A/N: I know that month have already passed, but I´m still trying to write the end. At the moment I´m a bit stuck at the 17 Chapter (This story will End with 20 Chapters), so I decided to let you have another Chapter and maybe Uptade evry now and then until I´m done. I´m really sorry, write block sucks and on top came some exams and a change in job GOMENASAI m(_)m
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Chapter 10: Setting them up
Itachi 23 years old, OC 17 years old
Summer a hot time, also a time for me and Shisui to pull pranks...normally, but this time we thought of something else. We looked at our dear friends and found them being still mostly singles so we decided to meet and think over what we could do against it.
Currently we were sitting in my living room nursing some ice tea. Shisui had a free day today, dumping his paperwork on my Itachi.
"So…..you wanted to do something else instead of pranks?"
"Yes, I think for some people it is highly time to get together" I said nipping on my drink thinking back on the event that bought up this idea.
Flashback
One week before
It wasn´t often that Itachi took his time form work, but right now we sat under a tree eating the bentos I made in the morning and made light conservation. A peaceful moment that filled me with the sensation of being at peace, being happy and feeling loved by Itachi. He wasn´t talking too much or doing much but he listened to me with closed eyes and open them every now and then to give me a look full of warmth communicating his love without saying it.
"NARUTO!" an angered cry of a woman and a following –thud- informed us that my friends were also in the park and effectively destroyed the moment. I couldn´t hold back a sight and Itachi tensed a bit beside me. Lifting my eyes I saw that Naruto, Sakura, Ino and Sai were strolling along the pathway not noticing us.
"But Sakura-"
"No buts Naruto, you are so god dam blind" she fumed and stomped a bit ahead of the group, leaving a confused Naruto and the other two behind.
"She is more aggressive lately" Naruto complained to Ino who only shrugged.
"You are only more dump than we all thought"
"Or hag needs to be laid, I read-" –Thud- Sais face was introduced with the ground and a slightly blushing blond made her way after her friend.
"Sai sometimes I think you need to shut up" Naruto said.
"I don´t need advice from someone blind and dickless" Sai stood up and dusted his shirt up and hurried after his muse leaving a screaming foxboy in the park, who was informing everyone in earshot about how much of a dick he has.
I facepalmed and mumbled a bit to myself.
"Sometimes I really don´t know why I befriended them"
"Because beside such moments they are great and trustworthy friends" Itachi answered picking the words out of my mind.
´You know…..watching this I think….Sakura really needs a friend…..and Ino and Sai need a push and we must make Naruto SEE Hinata…´
´I think we need to have a talk with Shisui´
"What are you planning?" He knows me well, my dear boyfriend and I smiled.
"Maybe my last meddling before I concentrate on something much more important" I replied with a wide smile.
"Something more important?" at that my smile turned mysterious and I saw the little dangerous spark of curiosity. An Uchiha who is curious would do anything to satisfy it like the speaking of "Curiosity kills the cat and satisfy brings it back".
Flashback End
"Matchmaker?...na that is not really my thing" Shisui pouted.
"Na we would pull pranks but only to get them together, giving the little push they need." I grinned.
"Alright, who to start with?" He tries to hide his interest but failed.
"I thought of beginning easy, with TenTen and Neji, there is already enough attraction, how about a little dip into a pound for them?" We both grinned mischievously at each other and headed out without the need to talk, he would get Neji and I would get TenTen, and the mentioned pound was on their training ground.
I found TenTen having her lunch behind the family shop.
"Hoi TenTen" She flinched a bit and I raised my brows at that.
"H-Hay Y-Yuu" She was scratching her cheek and tried not to look me in the eyes, something was fishy.
"Is something wrong or why are you so...jumpy?" I asked not leaving room to avoid the question.
"A-A-….Nothing" We both sweat dropped, but I let it slip so I came back to the original reason why I sought her out.
"Nee...Do you have some time and could me show how to handle some weapons like the chain?"
She was obvious glad I let her get away so she jumped on the opportunity to help me.
Opening the backdoor she shouted that she would be out and then followed me on the training ground.
Arriving there I let her show me some moves before I called for a pause and flopped down beside the pond to dip my feet in.
"Ah! This feels great" TenTen followed my exampled and let out a sight.
"Yes it does" She hummed closing her eyes and relaxed. Right in that moment a rustling was heard and a Hiyuga Neji was sent flying right into the brunette making them both fall into the pond.
"Uchiha!" Neji raised angered and went to get out of the water to chase the mischievous man, but I interfered.
"Oh no! TenTen your Shirt is see through!" I exclaimed pointing at TenTen who wanted to give Neji an earfull only to shriek and blush madly while trying to cover her chest.
The longhaired boy was staring at his teammate until a slow blush raised and he removed his grey shirt giving a good view to ogle and offered TenTen it to cover herself.
