Warning: Yaoi, OOC, possible cursing, possible violence, possible gore (it all depends on which chapter you're on and I don't feel like re-doing it for every one, sorry)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Everything was normal, and nothing bad had happened since the incident with the killer. Consequentially, they were all starting to get a little nervous. They had no idea why Orochimaru hadn't made a single move in the three weeks since the attack. Did he not know where Naruto was? And if so, how long would it be before he found him?

"Maybe he's given up," Naruto said hopefully one night when he and Sasuke were discussing possible scenarios. He knew that it was completely ludicrous to think that Orochimaru would give up on killing him. He knew that once Orochimaru knew what he wanted, he would stop at nothing to attain it.

"I wish," stated Sasuke unhappily. Why on earth did it have to be Naruto? Why would a person want to kill someone as sweet and innocent as Naruto? What had he done to deserve this? Unfortunately, no one had an answer for those questions.

"I'm gong crazy just thinking about why he hasn't made his move yet!" Naruto exclaimed. "Why can't he just do something and get it over with?"

"Don't say that, dobe!" Sasuke reprimanded him. "Do you want him to kill you?"

"No! Of course not!" Naruto argued. "I'm just tired of not knowing what's going to happen! I just want this to end! I'm tired of living in fear that someone will be hurt."

"If anyone is going to be hurt, it's him," Sasuke told him reassuringly.

"I hope so," was Naruto's simple reply. He, already sitting in Sasuke's bed, crawled over to lay next to Sasuke. Sasuke laid down too after turning off the lamp on the bedside table.

"Oyasumi nasai," Naruto told him tiredly.

"Oyasumi nasai," Sasuke said back. Both teenagers were asleep within minutes.

Little Naruto went to his parent's room. He saw his father, dead, in his parent's bed, and he ran when his mother told him to. When he went down the hall, he was caught and brought back. Then he saw his father's killer. The murderer slaughtered his mother, and he cut Naruto up and tried to frame him. He heard the short haired man tell the other they needed to go.

That voice! He definitely knew it from somewhere. The answer was just beyond his reach.

The men ran to the open window. Orochimaru slipped out and the second man followed. Just as he was about to jump out the window, however, he turned. Naruto knew that face! He had to see it every day. Well every day he went to school, that is. He needed to tell Itachi!

Naruto woke up and sat straight up in bed. He turned to Sasuke and lightly nudged him awake.

"Sasuke," he whispered.

"Nani?" he asked sleepily.

"Can you show me where Itachi's room is?" asked Naruto.

"Nani?" he asked, now completely awake. "Why?" he asked, confused.

"I had another dream, and I need to tell him who the other man was," Naruto told him. He was surprisingly calm.

Sasuke's eyes widened. "Nani?"

"Hai," Naruto told him. "We should go tell your aniki."

"Hai," said Sasuke.

Sasuke got out of bed and told Naruto to follow him. When they reached Itachi's bedroom door, Sasuke knocked. There was no way in hell he was going to risk seeing Itachi and Deidara doing anything. After Sasuke repeated his actions, Itachi answered his door. Upon seeing Naruto, he seemed to understand.

"Dream?" he asked.

"Hai," answered Naruto. "I know who Orochimaru's accomplice is."

"Nani? Who?" asked Itachi, stepping into the hallway and closing his door.

"…Yakushi Kabuto," he told them. Sasuke's eyes widened: he was shocked. He had never liked the man, but who would have thought he would be in alliance with a killer.

"Hmm…We could arrest him and hold him for up to 48 hours without any proof, but after that, we would need some kind of incriminating evidence. We need something to use against him," Itachi thought out loud.

"What if I confronted him about it and got him to confess?" asked Naruto somewhat hesitantly.

Itachi eyed him speculatively. "That could work if we give you a wire, but I don't want to take any unnecessary risks. We won't do anything that could put you at risk, Naruto."

"What if it's the only way?" he asked.

"We will do our best to make sure there is another way," Itachi reassured him. "At this point, I think our best bet is to keep pretending everything is normal. If he doesn't know we are after him, we could follow him and see if there is anything we can use against him. He might even meet up with Orochimaru. If that happens, we will arrest them both and worry about evidence later: there's no telling when we could get a better chance to find that snake teme."

"What if there is nothing to tie him to the murders?" asked Naruto. Sasuke, who had been standing by Naruto the whole time, looked at Itachi to await his answer.

"There is always something," Itachi answered mysteriously. Naruto looked at him skeptically. "Well then," Itachi started, "I guess you can both head back to bed now. I will inform one of the police force to watch Kabuto's every move from now on."

"Arigatou, Itachi-san," Naruto told him.

"It is no problem, Naruto," Itachi told him.

Naruto turned toward Sasuke and they headed off to his room. Itachi, instead of going back into his bedroom, headed down the hall into his office. He grabbed his phone and called Sasori. He told him to keep an eye on Kabuto and to find anything he could about the guy. Sasori was an expert on concealing himself, so it would be a piece of cake for him to go undercover and spy on Kabuto. He, himself, was also going to be digging for dirt on Yakushi Kabuto. He would find some way to catch this guy. With that, he began his search.

