before throwing his key to Sai.
Sai took the key, nodded, then walked through the door, but not before giving Sasuke one last look, realizing he'd ruined Naruto's life the first time with his absence, and now he was ruining Sasuke's with his presence.
Itachi gripped Sasuke by the collar of his shirt and pulled him over to the couch before lifting him so he could sit.
"I'm going to kill him," Sasuke mumbled.
Itachi took a seat beside him and sighed, "None of you knew."
Sasuke groaned, his stomach felt sore from the hit. He took a deep breath before speaking.
"Why did it have to be him?" He wasn't sure if he was talking about Naruto or Sai.
"Look, Sasuke…" Itachi started, "I'm going to advise you the best I can. Leave Naruto and Sai to work out their problems, they have a child together and they must work this out, there's no other way."
Sasuke did not want to accept that as a solution, how could he sit back wait, do nothing? Naruto belonged to him damnit! He didn't care who Kiichi's father was, he'd gladly give up all ties with his family just to have them in his life; they had become everything.
Itachi didn't know Sasuke had it in him to care about anybody so deeply, which is why it hurt him also to see him like this. Love was something not to be trifled with at all. The thing was, he was on the outside looking in and he could see the three of them were hurt, but Sasuke wasn't a thinker when it came to his emotions and he had to calm him down before he did something he would regret later.
"I'm going over to Naruto's apartment…"Sasuke muttered.
Itachi grabbed his brother and pushed him back down into the couch before he could take the first step. "Sit your ass down, do you want Naruto to hate you? Give him time to cool off then try to call him, do not try to see him."
Sasuke glared something fierce at Itachi.
"I'm serious," Itachi answered. "You might drive Naruto into a corner which will work against you in the end."
Sasuke frowned.
"Now, go to the bathroom and take a cold shower, I'm going home," Itachi suggested before standing. He really wanted to stay with Sasuke, but somebody had to protect Sai.
Sasuke watch Itachi leave. He did agree though that maybe Naruto needed time to cool off. He grabbed his cell phone and tried to call him.
Fucking thing was off.
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"Naruto, wait…" Kyuubi muttered, trying to keep up with Naruto who was stomping ahead as they walked home. He couldn't keep up because he had the baby in his arms and Naruto showed no sign of slowing down.
"W…will he be alright?" Hinata asked lowly, not wanting to catch Naruto's attention.
"He'll be ok, don't worry," Kyuubi answered and Hinata nodded. He was trying to convince himself as much as her.
By the time they reached Kyuubi's apartment, Naruto had run to his room and locked himself inside.
Kyuubi put the baby on the floor and ran after Naruto, but he managed to lock the door just in time. He kept hitting the door and turning the lock, "Naruto, open the door!"
Naruto jumped on his bed, burying his face before covering his head with a pillow; he wanted to be alone right now.
Kyuubi sighed after a few minutes; Naruto had no intention of letting him in. He walked back out to Hinata and Kiichi.
"I guess we should give him time to calm down."
Hinata nodded.
Kyuubi picked the baby up, "Can you stay over tonight, just in case something happens?"
Hinata nodded and smiled, she would like to help Naruto too if she could.
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Itachi kept his eyes on the road as he drove, watching Sai out of the corner of his eye, who just kept staring at his hands. He couldn't imagine what he was going through right now.
"Was he the one you always ran to when you had problems with us?" Itachi asked.
Sai took a deep breath and sighed, "Yeah."
"Why did you leave him?"
"I was afraid, he was too young and dad and your mom's agenda made it difficult," Sai answered.
"And you think that makes it right?"
"No, that's why I came back, to try and set things right. But…."
"Just do what you came here to do," Itachi advised.
"What…..?" Sai started.
"He's your son no matter what anybody else says, even if Naruto doesn't want to have anything to do with you, that baby have a right to know who his real father is."
Sai knew Itachi was right, but, it was easier said than done. One thing he knew for certain though, he wouldn't be giving up too easily, because he was more determined now to know his son than ever before.
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