Shisui swept in and moved us into a tree not so far away watching how the two blushing teen were standing a bit awkward there until TenTen geared up and went in for the kill or better a kiss, taking the Hiyuga by surprise. First it was innocent and TenTen retreated until Neji snaked his arm around her waist pulling her back to slam his lips on hers.
"Hmmm...That went good, by the way nice aim" I said to Shisui still snickering at my victory.
"Hehehe, so who is next?" After kicking the little boy into a pond Shisui got eager to do a bit more.
"I think Shizune and Genma also need a little push"
"I knew that I would like you when I saw you first...sure you want to stick to my baby cousin?" He winked at me.
"Oh I´m sure about that" I smiled at him.
"Shame, you will miss a lot"
"Na I think I wouldn´t" we both laughed on or way finding a medic and a playboy.
"So how will we do it this time?" He asked.
"I thought of getting Genma a little bit jealous, having you flirt with Shizune in front of him"
"You know he is ANBU and not just a skimpy little Chunin?"
"You are ANBU too and also have your bodyflicker technique I count on you being able to escape any wrath directed at you."
"Any beside Itachis for getting you into trouble" he mumbled under his breath but carried us over the rooftops finding the two targets in the marketplace. Shizune clearly annoyed form running some errands to pick up ingredients for potions followed by Genma carrying her sings and flirting with every skirt passing him.
"So...flirting with her?"
"Hmmm yup hinting at that you may have slept with her and please loud enough so the rumour mill begins to run"
"My reputation" Shisui sopped.
"Which one?" I asked enteral too innocent.
"Little witch" He cursed me and the jumped down followed by my giggle from the roof, the front row place to watch the following events unfold.
"Shizune-chan~" Shisui waved at the woman while approaching her.
"Shisui-san, can I help you?" Always the professional, Shizune wasn´t fazed by the Uchihas attemp to get on her nerves.
Said man then threw his arm around her grapping her hip.
"Oh sure you can, maybe a special treatment at home, alone, like the last time? It was a really great time, best night I had in a long time" He waggled his eyebrows and to my surprise Shizune went beat red and began to stutter.
"S-S-Shi-Shisui!"
´What the hell?´
´Added to "Things I really want to know" - ask Shisui about that incident´
Genma suddenly focused on the flirting Uchiha and the red faced Shizune, and for once I could see his normal happy facade fall away to show a serious face.
"Ohy, chase some other skirt Uhicha that one is mine!"
"Huh? Sure? It didn´t looked like that, why should someone beautiful and independent like dear Shizune here choose someone calling after every skirt passing him? I wouldn´t, not with someone endearing like her beside me, free to take" Shisui gave off a serious face pulling a blushing Shizune into his arms.
Genma pulled his senbo from his mouth and began to play with it and threw my poor friend a dangerous glare patented by ANBU.
"Screw off" a growl, a warning, only to be returned by the Uchiha. I blinked and the next moment you could only see a black blur hurrying over the rooftops, followed by a green brown one.
"Tss...he really like her to get his panty in such a twist." Shisui watched after his clone and Genma.
"Then we better get one level up and see what we can do for two really awkward guys."
"Huh?"
"Sasuke with Sakura and Sai with Ino"
"You really are getting us into trouble"
"Me? No...You maybe" I grinned at him we both knew that no one would dare to touch a hair on my head in fear of "The devil" how Naruto nicely put it.
"Which first?"
"Sasuke, to cheer you up" I grinned at him and he returned it, since Itachi was now out of the loop to tease, Sasuke was his new favourite prey.
"A challenge huh?"
"When you Uchihas are one thing then it is being a challenge in love matters" I retorted letting Shisui get me on his back so we could move out to find the next prey.
"So what is your plan for them?"
"Kidnapping Sakura in front of him and then hide her" I chirped.
"You dump Uchihas only realize what you had when you lose it in some way"
"….That isn´t something to joke about..." Shisui shuddered.
"And much less to play with it" I made a questioning sound beside his ear.
He was quiet for a moment.
"You know...it actually should be his story to tell, but I´m sure he won´t...Remember the Chunin-exam?" I nodded.
"You were attacked right?"
"Yes" I grimaced at the memories and the phantom pain following it.
"You really didn´t look good I heard, even looking like you were dead...I wasn´t there and the ANBUs that were with him are not talking about the incident, but apparently my little baby cousin had lost it then...so better don´t go overbroad with that stunt"
I was silent for a moment progressing the information Shisui had shared with me. I have never heard of that...I knew he was feared and respected...but that Uchiha Itachi...lost it...was something totally new to me.
"Ah no we will stop by Kakashi explaining him everything so he can tell Tsunade so that no one will interrupt, but knowing the prideful Sasuke he would go after her alone."
Finding Kakashi at home reading his book we explained our plan and he only chuckled changed his clothes and went to help us out.
