Ok I know I haven't updated in like forever, but I couldn't really remember what it was that I was supposed to write. That and my mind kept wanting to make me write a new one, but I really wanted to finish this one. I think that's all I wanted to say...

oh and thanks to everyone that actually likes the story and reviewed even though it takes me forever to update.

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The Dark Side

Chapter Nine: Silent Goodbye

It was around noon the next day when a knock on the door made Itachi look up from the papers he had been working on.

"Yes?" he asked when he saw Kakashi standing at the open doorway with a large box sitting behind him.

"Um...this just arrived for you, sir. The messenger said that a red haired boy had ordered them to bring the box to you without opening it" replied Kakashi, as Itachi stood up and walked toward the door. Itachi looked shocked.

"Red...hair?"

"Yes, sir, red hair"

Itachi stayed silent for several minutes, his mind trying to figure out who would send him the box. It was probably some random female or it could have been...no...it couldn't have...Itachi turned to glare at the box, his eyes trying to see beyond the cardboard.

"Kakashi..."

"Sir?" Kakashi looked at his boss in silent contemplation. Itachi looked as if he wanted to murder or in this case destroy whatever was in the box.

"This boy...did he by any chance have a kanji for love above his left eye?" Itachi asked, walking toward the cardboard box and grabbed the plain white envelope on top of it that had his name on it. Kakashi looked bewildered.

"Yes, sir, he did...why?"

Itachi let out a curse that made Kakashi wince. He hadn't seen Itachi this angry since he had found out that the girl he liked had just wanted him because he was an Uchiha. Itachi viciously opened the letter in his hands, wondering if he could get his hands around the red head that had sent it without getting on that woman's bad side.

All thoughts off murder left Itachi's head as he read the contents of the letter. Kakashi looked at Itachi, his single gray eye filled with worry. Itachi looked pale, paler than usual that is, his fingers going limp so that the letter fell to the floor. Kakashi quickly snatched the paper before it fell on the floor. Written in an untidy scrawl was the following message:

Uchiha,

I am so sorry for what I did. I had no right to barge into your lives and make your brother's life a living hell, but I...I couldn't help myself. I...loved Sasuke, I still do even though he probably hates me for what he did to him. I wish that over time you can forgive me for hurting Sasuke and that guy.

Please don't open the box...I don't think you would wanna see what's inside. I know that Kyuubi would be angry with me for what I did. But I had to do it! I couldn't stand it any longer! The key to the box is long gone and there's no way to open it. I know that I'm being a coward but this way I know that Sasuke and the baby will be safe. Please tell Sasuke that I love him and that I always will.

With regret,

Naruto Uzumaki

Kakashi looked over at Itachi and noticed that Itachi's eyes had a peculiarly shiny gleam to them. Itachi frowned when Kakashi made as if to comfort the older Uchiha. Kakashi flinched at the cold stare that Itachi gave him. Silence reigned supreme and then:

"Not a word of this to anyone understood?" Itachi gave Kakashi the famous Uchiha glare and Kakashi nodded immediately.

"Yes, sir"

Back at the hospital a severely traumatized Sasuke sat up from where he had been cowering under the blankets. He could still feel the unwanted hands of those damn...women fussing over his injured body. If he had been feeling better he would have glared at them but that wasn't going to happen. And from what he had been able to understand of the conversation between his brother and the doctor, he wouldn't be able to do much of anything since he was...was...pregnant!

How the hell did that happen?! Thought Sasuke trying to make the images of those lust filled golden eyes out of his mind. Sasuke flinched as he finally understood why his mind kept replaying that horrible night over and over in his head.

"Damn him..." growled Sasuke, rising from the bed quickly and rushing toward the restroom a hand placed over his mouth and the other over his stomach. A nurse had been passing by when she saw Sasuke get up from his bed. Seeing as how news of Sasuke's pregnancy had spread throughout the whole hospital she knew what was going on.

The nurse immediately entered the room, setting the clipboard in her hands on the bed and went straight toward the restroom where the nasty sounds of someone throwing up could be heard. Poor boy she thought as she stared at the young face and gently massaged Sasuke's back.