When Naruto and Sasuke woke up the next morning, they headed down to breakfast. It was a Sunday, so they didn't have to worry about school. When they got downstairs, Kakashi and Iruka were also awake. The two teachers told them that Itachi and Deidara were at work and wouldn't be back until pretty late. They had a new lead, therefore, everyone would be following it.

When Itachi did get back, he came with good news. "It seems Kabuto knows nothing of our plans. He isn't aware that Naruto knows he was Orochimaru's accomplice. Hopefully, this will make it easier to catch them both."

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief. He stopped. Now that he actually sat down and thought about it…The dreams he had been having seemed to be connected with the attacks. When he was attacked by the Sound Four, they had said something about being paid by somebody to do it. And that had been after his first bad dream…Almost every time he had been attacked, it had been after he had a dream about Orochimaru and Kabuto.

Was it possible that they knew, somehow? And if so, how did they know? The only ones that he told about his dreams were Kakashi, Iruka, Sasuke, and the police force. He immediately ruled out Itachi and Iruka. They would never do anything to hurt him. He could rule out Sasuke too: there was no way that he had faked all his feelings about Naruto-he would have noticed.

That left the police force. Itachi told him that they wanted to catch the guy. There was not a single person on the force that would betray Naruto. Every last one of them would do anything to catch the murderers.

Naruto didn't know what to think. He didn't know of any other way that Kabuto and Orochimaru could have known what he had been dreaming about. He looked up with the intent of asking Itachi about it. Everyone was looking at him.

"What?" he asked them, nervous.

"You just spaced out for almost five minutes," Sasuke told him slowly.

Naruto laughed embarrassedly. "Ano…Itachi-san, is there any way that Orochimaru could have found out about my nightmares?"

"Nani? Why do you ask?"

"Well, I was thinking just now: it seems as if every time I get attacked, it corresponds to when I have my dreams," Naruto told him and added the part about the Sound Four.

"I know for a fact that none of the officers working on this case would have spilled any information. Most of them have their own personal vendettas against Orochimaru. They would not betray you," Itachi told him seriously.

"I didn't think they would, but I don't know how else they would have found out," Naruto told him honestly. A look of enlightenment came upon Itachi's face.

"Bugs. That teme bugged your house. I have no doubt he also installed cameras," Itachi told him. "But then he wouldn't know about you finding out his identity," he thought to himself. "Unless he hid them in or on something of yours…Did you move all of your furniture into Iruka-san and Kakashi-san's house?" he asked turning to Naruto.

"Hai."

"All of your things are still at their house then, besides your clothes, right?" Itachi asked him.

"Hai," he answered. "I only brought my clothes, my school things, and my art supplies."

"Then the bug would have to be on something that you didn't move here, because Kabuto has no idea that we know it was him, but Orochimaru knows that you know he was the murderer," Itachi told him.

"Should we try to find it?" asked Kakashi. Itachi thought for a moment.

"That's the problem. I'm sure he knows that you three aren't living there at the moment, so he isn't expecting to hear or see anything from you, Naruto. However, he could have assumed that you knew there was a video camera in your room and that's why you left…He could also assume that you left because the police knew you weren't safe anymore…I think, at this point, it would be better to leave it be. If we go find it, he'll know you know it's there. If we don't, he will assume that you just moved out as a precaution," Itachi explained to them.

"What about Kabuto? Is there any way to arrest him and keep him in jail?" Iruka asked worriedly.

"We could always…talk…to the Sound Four," Itachi said. "We are certain he hired them to attack Naruto, and if we can get them to talk, we can put him away. That way we will only have to worry about Orochimaru."

"I should call Pain and Konan, un?" Deidara asked.

"Hai," Itachi consented. "Have Pein and Konan get the their addresses from the school and pick them up."

"Un."

It was late Sunday night when Itachi got news from Pein and Konan. The four teens had cracked quickly. None of them wanted to spend time in jail, so they spilled. They told the two officers that Kabuto had paid them to beat the shit out of Naruto and keep quiet about it. They never thought the police would get involved, they said; they just figured Kabuto hated Naruto and wanted him to pay.

They had enough evidence to put Kabuto away, so the two officers rushed to his house and arrested him. He had tried to get away, but the two were more than enough to handle him.

Pein and Konan attempted to make him hand over Orochimaru, but he wouldn't. They bribed, and they threatened, but they couldn't get him to talk. Nevertheless, they were farther along in the case than anyone else had ever been.

Naruto was happy he wouldn't have to face Kabuto at school the next day. He didn't think he would have been able to look into the eyes of the one who helped kill his parents.

I decided to gve you two chapters! :) So, Happy Nondenominational Holiday! ...I think that's what it is...hopefully...if not, sorry! How about, just because I'm on winter break, you get two chapters! Yeah!

And guess what? There's only one more chapter left! Kinda happy and kinda sad...