"So...where could they be?"
"Sakura would be at the hospital and Sasuke would be with Naruto at Ichirakus, so I will go and get her and bring her to them, then after a little while you will sweep in and whisk little Sakura away...hmmm...bring her to Neko-baa-chan" Oh that was brilliant this sudden little idea from my inner.
"So wait you want me to henge into a cat-summon, kidnap Sakura and bring her to Neko-baa?"
"Yup" I nodded.
"With your technique you will be there and back in less than two hours"
"I really hope the others don´t need such harsh methods, the experience of my clone turning into a needle cushion wasn´t that pleasant"
He set me down near the entrance of the hospital.
"Shame, I bet you made a beautiful one" I grinned waved over my shoulder and went to drag my dear friend out to her happiness, not that she knew it, she would fight me tooth and nail.
I found her at exactly one o´clock stumbling out of the OR and I used her wakened state to grab her arm and quiet literary drag her out of this place.
"Yuu! Let go of me I need to go back!" Sakura struggled against my hold on her, but hey my training with Lee and Itachi made me quite strong for a non-ninja.
"Nope Sakura, you as a medic should know that you also need a break and food to function at your best so stop struggling I´m sure Naruto and Sasuke would love to eat with you and me. So I ignored her struggling and the amused looks from the people watching us and went on to Ichirakus.
Arriving there I hauled my prey on the seat next to Sasuke and took my own next to Naruto, both boys happy about us joining them and Naruto began right away to speak about his last awesome mission.
I soaked for a little moment in this happy mode but then gave the singe by accidently dropping my chopsticks the next second a big black cat (?) blub grabbed Sakura around her middle smirked and then disappeared in a matter of a second letting behind two dumbfounded Teammates until Saskue goes into action and ran after them without a word.
"Did just something that resembled a cat kidnapped Sakura and Sasuke ran after them?" Naruto asked still progressing what just happened.
"Yes" Kakashi chirped grabbing Naruto by the neck of his jumpsuit and teleported them into Tsunades office, while I grinned and went on my way to also meddle with Narutos love live, something I didn´t trust with Shisui...Hinata was such a fragile thing and Naruto...simply himself.
I found the shy Hyuga heiress at a tea house in the marked talking with Ino.
"Really Hinata just go up to him and tell him it" Ino was giving her a pep talk when I went up beside them.
"I think so too Hinata, you can do it. You know what, I know where he is and now is a good time like any other so come one girl, go scream it in his face and kiss him" I cheered and Ino looked up to me and we both exchanged knowing looks grabbing the already blushing Hinata and pulled her along to the Hokage tower.
The blond sunny boy left the moment we arrived looking a bit grumpy while Kakashi walking beside him didn´t care and read his Icha Icha giggling like school girl.
"Here we go Hinata, you are a beautiful and strong konochi knowing what you want and now...go and get him." I said and we pushed her forward where she came to a stumbling stop before her crush.
"N-N-NarutoIloveyou" she only hesitated for a moment and rushed the sentence out to the surprised blond.
"What did you say Hinata? Why are you even here? Did you hear of Sakura-" He really is a piece of work I rolled my eyes but then we got a wonder, a true wonder, this day will be marked in my calendar.
"I LOVE YOU NARUTO" Hinata really screamed that out and then she grabbed the dump struck Idiot and kissed him, even Kakashi dropped his book staring at the pair.
The kiss wasn´t that long but when Hinata broke it for air she only had a slight blush on her face alongside with a confident look, while Naruto was now the one blushing like mad and reduced to a stuttering.
"H-H-H-Hinat-ta-Ch-ch-chan" for a moment Hinata looked so big and just with that added chan she came back to her old self being beat red and not getting out one word.
Still, this was so a cute moment one of true innocent love, it was so endearing that I was nearly jealous, nearly being the key word, I had my dark prince. My thoughts wandered to my boyfriend and I closed my eyes and smiled, dam I really loved him.
Somehow while thinking of Itachi and looking at the cute forming couple fumbling for words I managed to ask Ino something.
"Say...where is Sai?"
"huh? Oh! He should come home from a mission" Ino replied and then lapsed into a long monologue about her boy...toy.
I nodded and then slowly made my way to the meeting point with Shisui.
Arriving there I found a black and blue Shisui holding some ice to his blue eye moaning pitiful.
"You let him kick your ass?"
"No, I didn´t let him...not intentionally...I warned you about Uchiha losing their cool when it comes to their loved ones"
"So he really did kick your ass...wow..." He grumbled.
"There is a last one" Shisui hung his head in defeat.
"Who?"
"Sai and Ino, but I already prepared something so it will be easy and fast" He nodded and I dragged him a bit out of Konoha waiting for Sai and his team to pass by.
"What did you prepare?"
"You know that social awkward reads books about social interacting...I wrote one especially for him with some pointers I will just give it to him and then we are done." I smiled at him.
"Must I really be here for that?" His eyes shined with exhaustion.
"Yes" I didn´t fall for his trick.
"You will be the death of me" he murmured
"I won´t be it..." I gave him a short meaningful glace over my shoulder.
"Isn´t it a bit far away from the gate to welcome someone back?" The blank voice indicated that Sai was standing right above us in the tree.
"Hmmm...not when it should be a secret" I grinned but was only greeted with a confused look on the normally blank one of the pale male.
"Here Ino shouldn´t know about this until a later date" I threw him a book that he expertly catches mid-air and landed silently on the ground before us.
"Read it toughly, this guy here plans to seduce Ino away from you" I grinned evilly at the groan behind me.
Sai crooked his head to the side and a fake close eyed smile bloomed on his face.
"Somehow I don´t like that..." And launched an attack on the already battered Uchiha at my side.
When I carried Shisui into the hospital the sun was already setting and I watched it from the side of Shisuis hospital bed.
"You really did a number on him" Itachis voice sounded above me while two warm arms came around me, leaning on me and I let a contend sight escape my lips, closing my eyes.
"Mhm" I hummed ignoring Shisuis plea to get a room and don´t do this here being so lovely dovely.
"I think it is time for you to get home" like he could sense my fatigue he swept me up from the chair and opened the window for the fastest way home.
"Sorry Shisui we will leave you now alone" I still had my eyes closed but I could hear the smirk in his voice and couldn´t hide my own spreading on my face.
"He won´t be alone" I mumbled and right on that moment the door opened and Izumi entered, a childhood friend from Itachi, one that has a crush on dear Shisui.
Itachi took that as the cue to leave bringing me close to his chest and jumped over the rooftops and I was reminded of the time on the festival where he did the same thing to escape his fangirls, it felt like no time passed since then, I could smell the food from then and could also image the lights and the people, the music.
The flashback was cut short by our arrival at our home...our home...ours...helping other people finding their love only made me more aware of my own for him.
He carried me over the threshold like a bride not putting me down to open the door, he somehow managed it without and I felt my chest swelling with a warm feeling.
"Itachi" just his name, but with so much emotion even I could fully understand mad him stop and look down at me. Something shifted, everything around us seemed to disappear, time slowed. I pulled him a bit down and kissed him. Not a normal kiss, not a chaste one and also not a passionate one but one filled with feelings burning our lips that won´t part from each other until we needed space to breath.
"I love you" I breathed on his lips while gazing through his eyes into his soul seeing my own feelings reflecting in them. He leaned down nuzzling my neck and decorate it with short butterfly kisses, moving slowly upwards and catches my lips for a second kiss.
"I love you too, Yuuki" my name sounded a bit breathless making my gut to knot into a warm mess. He set me down slowly on a chair in the kitchen, warming something to eat afterwards we moved upstairs me taking shower first and him finishing some paperwork and shower last.
The warm ball in my chest wouldn´t disappear and Itachi seemed like to have the same problem. Lying together in bed our limps entangled themselves into a knot and like two magnets we couldn´t part them and truth be told I didn´t want to, I want to remain like this for eternity. Sleep soon pulled me under into a dream.
It was morning and I found myself in the kitchen cooking while humming and swaying my hips slightly to the random song.
A hand entangled into my hair stroking it to the side to make place for a pair of lips settling down on my sensitive skin, setting it aflame. I turned my head and I only heard his dark chuckle when he met me halfway, already knowing that I needed a proper kiss. His hands settled down on my swollen belly protective and warm over our child.
"It will be soon" I said smiling down and my hands joined his seeing clearly the matching wedding bands on our fingers.
I gasped and jolted awake and my hands shot down to my belly, a flat belly from training and not one swollen with a child.
´Beside you didn´t had sex yet´
´I thought you morphed back into me?´
´I said that I would always remain, but I won´t bother you so much as before´
"Yuuki?" His voice was hoarse with sleep, but he is awake and alert giving me a concerned once over noting my hands on my belly.
"Nothing, just a too realistic dream" I said moving back into his embrace.
"A bad one?" He still held some suspiciousness and looked again to my belly.
"No...a surprising one but not a bad one" He analysed the situation I could see the gears turning in his head until the light blub went on and something else showed in his eyes love and...desire?
"A vision of the future" he murmured and for a short moment his eyes got a far away look.
"A dream" I corrected.
"A dream would mean it never will come true, but I will make it come true...so it is only a vision on what will come" he mumbled into the crow of my head while pressing one of his hands over my own on my belly. A blush exploded on my face and I turned away embarrassed catching on the clear message he sent me, but the warm feeling from the afternoon overshined it so I turned back only a moment later. Before the dark claimed me, I heard him whisper something into my ear.
"One day, I promise"
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